ASSAM

Assam: 50% attendance in schools, univs in districts having over 100 cases

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Assam re-clamped 50% attendance rule in classes from upper primary to university level, including technical colleges, in districts having more than 100 active Covid-19 cases and ordered online TEACHING for pre-primary to lower primary level classes, which have been already closed down.

This limited attendance arrangement in educational intuitions was introduced in June-July last year, which remained in force till the year-end. The new guidelines issued to contain the spread of the second wave of the pandemic will come into effect immediately and remain in force till May 8 or until further orders.

Assam cabinet panel to explore ways to rehabilitate child marriage victims

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The Assam cabinet gave its go-ahead to the Police to continue the crackdown on child marriages, but decided to form a cabinet sub-committee for exploring ways to rehabilitate the victim girls.
The committee will submit a report, based on which the will take steps on rehabilitation of such victims.

The sub-committee comprises Health minister Keshab Mahanta, Education minister Ranoj Pegu and finance minister Ajanta Neog.

The cabinet has decided to release Rs 150 crore for the ongoing construction works of the seven cancer care hospitals, Mahanta added.

First-ever Bodoland International Knowledge Festival will be held in BTR from Feb 27The 1st Bodoland International Knowledge Festival 2023 will be held from 27th February to 2nd March 2023 at Kokrajhar. The event is being organized at Bodoland University under the aegis of the Government of the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR). BTR Chief Pramod Boro while mentioning the objective of the festival highlighted the fact that the BTR Peace Accord 2020 has paved the transition of the region from guns to a culture of knowledge.He mentioned that the goal of the festival is to create, foster and promote knowledge exchange, solution sharing, and partnership building for the achievement of social development priorities and key Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2030 in contemporary BTR and the world. The festival will be inaugurated on 27th March by Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus in the presence of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who is also the chief patron of the event. The prominent academic institutions of the NE Region including Central University-Tezpur, Assam Agricultural University, and IIT Guwahati are the knowledge partners of the festival.NORTH-EASTERN STATES

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Arunachal Govt focused on creating job opportunities for youth: Guv

Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt General (Retd) Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik appealed to the people of the State to walk the talk to make Arunachal Pradesh a peaceful and progressive State. In his maiden public address at the 37th Statehood Day function here at IG Park, the Governor said that the is focused on creating job opportunities for the youth, improving the standard of living, maintaining law and order and security of our sensitive border areas.

He said, Arunachal Pradesh has come a long way from being the remote NEFA at the time of Independence to becoming a full-fledged State in 1987 and since then the State has progressed in leaps and bounds.The last few years have witnessed quantum progress and all-round development in the State, he said and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his strategic vision and continued personal focus on the development of the frontier state.

Celluloid bid to preserve Assams Ojapali and Deodhani dance forms

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Two Folk Dances of Assam Suknani OjapaliandDeodhani will be featured in an Assamese film to be released during in October in a bid to create awareness about the unique but neglected Art Forms. The film revolves round the life and the plight of the artistes associated with these dance forms.

Assam is culturally very rich. Its social life is incomplete without its traditional and unique folk art forms like Ojapali, Deodhani dance and puppetry, among others. Unfortunately, the rush to become a modern Society by neglecting tradition and traditional folk arts over the decades has affected their popularity and posed a threat to their identity.

Suknani Ojapali is one of the ancient traditional art forms of Assam. It is a half dramatic performing art. The Suknani Ojapali recites songs of goddess Manasa from the Padma Puranas composed bySukavi Narayan Deva. On the other hand, Deodhani is a folk dance performed solo or in a group. This dance form is associated with the worship of goddess Manasa.

Assam: Dharmendra Pradhan opens two key infra projects at IIT-Guwahati

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Union minister for Education, Skill development and ,Dharmendra Pradhan, inaugurated the state-of-the-artCentre for Nanotechnology(CNT) and the Centre for Indian Knowledge System (CIKS), two major Infrastructure projects in IIT-Guwahati.

He also inaugurated two hostels at the institute in the presence of state education ministerRanoj Peguand Guwahati MPQueen Oja.

The CNT aims at meeting future challenges and augment academic partnerships with Industry in nanotechnology. The major funding for the centre, which included Rs 37 crore for the building, apart from equipment, was obtained from the ministry of education (MoE) and the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY). “It will host 25 advanced laboratories which will focus on advancements in multi-disciplinary, scientific and translational research,” said a spokesperson ofIIT Guwahati.

Rs 10,000 cash aid for inter-state bus drivers and handymen: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

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The Assam government on Friday announced a financial assistance of Rs 10, 000 for inter-district bus drivers and handymen. However, the bus operators, who have been adversely affected by several Covid-19 restrictions, including ban on inter-district travel in the state, think the cash amount to be insufficient.

A portal for the purpose will be launched where drivers and handymen will have to apply to avail the cash aid, the CM said.

Due to a ban on inter-district movement of public transport in the last three months, nearly 60,000 people associated with transport buses have been affected.

Climate change and its impact on Assam

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Assam has been in the crosshair of natures fury from time immemorial. The state falls in seismic zone V making it prone to moderate to high-intensity Earthquakes. Floods in the state are nearly annual events. In the post-independence period, in the years 1954, 1962, 1972, 1977, 1984, 1988, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2019, 2020 and 2022, floods caused much devastation and havoc. The frequency has increased in the last two decades and the state incurs a loss of more than INR 200 crore every year due to this disaster.

In 2022, Assam was ravaged by the first wave of flood due to extensive pre-monsoon showers in May, killing scores of people. In the month of December 2022, a freakish hailstorm covered Moran town in the upper Assam region in a layer of white sheets. Uncharacteristically blistering summers and short winters are now a norm in the state. Another atypical drift is the fluctuating character of weather within the same monsoon period. Rain falls in rapid bursts, bringing moderate to extreme flooding, in different geographical regions of the state; this is then followed by long periods of dry spells creating a drought-like situation. These extremities are a result of a wider global phenomenon- https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change.

In the list of Indias most vulnerable 25 districts to climate change, 15 are in Assam with Karinganj at the top. Climate change projections in the state indicate an increase of about 2 degrees Celsius by 2050 with extreme events of rainfall up by more than 35% with respect to the baseline period of 1971-2000. On the other end of the spectrum, drought weeks will rise by 75% for the same baseline. These extremities of temperature and rainfall along with the emergence of new pests and diseases will reduce the food crop productivity in a predominantly rural state along with yields of Cash Crops like tea, fish, milk and bamboo. With less than 30% area in the state under assured Irrigation, persistent dry spells due to climate change may have multiple ramifications including food insecurity and distress Migration.

Assam Cricket Association to focus on infrastructure development: Officials

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TheAssam Cricket Association(ACA) is concentrating on developing at the grassroots rather than merely hosting international matches as showpiece events, its officials said.

It is also ensuring transparency in all its financial dealings after accusations of monetary misappropriation against the apex cricketing body in the state under its former regime, they added.

Addressing a press conference at the end of its General Body Meeting here, ACA presidentRomen Duttasaid, “We have taken a number of decisions to boost cricket infrastructure as well as increase our number of affiliations.”

The constitution for the State Cricket Academy was also adopted and a committee, headed by former player Rajinder Singh, formed to take it forward, he said.
The academy will look after the professional training needs of cricketers as well as professionals associated with the sport in the state.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that five colleges in the state will soon be upgraded to universities in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. He said that key decisions regarding the timely implementation of the NEP in the state will be taken at the next weekly Cabinet meeting.

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The chief minister said that in the next state Cabinet meeting, scheduled for November 25, the structure for the educational institutions under the NEP will be approved, determining which institutions will be for fundamental, primary or senior secondary levels.

He maintained that the NEP has been adapted to the times by incorporating the new scientific thinking of the 21st century and is also synchronised with the basic tenets of India’s civilisation, which is based on the foundation of knowledge and wisdom.

The chief minister hoped that the conclave would result in finalising a roadmap for implementation of NEP in the North East region to convert the policy into action and set timelines to realise the dream of a new India.