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 Ministry of Road Transport and Highways wants environmental clearances for its projects in states along the border to be handled by the state governments concerned to avoid a pile-up of files at the Centre, or an exemption from green clearances in such cases, to speed up the projects. "If …
The incidence of stomach cancer in India is highest in the state of Mizoram. In this population based matched case-control study, we evaluated the relationship between CYP450 2E1 RsaI polymorphism and risk of stomach cancer taking into considering various important dietary habits along with tobacco, alcohol consumption and H. pylori …
A massive landslide that occurred today evening at Umling, about 43 kms from Guwahati on National Highway 40 that connects the Assam capital with Shillong, has brought traffic to a standstill, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded on both sides for several kilometres. Ri Bhoi district deputy SP (Traffic) Rymphang Pde …
Landslides on national highways in Meghalaya and Assam's Dima Hasao district have cut off the Barak Valley, Tripura and Mizoram for the last 30 hours. Reports said trees, boulders and mud came down the hills on NH-6 connecting Silchar with Shillong at Tansen in East Jayantia Hills district of Meghalaya, …
In a warming world, species distribution models have become a useful tool for predicting plausible shifts of a species occurrence enforced by climate change. Using maximum entropy (Mexent) model, we analysed present and future distribution patterns of rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) in two distinct bio-greographical regions of India: the Western …
Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Thursday asked the states to pass necessary order to implement the ban on all forms of processed flavoured or scented chewing tobacco like gutka and zarda. Citing that tobacco use is the foremost preventable cause of death and disease globally as well as …
According to the ‘India State of Forest Report 2013’, 627 sq km of forest cover has decreased in the Northeastern States from 2011 to 2013 GUWAHATI: Although the Northeastern States are rich in forest resources and have a considerable amount of green cover, the region, of late, has witnessed decrease …
In a move that will boost the morale of social enterprises in the northeastern States, the World Bank Group has awarded $ 1.4 million to social enterprises based in Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram. Addressing a press conference held here on Thursday, Onno Ruhl, country director, India, World Bank, said, “Through …
The hill states of the Northeast are blessed with a moderate climate — pleasant in summer and enticingly chilled in winter. But this natural air-conditioning will soon become a thing of the past with global warming. There has been an exponential increase in temperatures in Mizoram over the past 15 …
Ahead of the polls, the cabinet is expected to consider several measures, including a proposal to raise the workdays under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to 150 a year for scheduled tribes and forest dwellers and another to open 54 Kendriya Vidyalayas across the country in …
SHILLONG: The World Bank has announced the launch of the 2014 India Development Marketplace (call for proposals) under which organisations and self-help groups in Meghalaya, Assam and Mizoram can access funds over USD 1.5 million for implementing innovative service delivery schemes. Announcing the proposal during a press conference here on …
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is undertaking multi-state mega mock exercises, covering the eight states of the NE region, on March 10 and 13 next to assess the gap in the earthquake preparedness plans of the region. Disclosing this at a media sensitisation workshop here today, NDMA member T …
Agartala: The World Bank would provide the major share of a Rs.8,150-crore project to create infrastructure in the power sector in six northeastern states, officials said here Tuesday. State-owned Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) would execute the World Bank-aided projects in six of the eight northeastern states of …
State–owned ONGC’s first commercial power project in the country started commercial production on Tuesday night in Tripura, six months after President Pranab Mukherjee dedicated the 726 MW capacity facility to the nation. “After the inauguration of the power project on June 21 by the President, technical hurdles were found in …
Assam has completed over 22,000 schemes under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) between April 2010 and November this year. With regard to the total number of NRDWP schemes implemented over the past three and a half years, Assam ranks 11th among 35 States and Union Territories. According to …
A couple of projects that the home ministry says are vital to national security have become a collateral casualty to the regime of slow environmental clearances, which has affected investment and industry in the country. Construction of India-China border roads and fencing of a stretch on the Indo-Bangladesh border are …
A Book of Charts on the NCT Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram. This "Book of Charts" on the "State of Cities and Towns", produced by ORF Urban Policy Research Initiative, paints a descriptive picture of the current state and developments in employment, education and public infrastructure provision, among …
Health activists and civil society organisations have commended the state health minister’s decision to set up a multi-stakeholder committee to formulate the Maharashtra Clinical Establishment Act and pass it in the next budget assembly session in February-March 2014. More than 80% of the patients in the state seek care in …
One development plan that seems to be moving backwards in poll-bound Mizoram is hydro power. “We have said many times we are going to dam all our rivers,” Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla had said when this journalist asked AICC general secretary Luizinho Faleiro in September how the party intends to …
The Centre has identified 22 river stretches in the northeastern States which could be developed for cargo transportation. “The identified river stretches have been shared with the concerned State governments and they have been requested to send proposals for assistance. So far only three proposals have been received, one of …
