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Nava J. Thakuria

Journalist based in Guwahati, Assam, India.

IJU urges State governments to pay compensation to corona virus victims

Hyderabad: Indian Journalists Union (IJU), while appealing to the Union government to declare working journalists as frontline warriors, urges all States and Union territories to separately announce compensations to the families of corona-media victims. The national union of scribes lauded…

IJU meet concludes in Hyderabad emphasizing on journo-safety & security, PCI reform

Hyderabad, 24 October 2021: The national executive committee meeting of the Indian Journalists Union (IJU), which concluded on Sunday in the capital city of Telangana, discussed various burning issues concerning the practitioners of journalism across India and emphasized effective safety…

PPFA appreciates decision to approve Bhaskarabda for official use

INDIAN CULTURE Guwahati: Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) appreciates the decision of the Assam government to recognize Bhaskarabda, a period counted from the date of ascension by the greatest king of Kamrup, as an official calendar along with the Saka and Gregorian charts.…

RSS chief Bhagwat bats for a unified, strong and well-informed society

INDIAN CULTURE AND MEDIA     Guwahati: Only a unified, strong and well-informed society with a national character can assert its voice before the world and even establish truth and peace, strength is required, commented Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat of…

PEC insists on a fair trial for convicted Cambodian journalist Youn Chhiv

MEDIA   Guwahati, 6 October 2021: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the Geneva-based global media rights body expressed serious concern over the imprisonment of a Cambodian journalist without the fair trial and urged the government led by Prime minister Hun Sen…

PPFA reiterates demand to revitalize Hinglaj temple in Baluchistan

Guwahati: As Durga Puja (also known as Durgotsav or Sharodotsav) is set to begin next month (11-15 October 2021), a northeast India-based forum of nationalist citizens reiterates its demand to revitalize the Hinglaj Mata Mandir, a Shakti Peeth located in…

AAEA wishes everyone on the Vishwakarma Jayanti celebration

Indian Culture   Guwahati: On the occasion of Vishwakarma Jayanti (which falls on the 17th of September), a northeast India-based engineers’ forum greets everyone, commenting that each individual has an engineering mind irrespective of their adopted professions. Lord Vishwakarma is…

‘Self-reform and financial transparency in media’s need of the hour’

Guwahati: Can the proprietors of mainstream newspapers and satellite news channels be compelled to make their annual balance sheets public in India? Or will it be possible to ask the professional journalists to go for self-declarations about their assets so…

AAEA bats for complete revamping of Assam water transport services

Guwahati: Expressing profound grief over the demise of a college teacher (Parimita Das, a resident of Kahilipara in the city), who drowned following the boat accident on mighty river Brahmaputra near Nimatighat in Jorhat on Wednesday, All Assam Engineer’s Association…

PEC condoles demise of Afghan journalist Fahim Dashty

MEDIA     Geneva/Guwahati: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the Switzerland-based global media safety body, expressed condolences over the death of prominent Afghan journalist Mohammad Fahim Dashty, who fell prey to clashes that erupted between the Taliban fighters and the national…

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