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Order of the High Court of Tripura regarding the status of HIV/AIDS in Tripura, 09/01/2025

Order of the High Court of Tripura in the matter of Court on its own motion Vs The Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare & Others dated 09/01/2025. The HC was informed that National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has granted approval for establishing two new Facility-integrated ART Centres (Fi-ARTC) …

Saving the hornbill: Coast Guard looks for alternative site for radars in Andaman

The Coast Guard has started looking for an alternative site to deploy its coastal radars in Andaman and Nicobar Islands after the Environment Ministry red-flagged its plan to put them up at Narcondam to save rare bird “hornbill”. The agency was planning to set up radars as part of a …

To save hornbills, Environment says no to Defence project

In order to protect the endangered Narcondam Hornbill, which is estimated to number less than 350, and its only habitat, the Environment Ministry has refused to clear a critical Ministry of Defence (MoD) project to install a surveillance radar along the coastline in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Narcondam …

Govt’s dilemma: Security of rare bird or of nation?

New Delhi: It’s a case of national security versus one rare endangered bird and some absurdity. The Indian Coast Guard wants to set up a radar installation and a diesel power generation station on Narcondum — the eastern most island of the Andaman and Nicobar Island group. The island is …

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