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Friday, January 9, 2026
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Topic: Northeast

Ministry of Northeast Development to host trade & investment roadshow in Ahmedabad

Gujarat business community expected to explore opportunities in Northeastern states, a PIB press release stated.

Monalisa Changkija put Nagaland on the media map of the country. Her work made many unhappy

Monalisa Changkija stepped down as the editor of Nagaland Page, a prominent newspaper she founded and ran for 25 years. Her determination made the Nagaland Page a formidable voice.

‘Determined to compete with big states,’ says CM Himanta Biswa Sarma before Assam business summit

Sarma also announces collaboration with Centre to build a defence corridor from Guwahati to Nagaon that would align Assam with country’s strategic infra development.

Music, markets, Manipur – a Northeast festival brought all eight states to Delhi

As women musicians from Assam to Meghalaya combined folk music with Mississippi Delta blues, ‘pray for Manipur’ messages echoed through Delhi’s Pragati Maidan.

India’s push for faster internet in Northeast hit as Bangladesh cancels bandwidth supply agreement

The proposal involved using the India-Bangladesh Akhaura border in Tripura as a transit route from Singapore to connect the region with Southeast Asia via Bharti Airtel’s network.

Siberia to Mozambique via Manipur, how the Amur falcons traverse the world in search of warmth

The migratory birds went from being hunted to protected in Northeast India in the span of a decade, reflecting one of the best conservation efforts in India.

Manipuri rice & Kerala pork on the same plate—Delhi festival celebrates unity of the regions

A two-day festival, Anant Samagam, held recently at Delhi’s Travancore Palace explored the ties between Kerala and the Northeast through craft, cuisine and clothes.

Manipur crisis is a national failure—a scar on India’s conscience as govt chose to look away

For much of India, Manipur is a distant dot on the map, largely absent from the national consciousness. The government’s indifference to Manipur’s plight is reinforcing this narrative.

How infusion of drugs, arms, and insurgents into electoral system redefined India’s Northeast

In ‘India’s Near East: A New History’, Avinash Paliwal lays bare the limits of independent India’s influence in its near east.

BJP’s Northeast policy has lit new fires & reopened old wounds. And it still won’t blink

Manipur represents BJP’s unique ideological approach to governing Northeast by playing identity politics jiu-jitsu. It hasn’t gone well yet, is getting worse, but the party insists on continuing.

On Camera

Venezuelan economy did not collapse overnight. 4 decades of stagnation is the cause

In 1980, South American countries exhibited similar income levels, with Venezuela ranking among the more affluent economies. By 2023, this landscape had significantly altered.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.