A proposed seismic survey for oil on the Brahmaputra river has Assam's citizens worried. A third of the population is dependent on the river for their livelihood

ON September 22, around 50,000 people gathered at Kharo Chaan, 150 km southeast of Karachi in Pakistan, for quite an unprecedented festival

Two hotels, a golf course and 450 chalets will soon be there at the Victoria Falls World Heritage Site, on the fringes of one of the Africa's longest rivers, the Zambezi. The us $260-million

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Imphal, Manipur s capital, came to a grinding halt on August 28, with a strike being called. Imphal s people are habituated to bandhs, and most of them are successful. But this was a bandh with a difference more than 20 social and political organi

Insurgent politics sets the tone

See both benefits and dangers

Tamenglong to get a bad deal

State represses, doesn t enable; creates poverty from riches

The ability of many introduced fish species to thrive in degraded aquatic habitats and their potential to impact on aquatic ecosystem structure and function suggest that introduced fish may represent both a symptom and a cause of decline in river health and the integrity of native aquatic communities.

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