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Kiren Rijiju flags off ‘Brahmaputra Aamantran Abhiyaan’ Follow Newsd On   Itanagar, Dec 24 (IANS) Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday flagged off the 917 km long “Brahmaputra Aamantran Abhiyaan”, a river rafting expedition and public outreach programme in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. Rijiju in a tweet said: “The biggest river of our country, the mighty Brahmaputra, is known as Siang in Arunachal Pradesh. It enters our motherland India near Gelling. Joine...

India wants to counter China’s mega dam plans by building its own. It is a bad idea States of the North East have had to pay the price of the belligerence between the two countries. The Zangmu Hydropower Station across the Yarlung Zangbo/Brahmaputra river in Gyaca county in Lhoka, Tibet. | AFP While Indian and Chinese troops face each other in Ladakh, the water war between the two countries has flared up again in the eastern sector. Both nations have pulled out their favour...