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ASSAM Assam wins big at India International Trade Fair 2017 The revamped Assam Pavilion has been adjudged the best state pavilion in the country at the India International Trade Fair 2017 The award was presented by Union minister of state for commerce and industry CR Chaudhury at an award ceremony in New Delhi. Our pavilion was a … Read more
ASSAM NGT asks Assam to track jumbo movement around Deepor Beel The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the state government to constitute a committee to identify movement of elephants in and around Deepor Beel, a wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of the city, and to find out the extent to which railway tracks have “encroached” into … Read more
ASSAM Tata Motors begins E-bus pilot-runs in Guwahati Tata Motors, which began a pilot-run of its 9-meter electric bus in Assam, claimed that it’s become the first automaker to get Arai and homologation certifications for its 9-m and 12-m electric buses. The company, which bagged a 350 units order from the EESL to supply e-cars … Read more
ASSAM Assam girl ambassador of ‘promote science’ initiative in France Assam’s Priyanka Das, working on satellite navigation for French major Safran, has been appointed ambassador for an initiative in France to encourage girls to follow scientific careers and take it to higher education levels. “For Girls and Science” initiative was launched in 2014 to promote … Read more
ASSAM · Over 32,000 posts vacant in Assam schools: Himanta Biswa Sarma ð Over 32,000 posts, including nearly 28,000 teaching posts, are lying vacant in government schools across Assam, the state Assembly. ð Assam Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said at present 15,852 teaching posts are lying vacant in Middle English and High Schools of the … Read more
ASSAM Oil India submits report to Centre for gas pipeline to Assam PSU major Oil India said it has submitted a feasibility report to the Central government for laying gas pipeline from Barauni in Bihar to Numaligarh in Assam to tackle shortage of gas in the North Eastern state. The distance between the two points will be about 750 km, and currently OIL … Read more
ASSAM The Netherlands keen to invest in Assam: Envoy The Netherlands today evinced interest for investment in various sectors in Assam, including infrastructure development and flood management. Netherlands Ambassador to India Alphonsus Stoelinga told reporters here that the country is keen to sign a letter of intent for “greater government to government interaction”. The … Read more
ASSAM Assam to approach Centre on ST status to six communities: CM Sarbanda Sonowal Assam Chief Minister Sarbanda Sonowal assured representatives of six communities that he would take up with the Centre the issue of granting Scheduled Tribe status to them. Sonowal told the representatives of the communities – Moran, Muttock, Koch Rajbongshi, Tai Ahom, … Read more
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 … Read more
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