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  • Fireflies in Naga Hills
    Samhita Barooah Researcher Nature and women are integrally connected in Naga Hills. Fireflies are most sensitive and it glows in the dark. Women are also like fireflies which glows in Nagaland in some of th
    Public Space / 8th March 2018
  • Lucidity in the midst of madness
    Kahuto Chishi Sumi Akukau, Hevishe Village, Khaghaboto Range I was privileged to attend a Seminar at Japfu Christian College, Kohima, on September 29 and 30, 2017. The Seminar, entitled, “The Japfu Co
    Public Space / 8th March 2018
  • The complicated life of Kohima’s women street vendors
    Street vending is a major source of livelihood for women in many nooks and corners of Kohima town. These vendors come from different parts of the state. As they sit from dawn to dusk trying to earn additional i
    Public Space / 8th March 2018
  • Pfutsero Chapter of 'Uplifting Women Street Vendors'
    With the objective of expanding its Project of “Uplifting Women Street Vendors” in the Phek District, Entrepreneurs Associates (EA) in partnership with the Chakhesang Women Welfare Society (CWWS) or
    Public Space / 8th March 2018
  • Uplifting women street vendors
    As in many parts of the world or even in North East India, women form an intrinsic or maybe the most vital part of the street vending community in Nagaland. Being wives, mothers, single mothers, widows and even
    Public Space / 8th March 2018
  • Women strike, protest as the world marks Int’l Women’s Day
    Indian women shout slogans during a march to observe International Women’s Day in New Delhi, India, Thursday, March 8, 2018.  (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)   MADRID, March 8 (AP) — Women across Europe a
    / 8th March 2018
  • Activists accuse South Sudan of using oil cash to fund conflict
    Reuters South Sudan has been racked by an ethnically charged civil war since late 2013 Activists accused South Sudan's government on March 5 of funnelling cash from the state oil company to militias respo
    / 8th March 2018
  • In #MeToo era, some question need for ‘car girls’ at shows
    In this March 6, 2018 a hostess poses next to a Skoda Vision X, during a press day at the 88th Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)   GENEVA, March
    / 8th March 2018
  • Buddhist mobs sweep through Sri Lanka’s Muslim neighborhoods
    Sri Lankan police officers stand outside a vandalized Mosque in Poojapitiya, in central Sri Lanka on March 7. Sri Lanka’s president declared a state of emergency Tuesday amid fears that anti-Muslim attacks in
    / 8th March 2018
  • Curfew temporarily lifted in Sri Lanka
    Colombo, March 8 (IANS): The Sri Lankan Police on Thursday temporarily lifted the curfew in Kandy district, imposed following deadly communal clashes which left three dead and several injured. A police official
    / 8th March 2018
  • Korea leader sees more obstacles ahead to disarm N. Korea
    South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during the Korea National Prayer Breakfast in Goyang, South Korea on March 8. Moon said that many “critical moments” still lie ahead to end the nuclear crisis despi
    / 8th March 2018
  • Spanish women strike as Europe, Asia mark Women’s Day
    Land activists from Boeung Chhuk community offer prayers to Buddhist monks to mark International Women’s Day on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia on March 8. The community people took part in the Internat
    / 8th March 2018
  • Red Cross postpones aid convoy to Damascus rebel-held suburb
    BEIRUT, March 8 (AP): A second convoy with desperately needed aid for the besieged rebel-held eastern suburbs of Damascus was postponed on Thursday because of the violence and a rapidly evolving situation on th
    / 8th March 2018
  • Bandhan Bank to launch up to Rs 4,473 crore IPO next week
    Kolkata, March 8 (IANS): Bandhan Bank Ltd is set to raise up to Rs 4,473 crore through the launch of initial public offering (IPO) of over 11.92 crore shares on March 15 as the lender fixed the upper band of pr
    / 8th March 2018
  • ‘Relatable role models’ help women thrive: Google India
    New Delhi, March 8 (IANS): There is an urgent need to highlight “women role models” who are relatable, so that more women get inspired and come forward to utilise economic opportunity, grow and succeed in t
    / 8th March 2018
  • Bankruptcy Board invites public comments on issuing regulations
    New Delhi, March 8 (IANS): The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) on Thursday invited comments from the public on its proposal to make regulations that will govern the process of making regulations
    / 8th March 2018
  • India, Finnish furniture makers carve strong ties
    Bengaluru, March 8 (IANS): Some 13 Finnish companies are participating in the 10th edition of an international timber forum, IndiaWood 2018, which began here on Thursday to forge strong ties with their Indian w
    / 8th March 2018
  • Meghalaya Assembly Speaker election, trust vote on March 12
    Shillong, March 8 (IANS) Former Chief Minister Donkupar Roy of the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government and Congress legislator Winnerson D. Sangma filed their nomination papers for the post of
    / 8th March 2018
  • Jolt to BJP, TDP pulls out of Modi government
    New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) In a jolt to the BJP, the TDP on Thursday quit the Modi government with its two ministers - Ashok Gajapati Raju (Civil Aviation) and Y.S. Chowdhry (MoS Science and Technology) - tender
    / 8th March 2018
  • Tripura defeat major setback for Left: CPI-M
    New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The election defeat in Tripura "is a major setback" for the CPI-M and the Left, the Communist Party of India-Marxist has said.   "This is the first time the Left Front had t
    / 8th March 2018
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