APSC Seeks To Alter Exam Syllabus

Prelims not to have optional subjectBy SUMIR KARMAKARGuwahati, May 31 : The Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) is planning to do away with the optional subject in the preliminary examination for the combined competitive examinations.The revision of syllabus will be on the lines of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), which recently revised its syllabus for IAS and allied services examinations.The...

Scientists Fear Female Libido Booster Too Effective

Worried that the “female Viagra” could work too well? (Photo via Gabriel Delgado / Wikimedia Commons) Women looking to get their freak back may soon be able to pop a new breed of lust drug: Lybrido. But scientists developing the desire pill sometimes called “female Viagra” confided in one writer an unusual worry. They fear the libido-booster may work too well. (And the problem with that is …?) Journalist...

Arunachal Lonely Planet's Global Tourism Hotspot

By Pradeep KumarItanagar, May 30 : After winning the coveted second runners up position in Lonely Planet magazine's Emerging Destinations In India recently, Arunachal Pradesh, nature's favourite play spot on earth, has made its foray into the world tourism scenario and earned the rare distinction of making it to the BBC's Lonely Planet Traveller magazine's 'Top 21 under-the-radar destinations of...

Assam House To Vote Today For PM’s 5th Term in RS

Guwahati, May 30 : The Assam assembly is set to elect Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday for his fifth straight term in the Rajya Sabha. He has been representing the Upper House from Assam since 1991.The election follows a week of dissension within the Congress over the nomination of Shantius Kujur, a lesser-known Adivasi party activist, for the second Rajya Sabha seat to fall vacant in Assam...

Meghalaya Man To Appeal HC For Ailing Sons' Mercy Killing

Shillong, May 30 : A father has decided to seek permission from the Meghalaya High Court for mercy killing of his three sons who have thalassemia, a blood disease. "I can no longer see my children suffering. I have nothing left but to seek permission from the Meghalaya High Court to take away the lives of my children before I commit suicide," 50-year-old Abdul Rahim told IANS. Rahim,...

Mizoram To Produce 60% Of Rice

Aizawl, May 29 : Mizoram was making efforts to produce 60 per cent of its rice requirement during the 12th Plan, state Agriculture Secretary Lalram Thanga said today.Addressing Farmers' meet organised by Agriculture department here, Thanga said that Mizoram could produce only 20 per cent of its rice requirement during the eleventh plan period and efforts were now made to produce 1.06 metric tonne...

Tripura Explores Bamboo Shoots Business

Agartala, May 29 : The Tripura Bamboo Mission (TBM) has undertaken packaging of shoots for a palatable dish in star hotels of India and abroad.In the integrated development of the bamboo sector to ensure employment generation and economic development based on available resources, the business of bamboo shoots has great potential, TBM officials said on Monday.Referring to market opportunity for bamboo...

Shillong-Dhaka Bus Service To Start Soon

Shillong, May 29 : Bangladesh and India are set to have another link with the introduction of the much-awaited Shillong-Dhaka bus service.Meghalaya transport minister HDR Lyngdoh said India and Bangladesh have mutually agreed to start the bus service and both governments have cleared it.Lyngdoh said, "We hope we can commence the bus service soon as we already have road connectivity".The Meghalaya...