Articles for author: Nava Thakuria

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A fair probe into NEET episode need of the hour: PPFA  

Guwahati: Expressing dismay over the debates on irregularities in the nation-wide entrance examinations to pick up aspiring students to study the medical science in different academic institutions across the country, a northeast Bharat-based forum of nationalist citizens demanded a fair probe into the episode and insisted that the evaluation process should be made fool-proved and ...

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Fake narrative emerges as a big challenge to Bharat

Guwahati: The first & foremost principle of journalism should be an uncompromised commitment to serve and protect the interest of the motherland. Along with the media persons, every citizen should come forward to play their roles with utmost responsibilities for the nation, and the journalists must support the people to fight against fake narratives, said  ...

Devarsi Narad Jayanti celebration in Guwahati

Guwahati: Visva Sambad Kendra Assam is celebrating  Devarsi Narad Jayanti program in Guwahati on Sunday (9 June 2024) by organizing a lecture on the relevance of world’s first media person Narad Muni and awarding working journalists at a function to be held at    Sudarshanalay in the city by 4 pm. Ashok Srivastava, senior consulting ...

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Assam locals assaulted by Bangladeshi origin vendors, PVM demands action 

Guwahati:  Expressing utter dismay over the incident of physical assaults on two local residents of Mangaldoi in central Assam by a group of Bangladeshi origin vendors recently, an influential anti-influx body urged the concerned authorities to take necessary actions. Prabajan Virodhi Manch (PVM) in a media statement argued that Mangaldoi municipal board and Darrang district police ...

Karabi Goswami awarded with Mrs Aparupa 2024

Guwahati: Assam’s largest women voluntary organization Aparupa, which involve over 70,000 ladies, organized  Aparupa Mahiyasi Nari Awards 2024 at Gauhati medical college auditorium on 28 April, which was inaugurated by  Asom Sahitya Sabha’s vice-president Mrinalni Devi. The program witnessed the release of its mouthpiece Aparupa aling with several books including the one on life struggles ...

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Sandeshkhali victims faced sexual exploitation: NHRC 

Guwahati:  National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India in its spot enquiry report reveals that the victims (villagers of Sandeshkhali in West Bengal) ‘faced assault, threat, sexual exploitation, land grabbing, and forced unpaid labour’ and hence many residents were compelled to seek livelihood outside their locality. The NHRC report, released on 13 April 2024 in ...

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RSS bats for Samajik Parivartan

Nagpur:  Samajik Samrasata (social harmony) is not a strategy, but an article of faith. Samajik Parivartan (social transformation) will realize after bringing the Sajjan Shakti (the power of good) together and their collective efforts. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has pledged to join the whole society and move forward towards Samajik Parivartan (social transformation), said RSS ...

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RSS to discuss Panch Parivartan program for the centenary year

Nagpur: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), an active socio-cultural organisation of Bharat, will complete one hundred years of existence on  Vijayadashmi in 2025. The forthcoming Akhil Bhartiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS), scheduled for   15, 16 and 17 March next at Nagpur (Maharashtra) will  discuss the plans adopted for  its centenary celebration. The annual Pratinidhi Sabha will also ...

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Assam tea story

Assam tea story on a table calendar

What would the world do without tea! That was an important line from a chapter in the textbook, which our high school teacher pronounced dramatically. Our beloved English teacher also threw light on Sydney Smith, the 18th century British writer, who penned the chapter adding many amazing sentences like- Thank God for tea! I am ...

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cancer vaccine

Waiting for an inclusive cancer vaccine

Russian President Vladimir Putin, while speaking at a recent function in Moscow, announced that his country was waiting for the launch of cancer vaccines. Putin, globally condemned for invasion on Ukraine resulting in many casualties and enormous property damages, announced that significant progress has been made by the Russian scientific fraternity to develop the important ...

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Harmony with Ecology

Equitable Human Progress in Harmony with Ecology need of the hour 

Guwahati:  Ancient wisdom views human beings as an integral part of the natural ecosystem, rather than its masters and this it advocates for equitable human progress achieved in harmony with ecology, said Dibrugarh Declaration 2024, adopted on the concluding day of 8th International Conference and Gathering of the Elders of Ancient Traditions. Organised by the ...

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Gathering of Elders

8th International Conference and Gathering of Elders concludes

Guwahati:  The 8th International Conference and Gathering of Elders concluded on Wednesday at Dibrugarh in northeast India with the graceful presence  of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale, Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu and other dignitaries. The conference, which provided a platform for diverse cultures to converge, emphasising the importance of preserving ancient traditions, ...

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International Conference & Gathering of World Elders begins in Dibrugarh

Guwahati: The 8th triennial conference of elders of ancient traditions & cultures under the auspices of International Centre for Cultural Studies (ICCS) begins on a colourful note at Dibrugarh in eastern Assam on Sunday. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and spiritual leaders from 33 countries graced the occasion. ...