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Gambegre MLA initiates campaign to promote menstrual awareness

Tura, Mar 9: In an endeavour to promote menstrual awareness amongst adolescent girls, MLA of Gambegre Dr Mehtab Chandee A Sangma has initiated a campaign by organising several programmes...

India’s rising jobs, stagnant wages. What we are missing

Enhancing technical skill sets of the working population will provide them with better bargaining power Dr Vijayalakshmi S Stagflation, a...

Experts discuss benefits of AI-driven climate modeling

Shillong, Feb 20: Leading experts, policymakers, and researchers from India and the UK convened at the two-day UK-India...

Safer Internet Day observed with awareness campaign in Garo Hills

Ampati, Feb 12: South West Garo Hills joined the global Safer Internet Day movement with a powerful awareness...

GSI chief urges community-driven geosite conservation in Meghalaya

Shillong, Feb 8: Director General of Geological Survey of India (GSI) Asit Saha has called for adopting a...
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International Day of Persons with Disabilities Celebrated in South West Garo Hills

Ampati, Dec 3: Dobol Lake English School, under Rerapara C&RD Block, South West Garo Hills, hosted the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on...

28-year-old from UP village creates AI-enabled eye-glasses to help visually impaired

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), Dec 3: Talent knows no boundaries. A testament to this is 28-year-old Muneer Khan from Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, whose...

Singapore-based entrepreneur aids violence-hit Manipuri women crochet stuffed dolls, sell products

Imphal, Nov 30: A Singapore-based Manipuri entrepreneur is helping displaced people living in relief camps crochet stuffed dolls for the global market, aiming to...

Indian Constitution live, progressive document: President Murmu

New Delhi, Nov 26: The Indian Constitution is a live and progressive document through we have achieved the goals of social justice and inclusive...

Meghalaya’s Pitcher Plant: A potential key to novel drugs

By Roopak Goswami Shillong, Nov 24:  Nestled in the misty hills of Meghalaya, the endangered pitcher plant Nepenthes khasiana has fascinated scientists for decades. Known...

Initiative to transform refusal villages into promising communities launched in Garo Hills

Ampati, Nov 24: In a groundbreaking effort to address health and development challenges in refusal villages, a free health screening cum Village Health Council (VHC)...

What should the Meghalaya government do to warn residents of impending landslides?

ROOPAK GOSWAMI Shillong, Nov 21: Researchers who have been studying landslides say intense and sustained rainfall significantly impacts slope stability and the effects were particularly...

Rediscovery of two frog species and discovery of a new one in Meghalaya’s Garo Hills

ROOPAK GOSWAMI Shillong, Nov 20: A  study by a team of Indian and international scientists has led to the rediscovery of two frog species and...

New fish species discovered from Meghalaya named after local tribal community

ROOPAK GOSWAMI Shillong, Nov 19: A new species of freshwater fish discovered recently from the Lakroh village in the West Jaintia Hills District of Meghalaya...

NESFAS founder addresses UN climate change conference COP29 held in Azerbaijan

Communities can play key role for inclusive food system: Phrang Roy Shillong, Nov 18: Noted agro-economist Phrang Roy highlighted the strategically important role that communities...

Meghalaya faces alarming childhood illness rates, says new study

ROOPAK GOSWAMI Shillong, Nov 14: Despite positive steps taken by Meghalaya government in the health sector, there are still challenges as a recent study shows...

Red gold feat: Inspired by Kashmir, man grows saffron in his Indore house

Indore, Nov 10: A farmer in Indore in Madhya Pradesh has pulled off a remarkable agricultural feat by growing saffron, among the costliest spices...
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