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Topic: Northeast

Japan PM Takaichi to give Assam a miss next month, New Delhi to host India-Japan summit

Sanae Takaichi will be here from 1 to 3 July for her 1st India visit. While Assam was touted as a possibility for holding the summit, the plan was shelved due to a tight schedule.

‘Home’ is complex in Northeast India. Films from Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya win at global festivals

Shape of Momo, The Elysian Field and Not a Hero won acclaim at Busan, Berlin and Moscow. ‘Global recognition might help films get noticed in India,’ said Khasi director Pradip Kurbah.

At NE infra Summit, Nitin Gadkari announces Rs 39,000-crore road projects for Meghalaya

The projects include Rs 31,500-crore Guwahati-Shillong-Silchar four-lane corridor which is estimated to reduce travel time between these cities by half. 

In Assam’s ‘Wakanda’, a company is bringing women farmers to the supply chain

In Umpanai, women have always been central to farming. Yet they have been kept outside the actual business of agriculture — pricing, negotiations and market access.

Rare Ebola strain may have spread undetected for weeks in Congo, raising global alarm

The outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus. Congo’s presumed first patient, a nurse in Bunia, developed symptoms on 24 April.

Meet the 1st all-girl Arunachal-pop band. Gilithigreams is singing for Northeast

Their journey is not simply about a viral girl group. It is about whether a young act singing in Nyishi can challenge the assumption that Indian pop must be in dominant languages.

Sikkim’s Lepcha hat to Naga shawl—new exhibition explores the stories behind Northeast textiles

The exhibition, titled Threaded Heritage, features garments and handwoven pieces from Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, and other northeastern states, creating a vibrant tapestry of regional diversity.

Being a northeastern in Delhi—casual racism, everyday profiling and violence

A recent attack on a woman lawyer from Manipur in a south Delhi park has once again pushed the question of racism against people from the Northeast into the public view.

Racial attack on Northeast people finally has govt’s attention. What about Muslims?

The largest number of victims of identity-based abuse in India are Muslims. In this case, the abuse comes from people at the top, and nobody is willing to do anything about it.

Why are Northeast’s youth leaving home to face racial attacks in Delhi? Policy failure

Why do eight culturally rich, strategically vital states struggle to create enough institutional gravity to hold their young?

On Camera

Indian politicians need to learn to take a joke

From stand-up comics facing FIRs to political leaders bristling at memes, India remains deeply uncomfortable with the freedom to mock.

India’s crude import bill jumped by 57% year-on-year to $63.4 bn in April-July as oil prices rose

India’s crude import volumes remained largely unchanged in April-July, but higher oil prices sharply increased the import bill, with renewed US-Iran tensions raising the risk of another rise in costs.

Hafiz Saeed’s Muridke headquarters was hit by woman fighter pilot during Op Sindoor

ThePrint has learnt that more than one woman fighter pilot were involved in targeting military locations during the 87-hour conflict with Pakistan last year.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman