31.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Safe abortion training for medical staff in districts   The state government is in the process of training medical officers and nursing staff on comprehensive abortion care in different districts to ensure women have access to safe abortion by trained medical staff.   The state government has set up centres in 23 districts where … Read more 31.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

06.06.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Strikes in Oil and Gas sector in Assam prohibited   The Assam government has banned strikes by employees in the Oil and Gas sector in the state under the Essential Services Maintenance (Assam) Act, 1980 for six months.   A notification to this effect was issued on March 13 prohibiting strikes in Assam by officers, workmen, … Read more 06.06.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

20.04.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

20.04.18   RAJASTHAN Nabard approves Rs 14,690 cr funding to Rajasthan   National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has extended total credit support of Rs 14,690 crore to Rajasthan for 2017-18.   Rajasthan has been one of the biggest beneficiaries under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) of NABARD, under which NABARD disbursed … Read more 20.04.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

04.01.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam CM launches skill development training centres   Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has ceremonially launched skill development training centres across the state.   The chief minister launched the centres in a programme organized by Department of Skill, Employment and Entrepreneurship at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra in Guwahati.   The Chief Minister further informed … Read more 04.01.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

27.01.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Assam: Construction work begins on world-class airport terminal   Union minister for civil aviation P Ashok Gajapathi Raju and chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation stone for the new international-standard integrated terminal building of the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport.   To be completed by 2020 at a cost of Rs 1,232 crores, the ambitious project is being … Read more 27.01.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

01.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Assam to observe ‘Rhino Day’ on September 22   The Assam government will be observing September 22 as ‘Rhino Day’ to generate public awareness on protection of the one-horned pachyderm, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has said.   A State Rhino Project in line with National Rhino Project will be launched in Assam soon for … Read more 01.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

17.02.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Many opting for open schooling in Assam Open schooling has slowly emerged as a new alternative to class X state board examinations, with sources in the Board of Secondary Education, Assam(Seba), which conducts the state board exams, pointing out the number of students registered to appear in the exams this year has gone down by … Read more 17.02.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

20.02.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Kaziranga gets additional firepower Rhino habitats and tiger reserves of the state, including the Kaziranga National Park (KNP), received a fresh batch of automatic firearms on Sunday, adding more teeth to the anti-poaching drive at the world heritage site. Home to two-third of the world’s one-horned rhino population, Kaziranga has been bearing the brunt … Read more 20.02.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

26.10.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Naga Framework Agreement no threat to Assam’s territorial integrity: CM Sonowal   Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal sought to allay fears over the Centre’s 2015 Framework Agreement with the rebel outfit National Socialist Council of Nagaland.   The CM’s statement came in the backdrop of growing apprehension among the public that the state may be … Read more 26.10.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

1.02.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Bhutan sets up consulate in Guwahati   Bhutan became the second country in the Indian sub-continent to set up its consulate general office in Guwahati ahead of the first global investors’ summit, which will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Bangladesh set up its office of consulate general last year. Coinciding with the 50th anniversary … Read more 1.02.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs