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Peace Channel organised a women leadership training programme on the topic “the role of women in peace building” at Tabernacle Baptist Church Naga United village on February 18. Peace Channel field coordinator, Caroline Leisan shared the vision of Peace Channel and encouraged women to involve in promoting peace. Acknowledging the role of women in a society, she said that women possessed wisdom and knowledge in promoting peace in the community. Meanwhile, resource person, general secretary, Nagamese Baptist Church Association (NBCA), Mhabeni Ngullie assured the participants that such trainings were encouraged even in the coming days and apprised Peace Channel on…

State Agriculture Management and Extension Training Institute (SAMETI) organised two-day online training programme on, “private public partnership for agriculture development” for ATMA functionaries on February 23 and 24.  In a press release, SAMETI director principal IETC i/c, Medziphema stated that the training was aimed to motivate and be acquainted with the importance of Private Public Partnership (PPP) mode in agriculture extension and the techniques involved.  Resource persons for the training programme were Department of Rural Development, NU, SASRD, Medziphema assistant professor, Dr. Mary N Odyuo and professor, dept. of agriculture extension NU: SASRD, Medziphema, Dr. J Longkumer.  During the training…

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will visit Shillong on February 25-26 and address members of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly, following which he will visit the construction site of the new Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Building at Mawdiangdiang. On Thursday, the speaker will inaugurate the ‘Outreach and Familiarization Programme for Local Bodies’ of Meghalaya and other North Eastern states scheduled to be held at the State Convention Centre, Pinewood Hotel, Shillong. “Initiated by the Lok Sabha Speaker, this first of its kind programme is being organized by the Parliamentary Research and Training Institute for Democracies (PRIDE), Lok Sabha Secretariat and the programme…

Agitating teachers of government colleges in Manipur were caught between the state government and students. After a silent rally carried out by agitating teachers was cut short by police soon after it kick-started, students of colleges urged the teachers not to enter college campus if classes were not to be conducted. The striking teachers on Tuesday converged at the campus of Maharaja Budhachandra College in Imphal’s Palace Compound to carry out a silent protest rally on the streets of Imphal. When the rally kick-started, a strong police team armed with riot gear stopped them from carrying out the rally and…