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Guwahati: The three-day Chintan Shivir held at Kaziranga, where Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, State cabinet ministers, senior bureaucrats, functionaries from the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council were participants for deliberation and discussions, came to an end on 26 September. CM Sarma, while addressing the concluding day of...
Nava ThakuriaGuwahati: Senior Assamese artist Champak Barbara recently showcased some of his art works at Mahabahu Brahmaputra River Heritage Centre in Panbazar (old Kamrup district magistrate’s bungalow), where the painter picked up issues that often engulf the human race including the coronavirus. The monthlong invitational exhibition (1 to 31...
Guwahati: The city-based scribes will observe the forthcoming National Press Day 2022 and discuss the state of press freedom in Northeast and India as a whole along with the relentless threats, pitfalls andchallenges to the journalists after the steady invasion of digital media users.
Nagaland: Nagaland home minister takes stock...
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Guwahati: United Trust of Assam, while expressing serious concerns over the sensational allegations, floated in regards to the process of National Register of Citizens (NRC) updation in Assam, demanded a high level probe (preferably by the Central Bureau of Investigation) into the irregularities, through which it is...
Geneva, November 27: Press Emblem Campaign, the global media safety and rights body, denounces the Myanmar (Burma/Brahmadesh) junta for continue jailing scribes as Yangon-based freelance journalist Ah Hla Lay Thuzar was recently sentenced to two years in prison with hard labour by a military court. PEC maintains its demand...
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If one believes in the simple mathematical calculation and minimum political honesty by public representatives in the Indian parliament and state legislative assemblies, the largest democracy on earth is expecting a lady tribal president in New Delhi next month. As Draupadi Murmu, a simple Janjati family woman turned...
Geneva, 14 November 2022: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) rewards Russian journalist in exile Ekaterina Glikman for her ongoing and exemplary commitment to press freedom in Russia. The brave journalist, who is currently working from Switzerland as deputy editor of Novaya Gazeta Europe, was honoured with the prestigious award in...
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Guwahati: GNRC hospitals, a chain of multi-specialty healthcare institutions in northeast India has received a financial aid of US $1.2 million from the innovative SAMRIDH healthcare blended finance facility, supported by USAID (US agency for international development, which is the Washington’s premier international development agency).With this partnership,...
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Guwahati: Another first information report (FIR) has been lodged against the former State coordinator of National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the system integrator, sub-contractors with other persons alleging corruption and money laundering while updating the NRC in Assam that began in 2014 under supervision of the...
Guwahati: The lone Nobel laureate of Bangladesh, who is popularly known as banker to the poor, Professor Muhammad Yunus has been awarded with Karl Kübel Prize of Germany for his extraordinary and multifaceted commitment to families all over the world. The Karl Kübel Foundation for Child and Family honoured...