heavy metal pollution plays an important role in global biodiversity decline. however, there is paucity of information concerning the effects of metals on amphibians. in the present study, investigations were made on the accumulation of heavy metals, copper (cu) and lead (pb) in water, sediment and tadpoles inhabiting the water bodies of barak valley, assam. tadpoles of six different anuran spe...

In India, the Hoolock gibbon, Hoolock hoolock, is found only in a small part in the northeast, south of the Brahmaputra River and east of the Dibang River. The Hoolock gibbon, a canopy dependent species, occurs in some reserve forests of Cachar district of Barak Valley, Assam. but its numbers is declining due to habitat loss and hunting. They are now surviving in some isolated pockets in the re...

A study was carried out in the three districts of Barak valley (Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi) Assam, India to ascertain the variety of pesticides that are used in the agriculture sector and their probable impact on the health of farmers. The study revealed that the farmers often use pesticides ranging from high to extremely hazardous categories like Organochlorides, Organophosphates and Car...

Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic and localized infection of the mucous membrane of nose and paranasal sinuses caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi which is endemic in several parts of India particularly south India but it is rare in north eastern part of India. Ocular rhinosporidiosis is rare with less than 15 % of total cases. It usually presents as polypoidial mass and may mimic clinically as papill...

The historiography of the Partition India, creative literature andthe films evoked out pangs are primarily concerned withthe Punjab and Bengal. Assam as third site remained under veil silence for nearly six decades. In recent years, academic interventions forthcoming to unveil human history which triggered a huge forced migration population in Brahmaputra Valley, Barak Valley hill areas Assam. ...