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Bengal shifts 12,000 people to safety, Assam monitors situation as GLOF hits adjoining Bhutan

West Bengal has taken precautionary measures by evacuating 12,000 residents from areas near the Sankosh River. This action follows a significant rise in water levels caused by a glacial lake outburst flood in Bhutan. Authorities in Assam are closely monitoring vulnerable regions for potential impacts from the flood. National and…

The Economic Times · 30m ago

Sun Pharma ordered to halt eye drug production at Assam plant over quality lapses: Report

Indian regulators have ordered Sun Pharmaceutical Industries to stop manufacturing ophthalmic products at the Assam facility. This decision followed the discovery of failures in the company's quality management system. A joint inspection cited lapses that affected drug safety and quality, leading to a recall of several eye-drop brands. Significant adverse…

The Economic Times · 4h ago

Assam govt forms panel to frame rules for implementation of Uniform Civil Code

The Assam government has created an eight-member committee to develop rules for the Uniform Civil Code Bill. This bill aims to provide a common legal framework for various personal matters across religions. It prohibits polygamy and mandates the registration of live-in relationships while exempting Scheduled Tribes in Assam. The committee…

The Economic Times · 9h ago

Why the Same Railway Tracks Keep Killing Elephants in India

India has roughly 30,000 wild Asian elephants, the largest population outside Africa, and each year trains kill between 20 and 30 of them. The deaths are not spread evenly across the 68,000-kilometre rail network. A handful of track sections, some no longer than a few kilometres, account for a disproportionate…

Times Life · Oct 22

Assam CM calls nationwide UCC; visits BJP leader's residence to pay obeisance

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has called for the nationwide implementation of the Uniform Civil Code. He emphasised that Muslim women are disproportionately affected by the absence of such a code. Sarma’s recent visit to Uttar Pradesh included offering condolences to BJP leader Harish Dwivedi. In response to protests…

The Economic Times · Oct 19

Zubeen Garg death case: Assam Police to move Supreme Court against bail to Mahanta and Sandipon

Assam Police intends to appeal bail orders granted to Amritprava Mahanta and Sandipon Garg in the Zubeen Garg case. Special DGP CID Munna Prasad Gupta confirmed that proceedings are progressing rapidly in a fast-track court. Mahanta and Garg are accused in the death investigation of the late singer, who died…

The Economic Times · Oct 18

Assam begins electoral roll revision, draft rolls to be out Nov 12

Assam has started the Special Summary Revision of electoral rolls to enhance accuracy and accessibility. The draft electoral rolls will be published on November 12, followed by a period for claims and objections. Polling stations will be rationalized to ensure no elector travels more than two kilometres to vote. The…

The Economic Times · Oct 17

How a False Medical Claim Turned the Tokay Gecko Into a Trafficking Target

A Lizard That Announces ItselfThe Tokay gecko does not hide. At up to 35 centimetres long and coloured a vivid blue-grey spotted with orange-red, Gekko gecko is built to be noticed. Its call, a loud, two-syllable bark that sounds like its own name, carries across rooftops and through walls on…

Times Life · Oct 17

India's Legless Amphibians Live Entirely Underground and Go Unnoticed

What a Caecilian Actually IsCaecilians are the third order of amphibians, sitting alongside frogs and salamanders in the class Amphibia. They have no limbs, no visible ears, and eyes so reduced that in many species they sit beneath a thin layer of skin, functional enough to detect light but useless…

Times Life · Oct 16

Sivasagar and the Ahom Monuments: Six Centuries of Assam History Near the Tea Belt

What the Ahoms Built and Why It LastedThe Ahom kingdom did not fall to the Mughals. That fact alone is worth the journey to Sivasagar. From 1228 to 1826, a dynasty that arrived from present-day Myanmar held the Brahmaputra valley through six centuries of war, flood, and internal fracture, and…

Times Life · Oct 16