Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty, a veteran journalist, will receive the Parag Kumar Das Journalism Award 2023. The award includes a cash prize of Rs 25,000, a citation, and a memento. The award ceremony will take place on May 17.
Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty currently serves as the National Affairs Editor for the digital news publication 'The Wire.'
The Parag Kumar Das Journalism Award was established to honor the courageous journalist Parag Kumar Das, who lost his life while fighting for the truth. The award recognizes and encourages journalists who tirelessly uncover the truth and bring it to the public.
Singer, songwriter, composer Jim Ankan Deka has been awarded Renault Free The Music Award. The young music prodigy from Assam is the youngest son of celebrated Assamese litterateur of Awahon-Ramdhenu Era, pioneer Assam economist and heritage scholar Prof Bhabananda Deka and pioneer lady radio playwright, storywriter and children’s magazine editor late Nalini Prava Deka. The awardee has already received laurels globally for his highly acclaimed Hindi-Assamese music album as a tribute to Delhi gang-rape victim ‘Aawaz : Speak Up Against Sexual Violence’ and also performed live together with top international music bands including ‘Michael Learns to Rock’ from Britain, ‘Orphaned Land’ from...
Comparison of Assets of 99 re-contesting MLAs in Assam 2016 Assembly Elections has been released by Assam Election Watch on Saturday. BJP's Pallab Lochan Das is the topper with his astronomical 5355% growth of assets in the last 5 years, followed by runners up - Congress' Girin Mallik with 2075% and Aminul Islam of AIUDF with 1177% .
S.No.
Name
Party in Assam 2016
Party in Assam 2011
Constituency in Assam 2016
Assets in Assam 2016(Rs)
Assets in Assam 2011 (Rs)
Asset Increase (Rs)
% Increase in Asset
Assets value not given
1.
Pallab Lochan Das
BJP
INC
RANGAPARA
54,55,359 ...
The city based Dispur Hospitals today organized a free diabetes screening and a Hepatitis-B vaccination camp to observe the World Health Day at Guwahati Press Club. Nearly hundred media persons participated in the program where over 50 scribes took the first dose of Hepatitis-B vaccine (in addition to 15 second dose recipients). It may be mentioned that the diabetes has been growing at an alarming rate in India primarily because of unhealthy eating habit, stress and lack of physical activities. Of course, the diabetes is treatable and it can be kept under control to prevent more complications. “As the main goal of this year’s World Health Day campaign is to increase awareness about the...
Another session of Hepatitis-B vaccination camp is on the card for the members of Guwahati Press Club on 7 April next (11 am to 1 pm). The free camp, primarily organized for the lady scribes who took the first dose of Hepatitis-B vaccine on 7 March last, will be open for fresh participants too. The necessary condition will be that they have to take the second & final dose of Hepatitis-B vaccine on 7 May next. It may be mentioned that the city based Dispur Hospitals earlier organized a health camp exclusively for lady journalists and better-halves of the scribes at the press club a month back. Organized on the eve of International Women’s Day, the camp was conducted by female doctors...
“Hope Floats: Boat Clinic of the Brahmaputra”, the book on the innovative Boat Clinics run by the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research(C-NES) was released at the organization’s Annual Review meet at Gangtok recently by the LokSabha MP from Sikkim, PD Rai in the presence of Sanjoy Hazarika, Managing Trustee of C-NES and founder director of the Centre for NE Studies and Policy Research in Jamia Millia Islamia. The book co-authored by Hazarika and C-NES Communications Officer Bhaswati Khaund Goswamiis and supported by the National Foundation for India (NFI). Chairman, C-NES Board of Trustees, Dr VA PaiPanandiker, Founder President of the Centre for...
The Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE) celebrated its 23rd Foundation Day at it sLalmati HQ on April 1. The Chief guest on the occasion was Dr Jayanta Madhab, former Director of ADB, Chairman of NEDFi, GTB etc. and an alumni of London School of Economics. Former Director of IIE, Dr D D Mali, former faculties Dr S K Saikia, Mr P Sarmah also graced the occasion. Manoj K Das, Director of IIE mentioned that in last one year the institute has seen series of transition. It was placed under the newly created Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship from May, 2015. New Ministry is spearheading the skilling and creation of an entrepreneurial culture among the...
Patriotic People’s Front Assam [PPFA] welcomed the verdict of Gauhati High Court in clearing all hurdles to complete the proposed war [martyr’s] memorial on the north bank of historic Dighalipukhuri in the heart of the city. The Gauhati high court on Wednesday dismissed a public interest litigation [PIL] to permanently halt the construction of the war memorial on the bank of the ancient tank arguing that the construction activities would affect the ecology of the pond and also destroy its link between present and the past history. The court in its order said that the proposed memorial would not only ‘inspire the children and youths of Assam to join the armed forces’ but also inculcate in...
Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign (SSSC) welcomes the judgement of Hon'ble Delhi Court that acquitted Irom Sharmila in the case of 'Attempt to suicide' running in session court against her in the incident of her 2006 hunger strike where she sat on fast at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi after offering tribute to Mahatma Gandhi. A similar case is also registered in Imphal, Manipur and Sharmila has been kept isolated and in prison under the same charges. It is when, Sharmila has been acquitted several times by courts in Imphal, but she has been arrested again there (in Imphal) as she continued her strike after acquittal. SSSC see this like a traditional remedy for government's careless...
Out of the 539 candidates, 30 (6%) candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves. 25 (5%) candidates have declared serious criminal cases including cases related to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, crimes against women etc.
Party wise candidates with self-declared criminal cases: 8 (12%) out of 65 candidates from Indian National Congress (INC), 3 (6%) out of 54 candidates from Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), 3 (11%) out of 27 candidates from All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), 1 (10%) out of 10 candidates fielded by Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M), 1 (17%) out of 6 candidates from Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) (CPI(ML)(L)), and 14...
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