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  • OTS students’ internship on Clean Election concludes
    Morung Express News Pughoboto | July 20   The internship on Clean Election Campaign of Oriental Theological College (OTS), Dimapur concluded here today with students dispersing for respective homes aft
  • A widening gap
    Witoubou Newmai   The nub of the argument is thus: why have we allowed our vision to be complacently limited to the viewpoints of those for whom politics is all about wielding power? There is not an iot
  • Of compelling characters in fewer pages: Akhil Sharma
    Saket Suman IANS   The greatest challenge for a short story writer, says one of the foremost names in the field -- who might not be too well known in India but has built up an impressive resume in
  • Myanmar - concern rises over press freedom
    YANGON, July 20 (AP): In the old, military-ruled Myanmar, it would not have been a surprising scene: three journalists, bound together in chains, raising shackled hands in unison and speaking out against their
  • CCEM conducts meeting on Clean Elections
    Phek, July 20 (MExN): Trying its best to effect change, the Chakhesang Clean Election Movement (CCEM) along with 25 villages and 280 leaders under Phek Constituency and Meluri constituency (Chakhesang villages)
  • Less than 1 aircraft carrier? The cost of NKorea’s nukes
    PYONGYANG, July 20 (AP): When North Korea decided to go nuclear, it committed to a huge investment in a program that would bring severe sanctions and eat up precious resources that could have been spent boostin
  • Government designates Border Magistrates
    Kohima, July 20 (DIPR): The Home Department in a notification dated July 11, 2017 has informed that the Government of Nagaland has designated the following officers as Border Magistrate as well within their res
  • Sen. John McCain has brain tumor
    WASHINGTON, July 20 (AP): Arizona Sen. John McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee with a well-known maverick streak that often vexes his GOP colleagues, has been diagnosed with a brain tumor, his off
  • News in brief
    Medziphema Sub-division Departmental Co-Ordination Meeting held   Medziphema, July 20 (DIPR): The Medziphema Sub-division Departmental Co-ordination meeting was held on July 19 at ADC Office, Medziph
  • ‘Bay of Bengal’s prosperity can improve lives of millions’
    Kolkata, July 20 (IANS): The economic prosperity of the Bay of Bengal can improve the lives of millions in South Asia, said experts here and rued lack of investment in the region despite it having huge potentia
  • Thailand should leave ‘no stone unturned’ after 62 people found guilty of trafficking
    BANGKOK, July 20 (Reuters): More needs to be done to ensure that human traffickers are brought to justice and Rohingya migrants are protected, rights groups said on Thursday, after a trial in which 62 people we
  • Civil Society on SDG Engagement: “We Are Not Guests”
    Tharanga Yakupitiyage Inter Press Service   Showing up in record numbers, civil society groups are urging greater inclusion and accountability in sustainable development processes at a UN high level
  • Scales tip in AIDS fight as death rates decline, treatment rates rise
    LONDON, July 20 (Reuters): The scales have tipped in the fight against AIDS, with more than half of people infected with HIV now getting treatment and AIDS-related deaths almost halving since 2005, the United N
  • Britain's royals make pretzels, cox boat race in Germany
    BERLIN, July 20 (Reuters) - Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine made traditional German pretzels and coxed rival teams in a rowing boat race in the southern university town of Heidelberg as part of
  • How to Achieve Universal Goals, Strategically
    Roshni Majumdar Inter Press Service   Discussion around the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a list of 17 goals listed by the UN, was all the buzz in the conference rooms of UN headquarters
  • Targeting schoolchildren doesn't behove any Army: India tells Pakistan
    New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) India on Thursday told Pakistan that its troops were "deliberately" targeting Indian civilian villages and firing at schoolchildren in Jammu and Kashmir which "does not behove of any A
  • India Skips 6 Of 16 Key WHO Recommendations on TB
    Swagata Yadavar, IndiaSpend | July 20   India does not implement six out of the 16 key World Health Organisation (WHO)- recommended tuberculosis (TB) control policies in diagnosis, patient care an
  • HIV drug resistance could undermine progress in AIDS battle: WHO
    LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) - Rising levels of resistance to HIV drugs could undermine promising progress against the global AIDS epidemic if effective action is not taken early, the World Health Organization (WH
  • Cut smoking, reduce stress to ward off dementia: Lancet
    New York, July 20 (IANS) Managing lifestyle factors such as smoking, hypertension and depression could prevent one-third of the world's dementia cases, a Lancet study has claimed.   The findings show
  • Centre to show no sympathy to cow vigilantes: Jaitley
    New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said the government will show no sympathy to those lynching people in the name of cow protection.   "Nobody has the right to
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