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Palm oil: from environmental villain to climate hero
By Eng-Seng Chan and Wail Gourich, Monash University Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur The Malaysian palm oil industry is making notable progress in addressing climate

Northeast India Still Bearing the Adverse Fallouts of the Great Game
Often, rarely visited pages of history provide refreshing insights into present problems. This is not surprising, considering many of the postcolonial world’s problems are legacies

Internally Displaced Sportspersons From Manipur Bag 11 Medals to Demonstrate They Continue to Have Strong Fighting Spirit
Internally displaced girls from Moreh, Manipur won medals at the 8th International Karate Championship, Indian Challenger Cup-2024 held at Netaji Indoor Stadium from July 26

Paolienlal Haokip’s 3 UTs Demand is in Line With the 3 Territorial Councils Reportedly Agreed Between Kuki Militants and GOI
While Manipur Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren is optimistic of restoring peace and normalcy in Manipur, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Paolienlal Haokip demands that three

Manipur’s Talented Weaver Wahengbam Shaya to Receives Prestigious Sant Kabir Handloom Award
The uniquely distinctive skill of Manipur in the field of weaving, handloom and handicraft is once again yet proven by artisan Wahengbam Shaya Devi. With

Fostering Disturbance-Free Education: A Collaborative Endeavor Imperative for Manipur
Among all the sectors that have been reduced to a state of collapse by the ongoing conflict in Manipur, the education sector stands most grievously

Time for Manipur to Shed its Persecution Paranoia to Step out into its Spring of Creative Energy
A society can be judged by what it celebrates and equally by what it mourns. From this standpoint, Manipur, the Meiteis not the least, seem

Marking a Year of Heartache: Linthoingambi’s Unperformed Last Rites Highlight the Agony of Missing Families
“If you are alive in this world, come to me, my son,” lamented Phijam Hemanjit’s mother, her voice breaking under the weight of insurmountable grief.

UN Human Rights Committee Adopts Concluding Observations on Serious Issues Concerning Manipur among Others and AFSPA
On India’s fourth periodic review on how implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the United Nations Human Rights

The Essence of Yaoshang is a Reminder of the Need to Occasionally Take a Break From Life’s Mundane Routines
John Donne, a metaphysical English poet puts it thus: ‘no

Using Artificial Intelligence to Red-Flag Emerging Pandemics
By Raina MacIntyre, University of New South Wales in Sydney

Nurturing the Sporting Spirit as Youths Celebrate Yaoshang Sports Festival in Different Localities of Manipur
Manipur’s Yaoshang or Dol Jatra in Bengal and Holi in

Elections Results are Another Indication Manipur’s Electoral Politics is Yet to Acquire the Depth of its Grassroots Gut Level Politics
Two things are stark in the results from the elections

Problems and Prospects of “First-Past-The-Post” as Determinant of People’s Mandate
Humans have come a long way. They had roamed, gathered,

No Substantial Exit Poll Done in Manipur, Claimed Results are Aggregates of Speculations of Observers
Many exit-poll speculative results by different organisations have been published

Demand For Tribal Status for Meiteis Reveals Many Aspects of Manipur Society, Must However Not be Rushed




Autonomy Issue Must Not be Allowed to be Pushed to the Backburner to Resurface Again Later

Flawed Hill-Valley Categorisation in Fund Allocation in Manipur and How This May Have Come About

COVID Lockdown May Have Hastened the Death of Oja Chinglen, the Peerless Soul of Shumang Lila



Highways of Life Wins Top Award at International Documentary Film Festival
