Y Merina Chishi
Wildlife Week is celebrated annually from October 2 to 8. Started in 1952, the primary objective of the event is to create awareness on preserving wildlife in India. In Nagaland, the
Dr. Asangba Tzudir
The present ‘Naga condition’ that finds ‘hopelessly’ and ‘helplessly’ caught in the interplay of ‘conceptual problems’ shrouded in the various issues can be aptly
Imlisanen Jamir
The Durga Puja and Dussehra festivities underway in Dimapur couldn’t paint a more ironic picture of the peculiar situation which this ramshackle border town exists in, and the str
Witoubou Newmai
When many things are fast gathering into abominable storms in the region (the so-called North East), one consolation that nudges us to attention is about the growth of the media in
Y Merina Chishi
Nagaland State Commissioner for Protection of Child Rights, Awan Konyak recently pointed out that school is a means to prepare the young for the future. However, she regreted, that th
Imlisanen Jamir
A lot of areas beside the National Highway 29, particularly around the 4th and 5th Mile areas of Dimapur, have a flooding problem.
One of the causes for it is eve
By its own admission, the rise of China over the past 7 decades has been meteoric. “China has showed the world how it made an economic miracle through the central government's bold and resolute economic refor
Youth employed in private sectors are boon to the state, Nagaland Minister for Rural Development, Metsubo Jamir declared on September 25, addressing an anniversary event of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushaly
Tuesday was a bad day for two unconventional world leaders across the Atlantic sharing a “special relationship.”
On September 24, in a scathing attack on Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the United
Dr. Asangba Tzudir
The publication of the final list of NRC excluded 19,06,657 people in Assam leaving their fate uncertain while giving them a new identity from being a ‘citizen’ to ‘statele
Last Friday’s massive climate strike undertaken by school children across the world shows us that this ‘Generation Z’ of young people is not as lost as some people older than them seem to constantly presu
Within the span of two weeks, Dreamz Unlimited Nagaland, in a detour from their regular fares of sarcastic commentary on contemporary social issues, released two ‘music’ videos - ‘Loss Khabo,’ and
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Maintain the spirit of dialogue
Witoubou Newmai
In each phase of the Naga peace process, new problems are raised. The potent capacity of the ‘powers that be,’
In 2009, Irish political scientist, Peter Mair argued that while it is ‘desirable’ that parties in government are both responsive and responsible, these two characteristics are now becoming increasingly inc
On Hindi Diwas, a day celebrated annually on September 14 to mark the adoption of Hindi as one of the official languages in India by the Constituent Assembly, the Union Home Minister Amit Shah rekindled a recur
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As the Public Action Committee (PAC) of the Naga Council Dimapur begins its exercise against illegal collection from commercial vehicles at entry points to Dimapur, here’s an exercise that
Dr. Asangba Tzudir
The total ban on single-use plastics in Nagaland by the Government will come into effect from September 18, 2019. This ban is enforced with the larger objective of eradicating th
Witoubou Newmai
A society engaging with a movement fits in the parable of the blind men describing an elephant once the proliferated divisions of the society failed to look beyond their respective
How happy are children in Nagaland? If one goes by recent ‘India Child Well-being Report,’ they are revealed to be contended or at least relatively well protected and live in an environment generating high