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 Assam government will set up a state vigilance commission to deal with the corruption cases. The decision to set up this panel in the line of the Central Vigilance Commission was taken at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday evening. The cabinet meeting further approved a cooperative varsity in Sivasagar district of Assam.
The National Investigation Agency probing the terror funding case in Dima Hasao gets remand of DHD-J military chief Niranjan Hojai for 7 days after he was produced before a special court in Guwahati on Monday. Earlier in the afternoon he was taken to Guwahati two days after he was captured in Nepal. CBI also is set to approach the court seeking his remand.
Normal life in Assam is partially affected following the 12 hour countrywide Bharat bandh which has began in the morning. Barring government buses others are remaining off from the state. A section of business establishments is opening in some places. There is no report of any untoward incident so far. All government, semi government and private offices are functioning with skeletion staff. Flight and train services are normal. Police have arrested hundreds of bandh supporters during this period. They include BJP president Ranjit Dutta and BJP leader in Dibrugarh Prasanta Phukan.
The National Investigation Agency is all set to produce DHD-J military chief Niranjan Hojai before a special court in Guwahati on Monday. A team of NIA has already arrived in Guwahati along with Hojai 2 days after the dreaded Dimasa insurgent leader was arrested from an airport in Nepal. NIA has been seeking him to probe the terror funding case in Dima Hasao district. On the other hand, the rebel outfit which came over ground threatened to resume arms struggle if Niranjan Hojai and chairman Jewel Garlora are not released. On Sunday, some of the cadres set on fire their designated camp at Jatinga even as an indefinite bandh disrupts normal life in the hills district.
At least 150 people have been taken ill after they had consumed botched gram and pulse in Sivasagar district on Sunday. The incident took place near Sonari in Charaideo subdivision a day after they consumed prasad of gram and pulse served at a religious function. They were rushed to the hospital as soon as they started vomitting and complained of severe stomach pain. The seriously ailing persons have been referred to the Sivasagar civil hospital while others are undergoing treatment at the Nazira subdivisional hospital.
A string of sporadic incidents have marked the Dima Hasao district bandh that begun on Sunday. Called by the DHD(J), the indefinite bandh is total. But only to be marked by a string of sporadic incident. A group of DHD-J cadres set on fire a designated camp at Jatinga on Sunday. The Dimasa rebel called for the bandh demanding release of Jewel Garlosa and Niranjan Hojai.
Atleast 3 people have been injured when a passenger bus slipped into a deep gorge on Saturday night near Guwahati. According to information, the mishap took place at around 11.30 night when the Jorhat bound bus fell into a deep ditch in Jorabat. The injured passengers have been rushed to the hospital.
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi says his government has no control over the autonomous bodies set up under the Sixth Schedule. Talking to reporters in Dispur on Saturday, Gogoi questioned the Opposition parties' allegations of his involvement in the Rs 1,000 crore scam in Dima Hasao district. Gogoi said if the opposition parties comes out with evidence he would quit the office.
The Assam government will provide all assistance to the jailed ULFA leaders if they come forward for talks. Announcing this Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said on Saturday that these facilities would be within provisions of law to enable them to take a formal decision.
Gogoi said the government has received a letter so far from an ULFA leader showing interest to hold talk. "But we Paresh Barua to come to the table," said the Chief Minister.
The National Investigation Agency has at last captured the elusive DHD(J) chief Niranjan Hojai in Nepal. According to information, the dreaded terrorist has been captured in Nepal on Friday midnight. The country's premier investigation agency has ben seeking him in connection with the nefarious terror funding cases in Dima Hasao district of Assam. Hojai, the most wanted Dimasa rebel outfit leader was captured at the Kathmandu Airport as soon as he landed from Singapore.
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