APSC Prelims and Mains Notes, APSC Test Series
ASSAM Center has given an extension of 6 months to complete the ongoing exercise for updating the NRC in Assam The Center given an extension of six months to complete the ongoing exercise for updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam by 30th June 2019 as the enumeration of citizens in the NRC … Read more
ASSAM Radical outfits may become biggest threat to State Radicalization and efforts by fundamentalist terrorist outfits may turn out to be the biggest threats to the North East region of India, particularly Assam, in the days to come and there is need for strengthening the intelligence gathering mechanism to deal with it. … Read more
ASSAM Assam’s rural areas to be ODF by year-end’ The rural areas of Assam are all set to become Open Defecation Free (ODF) by December 31 this year with 98% of the target being already achieved. Assam and Tripura are the only two north eastern states where rural areas are yet to become ODF, while the … Read more
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
ASSAM Suhungmung Dihingiya Raja (1497-1539) The reign of Suhungmung Dihingiya Raja broke from the early Ahom rule and established a multi-ethnic polity in his kingdom. Under him the Ahom Kingdom expanded greatly for the first time since Sukaphaa, at the cost of the Sutiya and the Kachari kingdoms. He also successfully defended … Read more
ASSAM Assam will have 10 methanol-run buses: Gadkari Union minister of road transport and highways, Nitin Gadkari said that his ministry has decided to provide 10 methanol-run buses for public transportation in Assam. The methanol-run buses will initially ply as a pilot project in the state and Assam Petrochmicals Limited (APL) will supply the methanol for the new buses. … Read more
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
ASSAM UN concern over spurt in human trafficking cases Illegal migration from Bangladesh to India is now a well established fact, but incidents of human trafficking, particularly trafficking of children from Bangladesh to India and vice versa has become a major cause of concern. The United Nations office of Drugs and Crime … Read more
ASSAM 22 pc of State’s population covered The vaccination to prevent rubella disease which was launched in Assam in August this year, has covered around 84.22 per cent of the State’s population. Till today no study has been carried out in Assam to determine the exact number of rubella patients. On the … Read more
ASSAM Bill can be challenged in court if it becomes Act: PVM The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, after it becomes an Act, can be challenged before the court. Moreover, the Bill has created the ground for seeking revision of the cut-off date for grant of citizenship to migrants from Bangladesh from March 25, 1971 … Read more