On May 30, 2020, the National Media Club NMC paid tribute to senior journalist Pankaj Kulshreshtha who lost his life to COVID-19 during the second week of May. Kulshreshtha was the Deputy News Editor of Dainik Jagran’s Agra bureau. Besides paying a soulful tribute through a webinar, NMC also provided monetary compensation of Rs. 1 lakh to his widow. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had also expressed solidarity with the late journalist’s family and had assured of financial help to his dependents. The webinar was attended online by thousands of journalists from across India and everyone paid homage to the departed soul.

At this webinar, UP Assembly Speaker, Hriday Narayan Dikshit also paid tribute to the departed journalist while NMC’s national president Sachin Awasthi visited Kulshreshtha’s family to hand over the financial help personally. NMC President also requested the state government, through Mr. Dikshit, to provide further help to the dead journalist’s family.