Pioneer Group under the social projects initiatives of Darwin School of Business (DSB) organised a workshop on the 'Rights of Disable People' at the premises of Sishu Sarothi on 8th January. The main resource person of the workshop was Anju Talukdar, Coordinator of Human Rights Law Network of Guwahati Unit. She spoke on the rights of the disable people and various laws related with disable people. She has also spoken how some corporate have taken people who are disable which is a positive sign for development. Mr. Jyoti Prasad Gogoi, Programme Coordinator of Sishu Sarothi spoke on various types of disability. The programme was attended by students from different institutes from Guwahati. Dr Partha Sarathi from Kripa foundation, Mr. Biswaroop Bhattacharya and Mr A Ahmed, faculty member from DSB attended the programme.
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Its important that our campuses must be disable friendly. Apart from campuses government offices and others must be disable friendly. Unfortunately we don't find disable friendly campuses or even hotels in our places.
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The congress youth wing leader, Jivraj Daulagupu, on being denied the party ticket, has resigned from congress to contest the forthcoming 11th N.C Hills Autonomous Council election as an independent...
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Rongali Bihu is round the corner and so is the rush of customers in the markets and shopping complexes across the city. The rush of people buying new clothes for them and their loved ones is...
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Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is expected to seek more central assistance for the state when he will attend the north east chief ministers’ conference in New Delhi on Monday. To be chaired by Prime...
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The Centre on Saturday made it plain and simple that the talks with ULFA(I) is not possible abroad.Talking to reporters at Sonapur in the outskirt of Guwahati, Union minister of state for home Kiren...
Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Saturday stressed skill development in manual labour saying that the private sector firms can play a role in it. Ramesh lauded IndiaCan, a Pearson operating company saying that it can play a very important role. According to him, around 8 per cent of the families (under MGNREGA), including in Assam, have crossed 100 days of employment .
Altogether 5 persons died at a tragic road mishap in Sonitpur on Saturday. The mishap took place in the wee hour near Gophur where Indigo vehicle carrying them to Guwahati slipped into the deep gorge at Borongabari. All the five persons died on the spot. Four of them hailed from Guwahati and two of them were identified as Arpan Kalita and Chandan Medhi.
A daylong media orientation program with an aim for encouraging and developing ethical journalism has been organized on Thursday (July 26, 2012) at Guwahati Press Club. Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, an independent journalist and educator spanning 35 years of experiences in print, radio, television and documentary film-making, will attend the program as the resource person.
The technical session will start at 10 am, which will be open for the journalist-members of Guwahati Press Club. The interested journalists should submit their names to the office of the press club by Tuesday evening.It will be followed by the Guest of the Month program at 3 pm in the same venue, where Guha Thakurta will...
The High School Leaving Certificate Examination and Assam High Madrassa (AHM) Examination, 2013 will hold from February 19. Disclosing this, education minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the exams for the next session will start on February 19 next year and continue to March 5. The result for the examinations is expected to be declared before May 15. He said the move has been taken to regain people's faith on the credibility of the Board of Secondary Education, Assam after this year's many mishaps during the examination. The forms must be submitted by September 17 and a special check list of the admit cards will be sent to the examination centres for correction by October 30 and the...
A powerful grenade rocks Diphu on Friday evening. The grenade exploded in front of the ASDC office at round 8 in the evening. There is no report of enquiry. Details are awaited.
Four persons died in miscreant attack in Kokrajhar on Friday. The gruesome incident took place at Jaipur at around 9-15 in the evening. The severed bodies were recovered by police.The deceased identified as Nipu Gayari, Jonsar Bodo, Thoba Gayari and Pradeep Boro. Immediately after the incident the miscreants managed to vanish amid darkness. Security forces are fanning in and around the area to nab the culprits.
Schopenhauer is one of those great philosophers for whom it must be said that he never received the attention that he so rightfully deserved. From his contributions to Kant, to his understanding of Indian philosophy that showed Germany and Europe the path to the East; his contributions are enormous and varied. And yet, till now, despite the study that Schopenhauer’s oeuvre generates; it falls quite short of that deserved by its writer’s tall stature. Take for example, Schopenhauer’s conspicuous absence from the curriculum of philosophy at both bachelor’s and master’s degree levels in so many leading universities of the world. Thus, in addition to a viable...
A special investigation team of police set up to probe the GS Road molestation case on Friday arrested TV scribe Gauravjyoti Neog a day after the Gauhati High Court rejected his anticipatory bail. Gaurav, who was accused of masterminding the entire incident with a bunch of miscreants was arrested from his residence by a Bhangagarh police station in the afternoon. Interrogation is going on. According to sources, he would be produced before the court likely on Saturday.
The fresh development took place a day after Gauhati High Court rejected his anticipatory bail petition who allegedly shot the video of the molestation of a girl here on July 9. A bench of Justice CR Sarma rejected the plea...
Around 5,000 people demonstrated in front of the Sivasagar Deputy Commissioner’s office on Friday demanding exemplary punishment of army jawans involved in alleged molestation of a teenage girl on July 13. Activists from 22 outfits who took out the protest demanded Rs 10 lakh compensation for the girl, removal of the Army from the district and withdrawal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act. The 22 outfits include TMPK, AASU, ATASU, KMSS and BAP. They shouted slogans against the Army and asked the government to deal with the case in line with the infamous July 9 molestation case of a girl in a street of Guwahati. They demanded for immediate action against the Army jawans...
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has welcomed Rahul Gandhi for his decision to accept a ministerial berth saying that it would help the party gather more strength. Talking to reporters in Dispur on Friday, Gogoi said that the time was appropriate time for Gandhi to take more responsibility. The chief minister said that the experienced ones would help him achieve his goal. He also said Rahul's decision will attract more youths to the party.
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