SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION IN NORTH EAST INDIA

SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION IN NORTH EAST INDIA by SHANTHALEMBI LISHAM

Source: ASSAM TRIBUNE, Dated: March 18,2014

HAZARDS OF E-WASTE POLLUTION

A useful article on Environmental pollution, specially from electrical devices, that are increasingly becoming parts of our daily life.

 

HAZARDS OF E-WASTE POLLUTION          by Dr PRADIP KUMAR DAS

Source: ASSAM TRIBUNE, Dated: March 14, 2014

Article-Vocational education in India

Written by Dr Nazrul Haque. Source- Assam Tribune 30^th December 2013.

Article-Reading Culture and the world of Books.

Written by Bibhash Choudhury. Source: Assam Tribune ,January 1^st 2014.

 

 

Article-Is Arunachal a part of China?

Written by Pranjit Agarwala. Source-Assam Tribune 5^th January 2014.

Relevant for Political Geography/Indo-China Relations

 

 

Article-School Mapping

Written by Dr. Loknath Sarma.

A informative article on School reforms and reforms initiatives in the critically important Education Sector. Source-Assam Tribune 5^th January 2014.

 

Article-Towards Public Private Partnership in growth Initiative

Written by Mahmood Hassan. Source: Assam Tribune 3^rd January 2014.

Relevant for studies on India’s Economy/Economic Reforms/Globalisation/….

An article on the 1^st Assamese to become a judge of the Supreme Court in 1973-Sjt Parbati Kumar Goswami, written by Arup Borbora.

Source-Assam Tribune 31^st December 2014.

 

 

Article-Who will empower Women?

Article by the noted journalist, Patricia Mukhim (Meghalaya). Source-Assam Tribune 4^th January 2014

Relevant for Gender Studies/Women Empowerment Studies.

 

Article-Women Movements in India

Article by Priyanku Narayan Baruah. Source – Assam Tribune, 2^nd January 2014.

Relevant for Gender Studies/Women Empowerment Studies.

Article-Sustainable Development and Neocolonialism

Article by Prasenjit Bujar Baruah. Source: Assam Tribune, January 3^rd 2014.

Relevant for Political Geography & Studies on Environmental Politics.

 

 

 

Travel-A Tale of Two Cities by HN Das (Retd Chief Secy,Assam)

Regional Geography>Europe / Travel Geography

AT Editorial-Fluoride Hazard

Editorial of Assam Tribune, Dated 3^rd January 2014.

Environmental Geography > Health Hazard >

Public Distribution System goes online in Tripura

Human Development > Food Security > Public Distribution System>

 

Public Distribution System goes online in Tripura

[Assam Tribune, 30^th Nov 2013]

AGARTALA, Nov 29 – The day is not far when Union Food Minister PJ Thomas would be able to see distribution status of PDS items of a particular government Fair Price Shop in Tripura.The State Food and Civil Supplies department has embarked on a mission to go on-line. Not only data entry, all the records of the department and ration shops including stock registers could be checked by browsing the Internet once the project is implemented. As part of the e-governance plan, the Centre has sanctioned Rs 1 crore for data entry of all ration cards, first stage of the computerisation of the entire PDS system in the State.“The plan has already got underway at the department with data entry gaining ground with every passing day”, said Food and Civil Supplies Minister Bhanu Lal Saha.The way works are progressing, it will take six to seven months to compete the data entry process, he told the media on Friday.Saha said one could know the stock register of a particular ration shop by sitting at home provided he/she has Internet facility. “The concept is like the Aadhaar project. The entire PDS system will be available on the Internet and anybody can check the status of the system”, he said.The National Informatics Centre (NIC) has been engaged to computerise the entire PDS of the State. The State has over nine lakh ration cards while the number of Fair Price Shops stands at 1,731.According to officials, the project is supposed to ensure a total transparency in the PDS as everything will be on-line, with virtually no scope for manipulation or tampering.Pilferage of ration items had become a daily routine as revealed by a series of successful raids in and around Maharajganj Bazar by the Sadar administration. The Sadar administration has cancelled eight dealerships in the State capital on the charge of irregularities.

Science-Satellite tagged Amur Falcons tracked to Arabian Sea

Satellite tagged Amur Falcons tracked to Arabian Sea
DIMAPUR, Nov 15 – The three Amur Falcons marked Naga, Pangti and Wokha, and tagged with satellite tracking devices this month in Wokha district of the State have reached the Arabian Sea. The current locations, signalled by the trackers which the birds are wearing, show that their journey has been safe and uneventful.Naga and Pangti have reached the Arabian waters, while Wokha is behind its two companions, the satellite feed showed. On November 7, the three birds were among many that were tagged with tracking devices by scientists who landed at Doyang in Wokha district to study the estimated one million Amur Falcons that had roosted in the area during their annual migration to South Africa.

The first three birds were named after the Naga people, Pangti village and Wokha district. Naga is a male, while Wokha and Pangti are females. The three aerial predators were fitted on their backs with tiny tracking devices carrying antennae and solar panels. The satellite tag weighs only 5 gram.The birds’ migration is being tracked through satellite linked to a website in Hungary. Every detail of the movement of the birds will be known through the devices, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Lokeswar Rao said in a press release today.

This is for the first time that Amur Falcons were tagged with satellite devices and released, thereby putting Nagaland on the international map with regard to conservation.

Source: Assam Tribune 16^th Nov 2013.