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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Jinnah said Pakistan would be a ‘laboratory’. Experiments by Imran, Shehbaz prove him so right
If Yasin Malik’s sentence is a call for condemnation, then why is the establishment forgetting Hafiz Saeed? But neither Shehbaz nor Imran Khan would take note.
Wider reopening from pandemic, strong demand takes India past inflation for now
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, who is due to lead a meeting of the policy panel next month, has signalled more tightening to keep inflation from denting household spending power.
Defence
NSA Ajit Doval pushes for ‘terror free’ Afghanistan, says India stands with Afghan people
Doval's comments came at 4th Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan attended by national security advisors from Tajikistan, India, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan & China.
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.