With 49% of Meghalaya’s population under the age of 18, the youth demographic holds the key to transforming Shillong into an intellectual capital and unlocking development opportunities for the region. This vision was a focal point at the Meghalaya Chapter of the United States Indo-Pacific Strategy: North-Eastern Dialogues (USIPS NED), held in Shillong on November 26, 2024.
The Governor of Meghalaya has officially appointed F.G. Kharshiing, IPS (Retd.), as the Mission Director of the Drug Reduction, Elimination, and Action Mission (DREAM).
Informing this after chairing a review meeting here on Monday, Principal Secretary in-charge Health & Family Welfare, Sampath Kumar, said, “In the next two years, we will upgrade 2000 (anganwadi centres) as ECD centres.”
Speaking at a FICCI Roundtable for North-Eastern region’, held under the aegis of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, on the ‘Roadmap for Making Cancer Care Affordable and Accessible in India’,Mr Sampath Kumar, Principal Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt of Meghalaya said the state government has launched the Cancer Mission, a screening-based program focused on early detection and prevention and already screened individuals over 30 years of age in Khasi District.
A team of Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board (MSPCB) officials led by Principal Secretary of Forest & Environment, Sampath Kumar, on Tuesday ordered closure of 6 industrial units operating in Byrnihat area of Meghalaya for violating environmental norms set by the board.
Shillong, April 24: The Community-led Landscape Management Project (CLLMP), IORA, and the Government Innovation Lab (SCEP) held a workshop on Agroforestry and Green Economy...
The meeting also highlighted a critical role that the Village Health Councils (VHCs) in Meghalaya can play in terms of community empowerment as well as prevention of diabetic cases.
