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Lesson Contemporary Events
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FACTS The 2015 Nepal blockade, which began on 23 September
to Understand 2015 is an economic and humanitarian crisis which had
severely affected Nepal and its economy.

The world is our common home. The world we are living today is the global world
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of the 21 century guided by science and technology. Due to the development in
science and technological field the whole world turned into the global village. People
become conscious. Therefore, there is a continuous change in affairs. New discoveries,
creative, innovations are introduced every time. They affect our social-economic and
political life. Being social studies students you need to update with each and every
current affairs of the nation as well as the world.

Some of the contemporary issues or current events are given below: Let’s see them:

Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling Conferred with Nepal’s Yugkavi
Siddhicharan Prize- 24 May 2016

Sikkim Chief Minister Dr. Pawan Kumar Chamling was conferred with the Yugkavi
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Siddhicharan Prize by Nepal Former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on 22 May
2016.
The Prestigious Literary Prize was bestowed upon him for his commendable
contributions in promoting Nepali literature in India.
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The prize was presented on the occasion of the 105 birth anniversary of late poet
Siddhicharan Shrestha. It carries a certificate of appreciation and a sum of 100,000
Nepali Rupees.

Literary works of Dr. Pawan Kumar Chamling

He is an author of many books in Nepali,
English and Hindi. He is also a publisher.
He was conferred with the Sikkim Sahitya
Parished Award, twice for Chintan Puraskar
in 1987 and Bhanu Puraskar in 2010,
Siddhicharan Puraskar in 2016.

His other works in Nepali literature include
Prarambhik Kavita (1978), Antyaheen
Sapana: Mero Bipana (1985), Ma Ko Hoon!
(1992), Sikkim Ra Nariko Maryada and many
more.

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