In remembrance of the legend, Dr. Bhupen Hazarika, on his birth anniversary, the country today celebrated Bhupendra diwas for the first time.

The legendary Indian lyricist, musician, singer, poet and film-maker Dr. Bhupen Hazarika who weaved magic out of traditional Assamese music is missed by all. In remembrance of the legend on his 86th birth anniversary, the country today celebrated Bhupendra diwas for the first time.

The world pays homage to the great cultural icon who brought worldwide recognition to assamese music and swayed millions with the power of his voice.

SIKKIM WITNESSED TRANSIT OF VENUS, 2012

One of the rarest of predictable celestial phenomena

(The photo had to significantly underexpose so you could see the transit of Venus )

The 2012 transit of Venus, when the planet Venus appeared as a small, dark disk moving across the face of the Sun, began at 22:09 UTC on 5 June 2012, and finished at 04:49 UTC on 6 June.

 In Sikkim, India, it took place from 7 am till 10.20 am of 6th June. 

(The photo had to significantly underexpose so you could see the transit of Venus )

The Sikkim State Council of Science and Technology (SSCST) had provided an arrangement for watching  this wonderful view of transit of venus across the sun at white hall complex. The awesome spectacle was also witnessed by the people of Sikkim in different places. 

SSCST had also provided Safe Solar Viewers  and awareness programme to the students of various schools.
The last transit of Venus occurred on June 8, 2004 and was visible across India. And the next pair of transits will not occur until December 2117 and December 2125.

(The photo had to significantly underexpose so you could see the transit of Venus )

KILLER SPIDERS CREATE TERROR IN ASSAM

Swarms of poisonous nocturnal spiders have cast a web of terror in the northeastern state- Assam’s Sadiya area bordering Arunachal Pradesh. The spiders have strong neurotoxic venom known to be fatal. 

The first of the spider attacks on May 8, in Chaulkhowa Na-Gaon village, left a middle-aged man dead due to spider bite. Barbora, Jiyagaon, Dikrong and a few other villages in the area reported spider attacks in the next few days. At least 20 people have subsequently undergone treatment for swelling and pain at Sadiya Civil Hospital. This spider species has reportedly found its way to Guwahati as well.

 

People fear more attacks by the ‘alien’ arachnids. Zoologists said the description of the spiders fit the venomous black or brown widow species belonging to the Latrodectus genus found in contiguous areas of Myanmar, China and Thailand.

Country's longest rail-cum-road bridge in Northeast nearing completion

A decade after commencement of construction work of India's longest rail-cum-road bridge over the Brahmaputra river in Assam, considered crucial for the defence requirement of the region, the mega project nears completion.
Work on the 4.940-km long Bogibeel rail-cum road bridge connecting Assam with Arunachal Pradesh, was sanctioned in 1997-98 and the foundation stone of the multi-crore project was laid by former Prime Minister A B Vajpayee on April 21, 2002.

This project was declared a national project only in 2007 after which the pace of the work gained momentum. The project is expected to be commissioned by the end of 2015.

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