Mizoram Pig Virus Detected in India For First Time

Aizawl, Jun 5 : For the first time in Mizoram and perhaps in the country, virus of a pandemic disease which causes reproductive failure in breeding stock and respiratory tract illness in young pigs has been detected in the samples of sick swines sent to laboratories for testing.The samples of the sick swines were tested at the laboratories in the Veterinary College in Selesih, Mizoram and at ICAR...

Repatriation Of Bru Refugees From Tripura Hangs in Balance

Aizawl/Agartala, Jun 5 : The repatriation of over 40,000 tribals, who took refuge in Tripura about 16 years ago after ethnic disturbances in Mizoram, has not been resumed, officials said.Although the union home ministry had issued instructions to resume the repatriation of Reang tribal refugees from northern Tripura to western Mizoram this week, both Tripura as well Mizoram government officials...

Assam-Nagaland Border Still Tense, Forces Deployed

Guwahati, Jun 5 : The situation on the Assam-Nagaland border in Assam's Jorhat district continued to be tense Tuesday and forces were deployed after the killing of a labourer there Monday, an official said.The man was killed at Naginijan area after suspected miscreants from the Nagaland side fired on a group of labourers.Local groups, including the All Assam Tea Tribe Students Association (AATTSA),...

Bling it! Super-extravagant Smartphones And Tablets

Got a million dollars to spare? Crave kicks off a series on the ultimate luxury entertainment with a look at some of the most opulent mobile tech around. By Leslie Katz Who said iPhones had to be affordable? (Credit: Stuart Hughes) Close your eyes and imagine money. Lots and lots of money. Stacks and stacks and bags and briefcases full of... oh,...

Are Ph.D's An Academic Dead Zone?

Why grads with a doctorate are more likely to be unemployed than master’s degree holders By Charlie Gillis VIEW IN CLEAN READING MODE » WHAT IS THIS ?   Dominic Chan/CP Two decades ago, if you sat at a dinner party next to someone with a Ph.D., chances were, those letters made an impact. You’d try to sound your smartest, asking about the person’s field of study,...

If Companies Had Realistic Slogans

This great Reddit post has gotten over 16,000 comments. So we took our favorites and made logos out of them. posted on June 4, 2013 at 11:10am EDT 1. Brilliant. Before coming to work at BuzzFeed, I was an ad copywriter for 20 years.I wrote thousands of taglines in that time (scant few good ones, none that you know).After reading...

What the Heck Is Happening in Turkey? A FAQ for the Rest of Us

By Josh Voorhees Protesters clash with riot police near Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan office, between Taksim and Besiktas in Istanbul, on June 3, 2013, during a demonstration against the demolition of the park Photo by Gurcan Ozturk/AFP/Getty Images What began Friday as a small environmental rally protesting plans to tear down a six-square-block...

Techies From Northeast Institute Design New Solar Water Heater

Itanagar, Jun 5 :  Three young techies of the North East Regional Institute of Science and Technology here have designed a new type of solar heater, which can be used both for domestic and industrial purposes.Suman Pao, Vikas Gautam and Juwel Tripura, all three engineering (mechanical) students, explain that the solar heater containing a parabolic reflector works in conjunction with a drum containing...