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On November 30, 2019 Delegates of India and Myanmar and officials from Commerce & Industries Department, Government of Mizoram visited a site for construction of Land Custom Station (LCS… Read More
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2019-12-03 18:31
November Ni 30, 2019 khan Lawngtlai District chhim lam ramri, Zorinpui hmuna India leh Myanmar insumdawn tawnna hmunpui Land Custom Station (LCS) sakna tur hmun chu India leh Myanmar sawrkar… Read More
2019-11-20 17:33
Press Release16th November 2019Zo Indigenous Forum (ZIF) an indigenous peoples’ organisation in Mizoram extends its heartfelt appreciation to the government of India for withdrawing th… Read More
2019-10-03 15:14
Aizawl, 3 October 2019: A consultative meeting of all stakeholders including representatives from the civil societies, NGOs, political parties, Autonomous District Councils and officials fro… Read More
2019-10-03 15:09
Aizawl, 3 October 2019: Sawrkar laipui chuan Indian Forest Act, 1927 siamthat (Amend) a tum chungchangah vawiin khan inrawnkhawmna pawimawh tak Mizoram sawrkara EF&CC Department chuan a… Read More
2019-09-30 16:04
Aizawl, 30 Sept 2019: Human Rights Law Network, New Delhi leh Mizoram Law College, Aizawl tangkawpin an buatsaih Mizoram Consultation on Human Rights, Social Movement and Law chu Ni 28… Read More
2019-09-14 15:33
Overall the Declaration has downplayed the role of global financial institutions, tenurial rights of people, and delinks UNCCD from other Rio mandated scientific bodies like IPCC and IPBESNe… Read More
2019-09-05 08:02
Aizawl, 3 September 2019: "Several human rights and indigenous rights organizations today termed the Indian government’s proposed amendments to the Indian Forest Act 1927 as an attempt… Read More
2019-08-21 18:41
Victoria Tauli-CorpuzSpecial rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoplesIn a report sent to the Government of India, three United Nations (UN) special rapporteurs, expressing "concerns" o… Read More
2019-08-16 17:03
New Delhi, August 16, 2019 : A colourful shawl from Mizoram are the latest products to have been granted the Geographical Indication (GI) tag by the government.A GI product is recognised as… Read More
2019-08-16 16:59
Aizawl, August 16, 2019 (IANS): The Mizoram government has decided to organise unity festivals across the world to ensure integration and brotherhood of all Mizos across the globe, a tourism… Read More
2019-08-15 18:07
Aizawl , August 13: Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) on August 13 termed the proposed Indian Forest Bill (to be amended the Indian Forest Act or IFA, 1927) as ‘unsafe’ f… Read More
2019-08-15 17:51
(Subtheme: Indigenous Knowledge System and Practices)K.C. Lalmalsawmzauva Ph.D Department of Geography & Resource Management Mizoram UniversityAbstractThis paper is an attempt to unders… Read More
2019-08-09 20:05
Aizawl, 9th August 2019: Zo Indigemous Forum chuan vawiin August Ni 9, 2019 khan MZP Conference Hall-ah International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples day lawmna MZP Conference Hall-ah… Read More
2019-08-03 19:48
Aizawl, 1st August 2019: Zo Indigenous Forum (ZIF) chuan Nimin July Ni 31, 2019 (Nilaini) khan UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Pi Victoria Tauli Corpuz hnehah Draft… Read More
2019-07-18 18:57
17th July 2019: Zo Indigenous Forum (ZIF), ZORO leh PRISM Society te chuan Indian Forest Act 2019 chungchangah Ni 17 July 2019 khan Aizawl Press Club-ah Press Conference kan nei a, a h… Read More
2019-06-04 18:37
Aizawl,4 June 2019: More than 8,900 families in 332 villages have been affected in Mizoram by the outbreak of fall armyworm (FAW), a crop-damaging pest, since it was first detected in early… Read More
2019-04-19 10:44
Aizawl, April 17(NNN): In the past two years in Mizoram at least 45 people have died due to various types of natural disasters or calamities over the last two years with landslides claiming… Read More
2019-04-19 10:42
AIZAWL, April 17, 2019: Mizoram on Monday experienced its hottest day in 20 years as the mercury level touched 34.2 degrees Celsius. The temperature has been increasing due to deforestation… Read More
2019-03-18 17:49
Aizawl, 18 March 2019: The Mizoram Assembly Monday unanimously passed a bill that seeks to detect foreigners illegally residing in the northeastern state, that shares an over 700-km bo… Read More
2019-03-18 17:38
Aizawl, March 15, 2019: The Mizoram Assembly on Friday decided to adopt a private member resolution which seeks implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous P… Read More
2018-12-06 18:04
New Delhi, Dec 05, 2018: Assam and Mizoram are the most vulnerable to climate change among the Himalayan states, according to a study presented by a team of Indian scientists at the COP… Read More
2018-09-11 15:50
Purabi BoseWomen sitting in verandahs and pounding oil palm fruits, while chewing betel nuts, is a common sight in Saikaa village in Mizoram’s Kolasib district. Small plastic bottles o… Read More
2018-08-22 16:31
Aizawl, 21 August 2018: Vawiin khan Principal Secretary, EF & CC Department Pu Lalram Thanga, IFS hovin Secretariat Conference Hall, New Secretariat Complex, Khatla–ah Inception… Read More
2018-08-09 14:45
Zo Indigenous Forum chuan vawiin August Ni 9, International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples a lo thlen hian zofa hmun tina awm te chibai a buk a ni. International Day of the Worl… Read More
2018-08-02 16:58
Aizawl, July 12, 2018: Europe khawmualpuia United Nations hmunpui (headquarters), Geneva-a Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples hmanga châm mek, C.Lalremruata, Zo… Read More
2018-08-02 16:57
Guwahati, August 2, 2018: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Thursday presented the discoveries they claimed to have found at Vangchhia historical village in Mizoram's Champhai dist… Read More
2018-08-02 16:51
Aizawl, Jul 29, 2018 : Human trafficking is active in Mizoram despite several steps taken by the state government and police, police officials said on Saturday."'Backward states like Mizoram… Read More
2018-06-25 16:54
Aizawl, Jun 21, 2018: Altogether 56,584 families in Mizoram are still living below poverty line which is 19.63 per cent of total households of over 2.8 lakh, according to the BPL baseli… Read More
2018-06-25 16:47
Guwahati, Jun 22, 2018: A 2,400-year-old site in Mizoram, suspected to have links with a lost civilisation, is eyeing the coveted UNESCO World Heritage Site.Vangchhia, Mizoram's only Ar… Read More
2018-05-04 17:57
Aizawl, 5th May 2018: Ten heads of family of Dampui village on the adjacent to Thorangtlang Wildlife Sanctuary in Lunglei District of Mizoram were arrested by Mizoram Police on 24th April 20… Read More
2018-04-27 14:26
The World Commission on Environment and Development, ‘Our Common Future’, United Nations, 1987 defined Sustainable Development as a “meeting the needs of the present genera… Read More
2018-04-17 10:39
On March 14, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) uploaded a draft of the National Forest Policy 2018, three decades years after the last such policy. Th… Read More
2018-03-23 19:27
Aizawl, Mar 21, 2018(UNI): Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project has faced a deadlock, landowners from a southern Mizoram town of Lawngtlai, who claimed 50 crore compensation ha… Read More
2018-03-15 16:03
The strategic multi-crore Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project in Mizoram, envisaged as a key component of the Act East policy which will link India’s landlocked North East to… Read More
2018-03-01 19:11
The United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and India have signed a financing agreement to sustainably improve incomes and food and nutrition security for 201… Read More
2018-02-21 07:19
Aizawl, 21 Feb 2018: Land owners who are affected by the ongoing construction of the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport (KMMTT) road, which will link south Mizoram's Lawngtlai district wi… Read More
2018-02-01 15:46
Aizawl, 29 Jan 2018: Mizoram police arrested Lokhi Ranjan, a Bangladeshi national, for illegally crossing the international border and camping at a village in south Mizoram's Lunglei distric… Read More
2018-02-01 15:43
Aizawl, January 28, 2018: A. Zakia, a prominent literati from southern Mizoram’ Siaha town has been selected for Padma Shri Award, one of the highest civilian awards of the… Read More
2018-01-22 17:28
Aizawl, January 16, 2018 : At least six “illegal” migrant families belonging to Chakma community have been served an ultimatum to leave Mizoram before February end. The six… Read More
2018-01-22 17:27
Aizawl, January 16, 2018 :: As many as 786 cases of dengue were reported in Mizoram in the last six years since the first case was detected in 2012.However, no death due to dengue has been r… Read More
2017-12-28 10:43
New Delhi, 28 Dec 2017: The Mizo Chiefs Council, a body of 309 chiefs, has moved the Supreme Court demanding the restoration of hereditary absolute administrative control over ancestrally de… Read More
2017-12-02 11:07
Aizawl, 15 November 2017: Guwahti High Court, Aizawl Bench chuan Mizoramin kum 2016-a ram lakna dan a siam chuan sorkar laipuiin kum 2013-a ram lakna dan tho a lo duan tawh aiin ram laksakte… Read More
2017-11-02 18:09
Aizawl, 31 October : The Mizoram government on Tuesday decided to constitute district-level task forces in Lunglei and Lawngtlai in the south, and Mamit in the north west to tackle illegal i… Read More
2017-11-02 18:08
Aizawl: Cherishing the cultural affinity and brotherhood of the Zo descendants in the past, Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla said that the unity and brotherhood among all Zo tribes should be rev… Read More
2017-11-02 17:18
New Delhi , Oct 31 - Facing long delays, the Centre has decided to expedite work on a number of ongoing projects in Myanmar, which are crucial for India’s Act East Policy.According to… Read More
2017-10-23 09:36
Aizawl, October 20: Infant mortality rate (IMR) in Mizoram during the fiscal year 2016-17 stood at 21 with 405 infants dying before attaining the age of one, a state health department report… Read More
2017-10-22 02:45
Aizawl, Oct 20 - The Kaladan multi modal transit transport road project is unlikely to be completed within the timeframe, state PWD officials engaged in the project said.“The road proj… Read More
2017-10-06 13:59
4 October 2017: Indigenous activists have expressed serious discontent at the lack of attention to human rights challenges of indigenous communities in India during the recent Universal Peri… Read More
2017-09-27 05:50
As the debate continues on connection of climate change with growing intensity of hurricanes like Harvey and Irma, climate change is already becoming a ground reality for scores of farmers i… Read More
2017-09-02 15:18
Country workshop regarding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and indigenous peoples in India was organised by AIPP, Zo Indigenous Forum (ZIF) and Adivasi Womens Network (AWN) on… Read More
2017-08-14 05:15
Zo Indigenous Forum chuan tahrik ni 9, August, 2017 khan Buarpui Community Hall-ah International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples 2017 leh Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) Silver Jubi… Read More
2017-08-14 05:03
Geneva, 10 Aug (Kanaga Raja) - While progress has been made in the formal recognition of indigenous peoples in several countries, ten years after the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Ri… Read More
2017-08-14 05:01
New York, 9 August 2017: Ten years after the adoption of the the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, progress in several countries has been made in formally recognizing indigeno… Read More
2017-07-17 17:18
New Delhi, Jul 16, 2017 : Environmentalists and forest rights experts from across the country have recently filed an appeal with the petitions committee of the Rajya Sabha to halt any expend… Read More
2017-07-17 17:16
New Delhi,July 17, 2017: Six states — Odisha (40%) Chhattisgarh (20%), Jharkhand (20%), Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram (5-7%) — report most of the malaria cases i… Read More
2017-07-16 17:14
New Dehi, Jul 15, 2017 (PTI): Climate change would bring devastating consequences to countries in the Pacific and Asia, a new report has warned and said Southern India may witness a decline… Read More
2017-07-16 16:52
New York, 10 July 2017 – Fifteen indigenous peoples’ representatives from various Asian countries, including Bangladesh, Nepal, India and Malaysia are participating in the HLPF t… Read More
2017-07-04 19:41
NEW DELHI, June 30 - In what could deliver a major boost to trade between the northeastern states and Japan, the Asian economic supergiant is keen on connecting the region directly with the… Read More
2017-06-30 14:59
Aizawl, June 30, 2017: The 31st anniversary of the signing of the historic "Mizoram Peace Accord" between the central government and the erstwhile underground Mizo National Front (MNF) was c… Read More
2017-06-30 14:56
YANGON, June 30 : India handed over six donated cargo vessels to Myanmar to support the joint Myanmar-India Kaladan Multimodal Transportation Project, said a press release from the Inland Wa… Read More
2017-06-28 10:43
New Delhi, Jun, 27 2017(PTI): India Tuesday sought the cooperation of Myanmar in enhancing road, sea and air connectivity between the countries to increase bilateral trade.Commerce and indus… Read More
2017-06-17 18:57
Aizawl, 16 June 2017: Unlike his Arunachal Pradesh counterpart, Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla is not only in favour of keeping the India-Myanmar open but also wants the Centre to reve… Read More
2017-05-26 11:01
25 May 2017: Equal rights and opportunities for women are not only matters of justice and dignity. When women and girls have equal rights in law and practice, their communities and countries… Read More
2017-05-10 18:52
Geneva 9 May, 2017: May ni 4, 2017 hian United Nations Human Rights Council hnuaiah Universal Periodic Review (UPR) neih a ni a, India team hi Mukul Rohatgi, Attorney General of India in a h… Read More
2017-05-04 12:02
The General Assembly Hall at UNHQ was a place of celebration on 25 April 2017 as the President of the General Assembly (PGA) convened a meeting to mark the tenth anniversary of the United Na… Read More
2017-04-26 19:39
Aizawl, 26 April 2017: Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla on Tuesday said he had faced racial abuse in India several times. “Racial abuse is the worst thing in this country. I have f… Read More
2017-04-21 14:52
Zo Indigenous Forum (ZIF) buatsaihin 18 April 2017 khan New Khawlek leh 19 April 2017 khan Buarpui khua-ah te Understanding Safeguards mechanism of International Financial Institutions (IFI)… Read More
2017-04-09 08:21
Home department-in Mizoram Schedules Tribe list 1950 leh The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Lists (Modification) Order, 1956 hnuaia Mizorama awm hnam hrang hrang hming ziah dan dik t… Read More
2017-02-16 08:03
National Highway 54, Aizawl - Tuipang kawng siam ṭhat leh zauh tumnaah chhungkaw 3,534-te chu an awmna hmun aṭanga sawn a ngai dawn a, hemi atana thil ṭulte chu buaipui mek… Read More
2017-02-06 18:46
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Conflicts related to land and resources are the main reason behind stalled industrial and development projects in India, affecting millions of people an… Read More
2016-12-19 19:18
Guwahati, 11 December 2016: Sub-regional training for engagement with Asia Development Bank for the rights of Indigenous Peoples in relation with North East State Roads Improvement Project (… Read More
2016-10-30 13:28
Aizawl, 8 October, 2016: Zo indigenous Forum chuan October Ni 8, 2015-a Mizoram Legislative Assembly-in, "UN Declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples" (UNDRIP) chák zawka h… Read More
2016-10-04 17:11
Asia rama ram leilungfa inzawmkhawm pawl lian ber Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) chuan a vawi 7 an chu September 27-29, 2016 khan Chiang Mai khawpui Thailand-ah Genera Assemby an nei a… Read More
2016-09-26 17:23
26 September 2016: United Nations (UN) hnuaia ram 13 te chu Human Rights Council (HRC) hnuaiah an ram chhunga human rights chungchang endik thin an ni a, hei bakah hian human rig… Read More
2016-09-26 05:32
India to ratify the Paris Climate Change agreement on October 2, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday in a sudden announcement that will give momentum to implementation of measures at… Read More
2016-09-23 06:22
Aizawl, 22 September: Department of Zoology, Mizoram University chuan Zoological Society of India, Gaya (Eastern Zonal Chapter) thawhpuina in “Impact of Climate Change on Bio-Diversity… Read More
2016-08-11 10:00
Zo Indigenous Forum chuan vawiin Dt 9th August 2016 11:00 am hian MZP Conference Hall, Aizawl-ah “International Day of the World Indigenous Peoples 2016” a hmang a, Most Reverend… Read More
2016-06-22 08:18
New Delhi, June 20, 2016: The Kaladan Multimodal Transit Transport Project (KMTTP) in Myanmar was conceptualized and is being administered by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) wit… Read More
2016-06-07 04:45
Aizawl 4 June : Lawngtlai District Land Owners Association (LDLOA) chuan, Kaladan Multi Modal Transit Transport Project (KMMTTP) kawngpui siam meka an ram lak a nih avan… Read More
2016-06-07 04:42
Aizawl, 6 June: The Mantisia Spathulata plant, also known as the “Dancing Girl” was spotted at a lower altitude of 662 metres at Kolasib in Mizoram. This was observed by scientis… Read More
2016-05-27 12:34
TAIPEI (The China Post/ANN) - Newly-installed Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will extend an apology to the indigenous people on Indigenous Peoples' Day, August 1.
Taiwan President Tsai Ing… Read More
2016-05-17 18:23
Mizoram Health department hotu te chuan kum 2015 chhung khan Mizoram pumah sikserh vei 26,400 hmuh chhuah a ni a, sikserh vangin mi 21 an thi tih an tarlang.Kum 2015 chhung khan mi 3,02,942… Read More
2016-05-06 06:36
Aizawl, 5 May: Mizoram police-a CID (Crime) chuan, kum 2000 atanga March 2016 theng khan mihringa sumdawnna (human trafficking) chungchangah thubuai 20 a ziak tawh a, a kaihhnawihah mi 42 an… Read More
2016-04-23 08:36
Asia Regional Forum on Business and Human Rights vawikhatna Ni 19-20 chhunga Qatar Khawpui Doha-a neihah Zo Indigenous Forum Director chu speaker atan sawm a nih angin a tel ve a. Mizorama l… Read More
2016-04-23 08:13
Aizawl, 23 April (TNN): The Mizoram legislature on Thursday passed the Mizoram Land (Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement) Bill, 2016, which aims to ensure fair compensation to land… Read More
2016-04-14 06:03
Aizawl, 12 April : Mizoram hi State Human Rights Commission la nei lo zinga mi a ni a, Supreme Court chuan State Human Rights Commission din nan thla ruk hun a pe.Zirtawpni khan Supreme Cour… Read More
2016-04-12 03:54
11 April 2016 – More than a month after the killing of Berta Cáceres, a female human rights defender, eight United Nations experts have jointly reiterated their appeal to the Go… Read More
2016-03-24 17:23
Aizawl, 22 March: Zo Indigenous Forum buatsaih ni hnih awh tur "Seminar on Indo-Myanmar Relations - A new horizon" chu vawiin khan MZP Conference Hall, Treasury Square-ah neih tan a ni a. He… Read More
2016-03-14 05:43
NEW YORK, March 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Can land rights for women drive down child marriage and domestic violence?"Yes and more", says an international group of land and property r… Read More
2016-03-14 05:36
Zo Indigenous Forum buatsaih "Campaign on Land Rights in Mizoram" thawh khatna chu tan a ni ta a, a hmasaber atan Dt 23 – 24th February 2016 chhung khan khan Laki Khua, Siaha District… Read More
2016-01-21 07:51
Nw Delhi, 21 Jan (TNN): The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has pledged a loan for around Rs 4,000 crore for two major highways projects in Mizoram and Meghalaya.
The bilate… Read More
2016-01-14 08:03
Aizawl, Jan, 2015: For the first time since its formation 27 years ago, the Archaeological Survey of India will carry out excavation in Mizoram along Indo-Myanmar border at what is known by… Read More
2016-01-11 05:24
A law for stringent action against those involved in crimes against persons belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes have got nod from President Pranab Mukherjee.Under the Schedule… Read More
2016-01-11 05:22
Aizawl, Dec 15: The cabinet on Monday approved 17 agendas including ‘The Mizoram (Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement) Bill, 2015". The meeting of the Council of Minister… Read More
2015-10-16 05:27
New Delhi, October 14, 2015: The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for the revised cost estimate of Rs.2904.04 crore for the Kaladan Multi Modal Transit Transport Project in Myanmar. The… Read More
2015-10-08 11:26
Press Release
Aizawl, 8th October 2015: Zo Indigenous Forum chuan vawiin October Ni8, 2015 a Mizoram Legisltive Assembly thukhawmin ram leilung fate channvo thupuanchhuah thlawp zawnga &l&hell…Read More
2015-10-06 05:53
India-Myanmar Relations: Looking from the Border seminar chu Institute of Social Sciences, Delhi, Burma Centre Delhi leh Heinrich Boll Foundation September 28-29, 2015 khan Institute o… Read More
2015-10-05 08:33
C. Lalremruata
According to
the latest estimates released by World Health Organisation (WHO) in December
2014, there were about 198 million cases of Read More
2015-10-05 08:31
Imphal, September 07 2015: A joint meeting of the Hmar Students’ Association (HSA), Jt Headquarters, Aizawl and Siamsinpawlpi (SSPP), Headquarters, Aizawl, Mizoram was held on Septembe… Read More
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