Imphal, July 08 2010: Even as suspected outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis has gripped the four valley districts and Churachandpur over the last couple of weeks, fresh report of outbreak of suspected Malaria or some other known disease spread from mosquito bite has come in from the villages located along Indo-Myanmar border in Kasom Khullen sub-division …

GUWAHATI/IMPHAL, JUL 7 (IANS): Social activists and NGOs say the government needs to curb drug abuse in the northeast, with a report showing that the number of intravenous drug users (IDUs) in the region has doubled in two years.
The number of IDUs in the northeast in 2008 was 120,263, but by April 2010 it stood …

Source: Hueiyen News Service / Joseph Joute
Lamka, June 24 2010: The Deputy Commissioner of Churachandpur and Chairman of the Dist AIDS Prevention and Control Committee (DAPCC), Ms Jacintha Lazarus, IAS in a bid to control quality on HIV/AIDS testing in the district to issued an order for all concern to strictly compliance with the AIDS …

Aizawl, June 24, 2010: The Government of Mizoram has issued an order to decalare some parts of the state as ‘Smoke Free Mizoram’. This prohibition was implimented under Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003. If found guilty, the defaulter can be …

New Delhi: The Rupee will soon have a symbol to represent it like the dollar $ or the euro € or the pound £ do.
The Cabinet is expected to clear a design on Thursday. It will be the Hindi letter Ra with two lines.
So far, five designs have been shortlisted from a competition and all …

Aizawl: Fake Indian currency notes worth Rs one lakh was seized while it was being transferred to Myanmar in Champhai in Mizoram along the border on Saturday.
Superintendent (AS & NI) (Aizawl customs division) Thangchuoilo told UNI here on Saturday that fake Indian notes of Rs 500 denomination having a face value of Rs 1 lakh …

Silchar, April 24: Mizoram has the second highest number of HIV-positive persons, after Manipur, in the region.
According to a survey conducted recently by Mizoram AIDS Intervention Network, an NGO, the state has 4,169 HIV/AIDS-infected persons, 2,577 of whom are men and 1,592 women.
The survey says since 1990, when the first HIV case was detected in …

Imphal, April 22 2010: The Manipur State Commission for Women today organised a one-day rural awareness programme at Singngat Community hall in Churachandpur district.
Personnel of secretary of MLA Singngat, Liansuankap and chairperson of the commission, Dr L Ibetombi graced chief guest and president respectively.
Commissioner (Social Welfare Department) Letkhogin Haokip and village chief of the Singngat Haukholian …

Hmarkhawlien, April 18, 2010: According to reports received from sources via telephone, more than 40 children have fallen ill after being infected by unidentified diseases at Damdiei village alone in Tipaimukh sub-division of Churachandpur district, Manipur.
The children, in the age group of 12-18 years, reported common cold, stomach problems, high-fever, etc. “The children feel weak …

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New Delhi, April 8: “The extremely rare successful in separation of conjoined twins, Sita and Gita was done by different team of surgeons,” said Dr Sanjeev Bagai, CEO of Batra Hosptial at the press conference, yesterday.
The surgical team comprised of Dr Sanjeev, CEO; Dr Pawan Gurha, Critical Care; Dr Arvind Sabharwal, Paediatric …

GENEVA, MAR 30 (AGENCIES): The world’s largest atom smasher has set a record for high-energy collisions by crashing two proton beams at three times more force than ever before in their attempt to create mini-versions of the Big Bang that led to the birth of the universe 13.7 billion years ago.
The $10 billion Large Hadron …

GUWAHATI, March 26 – In a welcome development for the North-East, the first overseas office of the Industries and Trade Fair Association of Assam (ITFAA) was opened in Bangkok on Friday with the signing of an MoU with the Thai Chambers of Commerce (TCC).
Anusorn Muttaraid, chairman of the Thailand-India Business Council (Thai Chamber of Commerce), …