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Press Council awards journalists

Khabarhub

September 22, 2021

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Press Council awards journalists

President Bidya Devi Bhandari (R) giving away 'Press Council Gopal Das Journalism Award' to senior journalist Bharat Dutta Koirala. (Photo: RSS)

KATHMANDU: The Press Council Nepal has awarded journalists for their contribution to the advancement of journalism.

President Bidya Devi Bhandari gave away the awards to the award recipient journalists amid a function on Wednesday on the occasion of the Council’s 52nd anniversary.

Senior journalist Bharat Dutta Koirala has won ‘Press Council Gopal Das Journalism Award’. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 151,000.

Likewise, senior journalist Badri Binod Khanal (Pratik) has been awarded ‘Press Council Surendra Bahadur Basnet Journalism Award’.  The prize carries a purse of Rs 110,000.

Likewise, Ujjwal Sharma (Himalaya Times Daily) bagged ‘Press Council Code of Conduct Journalism Award’ and Bimal Gautam and Durga Lal KC ‘Press Council Resilient Media-Persons Award’.

Lok Bahadur Chaudhary has been awarded ‘Press Council Language Journalism Award’ while Basudev Sharma, Madhav Nepal, Bindu Kanta Ghimire, Gobinda Prasad Chaulagain, Ramananda Gupta, Sushil Aryal and Ramesh Dhungel ‘Press Council Active Journalism Award’.

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