I want to thank Mr. Rio, Chief Minster of Nagaland, for understanding the needs of the underprivileged tribes. I hope the politicians, administrators, student unions and the public that belonged to the privileg
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An Israeli policeman keeps watch last fall in East Jerusalem near the Dome of the Rock Islamic Shrine. Jerusalem is back in the news with a bang. Speaking at the annual session of the UN General Assembly,
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You know what? ... I am ashamed of you. In fact, you make me laugh in disbelief most of the time. It's just flabbergasting how you are such hypocrites and you still believe yourselves so righteous! The extents
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Bertil Lintner, a scholar on Indo-Burmese affairs, tells Ratnadip Choudhury why it is tough for Myanmar to crack down on Northeast insurgency groups. Edited excerpts from an interview. You have seen the insurge
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The Government can take special steps for improving the conditions of the less advantaged or weaker sections of the society. This is called ‘Protective Discrimination’ or Rational DiscriminationR
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Russia’s strongman Vladimir Putin has decided that the time has come for him to return to Kremlin. Russia author Dmitri Travin is a native of Putin's home city of St Petersburg, and is well familiar with
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We were shocked, surprised and anguished to read the article ‘Minor girl tortured in Kohima’. The question that struck us is, does such a heartless and merciless mother exist among Naga Christian mo
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To my young Naga brothers and sisters, In the New Testament we find the land of Israel under Roman rule. This rule had extended all the way to include Egypt as well. The one proud and great Egyptians were strug
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On one day — one minute — in the next month, the world's seven billionth human resident will be born. The United Nations is marking the occasion on the last day of October with what it describes it
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The saga of shame of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi continues as more and more shameful skeletons tumble out of the cupboard. And it only makes my heart cringe. More so because I believe that sports is li
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After World War II, the industrial nations of the world set out to rebuild their economies and needed a yardstick by which to measure their progress. The index soon settled upon was the Gross National Product,
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We have been repeatedly told that genetically engineered (GE) crops will save the world. They will save the world by increasing yields and producing more food. They will save the world by controlling pests and
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The search for an effective AIDS vaccine began a quarter-century ago and after a series of failures, there finally appears some reason to cheer. The first signs of success are beginning to emerge, ironically, f
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Not known for swimming against the tide, President Mahmoud Abbas has caught the world by surprise by insisting on seeking United Nations recognition for an independent Palestinian state.During a speech at the G
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Revolutions often ignite over pervasive corruption – or rather when enough people demand integrity in government. Arabs had that aha moment this year. In Russia, the moment may be soon with news that Vlad
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It was almost nine years since I last saw my town, Dimapur, until I recently moved back in town. The building-up of a busy traffic and the newly built apartments were changes that first stole my sight. I hold n
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Reality check on international support: BBC News for Middle East dated September 16, 2011, released a poll, conducted by GlobeScan, of 20,446 citizens in 19 countries to test public opinion on Palestinian state
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It was an honour to meet her and interview Wangari Mathaai in Bali . As a media fellow of UNEP covering the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum in February 2010 we journalists interacted with
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The agencies said that while aid was getting through in many areas, “it is not at the scale needed to address the enormity of the crisis and hundreds of thousands of lives hang in the balance”.They
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Debate on the basis of poverty estimate is hot. The Tendhulkar Committee earlier suggested rupees 15 (rural area) a day and rupees 18 (urban area) a day as a poverty line based on per capita expenditure at 2004
