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  • Today in History July 21
    Reuters 1904 - After 13 years of construction, the Trans-Siberian railway from Moscow to Vladivostok was completed. 1944 - U.S. forces liberated the Pacific island of Guam, held by the Japanese since Dece
  • TODAY in HISTORY: July 21
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on July 21   1773: Pope Clement XIV abolishes the Jesuit order.   1798: Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Arab Mameluke warriors at the
  • Today in History July 20
    Reuters 1937 - Guglielmo Marconi, Italian physicist and pioneer of wireless telegraphy, died. 1944 - German officers made an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler by planting a bomb under a tab
  • Today in History July 19
    Reuters 1947 - Burma's effective prime minister and independence leader U Aung San was assassinated along with six other ministers. 1965 - Syngman Rhee, first president of South Korea, died. 1980 -
  • Today in History July 18
    Reuters 1936 - The Spanish Civil War began with a revolt at Melilla in what was then Spanish Morocco. 1969 - U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy's car went off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts
  • Today in History July 17
    Reuters 1903 - The American-born artist James Whistler, best known for the portrait of his mother, died. 1945 - The post-World War Two Potsdam Conference began, bringing together British Prime Minister Wi
  • Identity politics in Nagaland & beyond
    Nukhosa Chüzho Kohima   Voice of the young   “...spoke of their problems with the Burmese Army; of beatings, rapes, and boys pressed into service as porters. Conditions in th
  • Finding silver lining amidst the chaos
    Chongboi Singson Kohima  Who would have thought these dark days would dawn upon us? We had hoped that we would find a cure and our lives would return to how it used to be at the earliest. But sadly
  • Today in History July 16
    Reuters 1935 - The world's first parking meters were installed in Oklahoma City. 1951 - King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates. 1969 - Apollo 11 took off on its historic mission to land men on the m
  • Preparing students for career success: A holistic approach
    Dr Meyingangla Counselor, Immanuel College Dimapur    Career readiness and competencies are what allow employers to communicate their needs and enable educators to understand how well student
  • Why it is illegal to post non-IAS cadre officers as DCs
    Ghunavi G Kinnimi Sumi Guwahati  The services of government servants are governed by the Government Services Rules. Government machineries must function within the ambit of guidelines, rules and ac
  • Lockdown or Community Policing?
    Angamimiapfü Mechü Krotho  Kohima   Reflections on the spread of the Corona Virus within Kohima   COVID-19 cases are rising steadily with no deaths reported. There has be
  • Problems & Solution of traffic congestion vis-a-vis Even/Odd numbers
    Lanuzulu Aier Dimapur Of late, several opinions has been shared in the media appreciating for implementation of Even/Odd numbers of vehicles running in Dimapur jurisdiction to ease the traffic congestio
  • Today in History July 14
    Reuters 1904 - Paul Kruger, South African politician, died in exile in Switzerland. He led the Transvaal during the 1899-1902 Boer War against Britain, which was seeking to extend its commercial interests af
  • TODAY in HISTORY: July 14
    Following are some of the major events to have occurred on July 14   1430: Joan of Arc, taken prisoner by the Burgundians in May, is handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais.  
  • To Forgive, but not Forget
    Understanding the Tuensang Fiasco from a Psychosocial Approach   S Temjen Imchen Jorhat    Hearing of a statement like we are “forgiving but not forgetting” is a paradox,
  • Today in History July 12
    Reuters 1906 - French artillery officer Alfred Dreyfus, who was falsely accused of treason, was finally pardoned and restored to his rank and regiment. 1920 - The Panama Canal was formally opened, six yea
  • Today in History July 10
    Reuters 1940 - The Battle of Britain began in World War Two when at least 70 German bombers attacked docks in south Wales. 1943 - Allied invasion of Sicily in World War Two. 1985 - One Greenpeace crew
  • Today in History July 11
    Reuters 1935 - The French army officer Alfred Dreyfus died. Dreyfus, who was Jewish, was convicted on a false charge of treason in 1894 and his case became the centre of a controversy that divided French soc
  • Today in History July 9
    Reuters 1900 - Commonwealth of Australia founded. 1932 - King Camp Gillette, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of the safety razor, died. 1993 - British scientists using genetic fingerprinting identified
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