GUWAHATI: The North East Chapter of the Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE) emphasized the need for enhancing and extending agricultural engineering education and facilities in Assam. The annual meeting of the Northeast (NE) chapter of the ISAE was held on the premises of the Agricultural Engineering Department of Assam Agricultural University in Jorhat on Saturday. The meeting discussed critical agendas aimed at fostering agricultural engineering education and employment in the region. One of the focal points of the meeting was the proposition to establish the Directorate of Agricultural Engineering in the state, recognizing the necessity to…
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GUWAHATI: Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, assumed the helm as the chair of the first All India Congress Committee (AICC) screening committee meeting for the crucial state of Rajasthan. The meeting, held in Delhi, was graced by the presence of prominent political figures, including Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Govind Singh Dotasara, and the influential member of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), Sachin Pilot. The meeting also saw the participation of senior AICC members, including CP Joshi, AICC senior observer Madhusudan Mistry and AICC general secretary Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa. During the session, Gogoi…
GUWAHATI: In its continued drive against corruption and grat cases, the sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance & Anti-Corruption (DVAC) arrested a block development officer (BDO) for receiving Rs 10 thousand as a bribe from a person in Central Assam’s Hojai district on Sunday. The accused BDO Sewali Chakravorty of Binakandi Development Block demanded Rs 2 lakh as a bribe from an individual for releasing payments of works completed by his brother. Unwilling to pay the bribe, the individual approached the DVAC to take necessary legal action. “A trap was laid today, by a team from the…
GUWAHATI: The Supreme Court will commence hearing on November 7 to examine the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act relating to illegal immigrants in Assam. This was stated by Assam Sanmilito Mahasangha working president Matiur Rahaman while addressing a press conference here on Friday. The Assam Sanmilito Mahasangha, which is supported by 105 organisations, challenged section 6A in 2012, terming it arbitrary, discriminatory and unconstitutional claiming it provides different dates for regularising illegal migrants in Assam. Section 6A in the Citizenship Act was inserted as a special provision to deal with the citizenship of…
GUWAHATI: Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) led by Prof Tamal Banerjee, Department of Chemical Engineering, have produced a novel heat transfer fluid based on nanofluids, which is capable of efficiently transferring heat generated using solar power to desalination systems. This advancement promises a practical solution for producing potable water from seawater, addressing the pressing issue of global water scarcity. The research findings have been published in the journal Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering by the American Chemical Society and were funded by the Department of Science and Technology. The paper was co-authored by Nipu Kumar…
GUWAHATI: Altogether 32 representatives from 13 rubber-producing countries visited a rubber nursery covering an area of 40 acres of land at Umshru under Jirang constituency of Meghalaya’s Ri-Bhoi district on Friday. The visit was a part of the Annual Rubber Conference and Assembly Meetings of the Association of Natural Rubber (NR) Producing Countries (ANRPC), an international organization of natural rubber-producing countries, concluded at Hotel Radisson Blu here on Thursday. The delegation visited 40 acres of land in Umdhru amidst scenic beauty. The delegation comprised three members from Cambodia, two from Indonesia, five from Malaysia, two from Papua…
GUWAHATI: “Congress-led united opposition will not work out. There are differences of opinion among leaders of the alliance partners. We are not afraid of the union opposition,” Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) president and state agriculture minister Atul Bora said while addressing the open session of the foundation day of the regional party in Golaghat on Saturday. AGP, an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), sounded its poll bugle from Golaghat district on Saturday ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. AGP, formed in Golaghat district on October 14, 1985, celebrated its 39th foundation day in Golaghat on…
GUWAHATI: In its continued drive against corruption and graft cases, the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on Thursday arrested an officer in charge of a police station for accepting a bribe of Rs 4,000 an individual for allowing movement of his trucks carrying Iron rods and cement in Dokmoka area of in Karbi Anglong district. Sub Inspector of Police (UB) Sanat Kumar Mudoi, an officer in charge of Dokmoka police station, had demanded Rs 40,000 as a bribe from the complainant for allowing disturbance-free movement of his trucks carrying Iron rods and cement through the Dokmoka area. …
GUWAHATI: Tezpur University on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati to explore collaborations in areas of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Physical Sciences, Design, Civil Engineering, Climate Change and Air Pollution, Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing, Energy Science and Engineering etc. “IIT Guwahati signed MoU with Tezpur University for #Academic and #Research #Collaboration today. The MoU was signed between Prof. @piyer73 Officiating @DirectorIITG, and Prof Shambhu Nath Singh, VC, Tezpur University at @IITGuwahati,” IIT Guwahati wrote on X (formerly Twitter). IITG director Prof Parameswar K Iyer and Tezpur University vice-chancellor Prof Shambhu…
GUWAHATI: In its continued battle against narcotic drugs, police in Karbi Anglong district recovered 726.05 gm of heroin from a Guwahati-bound car at Khakrajan under Barpathar police station on Thursday. “Based on specific inputs, a naka checkpoint was set up at Khakrajan. A car bearing registration No AS13F5257 was intercepted. During the search, 60 soap packets were recovered from the front side of the car,” said a police official. “The consignment weighing 726.05 gm is suspected to be heroin. We sent it for forensic test,” he said. Two persons from Imphal- Sajit Khan and Iqbal Ahmed were arrested in this…