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Nava J. Thakuria

Journalist based in Guwahati, Assam, India.

Assam: When the Prince of Melody Departs

The heartbroken news surfaced from Singapore in multiple media outlets, which shocked the people of Assam in grief, but also in instant outrage among the young generation, who were born in eastern India and brought up with the melodious voice…

Nepal Looks Forward With Interim Premier Sushila Karki

Nepal, sandwiched between  India and Tibet (China), has returned to normalcy after two days of political unrest, where the young people hit the streets of Kathmandu and other important urban localities with various demands, including accountability to the government. The…

Assam Expects a Correct NRC 

As the Supreme Court of India recently agreed to hear a petition asking for a comprehensive and time-bound re-verification of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) updated in Assam during 2014-2019, the people of Assam may expect a correct list…

AAEA Cautiously Appreciates the Ethanol Blending Mission with Petrol

Guwahati: As the Supreme Court of India has recently rejected a public interest litigation against the standardization of 20 percent ethanol blending with pure petrol across the country, an Assam-based graduate engineers’ forum cautiously appreciates the initiative with caveats for…

PEC Expresses Concern Over Suspicious Journo-deaths

Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses serious concern over repeated deaths of Bangladeshi journalists in mysterious situations and urges the interim government in Dhaka to launch a genuine probe to find the reasons…

When New Delhi Rejects Dhaka’s Allegation

The  Ministry of External Affairs recently dismissed the allegation of the Bangladesh government, where Dhaka alleged that New Delhi was inherently supporting the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s political party. Terming it misplaced, the ministry clarified that India does not…

Nearly 100 Film Works Submitted for CNFF-25

Guwahati: As the 9th Chalachitram National Film Festival 2025 (CNFF-25) is set for 25 & 26 October next at Jyoti Chitraban film studio premises in Kahilipara, nearly 100 film works have reached the organizing committee this 15 August from various…

PPFA Lauds Naming City Flyover With Prithu Maharaj

Guwahati: Commending the Assam government for deciding to name the under-construction Dighalipukhuri–Noonmati flyover in the city after legendary Kamrup ruler Prithu Maharaj, a forum of nationalist citizens appeals to the State chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, for erecting a life-size…

Promising Media Safety in Election-bound Bangladesh  

Addressing the nation on live television on 5 August 2025,  Bangladesh’s interim government head Dr Muhammad Yunus announced that the south Asian nation will go for 13th Jatiya Sansad polls by the first half of February next year (Bangladesh election…

Bangladesh: Journalist Hacked to Death, PEC Demands Justice

Geneva, 8 August 2025: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expressed shock over the murder of a journalist in the capital city of Bangladesh and urged the interim regime in Dhaka to nab the killers…

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