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115 MT of garbage collected daily in Dimapur
26th February 2021 /
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Neglected bridge rotting away in Peren
24th February 2021 /
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Catch them young: Zongza Club offers ‘training with a difference’ for children
24th February 2021 /
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Blood component separator machine installed in NHAK
24th February 2021 /
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High and Dry: Mokokchung’s water scarcity saga continues
22nd February 2021 /
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Traders flout Dimapur Municipal Council rates
20th February 2021 /
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Mhaphrükhu: A step towards preserving ‘mother tongue’
20th February 2021 /
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Naga conservationist Nuklu Phom shortlisted for Whitley Awards
20th February 2021 /
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‘Love and forgive one another’
19th February 2021 /
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GHS Ngoungchung without Headmaster for over 4 yrs
19th February 2021 /

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SPORTS

  • 29th MDCA Inter-Club T20 cricket tournament 2021
    A&K Cricket Fraternity, United Brothers CC register wins Mokokchung , February 25 (MExN): The third day of the 29th MDCA Inter Club Cricket Tournament played at Imkongmeren Sports complex witnessed two matches with A&K taking on Mokokchung Guardians and
    Sports / 25th February 2021
  • Nagaland suffer first defeat in Vijay Hazare Trophy
    Morung Express News Dimapur | February 25 The Round 3, Plate match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2020-21 resulted in defeat for Nagaland who lost to Assam by 84 runs on February 25. Winning the toss, Assam elected to bat first on Thursday at the Sri Sivasubrama
    Sports / 25th February 2021
  • Ahmedabad: Indian bowler R Ashwin being greeted by skipper Virat Kohli on completing 400 test wickets, on the second day of the 3rd cricket test match between India and England, at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. Ashwin became the fastest Indian bowler to 400 Test wickets. (PTI Photo)
    India beat England in 3rd Test, take 2-1 lead in series
    Ahmedabad, February 25 (IANS): Spinners ruled the roost as India took a 2-1 lead in the four-match Test series with an emphatic 10-wicket win over England on the second day of the third match here on Wednesday. India needed to score only 49 runs for a win and opene
    Sports / 25th February 2021
  • Ahmedabad: Indian team celebrates the dismissal of England's Joe Root on the second day of the 3rd cricket test match between India and England, at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (PTI Photo)
    England all out for 81, India need 49 to win 3rd Test
    Ahmedabad, February 25 (IANS): Two Indian slow bowlers on Thursday bagged all 10 wickets to spin out England for a mere 81 runs in their second innings on a dusty pitch, and now Virat Kohli's team need 49 runs to win the third Test here. Left-armer Axar Patel c
    Sports / 25th February 2021
  • NorthEast look to complete turnaround with win vs Kerala
    Vasco, February 25 (IANS): NorthEast United face Kerala Blasters in their final match of the Indian Super League (ISL) group stage needing at least a point to confirm a spot in the playoffs. Having played 19 matches, NorthEast and FC Goa have 30 points each whil
    Sports / 25th February 2021
  • Barcelona's Lionel Messi, centre, views for the ball during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Elche at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. (Joan Monfort/AP)
    Messi scores twice as Barcelona beat Elche
    Madrid, February 25 (IANS): FC Barcelona kept their slim title hopes alive after a brace from Lionel Messi and one from Jordi Alba gave them a 3-0 win at home to Elche, which leaves them five points behind La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid. Barca coach Ronald Koem
    Sports / 25th February 2021
  • Dunedin:Australia's Aaron Finch bats during the second T20 cricket international between Australia and New Zealand at University Oval In Dunedin, New Zealand, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021.AP/PTI Photo
    2nd T20I: Guptill's 97 helps NZ win run feast against Aus by 4 runs
    Dunedin, February 25 (IANS): New Zealand rode on opener Martin Guptill's whirlwind 97 off 50 balls and then staved off a late challenge from Australia led by Marcus Stoinis to win the second T20I by four runs on Thursday at the University Oval. In what was a
    Sports / 25th February 2021
  • International runners unlikely at Tokyo Olympic torch relay
    Tokyo, Feb`ruayr 25 (IANS): International runners will be unlikely to take part in the Olympic torch relay to start on March 25, organisers said here on Thursday. Tokyo 2020 chief operating officer Yukihiko Nunomura said at a news conference that foreign tourists a
    Sports / 25th February 2021
  • Ahmedabad: England skipper J Root with teammates celebrates after taking a wicket on the second day of the 3rd cricket test match between India and England, at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (PTI Photo)
    3rd Test: India take 33-run lead vs Eng as Root takes 5 wkts
    Ahmedabad, February 25 (IANS): India took a slender 33-run first-innings lead against England as they were bowled for 145 in 53.2 overs in the first session of the second day of the third Test here on Thursday. England captain, at best a part-time spinner, took a s
    Sports / 25th February 2021
  • Flying Rabbits lift 1st T-20 Champions Trophy
    Dimapur, February 24 (MExN): The Flying Rabbits CC today lifted the 1st Champions Trophy T-20 Cricket Tournament organised by the Nagamese Baptist Fellowship (NBF) Sports Ministry, Chümoukedima Village. In the final match on February 24 at the Local Ground
    Sports / 24th February 2021
  • Centre Chakhesang sports meet underway
    Our Correspondent Kohima | February 24 The 54th general session of the Centre Chakhesang Sports Association (CCSA) started today at Pholami village under Phek district. The four-day long meet will be marked by field and track events, football, volleyball, ba
    Sports / 24th February 2021
  • Kohima Bible College annual sports meet held 
    Kohima, February 24 (MExN):  The Kohima Bible College (KBC), Kohima held its annual sports meet from February 18-21 at Indira Gandhi Stadium and its college Campus. According to press release from KBC, after the oath taking was administered by Talizhu, Sports
    Sports / 24th February 2021
  • Football match between Tehece Nado and Mutsuba Chedzuba on February 24.
    PSA’s 57th meet kicks off at Phek village
    Our Correspondent Kohima | February 24  The 57th Meet-cum-Ist Naga style category wrestling of Phek Sports Association (PSA) got underway today at Phek village. In the first football match of the day, Tehece Nado (TN) blanked Mutsuba Chedzuba (MC) 6-0.
    Sports / 24th February 2021
  • SASA 59th Annual Games & Sports Meet 2021 ends
    Kigwema wins men’s football; Kidima bags women‘s volleyball trophy  Our Correspondent Kohima | February 24  Kigwema was declared the champions of men’s football at the 59th Annual Games & Sports Meet 2021 of Southern Angami Sp
    Sports / 24th February 2021
  • AP Photo
    Woods faces hard recovery from serious injuries in car crash
    LOS ANGELES , February 24 (AP):  In a career filled with remarkable comebacks, Tiger Woods faces his toughest recovery of all. Woods was driving through a sweeping, downhill stretch of road through coastal suburbs of Los Angeles when his SUV struck a sign,
    Sports / 24th February 2021

QUOTATION

Positive thoughts are not enough. There have to be positive feelings and positive actions
– Kamari aka Lyrikal

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INDIA

  • Covid resurge: 16,577 new cases, 120 deaths
    India / 26th February 2021 /
    New Delhi, February 26 (IANS): Fresh Covid-19 cases are showing worryingly upward trend over the past one week, with the country reporting 16,577 cases in the last 24 hours taking the overall tally to 1,10,63,491 on Friday, Union Health Ministry said. While the latest number of fresh ca
  • Centre's regulations on social media evoke divergent views from experts
    India / 25th February 2021 /
    New Delhi, February 25 (PTI): The government's new regulations for social media platforms and over-the-top (OTT) players Thursday evoked divergent responses from experts with one section welcoming them, some saying they would be valid till they contain reasonable restrictions while few
  • Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code: All you need to know 
    India / 25th February 2021 /
    Govt tightens rules for social media, OTT platforms New Delhi, February 25 (PTI): Weeks after a spat with Twitter, the government on Thursday announced the tightening of rules governing social media and streaming companies, requiring them to take down contentious content quicker, appoin
  • Digital India Mission: Haryana assembly to go paperless
    India / 25th February 2021 /
    CHANDIGARH, FEBRUARY 25 (IANS): Carrying the initiative of Digital India Mission, Haryana will become the 16th state to introduce paperless functioning of the state legislative assembly. In this direction, a tripartite memorandum of understanding was signed on Thursday for the implement
  • After 20 years in jail, UP man found 'wrongly convicted'
    India / 25th February 2021 /
    LUCKNOW, FEBRUARY 25 (IANS): A 43-year-old man from Lalitpur, 'wrongly convicted' in a rape case, has finally been acquitted by the Allahabad High Court after spending 20 years in jail. The man has been lodged in the Agra jail since the past two decades after being convicted on

BUSINESS

  • 'Lack' of spectrum major issue before 5G rollout
    Business / 25th February 2021 /
    NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 25 (IANS): As the stage is almost set for selective rollout of 5G (fifth generation) mobile network technology in India by 2021-end, the Telecom Ministry is facing insufficiency of spectrum with the defence and space sectors seeking nearly half of the spectrum. Of th
  • PNB scam case: Nirav Modi loses extradition fight, UK judge rules he has case to answer in India
    Business / 25th February 2021 /
    London, February 25 (PTI): Nirav Modi, the diamond merchant wanted in India on charges of fraud and money laundering in the estimated USD 2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case, on Thursday lost his legal battle against extradition as a UK judge ruled that he does have a case to an
  • Varanasi toymakers excited about India Toy Fair
    Business / 25th February 2021 /
    LUCKNOW, FEBRUARY 25 (IANS): The first India Toy Fair will be held virtually from February 27 to March 2 and toymakers from Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency, will display their toys. Fifteen craftsmen of Varanasi are going to showcase their products in the India
  • Xiaomi ropes in 2 new smartphone manufacturing partners in India
    Business / 25th February 2021 /
    NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 25 (IANS): Hit by supply chain disruptions during the global pandemic, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi on Thursday said it has hired two new smartphone manufacturing partners, BYD and DBG in India to set up factories in the country, thereby pushing its "Make in Ind
  • As oilcos wait & watch, fuel prices remain steady
    Business / 25th February 2021 /
    NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 25 (IANS): Oil marketing companies on Thursday continued with their wait and watch strategy and kept retail prices of petrol and diesel unchanged for the second consecutive day. Accordingly, price of petrol continued to be at Rs 90.93 a litre and diesel Rs 81.32 a li

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HEALTH

  • Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine works well in big 'real world' test
    Health / 25th February 2021 /
    Jerusalem, February 25 (AP): A real-world test of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in more than half a million people confirms that it's very effective at preventing serious illness or death, even after one dose. Wednesday's published results, from a mass vaccination campaign in Is
  • The abundant health benefits of mint leaves
    Health / 24th February 2021 /
    New Delhi, February 24 (IANSlife): Pudina (mint) is one of the oldest culinary herbs known to humans. It has remarkable medicinal properties and is a rich source of polyphenols. It has carminative and antispasmodic properties. Saurabh Arora, Inventor Pudhinaa and Snec30, Director at Arb
  • Fat cells may influence how body reacts to heart failure
    Health / 24th February 2021 /
    Toronto, February 24 (IANS): Limiting the amount of fat the body releases into the bloodstream from fat cells during heart failure could help improve outcomes for patients, say researchers. The study, published in the American Journal of Physiology, found that mice with heart failure th
  • 'I aim to provide a practical and sustainable approach to healthy eating'
    Health / 24th February 2021 /
    New Delhi, February 24 (IANS): Nandita Iyer, a doctor and a nutritionist, figured her way around the kitchen only in her late 20 as the rigours of medical college studies left her with little time for anything else. Her time-off for over a year in the US some 15 years ago was when she real
  • Covid infection not linked to stillbirth: Study
    Health / 23rd February 2021 /
    London, February 23 (IANS): Covid-19 infection in pregnancy is not associated with stillbirth or early neonatal death, says a new study. The findings indicated that no babies died from Covid-19. There was also no increase in risk of stillbirth or low birth weight. However, the data sugg

FEATURED NEWS

  • Can tweak & relaunch Covid vax within weeks: Harvard scholar amid rising mutations
    Featured News / 25th February 2021 /
    New Delhi, February 25 (IANS): India is fighting one of the toughest battles against the Covid-19 outbreaks. The battle turned intense after daily cases resurged following a few weeks drop from a peak of over 90,000 infections in mid-September to a little over 10,000 in early February.
  • Creativity can't be clocked
    Featured News / 24th February 2021 /
    New Delhi, February 24 (IANSlife): India Inc has joined the global chatter on the four-day workweek. A recent announcement about the much-talked-about new labour code suggests that organisations may be allowed to offer the option to employees. However, the ministry keeps the 48-hour cap on
  • South Asian group mobilises for Tanden as Biden stands by her
    Featured News / 23rd February 2021 /
    New York, February 23 (IANS): While President Joe Biden doubled down on the nomination of Neera Tanden to a top cabinet post as it began unravelling, activists are mobilising for and against her. South Asians for Biden, a group that campaigned for him, asked members of the community on
  • Balochistan: In the Crosshairs of History
    Featured News / 22nd February 2021 /
    By Aditi Bhaduri IANS | February 22 The year began on a subdued note with the assassination of journalist and activist Karima Baloch, one of Balochistan's few, fiery and brilliant women freedom fighters. Her dead body was found in a lake in Toronto, Canada. The death is strongly al
  • We are lucky to be in India during pandemic, say expats in Jaipur
    Featured News / 21st February 2021 /
    Jaipur, February 21 (IANS): This is the story of young expats who left their countries years ago and stayed back in Jaipur, making the Pink City their new home. Happily settled in the capital of the desert state for over a decade now, Marie-Anne Oudejans and Barbara Miolini love India a

LIFE AND STYLE

  • Age no bar: 80-yr-old Ujjain woman completes PhD
    Life & Style / 23rd February 2021 /
    Ujjain, February 23 (IANS): There is a saying that there is no age barrier for reading and learning that a person can continue to learn and grow throughout life. This adage has come true for Sasikala Rawal of Ujjain, who has been awarded a PhD in Sanskrit at the ripe age of 80. She receive
  • Ritu Phogat shares 5 essential self-defence tips for women
    Life & Style / 21st February 2021 /
    New Delhi, February 21 (IANSlife): The knowledge of self-defence is a basic human right that everyone should have access to, especially women, believes 'The Indian Tigress' Ritu Phogat, a wrestling champion and a superstar from India. From a young age, she was taught how to wrestle
  • Kajol doesn't pay much attention to her imperfections
    Life & Style / 20th February 2021 /
    New Delhi, February 20 (IANS): Bollywood star Kajol does not pay heed to her imperfections. She does not put them up for appraisal because she is aware of the effort she has made to reach where she is today. "I don't know how I celebrate them, but I don't want to put them u
  • Strong is the new healthy: Malaika Arora
    Life & Style / 18th February 2021 /
    New Delhi, February 18 (IANSlife): "I believe fitness goals should not only focus on outward appearances. Health begins from inside," believes Malaika Arora. She reiterates, "strong is the new healthy." Malaika says yoga helped her sail through her COVID-19 isolation
  • Adequate spacing between births may reduce stunting in India
    Life & Style / 18th February 2021 /
    New York, February 18 (IANS): Adequate spacing between births can help to alleviate the likelihood of stunting in children, a new study suggests. The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that placing a greater focus on sufficient birth s