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ASSAM Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurates Global Investment Summit In Assam The first two-day Global Investment Summithas been organized in Assam. The summit emphasizes on promoting investments in the state and the North East. The conference was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Businessmen like Ratan Tata and Mukesh Ambani are taking part in the … Read more
ASSAM Northeast India gets first Centre of Excellence in Electronics Sector Skill Development In a historic development northeast India gets its first Skill Development Center of Excellence, an initiative through industry-academia participation under government facilitation when Electronics Sector Skill Council of India (ESSCI) signed an MoU with Assam Don Bosco University, Guwahati to jointly set up a state of the art Center of Excellence (CoE) … Read more
ASSAM North East Festival in Delhi ends The North East Festival aimed at “promoting talents and culture of NE India” concluded on November 5. “More than two lakh people attended the festival, the visitors comprising people from Delhi-NCR, NE communities and foreigners. The event is an attempt at bringing the NE closer to … Read more
ASSAM Over Rs 8,000 crore telecom projects face delays in north east The government’s ambitious plan to provide seamless connectivity across the country’s north-eastern region has made little headway despite the Union Cabinet approving a comprehensive plan more than three years back. Budgetary estimate for the plan that would have provided a stable telecom network … Read more
ASSAM Assam lags behind in creating organ donation awareness The organ donation programme in the state is in dire straits due to administrative negligence and lack of general awareness. Assam has an abysmal record, as compared to other states like Tamil Nadu, Telengana, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, when it comes to organ donation. Organ transplant requires state-of-the-art facilities comprising proper equipments … Read more
ASSAM Assam wins 8th Sub-junior National Hockey C’ship Hosts Assam Hockey rallied back from a 0-2 setback in the first half to beat Hockey Rajasthan 3-2 in the final of the 8th Hockey India Sub Junior Men National Championship 2018 (B Division). In the third and fourth placing match, Hockey Himachal beat … Read more
ASSAM NRC is a priority agenda: Assam CM Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowalon the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a primary and priority agenda of the state government. He also said the government was providing all logistic support for a complete and flawless NRC, the updation of which is going on under the supervision of the … Read more
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
ASSAM Assam CM celebrates birthday by marking government milestone Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal celebrated his birthday by marking the state government’s milestone of giving home loans totalling Rs 1000 crore to 10,000 state government employees at low interest rates under the ‘Apon Ghar’ scheme. Under the scheme, male employees can avial loans upto Rs 15 … Read more
ASSAM Assam CM demands new industrial policy for NE With the state’s first global investors’ summit just four months away and no central policy to attract business to the region, Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal called on Union finance minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi for immediate help. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to open the two-day … Read more