GUWAHATI, Aug 19: Assam and other northeastern States seem to be entering a phase of severe shortage of essential commodities as the Contractor Federation of FCI (North East Zone) has categorically said that its indefinite strike will continue until a positive response comes from the authorities to the demands of the FCI contractors.
Aizawl, Aug 12: A total of 20.64 per cent of Mizoram has been identified as degraded land due to jhumming or slash and burn method of shifting cultivation, which was alarming, according to official findings.
AIZAWL, July 26: The relationship between plagues of rats and bamboo flowering was the focus of a workshop held in Mizoram. At the workshop, Dr F Lalnunmawia, an assistant professor at Mizoram University
Aizawl, July 12: If the survey by Economics & Statistics Department of Mizoram is to be based, the rate of infant mortality is on the increase in Mizoram. The survey stated that a baby dies before attaining one year across the State, and over the last decades in Mizoram the situation is worsening.
Aizawl, July 5: Union Rural Development Ministry has released grant in aid worth Rs 10 crore as part payment of second instalment of Phase V for construction of rural roads in Mizoram under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY).
Agartala, June 28: Tripura Forest Minister Jitendra Chowdhury has expressed deep concern over degradation of forest land due to shifting cultivation (Jhum) over the years and revealed that Manipur has emerged as the worst-affected State, followed by Nagaland, Mizoram and Tripura.
AIZAWL, June 27: Zoologists claimed to have discovered a new species of sisorid cat fish in Mizoram. The species of cat fish named Pseudolaguvia virgulata is recently discovered from the Barak river drainage in Mizoram, said Dr Lalramliana, Assistant Professor of Department of Zoology, Pachhunga University College, Mizoram.
