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

21.10.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM Assam Skill City to have 10,000 training seats may take 4-5 years to get functional   The Assam State government to launch well-equipped cities with the capacity of 10000 seatsin the state. A Singapore based premier institute will support the state government for further development. A temporary complex with 400 capacity is being set up in Guwahati. Around  30 … Read more

21.11.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

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

16.11.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   NHRC notice to Assam govt on harassment over nationality verification   The National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) issued a notice to the state government after taking suo motu cognizance of media reports about the harassment being meted out to several people by the police in the name of verification of their nationality in Assam. The … Read more

10.01.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam tourism reaching Kazakhastan The central Asian country on Wednesday evinced keen interest to receive these people in Almaty to explore the opportunities for bilateral cooperation in the hospitality sector. The open invitation dominated when its ambassador to India Bulat Sarsenbayev is on a five days visit to the premier north east Indian capital city of Guwahati. … Read more

2.12.2017 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   6th International Tourism Mart being organized in Guwahati, Assam   The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, in association with the North Eastern States is organising the “International Tourism Mart” (ITM) in Guwahati, Assam from 5-7 December, 2017.   The event will be held in Taj Vivanta, and will be inaugurated on 5th … Read more

02.08.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

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