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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.

PPFA appreciates India’s President for honoring INA veterans

by Nava Thakuria - Dec 20, 2018

Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) appreciates President of India, Ram Nath Kovind for honoring personally a group of INA (Indian National Army/ Azad Hind Fauj) veterans during his recent visit to Myanmar and continues its old...
Vartalap organized by PIB held at Baksa, Assam

by Nava Thakuria - Dec 20, 2018

As the Union government has continued implementing various welfare schemes for the benefit of common Indians, the downtrodden section in the society should access to those schemes and here the media can play a vital role,...
Guwahati scribes maintain good health

by Nava Thakuria - Dec 12, 2018

The Guwahati city based scribes maintain good health as most of them have performed well in a recent blood screening camp conducted by Assam’s celebrated healthcare institute Dispur Hospitals. Nearly 80 scribes, age limit from 30...
India’s active and diverse roles sought in Myanmar

by Nava Thakuria - Dec 11, 2018

As India and Myanmar maintain a strong legacy of friendship, trust, and cooperation for centuries, the southeast Asian nation expects an active role in diverse fields from New Delhi. But reasons, best known to the Indian...
Anti-Islamabad activities get ground in PoK

by Nava Thakuria - Dec 2, 2018

Slowly but steadily the Kashmir region under Pakistan authorities becomes a happening place for anti-Islamabad activities, where the protesters come with clear voices against the Pakistan government in Islamabad in repeated times. The most recent one...
Newspapers still have future in India

by Nava Thakuria - Oct 14, 2018

Alternate media may be growing in India, but the conventional and mainstream medium including the newspapers still have future in the populous country. India today emerges as a land of millions of smartphone & internet connected...
Editor from Pakistan occupied Kashmir bats for more exchanges

by Nava Thakuria - Oct 4, 2018

Leaving aside all differences, a Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) based editor-journalist favors more people-to-people contact and exchange of ideas between all parts of Kashmir for greater regional understanding and meeting of minds. Haris Qadeer, who used...
Media OPD clinic continues at Guwahati Press Club

by Nava Thakuria - Aug 6, 2018

Chennai based Gleneagles Global Hospitals will conduct the next media OPD clinic at Guwahati Press Club on Tuesday (7 August 2018). Dr Meera Raghavan (gynecology) and Dr N Raghavan (urology) from the acclaimed healthcare institution will...
Guwahati scribes face vulnerability to liver and heart ailments

by Nava Thakuria - May 29, 2018

Sizable number of working journalists in northeast India faces malfunction of liver and abnormal lipid profile. Two recent screening camps, organized at Guwahati Press Club for the benefit of its member-journalists, revealed that almost one-fifth of...
Seminar on women’s rights and liberties held in Manipur, India

by Nava Thakuria - May 25, 2018

A two-day interactive seminar on women’s rights and liberties in Manipur was a refreshing experience for the participants. Organized jointly by National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi (NHRC) and Manipur University at Imphal on 18-19 May...