Assam schoolchildren draw up agenda for 2019 Lok Sabha elections

About 500 girls from Assam, aged 14-19, have produced a 'Children’s Agenda' focusing on health, nutrition, water, sanitation and …

Brahmaputra’s Neamatighat at risk of severe flood situation: CWC

The water levels are below the previous highest flood level of 87.37 meters recorded in 1991

Meet Deben Bora

As field researchers will tell, you don't get up one fine morning and cut through an unknown forest in search of an elusive animal species. Even …

Floods kill four in Assam; destroy crops

Brahmaputra and five other rivers flow above danger mark; low lying areas of Kaziranga and Pobitora wildlife sanctuary under water

How 'Bhut Jolokia' lost its heat

One of the hottest chillies, it went through a dip in its intense spiciness and price when its production spread and cross-pollination began on a …

Islands in the river

The insular but self-sufficient existence of the marine nomads inhabiting the islands that pepper the Brahmaputra river as it winds across …

Deficit rainfall in some districts, flooding in nearly all: A look at Assam deluge

Eight of Assam’s 27 metereological districts had deficit rainfall this monsoon, and yet, almost all are suffering from some level of flooding

Assam gas leak: NGT orders OIL to pay Rs 25 cr, forms high-level committee

An oil-and-gas well, owned by OIL, at Upper Assam’s Baghjan village caught fire on June 9, after leaking for a fortnight

Baghjan blowout: NGT directs Assam government to pay aid to affected families

OIL has deposited Rs 90.8 crores with Tinsukia district administration, which may impact 2,195 affected village residents living near the blowout …

How Assam's Bodo community used indigenous knowledge to tackle decades-old water supply problem

River water was diverted to the villages through dongs — earthen canals built and maintained by the villagers

Climate change in India: Cuisine, culture take a hit in Assam

Flood amid drought triggers heavy siltation in the rivers in the state, fragments communities

Assam bank is changing lives, making entrepreneurs of illiterate women

The cooperative bank has been helping marginalised women save and become financially independent

"Where there is some project, they need explosives"

Nagpal Tea Stall, 29 Rajpur Road, Dehradun. Raju sips his tea, eyes glued to the television. Then his eyes light up as he hears talk of Bhutan. …

World Water Day 2020: How water can be used in the battle against climate change

It is an enabling and limiting factor in humanity’s ability to mitigate and adapt to climate change

Embankments are temporary, not permanent solutions to floods: Experts

In the wake of floods in Assam and Bihar, experts question the practice of only using embankments for flood mitigation

Meet Sohphie: The wild delight of Meghalaya

Sohphie, a sweet-and-sour fruit, marks the arrival of spring in Meghalaya. It is relished raw as well as in pickles

Unreliable power

Inconsistent supply of electricity has made no difference to the quality of life of residents in Dhemaji district of Assam

Polio - alive and kicking

The polio virus is possibly the most innocuous virus that affects humans. The improvement of sanitation standards across the world has meant …

Assam tremor highlights vulnerability of North East India to large earthquakes

Experts say there is a considerable knowledge and policy gap regarding earthquakes in North East India that must be bridged to formulate quake …

India, alongside China and US, set to suffer maximum climate impacts on economy by 2050: Report

Bihar to be most affected in India; increase of climate impact in Assam to be highest globally during 1990-2050  

Population: Has bio-politics arrived in India?

A collection of articles which re-examine the population debate in the light of the BJP-ruled Assam and Uttar Pradesh proposing population-…

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 21, 2019)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

The challenge of manufactured consent

Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill in the Northeast reopens the anti-migration issue

Dangerous grafting

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

New age patrons

A NORTHEAST TAPESTRY: SIX DOCUMENTARIES ON THE NORTHEAST BY INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS. Produced by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). …