07.06.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   MoA to commercialize innovations at Tezpur University   A Memorandum of agreement (MoA) was recently signed between Tezpur University (TU) and National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) to build collaborations which will help researchers and entrepreneurs commercialize their home-grown technologies. TU registrar Biren Das and H Purushotham, chairman and managing director of NRDC, signed the agreement. … Read more

19.05.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Centre will open up restricted northeast areas to foreigners   The ministries of home, defence and tourism have agreed, in principle, to open up restricted areas of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim for foreign tourists.   A formal announcement to this effect will come only after consultations with state governments involved that need to … Read more

05.09.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Air India mulls Thailand, China flights from Guwahati.   Air India is exploring ways to launch Guwahati-Bangkok and Guwahati-Kunming flights as the Centre and state governments in the northeast push for better connectivity between the region and southeast Asian countries as part of the Act East Policy.   An ATR flight service between Guwahati-Dibrugarh-Pasighat(Arunachal Pradesh) started … Read more

30:08:2017 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam government decides to start award in name of Guru Tegh Bahadur   The Assam government has decided to start an annual award in the name of ninth Sikh Guru Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur and it will be given for exemplary work in the social field. This was decided in a meeting between Assam chief minister Sarbnanda … Read more