Search for : <span class='text-primary'></span>

Monday, 8th June, 2026

Support The Morung Express. Your Contributions Matter Click Here

Breaking news

7th June 2026 NFHS 5: C-section deliveries rise in Nagaland, private facilities exceed WHO’s threshold

7th June 2026 Tipsy in a ‘dry’ state: Alcohol consumption in Nagaland remains above national average

7th June 2026 Third suspect arrested in minor sexual abuse case

7th June 2026 NLA financial committees trained in public expenditure oversight

7th June 2026 NU trains poultry farmers to cut import dependence

7th June 2026 3rd Cancer Survivors Day observed in Kohima

6th June 2026 Assam-Nagaland DAB: Ralan-Yanmhon residents decry illegal mining allegation

6th June 2026 Don Bosco Job Fair Kohima connects 500+ job seekers with 25 recruiters

6th June 2026 Nagaland: NH-29 slope protection works unlikely before year-end

6th June 2026 Phom Day: 74 Years of Peace; A call to end tribal divisions

Search for :

Iran says 25 missing in addition to 20 firemen killed in building collapse

ANKARA, January 20 (Reuters) - Iranian officials said on Friday that 25 people were still unaccounted for after the collapse of a 17-storey commercial building in Tehran on Thursday, in addition to 20 firefight

/ 20th January 2017
India's top bank SBI eyes up to $1.5 billion capital raising next fiscal year

DAVOS, Switzerland, January 20 (Reuters) - India's biggest lender by assets, State Bank of India, could tap capital markets next fiscal year to raise up to $1.5 billion, its chief said on Friday, though it firs

/ 20th January 2017
Dimapur stores lament decline of CD sales

Myingthungo Shitio Dimapur | January 20 Store owners who depend on Compact Disks or CD to make earnings are facing challenges as CD sales continue to drop everywhere. The option of purchasing CDs has

Nagaland / 20th January 2017
Washington braces for massive protests as Trump becomes U.S. president

WASHINGTON, January 20 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of law enforcement officers and miles of barriers were in place in Washington on Friday, as officials braced for hundreds of thousands of people planning to

/ 20th January 2017
Children with asthma may be at higher obesity risk: Study

New York, January 20 (IANS) Is your kid suffering from asthma? If yes, he or she may be more likely to become obese later in childhood or in adolescence, researchers have warned. The findings showe

/ 20th January 2017
Trump promises to 'work hard' for the American people

Washington, January 20 (IANS) Donald Trump pledged unity and promised a change that America has not seen in decades, as he spoke in front of a crowd of thousands in Washington, D.C., on his final day as Preside

/ 20th January 2017
Is Wolf 1061c exoplanet next Earth?

New York, January 20 (IANS) In an attempt to search for life outside Earth, an astronomer has studied an exoplanet called Wolf 1061 and found the celestial body could be habitable in the future. As

/ 20th January 2017
I feel stronger, better and lighter on court: Saina

New Delhi, January 20 (IANS) London Olympics bronze medallist shuttler Saina Nehwal on Friday said she now feels "stronger, better and lighter" on the court post her successful return from a knee surgery after

/ 20th January 2017
Free expression in varsities under threat: Manmohan Singh

Kolkata, January 20 (IANS) Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said independent thinking and free expression at Indian varsities were under "threat" in the wake of unrest at the University of Hyderab

/ 20th January 2017
Government spends Rs 3.09 per Rs 500 currency note: RTI

Mumbai, January 20 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) spends Rs 3.09 for each Rs 500 note as cost towards paper, printing and other charges, an RTI query has revealed. The information was given

/ 20th January 2017
Digital transactions have grown exponentially: Minister

New Delhi, January 20 (IANS) The number of digital financial transactions made through Unified Payments Interface and Unstructured Supplementary Service Data mode has grown exponentially by 3,574 per cent and 1

/ 20th January 2017
Negative global cues, disappointing results drag equities lower

Mumbai, January 20 (IANS) Negative global cues, along with disappointing quarterly results and a weak rupee, dragged the Indian equities markets lower on Friday. Besides, investors remained cautiou

/ 20th January 2017
Cash flow to normalise soon: Urjit Patel

New Delhi, January 20 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel on Friday is learnt to have told a parliamentary committee that cash flow post demonetisation will normalise soon but might take lon

/ 20th January 2017
Gogoi says Assam Governor turning Raj Bhavan into RSS office

Guwahati, January 20 (IANS) Accusing Assam Governor Banwarilal Purohit of acting on behalf of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday said the Raj Bhavan here is

/ 20th January 2017
On Inauguration Eve, Trumpsters party in the "swamp" of Washington

WASHINGTON, January 20 (Reuters) - They voted to "drain the swamp" in Washington, D.C., but on the night before Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, they came to wallow in it.

/ 20th January 2017
Supreme Court to hear plea seeking to defer annual budget

NEW DELHI, January 20 (Reuters) - The Supreme Court said on Friday it would hear a plea at the start of next week that seeks to postpone the government's annual budget, due to be delivered on Feb. 1, until afte

/ 20th January 2017
Amid tension, Taiwan says wants "new era" of peace with China

TAIPEI, January 20 (Reuters) - Taiwan aspires to create a "new era" of peace with China as military action cannot resolve problems, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said in a letter to Pope Francis, lauding Taipei

/ 20th January 2017
Asia gold demand slows on higher prices

MUMBAI/BENGALURU, January 20 (Reuters) - Gold demand slowed in India this week as buyers postponed purchases on expectation of a cut in import duty and after a rebound in prices, while it was tepid across other

/ 20th January 2017
Japan threatens India with WTO on steel as Trump era heralds rising trade tensions

TOKYO, January 20 (Reuters) - Japan is threatening to take India to the WTO over restrictions that nearly halved its steel exports to the South Asian nation over the past year, a step that could trigger more tr

/ 20th January 2017
El Chapo - From most wanted kingpin to extradited jailbird

MEXICO CITY, JANUARY 20 (REUTERS): Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Mexico's most notorious kingpin who escaped two maximum-security jails, shipped countless tonnes of drugs around the world and became one of the wor

/ 20th January 2017