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"SAATHI" IMPARTS AWARENESS TO  SCHOOL STUDENTS ON ANTI-DRUGS ADDICTION & ALCOHOLISM The SAATHI Cell of Modern senior secondary School, Gangtok organised a day long successful community outreach programme on the theme "How to eradicate Drugs Addiction & Alcoholism" on 6th march 2017 at Modern Senior Secondary School premises. The programme was graced by Mr.Sonam Dadul,senior Government official cum president of Modern SMC as the Chief-Guest and attended by Mr. Sonam Denzongpa, Joint Director East HRDD, Smt Mala Zigdal Dorjee, Principal Modern Sr. Sec. School, Mr.K.C.Nima, Incharge (FREEDOM,Rehabilitat ion & Detoxication Society), Mr.Prashant Sharma, Counsellor(SAATHI), Mr. Silash Tamang,SI, SadaThana, School-Incharges, SMC members, guardians, teachers & students.  The programme began with the welcome address by Mr.T.P.Dahal, PGT(Nepali) & group song by Student members of SAATHI unit. The key speaker of the programme, Mr.Pr...

    “It is the time to understand the issue of Sikkim-Darjeeling unification because without the help of Sikkimese or Sikkim it is impossible to achieve Gorkhaland” said General Secretary of Sikkim- Darjeeling Unification Forum Mr. Shankar Hang Subba in a press conference held today here in the Capital. Adding more Mr. Subba appealed to the Chief Minister Pawan Chamling to take initiative and play a vital role in the unification issue. Mr. Subba stated that Gorkhaland is impossible but through unification the problems of Darjeeling people would be solved. The forum has been raising the voice about the restoration of lost territory since day one of its inception but due to technical errors and other reason forum failed to convince the people of Sikkim regarding the unification issue but hopes that a day will come when every people in the hills will understand the unification issue and raise their voice in support of this demand. Mr. Subba alleged that Gorkha Janmukti M...

MINI- An untold story of a great Indian footballer  Our region ,the hills of Darjeeling and Sikkim has over the years produced plenty of talented footballers, but most of us are not aware of them, especially the players from yester years. Late Chandan Singh Rawat’s name comes first to my mind. He was a great player born in Darjeeling and went on to play for India .Then it was Late Pem Dorjee who was a talented Stopper who played for almost all the big clubs and even captained the Indian National team. He was from Kalimpong but later on settled in Sikkim. I know the names of other players too but have very limited details about them. But I could meet one of them in my recent visit to Kalimpong, He was an exceptional forward of his times. The details are as follows- It was in 2007 when I had gone to Kalimpong and played in the league there that I had first heard about this Gentleman from my friend. He had told me that this man was like a legend there and people used to floc...

Survey points to TB pill violation    60% prescriptions do not follow dosage rules, says study : G.S. MUDUR  New Delhi, May 5: Nearly 60 per cent of tuberculosis medication dose strengths sold in India through prescriptions of private practitioners do not conform with standard TB treatment guidelines, a study has revealed. The findings corroborate suggestions made by some Indian doctors — several times over the past two decades — that a majority of private practitioners do not write correct prescriptions for treating TB. The government’s TB control programme provides free TB treatment to more than 70 per cent of patients. In the new study, US-based researchers analysed the sales of TB drugs in India and nine other countries, examining sales only driven by the private sector. “Sixty per cent of the pills sold (in the private market) can’t be aligned with the standard guidelines,” said William Wells, a public health specialist with TB Alliance...