Fires rage on in Mizoram’s Lawngtlai; under control elsewhere

Fires in Mizoram are yet to be doused in certain areas of Lawngtlai; locals blame lack of rainfall

Slums and Society

A slum, as defined by the United Nations agency UN-HABITAT, is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing and squalor and …

Massive forest fire in Mizoram

African swine fever killed over 9,000 pigs in Mizoram

The first ASF outbreak was reported 100 years ago in Kenya

Passing the buck

Bamboo shock

The Mizoram government gears up to face the menace of bamboo flowering

Linear approach

Guns and poses

The Tripura government's plan to secure development for tribals

How the North East uses traditional means to harvest rain water

In Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura, people store and harvest rain water through traditional means  

Reserved for tigers

Mizoram revokes Forest Rights Act

State government misused Article 371 (G) to revoke FRA in Mizoram, critics allege

Mobile health system can help regulate hypertension, diabetes: study

Basic parameters such as blood sugar and cholesterol need to be fed into the mHealth system, called mWellcare

Every Mizoram district feared swept by African swine fever

The disease has invaded even isolated pig farms in the northeastern state

NGT notice to Tripura for rehabilitating displaced Brus in forest land

State asked to submit rehabilitation plan by July 14, 2021

Mizoram revoked FRA due to stoppage of funding from Centre since 2014 

The resolution passed by the state assembly revoking the Act notes that the Union govt declined the state government's demand of Rs 10 lakh to …

As northwest India endures unusual dust storms, northeast gets flooded before monsoon arrives

The magnitude of floods is likely to increase by 25 per cent in Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, parts of Meghalaya and Nagaland

Forest guardians

THE LAST FRONTIER: PEOPLE AND FORESTS IN MIZORAM·Daman Singh·Tata Energy Research Institute, New Delhi

Spice woes

Thousands of Mizoram farmers now face an impending financial crisis, thanks to the apathy of the state government

Organic states

Mizoram passes legislation to go fully organic, Sikkim already on the path

Cesarean births on the rise in India but Mizoram, Nagaland defy trend: NFHS-5

C-section births in India increased 4.3% — to 21.5% (NFHS-5) from 17.2% (NFHS-4, 2015-16)   

COVID-19 spreads in Mizoram despite high vaccination rate

Mizoram has the highest active case ratio in the country right now

India’s northeastern states desertifying most rapidly

Half of Nagaland is degraded, flags new report

Forest fire in two districts of Mizoram; IAF helicopters to help put it down

Lunglei, one of the Mizoram districts affected by a forest fire April 24, is among the most fire-prone in India

North East India might witness another dry monsoon: Skymet Weather

This would be the region's 20th dry monsoon in the last 21 years if the prediction holds true

Disease claims over 2,000 pigs in Mizoram's Champhai district

Besides Champhai, another region called Lunglei has also shown cases of infection, but the casualties are far less