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  • Today in History July 26
    Reuters 1941 - President Franklin D Roosevelt appointed General Douglas MacArthur as Commander of U.S Forces in the Far East. 1945 - Britain, China and the United States issued the Potsdam Declaration thr
  • Today in History July 25
    Reuters 1909 - Frenchman Louis Bleriot made the first crossing of the English Channel by air, flying his monoplane from Les Baraques, near Calais, to Dover. 1934 - Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss w
  • Today in History July 24
    Reuters 1923 - The Treaty of Lausanne was signed between Turkey and the allied powers. Turkey gave up all claims to non-Turkish territories lost in World War One. 1936 - Britain's "Talking Clock&
  • Today in History July 23
    Reuters 1948 - D. W. Griffith, American director of the silent film epics "Birth of a Nation", and "Intolerance", died. 1951 - Marshal Philippe Petain died in prison. French hero for h
  • Today in History July 22
    Reuters 1917 - Alexander Kerensky became prime minister of Russia, taking over from Prince Lvov. 1934 - John Dillinger, famed U.S. bank robber, was shot dead by FBI agents outside Chicago's Biograph T
  • They died so that our land may heal
    Tungshang Ningreichon  Sometimes, death speaks stronger than our lives, our conversations and everyday languages. The death of the six cadres of the Naga army in Arunachal Pradesh on July 11, 2020 affec
  • Today in History July 21
    Reuters 1904 - After 13 years of construction, the Trans-Siberian railway from Moscow to Vladivostok was completed. 1944 - U.S. forces liberated the Pacific island of Guam, held by the Japanese since Dece
  • TODAY in HISTORY: July 21
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on July 21   1773: Pope Clement XIV abolishes the Jesuit order.   1798: Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Arab Mameluke warriors at the
  • Today in History July 20
    Reuters 1937 - Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist and pioneer of wireless telegraphy, died. 1944 - German officers made an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler by planting a bomb under a tab
  • Today in History July 19
    Reuters 1947 - Burma's effective prime minister and independence leader U Aung San was assassinated along with six other ministers. 1965 - Syngman Rhee, first president of South Korea, died. 1980 -
  • Today in History July 18
    Reuters 1936 - The Spanish Civil War began with a revolt at Melilla in what was then Spanish Morocco. 1969 - U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy's car went off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts
  • Today in History July 17
    Reuters 1903 - The American-born artist James Whistler, best known for the portrait of his mother, died. 1945 - The post-World War Two Potsdam Conference began, bringing together British Prime Minister Wi
  • Identity politics in Nagaland & beyond
    Nukhosa Chüzho Kohima   Voice of the young   “...spoke of their problems with the Burmese Army; of beatings, rapes, and boys pressed into service as porters. Conditions in th
  • Finding silver lining amidst the chaos
    Chongboi Singson Kohima  Who would have thought these dark days would dawn upon us? We had hoped that we would find a cure and our lives would return to how it used to be at the earliest. But sadly
  • Today in History July 16
    Reuters 1935 - The world's first parking meters were installed in Oklahoma City. 1951 - King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates. 1969 - Apollo 11 took off on its historic mission to land men on the m
  • Preparing students for career success: A holistic approach
    Dr Meyingangla Counselor, Immanuel College Dimapur    Career readiness and competencies are what allow employers to communicate their needs and enable educators to understand how well student
  • Why it is illegal to post non-IAS cadre officers as DCs
    Ghunavi G Kinnimi Sumi Guwahati  The services of government servants are governed by the Government Services Rules. Government machineries must function within the ambit of guidelines, rules and ac
  • Lockdown or Community Policing?
    Angamimiapfü Mechü Krotho  Kohima   Reflections on the spread of the Corona Virus within Kohima   COVID-19 cases are rising steadily with no deaths reported. There has be
  • Problems & Solution of traffic congestion vis-a-vis Even/Odd numbers
    Lanuzulu Aier Dimapur Of late, several opinions has been shared in the media appreciating for implementation of Even/Odd numbers of vehicles running in Dimapur jurisdiction to ease the traffic congestio
  • Today in History July 14
    Reuters 1904 - Paul Kruger, South African politician, died in exile in Switzerland. He led the Transvaal during the 1899-1902 Boer War against Britain, which was seeking to extend its commercial interests af
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