Daily News - 24 Feb, 2020
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Former Tezpur MP from BJP Ram Prasad Sarmah has joined the Congress on February 24. Congress general secretary KC Venugopal welcomed him to the party. In Delhi, he was accompanied by former CM of Assam Tarun Gogoi. Last year in March, Sarmah has given his resignation from the party after State Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s name was forwarded to the central leadership to contest the election from Tezpur Constituency.

Foundation stones were laid for several schemes in the last one week to preserve the biodiversity and beautify the Urpad Beel near Agia in Lower Assam’s Goalpara district. On Monday, Assam Soil Conservation and Social Welfare Minister Pramila Rani Brahma laid the foundation stone of a project worth Rs 1 crore under the SOPD scheme.

The Edupur Society, a frontier NGO of Tezpur organized a hands-on baking workshop for homemakers and students in the conference hall of the Edupur office to encourage women empowerment by learning a skill through which they can earn from home. Attending the program, secretary of  Edupur Society, Amit Rajkonwar said, “In today’s society women also want to contribute in their family and as well as aspire to be independent.

“Draw the election symbol of Bharatiya Janata Party” and “Examine any four negative traits of Nehru’s approach to Nation Building” are questions that feature in the political science paper for Class 12 students in Manipur. The Council Of Higher Secondary Education Manipur (COHSEM) has been criticized for such questions. “The questions are a part of an attempt to instil a certain mindset among students,” said Congress spokesperson Kh Joykishan, according to reports whereas Manipur education council chairman L Mahendra Singh has said, “Neither of the questions was out of syllabus.” The BJP party in Manipur also says that the questions are “relevant.”

To deal with the rising number of dead, Chaltlang neighbourhood of Aizawl has come up with five storied concrete cemetery which will house at least 163 artificial or ready made graves.The cemetery will help to alleviate the rising graveyard crisis caused by increasing population as a result of migration happening from rural areas.

Like his predecessor Obama, this US President, too, mentioned DDLJ in his speech. Trump, too, referred to this movie in his speech at Gujarat’s Motera stadium. He mentioned Sholay and cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli.“This is the country that produces nearly 2,000 movies a year from the hub of genius and creativity known as Bollywood,” he added.

Ahead of his India visit, US President Donald Trump had also  retweeted a video of him  where he is shown as “Bahubali.”

India’s first coronavirus patient, a 24-year-old girl who was discharged from hospital pose recovery thanked the hospital staff for their support. The girl contracted coronavirus after returning from Wuhan, was discharged from Thrissur Medical College Hopsital a few days ago. The patient has successfully managed to battle the condition which has left many people dead and infected in China.

After actress Sonam Kapoor, filmmaker Shekhar Kapur,  has expressed his disappointment over the news of a remake of Mr. India by director Ali Abbas Zafar. Shekhar took to social media to express his disapproval.