Infocus

  • Obama kills Osama
    On the 2nd of May 2011, the whole world woke up to the sensational and electrifying news that the world’s most wanted man Osama Bin Laden had been killed in a military operation undertaken by US elite com
  • Application under Section 6 of the RTI Act 2005
    ToThe Public Information OfficerRoad & Bridges,Kohima NagalandSub: Application under Section 6 of the RTI Act 2005Sir,Kindly furnish the information sought herein below1.    What was the tota
  • Ethnic groups suffer abuses despite reforms
    Deep in jungles far from the international spotlight, Myanmar's army continues to torture and kill civilians in campaigns to stamp out some of the world's longest-running insurgencies. Human rights groups say t
  • Traffic problems faced in Nagaland
    Recently there has been a huge hue and cry about the traffic problems faced in Nagaland. In my humble opinion it is a boon for us as we have come to a saturation point where each and everyone of us know that so
  • Why Russia is blacklisting Americans
    Something in the papers the other day struck me as odd.  Russia has placed a number of U.S. officials on a blacklist. They are banned from traveling to Russia because of what the Kremlin is calling "h
  • A Free Zone for Education
    Reading through “India Human Development Report 2011; Towards Social Inclusion”, I was drawn upon my recent experience of village people  during my  fieldwork engagement trip. What came up
  • From Palestinian refugee camp to New York City stage
    New York, New York - An absurdist play about two people waiting for someone who never shows up, performed in Arabic by young Palestinian actors, directed by a Jewish Israeli filmmaker and presented on a New Yor
  • American leadership, and a system failure
    A faded president, discredited rivals, and a dysfunctional political system together spell trouble for the United States - at home and in the world, says Godfrey Hodgson.  For anti-Americans and others add
  • The Year 2050
    Looking back on the early 21st century from its midpoint, historians (of a sort) will regard it as the Age of Insanity. Who would believe that such a large proportion of the world's grain harvest would be turne
  • Finally a smooth ride on Kohima’s road
    The recent repairing of the main road in Kohima needs appreciation from all sections of people who have been complaining for a long time.  I would be failing in my duty if I maintained a stoic silence like
  • Brief Note on Naga Council Holy Land Pilgrimage
    In what may be a first of its kind pilgrimage by voluntary social organization, the Naga Council Dimapur team of 30 members had the blessed privilege to travel virtually the length and breadth of Israel, visiti
  • The impact of Modern Philosophies on the 20th century
    Every human action has an underlying motive behind it. But if we dig further down into the motive, we will find an underlying world-view that has guided the motive behind the action. In the case of the Indo-Nag
  • Winds of change in Myanmar
    China, which has a tendency to issue dire warnings in response to perceived threats, was unusually muted last week. When US President Barack Obama unveiled plans to deploy 2,500 US Marines in northern Australia
  • Present predicament of Naga society - Response from the Naga Social Organisation
    The editorial column of Morung express of 23rd November, 2011 edition has rightly stated on supra State Body as reported in Seven Sister Post and the position of Naga Organisations. “Strangely the Nagas a
  • Enough for everyone’s needs
    With global population touching the seven billion mark, concerns have been voiced about an impending food shortage. Developed countries, which consume the most, have been quick to place the blame on the growing
  • Democracy put to the test
    Just as the mechanisms that made democracy function in city states were not adequate for governing nation states, representative democracies today are showing themselves incapable of managing, effectively and d
  • Egypt in the Next Stage of Revolution
    Thousands have taken to Cairo's streets and about 40 have been killed as government forces use live ammunition and large concentrations of tear gas on demonstrators. Despite the attacks, the people are determin
  • The Manipur Blockade
    Schoolchildren and others walk past empty trucks parked in a row, waiting to be escorted by police to neighboring Assam to ferry supplies to Manipur, on the outskirts of Imphal, Manipur on Tuesday, November 8,
  • Climate Change: Cities At Great Risk – 200 Million May Have to Flee
    The United Nations urged the international community to take action against mounting threats posed by climate change on the world’s urban areas, warning that climate-related events could force up to 200 m
  • Anatomy of child starvation deaths
    The shocking facts about the maladministration that led to the recent deaths of severely malnourished children in Raichur and Mysore districts of Karnataka. Fifty per cent of Karnataka’s 0-6 age-group suf
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