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 • 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

The Assam government to observe ‘Rhino Day’ on September 22

The Assam government will observe September 22 as ‘Rhino Day’ to generate public awareness on protection of the one-horned pachyderm. It was officially declared at the 10th meeting of the State Board for Wildlife, which was chaired by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. The day will be exclusively dedicated to the approximately 2,500 rhino population in ..

Topics: Assam • Fictional characters • International Rhino Foundation • Northeast India • Poaching • Rhino • Rhinoceroses • Sonowal • States and union territories of India • Tourism in North East India • Unicorns