01.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Assam to observe ‘Rhino Day’ on September 22   The Assam government will be observing September 22 as ‘Rhino Day’ to generate public awareness on protection of the one-horned pachyderm, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has said.   A State Rhino Project in line with National Rhino Project will be launched in Assam soon for … Read more

17.02.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Many opting for open schooling in Assam Open schooling has slowly emerged as a new alternative to class X state board examinations, with sources in the Board of Secondary Education, Assam(Seba), which conducts the state board exams, pointing out the number of students registered to appear in the exams this year has gone down by … Read more

20.02.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Kaziranga gets additional firepower Rhino habitats and tiger reserves of the state, including the Kaziranga National Park (KNP), received a fresh batch of automatic firearms on Sunday, adding more teeth to the anti-poaching drive at the world heritage site. Home to two-third of the world’s one-horned rhino population, Kaziranga has been bearing the brunt … Read more

26.10.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Naga Framework Agreement no threat to Assam’s territorial integrity: CM Sonowal   Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal sought to allay fears over the Centre’s 2015 Framework Agreement with the rebel outfit National Socialist Council of Nagaland.   The CM’s statement came in the backdrop of growing apprehension among the public that the state may be … Read more

29-30.09.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

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

1.02.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Bhutan sets up consulate in Guwahati   Bhutan became the second country in the Indian sub-continent to set up its consulate general office in Guwahati ahead of the first global investors’ summit, which will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Bangladesh set up its office of consulate general last year. Coinciding with the 50th anniversary … Read more

16.12.17 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   PM Narendra Modi announces Rs 90000 crore for improving roads, highways in NE   Prime Minister Narendra Modi  committed an investment of Rs 90,000 cr in the next two to three years to build a network of highways and roads in the northeastern region. Modi was speaking at the inauguration of Mizoram’s biggest hydel project, … Read more

29.11.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam govt to give Rs 30,000 to every bride for buying gold   From January next year, every bride from families whose annual income is not more than Rs 5 lakh, will receive Rs 30,000 from Assam government in her account, compulsorily for buying gold, but only if the marriage is registered under … Read more

03-04.06.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Real estate sector requests government to intervene in sand, stone price crisis   Assam Real Estate and Infrastructure Developers Association (Areida) requested the state government to intervene into the problem of acute scarcity and unabated price rise of sand and stone chips. The real estate body said they have been suffering huge losses for the last few … Read more

25-26.02.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Assam-Arunachal border dispute to be resolved soon’ Assam irrigation, textile and handloom ministerRanjit Dutta expressed confidence that the decades-old boundary dispute between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh will be resolved soon through meaningful dialogue between both the BJP-ruled states. While participating at the Nyokum Yullo festival of the Nyishi community at Nyokum Lapang festival ground, Dutta said, “Assam … Read more