Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, visits USA House during the 2014 Winter Olympics on Friday, February 14, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. From left, US Olympic Committee official Lisa Baird, Russian Sports Minis

It was very interesting to read the article “Rio-Alemtemshi: New Politics?” written by Along Longkumar and published on 5th February in the Morung Express. Yes indeed, the two men at the helm of aff

The taint of corruption followed India's Olympic athletes everywhere in Sochi. They were not allowed to enter the Olympic stadium marching under the Indian flag. They were warned the national anthem would not p

Two giant leaps by a 22-year-old woman, and another small step for womankind. Like Neil Armstrong, Carina Vogt carved her name into history. No, she didn't land on the moon. Only 12 men got to do that. Women ha

A spate of sudden infant deaths following vaccination in India has prompted leading paediatricians to call for stronger regulatory mechanisms to evaluate new vaccines for safety and efficacy before their accept

Be it her flawless skin or well worked-out body, Katrina Kaif has always been known for her beauty. But the actress feels "there is more to beauty than just the physical appearance". "I feel it i

After two years of intensive negotiations, the Philippine government and the country's largest rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), have signed a final peace agreement which paves the way for

With the financial year coming to a close and the taxman knocking on your door, let us discuss income-tax again. We have, in our earlier issues, discussed about the different avenues of saving income tax, espec

Money isn’t just a piece of paper. It is a medium of exchange. We save money because we cannot predict the future. There is no loss in saving money, rather it prevents us from overpaying for things, allow

The recent tragedy of Nido Tania sparked anger, reopened old wounds surrounding unsolved cases of similar deaths in other parts of the country, and provoked protests, both virtual and real, from Northeasterners

India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat state Chief Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally, named “Maha Jagran Rally, in Guwahati, Ass

Govt. of India has constituted an eleven-member Committee on 5th February, 2014, headed by Madan Prasad Bezbaruah, an eminent retired IAS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre , to examine various kinds of conce

The speculation over recently retired Chief Secretary, Alemtemshi Jamir contesting the Lok Sabha polls comes at a time when the Election Commission (EC) has taken a confrontational stance with the Government of

The death of Nido Tania, a 19 year old boy from Arunachal Pradesh has exposed the shocking racial hate crime on the people of the North East in Delhi again. It is observed that there are similar racial intolera

Think twice before taking a deep breath in New Delhi, where worsening air pollution has drawn comparisons with Beijing, the world's pollution poster child.On bad days in India's congested capital, the air is so

Planning Your Pregnancy? If you’re planning on getting pregnant, you can improve your chances of conceiving and having a successful pregnancy & pregnancy outcome by following the steps-Eating wellDon'

The names adorning just about every available spot on Indian luger Shiva Keshavan's speedsuit are written in faint gray letters, barely visible to those even nearby.They are not insignificant. For the Sochi Oly

The writer hopes that the readers do not have to deploy the use of a magnifying glass to read this headline. Given a choice the font could have been made even smaller but the laptop had reached its limit to sma

The recent brutal death of 19 years old Nido Tania from Arunachal Pradesh has once again sparked outraged among the entire North East community. This is hardly the first fatal consequence of racial discriminati

Because I come from the North East India, do they look at me with a different eye? Do they feel like an alien has just passed their way whenever my paths cross them? Do they start thinking about the supposedly