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ASSAM AFSPA extended by six months in Assam The Assam government has extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act by six more months in the entire state till February next year after the earlier duration ended on August 28. “Consequent upon review of law and order situation in Assam in the past six months, … Read more
ASSAM Eco-friendly solution to treat oil industry effluent At long last, a non-chemical, environment-friendly solution has emerged to the century-old serious environmental problem resulted from the fluid waste at the oil and natural gas drilling sites. This solution is also found to be effective in treating household grey water. This robust electrolytic … Read more
ASSAM Govt notifies amended MV Act in State The State government today notified the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 redefining the fines to be imposed for violation of the Act. As per an order of the Transport Department, Government of Assam, dated September 23, 2019, driving without licence will now elicit a … Read more
ASSAM Assam women’s university gets first VC after 6 years The Assam Women’s University (AWU), which was established six years ago, got it’s first vice-chancellor. Malinee Goswami, head of the department of Assamese at Gauhati University, has joined at AWU as vice chancellor. The state government established the AWU in the Jamuguri area near … Read more
ASSAM · LGBI airport to get NE’s first sustainable terminal building ð The upcoming terminal building of Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport here will be the first ‘sustainable’ terminal of the North East. ð The sustainable terminal building will have a sewage treatment plant, solar power, rain water harvesting units, solid waste disposal system … Read more
ASSAM AREIDA hails launch of housing schemes The Assam Real Estate and Infrastructure Developers’ Association (AREIDA) has hailed the launch of the Aponar Apon Ghar and Abinandan schemes by the State government. The schemes as committed in the state budget in February 2019, would give the people of Assam a subsidy of upto Rs … Read more
ASSAM ONGC to invest over Rs 13,000 cr in State In a big ticket investment, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on Wednesday announced that it will invest over Rs 13,000 crore in Assam over the next five years. The ONGC has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Assam government … Read more
ASSAM Assam: Hailakandi sets up ‘bank’ to collect single-use plastic The Hailakandi municipal board in Barak Valley has opened a plastic bank where citizens can go and deposit single-use plastic items. The Hailakandi district administration had banned single-use plastic in August this year. The initiative has been taken to bring about behaviour modification … Read more
ASSAM GSI, GU sign MoU for collaborative research The Geological Survey of India Training Institute (GSITI) and Gauhati University (GU) entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for collaborative research programmes leading to Ph D degree in the fields of ‘Genesis of the Alkaline Complexes of North East India’ and ‘Disaster Management Studies … Read more
ASSAM Brahmaputra worship festival in November Brahmaputra Pushkaram – a 12-day festival dedicated to worshipping the Brahmaputra and taking a holy dip in the mighty river, would be held here from November 5 to 16. Essentially a South Indian festival, Pushkaram is held on the banks of different rivers of the country as … Read more