16.10.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Bigger pest threat looms large over Assam   While invasion of cropland by the armyworm (called shurpok locally) is not unusual in Assam, a far bigger threat in the form of a possible fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) epidemic looms large over the State.   Armyworm infestation of crop in Assam in varied degrees … Read more 16.10.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

22.10.18 Assam (APSC) Current Affairs

ASSAM ·        Tezpur University inks MoU with CSIR-CIMAP for Aroma Mission ð  Tezpur University (TU) signed an MoU with the Lucknow-based CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatics Plants (CIMAP) to implement CSIR-Aroma Mission and rural technologies in the northeastern region during a recent one-day seminar at Tezpur University on ‘CSIR-Aroma Mission: Aroma Crops for Boosting … Read more 22.10.18 Assam (APSC) Current Affairs

07.05.2019 National and International Current Affairs

  INTERNATIONAL Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Council of Foreign Ministers in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi will attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Council of Foreign Ministers in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, later this month. Dialogue between India and Pakistan has been called off since the Pathankot attack in January … Read more 07.05.2019 National and International Current Affairs

08.06.19 Assam(APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM       IIT Guwahati signs MoU with ISRO to set up space technology   Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati signed an MoU with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)to set up an IITG-ISRO Space Technology Cell (STC) at the institute where Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi inaugurated a new academic complex and research and development … Read more 08.06.19 Assam(APSC) Daily Current Affairs

17.04.19 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Ahom Rule at its zenith of Rudra Singha (1696-1714) to Rajeswer Singha (1751- 1769): political history   The Zenith of the Ahom power was reached in the reign of RudraSinha or Sukhrungpha (1696-1714). He founded new capital at Rangpur presently known as Sivasagar. During his reign subjugation of Cachar and Jaintia was completed … Read more 17.04.19 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

11.09.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

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 11.09.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

30.11.18 Assam (APSC) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam government wants change in Army formations   Assam government wants a re-arrangement of the Areas of Responsibility (AOR) of Army’s Tezpur-based 4th Corps and Dimapur-based 3rd Corps to effectively counter a resurgent Ulfa (I) in upper Assam areas.   The three disturbed districts in upper Assam are Tinsukia, Dibrugarh and Sibsagar, all of which are looked … Read more 30.11.18 Assam (APSC) Current Affairs

04.01.19 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   House committee on citizenship amendment bill finalises report   The joint parliamentary committee on the citizenship amendment bill finalised its report, expectedly retaining provisions seeking to provide a path to citizenship for Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists and Christians fleeing persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.   The opposition demand that the provisions be made “religion neutral”, so … Read more 04.01.19 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

11.08.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign launched    Many districts launched the month-long Measles Rubella (MR) vaccination campaign.   According to the doctors, Rubella is another viral disease having similar clinical symptom like measles. It affects both children and adults and can cause disabilities in the newborn if an unprotected mother gets infected with Rubella virus … Read more 11.08.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

05.07.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Minister reviews works of Brahmaputra Board   Union Minister of State for Water Resources Arjun Ram Meghwal today stressed the need for making the Brahmaputra Board more efficient, converting all threats into opportunities and minimizing all weaknesses.The minister said this while interacting with the officials of the Brahmaputra Board following a meeting here … Read more 05.07.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs