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Forthcoming free trade agreements with the UK and the European Union are likely to open fresh export pathways for Assam’s tea industry, improving its access to premium markets and strengthening competitiveness. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma emphasised that while India’s domestic market remains robust, the operationalisation of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with the United Kingdom

Assam will feature at the World Economic Forum through the participation of its Chief Minister in the five-day summit, where global business leaders, economists and heads of institutions such as the World Bank, IMF and WTO will be present. The forum will be used to highlight Assam’s governance reforms, industrial roadmap and technology-led development. By

Assam’s waste management practices under the Swachh Bharat Mission have come under scrutiny, with experts warning that unscientific segregation is worsening garbage accumulation and environmental degradation. Open spaces are increasingly turning into waste and toxic zones. Under the Mission, urban local bodies, including the Guwahati Municipal Corporation, promote household segregation of waste into “dry” and

At the World Economic Forum 2026 in Davos, Assam-based entrepreneur Drishti Medhi is representing India’s blue-collar workforce and indigenous communities of the Northeast. Drishti Medhi, co-founder of QuickGhy, has travelled to the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting 2026 with a clear mission: to build market access for India’s blue-collar sector whilst representing the often-overlooked indigenous

A major digital documentation effort has secured the linguistic heritage of three critically endangered languages of Assam—Khamyang, Tai Phake and Singpho. The initiative is being implemented by the Nanda Talukdar Foundation with support from the All Assam Students’ Union. The digital preservation has been carried out under the ‘Endangered Language Programme’ (ELP), aimed at preventing