Judgment of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Raghubir Singh Garia Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others dated 22/04/2025. The matter related to illegal mining of soap stone in village Papon, District Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The complainant, a resident of the village said that illegal mining of soap stone …
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 …
Global average temperature increase during the last century has induced species geographic range shifts and extinctions. Montane floras, in particular, are highly sensitive to climate change and mountains serve as suitable observation sites for tracing climate-induced biological response. The Himalaya constitute an important global biodiversity hotspot, yet studies on species’ …
Aiming at the holistic conservation and restoration of lakes and wetlands to enhance water quality and improve biodiversity, the cabinet Thursday approved a Rs.900 crore scheme for a new integrated National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-systems (NPCA). The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the proposal for the merger …
Hyderabad: One-third of schools in rural areas of the state do not have provisions for toilets for girls, while another third has toilets that are either locked or unusable. This is despite several orders by the Supreme Court over the last two years to ensure provision of toilets in all …
Telugu superstar and tourism minister K. Chiranjeevi here on Saturday said that his ministry has set a target of attracting one per cent of world tourists to India in next five years. Pointing out that India was emerging a leading tourist destination with present arrival of 0.6 per cent of …
Parliament's Standing Committee also proposed the State Food Commissions be vested with powers to check the quality of foodgrains before delivery from the central government. If the suggestions of Parliament’s standing committee on food are incorporated in the final version of the ambitious Food Security Bill, then beneficiaries of the …
Special fiscal and incentive packages for industrial growth in North East “have so far failed to trigger major investment flow in the region in the manner it was conceived,” said Paban Singh Ghatowar, minister of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER). He said in the absence of secondary sector, the …
India will push for increased access of energy companies in Bhutan during the forthcoming visit of the external affairs minister to Bhutan next week. The move is aimed at countering China that of late has increased its presence in the neighbouring country. Several Indian companies are already present in Bhutan …
Occupational Health Hazards refer to the potential risks to health and safety of workers in their workplaces. Tea garden workers are susceptible to a number of hazards in their workplaces due to physical, biological, mechanical, chemical and psychosocial factors. The present paper tries to examine the occupational health hazards faced …
Calling for linking the North-east with the National Gas Grid, Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi today called for a special package to tackle erosion effectively. Addressing the 57th meeting of the National Development Council (NDC), Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi touched on a few of the critical issues of the States including …
SILCHAR: India is a megabiodiversity country and north-east, in particular, is a hotspot of biodiversity in the world being gifted with innumerable water resources in the form of wetlands, lakes and rivers with biodiversity of resources in them. It is also a fact that the depleting water bodies and fish …
Alarmed by the massive upgrade of infrastructure across the international border in China, India has identified 30 roads of totalling 1837.95 km near North-Eastern border for construction. The project is targeted for completion by 2016. Defence Minister AK Anthony told Lok Sabha that at least 10 roads of length 390.87 …
ICAR highlights focus on agricultural development SHILLONG: Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Dr. Charan Das Mahant, visited ICAR Research Complex for NEH region, Umiam for a two day visit here on Saturday. During the visit, the MoS inaugurated the Phenomics facility at Plant Breeding division of …
Assam has been susceptible to the effects of climate change, and this has dramatically impacted the lifestyles and livelihood options of thousands of marginalised women and their households in the remote areas of the State. This has been revealed by a study conducted by the Guwahati-based Centre for Environment Social …
While the charges against then NCP minister Ajit Pawar may have forced the Maharashtra government to release a white paper on its delayed irrigation projects, an RTI reply shows that 120 of the 159 projects cleared under the central Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP) across the country are running behind …
With development of road infrastructure taking a backseat in North Eastern States due to various reasons, the Centre has formulated a special purpose vehicle for improvement and construction of over 10,000 km of roads. Through the Special Accelerated Road Development Programme for North East (SARDP-NE), the Ministry Road Transport and …
Getting an UID is no longer just a unique human right. Tigers can have it too. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) issued a guideline on Monday, proposing to assign a unique identification (UID) number to each tiger captured through camera traps. The NTCA wants to create a national repository …
Both the State and the Central Governments are trying to conceal the crucial reports on the dam projects being undertaken in the NE region throwing into wind the set legal norms of the land. With such deeds they have been deliberately violating even the orders of the courts and the …
The land feature and climate has made North East Hill region of India rich in water bodies where fishery plays the important role on the life pattern, culture, food habit and economy of the region. Some plants species stated are detrimental to fishery as they are sources of poison.
