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Destination Santiniketan for Assam initiative to celebrate poets

By newsportaltoday February 8, 2026

Songwriter Bhupen Hazarika. File | Photo Credit: AP GUWAHATIThe creative works of Bhupen Hazarika and Navakanta Barua, two of Assam’s tallest cultural and literary figures, will be showcased during a…

This new video series explores India’s past through food

By newsportaltoday February 8, 2026

What were the people of Harappa possibly eating over four-and-a-half thousand years ago? Evidence suggests millets, garlic, ginger, brinjal, peas, lentils, bananas, grapes, mangoes, turmeric, walnuts, meat and fish, say…

India-US trade deal brings relief—with strings attached

By newsportaltoday February 8, 2026

And there are linkages between the two FTAs. For one, India-European Union (EU) FTA appears to have provided the momentum for the US to announce a deal with a country…

Gaurav Gogoi vs Himanta Sarma: Cong MP rejects Assam CM’s claims that his wife ‘got salary from Pakistan’

By newsportaltoday February 8, 2026

Congress Assam President Gaurav Gogoi on Sunday refuted the allegations made by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma that his wife Elizabeth Colburn Gogoi ‘got salary from Pakistan.’Following a press conference…

T20 World Cup 2026: Skipping India series for BPL pays off, but Neesham has muted World Cup comeback against Afghanistan

By newsportaltoday February 8, 2026

New Zeeland's seasoned batting allrounder Jimmy Neesham, who chose to skip the recently concluded five-match T20I series against India, returned to the Kiwis squad as they faced Afghanistan in their…

16th Finance Commission identifies Tamil Nadu as one of top three States suffering heavy losses of public sector enterprises

By newsportaltoday February 8, 2026

As in the case of other non-north-eastern and hilly States, a substantial portion of the losses for Tamil Nadu were concentrated in the power sector. File | Photo Credit: The…