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Governor inaugurates seminar on
Social Violence and Police |
STAFF REPORTER
 Gangtok:
“A relatively stable society has less chaos and more order
while a society in transition experiences breakdown of
transitional norms, and customary checks and balances on
human behaviors, and hence greater incidence of unruly
behavior. Causes of violence as well as the means to deal
with them, must be sought in the totality of human
environment - Physical, economic, political, socio-cultural
and technological”. This is said by Governor of Sikkim, Mr.
Balmiki Prasad Singh.
The Governor was speaking as chief guest at the inauguration
of an international seminar on Tuesday, March 9, organized
by Sikkim University in collaboration with Centre for Public
Affairs, New Delhi, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New
Delhi Groupe Europeen de Recherche sur les Normativites,
Paris. Theme of the two-day seminar is Social violence and
Police: Cross-national experiences”. Inaugurated by the
Governor at a local hotel, the day’s programme was presided
by Mr Ved Marwah, Chairman, Centre for Public Affairs and
former governor of Jharkhand and Manipur.
Governor Mr. Singh said that social violence is an
inevitable aspect of almost all societies. However, its
nature and extent varies across societies and cultures.
Violence is a complex phenomenon because of its multiple
causes. Various theories have tried to explain the causes of
violence, ranging from political, economic, socio-cultural,
ethnic, developmental and so on. He said, “we are living in
an era of political, social and religious turbulence”.
The police including the paramilitary units, Mr. Singh said,
are the principal agents of the State’s internal
sovereignty. “Should the police retain its old structure or
make a transition and device new structures congruent with
democratic polity with economic and scientific advancement,
or there is any need to divide police functions into sub
categories like law and order maintenance and crime
investigations”, the Governor asked. On the occasion the
Governor released an annual report of Sikkim University.
Mr. Marwah, Prof. Ajay Mehra, Director, Centre for Public
Affairs, Prof. Rene Levy Director, Groupe European de
Recherche sur les Normatives (GREN), Paris, and Prof.
Mahendra P. Lama, Vice Chancellor , Sikkim University, also
deliberated on the seminar topic.
The programme was attended by Mr. S.M Limboo, Dy. Chairman
of Planning Commission of Sikkim, Mr. Sonam Tshering Bhutia,
Member of the Commission, delegates from France, Delhi and
other parts of the country, members of Non Government
Organizations, Professors and Lecturers, officials and staff
of Sikkim University. |
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SDF condemns GRC statement |
STAFF REPORTER
Gangtok: Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) has strongly
condemned the statement of Mr. DK Bomzan, President, Gorkha
Rashtriya Congress (GRC), and called it “a hue and cry
only”.
Mr. Bomzan is trying to dig out a dead issue which had been
totally denied by the people of Sikkim, says a press release
by SDF Publicity Secretary (HQ), Mr. Prem Karki. “SDF tells
him (Mr. Bomzan) to be a part of the demand of the people of
hills if he is doing positive politics”. |
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Digital Imaging X-Ray at Ruchi Diagnostic Clinic |
STAFF REPORTER
Gangtok: It is now almost 15 years that Ruchi Diagnostics
have been catering to the basic needs of the patients by
providing the best possible diagnostic services to the
people of Sikkim. The Clinic has now installed most modern
Fuji Digital Imaging Machine, also called Digital X-Ray.
This machine provides enhanced medical diagnostic quality
and effectiveness and can handle diagnostic images in
digital format which provides stable and highly precise
results. This unit is capable of making automatic image
processing at a very high resolution of 508 DPI at 10 pixel
per mm.
Also to meet the need of busiest radiological demands, the
machine works at a very fast speed of about 100 X-Ray prints
per hour. With the installation of this machine the doctors
can fully rely on the results for early detection of bone
fractures, chest problems, kidney stones and spinal
irregularities.
This machine can store the images in digital format which
can be reproduced if need so arises. Another advantage of
the machine is the fastest and dried output of the film so
that waiting time for the patient is saved. This Machine is
imported from Japan by Fuji film and has been installed in
Sikkim State for the first time, informs Mr. Ramesh Kr.
Periwal, Managing Director of the Diagnostic Clinic. |
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