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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Seven killed in Tripura
Heavy pre-monsoon rain accompanied by thunder squall and lightning continued to wreak havoc in different parts of Tripura for the fifth consecutive day today. Altogether seven persons, including five
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Haven for hand-raised vultures’ foray into wild
Breeding centre to release birds into area spread over Assam, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh A 30,000 square km area, spread over nine districts of Assam with Majuli at the centre, has been selected
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Villagers relocate to make way for jumbos
Karbis script conservation history Jorhat, May 8: A Karbi village is about to script history by relocating for the sake of elephants. Ram Terang village, comprising 19 families, is expected to shift
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Plantation drive in Kokrajhar
The forest department of Bodoland Territorial Council and the Ecological Task Force carried out a plantation drive today at Bedlangmari under Parbatjhora division in Kokrajhar district. The drive was
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Sun shines bright on Guwahati
The Union ministry of new and renewable energy has approved a Rs 1028.47-crore master plan submitted to it by the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) to make Guwahati a solar city. A senior GMC official
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New pine species in Arunachal
Scientists at the Rain Forest Research Institute (RFRI) here have found a new sub-type pine forest in Arunachal Pradesh, said to be the first such forest in India. The forest comprises Pinus merkusii
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World Bank funds flood project
World Bank, which is funding a $150-million project on integrated flood and erosion management in the Northeast, has called for a multi-sector approach towards management of water resources in the Brahmaputra
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Mission Orange aims to pack a fruit punch
The Tinsukia district administration has launched an ambitious project, “Mission Orange”, to increase cultivation of the citrus fruit manifold in the next five years with an aim to bring economic prosperity
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Legal status sought for jumbo corridors
Centre plans to preserve elephant habitats, thereby reducing human-animal conflict Guwahati, Dec. 24: The ministry of environment and forests is working out a process to provide legal status to elephant
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Clean-Bahini drive begins
252 development panels, KMSS kick-start campaign to free river of settlers Dec. 23: The Brihattar Guwahati Unnayan Samiti Aikya Mancha, an umbrella organisation of 252 unnayan samitis (development committees),