Foresters in Northeast are now being trained to estimate elephant populations correctly with Spatially Explicit Capture-Recapture (SECR) being the latest one.
A Memorandum of Settlement was signed, in the presence of Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation,Amit Shah, between Government of India, Government of Tripura and National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) and All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF), in New Delhi, today.
Union Minister for Tourism and Culture, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, chaired a Tourism Ministers' conference in Shillong on Monday, which saw participation from Tourism Ministers of North Eastern, Eastern States, and Union Territories.
Northeast’s Jaden Rahman Pariat emerged champion at the 3rd season of the Indian Racing Festival (IRF) held at Madras International Circuit (MIC), Chennai from 23rd- 25th August.
AASU chief Advisor Samujjal Bhattacharya said the indigenous people of Northeastern region and Northeast Students' Organisation (NESO) is very much concerned about the situation cropped up in Bangladesh. "When some incidents occurred in Bangladesh, the illegal influx and due to that the indigenous people of Northeast always suffers" he said.
To strengthen the small tea growers of northeast India, North East Confederation Small Tea Growers Association (NECSTGA), an umbrella organisation, was formed recently in Golaghat.
The potential fall of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government in Bangladesh could have significant implications for India, particularly the northeastern region, said Bangladesh expert Dr Abu Nasser Syed Ahmed on Tuesday.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma today said it is proposing to designate ecological regions in the Northeast as Special Climate Action Zones, akin to India's Special Economic Zones.
