India's space agency successfully completed its 16th mission of the year on Thursday morning, deploying the GSAT-32 satellite into geosynchronous orbit.

The mission, launched at 04:15 IST from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, marks a significant milestone in expanding telecommunications bandwidth.

The satellite will add crucial capacity for telecommunications across South Asia, with particular benefits for remote regions of the North-East.

Mission director Dr. K. Sivan said the launch went exactly to plan and the satellite has been positioned correctly.

The road from Imphal to Bishnupur is busy this morning with returning families, their belongings piled on small trucks. Six months after the worst of the conflict, the rhythm of normal life has begun to return.

What is striking is not the scale of destruction, but the scale of quiet, organised rebuilding that has taken its place.

Grassroots organisations have been leading the effort. Among them, the Manipur Reconciliation Network has emerged as a particularly effective force.

The Network now coordinates with 47 villages across three districts, managing reconstruction funds, dispute resolution, and inter-community dialogue.

What it has accomplished in six months would have been thought impossible a year ago.