How a GI tag is rewriting the economy of Tripura’s silent strings
For decades, the survival of the Sarinda, Tripura’s ancient stringed instrument, rested precariously on the calloused hands of a handful of tribal craftsmen.
For decades, the survival of the Sarinda, Tripura’s ancient stringed instrument, rested precariously on the calloused hands of a handful of tribal craftsmen.
Colonel Dibya Shankar Bhattacharya (Retd) was recently honoured by the outgoing Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Upendra Dwivedi, with the Chief of Army Staff Commendation Card and Medal at an official ceremony in Tezpur. Col. Bhattacharya served in the Indian Army for more than 33 years. He holds the unique distinction of being the first person from Assam to secure All India Rank 1 in the UPSC National Defence Academy (NDA) examination.
In a village where people generally confuse the Indian Air Force with an airport, and where many consider the Indian Army to be India’s only defence force, a farmer’s son dared to dream big, and fly.
As Myanmar’s detained prodemocracy icon Daw Aung San Suu Kyi marked her 81st birthday on 19 June 2026, a coordinated international call emerged demanding her release, along with that of thousands of other political prisoners currently languishing in jails across the South-east Asian nation.
People in North-east India still remember the aggression of 1962 from Communist China, which claimed a major portion of Arunachal Pradesh as Southern Tibet.
The Government of India’s decision to constitute the High-Level Committee on Demographic Changes (HLCDC) under the Ministry of Home Affairs marks an important acknowledgment that illegal immigration and abnormal demographic shifts are increasingly being treated as matters of national concern.
A recent award function on the occasion of the annual Devarshi Narad Jayanti celebration in Guwahati emerged as a platform to highlight Assam’s troubled past, including its historical vulnerability to political uncertainties, and the urgent need for credible journalism to guide media professionals across print, electronic, and digital platforms.
Are you a mountain person or a beach person?” It is a classic icebreaker we have all asked or been asked at least once.
In the shifting landscape of militancy and ethnic conflict in Manipur, fresh tensions have emerged between Kuki and Naga groups, opening a new front in a state already scarred by three years of violence.
The current visit of Myanmar's president, U Min Aung Hlaing, to India comes at a freighted moment for both countries.
