22.05.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Protests over Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in three northeastern states   Lending support to the voices of dissent over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, hundreds of student activists staged demonstrations across three northeast states.   The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 was introduced in the Lok Sabha to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955. A key … Read more 22.05.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

27.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM 1/4th of Northeast kids can’t go to school for terrain’     The National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2017-18 state reports by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has revealed that about one-fourth of the total students in northeastern states find it difficult to travel to their schools, despite having enthusiasm in attending classes. … Read more 27.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

13.12.17 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam to host its first global investor’s summit in Feb   Assam will host its first global investors summit in February to showcase its manufacturing opportunities and geostrategic advantages to foreign and domestic investors.   Industrialists Ratan Tata and Mukesh Ambani will be amongst those participating in the February 3-4 ‘Advantage Assam: Global Investors Summit 2018’, which will … Read more 13.12.17 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

14-15 .01.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM CM Sonowal distributes free bikes to Class XII topper girls   Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday launched a programme to distribute free scootys to 1000 girl students who excelled in the Class XII state board exams.   Government has been striving to sustain an academic atmosphere and make quality the only attribute to select beneficiaries … Read more 14-15 .01.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

Advance Infrastructure in Rural Areas

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 Advance Infrastructure in Rural Areas

17.10.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Tatas, Assam govt to set up Rs 1400 crore cancer care grid 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 17.10.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

06.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Lab-on-wheels stalled in Assam due to lack of funds   The only laboratory-on-wheels in the state, which was launched for primary school students by the state education department in 2012, has been lying in a dysfunctional state since 2015, with the directorate of elementary education, responsible for looking after after the project, citing dearth of funds … Read more 06.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

11.05.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   CM Pema Khandu Inaugurates Arunachal Pradesh’s Biggest Solar Plant   Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu inaugurated the state’s biggest solar power plant at Energy Awareness Park in the presence of Power Minister Tamiyo Taga in Itanagar. The plant, with a capacity of 1 MW, was commissioned on April 1 at an estimated investment of … Read more 11.05.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

17.01.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   In a first, Assamese film ‘Rainbow Fields’ to get US release   After winning numerous awards and acclaim in India and abroad, ‘Xhoixobote Dhemalite’ (Rainbow Fields) by National Award-winning director Bidyut Kotoky has earned yet another feather in its cap as it is all set to be the first Assamese film to be … Read more 17.01.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs