Guwahati: As Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) recently issued an advisory asking all film producers, over-the-top platform associations, film chambers of commerce and also the advertisers to prioritize the use of modern methods such as computer-generated imagery, visual effects and animatronics replacing live animals, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India lauded…
Guwahati: After Meghalaya, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma takes another initiative to resolve the border disputes with Nagaland as he had a talk with his counterpart Neiphiu Rio at Jorhat circuit house on Sunday. Veteran Naga politician Rio came down to the upper Assam city to discuss severe issues with Sarma. Later Sarma inaugurated…
Guwahati: New Education Policy 2020 has the potential to help Bharat rediscover its old glory besides providing high-quality educational opportunities to the youths to determine the future of the country. Assam Governor professor Jagdish Mukhi, while addressing the valedictory session of North East Education Conclave in the city on Sunday also commented that India has…
Guwahati: Union commerce & industry, consumer affairs, food & public distribution and textiles minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday participated in Janajati Gaurav Divas, organized by Kalyan Ashram at Haryana Bhawan in the city. Goyal in his speech highlighted the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on uplifting the tribal population in the country. He apprised…
Guwahati: Union education, skill development and entrepreneurship minister Dharmendra Pradhan along with Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated the North-East Education Conclave in the city on Saturday and commented that education sector in Bharat is undergoing an unprecedented transformation and the National Education Policy 2020, introduced by the Centre, aims at preparing the youth…
Guwahati: Jailed for 11 years in Myanmar, the American journalist was released on 15 November 2021 and was immediately deported out of the south-east Asian country. Danny Fenster is on a flight out of Myanmar, said the authority of a digital media outlet named Frontier Myanmar, where he is working as an editor. There is…
Guwahati: Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, condoles the sad demise of two young journalists in India and Afghanistan within 24 hours and urges the concerned authorities to probe the developments that led to their untimely deaths, and subsequently to book the perpetrators to justice. It may be mentioned…
Guwahati: Various global media and human rights organizations expressed dismay over the 11-year imprisonment of American journalist Danny Fenster by the military junta of Myanmar (also known as Burma and Brahmadesh) and demanded his immediate and unconditional release by the military dictators in Naypietaw. Mentionable is that the US journalist was arrested on 24 May…
Guwahati: The Union government recently released Rs 100 crore for the revival of Brahmaputra valley fertilizers corporation limited (BVFCL) at Namrup in eastern Assam. Soon after meeting with the visiting Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in the national capital, the Union chemicals and fertilizers minister Mansukh Mandaviya took the initiative. It may be mentioned…
Guwahati: A special voter’s enrollment initiative with an aim to include all qualified electorates’ names in the voter’s list begins on Saturday in Assam. State chief electoral officer Nitin Khade recently announced the special campaign dates (13 & 14 November 2021) in regards to the ongoing process of special summary revision for registration of all…
