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  • Climate Change: India plans women-friendly agricultural equipment
    New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Men are migrating to cities, leaving behind women in villages. That's impacting agriculture as women find it difficult to use heavy equipment used for farming. But that is going to cha
    / 22nd June 2016
  • SpiceJet starts discount fare scheme
    New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) In a bid to attract more flyers in the upcoming lean season, budget passenger carrier SpiceJet on Wednesday announced a new promotional air fare scheme.   The scheme ‘Mons
    / 22nd June 2016
  • New textiles package targets 10 mn fresh jobs, another $30 bn exports
    New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) India's cabinet on Wednesday approved a package for the textiles sector with measures such as tax sops and relaxation of labour laws, with a three-year target of 10 million more jobs,
    / 22nd June 2016
  • Pope to visit Armenia after irking Turkey with "genocide" label
    VATICAN CITY, June 22 (Reuters) - Pope Francis visits Armenia this weekend and will try to avoid reigniting a diplomatic dispute with Turkey after his branding of the 1915 mass killings of Armenians as a genoci
    / 22nd June 2016
  • India plans to import 500,000 tonnes of corn to overcome shortage
    NEW DELHI, June 22 (Reuters) - India is considering importing an extra 500,000 tonnes of duty-free corn to overcome a shortage after a second straight drought cut output, a government source said on Wednesday.
    / 22nd June 2016
  • Iron ore miner NMDC fears cash shortage on share buyback plan – sources
    NEW DELHI, June 22 (Reuters) - Indian state-owned iron ore miner NMDC Ltd may borrow funds for the first time in more than two decades next fiscal year to cover a potential cash shortage caused by a government-
    / 22nd June 2016
  • Trump to detour from campaign to visit Scotland golf properties
    WASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) - Facing slumping poll numbers and a shakeup of his team, U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump takes a detour from the campaign trail this week to visit his golf res
    / 22nd June 2016
  • Know your Districts: Mon
    Location:   Covering an area of 1786 Sq.km, the District of Mon is bounded in the North by Sibsagar District of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh in the north east, Myanmar in south east and Tuensang and Long
    / 22nd June 2016
  • ‘Do-It-Yourself’ workshop
    Vineyard School Kohima conducted a three-day ‘Do-It-Yourself’ workshop on different activities for students of Classes 7-10 in the school premises at Lerie, Kohima from July 13-15. More than 100 students pa
    / 22nd June 2016
  • Quiz #14
    1. “Corruption, extortion go away” goes the first line from ACAUT’s theme song composed by a renowned Naga songster. Who is the composer? a) Nise Meruno            b) Tali Angh c) Alobo Naga  
    / 22nd June 2016
  • "I should have died too" - Nepal's quake widows struggle to survive
    "It drastically changed the way I am treated by society. Society does not accept me as one of them," widow Mina Adhikari   KATHMANDU, June 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Rani Maya Shrestha was worki
    / 22nd June 2016
  • FACTBOX-Global number of widows rises as war and disease take toll
    In the Middle East and North Africa, the number of widows rose 24 percent between 2010 and 2015, partly due to the Syrian war   LONDON, June 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Millions of widows worldwi
    / 22nd June 2016
  • Bangladesh river eats up land and homes, trapping poor villagers
    For families living on the banks of the Brahmaputra, erosion is a worsening problem as the climate changes     KURIGRAM, Bangladesh, June 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Piyara Begum once had
    / 22nd June 2016
  • Feel proud that I'm self-made: Anushka Sharma
    Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) Anushka Sharma, who was brought up in an army family and transited from modelling to acting, feels she is self-made and is "very proud" of this.   "As an actress, I feel I have
    / 22nd June 2016
  • Priyanka Chopra posts 'pit stopping' image to end trolls
    Mumbai, June 22 (IANS) Actress Priyanka Chopra has finally put an end to all social media trolls and criticism by putting up a photograph of her "real armpits".   Priyanka, who has gained global reco
    / 22nd June 2016
  • Kate Winslet to star in Woody Allen's next film
    Los Angeles, June 22 (IANS) Actress Kate Winslet is reportedly in final talks to star in filmmaker Woody Allen’s latest movie.   Allen is writing, directing and producing the untitled film, and lik
    / 22nd June 2016
  • President Mukherjee lauds ISRO for 20-satellite launch
    New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the successful launch of a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C34 carrying th
    / 22nd June 2016
  • 48 killed in Bihar lightning strikes
    Patha, June 22 (IANS) At least 48 persons including women and children were killed and dozens injured by lightning in different parts of Bihar in the 24 hours to Wednesday morning, an official said.  
    / 22nd June 2016
  • Honest toiler Nehwal senses golden Rio opportunity
    NEW DELHI, June 22 (Reuters) - Saina Nehwal eschews the "natural talent" tag thrust upon her by Indian media and says only hard graft and good coaching have given her the chance to turn the Olympic badminton br
    / 22nd June 2016
  • Goal machine Messi leads Argentina to Copa final
    June 22, REUTERS - Lionel Messi scored his 55th international goal to become his country's all-time leading scorer as Argentina thrashed hosts the United States 4-0 to ease into the final of the Centenary Copa
    / 22nd June 2016
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