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 Mizoram State Pollution Control Board has asked the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to suspend exploratory drilling for flouting environmental norms. The state-owned oil giant ONGC started drilling operations at a place about two kilometres from Meidum village in Kolasib district in February though it did not have …
Aizawl, The World Bank-funded Aizawl-Thenzawl-Lunglei road project, billed as the biggest road project in the State, was inaugurated by Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla yesterday. After nine years of execution of works, the road was inaugurated by Thanhawla, who had initiated the project during his previous tenure in 1997. Power supply …
A hydroelectric power generation project in Mizoram is set to secure viability gap funding (VGF) from the Centre. This would be the first such instance in the country. The funding for the power plant is likely to be approved at a meeting of the Public Private Partnership Appraisal Committee (PPPAC) …
Silchar, May 2: The Mizoram government has warned the residents of the state of possible major-intensity earthquakes in the near future. Tremor experts have listed the state as an area which geographically falls into the most vulnerable seismic zone V. Sources in the state geology and mining department said, of …
The Government of India through “Ministry for the Development of North-Eastern Region” (DoNER) has initiated the “North East Rural Livelihoods Project” for four north-eastern States (Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura) of India. It is proposed to be implemented in 2 Districts of Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura and 3 Districts of …
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (MDONER) has taken up the North East Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP) with the support of the World Bank in the States of Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura to assist the rural poor and vulnerable groups including women in improving their livelihood. The primary …
Skinny and visibly weak, 39- year-old Rajkumar Haribhajan Patil had been suffering from contractions in the chest, and feeling panicky and restless for the past five years. In January 2010, he suffered severe palpitations and was rushed to a private clinic in Warud, in Maharashtra’s Nagpur district. Doctors diagnosed him …
Rapid urbanisation of rural India is steadily pushing the common man’s aspiration levels. Increase in stress and forced lifestyle changes have offered the most conducive base for the rise and rise of hypertension, say doctors and researchers. Achieving a clear perspective on the country’s health, particularly its rural part, is …
It was once associated with the rich and urban. Today, hypertension is fast spreading in rural India. This is a cause for concern because hypertension, if not checked, can lead to heart and kidney diseases. Healthcare facilities are already poor in villages, where nearly three-fourths of Indians live. For the …
Aizawl, April 20: Mizoram was rocked by an earthquake measuring 4.3 on the richter scale around 1910 hrs yesterday. Dr H Lallenmawia, joint director of Mizorams geology and mining department quoting the seismological observatory reading here, said the epicentre of the quake was about 10 km north of Kolasib, in …
MUMBAI: Despite crores of rupees being pumped into the healthcare machinery, the state has failed to stock adequate essential drugs at health centres. It is this shortage of drugs that experts are attributing to the state's rising infant mortality rate, which is much higher than seven other states, including Mizoram …
Aizawl, March 17: The Central Ground Water Board has prepared an action plan to harvest rain water that run off the hills and preserve ground water resources in Mizoram. Speaking at a Water Resources Day function here today, CGWB northeastern regional director S C Guha announced that the CGWB has …
Mizoram-Tripura border Mamit district administration officials were conducting re-verification of the 28 Bru families who returned on their own during January from North Tripura relief camps and were not enrolled in the Mizoram
