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Indigenous Lore and The Fire Knowledge We Ignore
By Christine Eriksen, ETH Zurich in Zurich The hazy outline of the Sutter Buttes lingers on the horizon on the drive along Highway 32 connecting the

Manipur Celebrates 50 Years of Statehood; CoCom bans R-Day Celebrations; Heirok Protest Continues
Manipur celebrated 50 years of Indian Statehood on January 21 at the 1st Battalion Manipur Rifles Parade Ground in Imphal. As part of the Golden

Only 44 Per Cent of the Targeted Population of Manipur Fully Vaccinated; Third-Lowest Vaccinated State
Despite the tall claims of Department of Health Services of Manipur Government and Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren who also holds the health portfolio that Manipur

Manipur Govt Can Take a Cue From Himachal Pradesh Land Law to Enact a Legislation for Land Protection in Manipur
The value we assign to land in this day and age has become so invaluable that, in addition to their added monetary values, comes the

People’s Mother Mahasweta Devi (14-1-1926 – 28-7-2016)
‘India has lost a great writer; Bengal has lost a glorious mother; I have Lost a guardian’ Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister, West Bengal The

Life Beyond AFSPA: Why Manipur Government’s Retrospective Declaration of Disturbed Area is Legally Untenable and Dangerous
Let me begin with a simple proposition- AFSPA is a surveillance system. The Hon’ble Supreme Court, while upholding the constitutionality of AFSPA, had held that

Why Manipur Urgently Needs to Reconsider its Blind Embrace of Palm Oil Plantation Idea
The palm-oil project in Manipur that was cited by Prime Minister Modi at his recent visit to Imphal will rub salt into the wound as

Manipur Reports Six More Omicron Cases; Drivers Day Observed; Opium Held; Poppy Fields Destroyed; BJP Worker Killed; MPCC Charges PWD Minister of Fund Theft
Omicron cases in Manipur rose to seven as six more people tested positive for the new COVID-19 variant as reported on January 14 by the State

Unworldly and Torturous Alienation is a Precondition of the Supremely Creative
Much has been written about the likeness of the movie version of Superman and is origin to Jesus Christ. Superman is an alien from the