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

03-04.06.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Real estate sector requests government to intervene in sand, stone price crisis   Assam Real Estate and Infrastructure Developers Association (Areida) requested the state government to intervene into the problem of acute scarcity and unabated price rise of sand and stone chips. The real estate body said they have been suffering huge losses for the last few … Read more 03-04.06.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

16.02.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Gauhati University to participate in national youth fest   A 40-member team from Gauhati University (GU) will participate in the National Inter University Youth Festival to be held at Ranchi University from February 16-20. The first three winners from five different zonal inter-university youth festivals held across the country will get the opportunity to participate in the National … Read more 16.02.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

08.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM State’s salary bill higher than revenue   After the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations, the expenditure incurred by the Assam Government is much higher than its own revenue generation. Though the State’s share of Central taxes has increased considerably over the years, the high salary burden has affected development works.Highly placed official … Read more 08.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

26.04.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   CM asks revenue dept to provide land rights to indigenous people of Assam   Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal directed the revenue department to implement recommendations of the Committee on Protection of Land Rights of Indigenous People.   A government statement said the committee headed by former chief election commissioner Hari Shankar Brahmahas laid down 180 recommendations including … Read more 26.04.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

08.02.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

  ASSAM Drink in public, go to jail in Assam   Drinking in public would soon become a punishable offence in the state. And, if anyone involved in a brawl or creating a nuisance after drinking, the punishment includes a three-month jail term.   On the first day of the budget session, the state government tabled the Assam … Read more 08.02.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

20.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Assam has highest number of beggars in Northeast   Assam has the highest number of beggars and vagrants among the northeast states, Union minister for social justice Thawar Chand Gehlot informed the Lok Sabha.   Assam also has the fourth highest number of women beggars in the country, the minister added in a written reply to … Read more 20.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

16.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Police gets device to fight cyber crime   Assam Police, which has been engaged in high intensity counter-insurgency operations for nearly four decades, is set to shift its focus to cyber terror, the new domain of crime that has a global reach.   Emulating Kerala Police, the police force of the state will get … Read more 16.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

13-14.05.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   North Eastern State Capitals to be connected by railway network by 2020   Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to develop India’s north-east region is taking shape. A couple of days ago he declared that Sikkim will have air connectivity before it gets a railway line. And that happened. Now he is planning to join the … Read more 13-14.05.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs