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10 Aug

Adani Group likely to take over Guwahati airport in October

editor0 CommentsBusiness, India, North Eastadanigroup

The Adani Group on Monday began its “Observation Period” at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) airport in Guwahati as part of its mandate to develop and modernise northeast India’s main airport, officials said. An Airport Authority of India (AAI) official said that a nine-member team of the Adani Airport Holding Ltd (AAHL) led by Chief Airport Officer Utpal Baruah, an aviation industry expert who also hails from Assam, on Monday formally started its “Observation Period” and is likely to take over charge in October. An AAI official on condition of anonymity said that as per the agreement with the…

31 Jul

Khatabook supports small businesses with digital offerings

editor0 CommentsBusiness, North EastKhatabook app, MSME segment

Khatabook (India's fastest growing fintech start-up) announced its expansion plans to reach a wider network of MSMEs in the North East India. Khatabook aims to cater to all the digital requirements of the MSME segment in India. The top 5 cities in the NorthEast region in terms of usage of Khatabook are Guwahati, Imphal, Gangtok, Shillong and Dimapur. More than 11-lakh merchants are using Khatabook in the North East to digitally manage their bookkeeping and business transactions. Guwahati is in Khatabook's top 20 user base cities in India. With its various digital offerings - Khatabook, Pagarkhata and Biz Analyst, the…

27 Jul

Assam declares 3-day state mourning

editor0 CommentsIndia, North EastNorth East India

Tuesday to condole the death of five policemen and one civilian ,The Assam government declared a three-day state mourning . The grave incident happened in a border clash with Mizoram on the previous day, a source said. At least six persons were killed and 60 others, including an SP, injured in a bloody clash along the Assam-Mizoram border on Monday. During this period, the national flag will fly at half-mast and there will be no public entertainment, the order issued by the General Administration Department said. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has spoken to the chief ministers of Assam and…

26 Jul

5 ministers from Northeast India shows where it stands in BJP and PM Modi’s priorities: Amit Shah in Assam

editor0 CommentsNorth EastAmit Shah, BJP, North East India

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is currently on a two-day trip to Northeast India, on Sunday said the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) is strengthening its base in the region. Speaking in Assam, he said the formation of BJP government in the state for the second time means it has permanently rejected terrorism and riots to move towards development. "For 5 years, the way the duo of Sarbananda Sonowal and Himanta Biswa Sarma has run the government, people of Assam have preferred the path of development, which is why Sarma is the new CM. I congratulate the Assam team for…

13 Jul

PM Modi to review Covid situation in N-E states today

editor0 CommentsIndia, North EastIndia, North East India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday will virtually meet the Chief Ministers of all northeastern states to review the Covid-19 situation in the region at a time when the second wave of the pandemic continues to rage across the country. The meeting with the Chief Ministers of Assam, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram will start at 11a.m. The proposed meeting follows Union cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba's interaction with the officials of the northeastern states' home departments last Wednesday amid concerns over rising cases of coronavirus infection in the region. The northeastern states have witnessed a recent…

09 Jul

Her&Now drives women-led entrepreneurship

editor0 CommentsNorth EastHer&Now, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, North-East Region

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is implementing the ongoing project ‘Economic Empowerment of Women Entrepreneurs and Start-ups by Women (Her&Now)’ in India, on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and in partnership with the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Government of India. In a bid to identify and capitalize on the key sectors driving the women-led microenterprises in various geographical areas of India, and the top interventions that may be introduced to support and catalyse the ecosystem in these sectors and regions, GIZ’s Project Her&Now has come out with a…

03 Jul

Railway connectivity towards NE gets a boost with commissioning of double line

editor0 CommentsIndia, North Eastindianrailways

In both these sections, double lines have been commissioned along with Railway Electrification. Completion of these doubling sections will help operation of more freight traffic to & from Northeast region. The entire work is completed during the Covid pandemic situation by observing necessary safety protocols by the Northeast Frontier Railway. An official of N.F. Railway said that, Jalpaiguri Road – Y Leg section was the only super critical work left to be completed in N.F. Railway. “This section has an important bridge of 970 mt length (20 spans) on the river Teesta. This section was a bottleneck as double lines…

01 Jul

PayPoint launches Micro-ATMs

editor0 CommentsNorth EastMicro-ATM, North East India, PayPoint

PayPoint India has launched a series of 'Micro-ATMs' (m-ATMs) in North-East India. The m-ATMs can be deployed in rural areas from where people travel long distances just to access the nearest ATM or a bank. The handheld machines can be set up at local Kirana shops and use the same cash box of these shops. The m-ATMs are an ideal backup and a pivotal resource for enabling essential cash transactions when the bigger ATMs run dry. They can be easily paired with a mobile or laptop for instant delivery of cash through retail shops. Advanced and portable m-ATMs with modern…

23 Jun

In Guwahati World’s first genetically modified rubber planted

editor0 CommentsNorth East, Indiaguwahati, KN Raghavan, RRII

The GM rubber plant, is expected to grow well in the climatic conditions of the region,this kind of plant is developed exclusively for the northeast. on Tuesday, it was planted on the outskirts of Guwahati. It's the world’s first genetically modified (GM) rubber plant. The Plant has developed at the Kerala-based Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII), the sapling was planted by Rubber Board chairman and executive director KN Raghavan at the board’s farm in Sarutari near Guwahati. It is expected to revolutionise natural rubber production in India .It contains additional copies of gene MnSOD (manganese containing superoxide dismutase) in…

20 Jun

Assam Police kills two miliants in shootout

editor0 CommentsIndia, North Eastassam, India, militants, police

Gun fight with the police forces in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district killed two militants of United People’s Revolutionary Front (UPRF) on Sunday. The gun fight took place at Jolen village in Singhasan Hill under Manja police station in the hill district. Karbi Anglong district police jointly launched the operation in the remote hill terrain, says intelligence inputs in the area, https://twitter.com/DGPAssamPolice/status/1406538812432338945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1406538812432338945%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiatoday.in%2Findia%2Fstory%2Fassam-urpf-militants-killed-police-ecnounter-1817238-2021-06-20 Assam's DGP further said the UPRF militants are actively working under the tutelage of poaching and drug cartels of Churachandpur in Manipur.