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 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.
Amid a simmering political temperature, the Centre has advised Dispur to go for Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the multi-crore scam in North Cahcar Hills district. The Centre’s suggestion was confirmed by Union home secretary Gopal Krishna Pillai who shot off a letter to Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi. Precisely, it’s a major embarrassment for Mr Gogoi, who has been downplaying the demand for CBI probe. But the Opposition parties still are demanding immediate dismissal of the Gogoi government.
The Assam BJP unit on Monday called on Assam governor J B Patnaik urging him to order CBI probe in to the multi-crore scam three days after the AGP staged demo in...
Amid a political storm, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday made it plain that he would take action if his ministers are found involved in the Rs 1000 crore scam that rocked the North Cachar Hills Autonpmous Council. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Friday, Gogoi said the NIA never sought his consent to quiz his minister as it was reported in the Week. He said he would quit if waht the Week carries are found correct. he further said the government is mulling legal action on the Week. Notably, the Week magazine recently in a report broke that the National Investigation Agency probing the multi crore funds scam had named seven ministers and a former governor citing their...
ULFA vice chairman Pradeep Gogoi on Friday procured bail in three TADA cases even as Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi the jailed ULFA leaders could be freed to ensure a hassle-free process for holding peace talk with the givernment. Gogoi on Friday got bail in 3 cases while the fnal judgment in 3 other pending cases are to be delivered on February 23. The court will deliver its final judgment in the remaining cases on February 23 where same it is expected for the single case against publicity secretary Mithinga Daimary.
Meanwhile, talking to reporters on Friday in Dispur, Gogoi said he wants the talk amid a congenial atmosphere and with dignity. But he refused to divulge these in detail...
Altogehter 3,78,610 candidates are appearing in the High School Leaving Certificate Examinations and Assam High Maddressa examinations, 2010 across the state which begins on Friday. According to the Board of Secondary Education, Assam, which conducts the external examination the examinations are holding at 780 centres. The state secondary education board this time deployes 981 invligators along ith 72 zonal invligators, 26 district invligators to ensure free and fair examination which begins from 9 in the morning.
Meanwhile, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, education minister Gautom Bora, AGP president Chandra Mohan Patowary, AASU also welcomed the examinees.
Altogether 9 persons died when a vehicle carrying a marriage party collided it head on a speeding truck in the outskirt of Guwahati city last night. According to information, the tragic road mishap took place at around 12-30 midnight at Goverdhan near Chaygaon as the marriage party were on the way to Boko from Khetri. Nine persons of the marriage party died on the spot while 5 others have been rushed to the Guwahati Medical College Hospital. The driver and his associate of the truck are absconding. Details are awaited.
The Gauhati High Court on Thursday orders police investigation to unearth the things behind the the recent incident at Sunsali where to Gurukul Grammer School Students drowned on the river Brahmaputra. The Court order came up after victim Saheer Ahmed's father moved a writ petition seeking proper probe in to the tragic case. It may be recalled that two students namely Simanta Saurabha and Saheer Ahmed met watery grave as they were holding a secret session with five other friends on Friday 7 at Sunsali. The bodies were recovered 5 and 6 days laer.
Amid a simmering controversry over the NIA report in the fund misappropriation cases in NC hills, Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday strongly refuted the story carried by a news magazine. Addressing a press conference in Dispur on Thursday, Sarma said he has already served a legal notice to the weekly adding that ASDC and BJP were running the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council during that period. "That's why, the involvement of Congress and its leaders does not arise," he said.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi says sustained efforts by army and para military forces have resulted a visible decline in the incidents of violence in Asam. Inaugurating an army fair at the Judges field in Guwahati on Wednesday, Gogoi said police and army have best coodination in dealing with the anti-national forces. The visitors at the fair were treated to a thrilling display weapons including rifles, machine guns, grenade launchers, rocket launchers and mortars. Dog show, horse show and an aero model show were also conducted by the army personnel.
ULFA top leader Bhimkanta Burahgohain, popularly konwn as Mama demands probe into the sensational revelations of Kamal Nath who alleged that the top ranked ULFA leaders captured in 2005 during Operation All Clear in Bhutan were killed in Shillong after being handed over to India at the instance of Himanta Biswa Sarma and Mani Kumar Subba. mama was brought to the court to be produced before it.
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