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The Making of a New Meghalaya

Meghalaya is no longer asking to be included in the Northeast story. It is increasingly shaping it. Urmi Bhattacharjee Shillong, June 16: The North East Infrastructure...

Meghalaya’s ‘ghost butterflies’: Are 30 missing species extinct or simply lost?

ROOPAK GOSWAMI Shillong, June 7: Around 30 butterfly species that once fluttered across Meghalaya and Northeast India have not been recorded in India for decades,...

Assam artisan keeps bamboo craft alive through eco-friendly homes

Amid the growing use of concrete and plastic, a 55-year-old artisan from Assam’s Kamrup district is quietly preserving the traditional craft of bamboo work while creating livelihood opportunities for rural workers.

Meghalaya: Inspired by Kangaroos, newborn care outreach reaches remote hill villages

From village footpaths to roadside gatherings, mothers in remote Meghalaya are learning life-saving newborn care practices ROOPAK GOSWAMI Shillong, May 8: A baby kangaroo, or joey,...

Meghalaya’s community forests shelter rare carnivores, including the clouded leopard and the marbled cat

ROOPAK GOSWAMI Shillong, May 7: Meghalaya’s community-managed forests are emerging as some of Northeast India’s most important refuges for elusive carnivores, with a new study...

Rare medicinal ‘Cordyceps’ fungus recorded in Arunachal’s East Siang

Guwahati,  May 6: Researchers from the Central Agricultural University have recorded the occurrence of a high-value Cordyceps fungus in Arunachal Pradesh’s East Siang district,...

From forest to plate: How Garo communities live off the land

A new study shows how wild edible plants remain central to diet, livelihoods, and traditional knowledge in Meghalaya’s Garo Hills ROOPAK GOSWAMI Shillong, April 25: Walk...

From the Hills to the National Stage: Mariam Longri’s Quiet Rise

In Arunachal Pradesh, one name is steadily gaining attention this year. Mariam Longri has been crowned Femina Miss India Arunachal Pradesh 2026 and will...

We the People, We the Youth: Patharkhmah

- Chaitanya Awasthi, IAS, SDO (C), Patharkhmah As a civil servant, over the period of our service we get to see many of the things...

Architect builds bamboo electric motorcycle to champion sustainable design in Northeast India

A 33-year-old architect from Jorhat in Assam, Rajat Kamal Bezbaruah, is turning heads with an unusual innovation—an electric motorcycle built primarily from bamboo—to highlight the untapped potential of sustainable architecture in Northeast India.

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