Topic: Garo Hills
Control over family wealth among Meghalaya women increases political activity, study finds
Researchers from Boston and Columbia universities studied Meghalaya's matrilineal tribes to find that women are more politically active than men when wealth passes from mother to daughter.
The forbidden forest in Meghalaya where you can’t touch a flower or tree
If you walk six hours from the main road, you reach Meghalaya’s tiny Chiringmagre village and the pristine forest it protects.
On Camera
YourTurn
Indian women in police shouldn’t be restricted to ‘pink squads’. Put uniforms to better use
The fandom built around women in uniform conceals more than it reveals. Women constables don't have the same powers as their male colleagues do.
Gautam Adani’s food venture Adani Wilmar is best-performing IPO in Asia
The food company has almost tripled since its debut and outperformed 121 Asian initial public offerings worth over $100 million this year.
Defence
Army accuses Pakistan of ‘deceit under garb of LoC ceasefire’ as infiltration bid is foiled
Three terrorists were killed Thursday while they were attempting an infiltration into J&K's Keran sector from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
Mandir or Masjid? New surveys not needed, just acceptance of truth & move towards reconciliation
That temples were destroyed and mosques built is undisputed history. The past can’t be changed, but we can’t deny the wrongs of the past either before we consider reconciliation.