13.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM Strikes in Oil and Gas sector in Assam prohibited   The Assam government has banned strikes by employees in the Oil and Gas sector in the state under the Essential Services Maintenance (Assam) Act, 1980 for six months.   A notification to this effect was issued on March 13 prohibiting strikes in Assam by officers, workmen, contract … Read more 13.03.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

25.05.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Scheme for dropout students launched   With the aim to help underprivileged and dropout students through education and skill-based training, the Union Government’s flagship initiative, Nai Manzil Scheme, was launched at the Education Research and Development Foundation (ERDF).   The Nai Manzil Scheme aims to provide educational intervention through bridge courses to trainees … Read more 25.05.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

20.12.17 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam Signs MoU with Isha Foundation to Save Rivers   The Assam government signed an MoU with Isha Foundationto conserve and rejuvenate the rivers of Assam. Assam became the sixth state in the country to sign MoU with non-profit making and spiritual organization, the Isha foundation. The agreement was signed by Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal.    … Read more 20.12.17 APSC (Assam) 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

10-11.06.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   BSF mulling laser walls in Tripura   BSF Tripura Frontier is contemplating to erect laser walls to guard unfenced and riverine patches of Indo-Bangla border in Tripura as part of ensuring effective guarding of border areas, according to official sources.In Tripura, the BSF has already started using sensor devices like Night Vision Goggles … Read more 10-11.06.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

09.01.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam govt setting up 65-storeyed twin tower to boost trade   The Assam government is in the process of setting up a Global Trade Centre in Guwahati as part of making it a “trade and business gateway” to South East Asia.   Government has already started work to dredge the Barak river while … Read more 09.01.18 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

16.11.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   NHRC notice to Assam govt on harassment over nationality verification   The National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) issued a notice to the state government after taking suo motu cognizance of media reports about the harassment being meted out to several people by the police in the name of verification of their nationality in Assam. The … Read more 16.11.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

05.06.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   McLeod to sell 8 Assam estates to MKSEL   McLeod Russel, the world’s largest private bulk tea producer, has inked an MoU with city-based M K Shah Exports (MKSEL) on Tuesday to sell off eight of their 48 tea estates in Assam for Rs 331 crore. A source close to the development said the Williamson … Read more 05.06.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

02.01.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Cargo service on Brahmaputra to begin soon.   In a first, the government will launch scheduled regular service of cargo movement using waterway in Brahmaputra. The regular movement of cement using National Waterway (NW) on the Brahmaputra in Assam will be between Pandu Port to Dhubri, a distance of about 255 km.   According to shipping ministry, two barges … Read more 02.01.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs