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Bhopal
Urban Administration
and Development (UAD) Minister Babulal Gaur has said that journalists should
maintain their credibility for strengthening democracy. For this, he urged
citizens to follow the path of journalists who have been ideal in this field.
He was addressing a
State-level journalism award function at Sapre Newspapers Museum and Research
Institute here on Monday. On the occasion, citations, shawls and pens were
presented as awards to 12 journalists. Four science propagators were conferred
Lok Vigyan Samman.
Gaur said the
Constitution refers to three pillars of democracy including legislature,
executive and judiciary. But journalism is seen by people as the fourth pillar
in view of its importance. Gaur compared journalism with religious perseverance
and added that journalists should have to work with same devotion and struggle
throughout life to maintain their credibility like a steadfast religious
person. He urged journalists to expose shortcomings of society and Government
with courage.
Presiding over the
function, Sukhdev Prasad Dube of Rashtrabhasha Prachar Samiti said that Madhya
Pradesh boasts of golden era of journalism. A number of journalists from the
State took part in the freedom movement. He urged young journalists to follow
highest norms of journalism and bring laurels to the State and country.
Museum’s founder Vijay Dutt Shridhar said the Sapre Museum has established its
unique identity in the country.
At the function,
Rameshwar Guru Award was conferred to founder editor of Shikhar Varta Vishnu
Rajoria, Yugal Kishore Award to Rajesh Chanchal, Makhanlal Chaturvedi Award to
Kaushal Kishore Chaturvedi and Sunil Sharma, Jhabarmal Sharma Award to Ajay
Tripathi, KP Narayan Award to Ashutosh Shukla, Arogya Sudha Award to Ruby
Sarkar, Yashwant Argare Award to Reeta Modi and Homai Vyarawala Award was
conferred to Sanjeev Gupta.
Yugal Kishore Award
was conferred to Ayodhya Prasad Gupta and Lal Baldev Singh Award to Sudhir
Agrawal. Science writer and propagator Prof KM Jain was honoured for creating
scientific awareness in society and efforts to revive traditional science. Lok
Vigyan Awards were also bestowed on Praveen Digharra, Madhuri Shridhar and
painter Beeran Malviya.Y EDITION
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