Guwahati

India’s longest ropeway service opened in Guwahati over Brahmaputra

Northeast Indian city, Guwahati has earned the longest river crossing ropeway in India across the Brahmaputra river. The project has been completed with an enormous effort of 11 years. About the ropeway It was installed by Kolkata-based Samir Damodar Ropeways. ..

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Endophytic Actinobacteria

Researchers at Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST) Guwahati have found that the endophytic Actinobacteria have antifungal growth-promoting activities. They have also discovered that application of endophytic Actinobacteria could reduce chemical inputs in Tea plantation crop. IASST ..

National Winter Games to be held in Gulmarg

The National Winter Games is to be held in Gulmarg from March 7, 2020. The games are to be held for five days in Gulmarg, the world-famous Ski destination. It is being held under Khelo India. Highlights The Department of ..

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96 Species of Wetland Birds recorded in Kaziranga

The home of the world’s most one-horned rhinos, Assam’s Kaziranga National Park which is about 220 Km to the east of the capital of Assam, Guwahati has recorded with a total of 19,225 birds from 80 families belonging to 96 ..

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Third Edition of Khelo India Youth Games begins on Friday

From Friday 10th January to 22nd January 2020, Khelo India Youth Games’ third edition has been scheduled to be held in Guwahati. In the presence of Assam’s Chief Minister, Sarbananda Sonowal and Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs ..

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 Advanced Forensic DNA Analysis Lab in CFSL, Chandigarh

The Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai inaugurated the Advanced Forensic DNA Analysis Lab in the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) of Chandigarh on Monday, 23 December 2019.  The new advanced lab is being set up at a ..

Fact Box: Alliance Air flags off Guwahati-Dimapur-Imphal flight under UDAN-RCS

Alliance Air has flagged-off its first flight operations between Guwahati in Assam to Dimapur (largest city of Nagaland) and Imphal (capital of Manipur), under the Regional Connectivity Scheme – Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (RCS-UDAN). This direct 50 minute-long flights ..

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Guwahati to host 14th India-Japan Annual Summit

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be on a two-day visit to India. Guwahati has been chosen to host the annual summit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, scheduled to be held in the mid of ..