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  • World Polio Day - stories of progress – ‘past & present’
    World Polio Day is observed on October 24 every year to raise awareness for Polio Vaccination and Eradication of Polio.  The World Polio Day was established by Rotary International over a decade ago to
  • A No Nose Car..!
    It was during one of my visits to the village I heard a commotion, “What’s happening?” I asked as I walked out of my gate and saw Ramesh my neighbour and his old mother dancing on the road.“Mother’s a
  • Covid-causing virus in air detected with high-tech bubbles
    IANS Researchers have demonstrated that they can identify SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, in the air by employing a nanotechnology-packed bubble that ruptures when it comes into contact with the
  • Noxious air sinks life expectancy by 10 yrs, yet action plans remain a wish-list
    Sanjeev Sharma IANS India is the world's second most polluted country. Air pollution shortens the average life expectancy in the country by five years, relative to what it would be if the World Health O
  • Saving Lives Can’t Ever Be Divisive
    Elena L Pasquini Inter Press Service That’s why a new ship with a big white “E” will navigate the Mediterranean Sea. The vessel has a red hull, is more than fifty meters long and has
  • The Joy of Work..!
    If you’re waiting for a windfall, you may go to the grave waiting, because fortune favours the man or woman who plods and puts in hard work every day, and that work should become a joy to us, not a drudgery!W
  • Naga National Prayer Day Benediction
    Rev Dr L Kari Longchar O Lord – our living God, just as you have heard to the cries of your people Israel when they were enslaved in Egypt so we have great hope and trust that you have heard to the cri
  • Coffee Without Karan..!
    When my children were quite tiny I made a trip to New York to visit my parents, and when returning home decided I would fill my suitcases with gifts for my wife and children. So I went shopping.I stared at the
  • Skills and Employment
    Rev Fr G L Khing NEISSR, Chümoukedima Employment is so vast that many people fail to see the totality. Some people sit back and complain about unemployment without raising their hea
  • Prayer of Blessing 
    Rev H Gedeon MINISTER: O Lord, Great and Mighty God, In your presence the Naga Nation is gathering together to seek your blessing. We are unworthy before you but by the grace of Jesus who died on the cross
  • The Burden of Loneliness..!
    Seeing one of her neighbor’s children playing alone, a woman asked him where his brother was. “Oh,” he said, “he’s in the house playing a duet. I finished first.” Too many people find themselves pla
  • Obesity, sedentary lifestyle making young women prone to breast cancer: Experts
    IANS Instances of women below 35 years falling prey to breast cancer are on a steady rise in India, say experts who attribute the trend to obesity and sedentary lifestyle. The medical fraternity across the c
  • Africa, The Looted Continent
    Baher Kamal Inter Press Service Africa. The birthplace of “Homo Sapiens.” The land of plenty. The origin of farming. The richest region in terms of natural resources. And human capital. Home to
  • Consecration Prayer
    Rev Dr Pongsing Konyak Responsive Reading MINISTER: Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, Whose sins are covered.  CONGREGATION: Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord does not count aga
  • Dad And The Hills..!
    One of my most vivid childhood memories and one I will always treasure is that of the awesome Nandi hills in the distance. I accepted those hills as part of my landscape and grew to love the evenings, when back
  • Just a Detour..!
    A couple of years ago while traveling in scenic Austria, I got down from the car and sat by the side of a mountain besides a flowing brook. It was no restful and peaceful and I was nearly lulled to sleep by the
  • The centralization of financial powers and office functions to HODs: In dire need of an urgent review
    Khinyi Woch The Administrative Training Institute Kohima under the Leadership of the Director General of ATI, RB Thong, IAS had initiated the District Training Programs for imparting training on Office proce
  • It’s Not My Job..!
    Something I see so often in America and Europe as I travel through a city in the mornings is the owner of a business establishment opening his shop himself, cleaning the porch and dusting his furniture. There i
  • What Temsula Ao means to me
    A personal tribute Dr Kevileno Sakhrie  It was with great sadness and not a little shock that I learned of the passing of Professor Temsula Ao. Such finality there in the brief statement posted in ou
  • Language scapegoating harming Asians, Indians: AAPI report
    IANS One in five incidents involve language scapegoating of Asian-Americans, including Indians, by wrongfully blaming them for Covid, espionage or economic insecurity, says a new report by Stop AAPI hate, a
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