A research has found that over-confident people are more likely to wage war but fare worse in the course of an ensuing battle. It suggests that ‘positive illusions’ may contribute to costly wars. Pe
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When our Internet connection stopped working last week, my wife called customer care of our local service provider in the East Bay Area of Oakland. The company sent over a technician within an hour of the compl
The ruling Naga People’s Front (NPF) and the Opposition Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) are the two primary political parties in the State of Nagaland. It is almost like a two party system whic
Infosys has become a global brand name, well respected for the leadership role it has played especially in the Information & Technology sector. More importantly, it has also brought about high standard of c
The path breaking and unique initiative to include members of civil society in the drafting of the anti-corruption Lok Pal Bill appears to have gone off the track and in danger of being completely derailed if b
Every culture, every nation, every people is responsible for what they have made familiar. The truth has been its most tragic casualty and everything else is seen and interpreted with its head and not its heart
Recently, the President of India declined to commute the death penalty that was awarded to two persons – one a political prisoner and the other a trade unionist accused in a murder case – thereby el
Following reports of missing electors’ names in the Electoral Rolls being used for the ongoing Electors’ Photo Identity Cards/Photo Electoral Rolls campaign, the Chief Electoral Officer Nagaland J A
The news about the resolution of the decade’s long Darjeeling issue which was announced by the new West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is indeed welcome and also historic. While we are yet to know
The Nagaland government has given the slogan Land of Festivals to our State keeping in mind the diversity of our tribal hues and colour and the equal number of festivals. The plurality of our Naga family is som
Making easy money at the expense of other people’s hard work or even taking their lives has now become a dangerous trend practiced in the Christian State of Nagaland. Extortion, kidnapping and killing whi
The weeklong news centering on Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev and his ultimatum to the Government threatening to go ahead with his fast if his demands are not met, has taken the focus away from other issues facing the n
The annual World Environment Day (WED) will be held on June 5, 2011 (Sunday) under the theme ‘Forests: Nature at Your Service’. According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) this year
In an significant development related to the all important area of government formation as also the controversial office of the Speaker, the Supreme Court of India in a recent judgment has restored the membersh
According to the free encyclopedia Wikipedia, World No Tobacco Day is observed around the world every year on May 31. It is meant to encourage a 24-hour period of abstinence from all forms of tobacco consumptio
In reality, the present praxis of governance, peace and leadership is being imposed from above by structures that have acquired global proportions with the intention of creating forced dependence and inculcatin
Earlier this week the president of the United States of America discovered his Irish roots. As Obama raised a pint of Guinness and mesmerised the thousands who had gathered to hear him speak, by breaking out in
In the last one decade or so, we have seen a tremendous growth of technology permeating into every aspect of our lives. Further there has been vast improvement in the area of computer and mobile technology. All
In another knee-jerk reaction, the Manipur government has taken a decision asking the Nagaland Chief Minister and other NPF party leaders from Nagaland to defer the planned visit to Senapati, Manipur for the la
Going by the recent spate of statements dished out on the Naga political issue, Nagaland Home Minister Imkong L Imchen is certainly on a high after the ruling NPF’s astounding victory in the Aonglenden by
