Freedom fighters protest in Dispur; discussion with CM today
More than 50 freedom fighters along with their family members from across the State staged a demonstration at Last Gate on Friday.
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: Decrying the non-fulfillment of various demands by the government, more than 50 freedom fighters along with their family members from across the State staged a demonstration at Last Gate here on Friday. The protest was staged under the banner of Assam State Freedom Fighters Association .
At around noon, Chief Minister s Media Adviser Hrishikesh Goswami met the demonstrators at the protest site, and invited them for discussions with the Chief Minister on Saturday. However, following the insistence of the freedom fighters on a written invitation from the government s side, the Home & Political Department handed over a formal invitation letter to them in the afternoon. Finally, the Association withdrew their decision to carry on the demonstration.
Pandemic-hit book publishers eye for openings
It was an intriguing discussion at a special session of the prestigious 33rd Guwahati Book Fair, where a number of book publishers, writers, journalists and conscious readers assembled to introspect over various challenges faced by the book (publication) industry during the Covid-19 pandemic inducing national lockdown in India and also to arouse new possibilities in the post-corona era.
The participants were unanimous that the pandemic had severely affected the publishing industry including the physical newspapers but at the same time, it helped to increase the number of committed
readers precisely among the new generation. They opined that the process of publishing and arketing Assamese books also reemerged with new approaches to the technology-driven profession for the
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