Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of New item titled “Six workers killed in fire inside Nagaland rat-hole mine “appearing in The Hindu Bureau Dated 27.01.2024 Vs Nagaland Pollution Control Board & Others dated 30/04/2024. Cognizance of the case was taken up suo-motu …
Greenpeace India on Monday said 22 States in India failed to meet their Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) targets. "In all, out of 29 States, 22 failed to meet their RPO targets, which lead to loss of more than 25 per cent electricity that was expected to be generated from renewable …
An earthquake of mild intensity measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale shook Assam today, the third within a week to rock the state. The quake struck at 3.52 pm at a depth of 34 km on latitude 26.5 degree North and longitude 93.1 degree East with its epicentre in Nagaon …
Even as a CBI team has arrived to investigate the increasing incidents of poaching of rhinoceros, officials have claimed to have found that poachers are recruiting young men from villages on the fringes of Kaziranga National Park. "We have been told that a number of young men, including minors, have …
New Delhi: An eight-yearold child was killed in a mudslide in Assam on Tuesday as two earthquakes jolted the state along with other northeastern states and Odisha. Three children, who had gone for fishing in river Beki at Kalgasia village in Assam’s Barpeta district, were swept into the waters by …
Nagaland People's Front MLA and new and renewable energy (NRE) department adviser KhriehuLiezietsu on Friday said the department would set up mega solar projects in the state and has begun discussions with various developers. Addressing the Kohima district-level National Science Day celebrations here on Friday, the legislator said steps have …
World Bank, which is funding a $150-million project on integrated flood and erosion management in the Northeast, has called for a multi-sector approach towards management of water resources in the Brahmaputra basin. The bank’s suggestion is meant to ensure that the states involved benefit from the risks and opportunities associated …
Nagaland minister for health & family welfare Imkong L Imchen launched the Weekly Iron & Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) programme for adolescents on Tuesday. Addressing a gathering, Imchen said WIFS is an important and laudable programme for adolescents launched by the Union health ministry across the country. He also expressed …
M. Konyak, a farmer from Shanghah village of Mon — a remote district in Nagaland — is currently undergoing treatment for drug-resistant TB at the Civil Hospital in Mon town. His village is a long way from the clinic and so each month, he has to take a bus early …
Eight years ago, when an opposition member in the Assam assembly wanted to know how many districts had reported arsenic contamination in groundwater, public health minister Dinesh Prasad Goala's reply was five. Last week, when the same question was raised again, present minister Gautam Roy's reply showed how far the …
SILCHAR: India’s National AIDS Control Programme has achieved a 50 per cent reduction in new infections over the last 10 years. Still, there are an estimated 2.1 million people living with HIV in India. 90 per cent of infections in India are sexually transmitted. PEPFAR (The US President’s Emergency Plan …
The Tangkhul Nagas are intricately bound to nature in their social, cultural, economic, ethical and religious values. The dynamics of Tangkhul’s livelihood activities in many ways reflect the complexities of the human and nature relationship. Interactions between human and nature have undergone significant changes during the last century which leaves …
India’s northeastern state Nagaland has declared independence from the Union oil ministry and invited bids for 11 exploration blocks in the state without involving the petroleum ministry, which has rushed to the home ministry in protest. The centre was caught napping, when Nagaland invited “expressions of interest” from oil companies …
IMPHAL: Manipur was one of the eight States rewarded for significant agricultural productions. President Pranab Kumar Mukherjee handed over to Chief Minister Okram Ibobi a cash of Rs 2 crore, one citation and one certificate in a solemn function held today at Rashtrapati Bhavan. From among the small State category …
SHILLONG: An earthquake of moderate intensity jolted the northeastern region on Wednesday morning. Officials said there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage to property. The quake measured 5.9 on the Richter scale and was felt at 7.11 am. According to the Regional Seismological Centre here, the epicentre lay …
The forest cover in the country has decreased by 367 sq kms with the green area decreasing in 14 states, as per a forest report released here today. According to India State of Forest Report-2011, forest cover has decreased in 14 states including Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, …
Forest cover in the country has decreased by 367 sq km with the green area decreasing in 14 states, says a forest report released here on Wednesday. According to the India State of Forest Report-2011, forest cover has decreased in 14 states including Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, …
With the forest cover of 77,700 square kilometre area Madhya Pradesh retain its coveted title of number of state of the country in terms of forest cover, according to Indian State of Forest Report 2011. When forest cover in the country has decreased by 367 square kilometres, forest cover in …
At least 2300 sq km of Assam’s forest land in areas bordering the neighbouring States is under encroachment. Some forest areas along the borders with the adjoining States of Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur have been encroached upon by people from other States, admitted Minister of State for …
SILCHAR : A campaign by lovers of nature and environmentalists has been launched to save Barak and its biodiversity due to the clandestine and often open harmful activities of poachers on the upper reaches of the river that originates from Nagaland and after meandering through Manipur comes down to the …
Climate change: a Challenge or Chance for Value Chains in Nagaland, Sikkim and Meghalaya by Heike Junger-Sharma, GIZ at CSE Climate change adaptation workshop: Towards Climate Resilient Communities in South Asia: Emerging Policies and Practices (New Delhi, December 13 - 14, 2012).
