Mizoram Announces Health Care Schemes

Aizawl, Sep 4 : The state government today announced that the revived Mizoram Health Care Schemes came into effect from September 1. ''Patients admitted to the hospital on or after September 1, 2010 can claim medical re-imbursement under the health care schemes,'' a government official statement said today. The facility does not apply to those who have not enrolled for the scheme. The Mizoram...

Northeast India Delicacies: Pora Haah

The cuisine from Northeast India is traditionally considered to be one of the healthiest in the world as the ingredients used are always local and very fresh. Also, like traditional Japanese food, people here hardly use any oil while cooking, a fact that is responsible for the superb skin people from the region usually have. Spices are minimal in the upper states of Mizoram, Nagaland,...

Gitanjali By Tagore Translated to Mizo

Kolkata, Sep 4 : The School of Languages and Culture, Rabindrabharati University Kolkata is collaborating with the University of Mizoram to translate Gitanjali into Mizo language, said a top official on Friday. “Initiative is on to translate world bard Rabindranath Tagore nobel-winning Gitanjali in Mizo language,” said Karunasindhu Das, Vice Chancellor, Rabindra Bharati University, here. He was...

India to Extend Crackdown On Online Communication Companies

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi, Sep 4 : India says it will extend its electronic security crackdown on Blackberry cellular phones to include all online communication companies like Google and Skype. Security concerns have prompted India to demand access to encrypted data transmitted online.    The first target of India's demand for access to encrypted data was Research in Motion,...

60 Lakh illegal Bangladeshis in Assam Voters List?

Nagaon, Sep 4 : While illegal Bangladeshi influx is threatening national security, over 60 lakh infiltrators have been already included in the voters list of Assam, alleged Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday. During a press conference here, BJP’s state president Ranjit Dutta said, “Large scale illegal migration from Bangladesh over several decades has been altering the demographic complexion...

Indian Student Enrolment in Oz Halves

Melbourne, Sep 2 : Attacks on Indian students in Australia may have hit their enrolment into varsities here, with new figures showing a slump by almost half. Turmoil in Australia's international education sector, legislative changes and the global financial crisis are also among the factors for the sharp fall in the intake in the foreign student enrolment, according to a media report. In 2008-09,...

Mizoram Aims Green Revolution

Aizawl, Sep 2 : Mizoram Agriculture Minister H Liansailova today said the state government was aiming to achieve an agricultural revolution with the ambitious New Land Use Policy (NLUP) to boost the state's economy. ''We need to revolutionise our agriculture to boost the state's economy. We need to revive this world's oldest trade and the people must wake up to the same,'' the minister said at a...

UN to Support Mizoram in Dealing With HIV/AIDS

Aizawl, Sep 2 : The United Nations (UN) will support Mizoram in prevention of HIV/AIDS and in management of prisons in the northeastern state, an official said here Thursday. Cristina Albertin, representative of the New Delhi-based United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime - Regional Office for South Asia (UNODC-ROSA), made the announcement while addressing a week-long training-cum-brain storming...