Articles for category: National, News

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Indian Journalists Union meet starts in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The national executive committee meeting of Indian Journalists Union (IJU) will be held on Saturday and Sunday after a long gap in Hyderabad. The meeting, organised for the first time after the formation of Telangana State, will be attended by the representatives  from almost all States and union territoriesincluding Assam and Ladakh. The two-day ...

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AAEA bats for long-term strategy to overcome power crisis

Guwahati: Expressing concern over the probable electricity crisis due to the shortage of coal supply to various power plants in the coming days, a northeast India based graduate engineers’ forum advocates for a long-term strategy to overcome the crisis focusing on non-fossil fuel power projects. All Assam Engineer’s Association (AAEA) specially bats for the household ...

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PEC demands authentic probe into killing of UP scribe Raman Kashyap

Guwahati: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the Geneva-based media rights body, condoles the demise of young television scribe Raman Kashyap at Lakhimpur Kheri locality of Uttar Pradesh (UP) and demands an authentic probe into the incident that led to killing of the rural reporter on 3 October 2021.According to local sources, Raman (35) was hit by ...

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AAEA wishes everyone on Engineer’s Day

Guwahati: On the auspicious occasion of Engineer’s Day, All Assam Engineer’s Association (AAEA) greets the engineering fraternity in particular and everyone in general as the northeast India based forum of graduate engineers believes that each individual has an engineering mind irrespective of their adopted professions.It may be mentioned that the Engineer’s Day is observed in ...

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Mainstream media & Journalists should display financial transparency: JFA

Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA), while appreciating the Union Information and Broadcasting ministry for its initiative to review the guidelines for scribe’s welfare schemes, urged the mainstream media houses and seasoned journalists to display transparencies in their own financial transactions to qualify themselves for such benefits. The forum of scribes also opined that the media ...

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High Court directive on fake news

Journalists’ Forum Assam welcomes High Court directive on fake news

Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) commends the concern expressed by Madras High Court in a recent directive to Tamil Nadu government to constitute a press council (High Court directive on fake news) so that the menace of fake news/journalists can be legally addressed. The forum believes that a recognized journalist should be barred from doing ...