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As Guwahati turns 175, a city’s growth story shows cracks beneath the shine
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As Guwahati turns 175, a city’s growth story shows cracks beneath the shine

Guwahati, May 8: Come June 21, 2025, and Guwahati will step into the 176th year of its urban identity. Guwahati had earned the urban entity status in the year 1850, and the act through which it became a town is known as Act XXVI of 1850, enacted on June 21, 1850. With a small beginning in 1850,...
After Operation Sindoor, India must lead with strength — and restraint
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After Operation Sindoor, India must lead with strength — and restraint

Guwahati, May 8: As many as 26 persons were killed, making several women widows in a ghastly terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22 by Pakistan-based terrorists, raising a strong opinion against the neighbouring country all across India, and there was a cry for revenge. But the Government of India...
Uttarakhand ecological crisis: Ignoring warnings, inviting disaster
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Uttarakhand ecological crisis: Ignoring warnings, inviting disaster

Those who do not learn from the mistakes of the past are doomed to make them in the future! Our politicians have not yet been able to appreciate the import of this truism. For instance, despite warnings by scientists that the Himalayas, being the youngest mountain range on the planet, displays...
Tech, talent & trade: The triad for Assam-Japan partnership
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Tech, talent & trade: The triad for Assam-Japan partnership

The three-day tour of a high-level Japanese delegation led by the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan, Nukaga Fukushiro, is a welcome development that can lead to enhanced bilateral collaborations between Assam and Japan. This has the potential to open up new vistas in diverse spheres...
Caste, quotas and the Constitution: A call for rational reform
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Caste, quotas and the Constitution: A call for rational reform

Amid growing calls for a caste census and proportional reservations, this editorial explores the historical roots, constitutional limits, and emerging challenges of India’s affirmative action framework.
Quick fix or a ticking time bomb? The dark side of self medication
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Quick fix or a ticking time bomb? The dark side of self medication

While it offers convenience, this unchecked trend leads to misdiagnosis, drug resistance, and serious health risks
Manas bleeds again: Elephant killings expose gaps in park security
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Manas bleeds again: Elephant killings expose gaps in park security

The poaching of three elephants in Manas National Park within a short span of time is disturbing and lays bare serious security breaches in the national park, which is also a tiger reserve and a World Heritage Site. While Manas has come a long way since it was on the brink of losing its WHS status...
Pegasus and the price of privacy
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Pegasus and the price of privacy

For the free world, individual privacy has always been deemed to be a sacrosanct right. That was why a report, titled 'Project Pegasus', coordinated to appear in a number of newspapers across the world, alleging that over 50,000 people in 50 countries had been subjected to clandestine surveillance...
Bursting promises: Guwahatis mega water project in shambles
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'Bursting' promises: Guwahati's mega water project in shambles

The recurring water pipeline bursts in Guwahati's so-called mega water supply project do not just lay bare the shocking laxity in project execution by the implementing authorities, but they are also typical of a complete lack of accountability on their part. For the past two years or so, we have...
The Nuclear dilemma: Deterrence, division, & diplomatic deadlocks
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The Nuclear dilemma: Deterrence, division, & diplomatic deadlocks

During World War II, offering the excuse of attempting to bring the conflict to an end, the Americans dropped atom bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945), killing tens of thousands in the initial explosions, while many more later succumbed to...
Education in crisis: States declining results reflect deeper systemic failures
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Education in crisis: State's declining results reflect deeper systemic failures

The just-declared Higher Secondary (HS) results with a noticeably dwindling trend in Arts, Science and Commerce streams have exposed some disturbing aspects in the way education is being imparted and managed in the State. The concerns range from lacunae in teaching to periodical monitoring of...
Ukraine’s mineral deal with US: A strategic lifeline amid crisis
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Ukraine’s mineral deal with US: A strategic lifeline amid crisis

The invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022 had marked an agonising three years for the former as Moscow unleashed all its military might in a bid to cow Kyiv into submission. The Ukrainians have paid a heavy price for not bowing down to Russia's bullying tactics and putting up fierce...
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