Another solar fence installed in Assam to combat human-elephant conflict
Guwahati/IBNS: Taking a step further in wildlife preservation in Assam, biodiversity conservation organisation Aaranyak has installed a 4 km stretch of community-operated solar fence to mitigate human-elephant conflict (HEC) at Bordol village in Goalpara district with support from US Fish and Wildlife Service.
Massive awareness required to bust myth about wildlife parts: Gauhati High Court judges
Guwahati/IBNS: The Judges of Gauhati High Court on Tuesday underlined the urgent need to create a massive awareness drive by all stakeholders targeting the common people especially students to bust the myth that wildlife parts are beneficial to human beings in many ways, a belief born out of superstition.
3.2 magnitude earthquake hits Assam, no damage reported
Guwahati/UNI: A mild intensity earthquake, measuring 3.2 magnitudes on the Richter Scale, hit Hojai town in Assam Monday.
Revive and restore wetlands, home to 40 per cent of all biodiversity
New York: Although coastal and freshwater wetlands – such as swamps, mangroves and marshes - contain 40 per cent of all plant and animal species, many are polluted or degraded due to climate change and human development.
Assam: Deepor Beel records more than 26,000 birds of 97 species
A recent bird count in the freshwater lake Deepor Beel has shown there has been a significant rise in the number and species of birds in a year’s time.
Assam: Rhino chases tourist convoy in Kaziranga National Park
Guwahati/IBNS: In a scary video which went viral on social media, a rhino is seen chasing a tourist convoy at Assam's Kaziranga National Park.
No rhino poaching case in Assam in 2022: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Guwahati/IBNS: For the first time in the last two decades, Assam has witnessed zero rhino poaching incidents in the year 2022, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said.
Assam: Over 33,000 people of three districts hit by flood
Guwahati: Over 33,000 people of three districts of Assam are affected by fresh wave of flood.
Assam: Forest officials rescue two elephants stuck in a well in Mariani
Guwahati: Two elephants, including a calf, stuck in a well were rescued by forest officials with the help of locals at Mariani area in Assam’s Jorhat district.
Three people, including a child, die in wild elephant attack along Assam-Meghalaya border
Guwahati: At least three people, including a child, were killed in a wild elephant attack in Assam’s Goalpara district along the Assam-Meghalaya border on Monday.
Two people, including a woman, die in landslide in Assam’s Cachar
Silchar: Two people, including a woman, died in a landslide in Assam’s Cachar district, officials said on Monday.
Flood and landslides claim 62 lives in Assam so far, 31 lakh people affected
Guwahati: The flood and landslides has claimed 62 human lives in Assam this year so far.
Assam: Four people killed in massive landslide in Guwahati
Guwahati: At least four people were buried alive following a massive landslide in Guwahati on Tuesday.
Assam government sanctions Rs. 50 crore package to flood-landslide hit Dima Hasao
Guwahati: To give relief to flood and landslide affected families and immediate restoration of different sectors in Dima Hasao district, the Assam government has announced an immediate package of Rs. 50 crore.
Flood situation in Assam improves, death toll rises to 26
Guwahati/IBNS: The flood situation in Assam has been improving and the water level in most parts of the state is receding, reports said on Tuesday.