Mizoram: “Green” Coffins A Catalyst For Change

By Samir K Purkayastha Don’t turn forests into coffins, instead try using bamboos for making them. That is what the leading youth group in India’s north-eastern state of Mizoram is asking the state’s majority Christian populace to do. Instead of using wood from forests, which means hacking down trees such as teak and sal, the Young Mizo Association (YMA) has linked up with the National Bamboo...

3 Injured in Lathi-Charge Before Mizoram CM's office

Aizawl, Jun 21 : Three persons, including one policeman were injured today when the cops lathi-charged people for "unlawful assembly" in front of the office of Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla here.A large number of people gathered in front of the chief minister's office and sought an appointment with him demanding to know why the proposed recruitment for replacing teachers who left service...

Google Admits Those infamous Brainteasers Were Completely Useless For Hiring

By Adam Pasick Q: How many giant pillows does Larry Page need to sleep at night? A: 7 AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez   You can stop counting how many golfballs will fit in a schoolbus now. Google has admitted that the headscratching questions it once used to quiz job applicants (How many piano tuners are there in the entire world? Why are manhole covers...

How To Get Rich In Your Country Of Choice [Infographic]

It's easy! Just inherit gobs of cash. By Colin Lecher How do the rich get rich? The answer depends on geography. This infographic, designed by studio BoldFace and published by Independent Newspapers, breaks down, for various regions, how the rich earned their dough. In the United States, it's a landslide: 67 percent of wealthy survey respondents...

Facebook Announces That It’s Out Of Ideas

How the internet’s most powerful company became a clone mill. By John Herrman ...

When Buddhists Go Bad

When Buddhists Go Bad: Photographs by Adam Dean Adam Dean—Panos for TIME The following photographs were taken in May and June 2013.Wirathu, the spiritual leader of the 969 Buddhist Nationalist movement, and his entourage leave after giving a sermon at a monastery in Mandalay, Burma. ...

Heavy Rain in Shillong Throws Life Out Of Gear

Shillong, Jun 21 : After days of hot and humid weather, intermittent to heavy showers have been lashing the Meghalaya capital and other places in the state over the last few days.Heavy rainfall literally lashed the hill city on Wednesday throwing life out of gear and water-logging in certain low-lying areas, including the Polo Grounds.Traffic snarls, which are a regular feature in the city, became...

Mizo National Front Unveils Economic Blueprint

Aizawl, Jun 20 : Mizo National Front, the largest and oldest regional party in Mizoram, on Tuesday unveiled a “brand new” economic policy codenamed SEDP (socio-economic development programme), ahead of the state assembly polls scheduled for November this year. “The SEDP basically aims to make Mizoram economically self-sufficient in agriculture and power,” MNF president and former chief minister...