Just as the mechanisms that made democracy function in city states were not adequate for governing nation states, representative democracies today are showing themselves incapable of managing, effectively and d
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Thousands have taken to Cairo's streets and about 40 have been killed as government forces use live ammunition and large concentrations of tear gas on demonstrators. Despite the attacks, the people are determin
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Schoolchildren and others walk past empty trucks parked in a row, waiting to be escorted by police to neighboring Assam to ferry supplies to Manipur, on the outskirts of Imphal, Manipur on Tuesday, November 8,
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The United Nations urged the international community to take action against mounting threats posed by climate change on the world’s urban areas, warning that climate-related events could force up to 200 m
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The shocking facts about the maladministration that led to the recent deaths of severely malnourished children in Raichur and Mysore districts of Karnataka. Fifty per cent of Karnataka’s 0-6 age-group suf
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The recently launched Guwahati based daily newspaper Seven Sister Post has joined the bandwagon of media houses that have indulged in spreading ‘breaking news’ about the possible solutions to Indo-N
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As a series of abstentions, including those of Britain, France, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, leave Palestine with eight confirmed votes in favour of UN recognition – just short of the nine needed to sway the 1
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As China became the biggest workshop of the world, the Gross Domestic Pollution increased alongside the Gross Domestic Product. But even as the environment paid a heavy price for the country’s swing from
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Much of the vigorous growth in meat production is due to the The holiday season is a time for gifts, decorations, and lots and lots of food. As a result, it's also a time of spectacular amounts of waste. In the
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The Arab democracy movement remains deep and strong but democracy itself still has thin roots in the Middle East. The violent clashes in Egypt since Friday have revealed just how thin.Egyptians overthrew a dict
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The issue confirming the Nagas today on the “Supra State Body” status to be granted to the Nagas of the North East States as Christmas gift is to be heartily welcomed as it states: “…to
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1. Some Meitei said we had organic relationship with the Tribals surrounding the Imphal valley.2. But the organic relationship was defined as calling the Nagas as “Hao” meaning untouchable/un-civili
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Population policies have little impact on the way a minority of humans use the Earth's resources. The birth of a baby is usually an occasion for joy. The arrival, however, of the seven billionth person is being
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South Africa's president has outgunned his young, ambitious rival and cleared the road to re-election. But the struggle between them casts an unforgiving light on aspects of the country's governance, says Roger
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When it came to China, my mother, an Army wife, used to tell her son, a General, “With Pakistan India is cocky but when it comes to China it becomes a mouse.” That was some 10 years ago. Last week,
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As talks between the Home Secretaries of India and Bangladesh drew to a close in New Delhi on Sunday, a sense of bonhomie and good cheer was palpable, and expectedly so. Relations between the two countries have
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ToThe Public Information OfficerDepartment of Industries, KohimaNagalandSub: Application under Section 6 of the RTI Act 2005Sir,Kindly furnish the information sought herein below1. What was the amount of money
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(Left) A. Chenithung Lotha, District Urban Development Officer. (Right) Front view of the District Urban Development Officer, Dimapur. We never know what the future holds for us, but plans that
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Kashmir’s orphanages are full of children who have lost their parents in the violence that continues to torment the Valley. While the orphanages provide shelter to the children, they are not equipped to o
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Nick Clegg has occupied a significant place in the popular imagination of the British public since the General Election of 2010. The extraordinary character of politics has shone a more intense light on the Lib
