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TopicNortheastern

Topic: Northeastern

JNU Barak Hostel menu row isn’t just about pork, beef — it’s about who belongs

For Northeastern students in Delhi, cooking traditional food is not just a matter of taste but an act of resistance, courage, and cultural assertion.

Government approves funding for hydroelectric projects

Central financial assistance worth Rs 4136 crore for northeastern states.

High debt burdens and dependence on Centre — the unique fiscal constraints of northeastern states

Northeastern states feature among the most indebted. Many of these states also have high levels of committed expenditure, which means they have less left over for capital creation.

Lost brothers, bhot jolokia, paan — how local stories shaped Assam-Nagaland border politics

In ‘Living with Oil and Coal’, Dolly Kikon explores how the nineteenth-century discovery of oil in the eastern Himalayan foothills impacted life in the Northeast region.

Art and narrative that delineate the complexities associated with Northeastern identity

Edited by Parismita Singh, ‘Centrepiece’ brings to the readers stories of a region which still remains largely absent in the popular imagination.

On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.