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Classrooms in tea garden schools of eastern Assam have turned into cultural spaces this winter through Sur Sangam – Tea Garden Student Talent Hunt, a state-backed initiative encouraging musical expression among students from tea garden and Adivasi communities. The initiative is being ...

Assam and other Northeastern and Himalayan foothill states will receive a special financial dispensation under the G Ram G Act, sharply reducing the State’s contribution to just 10% while the Centre bears 90% of project costs, unlike the usual 60:40 pattern. The move reflects a recognition of ...

Numaligarh Refinery Limited has achieved a major engineering milestone by completing a 4,058-metre horizontal directional drilling crossing beneath the Brahmaputra in Jorhat district, one of the longest such crossings globally. Under the project, laying a 1,635-km crude oil pipeline connecting ...

The 79th National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy is set to begin with Assam hosting the tournament for the seventh time. The land of the Brahmaputra and the white rhinos is leading the path in spreading the game to even the remotest areas. It hosted it in Nowgong for the first time ...

India has reported its first scientifically verified case of pufferfish poisoning, with the incident documented from Gujarat, drawing attention to gaps in freshwater fish toxin surveillance and public awareness. The Brahmaputra river system has gained attention following India’s first ...

IBM launched of its first Infrastructure Innovation Center, the Sangam Infrastructure Innovation Center, housed within its new India Systems Development Lab (ISDL) campus. The center underscores IBM’s continued investment in India as a strategic hub for advanced infrastructure engineering and AI ...

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced a major initiative to support research scholars in the state, describing it as a significant step towards strengthening Assam’s academic and innovation ecosystem. Atal Vichal Agragami provide direct financial support to research scholars pursuing ...

Forthcoming free trade agreements with the UK and the European Union are likely to open fresh export pathways for Assam’s tea industry, improving its access to premium markets and strengthening competitiveness. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma emphasised that while India's domestic market ...

Dili Terang, a noted Karbi folk artiste and musician, has been selected for the Bokul-bon Award 2026 for his significant contribution to the preservation and promotion of Assam’s folk culture. The Bakul Ban Awards annually to individuals who have made outstanding contributions in various fields ...

Assam will feature at the World Economic Forum through the participation of its Chief Minister in the five-day summit, where global business leaders, economists and heads of institutions such as the World Bank, IMF and WTO will be present. The forum will be used to highlight Assam’s governance ...