An application, stated to be India’s first e-fish market app, was launched in Assam by state Fisheries Minister Parimal Suklabaidya. Table size fish such as bhangon, mrigal and rohu, and freshwater and seawater frozen fish (icebox) will be available coupled with dry fish packets, dry fish raw, fish pickles, and processed fish products. The app,… Read More »
Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma will officially launch the portal in an event today at Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra, Guwahati. Under this mission, people can apply for the disposal of land-related problems from October 2, 2021, through a portal – basundhara.assam.gov.in – till November 30, 2021. According to reports, this scheme of government will… Read More »
Assam’s rice wine Judima and Rajasthan’s Sojat Mehndi (Henna) have been awarded the geographical indication (GI) tag. The colours of Rajasthan’s renowned Sojat Mehndi will now be beautifying the world as it is the first in the world to get the GI (Geographical Indication) tag. The GI tag is covered under the law of the… Read More »
A suspected militant attack left five truckers dead in Assam’s Dima Hasao hill district. As per reports, a convoy of about seven trucks — carrying clinker and coal from a factory — were fired upon, and then set ablaze. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Dimasas (or Dimasa-Kacharis) are the earliest known rulers and settlers… Read More »
The Assam Assembly recently passed the Cattle Preservation Bill, 2021 aimed at regulating slaughter, consumption and transportation of cattle in the state. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The legislation seeks to ensure that permission wasn’t granted to areas that are predominantly inhabited by Hindu, Jain, Sikh and other non-beef eating communities or places that fall… Read More »
Kaziranga National Park of Assam became the first national park in India to be equipped with satellite phones. 10 satellite phones were handed over to the park officials. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The satellite phones will give an edge to the forest personnel over the poachers by boosting anti-poaching measures and also during emergencies… Read More »
Minister of State (MoS) Rameswar Teli launched ONGC-supported Assam Handloom project ‘Ujjwal Abahan’ on 6 August 2021. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The project will support and train over a hundred artisans of Bhatiapar of Sivasagar, Assam in Hathkharga handicraft. This project is in line with the government’s observance of “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”, under… Read More »
More than five policemen have died in India after police from two states named Assam and Mizoram fired at each other. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Assam shares a 164km (about 101 miles) border with Mizoram, and both states contest its demarcation. Under colonial rule, Lushai Hills, as Mizoram was then known, was part of… Read More »
The Assam government recently announced that Gaon Buras (village headman), village-level functionaries of the district administration, will henceforth be called ‘Gaon Pradhans’. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The institution of Gaon Bura in Assam dates back to the colonial era, when the British appointed the oldest person in the village as the head, who would… Read More »
Assam Chief Minister tabled the Assam Cattle Preservation Bill, 2021, on the first day of the 126-member Assembly’s Budget session. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The State Cabinet had a week ago approved the Bill seeking to ban the transport of cattle within as well as to and from Assam, ostensibly to stop smuggling to… Read More »