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  • Simple Nature
    Madovi David Asst Prof Dept of Chemistry, St Joseph's College (Autonomous) Jakhama Dictionary defines ‘nature’ as “The natural world that consists of all things i.e. the natural environment”.
  • TODAY in HISTORY: November 06
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Nov 06   Reuters   1928 - Hebert Hoover becomes U.S. President.   1995 - Israel buried Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, ass
  • TODAY IN HISTORY
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 05     Reuters 1912 - Democrat Woodrow Wilson won the U.S. presidency, becoming the only man to defeat two former preside
  • TODAY in HISTORY: November 04
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Nov 04     Reuters 1921 - Japanese Prime Minister Takashi Hara was assassinated by a rightist fanatic.   1942 - British
  • FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE: CLINICAL SIGNS, ITS PREVENTION AND CONTROL
    Ebibeni Ngullie1, Bhaskar Bora2 and Anamika Sharma3 SMS (Animal Science), KVK, Dimapur SRF, NICRA PC, KVK Dimapur   It is a highly contagious viral disease of cloven footed animals viz. c
  • A review: System of crop intensification on field crops
    Dr. Hannah Krujia  ACTO Agronomy, KVK Phek   With the ever increasing demand for food accompanied by the constraints of climate change and the availability and quality of soil and water, the
  • Weather based integrated agro advisory for the month of November 2019
    Crop Advisories Keeping weather in view, harvesting of mature rice crop should be carried out during clear days. Maintain cleanliness at the threshing floor to avoid physical impurities in seed as well as
  • Current and future need of hill agriculture: Soil Conservation
    Rekha Yadav   In recent times, we have achieved the target of good production of food grains for fulfilling the need of increasing population in our country. But till now, areas of hill region are st
  • TODAY in HISTORY: October 31
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Oct 31   Reuters 1918 - In Hungary, former prime minister Count Istvan Tisza was assassinated by disaffected soldiers. Tisza, who had res
  • India's increasing defences eat away at farmland along border with Pakistan
    Ashutosh Sharma Thomson Reuters Foundation When half a dozen trucks loaded with construction material screeched to a halt on their farms, Baryam Singh and fellow residents in the Indian village of Bobiy
  • TODAY in HISTORY: October 30
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Oct 30   Reuters 1938 - Millions of Americans panicked when the radio play of the H G Wells book "The War of the Worlds" was broadcast
  • TODAY in HISTORY: October 29
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Oct 29   Reuters 1923 - Turkey became a republic under its first president, Kemal Ataturk.   1998 - Astronaut John Glenn, 77
  • Naga Leadership: The need of the hour
    Dr Fr George Keduolhou Dzeyie Vice Principal (Students Affairs) St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Jakhama– Kohima “If a man is interested in himself only, he is very small; if he is interested
  • Credit culture needs to change
    K Yatish Rajawat  IANS The fraud at Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank shows that there is a rot in the system and not the bank. If unchecked, it can cause irreparable damage to the sys
  • TODAY in HISTORY: October 28
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Oct 28     Reuters 1919 - The Volstead Prohibition Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. It prohibited the sale of drink containing
  • Today in History
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 26:   1905 - Revolutionary Russian workers in St Petersburg formed the first Soviet, or workers' assembly, in a brief uprising. &
  • TODAY in HISTORY: October 24
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Oct 24   Reuters 1929 - Share prices collapsed as nearly 13 million shares changed hands in panic selling on the New York Stock Exchange
  • TODAY in HISTORY: October 23
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Oct 23   Reuters 1906 - Paul Cezanne, French Post-Impressionist painter, died. Among his best known works are "Card Players" and "Mont Sa
  • Continuous market downtrend looks to be a thing of the past
    Arun Kejriwal   IANS  It was a great week for the bourses as markets gained on each of the five trading days last week. BSESENSEX gained 1,171.30 points or 3.07 per cent to close at 39,298.38 p
  • Unifying defence forces 
    DC Pathak  IANS  The announcement by the Prime Minister from the ramparts of the Red Fort on August 15 that the government had decided to appoint a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) to consolidate