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Air Pollution and Assam Floods
Monday, 9 September 2019, 8:43 am | Farhana Ahmed
The North-eastern Indian state of Assam is naturally the most flood-prone state of the country as the monsoon winds blowing from Bay of Bengal hits the sub-Himalayan hills of Arunachal Pradesh to its north lashing the plains with heavy precipitation ... More >>
Illegal cattle trade to Bangladesh: Local breeds endangered
Friday, 15 November 2013, 1:11 pm | Farhana Ahmed
A huge illegal international trade has been on from Assam side of the border with Bangladesh in which thousands of cattle, mostly cows are smuggled to the neighbouring country which is now threatening the extinction of the local breeds in this region ... More >>
PoWs in Indian Cinema: Sarabjeets in Celluloid
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 11:09 am | Farhana Ahmed
The April 26th attacks by Pakistani inmates and subsequent death of Sarabjeet Singh, an Indian death row prisoner in Lahore’s Lakhpat Jail once again exposed the vulnerability of the unfinished agenda of Partition that our sub-continent suffers. More >>
Water and Sanitation in India’s Census-2012
Tuesday, 27 March 2012, 5:15 pm | Farhana Ahmed
The Census-2012 has given a very dismal picture water and sanitation facilities in India. Improper planning and casual implementation of schemes coupled with rampant corruption and irregularities in the concerned departments as well as lack of awareness ... More >>