Sanitation

CMs' sub-group may submit report on Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan by Aug 15

Karnataka Minister for Rural Development H K Patil presents a Gandhi statue to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah as Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawa

Publication Date: 
25/06/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Sanitation, Delhi, Bihar, Sikkim, Maharashtra, West Bengal
Biodiversity

Northeast Microbial Database: a web-based databank of culturable soil microbes from North East India

Northeast Microbial Database (NEMiD) is a first of its kind digital database on microbial diversity from North East (NE) India, which provides information on culturable microbes (bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes) isolated from soils of the region (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim and parts of North Bengal) distributed across landscape elements (LSE) spread in various ecosystems. The database is based on the primary data through survey, isolation and
characterization of the microbes during 2008–2012.

Publication Date: 
10/05/2015
S. R. Joshi, Subhro Banerjee, Kaushik Bhattacharjee & et al
Current Science
108
9
1702-1706
Tags:
Micro Organisms, North East, Soil Capability, Soil Resources, Arunachal, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, West Bengal, Biodiversity
Natural Disasters

Govt wants better coordination between ministries during natural calamities

A year after Uttarakhand floods: No disaster mgmt policy to combat nature's fury. Sikkim govt to buy 100% stake in Teesta-III if other investors exit.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2014
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Sikkim, Floods, Drought, Natural Disasters, Haryana, Maharashtra, Cyclone, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa (Odisha), Jammu & Kashmir
Health

Global surveillance of cancer survival 1995—2009: analysis of individual data for 25 676 887 patients from 279 population-based registries in 67 countries (CONCORD-2)

Worldwide data for cancer survival are scarce. The researchers aimed to initiate worldwide surveillance of cancer survival by central analysis of population-based registry data, as a metric of the effectiveness of health systems, and to inform global policy on cancer control.

Publication Date: 
26/11/2014
Claudia Allemani, Hannah K Weir, Helena Carreira & et al
Lancet
1-34
Tags:
Cancer, Health Care, Asia, Europe, India, China, Cervix / Uterine Cancer, Sikkim, Guwahati, Kollam (D), Kerala
Energy

Centre approves Rs 3199.45 crore package to Arunachal

In tune with its commitment for development of North Eastern States, the Centre has sanctioned a comprehensive scheme amounting to Rs.

Publication Date: 
01/11/2014
Sentinel (Guwahati)
Tags:
Arunachal, Electricity, Power Transmission, Sikkim, Ministry of Power, Energy
Agriculture

Chamling revs up efforts for goal of an organic state

Chief Minister Pawan Chamling today made announcements to supplement the ongoing efforts of the government and stakeholders in making Sikkim a fully ‘organic state’ by the end of 2015.

Publication Date: 
15/10/2014
Statesman (Kolkata)
Tags:
Sikkim, Agriculture, Organic Farming, Horticulture, Panchayats, Farmers, Pesticides
Environment

56 proposals under Forest Act given clearance: Prakash Javadekar

NEW DELHI: Fifty-six proposals under Forest Conservation Act and 11 projects under Environment Impact Assessment Notification for roads and public utility sectors were granted clearance in hilly st

Publication Date: 
25/07/2014
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forest Conservation, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Road, Forest Clearance, Environment Clearance (EC), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal, Sikkim, North East, Forest Act 1980, Afforestation, Jammu & Kashmir
Dams/ Irrigation

6 houses below Teesta Stage-V project at risk

A team of officials from Sikkim’s East District Administration and the NHPC has found that 16 houses downstream of the Teesta Stage-V hydel project in Jang village in Lower Rakdong Tintek are at hi

Publication Date: 
04/07/2014
Statesman (Kolkata)
Tags:
Sikkim, East Sikkim, Teesta, Dams, Hydroelectricity, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Dams/ Irrigation
Energy

Teesta III hydropower project to go on stream in early 2015

Delayed by over two years due to natural calamities, the 1200 MW Teesta III hydropower project in Sikkim is scheduled to commence commercial production in the first quarter of 2015.

Publication Date: 
30/06/2014
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Sikkim, Teesta, Hydroelectricity, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Electricity, Power Transmission, Energy
Climate Change

Large cardamom farming in changing climatic and socioeconomic conditions in the Sikkim himalayas

Large cardamom (Amomum subulatum) is an important cash crop and livelihood option for people in Sikkim. This high-value, minimally labour-intensive, and non-perishable crop is cultivated as an understory perennial crop in association with Himalayan alder (Alnus nepalensis) and other forest tree species that provide shade.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2014
Uma Partap, Ghanashyam Sharma, Min Bahadur Gurung, Nakul Chettri, Eklabya Sharma
ICIMOD
Tags:
Climate Change, Agriculture, Sikkim, Cash Crops, Climate Impacts, Economy

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