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July 2026 calendar: Complete list of holidays, festivals, bank holidays and major eventsJuly 2026 in India is marked by a vibrant calendar of religious observances and regional bank holidays. Key events include the Jagannath Ra...- This tiny Indian village receives 5 times more rain than Mumbai every year, yet its residents have mastered the art of survival with ancient tricks smarter than modern techIn Mawsynram, the world's wettest village, residents have mastered living with relentless rain. Their ingenious 'knup' rain shields, crafte...
- Tribal council rejects Blinkit's trading license permission in MeghalayaMeghalaya's Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council has denied Blinkit a trading license, citing concerns over its business model impacting...
- Heavy rains lash Meghalaya; landslide severs connectivity to Laitlyngkot villageMeghalaya is experiencing heavy rainfall, with Mawsynram recording a staggering 530 mm in 24 hours. A major landslide has completely blocke...
- Forget concrete, steel or wood. One state in India, has ‘living bridges’ which last for 500 yearsMeghalaya's Khasi community crafts extraordinary 'living bridges' from the roots of rubber fig trees, a testament to natural engineering. T...
- No plastic or metal, only bamboo and palm leaves: Meghalaya’s 100-year-old umbrellas do not have a handle but can protect you from heavy rainsMeghalaya, India's wettest region, faces heavy monsoon rains. Locals have a unique solution: knups, hand-crafted rain shields made from bam...
- Sanjeevani Booti? Scientists find a 'lost' blueberries in Himalayas after nearly 200 years; locals say it boosts...A Himalayan berry species, 'Vaccinium piliferum', thought lost for 188 years, has been rediscovered in Arunachal Pradesh. This endangered w...
- Conrad K. Sangma receives rescued Meghalaya youth at Guwahati airportMeghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma personally welcomed Genal R. Marak home after a harrowing three-year ordeal in Jammu and Kashmir....
- Sonam Raghuvanshi, accused of killing husband during honeymoon in Meghalaya, granted bailA court in Meghalaya has granted bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi. She is accused of orchestrating her husband Raja Raghuvanshi's murder. The inci...
- Meghalaya exports 20 metric tons of Khasi Mandarin to DubaiThe Directorate of Horticulture and Meghalaya State Agricultural Marketing Board orchestrated the flagging off ceremony of 20 metric tons o...
- RSS Mohan Bhagwat visits sacred Mount Lum Sohpetbneng in MeghalayaSeng Khasi is a socio-cultural and religious organisation formed on 23rd November 1899 by sixteen young khasi men to protect, preserve and ...
- PNB to be lead bank for newly-formed district in MeghalayaEastern West Khasi Hills West Khasi Hills is craved out it was erstwhile West Khasi hills districts. There is no change in the lead bank re...
- How some men want to change Meghalaya's matrilineal societyA men’s rights group called Syngkhong Rympei Thymmai (SRT), meaning a wedge that stabilises the shaking home, has been advocating equitable...
- Khasi Students Union expresses opposition to the Citizenship (Amendment) BillMeghalaya High court had, recently, appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to grant citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsi...
- Khasi cry for language inclusion gets louderA massive rally has been planned organised on September 22 in Shillong to press for the demand.
- Khasi leader equates women’s exclusion by marriage bill to preventing AIDS, gets slammedA newly-formed group called STIEH has held demonstrations in support of the amendment.
- Khasi women marrying outside to lose ST status; but bill has 'contradictions'The bill will debar a Khasi woman from Scheduled Tribe (ST) status and other privileges.
- Khasi Hills Autonomous Council approves bill to debar Khasi woman from ST status if she marries a non-KhasiMeghalaya is a matrilineal state. Khasi Hills Autonomous District (Khasi Social Custom of Lineage) (Second amendment) Bill, 2018 stated chi...
- Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma announces 5-member committe on Khasi languageSangma said that if Manipuri and Bodo are included in the 8th Schedule, there should be a political will to do the same with Khasi language.
- Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Roytre C Laloo assures of making Khasi language officialLaloo was replying to questions raised in the House on why Khasi was made elective in the higher secondary school exams in the state.
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