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  • Response to Ethiopia’s Drought: A Story of Success or Anguish?
    James Jeffrey Inter Press Service   Inside a health clinic run by the Catholic Daughters of Saint Anne, a nurse wraps a special tape measure around the upper arm of 2-year-old Rodas cradled in her m
    / 7th February 2016
  • Is job guarantee programme against poor states?
    Deepak Razdan IANS   As the Indian government's mega rural jobs scheme under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) completes 10 years, is it discriminatory against poo
    / 7th February 2016
  • Perception and Corruption
    Amit Kapoor IANS   Evidence of corruption in a developing countries like India can cause massive turmoil. Two cases in point have been the near collapse of UPA-II on account of corruption charges a
    / 7th February 2016
  • AN ELEGY FOR DZÜKOU
    Growing up in the heart of Kohima Village in the 1980s got me introduced to almost every important aspects and facets of the Angamis idea and way of life from a very tender age. Being tutored and brought up in
    Public Space / 7th February 2016
  • Selective condemnation -A worrying precedent
    Moa Jamir   Under ‘normal’ circumstances, the recent killing of a businesswoman and a youth in Dimapur within the span of two months, would have elicited vehement and strong condemnations fr
    Editorial / 7th February 2016
  • Anushka Sharma & Virat Kohli officially ‘Break Up’
    Speculations over star couple Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli breaking up their long relationship have indeed turned out to be true. Its officially all over between actress Anushka and her cricketer boyfriend Vi
    / 7th February 2016
  • The Monkees return with a New Album and a National Tour
    One of the biggest rock bands of the 1960s is swinging back into action. The Monkees are celebrating their 50th anniversary with their first new album in two decades and a national tour that that hits Town Hall
    / 7th February 2016
  • Sunny Deol nice human being like his father: Hema Malini
    // Mumbai, (IANS) Despite differences between Dharmendra's two families, Bollywood's 'dream girl' Hema Malini thinks Sunny Deol is a "nice human being" like his father.   Asked about her reaction
    / 7th February 2016
  • Barcelona regain three-point lead with 2-0 win at Levante
    MADRID, February 7 (Reuters) - Barcelona cruised to a 2-0 win at Levante with Luis Suarez scoring his 36th goal of the season on Sunday to regain their three-point lead over Atletico Madrid at the top of La Lig
    / 7th February 2016
  • Modi in Odisha, calls for innovation in every field
    Bhubaneswar, February 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a two-day visit to Odisha on Sunday called for innovation in every field, and said th e country's young scientists should take up the great challen
    / 7th February 2016
  • Companies with healthy employees perform better in stock market
    New York, February 7 (IANS) Highlighting health as an important factor in the financial health of a corporation, a study has found that companies with best-in-class workplace health programmes for employees are
    / 7th February 2016
  • Government to address concerns over Pay Commission
    Visakhapatnam, February 7 (IANS) The government has studied representations from the armed forces vis-a-vis the 7th Pay Commission and their concerns will be addressed "in the near future", Defence Minister Man
    / 7th February 2016
  • North Korean rocket puts object into space, angers neighbours, U.S
    By Ju-min Park and Jack Kim   SEOUL, February 7 (Reuters) - North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Sunday carrying what it called a satellite, but its neighbours and the United States denounced
    / 7th February 2016
  • Eating lima beans may boost longevity
    London, (IANS) If new research in male fruit flies holds up, eating lima beans might help men live longer.   The researchers found that administering an oral dose of prunetin, found in lima beans, to
    / 7th February 2016
  • Man pulled out alive after Taiwan quake, more than 130 people still trapped
    TAINAN, Taiwan, February 7 (Reuters) - Rescuers in Taiwan pulled a young man alive from a collapsed apartment tower on Sunday more than 24 hours after a strong earthquake shook the island, and kept searching fo
    / 7th February 2016
  • More than 3,100 pregnant women in Colombia have Zika virus – government
    BOGOTA, February 7 (Reuters) - More than 3,100 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Saturday, as the disease continues its rapid spread
    / 7th February 2016
  • North Korean rocket puts object into space, angers neighbours, U.S
    SEOUL/TOKYO, February 7 (Reuters) - North Korea launched a long-range rocket on Sunday carrying what it has called a satellite, but its neighbours and Washington denounced the launch as a missile test, conducte
    / 7th February 2016
  • Karisma avoids question on divorce, says not ready for films
    Mumbai, (IANS) Actress Karisma Kapoor on Saturday avoided questions related to the controversy surrounding her divorce and also said that she wasn't ready for films now.   Present at the Nykaa.com Fe
    / 7th February 2016
  • Aditya, Katrina go street shopping in Delhi
    New Delhi, (IANS) It was shopping time for Aditya Roy Kapur and Katrina Kaif. The actors, who are in the national capital to promote their forthcoming film Fitoor, went on a shopping spree here.   //
    / 6th February 2016
  • State govts must spend more on infrastructure, anti-poverty progs
    New Delhi, February 6 (Agencies): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said he expects states to increase spending on infrastructure and poverty alleviation schemes as the 14th Finance Commission has devolved hi
    / 6th February 2016
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