African swine fever: Forgotten contagion
Viruses, it seems, are at war with life forms. While the world is struggling with the novel coronavirus, another one has been killing pigs, …
Profiting from disaster
Zoramthanga , the chief minister of Mizoram, has many reasons to reminisce the birth of his party, the Mizo National Front, an insurgent group …
Forest conservation is too complex an issue to be resolved by executive fiat
The condition of India's forest and her forest dwellers is extremely grave. A fresh round of police attacks on tribal people -- four dead in Dewas,…
Logjam
Whenever the Supreme Court pulls the trigger, why does it miss the target? Because governments like those of the seven Northeast states work …
Tipaimukh Dam in Manipur driving a wedge?
Imphal, Manipur's capital, came to a grinding halt on August 28, with a strike being called. Imphal's people are habituated to bandhs, and most …
Unhealthy countryside
It was once associated with the rich and urban. Today, hypertension is fast spreading in rural India. This is a cause for concern because …
Organic Universe
Organic is all the rage. Organic food, cosmetics, clothes and even organic medicines. But mostly it is food. There are speciality stores that …
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 …
Chow-Chow: Gourd first brought by Welsh missionaries to the colonial Mizo Hills is an all-purpose crop
Chow-chow is rich in nutrients and low in calories. It can earn good returns in hilly regions
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
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
Mizoram’s Chite Lui River is crying for help
Chite Lui River is in danger as it turns into a dumping ground in Aizawl. Citizens’ efforts, lauded even by PM Modi, are making a …
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
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)
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
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 24, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
It will take 55 years to have one-third women representatives in Parliament
Despite women voting in record numbers, Parliament didn’t enact the Women’s Reservation Bill that promised to keep aside a third of …
The fire-fighting children of the Khasi Hills and the decline of traditional farming in north-east India
In North-east India, children of the Khasi Hills (Meghalaya) learn slash and burn cultivation, an intergenerational yet controversial indigenous …
Oil palm plantations proved to be a disaster in Mizoram — is Assam next?
Oil palm plantations must be strictly prohibited in the region to protect its rich biodiversity