Northeast nostrums
Malaria is endemic to all states in the northeast, says a health official. "The trend is well known
Malaria is endemic to all states in the northeast, says a health official. "The trend is well known
14/06/2006
<font class="UCASE">nagaland</font> is dealing with the problem of jungle burning in a novel manner. The state government is penalising villagers for any such incident, even if they are not directly involved in setting the fires. This is forcing the latter to be more vigilant and the government claims the crime has reduced considerably. <br>
30/05/2005
The much-awaited AIDS control programme takes off. So why are drug companies still miffed?
And a step fatherly Centre
By centre for forest scheme
Between Nagaland, centre
Whenever the Supreme Court pulls the trigger, why does it miss the target? Because governments like those of the seven Northeast states work hard to defeat every good intention. The apex court imposed an interim ban on felling in forests on December 1
Governments clinically interpret the ban to make space for the forest bureaucracy, alienating people from their own habitats
Read between the lines: the Supreme Court order has a development model hidden for the Northeast
As the debate continues, the Northeast must stamp the decision: log out of forest bureaucracy and log in to local based prosperity
Shifting agriculture on the hillsides has been going on for centuries. In recent times, it has been blamed for degrading the ecology. Agriculture is a sound ecological management strategy, provided it is sustainable
It is difficult to believe that a hardcore politician, who served as the state minister of industries for a decade, could have a "green" facet too. But, Tiameren Aier is one such person. In fact,
A retired police officer takes up the task of restoring greenery in a remote Naga village
14/02/2000
How the efforts of an individual brought prosperity to a remote town in the Northeast
HYBRID VEHICLE: Nissan Motor Company Limited of Tokyo said that it aimed to start sales of gasoline-electric hybrid cars in Japan at the beginning of the year 2000. The company's first hybrid
14/05/1999
THE race of turning the urban areas of Nagaland into a concrete jungle with no attention to effective and proper planning has emerged as a major cause for concern in this tiny Indian hill state. A
14/10/1998
Forgetting the lessons of a drought, Jodhpur's residents neglect the Tapi baori
30/03/1997
Heavy sedimentation, high evaporative and seepage losses and water pollution are some of the problems afflicting nadis
30/03/1997
Jodhpur's gargantuan thirst is telling on the groundwater tables of its neighbouring villages
30/03/1997
There is much in favour of reinvigorating Jodhpur's traditional water sources
30/03/1997