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Champu Khangpok fishers turn global biodiversity goals into grassroots action at Loktak Lake. The fishing community makes it a point to organize important annual events highlighting environmental and ecological concerns, sensitizing locals…

How cane toads, paragrass, carp and hyacinth became ecological disruptors in Australia and Manipur. By Salam Rajesh Earlier this month, Jennifer Geer writing for A-Z Animal.com, provided a descriptive narrative of how an imported…

Churachandpur has long been home to multiple identity groups—Kuki, Zo, Paite, Hmar—often spoken of as a single political bloc. During the peak of ethnic strife in Manipur, these groups projected a united front, speaking in one voice across…

In a gazette notification issued on Wednesday, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs announced that President Droupadi Murmu had revoked the proclamation under Article 356 of the Constitution with immediate effect. TFM Report…

Today, Manipur stands fractured. What is often described as “ethnic violence” between Meiteis and Kukis has stretched into its third year, with no clear end in sight. Highways remain blockaded, normal life is suspended, and an entire…

Imphal’s streets reveal how convenience and social hesitation undermine the fight against single-use plastics, reflecting a deeper environmental crisis unfolding across Manipur. By Salam Rajesh The vegetable vendor on the street…

The nemesis of Loktak Pat is primarily referred to Ithai Barrage, a man-made structure designed to store water for generating hydro electricity for the 105 megawatt capacity Loktak Hydroelectric Power Project – a ‘green energy’ project has…

The promises of IDPs’ return made throughout 2025 remain largely unfulfilled, not for lack of planning or resources, but because they preceded political agreement on the nature of coexistence. TFM Desk The Weight of Unresolved…

World’s only floating island village on Loktak Lake urges Manipur government to fulfil long-pending promise after years of neglect, stalled assessments and past eviction threats. TFM Report Assessed as a one-of-its-kind floating…

“All these urgent concerns have been sidelined, while the government chooses to prioritise a festival that has no connection to the present suffering of the people of Manipur. If the government still refuses to change its course, it will be…