Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding forest clearance granted to...
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Themrie Tuithung Vs Union of India & Others dated 21/11/2016 regarding forest clearance granted by the State...
View Article‘Tigers are our brothers’: Understanding human-nature relations in the Mishmi...
Human-nature relations are diverse, multifaceted and often contradictory, especially the relationships with animals. Mishmi people living on the Sino-India border claim tigers to be their brothers and
View Article5.7 magnitude quake jolts Northeast; epicentre in Tripura
Agartala: A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter Scale struck Tripura this afternoon, triggering landslides in the hill state and jolting the country’s Northeast. There was no report
View ArticleInvolvement of Private Sector in Nuclear Power Generation
Proposals for setting up of ten indigenous Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors each of 700 MW and two Light Water Reactors each of 1000 MW (Kudankulam Units-5&6) with foreign cooperation have been...
View ArticleMonitoring the geodynamic behaviour of earthquake using Landsat 8-OLI time...
Prediction of earthquake in advance is really a challenging task for the scientific community till now. But research results from various scientists regarding lineament extraction using satellite...
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding threat to catchment areas of...
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Iosterson Sun & Others Vs State of Meghalaya & Others dated 16/03/2017 regarding large scale construction by...
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding grant of permission to set up...
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Joydeep Mukherjee VS Pollution Control Board, Assam & Ors dated 24/03/2017 regarding grant of permission to set
View ArticleQuestion raised in Lok Sabha on Arsenic and Fluoride in Ground Water, 06/04/2017
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Arsenic and Fluoride in Ground Water, 06/04/2017. Number of habitations and population affected by fluoride and arsenic contamination in ground drinking water sources in
View ArticleBacterial and archeal community composition in hot springs from Indo-Burma...
Bacterial and archaeal diversity of two alkaline Indian hot springs, Jakrem (Meghalaya) and Yumthang (Sikkim), were studied. Thirteen major bacterial phyla were identified of which Firmicutes, Chloroflexi
View ArticlePredictive modelling of the spatial pattern of past and future forest cover...
This study was carried out to simulate the forest cover changes in India using Land Change Modeler. Classified multi-temporal long-term forest cover data was used to generate the forest covers of 1880
View ArticleNationwide assessment of forest burnt area in India using Resourcesat-2 AWiFS...
This study provides application of Resourcesat-2 AWiFS satellite imagery for forest burnt area assessment in India. AWiFS datasets covering peak forest fire months of 2014 have been analysed. The total
View ArticleWeeds as emerging threat to biodiversity: a consequence of spread of Ludwigia...
Wetlands seem to be more vulnerable to invasions compared to terrestrial ecosystems. The alien invasive weed, Ludwigia peruviana, invading the wetlands of the Dhansiri catchment and eastern part of
View ArticleLeopard in a tea-cup: A study of leopard habitat-use and human-leopard...
There is increasing evidence of the importance of multi-use landscapes for the conservation of large carnivores. However, when carnivore ranges overlap with high density of humans, there are often serious
View ArticlePrevalence of diabetes and prediabetes in 15 states of India: results from...
Previous studies have not adequately captured the heterogeneous nature of the diabetes epidemic in India. The aim of the ongoing national Indian Council of Medical Research–INdia DIABetes study
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding running of a children's...
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Indigenous Perspetives Vs State of Manipur & Others dated 18/07/2017 regarding running of a children's club
View ArticleIMD predicts heavy rainfall for central, northwest India
As the Monsoon reached in active phase in most parts of the country, heavy to very heavy rainfall has increased the chances of floods even in central and northwest India over next 10 days. Though the...
View ArticleHepatitis B incidence on rise in Northeast
The deadly Hepatitis has been taking a heavy toll on lives across the world with an estimated one million people falling to the disease every year. In India around 40 million are affected by Hepatitis
View ArticleRijiju Rs 100cr set aside for solution to NE floods
The government proposes to find a permanent solution to floods in the northeast and has set aside Rs 100 crore for the purpose, MoS for home Kiren Rijiju said in the Lok Sabha on Thursday . He was...
View ArticleAir pollution alarming in NE, CPCB asks stakeholders to take steps
Alarmed at the rising air pollution in eight towns and cities of the Northeast, including five in Assam, the Central Pollution control Board of India (CPCB) has asked all stakeholders for adopting...
View ArticleAtmospheric observations show accurate reporting and little growth in India’s...
Changes in tropical wetland, ruminant or rice emissions are thought to have played a role in recent variations in atmospheric methane (CH4) concentrations. India has the world’s largest ruminant
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