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  • To ban or not to ban Liquor
    Jack T Chakhesang The ongoing Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition (NLTP) Act, 1989 has once again caught media attention as the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) supported by Naga Mothers Association (NMA
  • Embarrassing Christianity in our land
    Thepfulhouvi Solo Sometime ago, a shocking video scene of altercation inside a Church building went viral in the local social media. The scene showed a person in the Church pulpit at the lectern reading out
  • A Reminder Ring..!
    Once while reaching out for the soap in the bathtub, I slipped and fell. My feet shot into the air and I fell with a thud on my back. I gingerly opened my eyes and found that except for a slightly bruised elbow
  • Soil Solarization- A way to control pests and weeds in soil
    Dr T Esther Longkumer CTO-Soil Science, KVK Phek, ICAR-NRC on Mithun Soil solarization is an environmentally friendly method of using the solar power to control pests such as fungi, bacteria, nematodes, ins
  • Hic! ‘It’ is still Left..!
    Social drinking is increasing by the day, and there is not a party I attend that does not serve liquor. I have no problems of liquor being served, but about how liquor is drunk. In our country, the whole idea a
  • The Current Scenario of Microplastics
    Dr Parimal C Bhomick Dimapur The term ‘Microplastics’ was first coined by Richard Thompson, a marine ecologist at the University of Plymouth, UK in 2004 to describe plastic particles that are le
  • Your Bad Luck could be Good Luck..!
    Robert ClementsA few years ago V. Bhaskaran, coach of the Indian hockey team lamented the fact that his team was losing because of bad luck and bad umpiring! “I am proud of my brave boys!” he said, “and t
  • The Bad Investment..!
    ‘Mr. Singh our honorary secretary is coming to visit us now,’ said my wife putting down the phone, ‘he said it was a business visit.’‘Does he have any other business than being our society’s secreta
  • A National ‘Boxing’ Match..!
    ‘Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two one…’ shouts the referee and the whole nation watches in heightened anticipation and bated breath, whether the one who’s been floored will rise. The
  • Becoming the Light
    Book Review Asang Jamir The landscape of Naga literature has always been unique- folktales and scholarly books has dominated the literary scene. We need to credit the author, Allan Aley, for his vivid ima
  • There’s No Place Like Home..!
    A few years back I'd gone to spend a month in Europe. It had been an exciting trip and I'd made many friends and visited wonderful places but when I boarded the Alitalia flight back home, there was an incredibl
  • Appeal for at least 3 years age relaxation for Govt Jobs in Nagaland
    L Singsit  Dimapur Through your esteemed daily, we appeal to the state Government to give at least 3 years age relaxation. If agreed, this will mean 2 years in actuality. It is because the state govern
  • No Health Bill..!
    Was thinking of the free gift of health this morning as a friend asked me about my new glasses and remembered that morning when the watchman at the gate told me a friend of mine in the next building had had an
  • Pizza and my Comfort Zone..!
    There was no lunch laid out for me the other day.It’s a habit of mine to leave my door open, while I write in my study. The cook comes in everyday as she has been coming for the last twenty five years and coo
  • Pandemic Pushes SDGs Further out of Reach of Asia and Pacific
    Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana Inter Press Service 2022 marks the second anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, and while an end to the pandemic is in sight, it is far from over and the consequences will be felt
  • China Edging Closer..!
    In the days of old, even just a hundred years ago, nations made secret agreements with each other. These treaties were thrown on the face of a warring enemy, who suddenly realized they had a more formidable con
  • The Heat Is Killing Me..!
    The stuffed teddy bear, belonging to one of my daughter’s when she’d been little, now sat in all regality on a little rocking chair, also belonging to my other daughter when she was little. The bear looked
  • Profiting from Suicide..!
    A few months ago, a president of a social club called an organization which was to teach him leadership training and said, “I want my money back, I have no time for the course!”“Sir,” said the coordinat
  • Becoming an Insular Nation..!
    It was blistering hot as I lay on the deckchair, in a beach somewhere in the country, and like all Indians, was happy to have the large umbrella protecting me from the harsh sun blazing overhead. But, not the m
  • World Consumer Rights Day – Fair Digital Finance
    S Temsusenla Ao Immanuel College The world Consumer Rights Day is celebrated every year around the globe on 15thMarch. It has been celebrating ever since 1983 after U.S President John Fitzgerald Kennedy sta
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