The ongoing debate about an Indian passport not being a solid document to claim citizenship has inherently highlighted the necessity of a countrywide citizenship screening exercise. Legally, Indian citizenship is administered by the 1955 Citizenship Act and the passports are issued under the 1967 Passports Act. Even though a passport is still recognized as the…
When the global community observed World Refugee Day on 20 June, a dark reality surfaced from Myanmar where the military-controlled regime in Payitwtaw emerged as a primary actor in creating refugees in their own country. Various global actors claim that over 5.3 million Myanmarese people are now living in distress as the UN High Commissioner…
Guwahati: Come 24 and 25 October 2026, the film buffs, cine critics and movie producer-directors of eastern India will have an unique opportunity to encounter film-works, dedicated to foster nationalism and paying homage to Bharat’s thousands years old civilization, culture and heritage, as the 10th edition of Chalachitram National Film Festival (CNFF) unfolds selected short…
For millions of Sanatani tourists, not to speak of pilgrims, who visit Guwahati in far eastern Bharat, their itinerary includes the temple of Mother Goddess Kamakhya to pay a sacred visit to the Shakti Peeth with the legacy of Kamrup civilization. The consecrated temple atop Nilachal hills on the southern bank of mighty Brahmaputra river….
The ongoing debate about an Indian passport not being a solid document to claim citizenship has inherently highlighted the necessity of a countrywide citizenship screening exercise. Legally, Indian citizenship is administered by the 1955 Citizenship Act and the passports are issued under the 1967 Passports Act. Even though a passport is still recognized as the…
When the global community observed World Refugee Day on 20 June, a dark reality surfaced from Myanmar where the military-controlled regime in Payitwtaw emerged as a primary actor in creating refugees in their own country. Various global actors claim that over 5.3 million Myanmarese people are now living in distress as the UN High Commissioner…
Guwahati: Come 24 and 25 October 2026, the film buffs, cine critics and movie producer-directors of eastern India will have an unique opportunity to encounter film-works, dedicated to foster nationalism and paying homage to Bharat’s thousands years old civilization, culture and heritage, as the 10th edition of Chalachitram National Film Festival (CNFF) unfolds selected short…
For millions of Sanatani tourists, not to speak of pilgrims, who visit Guwahati in far eastern Bharat, their itinerary includes the temple of Mother Goddess Kamakhya to pay a sacred visit to the Shakti Peeth with the legacy of Kamrup civilization. The consecrated temple atop Nilachal hills on the southern bank of mighty Brahmaputra river….
When Daw Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated her 81st birthday under detention somewhere in the military controlled Myanmar on 19 June 2026, various global bodies raised voices for her release along with other political prisoners, languishing in different jails across the southeast Asian nation. Amid the military vigil, anti-junta residents of Myanmar also observed her…
Guwahati: New Delhi may not subscribe the theory of an independent Tibet, where the Dalai Lama would rule the Himalayan Shangri-la from the Potala palace, but millions of Bharatiya still believe that the Tibetan plateau will emerge as a sovereign land some day, for which hundreds of thousands of Tibetans around the world have continued…
Guwahati: The annual Devarshi Narad Jayanti award ceremony, where senior journalist Nava Thakuria was awarded and three city-based reporters namely Ranjita Rabha of Pratham Khabar news channel, Lakhyajit Gohain of NK Television and Mridul Haloi of Dainik Asom were felicitated, brought some good news about the survival of print journalism. Organized by Vishwa Samvad Kendra…
As U Min Aung Hlaing, a top military commander turned President of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma or Brahmadesh) completes his five-day official visit to India, political observers start analyzing its aftermath, where the Myanmar bordering India’s far eastern region expects benefits in several fronts from security to communication to developments. Elevated to the civilian…
GUWAHATI: In journalism, the propagation and judgment of half-truths pose a greater danger than outright falsehoods. This significant observation was made by Prakhar Shrivastava, Senior Consulting Editor and Anchor at Delhi Doordarshan Kendra, while delivering the keynote address on the occasion of Narada Jayanti. Organized under the auspices of the Vishwa Samvad Kendra, Assam on…
As U Min Aung Hlaing, a top military commander turned President of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma or Brahmadesh) completes his five-day official visit to India, political observers start analyzing its aftermath, where the Myanmar bordering India’s far eastern region expects benefits in several fronts from security to communication to developments. Elevated to the civilian…
