Sri Lanka’s war-battered Northern Province had reason to celebrate when the results of a countrywide exam were announced last December. Of the 16,604 students from the province who sat for the exam, 63.8

The negative physical and mental effects tied to bullying among children and teens may accumulate throughout the years, according to a new study. Researchers found that teens who had been bullied in the past an

6th January 2014 - the day started with mixed feelings of excitement, reverence, confusion and fear. I was going on a journey with my mother and siblings to pay a final tribute to my late grandmother. We also d

A woman smokes as she waits for customers at a local bazaar near a railway station in outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar on Thursday, February 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win) Ethnic RelationsWith regard to ho

While Vladimir Putin and rich Olympic sponsors watch the Winter Games in gleaming arenas, boys in nearby Bolshoi Kichmai herd their goats by tying them to rickety bicycles, riding against the wind through a roc

It was yet another day when I was woken up by the alarm tone of my mobile phone at 7.30 a.m. only to realise that I would no longer be covering the feeble-looking but feisty Arvind Kejriwal who shook up Delhi's

Since theatrics have been an integral feature of Arvind Kejriwal's politics, his resignation as Delhi's chief minister can be seen as part of a choreographed performance.Having shaken off the burden of office -

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, visits USA House during the 2014 Winter Olympics on Friday, February 14, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. From left, US Olympic Committee official Lisa Baird, Russian Sports Minis

It was very interesting to read the article “Rio-Alemtemshi: New Politics?” written by Along Longkumar and published on 5th February in the Morung Express. Yes indeed, the two men at the helm of aff

The taint of corruption followed India's Olympic athletes everywhere in Sochi. They were not allowed to enter the Olympic stadium marching under the Indian flag. They were warned the national anthem would not p

Two giant leaps by a 22-year-old woman, and another small step for womankind. Like Neil Armstrong, Carina Vogt carved her name into history. No, she didn't land on the moon. Only 12 men got to do that. Women ha

A spate of sudden infant deaths following vaccination in India has prompted leading paediatricians to call for stronger regulatory mechanisms to evaluate new vaccines for safety and efficacy before their accept

Be it her flawless skin or well worked-out body, Katrina Kaif has always been known for her beauty. But the actress feels "there is more to beauty than just the physical appearance". "I feel it i

After two years of intensive negotiations, the Philippine government and the country's largest rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), have signed a final peace agreement which paves the way for

With the financial year coming to a close and the taxman knocking on your door, let us discuss income-tax again. We have, in our earlier issues, discussed about the different avenues of saving income tax, espec

Money isn’t just a piece of paper. It is a medium of exchange. We save money because we cannot predict the future. There is no loss in saving money, rather it prevents us from overpaying for things, allow

The recent tragedy of Nido Tania sparked anger, reopened old wounds surrounding unsolved cases of similar deaths in other parts of the country, and provoked protests, both virtual and real, from Northeasterners

India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat state Chief Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally, named “Maha Jagran Rally, in Guwahati, Ass

Govt. of India has constituted an eleven-member Committee on 5th February, 2014, headed by Madan Prasad Bezbaruah, an eminent retired IAS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre , to examine various kinds of conce

The speculation over recently retired Chief Secretary, Alemtemshi Jamir contesting the Lok Sabha polls comes at a time when the Election Commission (EC) has taken a confrontational stance with the Government of