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Assam Principal Secretary passes away due to post-COVID complications

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"Assam Principal Secretary"


IAS Rajesh Prasad, a principal secretary of the Assam government, died around 2.30 PM on 25th July. The officer was reportedly suffering from post-COVID complications. He had diabetes, liver and kidney ailments according to the hospital officials of a private hospital in Guwahati.

He hailed from Jharkhand, and was a 1995-batch IAS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre. As per official websites, Prasad was handling various departments such as Soil Conservation, Guwahati Development and Irrigation among others as the principal secretary and was an efficient administrator par excellence.

His untimely death at a mere age of 52 years came as a shock to the officials of his associated Ministries and has been widely condoled. He has left behind his wife and son.

IAS Prasad’s death has been condoled by Governor of the state Prof. Jagdish Mukhi, CM Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma, Education Minister Ranoj Pegu and others.

Arunachal CM shares magnificent pictures of trekking sites

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Saiket Sharma
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"Trekking sites"

The adventurous Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Mr. Pema Khandu recently shared a few shots from an unknown Jaru Valley of the state that got viral on social media and was liked by the netizens. The trekking site remained conspicuous till date and trekkers have now shown interest to visit the valley in search of lush green meadows, mountains and waterfalls

” Tired of sweltering heat? Visit a slice of paradise ~ Jaru Valley in Dibang Valley district.

Green carpet, amazing snow-capped mountains and majestic water falls are ready to welcome you.

#AmazingArunachal beckons you. Please do come ” – Mr. Khandu posted on his social media handles. 

The valley is located in the Dibang Valley district along the foothills of Himalayas close to the Indo-China border. The road to the Valley is challenging and is around 3 hours from Dibrugarh, the economic hub of Upper Assam and the largest town in the region. 

Blessed with immense flora and fauna , the scenic state welcomes tourists from across the nation and abroad throughout the year.

Olympic medallist boxer Lovlina alleges mental harassment 

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" Olympic medallist boxer Lovlina"

In a  Twitter post, boxer Lovlina Borgohain alleged that her training process is being hampered and she has been harassed by the Sports Authorities.

“My coaches who helped me get a medal in the Olympics are being removed again and again. This is impacting my training process and the competition,” she said in the post. 

She complained of politics being played by the Sports Associations and her personal coach wasn’t even allowed inside the Games Village. 

This allegation comes at a time when the Indian Contingent is all set to participate in the Commonwealth Games to be held in Birmingham , United Kingdom this year. 

After her allegation, she got widespread support from all quarters and The Sports Ministry was quick to respond to this. Minister Anurag Thakur instructed the Olympic Association of India to facilitate accreditation to Ms. Sandhya Gurung, Lovlina’s personal coach immediately so that she can train her as soon as possible. The Minister reacted after there was a large hue and cry on social media from  netizens, Ministers and BJP MLAs from Lovlina’s home state Assam,  opposition leaders like Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and others. 

This incident has badly exposed the inherent politics and mismanagement prevalent in the Sports Associations and Sports bureaucracy in our Nation once again.

PNG bags first position for “My Gangtok, my Pride” competition

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Jeewan Dahal
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"My Gangtok, my Pride" competition"

Gangtok, 22nd July: With an objective to create further awareness on the aspects of solid liquid waste management, an interschool competition, My Gangtok, My Pride was organized by the Gangtok Municipal Corporation where 12 senior seconds schools under the jurisdiction of GMC participated. The unique event spread across two days had the students from these schools visit the landfill as a part of the first task, understand how the landfill worked, look at the problems of the landfill and then come up with potential solutions for making the landfill better. Further the second part had the students present their ideas to the officials of the Gangtok Municipal Corporation and suggest solutions to the issues in the form of a power point presentation.

The second part had the presence of Mayor, Gangtok Municipal Corporation, Shri. Neel Chettri, Commissioner , Gangtok Municipal Corporation, Shri. Hem Kumar Chettri and various officials of the Gangtok Municipal Corporation evaluating the presentations.

Speaking on the occasion, Shri. Neel Chettri, Mayor, Gangtok Municipal Corporation stressed upon the need to reduce, reuse and recycle and encouraged the students to become change catalysts for waste management in their respective schools and localities. He also urged schools to adopt the nearest village/area from the school and urged them to become change ambassadors of the future. He also stressed upon the non use of single use plastics and urged students to spread the word amongst their friends and communities.

Speaking on the occasion, Commissioner, Gangtok Municipal Corporation, Shri. Hem Kumar Chettri urged people to participate in keeping their areas cleaner and also urged source segregation from households in Gangtok.

The program had Palzor Namgyal Girls School as the winners with Tashi Namgyal Academy as first runners up and Sir Tashi Namgyal Senior Secondary School as the second runners up.

AWARENESS ON “HAR GHAR TIRANGA” CAMPAIGN IN SIKKIM

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Jeewan Dahal
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“HAR GHAR TIRANGA CAMPAIGN
“HAR GHAR TIRANGA CAMPAIGN"

Under the direction of Govt. of India and under purview of Govt. of Sikkim, celebrating 75 years of Independence “AZADI KA AMRIT MAHOTSAV”, a campaign “Har Ghar Tiranga”is been observed all over the state wherein all houses/shops/schools/establishment to put up National Flag in their premises/buildings.

Mangan Nagar Panchayat,conducted an awareness for the campaign “Har Ghar Tiranga” with all Stakeholders, citizens, shopkeepers, various Samaj/associations of Mangan Nagar Panchayat.

The awareness was organized with the aim to observe the campaign in the grand manner in the ULB.

Municipal President Mrs. Norkit Lepcha was the Chief Guest of the day. Also present were Municipal Vice President Shri. Ugen Palzor Kazi, Councillor Smt. Premkit Lepcha, Councillor Shri. Hangu Lachenpa, President Chotang Yargey Samaj Shri Karma Bhutia, Bazaar Asst. SI Shri Pema Lepcha, HA cum NPA Shri MB Limboo and other staff of Mangan Nagar Panchayat.

The progamme started with the singing of National anthem.

Shri Tempo Tashi Bhutia in his address welcomed the gathering for the event. He emphasized that the celebration of 75th Years of Independence, Azadi ka amrit mahotsav should be celebrated by everyone & Har Ghar Tiranga Campaign as directed by Hon’ble Chief Minister be taken up by everyone and hoist one National flag in each house,shop,school,establishment in a disciplined manner from 1st August to 15th August 2022

Speakers from the community also conveyed their enthusiasm in celebrating the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav in grand manner and also conveyed their willingness to sponsor national Flags to Mangan Nagar Pamchayat which can be distributed to Urban Poor.

President, Chotang Yargey Association, Pentok Shri Karma Bhutia in his address to gathering explained about the importance of having dedication and patriotism towards one nation and appealed everyone to hoist national flag to show integrity and sincerety towards our nation.

The event concluded with Vote of thanks to all present by MNP Bazaar Asst. SI Shri Pema Lepcha.

MEO MNP Shri Tempo Tashi Bhutia appeals all the general Public, citizens Shopkeepers to celebrate this “Har Ghar Tiranga Campaign”and put up National Flag in their respective houses,buildings.

Teesta-V Power Station organized Voluntary Blood Donation Camp 

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" Blood Donation Camp "

NHPC Sikkim, Teesta-V Power Station has organized a Voluntary Blood Donation under ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ on 19.07.2022 at Project Hospital, Balutar with Technical Support of Blood Bank, District Hospital, Singtam in Collaboration with State Blood Transfusion Council (SBTC), Gangtok. Shri C R Das, HOP, Teesta-V Power Station stated that the Blood Donation Camp is being organized with an aim to create awareness on Blood Donation and its benefits in locality. He appreciated all the Blood Donors for coming forward to donate their blood to save the lives of others. He also thanked Dr. Satarupa Bhattacharjee, CMO and all doctors & staff of Teesta-V Project Hospital and Dr. Deki, Blood Bank Officer along with the staff from District Hospital, Singtam and staff of SBTC for organizing & providing their support during the camp and making the event a grand success.  More than 27 donors have contributed voluntarily for the noble cause. The donated blood will be utilized for patients who will require blood in Singtam Hospital and Surrounding areas of Teesta-V Power Station.

Three IRBJawans from Sikkim were killed in Delhi by a colleague

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Jeewan Dahal
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IRBJawans from Sikkim were killed

A friend who was using an Inas rifle 5.56 mm shot and killed three Indian Reserve Batallion Jawans stationed in Delhi. The cause of the shooting is unknown. The event happened at the Delhi Water Plant for Haiderpur.
Prabin Rai, an IRB employee who is from the Sajong village in Rumtek close to Gangtok, Sikkim shot three of his coworkers.

Three victims, who were part of the IRB batch for 2012–13, range in age from 30 to 32.

The accused was from the batch of 2012.

Indra Lal Chhetri and Pinto Namgyal Bhutia passed away instantly, while Dhanhang Subba was pronounced dead at the hospital.

The accused was employed at the water treatment plant in Haiderpur a few years ago, according to IRB sources. He is also often accused of being a drug user.

When this news broke out, there was a sense of fear and disgust among many people regarding the path that the current generation is taking. Some also blamed the mental status and mental environment of the current time.

“I am shocked and saddened to know that three IRB Jawans, namely LNK Pintso Namgyal Bhutia, CT/IR Indra Lal Chettri, and CT/IR Dhan Hang Subba, were shot dead by LNK Prabin Rai “B” at Haiderpur Water Treatment Plant, Rohini, New Delhi,” said Chief Minister of Sikkim Prem Singh Tamang in response to the incident.

“I express my heartfelt condolences to the family and relatives of the victims and pray for the departed souls to rest in eternal peace.” consoled the Chief Minister.

How this Sikkim’s traffic Police is using comedy to spread Awareness 

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Jeewan Dahal
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How this Sikkim's traffic Police is using comedy to spread Awareness 
Sikkim Traffic Police Palman Subba

Sikkim’s traffic police, Palman Subba, is using his comedy talent to create awareness of traffic rules, alcohol, addiction, and domestic violence and to raise their voice against the increasing numbers of drug addicts in the state. 

According to TST, the brilliant comedy posts by Palman Subba who is a Traffic Police on the Facebook post are made to create awareness about important issues concerning the safety of the people and the future of the state’s young generation.

He has also joined the campaign with an official TST account recently overflowed with posts about the campaign to make Sikkim a “Drug-Free state”. However, it’s their interesting way to catch attention through comedy skills so youth can watch it on social media platforms. 

Recently his “plastic-free campaign” went viral in local media which give him hope to create more awareness in the future. 

Following the interesting Facebook posts, people have also appreciated the campaign and the way it was posted. Some of the Facebook posts read: “So good to see citizen’s attention towards this issue. Hope this spreads everywhere. “Appreciate your creativity,”

While Palman posted in Gangtok surrounding areas know the situation of drug and alcohol is rising rapidly. So he wants to spread awareness through video messages using his comedy skill. However, he continues to keep it even after duties to help young people to understand these difficult times.

Speaking about social media, he said, “The effort is to recognize the work I’m doing to protect the young generation. Also, I try to create awareness via these campaigns. I do this through Social media and also thank Local Media Like TST, and Sikkim News for uploading so it can reach out to people. But the ultimate message in each one of these tweets is urging youngsters not to enter into addiction life” he said. 

Sikkim BJP MLA files FIR against TMC MP Mahua Moitra.

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Jeewan Dahal
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" FIR against TMC MP Mahua Moitra"

Now, BJP MLA from Sikkim YT Lepcha has filed an FIR against TMC MP Mahua Moitra for remarks on goddess Kali in Soreng Police Station.

Recently  TMC MP Mahua Moitra triggered a controversy on Tuesday when, while speaking during a TV interview, she said that for her, Kali is a “meat-eating, alcohol accepting Goddess” and that every person has the right to worship gods and goddesses in their own way.

Taking note of the remarks, police in Soreng registered an FIR against the TMC lawmaker under section 295A (outraging religious feelings) of Indian Penal Code. The case was registered on the complaint by a BJP MLA YT Lepcha.

SIKKIM MANIPAL UNIVERSITY SIGNS MOU WITH SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY PARKS OF INDIA

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"SIKKIM MANIPAL UNIVERSITY "

GANGTOK, 7 July 2022: Sikkim Manipal University (SMU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) here today to strengthen the collaborative startup ecosystem on healthcare technology and allied fields in the country.

STPI is an Autonomous Society set up by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY), Government of India in 1991, with the objective of encouraging, promoting and boosting the Software Exports from India. It has been working for the startup ecosystem in the country and created 28 Centres of Excellence (CoEs) in emerging technologies.

The MoU was signed by Dr. Muralidhar M. Pai, Dean, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Medical Sciences (SMIMS), Dr. Bidita Khandelwal, Director, Directorate of Research, SMU; and Prof. Dr. Kalpana Sharma, Associate Director, (Research & Development), SMIT, Dr. Luna Adhikari, Associate Director, Research, SMIMS on behalf of SMU and Dr. NS Siddaiah, Addl. Director & OIC, STPI, Gangtok, under MEITY, Govt. of India on behalf of STPI, in presence of Dr. (Lt. Gen.) Rajan S. Grewal, Vice Chancellor, SMU and Dr. Karma Sonam Sherpa, Registrar, SMU, HoIs of SMU and staff of STPI, Gangtok.

This MoU has been signed for the for the purpose of collaborating in Centres of Entrepreneurship with Start-up Innovation Zones (CoEs+SIZs) at Gangtok, Sikkim under the Vision Document of ‘Digital North East 2022’ being set up by STPI with SMU as Academic Partner.
The CoEs + SIZs have been named as OctaNE which refers to all interconnected and domain focused CoE (Focused Domains) in all State capitals of North East States including Sikkim. In Sikkim, the focus domain is IT Applications in Healthcare & Agritech located, in Gangtok.

SMU will synergistically collaborate as academic partner in IT in Healthcare. Given each other’s strengths in research and facilities, this MoU will promote entrepreneurship and technology development in healthcare which will mutually benefit the start-up community of the state and the region including other stakeholders, through joint activities undertaken by STPI and SMU.

SMU is acclaimed as the leading higher education destination of the region, in high quality academics and inspired learning in basic and applied research. Many faculty members collaborate with industry, NGOs for real time contribution to the society. Many students aspire to fulfil their potential in research and innovation in the enabling educational environment of SMU.
As an Academic Partner, SMU will extend mentorship, guidance and knowledge support to STPI in conducting joint trainings and workshops, etc. The University will advise STPI in mentoring, upscaling of the start-ups of the state and the region. SMU will also guide the start-ups for designing & developing the products/services, to facilitate conversion of their idea into reality.

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