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ASSAM Usable groundwater rapidly depleting in north, east India: Study India’s northern and eastern states saw a rapid decline in usable ground water between 2005 and 2013, raising an impending risk of severe droughts, food crisis, and drinking water scarcity for millions of people, researchers have found. Groundwater-level data was used from 3,907 … Read more
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
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
ASSAM · GMC lacks efficient waste collection system: report ð The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) is expending about 60 to 70 per cent budget of Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) on the MSW collection system, but they don’t have an efficient collection system. ð The report said that due to lack of … Read more
10.05.19 INTERNATIONAL India re-elected as observer to Arctic Council India has been re-elected as an observer to intergovernmental forum Arctic Council The Arctic Council promotes cooperation, coordination and interaction among Arctic states, the region’s indigenous communities and other inhabitants on common issues, particularly on sustainable development and environmental protection. Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, … Read more
ASSAM Like Nagaland, Assam may soon get cell to deal with poaching, smuggling With Assam increasingly becoming a transit point as well as a source for the smuggling of wildlife species, the forest department is mulling setting up a cell exclusively for dealing with wildlife crime in the state. While rhino poaching dominates wildlife crime in Assam, … Read more
ASSAM India and ADB sign Loan Agreement of $60 million for Assam ð Government of India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a loan agreement of $60 million for financing project for renovation, protection and community-based flood risk management activities along the Brahmaputra river in Assam. The objective of the program is to … Read more
ASSAM Assam History : Decline and fall of the Ahom Kingdom – I The Moamoria Rebellion started during the reign of Swargadeo Lakshmi Singha and ended during the reign of Swargadeo Kamaleswar Singha. It continued up to 36 years, from 1769 to 1805.It was a conflict between Ahom Kings and the Moran people … Read more
08.05.19 INTERNATIONAL India, Germany, Brazil, Japan ‘absolutely needed’ at UNSC as permanent members: France India and nations like Germany, Brazil and Japan are “absolutely needed” as permanent members of a reformed and enlarged UN Security Council to better reflect contemporary realities. India is at the forefront of efforts at the UN to push … Read more
ASSAM Festival to promote NE trade, tourism on a global platform Dubbed as the first-ever initiative to promote trade, tourism and cultural exchange between India’s North East and South East Asian nations, the North East India Festival to be held at the Central World, Bangkok, during February 9-10 will showcase the North East … Read more