11.06.19 Assam(APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam govt to set up Skill University at Darrang district   Assam government will set up a Skill University at the cost of 850 crore rupees at Darrang district.   This will be perhaps the first skill university of the country with a capacity of 10 thousand seats.   The admission test for … Read more 11.06.19 Assam(APSC) Daily Current Affairs

19.06.19 Assam(APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   New skill devp scheme for jail inmates pays dividends   A new skill development scheme titled, Karagaror pora Karikar ( from jail to skilled persons) has already paid dividends in Morigain district. The scheme, which is aimed at providing training to the jail inmates to become self-reliant has benefitted many people.     … Read more 19.06.19 Assam(APSC) Daily Current Affairs

04.07.19 Assam(APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM Tezpur University gets UGC nod for Assamese department Tezpur University (TU), a premier central university in Assam, has finally received the long-pending nod by the the University Grants Commission (UGC) to open an Assamese department. The board of management of TU, via a notification, approved the establishment of four departments – Foreign Languages, Pharmacy, Design … Read more 04.07.19 Assam(APSC) Daily Current Affairs

13.06.19 Assam(APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Natural bridge reunites hoolock gibbons after 100 years   Colonial-era construction of railway tracks through the Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary in Jorhat had separated the 77-strong hoolock gibbon population there.   The sanctuary is divided into five “compartments” for conservation management purposes. The railway tracks had isolated the Hoolock gibbons in compartment I with the other compartments … Read more 13.06.19 Assam(APSC) Daily Current Affairs

25.06.19 Assam(APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   State govt to review language policy   The State education department will put the matter of language policy for primary education in the agenda of next Cabinet meeting of the government for further consideration.     The language policy for primary education was finalised by the Sabha in consultation with language experts on … Read more 25.06.19 Assam(APSC) Daily Current Affairs

01.06.19 Assam(APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Lecanorchis taiwaniana discovered in Assam   Lecanorchis taiwaniana(The parasitic bloom), a type of orchid was accidentally discovered in Assam. This is the first time it is discovered in India. But the orchid species is already known in Japan, Taiwan, and Laos. The orchid was accidentally discovered in Assam by Jatindra Sarma, Assam’s forest officer named. He … Read more 01.06.19 Assam(APSC) Daily Current Affairs

29-30.06.19 Assam(APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM Dispur push to boost horticulture production in State   As part of the endeavour to boost output of horticultural crops in the State and help farmers engage in cultivation of such crops, the State government has decided to expand the scope of the ‘Per Drop More Crop (Micro Irrigation and Other Intervention)’ under the … Read more 29-30.06.19 Assam(APSC) Daily Current Affairs

28.06.19 Assam(APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam set to get its 6th national park in Dima Hasao   The picturesque Dima Hasao district is set to get its first protected forest, with a move afoot to create a national park comprising some of the most verdant and inaccessible jungles of the area. This will be Assam’s sixth national park … Read more 28.06.19 Assam(APSC) Daily Current Affairs

05.06.19 Assam(APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Kamakhya expected to host 25 lakh devotees during Ambubachi Mela   Assam is gearing up for the largest religious congregation in the state as an estimated 25 lakh people are expected to attend the four-day annual Ambubachi Mela starting at the KamakhyaTemple from June 22.   Kamakhya is one of the 51 shakti shrines representing different body … Read more 05.06.19 Assam(APSC) Daily Current Affairs

07.06.19 Assam(APSC) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Air pollution wreaking havoc in Northeast states: Study   Air pollution, this year’s theme of World Environment Day, has brought to focus how it is slowly turning into a major health problem in the Northeast where deaths deaths due to acute respiratory infection (ARI) are on the rise. The National Health Profile (NHP), … Read more 07.06.19 Assam(APSC) Daily Current Affairs