(The Indian Express has launched a new series of articles for UPSC ... river systems, such as based on catchment size, origin and orientation to the sea. Broadly, they are classified into Himalayan ...

After four decades of ethnic conflict and loss of around 20,000 lives, the Bodoland region on the northern banks of the ...

Of these, 130 lakes are in India, with seven (7), fifty-eight (58), and sixty-five (65) in the Ganga, Brahmaputra, and Indus river basins, respectively. 2. The report noted that 601 lakes have more ...

India is closely watching China's hydropower ambitions on the Brahmaputra river, especially the construction of a massive 60,000 MW dam in Tibet. Union Minister Kirti Vardhan Singh assured the Rajya ...

After spending six weeks in some of India’s biggest and most heavily-touristed cities, I decided to change it up a bit by ...

A team from NIMAS successfully completed the first-ever rafting expedition along the 1,040 km stretch of the Brahmaputra ...

China's construction and operation of dams has sparked controversy as building river dams and artificial reservoirs causes 'irreversible modification of natural landscapes' and 'such extensive ...

Known as the Siang in Arunachal Pradesh, the Brahmaputra River is revered for its ferocity and unpredictability. Former NIMAS Director Col Gulshan Chadha on Monday said out of the audacious 916 km ...

High on the Tibetan Plateau, the Yarlung Tsangpo River roars through the world’s deepest canyon, plunging nearly 8,000 metres (26,250ft) before crossing into India as the Brahmaputra.

Guwahati, Feb 10 (PTI) A team from the National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS), Dirang, has successfully completed the first-ever rafting expedition along the entire 1,040 km ...

Asom Gana Parishad leader and Rajya Sabha MP Birendra Prasad Baishya raised concerns over China’s proposed 60,000-megawatt dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River, which flows into Assam, India as the ...

With a capacity to generate three times more energy than the Three Gorges Dam, the new dam will be located on the transboundary Brahmaputra River (known as the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet). Despite ...