World Biofuel Day and our Environment

Dr. N. Munal Meitei, Environmentalist, email -nmunall@yahoo.in Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas observed World Biofuel Day on 10 August to popularise the uptake of blending biofuel in India – the world’s third largest oil consumer. Biofuels are environment-friendly liquid fuels derived from biological materials like agricultural waste, trees, crops or even grass including algae…

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Indigenous Peoples are the Guardians of Biodiversity

Dr. N. Munal Meitei, Environmentalist, email- nmunall@yahoo.in International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples is observed on 9 August since 1994. The theme for this year is “Indigenous Youth as Agents of Change for Self-determination.” This day recognizes the role of youth to protect their rights, cultures, traditions, identities, ancestral knowledge, a deep connection to their…

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Water supply scheme will be set up in every village of Lamlai Constituency: Biren

Imphal: Manipur chief minister N. Biren Singh assured that water supply scheme will be set up in every village of Lamlai Constituency in Imphal East district. Biren said 11 football grounds of International standards will be developed in the state, out of which, a football ground was being developed in Lamlai Constituency under the scheme….

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Van Mahotsav celebrated with grandeur in Manipur

Imphal: The 75th State-level Van Mahotsav 2025 was joyously celebrated by the Forest department, Manipur, in collaboration with the divisional forest office (DFO), Central Forest Division, local schools, and civil society organisations. This significant event, held to promote environmental awareness and action, attracted nearly 300 enthusiastic participants, including students, government officials, security personnel, CSOs, and…

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Artificial Intelligence and Environment

N. Munal Meitei Environmentalist email: nmunall@yahoo.in Artificial intelligence (AI) is the science and engineering of creating machines that can process large amounts of data to think like humans. The goal for AI is to be able to do things such as reasoning, knowledge representation, planning, learning, natural language processing, perception, recognize patterns, make decisions, support…

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