Proud to be a Sikkimese: Sikkim Travel, Culture & Local Heritage

SpiceJet, the only carrier flight in Sikkim's Pakyong, has decided to suspend operations in Sikkim from October 30 due to "operational constraints", reports the PTI news. Further, the airline spokesperson had said,  bad weather and low visibility were bottlenecks that had led to operational constraints. Pakyong airport is India's 100th airport inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi in 2018 and is the only airport in the state of Sikkim. At a height of 4646 feet, it is one of India's highest airports.

APRIL 6:   GANGTOK : The Sikkim government launched a portal ( www.covid19sikkim.org ) for circulating information on coronavirus outbreak at Tashiling Secretariat. The COVID-19 Centralized Information System has been developed by IPR, Govt. of Sikkim. GANGTOK :In a letter addressed to the President of India, Ganga Prasad, the Governor of Sikkim has decided to donate 30 percent of his salary for next one year to PM CARES Fund to fight against Corona outbreak. APRIL 7:   GEYZING : Indra Hang Subba, MP and Lok Nath Sharma, PHE Minister visited District Hospital Geyzing and inspected quarantine and isolation centers. Geyzing Girls SSS is made the isolation center where five persons were kept who had returned from outside the state. It was mentioned that ambulance was made available in all the eight primary health centre of the west district. Pic: Sikkim Express APRIL 9:   Different parts of Sikkim witnessed hailstorm on aft...

Cymbidium NaMo ALSO READ -  This was the closest i could go for PM Modi orchid Wikipedia fails to mention Sikkim Orchid named after Kalpana Chawla Coelogyne pantlingii, a new orchid species discovered in Sikkim in 2005 Sikkim Orchid variety named after Sonia Gandhi's grand daughter After Dendrobium Atal Bihari Vajpayee, its turn for Cymbidium NaMo

After Dendrobium Atal Bihari Vajpayee, its turned for Cymbidium NaMo , an orchid hybrid variety in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PM Modi on his first visit as the Prime Minister of Sikkim was honoured with an Orchid name at Gangtok on January 18. ALSO READ -  This was the closest I could go for PM Modi orchid Wikipedia fails to mention Sikkim Orchid named after Kalpana Chawla Coelogyne pantlingii, a new orchid species discovered in Sikkim in 2005 Sikkim Orchid variety named after Sonia Gandhi's granddaughter After Dendrobium Atal Bihari Vajpayee, its turn for Cymbidium NaMo PM Modi unveiled three orchid varieties in the Flower Show where he named the two orchids after Sardar Vallavbhai Patel and Pandit Deendayal Upadhaya while the third one was named Cymbidium NaMo  by Pawan Chamling, Chief Minister of Sikkim. Dendrobium Atal Bihari Vajpayee was named after Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister of India on his visit to Sikkim in 2003.

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By PD Rai In India many startups are actually happening in the Organic Agri space. Little is known of or about them. They may not have found space in Vigyan Bhawan during the inauguration of #StartupIndia. Of course, overwhelmingly the glitz of Technology led startupswere there for everyone to see. They are the now famous ones in online marketing like Flipkart or those in transportation aggregation like Ola. Prime Minister Modi flagged off #StartupIndia in New Delhi on 16 th January. This is a fantastic initiative and we all applaud it. It has the architectureof giving entrepreneurs the space to do what they do best, creating products and services from ‘ideas’ and making them work – the startup ecosystem. After making them work finally curating them to be able to monetize it before ramping it up in terms of scale. That an idea can fail and hence needs that exit route is planned well. Self certification is a key ingredient. This will take away the ‘babu’ or small time bu...

Nirmal Mangar, my good journalist friend shares his anecdotes meeting with Prime Minister Modi. He was among the Sikkim Journalist Team that got an opportunity to witness the proceedings of parliament at New Delhi last year.  Nirmal Mangar in his facebook status writes.... " It was last monsoon, I got an opportunity to meet the man of India in Parliament House, I felt pompous and happy to thank him on mentioning Sikkim's organic mission in both the parliaments ( of India and Nepal) also not to forget his Germany visit. I still have a strong memory of him telling ' Main January mein Sikkim aunga (I will come to Sikkim on January) and will declare your state as the first in the country to adopt organic farming ' Finally, the great moment has arrived." Truely a great moment has arrived, we all Sikkimese is awaiting this big moment when PM Modi will declare Sikkim as the fully Organic State.

Modi Sikkim visit schedule

SINGTAM, AUGUST 24 : Reshma Subba,  the  resident of Ahaley Namthang, South Sikkim, has returned from New Delhi after participating in the “Celebration of Excellence” event that was held during the Independence Day celebration.  Subba and four students from Sikkim participated in the grand event, which involved students from different corners of the country.   All the students had received a Certificate of Excellence and a certificate of Prime Minister's letter. Reshma Subba has extended her gratitude to the Prime Minister of India, Minister, HRDD, Government of India, Chief Minister of Sikkim, HRDD, Government of Sikkim, and CBSE Board. She went on to say that she shall always remain grateful to the Principal and teachers of Namthang SSS. It was their effort and blessing that gave her the opportunity of a lifetime. Speaking on occasion, Reshma Subba said the biggest moment in her three-day visit to New Delhi included a handshake with Smriti Zubin Irani, Minis...

SINGTAM, AUGUST 9:   Reshma Subba, resident of Ahaley Namthang, South Sikkim is leaving to New Delhi on August 10 on three day visit to participate at an event “Celebration of Excellence” to be held on the eve of the Independence Day 2014. She will also be among students from different corners of the country to be present at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Speech at Red Fort on August 15. An email received by Reshma Subba reads, she had been selected for the participation in the celebration of excellence. Other programs includes visit to historical places on August 13, felicitation function of e-book “Hamara Dharohar, Hamara Sapna” at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi the next day and participation in the Independence Day at Red Fort. Reshma Subba is the daughter of Dharma Raj Subba and Manju Subba. She was a Horticulture Student at Namthang SSS and had passed out her Class XII exams in 2014. This early June, Reshma Subba also had received a congratulatory letter for Smiriti Zubin...