Next-generation wearables for women: Health, safety, and productivity to monitor

Women-centric wearables have evolved significantly from simple fitness trackers. By 2025, both Indian and international brands are developing devices specifically designed to meet real-life requirements, monitoring reproductive health, enhancing safety during commutes, and assisting women in managing their productivity while on the move. This transformation is both personal and practical, and it has been long…

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Manipur CSOs press centre for NRC, IDP resettlement and end to SoO in crucial MHA meet

In a major move to address the ongoing crisis in Manipur, a 19-member delegation of key Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) from the state held a high-level meeting with senior officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the national capital today. The delegation, which included representatives from COCOMI, AMUCO, and FOCS, presented a detailed…

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Major tragedy averted as security forces defuse IED in Manipur’s Bishnupur district

A potentially devastating incident was narrowly avoided in Manipur’s Bishnupur district on Sunday, after security forces successfully neutralised a 51mm ILLG bomb discovered in the Terakhongshangbi Maning Laithel area under Moirang Police Station. The explosive device, suspected to have been planted with harmful intent, was safely defused by a specialised bomb disposal unit. Local residents…

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KCP (PWG) cadres held; arms cache seized across districts in Manipur

Manipur Police and allied security forces have launched intensified operations across sensitive zones of the state, resulting in the arrest of multiple cadres of the proscribed Kangleipak Communist Party (People’s War Group) [KCP (PWG)] and the recovery of a significant cache of arms, ammunition, and explosives. The coordinated crackdown, aimed at dismantling insurgent networks and…

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Over 100 experts urge presidential action as Manipur’s health crisis deepens

More than two years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, the state’s healthcare system is now on the verge of collapse. In a rare and united appeal, over 100 health professionals, public health experts, lawyers, and civil society activists have signed a petition urging President Droupadi Murmu to take urgent action to restore healthcare services…

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Ukhrul’s black ceramic heritage generates national attention and supports livelihoods

Hundreds of households in the Ukhrul region of Manipur are making a living from a traditional trade that is attracting national notice. Artists in Nungbi village still create a distinctive style of black pottery using only hand methods; no potter’s wheels or other contemporary tools are used. A unique combination of crushed serpentine stone and…

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‘Of’ vs ‘Or’: N Biren Singh flags distortion in assembly order, seeks Governor’s intervention

Former Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has raised the alarm over what he terms a “deliberate distortion” in the official records of a foundational legal order governing tribal administration in Manipur’s hill areas. In a letter to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Wednesday, Singh urged immediate intervention to investigate a potentially unauthorized alteration in…

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Manipur: Security forces arrest one KCP (PWG) cadre, recover arms cache in Loktak Lake

Security forces in Manipur have launched intelligence-based combing and cordon-and-search operations (CASO) across sensitive areas of the state. One major breakthrough was achieved on June 24, when an active cadre of the banned outfit Kangleipak Communist Party (People’s War Group) — KCP (PWG) was arrested. The arrested cadre has been identified as Mutum Manaocha Singh…

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