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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

The Government can take special steps for improving the conditions of the less advantaged or weaker sections of the society. This is called ‘Protective Discrimination’ or Rational DiscriminationR

Russia’s strongman Vladimir Putin has decided that the time has come for him to return to Kremlin. Russia author Dmitri Travin is a native of Putin's home city of St Petersburg, and is well familiar with

We were shocked, surprised and anguished to read the article ‘Minor girl tortured in Kohima’. The question that struck us is, does such a heartless and merciless mother exist among Naga Christian mo

To my young Naga brothers and sisters, In the New Testament we find the land of Israel under Roman rule. This rule had extended all the way to include Egypt as well. The one proud and great Egyptians were strug

On one day — one minute — in the next month, the world's seven billionth human resident will be born. The United Nations is marking the occasion on the last day of October with what it describes it

The saga of shame of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi continues as more and more shameful skeletons tumble out of the cupboard. And it only makes my heart cringe. More so because I believe that sports is li

After World War II, the industrial nations of the world set out to rebuild their economies and needed a yardstick by which to measure their progress. The index soon settled upon was the Gross National Product,

We have been repeatedly told that genetically engineered (GE) crops will save the world. They will save the world by increasing yields and producing more food. They will save the world by controlling pests and

The search for an effective AIDS vaccine began a quarter-century ago and after a series of failures, there finally appears some reason to cheer. The first signs of success are beginning to emerge, ironically, f

Not known for swimming against the tide, President Mahmoud Abbas has caught the world by surprise by insisting on seeking United Nations recognition for an independent Palestinian state.During a speech at the G