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Aizawl, February 8, 2008 (PTI): Moving against the tide, Mizoram is planning to encourage population growth. Even as the Centre seeks to check the country’s population boom, the Mizo National Front Government is contemplating a slew of measures to encourage births.

Raghvendra Rao
New Delhi, February 8, 2008: In a gesture aimed at making the Kaladan river navigable and allowing big ships to enter upstream into Mizoram from Myanmar’s Sittwe port, Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Mani Shankar Aiyar will venture into the waters of the Kaladan river in a boat near the Indo-Myanmar [...]

Aizawl, January 07, 2008 (PTI): Virtually sailing against the tide, Mizoram government is planning to encourage more population in the distant north eastern state.

Aizawl, February 7, 2008 (ANI): Till a decade ago Mizos were not keen to learn Hindi, the national language, but with the passage of time, many are now drawn to learning it here. The Government of Mizoram has included Hindi in the school curriculum till standard seven and plans to include it till standard ten.

By Lalmalsawm Sungte
In October 2007 the Government of India released a UNAIDS sponsored report on the awareness level of AIDS and preventive measures in the country, of which Mizoram’s capital Aizawl, was also under the study. The study revealed that AIDS awareness level in the state capital was one of the highest in the country. [...]

Samudra Gupta Kashyap
Guwahati, February 6: Four months from now, the tiny northeastern state of Mizoram will witness the first-ever seismic survey. If everything turns out as expected, the far-flung state would become another major oil-producing state of the country.

Newmai News Network
Aizawl, February 3, 2008: In Mizoram enrolment of students is reported to have doubled in government schools with the state government deciding to change the curriculum from Mizo medium to English medium from the new academic session.