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Voices Rise in Guwahati Against Alleged Attacks on Media

A citizens’ meeting was held in Guwahati calling for strong resistance against contended attempts to check press freedom and incidents of intimidation and discourteousness towards intelligencers in Assam. The gathering brought together prominent citizens, intellectualists, attorneys, intelligencers, and representatives of political andnon-political organisations, all of whom expressed concern over what they described as adding pressure…

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Assam CM Slams Congress Over Delimitation Row

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has accused the Opposition Congress of trying to delegitimise the delimitation exercise in the state. Taking to social media on Sunday, Sarma, who is currently on an election tour of Bengal, said that delimitation was a “long overdue correction after decades of political neglect and vote-bank appeasement”. “Assam’s delimitation…

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Breast Cancer Detection Set for Boost as AI-Based Screening Gains Ground

Breast cancer remains the most common cancer among women worldwide and in India; late diagnosis continues to drive high mortality. Traditional screening methods, such as mammograms beginning at age 40 for women at average risk, are primarily designed to detect cancer after it has already developed. However, emerging recommendations from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network…

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Political Tensions Rise as Women’s Quota, Delimitation Bills Head to Parliament

The Indian Parliament will debate three important bills of legislation that are designed to provide women with a 33% reservation. While the government believes all three of these pieces of legislation are needed in order to provide women with reservations, the opposition has raised concerns about each bill’s political and constitutional impact. The first bill…

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