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  • Free Speech and Free Media: Help or Hindrance to Development? / Part 1
    The greatness of a newspaper is not measured by the size of its readership but by its influence and credibility Irene Khan Inter Press Service   The greatness of a newspaper is not measured by th
    / 7th March 2016
  • Free Speech and Free Media: Help or Hindrance to Development? / Part 2
    Development is about the expansion of peoples freedom Irene Khan Inter Press Service   The second part: the relevance of free speech and free media to development. Freedom is the central object o
    / 7th March 2016
  • Tribal Customary Laws and Women’s Equality
    Binita Kakati   The theme for the International Women’s Day this year is gender parity with the slogan “Pledge For Parity”. The reason cited for this theme is that in 2014 the World Ec
    Public Space / 7th March 2016
  • Marching Away or Marching Along
    I have always heard from people about why only women’s day and why not men’s day or why not queer person’s day. My usual answer is ‘always go ahead and celebrate your day’. May be
    Public Space / 7th March 2016
  • The Women I Admire
    On this International Women’s Day, I first salute all those women who make a livelihood by selling fruits, vegetables, fish etc at the streets and those rushing to their offices, schools, hospitals etc af
    Public Space / 7th March 2016
  • The Gender Balance
    Vishü Rita Krocha The year 2016 started on a grim note for us women. Just a day after New Year’s, there was a reported case of a minor girl being raped. Not long after, in February, we were greet
    Public Space / 7th March 2016
  • International Women’s Day in Nagaland
    Hraveine David The United Nations began celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD) on 8 March during International Women’s Year 1975. International Women’s Day first emerged from the activ
    Public Space / 7th March 2016
  • To Born Girls
    // Eyingbeni Hümtsoe-Nienu I’m a woman, a mother, a professional and by joyful choice a homemaker. Home tasks keep our hands and feet busy. And in the midst of scurrying about at home, the sud
    Editorial / 7th March 2016
  • BJP may have the last laugh in Assam
    By Amitava Mukherjee Ahead of the elections to the Assam assembly, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has strengthened its position by striking an alliance with the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP).    
    / 7th March 2016
  • Now you're talking: human-like robot may one day care for dementia patients
    By Paige Lim   SINGAPORE, March 7 (Reuters) - With her brown hair, soft skin and expressive face, Nadine is a new brand of human-like robot that could one day, scientists hope, be used as a personal
    / 7th March 2016
  • India overpower Bangladesh to win Asia Cup
    Mirpur (Bangladesh), March 7 (IANS) Delhi lads Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli led the charge as India won the Asia Cup, outclassing Bangladesh by eight wickets in the final at the Sher-e-Bangladesh National Sta
    / 7th March 2016
  • Farmers see Modi's budget as all promise, no delivery
    By Aditya Kalra and Andrew MacAskill   KHANJARPUR, India, March 7 (Reuters) - Farmer Ram Pal Singh voted for Narendra Modi's promise of "better days" in India's 2014 general election, but he won't be
    / 7th March 2016
  • Messi bags brace as Barca strike trio hit century
    MADRID, March 7 (Reuters) - Lionel Messi's double helped Barcelona secure a 4-0 victory at Eibar in La Liga on Sunday that kept them eight points clear at the top and brought up 100 goals for their lethal strik
    / 7th March 2016
  • Manchester United lose to West Brom, Liverpool hit back to beat Palace
    By Rob Hodgetts   LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) - Ten-man Manchester United suffered a blow to their Premier League top-four hopes with a 1-0 defeat at West Bromwich Albion as 10-man Liverpool kept up th
    / 7th March 2016
  • Sharapova set to make 'major announcement'
    LOS ANGELES, March 7 (Reuters) - Former tennis world number one Maria Sharapova will be holding a news conference in Los Angeles on Monday to make "a major announcement", though no other details were given by h
    / 7th March 2016
  • Clinton, Sanders clash over trade and auto bailout in Michigan debate
    By John Whitesides   FLINT, Mich. March 7 (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contenders Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton clashed angrily over trade, the auto industry bailout and Wall Street in a
    / 7th March 2016
  • Why female heart reacts more sensitively to stress
    New York, (IANS) While the number of men dying from a heart attack has been constantly decreasing during the past twenty years, the fatal risk particularly in young women has increased significantly, finds a st
    / 7th March 2016
  • Pharma crusader takes India's drug regulators to court
    By Zeba Siddiqui   NEW DELHI, March 7 (Reuters) - One of Indias best-known whistleblowers, who exposed dangerous practices in the generic drug industry in 2013, is taking the country's drugs regulato
    / 7th March 2016
  • ‘Protection of human life & dignity is crucial at all times’
    UN High Commissioner for Human Rights addresses 47 member states of the Human Rights Council   Geneva, March 5 (MExN): The protection of human life and dignity is crucial at all times, said Zeid Raad A
    / 6th March 2016
  • ‘Indian Govt is conflicted between human rights & commercial agenda’
    Morung Express News Dimapur | March 6   A global collaboration of NGOs has stated that the Indian Government appears “conflicted between human rights and a narrowly commercial agenda,” when
    Nagaland / 6th March 2016
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