20.11.19 Assam (APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam imposed a complete ban on gutka and pan masala     The Assam state government imposed a complete ban on gutka and pan masala in the state for a year. The State government passed an order under clause (a) of Sub-section 2 of Section 30 of the Food Safety and Security Act, 2006 with an immediate … Read more

01.01.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM           Gauhati University gears up for inter-varsity youth festival   After a gap of 25 years, Gauhati University (GU) is all geared up to host Pragjyoti Mahotsava — the 33rd East Zone Inter University Youth Festival 2017-18 — from January 5 to January 9.   About 25-30 universities from eastern India are expected to participate in … Read more

14.10.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Muskan-III’ rolled out in Assam to check crime against children   In view of rising crime against children, especially trafficking, child labour and child marriage, the Kamrup (metro) district child protection committee is pressing for a massive awareness campaign. The state campaign is part of a nationwide campaign known as ‘Muskan-III’, which aims to rescue and recover missing children. … Read more

08.06.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   28 groups protest against citizenship bill in Assam   The simmering discontent against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 once again came to the fore on Thursday as over ten thousand activists from 28 organisations staged a mass protest at the old high schoolfield in Dibrugarh in protest against the controversial bill.   Several prominent organisations, including … Read more

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

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

24-25 .12.17 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Centre for citizen bill in the monsoon   The Centre will take up the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, in the monsoon session of Parliament.   The bill, which was introduced by the Centre in the Lok Sabha in July 2016, aims to grant Indian citizenship to persons belonging to minority communities, namely, Hindus, … Read more

11.04.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Integrated farming can double NE farmers’ income: Experts   Integrated farming system (IFS) with scientific inputs can play a vital role to meet food security and bring about livelihood improvement besides realising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to double farmers’ income by 2022 in the North East, agricultural experts have observed.“IFS can be … Read more