Meghalaya CM launches “Citizen Engagement and Communication Programme”: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma launched the “Citizen Engagement and Communication Programme” in Tura in West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya. The Government of Meghalaya has launched various welfare programs and ...

Arunachal Pradesh Governor receives an additional charge of Meghalaya: The government has appointed the governor of Arunachal Pradesh, Brig. (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd.) to discharge the functions of the Governor of Meghalaya,  in addition to his own duties. October 2022 Current Affairs Quiz ...

Meghalaya CM, Conrad K Sangma has launched "Rural Backyard Piggery Scheme" with an aim to ensure that the farmers earn a sustainable livelihood through different livestock farming activities. Launching the ambitious flagship programme for the farmers – “Rural Backyard Piggery ...

Meghalaya is all set to host the upcoming 2nd edition of the North East Olympics from October the 30th to November the 6th in Shillong.A joint meeting of the North East Organising Committee, Meghalaya Department of Sports and Youth Affairs, and the North East Olympic Association was held last ...

Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Conrad K Sangma has inaugurated the new building of the Directorate of Education Research and Training (DERT), Shillong. During the ceremony, he has announced that govt has set aside Rs 300 crore from the externally aided projects to make investment ...

Meghalaya’s living root bridges get listed on the tentative list of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites. Living root bridges are the type of simple suspension bridge formed by the method of tree shaping from living plant roots across a stream or river. These bridges are locally ...

The Meghalaya Cabinet approved a proposal to upgrade the Mairang civil sub-division to a full-fledged district called Eastern West Khasi Hills district. Mairang is now a sub-division under the West Khasi Hills district. The new district will be inaugurated on November 10, 2021, by Meghalaya ...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the Green Sohra Afforestation Campaign at Sohra (Cherrapunji), Meghalaya. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 He gave the slogan "Evergreen Northeast", underlining the importance of afforestation and tree plantation. This afforestation campaign will be ...

Meghalaya has yielded India’s first bamboo-dwelling bat with sticky disks, taking the species count of the flying mammal in the country to 130. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The disc-footed bat (Eudiscopus denticulus) was recorded in the north-eastern State’s Lailad area near the ...

Stiff resistance from at least 12 villages in Meghalaya has cast a cloud on a 210 MW hydroelectric project on Umngot, considered India’s clearest river. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The villages are near the border with Bangladesh in East Khasi Hills district but the dam is proposed ...