21.09.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Bhutan commerce body keen on boosting trade with Assam   The Bhutan Chambers of Commerce and Industries (BCCI) is keen on boosting the trade relationship with India, with the cooperation of the Bodoland Regional Apex Weavers & Artisans Co-Operative Federation Ltd (BRAWFED).   The BCCI and BRAWFED recently organised a six-day exhibition and … Read more

27.07.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Govt fails to stop anaemia, maternal mortality in TEs   Various government interventions meant to combat anaemia are insufficient and unsuccessful in reaching the women they are intended to serve and women in tea gardens of the State face multiple barriers to combating the disease and accessing adequate maternal health care, according to … Read more

02.11.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   ·       Assam pacts with AFD to restore its forest   AssamState government signed an agreement worth50 million euros (Rs.400 crore) with the French Development Agency (AFD). The agreement aims to help restore the state’s forests and preserve its biodiversity. The project reaffirmed the commitment of the two countries towards the restoration and preservation of rich … Read more

05.11.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM ●      CJI Ranjan Gogoi released the Assamese version of the book Courts of India Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi released the Assamese version of the book “Courts of India” in Guwahati on 10 November 2019. Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal, Several judges of Supreme court, and Principal Director General of All India Radio news and … Read more

08-09.09.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Amit Shah chairs 68th Plenary session of the North Eastern Council 2019 in Guwahati Assam   Amit Shahhosted the two-day event of 68th Plenary session of the North Eastern Council 2019 (NEC, a nodal agency for the economic and social development of the North East which consists of 8 states of the region) … Read more

03.08.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam tea producers eye tea waste export to boost revenue   Tea producers from Assam have asked the Tea Board of India (TBI) to issue guidelines for exporting tea waste to boost revenue generation and stop the practice of making re-processed tea.   Export of tea waste can be a game changer as far as revenue … Read more

01.12.18 Assam (APSC) Current Affairs

ASSAM   In a first, Assam tea estate gets woman manager   Manju Baruah is the manager of Apeejay Tea’s Hilika Tea Estate in upper Assam’s Dibrugarh district.   An official of Tea Board of India said there have been women senior assistant ma-nagers and welfare officers but no woman was appointed manager until Baruah was … Read more

25.06.19 Assam(APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   State govt to review language policy   The State education department will put the matter of language policy for primary education in the agenda of next Cabinet meeting of the government for further consideration.     The language policy for primary education was finalised by the Sabha in consultation with language experts on … Read more

14.05.2019 National and International Current Affairs

14.05.19     INTERNATIONAL Waste dumping proposal defeated A proposal by India to prevent developed countries from dumping their electronic and plastic waste onto developing countries, was defeated at the recently concluded meeting of the Basel Convention in Geneva. Pollution from plastic waste, acknowledged as a major environmental problem of global concern, has reached epidemic … Read more

14.08.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM     Assam yet to contact Kerala on flood-hit migrant workers   Faced with ‘unprecedented’ destruction caused to human lives and property by flood, the Kerala government has chalked out special plans to rescue and repatriate the migrant workers, which include nearly 60,000 from Assam.   Ironically, the Assam government does not have any … Read more