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As the signing of the historic Naga peace accord was announced on Monday, though, sources said there was an small improvement in Swu’s condition.

Since Independence, Naga groups have signed several pacts with New Delhi, designed to end India’s longest-running insurgency. But success has been elusive.

Excerpts from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement after witnessing the signing of the Naga Peace Accord.

The groundwork had been done under the UPA government when I was the interlocutor. The breakthrough indeed was made in 2012.

Vajpayee not only recognised the “unique history” of the Nagas, but also admitted that mistakes had been committed, and lamented the unnecessary spilling of blood in the state.

Here is the story of the long-running Naga insurgency — and the peace moves that picked up pace with the efforts of Prime Ministers from P V Narasimha Rao to Narendra Modi.

Chunks of inland ice entering the sea leads to ocean stratification, with a colder surface layer forming over a warmer layer beneath the surface.

In peak apple season, many orchards in Himachal have unexpected visitors. They are forest officials armed with a High Court order to crack down on encroachments on forest land.

The world’s largest and most advanced astronomical observatory, with a telescope that will allow astronomers to study the universe in unprecedented detail, is being set up on Mauna Kea in Hawaii.

Growers of the humble bulb have become victims of political expediency and the official commitment to ‘inflation targeting’.

Almost 16 years after an Indian Airlines aircraft was hijacked and taken to Kandahar, a Bill seeking death penalty for hijackers even in the event of on-ground casualties was cleared by the Cabinet this week.

There is a view that the post-Omar situation in the Taliban — especially if the divisions within grow sharper — might provide an opening that New Delhi could use to engage with independent-minded factions.

In caste-ridden Bihar, women have been a loyal constituency for the CM Nitish Kumar.

Results of the study showed that individuals who are perceived to be untrustworthy also actually suffer for their phizogs — and that in extreme cases this suffering may be literally fatal.

62 years after the National Malaria Control Programme, among the country’s first public health initiatives, was launched, the disease continues to kill, though not as often as before. ABANTIKA GHOSH does a status check.

Truce has been called for now in the LG-CM battle over the appointment of the Delhi Commission for Women chief. DIPANKAR GHOSE profiles the Commission, its powers and responsibilities.

The LeJ is virulently anti-Shia, its hatred of Shias being the raison d’etre of its existence.

In 2002, an advisory group argued for the creation of a Monetary Policy Committee in India. Much of what it recommended is relevant in the context of the current debate on MPC, based on a

Could be tighter security in J&K; they could also have been trying to widen terror arc, says Arun Sharma.

Some 20 years ago, umami was recognised universally as the fifth taste — described variously as ‘meaty’ or ‘savoury’, found typically in meat and seafood.

The RBI and government must ensure that banks overhaul their loan appraisal process.

With more broadbased flows and greater global pressure now on checking illicit fund flows, it should be possible to phase out PNs over the medium term.

Recommendations of 14th Finance Commission, death of Plan panel have reduced Nitish Kumar’s clamour largely to poll-time political posturing.

Even in this low-mortality population, taller women experienced higher child survival, which contributed positively to their increased reproductive success.