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Northeast’s deepening rain deficit: A climate crisis Assam can’t ignore”
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Northeast’s deepening rain deficit: A climate crisis Assam can’t ignore”

Despite an early monsoon onset, Assam is grappling with an alarming 34% rainfall deficit in June, setting the stage for yet another year of below-normal rains across the Northeast.
Protecting biodiversity, empowering people: The way forward for NE tourism
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Protecting biodiversity, empowering people: The way forward for NE tourism

Other Northeastern States like Assam must take lessons from Meghalaya to balance growing tourist inflow with community empowerment and biodiversity preservation.
Deadly shortcuts: Why Indias factories keep failing workers
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Deadly shortcuts: Why India's factories keep failing workers

India's dream of becoming a global manufacturing hub is marred by recurring industrial accidents that claim hundreds of lives every year.
Bulldozers & broken homes: The cruel cost of eviction drives
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Bulldozers & broken homes: The cruel cost of eviction drives

The ongoing eviction drives across the State to free government land from unauthorised occupation need to be viewed critically. Houses have been razed to the ground using bulldozers with many families literally forced to the pavements. Is this the type of justice expected from a welfare government...
Trump, US Supreme Court & flaws of American Democracy
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Trump, US Supreme Court & flaws of American Democracy

Supposedly, because it so heavily insists upon the rule of law, the American system of democracy is one of the most ideal in the world. It needed a maverick politician-President like Donald Trump to expose the patent flaw in the system, which prevents the separation of power between the Legislative,...
Swimming upstream: Can Kirsty Coventry tackle IOC’s deepest divides?
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Swimming upstream: Can Kirsty Coventry tackle IOC’s deepest divides?

Kirsty Coventry created history on June 23, 2025, by becoming the first African and the first woman to head the largest, most powerful sporting organisation on the planet, when she formally took charge of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). At the age of 41, she is also the youngest president...
ONGC blowout exposes Indias chronic oil safety failures
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ONGC blowout exposes India's chronic oil safety failures

With abandoned homes, polluted landscapes, and reliance on foreign crisis teams, India’s oil sector must urgently overhaul its safety protocols and enforce accountability.
SCOs blind eye to cross-border terror: Should India stay or go?
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SCO's blind eye to cross-border terror: Should India stay or go?

As the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation drifts from its founding goal of border security, India's refusal to sign the latest SCO joint statement highlights the bloc's growing tilt towards Pakistan and China's interests.
Guwahati Rs 183 cr flood plan: Why the citys flood fix needs more than concrete?
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Guwahati Rs 183 cr flood plan: Why the city's flood fix needs more than...

Without robust waste management, sewerage systems and civic awareness, engineering fixes alone won't build a flood-resilient city
Warming twice as fast, Asia faces a looming environmental catastrophe
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Warming twice as fast, Asia faces a looming environmental catastrophe

With greenhouse gas emissions at record highs and fossil fuel dependence still strong, Asia's 4.6 billion people face escalating climate risks.
Assam tea feels the heat: Export woes, geopolitical shocks and a brewing domestic crisis
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Assam tea feels the heat: Export woes, geopolitical shocks and a brewing...

The geopolitical crisis of the West Asia has dealt a fresh blow to Assam's tea exports, exposing the industry's overdependence on select markets.
Japans quiet reawakening: From pacifist power to strategic deterrent
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Japan's quiet reawakening: From pacifist power to strategic deterrent

Japan's first missile test on home soil marks a pivotal shift in its post-WWII pacifist stance, reflecting rising tensions with China and a recalibrated global security order.
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