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  • World’s Rural Poor Need Social Protection: UN
    Thalif Deen Inter Press Service   The success of the UNs post-2015 development agenda is predicated on one underlying theme: no one should be left behind – and certainly not the worlds rural poor
    / 9th March 2016
  • ANTB spreading Love & peace through Music #TheBigBangFestival
    The BIG BANG! "Festival Of Love" was held at Haflong, Cultural Institute Hall on the 6th of March,2016. The event was headlined by Alobo Naga and The Band from Nagaland, they had the crowd going crazy from the
    / 9th March 2016
  • 'Fifth Beatle' Sir George Martin dies, aged 90
    Legendary producer, Sir George Martin, who was the man behind most of The Beatles era-defining recordings, has died aged 90. Sir George, who was the producer and arranger for the band, was a British treasure wh
    / 9th March 2016
  • Kylie Jenner's cosmetic line sells out in 15 minutes
    Reality TV star Kylie Jenner sold out her sixth 'Kylie's Cosmetics' including her original 'Lip Kit By Kylie' in just 15 minutes. The 18-year-old "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star sold out her entire beaut
    / 9th March 2016
  • Robert Pattinson ventures into fashion design
    Actor Robert Pattinson has landed a new career as a fashion designer. The Twilight star, 29, who has been very selective with movie projects in recent years, said his slow-paced acting career is partly due to t
    / 9th March 2016
  • Dolly Parton: 'I Don't Care Who Records I Will Always Love You'
    Whitney Houston made the song Dolly wrote about her professional split from mentor Porter Wagoner her own, and it has also been sung and recorded by Jennifer Hudson, X Factor finalist Rik Waller, and Beyonce, w
    / 9th March 2016
  • Liquor baron Mallya, under pressure from banks, leaves India
    NEW DELHI, March 9 (Reuters): Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, under pressure from banks to repay more than $1 billion of debt owed by his collapsed airline, left the country last week, a lawyer for the lenders told
    / 9th March 2016
  • Maharashtra FDA sends J&J baby powder for lab tests
    Mumbai, March 9 (PTI): Months after a 62-year old woman in the US died of ovarian cancer linked to sustained use of Johnson & Johnson baby powder, Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent sam
    / 9th March 2016
  • Brahma Kumaris commemorate 80th anniversary
    Kohima, March 9 (MExN): The Kohima centre of Brahma Kumaris on March 7 organized a flag hoisting ceremony to commemorate the 80 years of services to humanity by the Brahma Kumaris, world spiritual and education
    / 9th March 2016
  • News in Brief
    Agriculture department review programme Kohima, March 9 (MExN): A two-day review of ongoing programme-cum-Kharif campaign for the year 2016 was inaugurated at the Directorate of Agriculture in Kohima on Marc
    / 9th March 2016
  • WHO IS THE RIGHTFUL STAKEHOLDER?
    ‘Stakeholder’. This has become the catchword in the lexicon of Naga politics used by all hue and colors these days. It became even more pronounced after the August 3, 2015 Framework agreement signed
    Public Space / 9th March 2016
  • WHO lists Zika R&D priorities
    GENEVA, March 9 (Reuters): A meeting of experts on the Zika virus outbreak has agreed on three top priorities for research into medical products, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, warning that va
    / 9th March 2016
  • Modi urges opposition to support bills passed by Lok Sabha
    New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged the opposition in the Rajya Sabha to support bills already passed by the Lok Sabha, saying the country was waiting for the legislations
    / 9th March 2016
  • Trump takes Michigan in repudiation of Republican establishment
    By John Whitesides   DETROIT, March 9 (Reuters) - Republican front-runner Donald Trump racked up primary wins in the big prize of Michigan and in Mississippi on Tuesday, brushing off a week of bliste
    / 9th March 2016
  • Myanmar’s fighting art of Lethwei
    REUTERS, March 9 In the old days, droves of spectators gathered in communal theatres around rural Myanmar to witness just one thing – Lethwei, the nations bareknuckle combat sport.   A martial a
    / 9th March 2016
  • Iran tests more missiles, 'capable of reaching Israel'
    By Sam Wilkin and Bozorgmehr Sharafedin   DUBAI, March 9 (Reuters) - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) test-fired two ballistic missiles on Wednesday morning that it said were designed
    / 9th March 2016
  • Clouds over Indonesia obscure total eclipse of the sun for many
    By Darren Whiteside   PALEMBANG, Indonesia, March 9 (Reuters) - A solar eclipse enthralled Indonesia on Wednesday but clouds over some parts of archipelago spoiled the view for many of the skywatcher
    / 9th March 2016
  • China-made truck used by North Korea in new artillery system
    By James Pearson   SEOUL, March 9 (Reuters) - North Korea is using Chinese-made trucks in a new mobile artillery system showcased five days ago, according to photographs reviewed by Reuters, underlin
    / 9th March 2016
  • No more smiles: Myanmar's transition sours ahead of presidential vote
    By Hnin Yadana Zaw and Antoni Slodkowski   NAYPYITAW, March 9 (Reuters) - A deepening rift has opened between Myanmar's powerful military and Aung San Suu Kyi, sources say, threatening the democracy
    / 9th March 2016
  • North Korea's Kim says country has miniaturised nuclear warheads
    By Jack Kim   SEOUL, March 9 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country has miniaturised nuclear warheads to mount on ballistic missiles and ordered improvements in the power and pr
    / 9th March 2016
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