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1 day ago · Assam is so much more than lush hills and sprawling tea gardens. Nature lovers can expect dense jungles that are home to stunning protected species like the one-horned rhino and Rufous-necked hornbill; saree aficionados can peruse pat silk ateliers famed for their mulberry-fed silkworm work; foodies can delight in delicacies such as machor tenga, Assam’s iconic sour fish curry; and those ...
Assam chief minister in November 2022 distributed Rs.12.96 crore as a part of compensation for the workers of Doloo Tea Garden and also assured that none of them will lose their jobs.
3 days ago · Darjeeling tea garden owners invested their surpluses in more profitable industries elsewhere, causing a decline in productivity in the local tea industry. The Tea Board of India estimated 7,010,000 kilograms (15,450,000 lb) of Darjeeling tea was produced in 2021; this constitutes about 0.5% of total 1,343,060,000 kilograms (2.96094 × 10 9 lb ...
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4 days ago · Guwahati, city, western Assam state, northeastern India. It lies along the Brahmaputra River (there bridged) and is picturesquely situated with an amphitheatre of wooded hills to the south. Guwahati was the capital of the Hindu kingdom of Kamarupa (under the name of Pragjyotisa) about 400 ce.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
3 days ago · In 2019, floods hit the northeastern state of Assam. Photograph: Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters. Harvesting grass planted by the roadside has saved Sonali, a 38-year-old cattle-rearing resident of Nog ...
2 days ago · Assam has numerous wildlife sanctuaries, the most prominent of which are two UNESCO World Heritage sites — Kaziranga National Park (designated in 1985), on the bank of the Brahmaputra River, and Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (designated in 1992), near the border with Bhutan.
2 days ago · Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary was a part of Charduar Reserve Forest and declared a game sanctuary with an area of 161.28 sq km in 1934. Guwahati: Wildlife sanctuaries are pristine habitats for wildlife, flora and fauna. But interestingly, Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary and Charduar Reserved Forest in the Sonitpur district of Assam has ...
