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Guwahati: Prakash, the acclaimed Assamese literary monthly magazine, has come with a special issue on Tibetan (refugee) literature and culture mesmerizing its vivid readers who otherwise had neverexperienced the literary taste of neighboring Tibet (pronounced as Tibbat in Assamese), which has been occupied by the Chinese Communist...
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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...
Nava J Thakuria
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...
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...
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Guwahati: Ranjan Kakati, a senior healthcare administrative manager, associated with Dispur Hospitals in the city, has been honoured with Six Sigma Excellence Awards 2022. The young and energetic professional was handed over the award by Union sports, youth and information & broadcasting (I&B) minister Anurag Singh Thakur...
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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,...
Nava ThakuriaGuwahati: Amidst the threat of spreading novel coronavirus (precisely the Omicron variant) across India, Asom Granthamela (Assam Book Fair) came to a successful end in Guwahati, the virtual capital of Northeast. Organised jointly by Asom Prakashan Parishad (Publication Board Assam, the government sponsored literary institution) and All Assam...
Geneva (PEC): Nearly 2000 journalists died of Covid-19 in 94 countries since March 2020. Last year, in 2021, at least 1400 media workers succumbed to the virus, that is to say 116 par month or some 4 per day on average, announced Friday in Geneva the Press Emblem Campaign...
Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA), while appreciating the State government’s decision to judiciously use the government sponsored security cover to individuals in utmost need, urges the concerned media persons to abandon the same cover voluntarily so that those personnel can be engaged in proper channels.
It may be mentioned that...
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Guwahati: Indian Journalists Union (IJU) in a statement issued from Hyderabad on Sunday expresses concern over the slapping of sedition charges against a journalist from Assam’s Barak valley and urges the authority to withdraw the case against Anirban Roy Choudhury.
The Silchar-based editor of digital outlet BarakBulletin faces...