Current Affairs For Assam APSC, Railway, Bank and Assam State Govt Exams – 26 September 2018

26 September 2018

ASSAM, NORTHEAST CURRENT AFFAIRS

Replying to a question by Aminul Islam of AIUDF in the Assam state Assembly Parliamentary Affairs Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary stated that “The total number of persons marked as ‘D’ in the electoral roll published after the intensive revision in 1997 was 2,02,092 as per records of Election Department. The total number of persons marked as ‘D’ in the electoral roil after the intensive revision in 2005 was 1,60,051. The total number of persons marked as ‘D’ in the draft electoral roll published as on September 15, 2018 is 1,19,559.”
Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla inagurated the first-ever Mizoram International Short Film Festival (MISFF) in Aizawl
Nitin Gadkari , Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways inaugurated the Jowai-Ratacherra (Meghalaya-Assam border) National Highway project in Shillong.
Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Pema Khandu launched the National Mission on Government eMarketplace (GeM)

INDIA, INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS

BSNL signs a deal with Softbank and NTT Communications to roll out 5G and internet of things (IoT) technology in India
Andhra Pradesh has topped the charts among States in terms of “Ease of Living Index” rankings launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).
The World Alzheimer’s Day is observed on September 21

Yusaku Maezawa will be the first private moon tourist, to fly on Big Falcon Rocket (BFR) of SpaceX around the Moon in 2023
NASA’s satellite Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered two new Earth-like planets named super-Earth and hot Earth.