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AMRIT Pharmacy Inauguration

With the aims to provide quality and affordable medicines to the patients and public as a whole the honourable Health and Family Welfare Minister Smti. R.Warjri today inaugurated the AMRIT Pharmacy at Civil hospital Shillong.

AMRIT or (Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implant for Treatment) is an initiative taken up by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India with Life Care Limited (HLL) as its distributor. The AMRIT Civil Hospital will be among the 103^rd such pharmacy in the country. Though there is one in NEIGHRIMS Hospital but the AMRIT in Civil Hospital is the first such kind of pharmacy in collaboration with Government of Meghalaya.

Speaking during the inauguration programme Warjri said that it is a privileged for the state to have such kind of hospital in order to provide better affordable medicines to the public. She also added that the state government is working out with HLL to implement 9 more such pharmacy in all district of Meghalaya.

Shri H.M. Shangpliang IAS government of Meghalaya also added that MHIS card will also be link to this pharmacy for the benefit of the cards holder.

The other dignitaries present during the inauguration ceremony were Dr.D. Lyngdoh Diretor of Health and Service (MCH&FW), Smti Rupa Chakraborty HLL,Regional Manager (East), Dr. (Mrs.) B. Mawlong Jt. Director of Health Servicess (S.S) Civil Hospital and staff of Civil Hospital.

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ICSSR-NERC National Seminar

The Indian council of Social Science Regional Research  (ICSSR) Northeast Regional Centre start off its two days National Seminar on ‘Towards Social Justice: Impact of Positive Discrimination on Marginalized Communities with Special Reference to Scheduled Caste Groups in India’ at ICSSR-NERC  Conference Room NEHU Campus Shillong. 

The two days seminar will discuss on various issues relating to Interrogating the ideas of Social Justice and Positive Discrimination, Fighting for social justice, Experiences and lessons from other countries, Social justice, democracy and socialism and Understanding Ambedkar, Positive Discrimination which include Socio-economic development of the SCs in India, Continuity and change in caste system with reference of the Dalits, Caste, class, region, religion, Political parties and electoral politics, the misused of Dalits as vote banks, Dalit movements after Ambedkar. Organizations and emerging leadership, Identity and movements for social justice: Achievements and limitations for the Dalit empowerment: Problems and challenges. 

The seminar will be chaired by Professor Gopal Guru Centre for Political Studies JNU New Delhi, Professor L.S Gassah Honorary Director, ICSSR-NERC.

The aim of this seminar is to highlight these policies of positive discrimination which aim at targeting unequal and undemocratic nature of the caste system and empower the marginalized communities in India. It also aims at questioning and suggesting out the positive and negative aspects of understanding by implementing such policies.

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The Department of linguistics North Eastern Hill University National Conference

The Department of linguistics North Eastern Hill University Shillong organised or National Conference on revisiting indology and Sanskrit in India on 21st September 2017 at its premises. The inaugural function was chaired by Professor B K Agarwal Dean, School of Humanities, Shri Atul Kothari Shiksha Sanskriti utthan nyas New Delhi was the guest of honour, professor Rajnat bhat head department of linguistics Banaras Hindu University Varanasi UP was a special guest, the coordinator and chairperson of the conference professor Shailendra Kumar Singh, head department of linguistics gave the welcome inaugural address.

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Mr. Khrang Lyngkhoi joined Congress

Khrang Lyngkhoi the prominent UDP (United Democratic Party) from Langrin Constituency in Ranikor has decided to contest on congress ticket in the 2018 state election. He with some of his followers decided to lend their support to Mr. Marting Danggo a senior Congress leader from their constituency.

When asked what made him joined the congress after serving the UDP for quite long time, he simply that he believe that only congress can truly served the people especially in this region. Beside his ideology he also not happy with his former party in the way the party works especially with their slow tactics in bridging up with the people 0f the constituency.

With his joining the congress party has a strong based in Ranikor in order to retain its majority in South West Khasi Hills District.

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SDRC review Meeting at Nongpoh

The State Development Reforms Commission (SDRC) on 19^th September organised a review meeting with departments including the District Commerce and Industries Centre, District Social Welfare Officer, District Child Protection Officer, Child Development Project Officer, Special Juvenile Police Unit, Divisional Forest Officer (Social Forestry), Executive Engineer PHE, Executive Engineer PWD (R), District Horticulture Officer, Superintendent of Fisheries, District Medical & Health Officer, District Rural Development Agency etc, in the DRDA conference hall in Nongpoh.

The meeting were chaired by members representing the commission including Mr. Sengman R. Marak, Co-chairman, Mr. Suraj Prakash Thapa, Co-chairman, Dr. Fenela Lyngdoh Nonglait, Non-official member and Mr. F.M. Dopth, MCS, Member Secretary and others where each department had a presentation of their schemes which was followed by interaction and suggestion by the commission. Besides discussion field visit and inspection of some of the scheme implemented by various district offices also took place.

During the meeting discussion on budget provision of current financial year, functioning, programmes and activities of the different government offices in the district, state and central scheme being taken up by various departments, Act and rules implemented while executing of different scheme and project were discussed.

Besides listening to the grievances, the commission also assured that intimation to the government of the difficulties faces by them and proposed rectification if any. Suggestions were also made to the head of the district offices during the meeting while dealing with the scheme and projects for the success in the implementation and the overall benefit of the people of the district.

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Sanbor Shulai

He started his political career as the president of the Hills People Union (HPU), Youth Wing of 22^nd Laban LA Constituency in 1988. He was first elected as member of the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) in 1994 on HPU ticket and continued as an MDC undefeated from his constituency now South Shillong till date. Shullai joined the assembly elections in 2008 from Laban constituency (South Shillong) where he was also elected as the deputy speaker at the same time.

With the motto ‘service to God is to service to man’ perhaps Shullai the most respected representative in his constituency, where people supported him in his 25 long years. “My success in these 25 years of my journey in the field of politics is nothing but the love and trust that people have on my leadership” is what drive me to push forward for the upcoming election. Even as an independent candidate Shullai with the people’s support won twice in the MDC election before joining NCP.