Under the theme “Reel Reflection: Navigating New Realms,” the third edition of the three-day Patkai Campus Film Festival 3.0 premiered today at the Bundrock Chapel Auditorium, Patkai Christian College (Autonomous), with P James Swu, Additional Deputy Comm
DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 19 (MExN): The Nagaland Directorate of Geology and Mining today informed that a hydrocarbon gas leakage was detected while drilling a borewell for water in a private plot at Pongma ward of Tizit town, Mon on September 16.
DIMAPUR, AUGUST 5 (MExN): Mission Indradhanush (MI) 5.0, a periodic immunization intensification drive of the Government of India launched in December 2014, is set to being in Nagaland on August 7. The drive will include 3 rounds (Round 1: August 7-12, Ro
Amidst the report of another outbreak of lumpy skin disease (LSD) in some states in India, viral images purportedly showing the infection spreading to humans have gone viral in Nagaland. Similar rumours have spread before during previous outbreaks in Indi
Our ReporterDimapur, June 20 (EMN): The results of the sample tests taken from pigs found dead in Dimapur for suspected African swine fever (ASF) are still awaited, while the results of few samples received so far have turned out to be negative for the disease, updated Dr. Khriekuolie Linyü, Joint Director of ASF Core Committee Convenor on Monday. However, she told Eastern Mirror that the cause of pig deaths could be due other diseases like classical swine fever or porcine parvovirus, as there are numerous diseases in pigs that are curable, unlike ASF. Dr. Linyü said that testing is done at National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) in Bhopal for free. Lamenting people not reporting deaths of pigs to the department, she said ‘unless and until they do, they cannot go and collect the samples for laboratory testing’. Following the first confirmatory report of ASF from Tangha village in Longleng district on May 11, the Nagaland Directorate of Animal Husbandry and Ve