Aizawl, April 9 (IANS) In a significant operation against the illegal trade of forest resources, the Assam Rifles have seized a consignment of Anchiri (Paris polyphylla), a rare and high-value medicinal plant, worth Rs 36 lakh and arrested three persons in Mizoram’s Lawngtlai district, officials said on Thursday. An Assam Rifles official stated that the consignment of Anchiri (Paris polyphylla), packed in 102 bags, was seized near Zorinpui in Lawngtlai, along the Indo-Myanmar border on Wednesday…
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Aizawl, Jan 16 (IANS) Mizoram suffered a financial loss of around Rs 115 crore between March and December 2025 due to the outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF), officials said on Friday. An official of Mizoram’s Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department (AHVD) said that ASF killed over 9,710 pigs between March and December 2025, while over 3,620 other pigs were culled during the same period to prevent further spread of the highly infectious disease.Due to the deaths and culling, farmers in th…