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MEDIA by Thakuria Navajyoti Geneva/Guwahati, 1 June 2021: Press Emblem Campaign, the Switzerland-based international media rights and safety body, appreciates the initiative of Indian federal government along with many provincial authorities for sanctioning financial assistance to the families of Covid-19…

Civil society groups, informal waste workers associations, faith-based institutions, trade unions, academe and community-based organizations from all over the country called for the withdrawal of Senate Bill No. 1789, also known as the “Waste-to-Energy Act” authored by Senator Sherwin Gatchalian.…

27 May 2021, Quezon City.  Government, industry and civil society groups lauded the shortlisting of the country’s landmark lead paint regulation for the Future Policy Award 2021 (FPA 2021) by the World Future Council (WFC).  The 12 shortlisted policies from…

As popularly known Russian NGO, Russkiy Mir has been operating abroad. Its primary function is to strengthen Russian language and Russian literature and culture in foreign countries. Within that framework, Asia and Africa are interesting and important for this organization.…

CULTURAL EVENT         What comes to your mind when you hear the name Africa? Maybe so many things! Right? One aspect of Africa’s contribution to the world is that the continent is rich in cultural diversity and…

POEM         By Erlie Lopez This morn, the mirror delights at the gray-streaked hair now stroked chestnut brown. And the floors resound to not-so nimble feet chasing the beat of a dance song. In no time, breakfast…

SPIRITUALITY         By Genevieve Balance-Kupang In Appreciation of the Richness of our Religious Diversity and Experiencing Ramadan through Fasting and Iftar Radiating one’s inner light, gift of presence, and goodwill, multifaith religious and government leaders, the international…

POEM         She and I fly, intoxicated, high Lifting me up from the mire Urging me onwards There where no words can capture The rapture that erupts When you leave the past behind   She and I…

TRADITIONAL CRAFTS         By B C Kiran Gudigar or Gudigara are craftsmen residing in the state of Karnataka, India. Their traditional profession was to build temples and places of worship. The skills were passed on only in…

MEDIA         as reported by Khandaker Himel Rozina Islam, a senior reporter of Prothom Alo, one of the country’s leading Bengali-language daily newspapers, was detained for more than five hours in a room inside the Bangladesh Secretariat…