APSC Prelims and Mains Notes, APSC Test Series
Advance Infrastructure in Rural Areas Good quality infrastructure is critical to sustainable growth, especially for rural areas. As over 60 per cent of the population lives in rural areas, with low levels of per capital income, there is need to impart greater attention in improving rural infrastructure. Currently the rural infrastructure is inadequate to support … Read more
Food safety and Microbial standards, Food quality standards Food safety-Indicators of food microbial Quality and safety-Coliforms, Enterococci, Bifidobacteria, Coliphages/Enteroviruses, predictive Microbiology/ Microbial modeling Microbial Standards of Processed and preserved Foods The Center for disease control (CDC) investigates each documented outbreak of food borne disease and attempts to determine not only the specific microorganisms and foods … Read more
Food bio technology Biotechnology is defined in accordance with the Convention on Biological Diversity, i.e. “any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use” Biotechnology as applied to food processing in most developing countries makes use of microbial inoculants to enhance properties … Read more
ASSAM Foundations of 19 cancer hospitals in Assam will be laid on June 17: Himanta Biswa Sarma Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the foundations stone of 19 cancer hospitals will be laid in the state in presence of Tata Trust chairman Ratan Tata on June 17. Sarma told reporters here on Monday that the 19 cancer hospitals in … Read more
ASSAM Vibrant Northeast in Guwahati from May 3 The ‘Vibrant North East 2018′, an event in which people would be made aware of central government’s schemes and programmes, will be held in Guwahati from 3-5 May. Players from the agriculture, food processing, consumer affairs, civil supply, drinking water and sanitation sectors will … Read more
ASSAM Vibrant Northeast in Guwahati from May 3 The ‘Vibrant North East 2018′, an event in which people would be made aware of central government’s schemes and programmes, will be held in Guwahati from 3-5 May. Players from the agriculture, food processing, consumer affairs, civil supply, drinking water and sanitation sectors … Read more
ASSAM A huge cancer care system to be set up in Assam soon The Tata Trusts and the state government are collaborating to set up, in a first, a three-level Rs 1400-cr cancer care grid that will connect district hospitals, medical colleges to an advanced centre at Guwahati. Tata Trusts is the philanthropic arm of the Tata … Read more
ASSAM Sonowal takes investor summit pitch to Bengaluru Taking ahead the pitch for the Global Investors’ Summit to be held in Assam, chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal began a road show in Bengaluru. “With its transformation, Assam is gearing up as the new growth engine for making a new India. Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Act … Read more
ASSAM Assam, Singapore sign MoU for skilling youths The Assam government signed MoUs with its Singapore counterpart for skilling over 78,000 rural youths in the state by 2019 and greening Guwahati. The skill development training will be imparted to 78,500 poor rural youths during 2016-19 under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana. … Read more