NORTH-EASTERN STATES

A group of students from carbon-negative Bhutan has this message for the world – do much more to ensure increased participation of youngsters in the fight against https://exam.pscnotes.com/Climate-change”>Climate Change.

This group of 12 boys and girls from Orong Central School inBhutan’s Samdrup Jongkhardistrict was here for the just-concluded Northeast Green Summit.
A few suggested holding of climate change-related competitions and events in schools and colleges will encourage more young people to eventually work in the climate action space. “You don’t have to be a PM or politician or government official to protect the Environment.

Nagaland celebrated its 59th Statehood Day on 1 December.

Highlights:

Nagaland was given statehood on 1 December 1963, with Kohima being declared it’s capital.

Naga leaders and the central government recognised creating a separate region of the Naga Hills in 1957.

The State of Nagaland Act, 1962, was thus established by the Parliament to present Nagaland statehood.

According to the Article 371-A, no act of Parliament would appeal to the State of Nagaland in a subject relating to religious or social practices of Nagas, Naga customary law and procedure, administration of civil or criminal , including decisions according to Naga customary law and ownership and transfer of land and its Resources.

Nagaland was the first state in the northeast to be separated from Assam as the 16th State of the Indian Union.

The approved the nameDonyi Polofor the greenfield airport atHollonginear theArunachal Pradeshcapital Itanagar.

The traditional cultural heritage of Arunachal, inhabited by several diverse tribes, gets reflected in the name Donyi Polo, meaning the sun and the moon.

The Centre had granted in-principle approval for the development of the airport in January 2019. The project to operationalise Arunachals first full-fledged airport is being developed by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) with the help of the Centre and theArunachalPradesh government at a cost of Rs 646 crore.

and conservation strategies for the Northeast and its contiguous Biodiversity zones, a round table of forest ministers of the region, besides green art and green music events are on the agenda of the three-day Northeast Green Summit beginning here from November 16. The focus area of the sixth edition of the summit is ‘Greening after Covid: Regional Cooperation, Innovation & Entrepreneurship‘. Union Minister of State for Environment Ashwini Chaubey is expected to attend the summit, where delegates from Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar will also brainstorm on various issues.

Several stalls showcasing sustainable products from across the northeastern region will be part of the summit, which is organised by Vibgyor NE Foundation and supported by United Nations Environment (UNEP). As a run-up to the event, a green cyclothon is being organised on November 8 to create awareness among the public about the rapidly-depleting Resources. The rally also aims to promote the heritage points of southern Assam, also known as Barak Valley, and eco-tourism and create awareness on sustainable development.

Two senior government functionaries said the task has been given to the North Eastern Space Application Centre (NESAC), a joint initiative of the Department of Space (DoS) and the North Eastern Council (NEC).

The NESAC helps augment the developmental process in the Northeast region by providing advanced Space Technology support.

The inter-state border disputes have come under fresh focus recently after six Assam Police personnel were killed in clashes along the Assam-Mizoram border.

The idea for demarcation of inter-state boundaries through satellite imaging was mooted by Union Home Minister Amit Shah a few months ago.

The major objectives of the NESAC are: to provide an operational remote sensing and geographic information system-aided natural resource information base to support activities on development, management of https://exam.pscnotes.com/natural-Resources“>Natural Resources and Infrastructure planning in the region.

It provides operational satellite Communication applications Services in the region in Education, Health care, Disaster Management support, and developmental communication.

The UT of Ladakh organic, the administration of Ladakh, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the State Organic Certification Agency (SOCCA). A tripartite MOU has been signed between SSOCA and Ladakh regarding Prampragat Krishi Vikas Yojana and Mission Organic Development Initiative (MODI) implementation in the Ladakh region to convert UT into organic by the year 2025. The main target of this MoU is to get the organic certification after a tie-up with the Government of India.

Highlights:

The target is to make Ladakh a certified organic UT by 2025, which will be completed in three phases.
First phase:85 villages have been identified to convert 5000 hectares of land into organic.
Second phase:82 villages will be covered with 10000 hectares.
Third phase:the department has selected 79 towns that will cover the remaining areas.
The first state to become 100 percent organic is Sikkim is, with all of its farmland certified organic. The use and sale of chemical Fertilizers & pesticides are banned in Sikkim.

Rail Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday said before 2014, the allocation for the railways for the northeast was Rs 2,000 crore but, under the Modi government, it has increased to Rs 10,200 crore, helping expedite projects in the region.

Connecting Guwahati in Assam with New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal, the train will help save about an hour of journey time, compared to the current fastest train connecting the two places. It will cover the journey in five-and-a-half hours while the current fastest train takes about six-and-a-half hours to cover the distance, the PMO said in a statement on Sunday.

The Meghalaya government has asked for high-capacity pumps fromCoal India Limitedto dewater the flooded coal mine at Umpleng area inEast Jaintia Hillsdistrict, where five miners have been trapped inside for five days.

The rescue and search operations which is being jointly conducted byNational Disaster Response Force(NDRF) along with theState Disaster Response Forceand the State Fire and Emergency has become all the more challenging with the rising water inside the 500-feet shaft of the mine amid incessant rainfall.