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 …
The scientists of Wildlife Institute of India (WII) , SA Hussain and Ruchi Badola have been assigned the task to provide second home to 110 Sangai , brow-antlered and one of the most endangered species under Centre's Endangered Species Recovery Project. Once distributed throughout much of Southeast Asia extending from …
NEW DELHI: The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), set up primarily to facilitate the growth of solar power, is going ahead with plans to become a renewable energy developer itself. After having set up a solar project in Rajasthan, it will soon embark on two projects: a 300-MW hybrid …
Sangaiprou (Imphal), May 1: The much-awaited National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, was recently launched by Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh at a function in Sangaiprou, Imphal. The Chief Minister along with Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam and Consumer Affair Food and Public Distribution Minister L. Biren jointly flagged off …
Over 2,000 houses and other facilities with roofs of tin and corrugated sheets were damaged in the thunderstorms and torrential rains that hit many parts of Manipur on Tuesday, residents said. There are also reports of minor damages to structures in some states in the northeastern region. "More than 450 …
Fire is a common perturbation in the grassland ecosystems throughout the world. Effect of fire on carbon stock, rate of C-accumulation and soil CO2 flux have been studied in Imperata cylindrica–Sporobolus indicus-dominated grassland community of Manipur, Northeast India. Original Source
Government will meet its target of electrifying 18,452 villages by March next year, much ahead of the May 2018 deadline as over a third of the task has been completed already, power minister Piyush Goyal said. "During the last 11 months we have already electrified 6,029 unelectrified villages under our …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Themrei Tuithung - Thoyee Village, Ukhrul District, Manipur & Others Vs Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of Manipur, Irrigation and Flood Control Department - Government of Manipur, Ministry of Tribal Affairs dated 26/02/2016 regarding forest …
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar has said the Centre will extend all help to protect the brow antlered deer whose numbers in the entire world is just 204, according to a 2013 census. Wildlife enthusiasts feel there is an encouraging ray of hope for the survival of the rare deer on …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Popular Pisciculture Association Manipur Vs. The State of Manipur & Others dated 05/01/2016 regarding construction activity in Lamphelpat wetland, Manipur
Epidemiological studies carried out using culture or microscopy in most of the amoebiasis endemic developing countries, yielded confusing results since none of these could differentiate the pathogenic Entamoeba histolytica from the non-pathogenic Entamoeba dispar and Entamoeba moshkovskii. The Northeastern part of India is a hot spot of infection since the …
National Mission for a Green India (GIM) under the environment ministry has approved annual plans for Kerala, Mizoram, Manipur and Jhakhand. Its National Executive Council (NEC), which met recently, approved the Perspective Plans (PP) and Annual Plan of Operations (APOs) for these states. GIM, one of eight Missions outlined under …
A unique three-day summit on sustainable development of mountain states in India, held in this Arunachal Pradesh capital, called for special steps for disaster risk reduction and optimal utilisation of mountain agricultural resources. Given the disastrous earthquake in Nepal in April this year and the 2013 cloudburst in Uttarakhand, disaster …
- Manipur district under curfew Imphal: Seven persons have been killed in Churachandpur district since last night while protesting against amendment to the Manipur land law, prompting the administration to impose curfew till 5am tomorrow. While three protesters died in police firing today, four died during last night's arson and …
A four-decade-old conservation project has enabled the return of Mahseer in Indrayani river. Experts say the endemic fish, which can only be found in clean waters, was not spotted in the river since the 1970s. However, after a successful project was initiated in 2010, the fish has been spotted again …
The death toll in the devastating flood of Manipur has increased to 23. Meanwhile a 20 member NDRF team, who rushed to Imphal carried out rescue operation in the worst affected villages of Jourmoul in Chandel district along the international border on Sunday. It has been also learnt that the …
75 Killed As Landslides, Flooding Cripple Life In Bengal And Manipur The toll of the recent heavy rains and floods in eastern India crossed 75 on Sunday . Fifty deaths have been reported in West Bengal, owing to lightning, wall collapse, electrocution, snake bite and drowning. Odisha reported a total …
North Eastern Council (NEC) members today rued poor healthcare services in the Northeast and underlined the need to enhance manpower, including setting up of more medical colleges in the region. Retired IAS officer Chandra Kanta Das and academician Prof. Gangmumei Kamei, who were appointed as full-time non-official members of the …
Conservation of natural resources has been an integral part of several indigenous communities in different parts of the world. Nature worship has been a key force in determining human attitudes towards conservation and sustainable utilization of biodiversity. Many traditional conservation practices are being followed by indigenous people around the world …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Themrie Tuithung & Ors Vs State of Manipur & Ors. dated 06/07/2015 regarding Mapithel dam project in Manipur. Ritwick Dutta, Advocate appearing for the applicants has requested for the grant of an injunction on the ground …
Northeast Microbial Database (NEMiD) is a first of its kind digital database on microbial diversity from North East (NE) India, which provides information on culturable microbes (bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes) isolated from soils of the region (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim and parts of North Bengal) …
