Editorial

  • ‘Curing’ public health system
    Amidst chequered response and reactions in tackling the global spread of COVID-19 pandemic, the state of Nagaland, particularly the Health and Family Welfare Department,  could have breathe a sigh of relie
  • Dispelling rumours is now a public responsibility
    Imlisanen Jamir   Authorities are struggling to contain them. They're popping up all over the place.   No, not just the COVID-19 cases. Rumours.   Despite repeated reminders to
  • Let's think about food
    Veroli Zhimo   One of the many effects of the COVID-19 in Nagaland has been to dramatically raise awareness of our food system – that is, the set of arrangements that determines how we access and c
  • Resilience through compassion
    Imlisanen Jamir     The past couple of months and the coming days are unlike anything we’ve seen in our lifetimes as the demands of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to test our strength as indi
  • COVID-19 Lessons
    No one could have predicted at the start of the year, but the global COVID-19 pandemic, albeit in different scales, has radically changed the way human co-exist, particularly with fellow beings.  
  • To return at the earliest  
    Witoubou Newmai   As this writer was informed from the office that the newspaper ‘will stop printing’ within a couple of days, a feeling of despair overwhelms. On being apprised about the state o
  • Trying times for media 
    Y Merina Chishi   As the world faces an unprecedented crisis in the wake of the COVID-19, the task for those working to raise awareness and contain the dreaded virus will become more challenging. Amo
  • Agents of Risk
    Dr Asangba Tzudir In contemporary times, life is getting more risky without even knowing the impending risks and its source until one is confronted by it. Take the case of global climatic changes causing dis
  • Reassure and streamline 
    Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio’s address to the people of Nagaland on March 23 seeking co-operation and support of each and every citizen of the state in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic is timely and pertine
  • A major shutdown is necessary
    Imlisanen Jamir   The Nagaland Government today preemptively announced a major shutdown of the State starting March 23, urging closure of all non essential services, while urging people to drastically
  • Honest effort required
    Witoubou Newmai   It may not be too off track to say that any incident, whether faint or highly charged, mob or riot, can be symptoms of protracted issues which are either dormant or active in many s
  • New Market chaos
    Y Merina Chishi   Of late, shopping in Dimapur's New Market has become a claustrophobic and harrowing experience. From the absence of a parking lot to the lack of space, New Market has become a chaotic
  • Liquor Prohibition Take 2
    Dr. Asangba Tzudir   Prior to the coming of the NLTP Act of 1989, the some American Baptist missionaries way back in the early part of 1890s ‘enforced prohibition’ and even barred church members
  • Lesson for Nagaland
    Imkong Walling   Courage and faith in the face of adversity is truly inspiring. History of warfare is replete with stories of cornered armies fighting off bigger adversaries marshalling around a spir
  • Combat ‘infodemic’
    ‘To share is human; to share it after verifying, is superhuman,’ one can say, appropriating Alexander Pope to suit the modern zeitgeist. As Nagaland step-up efforts to combat the global pandemic COV
  • Bracing for a pandemic 
    Witoubou Newmai The gathering of the global storm from the Coronavirus outbreak, officially renamed as COVID-19 and declared a pandemic, has thrown up issues of different dimensions, which may change the w
  • KPA’s future 
    Y Merina Chishi   Petty issues have often overshadowed the real issues that plague Khelhoshe Polytechnic Atoizu (KPA) for the last 47 years. The oldest technical institute run by the Government of Naga
  • Healthcare Delivery
    Dr. Asangba Tzudir   At the backdrop of the deadly COVID-19 being declared as a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation, the Department of Health & Family Welfare, Nagaland has most ‘a
  • Eggs and oaths 
    Imkong Walling   The Chief Minister of Nagaland tweeted today congratulating the “PDA family” on its second anniversary. According to the tweet, the CM delivered the keynote address at the 1st Pe
  • Generation Equality?
    Imlisanen Jamir     ‘I am Generation Equality,’ is this year’s there for celebrating International Women’s Day. Women have undoubtedly made significant strides in overcoming systems an
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