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  • Theme: “Youth for Transparency and Good Governance- The Kohima Campaign”
    RTI application for this week ToThe Public Information Officer (PIO),Naga Hospital Authority, Kohima (NHAK),Kohima, Nagaland.SUB: APPLICATION UNDER THE S.6 OF THE RTI ACT 2005Sir,Kindly furnish the informa
  • Democracy and development
    Many international organisations are now preparing intensively for the fourth high-level forum on aid effectiveness to be held in Busan, South Korea on 29 November - 1 December 2011. At the heart of the debates
  • The peace industry can win its war
    Conflicts around the world are both changing and, in some measure, declining. One big reason: The art of conflict resolution and the numbers of people practicing it have risenAudiences at a beauty pageant often
  • AFSPA Failed! Mizoram Way an Alternative?
    The Arm Forces Special Power Act, 1958 (AFSPA) is termed as a draconian and xenophobia law. It is draconian law because section 4 (a) of the AFSPA gives power to armed forces personnel to shoot at anyone suspic
  • It’s just a tug-of-war
    I think it’s just a tug- of- war the celebrity American poet Robert Frost experiences in his master-piece poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”. “The woods are lovely, dark and dee
  • A brief report on the SDRF training
    The training for the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) is in full swing with trainers and trainees both participating enthusiastically. The SDRF was inaugurated at a grand function on the 10th October 2011 a
  • Who will pay for malaria vaccine?
    A patient being tested for malariaMalaria is a mass killer, taking just under 800,000 lives a year. Most of them are babies and children under five. A significant number are pregnant women. It is an entirely pr
  • THE NAGAS: BEYOND THE CEASEFIRE
    INTRODUCTIONThe Nagas belong to a distinct Mongoloid race, occupying the northeastern part of India and western part of Myanmar.  There are approximately 40 sub- tribes. Nagas were once headhunters, as the
  • Illicit trafficking of Drugs/ Liquor & prosecution thereof
    Alcohol & Drugs is the primary reason that have led our people to commit various crimes and enslaved our people to poverty. It has claimed thousands of lives and the precious human resources of Nagaland wil
  • NOISE POLLUTION: Music for you may be noise to others
    The rapid urbanization of our towns have given rise to increasing ambient noise levels in public places from various sources such as industrial activities, generator sets, loud speakers/public address systems,
  • Heads- The cause of Rape: Dressing Sexy?
    Yan Kikon: I've had to deal with a couple of rape and victimization cases in the cities where our Naga girls have been targeted.  People who draw such conclusions by relating rape cases to dressing are per
  • Gadaffi Gutted out!
    The 42 long years of injustice and oppression of the Libyan people has finally come to an end in its finality with the news of Muammar Gadaffi the self-styled dictator being shot dead today. In what was to be o
  • Politics over reincarnation
    Do you believe in reincarnation? In Beijing, the Marxists do. The Dalai Lama had to recently issue a statement to explain to the Chinese leadership (and the general public) the meaning of ‘reincarnation&#
  • The Naga Club & Sovereignty Issue
    In 1917 during the World War I between France and Germany about 4000 Nagas joined the Allied Force and won the battle. After the war victory when they returned to Nagaland, they decided that all the Nagas shoul
  • An Open Petition to Chief Minister of Nagaland
    To The Honourable Chief Minister, Government of Nagaland, Nagaland: Kohima.Sub. A Petition for Safety and Protection of Human Rights/Fundamental RightsHonourable Sir,With great respect and humility, I beg to su
  • Human Resource Management in Nagaland: A review
    The secret of success of any nations or states, any government sector or any private sector rests in the ability of the leaders to effectively and efficiently manage the human resources. Human resource manageme
  • Nutritional Deficiency Causing Brain Damage
    Nutrition is an integral part of Health and well being of every individual and hence it is everybody’s concern. It enables a man to lead a socially and economically productive life. The food we consume co
  • In Bhutan, a cautious tryst with democracy
    Political changes in Bhutan over the past five years — the introduction of a ‘democratic constitution,' the retreat by the fourth King and the coronation of his son, elections to Parliament which no
  • Politicising the Haj
    The Supreme Court has done well to slam the Union Government over the dubious manner in which the latter has been handling the Haj pilgrimage, often adding politics to a purely religious purpose. It is amazing
  • Burma junta’s liberal face
    In an attempt to rectify the anti-democratic policies  and human rights violations of the past by the military junta that ruled the country for 23 years till a few months ago, the Government of President T