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Gunin Borah
(The writer is from the Faculty of Geography, in Biswanath College, Chariali. He can be reached at Email ID: borah.gunin@gmail.com) Bordoisila is an Assamese word native to the state of Assam in Northeastern India. The storm Bordoisila is experienced every year in the Spring, pre-monsoon season, which refers to the wild wind that is accompanied by heavy rains and thunderstorms and it marks the beginning of monsoon.
Bordoisila is a typical Asomia word with its concept, which is reigning Assam from Pre-Ahom. The word Bordoisila is derived from the Bodo word Bardoisikhla . Bardoisikhla breaks down to Bar meaning wind, Doi means water and Sikhla means girl in Bodo language or other Tibeto-Burman languages. It represents the spirit Goddess of Nature, wind and rain, and it marks the beginning of the festival month of Bohag or Baishagu in the spring season.
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Amkhoi Wood Fossil Park near Shantiniketan, West Bengal,
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This geological treasure is less than 20km by road from Bolpur in West Bengal 01 Min Read
Amkhoi, a village tucked inside a forested zone of Birbhum district in West Bengal, not far from Bolpur (gateway to Shantiniketan and the university founded by Nobel Laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore), was suffering from shortage of water. It was while digging a pond that remains of petrified wood was discovered. Soon experts realised these were remains of trees which existed here 15 million to 20 million years ago.
Jharkhand exits 2017 TPA: Amid rising federal tensions, question is who will pay bijli ka bill Jharkhand announced its exit from a Tripartite Agreement (TPA) between the state, Government of India (GOI) and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) after the cabinet approval. The TPA was invoked after the state government failed to clear its outstanding dues to Damodar Valley Corporation Arghya Bhaskar January 14, 2021 19:39:53 IST
Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren conducted a press conference last week after his Cabinet took the decision to exit the TPA - Tripartite Agreement - claiming it to be in the larger interest of the state.
In the press briefing, he claimed that the Centre deducted the money meant for the upliftment of the tribal and marginalised sections of the society. Soren and principal secretary Avinash Kumar have repeatedly claimed that the amount which was deducted was pro