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Organised crop-guarding in Assam linked to higher elephant deaths, study finds

India, March 4 -- A new study analysing two decades of organised crop-guarding efforts to deter elephants from entering farms has found a counterintuitive outcome: villages with active monitoring reco... और पढ़ें


Our Burden of Grief: New book documents voices of Assam's Baghjan blowout survivors

India, Feb. 21 -- "...Neither a fleeting joy, nor an unbidden laughter remains. In a moment, OIL took it all, stripping me of everything." This stanza is from a poem written by Papul Gogoi, a residen... और पढ़ें


Sikkim: Hydropower in Eastern Himalayas fuels climate maladaptation risks, experts warn

India, Feb. 16 -- Over the past two decades, hydropower has reshaped development pathways in the Himalayas. It has been aggressively promoted as clean energy that can meet climate goals, while also dr... और पढ़ें


Incident at illegal coal mine resurfaces concerns about banned rat hole mining

India, Feb. 11 -- Meghalaya saw one of its worst mining disasters when a dynamite explosion took place in an illegal rat hole mine in Thangkso area of East Jaintia Hills district on the morning of Feb... और पढ़ें


Industrial pollution turns Nepal's Sirsiya river toxic, impacting India's border communities

India, Jan. 25 -- When 38-year-old Pradeep Kumar Bishwokarma was growing up in Ramgadhawa, a neighbourhood in southern Nepal's industrial town of Birgunj, he would jump into the Sirsiya river to beat ... और पढ़ें


Elephant deaths on Assam railway tracks expose gaps in wildlife safety

India, Jan. 5 -- On the cold, foggy night of December 20, eight elephants - three adults and five calves - were killed after colliding with the superfast Sairang-New Delhi Rajdhani Express in the Jamu... और पढ़ें