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Arunachal Pradesh Bags Double National Honours for Housing — And It’s Bigger Than It Sounds

Arunachal Pradesh Bags Double National Honours for Housing — And It’s Bigger Than It Sounds

When a small mountain state outperforms the rest of the country in a housing scheme, people should sit up and take notice. Arunachal just did exactly that — twice over. Itanagar, October 6, 2026 | Abotani TV Arunachal Pradesh walked away from the national stage this week with not one, but two ‘Best-Performing State’ awards … Read more

Arunachal Calls on Its Young Minds: State Launches National Innovation Challenge to Solve Real Problems

Arunachal Calls on Its Young Minds: State Launches National Innovation Challenge to Solve Real Problems

The government isn’t just looking for ideas on paper. It wants solutions that can actually work — and it’s willing to fund them. Arunachal Pradesh made a bold move on October 5, launching the National Innovation Challenge (NIC), a platform inviting young Indians — students, startup founders, village innovators, community groups — to step forward … Read more

Arunachal’s Sleeping Giant: CM Pema Khandu Says It’s Time Coffee Finally Gets Its Due

Arunachal’s Sleeping Giant: CM Pema Khandu Says It’s Time Coffee Finally Gets Its Due

ITANAGAR, October 4, 2026 — For nearly fifty years, coffee has quietly grown in the hills of Arunachal Pradesh. Nobody talked much about it. No real push came from the government. No dedicated policy, no serious awareness campaign. Just a crop left largely to its own devices on roughly 600 hectares of land. Chief Minister … Read more

Itanagar Gets a Tech Upgrade for Garbage Collection — And It’s About Time

Itanagar Gets a Tech Upgrade for Garbage Collection — And It’s About Time

On Gandhi Jayanti, Arunachal Chief Minister Pema Khandu launched a GPS-enabled app that lets residents track garbage trucks in real time. Itanagar’s streets may never look the same again. There’s a certain symbolism in choosing Gandhi Jayanti to talk about cleanliness. October 2 has always carried that weight — the Mahatma’s legacy, Swachh Bharat, the … Read more

Arunachal’s Medical Breakthrough: State Performs Its First-Ever Kidney Transplant at TRIHMS

Arunachal’s Medical Breakthrough: State Performs Its First-Ever Kidney Transplant at TRIHMS

For years, patients from Arunachal Pradesh had to board flights to Delhi just to get a kidney transplant. That journey may now be a thing of the past. On September 28, Chief Minister Pema Khandu announced that the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS) in Itanagar had successfully performed the state’s very … Read more

Dengue is Knocking on Itanagar’s Door — And the Health Department Wants You to Answer Before It’s Too Late

Dengue is Knocking on Itanagar’s Door — And the Health Department Wants You to Answer Before It’s Too Late

Fever season is here, and this time, it’s come with a warning. Itanagar woke up this weekend to a formal health advisory from the district medical officer of the Itanagar Capital Region, Dr. C. Lowang Mallo, sounding the alarm over a noticeable rise in sudden fever cases across the state capital. The message is clear … Read more

From the Hills of Arunachal to the Shores of Somnath: 40 Students Embark on a Journey That Goes Beyond Tourism

From the Hills of Arunachal to the Shores of Somnath: 40 Students Embark on a Journey That Goes Beyond Tourism

Forty young students from Arunachal Pradesh left Itanagar on September 25 carrying more than just their luggage — they carried the culture, identity, and spirit of an entire state. Chief Minister Pema Khandu personally flagged off the bus at the Arunachal Pradesh Civil Secretariat in Itanagar, marking the beginning of what promises to be a … Read more