Infocus

  • Respecting Diversity
    Rev Fr GL Khing NEISSR, Chümoukedima Existential diversity must find its pragmatic place in the life of human beings. Diversity enables us to understand the deeper meaning of life. Diversity is not to
  • The US Assault on Mexico’s Food Sovereignty
    Timothy A. Wise Inter Press Service On June 2, the U.S. government escalated its conflict with Mexico over that country’s restrictions on genetically modified corn, initiating the formal dispute-resol
  • Helplessness to Independence..!
    “Come back!” I shouted at my dog a few years ago, when he was alive, but my huge German-Shepherd pretended he hadn’t heard my voice as he chased the poor, thin, undernourished, straggly bitch, who suddenl
  • Boris and His Lockdown Parties..!
    From his hairstyle I knew he was a Boris Johnson fan, and watched as he, Boris like, swept his unkempt, unruly hair into a more unkempt, unruly Boris mess. “Looks like your former Prime Minister Boris Johnson
  • Will Big Powers condone a UN Role in Artificial Intelligence?
    James Paul Inter Press Service The UN is hustling to play a role – perhaps even a leading role – in the revolution of Artificial Intelligence. To some degree this is perfectly natural. The UN
  • Hot as Hell..!
    “How’s the heat in Bombay, Bob?” asks a friend. “Hot as hell!” I say, wiping the sweat flowing down my brow, then ask myself, “What do I know of hell, that I can compare the heat around me with
  • Fooled by the Golden Glow..!
    The other day someone told me his sister had bought a phone worth a huge amount. “But your sister’s just picked up a job!” I said.“With her job, she applied for a credit card!” I was told.And today, t
  • Are you taking the right supplements?
    IANSlife  If you are living in an urban environment, nothing you consume is 100 per cent pure. "Adulterated" is a small word, your food items contain the unhealthiest substances if not washed
  • Tyrants, with Slaves at Home..!
    A few years ago, I'd gone to spend a month in Europe and when I boarded the Alitalia flight back home, there was an incredible childlike ecstasy like nothing I'd ever experienced before. I actually felt like da
  • Close Inequalities to End AIDS & Prepare for Future Pandemics
    Winnie Byanyima and Sir Michael Marmot Inter Press Service The COVID-19 crisis has shone a light on the danger of pandemics; social crises have shone a light on the danger of inequalities. And the reality i
  • D- Day and T- Day..!
    Exactly seventy-nine years ago, the Allied forces fighting World War II landed on the beaches of Normandy to make a final thrust at Germany, who by then had nearly finished murdering 6 million Jews! Four years
  • Wake up to reality
    Imlinungsang longkumer Duncan Basti, Dimapur The liberty that we enjoy in our land did not just come about to us on a whim. Blood and tears were shed by our ancestors during the 1950s and the early 1960s. A
  • ‘Food standards save lives’
    June 7 is 5th world Food Safety Day   Food an integral part of human survival plays the role of both prolonged good health and illness. On 7th June 2019 the first ever World Food Safety Day was observed
  • Four-fold Approach to Peace Building
    Rajagopal P V Rajagopal, 2023 recipient of the Niwano Peace Prize, acceptance speech at the 40th Niwano Peace Prize Ceremony, May 11, 2023 International House, Tokyo, Japan May I begin by recognizing
  • 4th Man in the Fire..!
    Good ole Kapil Dev!Not only did he lead the cricket team of 1983 to a World Cup victory, but he set hearts afire yesterday as he led the same team to announce their complete support to the protesting girl wrest
  • Plastic Pollution: A globally growing concern and a serious issue in India
    Prof Mithilesh Kumar Sinha Department of Economics, NU, Lumami We are now facing our own created-problems of environmental degradation, fragile eco system and human-kind damage though each year over the wor
  • Keep a Balance..!
    “Is today a holiday?” I asked my driver as I observed the roads empty.“All the people are up there!” said my driver. I wondered what he meant, then realised he was pointing to the metro line, running al
  • May Nagaland remains beautiful, safe, fresh, free from danger now and for the next generations
    Kezhokhoto Savi Advocate & Environment Activist World Environment Day is celebrated annually on June 5 and to encourage awareness and action for the protection of the environment. The theme for World En
  • Appeasing Minorities..!
    “Stop appeasing the minorities!” shout the majority in the country. Hearing these shouts, I decided to fairly and unbiasedly look into their angry cry. I did and realized how better to think of the country
  • Inaction for a Greater Cause..!
    It wasn’t the fact that she was murdered in broad daylight that got me horrified, nor was it the fact that the public did nothing to save her from sixteen stab wounds, and even more that a concrete slab was u
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