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UPPL vs BPF vs BJP: The three-way fight for Bodoland
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UPPL vs BPF vs BJP: The three-way fight for Bodoland

Elections to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) are likely to be held in September. Political parties have started gearing up for the polls, and campaigning has picked up across the 40 constituencies of the BTC. While the United People’s Party Liberal...
Selective outrage: Trump’s trade war with India over Russia
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Selective outrage: Trump’s trade war with India over Russia

As he had threatened, the maverick US President Donald Trump has “penalised” India with an additional 25% tariff over its purchases of Russian oil, thereby raising the total tariff on Indian imports to the United States, to come into effect from August 27, to 50%. The sheer hypocrisy of Trump’s...
From gaffes to outrage: India’s epidemic of political blunders
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From gaffes to outrage: India’s epidemic of political blunders

Indian politicians across the party divide are often in the news for the wrong reasons. While the list of such reasons is quite exhaustive, and it would not be an easy task to delve into it, the fact remains that apart from corruption, ludicrous comments by political leaders make it to the headlines...
Ukraine, nukes, & new alliances: The triangular cold war threat
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Ukraine, nukes, & new alliances: The triangular cold war threat

The global security scenario is gradually taking a dangerous turn, with a new phase of the ‘Cold War’ on the cusp of possibly commencing. One might recall that the old phase, which reached its climax during the John F Kennedy era when the Cuban missile crisis had brought the world to the brink of a...
Hasina on trial: History turns full circle in Bangladesh
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Hasina on trial: History turns full circle in Bangladesh

The irony is palpable – Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) was constituted by the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman regime to prosecute war crimes from the country’s 1971 Liberation War, and this same body is now prosecuting his daughter for “crimes against humanity”! The trial of the deposed...
Majuli’s erosion crisis demands action, not just promises
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Majuli’s erosion crisis demands action, not just promises

The Centre’s Rs 56.34 crore Phase-V project to protect Majuli offers hope, but decades of land loss expose Brahmaputra Board’s inertia.
Myanmar Junta’s desperate democratic facade fools no one
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Myanmar Junta’s desperate democratic facade fools no one

Despite lifting the state of emergency and announcing elections, Myanmar’s military junta remains firmly in control, sidelining real democratic forces like Suu Kyi’s NLD.
Most populous, yet struggling: The paradox of India’s demographic edge
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Most populous, yet struggling: The paradox of India’s demographic edge

No doubt, India is yet to hold its latest census, the last one having been conducted as far back as 2011, because the 2021 census had to be postponed due to Covid-19. Yet, estimates by UN agencies had asserted that this nation surpassed China in population in April 2023. Such a phenomenon has been...
43% rain deficit threatens Assam’s agricultural backbone
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43% rain deficit threatens Assam’s agricultural backbone

Assam stands at a critical juncture. As more than half the State reels under a severe rainfall deficit – minus 43 per cent below normal – the spectre of drought looms large over its agricultural backbone. In a region where over 70 per cent of the population depends directly or indirectly on farming,...
Starvation crisis deepens amid calls for ceasefire & unhindered aid access
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Starvation crisis deepens amid calls for ceasefire & unhindered aid access

Israel's tactical pause draws criticism as inadequate to address the dire hunger crisis
From loom to global market: A call for a textile revolution in the Northeast
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From loom to global market: A call for a textile revolution in the Northeast

Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma’s observation underscoring the need to tap the Northeast’s immense potential in the handloom sector is worth acting upon by all the governments of the region. The handloom sector, a traditional occupation with thousands of families in the region, still engages a vast...
From resistance to reflection: Paresh Baruah’s call for meaningful negotiation
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From resistance to reflection: Paresh Baruah’s call for meaningful negotiation

In an important telephonic conversation with this newspaper, the Commander-in-Chief of the United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent), Paresh Baruah, commented on a number of aspects of the revolutionary movement of which he is the last remaining flag-bearer. He expressed his dissatisfaction...
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