Editorial

  • Rising IMR in Nagaland needs urgent attention
    By - Moa JamirThe latest bulletin of the Sample Registration System (SRS) 2021, released by the Registrar General of India, has flagged a worrying trend for Nagaland. After nearly a decade of consistent progres
  • Battle of optics and narratives
    When ‘fake news’ becomes a frontline weaponBy Moa Jamir In times of conflict, the battle is often fought not just on the ground, but also through competing narratives and optics. Whether in geopolitics
  • Truth above all
    By Akangjungla For decades, the Naga people have struggled for self-determination, enduring political conflict and an uncertain governance system. While the peace process remains unresolved, another silent
  • COMPELLING CIRCUMSTANCES
    By Dr. Asangba TzudirRecently, NPSC declared a total of 47 backlog vacancies in Higher Education, Technical Education, School Education and SCERT to be included and advertised for CESE-2025.While it looks so no
  • The Death of the Weather Forecast
    By Imlisanen JamirThere was a time when you could plan your week around a weather forecast. It might have come from a newspaper, a radio bulletin, or an elder reading the sky, but it was something you could hol
  • Indifference
    By Imkong WallingFlooding follows urbanisation like a shadow. Nature does not care, it pours when it has to, inundating the most well-planned cities. Disorganised cities fare worse, in particular, a haphazard u
  • Who’s Eating Wikipedia?
    By Imlisanen JamirUnder the hood of the AI revolution, a midnight feast of knowledge unfolds. Silicon beasts – massive language models built by tech giants – roam Wikipedia’s free encyclopedia as though i
  • Hope Anchored
    AkangjunglaIn today’s world, the word “hope” has lost much of its power. Too often, it is used as a last resort, something we cling to only when all else fails. Phrases like “Where there is life, there
  • We Want to Be Right
    Dr Asangba TzudirTo be aware and also pursue rights and then make claims accordingly is important especially in cases where one feels that justice is denied. On the flip, there is also an attitudinal trend when
  • NBSE 2025 Results – Positive Progress, Emerging Concerns
    By Moa Jamir The recently declared Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) results for the HSLC and HSSLC Examinations 2025 offer an opportunity to reflect on shifting academic patterns across the state.
  • Choosing Career Path
    By Dr Asangba TzudirThe HSLC and HSSLC results are out and without going into the statistics, attention is drawn into a very significant aspect which is choosing career paths. Choosing a career is not just abou
  • COSTLY EDUCATION: Nagaland’s growing divide
    By Akangjungla The recent uproar over steep fee hikes in Delhi’s private schools has reignited debates on affordability, transparency and regulation in education. Parents and student groups have proteste
  • Gear-less
    Imlisanen JamirIn Wokha, the firefighters show up — even when the gear doesn’t. Even when their suits are threadbare, their boots are cracked, and their station building leaks every time it rains. They stil
  • The Power of the Narrative
    Dr Asangba Tzudir In any democratic and civilized societies, the freedom of speech is like a foundation stone that is enshrined not just in constitutions, but also in the collective consciousness of the pe
  • Neither empathetic nor practical
    By Moa Jamir ‘It was not an emotional decision but an empathetic, practical one,’ Nagaland Higher Education Minister Temjen Imna Along was quoted as saying by a news outlet, justifying the regularisati
  • Misplaced priority?
    By Imkong WallingIs there anything greater in Nagaland that stokes heated passion than job appointments, reservation quotas in the government establishment, and elections? There is the stalemated Indo-Naga poli
  • A Daisy in the Void
    Somewhere over West Texas, a rocket screamed skyward carrying six women into the edge of space. The headlines wrote themselves. Historic. Empowering. Feminist triumph.Katy Perry, pop star and cultural mascot of
  • Women vendors weathering the storm
    By AkangjunglaStreet vendors in Nagaland, particularly women, are enduring the dual burdens of climate change and neglect. Their struggles often came to the forefront during the observance of International Stre
  • Rooftop Solar Mission
    Dr Asangba TzudirThe Government of Nagaland has launched the rooftop solar mission under PM – Surya Ghar scheme. Further it has announced that it will provide an additional subsidy of up to Rs. 50,000 for roo
  • Nagaland’s higher education imbroglio
    By Moa JamirThe unfolding controversy surrounding the alleged absorption of contractual Assistant Professors in the Higher Education Department is nothing short of a monumental mess—one that points to serious
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