Northeast India
Arshiya Das becomes Northeast India's first Woman International Master
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Fifteen-year-old Arshiya Das from Tripura has made history by becoming the first Woman International Master from Northeast India. She achieved this by winning the 42nd Rudar IM Round Robin tournament in Serbia with a score of 6.5 out of 9. The victory secured her final WIM norm and her first Woman Grandmaster norm.
The Ministry of Mines has described several northeastern states as repositories of strategic minerals in recent statements. This framing comes as the Geological Survey of India conducts exploration projects in the region.
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India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested US citizen Matthew Aaron VanDyke and six Ukrainians accused of training ethnic armed groups in Myanmar after illegally entering Mizoram. The detentions occurred at Kolkata, Lucknow, and Delhi airports last week. They entered on tourist visas but crossed into Myanmar without permits.