Assam Current Affairs 2021

 Assam assembly elections 2021: Congress sacrifices seats for allies to oust BJP
 Coronavirus: CEC Arora, fellow commissioners get vaccinated
 Assam assembly polls: Akhil Gogoi files nomination in hospital
 Election Commission is for greater inclusion so that no voter is left out: CEC Sunil
Arora
 TMC, NDA, DMK set to win Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu: Opinion poll
 Maharashtra, Delhi among eight states/UTs displaying upward trajectory in Covid-19
new cases
 Exchange of 'A-category' seats costs former Assam CM his home constituency
 Assam polls: Congress announces list of 40 candidates; state unit chief Ripun Bora
fielded from
 People will reject any party that allies with BJP in Tamil Nadu: D Raja
 Assam Assembly Polls: Three regional parties from Bihar to try their luck in Assam
 Assam assembly polls 2021: BJP releases first list of 70 candidates
 Assam government prohibits use of spiked bits on horses
 HDFC Bank launches e-KisaanDhan app for farmers
 World Bank offers $750 million loan for India’s MSMEs
 Uniform stamp duty on securities market instruments from July 1
 Microsoft collaborate with Accenture to nurture B2B startups in India
 Assam Govt decided to upgrade Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary into National Park
 Railways to invite private players for passenger train operations
 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur develops new micro porous film
 Delhi CM Kejriwal announces India’s first Coronavirus plasma bank in Delhi
 AAI inks MoA with Cachar District for financial assistance to Cacahr Cancer Hospital
 World Bank approves $500 million project STARS to better education quality in 6
Indian states
 India, World Bank sign loan agreements for housing sector in Tamil Nadu
 Former RBI Governor C. Rangarajan gets Mahalanobis award
 Madhya Pradesh launches ‘Hamara Ghar-Hamara Vidyalaya’ campaign
 Two new species of butterfly ‘Striped Hairstreak and Elusive Prince’ discoved in
Arunachal Pradesh
 Delhi launches remote teaching-learning activities and LEAD portal
 Global e-waste increased by 21% in five years, says UN
 Bharti Airtel’s Ajai Puri appointed new Chairman of COAI
 Indra Mani Pandey appointed India’s Permanent Representative to UN
 Giriraj Singh launches the first edition of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Newsletter
“Matsya Sampada”
 Fitch slashes India’s growth projection from 9.5% to 8% for FY22
 Andhra Pradesh govt Launches Corporation for Outsourced Services
 ICMR to launch 1st indigenous Covid vaccine by August 15
 RBI announces special liquidity scheme for NBFCs and HFCs
 India-Bangladesh form 50:50 Joint Venture (JV) for LPG business in Bangladesh
 IIT Kanpur develops classroom-to-home teaching setup “Mobile Masterjee”
 PM launched the Digital India Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Innovate Challenge
 India ranks 34th in Global Realty Transparency Index
 Care Ratings forecasts Indian Economy to contract by 6.4%
 Government of India declares Nagaland as “Disturbed Area” for six more months
 IIT Madras launches world’s first online BSc degree in Programming and Data
Science
 PM Modi dedicates Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power project to nation
 Black Panther spotted in Karnataka’s Nagarhole Tiger Reserve
 Venkaiah Naidu launches social media app ‘Elyments’
 Odisha Launches ‘Balaram’ Yojana
 CBSE tie-up with Facebook to introduce curriculum on digital safety
 Centre sanctions Rs 1,407 crore to Assam under Jal Jeevan Mission
 Asiatic Lion population increased by 29% in last five years
 SGPGIMS develops cheaper, faster test for COVID-19
 Union Cabinet approves distressed asset fund of Rs 20,000 crore for MSMEs
 Assam CM forms 3-member panel on State’s economy
 CCEA clears 50-83% MSP hike for 14 kharif crops
 Moody’s downgraded India’s sovereign rating to Baa3
 Highest ever allocation of fund worth Rs 1,01,500 crore in MGNREGS for FY 2020-21
 Assam Govt appoints Samudra Gupta Kashyap as SIC
 Govt transfers Rs 53,000 crore under PMGKP
 Union IT Ministry launches schemes to boost electronic manufacturing
 IIT Guwahati project on bamboo furniture designing for use at health centres
 Bengal to plant 5 crore mangrove trees in Sundarbans
 EESL, GAIL India sign MoU for “trigeneration” projects
 Cabinet approves ordinance for ‘One India, One Agriculture Market’
 New Microsoft programme to empower agritech startups in India
 NGO Help Earth launched website on Guwahati’s biodiversity
 Gairsain declared the summer capital of Uttarakhand
 IIT-BHU develops anti-microbial mask
 Andhra Pradesh deploys IBM Watson chatbot to answer Covid-19 queries
 RBI announces creation of Payments Infrastructure Development Fund
 Assam Governor launches project ‘Hariyali’ in BTAD
 India ranks 168th on Environmental Performance Index
 President Kovind promulgates ordinances for agriculture market reforms
 Indian Railways has installed bio toilets across 68,000 coaches
 Centre to develop 200 urban forests in five years
 Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw named EY World Entrepreneur of the Year
 India to host 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup
 ISRO signs MoU with ARIES for space situational awareness
 National Digital Library caters to students in all languages