IAMCR selects IIMC’s Surbhi Dahiya as an Ambassador
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International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) has selected Surbhi Dahiya, Course Director, English Journalism, Indian institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) as the new Faculty Ambassador for three years. IAMCR is a worldwide professional organisation in the field of media and communication research.
With this, IAMCR now has three faculty ambassadors in India beside Dahiya. Others two are Uma Shankar Pandey and Padmakumar K
As an ambassador, Dahiya will organise various events with university departments, local and regional media, communication research bodies and think tanks, and NGOs involved in media advocacy and research and encourage Indian scholars to have visibility in International conferences.
She was the SUSI Scholar from India and completed the Study of the United States Institute Programme organized by the United States Department of State, conducted at the Ohio University USA in 2017. She also participated in AEJMC Conference at Chicago in 2017. She was elected as the Liason Chair for Academia and Industry by the newly formed South Asian Communication Association (SACA). She was the convenor of World Journalism Education Council WJEC- IIMC- UNESCO Roundtable in India held in August 2021 beside representing India on a number of platforms.
Dahiya was conferred the Women Economic Forum (WEF) award 2019 for “Iconic Woman” as an Exceptional Leaders of Excellence. She won the National Award by Public Relation Society of India (PRSI) for Contribution to Mass Communication Education in India and the Lifestyle Journalistic TLJ Jury Awards" for Excellence in the field of Journalism Education in 2019.
New US ambassador arrives in Mexico’s capital
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Ken Salazar, left, waves his hat before being sworn in as the United States ambassador to Mexico by Carlos F. Lucero, senior judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, during a ceremony Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in the Byron White Courthouse in downtown Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Ken Salazar, left, waves his hat before being sworn in as the United States ambassador to Mexico by Carlos F. Lucero, senior judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, during a ceremony Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in the Byron White Courthouse in downtown Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The new U.S. ambassador to Mexico arrived Saturday in the Mexican capital promising to work together with officials here to address common challenges like the pandemic and migration.
Ken Salazar will meet in the coming days with President Andres Manuel López Obrador to present his credentials as ambassador
“We’ll work to ensure we have a migration system that works both for the United States and Mexico,” Salazar said in Spanish after arriving at the Mexico City international airport. He didn’t answer questions.
Salazar arrived in Mexico two days after top advisers to presidents Joe Biden and López Obrador met in Washington to restart a high-level economic talks. Officials said they are eager to advance on topics as migration, infrastructure and trade.
Migration has remained a particular issue for both countries.
In Mexico, López Obrador has faced criticism in recent weeks over images of Mexican immigration agents and National Guard troops clashing sometimes violently with migrants in the southern state of Chiapas. The migration pressure in southern Mexico as well as at the U.S.-Mexico border led López Obrador to renew his effort to persuade the United States to commit funding to social projects he has implemented in southern Mexico that he says could be expanded to Central America.
López Obrador said he sent a letter to Biden suggesting that people participating in the programs should also be offered work visas in the United States.
The status of Karabakh yet to be resolved – US Ambassador to Armenia
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The status of Karabakh yet to be resolved – US Ambassador to Armenia
The US is doing everything to bring the parties together under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group, US Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy told reporters in Yerevan today.
She noted that the fundamental issues of peace and security require negotiation and diplomacy.
“Secretary Blinken has made our commitment to this process very clear on several occasions,” Amb. Tracy emphasized.
“It’s obviously a very tough environment, 30 years of war and tensions are not going to be resolved overnight, but we understand that there are some fundamental issues that have to be addressed, and one of them is that we do not consider the status of Karabakh resolved,” the Ambassador added.
She noted that the US will continue to keep that on the agenda of the Minsk Group.
Asked about the perspectives of dialogue, Amb. Tracy noted: ” I don’t want to speak for the parties. The Government of Armenia has made clear that the issue of prisoners held by Azerbaijan is to be resolved before it’s possible to talk about wider issues.”
“As you know, the United States has made efforts in this regard, our Russian colleagues have made efforts in this regard with some success. We hope to get to a place where we have all the prisoners returned, and it is certainly the call that we have been making,” she added.
She noted that there is no perfect platform, but the Minsk Group is a platform that has a mandate and legitimacy and can still play a role in the process.