Media OPD clinic concludes
Guwahati: City based Barthakur Clinic Hospital conducted a brief media OPD clinic at Guwahati Press Club on Saturday (23 February 2019), where nurses Lucy L Chongloi and Kapila Lama Borah checked blood pressures of the participants. It may be mentioned that the participating scribes have maintained the readings of normal blood pressure in the camp.
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The Guwahati Press Club in association with Sankaradeva Nethralaya has organized an eye-check up camp on May 28. The camp will start at 9 am in the press club premises. The member-journalists are requested to attend the same.
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Mentionable that the media persons of the State have taken the path of agitation to pursue their demand to nab those culprits, who assaulted two lady journalists on December 12. The journalists of the State under the banner of Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalists and Arunachal Press Club have demonstrated their...
Three city based journalists have been selected for 4th GNRC media fellowship programme. Initiated by GNRC Hospitals in association with Guwahati Press Club, the media fellowships have gone to Prasanta Mena (NE Television), Arup Sandilya (Dainik Janambhumi) and Hemen Barman (Dainik Agradoot). The fellows will get opportunities to study the healthcare scenario in Assam and also remuneration of Rs. 10,000/- per head per month. The programme will begin next month, stated in a release from Guwahati Press Club.
The Deputy High Commission for the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Kolkata has arranged a one-day Visa-camp in Guwahati tomorrow (6th November 2010). This camp is organised on an experimental basis with view to easing the inconvenience of the people who have to travel a long way to collects visas for Bangladesh, stated in a release by Kazi Moshtaque Zahir, First Secretary (Press), Bangladesh deputy High Commission, Kolkata.
The camp will be held at the office of STUP consultants (Pvt) Ltd, 135 Hemkon Villa, MRD road, Chandmari, Guwahati -781003. Filled- in Visa forms will be received three from 10 am-12 noon and visas will be issued from 4-5 pm on the same day.
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Electronic Media Forum Asom to meet on Oct 10 at Guwahati Press Club Guwahati: Newly launched ‘Electronic Media Forum Asom’ has organized a meeting at Guwahati Press Club on October 10 to discuss its future course of actions. The meeting will start at 10.30 am.
Various issues related to professional hazard and encouragement to those involved in the electronic media will be discussed in the meeting. The forum will accommodate all full time (also legitimate) employees of the electronic media in Assam, stated in a release issued by the organization.
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As usual, the journalists and citizens of Guwahati have celebrated country’s Independence Day at Guwahati Press Club. Defying the diktat of militants, who called for a 15 hour general strike staring from the early hours of August 15, the group of patriotic people assembled at the press club premises for the occasion.
The National flag was hoisted by the renowned journalist-writer Nirupama Borgohain at 11 am. In her brief speech, she insisted on observing both I-day and Republic Day (of India) to pay tribute to the martyrs of freedom movement. The Sahitya Academy awardee also condemned the secessionist militants for using diktats to the people not to observe the Days under any...
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Here is the full text of 9th Kamala Saikia Memorial lecture delivered by eminent development journalist of India, Usha Rai today (August 9, 2010) in Guwahati. The program was organized by Journalist Kamala Saikia Memorial Trust in association with Guwahati Press Club at Vivekananda Kendra in the city.
Dear fellow journalists and friends
I am not a public speaker and hesitate when I am asked to come for such orations or lectures. But I could not refuse Dilip Chandan when he called me for I get extremely disturbed when I hear of physical attacks on journalists by people trying to brow-beat or silence them. I believe 18 journalists have been killed in Assam by Ulfa and others and...
Eminent development journalist Usha Rai will deliver 9th Kamala Saikia Memorial Lecture tomorrow (August 9) in the city. Organized by Journalist Kamala Saikia Memorial Trust in association with Guwahati Press Club, the programme will begin at 4 pm in Vivekananda Kendra.
Mentionable that journalist and freedom fighter Kamala Saikia was killed by the ULFA militants on August 9 almost two decades back because of his critical writings against the armed outfit. Unfortunately justice has been denied till today for the family of Saikia and journalist community of Assam.
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