As a part of the social project of Darwin School of Business (DSB), U Stan group which has done activities connection with ageing and old age organized an interactive session with the members of Amar Ghor and Kasturba Gandhi Memorial Trust. U Stan group conducted survey amongst young people in the city which reveals younger individuals are more concerned about old age people but many are not taking action for the same. Interactive session was attended by Mahadev Deka, Former Mr. Universe, Dr Anirban Choudhury, Director of DSB, Ranjan K Baruah, Social Entrepreneur, representatives from Amar Ghor and Kasturba Gandhi Memorial Trust.
In his speech Mr. Mahadev deka said that passion must be there and everyone needs to do for the cause of old age protection. He said that one should start feeling for the cause from within the self. Dr Anirban Choudhury said that the term old should be replaced with wise and the talents of the elderly person must be highlighted amongst people. He was also appealing the students to take up a day or so and visit old age homes. Ranjan K Baruah was mentioning about the global statistics on elderly person. It is to be mentioned that there are more than 737 million people above the age of 60. At present 1 out of 9 in above 60 years and the same is expected to be 1 out of 5 by 2050. Out of the total population of the elderly person two thirds live in developing nations. Indian government declared 1999 as year of older person and since 1st October 1990 United Nations has declared 1st October as the day for older person. This year the theme of the day would be Longevity: shaping the future.
There was an interaction session with elder person with youth and students. There was reflection from the senior person and at the same time young people also mentioned their views. Youths were called upon to visit the old age home and organize some activities. The member of U Stan group shall continue to work on the issue and would visit various old age home of the city to have more interaction with senior people. The interactive session was moderated by Mr Baruah. There were 11 students in the group and was coordinated by Ms Neeksy Huidrom. The welcome address was given by Asha Sarma . The programme was held at DSB’s campus 1 near State Zoo on 20th June.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday said that ruling Congress did not indulge in vote bank politics. Talking to reporters Gogoi said that there is simply no question of vote bank politics. Criticizing AGP and BJP, he said that the illegal immigrants are not the only problem to be dealt with. He claimed that only the Congress government would be able to complete work on the photo-IDs of voters.
Governor Janaki Ballav Patnaik and Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi have greeted the people on the occasion of Eid-ul-Zuha on Saturday.
In his message, Patnaik appealed for upholding the tradition of amity and communal harmony in the state and urged the people to strengthen the bond of fraternity so that anti-social elements do not create any dent in their peaceful co-existence.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi said that the Eid would spread the message of universal brotherhood, love, peace and sacrifice would further strengthen the bond among the people.
Curfew in Dhubri town has been relaxed on Friday two days after it was imposed following clashes between police and civilians. There is no report of fresh incident in view of Eid-ul-Zoha on Saturday. Shops, markets, offices and banks remained open during the curfew relaxation period. However, educational institutions were closed because of Durga Puja vacation.
In view of the festival, security measures have been augmented in vulnerable areas. Curfew was imposed in the district headquarters after three persons were injured in clashes between two groups in IG road area in this town.
Dispur would soon set up a commission to study the issue of unemployment in the State. It would also suggest measures to eradicate the problem. Disclosing this, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that the Commission will comprise experts and besides studying the problem of unemployment in Assam, it will also suggest ways to solve it. The Commission’s report will be out by Bohag Bihu. The Commission will further look at the steps taken by the Government during the past decade to deal with unemployment and success and failure of various schemes.
A 5-day-long celebration of North East is going to be held at Dilli Haat, New Delhi on November 1-5. Titled as "Traffic Jam” the event is around the theme of community and unity. During these days, the event will bring people together around issues that break down community. There will be a special focus on Human Trafficking and in view of recent happenings also on discrimination towards the North East.
The festival will feature two event evenings (November 2nd and 3rd). Both evenings will be an assortment of music, live painting, cultural dances, and street theatre performances interspersed with short talks and presentations. The impact of the festival will be furthered...
In what could be described as a highly-encouraging news for Indian children’s cinema, a script that takes a look at the issue of witch hunting as seen by a small Assamese kid has found itself to be the only non-European project chosen for the co-production market of Cinekid, the world’s largest film, TV and cross-media festival for children.
Adapted from acclaimed Assamese writer Manikuntala Bhattacharjya’s children’s novel “Ishu” by National Award-winning film critic Utpal Borpujari, the script, also titled “Ishu”, is among the 15 film projects chosen to be presented before a high-profile panel of co-producers, distributors and sales agents...
Assam chief minister, Tarun Gogoi on Saturday released the white paper on the implementation of the Assam Accord saying that foreingers are no longer a huge problem to be dealt with. Gogoi claims with facts and figures that influx was on the decline. According to him, immigration was one of the issues like education, health and unemployment. He said that state will start the process for giving voters identity card after the completion final electoral roll.
Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Saturday visited the porous Indo-Bangladesh border in Dhubri district on Saturday. Shinde visited the Shishumara and Mohamayachar border areas by a BSF boat to take stock of the unabeted influx from across the border. He inspected the eastern flanks accompanied by senior officials of the Home Ministry and Border Security Force. Earlier, he landed in Guwahati in the morning from Delhi on a day-long visit and took off in a helicopter to the BSF border camp in Panbari near Dhubri.
One more rhino was found dead on Saturday a week after its horn was sawed away by poachers in Kaziranga National Park. The rhino was believed to have been shot at by poachers at Agoratoli range of the Park and its horn was removed on October 13.
Amid Durga puja festivities, a shoot out rocked Guwahati city on Friday where a person lost his live at the hands of a miscreant.The incident took place at Chatribari area where an armed miscreant shot dead a person when he tried to overpower the miscreant. Identified as Brajen Rajbanshi, the victim was rushed to the hospital but died on the way to it. Police officials rushed to the spot and the miscreant manage to flee from the spot.
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