Keya Acharya to interact with city scribes

Guwahati: Senior journalist and researcher on environment and development issues, Keya Acharya will interact with city scribes on 17th May. Presently, functioning as the President of Forum of Environmental Journalists in India (FEJI), Ms Acharya will be available at 3.30 pm for member-journalists of Guwahati Press Club through video conference from Bangalore. Travelled extensively to countries in South America, South and Southeast Asia, South & East Africa and Europe on various assignments ranging from forestry to renewable energy to solid waste management to rural development etc, Ms Acharya is expected to share some of her ideas about the present status of investigative and serious journalism in the country. BRIEFS Hemoglobin screening camp at press club Guwahati: City based Down Town Hospital is conducting the next media OPD clinic at Guwahati Press Club on Saturday (18 May 2019), where the participants will get the opportunity to screen their hemoglobin & sugar (random) level and also grouping of their blood. Member-journalists of the press club will also get free consultations from an experienced doctor in the camp between 3.30 and 5.30 pm. Interested scribes, precisely the lady journalists and spouses of other members, are requested to take the advantage of the media clinic at press club premises. ‘The Birds’ for GPC screening Guwahati: ‘The Birds’, an all time great horror-thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, will be screened at Guwahati Press Club (GPC) on Thursday (16 May, 3.30 pm). The 1963 American movie focuses on a series of sudden, unexplained violent bird attacks on the people of Bodega Bay, California over the course of a few days. The movie has cinematography by Robert Burks and its casts include Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette, Veronica Cartwright etc.