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Topic: Manipur

Manipur village builds 80 quarantine huts in a day, complete with toilets and electricity

Snippets from the vibrant Northeast that capture politics, culture, society and more in the eight states.

Poachers strike Kaziranga after 13 months, kill adult rhino using AK-47

Snippets from the vibrant Northeast that capture politics, culture, society and more in the eight states.

Passengers screened, borders closed, tough quarantine — 4 states & a UT halt Covid-19 march

Mizoram detected its first case on 25 March and there has been no new case since then. Manipur and Goa haven't seen any new case since 3 and 4 April respectively. 

One each from Manipur, Arunachal who attended Nizamuddin event test positive for Covid-19

A 31-year-old man is the first case of coronavirus from Arunachal Pradesh, while the number of cases in Manipur went up to 2 after a 65-year-old man tested positive.

‘Corona’ is not just a virus. Indians are using it as a slur against people from northeast

Several people from northeast India are facing racial attacks. A woman from Manipur was spat on and called 'corona' by a man in Delhi.

Woman in Manipur tests positive for coronavirus, first case in Northeast

The 23-year-old woman had recently returned from the UK to Imphal via Delhi and Guwahati airports.

CBI to investigate irregularities in 2016 Manipur civil service examinations

The Manipur High Court had in October 2019 quashed the Manipur civil service examination after several aspirants approached it alleging irregularities in the selection process.

Woman IPS officer says Assam Rifles jawan molested her, force to file counter FIR

Assam Rifles stands by jawan, accuses IPS officer of jumping designated scanning lane at Moreh, a town bordering Myanmar.

Inner Line Permit extended to Manipur as citizenship bill protests disrupt Northeast region

President Kovind signed the order extending the Inner Line Permit (ILP) two days after Home Minister Amit Shah announced the move in Lok Sabha. The proposed citizenship bill will not be applicable in regions requiring ILP.

CBI raids Manipur ex-CM Ibobi Singh, recovers Rs 26.49 lakh in demonetised currency

Congress leader Ibobi Singh becomes first big name to be caught with such a huge amount in demonetised currency. CBI booked him Thursday in a Rs 332-cr corruption case.

On Camera

Here’s how Khilji, Akbar, and Hindu rulers dealt with Halal

In Medieval India, the late Prof Satish Chandra demonstrates how Muslim rulers in India quickly grasped that pristine notions of Halal and haram did not hold up to the realities of statecraft.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Here’s why

Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.