Landslide dams Tsangpo river

What's fanning heat waves

After an erratic monsoon, farmers in nine states struggle with pest outbreaks

Although most states in India lose five to 10 per cent of crops to pest attacks every year, the scale and intensity of the recent attacks is a …

Assam on a platter

PAYING FOR POLLUTION

One of the world's oldest refineries, Digboi, faces closure

Students' organisation says no to gas pipeline in northeast

RTI assessment

What happened to India’s flood management plan?

There is no national-level flood control authority in India — 43 years after the country’s first and last commission …

ULFA supports Assam’s protest against big dam projects

The project would eliminate 206 species of fish and threaten existence of the people living near the banks of River Subansiri

Oil India's seimic survey threatens rare dolphin

Seismic survey in the Brahmaputra

Oil survey in Assam will endanger biodiversity, affect people

‘African swine fever may have come to Arunachal Pradesh, Assam from Tibet’

Swaraj Rajkhowa, acting director of ICAR-National Research Centre on Pig, Guwahati, speaks to DTE on African swine fever and pork meat ban …

The great wetland grab

Guwahati allows construction on wetlands, but will not spare poor settlers on hills. A photo narrative by Sayantan Bera

Mautak will flower

In 2006-2007, a bamboo species will flower over vast swathes of Mizoram, Tripura and Assam. When bamboo flowers, it dies; usually a famine follows.…

Monsoon-friendly Assam reeling under drought

Kala-azar spreads to Gujarat, MP

Banks expand arms, but not through branches

Smart cards, biometric ATMs, mobile phones the new tools

Why waste management in Northeast India needs an urgent overhaul

Specialised policies needed for mountainous regions;standardised national-level policies lack nuance for regional challenges

Assam gas leak and fire: Yet another case of procedural lapse

A lack of standard operating procedures for handling hazardous materials, no proper training is prevalent in several industries

Land of discord

Origin of the relentless strife in Bodoland lies in a series of blunders, right from colonial times

Blowing out a tradition

The ban on conch shell trading has sent the industry into a tizzy

Assam's dam crisis

Protests against dams are snowballing into a political movement in Assam

Low rain may affect production of quality teas from West Bengal, Assam

A scorching April is leading to more pest attacks, increased costs might affect wage revision, says Indian Tea Association

Who messed it up?

Guwahati indicts poor settlers for flash floods, ignores damage on wetlands by construction work

Degree without honours

Parliamentary committee turns down a proposed three-year course in rural health