Imlisanen Jamir What the world witnessed on January 7 at the United State’s ‘seat of democracy’ is a taste of the havoc an uninformed populace, a click bait media and unprincipled lea

By Imkong Walling It’s the New Year and with it comes pledges to keep and achieve. The convention has been to come up with resolutions— to get rid of a bad habit, instilling a good one or setting

Dr Asangba Tzudir With the completion of the 4-lane highway from Purana Bazaar to Chümoukedima, commuters are now enjoying a smooth ride, and more than anything else it has drastically cut down on trave

Imlisanen Jamir As we celebrated our entry into 2021 with hope for a better year, there were those who were at the same time fighting to save one of Nagaland’s treasures.  Segments of the fire

By all accounts, 2020 was an unprecedented year and the multiple impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic would linger for a long time. Nagaland is no exception and to say that it was a challenging year for those at th

By Veroli Zhimo On the threshold of a New Year, the global COVID-19 pandemic no longer seems alarming to many in Nagaland, as overall cases maintain a downward trajectory and the state prepares for a massive

Dr Asangba Tzudir As the clock struck midnight declaring New Year, the anticipation and excitement must have been high thinking about the New Year ahead with New Year resolutions; a bucket list of thin

Veroli Zhimo One of the key poll planks of the NDA government was doubling of farmers’ income by 2022. Along the lines, it introduced three laws driven by the logic that the market, not the government,

Imlisanen Jamir Welcoming the New Year is usually a festive occasion. However, this year, it feels a little different. Many of us have been looking forward to ringing in 2021 since about March. If not before

Dr Asangba Tzudir The Spanish flu broke out in 1918 February and continued till April 1920 affecting about 500 million people and took about 50 million lives. After about 100 years such a pandemic in the for

“Why does debate over an issue gets more participatory and the participants more emotional when the topic is government job quotas and reservation?” this column had posed earlier, wondering whether

Imlisanen Jamir The holiday season is upon us again, and with the roads for once permitting smooth driving, ‘tis also the season where tragedies traditionally strike.  While any recent state-wi

Information on population, health, and nutrition, among others, in the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5, 2019-20), depicted some concerning pictures of the health status in Nagaland. As per the f

Veroli Zhimo While a definitive cure is not yet available for COVID-19, the UK and the US has begun vaccinating their people and India has announced its plan and proposed line-up for COVID-19 vaccination.

Dr Asangba Tzudir The present form of the Nagaland Staff Selection Board regulation 2020 was rejected by the ENSF citing “deliberate suppression and deprived in all aspects for the last six decades&rdq

Imlisanen Jamir Two major fires which occurred in the State capital over the course of last week are reminders of how our apathetic attitude to fire safety standards poses danger.  In particular, ele

A candid observation paraphrasing from a speech given by a young bureaucrat in the State of Nagaland was recently shared on micro-blogging site Twitter by a user. “Nagas still view govt service/politic

“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home -- so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. [...] Unless these rights have meaning there,

Nagaland’s ‘Policy for Restricting the Use of Plastics in Nagaland’ was published on the Official Gazette on June 17, 2019. The notification on ‘Total Ban on all Single-Use Plastic in

Dr Asangba Tzudir For so long, travelling from Dimapur to Chumoukedima was a nightmare having to undergo hours of harrowing dusty bumpy experiences. However that has ended with the completion of the fou