the government of Assam, in an attempt to gain further control over the natural resources of the state, has proposed the introduction of a bill that aims to bring natural gas and gas plants under

...are the local wetlands in Assam on account of short sighted flood control measures and unsavoury fishing practices

Beels are shallow waterbodies with rich macrophytic vegetation. The recent satellite survey undertaken by the Assam Remote Sensing Application Centre, shows that there are as many as 3,536 wetlands

manas Tiger Reserve in western

Public health could be under a serious threat if organ transplants from animals are carelessly conducted

the one-horned rhinos of Kaziranga National Park in Assam, may yet be saved from extinction. Alarmed by the recent escalation in poaching incidents, the state government has imposed Section 144 of

• As per the directive of the Supreme Court, the first green bench in the judicial history of the country sat at the Calcutta High Court n June 3. The bench will deal exclusively with

• The Andhra Pradesh government announced a Rs 1,630 crore afforestation programme on January 30, on degraded land over the next five years. The programme would cover an area of 7.43 lakh

An early monsoon and increasing drug resistance spark off malaria fatalities in Assam