As per 2001 Census report, there are 260 ‘Gender Critical’ districts in the country on the basis of poor sex ratio, poor female literacy, and poor work participation of females. Nagaland too has 3 d
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An Egyptian mother hugs her child as she watches some thousands of Egyptian protesters gather at Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt with the ruling National Democratic party building burned at top right behind the r
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Defying a curfew and violent repression, the people of Egypt are refusing to back down until President Hosni Mubarak — the dictator who has ruled for 30 years — goes. They regard the concession he h
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Three articles which appeared in The Morung Express on January 26, 2011 on this page, viz. ‘Reporting on a struggle means becoming part of it’, ‘Sensible media’ and ‘Media dubs mos
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There is no end of bloody mischief done in direct violation of constitutional principles, which mischief has been perpetrated in the name of “national security” and its magic wand—the cult of
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Most of all, Korean civil society has had an interest constantly on the Pohang Steel Company (POSCO)'s project launched in Orissa. We, Non-governmental Organizations(NGOs) of the Republic of Korea, had visited
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The hill, valley divide in Manipur owing to development disparity has already reached a point of territorial disintegration of the state and the United Naga Council has often voiced for severing political ties
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BLISS was it in that dawn to be alive," sang William Wordsworth of the French Revolution of 1789, which, insofar as laws, customs and politics were concerned, promised to wipe the slate clean and offer the
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This article offers a pen-picture of the Eastern Nagas necessitating their movement for grant of separate state. The attempt made herein, may perhaps, answer various questions, confusions doubts, in this connec
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The world's economy may be recovering from what was the worst economic downturn since the 1930s, but all is not well on the employment front. The most critical factor that ensures a sustained recovery is the cr
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In this May, 26, 2010 file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks in Palo Alto, Calif., about the social network site's new privacy settings. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP/File)In November 2009, I quit Facebook. I
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The world cheered as it watched Tunisians, who had long suffered under the stultifying weight of dictatorship, rid themselves of their tormentor. When protestors amassed in the Tunisian capital, something incre
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World got the shocking revelations on Himalayan glaciers before Copenhagen climate summit of 2007, and as we headed toward Cancun Conference during the end of 2010, concerns did spread across many nations. Clim
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When David Cameron announced in November that Britain’s Office of National Statistics was to start collecting data on the nation’s happiness levels, reactions were mixed. A cheap policy fad, cried s
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We do not know about Justice Niyogi report. Anti-conversion bill is an attack on our freedom. D. P. Wadhwa report is a bunch of lies. Justice S C Mahapatra Commission report seems to have rightists influence, s
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After a decade of strong growth during which it launched a slew of successful online services, Google is now going back to its start-up roots. In pursuit of that goal, co-founder Larry Page will take over as Ch
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It is the most vilified army in Southeast Asia, known for crushing pro-democracy demonstrations in Myanmar and for its brutal suppression of ethnic groups seeking self-rule in the region's longest-running civil
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India may not have a very high incidence of road rage cases as compared with some of the Western countries, but it is fast emerging as a dangerous trend. It is in essence a reflection of aggression caused by st
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30th January 2011 is being observed as INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE, the day when the Father of our nation, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated. On this day, as Indians, we must pledge to spread peace & harmony i
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East Of The Sun is an account by Siddhartha Sarma of his road trip across east Assam, Nagaland, Manipur and into western Myanmar in 2008. He says very clearly that “this is not a tourist guide” but
