4 solar plants for Mizoram
Aizawl: The Mizoram government will construct four solar plants and a solar park in different parts of the state, to generate 80MW solar power by 2021, officials of the state power and electricity department
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Concern over NE childhood cancer mortality
GUWAHATI- Childhood cancer has a high fatality incidence in developing countries, including India. In the North-east, which has a high prevalence of several types of cancers, the Aizawl district of Mizoram
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Mizoram, Meghalaya reel under heat - Decrease in forest cover raises worry
The hill states of the Northeast are blessed with a moderate climate — pleasant in summer and enticingly chilled in winter. But this natural air-conditioning will soon become a thing of the past with global
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Spurt seen in cancer cases in India
As many as 10 lakh cancer cases have already been detected in India in current year with the case load set to shoot to 11.48 lakh by 2015 and 13.20 lakh by 2020. A whopping 27 pc of these cancers are associated
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Landslide: Aizawl starts demolition drive
Aizwal : With last month’s landslide that killed 17 people and swept away 11 buildings here fresh in mind, Aizawl’s district administration has ordered the demolition of a handful of large buildings that
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Mizoram landslide toll reaches 17 today
The number of death in Saturday’s Aizawl landslide incident has gone up to 17 on Monday out of which 15 dead bodies have been recovered so far. Besides human casualties, 11 houses were totally damaged and as many as 7 four-wheelers and 9 two-wheelers were also damaged in that calamity. Meanwhile, Mizo National Front (MNF), the principal Opposition party in Mizoram has demanded for the ‘independent judicial inquiry’ over building collapse that had killed 17 persons on Saturday.
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Over 600 pigs die of swine fever in Mizoram
Over 600 pigs have died from swine fever and about 12,200 have been infected in the past two months in Mizoram, officials said here on Wednesday. “The endemic swine fever caused the death of as many as 470 pigs in Aizawl district alone while remaining 130 died in other districts. Over 12,200 pigs have been infected with the disease,” a Mizoram animal husbandry and veterinary department official told reporters. The northeastern state shares border with Myanmar and Bangladesh.
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NIT Silchar to set up solar energy plant
- 100KW capacity plant will soon come up on the campus, biogas unit also on the cards. Silchar: The National Institute of Technology, Silchar, will soon start work on producing clean solar energy to meet
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Mizoram faces power tariff hike
Silchar, July 6: Mizoram is facing a stiff power hike which is likely to be announced by the government in the last week of this month. A senior official of the Mizoram power and electricity department
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Separate textile policy for NE mooted
AIZAWL, May 18 – The 4th Meeting of the Expert Consultative Committee held here on Saturday has called for the formulation of a separate textile policy for NE. The meeting was organised by the Indian Jute