Census officials lack legal authority to merge separate entries after recording. Without a structured list to map variations during enumeration, responses could become irreconcilable, said J K Bajaj.
Businesses and schools remained shut, public transport stayed off roads and streets were deserted in five Manipur valley districts, with few private vehicles seen.
The decision came shortly after the United Naga Council, the apex Naga organisation in Manipur, directed Naga tribes to ensure that villagers did not cooperate with government officials.
India’s National Action Plan for Snakebite Envenoming recognises 23 medically important snake species, considerably more than the traditional Big Four.
The first ever study of this kind comes at a time when Madhya Pradesh is concerned about snakebite deaths and gaps in snakebite surveillance, and when the state government wants better information abo ...
