Assam Musician Bibhuranjan Choudhury passed away
September 21, 2020
- Bibhuranjan Choudhury, a Music composer, singer, lyricist and actor passed away at the age of 71 years due to cancer. He was from Assam.
NSO’s Report on Literacy Rate
September 8, 2020
- The National Statistical Office (NSO) released a report titled ‘Household Social Consumption: Education’. As per the report Kerala topped the list while Andhra Pradesh emerged as the least literate state, standing below Bihar.
- Delhi stands at second position with 89% literacy rate. Uttarakhand is at number three with a literacy rate of 87.6% while Assam freezes at number four with 85.9% literacy rate.
SVAYEM scheme relaunched by Assam govt
September 6, 2020
- The ‘Swami Vivekananda Assam Youth Empowerment (SVAYEM)’ scheme relaunched by the Assam govt. with a total budget of Rs 1000 crore.
- The objective behind relaunching the scheme is to provide self-employment to around 2 lakh youths of the state.
Assam to expand Kaziranga National Park
September 5, 2020
- The Assam government has approved to expand the Kaziranga National Park by 3053 hectares.
First Newspaper for Kids named ‘The Young Minds’ launched by Assam
September 5, 2020
- To promote creative thinking among children, two women entrepreneurs from Assam have launched a newspaper specifically designed for kids named ‘The Young Minds’.
- It will also help to inculcate the habit to read and write among Children from age group 4-14 years.
Assam skill University to be set up at Mangaldoi in Darrang
August 30, 2020
- The first ever Skill University in north eastern states of the country will come up soon at Mangaldoi in Darrang. It will be set up by the Assam government .The total cost of setting up the University is estimated at Rs 900 crore with financial assistance from the Asian Development Bank.
Veteran Assamese Folk Singer Archana Mahanta passed away
August 29, 2020
- Veteran Assamese folk singer Archana Mahanta passed away at the age of 72 in Health City hospital, Guwahati, Assam following a brain stroke. She was also a reputed artist of All India Radio(Guwahati).
“Orunodoi scheme” launched by Assam Govt.
August 14, 2020
- A mega scheme for women’s financial empowerment named “Orunodoi scheme” launched by Assam Govt.
- The main objective of this scheme is to help the poor households to meet their medical, nutritional, and academic needs besides to meet the additional spending during various festivals and for that the state government has allocated a sum of Rs.280 crore.
DD Assam 24×7 channel launched by Information and Broadcasting Ministry
August 7, 2020
- A 24X7 Assamese satellite channel named “DD Assam 24×7” channel launched by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. DD Assam will help Assam to get messages, initiatives and programmes of the government to the grassroots.
The trail of Trans Shipments begins by India
July 22, 2020
● Trial of transshipment of goods from India to the North East through the Chittagong port of Bangladesh begins.
● The trial run will be completed after the Indian goods reach Tripura and Assam.
● After unloading from the Chattogram Port, Bangladeshi prime mover trucks would
carry the goods to West Tripura and Assam through Agartala Land Port.