In view of the surge in Covid-19 cases, theTripuragovernment on Thursday decided to discontinue on-campus classes forstudentsof standards I and II indefinitely from Friday while the classes ofIIIand IV will be held on alternative days.
The department has reviewed the situation and received feedback from the stakeholders, based on which the decision was taken to suspend junior classes as of now. The others will be attendingschool.
The newMeghalaya governmentwill lay focus on sectors such as farming, tourism, , Health and youth, outgoing CMConrad K Sangmasaid.
The State Government has also been focusing on ensuring that implementation of programmes and schemes are done in a proper manner
Mizoramchief ministerZoramthangawould present the statebudgetfor 2022-23 on February 24 with the assemblysessionscheduled to commence from February 22, Houseofficialssaid.
The assembly’s (BAC), chaired by speaker Lalrinliana Sailo, on Tuesday chalked out the programme for the upcoming budget session summoned by governor Hari Babu Kambhampati from February 22. The committee decided that Zoramthanga, who also holds the finance portfolio, would present the state budget on February 24, which would be passed by the assembly before March 10. This would be the fourth time that Zoramthanga would present the budget during the present assembly term for which Elections were held in 2018. The budget session would begin with the governor delivering his customary address on the first day and, unless extended by the BAC, would be adjourned sine die on March 10.
The chief ministers of Assam andMeghalaya in principle reached a settlement on the half-a-century border dispute between the two states in six of the 12 areas.
The two governments will sign the final MoU by end of this month after securing Consent from the opposition and organisations in their respective states.
The boundary differences between the two states at 12 points along the 885-km-long inter-state border have existed since the birth of Meghalaya in 1972. A few months back, Sarma and Conrad decided to take up the six least complicated disputed sites.
The CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (NEIST) has selected fifteen experimental research fields in northeast India for cultivation of rare and endangered species of medicinal Plants.
Of the total, five are in Assam, four in Arunachal Pradesh, and one each in Manipur, Nagaland, Meghalaya,Mizoram,Sikkimand Tripura.
This is a project to sustain the modern pharmaceutical industries and for sustenance of Indias strong traditional system of medicines.
The crucial factors of this plan include breeding of new plant varieties, identification of stable performance through multilocational trials, integration of modern science along with market and industrial application potential.
The Indo-Sikkimese Treaty was concluded in 1950. became an Indian protectorate as a result of this. Until 1975, Sikkim was controlled by the Namgyal dynasty.
Sikkim has become the first state in the country to go completely organic. In Sikkim, all farming activities are now conducted without the use of pesticides or synthetic fertilisers.
The World Heritage Kanchenjunga National Park is located in Sikkim.
River Teesta is the major river flowing in the state.
Lhonak, Lachung and Talung are the tributaries of Teesta. Teesta river is a tributary of Brahmaputra.
The residents of Sikkim are of Nepali origin.
The native Sikkimese consist of Bhutias. They migrated from Tibet in the 14th century. The Lepchas lived before the Bhutias.
Rights activist Irom Sharmila, who was on a 16-year hunger strike against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), feels the recent killing of civilians in firing by security forces in Nagaland should be an eye-opener to repeal the controversial security law from the northeast.
Sharmila said the AFSPA is not only an oppressive regulation, it tantamounts to gross violation of the basic Human Rights.
The AFSPA empowers security forces to conduct operations anywhere and arrest anyone without prior warrant. In the northeast, it is in force in Assam, Nagaland, Manipur (excluding Imphal Municipal Council Area) and some districts of Arunachal Pradesh, bordering Assam.
TheTripuragovernment has sent a proposal of Rs 2,000 crore for the next 10 years to set up the second Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) inAgartalaafter Imphal by upgrading the and facilities of Tripura Medical College (TMC), said Health secretary Dr DebashishBasu.
He said the State Government has already sent a proposal to the ministry of health for approval. Chief minister Dr Manik Saha held a discussion with Prime MinisterNarendra Modion the proposal during his meeting on Monday in New Delhi.
Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy on Monday said that the ministry has sanctioned 16 projects in the north eastern region under Swadesh Darshan Scheme, which focuses on integrated development of theme based tourist circuits.
The tourism ministry is giving special emphasis on developing , on ground capacity and skills in the north east region, along with branding and Marketing assistance to the states in the region through its various schemes and flagship initiatives, Reddy said in his inaugural address of the two-day Conference of Tourism and Culture Ministers of North Eastern states here.
Under the Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spirituality Augmentation Drive (PRASAD) scheme, the ministry has sanctioned a number of projects in the region with approximately Rs 200 crore sanctioned for them, he said.