Change or extend dates

Dear Editor, Nowadays, it feels like APPSC conducts exam just as a formality. Their timings of the exam looks like they don't care if the...

Marginalisation of a Nobel laureate

Editor, It is raining Bharat Ratnas all around, with the posthumous honours dominating the show. Yet why doesn't the fully living and walking Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel...

House rent allowance

Dear Editor, I request the state government under CM Pema Khandu to bring into effect the revised allowances, especially house rent allowance (HRA). The central...

Missing rifleman

Editor, Apropos the recent news item, ‘Missing rifleman Karcho’s family seek govt’s intervention’, dated 4 March, based on a report from the West Siang DIPRO,...

Women should stop wearing gold ornaments

Editor, With gold prices on an upward spiral, women in the country are under constant threat from chain-snatchers. Keeping in mind the rising cases of...

Vote and child rights

Dear Editor, Minor girls and women have reportedly been subjected to prolonged sexual abuse, mostly at the hands of powerful men in shelter homes in...

Horrifying rape and murder

Dear Editor, The recent horrifying tales of rape and murder of minors had sent chills down to our spine. It had definitely shaken our belief...

Importance of academic performance indicator

Dear Editor, In response to the article titled “Written tests for Assistant Professors” published on 20th Sept.’2018. In response to a claim by an unknown aspirant...

Check fake certificates

Dear Editor, I would like to request the DC and DDSE Upper Subansiri district to strictly verify the academic and other professional documents of all...

The relation between the fraught elections and the increasing violence in the state

Dear Editor, The brutal assassination of TirongAboh, the sitting MLA from Tirap and his entourage that included his son and 10 other personnel reportedly by...

Endangered wildlife is the lack of 4Cs

Dear Editor, Kudos to AT, Likha Tara and Mito Rumi (ATF-BFD) for publishing the letter ‘Wildlife and the zoos’ (AT, Nov 11, 2017) for raising...

Degrees useless when jobs are sold

Editor, After the job scam and the selling of government jobs exam papers in our state started circulating on social media, my brother, who is...

Clash between liberal values and illiberal ideologies

Editor, To the 'antinational' or 'fools', Raja Rammohan Roy might be the father of modern Indian renaissance, but in the eyes of many 'Hindu nationalists'...

Arunachal – priorities at a glance

Dear Editor, After a long struggle, the state of Arunachal Pradesh came into existence with the wishes of the people. Now, it is our duty...

A reminder we cannot afford to forget

Editor, The Rajasthan High Court recently annulled the 2021 sub-inspector exam over irregularities and paper leaks. It also reminded me of one of the biggest...

APPSCCE-2024: no pen no gain

Editor, Through the columns of your esteemed daily, I would like to highlight an issue regarding the preliminary examination conducted recently. The preliminary phase being...

Self employment opportunities

Dear Editor, Self-employment has acquired much significance these days as employment opportunities for youths are less. Even highly qualified youths do not get the jobs...

The crisis facing AAPSU

Editor, For nearly six decades, the All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAPSU) has been one of the most influential civic institutions in the state. Founded...

Environmental science-latest milching cow

Dear Editor, Ganga, the largest river in India, also "worshipped" as "holy mother" or "Goddess", is severely polluted with human waste and industrial contaminates. This...

The dangers of misleading ORS products

Editor, I wish to highlight a pressing concern that caught my attention in a recent article published in The Indian Express on 18 October, 2025....