NE states show rise in HIV cases: Report
Guwahati: New HIV infections have been reported in Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram in 2017, in spite of an overall decline in HIV infection in the country, according to a National AIDS
Telegraph (North East)
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Indo-Bhutan team up for conservation - Centre plans to sign MoU to save wildlife
The Centre is inching towards signing an MoU on wildlife cooperation with Bhutan. A source said a draft MoU highlighting the areas of cooperation and the way for implementation had been prepared. “It
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Jorhat drive to check encephalitis - Leaflets with dos & don’ts distributed
Jorhat, Aug. 2: The veterinary department here has brought out a leaflet of dos and don’ts for people residing in areas where pigs are reared to prevent the spread of Japanese encephalitis. The disease
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Survey to source stream power - Focus on rural electrification
Gangtok, Aug. 2: The Sikkim Renewable Energy Development Agency will embark on an exercise from this month to find out the water capacity and hydropower potential of streams and rivulets in the state.
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Tripura set to hike power tariff
Agartala, Aug. 1: Tripura power minister Manik Dey has said the Centre’s latest guidelines would make it unavoidable for the state government and Tripura State Electrical Corporation Ltd to effect a hike
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Resource unit for women
The National Mission for Empowerment of Women will soon establish a state-level resource centre to bring about coordination among the schemes of different government departments to ensure the empowerment of all sections of women. This was disclosed during a consultative meet and workshop on Operationalisation of NMEW in Assam organised by the ministry of women and child development in collabora
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Grass to protect Majuli paths
The PWD in Majuli is planning to construct concrete roads on the island and plant vetiver grass along them to check the perennial problem of flood and erosion. Vetiver grass, which is native to India and whose roots grow much deeper than the normal grass, is famous for its soil-binding nature. The PWD (rural) executive engineer, Jorhat division, Jayanta Medhi, said this during a discussion a
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Dhubri erosion displaces hundreds - Concrete roads proposed
Dhubri erosion displaces hundreds - Concrete roads proposed for island; erosion threatens NH31 About a hundred families of Ward 3, located along the bank of the Brahmaputra, have been displaced here since last night. Unabated erosion by the Gangadhar also engulfed huge areas near National Highway 31 near Beer Chilarai bridge, about 40km from this town. As a result, hundreds of families have
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Probe cry on green nod
The Sikkim Bhutia Lepcha Apex Committee (Siblac) today wrote to Union environment and forest minister Jayanthi Natarajan, objecting to the clearance granted to a 99MW hydel power project on the Rathung Chu, a river considered holy by the Sikkimese. The committee contends that the clearance was given despite the ministry of environment and forests stating earlier that it had not received any pro
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Stir not to stall dam project - Bordoloi castigates KMSS movement
Guwahati, July 21: Assam power minister Pradyut Bordoloi today categorically said the state government would not concede to the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) demand to halt construction of the 2,000MW Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project. He said the Assam government was not in favour of halting construction of the project and castigated KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi for allegedly spreading mi
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Adult vaccine for encephalitis
The health department has decided to propose a mass adult vaccination drive in Sivasagar district for everyone above 15 years to curb the spread of encephalitis. The move comes in view of rising number of encephalitis cases in the district. Vaccination below 15 years is already being done across the state.