The Pioneer19hOpinion
Dangers of China’s mega-dam plans on the Yarlung Tsangpo
With the Tibetan region’s seismic vulnerability due to tectonic plate activity, such mega-dam projects could exacerbate risks ...
Historic: NIMAS team completes Arunachal leg of Brahmaputra rafting expedition
GUWAHATI: A team of the National Institute of Mountaineering and Adventure Sports (NIMAS) has achieved a milestone by ...
Saheb Singh Chadha’s analysis of India-China standoff brings a refreshing analytical perspective
To quote former foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale in India Today, “There is no guarantee that peace and tranquility will ...
China’s Medog: A dam in darkness
But China’s Medog project on the ‘Great Bend’ of the Yarlung Tsangpo river — the upstream part of the Brahmaputra river — is ...
National Herald3dOpinion
China’s bid to tame a ‘rogue’ river
In the absence of a water-sharing treaty, we are in a vulnerable position, but a dam for a dam is not in our best interest ...
China's mega-dam strategy: Upstream control, downstream impacts
On December 25, the People’s Republic of China approved the construction of the world's largest hydropower dam on the Yarlung ...
Engineering News-Record5d
China Announces It Will Build Controversial 60GW Mega-Dam in Tibet
Estimated $137-billion hydroelectric project, which would be three times larger than China's Three Gorges Dam, has raised ...
ThePrint5d
SubscriberWrites: Tibetan Brews–China pushes forward on new dam project
China has imposed sanctions on Canadian NGOs while tightening its grip on Tibet and pushing forward with a major dam project.
Shillong Times5d
Assam MP moves defence minister over threat to NE by China’s dam project
Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP from Assam Gaurav Gogoi has urged the Ministry of Defence to take immediate steps to assess ...
Days after cover-up, China admits damage to 5 dams in Tibet from earthquake
Days after China said that the 6.8-magnitude earthquake did not cause any damage to dams in Tibet, it has been forced to ...
New Age6dOpinion
DAMS, DUCTS AND DIPLOMATIC DILEMMAS: India’s dominance and Bangladesh’s decision
INDIA is investing $1 billion to accelerate the construction of 12 hydropower projects in Arunachal Pradesh, aiming to ...
Opinion
Opinion - China’s latest massive dam project could be a weapon in disguise
The project, which will generate an estimated 300 billion kilowatt hours of electricity each year, will have almost three times more installed capacity than what is now the world’s largest ...