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Paperless Power

The Nagaland Power department has announced that electricity bills will be made available to consumers electronically (e-billing) only via SMS, email, and through the department’s web portal, in line with energy conservation, the Digital India init...

16 Jul 2024

Skilling India

In an effort to produce more skilled labour in the country, the government has allowed manufacturing units to establish in-house training centres to meet their specific requirements. This decision was revealed by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari at the r...

15 Jul 2024

Urgent Appeal for Road Repair: The Deplorable Condition of the Kushiabill Village to Puranabazar Highway Junction

The road connecting Kushiabill Village to Puranabazar Highway junction is in a state of severe disrepair. This vital route, which serves as a lifeline for the residents of Kushiabill and surrounding areas, has been neglected for far too long. The cur...

14 Jul 2024

Tackling NE’s Perennial Flood Problem

India’s vulnerabilities in disaster management have yet again been exposed, as within weeks of the arrival of the monsoon season, floods across the country have claimed 85 lives and affected over 30.83 lakh people, along with submerging 3,154 villa...

14 Jul 2024

“A Call to Action for the New ENPO Leadership”

As the newly elected team of the Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation (ENPO) steps forward to assume their duties, the weight of a great and historic legacy rests upon their shoulders. They are tasked with carrying forward the democratic, peacefu...

12 Jul 2024

To The Chief Minister Nagaland, Kohima

Subject: Prayer for request to name the Vellore Naga Patient Home in Memory of Late Rev. Dr. Noksangchila Respected Sir, I am honoured to bring this to your kind attention, regarding the construction plan to build a Naga patient house at CMCH Vellore...

12 Jul 2024

India’s Family Planning Journey: Mapping our defining Moments and Challenges Ahead

Sh. Jagat  Prakash Nadda Union Minister, Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilizers, Government of India On this World Population Day (July 11), we reflect on India’s incredible journey in family planning. We celebrate our successes, ...

11 Jul 2024

The Importance of Pupil-Teacher Ratio in Nagaland’s Schools: A Focus on Dimapur

Introduction The Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) is a critical metric in assessing the quality of education in schools. This ratio, which indicates the number of students per teacher, directly impacts the learning environment and educational outcomes. In N...

11 Jul 2024

R. Kevichusa as I Knew Him

(A speech delivered at the inauguration of R. Kevichusa Memorial Chapel on July 10, 2024) I met a certain gentleman in January of 1984 when I joined Nagaland government service as a Horticulture Officer in the Department of Agriculture. At that time,...

11 Jul 2024

Social Justice and Alimony

The Supreme Court’s ruling on Wednesday that allows a divorced Muslim woman to seek maintenance under Section 125 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973, from her former husband is a significant move towards upholding their rights and finan...

11 Jul 2024

Importance of Resilience: Overcoming Challenges and Moving Forward

Resilience simply means the ability to bounce back from challenges and setbacks. It means being able to cope with tough events and staying strong and positive during tough times. Life can throw all sorts of obstacles our way, but with resilience, we ...

10 Jul 2024

Towards Inclusive Growth

The forthcoming union budget should put emphasis on the rural sector to ensure inclusive growth in the country. At present, due to issues such as global warming and lack of profitability in the agricultural sector, the rural economy is going through ...

10 Jul 2024

Lives at Stake

A rockslide injured four occupants of a vehicle on Pagala Pahar stretch of National Highway-29 last week, exactly a year after a similar incident killed two persons and injured three others in the same vicinity. It was a stark reminder of negligence,...

09 Jul 2024

Guarding Against Future Tragedies

The country urgently needs to frame stricter laws for organising public gatherings to prevent loss of life due to human negligence. Reports of deaths due to stampede or fire at social or religious gatherings have become commonplace in India. Incident...

09 Jul 2024

Manipur Crisis: Treat the Disease, Not the Symptoms

Manipur is afflicted with many ailments, but the doctors are treating the symptoms rather than the disease. Firstly, the society in Manipur is fractured; the two warring communities are not living side by side as neighbours after May 2023. They are n...

08 Jul 2024

Turning Down the Heat

From temperatures touching as high as 50 degrees Celsius to 228.1 mm of rainfall in just 24 hours, marking a 266% departure from normal, the national capital, Delhi, experienced extreme weather conditions in June. According to NASA, Delhi has gone th...

08 Jul 2024

Why Do Gorkhas Celebrate Bhanu Jaynati Every Year? Who is Bhanu Bhakta Acharya?

Significance of Bhanu Jayanti Earlier Nepali was restricted to the oral medium and during that time poems and formal literature were in the Sanskrit language. Bhanubhakta Acharya is considered the first poet who wrote poems in the Nepali language and...

08 Jul 2024

Truth Speakers for Truth Seekers 

There is a beautiful verse, in the Bible that is so wonderful but so misunderstood and taught wrongly. Hebrews 11:1 says: Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. What is faith and what is it not? What is the evide...

07 Jul 2024

A Message to the Ao Tribe

The Ao Naga tribe has been a harbinger of change in many ways, a tribe not only the Nagas respect, admire and adore but also by the people of different ethnic cultures across and beyond the boundaries who were considered as a role model for all good ...

07 Jul 2024

The Unseen Battle – Struggles of Newspapers in Nagaland

Do you know how our everyday news reaches our doors before we wake up? How many hands and how much hard work are behind those 8- 12 pages we flip every day? On May 18th 2024, 18 students from School of Agricultural Sciences (SAS), Nagaland University...

05 Jul 2024

Hopes for Nagaland’s Cities, Towns

After having successfully elected 278 councillors to three municipal councils and 22 town councils of Nagaland (excluding 14 town councils of six districts in the eastern region) following an enthusiastic contest, we can expect these civic bodies to ...

05 Jul 2024

Paving the Way for Inclusive Growth

Despite an impressive growth rate, India is unable to effectively tackle the large economic disparity prevailing between the haves and have-nots. Several economists argue that inequality will continue to haunt India as the country has failed to creat...

03 Jul 2024

Election Manifestos and Development in Nagaland

The recent Lok Sabha and Urban Local Body (ULB) elections have culminated, leaving the public of Nagaland in a state of eager anticipation as promised by their elected leaders. The Election was enthusiastic at the same time horrendous as Nagas kept q...

03 Jul 2024

Media: Fourth Pillar of Democracy

The merit of the democratic setup is that it gives each individual freedom of expression and space. Article 19 (1) (a) of the Indian Constitution provides the right to freedom of speech and expression although, Article 19 (2) has put reasonable groun...

03 Jul 2024

India’s Water Woes

Water disputes are not uncommon in India as states vie for greater share of river water amid growing populations, rapid urbanisation and agricultural activities. The long-standing dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over Cauvery water is a class...

02 Jul 2024
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