Guwahati: Assam deserves to be made free from child labour and child marriage by 2006 as visualized and initiated by State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, commented by Shyamal Prasad Saikia, chairman of Assam State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (ASCPCR). Gracing a workshop on ‘Preventing and Combating Child Trafficking’, held at the Darrang…
Guwahati: As Bangladesh has slowly returned to normalcy after deadly unrest for many days, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called for an impartial probe into alleged human rights violations across the south Asian nation. He also called on the government in Dhaka to restore full Internet access to enable free communication for…
Shyamlal Yadav The Centre has decided that the “mention of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)” as an organisation that government officials cannot be part of, should be “removed”. This bar on officials participating in activities of the RSS first came into effect almost six decades ago. Following a directive issued by the Department of Personnel and…
New Delhi. Swadeshi Jagran Manch congratulates the central government, especially Finance Minister for innovative schemes announced in the budget for promoting job creation and also self-employment. Swadeshi Jagran Manch National Co Convenor Dr. Ashwani Mahajan said in a release, we understand that employment has always been a pain point in the post globalisation period. Though,…
Guwahati: After nearly hundreds of young people, precisely students, were killed by the government armed forces in liaison with the ruling party affiliates in Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina blames the opposition political leaders for the violence erupted across the south Asian nation. She argued that the government in Dhaka was compelled to impose a…
Bhopal. The Madhya Pradesh High Court recently said that the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) must not remain on paper alone and needs to become a reality. Justice Anil Verma said that there are many depreciating, fundamentalist, superstitious and ultra-conservative practices in the society which are clothed in the name of faith and belief. “Though the…
Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the historic Moidams of Assam are set to gain more recognition and will get more traction following their nomination to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Moidams, built by the Ahom kings in eastern Assam, are waiting for the final recognition from the International Council on Monuments and Sites…
Guwahati: After nearly hundreds of young people, precisely students, were killed by the government armed forces in liaison with the ruling party affiliates in Bangladesh, the country’s lone Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus made a clarion call to the international community including the United Nations to halt the murder of agitating Bangladeshi nationals across the…
Guwahati: Mangaldai Municipal Board (MCB), under Darrang district in central Assam, has been recognized as one of the best performing urban local bodies (ULBs) at the national level under the town category in the recently announced PRAISE (Performance Recognition for Access to Financial Inclusion and Street Vendor’s Empowerment) awards for its outstanding loan performance under…
New Delhi. Ministry of Health said that the UNICEF report which highlights that Bharat has a high number of zero-dose children depicts an incomplete picture of the country’s immunization data. In a statement, the Union Health Ministry said the media reports claiming Bharat has a high number of ‘zero-dose children’- children who did not receive…
