Birth Rate is a crude measure of fertility of a population and is a crucial determinant of population growth. It gives the number of live births per thousand population in a given region and year. The Birth Rate at all India level has declined drastically over the last five decades …
UPA Wants To Revamp System Before Food Security Bill Rollout Pradeep Thakur | TNN New Delhi: To facilitate the UPA government in implementing the proposed Food Security Act
Agartala/Aizawl, April 1: At least seven people were killed and nearly 16,000 houses destroyed as pre-monsoon rains accompanied by strong winds and hailstorms continued to create havoc in Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur and southern Assam, officials said here today. According to officials, between Sunday and Wednesday night, a cyclonic rainstorm accompanied …
Iboyaima Laithangbam IMPHAL: There is enthusiasm among animal lovers over the birth of an albino fawn at the zoological garden in Imphal on March 23. Though the colour of the fur of the parents is red, the fawn is completely white. Zoo officials and animal lovers said that such albino …
Appreciative of the action taken by Bangladesh against Indian insurgent groups operating from its soil, India has assured Dhaka that it would not take any unilateral decision on its proposed river-interlinking project that might affect the neighbouring country. On the controversial Tipaimukh Dam Project also, New Delhi has conveyed to …
The Annual Plan outlay for Manipur for 2010-11 was on Wednesday finalised at Rs. 2,600 crore at a meeting here between Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh. During the discussions, Mr. Ahluwalia lauded the State Government for stepping up the pace of development …
Invasive alien species are regarded as principal threats to global biodiversity. In this paper, the authors describe a situation where an endemic plant species, the dwarf bamboo
About 120 km southeast of Imphal, on the India-Myanmar border, the first steps are being taken towards giving shape to the Indian part of a grand Asian dream
Imphal: The Tipaimukh Dam, proposed to be constructed in Manipur, has been objected by various organisations from within the country and Bangladesh for environmental factors. Committee on Land and Natural Resources (COLNAR) Convenor Kinderson Pamei said Manipur Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh might meet all stakeholder companies today for initialising …
Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest, Jairam Ramesh today allayed apprehension over impact of Tipaimukh Dam in Bangladesh, describing them as false propaganda. The Minister who was addressing the Editor
Imphal: The Manipur government is determined to go ahead with the proposed 1,500-MW Tipaimukh hydel power project that has been opposed by environmental groups and opposition parties in neighbouring Bangladesh. "No decision has been taken to abandon the project," Manipur Power Minister Phungzathang Tonsing told IANS. "The project is vital …
The Northeastern region had witnessed a 30 per cent shortfall in power production in the current 2009-10 financial year owing to shortfall of monsoon. This was stated at the 8th technical coordination committee (TCC) meeting here on Monday by Ashok Pal of North Eastern Regional Load Dispatch Centre (NERLDC), Shillong. …
Manipur has been experiencing chilly weather since the New Year eve after a cold wave hit both hill and valley districts affecting normal life. The Hill districts particularly Chandel, Senapati and Ukhrul have witnessed snowfall since the last four days. The mercury fell to 1 degree Celsius in the last …
IMPHAL, Jan 4: The Union Government, under the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) disaster-risk management programme has instituted the Relief and Disaster Management Department as a State Nodal Agency. Manipur has also been identified as among the six seismic zones of the world. Every year the State has faced natural …
An earthquake of moderate intensity, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale, rocked the entire Manipur around 2.32 pm today. However no damaged or casualty is reported so far. According to Manipur University
MANOJ ANAND An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter Scale rocked Assam, north-eastern states and neighbouring Burma on Tuesday causing minor damages to properties and cracks in apartments and other concrete structures. The regional Seismological Centre Shillong in Meghalaya said that epicentre of the tremor which took place at about …
An earthquake of moderate intensity rocked the North East region around 2.32 pm today. The intensity of the earthquake was 5.5 on the Richter scale, said sources in the Central Seismological Observatory, Shillong. Sources said that the epicenter of the earthquake was in Latitude 25.50 degree north and Longitude 94.80 …
DOTS, or directly observed treatment, in which the patient is made to take medication right in front of a doctor or health worker, is recommended by the WHO as the most effective strategy against TB. India boasts of the largest coverage under this free programme, adding one lakh patients to …
