New Delhi/Guwahati: Nilakshi Bhattacharyya, a senior journalist who has been working for Times of India group in Delhi, succumbed to Covid-19 on Friday morning. She died at Pratiksha Hospital in Delhi.
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Bhattacharyya’s husband, Kalyan Baruah, Bureau Chief from Delhi of The Assam Tribune also tested positive for Covid-19 and is under treatment.
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Nilakshi has been known as an avid mountaineer. She took active participation in many explorations in different parts of Himalaya.