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Scrapping FMR Seen from the Vantage of India’s Act East Policy Will Amount to Throwing the Baby with the Bathwater
While many stakeholders oppose the decision of the India’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to erect fencing along the entire 1,643 km Indo-Myanmar international border

Curtailing The Adverse Effects of Invasive Aquatic Species Will Help in Rejuvenating Kongba River of Manipur
Invasive alien species are a major threat to biodiversity and can cause irreversible damage to nature, including local and global species extinctions and also threaten

How Patients With Diabetes Should Manage Their Sleep
By Shaun Lee, Monash University Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur Getting enough quality sleep is important for good health and wellbeing, but sleep problems plague many people

Why We Shouldn’t Lose Our Minds Over Sleep
By Nadrah Shafik, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur Our quest for the perfect slumber lies in the intricacies of REM sleep, circadian harmony, and the

How Borders and Religions Began to Acquire Hard Perimeters Amongst Indigenous Communities
Just as precisely demarcated, delineated and zealously guarded national boundaries were once unknown outside of Europe as Lord Curzon pointed out in his Romanes Lecture

Border Fencing and Suspension of FMR Opens up More Conflict of Interests Amongst Different Stakeholders
Manipur Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren on February 8 appreciated the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other central leaders including Finance

Expert Suggests Ways to Develop Natural Habitat of Manipuri Kombirei to Make it Bloom in Abundance Once Again
Once abundantly blossoming and culturally significant to Meitei society, Manipuri Kombirei has been newly added to the Indian flora’s prized list. Development of its natural

Need to Implement Holistic Traffic Regulations to Ensure Reduced Road Accidents and Fatalities
Road Safety is one of the biggest public health issues throughout the country. It remains as a major developmental issue which leads to the cause

Are ‘zombie’ cancer cells why the disease sometimes returns?
By Keefe Chan, The University of Melbourne and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne Cancer treatments can put some cancer cells to sleep instead of killing

Does Cinema Have Independent Life or is it Destined to be “a Sycophant to literature” – Part 2
My feeling that a poet, who called cinema a sycophant
Cinema Starts with a Spark, More Often than not, an Oral Spark
The moment you are struck with an idea, the search

A Memoir Cannot be a Documentary, it Instead Relies on Memory and Impressions of Events on One’s Life: Temsula Ao
Joshy Joseph caught up with Nagaland award winning English author

Ode to the Late Dr. Srikant Dutt, a Steadfast Friend of NE, Once Considered a Star in the Indian Academic Firmament
It was in the fall of 1979 that I first

“3 Stories”: A Chilling Tale of Mental Illness — Part-3 (final)
Part-III — The Abyss (final) There she lay; the early

“3 Stories”: A Chilling Tale of Mental Illness — Part-2
Part-II THE ASCENT Dated the 15th December 2090 Dear Diary,