Assam

10 Jan

Eko is transforming the Kamrup district digitally

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India’s leading fintech platform, Eko, has enabled sellers hailing from the Kamrup region of Assam to transform their rural district digitally. They have now turned their shops into a one-stop bill payment destination by paying their electricity bills using Eko. This safe and hassle-free opportunity by Eko empowers the sellers in the region to earn lucrative commissions and ensures the best success rate for every utility bill payment. Eko’s seller Bonomali Bhuyan, a money transfer agent from the Kamrup region, has witnessed rapid growth by making electricity bill payments for his customers. Using Eko, the seller got the opportunity to…

07 Jan

Government of Assam and National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding

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With the vision of transforming the rural landscape of Assam through dairy farming, Government of Assam and National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on January 7 at Srimanta Sankardeva International Auditorium in Guwahati for creation of a joint venture for holistic development of the dairy sector in the state. Hon’ble Chief Minister of Assam, Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma, Hon’ble Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Shri Parshottam Rupala, along with Shri Atul Bora, Hon’ble Minister for Agriculture, AHVD and Cooperation, Govt. of Assam and Shri Atul Chaturvedi, Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry and…

05 Jan

Tata Starbucks opens in Assam with a brand new store in Guwahati

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Tata Starbucks Private Limited has announced its entry into Guwahati with the launch of the first store in Assam. Located at the Amalgamated Plantation Pvt Ltd, Opp. Aaykar Bhavan, G.S.Road, Christain Basti, Guwahati, customers can enjoy a range of Starbucks signature food and beverage options, in awarm and welcoming environment of the store. The design of the Guwahati store takes inspiration from the unique, terraced landscape of the tea farmsto createa connection between our customers and their natural surroundings. An impactful ceiling and wall feature is carried out throughout, featuring warm blonde tone timber with accents of green that highlight…

05 Jan

Oil India Ltd’s first Green Hydrogen plant in Jorhat, Assam

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Oil India Ltd is setting up a plant to manufacture green hydrogen in Jorhat, Assam. The company said , “To strengthen its clean energy offerings”, the company has initiated for setting up a 100 kw green hydrogen plant at its Pump station-3 in Jorhat,”. “The plant in Assam will generate green hydrogen using AEM technology, this is a first of its kind project in the country,” said a statement. On the occasion of the ‘bhumi pujan’ of the project, Pankaj Kumar Goswami, Director (Operations) said, the hydrogen generated will be blended with natural gas using the existing infrastructure. Hydrogen, being…

16 Dec

Axis Bank invites young Minds across India for splash 2021

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Axis Bank ,India's third largest private sector bank rolls out splash, a pan India Drawing and Eassay writing compition for children in the age group of 17- 14 years.To bring out the best of creativity, Splash 2021 will be hosted virtually, which will allow children to participate easily. The participates will be able to register and submit their entries from December 6th 2021 through the official website. Splash is a special platform created to give wings to a child's imagination. Commenting on this initiative, Anoop Manohar chief Marketing officer, Axis Bank said that , they at Axis Bank believe in…

14 Dec

‘Nikori Miri Vikas Kendra’ -a flood-resilient Shelter

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PwC India Foundation (PwCIF), in collaboration with Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS), has inaugurated the Nikori Miri Vikas Kendra - a flood-resilient shelter on 8 December 2021 in Nikori village, Golaghat district, Assam. The inauguration ceremony was attended by the Guest of Honour Ms. Satyavati Berera, COO, PwC India; Mr. Jaivir Singh, Vice Chairman, PwC India Foundation; and other officials are also present in the inagration. PwCIF, in collaboration with SEEDS, has supported the establishment of a flood-resilient shelter in Nikori village under the Disoi gram panchayat, Golaghat district of Assam, where the Mising tribal community faces the…

10 Dec

COP26: Empowering Indigenous Earth Heroes

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Speaking at a interaction today, Mr. Ranjit Barthakur, Chairman FICCI NE Advisory Council and Founder Balipara Foundation said “More than half the global economy depends heavily to moderately on nature. In India this figure is 70%. With a burgeoning climate and biodiversity crisis the economy is exposed to increasing ecological risks.” In 2020, India spent $141 billion or INR 10lakh crores in mitigating climate-linked flood damage. This figure is expected to rise: the sixth IPCC report predicts a future of flooding with increasing intensity for the South Asian region, made worse by the loss of natural shock absorbers like dense…

10 Dec

4th ACMA Aftermarket Expo-North East

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4th ACMA Aftermarket Expo-North East was inaugurated today at Maniram Diwan Trade Centre in Guwahati. Vinnie Mehta, Director General, ACMA lighting the inaugural lamp along with Ramashankar Pandey of ACMA and Pradeep Singhania of GMTA

08 Dec

North East’s largest 7thAdtUJob Fair at Assam down town University

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Assam down town University (AdtU), Guwahati is all set to organize the massive 7thAdtUJob Fair on December 10 at the university campus for the students across India. The event will witness 3000 job seekers, who can get recruited by the 50 reputed organizations including Adani Group, Reliance JioInfocomm, Dabur, Byjus, Britannia Ltd, Marico Ltd, Topcem, Hike Education, Radisson Blu, Naryana Hospital, Lulu Group India etc. under one roof. The Job Fair is aimed at candidates having 0-3 years of experience. It will cater to the students from various verticals such as Management, Social Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering, Nursing, Paramedical and Sciences.…

04 Dec

LIC HFL Inaugurates remodeled Back Office at Guwahati

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As part of a larger initiative of driving digital transformation across all facets of its home loan business. LIC HFL has announced the inauguration of its remodeled back office in the largest Metropolis in North Eastern , India, Guwahati. The digitalized home loan journey is aimed to bring down the processing time for home loan aspirants besides improving customer's convenience. LIC HFL will be at the forefront of serving customers in North Eastern India with minimum need of face to face interaction And physical visits to offices. LICHFL kicked off its digital transformation in October 2020 through project RED. Among…