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TopicJaintia Hills

Topic: Jaintia 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.

Military finally deployed 16 days after Meghalaya mine collapse

The air force and the navy have both been pressed into action to try and rescue the 15 trapped labourers, but the delay has drawn flak from society. 

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Modi mainstreamed Israel like no Indian PM before. Delhi must stay alert to regional realities

Four broader factors will shape the trajectory of India-Israel relationship. Failure to anticipate these possible unintended consequences now may complicate its future direction.

Indian economy to grow faster than expected at 7.6% in FY26, shows govt data under new series

Under new base year, FY2025-26 GDP growth revised up to 7.6 percent; Chief economic advisor revises growth for FY 2026-27.

India orders more Polish drones, Indian firm keen to set up plant to fill ‘empty’ arsenal—Warsaw’s envoy

New Delhi: India is right to pursue and strike terrorists where they are, as during Op Sindoor, Poland’s Ambassador to India Dr Piotr Antoni...

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.