Infocus

  • “You can’t park inside the compound!”
    Priya stopped backing her car into the vacant space, next to her building and looked at the angry old man who was standing behind, blocking her way, “Who are you?” she asked.“I am the secretary of this so
  • Just Beyond the Door..!
    “Where are we going grandpa?” asked the little fellow as he was all dressed up and ready to go. “To the airport!” said the grandfather, “to welcome your father back.”“Dad!” shouted the little fe
  • Study connects climate hazards to 58% of infectious diseases
    Seth Borenstein The Associated Press  Climate hazards such as flooding, heat waves and drought have worsened more than half of the hundreds of known infectious diseases in people, including malaria, ha
  • Inventing the Future: Artificial Intelligence (AI): A Tool for a Better Future
    Alli Ajagbe“The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race…it would take off on its own, and re-design itself at an ever-increasing rate. Humans, who are limited by sl
  • The Inside Job..!
     Ah! The awesome, exalting sound of a pipe organ as it fills a hall! What a magnificent, glorious  sound! And what a majestic looking instrument; its flute-like pipes rising high into the roof and see
  • Language Loss among Indigenous communities
    Dr Dolly Kikon in conversation with Dr (Fr) Vijay D’Souza Dolly Kikon (DK): As 2022-2032 marks the United Nations’ International Decade of Indigenous Languages, I wanted to take this op
  • Bring in skilled foreign Zoning Officials for newly approved districts
    Viketo Nihokhe Sumi Purana Bazar, Dimapur As a concerned Naga who has travelled to all post seven districts of Nagaland to witness no convenience in geographical planning even in the extensions of areas by
  • The Deafening Sound of Stillness..!
    We were a noisy group in the car driving to the famous Waitomo glow worm caves.  The caves are located in the southern Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand, 12 km northwest of Te Kuiti. This c
  • Our Unavailable Policeman..!
    I love watching Hollywood movies, especially the police action scenes when a desperate hero or his wife picks up the phone and calls the police, “Officer there’s a homicide!” And before you can say Jack R
  • Truth Cannot Be Untrue
    Rev Dr VK Nuh When the time was fully ripped Great Britain decided to give up her Empire-the entire world. They were busy preparing to transfer the power to India and the world lauded the greatness of Mahatm
  • Where the Cobbled Path Leads: A Review
    Vishü Rita Krocha Avinuo Kire’s latest book, ‘Where the Cobbled Path Leads’ has been a true source of comfort and escape for me. Even as avid readers, you rarely come across a book tha
  • Don’t Skip Your Meals..!
    Very often I hear men and women saying very proudly how they skip meals. “I don’t have breakfast!” says a fast paced executive. “Me neither!” says his secretary.“Why do you do this?” I ask surpris
  • Sidestepping Hunger & Boosting Food Security
    Vanora Bennett Inter Press Service Until Russia went to war on Ukraine in February, Ukraine was known as the “breadbasket of Europe”. One of the largest grain exporters in the world, it provided
  • Al-Zawahri’s path went from Cairo clinic to top of al-Qaida
    Lee Keath The Associated Press The doors of jihad opened for Ayman al-Zawahri as a young doctor in a Cairo clinic, when a visitor arrived with a tempting offer: a chance to treat Islamic fighters battling S
  • Filled with Pothole Guilt..!
    The road contractor got down from his Mercedes and wiped a few tears rolling down his cheeks, “We contractors are a misunderstood lot,” he said as he stood on the edge of one of the largest potholes in the
  • Let’s ask Dad..!
    Two years ago, when my elder one’s twin toddlers visited my home and got stuck in India because of the imposed lockdown, I spent the day humming nursery rhymes and other baby tunes which they listened to and
  • The Tragedy of Pakistan: Feudalism Camouflaged as Democracy
    Nadeem Qureshi Inter Press Service  In recent days, as Pakistan’s economic woes have intensified, a veritable cottage industry has developed to suggest ways of putting the country back on track.
  • CHILDREN UNDER THE BRIDGE: Discovering Purpose for Life and Research
    Dr Brainerd Prince Imagine you have just landed in Delhi after presenting a paper in a research conference and you are on a taxi from the Indra Gandhi International Airport to Panchsheel where you live.
  • Global AIDS fight at crossroads after setbacks during COVID
    Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press  Hard-won progress against HIV has stalled, putting millions of lives at risk, according to an alarming report Wednesday on how the COVID-19 pandemic and other glo
  • Self-acclaimed associations of Nagaland!
    Rev Fr G L Khing Dimapur I wonder how different groups with different motives form different associations and wanted to dominate others either by trying to be independent or by placing themselves as the ape
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