National award winning Youth Assamese Journalist Amarjyoti Borah has been selected for the Wolfson Press Fellowship offered by Cambridge University, United Kingdom. The three month fellowship will start from April 19 and during the course of the fellowship the fellows will research on their selected subject areas.
Amarjyoti has already made a mark in the field of Environment Reporting. In 2007 he was adjudged the “Youth Environmental Journalist (print) of the Year” by the Forum of Environment Journalists at New Delhi. Again in 2008 he was among 15 Journalists from Asia, Europe and Africa who were selected for a scholarship to attend a two months advanced training on environment reporting at Berlin, Germany. The scholarship and training was offered by the International Institute of Journalism, Berlin.
The Wolfson Press Fellowship brings Journalists from various countries to Wolfson College, Cambridge University to research on a particular topic of interest to the Journalist. Amarjyoti will be researching on the issues of Climate Change and the Environment Refugees.
“My area of case study will be the impacts of Climate change on the Sundarbans in India and Bangladesh, and its impacts on the human population”, says Amarjyoti. “I will also be concentrating on issues of the rights of the people there, and the views of the international community and international organisations on these issues”, adds Amarjyoti.
Amarjyoti has been reporting for “Down to Earth”, a leading Environment and Science magazine and have covered many major issues related to the North. The coverage on the destruction of the heritage caves in the Jaintia hills in Meghalaya has been widely appreciated. Besides this, his coverage of the much neglected oil spill issue at Changpang in Nagaland along with exclusive interview of NSCH leaders on this issue have had major impacts. Amarjyoti has also reported extensively on the impacts of Climate Change on different aspects of human life. “The entire North East is reeling under severe impacts of climate change. The consequences could be devastating in the future”, says Amarjyoti.
Amarjyoti, who has several achievement to his name is a resident of Rukmini Nagar, Guwahati and is the younger son of Sri Hiren Borah and Nizara Bora.
The Opposition Asom Gana Parishad demands Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's statement to clear his stand following stunning revelations by Akhil Gogoi where the original but lost documents of criminal charges against Himanta Biswa Sarma were produced.
In a statement, the AGP said that these revelations have justified the allegations of how the Government has been patronizing criminal activities for the last several years.
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Security forces on Saturday arrested an NDFB cadre suspected to have been involved in the July 8 blast which caused the derailing of the Kolkata-bound Garib Rath Express was arrested in Assam’s Chirang district. Sources say patrolling troops of the 15 Dogra Regiment acting on a tip off apprehended the militant identified as Edward Shrampani. Suspected NDFB militants planted the powerful bomb on the railway tracks at Gossaigaon, killing a child and injuring 13 other passengers of the Garib Rath Express.
Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma seems to have landed in trouble when RTI activist Akhil Gogoi comes out with evidence to prove the ministers involvement in a number of criminal cases against him. Addressing a crowded press conference in Guwahati Press Club on Saturday, the KMSS leader said he along woth other associates would soon approach the Supreme Court seeking its intervention.
Gogoi further produced the original documents of the criminal and TADA cases registered against him with Chanadmari and Paltanbazar police stations in 1991. These include the sensational murder of Congress veteran Manabendra Sarma. These particulars have been missing which was why, the...
A hardcore NDFB rebel died at an encounter with security forces in Sonitpur district of Assam on Saturday. According to information, the encounter took place at around 11 in the morning at Hijuguri under Rongapara police station bordering Arunachal Pradesh. Three other cadres of the Bodo rebel outfit managed to escape during the encounter. The deceased is yet to be identified. Police later recovered an AK-56 rifle along with several rounds of bullets from the spot.
Dispur police claimed to have arrested a hardcore ULFA leader on Thursday. The ULFA militant has been identified as Bijoi Deka (24), son of Naren Deka, a resident of South Gandhibari under Tamulpur police station in Baska district. He was apprehended by Dispur police and 128 bn of CRPF.
The Opposition parties have alleged that the government is trying to gag the Opposition parties before the commnecement of the monsoon session of Assembly.
Addressing a joint press conference on Thursday, AGP president Chandra Mohan said the government has failed on all front and that it was in a mood to confront the Oppoisition only to shift the focus on the Rs 1,000 crore scam in Dima Hasao district.
Assam BJP pesident Ranjit Dutta said the government will have to face the music if it continues to gag the Opposition's voice of protest with the help of NSUI and youth Congress activists. He said the government will be blamed if it tries in any form to disrupt Dispur dharna on Friday...
A minor boy died and several others have been injured as tripple blast rocked a train near Gosaigaon in kokrajhar. The first one blast took placed at 2.20 midnight at the Garib rath whe a six yr child died. The driver is missing. Some critically injured passengers have been rushed to hospital. Now local trains are being arranged to recue the standred ones. The second one blast took place at 3 in the wee hours while the third blast within 6 hours. More blasts are feard.
Apart from it, suspected NDFB cadres made low intensity blast on a railway bridge near Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur district on Wednesday.
Help line numbers: Alipurduar: 03564-270870, 03564-270871, 03564-253498. Guwahati:...
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