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ASSAM Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurates Auniati Satra auditorium Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday inaugurated the newly-built auditorium of the Auniati Sakha Satra in Dibrugarh. Established by Ahom king Sutamla in the Majuli river island in 1653 AD, the Auniati Satra occupies the highest position among the various Satras (Vaishnavite monasteries) of Assam. The auditorium in Dibrugarh, which is a part of the … Read more
ASSAM NABARD provides Rs 270 crore to Assam Gramin Vikash Bank In the wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has made available a Special Liquidity Facility (SLF) of Rs 270 crore to Assam Gramin Vikash Bank. This amount has been provided for supporting the agricultural activities of … Read more
ASSAM NCLT allows Jet Airways to sell office in Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex The NCLT has allowed Jet Airways to sell its premises in Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) to settle Rs 360 crore dues of mortgage lender HDFC. Jet Airways’ insolvency resolution professional Ashish Chhawchharia had moved the NCLT to seek approval to … Read more
ASSAM Assam floods claim two more lives, 4.6 lakh affected in state Floods in Assam claimed two more human lives, taking the death toll to 18. The deluge has now affected more than 4.6 lakh people across 21 out of the 33 districts in the state. Meanwhile, the Regional Meteorological Centre in Guwahati predicted that the … Read more
ASSAM NABARD provides Rs 270 crore to Assam Gramin Vikash Bank In the wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has made available a Special Liquidity Facility (SLF) of Rs 270 crore to Assam Gramin Vikash Bank. This amount has been provided for supporting the … Read more
ASSAM New normal for commuters in Guwahati: Low occupancy, higher fares Half the occupancy and up to double the fare — this seems to have become the rule for public transport vehicles in state. Public transporters in Guwahati have hiked fare by 20-50% for each trip, leaving many commuters wondering if this was done … Read more
ASSAM Subscribe on YouTube Assam to geofence people to enforce strict home quarantine Home quarantined people in Assam are now being bound by geofencing, a virtual boundary up to 150 metres around their location, to keep a real-time tab on their attempts to break out of the preventive isolation. The geofencing, which is a location-based service in which … Read more
ASSAM Assam govt deposited Rs 2000 to 1.6 lakh people who stranded outside the state The Assam government has deposited 2000 rupees to 1.6 lakh people who are stranded outside the state under Assam Cares initiative. 5 lakh 90 thousand people have responded to the Assam Cares initiative. Out of these, 1.6 lakh … Read more
ASSAM Join Our Telegram Channel IIT-Nethralaya team makes device for early diabetic retinopathy detection A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, in collaboration with the Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya Guwahati, has developed a point-of-care testing device that can detect diabetic retinopathy at an early stage without need for invasive testing. … Read more
ASSAM Ambubachi Mela at Assam’s Kamakhya Temple cancelled For the first time, the famous Ambubachi Mela which is held at Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati every year is cancelled due to the outbreak of CoronaVirus. Even though the Government issued notification allowing religious institutions to open for public on certain conditions from 8th June but … Read more