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THE ASSAM TRIBUNE October 2022

1 October

68th national film award presented

• Best Feature Film: Soorarai Pottru

• Assan based

  • ‘Kachichinithu’, a Karbi language short film by Khanjan Kishore Nath won the Best Short Fiction Film

  • ‘Manah Aru Manuh’ directed by Dip Bhuyan was awarded the Best Environment Film award

  • Aimee Baruah was awarded the Special Jury Mention for her performance in ‘Semkhor’.

DGBR visits Sela Tunnel project in West Kameng dist

• The Sela Tunnel is being constructed in the West Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh. Once constructed, it will be the longest two-lane tunnel in the world situated at an altitude above 13,000 feet.

Hike in repo rate likely to impact affordable housing

• Repo rate is the rate at which the central bank of a country (Reserve Bank of India in case of India) lends money to commercial banks. Repo rate is used as a way to control inflation.

1st October is celebrated as

• assam police day

• NATIONAL voluntary BLOOD DONATION DAY

• BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF Annie Besant

2 October

2nd October is the birth anniversary of mahatma Gandhi

• Mahatma Gandhi was born on 2nd October, 1869 at Porbandar in Gujarat.

• He returned from South Africa on 9th January 1915. This day is celebrated as Pravasi Bharatiya Divas.

• The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was the first Satyagraha movement led by Gandhi in India

• The first hunger strike taken by Mahatma Gandhi was the Allahabad Mill Strike in 1918.

• Gandhi made four trips to Assam — 1921, 1926, 1934 and in 1946

• The only assamese to take part in the Dandi March taken by Mahatma Gandhi was Liladhar Baruah.

2nd October is the birth anniversary of lal bahadur shastri

• Lal Bahadur Shastri was the 2nd Prime Minister of India.

• He is known for his slogan “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan”.

• He promoted economic activities like the ‘White Revolution’ (production of milk) and the ‘Green Revolution’ (increase in crop production by using technology)

Amlan Borgohain clinches gold, emerges fastest in national games

• Amlan Borgohain, the 23-year-old from Assam, won the gold in the 100m National Games in Gandhinagar.

3 October

IAF to formally induct indigenously built light combat helicopter

• The indigenously-developed Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) are developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.

• The helicopter can be deployed in high-altitude operations, counter-insurgency operations as well as for supporting ground forces.

Orang National Park reopens for visitors

• Orang National Park is located in Darrang and Sonitpur districts of Assam.

• It was established as a sanctuary in 1985 and declared a national park in 1999.

Manas Tiger Reserve and National Park opened for visitors

• Manas National Park is also a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, Project Tiger reserve, biosphere reserve and an elephant reserve.

• The park is located in Chirang and Baksa districts.

• Manash National Park is well known for the Assam roofed turtle, hispid hare, golden langur and pygmy hog and other wildlife.

4 October

5 October

6 October

Birth anniversary of Srimanta Sankaradeva celebrated

• 6th October was the 574 th birth anniversary of Srimanta Sankaradeva.
• Srimanta Sankaradeva was born on 26 September 1449 to a Baro-Bhuyan family at Bordowa which is currently in Nagaon district of Assam.
• He wrote his first devotional poem “Karatala-Kamala” at the age of 12.
• In 1509, Bishwa Singha, the Koch king began to remove the bhuyans from power. When Shankardev was attacked, he and his associates moved to Gangmau in the Ahom kingdom in 1527 and finally settled in present day Majuli.

Ramakrishna Mission’s Assamese quarterly journal released

• Ramakrishna Mission (RKM) is a Hindu religious and spiritual organisation which forms the core of a worldwide spiritual movement known as the Ramakrishna Movement or the Vedanta Movement.

• The mission is named after and inspired by the Indian spiritual Guru Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and founded by Ramakrishna’s chief disciple Swami Vivekananda on 1 May 1897.

• The organisation mainly propagates the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta–Advaita Vedanta and four yogic ideals– Jnana, Bhakti, Karma, and Raja yoga.

7 October

Nobel prize for literature to French author

• French author Annie Ernaux was awarded Nobel prize in 2022 in literature.

• She is the first French literature laureate since Patrick Modiano in 2014.

• Her literary work mostly her own biography to explore Life in French since the 1940s.

State govt to launch Mission Basundhara II in November – says CM

• The chief minister of Assam says that Mission Basundhara ll would be launched in November.

• Mission Basundhara is a portal which is developed by the department of Revenue and Disaster management.

• The department of Revenue and Disaster management is facing massive reforms and mission Bashundhara is one of those reforms.

Enchanting Raimona National park beckons tourists

• Raimona National Park is located in extreme western part of Assam, India.

• It is spread across Gossaigaon and Kokrajhar subdivisions of Kokrajhar district of BTR.

• It was declared a National Park on 5 June 2021 on the occasion of World Environment Day.

• Raimona National Park is famous for golden langur, an endemic species (with Bhutan) which has been named as the mascot of Bodoland region.

• It also has Asian elephant, Bengal tiger, clouded leopard, gaur, chital, four to five species of hornbills, more than 150 species of butterflies, 170 species of birds, 380 varieties of plants and orchids.

Wildlife week observed

• Wildlife week is observed around the world between October 2 to 8 every year.

• The theme of this year wildlife week is Recovering key species for ecosystem restrictions

8 October

Nobel Peace Prize to activists from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine

• Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Ales Bialiatski. He protested agaist the Russian president for war in Ukraine.

• The first Indian to be awarded with the Nobel prize was Rabindranath Tagore in 1913.

• In 1930, CV Raman was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Physics.

• Mother Teresa (Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu) was awarded with the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979.

India, Bhutan to get first trans-border Friendship Park soon

• The Raimona National Park will be declared as India’s first trans-border friendship park. This friendship park will be comprised of Raimona National Park of Kokrajhar district and Phibsoo Wildlife Sanctuary of Bhutan.

• Raimona National Park is famous for golden langur and many varieties of butterflies and birds.

Dr Purnima Devi Barman conferred World Female Ranger Award-2022

• Dr Purnima Devi Barman was conferred with the World Female Ranger Award 2022. She has also won the Green Oscars and Nari Shakti Puraskar.

• She has worked on saving the Greater Adjutant Storks (hargila) and has graduated formed an army of women to save the species.

Sivasagar NGO providing shelter to feral horses

• Horses that were once domesticated but later released or escaped into the wild are known as Feral Horses.

• Dibru – Saikhowa national park is famous for wild horses.

8th October is celebrated as Indian Air force Day

• The Indian Air Force was founded on 8 October 1932.

• The main aim is to pay a tribute to the Air Force of India and acknowledge in the field.

• The current Chief of Air Staff is Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari.

• In Assam the Indian Air Force has bases at Chabua, Jorhat, Tezpur, Kumbhigram (Silchar), Mohanbari, Mountain Shadow (Guwahati)

• The Hindon Air Force Station is the largest in Asia and the 8th largest in the world.

• The Siachen Glacier Air Force Station is the highest in the world at an elevation of 22,000 feet.

 

9 October

10 October

Govt urged to restore British-era tram line near Raimona National Park

• It was declared a National Park on 5 June 2021 by the announcement of Assam’s Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on the occasion of World Environment Day at Gandhi Mandap, Guwahati.

• On 9 June 2021; it became as National Park through an Assam Gazette Notification no.FRW.02/2021/27 dtd. 8 June 2021.

• Raimona National Park is famous for golden langur, an endemic species (with Bhutan) which has been named as the mascot of Bodoland region.

• The boundary of Raimona National Park is marked by the Sankosh River on the west, along the inter-state boundary of West Bengal and Assam from Indo-Bhutan border up to fire line Ride-6 southwards (BP30) and Saralbhanga River on the east, runs northwards till it touches the Indo-Bhutan international boundary on the north and remaining part of Ripu Reserve Forest on the south. The southern boundary runs eastwards along the fire line Ride-6 up to Pekua River where it runs at 90 degrees southwards till it meets the fire line Ride-3

N Korea ‘fires 2 short-range ballistic missiles’

• A ballistic missile uses projectile motion to deliver warheads on a target. These weapons are guided only during relatively brief periods—most of the flight is unpowered. Short-range ballistic missiles stay within the Earth’s atmosphere, while intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) are launched on a sub-orbital flight.

• These weapons are in a distinct category from cruise missiles, which are aerodynamically guided in powered flight. Unlike cruise missiles, which are restricted to the atmosphere, it is advantageous for ballistic missiles to avoid the denser parts of the atmosphere and they may travel above the atmosphere into outer space

Arunodoi scheme

• Orunodoi’ or Arunodoi Scheme is a new scheme of the Government of Assam is launched on 2nd October 2020.

• Under ‘Orunodoi’, monetary benefits has been envisaged for more than 24 lac poor household in the state.

• The schematic benefit has been enhanced from 830/- to Rs. 1000/ Women. They will receive the amount on the first day of every month, starting from October 2020. Women being the primary caretakers of the family are kept as beneficiaries of the scheme.

• ‘Orunodoi’ scheme will provide Financial Assistance of Rs. 1000 per month through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme to around 19.10 Lakh Families in the state.

Mental health day 

• World Mental Health Day was first observed on October 10, 1992, as an annual activity of World Federation for Mental Health.

• The day initially did not have a specific theme and its aim was mental health advocacy and educating the public on relevant issues.

• Seeing the popularity of the campaign, in 1994 for the first time a theme for the day was used which was “Improving the Quality of Mental Health Services throughout the World.”

• With each passing year, the day’s popularity continued to grow. Some of its early themes were Women and Mental Health (1996), Children and Mental Health (1997), Mental Health and Human Rights (1998) and Mental Health and Ageing (1999).

• The theme for World Mental Health Day 2022 is “Make mental health and well-being for all a global priority”.

11 October

Mulayam Singh Yadav passes away

• He founded the Samajwadi Party

• He was popularly known as netaji.

• He was the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

Nobel Prize in economics

• Nobel Prize in economic sciences has been awarded to the former chair of the US Federal Reserve, Ben S Bernanke, and two US-based economists, Douglas W Diamond and Philip H Dybvig, “for research on banks and financial crises”.

• Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Ales Bialiatski. He protested agaist the Russian president for war in Ukraine.

• The first Indian to be awarded with the Nobel prize was Rabindranath Tagore in 1913.

• In 1930, CV Raman was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Physics.

• Mother Teresa (Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu) was awarded with the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979.

Dr Temsula Ao passes away

• Temsula Ao was a poet, writer and teacher from Nagaland.

• She received several awards, including Padma Shri (2007) for literature and education as well as Sahitya Akademi Award (2013).

Traditional Tai Ahom festival celebrated

• Ai jong lao ngi jong kham is a traditional Tai Ahom festival welcoming the harvesting season.

• It is organised in Deosaals.

• Deosaals were holy places where animals used to be sacrificed to propitiate the gods during the Ahom era. They still are centres of religious activities.

12 October

President to inaugurate supercomputer in IIT-G

• Fastest supercomputer in India is PARAM Siddhi-AI (Rank 111in the world)

• India’s first supercomputer is Param 8000. It was developed in 1991.

• Supercomputers are used for weather forecasting, complex designs and many other complicated calculations.

Venezuela landslide toll climbs to 25

• Venezuela is a country in South America.

• Capital: Caracas

• Currency: Venezuelan bolívar

• Venezuela has the world’s largest known oil reserves and has been one of the world’s leading exporters of oil.

Pobitora wildlife sanctuary opened for tourists

• Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Morigaon district

• It has the highest density of Indian rhinos in the world.

• It was established in the year 1987.

13 October/14 October

BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF LAKHMINATH BEZBARUAH

• Lakshminath Bezbaroa was born in 14th October 1868.Aahatguri Nagaon Assam.

• He was honoured with the title Roxoraj on 29 December 1931, ‘Roxoraj’ by Asam Sahitya Sabha at its Sibsagar session.

• He is also known in Assamese literary society as the Sahityarathi (সাহিত্যৰথী) which means “Charioteer of Literature”

• He presided over the 7th annual session of Assam Sahitya Sabha held at Guwahati in 1924.

• Lakshminath Bezbaroa started his literary career with a farce, “Litikai” serialized from the first issue of Jonaki magazine.

• He died in Dibrugarh on March 26 in 1938 . The Asom Sahitya Sabha annually observes this day as a Sahitya Divas.

  • He wrote 8 plays, 4 farces, 3 historical works, 1 act drama, 3 biographies and 2 autobiographies. He also wrote for the children.

Plays:

• Joymoti Kunwari (জয়মতী কুঁৱৰী)(1915), Chakradhwaj Singha (চক্ৰধ্বজ সিংহ)(1915), Belimaar (বেলিমাৰ)(1915), Litikai (লিটিকাই) (1890), Chikarpati-Nikarpati (চিকৰপতি-নিকৰপতি) (1913), Nomal (নোমল) (1913), Pachoni (পাচনি) (1913)

Biographies:

• Dinanath Bejbaruar Xankhipto Jibon Charit (দীননাথ বেজবৰুৱাৰ সংক্ষিপ্ত জীৱন চৰিত), Sri Sri Shankardev (শ্ৰীশ্ৰী শংকৰদেৱ), Mahapurush Sri Sankardev Aru Madhabdev (মহাপুৰুষ শ্ৰীশংকৰদেৱ আৰু শ্রীমাধৱদেৱ)

Autobiographical:

• Mor Jiban Sowaran (মোৰ জীৱন সোঁৱৰণ), Patralekha, Dinalekha (পত্ৰলেখা, দিনলেখা)

English Books:

• History of Vaishnavism in India, Rasalila of Sri Krishna (The Baroda Lectures, 1934), The Religion of Love and Devotion (1968), including the Boroda lectures and two other essays.

Others:

• Kaamat Kritatwa Labhibar Xanket (কামত কৃতিত্ব লভিবৰ সংকেত), Bhagawat Katha (ভাগৱত কথা), Bharatbarshar Buranji (ভাৰতবৰ্ষৰ বুৰঞ্জী), Tatwa Katha (তত্ত্ব কথা), Sri Krishnakatha (শ্ৰীকৃষ্ণকথা), Axomiya Bhaxa Aru Xahitya (অসমীয়া ভাষা আৰু সাহিত্য)

Editor:

• Bahi (বাঁহী), “Mur Jiwon Xuworon – Autobiography of Lakshminath Bezbaroah”.

PRESIDENT

The President of India is the highest official in the country and he is also called the first citizen of the country. According to Article 52 of Indian Constitution, there shall be a President in India.

The salaries and allowances currently available to the President are as follows:

• Salary: Rs.5 lacs per month (Non Taxable)

• Free medical facilities

• Free accommodation

• Free treatment (full life)

• The official state car of the President is a custom-built heavily armoured Mercedes Benz S600 (W221) Pullman Guard.

In addition to these facilities, the Government of India spends 22.5 million rupees annually on other expenses like President’s housing, Staff, Food and hosting of guests.

Post Retirement Perks:

• He will get (at current rates) Rs.I.5 lac a month as pension

• The spouses of Presidents will get a secretarial assistance of Rs. 30,000 per month.

• A furnished rent free bungalow (Type VIII).

• Two free landline and a mobile phone.

• Five personal staff including a private secretary

• Staff expenses of Rs.60,000 a year.

• Travel free with a companion by train or air.

In the conclusion it can be said that the government spends around 2 crores on a monthly basis, or 22.5 crores on an annual basis on the president of India. These expenses include all the expenses of their travels around the world, their security, their remunerations etc.

NHRC

• The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India was established on 12 October, 1993. The statute under which it is established is the Protection of Human Rights Act (PHRA), 1993 as amended by the Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2006.

India abstains on UNGA resolution

• The United Nations General Assembly is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, serving as the main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ of the UN. Currently in its 77th session, its powers, composition, functions, and procedures are set out in Chapter IV of the United Nations Charter.

• Headquarters: New York, United States

• Founded: 1945, New York, United States

• Founder: United Nations

• Subsidiaries: UNICEF, United Nations Development Programme, United Nations System Staff College

• In a landmark step towards creating meaningful industry-academia collaboration, an MoU was signed between Oil India Limited (OIL) and five varsities of the northeast, namely Gauhati University, Dibrugarh University, Manipur University, Nagaland University and Rajiv Gandhi University at OIL’s field headquarters Duliajan on Wednesday.

15 October

World Standards Day celebrated

ISI (Indian Standards Institution) Mark is a certification mark used for industrial products in India. This mark assures that the product conforms to Indian Standards and is issued by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).

SOME OTHER MOST IMPORTANT MARKS IN INDIA

• BIS Hallmark – It certifies the purity of gold jewelry and gold coins.

• Green and brown dot – The brown dot on the packed food item indicates that the food is non-vegetarian and the green dot indicates that the food in the package is vegetarian.

• FPO Mark – It is compulsory to have an FPO Mark on all processed fruit products sold in India such as fruit jams, packaged fruit beverages, crushes, squashes, pickles etc. The FPO mark confirms that the product was manufactured in a hygienic ‘food-safe’ environment and is fit for consumption.

Electoral bonds scheme is absolutely transparent mode of political funding: Centre to SC

What are Electoral bonds?

• Electoral bonds is a method of providing donation to political parties. Any person can buy Electoral Bonds anonymously from the State Bank of India.

• It is available in denominations of Rs 1000, Rs 10000, Rs 1 Lakh, Rs 10 Lakh and Rs 1 Crore.

• Only the political parties registered under Section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 and have secured not less than 1% of the votes polled in the last general election to the House of the People or the Legislative Assembly, are eligible to receive electoral bonds.

N-powered submarine INS Arihant carries out successful launch of ballistic missile 

There are two major types of Missiles- Ballistic and Cruise.

BALLISTIC MISSILE	CRUISE MISSILE
Launches with a single force and follows a projectile motion	Does not launch with a single force and changes direction
Flies very high in the atmosphere	Flies close to the surface of the earth
Relies on Earth’s gravity	It has turbine powered Engines

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১ অক্টোবৰ

68th national film award presented

• শ্ৰেষ্ঠ ফিচাৰ ফিল্ম: সূৰাৰাই পট্ৰু

  অসমৰ আধাৰিত

  • খাঞ্জন কিশোৰ নাথৰ দ্বাৰা নিৰ্মিত কাৰ্বি ভাষাৰ চুটি ছবি ‘কাচিচিনিথু’য়ে শ্ৰেষ্ঠ চুটি কল্প কাহিনী চলচ্চিত্ৰৰ খিতাপ অৰ্জন কৰে।

  • দীপ ভূঞাৰ দ্বাৰা পৰিচালিত ‘মানাহ আৰু মানুহ’ক শ্ৰেষ্ঠ পৰিৱেশ চলচ্চিত্ৰৰ বঁটা প্ৰদান কৰা হৈছে।

  • ‘চেমখোৰ’ ছবিৰ অভিনয়ৰ বাবে আইমী বৰুৱাক বিশেষ জুৰী বঁটা প্ৰদান কৰা হৈছে।

DGBR visits Sela Tunnel project in West Kameng dist

• অৰুণাচল প্ৰদেশৰ পশ্চিম কামেং জিলাত চেলা সুৰংগ নিৰ্মাণ কৰা হৈছে। এই সুৰংগ নিৰ্মাণ হোৱাৰ পিছত, ই হ’ব 13,000 ফুটৰ ওপৰৰ উচ্চতাত অৱস্থিত পৃথিৱীৰ আটাইতকৈ দীঘল দু-লেনৰ সুৰংগ।

Hike in repo rate likely to impact affordable housing

• ৰেপো ৰেট হৈছে সেই সুতৰ হাৰ ,যি হাৰত এখন দেশৰ কেন্দ্ৰীয় বেঙ্কে (ভাৰতৰ ক্ষেত্ৰত ভাৰতীয় ৰিজাৰ্ভ বেঙ্ক) বাণিজ্যিক বেংকবোৰক ধন ধাৰ দিয়ে। ৰেপো ৰেট মুদ্ৰাস্ফীতি নিয়ন্ত্ৰণৰ উপায় হিচাপে ব্যৱহাৰ কৰা হয়।

1st october is celebrated as

• ১ অক্টোবৰত পালন কৰা দিবস সমূহ হল-

• অসম পুলিচ দিৱস।

• ৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় স্বেচ্ছামূলক ৰক্তদান দিৱস। আৰু

• ১ অক্টোবৰত এনি বেচেণ্টৰ জন্ম বাৰ্ষিকী।

 

২ অক্টোবৰ

2nd October is the birth anniversary of mahatma Gandhi

• মহাত্মা গান্ধীৰ জন্ম ১৮৬৯ চনৰ ২ অক্টোবৰত গুজৰাটৰ পোৰবন্দৰত হৈছিল।
• ১৯১৫ চনৰ ৯ জানুৱাৰীত তেওঁ দক্ষিণ আফ্ৰিকাৰ পৰা উভতি আহে। এই দিনটো প্ৰৱাসী ভাৰতীয় দিৱস হিচাপে পালন কৰা হয়।
• ১৯১৭ চনৰ চম্পাৰণ সত্যাগ্ৰহ আছিল ভাৰতত গান্ধীৰ নেতৃত্বত প্ৰথম সত্যাগ্ৰহ আন্দোলন।
• মহাত্মা গান্ধীয়ে গ্ৰহণ কৰা প্ৰথম অনশন আছিল ১৯১৮ চনত এলাহাবাদ মিল ধৰ্মঘট।
• গান্ধীয়ে অসমলৈ চাৰিবাৰ ভ্ৰমণ কৰিছিল – 1921, 1926, 1934 আৰু 1946 চনত
• মহাত্মা গান্ধীয়ে লোৱা দাণ্ডি মাৰ্চত অংশগ্ৰহণ কৰা একমাত্ৰ অসমবাসী আছিল লীলাধৰ বৰুৱা।

2nd October is the birth anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri

• লাল বাহাদুৰ শাস্ত্ৰী ভাৰতৰ দ্বিতীয় প্ৰধানমন্ত্ৰী আছিল।

• তেওঁ তেওঁৰ শ্লোগান “জয় জোৱান জয় কিষাণ”ৰ বাবে জনাজাত।

• তেওঁ ‘শ্বেত বিপ্লৱ’ (গাখীৰ উৎপাদন) আৰু ‘সেউজ বিপ্লৱ’ (প্ৰযুক্তি ব্যৱহাৰ কৰি শস্য উৎপাদন বৃদ্ধি) আদিৰ দৰে অৰ্থনৈতিক কাৰ্যকলাপক প্ৰচাৰ কৰিছিল