Bangladesh Permits Foodgrains Movement By Ashuganj Port

Agartala, May 29 : Bangladesh has agreed to permit India to use its Ashuganj port for transporting foodgrains to the Northeast.Tripura Food and Civil Supplies Minister Mr. Bhanulal Saha said, Bangladesh government previous week allowed India to transport 10,000 tonnes of rice for Tripura which would come from Haldia port to Ashuganj port in Brahmanbaria district in Bangladesh; about 40 kilometer...

How Engineers Are Building a New Railroad Under New York City

By Tim De Chant Workers inspect the “shock tubes” that set off blasting caps, which detonate the charges. More than 2,400 blasts have been conducted on the project. This tunnel is under 55th Street and Park Avenue. The yellow material is a waterproof membrane, which goes on before the concrete finish. During the day, rail cars will wait under Grand Central Terminal until it’s...

Chinese Hunt Down Teen Who Defaced Ancient Egyptian Temple

Anger in China over teenager's graffiti at Luxor temple Ding Jinhao's parents apologised for the graffiti at a temple in Egypt The exposure of a Chinese teenager who vandalised an Ancient Egyptian artwork has led to a wave of anger among China's internet users. On Friday a microblogger posted a photo of graffiti at a Luxor temple complex saying: "Ding Jinhao was here." A 15-year-old...

Lyngdoh is Meghalaya’s Hero

HAPPY BUNCH: Members of the Meghalaya team snapped with Sunil Chetri (back row, second from left) and Sachin Tendulkar after the team's triumph on Tuesday.Meghalaya clinched the 35th sub-junior National football championship, for the Coca-Cola Cup, beating back Odisha’s spirited efforts to win by a solitary goal from Ronald Lyngdoh.The under-15 final, held on Tuesday in searing noon temperature...

Mizoram Enacts Policy To Check Drug Menace

Aizawl, May 28 : The increasing drug menace in Mizoram has compelled the state government to formulate a new drug policy as at least 10,750 youths in the state, which has a population of barely 10 lakh, are intravenous drug users (IDUs), said Delhi-based UNODC project coordinator Kunal Kishore.Addressing a press conference in Aizawl on Monday, Kishore added that Mizoram is vulnerable due to its...

Barak: The Forgotten Valley

By Rahul KarmakarGuwahati, May 28 : For seven years, police in London were looking for Bangladeshi national Abdul Shakoor alias Moibul Haque for a double murder. Last week, Shakoor was arrested from Cachar in south Assam's Barak Valley. It turned out that months after fleeing London, he sneaked in from Bangladesh through the Meghalaya border. And Shakoor is no Columbus. It was quite an easy...

Drug Abuse Through Injections Increases

Aizawl, May 28 : Kumar Kishore, Project Co-Ordinator for the UNDOC Regional Office, South Asia has said that though heroin is still available in Mizoram, there is an increase in injecting prescription drugs such as, Dextropropoxyphene (Proxyvon/Parvon-Spas etc), which come in from Assam through the Silchar route."This situation has led to a spurt in the HIV cases as well as deaths due to abscesses...

'Iron Man' Retold In 60 Animated Seconds

8-bit Cinema is a new series from CineFix where popular films are given a retro 8-bit video game redesign and retold in 60 animated seconds. For the pilot episode, the 2008 Marvel Studios film, Iron Man, has been given an 8-bit Cinema treatment by Californian filmmakers Norwood...