Editorial

  • No Time To Mourn
    Dr Asangba Tzudir Even as the Covid-19 pandemic situation has gone beyond boundaries, on the human level more boundaries have been created and a process of bracketing followed by normalization is slowly sett
  • Sustaining Nagaland’s SDGs  
    Moa Jamir The quality of life measured in terms of quality education, healthcare and decent economic status in Nagaland is lagging behind many other States and Union Territories in India. This truism was rei
  • Covid and the Bureaucracy 
    Many lessons have been gleaned from Covid-19 pandemic and its induced lockdown which diverted the course of human history. In Nagaland too, the lessons from the first and second wave reveal the challenging real
  • Pandemic 'respite' 
    Witoubou Newmai As the world intensely focuses on health related issues, any other issue has taken a back seat. This is perhaps typical of any turbulent time where people often compromise their other needs a
  • Ignorance is not bliss
    Veroli Zhimo In legal circles, the Latin phrase, “ignorantia legis neminem excusat” is a commonly-known sentence. Its meaning is simple: “Ignorance of the law excuses no one.” 
  • A Possible Third Wave: Will Children be infected?
    Dr Asangba Tzudir Even as India grapples with the second wave of Covid-19 and really struggling on all fronts, experts are already calling for preparations in the face of a possible third wave in the later p
  • Nagaland’s open secret 
    Moa Jamir Nagaland has thousands of ‘invisible children.' This is an open secret and consequently, seldom discussed, debated or delved into thoroughly as necessitated. After a couple last year in K
  • Reorienting vaccination drive  
    Moa Jamir Uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in the 45 years and above age group in Nagaland “remains low and stagnant” as only 1,566 doses could be administered in the past week despite the availabilit
  • Rethinking Situation
    Witoubou Newmai The COVID-19 pandemic is actually asking every one of us to go a bit deeper and think for and into ourselves by rethinking an assortment of concepts, ideas and theories. As we rethink things,
  • It took a pandemic
    Imkong Walling Back in March 2020, when much of the world was buffering up against a new and infectious global health threat, this editorial space carried a piece commenting on the health apparatus prevailin
  • Choice Based Credit System
    Dr Asangba Tzudir In an attempt to revamp higher education and bring all the Universities and Colleges under a single Umbrella of grading, learning and standards in the country, the University Grants Commiss
  • One year of COVID-19 in Nagaland state
    Moa Jamir State Government’s response hereafter must be anchored on good governance Nagaland officially reported the first three cases of COVID-19 on May 25, 2020 and thereafter, the State Governmen
  • Can we be the  best we can be?
    The COVID-19 pandemic has, in such a short time, reduced humanity to numbers, statistics, waves and predictions. In fact, a crisis of this magnitude has an inherent capacity to alter human behavior, thought and
  • Happiness Discourse
    Witoubou Newmai People in this conflict ridden generation had enough already. But even as the limit is still being stretched with the rat-race of all fronts and furies bringing about the vacuous state of lif
  • Stop NSA misuse
    Veroli Zhimo The recent detention of a journalist and an activist in Manipur under the National Security Act (NSA) for their Facebook posts attests to the fact that governments, irrespective of the party in
  • Pandemic and Mental Health
    Dr Asangba Tzudir In the current COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of what we hear, see, think, and do have a lot of bearing on our mental health which has injected feelings of depression, anxiety and fear. While eve
  • Collective responsibility on vaccines
    It is very encouraging to see that almost all slots for the 18-44 age group vaccination drive in Nagaland are filled up. The first session of vaccination drive for this particular age group began on May 17 and
  • Activating ‘medical ministry’
    Moa Jamir As the State grapples with the second wave of COVID-19, there are going chorus of voices in Nagaland for the churches must be more proactive in responding to what is clearly a health and socio-econ
  • Act Responsibly
    Witoubou Newmai    There is an apparent cavalier shrug of people in general even though the number of COVID-19 cases is fast rising. This corresponding proclivity of people to be complacent or
  • Militia Mind
    Imkong Walling It’s a given. Skirmishes, altercations do happen between individuals. It has been happening since ‘time immemorial’ and Nagas are no strangers. The incident, which purportedl
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