Dr. S.C. Katiyar, senior scientist from the Ministry of Environment and Forests, north east regional office, Shillong visited Kukurmara on 30 September 2010, to prepare a report on the proposed distillery unit- “N.V. Distilleries and Breweries Ltd” at Rampur village, near the Kulsi river at Kukurmara. Dr. Katiyar’s visit follows a meeting between Sanjoy Hazarika,…
Lee Iacocca, one of America’s business leaders said, “Humans have brains — at least most of us do — and that means we can act based on reason, hope and possibility.” Lee poses three fundamental questions for anyone launching into something innovative but he did so based on what was America’s great need at the…
The Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) and UNICEF, Assam organized a consultation on “Upscaling the C-NES-UNICEF education initiatives in the saporis of Dibrugarh and Lakhimpur districts of Assam” on 24 September, 2010, at the Indian Institute of Bank Management (IIBM), Guwahati. The consultation was held to share and discuss the experiences…
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) has announced a sponsorship amount of Rs. 12 lakhs for the Centre of North East Studies and Policy Research (C-NES) to build an additional boat for its innovative boat clinic initiative in Assam. The first installment of Rs. 4 lakhs was handed over…
The Forest Rights Act of 2006—also known as the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act—came after considerable and bitter opposition from conservation groups. They said the Act, which would grant land rights to tribals and other forest dwellers, would destroy forests and wipe out wildlife. Worse, the rights would…
German Heinrich Boll Foundation (HBF) has supported C-NES in conducting a year long study on the Impact of Conflict on Women, in Assam and Nagaland.The focus is on the suffering and trauma of women at times of conflict and the extent of post trauma stress syndrome (PTSS) and post trauma stress disorder (PTSD).The major aim…
A new scientific discovery has been reported on the remarkable communciation skills of the bottle nose dolphins, the sea cousins of the fresh water Gangetic dolphins of Assam, West Bengal and other parts of India as well as Bangladesh and Nepal. The research was carried out off Sardinia in the Mediterranean Sea as reported in the…
Dear friends, Samrakshan, with the support of local communities of the Balpakram Baghmara landscape in Meghalaya, India, has launched a nature-based tourism programme in collaboration with Titli Trust (www.titlitrust.com). This initiative is aimed at providing the local community with an economic incentive to conserve the landscape. We invite you to join the first butterfly tour in…
Agencies of the State and the private sector are collecting a variety of data on individuals. Adequate regulatory measures are needed to rein them in and safeguard individual privacy and data protection, says VENKATESH NAYAK, discussing government consultations on a proposed privacy law. Read more: http://www.thehoot.org/web/freetracker/story.php?storyid=149§ionId=62
Dear all, A short while ago I sent you an preliminary analysis of the Public Interest Disclosure and Protection of Persons Making Disclosure Bill, 2010 (the Whistleblower Bill) has been tabled in the Lok Sabha (Lower House of India's Parliament) yesterday (26th August 2010). Here is an additional facet to the complex issue. The Department of Personnel which prepared this Bill…