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  • A Drama in Disarray:G20 Summit in Cannes
    The G20 summit in Cannes has concluded in disarray and without details in “agreements”. Leaders were unable to agree upon financing the IMF to help advanced capitalist countries in distress. No G20
  • Irom Sharmila Solidarity Campaign Growing In India
    The iron lady of Manipur, Ms Irom Sharmila Chanu of Manipur is one of the civil rights activists in India better known for her relentless campaign for the repealing of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act.Irom S
  • Women and war
    Women are the worst sufferers of conflict. Study after study has shown this. All over the world, women constitute the majority among people fleeing conflict; they often find themselves pitchforked into the role
  • Child health and the 12th Plan
    The Approach Paper to the 12th Plan sees the projected 32% increase in India’s labour force in the next two decades as a demographic dividend. But is the 12th Plan focusing sufficiently on the health, nut
  • India’s Jungle Jane
    Naturalist Ratna Singh calmly sips her tea on the steps of her cottage as a rat snake slithers over the tiled roof.  She’s unfazed at the sight, but then again, she’s used to it.  Ratna Si
  • What the Bible Says About... Astrology
    Question: What the Bible Says About... AstrologyTry to name a Newspaper or Secular Magazine today that doesn't contain some sort of horoscope. The world has diluted astrology so much that many Christians forget
  • Scrub Typhus in Nagaland
    A DIPR Feature by Temjenkaba, News Assistant                 Scrub Typhus is transmitted by the bite of Mite infected with the cau
  • The life, times and legacy of Guru Nanak
    Guru Nanak Sahib (the founder of Sikhism) was born on 15th April, 1469 at Rai-Bhoi-di Talwandi in the present distrect of Shekhupura (Pakistan), now Nanakana Sahib. The Birthday of Guru Nanak Sahib is celebrate
  • The clock is ticking
    ANY CLARITY? In the forthcoming G-20 summit at Cannes, leaders should agree to a concrete action plan that advances the well-being of all nations and people, not just the wealthiest and most powerful. A 2010 fi
  • G20 summit and bribery: Is the anti-corruption effort for real?
    A G20 summit of world leaders on Thursday will judge its year-long effort against corruption. With Greece as an example of what dishonesty can cause to the world economy, the G20 needs to set deadlines for acti
  • Oil first, democracy later
    The Obama administration’s call for a probe into the killing of Muammar Gaddafi reflects a great deal of cynicism. The eight-month-long NATO war, launched apparently to help fulfill the democratic aspirat
  • Truth Alone Triumphs
    I am very happy to know that the State Vigilance Commission is observing the “Vigilance Awareness Week” from the 31st of October to 5th November, 2011. Corruption, which is mostly concerned with bri
  • Food Diplomacy in Korean Peninsular
    Aid groups have a proven ability to monitor the way food is distributed in North Korea. So why is the US still delaying food aid when the need is so great?Some items will certainly be high on the agenda of Pres
  • Mission Calling
    THE GREATEST MINDComposed on 25th October 1997 Hong KongBlessed Holy Spirit, You are the greatest Mind .You’re  the Author of the Bible, the Book of books Which became the source of all civilization,
  • Zeliangrong on the wheel of change
    Change is the effect of growing or dying. It is a natural process or phenomena of this universe. There is a universal law called, law of Negation which states that everything undergo change; growing old and dyi
  • Together, we can save our forests
    The thick forests in the tranquil village of Jirwa in Simariya Tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand hide a gloomy past. With bare land where lush cover once stood, the forests had been felled over the years b
  • Change the Burmese People Can’t Believe In
    Last month, the Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG) issued its latest report on Burma, “Myanmar: Major Reform Underway,” which brims with false hopes, unwarranted optimism, and projected
  • Essence of Ultimate Leadership and Service
    The Indigenous Peoples worldwide have been freely living for centuries in their ancestral domain; roaming the jungles, mountains and valleys. Today, they face the most unprecedented threat and challenge in thei
  • The Rum Diary
    1 hr. 59 minDirected By: Bruce Robinson Written By: Bruce Robinson, Hunter S. Thompson “It's colorful and amiable enough, and Depp's heart is clearly in the right place, but The Rum Diary fails to add suf
  • Is Re-structuring of Administration the Ultimate Solution for Political Problems in Manipur?
    The current political imbroglio over Sadar Hills issue can be positively considered as an eye-opener for bringing a new paradigm in the modes of inter-ethnic relationships and governance in Manipur. Much has be
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