Environment
Manipur emphasizes large scale plantation of commercially viable bamboo species
Even though there is huge potential for bamboo application in the urban housing considering its sustainability character and availability in...
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Forest guards to get ‘ghatak’ rifles to fight poaching in Kaziranga National Park
The battle of forest guards against the poachers might not get easier, but it certainly will become a battle among...
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Assam Governor asks cops to show zero tolerance towards poaching
Assam Governor Prof Jagdish Mukhi on Saturday asked the law enforcing agencies to be on their toes to thwart recurrence...
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National Green Tribunal issues notice to Assam Environment Ministry on NRL’s bioethanol project
Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) was granted environmental clearance to utilize bamboo as main biomass for producing bioethanol at Owguri Chapori...
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Jumbo carcass found in Behali reserve forest
In yet another inhuman act, the butchered body of a killed elephant has been pictured slumped in Behali reserve forest along...
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Poachers killed 74 rhinos in Assam in 3 years, says Forest Minister Brahma
Altogether 74 rhinos were killed by poachers in Assam since 2015 and 316 poachers arrested during 2015-17. Assam Forest Minister...
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Risk of landslide dams on Yarlung Tsangpo bursting looms large
The risk of bursting of the landslide dams on the Yarlung Tsangpo looms large with the rainy season fast approaching....
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Manipur conservation body concerned over felling of trees
Rainforest Club Tamenglong, a wildlife and environment conservation organization based in Manipur’s Tamenglong district headquarter expressed serious concern over the...
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Gauhati University to set up Centre for Brahmaputra Studies
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal’s idea to set up ‘Centre for Brahmaputra Studies’ has finally got the green signal with...
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Jorhat environmentalist to deliver talk on sustainable energy in the United States
Public Private Partnership (PPP) expert with the Government of Uttrakhand, Sumanta Kausik Sharma, who hails from Assam, will be delivering...
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