Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Agartala: Timely vaccination of birds and animals, access to standard laboratories and maintaining bio-security are among the measures required to curb the sporadic outbreak of bird flu in India’s northeast, says a team of international and Indian experts touring the region. Experts of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and …
New Delhi In a bid to reduce pilferage of grain, food ministry and UN body World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for scaling up the modernisation of Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS). WFP, which is currently supporting a pilot project in Orissa’s Rayagada districts, …
SHILLONG: The fundamental demographic disparity between the developed and developing nations presents an extremely difficult cultural, technical and moral challenges to any attempt to manage global climate change, stated State Chief Minister Mukul Sangma in today’s closing function of the operational planning workshop on climate change adaptation in Northeastern region …
Cancer killed 5,56,400 people across the country in 2010. The 30-69 age group accounted for 71 per cent (3,95,400) of the deaths. In 2010, cancer alone accounted for 8 per cent of the 2.5 million total male deaths and 12 per cent of the 16 million total female deaths in …
Despite all tall talks of development, level of poverty in Northeastern states including Meghalaya has increased even though the same has declined in the rest of the country. More alarmingly, poverty level among the rural tribals, who mostly inhabit in North-East, is as high as 47.4 per cent. This was …
SHILLONG: It is during these months that water becomes scarce in this hilly state albeit being endowed with high rainfall (approximately mean annual rainfall of 11,100 mm) annually. Considering the fact that rainwater is a viable mean to augment the water supply for domestic needs, roof top rainwater harvesting was …
New Delhi: In the face of a gloomy economy at home and global crisis abroad, the lowly services sector proved a savior with the backward Northeast region registering the highest growth in this segment, the much-awaited Economic Survey released on Thursday said. The Economic Survey for 2011-12 tabled by Finance …
Agartala: While Forest Survey of India (FSI) Report 2009 showed a steady increase of forest cover in the North-East states, the latest report of FSI revealed that the region has lost about 549 sqkm green cover over the years. FSI Report 2011 stated that Tripura alone had degraded about 96 …
GUWAHATI: The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Paban Singh Ghatowar has said that his Ministry has sanctioned 162 projects for an amount of about Rs 1800 crore to Aunachal Pradesh since its inception. Addressing the …
The former Minister for Forests Benoy Viswom on Monday called for a review of observations regarding forest cover in Kerala in the State of Forest Report 2011 prepared by the Forest Survey of India (FSI). In a statement here, Mr. Viswom said the report had said that forest cover of …
The Government is in the process of revamping its over three-decade old transport subsidy scheme for compensating transportation cost to industrial units located in North Eastern Region and J&K.; Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma today held consultations with States of North Eastern region and special category States of Jammu …
Former Minister for Forests Benoy Viswam on Monday called for a review of observations regarding forest cover of Kerala in the State of Forest Report 2011 prepared by the Forest Survey of India (FSI). In a statement here, Mr. Viswam said that the report had said that forest cover of …
IMPHAL: The Loktak Development Authority(LDA) has warned the people against consumption of fish which is being caught using insecticides in general and Hildan in particular. A spokesperson of the PDA, T Ibobi in a statement said that an official team has established that the fishermen have been using these poisons …
New Delhi India’s forest cover has shrunk marginally, says the latest government report. The reduction of 367 sq km (about the size of the Ranthambore National Park) means that the total forested land in the country is 23.81% of the geographical area. The reduction implies the ministry of environment and …
Observed changes in rainfall patterns and increased temperatures, particularly in the North-Eastern region, are the major projections on which Indian agriculture scientists are pegging their “mitigation and adaptation” plans in the farm sector in the absence of definitive long-term and area-specific data on climate change. Acknowledging that in India the …
Agartala: Tripura, which grows 25 varieties of bamboo, is about to make the most of this natural wealth by developing India’s first bamboo park. The idea is to help expand industries based on this produce, also known as green gold. Industries, Commerce and Forest Minister, Jitendra Chowdhury said the bamboo …
AGARTALA: The Union Government has allowed cent per cent Bangladeshi investment in power sector of Northeast, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) officials said here on Monday. According to MEA officials, the decision of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) especially from Bangladesh was considered following expression of interest of Bangladesh Prime Minister …
GUWAHATI: Union Minister for Water Resources Pawan Kumar Bansal on Wednesday said though the Central Government has no role to play in water related issues concerning the states as water is a state subject, it has been acting as a catalyst in ironing out the differences. Attending the sixth High …
In a shocking disclosure it has been revealed that the country’s forest cover is decreasing and the maximum loss is being reported from the Northeastern states including Meghalaya once considered to be the last vestige of hope as far as tree cover is concerned. India’s forest cover has declined by …
ALAPPUZHA: Defence Minister A K Antony inaugurated the Rs 491-crore Japan Drinking Water Project at Cherthala, near here, on Tuesday. Antony said that political parties in the state should follow the parties in Tamil Nadu, Bengal and northern states on developmental issues. They often fight with each other on political …
