Guwahati, Feb 27: Assam is set to become a significant player in the film industry with the GVR Group’s announcement of a Rs 2000 crore investment to develop an integrated film city. The project will be located on a 500-acre site near the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) Airport in Guwahati. The film city, designed […]
Guwahati: The Region’s premier community-focused biodiversity conservation organisation Aaranyak organised five capacity-building workshops for over 200 community members on administration of first-aid in three human elephant conflict (HEC) affected villages located in the West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya and two such villages from Jorhat district of Assam during Feb 24 to 26 this year.
Shishu Sarothi, a premier non-profit organization based in Guwahati working in the disability sector, successfully conducted a two-day workshop on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) on February 21 and 22, 2025.
An earthquake of magnitude five on the Richter scale struck Assam’s Morigaon district in the early hours of Thursday (February 27, 2025), according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS). According to NCS, the earthquake occurred at 2:25 a.m. at a depth of 16 kilometres. “EQ of M: 5.0, On: 27/02/2025 02:25:40 IST, Lat: 26.28 […]
India is looking at increasing its target to blend ethanol with petrol to more than 20% and has formed a committee under the NITI Aayog to look into it, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep S. Puri said on Wednesday (February 26, 2025). Addressing the Advantage Assam 2.0 business summit, he said 19.6% blending has […]
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Wednesday (February 26, 2025) that the Centre will spend ₹4,800 crore for developing waterways and related infrastructure in Assam in the next five years. The Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister was speaking at a session on the State’s road, railway and riverine infrastructure at the ‘Advantage Assam 2.0 Investment […]
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday (February 26, 2025) that a total investment of nearly ₹1 lakh crore was announced for infrastructure development by various government agencies during the business summit in Guwahati, Assam. “The investments will be made by the Central Government in sectors such as road transport, railway connectivity, waterways […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Advantage Assam 2.0 Investment and Infrastructure Summit 2025 in Guwahati on Tuesday (February 25, 2025), and said that the value of the State’s economy doubled to ₹6 lakh crore during the BJP’s rule. Addressing the business summit in Guhawati, the Prime Minister asserted that Assam will soon become manufacturing […]
Adani Group chief Gautam Adani on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) said his conglomerate will invest ₹50,000 crore across various sectors in Assam. Addressing the inaugural function of the Advantage Assam summit here, he said the group is committed to investing more in the future for the development of the State and the northeastern region. Ambani, […]
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has formed a five-member ad-hoc committee to manage the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) following its failure to hold elections within the mandated timeframe. In a letter to the BFI, IOA President PT Usha highlighted that the federation was required to conduct elections by February 2, 2025, under the governing […]
