Sunday Monitor

Genetic blueprint of four Asian hornbills offers new tool for research

Nikhil Sreekandan/Mongabay India Scientists have generated a reference genome, a genetic structure model, for four threatened Asian hornbill species. The…

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Turning Information into Policy Intelligence

In development work, reporting is much more than paperwork because it is the story of work done, its progress and…

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How saffron takeover of UDP may impact NPP, help VPP

September seems to be becoming a politically interesting month for the United Democratic Party. One year ago, in September 2025,…

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Why Meghalaya lawyers are against AG Amit Kumar

For Meghalaya’s legal fraternity, August 27, 2026, will likely be remembered as a defining day. For what lawyers described as…

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Nepal disaster reinforces the need for regional preparedness

Joydeep Gupta/Mongabay India An entire mountainside of ice and rock fell into the Lhende Khola river on the Tibet-Nepal border,…

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Rural libraries: Connecting dreams with the world

Banjit Sarmah I clearly remember my college days. At that time, we did not have smartphones, and cable television had…

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Beyond blame, towards dialogue between Meghalaya, Assam

Balakmen Suting  On August 19, a black-flag motorcycle rally organised by the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) in Shillong turned violent,…

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KSU vandalism: Real issues lost in violence

On August 19, members of the Khasi Students’ Union took out a bike rally for various demands. However, the protest…

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Kodaikanal: Nine stops, a thousand moods

Recently, my husband and I visited Kodaikanal for a short stay of two days with some friends and tried to…

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Genetic study of the Arunachali mithun flags declining breeding population

Barasha Das/Mongabay India In Arunachal Pradesh, conversations in mithun-rearing communities often find their way to the animal. For outsiders, one…

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