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Gangetic River Dolphin is now State Aquatic Animal of Assam
By Assam on June 6, 2008
Yesterday, marking the World Environment Day, Assam Chief Minister Mr. Tarun Gogoi announced that the critically endangered river dolphin of Assam, locally known as the ‘Xihu’ or ‘Sisu’ would now be the “State Aquatic Animal of Assam”. Gogoi said anounced it during a programme organised at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra of Guwahati, to mark the World [...]
One-horned Rhino and Increasing Poaching
By Assam on May 7, 2008
Pride of Assam, the endangered One-horned Rhino is in danger. Since January, poachers have killed at least 10 rhinos in two national parks of Assam. If this continues, within a short period of time one-horned rhinos will become a history in Assam. So, people of Assam, wake up and act today to stop killing of [...]
Rhino died in Assam Zoo
By Assam on January 23, 2008
A 30 year old male One Horned Rhino of the Assam State Zoo died of suspected anthrax on Tuesday morning. According to the officials, some night guards of the zoo spotted the rhino collapsing, with blood oozing out of its nose and anus around 5.30 a.m. Later preliminary tests of blood samples, analysed at the [...]
Chester Zoo won BIAZA award for work in Assam
By Assam on November 22, 2007
An innovative Chester Zoo project that uses smoke bombs comprising chilli powder to ward off marauding elephants from human habitation and crops in Assam was awarded the field conservation award at this year’s annual BIAZA awards on Wednesday evening.
Charles Walker, MP, presented the prestigious conservation and wild life awards at the Marwell Zoological Park in [...]
Rhino killed a poacher in Kaziranga
By Assam on October 26, 2007
A poacher who is thought to have killed a number of Rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park, has been gored to death by a female Rhinoceros. Gaonbura Ronfar, a poacher, was killed by an angry rhino in the Kaziranga National Park as he tried to kill more of the endangered creatures.
Although it is thought that [...]
Poachers killed another Rhino in Assam
By Assam on October 26, 2007
One more rhino died in the hands of poachers, in Assam. Poachers killed an endangered one-horned rhino at the Kaziranga National Park, taking the toll of the Rhinos slaughtered so far this year to 17.
A wildlife official said Thursday that the park rangers recovered the carcass Wednesday from near the Bagori range of the park, [...]
Villagers killed Two Tigers in Assam
By Assam on October 9, 2007
Some Villagers who lost their cattle to tigers near the Orang National Park in Darrang district of Assam, poisoned two of the big cats in revenge. Forest officials said the two tigers died on October 2 and 4 after consuming insecticide-laced carcass of a buffalo that one of them had preyed on. The two big [...]
Elephant-Human Conflict in Assam
By Assam on October 6, 2007
With increasing human population and reducing green forest cover, elephant-human conflict is increasing in Assam. So, wildlife activists of Assam are encouraging people to use chilli-bombs and firecrackers to chase away elephants in Bokakhat district of Assam. The aim is to ward off man-animal conflict situation, without causing harm to the wildlife.
Bokakhat town in Golaghat [...]
Nameri National Park
By Assam on September 14, 2007
Nestled at the foothills of Eastern Himalayas, Nameri National Park covers an area of 200 Sq. k.m.With river Jia Bhoroli bifurcating the park, it is the most scenic of all the national parks of Assam. Its in the eastern border of Assam in the valley and mountainous Arunachal Pradesh, Nameri is home to some of [...]
Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary
By Assam on September 14, 2007
The Chakrashila Wildlife Sanctuary was declared as a sanctuary on 14th July, 1994. It is famous for Golden Langur, which was spotted first in this sanctuary, in the year 1986. Chakrashila is situated in the Dhubri district of Assam. The total area covered by this sanctuary is 45.5 sq. km. Other attractions of this sanctuary [...]
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Three Bomb Blasts in Guwahati
January 1, 2009
At least 5 people were killed and more than 50 injured in three bomb blasts that rocked Assam’s capital city Guwahati today. The bombs went off just a few hours before Union Home Minister P Chidambaram landed in the city. According to police sources, no one has taken responsibility for the blasts. But police sources [...]
Hollywood »
‘The Dark Knight’ sweeps People’s Choice Awards
January 8, 2009
The ‘Batman’ sequel, ‘The Dark Knight’ starring late Heath Ledger took away five awards in the “35th Annual People’s Choice Awards”. The summer blockbuster won for favorite movie, action movie, cast, superhero (Christian Bale) and onscreen matchup (Bale and Heath Ledger) during the ceremony, on Wednesday. The stars of the movie ‘Batman’ Christian Bale and [...]
News »
China cracks down on Porn
January 6, 2009
China on Monday launched a month-long a crackdown operation on major websites, including search engine giants Google and Baidu, over the spread of pornographic content and other materials that could harms the morality and health of young people.
The campaign involves seven government agencies, including the State Council Information Office, the Ministry of Industry and Information [...]
Technology »
World’s First 3G Watch Phone
January 6, 2009
South Korean technology firm LG Electronics has unveiled the world’s first “3G watch phone.” Take a look at the image. This mobile phone that can be worn on wrist like a watch. The unique phone boasts a touch-screen dialing system with a camera and an in-built speaker.
With all these features of a multimedia mobile phone, [...]
Food and Drink »
Bacteria and Flavour of exclusive Cheeses
January 7, 2009
The age-old tradition of making cheese dates back at least 8,000 years. But it seems we still have much to learn about the bacteria responsible for turning milk into cheese. A group of International researchers led by Newcastle University has identified a new line of bacteria that flavours some of the world’s most exclusive cheese. [...]
Science »
Chandrayaan finds iron reserves on Moon
December 29, 2008
An experiment on board India’s first moon mission Chandrayaan-I has indicated that there are abundant iron containing minerals on the lunar surface. According to news reports, data sent back to earth by the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) instrument of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) indicates abundance of iron-bearing minerals such as [...]
