Author Archive for Nava Thakuria

Two weeks of Bhatiapar gas leakage, PCBA’s notice to ONGC, and others

Thursday, June 26th, 2025

Nava Thakuria   The natural gas leakage from Bhatiapar  crude oil well continues for 15 days, even though  the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) along with an expert team from USA continue working for full dousing of the RDS-147A under  Rudrasagar oilfield in Sivasagar district of eastern Assam. The blowout began on 12 June […]

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Rohingyas’ bumpy return back journey to Myanmar

Saturday, June 7th, 2025

Nava Thakuria Even though India gives shelter to nearly 20 million undocumented people from neighbouring countries like Pakistan, Nepal, Tibet, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Bangladesh, the Union government in New Delhi always remains aggressive towards the illegal migrants (termed  infiltrators, asylum seekers or refugees) from Pakistan since the days of independence. But lately, both the government […]

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‘Indian journalism should come out of Colonial hangover, Leftist myopia’

Thursday, June 5th, 2025

Nava Thakuria That was an annual event to commemorate the birth anniversary of Devarshi Narad, the world’s  first journalist, where the learned audience listened to an intriguing speech delivered by nationally acclaimed journalist  Harshvardhan Tripathi. Addressing the Narad Jayanti function,  organized by Vishwa Samvad Kendra Assam at  Sudarshanalaya in Guwahati on 1 June 2025, the […]

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Devarshi Narad Jayanti Award-2025 conferred on Shantanu Tamuli

Monday, June 2nd, 2025

Nava Thakuria Personal integrity essential for a professional journalist:   Tripathi Devarshi Narad Jayanti Award-2025 conferred on Shantanu Tamuli Guwahati: The world’s  first journalist Devarshi Narad  did not have a palatial bungalow and he did not practice journalism with the royal patronage even though he had access to all Gods. But the present trend of journalism […]

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Birth of Bangladesh, inspired Balochs refugee-burden on Assam, etc

Sunday, June 1st, 2025

Nava Thakuria In the decisive war against Pakistan in 1971, India won and a new nation was born, but a small State in eastern part of Bharat had to pay a heavy price with millions of East Pakistan refugees, for which Assam  still cries but nobody cares. With an absorbent border with Bangladesh and unconvincing […]

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One more Indian journalist killed, PEC demands justice

Monday, May 19th, 2025

Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) Geneva, 19 May 2025: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety  and rights body, expressed shock over the murder of another Indian  journalist and demanded justice for the bereaved family of   Dharmendra Singh Chauhan. The Haryana-based media person, who was associated with online media outlet named Fast News India, was […]

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When Bangladesh turmoil rubs northeast India

Sunday, May 18th, 2025

Nava Thakuria The current interim government of Bangladesh, led by Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, remains busy pursuing the final reports by a number of reform commissions with their proposals and subsequent discussions with the political party representatives. Even after nine months of its formation in Dhaka, the situation across the south Asian nation continues […]

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Foreigner arrested for illicit visit to Andaman’s isolated area

Thursday, April 3rd, 2025

Nava Thakuria Guwahati: London-based global outfit dedicated for indigenous and tribal peoples’ rights, Survival International (SI) expressed relief that a foreigner was arrested after landing on North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean to make contact with the uncontacted Sentinelese people. Terming the news as deeply disturbing, the Sl  director Caroline Pearce commented on 2 […]

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GPC urged to clarify its stand on Bhaona controversy

Wednesday, March 5th, 2025

Nava Thakuria Guwahati: Expressing annoyance over the latest development, where a State minister allegedly made unwanted comments on Bhaona and later his clarification denying it with a strong message for suing the propagator, Press Club of Assam (PCA) urges the journalist concerned to clarify his stand. Many media bodies including Gauhati Press Club (GPC) have […]

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Saraswati Puja celebrated in Bangladeshi Hindus  

Friday, February 7th, 2025

Nava Thakuria Guwahati: The dwindling Hindu population of Bangladesh celebrated Saraswati Puja peacefully to worship the deity of wisdom, knowledge, and arts on 3 February 2025 across the trouble-torn south Asian nation. As Saraswati Puja is a major religious festival of the Hindu community in the neighbouring country, the devotees celebrate the occasion every year […]

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Dam in Tibet, a concern for India, Bangladesh

Sunday, January 12th, 2025

Nava Thakuria The construction of a colossal hydropower project by China in Tibet has emerged as a matter of grave concern for India, especially for those residing in its eastern regions including Bangladesh. These areas now face a perpetual threat akin to living under a water bomb, controlled by a foreign power governed by a […]

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PEC condemns murder of scribe in India, 1st victim in 2025

Saturday, January 4th, 2025

NJ THAKURIA Geneva: New Year has brought sad news for the Indian media fraternity as a young scribe was found murdered in Bijapur locality of Chhattisgarh State on Friday. Local media persons informed that the body of journalist Mukesh Chandrakar was recovered from a newly constructed septic tank belonging to an influential contractor based in […]

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Cultural programs by sanitation children for paying homage to Ambedkar

Thursday, December 5th, 2024

Nava Thakuria Guwahati: Assam chief minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma will grace a spectacular cultural event, organised by Valmiki Sangeet Vidyalaya, on Sunday (8 December 2024) in the city. Titled Samatar Chandere Jivanar Joigaan (Joy of Living with Rhythm of Equality), the program will begin at 4 pm in Barsapara’s Assam Cricket Association stadium. The […]

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India: Avoidable by-polls,  burden on taxpayers, etc

Friday, November 29th, 2024

Nava Thakuria As India’s billion plus populace are watching an initiative under ‘one nation, one election’ policy by the Union  government in New Delhi proposing to go for simultaneous elections for Lok Sabha, State legislative assemblies and local government bodies across the country with an aim to reduce the electoral expenditure, the recent by-polls narrated a different […]

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Recognising Asomiya as a classical language

Wednesday, October 16th, 2024

Nava Thakuria Now it’s official-Assamese (Asomiya) as a classical language. The Union Cabinet on 3 October 2024 approved to confer Classical Language  status to Marathi, Pali, Prakrit, Bengali (Bangla) and Assamese languages. The classical languages serve as a custodian of Bharat’s profound and ancient cultural heritage, embodying the essence of each community’s historical and cultural […]

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AAEA urges govt for promoting rain water harvesting

Sunday, October 13th, 2024

Nava Thakuria Guwahati: All Assam Engineers’ Association (AAEA), a forum of graduate engineers in northeast India, appreciates Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat for making  an fervent appeal for caring the nature and protect Mother Earth. The RSS chief, while delivering his annual address on the occasion of Vijayadashami, urged everyone to conserve […]

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Conserve rain water, plant trees, save the planet:

Saturday, October 12th, 2024

RSS Sarsanghchalak Guwahati:  On the occasion of Vijayadashami festival, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat made a fervent appeal to everyone to care for nature and protect the planet for the human race. In his annual address from the headquarter of RSS at Nagpur in Maharashtra on 12 October 2024,  Sarasanghachalak Bhagwat observed that […]

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Pakistan loses 10th journalist to assailants this year, PEC expresses serious concern

Thursday, September 5th, 2024

Nava Thakuria Geneva: Pakistan has slowly turned into a graveyard of working journalists as the south Asian nation loses another journalist, tenth victim this year till date, to assailants. Local media reports confirm that senior journalist Nisar Lehri was shot dead on 4 September 2024 in Mastung locality of Balochistan. Lehri (50), a member of […]

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Assam :  Where indigenous people confront  illegal migrants

Tuesday, August 27th, 2024

NJ THAKURIA Even the middle aged Assamese nationals remember that Assam agitation was initially propagated as ‘Bohiragata Kheda Andolan’ (literarily meaning agitation to deport outsiders) and later redefined as an agitation against illegal migrants (from East Pakistan/ Bangladesh) by the intellectuals and media barons based in Guwahati.  After decades, the issue of outsiders (read non-Assamese Indians) […]

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Emerging voices for a fair NRC in Assam

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024

Nava Thakuria What is the use of voluminous debates about the voting pattern of Bangladesh-origin Muslims in favour of a particular political party, which was observed in the last national elections across Assam,  and an increase in their aggressions over the original inhabitants despite enjoying development benefits (including housing, sanitation, electricity, etc facilities) from the […]

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One more Pakistani journalist killed: PEC expresses shock

Thursday, June 20th, 2024

Nava Thakuria Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign, the global media safety  and rights body, expresses utter shock over the relentless murder of journalists in Pakistan, as the south Asian nation has lost its seventh scribe to assailants this year. Condemning the gunning down of  Khalil Afridi Jibran (55), a television journalist of  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on  […]

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Hoping for a dawn in Indian healthcare

Sunday, May 12th, 2024

Nava Thakuria An ancient Indian saying ‘Swasthya Param Sampad (Health is wealth) emerges as most relevant for the entire human race in the post-corona era. Over eight billion human beings on the planet understood the real face of life & death during the horrible Covid-19 days, where almost everyone was locked inside and counted the […]

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Northeast Bharat completes final phase polling with 81.61 % turnout

Thursday, May 9th, 2024

Nava Thakuria While a declining voters’ turnout surfaced in various parts of India/Bharat during the last three phases of polling under general elections 2024, Assam as well as Northeast Bharat recorded an impressive voters’ response to elect 25 members to the 18th Lok Sabha. Assam voted peacefully in the third  (and final) phase polling on 7 […]

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Ukraine and Mexico emerge as most dangerous countries for journalists in 2022

Wednesday, December 14th, 2022

T Navajyoti Geneva, 14 December 2022: Ukraine and Mexico emerge as  the most dangerous countries for media work this year, stated the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) in its annual report published in Geneva on Wednesday. Since January, 115 media workers have been killed in 29 countries around the world and the number of victims is […]

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Press Emblem Campaig (PEC) urges to end impunity to crimes against journalists

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022

Nava Thakuria Geneva, 2 November 2022: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, while marking the 2022 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on Wednesday commented, ‘more needs to be done to fight impunity on the ground’. Slow progress is made, but still very insufficient, said the PEC […]

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Marching ahead with the spirit of Swatantra Bharat

Thursday, August 11th, 2022

by Nava Thakuria It was probably two decades back, when a group of journalists and Guwahati-based patriots marched on a street of Guwahati to celebrate the Independence Day. As a number of separatist armed militant outfits imposed a general strike on the day (that was the way the ethnic insurgents made them visible in the […]

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Bharat readies to welcome a tribal President

Saturday, June 25th, 2022

By Nava Thakuria If one believes in the simple mathematical calculation and minimum political honesty by public representatives  in the Indian Parliament and State legislative assemblies, the largest democracy on Earth is expecting a lady tribal President in New Delhi. As Draupadi Murmu, a simple Janjati family woman turned a teacher turned a politician, gets […]

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India: A suicide narrates mainstream media’s susceptibility

Tuesday, March 1st, 2022

by Nava Thakuria The news broke from Chennai in south India as a senior photojournalist killed himself on 13 February 2022 in his office itself. Initially it was assumed T. Kumar’s suicide as a personal affair, but soon the harsh  reality surfaced. The victim did not receive full salaries for nearly five years and he […]

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Scribe beaten to death in India, three arrested, PEC demands stringent punishment

Sunday, February 13th, 2022

Nava Thakuria Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, demanded stringent punishments to perpetrators of the murder of a young scribe in central India’s State of Uttar Pradesh some days back. Condoling the demise of Sudhir Saini (30), the PEC also urges the UP government in Lucknow to adequately compensate […]

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Negating PSO culture among media persons in India

Tuesday, January 25th, 2022

by Nava Thakuria Guwahati: Should the journalist-editor-proprietors continue to have government sponsored personal security officers (PSO) even though they do not have visible threats to their lives ? Are PSOs slowly becoming status symbols for many celebrated media persons in India ? Should not  they withdraw the policemen at the earliest and hire private security […]

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