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14 Dec

DBT scheme launched for Assam women by Himanta Biswa Sarma

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On Wednesday, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated Orunodoi 2.0 scheme for Assam women. Under this scheme women in the state can get around Rs 1000 per month. With this, the Assam chief minister hopes to make Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) a reality; making it one of the largest projects in the country As per the report, 10.54 lakh new beneficiaries were newly added. And, with the new inclusion, there will be around 27 lakh of beneficiaries in the state. The total financial outlay for Orunodoi is Rs 4,142 crore per year. Also under…

14 Dec

14 crore drugs seized from Guwahati ambulance

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On Tuesday, an ambulance was caught transporting drugs worth Rs 14 crore in Guwahati. One person has been arrested after this incident. According to the report, the seized package contains 200 grams of heroin and 50,000 Yaba tablets. Also known as madness drug or nazi speed, a yaba tablet is a crystal meth combination drug that is taken orally or crushed and ingested through the nose. Also said, Joint Commissioner of Police Partha Sarthi Mahant said that the arrested businessman's name is Mirazul Islam, a resident of Meghalaya. He was transporting banned drugs from Manipur when police stopped him. The…

14 Dec

Assam: Gamosa gets Geographical Indication tag

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The ‘gamosa’ from province got its Geographical Indication (GI) hang on Tues. The historically woven loom product is known with its distinctive red border and floral motifs. Gamosa– the image of Assamese pride was approved for the geographical indication (GI) tag, that has been publicized within the twenty fourth Geographical Indications Journal.GI tag is employed to spot agricultural, natural, or factory-made merchandise originating in a very aforesaid space and it ought to have a special quality or characteristics distinctive to the actual geographical indication. “The gamosa could be a ancient textile and a logo of Assamese culture,” the GI journal…

14 Dec

NGT fines Nagaland govt for sewage and solid management failure

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The National inexperienced judicature (NGT) has obligatory a fine of Rs two hundred large integer on the Nagaland government for its failure to manage waste material and solid waste within the state.This was declared by Hukato Chishi, member secretary, of Nagaland Pollution control panel, whereas addressing a workshop on plastic waste management and segregation of waste at the supply on the theme “Freedom from Garbage” at Niuland deputy commissioner’s conference hall on Mon, per a political candidate report on Tues. “If we have a tendency to don’t begin managing solid, waste material and plastic wastes these days, our land and…

14 Dec

Prime Minister Launched Projects Worth Rs 75,000 Cr in Maharashtra

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi to get the muse stone and inaugurate comes price Rs 75,000 crores in Maharashtra. in line with the Prime Minister’s workplace, PM Modi inaugurated Phase-I of Hindu Hrudaysamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Samruddhi Mahamarg, covering a distance of 520 Kms and connecting Nagpur and Shirdi.In one more step that may revolutionise urban quality, Prime Minister can dedicate ‘Nagpur railway system part I’ to the state. He can flag off 2 railway system trains – from Khapri to Automotive sq. (Orange Line) and from Hindu deity Nagar to Lokmanya Nagar (Aqua line) – at Khapri railway system Station.…

14 Dec

Three Himalayan medicinal plants enter IUCN Red List

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Three medicative plant species found within the range of mountains have created it to International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of vulnerable Species following a recent assessment. Meizotropis pellita has been assessed as ‘critically endangered’, Fritilloria cirrhosa as ‘vulnerable’, and liliopsid genus hatagirea as ‘endangered’. These species area unit found within the chain of mountains region unfold across Asian nation, India, China, Sikkim, Afghanistan, and Asian country. IUCN is a world organisation (NGO) operating within the field of nature conservation and property use of natural resources.Meizotropis pellita, ordinarily referred to as Patwa, may be a perennial woody…

14 Dec

National Energy Conservation Day 2022, 14 December

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The National Energy Conservation Day is standard each year on fourteenth Gregorian calendar month 2022. The aim is to showcase the achievements of the state in energy efficiency and conservation. This occasion has been celebrated since 1991 once is crystal rectifier by the Ministry of power. Nowadays is standard to spice up awareness regarding the conservation of energy as a result of it's that the simplest because of have a greener and brighter future.The Bureau of Energy efficiency (BEE), beneath the power ministry of Republic of India, launched the National Energy Conservation Awards in 1991 to recognise the contribution of…

14 Dec

Supreme Court Collegium recommends 5 names to Centre as apex court judges

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The Supreme Court Collegium has counseled to the Centre the names of 5 court judges for appointment as apex court judges. The advice came once the meeting of the six-member Collegium, crystal rectifier by justice of Asian country D Y Chandrachud. Once the elevation of justice Dipankar Datta, former justice of metropolis court, SC’s current bench strength is twenty eight as against the sanctioned strength of thirty four. If the 5 names counseled by the Supreme Court collegium area unit notified by the central government, then the bench strength of the court can become thirty three.The Collegium System of Supreme…

13 Dec

Mustard oil will be provisioned, pact signed by Assam Rifles and KVIC

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The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Assam Rifles to supply about 458 quintals of mustard oil. 2.71 crore during 2022-23. According to sources, there was also a directive from Amit Shah to support the 'Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan' launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to encourage local products. KVIC Chairman Manoj Kumar thanked the Home Minister for his initiative and said that this is the second time that KVIC has signed an agreement with the paramilitary forces for supply of any material. The Home Minister also added that there is a need…

13 Dec

Two outfits of Assam surrender, Hailakandi

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1,179 Bru militants of two outfits surrendered in Assam's Hailakandi district. Director General of Police (Special Branch) Hiren Chandra Nath said the surrendered rebels belonged to United Democratic Liberation Front of Barak Valley (UDLF-BV) and Bru Revolutionary Army of Union (BRAU). Two gangs active in the area near the Assam-Mizoram border kept AK series rifles, M16 rifles and other firearms besides more than 400 cartridges. A total of 634 members of BRAU led by Rajesh Charki and 545 UDLF-BV militants led by Dhanyaram Rayang surrendered during the day, Nath said. “The peace process with these two groups had been underway…