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PM will lay the foundation stone of Assam Advanced Health Care Innovation Institute (AAHII) and launch ' Aapke Dwar Ayushman' campaign by distributing Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) cards to eligible beneficiaries. The ceremonial launch of ‘ Aapke Dwar Ayushman’ campaign is a step towards realising Mr. Modi’s vision of reaching out … Continue reading Aapke dwar Ayushman Assam

The Barbarua Maidam is located a few kilometres south of Dibrugarh close to the National Highway 37. There are two maidams that lie in close proximity and together are known as the Barbarua Maidam. Maidam is an Ahom word which means a graveyard However, according to noted historian Sarbananda Rakumar, the two graveyards belonged to … Continue reading Barbaruah Maidam

The Centre for Inclusive Development, Tezpur University on Monday organised a one-day workshop on “Child Marriage: A Curse on the Health and Well-being of Victims” in consonance with the United Nations set Sustainable Development Goal No. 3, i.e., “Good Health and Well-being”. Speaking on the occasion as advisor to the workshop, Prof. D.K.Bhattacharyya, former Vice … Continue reading Workshop on child marriage

Good news for civil services aspirants A Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was signed by State Innovation and Transformation Aayog (SITA) on Monday with four colleges of Assam as the implementing agencies. The MoA was signed for the project “Civil Services study centres at Universities and Colleges” to encourage the candidates from Assam to succeed in … Continue reading Civil services study centre in Assam Colleges

Assam showed a massive improvement in energy efficiency implementation putting itself as the top performing state in its group, according to the State Energy Efficiency Index (SEEI) report for 2021-22. It was released by Union power and new and renewable energy minister RK Singh on Monday.This is a step towards achieving the long-term goal of … Continue reading Assam in SEEI report

Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated nine Micro Hydel Projects of the Arunachal Pradesh government constructed under the “Golden Jubilee Border Illumination Programme” in Kibithoo. These electricity projects will empower people living in border villages. He will also inaugurate Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) projects to augment infrastructure at Likabali (Arunachal Pradesh), Chapra (Bihar), Nooranad (Kerala) and … Continue reading Border Illumination program

President Droupadi Murmu recently went on a 30-minute flight in a Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft from Tezpur Air Force Station in Assam. She is the third president and second woman president (first- Former President Pratibha Patil) to fly such a sortie.Tezpur Air Force Station is a vital IAF airbase near China, it has fighter squadrons, … Continue reading Sukhoi 30 mki

Around 84% of the Assam's population who have ration cards will now get cashless treatment of upto Rs 5 lakh in best private and government hospitals of the country.PM Narendra Modi will roll out the scheme on April 14, even as health officials said e-KYC verification is complete for over 1.1 crore people to avail … Continue reading Cashless treatment in Assam

2023 marks the 200th anniversary of the discovery of tea in Assam.Charles Alexander Bruce, the father of tea in Assam and pioneer of commercial tea production blessed Assam with the world’s favourite beverage with deep conviction. This European who made Assam his home never went back to Scotland.He now gently rests under the shades of … Continue reading Pratapgarh Tea estate

Web strategist Kaveri Bharali became the first woman from Assam to feature on New York’s Times Square Nasdaq Board. Kaveri and her team working at Awesome Motive, Inc, a tech firm based out of the USA were inducted on the NASDAQ board on April 1 and April 2 at Times Square in New York City. … Continue reading Nasdaq board

The State Government is going to formulate a new sports policy in line with Haryana and Odisha, or anything better than them The present government has laid much emphasis on games and sports. The term of the 2018 State Sports Policy has already expired. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has instructed the Sports Department to … Continue reading Assam sports policy

The ECNs’ basic objective is to facilitate an “Early Warning System” comprising local villagers who will monitor elephant movement in their vicinity and shall send out alarms to the villagers, alerting them on elephant presence. Aaranyak initially floated this idea on ECN in the villages where it is working to promote human-elephant coexistence. As the … Continue reading Elephant conservation network

Having an early warning mechanism about approaching wild elephants in a hotspot of human-elephant conflict (HEC) can go a long way in saving lives of both human beings and wild elephants. Once warned of wild elephants’ presence in advance, the villagers can take steps in time to save their lives and minimise damage to their … Continue reading Elephant early warning system

In an effort to revive the indigenous handloom industry, which is in decline, the state government on February 28 issued an order forbidding the powerloom gamosas and mekhela-sadors from entering the state, notably from Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. All of the districts’ SPs and deputy commissioners were instructed to take action right away to confiscate powerloom products starting on … Continue reading Protection to state gamosa

To establish a lab to assess the quality of the yarn used in gamosa and mekhela-sadors, as well as other handloom products, and to determine whether the products are made on a handloom or a powerloom, the Assam Handloom and Textile department plans to enlist the assistance of the Assam Textile Institute. Since Assam currently … Continue reading Handloom lab in Assam

A 100-bed Yoga and Naturopathy hospital will be set up at Dibrugarh to further bolster the healthcare in the region

The Ministry of Ayush is organising the ‘Yoga Mahotsav’ on April 7, 2023 to commemorate the 75 days to International Day of Yoga at Dibrugarh University campus.The event will witness participation of major personalities from Northeast India led by Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Chief Minister of Tripura, Prof (Dr) Manik Saha, the Deputy CM of … Continue reading Yoga mahotsav 2023 Dibrugarh University ( Glimpses)

The recommendation by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce to expedite the implementation of the Tea (Promotion and Development) Bill along with other draft bills on coffee, rubber, and spices has given new impetus to the proposed reforms in the tea sector. With celebrations to mark 200 years of Assam tea underway, the ramifications of … Continue reading Reforms for sustainability of Assam Tea

The recommendation by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce to expedite the implementation of the Tea (Promotion and Development) Bill along with other draft bills on coffee, rubber, and spices has given new impetus to the proposed reforms in the tea sector. With celebrations to mark 200 years of Assam tea underway, the ramifications of … Continue reading Tea Bill

Two eminent personalities from Assam received India’s fourth highest civilian honour, the Padma Shri award on Wednesday in New Delhi. Social worker Ramkuiwangbe Jeme Newme and artist Hemoprova Chutia received the prestigious award during a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. President of India Droupadi Murmu conferred the award to the two eminent … Continue reading Padma Shri to 2 Assamese

the Assam team visited the Telangana State Building Permissions and Self Certification System (TS-bPASS) office on Wednesday and held discussions with the team on the salient features of the TS-bPASS application and its integration with the online TDR bank application. The Assam team has expressed appreciation for the initiative taken by GHMC and the Telangana … Continue reading TS-bPASS

A team comprising members of the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) and the Town & Country Planning Directorate, Government of Assam, is on a three-day visit to Hyderabad to gain an understanding of the operational and monitoring aspects of the Transferable Development Rights (TDR) policies, both in the field and in its online integration with … Continue reading TDR

The Union Cabinet on Friday, March 24 approved a 4 percent dearness allowance hike for government employees and pensioners under the 7th pay commission. With the 4 percent DA hike, the dearness allowance of government employees now stands at 42 percent. After the Central government, the Rajasthan government announced a 4 percent increase in the … Continue reading Assam increases DA

The Manas National Park and Tiger Reserve in Assam will remain closed for tourists every Tuesday, starting from April 10The move is in compliance with the Government of India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and National Tiger Conservation Authority’s directives.The announcement comes just a few months after the Assam Tourism Development Corporation (ATDC) … Continue reading Manas National park to remain closed on Tuesdays

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The Assam Government on Tuesday introduced the Assam State Commission for Safai Karamcharis Bill, 2023. The Bill was placed in the House by Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Pijush Hazarika. The Assam State Commission for Safai Karamcharis Bill, 2023 proposes to create a separate State Commission for Safai Karamcharis to safeguard the rights and interests … Continue reading Assam State Commission for Safai Karamcharis Bill, 2023

The BJP government in Assam on Tuesday rejected in the Assembly an opposition parties’ demand for increasing the MLA local area development (MLALAD) fund to Rs three crore per year from the existing Rs one crore. About MLALAD scheme: Launched in December, 1994-95It provides a mechanism for the Members of Lagislative Assembly to recommend works … Continue reading MLALAD scheme

The Chhattisgarh High Court has directed that until further orders the translocation of four Buffaloes from Assam to Udanti-Sitanadi, Tiger Reserve, Raipur shall not be carried out for the reason if subsequently it is found the gene pool is disturbed by breeding it cannot be restored back and may lead to amalgamation of species. It … Continue reading Buffalo from Assam

Assam girl Alisha Farheen has been selected for the India team for the 6th Roll Ball World Cup to be held on Pune, Maharashtra from 21st - 26th April, 2023. Roll Ball is a game played between two teams, and is a unique combination of roller skates, basketball, handball and throwball. It is played on … Continue reading Roll ball

To provide technical support to Assam for strengthening the health system of the state, a Memorandum of Association (MoA) was signed between the National Health Mission of Assam and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Tuesday at the Office of the Mission Director in Guwahati. Under the terms of the MoA UNDP’s Health and … Continue reading Assam signs MoU with UNDP to “strengthen” health system

The second meeting of the Employment Working Group (EWG) of the G20 grouping began in Assam on Monday, to deliberate on a wide range of issues like labour, employment and social for an inclusive growth. The EWG has a mandate of addressing priority labour, employment and social issues for strong, sustainable, balanced and job-rich growth … Continue reading G20 EWG Assam

Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G) have developed a new form of a semiconductor that can be used to identify trace chemicals using a technique called Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy or SERS. Spectroscopy is a technique that analyses the interactions between light and matter to identify and characterize many types of chemicals and … Continue reading IIT-Guwahati develops low-cost materials for spectroscopic detection of trace chemicals

The NRL is on a major expansion drive to increase its capacity from 3 MMTPA to 9 MMTPA, which also includes setting up of a crude oil import terminal in Paradip Port, Odisha, and laying of a 1,640-km pipeline from Paradip to Numaligarh

Dr. Rupam Sarma of Sacramento, California, a former scientist with Apple and presently working as a Chief Information Officer (CIO) of State of California would join as an Advisor to US President Biden and he would focus on IT on Human Health and Artificial Intelligence.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s claim on Friday that 92 percent of the inter-state boundary dispute between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh has been “resolved” and that an agreement between the two neighbouring states is likely to be signed in the next couple of weeks is a very welcome announcement. Sarma’s announcement came after he … Continue reading Assam Arunachal border

Assam cabinet on Sunday gave approval to Assam Right to Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2023, and provide for the establishment of a commission. The ordinance seeks to amend the Assam Right to Public Service Act, 2019 to constitute the Assam State Commission for Right to Public Services.The commission to be an independent quasi-judicial 3-member body … Continue reading Assam Right to Public Service 2023

Assam cabinet has decided to rename Tea Tribes Welfare Department as Tea Tribes and Adivasi Welfare Department and Directorate of Tea Tribes Welfare to be renamed as Directorate of Tea Tribes and Adivasi Welfare to honour the sentiments of Adivasi and Tea Tribes.

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Following complaints filed by PETA India and the intervention of the Animal Welfare Board of India, a first information report under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, was registered against the mahout who beat Joymala in the June 2022 video. In addition, a wildlife … Continue reading Joymala

Another key decision pertains to police accountability, with the decision to approve the Assam Police (Amendment) Bill, 2022. The proposed amendment will enable the establishment of a District Accountability Authority in each Police district/ group of districts in a Police range to ensure accountability and to look into complaints of serious misconduct against police personnel. … Continue reading Assam police Amendment Bill 2022

Nearly three decades before the country started celebrating the National Sports Day in 2012, Assam has been observing September 3 as its annual sports day to honour Bhogeswar Baruah, the first Arjuna awardee from the northeastern region. India celebrates Rashtriya Khel Divas or National Sports Day on August 29 to commemorate the birth anniversary of … Continue reading Abhiruchi Sports day in Assam

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The Assam Cabinet has approved the creation of the Directorate of Prosecution under section 25(A) of the Code of Crimil Procedure, 1973 at its meeting held in 2015. The proposed structure of the Directorate of Prosecution is indicated in the memorandum to streamline the system of prosecution in the State and to discontinue the current … Continue reading Directorate for Prosecution: from 2015 to present day

The Assam Government has opened the Act East Policy Department to ensure the implementation of Act East Policy in a time-bound manner. The Act East Policy Department will facilitate an environment for investment and rapid industrialization in the state.  The Geographical Location of the North Eastern Region (NER) stands itself as the most favorable location … Continue reading Act East Policy: Opportunities for Assam

The Assam State government had suspended mobile internet connectivity for nearly four hours in 25 of the total 35 districts on Sunday for conducting the government jobs recruitment examinations to fill up around 30,000 Grade III and IV posts in various departments. The mobile internet shutdown drew criticism. The Assam unit of the All India … Continue reading Internet Shutdown in Assam for Recruitment exam

Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his address atthe National Security Strategies Conference on Friday calledupon the state police chiefs to monitor changes in borderarea demography besides taking recourse to effective useof latest technologies to streamline vigilance and relatedservices. This assumes significance for Assam in particularand the North East in general – a region sharing … Continue reading Assam’s border security