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“A nation is advanced in proportion to education and intelligence spread among the masses.”
Swami Vivekananda had long ago mentioned of the very importance of education and the impact it has on the growth of a nation in the most simplest of terms.

Education is not just a practice of going to school; it is a commitment to transform into a proper human being from just any ordinary person. It is not just about good grades, but also about good morals. It is not just about learning tables, but also about having profound knowledge of manners and etiquettes.

 A world that thrives on pace and selfish motives, education is what keeps the soul alive. Education not only teaches us words like “thank you” and “sorry”, but also widens our vision and understanding on gratefulness and guilt. It is not just a medium to know where the Moon is, but also about knowing, analyzing and planning on how to reach it. To say the least, education is not just a profession-building tool, it is a life-building mechanism.

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Though the impact of climate change and global warming has been acutely felt in Manipur, there have been but little action to curb the crisis.

The state has become hotter by 1^oC with the result that the monsoons are erratic. It may be recalled that there was a flood in 2018. And in 2019 monsoon failed plunging the state into a drought.

The effect of the successive flood and drought is the creation of a famine-like situation. Rice sells at Rs. 50/kilogram and the scarcity of rice has led to a steep rise in the price of vegetables.

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Meghalaya Indigenous People Front demand KHADC to register land in Meghalaya

The Meghalaya Indigenous People Front (MIPF) earlier today met Titus Chyne Executive Memebrs (EM) in his office chamber of Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) to demand from the District Council to implement the 'Land Holding Certificate' of the people in Meghalaya.

Speaking after the meeting Vice President of MIPF Kitboklang Lyngdoh said that the organization form time to time have received complaints from the people regarding the difficulties they faced in getting loans from the banks as banks do not accept the ‘Land Holding Certificates’

“With the registrations of lands by the people of Meghalaya, it will help the government to prepare a proper map of Meghalaya especially in the border areas, hence we urged the Distrcit Council to helps the people in registering their lands in the near future” Kitboklang Lyngdoh

The MIPF had placed their demands to Titus Chyne which include 1) to implement the land holding Certificate 2) to issue notice to banks to accept the land holding Certificate of the KHADC and 3) to see that lands are registered in KHADC as to prevent from illegal encroachment etc.

In this regard the EM had assured that he will take up the matter with the Land Committee of the council.

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We are happy to know that R.N. Ravi, Interlocutor for the Naga Peace Process and now Governor of Nagaland, have been promoted twice while serving as the Interlocutor. The NSCN-IM should also be grateful that the Framework Agreement was signed during this period.

How the Current Indo-Naga Talks Began:  Though the NSCN faced a huge setback in the 80s, twelve years after its formation, through the initiative of the organization, Nagalim was admitted in the UNPO (Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation) on 23 January, 1993. This was widely published in the international media. And Nagalim was featured in the Times Magazine the same  year. (Some of the former members of the UNPO such as Armenia, East Timor, Estonia, Latvia, Georgia and Palau, have gained full independence and joined the United Nations.)

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Meghalaya Emergency Management and Research Institute Workers’ Union want GVK out of Meghalaya

The Meghalaya Emergency Management and Research Institute Workers’ Union (MEMRIWU) of Emergency Management and Research Institute (EMRI) GVK along with the Khasi Student Union and Federation of Khasi Jaintia Garo People (FKJGP) today met the State Director Dipanker Choudhry to demand the immediate closure of GVK EMRI in Meghalaya, 

Speaking after the meeting with the management of EMRI FKJGP President Eldi lyngdoh said that the meeting has led to nowhere as the GVK has violated the 'status quo' sign between the Government and GVK Management. "Apart from violating the 'status quo' the management of GVK has violates the basic rights of its employees, they even has the audacity to deduct the salary of the agitating employees" Eldi Lyngdoh. The Student accused the State government of not taking responsible in the issues faces by the employees.

President of MEMRIWU Roypar Kharraswai said that the union demand immediate termination of GVK and the state Government should take responsible of the emergency system in the State because the GVK management don't respect their employees and had bulldozed their rights. The President asserted that before terminating the contract the GVK should pay all their dues to their employees.

To mention the MEMRIWU went on an indefinite strike following non-fulfillment of their demands on 11^th July 2019.

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 It probably needs no elucidation that a feeling of alienation and frustration among religious and ethnic groups in a region is born out of the indifferent, flippant attitude and approach towards their hopes and aspiration. There are a number of complex issues troubling Assam for a pretty long time now. Ever since the country attained independence in 1947, a series of government in the state had come and gone. But, it is ironic that some of them still remained unresolved, one being the migration of large-scale illegal immigrants from East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, despite repeated pleadings with the Congress government by the diverse ethnic entities and civil society groups posing grave threat to the very existence of the indigenous Assamese people. This induced a strong sense of deprivation and frustration among large sections of them, which in turn, manifested itself in the protected six-year Assam agitation against the influx of illegal foreign infiltration.

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By the time this story is published you will come to know the results of Assembly by-election in Assam. Four seats that will go to bypolls include, Sonari, Jania, Rangapara and Ratabari.

Jania is a Muslim dominated seat and BJP has no expectation from here as well. But certainly following the publication of final National Register of Citizens (NRC) the ensuing by-elections is a litmus test for the saffron camp.

The verdict will throw light on the likely outcome of the 2021 Assam polls. Karimganj North MLA and one of the senior Congress leaders from Barak Valley Kamalakhya Deypurkayastha while sharing his views on Ratabari bypoll with Eastern Panorama said, “BJP has hoodwinked the Hindu Bengalis in the name of NRC. We are confident of winning Ratabari.”

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In the first Assembly elections after the BJP's triumph in the Lok Sabha polls in May, the saffron party's electoral juggernaut met with some resistance in Maharashtra and Haryana with a resurgent Congress putting up a good showing in the northern state. With the Congress managing to give the Bharatiya Janata Party a scare in Haryana and winning around the same number seats as it did in 2014 in Maharashtra, these election results will come as a booster shot for the party. Whereas the BJP anticipated the results would be different, but it’s more of an outcome of overconfidence which is worrisome.

Haryana

BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar took the oath of office as Haryana Chief Minister for the second consecutive term. Khattar has begun his 'second innings' in a coalition government with the JJP. Prime Minister Narendra Modi handpicked Manohar Lal Khattar as Haryana's chief minister in 2014, the decision took many by surprise. But even as a first-time MLA, he was asked to head the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and literally proved himself the Khiladi of politics.