Imkong Walling
Stories about health workers barred from returning home abound (courtesy: extra-constitutional diktats). There are also stories of the ailing dying, unable to get timely admission in hospitals
Monday, 23rd March, 2026
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Editorial
- The current COVID-19 pandemic has placed frontline workers especially doctors, nurses and healthcare workers under immense and unprecedented pressure, putting their physical, mental and social well-be
- The anxiety for teachers, parents and students right now is palpable. In a public education scenario which has over the years consistently failed to live up to any acceptable standards, barring a few excepti
- As Nagaland joined the rest of the country in celebrating the 74th Independence Day on August 15, the customary messages by the two top State Executives make for interesting reading. They concurred on one issue
- Witoubou Newmai The binary of ‘This Side’ and ‘That Side’ has been the story of our society, as it is also with any other human story throughout the world. But lately, there is an eme
- Veroli Zhimo Collective political will is requisite at a time when the State is dealing with a global pandemic. However, in Nagaland, bipartisanship has been missing at a time when there is an acute need
- Dr Asangba Tzüdir On Thursday last, the Central Government released Rs. 890.32 crore as the second installment of the COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System preparedness package to 22 States and
- Imlisanen Jamir August 12 is the United Nations’ annual International Youth Day which serves as a reminder on the importance of youth participation in civic society. Young people around the world ar
- The outbreak of COVID-19 has upended lives across the world and governments as well as the populace across the globe, have had been struggling to cope with the unprecedented pandemic. One area of concern is
- Witoubou Newmai The ‘COVID-19 time’ raises so many questions even as we feel a measure of uncertainty. And, at the same time, we seem to have difficulty expressing it. It goes without saying t
- Veroli Zhimo Even as State Government extended statewide lockdown till August 31, many parts of the state remain under lockdowns of varying intensity, imposed by their respective district administrations.
- Dr Asangba Tzüdir The recently announced National Education Policy 2020 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development sets for itself the goal of transforming the education system to meet the needs of t
- Imlisanen Jamir There’s panic in the air. With COVID-19 cases increasing each day, citizens are reacting in a variety of ways. Some of them are smart, others … not so much. Panicking in the f
- A quick perusal of news reports regarding healthcare, or lack of it, amid the spread of COVID-19, clearly suggest that the common person’s struggle for basic healthcare, is a ‘pandemic’ challe
- Witoubou Newmai It has been a blow-hot, blow-cold affair all along, and very often the question of probity rears prominence, regarding the Naga ‘peace’ talks. The ongoing volleys of stat
- Imkong Walling Governmental censorship over issues deemed ‘sensitive’ is not a new phenomenon. The practice of secrecy by governments over matters of ‘national security’ has been an a
- Dr Asangba Tzüdir The current pandemic, of all sections of people, have left the student fraternity high and dry. While many students have to go through the physical and mental ‘ordeal’ of s
- Of late, Nagaland Government and its various agencies are on clarifications spree and seem to be spending more time on damage control exercises, rather than any other activities. While illumination on
- Imlisanen Jamir This week will be pivotal in the State’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, with Kohima and Dimapur imposing weeklong lockdowns in order to break the chain of transmission. One hopes
- Witoubou Newmai The ‘coronavirus life’ has also taken us back and forth to the metaphorical realms and the realities. This ‘coronavirus life’ might have ripped open to some people'
