The forest doesn’t give up its secrets easily. But in the dense woodlands of New Tupi village in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tirap district, a quiet revolution in wildlife conservation just got underway — and this time, the villagers themselves are leading it. A camera-trapping initiative has been launched inside the New Tupi community forest, setting up … Read more
Forty young people from Arunachal Pradesh walked into IIT Guwahati on September 23 with something none of their predecessors ever had — a seat at the state’s very first AI Boot Camp. And Chief Minister Pema Khandu wants the world to know about it. Khandu publicly praised the launch of the 10-day AI Boot Camp … Read more
Itanagar didn’t look like a capital city on Thursday morning. By the time most people were supposed to be heading to work or school, the streets were already unusually quiet — shutters down, traffic thin, and a visible tension hanging in the air. The All Nyishi Students’ Union (ANSU) had called a 12-hour bandh, and … Read more
He came to perform. He left with injuries to his head and face, and a story that has shaken the Northeast music world to its core. Sikkimese rapper UNB — real name Ugen Namgyal Bhutia — was ambushed on a remote stretch of road in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Dibang Valley on the evening of September … Read more
Forty young people from Arunachal Pradesh walked into IIT Guwahati on September 23 with one mission: to learn artificial intelligence and build something real with it. They weren’t just lucky to be there. Out of 97 people who applied, only 40 made the cut. That kind of selection rate tells you something — the appetite … Read more
In the middle of a busy school week, hundreds of students across Siang district sat down not for a math test or a history lesson — but to ask hard questions about a river they’ve grown up beside their whole lives. A school exhibition drive centred on the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project, widely known … Read more
The Arunachal Pradesh government just made a move to fast-track one of the most controversial infrastructure projects in the state’s history — and it’s already stirring up fresh friction. The state Cabinet, on September 24, gave its approval to form an empowered high-level committee that will guide and coordinate the pre-feasibility report (PFR) survey for … Read more
For anyone who has ever visited a remote health centre in Arunachal Pradesh and found it plunged in darkness — a broken generator, no grid connection, medicines sitting unrefrigerated — this news will feel long overdue. On Wednesday, September 23, Health and Family Welfare Minister Biyuram Wahge officially launched the state-level rollout of the Energy … Read more
They’ve had enough. The Adi Bane Kebang-United (ABK-U), the apex body of the Adi community in Arunachal Pradesh, has made its position crystal clear — the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP) must go. Not be reviewed. Not be paused. Gone. At a press conference held at the Arunachal Press Club in Itanagar on Tuesday, … Read more
A shuttered classroom is never a victory — and that seems to be exactly the message Arunachal Pradesh’s Education Minister wanted to drive home before September 24 arrives. Education Minister Pasang Dorjee Sona on Monday sat down with representatives of the All Nyishi Students’ Union (ANSU) in a bid to defuse the tension ahead of … Read more
