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  • TODAY in HISTORY: October 21
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Oct 21     Reuters 1945 - Women vote for the first time in France.   1966 - A colliery slag heap slid and buried a scho
  • Plastic bottles vs aluminium cans - who'll win the global water fight?
    A plastic bottle drifts on the waves of the sea at a fishing port in Isumi, east of Tokyo, Japan November 21, 2018. (Reuters File Photo)     Eric Onstad Reuters Global bottled water gia
  • TODAY IN HISTORY OCTOBER 18
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Oct 18   Reuters 1922 - The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) was formed.   1931 - The American inventor Thomas Alva Edison
  • TODAY in HISTORY: October 17
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Oct 17   Reuters 1931 - American gangster Al Capone convicted of tax evasion.   1961 - Riot police and Algerians demonstrating
  • Laziness a bane to youths in Naga Society
    Catherine Kulnu Asst Prof, St Joseph's College, Jakhama Money is the root cause of evil people say. But according to me laziness is the root cause of evil. According to the Catholic principles being laz
  • TODAY IN HISTORY
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Oct 16   Reuters 1946 - A number of top German Nazis were hanged at Nuremberg after being found guilty of war crimes. They included for
  • TODAY in HISTORY: October 15
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Oct 15   Reuters 1943 - Italy declared war on its former Axis partner Germany in World War Two.   1990 - St Basil's Russian
  • TODAY in HISTORY: October 14
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Oct14     Reuters 1912 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt was shot by a would-be assassin in Milwaukee. He was saved by his thick
  • TODAY in HISTORY: October 11
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Oct 11   Reuters 1899 - Beginning of second Boer War.   1961 - Leonard "Chico" Marx, the piano-playing member of the Marx Br
  • TODAY in HISTORY: October 10
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Oct 10   Reuters 1911 - Chinese Nationalist leader Sun Yat-sen proclaimed a republic at Wuchang and began the revolution that overthrew
  • India is moving towards banning Single Use Plastic
    Renthungo Humtsoe  Asst. Professor, Dept of Pol Sc SJCJ (A)  As October approaches, many Single Use plastic (SUPs) items are set to disappear from our lives. From the Indian Railways to Govern
  • TODAY in HISTORY: October 09
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Oct 09   Reuters 1934 - King Alexander of Yugoslavia and French Foreign Minister Louis Barthou, who were negotiating an alliance, were
  • TODAY in HISTORY: September 07
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Sept 07     Reuters 1940 - In World War Two, German troops invaded Romania to take control of strategic oilfields.   19
  • TODAY in HISTORY: October 04
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Oct 04   Reuters 1918 - Explosion at shell-loading plant in Gillespie munitions factory in New York.   1957 - The Soviet Uni
  • Celebrity chef Kunal Kapur turns attention to green coffee
    Vishnu Makhijani IANS He's curated a 'satvik' meal for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, hosted four seasons of MasterChef India and an 18-episode "Pickled Nation" TV ser
  • Frenchbean cultivation in Longleng District of Nagaland- a Success Story
    Dr Patu K Zeliang ACTO, PBG, KVK Peren   Frenchbean (Phaseolus vulgaris) commonly known as kidney bean, common bean or rajmash is a green vegetable as well as grain pulse and economically a
  • Rapeseed/ Toria- a potential climate resilient oilseed crop under zero tillage practices in Mon district Nagaland
    I.    Dr. Manoj Singh Sachan     Asst. Chief Technical Officer       (Genetics & Plant Breeding)   II.    Dr. Paihem Michui  &n
  • Farming Fish in Polythene lined ponds
    Jyotish Barman & D. J. Rajkhowa ICAR Nagaland Centre In India, farm pond has been an integral part of farming system which stores water during rains and the same is used for giving life saving irrig
  • Weather based integrated agro advisory for the month of October
    As per the model guidance, changeover of atmospheric circulation pattern as well as reduction in the moisture content is likely only after 6th October. Thus the withdrawal of southwest monsoon is likely to be d
  • TODAY in HISTORY: October 03
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Oct 03   Reuters 1932 - Iraq became independent after the British mandate ended, and joined the League of Nations.   1995 -