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PANKHUDI is a single-window digital platform of the Ministry of Women and Child Development that facilitates CSR and voluntary partnerships for women and child welfare. It enables transparent project discovery, proposal submission, tracking, and outcome monitoring on one integrated interface. Key highlights:
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Purvodaya convergence forms a core pillar of the District-Led Textiles Transformation (DLTT) Plan, giving focused attention to Eastern and North-Eastern India. The strategy seeks to unlock the textile potential of tribal and backward regions through improved connectivity, cluster-based development, skill enhancement, and Geographical Indication (GI) tagging of unique handlooms and handicrafts, linking heritage with modern
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Se-Moon, later renamed Rangpur, was founded in 1699 AD by Ahom king Swargadeo Rudrasingha, with the name reflecting joy and prosperity. This historic Ahom capital, centred around the iconic Rang Ghar at Rupahi Pathar in Sivasagar, will once again become a cultural hub with the Rongpur Mela Winter Festival scheduled from January 10 to 15,
Se-Moon to Rangpur: Heritage Festival at Rang Ghar Read More »
DHSK College in Dibrugarh has launched ‘Karmabandhu’, a modern, tech-enabled mobile application to enhance administrative transparency and efficiency. The new app is designed to bring more transparency, impartiality, and dynamism to the work of the college. The ‘Karmabandhu’ app will allow the non-teaching staff of the college to learn about the work to be done
Dibrugarh Hanumanbax Surajmall Kanoi (DHSK) College launches ‘Karmabandhu’ App Read More »
The Waterbird Count 2026 is underway across Kaziranga National Park as a seven-day scientific exercise to assess waterbird populations amid growing threats from shrinking, drying, and degraded wetlands in Assam. The count helps track species abundance, habitat health, and long-term ecological trends in one of India’s most important floodplain ecosystems. Findings from the 2025 waterbird
The Assam government has enlisted SaveLIFE Foundation’s technical expertise to implement scientific road safety solutions, following MoRTH’s directive for National Road Safety Month, January 2026, themed “Zero Fatality Month.” Addressing this challenge requires systematic, science-driven reforms in road design, trauma care systems and policymaking. These three pillars form the foundation of SLF’s zero-fatality strategy, which
Researchers at IIT Guwahati have developed a novel photocatalytic material capable of converting carbon dioxide into methanol fuel using sunlight. The innovation directly addresses the twin challenges of climate change mitigation and clean energy generation by turning a greenhouse gas into a usable fuel. Methanol, produced through this process, can serve as a cleaner energy
Bangladesh has approved the purchase of 1.8 lakh tonnes of diesel from Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL), strengthening cross-border energy cooperation with India’s Northeast. The fuel will be moved from Assam to Siliguri and supplied to Bangladesh through the Bangladesh–India Friendship Pipeline, operational since December 2022. The decision was approved by the Advisory Committee on Government
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First international feature film jointly directed by an Assamese filmmaker and a foreign director has been selected for the Pune International Film Festival 2026, marking a landmark moment for cinema from Assam. Murders Too Close – Love Too Far, co-directed by Manju Borah and Israeli filmmaker Dan Wolman, will screen in the Global Cinema section
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On January 17, 2026, Assam and Madhya Pradesh signed a landmark, three-year inter-state wildlife exchange agreement to enhance biodiversity and reintroduce species. Madhya Pradesh has proposed formal discussions with the Assam government to deepen cooperation in wildlife conservation and inter-state species exchange. The two states have already reached an in-principle understanding to reintroduce wild buffaloes
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