Assam

14 Mar

Tata Motors launches ‘Untamed Kaziranga Edition of SUVs’

editorAssam, Business

Tata Motors, India’s leading automotive brand, today introduced the ‘Untamed Kaziranga Edition of SUVs’ at Sarusajai Bimal cars in Guwahati. Renowned playback singer of Assam Subasana Dutta and Eco Activist Suhan Mallick were the chief guest at the launch Program. Bimal Car's Managing Director Bimal Sauraogi, Tata Motors' Senior Manager Avik Das, Tata motors Product Specialist Manas Pratim Dutta, Bimal Car's GM Dipakar Das and Other Officials were also present on the occasion. The ‘Untamed Kaziranga Edition of SUVs’, inspired by India’s rich geographical and biological diversity while also paying homage to India’s great national parks. The Kaziranga edition will…

12 Mar

Ather Energy begins retailing the 450X, India’s leading electric scooter in Guwahati

editorAssam, Business

Athe Energy, India's premier electric scooter company, has launched retail operations in the North East, at the capital city of Guwahati, Assam. Ather Space, a new retail location in Bharalumukh, will sell the Ather 450X, one of India's fastest and smartest scooters, as well as the Ather 450 Plus. The Ather Space will offer a one-of-a-kind ownership experience as well as full service and support to the owner. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Swapnil Jain, Co- founder & Chief Technology Officer, Ather Energy said, Assam is by far the most progressive state in the North East and has been on…

12 Mar

Free Heart Surgery By Dr. Bhaba Das Foundation

editorAssam, Health

In a press conference held on March 10 in Guwahati, the Guwahati-based Dr. Bhaba Das Foundation announced the commencement of a free heart surgery programme for children under the age of 14 from low-income households. The news conference was attended by Medical Director Dr. B.P. Chakrabarty, Dr. Atanu Barthakur, Dr. Hemjit Talukdar, Dr. Biju Choudhury, Dr. Supriya Choudhury, and Dr. Yasin Ali. Apart from free heart procedures, the organisation prioritises cancer treatments, medical education, nursing education, and scientific research, among other things. The foundation also helps orphans financially and improves the infrastructure of various medical organisations. Dr. Bhaba Das Foundation…

11 Mar

Ather Energy’s 31st Experience Centre in India

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: India’s leading electric scooter brand Ather Energy began its retail operations in the North East region in the capital city of Guwahati, Assam. The new retail outlet, Ather Space, located at Bharalumukh, will retail the Ather 450X, one of India’s quickest and smartest scooters, alongside the Ather 450 Plus. It will provide a unique ownership experience along with complete service and support for the owners. The company launched India’s first truly intelligent electric scooter - Ather 450 in 2018 in Bangalore. It registered 20% month-on-month sales growth over the past year. The company has 30 experience centers across India,…

03 Mar

ICICI Bank signs MoU with Assam Rifles

editorAssam, Business, IndiaAssam Rifles, ICICI Bank

ICICI Bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Assam Rifles, to offer a range of specially curated banking services to the serving as well as retired personnel. The MoU was signed at the headquarters of Assam Rifles at Shillong by Lt. Gen. P.C. Nair, AVSM, YSM, Director General, Assam Rifles and Mr Vishal Batra, Regional Business Head & Head of Defence Ecosystem, ICICI Bank. As part of the MoU, the Bank offers a comprehensive bouquet of benefits like a zero balance account, preferential allotment of lockers, unlimited free transactions at any ATM in India, and lifetime free credit cards…

02 Mar

Reviving the inland waterways connectivity to Pandu, Assam and North Eastern States

editorAssam

Shyama Prasad Mukherjee port playes a key role in the 5th summit organized by Assocham, focussing on reconnecting Haldia with Pandu to hermless the energy of curgo transit through the combined power of sea and river. SMP which holds the unique advantage of having rail, road and inland water connectivity. NW1 and 2 provides immense opportunities for stakeholders to use the port ecosystem to create a sustainable ecosystem for the transit of goods to and from the north east via Indo-Bangla protocol route ad a lucrative alternative to the chicken neck for connecting North East to have cost and time…

28 Feb

Rotaract Club’s women empowerment initiative

editorAssam

On 2nd of November 2021, Guwahati Metro, in collaboration with the Rotaract Club of Guwahati Metro, inaugurated SABALA, a women empowerment campaign. The program's goal was to enable women from lower socioeconomic backgrounds to become self-sufficient. In collaboration with Ratna Peeth Education, the Rotary Club of Guwahati Metro provided a three-month sewing machine instruction for ten women as part of the programme. The training was completed on February 2nd, 2022. The primary guest at the event was Honorable Justice Rumi Kumari Phukun. Past Rotary District 3240 District Governors Rotarian Prabhat Kumar Kedia and Rotarian Arijit Endow, as well as current…

28 Feb

Watch the world’s first elephant-friendly tea garden

editorAssam, Indiaindia

Meet tea farmer Tenzing Bodosa who is making a difference with the world’s first elephant-friendly tea garden in Assam on the next episode of ‘OMG! YehMera India’ 28th February at 8 PM, only on HistoryTV18. The eighth season of the trendsetting original factual entertainment series continued with enthralling, inspirational stories of extraordinary Indians and their incredible talents. Bodosa has tried to encourage a more symbiotic human-elephant relationship at his three-hectare tea garden in Udalguri, Assam. Not only did he shun dangerous practices like electric fences and drainage ditches used by others to discourage the movement of elephants through tea gardens,…

26 Feb

Global School of Hair & Beauty opens in Guwahati

editorAssam, Business

Mrs. Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, well-known businesswoman and CMD of Pride East Entertainments Pvt. Ltd., inaugurated the Global School of Hair & Beauty, a first-of-its-kind professional college of hair dressing, cosmetics, beauty, and nails, in Guwahati on February 25. The school is located on the 5th floor of Anil Plaza-II on GS Road in Guwahati. It will provide specialised job-oriented training on a variety of hair and beauty solutions. Mrs. Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, _Mrs. Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, _Mrs. Riniki Bhuyan Sharma The Global School of Hair & Beauty, which will be located on the 5th floor of Anil Plaza-II, GS Road,…

18 Feb

30TH DOWN TOWN PUBLIC ORATION

editorAssam, Business

33rd Anniversary function of down town hospital held at down town hospital Auditorium on 15th of February 2022. Shri Dhruba Hazarika, Former Chairman of APSC and Eminent Writer and Recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award 2021 Smt. Anuradha Sarma Pujari blessed the occasion as the Chief Guest of Honour respectively. Shri Hazarika congratulated Dr. N.N Dutta for releasing his second edition of his book and providing 33 years of untiring services rendered to the people of North East Region. He also inaugurated the 33rd edition of down town Newsletter with Ms. Gariasi Dutta, Director of down town hospital and the editor…