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

06.04.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam to ‘March for Science’ on April 11 The Assam chapter of All India People’s Science Network (AIPSN) will lend its support to the Global March for Science which will be organized as a protest against ‘attacks’ being launched on science and rational discourses across the world. While the march will be held … Read more

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

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

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

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

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

16.12.17 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   PM Narendra Modi announces Rs 90000 crore for improving roads, highways in NE   Prime Minister Narendra Modi  committed an investment of Rs 90,000 cr in the next two to three years to build a network of highways and roads in the northeastern region. Modi was speaking at the inauguration of Mizoram’s biggest hydel project, … Read more

24.11.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Tribute to Lachit Borphukan   Assam pays tributes to Lachit Barphukan across the state  highlighting the great strength and courage of the Ahom General who defeated the Mughals in the battle of Saraighat.   Chief minister Sarbanabda Sonowal took the lead to pay homage to the war hero at the central function organized at theSankardeb Kalakhetra. In … Read more

18.05.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Centre for CBI probe into serious cybercrime cases   Assam Police may refer specific cases of cybercrimes having inter-state or international ramifications to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), following an advisory sent by the Union home ministry to the state government after a spike in the number of cybercrime cases. Assam has earned the fifth position in the … Read more