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January 2019 issue

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A local TV journalist is being detained for 12 months in Manipur by the state government invoking provisions of a preventive detention law, the National Security Act 1980, NSA, for his expletives filled criticism of the BJP led state government, the state’s Chief Minister, N Biren Singh, the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and the RSS posted on social media.

 

Considering, Kishorchandra Wangkhem’s similar misadventure where he heaped sharp anti-BJP and anti-RSS criticism in a non-journalistic fashion, landing him in jail under Section 500/500 (2) of the IPC, for the first time in August this year and the fact that he dared the state government to apprehend him again, his arrest was not surprising at all.

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It is indeed a formidable task to encapsulate the life of such an illuminating personality in a few pages, who was not only an emblem of compassion and honesty, but also a saint in politics and a committed soldier of social service.

Rajendra Prasad was born at a small village Ziradei under the then Bengal Presidency (after the bifurcation of Bengal it came under Saran District of Bihar). The young Rajendra was first initiated into learning Persian, as was the tradition, by a scholarly Maulvi and later he also learnt Hindi and Arithmetic.

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A cursory review of MSMEs in the Northeastern States

ASSAM: MSMEs is one of the vibrant sectors in Assam leading with more than 60 percent shares compared to other states while rest of the states together comes around 40 percent. More than 50 per cent of fixed investment, 65 per cent of output and 55 per cent of employment of entire Northeastern region is shared by Assam.

 

On the basis of the projected figure by the Ministry of MSMEs Government of India, number of MSMEs units in Assam are more than 2,40,000  having investment of Rs. 1500 crore with turnover production around 7000 crore and employing over 6 lacs.

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A coin as we say has two sides, and there is a proverb on it as “two sides of same coin”. But Sankar Kumar Bose, a renowned numismatic of India puts it differently with connotation that coin has many sides - a powerful and solid sources of materials that speaks and tells us volume of information, which otherwise is not possible to get them by any other means.

Bose was born and brought up in Dhubri town and served in the State Bank of India in various capacities across Assam, and after retirement, he settled down in Calcutta with his most cherished love and hobby of studying deep on coinage.

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Kangla, the ancient palatial site of the Kingdom of Manipur, is the symbol of the historical currents of Manipur, majestically, manifesting the process of civilization of the people of Manipur. The very root of her culture and religious beliefs are closely embedded with the growth of Kangla. A revisit into the glorious days and not-so-glorious days of Kangla reveals why it continues to be the very essence of Manipuriness.

 

Manipur has a proud and long history, dating back to ancient times with Kangla as her capital, in the heart of Imphal, standing as the most sacred place. The recorded history of Manipur began with Kangla. The place emerged as the seat of Power, Justice and Ideals. The importance of Kangla as the political, cultural and ritualistic place is still in the minds of the people.

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Meghalaya a backwater in the North Eastern India, carved out of Assam, has in the last forty years or so, since its inception, has passed through the ups and down of Governance and political changes- the tug of war between the national and regional parties in gaining control of governance. Along these years, many insurgent groups have cropped up and were up in the arms, at the point of the gun demanding autonomy and even to the extent to secede from the Union. Many lives have been lost during the activities of the insurgent groups, however this year, there has emerged a ray of hope, that many of these groups have been liquidated and have come forward to surrender with their arms and ammunitions, many of these groups had sought refuge in neighboring Bangladesh but now most of these insurgent groups are on the run. This year therefore saw that general peace is returning to Meghalaya.

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