Imphal’s Ima Keithel: the world’s only all-women market faces a digital future
Inside the sprawling Ima Keithel, where more than 5,000 women trade everything from vegetables to handwoven…
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Trade, agriculture, tea, tourism receipts and the border economy.
Sikkim’s organic mission turns 20: lessons from the world’s first fully organic state
Twenty years after Sikkim banned synthetic fertilisers and pesticides, the world’s first fully organic state is…
Tripura’s handloom revival: risha shawls go from wedding trousseau to world catwalks
The risha — a finely woven shawl worn by women of Tripura’s indigenous communities — has…
Border trade at Moreh: the Myanmar gateway’s bumpy road to revival
The twin towns of Moreh and Tamu, separated by a wire fence on the India–Myanmar border,…
Assam’s tea gardens brace for the climate squeeze on first flush
In the gardens around Jorhat, pluckers are picking what managers call a ‘confused first flush’ —…
Mizoram’s ‘bamboo diplomacy’ takes root: exports to China restart after a decade
Trucks carrying treated bamboo shoots and woven mats left the Lunglei district this month for export…
Arunachal’s apple belt bets on kiwi as warming winters bite
In the orchards around Ziro, where winter fog used to be thick enough to touch, growers…
Nathula opens wider: Sikkim’s border trade enters a cautious new phase
The Nathula Pass, where Sikkim meets Tibet at 14,000 feet, added two trading days to its…
Naga chilli makes its case for a GI tag as demand grows in Europe
The king chilli — bhut jolokia, the pepper that once scorched its way into the Guinness…
Meghalaya’s first organic market in Shillong sells out in two hours
The farmers who set up under a tarpaulin in Shillong’s polo ground on Saturday morning were…