Out of the slew of beneficiary schemes the sitting government announced ahead of the Assam Assembly elections, the Orunudoi scheme, with women as its primary target group, is perhaps its most popular. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 In December 2020, when the scheme was launched, Assam Chief Minister described it as the “largest DBT scheme […]
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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visited tea gardens in Assam, interacted with the workers and went to their huts, and posed for photographs. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 To bolster the symbolism, one of the photographs showed her plucking tea leaves with a basket held with a strap over her head, like the women workers
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In a major boost to India’s rice exports potential, the first consignment of ‘red rice’ was flagged off to the US. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Iron rich ‘red rice’ is grown in Brahmaputra valley of Assam, without the use of any chemical fertilizer. The rice variety is referred as ‘Bao-dhaan’, which is an integral
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Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah attended the consecration ceremony of Mahamrityunjayatemple in Naugaon, Assam. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 He participated in the consecration ceremony of the world’s tallest 126 feet high Shivling in the Mahamrityunjaya temple. He also visited Borodua pilgrimage, the birthplace of Mahapurush Shrimant Shankardev. He started the new Vaishnav tradition
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1,040 militants of five militant groups of Karbi Anglong district ceremonially laid down arms at an event in Guwahati in the presence of Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, a development which further bolsters the ‘terrorism-free Assam’ image of the current BJP-led government. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Among the surrendered militants is Ingti Kathar Songbijit, a
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation INDMAX Unit at Indian Oil’s Bongaigaon Refinery, Oil India Limited’s Secondary Tank Farm at Madhuban, Dibrugarh and a Gas Compressor Station at Hebeda Village, Makum, Tinsukia remotely from Dhemaji in Assam. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 He also inaugurated the Dhemaji Engineering College and laid the foundation
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Assam government increased the wages of tea garden workers from Rs 167 to Rs 217, coming on the heels of a long-standing demand of the community for an increase and political promises for the same. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Moreover, for equal wages of small tea workers, a one-man committee under Principal Secretary Dr
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Prime Minister Modi will lay the foundation stone of Dhubri Phulbari Bridge and perform Bhumi Pujan for construction of Majuli Bridge Assam on 18th February 2021. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for the four lane bridge over the Brahmaputra between Dhubri (on North Bank) and Phulbari (on South
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to launch the Mahabahu-Brahmaputra, lay the foundation stone of Dhubri-Phulbari Bridge and perform Bhoomi Poojan for construction of Majuli Bridge Assam. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The launch of Mahabahu-Brahmaputra will be marked by the inauguration of the Ro-Pax vessel operations between Neamati-Majuli Island, North Guwahati-South Guwahati and Dhubri-Hatsingimari;
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Floating in the Maguri-Motapung beel (or wetland) in Assam’s Tinsukia district for over a week is the spectacular and rare Mandarin duck. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 First spotted on February 8 by Madhab Gogoi, a Tinsukia-based birder and tour guide, the duck has since become the star of the wetland — an area affected
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