Was reading an article by Stephen Covey the other day and found it so meaningful and true I thought I’d share it with you today: It’s called the 90/10 Principle. It will change the way you manage your life.
Nothing is so firmly believed as what is least known: Michel de Montaigne
Jan Lundius
Inter Press Service
During the beginning of the pandemic, people wanted to learn more about COVID-19. Enclosed in the
A few years ago while spending a pleasant evening in one of the many family run restaurants in Korea, seated comfortably on cushions at low tables with legs crossed in modified lotus position, the middle aged w
Laura Ungar
The Associated Press
Researcher Dhruv Sareen’s own stem cells are now orbiting the Earth. The mission? To test whether they’ll grow better in zero gravity.
Scientists at Ced
Exhausted after having written the synopsis of a three act play, getting a top Mumbai theatre personality interested in another, meeting a producer for my film script, and finishing the teaching of my onl
The Supreme Court feels that the two years imprisonment now meted out for causing death due to rash driving is ‘grossly inadequate’. I agree, but would like to define what the police believe is rash and neg
The Associated Press
A cost-of-living crisis sparked in part by higher fuel and food prices is expected to hit women the hardest, the World Economic Forum reported Wednesday, pointing to a wideni
António Guterres
Inter Press Service
The only true path to energy security, stable power prices, prosperity and a livable planet lies in abandoning polluting fossil fuels and accelerating the renewab
The people are revolting in Sri Lanka! So what?Russia is invading Ukraine! I’m not bothered!A certain community is being bullied! So what, It’s not mine!Every day we read of war, human rights violations, cr
Paul N Rengma
Research Scholar
Since the signing of the Framework Agreement on August 3, 2015 between the NSCN (IM) and the Government of India, every Naga has been yearning for the Naga Political Sol
Many years ago, I fell sick with a near fatal illness. Most doctors gave up on me, except the Mighty Healer. After getting back on my feet, albeit a little shaky, I remember conducting a choir, in which my gift
Baher Kamal
Inter Press Service
Far-right Brazilian president, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, was quoted a year ago or so as saying to a small group of indogenous people that they “now look a bit more like h
Baher Kamal
Inter Press Service
While women and girls have been so far enjoying some of their due rights in Western high-income countries, the overwhelming majority of teenagers and adult women in the impov
Thalif Deen
Inter Press Service
A 2.0 version of an ancient Biblical saying reads: It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a woman to become the Secretary-General of the United
Sylvie Djacbou Deugoue
Inter Press Service
A few years ago, I found myself in the Baka indigenous sacred forest in Assok, in Cameroon in the course of my work in supporting them to preserve their forest aga
As I see people applauding, believing wholeheartedly in what our present politicians promise I remembered a joke my late mother had sent me, called 'The Vote for Heaven or Hell!'A powerful senator dies after a
Jonas Yanthan
The road from Minister’s Hill junction traversing towards Kohima Science College, Jotsoma demands Government’s attention for urgent rectification of its high volatility to acc
Kathy Gannon
The Associated Press
The Afghan policeman opened fire on us with his AK-47, emptying 26 bullets into the back of the car. Seven slammed into me, and at least as many into my colleague, Associat
I still remember that day, I slipped and fell in the bathroom. My feet shot into the air and I fell with a thud on my back. I gingerly opened eyes and found that except for a slightly bruised elbow, I was none