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Flood situation in Assam deteriorates, 16 districts affected
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kamrup (Assam) [India], August 30 (ANI): Tinsukia-Dibrugarh districts in Assam have been inundated due to the overflowing Brahmaputra river and its tributaries triggered by incessant rainfall.
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Delhi: Woman dies by suicide in JNU campus
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 26 (ANI): A woman died allegedly after falling from the second floor of the Brahmaputra Hostel in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Wednesday, the police said.
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Central government to take initiatives to develop Brahmaputra river, says
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], August 22 (ANI): Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in Guwahati on Saturday said that with the help of the central government, we are going to take initiatives to develop Brahmaputra and Barak rivers.
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Water level of Brahmaputra rises at warning level in Assam
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 6 (ANI): The water level of the Brahmaputra River in Guwahati is rising at a warning level due to the heavy rainfall for several consecutive days in Assam.
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Take tiered approach to tackle climate change melting glaciers, altering r
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): Climate change is causing river runoffs and melting of glaciers located in the Himalayan range and the seasonality of flow in rivers in the region like the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra will continue to increase till the 2050s, says a new study which suggest
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'China has begun expansionist policy with major rivers of Tibetan plateau
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], March 18 (ANI): Since the annexation of Tibet, China has begun its expansionist policy towards its neighbouring countries by using its control over all major rivers flowing out of the Tibetan plateau.
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Celebrations organised in Assam's Majuli to thank PM Modi for Majuli-Jorha
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Majuli (Assam) [India], February 20 (ANI): People of Majuli, an island in between Brahmaputra River, on Friday celebrated by lighting earthen lamps and setting off fireworks to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi for laying the foundation stone of a two-lane bridge on the river between Majuli
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Bridge over Brahmaputra river to reduce distance between Dhubri, Phulbari
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Phuloni (Assam) [India], February 18 (ANI): Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that the Dhubri-Phulbari bridge will reduce the distance between the two places by 203 kilometres.
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PM Modi to launch 'Mahabahu-Brahmaputra', lay foundation stone of two brid
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the 'Mahabahu-Brahmaputra' and lay the foundation stone of Dhubri Phulbari Bridge today via video conferencing.
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PM Modi to launch 'Mahabahu-Brahmaputra', lay foundation stone of two brid
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the 'Mahabahu-Brahmaputra' and lay the foundation stone of Dhubri Phulbari Bridge on February 18 via video conferencing.
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Jaishankar visits Japan-funded water supply project in Guwahati
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], February 15 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday visited the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-funded Guwahati water supply project site along the Brahmaputra river in Guwahati.
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After Mekong, China focuses to take control over Brahmaputra's water
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], February 11 (ANI): In yet another example where China has run into rough waters with its neighbours, the country has planned to build the world's biggest dam on River Brahmaputra - a 60-gigawatt mega-dam in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR), reported Al Jazeera.
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