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Mirabai Chanu of Manipur qualifies for Tokyo Olympics

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Mirabai Chanu an Indian weightlifter who held from Northeast’s Manipur has qualified for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. She would be competing in the 49 kg category on Weightlifting.

26-year-old Mirabai Chanu held from Manipur is a three-time gold medalist. She won the bronze medal during the Asian Championship in Tashkent this April 2021. She has qualified, based on her IWF’s Absolute Ranking list, where she is ranked second in the 49kg category.

Manipur CM N Biren Singh expressed his happiness today morning as he wrote on his Facebook wall –
“Hearty congratulations to our daughter Mirabai Chanu on qualifying for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics in Women’s 49 Kg category. Mirabai Chanu has been ranked 2nd in the International Weightlifting Federation’s Absolute Ranking List in the 49 Kg category. May your hard work and dedication bring laurels to the country“

This will be Chanu’s Second time in Olympics, she has also participated in the 2016 Rio D Janeiro Olympics but failed to make it, where she completed in 6th while failing to lift in any attempt in Clean & Jerk.

Drug busted at Rangpo, 1 person held

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In a major crackdown against the drug trade, a team led by Rangpo Police busted one person who was carrying the drug in a heavy light vehicle.

According to Rangpo Police sources, One Tata bearing Registration No. SK01D 0784 driven by alleged Prabin Chettri of Pakyong East Sikkim. Police found a box while searching in a vehicle. As soon as the police found the box, they found 65 bottles of Ownrex cough syrup, 328 capsules of N-10, and 08 tablets of N-10 were seized by police on the spot.

A crackdown was launched soon after and truck drivers were apprehended on Sunday morning. This all happened during routine vehicle checking near the Sikkim Westbengal border, the behavior of occupants was found to be suspicious.

A case under SADA and NDPS was registered against Prabin Chettri.

Woman commits suicide in gangtok, the family claims it’s murder

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A 30-year woman from Gangtok committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence in Development Area Gangtok, under Gangtok police station, on Friday 11th June. According to sources, she had a long-running dispute with her husband, which pushed her into taking the extreme step. A case was registered after her family alleged murder in their complaint. Whereas the husband claims it’s false and allegation.

Speaking to The Sikkim Today coverage yesterday, Her family told her that she had married a man named Sapan Giri. Deceased’s sisters Seema Chettri and Prakriti Chettri who had a conference with The Sikkim Today said she did not commit suicide she is murdered by her husband.

According to police sources, Ambika Chettri (30) was found hanging in her husband’s house in the Development area, which was locked from inside. However, it was alerted to the police. A team from Gangtok police station reached the spot and carried out the initial investigation.

The deceased’s sister also accused Sapan Giri of beating and torturing her “ever since she got married to him she was badly treated mentally and physically torture by her husband even during her mensuration time he used to beat her.”

Her family members maintain that the woman was being mentally and physically abused by her husband all the time. They have refused to believe that it was a suicide and have demanded a strong investigation into the incident.

Meanwhile, in The Sikkim Today after the report went viral citizens strongly called it clear domestic violence against women and seeking justice for women.

Police said, “A probe is being conducted. Action will be taken according to the report”

Watch full video report here – https://fb.watch/65dZfmMzpM/

Mizoram landslide, 4 children killed including a twin sister

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Mizoram Landslide

In a tragic incident, four members of a family including two minors-a 5 & 3yr old boy and a 16-year-old twin sister, were killed last night in a house that collapsed due to a landslide triggered by heavy rains at Thuampui Veng, in Aizawl’s suburbs.

At least four members of the family, including two minor children, were killed in Mizoram’s Thuampui Veng village on Friday night at 9:30 PM after their homes collapsed following a landslide, The Sikkim Today reported.

“The debris of landslides fell over the houses in Thuampui Veng which is in Aziwal incident happened at 9:30 PM on Friday, trapping the occupants inside,” District Disaster Management told.

It was a building in terrain, in which a seven-member used to stay, was swept away by the retaining wall that collapsed due to landslide triggered by heavy rains, near neighborhood said.

Six of the seven family members were there in the house at the time of the incident happened, they said.

State Disaster Management recovered four bodies of children age between 3 and 16, meanwhile, the head of the family, Lalbiakzuala who is 75 years old escaped from the debris and another member was rescued alive. 

A 16-year-old girl killed was twin sister whose body was recovered on Saturday morning at 6 am.

Sikkim recorded 167 new covid cases and 00 New Death

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Sikkim registered 167 new Covid cases on Saturday. The recovered number stand is 13947 Positivity rate 11.9% Recovery rate 76.4% as per health department.

The district-wise figure is 71 cases recorded in the east district, 09 cases recorded in the west district, 83 in the south district, and 04 cases in the north district. The total Covid active case in the state is 3783, as per the health department, Government of Sikkim.

On Friday, Department said that 00 Covid death were reported. The Covid deaths toll since last year is 281.

Sikkim recorded 147 new covid cases and 02 New Deaths

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Sikkim registered 147 new Covid cases on Saturday. The recovered number stand is 13655 and Positivity rate 10.5% Recovery rate 75.4% as per health department.

The district-wise figure is 57 cases recorded in the east district, 21 cases recorded in the west district, 42 in the south district, and 27 cases in the north district. The total Covid active case in the state is 3908, as per the health department, Government of Sikkim.

On Friday, Department said that 2 Covid deaths were reported. The Covid deaths toll since last year is 281.

Sikkim registered 147 new Covid cases on Saturday

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Today Evening Border Security Force (BSF) issued a statement saying one Chinese national has been arrested in Malda West Bengal.

According to sources, he was working in India for a Chinese intelligence agency for long years. He’s being interrogated deeply as all intelligence agencies are working on this.

Hon Jo, a Chinese National was caught by them at Malda while the ‘suspicious’ person tried to cross the border. Said BSF

A few days ago his business partner was arrested in India. Suspicious about their movement, the Border Security Force (BSF) detained them at the Malda and later handed them to the police, officials said.

As per the BSF Sources, one laptop, three mobile phones, Indian, Bangladeshi, US currency, one Chinese Passport with a Bangladeshi visa were recovered from him. The matter is being investigated, they said

Meet Sikkim’s Talented, Young Quizzer- Rishal Pandey Chettri

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Every week, we will bring you extraordinary stories tracing the journeys of geniuses from Sikkim in any field that makes our state proud.

Today, we bring you Rishal Pandey Chettri — Quiz expert, Techie, Founder and CEO- The Cyber Warriors, Founder, and Head of HR- Knowledge Buddy, and Founder -Wakeup Movement October 2019- till Present. Wakeup Movement is a social youth organization working in educating the masses about Climate Change and Environmental concerns.

Rishal is a well-known young boy from Sikkim. He did his schooling from Holycross till class 10 and is currently studying in Delhi Public School, Siliguri.

18-year-old Rishal no doubt, had a “phenomenal journey” so far as a Quiz wizard who has won many awards from both national and international levels. State’s most well know Quizzer Rishal started his journey when he was in class 3 but it was never easy for him as it’s a long journey.

Today, The Sikkim Today has reached out to him to bring him to our platform. Rishal swears he would rather enjoy the journey, more than the destination. He tells The Sikkim Today –

TST: How do you feel on the day of the competition?

Rishal: Previously, when I did not have much experience of participating in competitions; I used to feel very anxious and impatient on the day of competition and that used to have a negative impact on my performance. Gradually, as I started participating in more and more competitions; I realized that being anxious does no good to my performance. Since then, I have always been a calm person on the day of the competition.

TST: When did u start and how?

Rishal- Rishal- Thanks to my dad that from class 3 itself I started to watch the news and read newspapers daily. I was first selected in a quiz competition when I was in class 3 (2011) but the quiz competition did not take place due to the Earthquake of 2011. Then after a gap of about 3 years, I was selected to represent my school, Holy Cross, Tadong at the ARCEIS Interschool quiz competition which was held at Don Bosco School, Malbasey. Our school won the quiz competition in all categories. After that very first inter-school quiz, the journey has been unstoppable. Taking this opportunity, I would like to thank Shyam Pradhan sir and Mukesh Jha sir for believing in me and guiding me throughout the journey of quizzes in Holy Cross School, had they not selected me for my very first quiz; I believe that I would not be able to know my true potential.

TST: How was it for you to perform in such a setting with big Quizzers?

Rishal: Honestly, I take every quiz competition as a learning experience, and playing a quiz with bigger quizzers has always been a fun learning experience for me. The more pressure is when I am representing our Country, India –at an international level.

TST: Your inspiration?

Rishal- There are a lot of great people whom I look up to but my greatest inspiration would always be my father Om Prakash Pandey and my mother Meena Kumari Bhujel. They have always been a role model for me and they never fail to support me in the tiniest way possible in all my endeavors.

TST: What will be your next step?

Rishal: Currently, I am preparing for my AISSC Exams and also mentoring students to help them succeed in their co-curricular activities. Quizzes have been a part of my life, so whenever I get a chance –I participate. I am also working on my application and essays to get into my dream varsity- in either of USA, Canada, or South Korea.

TST: Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years?

Rishal- Rishal- I want to study abroad and get work experience of at least 2 years before coming back to India. With the exposure and my experiences there, I will use them to develop our home state.

Talking about the awards, he has won numerous award from both national as well as in international level here is a list of awards he won so far –

• Champions, Global Mind O Pedias 2020- International Level Quiz Competition Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Winner, Knowledge Maestro-South Asian Level- International Quiz 2020 Lalitpur, Nepal
• Champions, Tech Radiance- National Level Robotics Competition 2019 IIT Kharagpur. India
• Best Delegate, Global Youth International Model United Nations 2021 Bangkok, Thailand
• Winner, Google Web Rangers -India Contest 2019 Google India, Hyderabad
• National level Winner and International finalist, Quiz Mania 7 Worldwide,2019 Kathmandu, Nepal
• Winner, Curiosity-2021, International Level Quiz SMIT, Majhitar, Sikkim
• Represented India, World Climate Summit –2020 Eco-Network, Bangladesh
• Represented India, Global Youth Conclave-2019 Kathmandu, Nepal
• Winner, PCRA National Level Quiz- Zone I, 2018 New Delhi, India
• Winner, National Level Quiz on Dr. Ambedkar, Region- III, 2019 New Delhi, India
• Winner, PCRA National Level Quiz – Sikkim State, 2019 New Delhi, India • Best Quizzer award, Curiosity 2017- National level quiz competition. SMIT, Sikkim
•Outstanding short story award, Biannual Int’l Short Story competition-2018 New Delhi, India
•Winner, INSPIRE- Award for developing a prototype to prevent an accident, 2019 IIT Delhi, India
•Country Representative for India, BUP International Quiz League-2020 Dhaka, Bangladesh
•Winner, Zonal Level Robotics Competition-Tech Radiance, 2019 Gangtok, Sikkim
•Top 4 among 10,00,000 participants- ‘Know India National Quiz’- 2018 Imphal, Manipur
• Champion, National Level Quiz Competition, Arrowtimes, 2016 New Delhi, India
• Second, Concours National Level Quiz cOMPETITION-2018 SMIT, Sikkim
• Third, National Level INSPIRIAq Quiz –2020 Inspiria, Siliguri
• Third, National Level Covid Quiz Competition-2020 QCK, Kalimpong
• Winner, State Level Short Film making competition- 2018 Gangtok, Sikkim
• Honorary mention, Korea-India Friendship Essay competition-2017 New Delhi
• Champion in ARCEIS Essay writing competition- 2017 HCS, Gangtok •2nd in ARCEIS Quiz Competition- 2016 SJS, Martam, Sikkkim
• Champion in HOLWB0656 Quiz Competition -2019 DPS, Siliguri
• 2nd in NBSCC State Level Quiz-QUIZZARD,2019 Siliguri
• Champion, State Level Debate Competition, ISFC,2020 Gangtok, Sikkim • Champion, Quiz Competition, State Biodiversity Board, 2020 Sikkim
• Champion, Quiz Competition, State Biodiversity Board,2021 Gangtok, Sikkim
• Champion, Quiz Competition, TranSfoRMation,2021 SRM University, Sikkim
•2nd, Painting Competition, UNO Environment Programme,2020 Gangtok, Sikkim
•Champion, ARCEIS Quiz Competition,2018 HCS, Gangtok
•2nd, ARCEIS Science Exhibition, 2018 SJS, Martam, Sikkim
•Champion, Quiz Competition on World Accountancy Day, 2019 ICAI, Siliguri
•2nd, SAM Quiz Competition, 2019 DPS, Siliguri
•2nd, Quiz Competition- Siliguri Quiz Festival, 2019 Siliguri
•TOP 18, All India- News Wiz 2018 Noida, Uttar Pradesh
•Champion, UDAAN State Level Quiz Competition, 2016 Gangtok, Sikkim •Champion, UDAAN State Level Quiz Competition, 2018 Gangtok, Sikkim •Champion, ARCEIS Inter-School Quiz Competition Don Bosco School, Sikkim
• Third, Essay Competition on Biotechnology-2018 Dept of Biotech, Govt of India
• 2nd, Bournvita Quiz Contest-2015 St. Xavier’s School, Pakyong

Sikkim recorded 287 new covid cases and 03 New Deaths

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Sikkim registered 287 new Covid cases on Saturday. The recovered number stand is 13378 and Positivity rate 12.6% Recovery rate 74.5% as per health department.

The district-wise figure is 119 cases recorded in the east district, 146 cases recorded in the west district, 96 in the south district, and 29 cases in the north district. The total Covid active case in the state is 3869, as per the health department, Government of Sikkim.

On Thursday, Department said that 3 Covid deaths were reported. The Covid deaths toll since last year is 279.

Powerbank investment app turned out to be a Chinese fake app, Sikkimese youths too lured

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Yesterday Delhi Police’s Cyber Cell has busted a syndicate run by a group of Chinese nationals who were running an illegal investment app in India.

They were stealing data & cheated over 5 lakh Indians of over Rs 150 crores via fake investment apps like PowerBank, SunFactory & EzPlan.

According to the report, once people download the Power Bank app then they were lured to double the money invested in 15 days. This scam, which has been going on for the last four months including in Sikkim.

The owner of the Power Bank Earning App claims that they are selling charging cabinets of power banks, which are leased out in the public market. The price of charging cabinets range from Rs. 300 to Rs. 1,50,000.

Last week, when the amount and everything were disappeared in Powerbank, some youth from south Sikkim were seen complaining in WhatsApp group thinking this is just a technical glitch and it didn’t appear for the next 3 day. Some have invested 600 INR some have invested 2100 INR and Some have invested 6500 INR to make double money within 15 periods. And In Uttarkhand some locals reached the police when a person and complained to the authorities. In about 4 months, the people involved in the gang had downloaded this app from 50 lakh people. Apart from this, about Rs 250 crore was looted from all these.

In a report got by The Sikkim Today, it was said that a person from Sikkim had deposited a total of Rs 20 thousand to double his money. Same Complaints were also coming from Uttarkhand they the victim filed FIR, the police came to know about the deposits of money in different accounts with 592 Sim card were also recovered with a different account. After this, when the fraud of Rs 250 crore was exposed, the senses of the police were blown away.

After Complaints police have informed IB and R&AW and then the police arrested one of the accused named Pawan Pandey from Noida. It has been learned that the Chinese were also involved in this fraud business.

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