Changing poor man’s timber into ‘green gold’

Bamboo has been in the news of late for a variety of its ‘green uses’ including a computer maker using bamboo for its packaging!
Bamboo has been an intricate part of Naga art and culture. The Government of Nagaland, in an effort to maximize its cultural and environmental appeal,  has set up the Nagaland Bamboo Development [...]

Scarcity of water in Nagaland

Geology & Mining department’s Secretary, N Benjamin Newmai, has stated that every department and individual have to play an important role for sustainable development and management of water resources.
“The experts in hydrogeology, together with the engineers from various departments and stakeholders, must coordinate with each other and work hand in hand to harness dynamic ground water resources and enhance the availability of water resource in all sectors and at all times,” Newmai said while speaking at an awareness programme on ‘Sustainable & need-based development of ground water in hilly areas’ here at Hotel Japfü. This awareness programme was organised by the Geology & Mining department as part of its ongoing programme on exploration-cum-development of ground water resources in hilly areas of the state.

Program of identifying skilled artisans in villages

The International Border Area People’s Welfare Organization will be surveying border villages of Nagaland to identify skilled artisans. Aim of the survey is to provide financial and marketing assistance to these people to help improve their livelihood and maintain the traditional craft forms of the region.  Read more here.
Traditional art in India is under [...]

Villagers get banking access

Another Human Rights violation

Human Rights violation in India has been on the rise in recent years. Close to the heels on violations in Orissa, and Chattisgarh, come reports about Human Rights violation in Nagaland. The Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights has been expressing its concerns over atrocities committed by the Assam Rifles .  They feel that the military [...]

Nagaland asks schools to adopt two-sport discipline

Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio said all schools in the state should adopt at least two sports disciplines of their choice to tap talents at a tender age. Speaking at a function here to felicitate sportspersons who brought laurels to Nagaland, Rio said state government had encouraged sports associations to appoint professional coaches to train [...]

Handicraft training workshop begins in Nagaland

The handicraft items produced in Nagaland are attracting a large numbers of buyers from abroad. To keep the tradition alive and humming among the youth of Nagaland, a 90 day vocational training workshop on bamboo and wood craft products has been organised at the Pusa Craft centre.
Speaking at the inaugural function, the Parliamentary Secretary for [...]

‘Naga chilly’ to shoo off wild elephants

‘Naga chilly,’ the world’s hottest, could be the latest weapon against marauding wild elephants that have wreaked havoc in parts of northeastern India.  Called bhoot jolokia in the local Assamese dialect, the chilly pepper grows mostly in Assam. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) developed a non-lethal grenade from it that could be used [...]

Changing the world with puppets

Meet Uttar Pradesh’s most intelligent puppet couple, “Mughle-e-Azam” and “Anarkali.” They have traveled across 72 districts and thousands of villages in UP, educating people on various social, environmental and health issues. Born in 1987 at Allahabad, Mughle-e-Azam and Anarkali have come a long way from educating people in the rural areas of UP to the [...]

2608 AIDS cases in Nagaland

2608 AIDS cases (1465 male and 1143 female) have been reported in Nagaland between 1994 to October 2008, according to an available source. The most effected age-group is the 25-34 years old, at 47.01 per cent and transmission through the sexual route standing at 91.1 per cent.
Much has been accomplished with active political leadership and [...]