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 …
Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana rank among the top 10 states in a report released by the RICS India and the Institute for Competitiveness. The report titled Sustainable Competitiveness Report 2011 for Indian states was released by Marcus Potter, executive director, developing markets, RICS. The report shows the ranking of …
Aizawl: State-owned exploration major Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has begun looking for gas reserves in Mizoram, close to the site of known reserves, officials said on Thursday. “After two decades, the ONGC has recently started exploration of gas at Meidum village in Kolasib district in north-western Mizoram,” an …
Manmohan, Mamata visit to mark what could be a model for resolution of disputes with other neighbours. India and Bangladesh are set to make history when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh travels to Dhaka on September 5 and signs a land boundary agreement with Bangladeshi counterpart Hasina that finally fulfills the …
Guwahati, Aug. 5: The Nairobi-headquartered International Livestock Research Institute is undertaking a comprehensive study on the mortality of pigs in the Northeast because of classical swine fever and will suggest effective mechanisms for its prevention and control. The study will focus on Assam, Nagaland and Mizoram, which are known for …
SHILLONG: Seventeen towns and cities have been chosen as benificiaries under the Rajiv Awas Yojna. In pursuance of the Government’s vision of creating a slum-free India, a new scheme called ‘Rajiv Awas Yojana’(RAY) was launched on June 2 this year, which is expected to cover about 250 cities across the …
GUWAHATI: As a part of its global awareness initiative, the Northeast Digestive and Liver Foundation has started an aggressive campaign across the Northeast to combat the deadly virus of Hepatitis B. A team of specialists will be working towards spreading information about the deadly virus and educating people on how …
Guwahati, July 3: The Northeast has finally got a voice in the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), the apex body of tiger conservation in the country. Firoz Ahmed, a wildlife biologist with Aaranyak who has carried out camera trapping in wildlife parks of Assam, has been inducted as a member …
National Action Plan on Climate Change emphasizes the overriding priority of maintaining high economic growth rates to raise living standards of the people and aligns the measures that promote the development objectives while also yielding co-benefits for addressing climate change effectively. This the Mizoram state action plan on climate change …
Aizawl: A German development bank and the Mizoram government have signed an agreement to raise adaptive capacity of the people against climate changes. Representatives of the German government-owned development bank, Reconstruction Credit Institute (KfW) signed an agreement with the Mizoram government here today to implement climate change adaptation (CCA) project …
The government is all set to launch a scheme to promote youth activities in the upper reaches of northeastern states such as Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram. The proposal, approved by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, is expected to generate economic activities in areas considered to be vulnerable to foreign surveillance and
Hailakandi DFO under political fire for action SILCHAR: Hailakandi district in the extreme south of Assam bordering Mizoram and Tripura was once known for its
Agartala, May 30: Tripura has emerged as third highest tobacco consuming state in the country after Mizoram and Nagaland, Dr Goutam Majumder, Superintendent of Regional Cancer Centre said here yesterday. He said despite imposition of ban on smoking in public places, about 55.9 per cent of people in Tripura had …
Aizawl, Mizoram Environment and Forest Minister H Rohluna today made a clarion call to protect the rich biodiversity and emphasised the need to translate the same into developmental venture.
The ministry of environment and forests has given the go ahead for the diversion of 196.75 hectares of forest land for the construction of a road from National Highway 54 in Mizoram to the Indo-Myanmar border for the Kaladan multi-modal transport facility project. The proposal was discussed and cleared at …
