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  • Processing of Anphet, A Phom Traditional Food
    Thungchano S Ezung, Lily Ngullie and Namei. A. Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Longleng, Nagaland   Anphet is a traditional food item of Phom community meaning (An: Biscuit; Phet: baked in bamboo shaft). Pr
  • NKorean missile tests spook neighbors, but ‘what to do?’
        YOKOSUKA, August 3 (AP): North Koreas flurry of missile launches — 20 of them just in the past year — is a new and alarming fact of life for Japan and its other neighbors.   B
  • By 2100, deadly heat waves may hit South Asia
      New York, August 3 (IANS): India along with Pakistan and Bangladesh could witness deadly heat waves by the end of this century, with heat and humidity levels that may likely exceed human tolerance, a
  • Racist graffiti at Australian university causes outrage
      Sydney, August 3 (IANS): Racist graffiti targeting Chinese students found in an Australian university has resulted in widespread outrage, a media report said on Thursday.   The words kill C
  • Brazil’s president dodges bribery charge, but risks remain
    BRASILIA, August 3 (AP): With his job on the line, President Michel Temer eked out a victory in a congressional vote over a bribery charge against him that has fueled angst and anger across Latin Americas large
  • Fired FBI director Comey inks book deal
      Washington, August 3 (IANS): James Comey, the former FBI director who was fired by President Trump has inked a deal to write a book that will feature yet-unheard anecdotes about his career, publisher
  • Global blind population set to triple by 2050: Study
    London, August 3 (IANS): The prevalence of blindness and vision impairment worldwide is set to triple from nearly 36 million to 38.5 million by 2020 and 115 million in 2050 due to an increase in the ageing popu
  • News in brief
    TV reporter punched in the face live on air   MOSCOW, August 3 (Reuters): A man walked up to a journalist broadcasting live from a Moscow park on a popular Russian television channel and punched him
  • Mining poses threat to black-necked cranes
    IANS Mineral exploitation, infrastructure development and changes in agricultural practices are severely threatening the survival of the black-necked crane that is endemic to the Tibetan Plateau in the Himal
  • Naga society needs a new kind of confidence
    Witoubou Newmai   By all conventional signs in the context of Naga society, it has become a monotonous affair to see endless flow of ‘advice’ from newspaper commentators on varied subjects.
  • GST sends services activity plunging in July
        BENGALURU, August 3 (Reuters): Activity in Indias dominant service sector contracted at the sharpest rate in nearly four years in July after a new tax policy sowed confusion and sent new ord
  • Wholesale onion price soars to Rs 25/kg
      New Delhi, August 3 (PTI): Onion prices today rose more than two-fold to Rs 25/kg at Lasalgaon in Maharasthra, Asias largest wholesale market for bulb crop, due to tight supply of old stock and likely
  • News in brief
    Book tatkal railway tickets now & pay later   New Delhi, August 3 (IANS): People can now pay later for tickets booked under the tatkal quota on the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp (IRCTC
  • GST will benefit Manipur, says Manipur Deputy Chief Minister
        Newmai News Network Imphal I August 3   The State Government of Manipur will be able to generate revenue of around Rs 150 crore to Rs 200 crore annually under Goods and Services
  • Donate land for a govt job: Meghalaya CM
        Shillong, August 3 (IANS): The Meghalaya cabinet has approved a proposal to provide government jobs to people who donate land for various developmental projects, Chief Minister Mukula Sangma
  • Northeast News File
        Assam mulls lowering excise on liquor Guwahati, August 3 (IANS): Reduce taxes to reduce prices. Which is precisely what the Assam government is mulling to prevent liquor being bootlegged
  • Dialogue with Pak can start the day it stops terror: Swaraj
        New Delhi, August 3 (PTI) India will start dialogue with Pakistan the day it stops promoting terrorism against this country, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said in Parliament today,
  • Doklam stand-off: India-China joint military exercise uncertain this year
        New Delhi, August 3 (IANS) Given the current stand-off over the Doklam plateau, the fate of the annual India-China Hand-in-Hand joint military drill, first held in 2007, appears uncertain wi
  • Brick by brick: satellite images could identify slave labour in India
        LONDON, August 3 (Reuters) - Researchers in England are hoping to help root out modern day slavery in northern India by using detailed satellite imagery to locate brick kilns - sites that ar
  • China says India building up troops amid border stand off
        BEIJING, August 3 (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry on Thursday said India has been building up troops and repairing roads along its side of the border amid an increasingly tense stand-of
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