02:09:2017 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   First time in 27 years: State govt extends Afspa in Assam   For the first time in 27 years since the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act was promulgated in the state, the state government, and not the Centre, extended the term of the Act for six months from September 1. The ministry of … Read more 02:09:2017 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

22.12.17 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Sonowal takes investor summit pitch to Bengaluru   Taking ahead the pitch for the Global Investors’ Summit to be held in Assam, chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal  began a road show in Bengaluru.   “With its transformation, Assam is gearing up as the new growth engine for making a new India. Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Act … Read more 22.12.17 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

08.02.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

  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 08.02.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

24.04.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam CM to expand cabinet Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal is all set to expand the 11-member ministry of two years in alliance with Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Bodo People’s Front (BPF) on Thursday. He is also likely to reshuffle the portfolios of the existing ministers to accommodate the new entrants. Sonowal was given the nod to … Read more 24.04.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

20.10.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam to hold Global Investors Summit in February, 2018   The first Global Investors Summit in Assam will be held in Guwahati in February next year and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate it.   The state government plans to utilise the event to showcase Assam’s business potential with attractive policies so that … Read more 20.10.17 APSC (Assam) Daily Current Affairs

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

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