Assam’s climate in crisis: Rising temperatures and erratic rainfall pose major challenges by 2040
The climate of Assam is poised for significant changes by 2040, a shift that could severely impact the state’s economy, ecosystems and public health.
The climate of Assam is poised for significant changes by 2040, a shift that could severely impact the state’s economy, ecosystems and public health.
Hoping against hope, India is looking at commissioning the ambitious Kaladan project connecting a port in Rakhine (Arakan) state of western Myanmar with the landlocked far eastern part of Bharat through the water and land routes for regular trading.
She is brave, tough, and energetic—one can describe Meenakshi Das, an Assamese bike rider, like this when she listens to her stories from an adventurous journey across 64 countries alone.
The Meitei tribal community likely admires individuals who consistently represent them in various media spaces.
During our village school days, while we used to graze our cattle on the vast rice field, we often witnessed a glowing series of hills on the northern horizon illuminated by the evening sunlight; it was the Land of the Thunder Dragon, officially known as the Bhutan Kingdom at the eastern Himalayan foothills.
Widespread extortion and diversion of development funds form the core agenda of insurgent groups in the North-east.
New Delhi is ramping up infrastructure to counter China’s advances in border areas of the North-east and Ladakh.
Governments of the North-eastern states bordering Myanmar have expressed sympathy for refugees fleeing military crackdown in that country.
Bubbling ethnic tensions have again risen to the surface in Manipur, ahead of the Assembly polls next year.
Declared by chief minister N Biren Singh after he was elected, the War on Drugs in Manipur seems to have been abandoned.
