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Nagaon University takes Assam's mercury research to global scientific conference

Guwahati, Oct. 9 -- Assam's Nagaon University has emerged as a contributor to an international scientific conference on mercury pollution, with its faculty presenting research on mercury contamination... Read More


Thai businessman gets 6-year jail term in NSCN (IM) arms procurement case

Guwahati, Oct. 8 -- A Thai businessman accused of helping the National Socialist Council of Nagalim-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) procure arms and ammunition through an international network has been sentence... Read More


TRA launches TocklAI, AI model built exclusively for tea industry

Guwahati, Oct. 8 -- The Tea Research Association (TRA) has launched TocklAI, an artificial intelligence model designed specifically for the tea industry, turning more than a century of research at Ass... Read More


A 24-million-year-old leaf from Assam rewrites the story of a Southeast Asian plant

Guwahati, Oct. 7 -- A single fossil leaf buried for nearly 24 million years in Assam's Makum Coalfield has given scientists a new clue to why a plant lineage found today only in the peat swamps of Sou... Read More


GPS collars show Assam's elephants are moving through tea gardens, farms and riverbeds

Guwahati, Oct. 6 -- Assam's elephants are moving through a far more complicated landscape than forests alone. A five-year GPS telemetry study has mapped their journeys through tea gardens, crop fields... Read More


Assam tea industry raises Rs 2.26 crore for flood relief

Guwahati, Oct. 5 -- Assam's tea industry has raised around Rs 2.26 crore for flood relief, with a special charity auction at the Guwahati Tea Auction Centre (GTAC) generating Rs 1.61 crore and busines... Read More


Assam: Guwahati's heat is getting harder to escape, study finds

Guwahati, Oct. 5 -- Guwahati's monsoon is becoming hotter and more uncomfortable, with a new India Meteorological Department (IMD) study finding that the city's "feels-like" temperature reached a stag... Read More


New bivalent antivenom shows stronger venom-neutralising ability against Northeast pit vipers

Guwahati, Oct. 3 -- A new antivenom developed specifically against two venomous green pit vipers found in Northeast India has demonstrated stronger venom-neutralising activity than the polyvalent anti... Read More


A dry monsoon in India's rainiest region: Meghalaya exposes Northeast's 2026 rainfall paradox

Guwahati, Oct. 2 -- Meghalaya, home to some of the wettest places on Earth, has emerged as one of the starkest examples of the Northeast's extraordinary southwest monsoon failure this year. While the... Read More


Assam: Manas opens to tourists with conservation-first tourism model

Guwahati, Oct. 2 -- Assam's Manas National Park reopened to tourists on Friday with a new tourism model that puts conservation, community livelihoods and responsible travel at the centre of the visito... Read More