Infocus

  • The Dictator’s Daughter or the Farmer’s Son?
    Sara Brombart Inter Press Service Peru’s first round of elections on 11 April saw voters choosing between 18 presidential candidates with no one candidate leading by an impressive margin. Pedro Cas
  • Sunny on the Other Side..!
    “They’re frowning down below!” laughed the clouds as they stared back at the jovial sun, who was trying his best to make them hot, but then clouds don’t become hot do they, I mean, have you ever heard o
  • Old and New World Competition..!
    It wasn’t too many years ago, every time the word ‘computers’ was mentioned, government employees would go on strike. Millions of man hours were wasted as clerks continued to painstakingly and laboriously
  • How work from home culture is changing the culture of work
    Muskan Aggarwal PTI As Covid hit the world last year, many companies were forced to shut down their offices and work remotely. Now, after a year, people have slowly started adapting to the Work From Home cu
  • Words of encouragement for pastors & churches in Nagaland
    Dr Panger Kichu Oriental Theological Seminary, Dimapur  Today, we are compelled towards an unprecedented COVID context and the demands for the service of pastors and clergies have exponentially increas
  • Ban the Dosa..!
    After my morning walk, I sit for an hour on my terrace garden, savoring my pot of delicious coffee. All around me I hear the sounds of birds and squirrels, as the peepul tree towering over me provides a home to
  • Know Your Health System
    Limatula Yaden Public Health is a state subject and hence the primary responsibility to provide accessible, affordable quality heathcare to the population lies with the State Government. Under the National H
  • Human gods..!
    Very often we make a god out of a guru or priest and feel disappointed and even lose our beliefs when they fall.Many, many years ago as a child I used to sit in church and like all youngsters fidget, look aroun
  • Know Your Entitlements under NHM
    Limatula Yaden NHM Free Drugs Services Initiative (FDSI) Funding is provided for this Initiative to improve access to and provision of essential drugs/medicines free of cost in all public health facilities
  • Happy Belated Father’s Day..!
    Every morning as I sit in my little garden and ponder on what to write, I look at the little blue collapsible stool on which I place my newspapers and remember my father. Today, on Father’s Day, I specially t
  • Enid Blyton and Kipling..!
    Racists! That’s what the two have been branded as! Two writers, Enid Blyton and Rudyard Kipling, who shaped our formative years, both in reading and in the unleashing of childhood imagination, and who today,
  • Hush..!
    ‘Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature..’ Zhuangzi The lovely, agile and nimble steps of
  • India collaborates with UNICEF to tackle youth employment
    IANS India on Thursday signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to co-create and implement solutions at scale to tackle the employment and skilling challenges f
  • Protest is a Right..!
    Protesting without arms is a fundamental right and not a terrorist activity’ - Delhi High CourtEven as the high court gives citizens of our country the right to protest, I do believe that the greatest gift a
  • The Marginalisation of Africa
    Branko Milanović Inter Press Service Is Africa marginalised in contemporary economics and politics, and in contemporary economic and political research? Impressions gathered over the years and a bit of
  • Book review of Kevi Z Kevichusa’s ‘Nino’s Secret Garden’ 
    Bano Haralu Nino’s Secret Garden’ is a profound tribute to love. This is the author Kevi Z Kevichusa’s first book and must be celebrated for her ingenuity in transforming something that spr
  • Hey! Let’s Finish the Job..!
    Just read that the Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express would soon be reaching four hours faster! All this by building a wall along the railway tracks between Mumbai and Surat, which would allow the train to travel fa
  • Facebook launches new initiative to help children be safe online
    IANS Social media giant Facebook on Tuesday launched a new initiative that encourages people to report child abuse content on its platforms and not to share it. The initiative 'Report it, don't sh
  • Is the UN Fighting a Losing Battle Against World’s Corrupt Leaders?
    Thalif Deen Inter Press Service A hilarious anecdote, recounted in the New York Times years ago, related to the widespread corruption embedded in the political culture of a Southeast Asian country where cro
  • The real price of marriage in South Sudan
    Hanna Hassan Inter Press Service  August of this year will mark the one-year anniversary of the end of South Sudan’s civil war, yet recent surges of violence suggest that peace is far from being
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