Sunday Monitor

Climate change is making humid heat more intense in these Indian cities

Tanvi Deshpande, ISignal Long dry spells this monsoon in some parts of India meant warmer days and nights even in…

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The importance of libraries in the digital age

Banjit Sarmah There was a time when physical libraries formed the backbone of our education system. For millions of students,…

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Building capable citizens for a transforming North East

Historically, the states in the North East have been known and identified for their progressive approach to all matters relating…

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Ropeway project: Deforestation vs development

Concerns over the environmental impact of the proposed ropeway project at U Lum Shillong continue to grow. Representatives from local…

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New catfish in Nagaland sheds light on a biodiversity blind spot

Monish Upadhyay/Mongabay India A new catfish species, Pseudecheneis likimroensis, has been described from India’s north-eastern state of Nagaland. The species,…

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Assam floods: A cry for help and a call for humanity

Banjit Sarmah Whenever I witness the heartbreaking images of floods in Assam, I am filled with a deep sense of…

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Assam’s floods and Himanta’s blame game

Assam is once again struggling with one of its worst flood situations, with the death toll rising to 78 and…

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Phlangwanbroi: Where the Hoolock Gibbons still call home

(There is more to Meghalaya than the green hills behind the mysterious veil of clouds. The simple life in its…

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Govt vows fast-track courts for paper leaks; existing ones have 249,000 pending cases

Karthik Madhavapeddi, ISignal  Nothing is more important than the welfare and future of our youth!” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said…

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From Jantar Mantar to Shillong: Inside India’s growing GenZ uprising

In our last episode of Insights, we highlighted how the central government had chosen to remain silent on activist Sonam…

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