A local court in Guwahati on Saturday issued summon to Rahul Gandhi to appear before it on September 29 in connection with a defamation case pending against the Congress vice president.
Acting on a criminaldefamation case filed by a RSS member, the Kamrup Metropolitan Court has asked Gandhi to appear before the court where the petitioner has alleged that the Congress top leader, in a rally in Guwahati a couple of months back, accused RSS of killing Mahatma Gandhi.
It assumed significance hardly after a month Gandhi refused to tender apology before RSS even after the Supreme Court asked him to do so. He instead said that there is no question of apologising or expressing regret.
Simmering tension in Kokrjhar and Sonitpur have forced the authorities to clamp in definite curfew in both the districts where NDFB-S militants killed over 50 Adivasi people in five serial attacks on Tuesday. Additional forces have been deployed in Kokrajhar and Sonitpur to firmly deal with the situation. People in the trouble torn areas are keeping themselves confined to their homes while security forces are patrolling on the streets. Shops and markets, schools and colleges, banks and offices are remaining closed for an indefinite period. The authorities have further issued shoot at sight order against the miscreants.
Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE) Guwahati and Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce (FICCI) jointly organized an Interactive session with a 35 members delegation from Royal Institute for Governance and Strategic Studies (RIGSS), Bhutan on 23rd March, 2016 at IIE Auditorium. The meet was a platform for sharing of possible scope and opportunities for mutual benefits for both the countries in trade and commerce, particularly with emphasis on NER, the immediate neighbor of Bhutan.
A welcome remark was given by Manoj K Das, Director, IIE. He mentioned that Bhutan has a higher Per Capita Income and more happiness than India. NER and Bhutan coexisted since time immemorial. This renewed focus on understanding and building relationship with NER is a timely and welcome step. This was followed by presentations on NER-Bhutan economic scoping by Biswajit Chakrabarty, Head, FICCI North East. Dr. Sriparna B Baruah, Faculty of IIE presented on the activities of IIE and possible benefits that Bhutan can derive from the strength of the institute.
Head of the delegation, RIGSS, Bhutan Chewang Rinzin and Tashi Wangyal, RIGSS addressed the august gathering which represented media, academia, policy makers. Industrialists, entrepreneurs, officials, tour operators, photojournos, social entrepreneurs and social activists. The Bhutanese was an assortment of administrators, policy members, department heads, educationists, businessmen etc.
Medical profession and yeomen service are synonymous to each other. It remains only a lips service among the medical fraternity. Reality speaks otherwise. Yeomen service, practically, is beyond the reach of the poor people who can’t afford to avail of the service. Now what is in store for these disadvantaged lots? Painful indeed. Need of the hour is a change in the way we look at the things to bring all people under the purview of the medical service in real sense of the term where the tyranny of money won’t matter. A strong undercurrent of anger and hatred against many people in the profession seems to have gripped the nook and corner of the north eastern region. Isn’t is a high time to rein in these people who keep making money out of the yeomen service. In fact, all of us are ready to throw their weights behind us if we say so. But who will bell the cat?
Many promising medical students, experts and professionals will rub shoulders on Monday (January 23) to debate the issue confronting a cross section of the people these days. Organized by Assam Times at Gauhati Medical College & Hospital (GMCH), the daring debate “Medical Oath: A Moral Compass No More” is the first of its kind in the north eastern region.
“It is an initiative to promote students’ participation in the overall ethics in medical practice to ensure that their opinions reach various stakeholders,” said Babul Gogoi of Assam Times.
The debate is open only for the medical students (MBBS, BDS, BAMS, Nursing, Pharmacology) and each of the team comprise two members to defend and oppose the subject on the floor. Interested students may call 9401732209, 9707269564 or email editor@assamtimes.org.
Two winning participants will be travelling to Goa for the face-off at the finale at Difficult Dialogues at the International Centre, Goa on February 12.
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