Neha Das

The Northeast is not under-represented by design—but within its limited political space, women remain nearly invisible. Reservation alone cannot fix what development and political systems have yet to enable. With the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam (Women’s Reservation Act 2023, 106th Amendment) facing uncertainty, momentum on women’s reservation may have slowed—but the issue remains urgent, especially for the Northeast, a region often absent from national debates on representation.

1 Introduction The global cancer burden is increasing steadily due to increasing exposure to risk factors, including tobacco, dietary fat consumption, alcohol and air pollution [1], ageing, population growth and advances in screening and detection [1].

1 Introduction Epilepsy comprises a range of neurological conditions marked by a consistent inclination to undergo epileptic seizures (Perucca et al. 2020). Children with epilepsy experience varying degrees of attention problems when orienting toward external stimuli and deficits in internalization hampering their cognitive processing, leading to unfavorable risk outcomes not only at psychosocial levels but also extending suitably into adulthood.