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Mandarin Duck Returns To Assam’s Tinsukia After a Century

Seema Sharma 18/02/2021

Ornithologist Anwaruddin Choudhury said that a Mandarin duck was...

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Gauhati HC Asks Centre To Respond on Petitions Against Oil Drilling in Forest

Gaurav Das 10/02/2021

In December 2020, the court had stayed OIL's drilling...

Voters line up to cast their vote outside a polling station in Assam in 2014. Photo: Reuters

Is an Assamese-Medium Medical College Just a Poll Gimmick?

Manjil Saikia 10/02/2021

Assam needs a robust language policy before it can...

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Awareness of Common Cancers, and Their Signs, Stays Low in India

Bajarang Bahadur, Harshita Chari and Vinod Kumar 08/01/2021

The fraction of women aged 30-49 years and who...

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Bid To Save Dibru-Saikhowa National Park From OIL’s Drilling Plans Intensifies

Gaurav Das 02/12/2020

A new petition challenges the legality of an environmental...

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Expert Panel Report on Baghjan Blowout Asks if OIL Wasted ‘Precious Time’

Gaurav Das 11/11/2020

An expert quoted in the report has raised many...

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Where Cancer Cases Abound in India’s Northeast, Medical Attention Is Rare

Aatreyee Dhar 22/10/2020

India's northeastern states don't have more than a few...