Pachyderm vs human

Marauding elephants in Assam's Kaziranga national park killed 70 people last year

Oil's not well

ONGC is refused permission by the Assam pollution control board for further drilling

Trees voted out

Need for SDG-linked outcome budgeting in India: A case of Assam

OBS, a budgetary instrument linking expenditure to specific targets, can be a crucial tool to meet aspirations within a defined time frame

Coexistence & conflict, sides of the same coin: Assam villagers’ kindness towards injured elephant heartening

When an injured tusker was found in an Assam village, locals rushed to his aid with food, medical assistance 

‘It is high time India has a law that recognises climate migrants’

Down To Earth speaks to Member of Parliament, Pradyut Bordoloi,on the Climate Migrants (Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2022

Northeast India can prosper through smart, youth-centric agriculture

By blending traditional wisdom with modern technologies, the region can build a resilient and sustainable agricultural landscape 

Climate impact expanding flooding period in Assam: Seven months of floods in 2022

Over 100,000 people affected in the state at present as several districts forecast to get extremely heavy rain over next few days

African Swine Fever hits ICAR centre in Assam, state govt’s farm; 292 pigs culled

Exact cause of disease’s spread to both facilities not ascertained yet; losses to the tune of Rs 6-7 lakh incurred

Calamity strikes: 340,000 hectares crop damage in 4 months

The figure is stark when compared to 2021-22 where the same crop area was damaged in the whole year

Do elephants grieve? Maybe, though not in the ‘human’ sense of the word

The apparent emotionality and the wide-ranging individual differences in the responses of elephants to their dead do indeed deserve further study

Activists point to ‘frightening trend’ of wild elephants being brought into captive elephant trade

Activists raise red flag after yet another instance of elephants being transported from Arunachal to Gujarat is discovered

China’s Brahmaputra dam: A new paradigm of water governance needed

Riparian treaties need to be re-organised to respect the integrity of the river basin  

COVID-19 testing laboratory inaugurated in Jorhat

Establishment of the COVID-19 testing laboratory in Jorhat the demand of the hour, officials say

Fishing, agriculture impacted by burning river in Upper Assam: Residents

They alleged the administration was slow to respond to the crisis as the affected area had been supporting anti-CAA protestors

'Advance IST by 30 minutes to help the North East'

Two time zones will create a divide between the North East and the rest of India, they say

India’s timekeeper says country needs two time zones

It is technically feasible to have two time zones & two ISTs in India-IST-I for most of India, IST II for Northeastern region-separated by an …

Moody monsoon floods Bihar, Northeast, keeps rest of India dry

The erratic nature of the monsoon coupled with the faulty methodology of presenting rainfall statistics are misleading people

Drained dry

...are the local wetlands in Assam on account of short-sighted flood control measures and unsavoury fishing practices

Fights for space

Once harmonious, the human-elephant relationship has taken an ugly turn. Faulty forest policies and nationwide destruction of elephant habitats …

The monsoon always catches the government unawares

First there was the mounting suspense. All of India awaited with bated breath the arrival of the south west monsoon. Would it arrive? Miraculously,…

Flood threatens Kaziranga

Heightened risk of poaching as animals tend to leave the park area to take shelter on higher land

Simply Put: Slothful climate adaptation

Development projects threaten Bengal florican habitat in Assam

Bustard Specialist group experts write to Assam CM to drawn attention to the crisis

India’s northeastern states desertifying most rapidly

Half of Nagaland is degraded, flags new report