The prestigious Tufts University’s Dr Jean Mayer Award for Global Citizenship this year goes to eminent journalist Sanjoy Hazarika.
Hazarika, the pride of North eastern India was awarded recognizing innovative work and initiatives in health and governance. Notably, previously the award have gone to personalities like Nobel laureates economist Amartya Sen, and South African freedom fighter Rev. Desmond Tutu.
Hazarika, received the award at a function on Friday and was honoured with a standing ovation at the Fletcher School of Diplomacy.
PermalinkSubmitted by Pramila Koparkar on Tue, 02/03/2010 - 20:59
Congratulations Sanjoyji! I was so happy to hear about the honour that you have brought to Assam and the nation.We look forward to further acheivements from you and pray for your success in your endeavours.
Under the banner of Indian Society of Anaesthesiologists (Guwahati city branch) the World Anaesthesia Day-2008 will be celebrated in the city on 16th October. Although the Anaesthesia day was celebrated in Guwahati for many years but this year's celebrations carry special importance as the ISA had already recognized the Guwahati city branch.Addressing media persons at Guwahati Press Club today, the office bearers of ISA (Guwahati city branch) declared, "This day is a very auspicious day for all the members of anaesthesiology fraternity as it is considered to be the birthday of Anaesthesia. On this day in the year 1846 the possibility of performance of painless surgery was accepted by...
It can't but be a breaking news. Never did ULFA say its wants Bangladeshi immigrants should quit Assam at the height of the riot in Darrang and Udalguri.According to information, ULFA is still simple and clear it wants Indians to go before the immigrants. The controversy erupts after zee News beamed a story that ULFA backs the battle against the Bangladeshi immigrants. Quoting ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa as saying, a private satellite TV news channel says its not true. According to Rajkhowa, the Indians are also outsiders and must quit Assam.
Its a big big day for regional politics in Assam. Despite stiff resistance the main Opposition Asom Gana Parishad on Tuesday announced its unification of regional forces with former Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Pulakesh Baruah, Atul Bora, Pabindra Deka et al. The epoch-making moment came up when the regional party was holding its function to mark its foundation day in Golaghat where the party was born in 1985.AGP president Chandra Mohan Patowary announced unification of AGP(P) led by Mahanta, Trinamool Gana Parishad led under the leadership of Pulakesh Baruah and Atul Bora. All they shaked their hands with smiling faces mending all differences in the crowded function.On the other...
Its Himanta Biswa Sarma vs Anjali Daimary. The former is a powerful minister in the Tarun Gogoi cabinet while the latter is no less popular in the state.The Bodo Women Justice Forum president Anjali Daimary is caught a grim war of words with Assam government spokesperson Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma. The war centres around the recent orgy of violence in Udalguri and Darrang districts.The BWJF chief on Monday asked Dr Sarma further not to meddle in the internal affairs of the Bodo people. Addressing a press conference on Monday, the Bodo Women Justice Forum president hold Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma responsible for the recent carnage in Udalguri and Darrang districts.According to her, Dr Sarma’s...
At least 26 people, mostly labourers engaged in brick kiln, were killed, 45 others have been injured, some of them seriously when a bus collided its head on a stranded truck at Beltoli Chariali under Golokganj police station in Dhubri district on Monday midnight.According to information, accident took place when a bus Usha bearing No AS17/7152 bound for Singimari in Hajo collided its head on a stranded tuck No AS21/5027 on the National Highway 31. Fifteen people including 6 children died on the spot while eight others succumbed to injuries on the way to hospital.Immediately after the incident local residents and police came to the rescue of the injured people and rushed them to the nearest...
Assamese people who are living in the camp Bhakatpara relief Camp Boro women in the Relief Camp Children in the Camp Children in the Relief Camp House of Rameswar Mushahary,which was completly burnt Music in the Camp. This garo boy bought the guitar when he came to the Bhakatpara relief camp. People from Kalitapara who are in the relief Camp View of the Camp Photo by Ranjan K Baruah
A few days after an end to the communal clash, political leaders from Delhi are flying to in Udalguri and Darrang districts of Assam to woo the voters in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.A 3-member AICC delegation has visited the violence-hit areas in Udalguri and Darrang districts on Sunday and assessed the situation. Led by former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Mukut Mithi, the delegation further announced Rs 1 lakh compensation from the party to the families of those killed in the carnage.The delegation comprising former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Mukut Mithi, union minister of state for home Sakeel Ahmed and MP H S Khan on Sunday visited the relief camps in Bhakatpara,...
Two Assam cricketers have been selected to the Indian Premier League’s Sharukh Khan’s Knight Riders in its second season. Both the cricketers will attend the training camp from Tuesday led by former Indian skipper Saurabh Ganguly.According to information, Dhiraj Goswami and Krishna Das, both from Assam would join the Sahrukh Khan’s Knight Riders led by former Indian skipper Saurabha Ganguly. They would attend the training camp from Tuesday in Ahmedabad to ensure good performance. The Assam Cricket Association sources have confirmed it and said it’s a good news.
An Arunachal Pradesh legislator has left been injujred his two PSOs and the driver died at a tragic road accident in Dibrugarh on Sunday night.According to information, the MLA from Changlang in Arunachal Pradesh Wangnia Pongte was injured at a road accident in Dibrugarh. But his two PSOs namely Padon Mying, M Wangsa and the driver Akhilesh Kumar Singh died on the spot.The seriously injured MLA was immediately rushed to the Assam Medical College Hospital in Dibrugarh. After surgery he is being kept at the intensive care unit of the hospital.
By Shobha ShuklaFAO was founded in 1945 on the 16th of October - a day which is observed as World Food Day (WFD) in about 150 countries all over the world. The theme for this year’s WFD is ‘World Food Scarcity : The Challenges Of Climate Change And Bio Energy’ as there is a strong need to expand global awareness to reduce the effect of severe climate patterns on agriculture and the impact of bio fuels on food production.Global warming and the bio fuel boom are threatening to push the number of hungry even higher in times to come. During 2007 alone, around 50 million more have been added to the rank of the world’s hungry due to rising prices, thus pushing the number...
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