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Sanjeevani Booti? Scientists find a 'lost' blueberries in Himalayas after nearly 200 years; locals say it boosts...A Himalayan berry species, 'Vaccinium piliferum', thought lost for 188 years, has been rediscovered in Arunachal Pradesh. This endangered w...
China may pick next Dalai Lama to alter Himalayan Buddhist demography: BJP MP Tapir GaoTapir Gao warns that China's proposed dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River poses a severe threat to downstream regions and could lead to water ...
Siang project not just for generating power but mitigating flood risks posed by China: Arunachal CMArunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu outlined the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project costing Rs 1.13 lakh crore, highlighting its primary aim to ...
Deaths rise to 47 after flood swept through SikkimA glacial lake burst through a dam in India's Himalayan northeast, causing a flood that has claimed the lives of at least 47 people, with 1...
Alarmed by likelihood of Chinese 'water war', India prepares to speed up dam-building in ArunachalAccording to govt sources, a 60,000MW Chinese project on the Yarlung Zangbo (Brahmaputra) planned at Medog on Arunachal Pradesh’s border co...
Orange alert issued to 6 districts of KeralaAccording to IMD website, Kerala has received 86 per cent excess rainfall during the period of October 1 to 12.
No amount of rejuvenation can perpetuate 126-yr-old Mullaperiyar dam, Kerala tells SCOn October 28, a bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar had said that Tamil Nadu and Kerala would abide by water level notified by the expe...
India is taking all possible measures on River Brahmaputra: Gajendra Singh ShekhawatUnion Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said the Centre has allocated Rs 9,800 crore as a grant to the North-eastern states unde...
Heavy rainfall over next three days over north, northeast and south India: IMDThe forecast is same for Tuesday for Rayalaseema (Andhra Pradesh), coastal and south interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal a...
- Inquiry ordered into Kopili hydro power project pipeline rapture
The high-powered team will also have MP Haren Sing Bay, MLA BB Hagjer, Dr. Nomal Momin, Chief Executive Member of Dima Haso Autonomous Coun...
Energy-hungry India can neither abandon dams nor embrace the Chinese policy of building many large onesAs large dams built just after Independence reach their sell-by dates, tough questions are being raised on India's need for aggressive inve...
Construction of dam by China over Brahmaputra will affect Northeast India: Tibetan PM Lobsang SangayRecently the $1.5 billion Zam Hydropower Station, the largest in Tibet is built by the Chinese government raising concerns in Northeast Ind...
Hydropower dam on Brahmaputra river won’t hurt India’s northeast region, says BeijingIndia has repeatedly expressed concerns that intense dam-building activity on Brahmaputra would make downstream areas vulnerable to flash f...
India may build airport at Tawang, near China borderVK Singh on Friday said India was hopeful of building an airport in Tawang while the work on another airport at Pashighat in Arunachal Prad...
IB report claims Dutch-funded NGO CORDAID trying to stall oil drilling in northeastThe database would be used to facilitate targeted local protests and international activism against extractive industries like oil drilling...
India to China: Ensure our states aren’t hit by dams on BrahmaputraIndia has taken an unusually sharp stand against China’s moves to dam the Brahmaputra, saying it has “established user rights” to the river.
- Small numbers drown northeast anti-dam stirs
For the rest of India, Arunachal Pradesh has been India’s border land, not someone’s home.
- 'Govt should enter into water-sharing treaty with China'
Rajnath Singh today wrote to Manmohan Singh demanding that the govt into a treaty with Beijing for sharing Brahmaputra waters.
- India to check if China is building Brahmaputra dam
While increasingly distrustful of China's intentions, the government refrained from questioning Beijing's denial that it was engaged in con...
- Mega dams in northeast may upset eco-balance
Proposals for constructing 168 mega dams for hydro-electric power generation in the Northeast have run into troubled waters with Assam gove...