11.01.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Northeast India gets first Centre of Excellence in Electronics Sector Skill Development   In a historic development northeast India gets its first Skill Development Center of Excellence, an initiative through industry-academia participation under government facilitation when Electronics Sector Skill Council of India (ESSCI) signed an MoU with Assam Don Bosco University, Guwahati to jointly set up a state of the art Center of Excellence (CoE) … Read more

01.01.18 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM           Gauhati University gears up for inter-varsity youth festival   After a gap of 25 years, Gauhati University (GU) is all geared up to host Pragjyoti Mahotsava — the 33rd East Zone Inter University Youth Festival 2017-18 — from January 5 to January 9.   About 25-30 universities from eastern India are expected to participate in … Read more

26.12.17 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Initiative to improve urban sanitation launched   Swachh Survekshan 2018, a part of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) to encourage cities to improve their urban sanitation, was launched by the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC).   The objective of Swachh Survekshan is to encourage large-scale citizen participation and create awareness amongst all sections of … Read more

15.12.17 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM     Assam records marginal dip in infant mortality rate   The state, which is struggling to bring down its high infant mortality rate, has recorded a decline by three points from 47 per 1,000 live births in 2015 to 44 per 1,000 live births in 2016. However, it continues to remain among the bottom … Read more

10 &11.12.17 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM   Assam ranked fifth in highest number of cyber-crimes   Uttar Pradeshstands on top of recording highest number of cyber crimes in India followed by Maharashtra. While Assam stands on the fifth position, as per latest data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB),a total of 696 cybercrime cases were reported during 2016 in Assam, … Read more

06.12.2017 APSC (Assam) Current Affairs

ASSAM • China to blame for polluting Brahmaputra: Assam  The Assam government on Tuesday raised its finger at China, saying that dam building activities across the Indian border could be a reason for pollution of the Siang river in Arunachal Pradesh, which has now contaminated the Brahmaputra river as well. The Siang is the … Read more