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Nava Thakuria

Nava Thakuria is a Guwahati (North East India) based journalist, who contributes to News Hour and various other media outlets. He writes over various socio-political and environmental issues of North East India along with Bangladesh, Burma, Tibet, Bhutan, and Nepal. One of his areas of interest is also the media and its development.

Journalists’ Forum Assam mourns the death of journalist Padmeswar Chitrakar

by Nava Thakuria - May 8, 2020

Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) conveyed sorrows at the death of senior journalist Padmeswar Chitrakar on May 6th in Guwahati suffering from illness. The forum also wishes an quick recovery to a different city based scribe Mozahidul...
Ronny Roy declared as media martyr against Coronavirus by JFA

by Nava Thakuria - May 1, 2020

Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) lamented for shocking death of senior photojournalist Ronojoy Ronny Roy. He was suspected to be infected by novel coronavirus complications. JFA announced him a brave media fighter within the battle against the...
JFA expresses concern over Covid-19 infection to media persons

by Nava Thakuria - Apr 21, 2020

Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) expresses concern over the infection to a large number of media persons while they went on reporting about novel corona virus outbreak across India. It terms the news of over 50 journalists...
When newspapers struggle to survive coronavirus pandemic

by Nava Thakuria - Mar 29, 2020

Newspapers in India face an uphill task to maintain its readership index as New Delhi declared for a complete lockdown till the middle of April because of pandemic Covid-19 outbreak in the large country. A shutdown...
As Pakistan trails, India sets to improve journo-murder index

by Nava Thakuria - Mar 17, 2020

As the year 2020 rolls on, Pakistan reported the first murder of journalists in the Indian subcontinent. All other countries in the subcontinent have evaded killing of any scribes in the last two months. Around the...
Patriotic forum urges for media restrain in Assam

by Nava Thakuria - Mar 4, 2020

Assam chapter of All India Patriotic Forum (AIPF) has expressed serious concern over an unhealthy media debates by some journalists relating to the forthcoming elections of Guwahati Press Club (GPC), a pioneer pressmen’s organization in northeast...
Guwahati’s Dispur Hospitals conferred with Healthcare Excellence Awards 2020

by Nava Thakuria - Mar 1, 2020

City based Dispur Hospitals has been conferred with Healthcare Excellence Awards 2020 by News18 Network for the successive second year. The premier healthcare organization of northeast India was handed over the certificate of appreciation for the...
India sets to improve its journo-murder index in 2019

by Nava Thakuria - Dec 23, 2019

As the year 2019 is approaching the finish line, India sets to improve its journo-murder index with only two casualties this year. As the world witnesses murders of nearly 50 scribes for journalistic works till date,...
Damage caused by western media to India is enormous: Francois Gautier

by Nava Thakuria - Nov 2, 2019

Hinduism is the one of the religions today that accepts and respects all the other religions and Hindus are descendants of an ancient civilization in human history, but there are many western journalists and correspondents who...
PPFA insists on revitalizing Hinglaj temple in Balochistan

by Nava Thakuria - Oct 10, 2019

Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA), a northeast India based forum of nationalists insists on revitalizing Hinglaj Mata Mandir, a Shakti Peeth connected to Kamrup Kamakhya legends and urges the Union government in New Delhi to pursue...