Sunday Monitor

How pedestrians’ space in Shillong is shrinking by the day

How safe is it to simply walk on the streets of Shillong? If you are walking from Police Bazaar to…

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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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