Sonowal Current Affairs, GK & News
Assam government bans molasses in state
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has recently ordered a ban on molasses in the state in the aftermath of the hooch tragedy in two districts – Golaghat and Jorhat – which claimed 158 lives. Molasses is an important component in making “sulai”, an intoxicating drink widely consumed in the tea garden areas of Assam.
Topics: Assam • Golaghat • Golaghat district • Jorhat • Molasses • Northeast India • Sonowal • States and union territories of India • Subdivisions of India • Sulai
Assam government launches PRANAM Commission to protect parents of government employees
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has recently launched the PRANAM Commission for protection of parents of state government employees. The Commission will look after the issues concerning a PRANAM (Parents Responsibility and Norms for Accountability and Monitoring) Bill to protect elderly parents of government employees in their times of need. PRANAM Bill, which was approved ..
Topics: Assam Legislative Assembly • Government of India • Sonowal • State governments of India
Aribam Syam Sharma decides to return his Padma Shri award in protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill of 2016
Manipur-based filmmaker and music composer Aribam Syam Sharma has decided to return his 2006 Padma Shri award in protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 that the Centre wants to push through. The 83-year-old filmmaker made the decision after families of around 855 martyrs of the anti-foreigners Assam Agitation of 1979-85 returned the citation that ..
Topics: Aribam Syam Sharma • Cinema of Manipur • India • Indian films • Manipur • Sharma • Sonowal
India’s tallest National flag from average city elevation installed in Guwahati
On the 149th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal hoisted India’s tallest National Flag from the average city elevation at the Gandhi Mandap in Guwahati. The 9,600 sq ft flag stands on a 319.5 ft flag pole at Gandhi Mandap, a memorial for Mahatma Gandhi atop the Sarania Hill in the ..
Topics: Activism • Activists • Chinchwad • Flag • Guwahati • Indian people • Mahatma Gandhi • National flag • Pimpri-Chinchwad • Sonowal • Twin cities
Assam hosts 58th National Interstate Senior Athletics 2018
The 58th National Interstate Senior Athletics Championships 2018 has started in Guwahati, Assam on June 26. The event was inaugurated by Assam Chief Minister Sarbanand Sonowal. Over 800 players are taking part in the 4-day event. The Indian athletics team for the upcoming Asian Games 2018 to be held at Jakarta will be selected from ..
Topics: Assam • Guwahati • Northeast India • Sonowal • States and union territories of India • Subdivisions of India