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  • North East: Looking Less India or Looking More India?
    The death of Nido Tania, a 19 year old boy from Arunachal Pradesh has exposed the shocking racial hate crime on the people of the North East in Delhi again. It is observed that there are similar racial intolera
  • Wide gap between Delhi, Beijing smog policies
    Think twice before taking a deep breath in New Delhi, where worsening air pollution has drawn comparisons with Beijing, the world's pollution poster child.On bad days in India's congested capital, the air is so
  • TIPS FOR A HEALTHY PREGNANCY
    Planning Your Pregnancy? If you’re planning on getting pregnant, you can improve your chances of conceiving and having a successful pregnancy & pregnancy outcome by following the steps-Eating wellDon'
  • Without a flag
    The names adorning just about every available spot on Indian luger Shiva Keshavan's speedsuit are written in faint gray letters, barely visible to those even nearby.They are not insignificant. For the Sochi Oly
  • Ex-gratia, relief granted to Mukalimi victims
    The writer hopes that the readers do not have to deploy the use of a magnifying glass to read this headline. Given a choice the font could have been made even smaller but the laptop had reached its limit to sma
  • Racism: An Introspection
    The recent brutal death of 19 years old Nido Tania from Arunachal Pradesh has once again sparked outraged among the entire North East community. This is hardly the first fatal consequence of racial discriminati
  • Introspection
    Because I come from the North East India, do they look at me with a different eye? Do they feel like an alien has just passed their way whenever my paths cross them? Do they start thinking about the supposedly
  • Gandhi caps turn a symbol of protest
    The Gandhi cap, revived by the Anna Hazare movement and now adopted by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), has become a visible symbol of protest for political parties and other social organisations as well.Following in
  • A Little Bit More of Happiness
    Life is beautiful; one should live every moment to the fullest as if it were one’s last. Right from birth till death, everyone goes through different phases in life. With all its glory and wonders, it is
  • Rio-Alemtemshi: New Politics?
    As Chief Secretary Alemtemshi Jamir goes into premature retirement from government service, one cannot but sense the significance, not just the timing of his exit, but also the popular belief gaining ground abo
  • Face to Face with Cold Reality
    The day was 26th July 1960. The venue was Denison House in London’s Vauxhall Bridge Road. It had been just 44 days since Phizo landed in London on 12th June. But still then he had been successful in conve
  • Debunk the Myths- Increase Awareness of Cancer
    Cancer is a major cause of death in the world,  accounting for 8.2 (2012) million deaths worldwide and 0.6 million deaths (2010) in India, and it is projected that cancer will kill more than 13.1 million p
  • Blame game will not get AAP results, vision will
    In its first month since winning 28 assembly seats in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leadership is on a roller coaster, facing challenges from within and outside. While AAP has been able to revolutionize the
  • When the Fighting Stops
    MARIE-LOUISE IS a 34-year-old single mother of three living in Bujumbura, the capital of the southeast African nation of Burundi. When she was 15 years old, she joined a rebel movement during the civil war in h
  • When Christians Love Theology More Than People
    Beyond the realm of churches, religious blogs, and bible colleges, nobody really cares about theology. What does matter is the way you treat other people.Within Christendom, we’re often taught the exact o
  • Too few cancer patients enroll in research studies
    One of every 10 clinical trials for adults with cancer ends prematurely because researchers can't get enough people to test new treatments, scientists report.The surprisingly high rate reveals not just the scop
  • India's moral compass swings violently
    In the 66 years of independence, India has lived with a certain set of moral codes that called for respect of regulation, sacrifice for a greater good, duty towards society, accountability. An accepted definiti
  • India's moral compass swings violently
    In the 66 years of independence, India has lived with a certain set of moral codes that called for respect of regulation, sacrifice for a greater good, duty towards society, accountability. An accepted definiti
  • Are you tea addict? Check for caffeine use disorder
    If you can't live without your cup of coffee early morning or that tea to prevent the after-lunch slump, you may be suffering from caffeine use disorder. Researchers at American University in Washington, DC, in
  • Parliamentary Elections 2014-The Issues Before Us
    The 16th Parliamentary General Elections scheduled to take place this summer is expected to open up new challenges and new configurations in the post-Independent political history of our nation. The two nationa