The fate of several globally endangered species has been threatened by dwindling grasslands in Assam, which has no natural grassland of any significance worth conservation left, say wild-life

Though Assam has been producing crude oil and natural gas for more than a hundred years now, the State's hydrocarbon reserves will last at least another 40 years at the present extraction rate, says

A large scale killing of fishes and other aquatic animals by chemical poisoning has been perpetrated by some miscreants in the two sq. km. Hakama Beel under Bilasipara subdivision of Dhubri district,

Dr Ahmed: With modern medical science making rapid strides, it is now possible to cure leprosy with only a single dose of medicine. This was disclosed by Dr Mafizuddin Ahmed, Joint Director

The Tezpur University will organise a four-day International Conference on Disaster Management (ICODIM) from April 23 in

Erosion by Sonabhori, a tributary of the mighty Brahmaputra, is posing a great threat to the people of Shishumara village, 5 km from the head quarter of the South Salmara-Mankachar civil sub-division

The scheme is "A/E measures to extension of Protection work at Kuruabhai area against the erosion of "river Dhansiri". Extension of protection work on U/S and strengthening of the existing

A programme on the awareness of saving the threatened species of fishes was organized in the villages surrounding Ji-Bhorelli river, and at other locations as the Fisheries College (Assam

Dr V Saldana, of the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) today said that the services of more NGOs will have to be availed of, to gather AIDS related data in the North East. He agreed that the

Though killing or trapping of the world famous sangai brow-antlered deer is banned inside the Keibul Lamjao National Park, the only floating wildlife sanctuary in the world, illegal hunting of the