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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Peace & space for jumbos - Report on highway development and elephant path
Guwahati, March 7: To ensure that both development and wildlife blend harmoniously, WWF India has suggested a series of mitigative measures to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) so that wildlife in the Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong landscape which bisects Lumding reserve forest is not drastically affected by the development of NH-54E.
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Experts to probe death of vultures
Guwahati, March 4: Experts from Vulture Conservation and Breeding Centre at Rani will ascertain the reason behind the death of 20 vultures at a paddy field in Goalpara district today. Goalpara divisional forest officer M.
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Mystery disease kills fauna in Sipahijala
Sipahijala sanctuary Agartala, March 3: Close on the heels of an avian flu outbreak in the state, an unidentified disease has claimed the lives of 10 birds of varied species and three animals in the Sipahijala sanctuary in the past three days. Authorities of the santuary, 30km south of this town, have initiated precautionary measures and closed the zoo and bird sanctuary to public.
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Rs 69-lakh sprinkler project for foothill fields
Jorhat, March 2: In a bid to provide irrigation facilities to farmers living in the foothills of Assam, the state agriculture department has initiated a pilot project under which sprinklers would be installed to water the fields. The Rs 68-lakh irrigation project will be implemented in 50 units spread over Dhemaji, Jorhat, Nagaon, Kamrup and Kokrajhar districts.
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Mon villagers warm up to pig-breeding-Data reveals that 25% of countrys pig population
Mon villagers warm up to pig-breeding-Data reveals that 25% of country
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Call to develop rural areas
Kohima, March 2: Nagaland government employees working for rural development were today called upon to work together and constructively for sustainable development of the rural areas. The parliamentary secretary of the state rural development department, Pangnyu Phom, who was the chief guest at the annual conference of the Nagaland Rural Development Services Association held here today, called
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Agri hub mooted for Asia region
Jorhat, March 1: The Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, plans to construct a Northeast regional agricultural complex with state-of-the-art facilities.
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Nagaon to set up 53 irrigation schemes
Nagaon, Feb. 28: The Nagaon administration plans to set up 53 micro irrigation schemes for the farmers in the district
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Arunachal seeks border aid - Khandu asks centre for development package
Itanagar, Feb. 20: Arunachal Pradesh today asked the Centre for more security and a special financial package to boost development along the 1,200-km border with China, given the neighbour
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Norm glitch hits cancer patients
Cancer patients in need of radiation are being turned away from the Shillong Civil Hospital, the only place in the entire Meghalaya that offers radio-therapy, after a national regulatory board found both physicists working at the hospital wanting in necessary certification. Any medical physicist wishing to work as a radiologist at a hospital in India must earn a diploma from the Bhaba Atomic Re