Current Affairs Assam, North East, India – 08 March 2018

08 March 2018

ASSAM – NORTHEAST CURRENT AFFAIRS

The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) demanded an enquiry into the allegations of AHSEC HS Science question paper leak in Goalpara.

A farmers’ rally titled ‘Vibrant Assam 2018’ will be held under the Assam Vegetable Growers’ Cooperative Society Limited at the Veterinary College playground on March 10.
All the 58 newly-elected MLAs of the 10th Meghalaya Assembly took oath before Pro-tem Speaker Timothy Shira at a special session held in Shillong
Nalbari district secured the second position in 3rd phase of Gunotsav.
An ‘e-mail drive programme for Degree students: a mission towards digital India’ was organized by Dhakuakhana College where 250 plus email IDs were created by using gmail.

INDIA – INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS

The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) launched a Udyam Sakhi portal for women entrepreneurs of India on the occasion of 2018 International Women’s Day. The portal of Udyam Sakhi is udyamsakhi.org
Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives is the theme of the 2018 International Women’s Day (8^th March)
8^th March is celebrated as International Women’s Day
The Union Government on the occasion of 2018 International Women’s Day launched Women Entrepreneurship Platform
Balkrishna Doshi-first-ever Indian architect to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize
Gita Mittal become the first Indian woman from the field of law and justice to be conferred the ‘Nari Shakti Puraskar

Minerva Punjab FC has won the I-League tournament (2017-18) after defeating Churchill Brothers in the final
Microsoft has inked its first-ever renewable energy deal in India for powering its new facility in Bengaluru