DA Editorial Desk | Dhruba Deka India has long defended its purchases of discounted Russian crude as a matter of simple arithmetic: a country that imports most of its oil must buy where it is cheapest and most reliable. That argument is now being tested as never before. A new United States law, signed on
DA Editorial Team Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant idea. Tools that write, translate, analyse data and generate images are being adopted in offices, banks, classrooms and shops. For many workers, excitement is mixed with a quiet fear: will a machine take my job? The honest answer is that some tasks will disappear, many
DA Editorial Desk | Sara Debbarma In villages across Tripura, groups of women gather regularly to save small sums, lend to one another and discuss shared problems. These self-help groups, nurtured through national and state livelihood programmes, have become among the most important institutions in rural life. For many women they brought a first bank
DA Editorial Desk| Dhruba Deka Ask any resident of Agartala about the city’s problems and the answers come without hesitation: jammed crossings, drains that overflow after an hour of rain, garbage heaped at street corners, and footpaths taken over by vendors and parked vehicles. Agartala was selected under the national Smart Cities Mission and has
DA Editorial Team The news from Vaishali in Bihar is heartbreaking. On Tuesday evening, at about 8.30 pm, a country-made boat carrying around 20 people capsized in the Ganga near Rampur Shyamchand village in the Raghopur Diara area. At least 13 children died. Officials have said they were being ferried across the river to a
DA Editorial Desk | Sara Debbarma A five-day Agniveer recruitment rally of the Indian Army opened in Agartala on 13 October and runs until 17 October at the Dasarath Deb State Sports Complex in Badharghat. Organised by the Spear Corps and the Army Recruiting Office in Silchar, with support from the civil administration, it is
DA Editorial Desk | Dhruba Deka On Wednesday, Chief Minister Manik Saha inaugurated a government Ayurvedic college and hospital at Chandrapur in Udaipur, Gomati district. Reports describe a two-storey building with 60 beds. Finance Minister Pranajit Singha Roy, the district’s elected representatives, senior health officials and the principal of the Tripura Ayurvedic Medical College attended.
DA Editorial Team A cancer diagnosis brings fear enough. For many families it also brings a second shock at the pharmacy counter. The Supreme Court has recently turned its attention to this problem, and its observations deserve to be heard widely. On 22 September, a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta was told
DA Editorial Desk | Sara Debbarma As Durga Puja approaches, Tripura Police has received a practical new tool. On 12 October, the Tripura State Pollution Control Board handed over 35 sound level meters to the force. Minister Animesh Debbarma was present at the event, and Inspector General of Police Manchak Ippar received the equipment. The
DA Editorial Desk | Dhruba Deka This week Agartala is hosting a two-day Education Conclave at Pragna Bhawan, on 13 and 14 October. It is organised by the Vidya Bharati Shiksha Samity Tripura together with MBB University, and Governor N. Indrasena Reddy is the chief guest. The gathering will review how far the National Education
