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.
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Mizoram is set to sign a USD 108 million loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support and strengthen its public healthcare system, Health and Family Welfare Minister Lalrinpuii said on Tuesday.
It’s amazing that a once- ‘disturbed’ region that lost over 30 editors/reporters /correspondents to assailants in three decades continues to maintain a no-journo murder index for nearly eight years now.
Arunachal Pradesh has recorded a significant improvement in learning levels, climbing to the 17th position out of 36 states and union territories in the PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024.
