Wild plant delight

Nutrient-rich ootti is a must on Manipuri platter on festivals

Chak-hao rice kheer

Rising cancer cases in Mizoram: interview with Eric Zomawia

In capital Aizawl, a male below 64 years has 15.9 per cent chance of developing cancer while a female below 74 years has 21.1 per cent risk

Aizawl sets target to handle municipal solid waste

Aizawl has adopted a new plan that can make it one of the cleanest cities in India. Currently, it dumps municipal solid waste on a hill slope and …

Wholesome cure

Even the unripe papaya fruit is a good source of nutrition

Manipur Assembly Elections 2022: Loktak, climate change, carbon footprint feature in party manifestos

Most parties fighting the Manipur elections have promised action on green issues concerning the state

Wasteful expenditure

Band of Positive Brothers, Manipur music band of HIV-positive youngsters

Be responsible

Dam alert

The construction of the Thoubal multi-purpose dam and the Tapaimukh dam in Manipur has sparked off protests

The Manipur advantage

Manipur’s Ukhrul faces a gargantuan waste problem; here is how it can solve it

If long-term ecological planning involving all the stakeholders is not taken up urgently, this paradise may turn uninhabitable

Floating fields

Rural folk can grow rice on lakes in Manipur

Under siege

The impasse in Manipur, which represents the festering unrest in the entire Northeast, needs a caring administrative policy, not bullets and raids

These miniature brinjals can be cooked in myriad ways

Khamen akhaba is grown extensively across the northeast and used in indigenous medicines to treat asthma, allergic rhinitis, nasal catarrh, skin …

Let the Sangai dance

A critically endangered brow-antlered deer found in the world's only floating wildlife park in Manipur may soon lose its habitat

Piercing problem

The syringe exchange programme to contain the spread of AIDS in Manipur has no takers

Shame puts the cork back in liquor bottles

Campaigns by women have been successful in curbing alcoholism among their menfolk in Manipur and Andhra Pradesh, but similar efforts have failed …

Bamboo shoots: Plants of nutrition and employment

Fermented bamboo shoots are a delicacy in the Northeast. They can also become a viable livelihood activity

Pollution in news on May 1

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments on pollution

Manipur: the bejewelled land shrouded in conflicts, resource scarcity

Sense of deprivation, lack of basic necessities and fear of falling out of government's favour perpetuate ethnic clashes

Manipur landslide: Weak soil, incessant rain, anthropogenic pressure to blame, say experts

Seventy-nine people have been confirmed as victims while 47 bodies have been recovered from the accident site at Marangching village in …

"I spent three years in bed, giving company to death"

K Pradipkumar Singh was diagnosed with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in 2000. After suffering acute stigma for many years, Singh bounced …

Damned Projects

State operations surrounding three hydel schemes are causing controversy. In the Uttaranchal hills, there are allegations of repression. In …

As northwest India endures unusual dust storms, northeast gets flooded before monsoon arrives

The magnitude of floods is likely to increase by 25 per cent in Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, parts of Meghalaya and Nagaland