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Every Time Authorities Announce “Clean Up” of Loktak Lake, Lake People Fear Loss of Fishing Common
On grounds of rejuvenating the Loktak lake in Manipur, the Loktak Development Authority (LDA), on July 18, 2022, issued a 15-day ultimatum to remove homestays, huts, and athaphums (artificial

Conflicts loom if we don’t solve the global water crisis
By Reece Hooker, 360info Tensions around access to and management of water are heightening all over the world. Finding ways to de-escalate and innovate is

COCOMI Urges UNHRC to Seek Report from India on the Human Rights and Armed Conflict Situation in Manipur
Khuraijam Athouba, spokesperson of the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) has urged the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to seek a report from

Beyond Zero Sum Game and Rhetoric of Conflict as Justification for Acts of Atrocities
The logics of conflict, it is often said, can hardly be with justice adjudicated by ordinary law. The exception called for is also evident in

Electoral Bonds and Veiled Promise of Transparency
Justice is delayed, but not denied. We may say it in respect of the Electoral Bond Scheme of the Central Government, launched in 2018. Those

Increasing Groundwater Availability Will Ensure Long-Term Sustainability of Water Supply for Current and Future Generations
Since ancient times natural sources such as rivers, lakes, springs, ponds, streams etc. were the main sources of water for human and animals. These natural

Ahead of the Parliamentary Election, CM Biren Claims Peace Has Started Returning and Urges People to Restore Normalcy in the State
As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Manipur gears up for the Parliamentary elections 2024, Manipur Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren has also started chanting in public

Reviving Lamphelpat Proving to be a Triumph for Conservation in Manipur as Migratory Birds Flock Back
Waari Singbul Network | 13 March 2024 In a landmark developmental effort, Lamphelpat, once a majestic lake in Manipur but relegated to the annals of history,

Pink Foundation Distributes Relief Materials to Sugnu and Serou Displaced Persons, Extend Solidarity to Fasting Malem Thongam
Philanthropic organization Pink Foundation in a continuing program of extending help to conflict displaced people, held a functions to distribute blankets, shawls, shirts and other
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,

“3 Stories”: A Chilling Tale of Mental Illness — Part-1
“It was dreams too, which cast a spell of doomsday