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IT NewsImphal, March 21: The 105th National Science Congress washeld at Manipur University Campus, Imphal from March 16-20, 2018. It was result of the MoU between Manipur Universityand National Science Congress Association. The mega eventwas inaugurated by hon’ble Prime Minister of India Sjt.Narendra Modi with his valuable speech emphasising onoverall development of 8 North Eastern States in the augustgathering of delegates from different parts of the country.The later proceedings were carried forward by Dr. HarshVardhan, Central Minister of Science & Technology ,Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Earth Sciences,Govt. of India. Smt. Najma Akbarali Heptulla, Governor,Manipur, Shri Nongthombam Biren Singh, Chief Minister,Manipur and his cabinet, Shri Ram Muivah, IAS, Secretary,NEC, Shillongwere among the distinguished personalitiespresent during the inaugural proceedings. The Secretary, NEChas emphasized on similar kinds of programme in the nearfuture for the better growth and development of North EastRegion. He has also made a thorough visit in all the stalls

105th National Science Congress (March 16-20, 2018 at ManipurUniversity Campus, Imphal, Manipur)

available in five pavilions and reiterated the role of NEC inoverall sectoral development. All the VVIPs and VIPs havehighlighted the need of more focus on NER as a business hubof South Asian Countries and potentials of global

collaboration.Nearly 5000 delegates including; innovators, institutions,departments, scientist, manufacturer, researchers, teachers,students, entrepreneurs have participated in five days longmega event. The State Government and the event managementgroups have performed their best in successful completion ofthe event. Along with other visitors, the District Administrationof Imphal has taken best ever efforts in maintaining peacefullaw and order and in ensuring the security to the life andproperty of the general public. Students from variousUniversity, College and School along with their guides havevisited the site as a part of the major attraction.The Stall of National Institute of Rural Development andPanchayati Raj, MoRD, GoI bearing no. E-37 has also attractedlarge number of visitors. The team consisting of Team LeaderShri SK Ghosh, Sr. CPA and Shri KaushikKalita,TrainingManager along with Dr. Anwar Hazarika and Shri Vikas Kumarhave explainedandinteracted with each and every visitors. ShriRam Muivah, IAS, Secretary, NEC,

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World JeetKune-do

MedallistsFelicitatedThoubal,March.21: Sixsportspersons fromThoubal Kiyam area whowon gold and silver medalsin the 1st World Jeet kune-do Championship 2018 atThailand were felicitated atKiyam Shiphai AmuleijamLeikai Community hall inThoubal District today.The felicitation programmeJoinly Organised KiyamSiphai WangmatabaDevelopment Association(KSWDA) Khong AhanbiYouth Association(KHAYA) and Global ClubKiyam Shiphai MamangLeikai was attended byCouncillor of TMC Wardno.16 M.Ibobi, Ward.no.15Councillor N.Santi Devi,Social Worker YumnamNabachandra and leadersof local organisations.Sub-Junior Full contact 28kg Silky Thingujam as oneGold, Full contact Sub-junior 32 kg & formscompetition Nitish Oinamas Two Gold, Sub Junior 45kg & forms competitionM.Nelson Singh as oneGold & one Silver, subjunior 51 kg VictoroyOinam as one Gold & oneSilver, Junior 66 kgO.Rishikanta Singh andSenior Forms CompetitionDr.O.Sanayai as oneGold were feted during theprogramme.

Imphal, March 21: DeputyChief Minister YumnamJoykumar Singh todayinaugurated a ‘Four DaysResidential TrainingWorkshop on Hands onScience’ at Youth Hostel inKhuman Lampak, Imphal. Thetraining which is organised byManipur Science &Technology Council(MASTEC) in associationwith Vigyan Prasar, Noida ofDepartment of Science andTechnology, Government ofIndia, aims to impart scientificknowledge in the easiest wayto school teachers mostlyfrom hill districts of Manipur.Speaking at the inauguralfunction, Deputy ChiefMinister said, teachers shouldarouse the interest of studentsand make them think whatscience is all about. He said,thinking, imagination andobservation are the basicsteps through which we canunderstand the basicprinciples of science. Most ofthe students are good intechnology learning butlearning pure science arelacking behind. We need to

Deputy Chief ministerinaugurates residential trainingworkshop on hands on science

focus on learning purescience. Shri Joykumar Singhfurther said that, students inthe valley are good in scienceand mathematics but most ofthe students in the hills arelacking behind in thesesubjects. Therefore, teachersshould motivate them to learnthese two subjects. Sciencecannot be taught without thestrong base of mathematics.He also stated that interactivelearning process will help toarouse students’ interest andit will also be helpful to impartthem the basic knowledge ofscience in the school level.Such training will helpteachers to focus on impartingknowledge of science in theeasiest way to the students,he added.Professor B. N. Das,renowned Physicist, who isalso a Resource person in thetraining workshop said,concept of science is veryimportant in human lives. Hesaid, most of the process inour life is associated withscientific ideas and thereforeimparting scientificknowledge and sharing

scientific ideas to the youngergeneration are important.Scientific ideas will come firstand after that technology willautomatically come for itsapplication.Secretary (Science &Technology) Ms. NidhiKesarwani said, teachersshould motivate their studentsto impart knowledge ofscience in the schools. Shesaid, motivation is the basicstep towards teaching andteachers s hould alsounderstand the curiosity oftheir students. It is in thisdirection that the departmenthas been working and suchtraining will definitely helpteachers to impart scientificknowledge to students in theeasiest way.Director (MASTEC) Shri Th.Surendranath Singh alsospoke on the importance ofimparting scient ificknowledge to the studentsin t he sch ool level.Altogether, 55 teachers fromhill districts who have beennominated by Directorate ofEducation (S) attended thetraining.

NSCN IM observes 39th Republic Day:VP Kholi appeals peoples to have

trust in dialogue

Thoubal, March.21: A one-day‘Booth level BJP workerstraining programme’ wasorganised today at theAuditorium of District SportsComplex, Wangjing by BJPWangjing Tentha Mandal as apart of Rastriya AbhiyanPrashikshan campaign that willbe held till the month of Aprilwith the purpose ofstrengthening the party, and tobuild efficient workers.

The training programme wasattended by MLA of WangjingTentha AC, former president,BJP Manipur Pradesh,Sh.Shantikumar sharma,secretary in charge, Thoubaldistrict L. Tejkumar, president,Thoubal district Mandal, L.Deven, National vice presidentA.Sarda Devi, Mahila MorchaPresident BJP ManipurPradesh, K.Inaocha Devi, StateOrganisation Secretary

P.Premanand and L.PhulonjaoPresident BJP Wangjing TenthaMandal as Dais Members.Sh. Shantikumar Sharma laiddown the history of thecreation of BJP party in India.National vice president, BJPMahila Morcha, A. Sarda Devistated about the works anddeeds of the party, andnarrated the life story of Pt.Deendayal Upadhaya and Dr.Shyam Prasad Mukherjee while

S. Inaocha Devi, who took partas a resource person, laid downthe works accomplished byNDA government at the Centreand the State BJP governmentunder the leadership of chiefminister, N. Biren.Secretary organisation, BJPManipur Pradesh, P.Premananda Meitei said thetraining programme beinglaunched today is not relatedto any form of election; the goal

of the programme is to givetrainings to BJP workers soawareness is spread to thepeople about the schemesintroduced by the BJPgovernment and to make themreached the people.The workers who havereceived training will furtherspread awareness tohouseholds that comes undertheir respective booths, hestated.

Training Programme for BJP Workers

IT NewsImphal, March 21: The Na-tional Socialist Council ofNagalim-IM today observes it39th Republic Day. Vice presi-dent of the outfit Retired Gen-eral Kholi paid homage to thedeparted souls martyred forthe cause. Speaking on theoccasion Kholi said “Themartyred are the worthy sonsand daughters of the land,who indeed have paid the pricein full. We admit the fact thatours is one of the longest na-tional resistance movements inthe world history. It is a caseof aggression by India andthat the Nagas are the ag-grieved.”He further said “from the verybeginning the Naga peoplehave been looking for a nego-tiated settlement of the Indo-Naga political problem. Ourpast leaders met MahatmaGandhi, the father of the In-dian nation, for solving theproblem through dialogue. Itis so because the Nagas trustin a democratic principle ofsettlement of dispute through

mutual consent and agree-ment, and that they are op-posed to imposition of India’swill upon them, because impo-sition of one’s will upon theother has never ever solvedproblems anywhere in history,it only aggravates them. It is afact that the Nagas are a bravepeople who can outmaneuverand outfight the enemies inmilitary battles as proven inmany battles we have foughtandencountered. The stronger we

have been oppressed and per-secuted, the more resilient wehave been in our resistance.We have endured the aggres-sion of the enemies with clearconviction and firm determina-tion. The undaunted fightingspirit ofthe Nagas is admired by manypeoples, even by the enemies.And after decades of militarycampaigns against the Nagas,the Indian army generals and po-litical leaders finally stated, “Mili-tary solution is not possible.”

IT NewsImphal, March 21: Parentsand siblings of PravishChanam along with theconvener of North-East Forumfor International Solidarity(NEFIS) today met UnionMinister for Home Affairs,Rajnath Singh seeking CBIinquiry into his death.It should be known thatalready in this case manymemoranda have beensubmitted to Union HomeMinistry and today too at themeeting Shri Singh wasimplored by Pravish’s tearfulparents to expedite justice forthem. Rajnath Singh assuredthe deceased’s family that hisoffice will positively intervenein the matter. The meeting washeld after hundreds ofstudents and concernedindividuals and organizationsyesterday participated in aCandle Light March titled‘North-East People’s LivesMatter’ organized by NEFIS todemand justice for Manipuriyouth, Pravish Chanam.Pravish Chanam had come toDelhi on a visit and had beenresiding in Safdarjung, Delhiwith his friends. On 8thSeptember 2017, he went toKnowledge Park in Noida toattend a music concert with hisfriends and went missing after

Parents of Pravish Chanam meetUnion Home Minister, Rajnath

Singh Regarding His Death

the concert, to be later founddead. The Noida Police hadbeen making investigation intothe circumstances which ledto his death. But the shoddyinquiry conducted by thepolice as well as thesubsequent details of the casestrongly pointed towards thedubious role of policepersonnel themselves in thecase. Consequently, the

victim’s family demanded aninquiry by Central Bureau ofInvestigation into the case.Since, the matter fell under theauthority of UP Govt, thedeceased’s family requestedthe Manipur Govt to ask UPChief Minister to transfer thecase to CBI.It should be noted thatdespite UP Govt assuring theManipur Govt that the case

would be transferred to theCBI, no further steps havebeen taken in this direction.This amounts to a blatantattempt to shield the culpritsby allowing them ample timeto destroy evidence whichmay implicate them in future.This wilful negligence is alsoan indication of the states’ andcentral government’s apathytowards North-East people.Moreover, Pravish’s incidentis not an isolated case ofracism against North-Eastpeople. NEFIS believes that itis high time that people stoodagainst racism and pledged tooppose incidents of racismagainst the people from North-East. NEFIS has pledged tointensify its struggle, if justiceis not speedily ensured to thedeceased.