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NHRC Notice To Assam Police Over Assault On Journalist In Lumding

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a disturbing incident involving the assault of a…

1 month ago
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Assam Civil Society Group Deplores Crackdown On Muslims

India's recent actions to repatriate what it terms "illegal immigrants" from Assam have sparked significant opposition from Bangladesh. Bangladeshi leaders…

5 months ago
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When Books Sink Underwater In Assam

Assam’s annual floods pose a challenge for students commuting to schools and cause damage to the school’s infrastructure. While residents…

1 year ago
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Schools Feel The Heat As Closures Rise Due To Extreme Weather Events

Schools in India have seen increasing disruptions due to extreme weather events, over the last few years. Many Indian states…

1 year ago
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The Shrinking Wetlands Of Majuli & Their Fight For Survival

Assam’s Majuli island is dotted with an elaborate network of wetlands of varying sizes and characteristics, a marker of the…

2 years ago
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3 Years After An Oil Well Blowout, This Assam Wetland Copes Slowly

The Baghjan oil well blowout of 2020 severely affected the biodiversity, fish populations and several livelihoods dependent on the Maguri…

2 years ago
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Rice As A Peace Offering In Human-Elephant Conflict Capital Assam

The state of Assam in northeastern India has one of the highest incidences of human-elephant conflict in the country, with…

2 years ago
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Solar-Powered Looms Boost Income And Safety For Silk Weavers

Budhari Goyari is busy reeling cocoons of ‘eri’ silk in the courtyard of her two-room house in Bhaoragwaja village, in…

2 years ago
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Why Early Blooming Of Orchids In North-East Is Not Good News

In Assam, Bohag Bihu and the kopou phool — the Assamese new year and the foxtail orchid — have an…

2 years ago
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Assam Town Treats 40 Yrs Of Legacy Waste In Just Nine Months

Rajiv Mahanta reminisces about his childhood memories of fishing in the Sumdiri river, about 200-300 metres from his home in…

2 years ago
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Row Over ‘Religious Symbols’ At Laser Show In Assam’s Rang Ghar

Source: PTI A controversy has erupted in Assam after “religious symbols” were seen in laser show projections at the Ahom…

2 years ago
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Assam’s Rural Solar Scheme Fails To Keep The Lights On

Two summers have gone by since Taslima* and her classmates last saw the fans in their classroom stir the air.…

3 years ago
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New Pipelines Will Fragment Assam’s Protected Forests: Environmentalists

Four oil and gas pipelines being laid through protected forests in Assam could be “disastrous” for wildlife, environmentalists have told…

3 years ago
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Floods Come And Go But Problems Remain For Assam’s Rural Women

(Source: PTI) Rebuilding homes, besides helping children and livestock adjust to a new place, as floods turn them into refugees…

3 years ago
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Protests Erupt In Assam After Flooding Event At NHPC Project

Protests were held in Assam's capital Guwahati and Lakhimpur on Tuesday after the collapse of a temporary guard wall in…

3 years ago
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Traditional Building Techniques Could Mitigate Flood Damage In Assam

Himanshu Pegu, a resident of Silchar in India’s northeastern Assam state, is one of many forced to live in a…

3 years ago
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Stalled Monsoon Behind Devastating Floods In NE India, B’desh

The first half of 2022 has seen South Asia hit by both severe heatwaves and heavy flooding. The latest flashpoints…

3 years ago
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Climate Change, Poor Planning Behind Assam’s Mounting Flood Ferocity

Every year, around this time, life comes to a complete standstill in Assam, pounded by relentless rain and subsequent landslides…

3 years ago
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Floods In Assam Lead To Massive Destruction, Cripple Life

On the edge of the National Highway 31 in Assam, where floodwater had completely submerged the paddy fields, 43-year-old Rahisuddin…

3 years ago
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Floods: Millions Marooned In India, B’desh

Floodwaters inundated more of Bangladesh and northeast India on Tuesday, officials said, as authorities struggled to reach more than 9.5…

3 years ago
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Flood Situation Critical In Assam, Other States

The flood situation in the northeast took a turn for the worse on Friday as incessant rainfall pounded parts of…

3 years ago
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Assam: Opposition Decries Bulldozer ‘Revenge’

Opposition parties in Assam on Monday decried both the bulldozing of houses of villagers allegedly involved in burning down a…

3 years ago
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Assam: Despite Repeated Disasters, Many Have No Desire To Migrate

Habidul Islam plans to never move away again from the place where he grew up. He is from the village…

4 years ago
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Black Bears Stray From Assam National Park In Unprecedented Numbers

On the night of 15 December 2021, Suken Gayari got the shock of his life. The elderly resident of Daurebari…

4 years ago
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Floods Eat Away At Assam’s Indigenous Land

Hemram Pegu has been forced to rebuild his home at least eight times in the past decade, shifting it a…

4 years ago

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