ASSAM

NORTH- Justice Sandeep Mehta to be sworn in as Chief Justice of Gauhati High CourtThe Central Government on Sunday appointed Justice Sandeep Mehta of Rajasthan High Court as the new Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court. Law minister Kiren Rijiju in a tweet notified about the appointment of four judges as Chief Justices in different High Courts of India.As per reports, he practised in Trial Courts, High Court as well as Supreme Court. He was the Counsel for Commission in 3 Judicial Enquiry Commissions headed by the Retired as well as Sitting Hon’ble Judges of High Court. Mehta was a member Bar Council of Raj. from 2003 to 2009 & 2009 till the date of elevation.

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EASTERN STATES

Mizoram Assembly adopts resolution against UCC

The Mizoram Assembly unanimously adopted an official resolution opposing any move to implement the (UCC) in the country.

Home Minister Lalchamliana moved the resolution which said “That this House unanimously resolved to oppose any steps taken or proposed to be taken for enactment of UCC in India.”

While moving the resolution Lalchamliana that the UCC, if enacted, “would disintegrate the country as it was an attempt to terminate the religious or social practices, customary laws, cultures and traditions of the religious minorities, including the Mizos.”

He alleged that several attempts had been made in the past to implement the UCC but is pending till now due to its “controversial nature.”

Ayurveda gets a boost with new centres for research, training in Guwahati

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Union minister for AYUSH, Sarbananda Sonowal, on Saturday laid the foundation stones for thePanchakarmaBlock at theCentral Ayurveda Research Institute(CARI) in Borsajai and the Panchakarma centre of Excellence at the StateAyurvedaCollege in Jalukbari here, which will be built at a cost of Rs 20 crore.

It added that the Panchakarma block will be a G plus two building and the pharmacology and chemistry laboratories will be G plus three buildings. The built up cost for these two buildings will be Rs 10 crore.

The new buildings will help in providing world class training courses for Skill development, whereas the pharmacology and chemistry building at CARI will help in pre-clinical experimental procedures, drugs standardisation, chemical testing for any herb and animal-related toxicology reports.

Assam Govt prohibits non-vaccinated people from entering public places

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The Assam Government has restricted the entry of non-vaccinated people from entering government premises, public places and private establishments.

Earlier, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma urged the people to get vaccinated with both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine by January 15. It was also announced that those who are not vaccinated with both doses shall not be allowed to enter offices and a pay cut will also be imposed on them.

Accordingly, a notification has been issued by the District Administration, wherein it has been mentioned that no unvaccinated person shall be allowed entry into government premises and any other public place other than hospitals without valid vaccination certificates, with effect from January 15.

Similarly, the entry of non-vaccinated people has been prohibited on hotels, malls and other private establishments violation of which will attract a hefty penalty. The business establishments are further directed to adhere to the rules imposed by the administration.

Guards of Kaziranga get Satellite Phones

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Kaziranga has become the first in the country to have been equipped with satellite phones.

Kaziranga National Park is situated in the state of Assam. It is surrounded by the Brahmaputra in the north Karbi anglong in the south and river Diphu flows through it.

Kaziranga National Park was established in 1908 as a reserve forest and it becomes a wildlife sanctuary in 1950 and it exists as National Park from 1974 Kaziranga got recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1985 and become Tiger Reserve in 2006.

New app likely soon for doorstep jabs for select group in Assam

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Prisoners, old age Home residents and people with special needs will be given the status of top priority citizens enabling them to get vaccinated at their doorstep.
With the support of chief ministerHimanta Biswa Sarma, thestate Health departmentis mulling over a new app for enlisting these beneficiaries. Apart fromvaccinationat workplaces, the health department is wary of encouraging door-to-door inoculation because if any adverse effect happens after the shot, urgent hospitalisation could be difficult.

Assam zoo installs heaters in enclosures to keep animals warm during winter

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The Assam State Zoo-cum- in Guwahati has prepared to keep the animals and birds in the enclosure warm in the biting chill by installing heaters in the enclosures.

Zoo keeperRajnikanth Dekasaid the zoo is taking all precautionary measures to keep the animals warm during winter.

Deka said the zoo has installed heaters for the tigers, lions as well as other big animals.

However, the heaters are placed in such a way that it keeps their enclosure warm but at the same time prevents the risk of the animals directly coming in contact with the machines.

It also has a botanical garden spread over 82 hectares. It has varied Flora and Fauna species and houses 112 species in all.

Established in 1957, theAssam State Zoo, commonly known asGuwahati Zoo, was opened to the public in 1958.

No rhino poaching incident took place in 2022: Assam CM

While interacting with media during the first day of the year, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that in the year 2022, no rhino poaching incident took place across the State. The last poaching incident took place on December 28th 2021 at Hilakunda, Kohora in Golaghat district. The State govt has taken strict measures to prevent poaching of one-horned rhinos. A huge campaign was launched which was followed by the burning of 2,400 rhino horns seized from poachers. A special anti poaching task force was constituted by the Assam Government Special DGP (Law and Order) to protect the one-horned rhino.

Assam adjudged third best in disease screening

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Assamachieved the feat of the third best performing state in the category of non-communicable disease and common cancers screening among northeast, hilly and tribal states. The state Health department team, headed by Assam National Health Mission (NHM) director DrLakshmanan S.

NHM Assam was awarded the third rank by the Union ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW). The central function was held in Delhi in the presence of all states to celebrate the Universal Health Coverage Day, which was organized byMoHFW, GoI and supported by the National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC), Jhpiego and the World Health Organization-India.

Assam records 13th highest child abuse cases in 2021

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Assamhas recoded 13th highest cases under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act in the country, where nearly 2,000 minor girls have become victims, while each of the remaining northeastern states has reported below 500 cases. A total of 1,925 cases were reported.

According to the NCRB report for 2021, more than two-thirds of the total Pocso cases were that of rape where 1,317 minor girls were allegedly raped last year.

Utsah is the only organisation in the northeast which provides comprehensive support person Services to children who are victims of child sexual abuse, under the Pocso Act.

Those who are not residents of the city are emerging to be the biggest carriers of the infection right now because 40% of the daily positive cases are from this group, who are getting detected while being treated in hospitals.

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But the positivity rate has dipped remarkably at the airport and in RAILWAY stations. However, markets are still being seen as super-spreaders in residential colonies, especially in East Guwahati.

Earlier truck parkings, warehouses and DEFENCE establishments in East Guwahati were in the radar but of late the market places have emerged as spreaders. Health officials said there is no community spread reported recently, though in some of the apartments and densely populated pockets, more people have turned positive.

On National Librarians’ Day, Smart Library System inaugurated at Assam University, Silchar

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Officials and staff of Central Library at Assam University Silchar, also known as Rabindra Library observed National Librarians’ Day to commemorate 129th birth anniversary of Padma Shri Dr. S.R. Ranganathan.

The Assam University library is going to play a role model for the libraries especially in implementing the technological applications.