LOOKEAST REPORT | BORDER Guards Bangladesh (BGB) have recently detained a huge number of people who trying to cross over to the country of origin (Bangladesh) through Maheshpur border in the wake of the Indian federal government’s announcement that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) would be implemented throughout India. Commanding Officer of 58 BGB,…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT | WEST Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee assured people that she will never allow NRC in the state even as Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said a citizen’s list on the lines of the exercise in Assam will be carried out across the country. The TMC supremo sought answers from the…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT | PRIME Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the world community to take appropriate measures for sustainable repatriation of the Rohingyas for regional security and development, saying peace and harmony are essential for the prosperity of the region. “In terms of regional security, I would like to say that more than 1.1 million Rohingya citizens…
Read moreLt General PC Katoch (retd) | THE “historic moment” of the signing of the “landmark peace accord” in August 2015 between the government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN), in the presence of the prime minister, home minister and national security adviser, received extensive media coverage. Isak Chishi Swu, chairman, and…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT | MYANMARESE private airline Air KBZ will start operating twice–a–week flights on the Imphal—Mandalay route from Nov 23. Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh made the formal announcement of the first ever international flight from Imphal airport. This makes Imphal the second airport in Northeast to receive international flights. Bhutanese carrier Druk Air…
Read moreBHARAT KARNAD | THIS past fortnight, I was away, participating in the Yushan Forum 2019 in Taipei — an annual effort by the Taiwanese government to forge regional partnerships in the face of unrelentingly punitive policies of the communist China regime to isolate Taiwan, and thence to Istanbul where I sensed considerable unease among the…
Read morePTI | The government has ruled out a separate flag and constitution for the Nagas as demanded by the NSCN(IM), and made it clear that the endless negotiations with the insurgent group under the “shadow of guns” are not acceptable. Interlocutor for the Naga talks and Nagaland Governor RN Ravi said the government is determined…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT | THE BSF on Friday said the Bangladeshi action of killing their trooper and injuring another along the border in West Bengal was unprovoked and that its troops did not fire “a single bullet” when a flag meeting took place between the two sides. A senior official rejected the claim made by the…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT | IN a first of its kind incident, Bangladeshi border guards opened fire at a Border Security Force (BSF) team on Thursday killing a jawan after a ‘flag meeting’ along the Indo–Bangla riverine frontier in West Bengal, officials said. A second jawan was injured in the firing incident, they said. The action against…
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT | BANGLADESH has become the second–fastest growing economy in South Asia after Bhutan. World Bank in its report ‘South Asia Economic Focus, Making (De) Centralisation Work’ — says that GDP growth rate of the country is projected to moderate to 7.2 per cent this fiscal year and 7.3 per cent in 2020 in…
Read more‘Gold’ In The Andaman & Nicobar Basin
Prasanta Paul | OIL India Limited (OIL) has stepped up exploration and supportive logistic work in the wake of striking… Read more…
Human Language Is 135,000 Years Old ?
Prasanta Paul | WHEN did homo sapiens start using words or to be specific – a language – for communication… Read more…
Aravalli | An Uncertain Road Ahead
Dr Manas Das | THERE seems to be a temporary lull among environmental activists and civil society as the Supreme… Read more…
Election Commission of India has decided to deploy at least 480 companies of Central Forces in various troubled parts of West Bengal from March 1
