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By Kishalay Bhattacharjee Aizawl, Nov 21 : After eight years of serious travelling across India’s North East I am still a newcomer to Mizoram. From North East’s capital, Guwahati it is a long and arduous road journey, which can take more than 18 hours and the alternative air route is uncertain.

Multitasking in the Car (Jim Wilson/The New York Times) Is a car the right place for multitasking? A graphic on the front page of USA Today shows that most people believe it is. The newspaper reports on a survey by Nationwide Mutual Insurance showing that 72 percent of drivers say they do other things while driving, like using a cell phone, eating or drinking.

By Alisa Miller They say bad habits are hard to break, but maybe not if you replace them with good habits that reward you with good health and financial rewards. The following habits range from daily routines to activities that will keep you mentally and physically fit to ways you can keep more money in the bank.

By Alastair Lawson Film maker Gautam Saikia hopes this kind of publicity he produced will make the park safer for animals It’s home to some of the rarest wildlife in India including the Royal Bengal tiger, the one-horned Asian rhino - described as the only pre-historic animal in the world still surviving - over 500 species of birds and innumerable monkeys and snakes.

Useful Advice for Driving a Minibus Driving a minibus is very different to driving a car. There may be up to 16 other people in the vehicle that you are responsible for. And you don’t want to be making any avoidable claims on your minibus insurance.

By Tim Patterson You can travel the world for less money than you spend each month to fill up your gas tank. Photo by Gina World travel is cheap and easy. In fact, with a little practice and effort, you can travel the world for free. The idea that travel is expensive and difficult is bullshit peddled by tour companies, hotel chains and corporate media.

By Jayesh Limaye A Windows XP computer is like a car, it requires maintenance to keep it running smoothly. A Windows XP PC needs to be ‘well-oiled’ using the methods that we are going to mention in this article.

No Respect for Speed Limits How fast do you drive? (Stuart Isett for The New York Times) When it comes to speeding, many American motorists don’t worry about safety. They just worry about getting caught. Those are the findings by researchers from Purdue University who surveyed nearly 1,000 motorists about speed limits and driving habits.

Parents need to limit driving distractions Here’s the deal; driving distractions are super dangerous. If you’ve got a baby, or a couple of little ones, you really need to keep these distractions in check. Why is this more important if you have kids? A study by AAA Foundation found that kids are a major distraction in themselves.

By Varun Kashyap The next release of Ubuntu (8.10 Intrepid Ibex) is just round the corner. So it’s time again to upgrade the Ubuntu release that you are using and a good time to consider trying out Ubuntu if you have never done so before.