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Treating ‘data as oil’ squanders its immense potential
By Rishab Bailey, xKDR Forum and Urvashi Aneja, Digital Future Labs in Bombay Open data initiatives could give developing economies the edge in the

Seven Manipuri Footballers in India Squad for U-17 Women’s FIFA World Cup 2022; CADA Rejects Draft Manipur Liquor Regulation Policy; Flight Passenger Found Unconscious Onboard Dies
Seven Manipuri Footballers in India Squad for U-17 Women’s FIFA World Cup 2022 In India’s 21-Member squad for Under-17 Women’s FIFA World Cup 2022 as

Lifting Prohibition May Not Change Drinking Habits, But No Need to Float Myths About Alcohol Benefits
Away from the semantics of whether this is a lifting of prohibition or relaxation, the truth is sale and consumption of alcohol has now been

Movies Which Explore the Consequences Borne by People Removed From Traditional Group Norms
Shouldn’t our leaders and politicians be doing more to preserve and promote group norms that encourage people to live together harmoniously and also work together productively?, or,

The Idea of a Sovereign Zalen’gam: An Interview of Pu PS Haokip, President and Supreme Commander, Kuki National Organisation
The following is the reproduction of an interview held in April 2013. Questions were sent on March 23, 2013 and answers were received on April

Can Traditional Household Distilleries Survive Even if Distillation and Sale is Legalized?
While pro-prohibitionist groups led by Coalition Against Drugs and Alcohol (CADA) and All Manipur Women’s Social Reformation & Development Samaj, popularly known as Nupi Samaj

Violence continues under Indian piecemeal approach
By Hoineilhing Sitlhou, University of Hyderabad in Hyderabad Legislation from last century allows paramilitary violence to continue in the North East of India. In the

Socio-cultural Tourism in Northeast India: Possibilities and Apprehensions
World Tourism Day is observed each year on 27 September to foster the significance of tourism and its social, cultural, political, and economic values. It

India’s double edged nutrition problem
By Kalyani Raghunathan and Derek Headley, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in New Delhi One in five children in India are too thin,



