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Scientists at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research's (ICAR) National Research Centre on Mithun (NRCM) in Nagaland are exploring ways to promote the rearing of mithuns (Bos frontalis) as a as livelihood option for farmers in places beyond the four northeastern states.
The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on Saturday recovered the body of a seven-year-old girl, who was thrown into a river by her mother, in Sivasagar district's Namdang.
Roads in the northeast are less prone to fatal accidents than other parts of the country, according to Road Accidents in India, 2018 report published by ministry of road transport and highways.
The Centre is set to introduce a new Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the winter session of Parliament, commencing on Monday, after the earlier one lapsed in the last Lok Sabha. Student organisations and civil society groups in Assam, opposed to the bill, have announced intense protests from day one of the session.
Leading by example, a 32-year-old CISF jawan from Assam has decided to set up the state's first-ever food and clothes bank with his own money in Sivasagar district.