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  • Human flights to Mars still at least 15 years off - ESA head
    By Maria Sheahan and Ashutosh Pandey   DARMSTADT, Germany, June 22 (Reuters) - Dreaming of a trip to Mars? You'll have to wait at least 15 years for the technology to be developed, the head of the Eu
    / 22nd June 2016
  • Why I Like Real Estate Investing?
    No matter what your background or where you live, there are only four major ways of creating huge wealth: (1) Investment in stocks, bonds, and CDs, (2) Real estate business, (3) Business in marketing products a
    / 22nd June 2016
  • The great Indian water walkathon
    Saumya Tewari & Rohan Bapat IANS and India Spend   More than half of Indian households did not have a source of drinking water at home - 63 per cent in rural India - and a fifth of rural househ
    / 22nd June 2016
  • Silence of Unreported Crimes
    Abokali Jimomi   It is the duty of the State to ensure that every child is protected from all forms of violence. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the international legally bindi
    Editorial / 22nd June 2016
  • Cabinet withdraws Drugs and Cosmetic (Amendment) Bill, 2013
    New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) The union cabinet on Wednesday decided to withdraw the Drugs and Cosmetic (Amendment) Bill, 2013, which was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on August 29, 2013.   Considering t
    / 22nd June 2016
  • Lightning kills 53 in Bihar
    Patna, June 22 (IANS) At least 53 people including women and children were killed and dozens injured by lightning in different parts of Bihar since Tuesday, the state's disaster management department said on We
    / 22nd June 2016
  • 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
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