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A drop in temperature has brought a collective sense of concern that the relief camps are just not prepared for winter. Most relief camps lack proper mattresses. For the lucky few whose beds and mattresses were not burned along with their homes, they had brought their own mattresses. There were Read more…
Dawn cracks early in Manipur as it reveals the dense fog from the meadows. Morning dew condense on the cold concrete floors way before dawn. Fall is giving into winter. Children huddle closer into the night. Our summer donations were hardly a few days supply in each relief camp. Supplies Read more…
Concerned citizens in India and abroad have generously contributed to a collective fund for medical expenses to be paid by families of students who were the victims of recent physical assault by the central and the state forces. These students had protested against the brutal killing of two students by Read more…
The 2023 Manipur Violence is India’s largest and the most unprecedented humanitarian crisis.. The ongoing violence that erupted on May 3, 2023, has impacted people in all walks of life, with more than 55,000 displaced /evacuated, destruction of more than 4500 houses, 150 plus dead, 450 plus injured, and counting.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/illegal-highway-tax-hawala-and-price-rise-are-manipurs-biggest-silent-problem-4393522 In Manipur, illegal highway ‘tax’ is paid through a method involving middlemen and sometimes hawala transactions, three Manipur-based executives who look after regional distribution of two FMCG companies and a cement major told NDTV
In 2023 till March 30, drugs worth Rs 25.36 crore were seized, 165 persons (132 males and 33 females) were arrested in 175 cases and 787.3 acres of poppy cultivation were destroyed, as per the police record. Moreover, under the BJP government, 116 persons have been detained under PIT NDPS Read more…
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