Assam Rifles Recruitment 2022 – 1380 Technical & Tradesman Vacancy

Assam Rifles. Last Date: 20/07/2022. Office of the Director General Assam Rifles, Shillong has released an employment notification for the recruitment of 1380 Technical & Tradesman Vacancy in the Assam Rifles. Interested and eligible candidates may apply online here. Name of post: Technical and Tradesmen (Group B & C) No of posts: 1380 Trade-wise vacancy: # Bridge & Road: 17 # Clerk:…

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One more journalist shot dead in Pakistan, PEC demands punishment to perpetrators

Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the Geneva-based global media safety and rights body, has demanded adequate punishment to perpetrators who were involved in the murder of Pakistani journalist Iftikhar Ahmed on Saturday last. Iftikhar becomes the 74th media worker to be killed this year, whereas globally 79 media persons lost their lives to assailants in…

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‘Assam and Singapore share organic relationship’

Guwahati: Assam Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) and Singapore-headquartered firm Surbana Jurong have signed a Letter of Intent in the city on Monday in presence of State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and the southeast Asian city nation’s minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. Sarma stated in his speech that signing of the agreement would add a new strength…

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‘To the Fourth of July’: A poem written by Swami Vivekananda 4 years before his Mahasamadhi!

Coincidently, Swamiji wrote a poem ‘To the Fourth of July’ in English on 4 July 1898! Though it was written on the anniversary of the United States’ independence, it is said that the poem reflects a passionate utterance of his powerful longing for freedom Swami Vivekananda attained Mahasamadhi on July 4, 1902, fulfilling the prophecies…

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Centenary celebration of Assam sports journalism launnched

Guwahati: A year long celebration of 100 years of sports journalism in Assam begins coinciding the day while the first ever news related to a football competition was published in Asomiya (a weekly news magazine mentored by Chandra Kumar Agarwala) on 1 July 1923. Assam Sports Journalists Association (ASJA), which is affiliated to Sports Journalists…

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Centenary celebration of Assam sports journalism begins

Guwahati: A year long celebration of 100 years of sports journalism in Assam begins coinciding the day while the first ever news related to a football competition was published in Asomiya (a weekly news magazine mentored by Chandra Kumar Agarwala) on 1 July 1923. Assam Sports Journalists Association (ASJA), which is affiliated to Sports Journalists…

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Assam Guv honours mask-making artist

Guwahati: Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi recently honoured artist Hem Chandra Goswami of Chamaguri Satra at Raj Bhavan in Guwahati for his wonderful work and contribution towards the enrichment of traditional, ceremonial and ritualistic mask making (mukha-shilpa) that has earned national & international recognition and patronage. “I was really impressed with his expertise in making masks….

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Flood that unites Assam and Bangladesh

Flood that unites Assam and Bangladesh As the devastating flood embraces vast areas of Assam (in northeast India) and Bangladesh, the mighty Brahmaputra comes to the focus again as the lone male river after originating in Tibet (now under China) flows through both the countries before culminating in the Bay of Bengal. Incessant rains for…

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