24.10.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate the first global investors’ summit in Assam   Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the first global investors’ summit to be organised by the BJP-led government in Assam. The summit will be held on February 3-4, 2018 at Sarusajai Stadium in Guwahati. The government also announced tax breaks and incentives to … Read more 24.10.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

22.05.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Protests over Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in three northeastern states   Lending support to the voices of dissent over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, hundreds of student activists staged demonstrations across three northeast states.   The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 was introduced in the Lok Sabha to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955. A key … Read more 22.05.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

06.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Lab-on-wheels stalled in Assam due to lack of funds   The only laboratory-on-wheels in the state, which was launched for primary school students by the state education department in 2012, has been lying in a dysfunctional state since 2015, with the directorate of elementary education, responsible for looking after after the project, citing dearth of funds … Read more 06.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

10-11.06.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   BSF mulling laser walls in Tripura   BSF Tripura Frontier is contemplating to erect laser walls to guard unfenced and riverine patches of Indo-Bangla border in Tripura as part of ensuring effective guarding of border areas, according to official sources.In Tripura, the BSF has already started using sensor devices like Night Vision Goggles … Read more 10-11.06.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

13.10.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam to soon have ITI for the differently abled   Assam is setting up an industrial training institute (ITI) for the differently abled. The ITI will have 60 seats for three different trades, with 20 seats per trade as per prescribed guidelines of the National Council for Vocational Training. At the foundation laying ceremony, Sonowal … Read more 13.10.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

15.05.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Citizenship bill faces stiff opposition in Northeast   The Modi government’s Citizenship(Amendment) Bill, 2016 — proposing citizenship to religious minorities fleeing Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan because of persecution — has run into opposition in the Northeast.   While Assam’s BJP government wants a Joint Parliamentary Committee currently touring the region to hold public hearings to defer … Read more 15.05.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs