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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In step with climate change - Gardens mull rainwater harvesting, seek expert help
Jorhat, July 3: Tea gardens in Golaghat, Karbi Anglong and Jorhat districts may soon turn to rainwater harvesting in response to change in climate and have sought help from IIT Guwahati. The chairman of the North Eastern Tea Association (NETA), Bidyananda Barkakoty, said a primary study carried out by IIT Guwahati on the impact of climate change on the water resources of the Brahmaputra basin h
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Artifical floods threaten estate
Artificial floods in Jorhat district have threatened the existence of a tea estate with the garden authorities today appealing to the district administration to bail it out of the crisis. More than 50 per cent of the 174 hectares of Haru-charai tea estate, 16km from here, has been inundated by floodwaters for the last few days.
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Bangla lifts ban on coal
The Bangladesh government has lifted the restriction on import of coal from Meghalaya this year. The Bangladesh government was to impose a ban on import of coal from Meghalaya from tomorrow. General secretary of Meghalaya International Trader
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Strategies for Assam budget
Ministers handling various departments in Assam submitted individual strategy papers, outlining various innovative and pragmatic schemes, to chief minister Tarun Gogoi this morning. The strategy papers were prepared in accordance with Gogoi
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New ferry for Majulis flood-fighting fleet
Jorhat, June 27: The Majuli island administration will get a big boat (locally called ferry), which will be put to service during floods and will be run as a passenger boat between Majuli and Jorhat at other times. Majuli sub-divisional officer (civil) Krishna Baruah told this correspondent that the inland water department (IWT) ferry, which will be able to carry about 150 passengers and goods,
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Jorhat institute & Thailand to sign MoU
The CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology here will sign a memorandum of understanding with the Agricultural Research Development Agency (Arda), Thailand, to carry out joint research for development of the northeastern region. Arda is Thailand
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Farmers want hospital or land back - Talks on with Dispur, says Nagaon MLA
Nagaon, June 20: Thirty sugarcane cultivators of Ujoragaon, a village located 15km from the district headquarters, today asked Dispur to resume construction of the 30-bed hospital for which they had donated four hectares 21 years ago or return their land.
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ONGC gas well leak affects four villages
Agartala, June 17: A major gas leak from one of ONGC
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Glacier retreats in Teesta basin -Study reveals snow loss in Rangit
Siliguri, June 17: A first-of-its-kind study to prepare an inventory of the Himalayan glaciers in the Indian sub-continent has revealed a loss in the glacial cover in the Teesta basin in the past fourteen years and the absence of snow in the sub-basins of the river like the Rangit. The study named Snow and Glaciers of the Himalayas was conducted by the Union ministry of environment and forests