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  • IN GOD WE TRUST but we are ADDICTED TO WAR (I)
    Welcome. War Weds God! The Priests who arrange and conduct this marriage ceremony are the Corporate Masters. Nothing Special but they love it! And it became an addiction! The United States of America (USA) is a
  • Big Business Stealing Seeds, Devouring Life Cycle
    We are in a food emergency. Speculation and diversion of food to biofuel has contributed to an uncontrolled price rise, adding more to the billion already denied their right to food Industrial agriculture
  • UN High-Level Meeting on Non Communicable Diseases
    A side event, organized by the WHO and UNAIDS, in collaboration with Member States, on HIV and NCD entitled, "Achieving health equity: Uniting around a common agenda to address NCD and HIV was held on 20 S
  • The man who redefined digital age
    Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who helped usher in the era of personal computers and then led a cultural transformation in the way music, movies and mobile communications were experienced in
  • UGT 2003 candidates appeal to School Education Department
    It is observed that despite the direction of the High Court (Kohima Bench) dated 5th Aug. 2010 to conduct the viva voice for UGT (Under Graduate Teacher) 2003 with effect from 11th to 14th Oct.2011 and to annou
  • Open letter to chairman NPSC
    We would like to seek a clarification from NPSC on the Results of NCS, NPS, NSS & Allied Services Examination 2010 declared on the 5th Oct. 2011. That Pochury, being one of the tribe within the reservatio
  • Naga Bloggers discuss the pros and cons of the Govt's Special Recruitment Drive for 10 E.A.C posts
    Akhrie Angami:  The general misconception of many Naga people is that Govt jobs will create a better life for the economically backward people. That’s the kind of idea which in fact has given rise to
  • A report on the mid-career interaction on human trafficking
    A two days DoPT. Government  of India sponsored Mid-Career Interaction between the Civil Services Officers and the Armed Forces was organised by Administrative Training Institute, Government of Nagaland, K
  • Russian tandem in power tango
    Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's decision to run for President in next year's elections raised few eyebrows in Russia. It is seen as Mr. Putin's response to new domestic and international challenges and the lack
  • Gandhi’s Lesson for Today
    In a soon-to-be published book entitled Gandhi and the Unspeakable: His Final Experiments with Truth, Jim Douglass contrasts the deadly machinations of Gandhi's probable killers with Gandhi’s own incredib
  • World’s Elderly Face Abuse, Stigmatization and Violence
    They now total 700 million people. By 2050 they will be about two billion or over 20 per cent of the world’s population. Many of them are still vibrant and essential contributors to the development and st
  • Politics of Population Growth in Nagaland
    The abnormal population growth rate in Nagaland has intrigued scholars from diverse field of discipline, which indeed, raised concerns on policy making, planning and programme implementation. This unusual pheno
  • South Sudan Running Out of Food
    The UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said a Rapid Crop Assessment carried out in August showed South Sudan was likely to produce 420,000-500,000MT of food this year – half the required amount.
  • Evils of Extortion
    Extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart. Ecclesiastes 7:7Sinners extort to gain something at the expense of their victims and they resort to brutality when their demands are not m
  • Justice: Our Rights Versus Theirs
    If I look at an object through pink lenses, what I see will naturally appear to be a pink object. Another person may look at the same object using gray lenses and what he will see will appear to him as a gray o
  • Why No EAC Post for Kuki & Kachari’s?
    The recent snubbing of the wrong policies of the Rio’s government in relation to the ambitious and unattainable steps to give token post of 10 EAC in the name of Backward, Weaker and least representative
  • To be compassionate towards fellow brethren
    I want to thank Mr. Rio, Chief Minster of Nagaland, for understanding the needs of the underprivileged tribes. I hope the politicians, administrators, student unions and the public that belonged to the privileg
  • Jerusalem isn’t Chandigarh
    An Israeli policeman keeps watch last fall in East Jerusalem near the Dome of the Rock Islamic Shrine. Jerusalem is back in the news with a bang. Speaking at the annual session of the UN General Assembly,
  • Mind You dear leaders and administrators
    You know what? ... I am ashamed of you. In fact, you make me laugh in disbelief most of the time. It's just flabbergasting how you are such hypocrites and you still believe yourselves so righteous! The extents
  • ‘Myanmar will not cooperate with India in crossborder insurgencies’
    Bertil Lintner, a scholar on Indo-Burmese affairs, tells Ratnadip Choudhury why it is tough for Myanmar to crack down on Northeast insurgency groups. Edited excerpts from an interview. You have seen the insurge