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ASSAM Defective roads to blame for fatal accidents: Report Defective roads have been found to be causing the majority of fatal road accidents in the state, the research wing of the ministry of road and highways transport said. Fault in road design, potholes, sharp curves and speed breakers have been found to be … Read more
ASSAM Assam girl strikes gold at world boxing meet Assam girl Ankushita Boro were declared as the winner in the 64-kg category of the AIBA World Women’s Youth Boxing Championships. She defeated by 3-2 Russian opponent Ekaterina Dynnk in the last bout of the tournament. INTERNATIONAL France wins davis cup for 10th time Lucas Pouille … Read more
ASSAM Underground, underwater sensor at Indo-Bangla border soon The 60.740-km open Indo-Bangla riverine border, that is considered to be a passage for many cross-border illegal activities, will now be equipped with underground and underwater sensor (Sonar). The officials of the Border Security Forces (BSF), explained that they have taken up a project ‘BOLD-QIT’ to … Read more
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
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
ASSAM Centre constitutes committee to study Brahmaputra and flood control measures in Assam The Centre has constitued a committee headed by the Vice Chairman of the NITI Aayog Rajiv Kumar to study the Brahmaputra and flood control measures in Assam and neighbouring states. Assam government has submitted required report on flood control measures … Read more
ASSAM Assam electricity tariff to fall by 14 paise/unit from April Power tariff in Assam will fall by about two per cent from next month with the regulatory body announcing a cut in energy charges. The energy charges have been reduced by 20-30 paise per unit. The Commission has marginally increased the fixed/demand charges for … Read more
ASSAM A huge cancer care system to be set up in Assam soon The Tata Trusts and the state government are collaborating to set up, in a first, a three-level Rs 1400-cr cancer care grid that will connect district hospitals, medical colleges to an advanced centre at Guwahati. Tata Trusts is the philanthropic arm of the Tata … Read more
ASSAM Ro Ro services in State hit by lack of manpower, logistics The ‘unwise’ move of the State government in launching the Ro Ro (roll-on/roll-off) vessel services without doing adequate ground work has resulted in frequent and prolonged disruptions to their services almost immediately after those were launched with fanfare. … Read more
ASSAM 62% rural, 20% urban habitations in State covered by drinking water schemes: Niti Aayog Only 62 per cent of rural habitations have been fully covered by drinking water schemes in Assam and there has been negligible reduction in water quality issues, while in urban areas only 20 per cent of the population … Read more