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Last Updated: November 15, 2022, 10:37 ISTRangpo in Sikkim is expected to be connected to the rest of the country by rail by December next year. Anshul Gupta said that all the work of expansion of railways in the Northeast is being done under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav.The Northeast states will soon be having better connectivity with the rest of the country by means of rail, efforts for which are underway on a large scale. According to Anshul Gupta, General Manager,…

Photo: Darren McCollester (Getty Images)This story was originally published by Grist. You can subscribe to its weekly newsletter here.Peter Hanlon, a 68-year-old farmer from Boston, has been growing cranberries in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, for decades. Cranberries are in Hanlon’s blood — his grandfather farmed them on the cape before him. But six weeks ago, Hanlon sold his farm in the town of Sandwich. None of his kids wanted to carry on the tradition, and Hanlon doesn’t blame them: Profit margins are incredibly tight, and…

If you are planning to explore hilly areas, there’s nothing better than Northeastern states. IRCTC recently unveiled an air tour package for Northeast India. This package will cover Bagdogra, Darjeeling, Gangtok and Kalimpong for 5 nights and 6 days. Two tours have been scheduled for October. One on October 11 and the other on October 31. The tour will start from Delhi, where passengers will board Flight No G8 153. The flight will depart at 11:20 hours. It is expected to touch down at Bagdogra Airport at 13:25 hours. Day…

The Indian Railways is carrying out work to double the railway line and strengthen the infrastructure on the Rangiya division of Northeast Frontier Railway. The railway line is being doubled especially at New Bongaigaon, Bongaigaon, Chaprakata and Bijni stations. Along with this, the Pre-Non-Interlocking and Non-Interlocking work is also being done in the New Bongaigaon-Bijni section from August 23 to August 30. Due to this, some trains going to Assam are being cancelled. At the same time, some trains have been partially…

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The dried-up Sobradinho dam in Bahia state in December 2015. The finding comes from a study reported by scientists from Brazil, China, Australia and Germany in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. The group used a novel methodology focusing on low rainfall and severe drought. Credit: Marcello Casal Jr./Agência Brasil The sea surface temperature in the North Atlantic Ocean can be a predictor up to three months in advance…

As the single-line railway route, which connects Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, and the southern part of Assam, has been cut off for around 35 days, massive landslides triggered by the incessant rains on Thursday caused enormous damage to the National Highway-6 which links to these states with the rest of the country. In a public notice, Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills District Deputy Commissioner and District Magistrate Abhilash Baranwal said that due to continuous heavy rainfall over the last week, NH-6 has been damaged at…

Northeast Frontier Railway Recruitment 2022: Here is how candidates can apply online for 5636 Apprentice Posts. Check eligibility, selection process and other details here. Northeast Frontier Railway (NRF) Recruitment 2022: The Northeast Frontier Railway(NFR), Railway Recruitment Cell has invited online applications from the eligible and interested candidates for various Apprentices posts. It can be noted that a total of 5636 posts will be filled through this…

All the northeastern state capitals would be connected with the national capital by railway network by 2024, Minister of State for Railways, Raosaheb Patil Danve has said. The minister, who is on a three-day visit to Tripura, said that ever since Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister in 2014, the Centre has taken up an ambitious project to extend the railway network in the northeastern region in a mission mode.“To connect the state capitals of all the northeastern states by railway network with the national capital,…