What can happen through decades of looting of our forest wealth is now glaringly evident from the extent of forest cover that Assam is left with. The forest cover of Assam has shrunk to a mete 21
The decadal growth rate in Nagaland was highest in the country at 64.41 per cent with literacy rate going up to 67.11 per cent in 2001 from 61.65 per cent in 2001 from 61.65 per cent in 1991.
A large area of Assam's forest land has been totally destroyed by unscrupulous elements and encroachers over the years resulting the shrinking of forest land to just 21 per cent of the State's total
Groundwater in most parts of West Bengal could be declared affected by arsenic poisoning in the wake of the World Health Organization's review of permissible contamination levels that have come down
The Assam government unveiled an ambitious programme for giving a quantum boost to the agricultural economy of the state involving Rs 800 crore for mechanization of agriculture with loans from the
The Pollution Control Board (PCBA) has pulled up several public sector organizations operating in Assam, including two refineries and two major paper mills for violating pollution control norms.
Wildlife experts of Assam have taken strong exception to a remark made by Uttaranchal Chief Minister Nityananda Swami that poachers of the North-East were involved in the killing of five elephants in
US-based seismologist Lalliana Mualchin warned of a Gujarat-like disaster in Aizwal in the event of a high-intensity quake in Mizoram, which falls in the highest seismic risk zone in the northeastern
The national bird, the peacock is fast becoming an endangered species in Assam, thanks to rampant poaching, loss of habitat due to encroachment for agricultur and human habitation in the grasslands,
