Governor exhorts scientists to take up useful reserach
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt Gen (Retd) Nirbhay Sharma has exhorted the scientists and faculty of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) here to carry out research that is relevant and useful to the state. Addressing the institute’s students and faculty members at its temporary campus at Yupia on Thursday, the governor urged them to emphasise on research related to hydropower and environment, a Raj Bhawan communiqué said here on Friday. He encouraged the faculty to concentrate on these subjects so that the NIT becomes a partner in the state’s development. Referring to his recent visit to border districts, Sharma asked the NIT to address the challenges related to computer knowledge in those areas and to train teachers in those districts. He also brought up the issue of solar energy, which he said should be made economically and commercially viable, the communiqué added. (PTI)
Drugs valued at Rs.1 crore seized in Mizoram
Aizawl: Mizoram authorities have seized drugs valued at Rs.1 crore in the state capital and Melbuk village that were smuggled in from Myanmar, an official said Friday. At least five people, four of them Myanmarese nationals, have been arrested. “The Special Narcotics Cell of the Mizoram Police seized heroin valued at Rs.3.14 lakh in Aizawl yesterday (Thursday) night. Two Myanmarese – Vannuampuii, 27 and Lalbiaksanga, 25 – were arrested,” a police spokesman told reporters. Heroin valued at Rs.50,000 was also seized here Wednesday and a 20-year-old Mizo youth was arrested. In the third incident, officials of the customs and directorate of revenue intelligence seized 10,000 tablets of methamphetamine from Melbuk village along the Mizoram-Myanmar border on Wednesday. The methamphetamine tablets are used as a stimulant. Popular among the Mizo youth as ‘Meth’ or ‘party drug’, methamphetamine is a highly addictive drug that seriously affects the human nervous system. Two Myanmar citizens – Lalruaipuii, 26 and Lalnunpuia Bawitlung, 45 – were arrested in this connection. The authorities estimated that the seized drugs would be valued at about Rs.1 crore. Drug smuggling from Myanmar is rampant in Mizoram, which shares an unfenced 404-km border with Myanmar and a 318-km border with Bangladesh. The mountainous terrain and dense forests make the border porous and vulnerable to smugglers, illegal immigrants and intruders crossing over. (IANS)
Honorary Degree conferred on Jamir by Korean varsity
Kohima: Governor of Odisha and former Nagaland chief minister Dr. S. C. Jamir was conferred an Honorary Degree (Honoris Causa) by Hanseo University of South Korea on April 24 at a colourful ceremony in the University premises. According to information received here on Friday the award was in recognition of his “outstanding contribution” to public service and public administration. Hanseo University is located in Seosan-Si of Chungcheongram-do of South Korea and is a reputed University. The institution has, through its volunteers known as Hanseo volunteers, helped more than 15,000 tribal students through various academic as well as vocational programmes. Dr. Jamir, during his tenure as governor of Odisha and formerly of Maharashtra, had initiated a number of reformative measures to streamline University education in particular and higher education in general in his capacity both as Governor and Chancellor of Universities. He has been in public life for more than five decades, holding different positions, being a union minister and chief minister of Nagaland a number of times. (UNI)
