7+ hour, 19+ min ago   (1191+ words) At a Teachers’ Day programme recently, Assam Education Minister Ranoj Pegu highlighted a disturbing statistic. He said that around 5.5 lakh students aged 15–18 who had enrolled in government schools this year stopped attending after two or three months. The government has…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (249+ words) A six-member Assam Assembly delegation will visit Himachal Pradesh to study the state’s measures to control its monkey population, including its long-running sterilisation programme. According to an official communication issued from the Parliamentary Affairs Department of Assam, the delegation comprises…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (826+ words) I wake up in the morning and open my phone. Facebook, YouTube, newspaper headlines – everywhere it’s the same news. “10 pieces of a woman’s body found in a sack in Adabor Police Station.” “A woman’s dead body found in Kashiani, Gopalganj....

4+ day, 26+ min ago   (663+ words) Prof. Shankar Chatterjee delivered talk on September 5, 2026, about career development in the hotel industry in Japan. Such a job can change the economic life of the youth. A group of young students (altogether 12 youths including one female – 11 from Silchar, Assam…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (236+ words) Williamnagar: Health officials in Meghalaya’s Samanda Block, East Garo Hills, held a performance review meeting on the Mother App to assess its implementation and strengthen digital monitoring of maternal and child healthcare services. The meeting brought together Auxiliary Nurse Midwives…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (303+ words) Aizawl: Mizoram has emerged as the country’s best-performing state in efforts to combat drug abuse under the Centre’s National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction (NAPDDR), officials said on Friday. The recognition was conveyed during a meeting chaired by the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1596+ words) India’s GDP grew by 7.8 per cent during the first three months of financial year 2026–27. The Ministry of Finance reported the figure, and the Prime Minister highlighted it on social media. At a time when the international economy remains unsettled, this…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1569+ words) That argument remains valid, but the world in which the September 24 summit will take place has changed sufficiently to require a significant qualification. The most consequential development has not occurred in the Pacific. It has occurred in the Middle East....

2+ week, 1+ min ago   (1364+ words) The catastrophic flash floods that have struck the Nepal–China border region this week should be treated not merely as a humanitarian tragedy, but as a powerful warning for the entire Himalayan region. The disaster, apparently triggered by a glacial…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (527+ words) A few years ago, while walking through a Himalayan landscape, an environmental worker quietly picked up a plastic bottle lying beside a mountain stream. Someone asked him, “Why bother with just one bottle?” He replied, “Because the mountain did not…...