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ASSAM Assam Tourism inked a MoU for Filmfare Awards show in Guwahati Assam Tourism Development Corporation (ATDC) inked a memorandum of understanding with the Times Group for organizing the 65th Filmfare Awards. The MoU signed in the presence of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Bennett Coleman and Company Limited managing director Vineet Jain. The MoU paved … Read more
ASSAM CM’s health scheme extended to PHCs The Chief Minister’s Free Diagnostic Services Programme, under which X-Ray, CT scan and blood tests are provided free of cost, has been extended to public health centres. The facility is now available in district hospitals, sub-divisions and first referral units and over 14.36 lakh people … Read more
ASSAM 41,000 posts in govt schools lying vacant in Assam Around 41,000 posts, including those of over 27,000 teachers, are lying vacant in various government run schools across Assam. A total of 40,845 posts are lying vacant in various government-run schools and out of these, 27,202 posts are of teachers. The state government had … Read more
ASSAM State’s share of Central devolution dips The State’s share of Central devolution has come down from 3.34 per cent to 3.31 per cent. Last year, we should have got Rs 29,000 crore by way of Central tax devolution but we eventually got Rs 25,000 crore, meaning a shortfall of Rs 4,000 crore. … Read more
ASSAM A huge cancer care system to be set up in Assam soon The Tata Trusts and the state government are collaborating to set up, in a first, a three-level Rs 1400-cr cancer care grid that will connect district hospitals, medical colleges to an advanced centre at Guwahati. Tata Trusts is the philanthropic arm of … Read more
ASSAM Lecanorchis taiwaniana discovered in Assam Lecanorchis taiwaniana(The parasitic bloom), a type of orchid was accidentally discovered in Assam. This is the first time it is discovered in India. But the orchid species is already known in Japan, Taiwan, and Laos. The orchid was accidentally discovered in Assam by Jatindra Sarma, Assam’s forest officer named. He … Read more
ASSAM Agreement signed to supply natural gas to 5 Assam districts Assam Gas Company Ltd, Oil IndiaLimited and GAIL Gas Ltd on Thursday signed a joint venture agreement for laying, building and operating the City Gas Distribution Networks for supply of piped natural gas to the domestic, commercial and industrial customers and compressed natural gas (CNG) to … Read more
ASSAM Curtains come down on Ambubachi Mela The five-day annual Ambubachi Mela ended today as the doors of the Kamakhya temple were reopened for the devotees after a gap of four days. Lakhs of devotees, including Governor Jagdish Mukhi and Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, paid their obeisance to the Mother Goddess on the … Read more
ASSAM Farmers receive Tractors under CMSGUY in Udalguri Assam Public Health Engineering and Co-operation Minister, Rihon Daimari distributed tractors and accessories to beneficiaries under the Chief Minister’s Samagra Gramya Unnaya Yojana (CMSGUY) 2017-2018. The Central Government is taking every possible step to increase the productivity in the agricultural field and also urged the farmers … Read more
ASSAM Assam, Bangladesh to boost trade ties To carry forward good beginning unleashed by the India-Bangladesh Stakeholders’ Meet for Trade and Connectivity, both Assam and Bangladesh vowed to work on the areas like garment industry, health tourism, IT and education sector among others for the mutual benefits of both the geographical territories. Sonowal … Read more