ASSAM

The AssamState School Standards Authority(SSSA) has set the ball rolling for uniform assessment of all schools in the state, irrespective of boards, barring central government-run ones.

A final touch is being given to the Bill to formally create the SSSA in the state and it is likely to be tabled in the assembly soon.

In Assam, an interim committee headed by Education adviser to ,Nani Gopal Mahanta, has been formed and matrix is being created for assessment of subject skills, modalities of the key stage assessments to be done in classes III, V and VIII under the lead of State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT).

TheAssamhealth and family welfare department notified Covid-19guidelinesfor the comingBohag Bihucelebrations andother festivalsin the state.

The event organizers will have to take permission from the District Administration of the concerned district for organizing any event resulting in public gathering mentioning the number of people likely to gather at the proposed event and the maximum capacity of the place/site where the event is proposed to be held.

Kovind, the visitor of the varsity, also appealed to the students at the Kalaguru Bishnuprasad Rabha (KBR) Auditorium to actively participate in promotion and Marketing of organic products from the North-East region. He also lauded efforts of the Assam government for conserving and said he would visit the Kaziranga National Park later in the day to take stock of various such initiatives.

Assamwill attempt a shot at Guinness World Records for the “largestBihu dancein a single venue” by over 11,000 participants on April 14 here with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in attendance, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
The will also invite governors and CMs of all states and all the ambassadors and high commissioners of the G20 countries and Southeast Asian nations in India to witness the spectacular programme, Sarma said.

Besides, the state government has decided to offer grants of Rs 1.5 lakh to each Bihu celebration committee and a detailed SOP will be published within the next few days.

A solution to the hawkers issue in the city seems to be shrouded in uncertainty as urban affairs minister Ashok Singhal said there is no land to create specific vending zones inside the densely populated city.

Creation of vending zones for hawkers and a survey of such traders in the city have been a long-pending demand of the All Assam Street Vendors Association (AASVA).

The associations president, Chandan Goswami, said the Guwahati (GMC) had identified seven locations Ganeshguri, Fancy Bazar, Borbari, Silpukhuri, Chandmari, near Meghdoot Bhawan at Panbazar and Col J Ali Road at Lakhtokia to set up vending zones in 2021.

In a continuous effort to reduce traffic congestion in densely populated Guwahati, chief ministerHimanta Biswa Sarmaon Tuesday laid the foundation of a 580-metre new flyover at Zoo Road Tiniali at a cost of around Rs 79 crore.

The CM has directed the public works department to complete the construction of the flyover at the earliest so that it can be inaugurated beforeBohag in April next year. The targeted duration for construction of the flyover is 18 months.

The Australian Research Council (ARC) will fund the exploration of the enigmatic megalithic jars that linked northeast India with South East Asia thousands of years ago.

Researchers at the Gauhati University (GU), North-Eastern Hill University (Nehu) along with their Australian counterparts are conducting a research study that establishes northeast Indias possible connections with Indonesia, Myanmar and Laos as early as the late second millennium BC.

This interdisciplinary project aims to document and explore the cultural connections between the geographically disparate megalithic cultures of Laos and India and create an enduring digital record of these threatened cultural assets.