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Dr Sanat Kumar Saha once came across this quote and it had left a deep & profound impact on him. However, he claims that as his life evolves, he feels ‘judgment’ itself is unnecessary. As he retrospect, he gets a better understanding about himself and others by looking back and believing that his most defining moments of struggles were experienced by keeping himself open towards new experiences. At the age of about 65 and serving currently as the Honorary Member (Eminent Scientist), West Bengal State Council of Higher Education, Department of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal, he certainly has a lot of experience in his repository.

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U TIROT SING SYIEM, the Syiem (Chief) of Hima (state) Nongkhlaw, one of the twenty five Khasi states, is one of the greatest and the first personalities to challenge the British in Northeast India. In his attempt to prevent the Khasi Hills from falling into the colonial hands, U Tirot Sing fought armed struggle against the British. He could not match the Colonial forces in the war and was captured on being defeated. He died in captivity in Dhaka on 17th July 1835.

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Pawan Chamling is now the longest serving Chief Minister in the Country. The 5th term Chief Minister has surpassed the record of former West Bengal Chief Minister Late Jyoti Basu from 29th of April, 2018. Pawan Chamling rose to power after he was unanimously elected as Chief Minister of the 22nd State of India on 12th December, 1994, when the party under his leadership won the State General elections. Since then, there has been no looking back. He is currently in his 5th term as the Chief Minister of Sikkim and is continuously rendering his service to the people of Sikkim.

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St. Anthony’s & St.Edmunds tops the list in  Science & Commerce

St. Anthony’s Higher Secondary School secured the highest number of ranks in the science stream category. This prestigious School secured rank from First to Tenth position followed by Donbosco Shool in Tura. The first rank was secured by Lawanaibok Kharphuli with distinctions in six subjects. The only school which made it to the Top 10 list besides St Anthony’s is Don Bosco College HS Section, Tura in which Nishtha Barman Hajong managed to bag the 6^th position.

Even in the Commerce Stream category, St Anthony’s HS School managed to secured Seventh positions in the Top 10 list and St Edmund’s HS School, Shillong with three positions in the list with Chongdeinem Guite as the toper. BBS College and Christian Academy HS School are also featured in the top 10 list.

The district with the highest number of pass percentage in the Science stream is East Khasi Hills with 82.78 and in the Commerce stream is East Garo Hills with 93.75 percent.

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KSU & HNYF opposed Citizenship Amendment Bill

The Khasi Student Union (KSU) and Hynniewtrep National Youth Front (HNYF) said that Meghalaya should not be included in the Citizenship Amendment bill as it gives opportunity to the Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, Pharsi, and Christian from Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Pakistan to flow to the state of Meghalaya. KSU President Donald Thabah also said that not just Meghalaya but other North Eastern States including Assam should also reject this bill or else we will  be minority in our own soil. The All Jaintia Youth Welfare Organisation (AJYWO) also lend hands in opposing the bill.

After meeting the Joint Parliamentary Committee the President said that such Bill will have great impact on the demography of the Northeast as a whole. Meanwhile the KSU and HNYF are pleased with the Chief Minister Conrad Sangma for his understanding and initiatives for opposing the Bill introduce by the Union Government.

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Hame Shaniah Suiam four times National Gold Medalist hails from Shangpung, Jaintia Hills Meghalaya. His last international bout was in December 2017 in Budapest Hungary where he came short of getting a medal. In the previous year’s, Suiam had already taken part in various International tournaments in the World Association of Kickboxing (WAKO) which includes World Cadets & Junior Kickboxing Championship at Rimini, Italy in 2014 and World Senior Kickboxing Championship at Ireland Dublin in 2015. From then onwards, he has been regularly selected by WAKO India Kickboxing Federation to take part in the International tournament to represent the country and State as a whole. Suiam had recently obtained a diploma certificate as international referee/ judge at the WAKO International Kickboxing Referee Seminar at Lonavala, Maharashtra. Eastern Panorama interacted with the young talent, to know more about his line of thought in personal.

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There is a common headline that The Onion (premier satirical news outlet) uses whenever there is a mass shooting in the USA. It is very unfortunate that that we get to read this headline frequently. Most of the article is also redundant where only the place and dates are changed. This is not trivializing the grave occurrence that it is talking about but on the contrary, it is working on the principle of castigat ridendo mores which means ‘laughing corrects morals’. Simply put, satire does cause social change.

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The rooms are bright and clean, quiet as Dr. Sujata takes care of a patient reclining in the chair at her Dayspring Dental Clinic. She works steadily, taking the time to give her undivided attention to the person in front of her. She doesn’t rush, instead working steadily to provide the first-class treatment her reputation has been built upon.