Editorial

  • Trying times for media 
    Y Merina Chishi   As the world faces an unprecedented crisis in the wake of the COVID-19, the task for those working to raise awareness and contain the dreaded virus will become more challenging. Amo
  • Agents of Risk
    Dr Asangba Tzudir In contemporary times, life is getting more risky without even knowing the impending risks and its source until one is confronted by it. Take the case of global climatic changes causing dis
  • Reassure and streamline 
    Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rios address to the people of Nagaland on March 23 seeking co-operation and support of each and every citizen of the state in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic is timely and pertinent.
  • A major shutdown is necessary
    Imlisanen Jamir   The Nagaland Government today preemptively announced a major shutdown of the State starting March 23, urging closure of all non essential services, while urging people to drastically
  • Honest effort required
    Witoubou Newmai   It may not be too off track to say that any incident, whether faint or highly charged, mob or riot, can be symptoms of protracted issues which are either dormant or active in many s
  • New Market chaos
    Y Merina Chishi   Of late, shopping in Dimapur's New Market has become a claustrophobic and harrowing experience. From the absence of a parking lot to the lack of space, New Market has become a chaotic
  • Liquor Prohibition Take 2
    Dr. Asangba Tzudir   Prior to the coming of the NLTP Act of 1989, the some American Baptist missionaries way back in the early part of 1890s enforced prohibition and even barred church members that i
  • Lesson for Nagaland
    Imkong Walling   Courage and faith in the face of adversity is truly inspiring. History of warfare is replete with stories of cornered armies fighting off bigger adversaries marshalling around a spir
  • Combat ‘infodemic’
    ‘To share is human; to share it after verifying, is superhuman,’ one can say, appropriating Alexander Pope to suit the modern zeitgeist. As Nagaland step-up efforts to combat the global pandemic COV
  • Bracing for a pandemic 
    Witoubou Newmai The gathering of the global storm from the Coronavirus outbreak, officially renamed as COVID-19 and declared a pandemic, has thrown up issues of different dimensions, which may change the w
  • KPA’s future 
    Y Merina Chishi   Petty issues have often overshadowed the real issues that plague Khelhoshe Polytechnic Atoizu (KPA) for the last 47 years. The oldest technical institute run by the Government of Naga
  • Healthcare Delivery
    Dr. Asangba Tzudir   At the backdrop of the deadly COVID-19 being declared as a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation, the Department of Health & Family Welfare, Nagaland has most assu
  • Eggs and oaths 
    Imkong Walling   The Chief Minister of Nagaland tweeted today congratulating the PDA family on its second anniversary. According to the tweet, the CM delivered the keynote address at the 1st Peoples
  • Generation Equality?
    Imlisanen Jamir     I am Generation Equality, is this years there for celebrating International Womens Day. Women have undoubtedly made significant strides in overcoming systems and structures
  • CO-OPTED SOCIETY- Are we already there? 
    Witoubou Newmai   One appalling thing is that we are not sure whether naivety has been one of the reasons at all that we continue to make things difficult for ourselves. If naivety is one of the conf
  • Dawdle no more on SSB
    The Naga Students' Federation (NSF) clarification, albeit belatedly, regarding its ultimatum on Staff Selection Board (SSB) hopefully would quell the ensuing controversy and steer it towards the real issue –
  • Inadequacies in the Age of Information
    Dr. Asangba Tzudir   How Well-Informed Are We?   Dating the Information Age to the early eighties when the internet came into operation and the computer had just been born, since then peop
  • Power woes should serve as a challenge
    Imlisanen Jamir   Surging economic and social activity is raising demand for energy across the globe and Nagaland is no exception. With households and businesses expanding, the State's Power Departme
  • The Delimitation Exercise
    A gazette notification by the Union Law and Justice Ministry, on February 28, has paved the way for resumption of the delimitation exercise in four states from the North East – Nagaland, Assam, Manipur and Ar
  • Choosing Justice over Convenience
    Witoubou Newmai   When decisions and steps are taken on convenience, intended goals are often curtailed or further narrowed. When such a development prevails, any discourse or movement or campaign ca
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