In a significant development for India's Northeast, which continues to grapple with cross-border narcotics trafficking from the Golden Triangle, BRICS nations on Tuesday adopted the Guwahati Declaration, pledging stronger cooperation to combat illicit drug trafficking and transnational organised crime.
ZSI-led study extends the known range of two Southeast Asian bats into South Asia, taking India's bat diversity to at least 138 species
GUWAHATI, July...
Three young men were killed in a tragic road accident on Monday night after the scooty they were riding crashed into a parked truck along the Shillong Bypass at Umroi in Meghalaya's Ri-Bhoi district.
Shillong, July 7: The Meghalaya government has constituted a joint committee to address the worsening pollution crisis in Byrnihat following growing public concern over...
Hundreds of farmers in South West Garo Hills received planting materials and agricultural inputs on Monday as the Meghalaya government stepped up efforts to boost horticulture, promote organic farming and diversify rural livelihoods.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma has urged the Centre to delegate key coal mining approval powers to the state, arguing that the move would help thousands of tribal families resume lawful mining and revive livelihoods hit by the decade-long restrictions on coal extraction.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has designated the Natural History Museum (NHM), Mizoram University, Aizawl (https://nhmrc.in), as a Designated Repository under Section 39 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.
Assam is looking to deepen its partnership with Japan in key sectors such as semiconductors, clean energy and Japanese language training, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said after meeting Japanese Ambassador to India Ono Keiichi in New Delhi on Monday.
