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Taiwan Looks Forward to Enhancing Shared Culture and Economic Ties with India
The self-rule island nation of Taiwan looks forward to strengthening cultural, economic, and shared interests with India. Taiwan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Joseph Wu

Displace People Manage to Stabilize Their Lives Amid Government Apathy in Resolving the Manipur Crisis
Manipur conflict turned one year on May 3 but not seen visible sign of returning to normalcy. However, people staying in relief camps managed to

How India Uses National Interest as a Smokescreen to Muzzle the Media
By Simran Agarwal, Sorbonne Paris Nord University in PARIS The Indian government is weaponising ‘national interest’ measures to close down reporting it deems critical of the

Development as Remedy to Regional Unrest as Well as National Security
The old question of whether it is a necessary condition for peace to precede development continues to haunt everybody genuinely concerned with the affairs of

The Government Must Investigate, Expose and Overcome the Unidentified Armed Persons in Black Dress
Amidst complaints of voter intimidation, booth-capturing, and violence across several polling booths, India’s 18th Parliamentary Election in Manipur for two Lok Sabha seats concluded on

Manipur’s First Time Voters Experience the 18th Lok Sabha Election 2024
“It’s not enough to just want change… You have to go and make a change by voting.”-Taylor Swift India is the world largest democracy.

Evicted Victims Longing For Humanitarian Support From Government
Victims evicted from Waithou Sangomshang currently staying at temporary camp doubled their sufferings after their makeshift house was destructed by recent storm. The suffers are

Rejoinder/ The Immigration Issue in Northeast in Recent History is Darker Than Often Made Out to be
Dear Editor, This refers to your article published by The New Indian Express on April 11, 2024. You have been rather generous on the immigration

CAA Has Demonstrated Again Why the One-Size-Fits-All Approach Does Not Work in Northeast
The violent deaths of two non-tribal residents at Ichamati township in East Khasi Hill District, Meghalaya, near the Indo-Bangladesh border on March 27 following an

Driving across the land of Pagodas: An account of the February 2012 Indo-Myanmar Friendship Car Rally
The road from Tamu, the Myanmar township just across the

Make Hospitals Accountable for Denying Admission to Non-Covid Emergency Patients, HC tells State Govt
Despite the Government of Manipur having issued an order last

Despite Ambitious Oxygen Plants at Hospitals and Government Claims of Adequate Oxygen Supply, Hospitals are Still Facing Shortage of Oxygen
Though not publicised at any forum it seems shortage of

The Philosophy in “Khamba-Thoibi Sheireng”: An Amalgamation of Meitei & Hindu Thoughts – Part 3
Contd from previous issue At the end of the epic

For the Aspiring Woman, Entrepreneurship can help Beat all odds Besides Levelling out the Gender Playing Field
Women empowerment refers to the process of increasing women’s power

Revisiting SC’s Interpretation of Preventive Detention in the Wake Manipur’s Spree of NSA Arrests
On May 17, the National Security Act, 1980 was invoked