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Saturday, August 16, 2025
TopicMeghalaya

Topic: Meghalaya

Meghalaya sees 877 newborns, 61 pregnant women die in 4 months due to lack of medical care

Newborn deaths were due to lack of medical attention, care, pneumonia and birth asphyxia, Director of Health Services Aman War said.

Oldest NE daily The Shillong Times asked to shut office for ‘violating Covid protocols’

District administration declares The Shillong Times building containment zone, but editor Patricia Mukhim insists they followed all Covid-19 guidelines.

Indian football star from Mizoram hosts ‘Gulab Jamun Cup’ to save struggling sweet shop

Snippets from the vibrant Northeast that capture politics, culture, society and more in the eight states.

Goa Governor Satya Pal Malik transferred to Meghalaya

Malik takes over from Tathagata Roy, who completed his five-year tenure by serving as governor of Tripura for three years and the remaining in Meghalaya.

Naga athlete from Thailand to train youth in Dimapur, wants to ‘connect with his roots’

Snippets from the vibrant Northeast that capture politics, culture, society and more in the eight states.

Sikkim could finally be added to India’s rail map by 2022, 13 years after project began

Snippets from the vibrant Northeast that capture politics, culture, society and more in the eight states.

No network in this remote Nagaland village, students trek 3 km to take online exams

As many as 39 school and college students in Nagaland have been taking online exams atop a hill in the remote Tsuruhu village for the last two weeks.

Remotest Arunachal tehsil, with a motorable road 157 km away, gets 2G connectivity

Snippets from the vibrant Northeast that capture politics, culture, society and more in the eight states.

How communities in Nagaland, other NE states are fighting Covid with own task forces, SOPs

Local communities in Northeast states have constituted own task forces, issued standard operating procedures and set up quarantine centres for returnees to fight Covid pandemic.

Arunachal’s ‘invisible men’ and why nature activists are opposing an IAF bombing exercise

Snippets from the vibrant Northeast that capture politics, culture, society and more in the eight states.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?