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The 14th Eastern Himalayan Naturenomics™️ Forum, organised by Balipara Foundation in collaboration with Gauhati University, brought together policymakers, academicians, industry leaders, researchers and conservation practitioners to deliberate on “Sustainable Land Futures”.The discussions focused on regenerative land management, biodiversity conservation, sustainable livelihoods, wetland protection, circular economy and climate-resilient urban development. Emphasising the importance of community participation in shaping sustainable landscapes, Nilesh Prakash Rajadhyaksha, Country Programme Manager, UN-Habitat India, said, “Engagement with communities needs a different policy approach. You need to have more patience and account for longer timelines of change. There is a need for cross-sectoral data convergence and integration.”The Forum…

Shri Vivek Khare, an IRSME officer of 1989 batch has joined as the new General Manager of Northeast Frontier Railway on 1st November, 2026. As the General Manager, he will serve as the overall executive head of Northeast Frontier Railway, one of the largest and the most challenging of the eighteen geographical zones of Indian Railways, spread over 10 states and 36 Lok Sabha constituencies, including Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim and parts of West Bengal and Bihar.With over three decades of experience in railway operations, maintenance, efficiency improvement and modernization spreading over different states &…

Even today, the Sawkuchi Visarjan Ghat is in a dirty, filthy condition. The Basistha River has now come to a standstill. The riverbed is filled with Devi idols and garbage.On 21st October, Vijaya Dashami, hundreds of Durga Puja celebration committees immersed idols and ghats at this ghat. But the Guwahati Municipal Corporation has not cleaned the ghat and the Basistha River till today. This year during Durga Puja, the Guwahati Municipal Corporation had given special importance to cleanliness. But even after that, such filthy condition of the ghat has raised questions — Is this negligence of the Municipal Corporation, or…

Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Centre for High Technology (CHT), a dedicated technology cell of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) for the hydrocarbon sector, to promote education, research and innovation in petroleum refining, petrochemicals, critical minerals and energy.A key component of the MoU is the CHT–IITG Research Fellowship Programme. Up to three PhD scholars will be selected every year as CHT–IITG Research Fellows, with a maximum of ten fellows supported at any time.Each fellow will be jointly guided by an IIT Guwahati faculty supervisor and a co-supervisor/mentor from…