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Geneva/Guwahati: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses concern over the use of the PRESS symbol by armed combatants in Syria and Gaza to pretend themselves as media workers. The PEC (www.pressemblem.ch) condemns the use…

To provide a safety umbrella to the farmers against the natural disasters (droughts, floods), pests, and diseases, along with post-harvest losses due to local risks like hailstorms and landslides, an alluring scheme, Prime Minister Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), was launched…

Guwahati: Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA), a forum of nationalist citizens in northeast India,  while appreciating the State government for its decisive actions to regain thousands of encroached lands from the clutches of illegal settlers, has also emphasized on proper…

Geneva, 11 July 2025: The number of journalists killed rose dramatically in the first six months of this year. Since January, 86 media workers have been killed in 26 countries, more than 16% compared to last year, said the Press…

In India, 69 percent population lives in villages, where most of the populace is associated with agriculture and allied activities. But snatching the agricultural land by the governments in the name of urban and industrial development leaves these Ruralites in…

Finally, the natural gas leakage from the Bhatiapar crude oil well was contained on 27 Jun 2025 by an experienced team of  Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) with support from three foreign well-control  experts. The capping operation at Rudrasagar…

The natural gas leakage from the Bhatiapar crude oil well continues for 15 days, even though the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) along with an expert team from the USA continue working for full dousing of the RDS-147A under…

Guwahati: Expressing concern over the Sivasagar crude-oil well gas leakage for days, a northeast India-based forum of graduate engineers urged both Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India Limited (OIL) to deal honestly with the ‘abandoned’ wells. Both…

When hundreds of media workers died of  Covid 19 complications across India, a few people thought the corona disaster would also devastate the print media with sharply declined circulation figures resulting in shrinking advertisement revenues. Many established newspaper-publishing groups either…

Guwahati: Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA), a forum of nationalist citizens in far eastern Bharat, expressed utter dismay that a so-called national news channel has aired irresponsible and highly objectionable views that ‘human sacrifice takes place in Kamakhya temple regularly’…