Many riverine districts in the state continue to be affected by riverbank erosion every year, and the erosion has affected many farmers forcing them to migrate to other parts for survival. Mitigating riverbank erosion is a significant challenge for the Assam government, but this needs a comprehensive strategy, which the state is yet to formulate, writes Rajeev Bhattacharyya.

Bullets may not fly across the Eastern theatre, yet it is the most difficult border to manage today, writes Jayanta Bhattacharya

While Bashir Ahmad Bhat may get compensation under the Central Act, The Probe learns that many farmers are yet to get compensation for their government-acquired lands.

Despite demonetisation, India has not seen a drop in FICN circulation. On the contrary, the staggering numbers continue to pose a huge challenge to the government and law enforcement agencies.

Uneven distribution, narrow coverage, lack of statistics or groundwork, lesser beneficiaries from minority communities - the PM SVANidhi scheme is fraught with multiple problems and needs immediate redressal.

The issue of fake medical asylum not just affects the case in question but drags the entire investigative and judicial process. This can only be curbed to an extent if the medical boards in such hospitals are scrutinised and held accountable. The doctors must be treated as an accomplice to the crime for derailing the investigation, writes Jayanta Bhattacharya.

While there has been some discussion on discriminatory treatment of members of oppressed communities like tribals, Dalits, women, and queer communities, religion is a taboo topic and often not taken into consideration in understanding our biases and such partisanship in healthcare profession is hardly addressed.

The government’s decision to enforce the GST hike on July 18 evoked nationwide protests from political parties, traders and the public. But what implications will these decisions have on the state of our economy? Ravi Nair writes for The Probe.

If free and fair elections have to be conducted in the country, in the interest of democracy, people must be made aware of the names of the donors who fund political parties they vote for.

“Records of streamflow, an important indicator of flood hazard, go back less than 70 years in Bangladesh and north-eastern India,” says Dr Mukund Palat Rao of Columbia University who along with colleagues, recently did a study that brought together observations from tree ring patterns with climate model projections to build a 700-year history of water discharge from the Brahmaputra river.