Energy

Oil exploration resumes in Champang and Tsori in Nagaland

Kohima: After a gap of almost twenty years, Nagaland Chief Minister T R Zeliang on Monday officially launched the resumption of oil exploration in Champang and Tsori areas under the Wokha district

Publication Date: 
22/07/2014
Shillong Times (Shillong)
Tags:
Nagaland, Wokha (D), Oil Exploration
Forests

What factors are taking toll on forest cover?

According to the ‘India State of Forest Report 2013’, 627 sq km of forest cover has decreased in the Northeastern States from 2011 to 2013

Publication Date: 
14/07/2014
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Assam, Forests, North Eastern Ranges, Biodiversity Hotspots, Forest Encroachments, Nagaland, Arunachal, Mizoram, Population, Deforestation
Forests

Govt Mulls Harvesting Degraded Forests

The total area under forest cover now stands at 697,888 sq km of geographical area, an increase of almost 1% over 2011

Publication Date: 
09/07/2014
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Forests, Urbanisation, Population, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Mining, Nagaland, Forest Encroachments, Deforestation, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
Energy

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on electrification of villages in Nagaland, 07/07/2014

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on electrification of villages in Nagaland, 07/07/2014.

Publication Date: 
Monday, July 7, 2014
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Electricity, Nagaland, Parliament, Rural Electrification, Statistics
Agriculture

Traditional beekeeping shows great promises for endangered indigenous bee Apis cerana

The suitable agro-climate, plenty bee flora and immemorial practice with rich traditional knowledge offers enormous potential for development and success of apiculture in the state of Nagaland.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2014
A K Singh
Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge
13
3
582-588
Tags:
Apiculture, Bees, Traditional Knowledge, Nagaland, Agriculture, Biodiversity Conservation
Food Policy

Fewer students are getting mid-day meal, says study

Despite the huge expenditure on education under the previous United Progressive Alliance government, latest statistics on elementary education show that the percentage of government and aided schoo

Publication Date: 
19/06/2014
Anita Joshua
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Food Policy, Mid-Day Meal Programme, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland
Water Supply

India's 1st solar water project in Nagaland

Nagaland minister for public health engineering department Noke Wangnao inaugurated an innovative water technology project — solar-powered water treatment unit — at Tsiesema village near Kohima on

Publication Date: 
16/06/2014
Times Of India (Guwahati)
Tags:
Nagaland, Kohima (D), Water Treatment Technology, Solar Energy, Drinking Water Scarcity, Water Supply, Drinking Water
Health

Country’s first tobacco-free village in Nagaland

Gariphema village in Nagaland has been declared the country’s first “tobacco-free village”.

Publication Date: 
02/06/2014
Shillong Times (Shillong)
Tags:
Nagaland, Kohima (D), Tobacco, Smoking, Health Effects, Tobacco Related Cancer, Health
Forests

Fires destroying tiger reserves act of timber mafia?

India’s tiger reserves have been witness to devastating forest fires many of which have been triggered by the timber lobby mafia.

Publication Date: 
23/05/2014
Rashme Sehgal
Asian Age (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Forest Fires, Tiger Reserves, Timber Smuggling, Wayanad, Kerala, Bandipur NP, Nagaland, Forest Encroachments, Forests
Biodiversity

Nagaland Environmental NGO bags Natl Biodiversity Award

Kohima: The Joint Forest Management Committee (JFMC) of Old Jalukie village under Peren district has been selected for the India Biodiversity Award 2014 under the co-management category, official s

Publication Date: 
22/05/2014
Shillong Times (Shillong)
Tags:
Nagaland, Biodiversity, Awards, NGO, UNDP, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Biodiversity Conservation

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