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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
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Topic: Meghalaya

China mouthpiece cites India’s example to justify internet shutdown ‘in state of emergency’

People's Daily, Chinese Communist Party’s official newspaper, says necessary regulation of the internet is a reasonable choice for sovereign countries.

Will meet CM Sangma to resolve Meghalaya’s issues on Citizenship Act, Amit Shah says

Conrad Sangma had also met the Home Minister on 13 December, and had urged the Centre to implement Inner Line Permit (ILP) in Meghalaya.

Modi govt bans Meghalaya-based militant group HNLC that wants to ‘free’ state from outsiders

Ministry of Home Affairs says HNLC maintains links with other insurgent groups of the Northeast to carry out acts of extortion and intimidation.

Protests erupt against Citizenship Bill in Northeastern states as winter session begins

The Citizenship (Amendments) Bill is expected to be introduced in Parliament this session.

Why Meghalaya’s non-tribals think new visitor permit rule is ‘organised’ way to dispel them

Meghalaya govt has brought in an ordinance amending a 2016 Act making it mandatory for visitors to register before entering the state.

No miracle in 7 months, rescue team in search of Meghalaya miners wraps up mission

SC last week allowed Meghalaya govt to call off operation to retrieve what remained of the bodies of 13 coal miners trapped in a flooded coal mine.

India’s longest bridge set to come up between Assam & Meghalaya, impact millions of lives

The 19.8-km-long bridge will be built over the Brahmaputra between Dhubri in Assam and Phulbari in Meghalaya, bringing socio-economic relief to the region.

Second decomposed body brought out of rat hole mine in Meghalaya

The body has now been dispatched to a civil hospital for post-mortem at the district headquarter in Khliehriat.

Navy spots another skeleton in Meghalaya coal mine as county’s longest rescue mission continues

The Indian Navy has spotted a skeleton, suspected to be one of the 15 miners who have been trapped in the coal mine since 13 December.

National People’s Party will snap ties with NDA if Citizenship Bill returns: Meghalaya minister

Meghalaya home minister James Sangma said this a day after Amit Shah promised to bring back Citizenship Bill if BJP was voted to power.

On Camera

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

As IDF unveils robotic combat task force, Israeli maker says open to working with India

Using this technology, IDF carried out fully robotic combat missions, drastically reducing risk to Israeli troops. The robotic combat task force also enhanced situational awareness.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.