The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights (PPVFR) Authority is framing the regulations for a compulsory licensing system under which a registered plant variety could be licensed to a third party for production of seeds, based on the demand from farmers.

Registrar General of the authority R.C. Agrawal said here on Tuesday that the system was designed to suit public interests. “Under the provisions of the PPVFR Act 2001, the authority can license production to a third party for a specific period of time, even if the breeder is not willing, provided there is demand from farmers and the breeder cannot produce seeds in sufficient quantity”.

Poisonous chemical fluoride has been found beyond the permissible limits of 1parts per million (ppm) in the groundwater of many Guwahati areas causing worries to experts.

GUWAHATI: Rutted streets, littered roadside and stink from the drains continue to give the residents of Guwahati a nightmare.

GUWAHATI, Nov 9 – The Pollution Control Board of Assam (PCBA) has issued directives to all the Deputy Commissioners of the State to keep a strict vigil on the bursting of firecrackers during the fe

The rapid urbanisation of Guwahati and the consequent boom in population and construction activities since the last couple of decades has pushed the city's fragile eco-system comprising its foreste

GUWAHATI, Nov 2 – As many as 183 confirmed cases of dengue have been detected by the Health Department in the State till date, of which three of them had lost their lives.

Jorhat, Oct. 29: Schoolchildren from 13 Assam districts were taken on a day’s tour today to Gibbon wildlife sanctuary at Mariani to sensitise them about the need to conserve nature and wildlife.

Growth is happening faster than we ever imagined. Construction is booming and expansion is gobbling agricultural land

I travelled to two different cities in two different states last fortnight — Indore and Guwahati. I came back with images identified by common distinctions: piles of garbage and glitzy new shopping malls. Is this our vision of urban development? There is no question that cities are imploding; growth is happening faster than we ever imagined. Construction is booming and expansion is gobbling agricultural land.

BOKAKHAT, Oct 19 – After pit poaching, electrocution and firing methods, poachers have now started to follow another method to take away rhino horns.

GUWAHATI, Oct 19 – The State Government is perhaps not interested to make public the report of the Group of Ministers (GoM) on the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project (LSHEP).