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  • The clock is ticking
    ANY CLARITY? In the forthcoming G-20 summit at Cannes, leaders should agree to a concrete action plan that advances the well-being of all nations and people, not just the wealthiest and most powerful. A 2010 fi
  • G20 summit and bribery: Is the anti-corruption effort for real?
    A G20 summit of world leaders on Thursday will judge its year-long effort against corruption. With Greece as an example of what dishonesty can cause to the world economy, the G20 needs to set deadlines for acti
  • Oil first, democracy later
    The Obama administration’s call for a probe into the killing of Muammar Gaddafi reflects a great deal of cynicism. The eight-month-long NATO war, launched apparently to help fulfill the democratic aspirat
  • Truth Alone Triumphs
    I am very happy to know that the State Vigilance Commission is observing the “Vigilance Awareness Week” from the 31st of October to 5th November, 2011. Corruption, which is mostly concerned with bri
  • Food Diplomacy in Korean Peninsular
    Aid groups have a proven ability to monitor the way food is distributed in North Korea. So why is the US still delaying food aid when the need is so great?Some items will certainly be high on the agenda of Pres
  • Mission Calling
    THE GREATEST MINDComposed on 25th October 1997 Hong KongBlessed Holy Spirit, You are the greatest Mind .You’re  the Author of the Bible, the Book of books Which became the source of all civilization,
  • Zeliangrong on the wheel of change
    Change is the effect of growing or dying. It is a natural process or phenomena of this universe. There is a universal law called, law of Negation which states that everything undergo change; growing old and dyi
  • Together, we can save our forests
    The thick forests in the tranquil village of Jirwa in Simariya Tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand hide a gloomy past. With bare land where lush cover once stood, the forests had been felled over the years b
  • Change the Burmese People Can’t Believe In
    Last month, the Brussels-based International Crisis Group (ICG) issued its latest report on Burma, “Myanmar: Major Reform Underway,” which brims with false hopes, unwarranted optimism, and projected
  • Essence of Ultimate Leadership and Service
    The Indigenous Peoples worldwide have been freely living for centuries in their ancestral domain; roaming the jungles, mountains and valleys. Today, they face the most unprecedented threat and challenge in thei
  • The Rum Diary
    1 hr. 59 minDirected By: Bruce Robinson Written By: Bruce Robinson, Hunter S. Thompson “It's colorful and amiable enough, and Depp's heart is clearly in the right place, but The Rum Diary fails to add suf
  • Is Re-structuring of Administration the Ultimate Solution for Political Problems in Manipur?
    The current political imbroglio over Sadar Hills issue can be positively considered as an eye-opener for bringing a new paradigm in the modes of inter-ethnic relationships and governance in Manipur. Much has be
  • Stranger Than Fiction
    1) During my early school years itself I had come to learn that a man named Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon on 20th July 1969. To know that such an event had really taken place even 8-9 years before I was e
  • A happy life after retirement
    As humanity nature, humankind, retired. The retired means,”VICTORY” not by arms or sophisticated weapons. Those who retired from service from government employees or companies employees all are reti
  • Recycle the bulb
    India consumes a few hundred million energy-efficient compact fluorescent lamps every year and the volumes are growing. This is welcome news not just for the lighting industry, which places the number of pieces
  • Nuclear pasts, human futures
    The dismantling of a powerful nuclear bomb closes a chapter of the cold war. But the choices and responsibilities embedded in the story of the B53 make this a 21st-century story too.The last of the most powerfu
  • Naga Society Today and Its Challenges
    After long observation and silence, I am repeatedly urged and convinced to share my concern and view on current Naga society. I deeply sense that the Nagas are experiencing a real hard situation as a people and
  • Pochury- Are we not indigenous Naga?
    The result of the UBSI/ASI/ABSI that was declared on 29th October 2011 was another shocker for the people of Pochury yet again. Out of the 9 (nine) recognised Backward Tribes, only Pochury did not figure in the
  • Naga civil society leaders visit to Belfast
    P.Chuba OzukumGeneral Secretary, Naga Hoho &Co-ordinator, Naga Civil Society visitNorthern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it
  • Deserving Sympathy: Kashmir in Question
    THE PERCEPTION: Kashmir is perceived by India as a crowning glory never to be given up. The neighbor, Pakistan, grudges this beautiful piece of paradise as legitimately belonging to them on account of the Musli