Editorial

  • The Altruist?
    Asangba Tzudir Altruism refers to a motive for helping behavior that is primarily intended to relieve another person’s distress, with little or no regard for the helper’s self-interest. When it c
  • Skills & education
    Imlisanen Jamir What should education truly be? This question, as tired and old as it might seem, is a running theme that is being harped on (either intentionally or not) by leaders of the state structure. D
  • Daring but Deficient
    The Nagaland Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio launched the CM’s Dashboard in Kohima on August 13 with the objective of ensuring proper “monitoring of all government schemes with transparency and accounta
  • The crisis in our education
    Witoubou Newmai When today’s every occasion or happening is being channelized by vested interests our society must go back to what is already considered as the clichéd topic i.e. the real values
  • The Push for ‘One Nation, One Poll’
    Dr. Asangba Tzüdir For some months now, the issue of holding simultaneous elections across the country has attracted considerable debates where a stakeholder discussion called for the ‘One Nation,
  • Making science simpler does not help
    Imlisanen Jamir Science on the internet can be an incredibly mesmerizing and contradictory thing. Is coffee good or bad for you? Do opposites really attract? Should you stretch before running?   Depe
  • Health & Wellness in Nagaland
    On August 9, the State’s Department of Health and Family Welfare launched Health & Wellness Centres (HWCs) programme under Ayushman Bharat at Urban Primary Health Centre Seikhazou, Kohima.   A
  • Govt must act on influx issue
    Witoubou Newmai The reverie of ‘authorities’ in the State of Nagaland on home issues has been broken by the exercise of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, leaving over 40 lakh people &
  • Migration and Movement
    Aheli Moitra While the heated topic of discussion at the moment is the influx of migrants into the North East region, let us bring focus on the indigenous peoples of the North East who migrate out of the reg
  • Tension between Culture and Religion
    Dr. Asangba Tzüdir Recently, a baby sanctification and certification programme initiated by Women Ministry of a certain Church in Nagaland created a huge debate on social media. A point under the nota b
  • The deep deep roots of backdoor appointments
    Imlisanen Jamir One of the most noteworthy petitions that sought to fight against the practice of backdoor appointments in the Nagaland State government was disposed of last week.   While the disposa
  • A wakeup call
    Nagaland is experiencing an ‘unprecedented’ crisis due to incessant rains in recent times. The Chief Secretary called it an ‘emergency-like’ situation while the Governor and the Chief Mi
  • Go beyond knee-jerk responses
    Witoubou Newmai It is said that progress often fails to escape from any conscious society.   In our society, in want of long term policies and consistency, everything becomes melodramatic. Plans or p
  • A long way to walk
    Aheli Moitra It is now three years since the Framework Agreement was signed between the National Socialist Council of Nagalim and representatives of the Government of India on August 3, 2015. It is also 21 y
  • Ecosystem, Peoples Life and Coal Mining in Nagaland
    Dr. Asangba Tzüdir In one of the latest move by Green Panel of the National Green Tribunal, it has rejected the Bharat Coking Coal’s proposal to amend environment clearance for its Jharia coalfiel
  • Govt’s PR points being washed away
    Imlisanen Jamir The optimism that followed the flurry of repairs conducted on major district roads of the state this summer is quickly fading. The much publicized activity by the new dispensation that now he
  • NRC and Nagaland
    Amid tight security, the stage is set for second and final draft of Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC) today, July 30.   The draft will be published at noon at all the NRC Sewa Kendras (NSK
  • Honoring Naga Club
    Witoubou Newmai Upholding the vision and aspiration of the Club's founders is a good stepping stone The founders of the Naga Club were, indeed, votaries of justice. And it is heartening to learn that
  • Understanding Impunity
    Aheli Moitra On March 5, 2015, Dimapur saw a ‘horrendous’ case of ‘mob lynching.’ Thousands of people pulled a man out of jail, paraded him naked, dragging, beating him to death. It w
  • From Upgradation to Shutdown
    Dr Asangba Tzüdir As part of the rationalization exercise many GMS got upgraded to GHS but what followed this move was downgrading and merger depending on the status and performance of the schools.
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