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CIVIL SERVICES ACHIEVERS' POINT, GUWAHATI THE ASSAM TRIBUNE ANALYSIS Date - 26 September 2020 (For Preliminary and Mains Examination) As per New Pattern of APSC (Also useful for UPSC and other State Level Government Examinations) Join our Regular/Online Classes. For details contact 8811877068 CIVIL SERVICES ACHIEVERS' POINT, GUWAHATI ANSWERS to MCQs of 25-09-2020 1. (b) 1 and 2 only 2. (c) India has already signed such agreement with US, Japan and Germany 3. (c) 1 and 2 only 4. (d) Dengue 5. (a) 3,4 Join our Regular/Online Classes. For details contact 8811877068 CIVIL SERVICES ACHIEVERS' POINT, GUWAHATI MCQs of 26-09-2020 1. Most pandemics have arisen from influenza 2. Total number of member countries in viruses from which of the following animals? UN general assembly is- a) Pigs a) 197 b) Wild birds b) 195 c) Bats c) 201 d) Humans d) 193 Join our Regular/Online Classes. For details contact 8811877068 CIVIL SERVICES ACHIEVERS' POINT, GUWAHATI 3. Budapest convention is related to which of 4. In context with Insolvency and the following: Bankruptcy code (IBC), when can a bank initiate a corporate insolvency resolution (a) Missile technology control process in relation to a corporate debtor? (b) Space nuclearisation (a) On determination of default by (c) Women rights National Company Law Tribunal. (d) Cybercrime (b) Occurrence of default. (c) On net-worth of the debtor becoming negative. (d) On the bank classified the account as Non-Performing Asset. Join our Regular/Online Classes. For details contact 8811877068 CIVIL SERVICES ACHIEVERS' POINT, GUWAHATI 5. Which of the following are the 17 new Sustainable Development Goals? 1) Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources 2) Reduce inequality within and among countries 3) Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts (a)1, 3 (b) 2, 3 (c) 1, 2 (d) All of the above Join our Regular/Online Classes. For details contact 8811877068 CIVIL SERVICES ACHIEVERS' POINT, GUWAHATI CONTENTS Steps to boost State tea sector Panel formed to delimit BTC constituencies SP Balasubrahmanyam dies after fighting COVID-19 Yamin Hazarika award conferred on author-historian Rana Safvi Sankardeva Award Anandaram Dhekial Phookan remembered CBDT launches faceless income tax appeals Israel tests sea-to-sea missile system Join our Regular/Online Classes. For details contact 8811877068 CIVIL SERVICES ACHIEVERS' POINT, GUWAHATI EDITORIAL o Helping hand Join our Regular/Online Classes. For details contact 8811877068 CIVIL SERVICES ACHIEVERS' POINT, GUWAHATI NEWS ARTICLES Join our Regular/Online Classes. For details contact 8811877068 CIVIL SERVICES ACHIEVERS' POINT, GUWAHATI Steps to boost State tea sector (General Studies on Assam: Economic Development) oTo give relief to the crisis-hit tea industry, the State government today announced interest subvention and capital subsidy schemes, particularly targeting the orthodox tea production. oThe government will provide 3 per cent interest subvention on working capital loans, with a cap of Rs 20 lakh per annum, borrowed from commercial banks, Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. An agriculture income tax holiday for three years was also announced for the tea industry. oSarma further said the State government will pay a subsidy of Rs 7 per kg of orthodox tea produced in the State, with effect from April 1 this year, which will be in addition to Rs 3 per kg subsidy provided by the Tea Board of India. oMoreover, a 25 per cent capital subsidy for purchase of machinery to produce orthodox tea will also be provided by the State government. Join our Regular/Online Classes. For details contact 8811877068 CIVIL SERVICES ACHIEVERS' POINT, GUWAHATI oSarma added that the State government will encourage more production of orthodox tea as it has high demand globally. oMeanwhile, the State government has declared 20 per cent bonus for workers of the Assam Tea Corporation Ltd (ATCL) gardens. The fund will be provided under State Budget as the ATCL is not in a position to bear the financial burden. oSarma also appealed the private tea gardens to declare similar bonus for their workers, pointing out that the State government has come up with a number of schemes for the tea industry to help them tide over the difficult phase the industry has been going through in the past few years. oHe appreciated the role of the tea garden managements in providing ration to the workers even when work was halted in the initial phases of the COVID 19-induced lockdown. Join our Regular/Online Classes. For details contact 8811877068 CIVIL SERVICES ACHIEVERS' POINT, GUWAHATI Panel formed to delimit BTC constituencies (General Studies on Assam: Polity) oThe State government has formed a four-member commission for carrying out the delimitation exercise of the BTC constituencies. o“According to a clause of the Bodo Accord, villages with over 50 per cent Bodo population can apply for inclusion in the BTR and those with more than 50 per cent non- Bodo inhabitants can apply for exclusion. These villages will have to be in the peripheries of BTR. For this exercise we have constituted the four-member commission,” Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. oThe commission will be headed by former Chief Secretary PP Verma and comprise present administrator of BTC IAS officer Rajesh Prasad, ABSU representative Jayanta Basumatary and Dalim Bayong who will represent the non-Bodo communities. Join our Regular/Online Classes. For details contact 8811877068 CIVIL SERVICES ACHIEVERS' POINT, GUWAHATI oThe commission will also give recommendations on increasing the number of seats in the BTC from 40 to 60 besides delimitation of the constituencies. oThe Verma commission has been given six months time to give its recommendations. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Sarma had a detailed discussion with Union Home Minister Amit Shah on implementation of the Bodo Accord at New Delhi on September 20. oSarma also said work on declaration of Bodo language as additional official languageof the State and formation of Bodo Kachari Welfare Council, as per the accord, for Bodos living outside BTR will also start within a month. o“We shall be taking measures for implementation of the accord in a phased manner,” he said, adding that the Governor has approved renaming of BTAD as BTR. Join our Regular/Online Classes. For details contact 8811877068 CIVIL SERVICES ACHIEVERS' POINT, GUWAHATI oSarma also indicated that elections for Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), which were announced for April but had to be postponed due to the pandemic, are unlikely to take place before December. o“From the health department, we have informed the State Election Commission that there can be no elections before November 30. Our team will observe how the Bihar State polls are held, and depending on that, we may take a call, but not before December,” he said. oThe Chief Minister is scheduled to hold an all-party meeting over the poll issue soon and discuss the matter with all concerned, he added. Join our Regular/Online Classes. For details contact 8811877068 CIVIL SERVICES ACHIEVERS' POINT, GUWAHATI SP Balasubrahmanyam dies after fighting COVID-19 (General Studies-1: Culture) oCelebrated playback singer SP Balasubrahmanyam, who held sway over millions of fans with his golden voice rendering a record 40,000 plus songs over five decades, died on Friday at a hospital, plunging music lovers in grief. oAfter waging 52 days of grim battle for life following COVID-19 infection, the 74 year old singer suffered a cardio-respiratory arrest and the end came in the afternoon, a day after his condition turned extremely critical, a statement from MGM Healthcare, where he was treated, said. Join our Regular/Online Classes. For details contact 8811877068 CIVIL SERVICES ACHIEVERS' POINT, GUWAHATI oThough at the time of admission, the popular singer himself had said in a video message that the infection was “very mild” and he would return home in two days, his health deteriorated later and was put on life support measures – ventilator and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support. oCondolences poured in from the who’s who of the nation with President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the film world paying rich tributes to the departed singer. oSPB, who strode like a colossus in the film and stage music world with numerous hits in 16 languages, more dominantly in South Indian films especially Tamil and his mother tongue Telugu, is survived by wife, a son and a daughter. oA six-time national award winner, Balasubrahmanyam, honoured with Padma Shri in 2001 and Padma Bhushan in 2011 has sung over 40,000 songs in films and albums in 16 languages. Join our Regular/Online Classes. For details contact 8811877068 CIVIL SERVICES ACHIEVERS' POINT, GUWAHATI oA recipient of a slew of other honours and awards, SPB was influenced by veteran singer Mohammed Rafi and had worked with generations of music composers. oAs the news of his death broke, his fans thronged the hospital and later his Nungambakkam residence, where the body was brought, teemed with well wishers for paying last respects as police had a tough time in controlling the emotionally charged crowd. oCondolences poured in from the who’s who of the nation with President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi paying rich tributes to the departed singer. Join our Regular/Online Classes. For details contact 8811877068 CIVIL SERVICES ACHIEVERS' POINT, GUWAHATI oSocial media was flooded with SPB’s unforgettable Tamil song clips like “Sangeethgamegam...indha degam maraindhalum” which meant “even if this body disappears, I would rise again in the form of music.” oKovind said: “In the passing of music legend SP Balasubrahmanyam Indian music has lost one of its most melodious voices.” oModi said the unfortunate demise of the singer has left “our cultural world” a lot poorer.