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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
TopicBrahmaputra river

Topic: Brahmaputra river

China’s Brahmaputra dam is also a military asset. It raises alarm for India

China didn't consult India over the Brahmaputra dam. It acted unilaterally over a transboundary river system that feeds millions downstream.

After yrs of recurring floods in Northeast, Brahmaputra Board plans digital tracking of weak embankments

In an interview, board chairperson Ranbir Singh outlines efforts to enable quicker local flood response, strengthen coordination with states, and address key challenges facing the board.

World’s largest dam project in China a ticking ‘water bomb’ for India, says Arunachal CM Khandu

In 2024, China approved the construction of a $137 billion dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River, the Tibetan name for the Brahmaputra, projected to generate 60,000 megawatt power.

China is hypocritical on IWT. Just look at how it has maximised upstream water usage

China’s actions fit into a broader pattern of asserting upstream control while denying others the same right. It’s less about water and more about projecting dominance.

Watch CutTheClutter: China’s mega-dam ambition on Brahmaputra & its implications for India, Bangladesh

In Episode 1585 of #CutTheClutter, ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta examines how the 2 lower riparian states face multiple risks from China's control of Brahmaputra's upper reaches.

For first 300 yrs of their history, Ahoms were more Thai than Indian. Here’s how they changed

Describing Turks as aliens but Ahoms as nationalists erases all their complexities.

Another year, another deluge in Assam — why northeast floods are getting grimmer

Floods have displaced millions of people in northeast India and Bangladesh this year. Driving the annual phenomenon is a volatile confluence of factors that make a bad problem worse.

Longest vessel sails on Brahmaputra with cargo fit for 3 trains: How it was done & why it matters

With a length of 90 metres and width of 26 metres, MV Ram Prasad Bismil Tuesday completed pilot delivery of cargo that included nearly 1,800 metric tonnes of steel rods.

On Camera

The govt’s ‘fix’ to speed up insolvency could add at least a year to the process

The proposed amendment to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code aims to reduce timelines and provide for a mechanism that involves minimal interaction with the court. It fails on both counts.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.