Veroli Zhimo
The recent detention of a journalist and an activist in Manipur under the National Security Act (NSA) for their Facebook posts attests to the fact that governments, irrespective of the party in
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Dr Asangba Tzudir In the current COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of what we hear, see, think, and do have a lot of bearing on our mental health which has injected feelings of depression, anxiety and fear. While eve
It is very encouraging to see that almost all slots for the 18-44 age group vaccination drive in Nagaland are filled up. The first session of vaccination drive for this particular age group began on May 17 and
Moa Jamir As the State grapples with the second wave of COVID-19, there are going chorus of voices in Nagaland for the churches must be more proactive in responding to what is clearly a health and socio-econ- Witoubou Newmai There is an apparent cavalier shrug of people in general even though the number of COVID-19 cases is fast rising. This corresponding proclivity of people to be complacent or
- Imkong Walling It’s a given. Skirmishes, altercations do happen between individuals. It has been happening since ‘time immemorial’ and Nagas are no strangers. The incident, which purportedl
- Dr Asangba Tzudir The power of social media has become more profound in recent times in both ways positive as well as negative. And except for those who live with no internet connectivity, we have seen and w
Imlisanen Jamir The number of COVID-19 cases in Nagaland is increasing at an alarming rate and the current measures employed by the State Government to contain this second wave of the pandemic seem to be les
The Kenyan political writer Ali Mazrui uses the illustration of the Caravan of Culture to help us understand the struggles and dilemmas of colonized peoples and nations. In Mazrui’s metaphoric caravan of- Akangjungla The entire world is reeling under the Coronavirus pandemic since the winter of 2019. Numerous researches and thoughts on the origin of the virus have not come to any conclusion nor has there been
- Veroli Zhimo The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) decision to indefinitely suspend the world’s richest cricket competition—the Indian Premier League (IPL), midway through the
- Dr Asangba Tzudir An estimated 690 million (8.9%) people go to bed hungry regularly according to a report from United Nations food agencies. Global hunger index for 2020 puts hunger at a moderate level and s
Moa Jamir The announcement to depute selected officers drawn from various departments for effective management of COVID-19 situation in Nagaland on May 1 is a 'timely' course correction, but concerns
Imlisanen Jamir “Every time a newspaper dies, even a bad one, the country moves a little closer to authoritarianism,” said the author and former journalist Richard Kluger once. Today is World- Akangjungla Truth is the spirit of a virtuous person. It is the core foundation of every great character, the guardian of every ideal individual and institution. Truth is the revelation and manifestation of
Veroli Zhimo On Tuesday, the Nagaland state government made two major announcements during a press briefing —free vaccines for those above the age of 18 and the decision to “impose a lockdown wit
Dr Asangba Tzudir The NLTP Act issue has cropped up again with DNSU giving the government 20-day ultimatum to set up committee to review NLTP on 19 April 2021. Following this, a unanimous decision was
Imlisanen Jamir “Well Minister, if you ask me for a straight answer, then I shall say that, as far as we can see, looking at it by and large, taking one thing with another in terms of the average of de
Moa Jamir New COVID-19 cases, which were increasing consistently in recent times in Nagaland, albeit in small numbers, surged to 385 in the April 17-23 period, the highest weekly surge since December 2020. H- Witoubou Newmai It has become extremely important for our ‘society’ to critically examine why some ‘societies’ easily split while other ‘societies’ sustain longer. &nbs
