SHILLONG, Jan 5

Shillong, Jan. 4: The region today found a new mantra for conservation

SHILLONG, Jan 4

By Our Reporter

SHILLONG: 'We need brains, not bombs,' as a local student says, is precisely the message Shillong would seek to put across when it plays the proud host to the biggest-ever scientific event in the North-East - the 96th Indian Science Congress (ISC) -- which is scheduled to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on the scenic campus of NEHU on Saturday.

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NEW DELHI: The UPA Cabinet on Friday revised the uranium royalty rate, an action that could benefit mineral-rich Meghalaya once uranium mining kicks off in the State.

SHILLONG: The Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department (AHVD) will conduct post-operative surveillance on fowls in areas from three to ten kilometers of Meghalaya's side of Khanapara on December 29 to collect samples to see if bird flu has spread to local poultry from Assam.

SHILLONG, Dec 16: The Synjuk Ki Nongshong Shnong Langrin-Warsanlyngdoh has decided to organize a public awareness rally on uranium mining at Wahkaji on January 13.

Cherrapunjee, the wettest place on earth has earned itself a new epithet

Six months after the

Soil fauna is perhaps the least known frontier of biological diversity. The present study was carried out to observe the changes in the soil faunal diversity subsequent to slash and burn agriculture or shifting cultivation locally called 'Jhumming; or 'Jhum'.

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