Solar-powered fences are keeping elephants off schools in some human-animal conflict (HEC) zones in Assam. The fear of running into elephants often made parents dissuade their children from attending classes at Kalioni Bagan Lower Primary School in eastern Assam’s Golaghat district. Damage caused to the school by herds on several occasions justified their dread. “Wild […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Assam Government on Tuesday (April 1, 2025) launched a major entrepreneurship support scheme for women. The ‘Mukhya Mantri Mahila Udyamita Abhiyan’ or Chief Minister Women Entrepreneurship Campaign, billed as the “biggest” initiative of its kind, entails a three-stage financial assistance for women. Women are a potent voting force for the BJP […]
Guwahati: “High-yielding native crop varieties suitable for this region should be preserved and cultivated for the well-being of society. Alongside, disease-free mother plants are crucial for getting quality saplings and better production,” said Dr. Vibha Dhawan, Director General of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), during a programme at Udalguri in Assam.
GUWAHATI Telangana-based water conservationist M. Karunakar Reddy on Sunday (March 30, 2025) received the first award named after Assam’s Jadav Payeng, a grassroots green activist better known as the ‘Forest Man of India’. The Jadav Payeng International Award, carrying ₹2 lakh, a citation, and a memento, was announced in November 2024 by the Jyoti-Protap Education […]
Dilwar Hussain Mozumder, the reporter of an Assamese news portal, was released from the Guwahati Central Jail on Saturday (March 29, 2025), a day after receiving bail in the second case against him. He was arrested on March 25 after covering a protest against the alleged financial irregularities in the State-run Assam Cooperative Apex Bank […]
Assam Advocate General Devajit Saikia resigned from the membership of the Gauhati High Court Bar Association following differences over the proposed relocation of the court. The bar association is opposed to the Bharatiya Janata Party-led State government’s plan since 2023 to shift the high court from the heart of Guwahati to Rangmahal in New Guwahati […]
An eastern Assam-based green activist has asked the Centre to revoke the permission granted to exploration major Oil India Limited (OIL) to establish a research and development centre in the eco-sensitive zone of the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park. Also Read | Vedanta Group to invest ₹50,000 crore over 3-4 years in oil and gas in Assam, […]
Guwahati: Far away from the tea that cheers you up every morning, there is another story that remains largely unknown—the story of buying and selling green leaf. This side of the story is more for the small tea growers who contribute over 52% of the state’s total tea production and are the most vulnerable link […]
Guwahati: The National Tribal Film and Literature Festival 2025 continued its vibrant celebration of Indigenous storytelling on its second day at the NEDFi Convention Centre in Guwahati.
Guwahati: Sudip Pradhan has been reappointed as an Independent Director of Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL), reaffirming his leadership in the energy sector.
