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ONGC to roll out new basin in Agartala

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is set to roll out a new basin in Agartala by 2017 to focus more on exploration of energy sources in the...

December 12, 2016

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

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,...

December 5, 2016

Assam to host Judima Festival

Assam’s only hill station, Haflong will host the three-day ‘Judima Festival’ on sports and culture from December 18-20. The festival has been named after Judima, which is Dimasa...

November 29, 2016

Assam Regiment celebrates Platinum Jubilee Ceremony

The Assam Regiment celebrated its 75th Raising Day (Platinum Jubilee). The regiment was raised on 15 June 1941 in Shillong by Lt.Col. Ross Howman. Key facts The Assam...

November 18, 2016

How much loan amount has been sanctioned by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to improve to improve Assam’s power distribution system?

How much loan amount has been sanctioned by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to improve to improve Assam’s power distribution system? [A]$54 million [B]$48 million [C]$88 million [D]$63...

November 9, 2016

SBI declares Silchar as its 5th zone in North East

The State Bank of India (SBI) has declared Silchar as its 5th zone in North East to facilitate banking issues for the customers of the region. The 5th...

October 21, 2016

HRD Minister inaugurates Super Computer PARAM-ISHAN at IIT Guwahati

The Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar has inaugurated the super computer PARAM ISHAN at IIT Guwahati campus. PARAM ISHAN is the fastest and most powerful...

September 20, 2016

Assam’s Majuli becomes first island district of India

Majuli became the first island district of India after it was inaugurated as the 35th district of Assam by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. The inauguration the island district...

September 9, 2016

Ecologist Bibhuti Lahkar wins IUCN's Heritage Heroes Award 2016

Assam-based ecologist and conservation activist Bibhuti Lahkar has won prestigious ‘Heritage Heroes Award’ of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). With this, he became the first...

September 6, 2016

Noted Assamese poet Nalinidhar Bhattacharyya passes away

Noted Assamese poet, author and literary critic Nalinidhar Bhattacharyya passed away in Guwahati, Assam due to age-old ailments. He was 95. He was a former principal of Arya...

September 5, 2016

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