APSC Prelims and Mains Notes, APSC Test Series
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
Political Parties and Elections Political parties are an established part of modern mass democracy, and the conduct of elections in India is largely dependent on the behaviour of political parties. Although many candidates for Indian elections are independent, the winning candidates for Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections usually stand as members of political parties, … Read more
ASSAM Centre sets up high-level committee for water management in northeast The government has constituted a high-level committee for proper management of water resources in the northeastern states, an official statement said. The committee will be led by Niti Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar. It would facilitate optimising benefits of appropriate water management in the form … Read more
ASSAM Assam on Rohingya influx high alert In a bid to curb infiltration of refugees and trespassing, Assam Police sounded a high alert across the state, especially in districts bordering Bangladesh The refugees had fled Myanmar in 2016 and were staying at a refugee camp in Kutupalang village of Cox’s Bazar district in … Read more
ASSAM Assam forest dept deploys excavators to evict illegal encroachers. Assam forest department deployed 20 elephants and excavators to evict 1400 families that have been encroaching upon Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary on the northeastern fringe of Guwahat. The sanctuary is spread over 78.64 sq km. As a precautionary measure against possible protest by the encroachers, … Read more
The Supreme Court is the highest court of The Indian Republic. Judiciary, the third organ of the government, has an important role to play in the governance. It settles the disputes, interprets laws, protects fundamental rights and acts as guardian of the Constitution. India has a single unified and integrated judicial system and that the … Read more
ASSAM Kaziranga National Park to open for tourists from October 2 Kaziranga National Park in Assam, home to one-horn Indian rhinos, will reopen for tourists on October 2 next after it was closed in May this year. The internationally-acclaimed, UNESCO-declared world heritage site will reopen at 5am at Mihimukh under Kohora Range of the Park in … Read more
The India High Courts Act 1861 was enacted to create High Courts for various provinces and abolished Supreme Courts at Calcutta, Madras and Bombay and also the Sadar Adalats in Presidency towns. These High Courts had the distinction of being the highest Courts for all cases till the creation of Federal Court of India, which … Read more
ASSAM Satyarthi will launch Bharat Yatra in Guwahati Nobel peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi will launch the northeast leg of the Bharat Yatra from Guwahati to Siliguri on September 22. Bharat Yatra, a campaign to create awareness for making India a country safe for children, is set to be flagged off from Kanyakumari on September 11 before culminating in New … Read more
ASSAM NITI Aayog and Govt. of Assam launches SATH programme The Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Assam and NITI Aayog organized a state consultative workshop in Guwahati. The consultation marked the launch of program called SATH- Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital, a joint initiative of Government of Assam … Read more