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ASSAM IITG-Cotton varsity MoU for academic, administrative collaboration The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cotton University for academic and administrative collaboration, in addition to the joint organisation of symposiums and workshops. Besides academic and administrative collaboration and joint symposiums and workshops, the MoU … Read more
Present Status: Fish occupies an important place in the lives of the people of the State and fish farming has been one of the common activities in the rural areas. Thus, the Fishery Sector is considered as an important economic activity in the socio-economic context in the state of Assam. Assam is endowed … Read more
ASSAM Assam has highest number of beggars in Northeast Assam has the highest number of beggars and vagrants among the northeast states, Union minister for social justice Thawar Chand Gehlot informed the Lok Sabha. Assam also has the fourth highest number of women beggars in the country, the minister added in a written reply to … Read more
ASSAM Assam ties up with Instagram to promote tourism globally The Assam Tourism Development Corporation (ATDC) has planned to launch a global campaign ahead of the upcoming Raas Festival in the state. The state tourism department announced an official collaboration with Instagram to promote Assam globally . The state tourism department has initiated a … Read more
ASSAM Digital divide: 30% tea workers in Assam yet to have bank accounts A year after the note ban and the planned shift to complete digitalization of monetary transactions initiated by the Centre, about 30% of the state’s 10 lakh tea garden workers are still waiting for their bank accounts to be created. … Read more
ASSAM Poet to translate Lal Ded’s verses into Assamese Assamese poetand Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar awardee Bijoy Sankar Barman has embarked on an ambitious task of translating available works of 14th century Kashmiri mystic poetess Lalleshwari, also known as Lal Ded, into Assamese. Her verses, ‘Lal Vakhs’ (meaning voices), are believed to be the earliest compositions in … Read more
ASSAM Centre yet to release Rs 893 crore The Union Government is to release an amount of Rs 893.01 crore against the Flood Management Programme (FMP) schemes the State has executed during the Eleventh and Twelfth Five Year Plans. The State Government, on the other hand, is to release an amount of Rs … Read more
ASSAM CM Sarbananda Sonowal launches children’s safety app Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal launched a mobile app “Shishu Suraksha”, an initiative of Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, in Guwahati. The app, launched on the occasion of Children’s Day, would enable users to file complaints against child rights violation instantly. He stressed on the need for parents … Read more
ASSAM Assam to implement two-child norm for government jobs from 2021 Assam government on Tuesday decided that people with more than two children will not be eligible for government jobs after January 1, 2021. Those with more than two children would not be considered for government jobs from January 1, 2021. The … Read more
ASSAM Assam forms a squad to tackle human-wildlife conflicts in state Aiming to control the human-elephant conflicts, the Assam government launched Anti-Depedration Squads of the state forest department. The squad would be stationed at 15 major human-wildlife conflict districts in order to mitigate the problem and to ensure the safety of both humans and wildlife. … Read more