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Mizoram

Children Die in Chin State Famine

By Saw Yan Naing

chin_burmaAizawl, Aug 20 : More than 30 children have died in a famine in Chin state, western Burma, according to the Chin National Council, an exile rights group.

The famine was caused by a plague of rats, which ate rice stocks in many of the state’s villages. Continue…

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Assam

Unification onus on AGP

Guwahati, Aug 20 : Nettled by the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) that wanted unification of the regional forces minus former chief minister and AGP (Pragatisheel) president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, the AGP (P) today put the merger process ball in the Asom Gana Parishad’s court.

Briefing the media here today, Mahanta said without naming any organisation that the propaganda against him was only helping the Congress. “The unification of regional forces is the need of the hour for all-round development of the state,” Mahanta said.

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Meghalaya

Strike affects normal life in Meghalaya

Shillong, Aug 20 : The Left trade union-sponsored 24-hour strike affected parts of Meghalaya, particularly the capital city of Shillong, with functioning in most government offices coming to a standstill.

Functioning in BSNL, postal department, Survey of India, Geological Survey of India and other central offices were paralysed, while state government offices also witnessed thin attendance. The strike also affected public transport. Continue…

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Celebrity

NE goddess rocks Hollywood

By Jay Hainsworth

She puts the “sting” back in Scorpion King.
This Indian goddess appears out of the sandy landscape of the desert like a mirage. If you’ve got a DVD player, you can watch this beautiful mirage over and over again.

Today’s Babe of the Day Karen David was born near the Himalayas, in a place called Shillong, Meghalaya. Which, for those of you less traveled than my internet-roving fingers, is in India. She moved to Toronto before relocating to London to study acting. A singer and songwriter, she appeared in the original cast of Mamma Mia! before segueing into television and film. Continue…

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Manipur

Manipur’ Mao tribe revisits its culture via traditional sports

By L.C.K Singh

mao-nagaMao Village (Imphal), Aug 20 : Mao, the Naga tribe of Manipur, has always cherished its traditional games that have since time immemorial given them a medium to keep their tradition and culture alive.

Recently, Mao tribe held traditional games Osu Kaka and Lerii Kaphi Cho, as a gesture to revisit the traditional games. Continue…

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Software

Coming Soon: IE8 With ‘Porn Mode’?

Coming Soon: IE8 With 'Porn Mode'?

Microsoft has reportedly included a private browsing mode in the Beta 2 version of Internet Explorer 8 expected anytime soon. The IE 8’s consumer-focused Beta 2 release is scheduled for this month. With only a few days left for the month to end, the Beta 2 could be out any time now.

The private browsing mode will allow users to disable the history, file-caching features of a web browser, and will also notify users in case they are being tracked. This mode, also known as ‘porn mode’, is already available with the Safari browser. Firefox was to include this feature in the latest iteration of its web browser, but they deferred it citing the complex redesigning that its implementation would require. However, future iterations are all set to have this feature. Continue…

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