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 …
Cycle rallies, poster campaigns, awareness programmes and appeals to people marked the World AIDS Day which was observed in different parts of Manipur yesterday emphasising the theme of
Present paper deals with 74 species of food plants of medicinal value out of hundreds found in the beautiful valleys and hills of Manipur lying in the extreme North-Eastern region of the country.
Manipur farmers have started to face the impact of the recent drought-like situation in the harvest season here. Hundreds of farmers in Imphal East district having paddy area of 26,584 hectares were disappointed recently when they were greeted by
Due to lack of awareness about the treatments available, persons detected with HIV are being deprived of a longer and healthier life. In Assam, 3,752 persons have been detected as HIV-positive, whereas it is estimated that thousands of others carrying the virus are yet to be detected. As the State …
The tepid response to the eighth round of the New Exploration Licensing Policy questions its overwhelming merits Bids have been received for only 36 of the 70 blocks, offered for exploration in the eighth round of the New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP). The government remains sanguine about the response, considering …
Three films from North East, including two from Manipur, have been nominated for screening at the prestigious 5th CMS Vatavaran, Environment and Wildlife Film Festival, 2009 to be held at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi from October 27 to 31 under the theme Climate Change and Sustainable Technologies. The two …
Appealing to the people not to hide if they suspect that they are HIV positive, the Project Director (Technical), Manipur AIDS Control Society (MACS) Dr Kh Pramodkumar said that they can get tested and take advantage of free anti-retroviral therapy (ART) from any centre, if found positive. He was speaking …
An earthquake of moderate intensity, measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale, rocked the city around 12-58 am today. According to the Central Seismological Observatory (CSO) sources, the epicentre of the earthquake was at Latitude 25.4 degree North and Longitude 94.8 degree East on the Myanmar-India (Manipur-Nagaland) border region. It needs …
As Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni prepares to fly down to India early next month, the Tipaimukh Hydroelectric Dam Project has become a bone of contention between the two countries, threatening to sour bilateral ties. Located near the confluence of Barak and Tuivai rivers in Manipur, the project has sharply …
A CENTRAL team led by Union home secretary G K Pillai recently visited the district government hospital in Senapati, Manipur, to checkout the health facilities available, only to find the operation theatre (OT) locked. Not only did the hospital authorities have to struggle to locate the key when the officials, …
India reported outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in poultry in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh (February
India reported outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in poultry in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh (February--April 2006); Manipur (July 2007); West Bengal (January 2008) and Tripura (April 2008). Original Source
A low-intensity earthquake rocked the State around 4-15 pm (IST) today. According to sources in the Regional Meteorology Centre (RMC) here, the location of the epicenter of the tremor, measured to be 4.9 in magnitude on the Richter Scale, was found to be near Sonitpur district at latitude 26.6 degree …
HIGH-LEVEL inter-ministerial teams from the Centre are likely to visit drought-affected Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Manipur next week. All these states have submitted their detailed memoranda about the drought situation and have sought assistance from the Union Government. "We have received memoranda for assistance from Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Manipur …
In protest against the construction of Tipaimukh dam across the river Borak in Monipur state of India, a 3-day Long March towards the dam will start today at 10.00 am from the Central Shaheed Minar in the city. Jointly organised by Tipaimukh Dam Prevention Committee (TDPC) and Sylhet Division Development …
The Arunachal Pradesh Government has sounded a swine flu alert across this hilly Northeastern State, besides intensifying the precautionary measures to combat the disease. The State Government
