An airport built for warplanes in 1939 took commercial wings, heralding the best of times for western Assam’s Dhubri district during the worst of times. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Rupsi airport near Gauripur, about 15 km from district headquarters Dhubri, was one of South Asia’s largest airports with a 1.8 km runway used by […]
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Himanta Biswa Sarma, the face of the BJP in Northeast India sworn in as the 15th Chief Minister of Assam. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 His name was proposed by outgoing Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. BJP retained power in the state along with alliance partners Asom Gana Parishad and UPPL. Dr. Sarma was holding several
A biodegradable and compostable yoga mat developed from water hyacinth by the fishing community in Assam could turn this water plant from a nuisance to wealth. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The mat called ‘Moorhen Yoga Mat’ will soon be introduced to the world market as a unique product. The intervention was triggered through an
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided an Assam-based trust the opportunity to focus on a near-forgotten form of string puppetry called Putola Nach. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The string puppetry of Assam is called Putala Nach and is performed in three areas with distinct characteristics. These areas are Barpeta-Nalbari in western Assam, Kalaigaon in northern
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Recently the earthquake of 6.4 magnitude on the Richter scale Assam’s Sonitpur. The epicentre of the quake was 38 kilometres West-Northwest of Tezpur at a depth of 11 kilometres. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 An earthquake of magnitude 2.7 on the Richter scale struck Assam’s Sonitpur. The epicentre of the quake was 38 kilometres West-Northwest
The ambitious Indian Rhino Vision 2020 (IRV2020) came to a close with the release of two rhinos an adult male and a female in Assam’s Manas National Park transported from Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary about 185 km to the east. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Designed in 2005, the IRV2020 is believed to have achieved its
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In the last Assembly elections in Assam saw the Election Commission at the centre of two controversies. In the first, an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) was found in a private vehicle belonging to a political party candidate’s spouse. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Commission’s transport protocol for polled and reserve EVMs dictates that the
Congress Party leader promised to implement Article 244 (A) of the Constitution to safeguard the interests of the people in Assam’s tribal-majority districts. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Article 244(A) allows for creation of an ‘autonomous state’ within Assam in certain tribal areas. Inserted into the Constitution in 1969, it also has a provision for
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Political parties are frequently invoking Assam’s world-famous one-horned rhino to connect with the people of the state, the animal has now become a part of poll rhetoric, with promises to save “the pride of Assam”. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The projection of rhino as the pride of Assam began during the Assam Movement (1979-85).
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As the polling date draws closer, decorative jaapis (field hats), hand-woven gamosas and bell-metal xorais are making frequent appearances in Assam. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The Jaapi is a conical hat made of bamboo and covered with dried tokou leaves. Today, the bulk of Assam’s jaapis are made by artisans based in a cluster
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