Civil Society

A scandal broke out earlier this month in Mauritius when secret recordings of phone calls by politicians, journalists, members of civil society and even foreign diplomats were leaked online.

A recent study by astrophysicists suggests that technologically advanced alien civilizations could self-destruct through climate change within just 1,000 years. The researchers, inspired by human energy use patterns, found that even renewable energy sources contribute to planetary overheating due to inevitable heat loss. The second law of thermodyn...

A civil society organisation of the Meitei community organised a sit-in protest at the Manipur Bhavan in Meghalaya's capital Shillong on Sunday, condemning the recent rocket and weaponized drone attacks in Manipur by "Kuki insurgents".

A civil society group of the Meitei community in Bengaluru organised a friendly football match today, with participants from multiple ethnic communities celebrating the theme of bridging divides and uniting people.

PM Modi Speech:Making a strong pitch for a Uniform Civil Code in his Independence Day speech this morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said laws that divide the country have no place in a modern society and must be done away with.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has indicated the state government will work with all communities and civil society organisations to discuss redrawing district boundaries based on "administrative convenience" and not on "ethnic lines".

A global umbrella body of civil society organisations of Manipur's Meitei community has condemned a letter by 10 Kuki MLAs that alleged the Centre is withdrawing two Assam Rifles battalions to fan more violence in the ethnic crisis-hit state.

The Hmar tribe's civil society group in Manipur has refused to recognise a peace meeting between the Hmars and Meitei representatives moderated by the district commissioner and senior officers of the Central Reserve Police Force and the Assam Rifles.

A civil society group of people from Manipur living in Europe has requested the Indian High Commission in the UK to convey their concerns to leaders back home over the ethnic tensions in the state bordering Myanmar.

A global umbrella body of civil society organisations of Manipur's Meitei community has appealed to the central government to take decisive action against "Chin-Kuki insurgents", a day after "suspected Kuki insurgents" killed a paramilitary soldier.

A civil society group of the Kuki tribes in Manipur has asked the Assam Rifles and the police for help after unknown armed people broke into the house of one of its key members and attacked his family in the hill district Churachandpur.

Taliban authorities were told women must be included in public life, UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo said on Monday as she defended a decision to sideline civil society groups at official talks in Doha.

The events of 1975-77 are a stark reminder of the fragility of democratic institutions and why civil society is crucial for defending them.

The members of the Delhi Meitei Forum (DMF), an independent civil society group of Manipur's Meitei community living in the national capital, donated the medicines to be sent to Heirok in Thoubal district, and Jiribam district.

A Delhi-based top civil society group of the Meitei community from Manipur has embarked on a huge drive to donate school bags to children living in relief camps in the ethnic violence-hit state.

A scandal broke out earlier this month in Mauritius when secret recordings of phone calls by politicians, journalists, members of civil society and even foreign diplomats were leaked online.

A recent study by astrophysicists suggests that technologically advanced alien civilizations could self-destruct through climate change within just 1,000 years. The researchers, inspired by human energy use patterns, found that even renewable energy sources contribute to planetary overheating due to inevitable heat loss. The second law of thermodyn...

A civil society organisation of the Meitei community organised a sit-in protest at the Manipur Bhavan in Meghalaya's capital Shillong on Sunday, condemning the recent rocket and weaponized drone attacks in Manipur by "Kuki insurgents".

A civil society group of the Meitei community in Bengaluru organised a friendly football match today, with participants from multiple ethnic communities celebrating the theme of bridging divides and uniting people.

PM Modi Speech:Making a strong pitch for a Uniform Civil Code in his Independence Day speech this morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said laws that divide the country have no place in a modern society and must be done away with.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has indicated the state government will work with all communities and civil society organisations to discuss redrawing district boundaries based on "administrative convenience" and not on "ethnic lines".

A global umbrella body of civil society organisations of Manipur's Meitei community has condemned a letter by 10 Kuki MLAs that alleged the Centre is withdrawing two Assam Rifles battalions to fan more violence in the ethnic crisis-hit state.

The Hmar tribe's civil society group in Manipur has refused to recognise a peace meeting between the Hmars and Meitei representatives moderated by the district commissioner and senior officers of the Central Reserve Police Force and the Assam Rifles.

A civil society group of people from Manipur living in Europe has requested the Indian High Commission in the UK to convey their concerns to leaders back home over the ethnic tensions in the state bordering Myanmar.

A global umbrella body of civil society organisations of Manipur's Meitei community has appealed to the central government to take decisive action against "Chin-Kuki insurgents", a day after "suspected Kuki insurgents" killed a paramilitary soldier.

A civil society group of the Kuki tribes in Manipur has asked the Assam Rifles and the police for help after unknown armed people broke into the house of one of its key members and attacked his family in the hill district Churachandpur.

Taliban authorities were told women must be included in public life, UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo said on Monday as she defended a decision to sideline civil society groups at official talks in Doha.

The events of 1975-77 are a stark reminder of the fragility of democratic institutions and why civil society is crucial for defending them.

The members of the Delhi Meitei Forum (DMF), an independent civil society group of Manipur's Meitei community living in the national capital, donated the medicines to be sent to Heirok in Thoubal district, and Jiribam district.

A Delhi-based top civil society group of the Meitei community from Manipur has embarked on a huge drive to donate school bags to children living in relief camps in the ethnic violence-hit state.