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Recent Rewilding of Endangered Asian Giant Tortoises

December 23, 2022

In an effort to conserve one of the largest tortoise species in mainland Asia, ten captive-bred Asian Giant Tortoises (Manouria emys) were recently released into Ntangki National Park in Peren district, India. The rewilding process was carried out with the ..

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Nagaland: Tokhü Emong Bird Count (TEBC)

November 8, 2022

Nagaland hosted the first edition of the Tokhü Emong Bird Count (TEBC) from November 4 to 7, 2022. What is TEBC? Tokhü Emong Bird Count (TEBC) is a four-day documentation event that sought to list birds in Nagaland. It was organized ..

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Naga Mircha Festival

September 13, 2022

The inaugural edition of the Naga Mircha festival was organized in Seiyhama village of Kohima district in Nagaland. Key facts The first-ever Naga Mircha (King Chilli) Festival 2022 was organized in the village hall of Seiyhama village in Kohima district. ..

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ADB Loan to Meghalaya for Urban Infrastructure Projects

April 13, 2022

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India have signed a USD 2 million Project Readiness Financing (PRF) Loan on 12th April 2022. The loan is being given for strengthening the institutional capacity, designing urban infrastructures that are ..

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Changes in AFSPA

April 1, 2022

The Central Government has announced the reduction of areas under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the Northeast states of the country. The impacted states are Assam, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, and Manipur. Overview: In the year 1958, AFSPA ..

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National e-Vidhan Application

March 21, 2022

Nagaland became India’s first State Assembly to implement the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) programme to become paperless. About National e-Vidhan Application NeVA is a type of work-flow system that was deployed on NIC Cloud, MeghRaj which helps to conduct the ..

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