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Assam’s Hailakandi becomes 1st district to pay cashless transactions wages

December 5, 2016

Hailakandi district of Assam has become the first district to pay wages to tea garden workers through individual bank accounts. It completed this task before the December 15, 2016 deadline set by the state government for cashless transactions of salary payments to the plantation workers. Key Facts At least 504 workers of Burnie Braes tea ..

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Pre-historic camping site found in Ladakh

December 3, 2016

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has found an ancient camping site used by pre-historic man, at an altitude of about 4,200 metres near Saser La in Nubra Valley, Ladakh. The camping site is a place where hunter-gatherers in the ancient times stayed temporarily before they moved on to another place. Key Facts This camping ..

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Tamil Nadu gets world's first salt-tolerant plant garden

November 19, 2016

The world’s first Genetic Garden of Halophytes (naturally occurring salt-tolerant plants) was inaugurated at the coastal town of Vedaranyam in Tamil Nadu. The first of its kind garden in the world was inaugurated by Mauritius President Ameenah Gurib Fakim through video-conferencing. Key Facts The garden has been set up by M S Swaminathan Research Foundation ..

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Union Cabinet gives approval to IISER, Berhampur in Odisha

October 27, 2016

The Union Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval to formation of the Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER) at Berhampur in Odisha. IISER, Berhampur will be established under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and it will start of its 2016-17 academic session from 1 August 2016. It will being its operations from ..

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Japanese Encephalitis claims 54 lives in Odisha's Malkangiri district

October 17, 2016

The Japanese Encephalitis has claimed 54 lives in Odisha’s backward Malkangiri district in just a more than a month. The State Government is monitoring and overseeing the measures to check the spread of Japanese Encephalitis. What is Japanese Encephalitis? Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus. It belongs to the same genus as dengue, yellow ..

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Union Cabinet approves establishment of IIM in Jammu

October 13, 2016

The Union Cabinet has approved the establishment and operationalisation of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) at Jammu. It will become operational from the Academic Year 2016-17 at the transit or temporary campus at Old Government College of Engineering & Technology. Key Facts For the initial four years from 2016 to 2020, the IIM will function ..

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