Experts have criticised the state government's move saying it would ruin academic freedom and critical thinking and impose governmental control on research work.
The military coup on February 1, 2021, in Myanmar led to a large-scale displacement of population. India, claiming that it is not a signatory to the UN Convention on Refugees, advised the states on the border to not accept any refugees from Myanmar. India’s stand is consistent with the one tak
The Indigenous People’s Assembly resolved restrictions against distortion of history and new name shifts of the traditional places and also to protect, preserve and promote the land, distinct cultures, customs, costumes and languages of the indigenous communities.
Our Correspondent Imphal, June 23 (EMN): Manipur Cabinet on Wednesday resolved to adopt 1961 as base year to determine the “native” status for implementation of Inner Line Permit (ILP) system in the North-eastern border state. According to a press release issued by the Chief Minister’s Secretariat in Imphal, Chief Minister N Biren Singh chaired the cabinet meeting wherein the Manipur State Vision Document 2047, which aims to make the state a vibrant, carbon-neutral and economically, socially and ecologically sustainable state in the next 25 years, was presented. It may be mentioned that Manipur started to implement the ILP system from January 1, 2020 after the government notified the extension of the ILP regime in December 2019. The ILP is an official travel document issued by the concerned state government to allow travel of an Indian citizen into a protected area for a limited period. Manipur became the fourth state after Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram where the ILP re