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05 Jan

Picnic buses can only operate after fog clears, Assam

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The Assam Government has issued SOP for picnic goers due to the recent tragic incident which took place in Dergaon. Assam CM directs, buses carrying passengers for picnic can only operate after the fog clears in the morning and must arrive before the fog clears in the evening. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, "People should not start travelling for picnic so early in the morning. Today the state police have issued an SOP which states that buses can only operate after the fog clears in the morning and must arrive before the fog clears in the evening."

05 Jan

Assam aims to foster diversity within the state

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In a move to fostering diversity within the education sector, the Assam Government has decided to reserve three percent of seats for the Tea tribe and Adivasi communities. Assam Education Minister Ranoj Pegu via X announced the initiative to reserve seats in the current teachers recruitment which is going to be held soon. According to the sources, there will be a three percent reservation for the communities within the existing 27 percent quote under OBC/MOBC under the Department of School Education, Assam.

04 Jan

State wide ‘Gunotsav 2024’ beings in Assam

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The state government is all set to assess students performances including school through 'Gunotsav 2024'. Assam Education Minister Ranoj Pegu said, the assessment is to get started by January 3 to February 8 of this year which will conduct an assessment for approximately 40 lakh students state wide. Ranoj Pegu said, "The exercise will be carried out at 43,498 government schools across 35 districts of the state, covering 39,63,542 students."

04 Jan

Diesel run bus services to get stopped in Assam

editorSikkim

With the New Year spirit, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has launched 200 electric buses in the city, Guwahati. According to the sources, the aim of the government is to free the state from air pollution. Also the buses comes with facilities like GPS tracking, CCTV installed inside the bus for women safety. Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma said, "In 2023, we started the New Year by gifting 100 CNG buses. Continuing with the same tradition, this year we want to start the New Year by gifting 200 electric buses to the people of Guwahati.” Further, Sarma has…

04 Jan

At least 14 died at Dergaon bus accident, Assam

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A bus collided with a truck in Dergaon, Assam which carried 45 passengers, the incident took place on 3 January early hours. According to sources, amongst the 45 passengers, 14 people died and 27 others were injured. The incident took place on the way when the bus was heading towards Tilinga Mandir, Tinsukia where the truck came in contact with the bus. Police reported that the bus passengers were on their way to picnic and were about to reach their destination, a coal-laden truck coming from Margherita collided with the bus.

29 Dec

Centre, Assam and ULFA to sign peace accord

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On Friday, Assam government has announced about signing peace accord with the United Liberation Front of Asom, ULFA in the presence of the centre. According to the sources, the government will sign tripartite peace accord with the ULFA, in the presence of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Union Home Minister Amit Shah along with the pro-talks of ULFA. Also to some reports it said, ULFA led by Paresh Baruah will not be part of the agreement as he has been consistently rejecting the olive branch offered by the government. However, the aim of the accord is to end insurgency in…

29 Dec

Assam farmers exports 5K lemons and flat beans

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A team of 16 farmers has successfully exported 500kg of lablab or flat beans to the New Spitalfields market in London, from where farmers’ fresh products go to various European countries. To reports, along with flat beans from Sivasagar, farmers of Tinsukia District have also dispatched 5,000 lemons which are known as Kaji Nemu in Assam. Dhingporiya Mustard FED Producer Company managing director Mantosh Saikia said, “Locals don’t buy lablab beans usually. There was no market for lablab beans. But our unemployed youths, who are from farmers’ families, have got a new export option now.”

28 Dec

Reliance Jio plans ‘Bharat GPT’ AI model for India

Priyanka BhowmickSikkim, Business, IndiaBusiness, India

Reliance Jio Infocomm, India's largest telecom services provider, is working with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay to launch 'Bharat GPT', a large language model tailored specifically for India's needs, chairman Akash Ambani said. Speaking at the annual IIT Bombay TechFest, Ambani said the company is "extensively thinking" about launching an operating system for smart televisions. "We are working on a project with IIT Bombay to launch the India GPT program," he said, referring to the partnership between Jio and the premier tech institute that goes back to 2014. Ambani outlined Jio's ambitious AI plans, "aiming to integrate it horizontally…

27 Dec

2023 remarkable year for the government for maintaining peace in the state, Assam

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Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) has been removed from many districts of the state, Assam which is a major peace achievement for the leading government. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma asserted that no lives were lost in the state due to extremist violence in 2023. He also claimed that there is a complete end of tribal militancy in Assam, a total of 8,756 former militants have been rehabilitated in the last two years, with over Rs 300 crore invested for the purpose. The year 2023 has been a remarkable year as Assam has been transformed into an abode…

27 Dec

Earthquake hits Assam’s Tezpur today

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On Wednesday, during early hour’s magnitude of 3.4 jolts Assam’ Tezpur, to reports no casualty is reported caused by nature so far. The National Center for Seismology shared the following information: "Earthquake of Magnitude: 3.4 occurred on 27-12-2023, 05:55:35 IST, Lat: 26.70 & Long: 93.22, Depth: 20 Km, Location: 42 km E of Tezpur, Assam, India."