Angry river: How Jiadhal in Assam’s Dhemaji is changing livelihoods

The Jiadhal flooded, not once or twice, but several times in 2020. Flood plains were damaged, houses washed away. A solution, however, …

Video of hundreds of birds dying of poisoning in Assam goes viral; suspects identified

The birds, identified as spotted doves, are found abundantly in the region and are native to Asia

How to manage disasters: Assam officials visit Odisha to learn

Three officials from Assam were recently in Kendrapara and Puri to know how Odisha managed its cyclones

Climate crisis in North East India: Why are rainfall patterns changing?

Climate change behind increasing variability and unpredictability of rainfall in the region, say experts 

Population populism: Assam’s population control policy: A misguided approach?

The attempt on the part of the incumbent government, to project the Bengali Muslim community as a civilisational threat to Assam’s …

Study highlights importance of last patches of tropical lowland forest in Assam

Forest fragments protect key interactions between plants and fruit-eating birds, thus maintaining biodiversity in fragmented landscapes

Departure in rainfall across flood-affected districts this June very sharp: DTE analysis

A detailed study of data across districts and subdivisions reveals that such excess rainfall in June has rarely occurred otherwise

India’s Manas National Park illustrates the human dimension of rhino conservation

 The fortunes of the park’s rhinos are intertwined with ethnic politics in India’s restive Assam State

Trouble in India’s rhino paradise

Poachers killed 18 rhinos in Kaziranga National Park in 2016 — most recently on December 22 — but experts still see many reasons for hope

Floods affect over 30,000 in Assam

Parts of Manas National Park, a world heritage site, have also been submerged by the flood water

Making sense of erratic monsoon, sporadic flooding

Although the average rainfall has reduced over the last 60 years, the day to day variability in rainfall during monsoon months has increased

Disappearing with the forest

Survival is not easy for an endangered species of gibbons when its habitat is being destroyed, says Kashmira Kakati

NGT committee renders entire Baghjan oil field illegal

NGT-appointed Judge Katakey Committee recommends legal action against Oil India Ltd for violating various environmental as well as industrial …

COVID-19, poverty may have spurred child marriages in India: Activists

Numbers show one in every four in India is a child marriage, but ground situation may be even worse

Gory conservation

Assam debates dehorning rhinos without proper studies

Potato shield for bamboo

Coatings of potato starch can protect bamboo shoots from microbes and browning

Weed all over

Assam flood worsens, 15,000 hit

15,000 hit by worsening Assam flood situation

Suspect diagnosis

World Bank's take on Indian forestry sector motivated

Doctors rush for village posting

Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya, south Assam running out of essentials after downpour, landslides

Tripura has imposed restrictions on the sale of petrol and diesel due to shortages; it plans to get goods via ship from Haldia to …

How to save India’s elephants from killer rail tracks

The government, railways and forest department have it within their power to initiate a number of measures to reduce elephant deaths on rail tracks

Assam and its notion of nationhood

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General Elections: All you need to know to be an environmentally informed voter

As India goes to polls, here’s all the knowledge you need about environment and development to make an informed decision

Numaligarh Wall: Assam govt directs company to ‘demolish entire wall’

Divisional forest officer of Assam writes to Numaligarh general manager, cites the NGT’s 2016 verdict about wall being a barrier to an …