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Artistsjoin Politics PUBLIC’S EASILY OBTAINABLE AND PARTICIPATORY LEGITIMATE E-MEDIA 30 Aug, 2020 Contact us at : [email protected] “Do or do not. There is no try. @thepeopleassam –Yoda Guwahati, Assam MORE THIS WEEK ARTISTS JOIN POLITICS “PEDEL-MARI MARI, JILELE-JILELE, SUPERMAN TO HANDYMAN.. AND 1 About 1.5 billion school REST DON’T EVEN HAVE ONE” children are disrupted from their education. nce upon a time, Assam was rich in the Cultural Field, ahead & prosperous in creativity. Art was rich in every form, enriched with individual’s creativity. Let it be songs, let it be words, let it be poems, let it be anything. 2 Algeria to be a new O here was creativity. But, suddenly that “creativity” vanished, and vanished for a long republic – referendum for a new constitution on time! Assam’s “Artists” today suddenly talk less about the creative-art, more than the November money-making art. Lately, Assam’s “Artist” section has been making a lot of buzz, Tnot in the “Creative” arena, but in the “Political” arena, which is a bit irony, yet possible. Because, we live in India. Even retirement plans now become political in our country. 3 Man Carrying ‘Codes’ on Never mind, politics is that force will requires the LEAST QUALIFICATION and a Piece of paper Nabbed which get more ATTRIBUTIONS. near the Parliament The “Netas” we talk about here, are not “artists”, but are often called “artists”, by whom 4 Orissa HC Allows they say is “RAAIZ”. STORY OF ASSAM’s OPPORTUNISTS. December 2019’s anti-CAA Woman to LIVE_IN with protest became a political platform for many If some are hurdling for tickets from the to-be her Transgender Partner. formed regional parties, some are already joining the established parties. Continued On Page: 08 5 16,944 HSLC Star-Mark holders to get Rs.20,000 each this year 6 India’s Longest River Ropeway in Guwahati Shuts After Two-Days of Inauguration 100-DAYS AND COUNTING.. Continued on Page: 07 Continued on Page: 08 Continued on Page: 08 WALL OF “HUMANISM” SILENT APPROVAL OR SALIENT THE ONLY “ISM” WE LACK? SUPPRESSION? By: Biprajit Roy Chaudhury the recent times, while and considered the silence but our country struggles easily turned a blind eye to those against the horrors who are being loud and vociferous of the pandemic and about their resentment towards the the government tries conduct of the exam. Joint Entrance to throw in bland Examination (JEE) Main 2020 is numbers to create a an engineering common entrance façade that skillfully examination which is scheduled hides the truth along to be held from September 1 to From the Editor with the numerous IT 6. The medical entrance test - cell WhatsApp forwards National Eligibility cum Entrance e continue to complain; financial crisis brewed. Sufferers showing up on our Test (NEET) will be conducted on we continue to see the still suffer, while the violators kept screens – a section of September 13, 2020. The opinion fault; we continue trying. Baghjan fire continues to our population – the of students and parents on JEE Wto follow the fault. In the last burn. Thousands are still away students have been Main and NEET exam is still few weeks again, “Real” issues from home, while again Sonu caught between the divided. Political leaders expressed remained undiscussed, while Sood helped them reach their devil and the ocean. their support of students’ backlash “unreal” issues created. The nation home. JEE-NEET 2020 amid Adding fuel to fire, the against exams in COVID-19. The seems to have forgotten the a Pandemic. Rape cases became honorable education Press Trust of India reported Senior next door horror of COVID-19. horrific. An everyday India, if hen you are battling minister Mr. Ramesh BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya We are making new GLOBAL you’re not shocked. Opportunists the trauma caused by Pokhriyal has explicitly taken the claiming that 90 per cent of RECORDS everyday, which is took the opportunity. While, those the Covid-19 induced students for a ride by terming their applicants for the said exams from lockdownW with various restrictions action of “downloading admit West Bengal are willing to appear not positive. who struggled are still struggling. and at the same time, witnessing cards” for the NEET/JEE exams as for the same and accused WB Humans vs Humans continue. Wall of “Humanism” needs to be the country achieve magnanimous an expression of “Silent Approval”. CM Mamata Banerjeee of making Religion became the reason in rebuilt. Can we? heights in terms of the worst affected It is important to note that the attempts to ruin their careers few. Suicides continued, and a country by Covid-19. However, in Education Minister recognized Continued On Page: 08 International PUBLIC’S EASILY OBTAINABLE AND PARTICIPATORY E-MEDIA 2 Sunday, 30 August,2020 “FAILED ECONOMIC US-CHINA TENSIONS: CHINA FIRES “CARRIER-KILLER MISSILES” IN RESPONSE PLAN”, ACCEPTS TO US ACTIVITIES IN “NO-FLY ZONE” KIM JONG-UN. Image source: www.google.com By Raktim Ronojoy Neog sures to create a “positive atmosphere” The United States Department of for high-level exchanges between their Defense said on Thursday that Chi- hina has fired two missiles, two militaries. nese test launches of ballistic missiles including one dubbed In a social media post, Liu Xiao- in the South China Sea were a threat Image source: www.google.com an “aircraft-carrier killer”, ming, China’s ambassador to the to peace and security in the region. By Pallavi Dey result of ramped-up exports of coal, intoC the South China Sea, according United Kingdom said the US move of Confirming reports that China iron ore, textiles and fisheries to Chi- to a news report, in a pointed warning sending the spy plane to the no-fly- had launched as many as four ballis- n 2016, North Korea’s newly na. But the growth was unsustainable to the United States as tensions in the zone “severely disrupted” China’s nor- tic missiles during military exercises forged leader, Kim Jong-un, due to the United Nations Security disputed sea lane rise to new levels. mal exercises and “training activities”. around the Paracel Islands, the Pen- held the country’s first ruling Council’s sanctions due to which the The incident comes a day after Zhao Lijian, China’s foreign min- tagon said the move called into ques- Workers’I Party’s congress in three de- economy dwindled. And currently, China said a US U-2 spy plane en- istry spokesman described the spy tion the country’s 2002 commitment cades. He developed a driving five- the economy has further shrunk due tered a Chinese-designated no-fly plane over flight as “provocative ac- to avoiding provocative activities in year economic plan to build what he to a reduction in exports to its main zone reserved for the Chinese military, tions” and urged the US to stop. the disputed seas. called a “great socialist country” by export partner, that is China because during a live-fire naval drill conduct- The DF-26B missile, which was “Conducting military exercises over 2020. The plan was for Kim to com- of the pandemic. ed by China in the Bohai Sea off its formally launched earlier this month, disputed territory in the South China memorate his accomplishment during Fitch Solutions, which had pre- north coast, and described the inci- is capable of hitting moving targets Sea is counterproductive to easing the party’s 75th anniversary on Octo- dicted a 3.7 per cent growth for the dent as an act of provocation. at sea, making it an “aircraft-carrier tensions and maintaining stabili- ber 10 this year with pomp and pro- North Korean economy this year be- The South China Morning Post killer”, according to the state-owned ty,” the Pentagon said in a statement. cession. But things have hardly devel- fore the Covid-19 pandemic hit the reported on Thursday that Beijing Global Times. “The PRC’s actions, including missile oped as Kim had yearned. global economy, now forecasts a re- fired one intermediate-range ballistic Chinese defence ministry spokes- tests, further destabilize the situation He conceded that the plan had cord 8.5 per cent contraction for the missile, DF-26B, from Qinghai prov- person, Senior Colonel Wu Qian, was in the South China Sea.” The PRC - failed. According to him, one catastro- North. Despite fighting two crises si- ince and another medium-range bal- previously quoted as saying the mis- or People’s Republic of China - is the phe after another has hit North Korea multaneously, Kim has not welcomed listic missile, DF-21D, from Zhejiang sile can carry conventional or nuclear country’s official name. since 2016. Starting from the United any foreign aid. province on Wednesday in response to warheads and is capable of launching “Such exercises also violate PRC States, the United Nations Security So far, he has shown no indication US aerial activities in a “no-fly zone”. precision strikes on land and sea tar- commitments under the 2002 Dec- Council imposed ravaging economic of abandoning his nuclear weapons The two missiles were reported- gets. laration on the Conduct of Parties in sanctions to avenge against the North program. Rather Kim vowed to boost ly fired in the direction of the area With its range of 4,500km (2,800 the South China Sea to avoid activi- for its pursuit of nuclear weapons and his nuclear weapons program further, between Hainan province and the miles), DF-26 can reach the West Pa- ties that would complicate or escalate long-range ballistic missiles. Then threatening to end his moratorium disputed Paracel Islands, the Hong cific and the Indian Ocean, as well as disputes and affect peace and stability,” came the global coronavirus pandem- on nuclear and long-range missile Kong-based publication added, quot- American facilities in Guam, the Brit- the Pentagon statement added.
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