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Governor inaugurates seminar on Social Violence and Police
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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.

SDF condemns GRC statement
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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
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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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