Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining in East Jantia...
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of All Dimasa Students Union Dima Hasao Dist. Committee Vs. State of Meghalaya & Ors. And Impulse NGO Network Vs....
View ArticlePedometric mapping of soil organic carbon loss using soil erosion maps of...
Importance of soil organic carbon (SOC) in maintaining soil productivity and natural ecosystem has been a major concern throughout the globe. SOC in the humid tropical climate becomes more important in
View ArticleNeglected Plasmodium vivax malaria in northeastern States of India
the northeastern states of India are co-endemic for Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax malaria. The transmission intensity is low-to-moderate resulting in intermediate to stable malaria. Malaria control
View ArticleNortheast Microbial Database: a web-based databank of culturable soil...
Northeast Microbial Database (NEMiD) is a first of its kind digital database on microbial diversity from North East (NE) India, which provides information on culturable microbes (bacteria, fungi and...
View ArticleSeasonal characteristics of aerosol black carbon in relation to long range...
This study presents the characteristics of aerosol black carbon (BC) from a rural continental site, Agartala, located in the North-Eastern part of India using two year measurements from September 2010
View ArticleCentre allots Rs 300 cr for organic farming; 3 NE states included
New Delhi: Union government is implementing a cluster based programme called Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)to encourage organic farming, Ministry of Agriculture said. An amount of Rs 300 crore
View ArticleSeismic vulnerability and risk assessment of Kolkata City, India
The city of Kolkata is one of the most urbanized and densely populated regions in the world and a major industrial and commercial hub of the eastern and northeastern region of India. In order to classify
View ArticleEverest moved 3 cm but height not affected by Nepal quakes
Mt. Everest moved three centimetres during the recent devastating earthquakes in Nepal but contrary to earlier reports, the height of world’s tallest mountain has not been affected, Chinese official...
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding shifting the West Boragaon...
The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Bench on 1 July 2015, recalled its order issued on 1 June 2015, wherein it had imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on each of the Chief Secretary and Principal...
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding Mapithel dam project in...
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Themrie Tuithung & Ors Vs State of Manipur & Ors. dated 06/07/2015 regarding Mapithel dam project in Manipur.
View ArticleConservation of medicinally important plants by the indigenous people of...
Conservation of natural resources has been an integral part of several indigenous communities in different parts of the world. Nature worship has been a key force in determining human attitudes towards
View ArticleMizoram has the highest number of landless farmers
Aizawl: Mizoram has the highest number of rural residents without land among the tribals in Northeast India. According to the Socio-Economic and Caste Census 2011, a whopping 80 per cent of the state’s
View ArticleAssessment of snowmelt runoff in the eastern Himalayan region under climate...
In Eastern Himalayan region, snow melt is the major source of fresh water. Also, snow covered areas lying at low altitudes are expected to be most vulnerable to global warming. Thus, assessment of the
View ArticlePoor healthcare services in the Northeast alleged
North Eastern Council (NEC) members today rued poor healthcare services in the Northeast and underlined the need to enhance manpower, including setting up of more medical colleges in the region. Retired
View ArticleIndian Ocean switches to positive dipole mode; strong monsoon seen for east...
A positive phase of the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) may have already begun to play out, according to the Applications Laboratory of Jamstec, the Japanese national weather forecaster. The positive phase
View ArticleSix ‘solar cities’ to be developed in NE
Guwahati and five other cities in the Northeast will be developed as solar cities to reduce dependency on conventional energy, a top official has said. The six cities – Guwahati and Jorhat in Assam,
View Article16 hydropower projects under construction in Northeast
Sixteen hydropower projects are in various stages of construction in the northeast, DoNER Minister Jitendra Singh said on Thursday. “Presently, 16 hydropower projects aggregating to 5,576 MW are under
View ArticleHepatitis C virus alert in NE
Agartala: Besides four states of north and southern region, the World Health Organisation has found two northeast states Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh – have high prevalence of the dreaded Hepatitis C
View ArticleAcid mine drainage, a potential threat to fish fauna of Simsang River, Meghalaya
Acid mine drainage (AMD) is formed when water and air come in contact with pyrite (FeS2) present in coal and exposed rocks, to form sulphuric acid. The process of pyrite oxidation further leads to the
View ArticleIndia’s longest Power Grid transmission line to connect NE
ASSAM: India’s first High Voltage DC ± 800kV Transmission line from Biswanath Chariali (Assam) to Agra (U.P.) constructed by Power Grid Corporation of India Limited connecting the North-Eastern states
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