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15 Feb

In the third Test against England in Rajkot Team India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first

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Recently Team India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat first in the third Test against England in Rajkot. Actually batter Sarfaraz Khan and wicketkeeper Dhruv Jurel are making their Team India debuts in the match. In fact all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja and fast bowler Mohammed Siraj also return to the playing XI. This is actually good as Indian cricket team is playing test matches against England and trying their best to win with improving their performance. Today cricket is becoming very popular sport and people from everywhere follow it regularly. In fact for the popularity of cricket…

14 Feb

Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha resigns as working President of Congress, Assam

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Ahead of the upcoming Lok sabha elections, many Congress leaders have resigned from the party in earlier days. Now, the working president and three-time MLA, Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha, has announced his resignation from the party. About Purkayastha, he started his political career with the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) and eventually becoming an MLA from Karimganj district in 2011. According to the sources, the former leader of Congress party, will soon be joining Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

13 Feb

Rs 200 cr allocated for floodwater diversion of Assam

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One of the major issues of the state which Assam people mostly face during the monsoon seasons is artificial flood in both rural and urban areas. To mitigate the problem, the Assam government has tabled Rs. 200 crore in the 2024-25 budget planning in the wetlands and the flood waters of the Brahmaputra River, Assam. Assam Finance Minister Ajanta Neog said, "In the initial phase, a few large wetlands are identified for rejuvenation and restoration creating additional storage capacity of 220 lakh cubic meter for water storage. NESAC has further carried out a hydrological analysis of the flood-causing rivers and…

13 Feb

Assam Budget 2024, government to aims to eliminate child marriages

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Assam Finance Minister Ajanta Neog presented Assam's 2024-25 financial year budget of 2.9 crore with a deficit of Rs 774.47 crore, on Monday. According to the reports, no additional tax will be imposed on the people of Assam and also Neog said, GSDP is estimated to touch Rs 6.43 lakh crore during the next financial year as against Rs 5.7 lakh crore in 2023-24. Neog said, "The Budget Estimates of 2024-25 show a receipt of Rs 1,43,605.56 crore under the Consolidated Fund of the state. After adding the receipt of Rs 1,44,550.08 crore under Public Account and Rs 2,000 crore…

12 Feb

In 2023 Apple beats Google, Meta to buy most AI startups

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Apple surpassed other big tech giants in terms of acquiring AI startups last year; Stocklytics reported citing data from Statista. While Apple bought up to 32 AI startups in 2023, Google also came second with 21 purchases, as per Statista’s estimates. Meta, Microsoft and Amazon also acquired 18, 17 and 10 AI startups, respectively. Right now there is huge competition between all big tech giants and everyone wants to go ahead in this race. Today Apple is very big brand and people have huge trust in it. In fact Apple is very valuable company and they have huge demand for…

12 Feb

Protest by BJP party over Rahul Gandhi’s allegations

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi commented some offensive statement against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's caste. According to the sources, the Congress leader stated that Modi donot belong to OBC by birth, it's his fake certificate of being OBC caste. Following the incident, Cachar district BJP OBC Morcha, President Bimalendu Roy, Assam BJP in-charge Biswarup Bhattacharjee of Cachar district and other leaders of the party have staged protest against the allegation and demanded an apology from the Congress leader.

12 Feb

In 2023 over 59,000 Indians enlisted as US citizens

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Recently a report released by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has revealed that nearly 8.7 lakh foreign nationals became US citizens during the fiscal year 2023. According to the annual progress report, more than 59,100 (6.7%) Indians were enlisted as bona fide US citizens in 2023. Of the total, more than one lakh Mexicans obtained US citizenship. Actually right now many Indians are getting US citizenship and becoming overseas Indians. Right now many Indians want to go abroad as they find good life in foreign country and settle their. But the reality is actually different as many Indians…

12 Feb

Assam reaches new milestone, one crore Ayushman Card

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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has officially updated about 'Ayushman Cards' in the state, Assam. Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri-Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) scheme which provides assistance of 5 lakhs to families for health services. Sarma wrote on 'X', "Assam achieves a new milestone. Assam has taken sustained efforts to realise Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji's goal of Universal Health Coverage. We have become the 1st State to deliver more than one crore Ayushman cards to our people through efforts such as 'Viksit Bharat Yatra' and 'Ayushman Apke Dwar Abhiyan."

12 Feb

Recently India loses third straight ICC final vs. Australia

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Recently Australia defeated India by 79 runs in the final in Benoni to win the Under-19 World Cup 2024. It is Australia’s fourth Under-19 World Cup victory. Meanwhile, India has actually lost their third straight ICC final against Australia. India had also lost ODI World Cup 2023 and World Test Championship 2023 finals against Australia. Actually this type of things always happens in cricket as one team lose and another team win the match but the main thing is to like and support this amazing game. Today cricket has become very popular sport in the world and people follow it…

12 Feb

Harjas Singh Indian origin Australia batter who top scored in U-19 World Cup final

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Australia’s Harjas Singh, who top-scored against India in Under-19 World Cup 2024 final with 55(64), was born on 31 January, 2005 in Sydney. He’s a left-handed batter who started playing cricket aged seven. Actually his family moved to Sydney from Chandigarh in 2000. His father Inderjit Singh was a Punjab state boxing champion and his mother Avinder was state-level long jumper. Today cricketer from India is becoming very famous and they are actually performing very well. Today cricket has become very famous sport and people from all over the world follows it. Actually for the popularity of cricket Indian cricket…