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Our Correspondent Kohima | November 19
While a vast majority of the world’s population has access to mobile phones, one third of humanity (2.5 billion people) does not have access to proper sanitation, including toilets or latrines. This has dramatic consequences on human health, dignity and security, the environment, and social and economic development. To address these issues, the ‘Sanitation for All’ Resolution (A/RES/67/291) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in July 2013, designating November 19 as World Toilet Day. Er Y Tep, Superintending Engineer (PHED), Kohima Circle presented a briefing on the significance of ‘World Toilet Day’ during a one day workshop on ‘2013- Year of Water Conservation.’ The event was held at the Ura Academy Hall and was organized by the Water and Sanitation Support Organization (WSSO) PHED Nagaland. The lack of improved sanitation largely contributes to the fact that almost 2,000 children die every day from preventable diarrheal diseases. It also impacts vulnerable populations such as persons with disabilities and women, who are more exposed to sexual violence. Lack of private toilets in schools is a major reason why girls do not continue their education once they enter puberty. Poor sanitation and water supply also result in economic losses estimated at $260 billion annually in developing countries. World Toilet Day aims to change both behavior and policy on issues ranging from enhancing water management to ending open-air defecation (which 1.1 billion people practice worldwide).
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KOHIMA, NOVEMBER 19 (MExN): The Chief Engineer for PWD (NH) has informed of the guidelines to be followed during the construction of all National Highways to 2 lane. A press note notified that the formation width of the road is 12 meters and that the Right of Way (ROW) is 22.5 meters on either side from the central line of the road. It further informed that the carriageway width is 7.0 meters plus 2.00 meters paved shoulder on either side of the carriageway. As such, all village councils/ communities/individuals have been requested not to construct any new structures along the ROW. It cautioned that if found otherwise, “no compensation will be entertained and will be doing so at their own risk.”
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Every day after school, 13-year-old Tenzin Tseten attends another class at the Tibetan community hall at Phoolbari in Kohima with 19 other Tibetan children where she learns the Tibetan language and script. The special class was initiated in 2008 among the Tibetan community which felt the need to impart Tibetan culture and history to the children growing up in a foreign land. Born and brought up in Kohima, Tseten enjoys Naga food and watching the Kohima night view; she belongs to one of the few remaining Tibetan families in Kohima. The early Tibetan settlers came to Kohima around the 1970s, when they started earning a livelihood by selling secondhand clothes at Phoolbari. Some years back the Tibetans in Kohima consisted of more than 50 families; today they comprise around twenty families—the sole reason being a decline in business in the last three to four years. The remaining few have more than business to stay back in the hills of Kohima for. “I like the climate here that’s why even if business is not good, we are still settling,” says 58-yearold Sumchhung who came to Nagaland in 1997. He came to know of Nagaland from a friend who was once settled here. In May 1997, he visited Nagaland and on finding out the pleasant climate, he went back to his village in South India and told his wife all about it— that is how they came to
A group of Tibetan children in Kohima. The Tibetan community in Kohima considers themselves temporary settlers and yearn to one day return to their home land in Tibet. (Morung Photo)
settle in Kohima. 37-year-old Tenzin came to Kohima in 1997 with her husband. Tenzin got her Physiotherapy degree from Chennai. Ask her why she left the profession, she says, “Since we’re refugees, jobs do not come so easily to us. Our older generation is hardly educated and so is the same among our generation. It is our kids who are able to pursue such privileges.” Left with no other way, engaging in business becomes the only resort. Although they are allotted land to cultivate crops by the Indian government, Tenzin says that the next generation will hardly have land to cultivate. “We (Tibetans and Nagas) are the same. We belong to the same race, it’s just that our language and dharm is different,” says 62-year-old Penba who has lived in Nagaland for 41 years. Nagas and Tibetans
are like brothers, he asserts, which is one of the main reasons why he continues to live in Kohima. Perhaps one of the oldest Tibetan settlers in Kohima, he arrived in Nagaland in 1972 where he first lived in Dimapur. They started by selling secondhand clothes and later upgraded to selling first hand goods. Penba belongs to a generation which walked all the way from Tibet to India during the 1960s with his family. He was around 9 years old during the exodus. His parents died within 2 years of arriving in Nepal. From Nepal, Penba arrived in Himachal Pradesh where he stayed for some years and moved to Chattisgarh. “Although the Indian government gave us land, the soil there was not cultivable, so we had to ultimately get into business,” adds Penba. Whether settled in
Nagaland, Karnataka or Dharamsala, Tibetan refugees consider their current place of stay temporary despite all the provisions given by the Government of India, be it land or citizenship. Much like the Naga struggle for independence, the Tibetans too have been fighting for their homeland against forceful Chinese occupation of it. Alongside, the Chinese force their culture on the Tibetans. Their stance on nonviolence amidst violence, and their effort to preserve their culture are values that Nagas need to learn from the Tibetans. With the hope that one day they will return to Tibet as the rightful owners of their land, they consider their present settlement temporary. But even the temporary cannot go on forever. In the words of Sumchhung, “What started as temporary has almost reached fifty years.”
DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 19 (MExN): Two persons, who carried out an audacious highway carjacking plan in collusion with two others on November 14, fell into police custody on November 18. The incident had occurred at NH 36, near the inter-state police check-post at Dillai. The Additional Superintendent of Police, Dimapur, Watichuchang Jamir, in a press release stated that a gang of four, armed with machetes, had waylaid a goodsladen pick-up truck (a Tata Mobile, NL 07A 4925) at
NH 36 and decamped with the vehicle. The vehicle was transporting garlic from Assam to Dimapur. Two members of the gang were however tracked down and arrested by a team of West Police Station personnel on November 18. The arrested duo was identified as Nzanthung, resident of Viola colony, Dimapur and Moayanger, resident of Aoyimsen village, Dimapur. The police team recovered the stolen vehicle along with 42 sacks of the stolen cargo from a hideout at 4th Mile near the Cha-
the River. The duo further revealed the names of their absconding accomplices, identified as Nthuga alias Kunal Rengma and Shikato. The release further stated that Nzanthung has a history of stealing cars and had earlier been arrested by Dimapur police in a vehiclelifting case. During interrogation he revealed he had recently stolen two Mahindra Boleros in Dimapur. The vehicles were transported to Manipur via Jalukie and Peren and sold in Imphal for around Rs. 2 to 2.5 lakhs, the release stated.
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DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 19 (MExN): Parliamentary Secretary for IT&C, Technical Education, Science & Technology and Taxes, Tovihoto Ayemi has stressed on the need to protect the revenue Nagaland state. He expressed this view during the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers meeting in Shillong on November 18 and19 at Pinewood Hotel. A press note informed that the position of Nagaland was that the Centre should assure that 100% compensation must be given to states that suffer revenue loss with the introduction of GST, at least during the initial implementation period. It reiterated for the creation of a GST Compensation Fund or a similar mecha-
nism. Tovihoto also said that Nagaland supports an early consensus on this issue and transition to the GST regime but keeping in mind the special requirements of the small North Eastern states. Tovihoto expressed satisfaction that the draft Constitutional Amendment Bill on Goods & Service tax (GST) has made special provisions for the NE states and Jammu & Kashmir. But while framing the details of these special provisions, he said attention must be given to the “unique requirements of individual states”. It was suggested that a special meeting be convened for States with special provisions. The GoI was also requested to release the GST compensation claims at the
earliest for Nagaland and other small states since the amount was not large. On the issue of Dual Control by the Centre and States in the GST regime, it was propounded that the small traders and small scale industries be kept out since many dealers in small states fall under this category. Dual control would make compliance difficult for small dealers. The threshold for Central GST for goods should be kept at not less than Rs. 1.5 crores and the threshold for services should also be appropriately high, it was stated. On the issue of threshold in the GST regime, it was mentioned that for a small state like Nagaland, a lower threshold like in the case of VAT is more desirable.
BANGALORE, NO VEMBER 19 (MExN): Amnesty International India (AII), in continuation of its call for the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in India, has noted that the central government, and state governments of the states in the North East, has “failed to engage in a meaningful debate on the Act despite well-documented evidence of abuses.” This was stated in a ‘briefing’ on ‘The AFSPA: Time for a Renewed Debate in India on Human Rights and National Security’ released today by the AII. In this, the international human rights body has also urged the Government of India to grant sanction to pending cases for prosecution of members of security forces suspected of human rights violations, and remove the requirement for sanction to prosecute in all cases of alleged human rights violations, and to ensure that security legislations comply fully with India’s international legal obligations and are in line with international standards including the UN Principles for the Prevention of Extra-legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions. International and national human rights groups and activists have called for the AFSPA’s repeal for years, with little purposeful response or definitive action from the government. In 2013, two high-level official committees from India, namely Justice Verma Committee and the Justice Hegde Commission, supported calls made to authorities by the UN and In-
AII has urged state governments in states where the AFSPA is in force to: • Initiate full and independent investigations into all human rights violations, including sexual violence and extrajudicial executions, allegedly committed by security forces in areas where the AFSPA is in force; where sufficient admissible evidence is found, prosecute suspects – including those with command responsibility - in fair and speedy trials in civilian courts, without recourse to the death penalty. • Ensure that victims of human rights violations are provided effective reparation, including adequate compensation and rehabilitation. • Ensure that police officials are held accountable for any lapses in registering or investigating cases of human rights violations allegedly committed by security forces. • Ensure that law enforcement personnel, including security forces that carry out law enforcement, are trained in upholding international standards, including the UN Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials and the UN Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials. • Protect the civilian population from rights abuses and violent crimes, including acts committed by armed groups, and prosecute those responsible for such attacks within the framework of criminal law and in conformity with international human rights law and standards.
dian bodies to address the abuses committed under the AFSPA and end the effective impunity enjoyed by security forces. While neither committee was expressly mandated to consider the role of the AFSPA in violence against women or extrajudicial executions, respectively, both pointed to the AFSPA as being a key cause of both past and ongoing human rights violations. The Santosh Hedge Commission primarily criticized the lack of enforceable safeguards against abuse of the AFSPA’s provisions. The Verma Committee concluded that the provision requiring sanction
to prosecute allowed for crimes against women to be committed by security forces with impunity. On the international front, Rashida Manjoo, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, said after her visit to India in April 2013 that the AFSPA had “resulted in impunity for human rights violations broadly.” Cristof Heyns, the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, visited India in March 2012. In his report to the UN Human Rights Council, he called for the repeal of AFSPA.
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The NSCN (IM) collective leadership, including Chairman Isak Chishi Swu and General Secretary Th. Muivah, left for New Delhi Tuesday to take part in the next round of talks with the Government of India. Speaking to media persons at Dimapur Airport prior to their departure, the NSCN (IM) Chairman said they were leaving for the next round of talks as per invitation of the Government of India. Swu,
Chairman Isak Chishi Swu and his wife, and General Secretary, Th. Muivah, at Dimapur Airport before their departure to Delhi, Tuesday.
however, did not specify the dates of the talks. Queried on whether the NSCN (IM) expected a concrete or positive outcome this time,
Swu replied that they cannot comment on anything at the moment. NSCN (IM) General Secretary, Th. Muivah, said the
problem lies with the Government of India and not with the NSCN (IM). “We are waiting for the Government’s response and we are ready from our side. We want a solution as soon as possible.” On the other hand, Muivah alleged that there has been much delay in the talks and accused the Government of applying “delay tactics.” This may be the last round of peace talks of the UPA-led Central Government with the NSCN (IM) before the next General Elections.
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The need to immediately repair damages to water pipelines including leaks in pipelines and reservoirs and regulation of proper water distribution system have been stressed at the one day workshop on “2013Year of Water Conservation” held here today under the aegis of Water & Sanitation Support Organization (WSSO), PHED Nagaland. Conveying these measures as part of managing drinking water supply, Er. Jakpou Khiamniungan, executive engineer PHED, Rural Division, Kohima also felt that the department and water and sanitation committee should repair or replace leaking public fountain and taps at home, adding that a small drip from a worn tap can waste 90 litres of water per day and larger leaks can waste thousands of litres. He also stressed on the need to preserve forest in the water catchment, keep water sources and reservoirs clean, manage
liquid and solid water in proper manner, sensitize community on water conservation issues and practices, preserve/maintain traditional water bodies and affluent families should lead the way in practicing water conservation measures. He said the objective of the workshop is to create awareness on the need of water conservation as water is a basic necessity of human beings which is required to be shared, conserved and treated with respect as it is increasingly becoming a scarce resource. The goals of water conservation efforts include; sustainability; to ensure availability for future generation, withdrawal of water from an ecosystem should not exceed its natural replacement rate, energy conservation; water pumping, treatment and distribution facilities consume significant amount of money, and environment conservation; minimizing human water use helps to preserve water sources, wildlife as well as reducing the need to construct more water supply infrastructures.
The executive engineer also emphasized on the need to adopt some key activities to implement water conservation principles, such as, any beneficial reduction in water loss, use and waste, avoiding contamination of water through human, industrial and agricultural waste and improving management practices that reduce or enhance the beneficial use of water. To mark the water conservation day, he said, the department had already entrusted WATSAN committee to do the traditional wells cleaning at their respective village today and teacher- in- charge of all schools have also been entrusted to give message of proper economical use of water to school children during assembly and workshop designed for WATSAN Committee. Speaking on the occasion as the chief guest, Wennyei Konyak, SDO (C) Sadar Kohima requested the PHE department to go to the villages and sensitize the community as to how to conserve water.
He also called upon the WATSAN committee members to propagate the importance of water conservation at their respective village and adopt a corrective mechanism so that Kohima district would also find its place at the top position in water conservation. Stating that water is the basic requirement of human beings, he challenged the gathering to focus on water management and its availability for future generation. Sidramappa, IFS, Divisional Forest Officer, Kohima Division in his speech said that water is no more an abundant natural resource but a scarce commodity. He stressed on the need to have a comprehensive approach like establishing “State Water Conservation Authority,” to address all the issues involved. Er. Y. Tep, Superintending Engineer (PHED), Kohima Circle also talked on the topic “World Toilet Day and Sanitation.” Er. Ruokuovituo Vizo, SDO Kohima Rural, PHED proposed vote of thanks.
Chuchuyimlang: In observance of Water Conservation Year 2013 as declared by the Government of India, District Soil & Water Conservation Office, Mokokchung in this connection organized an awareness programme at Imlang Sector, Chuchuyimlang village, Mokokchung on November 19. During the programme, Imtiyongdang Ao, DSCO, Mokokchung while interacting with the community members maintained that water being one of the essential necessity for survival we need to inculcate the vision to conserve water. Emphasizing on conservation of water he pointed out that, it means proper utilization of water and systematic management of water sources such as well, ponds and streams which are mostly rain fed. He further added that we must deter from activities which can serious problems to our sources. Earlier in the programme Kedino Zango, DPSO UNDPGEF while delivering a short speech stated that community as a whole should take active participation to conserve water sources by mobilizing local resources. She also added
that livelihood security can be achieved only through proper land and water conservation. The welcome address was delivered by Rendikaba, SCA, Mokokchung while the programme was chaired by Lily Tep, SDO (Sc) CTN. The officials also inspected the on-going restoration of Onchipong well taken up under UNDP-GEF programme with Soil & Water Conservation as the nodal department.
Workshop disseminates message on water conservation Wokha: Workshop on year of water conservation was held on November 19 at Town Hall, Wokha with Deputy Commissioner, Wokha Vyasan R. as the chief guest. The workshop was organized with a target to sensitise the WATSAN members and was sponsored by Water and Sanitation Supporting Organization (WSSO) PHED Wokha. The function was attended by representative from Water and Sanitation Committee members (WTSAN). The Deputy Commissioner while addressing the gathering emphasized on how to conserve water and the importance
of water conservation. He also said that, funds should be judiciously utilized as per the guideline and direction given by the department so that the village or the community gets the benefit. DSCO Wokha, James Ezung, while speaking on the topic 2013-Year of Water Conservation said, water is indispensable component in the composition of plants and animal, unless there is available water in the soil, plants cannot grow and replenish. Due to carless land use practices water carry away the top fertile soil along with essential plant nutrients and make the soil unproductive. Therefore, conservation of water for sustainable agricultural production should be considered at bar with the conservation of drinking water sources. Nisuro, IEC, Consultant, also dwelled on the World Water Day & Message on sanitation. The function was chaired by EE (PHED) Wokha Vihoto Achumi, welcome and keynote address was delivered by SDO, PHE Wokha Kedholhuto Punyu while SDO (PHE) Bhandari Limanungsang proposed vote of thanks. (DIPR News)
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Along with the rest of the world, the office of the Executive Engineer, PHE Department, Mokokchung Division observed the Water Conservation Day cum World Toilet Day at Longkumer Kilem here today with ADC Mokokchung Chubawati Chang as the guest of honor. Speaking on the occasion, the ADC Mokokchung, Chubawati Chang dwelled on the importance of water conservation and maintaining healthy sanitary conditions in the society for a healthy life. He said that 2.6 billion people in the world do not have access to safe, clean and proper sanitations and added that there are also many people in Nagaland who do not have access to proper toilets. In this regard, he disclosed that the World Toilet Organisation was formed in the year 2003 so that the practice of open defecation can be stopped slowly and slowly. In this connection, Chubawati called upon the audience, who were mostly WATSAN committee members, that since Mokokchung has been ‘appropriately’ called the ‘Land of
Pioneers; the people could also try to make Mokokchung as the “Number One” district in proper sanitation practices. He further assured that the district administration is also ready to extend every possible help to the PHE Department in their different programmes and policies. The main resource person at the programme, Mokokchung District Public Relations Officer (DPRO) Chuba Walling presented an elaborate power point presentation on the importance of Water Conservation to the audience. The DPRO highlighted the audience about the global water problem and said that 780 million people around the world lack access to clean drinking water. He pointed out that that Nagaland has plentiful and easily available water supply, but the people have been careless and wasteful with their abundant water resource by dumping untreated sewage, farm chemicals etc and thereby contaminating the water. In this regard, Chuba Walling pointed out that it has become imperative for the people to conserve water since the supply of water is shrinking and the development of new wa-
ter supplies more costly. Therefore it is a moral and personal responsibility of each member of the society to conserve this important natural resource, he said. The Executive Engineer, PHED Mokokchung Division, Er N Yanger Pongen delivered a short message on sanitation and said that the department is carrying out total sanitation campaign for the past few years now. He highlighted that the Government of India has taken the objective of eradicating open defecation by 2017 and making each village in the country to attain ‘Clean Nirmal’ status by 2022. He said that fifteen villages under Mokokchung district has already received the NGB Award, which is too less. He pointed out that there are more than 120 villages in the district and therefore challenged the attending WATSAN committee members to work harder so that each village can attain ‘Clean Nirmal status’. Meanwhile, the programme was chaired by PHED SDO-I MasaChuba, while the Associate Pastor MTBA, I Amenla invoked God’s blessing. Upcoming young singer Sashikokba presented a special song.
Taking serious concern about the unemployment problem faced by the youth of Nagaland, the Government of Nagaland through the Department of Employment & Craftsmen Training would be organizing Job Oriented Skill Development Mela in collaboration with Government of India, Ministry of Labour & Employment and Training (DGE&T) on November 20 and 21, at the Agri Expo Complex, 4th Mile Dimapur Nagaland. Presently, the number of registered unemployed youth in the State of Nagaland is approximately 64,000 (Under matric-22000 and matric and above showing a figure of 42,000) and the Job Mela which would be the first of its kind would benefit thousands of job seekers, if they (unemployed youth) take the job mela in all seriousness. It may
be noted that a similar job mela was also organized in Arunachal Pradesh where around 12,000 youth were employed. The event is basically for Job Oriented Skill Development in which the registered Vocational Training Providers (VTPs) would choose the candidates to undergo training and place them wherever eligible. Prospective employers would also select the candidates and put them through the proficiency trainings and subsequently give them appointment. Further, the Employers, Corporate houses and Industrialists would also choose suitable candidates for “on the spot” placement. Thus even though the Mela has been coined and styled as Job Oriented Skill Development Mela, it would provide ample opportunity for the job seekers from all the three angles as stated above and it is in-
deed a golden opportunity for the unemployed youth to be wise and avail the opportunity provided at their doorstep. During the two days Job Mela, various corporate houses and entrepreneurs would establish their stalls at the Mela site and the youth from Nagaland would be given training, career guidance according to their eligibility and skills. Necessary arrangements are being made by the department of Employment and Craftsmen Training to register willing job seekers who are willing to participate in the Mela. Necessary arrangements with Sign Board and staff representatives from Employment department would be available in the Deputy Commissioner’s Office Complex in all the districts of Nagaland, and the willing job seekers are advised to contact the same. Particulars of the candi-
In this image, Naga participants along with the Naga Alumni at the Alumni Mentorship program organized by the US Consulate Kolkata. Basing its theme on 'Building Relationships: Alumni as role models for Youth', the US Consulate Kolkata organized an event of conversation on best practices of leadership led by leading Northeast India alumni of US State department exchange programs. The program was held on November 16, at Kiranshree Portico, Guwahati. 25 Alumni leaders from the Northeast region along with selected young leaders from various fields focused on interaction, networking and mentoring on issues of media, entrepreneurship, human rights, education and environment.
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Kohima, November 19 (DiPr): It is proposed to conduct free of cost coaching classes for candidates who have qualified the physical and medical tests in the recent Army recruitment rally conducted from November 14 onwards at the Indira Gandhi Stadium Kohima. It has been intimated by Brigadier KK Roy Choudhury, SM, VSM (Retd), Director Directorate Sainik Welfare & Resettlement Nagaland that free coaching classes will be conducted on November 20 and 21 at the Directorate Above Alder College Kohima for all interested candidates who are required to appear for the written exam on 24th November 2013. Classes will commence from 10.30 a.m. onwards.
Government amends VAT schedules
Kohima, November 19 (DiPr): The Government of Nagaland, vide notification NO-FIN/REV-3/ VAT/10/05 (Vol - I) dated 19th October 2013 has amended the schedules of Value Added Tax Act, 2005. The schedules are: In the existing Schedule IV, after entry 352, the following entry shall be added, namely: 353, Spare parts of motor vehicles, 4.75%; in the existing Schedule V, the words “Spare parts” mentioned in entry 108 shall be deleted; This amendment notification shall come into force from the date of issue of its publication in the official Gazette.
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date would be entered in the proforma provided by the Head Office for Job Oriented Skill Development Mela, by the dealing assistants. The candidates may also register their names in the Employment Exchange, however, this registration will not be considered as registration done through the normal Employment Exchanges. Efforts are also on to reach out to the Village Development Boards (VDBs) of all the villages in Nagaland through the Directorate of Rural Development Nagaland, for sending interested and eligible job force willing to work not only in Nagaland but outside Nagaland. In all this registration process, the candidates may enter particulars even without producing documentary evidences but the documents will have to be compulsorily taken along with them as they go down
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Kohima, November 19 (mexN): The Kohima Science College, Jotsoma observed its 52nd parting social on Saturday at the college auditorium with Yitachu, parliamentary secretary for veterinary & animal husbandry as the chief guest. Speaking on the occasion, Yitachu shared his experienced of his high school days where he said those days there was lack of good science and math teachers at the school where he studied and mentioned that nowadays students are very lucky to have good teachers
and institutions like Kohima Science College. He encouraged the students to make the best use of it. He said that one can attain success in life only through hard work, determination and sincerity. He further advised the students to manage and utilize their time wisely in order to be successful. The programme was chaired by Dr. Vizovol Mekro, Associate Prof. Dept. of Geology. Vote of thanks was proposed by P. Manjah Konyak, General Secretary of KSCSU.
TueNsaNg, November 19 (mexN): Two people were apprehended near Waphur Junction by the Coy 23A/R on November 16 in the evening. Throngso Yim, S/o Luyonba Yim of Shamator town and Pangson Khiam, S/o Sangthing Khiam of Pathso village were caught with two .22 pistols in their possession along with a cash amounting to Rs. 17,565 and 3 mobile phones. They were handed over to Police Station, Shamator and a case has been registered.
Jalukie Hekuina Gutdi meeting on Nov 23
JaluKie, November 19 (mexN): The executive meeting of Jalukie Hekuina Gutdi will be held on November 23, 11:00 am at Irai’s residence, Jalukie town. Therefore, all executive members have been requested to attend without fail. Zonal secretaries have been asked to update their respective assignments and report on the day.
PenThrill to launch its first imprint
Kohima, November 19 (mexN): The PenThrill Publication House will launch its first imprint, “Four Shades” to mark the formal opening of the publication house on November 27 at 10:00 AM at Conclave Hall, LCS Building, Near Max Care, Kohima. Chief Secretary Alemtemshi Jamir, IAS will formally launch the book. The function will be chaired by Teisovi Gerald Meyase.
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Concern over GST on liquor, petroleum products SHILLONG, NOvember 19 (NNN): States falling under Special Category like the North Eastern (NE) states on Monday expressed their reservation on the move of Centre to bring liquor and petroleum products under the Goods and Services Tax (GST), citing that these items are the major sources of revenue. This emerged during the course of discussion at the meeting of the “Empowered Committee of State Finance
Ministers” held in Shillong hereonMonday.Intherevised draft of the Bill circulated to the states, the Centre has proposed inclusion of petroleum and liquor under GST. “They (Finance Ministers of North East) have expressed their keenness to retain their power to tax these items (liquor and petroleum) as they are major sources of revenue,” informed Committee’s Chairman, Abdul Rahim Rather, who is also the Finance Minister of Jammu
& Kashmir. Addressing reporters here, Rather said that while taking their views into considerations, the Empowered Committee has agreed in unanimity that these items should be kept out of the GST. He apprised that if these items are subsumed, the states felt that they are going lose their revenue generation. The Chairman, however, informed that Government of India (GOI) has agreed that these special category states like the north eastern
states including Jammu and Kashmir, special provisions will be made with regards to the matter. The meeting also agreed that compensation should be paid to the states that will lose huge amount of revenue in case of introduction of GST in their states. “A provision should be made in the Constitution itself that there should be some independent mechanism to pay compensation to the states who will face loses by
introducing this GST in their states,” Rather said. Further, he added that the government of India should not have the power to declare certain goods as goods subspecial importance. The revised Constitutional Amendment draft incorporates the views of the Parliamentary Standing Committee which had suggested minimum exclusion to ensure an integrated, comprehensive and seamless GST regime.
According to Rather, in the original draft of the GOI, it was stated that anti-tax in levy of petrol should not be subsumed but in the revised draft there was a proposal that it should be subsumed. In order to protect the revenue interest of local bodies, he said, “The committee felt that the provision existed in the original draft should be incorporated in the revised draft also.” Stating that GOI has proposed that entry 92 D (re-
garding GST) should be incorporated in the Union list that there should be mentioning in the Union List of GST and 54 A entry should be there also about GST, the Chairman said, “But the committee felt that these incorporation are not needed at all because the proposed article 426 A of the amendment Bill gives powers to GOI as also the states to introduce GST so there is no need to have these provisions in the union list and
state list” “All the recommendations agreed in unanimity would soon be submitted to the Government of India for its examination,” the chairman added. Monday’s meeting was attended by over 25 states from across the Country including Haryana, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Assam, Nagaland Manipur, Tripura, and others.
Govt to replace Assam Rifles Assam-Nagaland BM level meeting held with BSF on Myanmar border
New DeLHI, NOvember 19 (pTI): In a major decision, government has decided to replace the Assam Rifles (AR) with BSF for guarding the porous Indo-Myanmar border notorious for movement of insurgents and smuggling of arms and narcotics. The decision in this regard was recently taken by the Ministry of Home Affairs and a Cabinet note will be soon prepared to be sent for final approval by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), country's highest de-
cision making body on security related issues. "An inprinciple decision has been taken to hand over the security duties on Myanmar border to us," BSF chief Subhash Joshi told PTI. The decision will entail an expenditure of crores of rupees for the BSF which has been approved by the Finance Ministry. Apart from the new responsibility of guarding the Indo-Myanmar border, the Border Security Force (BSF) is at present deployed on the frontiers with Pakistan and Bangladesh.
According to the blueprint prepared in this regard, at least 40,000 BSF personnel will be deployed for the porous border. The AR, sources said, will be inducted into fresh roles to undertake counter-insurgency operations in other theatres. The BSF will start the process of recruiting new manpower for the task after the approval of the CCS headed by Prime Minister. A decision in this regard has been pending for many years after the GoM on Kargil advocated the theory of 'one border, one force'.
mOkOkcHuNG, NOvember 19 (mexN): The 11th Border Magistrate level meeting between Tuli Sub Division in Mokokchung District and Nazira Sub-Division in Sivasagar District was held today at NPPC Ltd Guest House at Tzudikong town. A press note stated that the meeting assumes significance as regards to border disturbances where eviction/destruction of plantations was reported to be affected in either sides of the border. The administrators of both sides thoroughly deliberated on the burning issues and resolved to main-
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nue department directly ignored the rightful demands of the Deputy Commissioner and the general public of Chandel seeking transfer of the land records kept in Thoubal to Chandel District. The press statement issued by its President, Wng Kohring Victor stated that there is no future of the Tribals under government of Manipur saying that revenue department had earlier in its order dated March 24 included land records of all the hill districts, which are still maintained in the valley districts, to be transferred to the concerned Deputy Commissioner within June 30, 2013. But the present mem-
orandum left out three of the hill districts namely Chandel, Tamenglong and Ukhrul. The statement pointed out the failure of the state government to transfer the land records of Chandel which is presently maintained under Thoubal district in spite of the repeated request made to the state revenue department and the Govt by forums of the Civil Societies Organization and Chiefs added the statement. The then DC Chandel H Dileep Singh IAS in his letter dated March 9, 2011 had requested the Revenue Commissioner. However till date no step has been taken to fulfill the long standing
demand of the people, stated the statement. Alleging the state government of playing unfair means in governance, the release pointed out that Sugnu and Pallel Police Stations which functioned earlier under the jurisdiction of SP Chandel is seized and placed under Thoubal district. Unhappy over the apathy of the state government and the revenue department for failing to transfer the land records, the statement has threatened to launch agitation from first week of December. It further asked all the Anal Naga Tribe to stay away from participation in the Sangai festival.
ImpHaL, NOvember 19 (NNN): Negligence and leaving all the Border Pillars on the Manipur sector of Indo-Myanmar border without care for a long time by both the people and state Government are the grounds for the border row, admitted International Meetei Forum on Tuesday. D u r i n g i n a u g u ra l speech on a discussion on “Manipur People’s Dialogue” organised by Manipur People’s Party (MPP) at the Press Club here, RK Rajendra, president, International Meetie Forum was of the opinion that the people and the state Government have neglected the Manipur sector of Indo-Myanmar border for a long time, becoming the root cause of the current boundary dispute. “We should own up the responsibility for the bor-
der row because we have left our boundary without a heed to it for very long time,” he said. Territorial integrity of Manipur can be protected one way or another, but the demand for separate homeland within Manipur must not be allowed to hold it back, Rajendra said. N Sovakiran, president, MPP and H Ibotombi Khuman, advisor, United Committee were also present during the opening function of the political dialogue on the boundary issue. The dialogue resolved to launch a mass campaign on the Indo-Myanmar Border Fencing issue. MPP and its like-minded political parties and various social organisations will jointly spearhead the campaign. Participating in the dialogue, N Rajendra, president, Information Centre for Hill Area Manipur
(ICHAM) strongly urged for unity among all the political outfits in the state on the border issue. For ICHAM, he said, agitation will be started after December 10 over the border issue and it would ask other civil society organisations to join it. State unit of Trinamool Congress said its four MPs will be visiting Imphal on November 25 to explore the border issue which will be raised in the upcoming Parliament session scheduled to begin December 5.
ANTA concerned over transfer of land records Chandel | November 19
The Anal Naga NagaTangpi (ANTA) denounced the office memorandum No 3/1/ Misc/2008-Com (Rev) Pt, dated Imphal, June 15 for excluding Chandel along Tamenglong and Ukhrul in the memo directing computerization of land records in all the four valley districts and transfer of the same from the directorate of settlement and land records to the concerned Deputy Commissioner of Churachandpur, ADC Jiribam and ADC Kangpokpi. It further stated that the Government of Manipur, particularly the reve-
International standard airport at Agartala by 2016
aGarTaLa, NOvember 19 (IaNS): The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has undertaken a Rs.300-crore project to modernise Agartala airport and upgrade it to international standards by 2016, officials said Tuesday. “Within 36 months, the modernisation projects of the Agartala airport would be completed. The Rs.300-crore project has already been sent to the AAI board of directors for approval,” Sudhir Raheja, member AAI board (Planning) told reporters here. “After execution of the proposed modernisation project, the Agartala airport would be able to handle 1,000 passengers per hour,” he said. Agartala airport is the second busiest in the northeast region after Guwahati airport in Assam. At least 22 flights operate to and from Agartala every day, carrying about 2,700 passengers. The Agartala airport would be the third international standard airport after the Guwahati and Imphal airports. Imphal’s Tulihal airport was recently declared as an international airport after its modernisation. The Agartala airport modernisation project involves upgrading of the runway and aprons, construction of six aerobridges, three elevators and two escalators besides walkways to connect the international arrival and departure levels. Raheja, accompanied by AAI executive director Kalpana Shethy and other officials, held meetings with Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, Transport Minister Manik Dey and other state government officials and discussed the execution of the project.
‘Negligence cause of Manipur border row’
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ADVERTISEMENT Khadi & V.I. Commission, State Office, Dimapur is going to be organizing a State Level PMEGP/REGP Exhibition from 04th December to 10th December, 2013, at Super Market Complex, Dimapur. Hence, PMEGP/REGP Units are cordially requested to submit their Name & Address of the unit and products are to be exhibit/sale immediately to State Office, KVIC, Dimapur on or before 25th November, 2013. Stalls will be allotted on first come first serve basis. Only PMEGP/REGP Units can apply for the stalls. (I.Athuba Lusang) Asstt. Director I/c
Officials at the 11th Border Magistrate level meeting held on Tuesday, November 19.
tain status quo in order to instill peace and tranquility between the two neighbours. The house also adopted some short and long term resolutions whereby initiating a
friendly foot ball match to be played between the teams from either states in a border town at Nazira within this year and facilitating school children from border areas
of either sides to visit each other’s states on educational tour on reciprocal basis to inculcate more brotherhood. The meeting was chaired by SDO(C) and Border Mag-
istrate Tuli while it was attended by Sehjang Doungel, ADC, Lemlila Sangtam, EAC, Bendang Jamir, ACF and host of officials from Police and Forest departments. Richand Ahmed, SDO(C) Sivasagar and Border Magistrate Nazira (Sector-F), Mousumi Barua SDO(C) Nazira and Asif Ahmed SDPO Nazira with other officials attended the meeting. Border Peace Coordination Committee (A-N) took part with its President B. P. Bora, Vice President Imsu Jamir alongwith its Coordinator and Executive members from Jorhat/Mokokchung and Sivasagar/Nazira sectors.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Ao Students’ Union Diphupar and the Organizing committee of The Morung Fest under the theme ‘Vibrance of the Nagas’ held at the Agri Expo Complex, 4th Mile, Diphupar on the 4th& 5th of Nov 2013, would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to our Chief Host, Co-Host, Special Invitees and all the Event Partners, Cosponsors, government agencies, various organization, press and media and all Individuals for your physical presences, financial assistances, material needs and inspirational support. Special thanks to all the participants, your contribution to this fest has made this event a grand success.
FELICITATIONS The Chairman of the Sakus Mission College (SMC) extends heartiest Congratulations to Dr (Ms) ARENLA AIER, the Principal of Sakus Mission College on being conferred the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in History & Archaeology in her topic of thesis "A study of Myths and Festivals of the Ao Nagas" from Nagaland University. The College staff (Teaching & Non-Teaching) and Students in general and the Chairman of the SMC takes pride in her outstanding achievements adding assets and quality in the field of developments to the society in general and the College in particular. Wish and pray for your further success in all your future endeavors. Sd/(Er. T. Saku Aier) Chairman Sakus Mission College Dimapur
RECRUITMENT RALLY FOR 164 INFANTARY BATTALION TA (H&H) NAGA 1. A recruitment rally for enrollment of resident Naga Tribal of Nagaland State into 164 Inf Bn (TA) (H&H) Naga as Soldier General Duty, Clerk and Tradesman categories, would be held from 25 Nov 2013 to 28 Nov 2013 for Sol (General Duty)-33, House Keeper-01 Clerk (General Duty)-01 vacancies at Rangaparah Military Station, Dimapur. 2. The qualitative requirement (QR) are as follows :(a) Educational qualification :(i) Soldier General Duty and House Keeper - Class 8th pass. (ii) Clerk (General Duty) - Class 12th pass with 50 % (over all) from any stream (Arts, Commerce, Science with 50% marks in aggregate. Should have studied English and Maths/Accounts/Book as compulsory subject in 10th or 12th standards. (b) Height : Minimum 152 cms, Weight : Minimum 50 kgs (+ 2 Kg), Chest Minimum 77 cms with expansion of 5 cms. (c) Age : Between 18 to 42 years (should not have been married before the age of 21 years). Should not born before 25 Nov 1971 and after 25 Nov 1995. (d) Should be gainfully employed in Govt/Semi Govt/Pvt Sector or self employed. (e) Must be of resident Naga Tribal of Dimapur District, Nagaland State. 3. The screening of candidates will commence at 0600 AM on 25 Nov 2013 and the Medical Examination and Documentation of all candidates will be done after initial selection. The screening will be done as under :(a) 25 Nov 2013 - Ward No 1 to 12, Medziphema and Kuhuboto. (b) 26 Nov 2013 - Ward No 13 to 23, Nihokhu and Aqhuaga. (c) 27 Nov 2013 - New Land, Chumukedima, Dhansiri Par Sub Divisions and Dimapur Sadar. 4. Preliminary screening. Before conduct of test, candidates will be put through a preliminary screening for Height, Weight and permanent body tattoos which are only permitted on inner face of forearms i.e. from inside of elbow to the wrist and on the reverse side of palm/back (dorsal) side hand. Permanent body tattoos on any other part of the body is not acceptable and candidate will be barred from further screening. 5. The candidates will have to undergo physical tests, Run of 1.6 Km, Chin Ups, Balance Beam and 9 Feet ditch followed by written test of short listed candidates after screening. 6. Documents Required to be Submitted are as under. Candidates to bring two photocopies of these document at the time of reporting :(a) Education certificate and Character certificate (should not be six months old on the date of rect rally). (b) Permanent residential/Indigenous/Domicile certificate. (c) Unmarried Certificate. Certificate from village Administrative head duly endorsing his office seal for candidate below 21 year of age. (d) Two copies of latest passport size coloured photograph of candidate in light blue or white background. Photograph should not be attested. 7. Terms and conditions. (a) Annual Training Camp. Present Govt sanction for the Battalion is till 30 Mar 2015, thereafter the candidates will be called for two months Annual Training Camp each year and will be disembodied on completion of said Annual Training Camp, in case embodiment under Rule-33 is not extended. (b) Pay and Allowances. The selected candidates will be employed in 164 Inf Bn (TA) (H&H) NAGA. The pay and other facilities during embodiment will be after Rect trg Basic Pay - 6400 + 2000 (Grade Pay) + 2000 (MSP) per month + applicable Dearness allowance, Free food, accommodation, uniform, CSD facilities, Free medical facilities and Other allowances as applicable to Regular Army and Pension Benefit if individual completes 15 yrs paid service. (PS Bisht) Lt Col 2IC for CO
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Appeal not to hold Naga Hoho Meet at Wokha Iodine facts and future
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meeting of the Lotha Frontal organizations held on 19th Nov. 2013 at Kohima deliberated on the issue of holding the Naga Hoho general Session at Wokha while our Hoho impasse is still unresolved. Members expressed that if only our situation were normal, it would be our pride and privilege to host such a prestigious session in our District but since there is crisis in the Kyong (Lotha) Hoho set up we strongly object to the decision of holding the
Naga Hoho session at Wokha. This is for general information that Kyong Hoho was dissolved on 28th Nov.2012 but the same team dubiously assumed office violating the Guidelines of the Hoho on 11th Dec. 2012. Therefore, after thorough deliberation, the meeting unanimously reaffirmed the 7th June 2013 Wokha resolutions number 2 & 3 wherein the joint session declared them as un-mandated and until such time as a new team of office bearers
come into being, the responsibility of the Kyong (Lotha) Hoho shall rest and abide with the four frontal organizations Viz.; KSU, KEH, KYH and WDCCA. The organizations present at the joint session were: (1) Kyong Students’ Union, (2)Kyong Eloe (Women) Hoho (KEH), (3)Wokha District Village Council Chairmen Association (VCCA), (4) Kyong Youth Hoho (KYH), (5) Elders Forum, Wokha (6) Kyong Hungjantaren Ekhung (7) GB Federation (8) Pensioner
Request the Reverends of Nagaland for Unity
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he Nagas either the over ground or the underground group are always trying to bring the unity of Nagas by forming many NGO’s or Hoho’s or formation of many factions among the Naga national workers. However, it is found that instead of bringing the unity of Nagas, the unity of Nagas is flying far distance from the Nagas and the unity is almost disappearing from Nagas due to formation of numerous factions of Naga national workers and NGO’s among the Nagas. While seeing the demand of unity of Nagas and the disappearing of the unity and peace from the Nagas, it is felt necessary for the Naga leaders either the Naga over ground nor the Naga Underground must change their system of bringing the unity of Nagas from public place into the place of the churches and not in the football ground or Bangkok the hottest tourist spot etc. In the demand of Naga unity, many NGO’s or Hoho’s have tried their level best from outside the worshipping places of God but
miserably fails. And the unity of Nagas is disappearing from the Nagas. As because, we never tried to bring the Nagas into the feet of Almighty for the Naga unity. And without the power of God, I do not found any possible way in bringing together the Nagas as oneness. Hence, I Shri. T.L Angami the founder and the first President of GB Federation, Nagaland would like to request the whole Reverend of every denomination in Nagaland to convene a general meeting with all the Pastors of the Churches including all the leaders of the Naga national workers and bring the Nagas into the feet of the Almighty from all of our wicked ways through the Biblical from 2nd Chronicle 7:14 so that the wonderful God will do great things for the Nagas, and the Naga political final settlement also will comes through it. Save the Nagas and bring their unity once again through the effort of the Reverends and Pastors of the Churches of Nagaland. T.L. Angami
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Association, Wokha (9) DB Federation, Wokha (10)VDB Secretary Association, Wokha (11) Dimapur Lotha Hoho (12) Kohima Lotha Hoho and (13) Legislators of Wokha. The resolutions passed were widely publicized in the local media. In spite of the widely publicized resolution since the Naga Hoho did not have any consultation with the duly authorized four aforementioned frontal organizations before deciding to hold their general session in Wokha.
Given the above prevalent circumstances within the Kyong (Lotha) Hoho, if the Naga Hoho persists to hold the session they will be doing so at their own risk and responsibility. Furthermore, any resolution or decision that is arrived at the meeting shall be considered as in absentia of Lotha Tribe. N Chumbemo Tungoe) Sessional Chairman, Pious Lotha Sessional Secretary,
Clarification on PCF Position Vis-à-vis Dr. K. Hoshi & PCF
he Advisory Board members to the Phekmi Collegiate Forum (PCF) is constrained to issue a clarification on the recent write-up and subsequent rejoinder and counter rejoinders between one of its members Dr. K. Hoshi and the PCF. First, on the charge that PCF has being misused by some of its members to score political point, it is stated that the rejoinder was issued at the instance of the PCF Executive body after much deliberation. It would also be pointed out that the names of Mr. Kuvehu Soho and Mr. Nuchive Vero were appended to the rejoinder in their official capacities as President and Vice President of the Forum. Hence, the particularization and accusation of some members misusing PCF or that they have personal obligation towards the minister is untrue.
On the charges that the PCF has been dragged into something it has no connection at all, it will be mentioned here that while the PCF is a non-political body, it is an agreed entity among members of the PCF that identification and setting up of a political leadership to represent and work for the welfare of the people was one of the main reasons for the formation of the body itself. In this sense, it can be said that one of its ultimate objectives has been realized in the form of one of its members (Kuzholuzo Nienu) becoming elected as the people’s representatives. Unfortunately however, when any member of the PCF or for that matter anyone starts saying things or brings non-existent charges against some of its members, the PCF is duty-bound (as is stated “resolved to be an intellectual
forum to protect the welfare and the interest of its members as well as the community” in the preamble to its Constitution) to speak for its member(s) against unjustified criticisms and wanton harassment. In the present case, the Advisory Board members feel that the charges against one of its illustrious members and serving officials do not hold ground. Hence, the action(s) of the PCF does in no way contradict the Constitution and its aims. Finally, the Advisory members request all its members to restrain oneself and bury the hatchet and maintain peace. Vezuhu Keyho Advisor PCF
Vechisa Venuh Advisor PCF Kunesa Vero Advisor PCF
birThday grEETings
HAPPY BIRTH DAY VETALU (ATALU)
Happy Birth Day Dear Vekrotalü (Atalü) On this Day the 20h November, You have entered your 18th Birth Anniversary. Am glad that you have travelled the world like an Angel, I rejoice for you have bloom like a Rose, you have fulfilled God’s plan and brought unexpressed gladness into my life that I deserve for a long time. May you continue to live like the most beautiful blooming flower that generously feeds an insects with its enlighten fragrance at all free. You are really a gift sent straight down from Heaven. A very Happy Birth day Atalü!!!. of Love from yours forever- Surho
Dear Atalü !!! On this Day the 20th November, you have entered into our family and had crossed many odds and obstacles till this day. We really felt glad and proud that you have been keeping yourself like a blooming Rose even in the midst of the thorns since you make your entry into this World. Your entry in to our family has brought Love, Peace, Oneness, Trustworthy etc. that we deserve for a long time. May you continue to live like a blooming flower that generously feeds insects with its enlightened fragrance at all free. “A Very Happy Birth Day Atalü”. -Lots of Love from loving Dad, Mum, Brothers & Sisters.
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cy ( that is why countries like India have fortified the commons salt with iodine and nowadays iodised salt is a must for the whole population). Four methods have been used to increase the iodine intake of population having iodine deficiency a) Addition of iodide or ioded to salt, b) addition of iodized or iodide to bread c) us of tablets containing potassium or sodium iodide and d) administration of iodized oil. Twenty three countries including India have made legislation of compulsory use of IODISED salt. The average fortification ratio of iodine with salt ranges from 1:25000 to 1:50000. In India 1:25000 or 25 part per million (ppm) is taken as the normal fortification of salt. Iodized bread is used in parts of Netherland, Australia (Canberra and whole of Tasmania) and West Indies. Iodize tablets are used as prophylactic trial in the USA and Tasmania. Due to acute shortage of iodine, under developed countries like New Guinea use iodized oil which is very expensive. Compulsory use of iodized salt was legalized in Nagaland in 1963. Although iodine is a micro nutrient, it is very essential for growth of human body- for proper maintenance of brain, stages of physical growth including attainment of puberty in time, to prevent retarded growth, cretinism,appearance of secondary sexual characteristic in time, fertility and secretion of adequate breast milk etc. The I.Q goes down due to iodine deficiency. Although iodized salt is being used almost by all the people of Nagaland, improper storage and other adverse condition bring down the specified and required content of iodine in the salt used for consumption. It is a fact most of the rural Nagas preserve or store the iodized salt above the fireplace, and as iodine is volatile, most of the iodine content is considerably lost. As earlier mentioned- Non Iodised salt was prohibited for consumption in 1963 in Nagaland. At that time, Nagaland was treated as an endemic goitrous zone (30% or more population). The things have changed a lot but so far, a very accurate survey is not done to assess the exact picture of iodine deficiency in Nagaland. But definitely the endemicity has come to an end. This is a silver line no doubt, still much more is to be achieved to make Nagaland free from iodine deficiency. Last but not the least, the public awareness not only by Health and family welfare department, but other NGO’s and philanthropic organization bring about an end to iodine deficiency in Nagaland.
n 21St October, every year the global iodine deficiency disorder prevention day is observed throughout the world, n particular in the developing countries like India and under developed countries. As per the Ministry of health and family welfare, of government of India, more than two hundred millions of people in India are prone to the risk of Iodine Deficiency disorder (IDD), and more than seventy million people suffer from Iodine deficiency disorder. Not a single State or union territory of India is free from IDD. Well, IDD causes impaired physical growth, impaired mental development, loss of 10-15 I.Q points and low school performance occur, as per the information given by IDD and Nutritional Cell of the health ministry of India. The information given are correct no doubt, but much more attention is necessary for maintenance of human life which to great extent depends upon proper iodine content in the bodya Iodine is a micro nutrient badly necessary for human body. It is a halogen element and gives rise to violent colored vapour and is volatile in nature, having atomic number 53. The deficiency of iodine causes Goiter, characterized by swelling of the thyroid glands in the neck. The daily requirement of iodine is about 100-150 mg. Most of the food stuffs are devoid of iodine. Marine fish and shell fish are extremely sources of iodine: fresh water fishes are poor source. In most dietary patterns, marine (salt water) fish do not figure permanently and the common sources of iodine are milk and meat and cereals. Some green leaves, especially spinach are good iodine sources. The best sources of iodine are seaweeds. The Russian scientists have already made se of seaweeds, collecting in good quantity as manure and have treated them n fields. As a result, the food grains and vegetables grown from such type of fields contain more iodine in them. Apart from this the iodine required by the body is mainly obtained by drinking water. As the water flows down from the hilly regions to plains and ultimately ends up in lakes or seas, they bring down iodine with them. That is why the hilly people get less iodine in the water they drink, and suffer my iodine deficiency. As a result iodine deficiency disorder is very common in hilly areas. That is why we need to add iodine to one of our food stuffs to meet the daily requirement of iodine. Salt is universally used for consumption irrespective of region, population, area etc. So adage of dine in required quantity fulfills the iodine deficien-
Dr.B.S.R Mahapatra
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LOCAL Badhte Kadam: Campaign for people with disabilities
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Kohima | November 19
Nagaland today joined the rest of the country in flagging off the fourth edition of Badhte Kadam 2013, annual mass awareness campaign on the rights of people with disabilities (PWDs). This year’s campaign is being held on the theme ‘Issues of Violence & Sexual Harassment of People with Disabilities’. Minister of Education, C.M. Chang, who graced the programme at the State Academy Hall, Kohima as the chief guest, expressed dismay over the rise in sexual harassment committed against PWDs. He questioned as to how a fit person could, instead of extending help, love and understanding towards PWDs, commit such crimes against them. In such cases, Chang opined that the guilty person commits not just the crime of rape, but also discriminatory abuse. The minister stressed that a person’s outward appearance should not be judged as every person is a creation of God and further asserted that everyone needs to give due attention to PWDs. While extending his support to Badhte Kadam, he urged upon Nagaland Parents Association for the Disabled (NAPAD) to chalk
Rise in violence and sexual harassment against PWDs underlined
Minister CM Chang and others during the flag-off ceremony of Badhte Kadam IV on November 19 in Kohima.
out what needs to be done for the PWD community so the government may address the matters and concerns as best as it can. On the educational front, he assured he will look into the needs. Chang also appealed all responsible departments, officials and NGOs to judiciously utilize funds that are meant for the disabled. State commissioner for persons with disabilities, Dr. Atha Vizol also decried the rise in crimes reportedly committed on the differently abled all over the country including Nagaland. “All this criminal act germinates with
hatred and this crime is called ‘hatred crime’,” he said. Dr. Atha said there were many factors contributing to an environment where disabled people become victims of hate crimes such as negative attitudes towards disability; the exclusion, isolation and poverty of disabled people and their families; lack of supports, advocacy and safeguards etc. He asserted that a change in attitudes is “absolutely essential” which must begin by acknowledging that human differences should be celebrated and not shunned. He also empha-
sized on the need to eliminate systematic issues which create a climate in which such crimes can flourish, and to develop a system that enables appropriate responses for victims. Naga Mothers’ Association (NMA) president, Abeiu Meru expressed solidarity to the community of persons with disabilities. She also voiced serious concern on the alarming rise in violence and sexual harassment against the disabled and asserted that such act was “unacceptable”, one which should strongly be condemned by all. She said the
NMA is “pained” to observe the “upsurge of vicious violence and sexual harassment” on physically challenged persons, and questioned as to what kind of men would “stoop so low in order to fulfill their lust” and commit such horrific crime. “It is with utter disgust and hurt that we still witness this kind of occurrences in our society,” she stated. “It is our responsibility to uphold and protect the rights of people with disabilities,” Meru said, and urged the responsible authorities to take each reported case seriously and award serious penalty to the guilty to serve as an example. She also called upon the state government to take the right stand and action not only for the victim and the perpetrators, but for the safety of all women. The president asserted that repeated occurrences of crimes against minors and senior citizens who cannot defend themselves is yet another vice that really “pains and traumatize our society”. Amongla Pongen bravely shared her experiences as a person with disability. Others who spoke at the programme included Joint Secretary, Social Welfare Department, N. Nyuthe, NAPAD President, Marlong Longkumer and Arepla Chang.
DMC notifies on throwing garbage Central officials visit GMS Khreizephe
Wednesday 20 November 2013
Dimapur
MEx FILE NSF federal assembly Nov 22 Dimapur, November 19 (mexN): Assembly Secretariat of Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) has informed that the second Federal Assembly for the tenure 2013-15 will be held on November 22, 2013 at TZudikong Town, Tuli, hosted by Ao Students’ Conference (AKM). The session will begin at 10:00 am sharp. Therefore, all federation units, subordinate bodies and senior leaders have been requested to positively be present at the aforesaid venue by November 21 evening.
Meriema toll tax gate shifted
Kohima, November 19 (mexN): The present KMC toll tax gate at Meriema will be shifted to Pherazou High Court Junction with effect from November 19, 2013. Chief Executive Officer, Kohima Municipal Council Elizabeth Ngully issued the order as per the approval on the case by Deputy Commissioner, Kohima on November 4.
ADC & ERO Kohima informs
Kohima, November 19 (Dipr): ADC & ERO, Kohima, Asangla Imti has informed all concerned that the list of applications in Form- 6, 7, 8, 8A have been prepared polling stations wise for public dissemination with copy posted on CEO’s website, ERO Notice Board, and the concerned AEROs office and a copy to the recognized Political Parties. Suo-motu deletions due to being duplicate/ residual electors have also been included in the list of Form-7. After seven (7) days notice, the cases shall be disposed off as per merit by 25/11/2013. If there is any claim or objection against the names listed in the above, they should submit written representation to the authority concerned within 7 (seven) days period from the date of this notice.
Association of mechanical engineers informs
Kohima, November 19 (mexN): Association of Unemployed Mechanical Engineers, Nagaland, Kohima should no longer be named or recognized as it was, but should be called Association of Mechanical Engineers (AME), Nagaland Kohima, according to a release received here. The Association also unanimously selected new office bearers for the upcoming tenure. President- Er. Pavito V. Yepthomi, Vice President- Er. Akumtoshi, General Secretary- Er. Joyson Pfithu and Er. Imlinokcha Longkumer as assistant general secretary. The Association also appealed to all the degree/diploma mechanical engineers to take note of the same and register themselves to the Association with a membership fee of Rs. 200 per head.
felicitation programme for the local church catechists was organised in commemoration of the Catechist Day on November 24, followed by community feast. The programme was organised by the Khonoma Parish Council and hosted by St. Maria Goretti Church, Sechii Zubza.
Dimapur, November 19 (mexN): A team from Ministry of Human Resource Development led by Vrinda Swrup, Additional Secy and Carolyn Deshmukh, Director (RMSA) GOI, Department of School Education & Literacy, New Delhi along with State officials visited Government Middle School (GMS), Khreizephe village on November 19. A press release from the village authority informed that the Village Council Khriezephe apprised the visiting team that under the centrally sponsored schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), the village received a total amount of Rs 15.5 lakhs for construction of GMS building – 6 rooms including a computer room and a staff room. Through the help of the village com-
munity in form of materials, financial and physical contribution, the building was constructed into RCC structure with a total amount of Rs 21 lakhs, it said. The Village elders also appealed to the visiting central team that a boundary wall for the School compound is imperative to protect the building from animals and to maintain clean environment. Further, it informed the team that the village has constructed the computer room, but is yet to receive the computers from the department. Thanking the team for the inspection, the Council members appealed to the authority to make such frequent surprise visits, as it helps the village council to be always alert and at the same motivate the
villagers in their participation and contributions. Besides interacting with school students with regard to their free school uniforms, Mid-Day meals and textbooks, the visiting team also inspected other facilities such as school infrastructure - additional class rooms, toilets, drinking water, maintenance of grant and school improvement grants. It may be noted that Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is Government of India's flagship programme for achievement of Universalization of Elementary Education (UEE) in a time bound manner, as mandated by 86th amendment to the Constitution of India making free and compulsory education to Children between 6-14 years of age, which is a Fundamental Right.
Dimapur, November 19 (mexN): The 12th Nagaland Theological Colleges Association’s (NTCA) annual general conference concluded on a high note in the afternoon of Sunday, November 17 at Oriental Theological Seminary (OTS), Bade, Dimapur. The Conference was based on the theme, “The Sacred and the Secular: Christians in the Public Square.” A press release issued Exterior of Hotel Ura located in Kohima, which opened by NTCA general secretary
James Longkumer stated that the highlight of the Conference was a panel discussion on “Church and State Relations.” The panelists, Rev. Fr. C. P. Anto, Dr. Sanyu Iralu, Dr. Kiyeho Sema, and Z. K. Pahrü Pou, engaged the delegates with varying perspectives they presented on the topic. Two very important papers which generated a lot of enthusiasm among the participants, the note said were presented on the
topics, “Christ and Culture – Traditional and Contemporary Issues” by Dr. Akatoli Chishi, and “Christians in the Marketplace – Biblical and Theological Perspectives” by Dr. Keweralo Lohe. The 10th Volume of NTCA journal, The Vision, was also released during the Conference by Alongla Aier, Associate Professor of English and Communication, OTS. During the evening worship on Saturday November 16, Rev. Dr.
Yiepetso Wezah, Principal, Baptist Theological College, Pfutsero, delivered a passionate message on “The Nazareth Manifesto of Jesus and its Implications for the Present Day.” In the Sunday morning worship, Rev. Dr. Wati Aier, Principal, Oriental Theological Seminary, exhorted the congregation to be “Witnesses of Christ in the Postmodern World.” Altogether, 28 colleges from all over Nagaland participated in the Conference.
meeting of All Nagaland Taxi Association (ANTA) Kohima Unit with drivers and owners of taxis was held on November 15 at LCS Building Kohima. President of ANTA Kohima Unit Robert Kire dwelled on the instructions issued through the
and owners, stated a press note. The meeting emphasized that the taxi drives and owners should strictly follow the ANTA Kohima Unit notification issued on October 30 with regard to overloading, over-speeding, drunk driving, carrying of illegal things and us-
It was also stressed that the taxi drivers and owners should not lack coordination in passing on the instructions issued by the Association. A short time was given to the drivers and owners who also shared their opinions and suggestions regarding the
was chaired by Ketsusielie Khruomo followed by invocation prayer from Achum Ao and concluded with vote of thanks by vice president ANTA Kohima Unit. This was informed by the ANTA President and the Convener of its Action Committee.
Nagaland to observe Lok Adalat
rector Joginder Singh, GVG Krishnamurthy former election commissioner, air chief marshal N.C. Suri, excelling architect Feroz Kudianawala, acknowledged architect Hafiz contractor, Lord Swaraj Paul NRI, Sumitra Singh (Speaker of Rajasthan), Dr. Raghuvbir S. Kadian (Speaker of Haryana), Dr. Naresh Trehan, Chief Cardiovascular Surgeon and Dr. Deka (Dean AIIMS). Vezokho Chotso, hailing from Phusachodu village of Phek district studied MA (Political Science) from Delhi University and Post Graduate Diploma in Human Rights from Indian Institute of Human Rights, New Delhi.
He contested as Independent Candidate at Nagaland Legislative Assembly Election 2013. He was general secretary of National Students’ Union of India Nagaland Unit 1997-2000. He is state general secretary Himalayan Parivar (Nagaland Unit) since 2003. He is member, board of directors, Nagaland Khadi & Village Industries Board (2008 till date). He is recipient of National Award, conferred for excellence in the field of Khadi & Village Industries (2010). Chotso is also a recipient of “Bharat Jyoti Award” and “Mahatma Gandhi Ekta Samman 2013.”
Dimapur, November 19 (mexN): Nagaland Alliance for Child Rights (NACR) has vehemently condemned the “inhuman and shameful act” of sexual assaults and rape of three minor girls during this month. President NACR in a press release stated that on November 2, a minor girl was raped by her own father in Thilixu village, Dimapur. On November 16 and 17, two other girls were sexually assaulted in Tuli. “It’s indeed shocking to learn that the children and women who are supposed to be protected and cared by men and family are today exposed
to exploitation,” it read. Further, questioning why such things were repeatedly happening in the Naga society, the release asked, “Is it not the sign that our society is affected by serious contagious sickness or epidemic?” NACR has requested all right thinking citizens to retrospect and curb such menace happening to “our own” children in villages and communities. “The perpetrators of such heinous crimes need to be given very stringent punishment and we need to derive strategies to curb such incidents happening to the voiceless members of our society,” it added.
Work-charged employees informed
Dimapur, November 19 (mexN): The Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) has notified that in spite of repeated notices and circulars, most business establishments, shopkeepers and residents of Dimapur town throw garbage randomly. DMC CEO Orenthung Lotha in a press release stated that the shopkeepers of Signal Army Sup-
ply Road area within DMC jurisdiction are in the habit of throwing garbage on the roadside or drain after lifting of garbage by the DMC sanitation Branch. Therefore, all the business establishments, shopkeepers and residents of Dimapur town within DMC jurisdiction have been reminded that all the garbage should be thrown in the
DMC designated Dustbin and places in the evening after 6:00 pm and morning before 6:00 am only. Anyone found throwing garbage other than in DMC designated places, and found not following the mentioned time shall be penalized with heavy fine as per provision under Section 471 (a) of the Nagaland Municipal Act 2001, the CEO warned.
KhoNoma, November 19 (mexN): Catholic churches of Khonoma parish held the concluding ceremony of “Year of Faith” on November 17 at St. Maria Goretti, Sechii Zubza. The ceremony was marked by Holy Mass and Eucharist Procession. The Holy Mass was adminis-
tered by Rev Fr. Jacob, the Parish Priest and the homily was delivered by Rev. Fr. George Rino. In the second event, at least 1000 people from six different villages under the parish, including the Novitiate and Boarders took part in the Eucharistic procession, along the village circular road. A pre
Khonoma parish concludes “Year of Faith”
Hotel Ura launched in Kohima NTCA annual general conference concluded
on November 19.
Kohima, November 19 (mexN): Located between Red Cross Complex and TT Stadium and surrounded by four churches, Hotel Ura was launched on November 19 at its conference hall. With intercom and CCTV facilities, Hotel Ura comprises of three luxury rooms, twelve deluxe rooms, two mini conference rooms accommodating 30 people, one conference hall accommodating
80 people and a restaurant. The proprietor of Hotel Ura is Kethozhapu Sahu. The Hotel was dedicated by the various pastors in the surrounding churches, namely Kuki Baptist Church, Chang Baptist Church, Faith Harvest Church and Mizo Presbyterian Church. Giving a short account of the Hotel, Kethozhapu Sahu, said that it took six years to complete the Hotel whereby the construction started in January 2008.
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Vezokho Chotso was conferred with Best Citizens of India Award 2013 on November 17 by International Publishing House (IPH), New Delhi in recognition of his exceptional caliber and outstanding performance in his chosen area of activity. The selection of the awardees is based on the information gathered by IPH through its extensive research, which they make to identify the progressive pattern of dynamic men and women of India. IPH is also honouring few most outstanding politicians and cine stars with the maiden series of
Vezokho Chotso poses with the plaque of Best Citizens of India Award 2013.
the Best Citizens of India Award for their spectacular performance in their chosen areas of activity. The personalities include M.V. Rajashekrana MLC (former state planning minister), Dr. Bhisham Narain Singhex governor, former CBI di-
Jacob Zhimomi extends condolences
Dimapur, November 19 (mexN): MLA and Chairman, Development Authority of Nagaland Jacob Zhimomi has expressed grief at the demise of S.P. Wetsah on November 19 at Zion Hospital, Dimapur. In a condolence message, Jacob acknowledged that through philanthropic concern for humanity, especially of the underprivileged children, Wetsah dedicated his whole life to love and care for the unloved ones standing on the motto “Love towards Humanity”. His sincere service towards humanity for social cause earned various laurels and awards in the State & National levels through which he also got the prestigious berth as the interim President of “Federation of indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Asia”(FITPA) an affiliated body of the UN, a position which he held till his last breath, the note said. Stating that His life will be an aspiration to all the upcoming generations, Jacob offered condolences to the bereaved family.
KCYA to celebrate Silver Jubilee
KiDima, November 19 (Dipr): The 25th years of Silver Jubilee celebration of Kidima Catholic Youth Association (KCYA), St. Francis Xavier’s Church will be celebrated under the theme “Be of good comfort, rise, He calleth thee” (Saint Mark 10: 49). Parliamentary Secretary, Information and Public Relations and Printing and Stationery, Er. Kropol Vitsu will grace the Cultural Feast as the Chief Guest on December 21. The formal culmination would be blessed by Most Reverend Dr. James Thoppil, Bishop of Kohima Diocese on Sunday, December 22. The Organisation Committee of Silver Jubilee celebration has informed that the Retired Director of School Education, Vikepelhou Lucas will be the resource speaker.
Science Olympiad at Phek
pheK, November 19 (Dipr): The Deputy Commissioner Phek, Neposo Theluo has notified that the District Administration of Phek will be organizing Science Olympiad for Class-VIII students at GHSS Phek on November 24. The main objective of this Olympiad is to enhance the IQ of the students in Science Education and develop interest in the subject. The competition will cover both the Government and Private Schools under Phek District. The competition will carry the following prizes: 1st Prize - Rs. 5000/with Medal & Certificate; 2nd Prize - Rs. 3000/- with Medal & Certificate; 3rd Prize - Rs. 2000/- with Medal & Certificate; Five consolation prizes of Rs. 1000/each and a Certificate. Prizes will be given away during the Kohima, November October 30 notification for ing hands free phone while welfare and interest of the Celebration of 50th years of Statehood on December 1, 19 (mexN): The general the safety of public, drivers driving. Association. The meeting 2013 at Local Ground Phek.
ANTA discuses safety of public, drivers & owners
Vezokho Chotso receives Best Citizens of India Award 2013 Kohima | November 19
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NACR condemns rape of minor girls
Kohima, November 19 (mexN): Nagaland along with the rest of the country will hold All India Level National Lok Adalat 2013 in all the districts of Nagaland on November 23 next. A press release issued by Th. Tunglut, Nodal Officer for Lead Bank Office of Kohima said that the purpose of Lok Adalat is for special One time Settlement (OTS) of Banks dues with outstanding up to Rs. Lakh as on September 30, 2013. The Lok Adalats will be held on November 23 at Dimapur, Peren, Kohima, Phek and Kiphire. In Dimapur, the Lok Adalat will be held at the District and Session Judge Court, Dimapur. In Peren District at Session Judge Court, Peren, and in Kohima at Kohima Law College, in Phek at Additional Deputy Commissioners Office, Phek and in Kiphire at the Deputy Commissioner’s office. Kohima, November 19 (mexN): The All Nagaland PWD (R&B) & (H) Workcharged Employee Association HQ Kohima has informed all those divisions who could not verify during verification period, due to non-cooperation from the divisions, sub divisions, SDO’s JE unit office bearers to submit their work-charged staff incumbency list and pay bills along with acquaintance roll w.e.f September , October and November 2003 to the work-charged association head office HQ Kohima on or before November 26 for further verification process. The Association further informed that it will not be responsible for non- inclusion of salary proposal caused due to non-submission of detail information on work-charged staff along with A/Roll on stipulated time, “as the Association has many a time proposed for verification date fix for the same.” The Association also advised the W/C employees as well as SDO, J.E, S.O. dealing assistant to cooperate with the verification process. It cautioned that the Association will not be held responsible for non-release of salaries. This was stated in a releases issued by the Association president Akouu and general secretary Khriesangulie.
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The Morung Express WEDnEsDAy 20 novEmbEr 2013 vol. vIII IssuE 316
Finding Diversity in Unity in NE
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he North East is not limited to one land, one people, or one issue as it is home to many people, each with their own distinctive history, culture, language, and political aspirations. Their distinctiveness is reflected in their interdependent and interconnected nature for both their present and future existence in the region. While they have separate journeys in their pursuit for humanization, they have engaged with the State in various ways for their rights to be upheld. The richness of their cultures is recognized through the spectrum of alternative structures as the people of North East have also used various methods for best reclaiming, exercising and developing their capacity to determine their aspirations. The facts show that the confrontation between the State and People of the North East has been manipulated into a confrontation between People and People. Separate and divide tactics have effectively broken down the natural and historical relationships once shared. The State’s monopoly to organize and re-organize territorial space into rigid boundaries for administrative control and temporary appeasement bypassing all forms of democratic processes that categorically ignored the people’s histories has had devastating affects in the North East. In the name of territorial integrity, the State has negated the people’s rights to exist with dignity. It is in circumstances such as these that where we clearly see that we are in the grip of a system that divides one from the other through imposed boundaries. These circumstances can only be sustained by the use of force and containment where humans are treated like animals. It is here the means of State violence is recognized as a reactionary means to quell a people that affects the oppressed and the oppressor alike. Such intentions ignore Judge Hardy Dillard’s opinion in the Western Sahara case that states, “It is for the people to determine the destiny of the territory and not the territory the destiny of the people.” The rationale of State territorial integrity is not an end in itself and neither is it absolute because when the ultimate purpose of territorial integrity, which is to safeguard the interests of the peoples of a territory, is violated, the question of a people’s human security should take precedence. The right to self-definition is essential to human security, and, it is for humans to make decisions about, unless, of course, they are constrained by superior powers to do otherwise. In the final analysis, suppression, structural violence, militarization, psychological warfare, tokenism, divide and rule and draconian laws such as the Armed Forces Special Powers Act have proved counter-productive in North East. Such policies have sustained the cycle of violence which is destroying human life with far reaching consequences on future generations. Although the root causes of conflict may differ from one people to another in the North East, they are faced with common issues and struggles of freedom and dignity. Now is the time for the people of the North East to engage in open dialogue about designing a secure and peaceful region based on respecting each other’s political, cultural and economic rights.
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Hadra Ahmed Source: IANS
Ethiopia, newest hub of African space aspirations
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fter South Africa and Nigeria, Ethiopia is becoming a hub of Africa's aspirations in space with the East African nation's finalising the installation of two huge deep-space observatory telescopes to promote space research in the region, a prelude to its developing a space mission by launching its own satellites. "The two telescopes with their telecommunications technology allowing remote internet-controlled operations mark the first steps of Ethiopia's future space ambitions," says Solomon Belay, director of Entoto Space and Astronomical Observatory Centre. The Ethiopian Space Science Society (ESSS), which has been installing the two telescopes, each of one-metre diameter, at an elevated point over 20 km from the capital Addis Ababa, is at the forefront of this programme. Over the next three to five years, the ESS plans to launch three satellites in space joining South Africa and Nigeria as the third African country with a space mission. Ethiopia is not the first African nation to look to the skies. South Africa has its own National Space Agency and, in 2009, the African Union announced plans to establish The African Space Agency. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, indicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes, has also called for a continent-wide space programme. The physical installation of the telescopes and accessories bought from the German technologies company, Astelco Systems, for 3.4 million dollars, was finalised Oct 27. All that remains now is the caballing and linking of the telescopes to computers and other control systems, according to Solomon Belay, director of Entoto Space and Astronomical Observatory Centre. "The facility will primarily be used by students and researchers to observe astronomical objects," Belay told IANS. Most of the money for the Entoto construction and equipment is coming from its foundation that relies on the contributions of its over 1,800 individual members, including Sheikh Mohammed Hussein al Amoudi, a Saudi-Ethiopian billionaire businessman, who is the richest man in the country and is ranked by Forbes as the world's 65th richest person. "Once we establish this facility and create postgraduate programmes in space sciences, our students will be able to go anywhere and participate in international satellite communication missions. They will acquire good skills and can work to benefit other types of technology too, like telecommunications," Tulu Besha, head of earth observation with the Entoto Space and Astronomical Observatory Centre, told a group of journalists invited to witness the installation of huge metal domes that would house the telescopes. Located away from the bustling city of Addis Ababa at a vantage point of 3,200 metres above sea level on the lush Entoto plateau with clear sky, no building and other objects blocking the view of outer space, construction of the Entoto facility began in 2008. The facility also houses two buildings, a few hundred metres away from the telescopes, meant to house the main laboratories, dormitories and guest houses for researchers. Installation of equipment is also under way. ESSS is also planning to set up a second bigger observatory near the town of Lallibela in northern Ethiopia, on a higher point of 4,200 metres above sea level. One of the satellites will be used for military and security purposes and the second for telecommunications while the third will serve earth observatory programmes to support the country's agriculture sector by providing more accurate information on meteorological and climate change trends, according to these sources. The Ethiopian government funds the telescope project indirectly via 32 public universities that will run the observatory. It also provides some of the necessary infrastructure, including roads, electricity and internet connectivity.
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Glimpses of Rights on Land & its Resources in Nagaland
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o much has been expressed by various writers as appeared in the recent print media concerning the rights and privileges enjoyed by the Nagas in Nagaland in respect of the land and its resources. In this article, I am concerned with the legal position in the context of the customary, Constitutional and legal provisions relating to the subject matters in question. As for the Nagas in Nagaland, the right of traditional landownership is inherent right as distinguished from the rights under enacted laws in as much as at no point of time we have been subjected to pay land tax to any authority and no part of our traditional land is a grant from any authority. That even during the erstwhile Naga Hills District under the province of Assam created under the Scheduled Districts Act, 1874, followed by the Naga HillsTuensang Area, created by the Naga Hills-Tuensang Area Act, 1957, we have never been subjected to any land tax safe and except the area transferred to Nowgong where the Assam Land & Revenue Regulation, 1886 applies w.e.f. 27-12-1924 vide Notification No.5646R, dated 09-12-1898 as amended vide Notification No.219R dated 30-04-1923. That following the agreement executed between the Government of India and the leaders of the Naga People’s Convention, the State of Nagaland was formed by enactment of the State of Nagaland Act, 1962 (Act 27 of 1962) (4th September, 1962), followed by the Constitution (Thirteenth Amendment) Act, 1962, (28th December, 1962). Section 2(b) of the said Constitution Amendment Act, a new article, Article 371A was incorporated into the Constitution of India, 1950. Thus, among other special provisions under the said Article, clause (a) sub-clause (iv) provides that “notwithstanding anything in the Constitution, no act of Parliament in respect of ownership and transfer of land and its resources shall apply to the State of Nagaland, unless the State Legislative Assembly of Nagaland by a resolution so decides.” That Section 26(1) of the State of Nagaland Act, 1962, provides that “all laws in force, immediately before the appointed day, in the Naga Hills-Tuensang Area shall continue to be in force in the State of Nagaland until altered, repealed or amended by a competent Legislature or other competent authority.” Further, Sub-Section (2) of the same Section provides that “for the purpose of facilitating the application in relation to the State of Nagaland of any law made before the appointed day, the appropriate Government may, within two years from that day, by order make such adaptations and modifications of the law, whether by way of repeal or amendment, as may be necessary or expedient, and thereupon every such law shall have effect subject to the adaptations or modifications so made until altered, repealed or amended by a competent Legislature or other competent authority.” Explanation to the above said Section also provides that “appropriate Government” means as respects any law relating to a matter enumerated in the Union List in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution, the Central Government; and as respect any other law, the “Government of Nagaland”. It may also to be noted that appointed day means 01-12-1963, the day from which the full-fledged State of Nagaland came into being by Notification No.GSR1735 dated 30-10-1963 published in the Gazette of India. That Entry No.53 List I – Union List in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution provides regulation and development of oil fields and mineral oil resources; petroleum and petroleum products; other liquids and substances declared by Parliament by law to be dangerously inflammable. Entry No.54 of the said Union List also provides regulations of mines and mineral development to the extent to which such regulation and development under the control of the Union is declared by Parliament by law to be expedient in the public interest. The Parliament has enacted the Inflammable Substances Act, 1952, by which the Petroleum Act, 1934 has been brought under the purview of this Act. That immediately before the formation of the State
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n a world where people are craving inspiration, growth, and information, many churches maintain a cyclical pattern based on redundancy, safety, and closed-mindedness. Unfortunately, many pastors and Christian leaders continue to recycle old spiritual clichés — and sermons — communicating scripture as if it were propaganda instead of life-changing news, and driving away a growing segment of people who find churches ignorant, intolerant, absurd, and irrelevant. As technology continues to make news and data more accessible, pastors are often failing to realize that they're no longer portrayed as the respected platforms of spiritual authority that they once were. Instead of embracing dialogue and discussion, many Christian leaders react to this power shift by creating defensive and authoritarian pedestals, where they self-rule and inflict punishment on anyone who disagrees, especially intellectuals. Intellectuals are defined as people who show a high degree of mental capacity. And while we often tend to associate intellectuals as professors clad in bow ties that attend fancy cocktail parties and publish award-winning books, there are no demographic, cultural, professional, racial, or gender restrictions on who can or can’t be an intellectual. There are no rules on who is and isn’t an intellectual — everyone has the capacity to be one! Recently, it's been said that smarter people prefer not to go to church or
of Nagaland, among others, the Petroleum Act, 1934, the Oilfields (Regulation & Development) Act, 1948, and Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957, have been in application to the erstwhile Naga Hills-Tuensang Area. The enforcement of these laws in Nagaland would have been altered, repealed or amended had the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland passed resolution to that effect within two years from 01-12-1963, and as the subject matter being under the Union List, the Central Government being the appropriate Government, would have issued orders accordingly for such alteration, repeal or amendment as the case may be. In fact, the question at hand is not the proprietary rights of the landowners where extraction of crude oil, natural gas or any other minerals may be carried out. However, the question remains is the conflicting claims of regulatory, controlling and supervisory authority between the Union and State Governments. Section 3 and its Sub-Section (1) & (2) of the Nagaland Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulations, 2012, provides that - “With the adoption of the Resolution of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly on 26th July, 2010, under Article 371A (1) (a) of the Constitution of India, no act of Parliament governing Petroleum and Natural Gas shall be applicable to the State of Nagaland and all such Acts shall be deemed to have become inapplicable to the State from the date of enactment of Article 371A (1) (a) of the Constitution of India regardless of previous acts of commissions and omissions. These Regulations framed by Nagaland Legislative Assembly in exercise of its extraordinary legislative powers under Article 371A (1) (a) of the Constitution of India and any other Rules that may be framed by the Government of Nagaland in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations, shall apply to matters relating to petroleum and natural gas within the territory of Nagaland.” It appears that within the period of two years from 01-12-1963, the Legislature in Nagaland or by any other competent authority passed no repealing and amending Acts of any of the Central laws governing petroleum, minerals, and inflammable substances, and in view of this the words “commissions and omissions” appears to have incorporated into Sub-Section (1) of Section 3 of the Regulation in order to remedy the lapses. As regards the proprietary rights on land, a three judge bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Threesiamma Jacob & Others Versus Geologist, Department of Mining & Geology & Others, decided on 08-07-2013 in Civil Appeal Nos. 4540-4548 of 2000, examined and decided the rights of ryotwari pattadars and jenmis in Malabar area of Old Madras Province to be proprietors of the subsoil rights/minerals until they are deprived of the same by legal process. At para No.41, the Hon’ble Apex Court observed that the provisions of Article 294 of the Constitution that provides for the succession by the Union of India or the corresponding State, as the case maybe, of the property, which vested in the British Crown immediately before the commencement of the Constitution. It was also observed that Article 297 makes an express declaration of vesting in the Union of India of all minerals and other things of value underlying the ocean. Vide para No.41 of the Judgment, it was observed that on contradistinction between the two articles, it was held that “the makers of the Constitution were aware of the fact that mineral wealth obtaining in the land mass (territory of India) is not vested in the State in all cases. They were conscious of the fact that under the law, as it existed, proprietary rights in minerals (subsoil) could vest in private parties who happen to own the land.” Vide para No.51 of the Judgment, their Lordships of the Hon’ble Apex Court observed that pattadar liable for separate tax in addition to the tax shown in the patta if minerals are found in the properties found in the property covered by the patta, and if the pattadar exploits those minerals, and Collector of Malabar standing orders providing for collection of seigniorage fee in the event of mining operation being carried on, cannot in any way indicate the ownership of the
State in the minerals. It was held that power to tax is a necessary incident of sovereign authority (imperium) but not an incident of proprietary rights (dominium). More significant to the case of Nagaland, vide para No.56 of the Judgment, it was also held that “the Oilfields (Regulation and Development) Act, 1948 deals with the oilfields containing crude oil, petroleum etc. which are the most important minerals in the modern world. The Act does not anywhere declare the proprietary right of the State.” In the case of Nagaland, the non obstante clause in Article 371A of the Constitution provides protection against the application of any Acts of Parliament in respect of, among others, Naga customary laws and procedure, ownership and transfer of land and its resources, unless the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland by resolution so decides. In view of the overriding effect by the provisions of Article 371A (1), the other provisions of the Constitution are no impediment, and even Article 246 read with List I – Union List in the Seventh Schedule have no binding force on the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland so far as the matters enumerated in sub-clause (a) (i) to (iv) are concerned. The meaning of the “Act of Parliament” is not defined under any statute or even in the Constitution itself. In Black’s Law Dictionary, Ninth Edition, the words “act of Parliament” is defined as a law made by the British sovereign, with the advice and consent of the Lords and the commons; a British statute. In Stroud’s Judicial Dictionary of Words & Phrases, Seventh Edition, it is defined that “Act of Parliament” is not confined to Private Acts but includes General Acts. In P. Ramanatha Aiyer’s, the Law Lexicon, 2nd Edition, the words “Act of Parliament” is defined as Statutes or Acts of Parliament are made by the King’s Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in Parliament assembled. It is also defined that the term “Act of Parliament”, includes both Private Acts as well as General Acts. Therefore, perusal of the available legal definition, in the context of Article 371A (1) (a), the Petroleum Act, 1934, the Oilfields (Regulation & Development) Act, 1948, the Petroleum Rules, 2002, the Mines and Minerals (Regulation & Development) Act, 1957, and the Inflammable Substance Act, 1952, shall come within the meaning of the Acts of Parliament. The legislative power on the rights in or over land is exclusively given to the States under Article 246, List II – State List in the Seventh Schedule. There is nothing in any Acts of Parliament which may be construed to have encroached on the customary rights of ownership and transfer of land and its resources in the State. The law relating to minerals, petroleum and natural gas enacted by the Parliament and the rules framed thereunder by the Union Government appears to have no encroachment on the proprietary rights of the landowners. These Acts and Rules are regulatory, controlling and supervisory in nature, and have no confrontation to the proprietary rights of the landowners. The excavation for searching for or obtaining mineral oils, refinery, storage, and transportation of petroleum and its products and natural gas require technology, engineering, scientific and experts safety measures for which the regulations and the rules framed thereunder are essential for the public in general. The State Legislature sought to supplant the Central enactments and the rules framed thereunder, by passing the Nagaland Petroleum & Natural Gas Regulations, 2012, and the Nagaland Petroleum & Natural Gas Rules, 2012, framed thereunder by the Government, however, which remained stumbled from execution on intervention by the Union Government. Be that as it may, the words “ownership and transfer of land and its resources” appearing in Sub-Clause (iv), so far, remains unambiguous in its interpretation not only the use of the land, but also includes the transfer of the land and its resources either by free or for commercial purposes. It is rightly to be regarded as unambiguous in the interpretation of the law in so far as no party has questioned before any appropriate forum as to the ambit and scope of the words “ownership and transfer of land and its resources”.
Do Churches Alienate Intellectuals? believe in God, but maybe part of the problem is that churches won't let them in — or they’ve already kicked them out! There are many reasons why intellectual believers are often rejected by faith communities, but here are few of the main ones:
1) Churches Prefer Certainty Over Doubt By their very nature, intellectuals are curious. They analyze, theorize, and love to ask questions. These attributes are often criticized by church leaders and seen as an attack on traditional and established institutionalized beliefs. Innocent inquires are often met with an “How dare you question what we say?!” type of response, often followed up by cold-hearted exclusion and derision. Many churches stubbornly hold theological, political, and social positions simply because they've always been that way, and changing them would be admitting defeat. Change itself is viewed as dangerous. The amazing thing is that Jesus condemned those who were the most certain about their beliefs — the Pharisees. And much of Christ’s ministry revolved around trying to get people to change! Maybe we should start doing the same. In many faith communities, certainty is preferred over doubt, answers are preferred over questions, compliance is preferred over objections, contentment is preferred over conflict, and con-
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Source: Sojourners formity is preferred over disruption. Oftentimes, intellectuals simply give up on the church not because they don't have faith, but simply because they're ostracized by church leaders and excluded from their faith communities.
2) Churches Are Anti-Science Despite growing change, many churches are still legalistically anti-evolution, anti-global warming, anti-pro-choice, antienvironment, anti-psychology, anti-medicine, and anti-women (to name just a few). Unfortunately, the Christian faith is often defined by who ithates instead of who it loves. No matter how much evidence, logic, reason, or science is provided, many Christian communities refuse to change their worldview. Doing so would be portrayed by them as weakness, but to intellectuals, it’s seen as growth and maturity — the two contrasting paradigms continually clash, usually with little reconciliation. In the end, many churches continue to enforce a hard line, further alienating anyone who disagrees with them. Thus, many smart and intelligent people are rejected because their views are seen as incompatible with Christianity — even when they're not. 3) That's What Seminaries Are For! For hundreds of years, the
best young minds of the Western world would naturally enroll in a prestigious university (often Christian-based) to continue their learning. Eventually, colleges became secularized, but churches and denominations continued to offer parochial schools and Bible Colleges as options to pursue a deeper understanding of theology, the Bible, ministry, and the Christian faith. Unfortunately, churches now depend on higher education to do most of the in-depth training that was once commonplace among lay parishioners. The average believer seemingly knows less and less of the Bible and the historical context of the Christian faith with each passing year. Churches (with a few exceptions) no longer offer classes about church history, Greek, Hebrew, proper exegesis, or groundbreaking Bible studies to churchgoers — these are reserved for Bible colleges and the students who attend them. Pastors follow suit, and their messages are often marketed towards mainstream audiences, "watered down" to be understandable and entertaining to as many people as possible. Few leaders are brave enough to require critical thinking, introduce new ideas, or challenge people to think beyond their comfort zones, and the ones that do are often labeled "heretics." To compound the problem, the brightest minds of today no
longer perceive church ministry as a prestigious occupation. Instead, they’re pursuing educational experiences that will prepare them to succeed in more respected fields of study. Overall, modern Christianity has modeled a strategy of comfort, where believers are viewed as consumers that need to be pleased and catered to — not challenged or made to feel uncomfortable. Intellectuals are not the target demographic within churches, so they rarely garner much attention or care, and it's widely believed that they would be better off in an academic setting rather than a spiritual one. In reality, this is exactly where much of Christianity has gone wrong, by compartmentalizing intellectuals and placing them in certain positions — outside of the church — instead of embracing and accepting them within our faith communities. It’s interesting that Jesus embraced the label of Teacher, and that He engaged the mind and routinely used stories, ideas, examples, and miracles to get people to think — and change. In the end, the Gospel message is about seeking knowledge, the truth, and the freedom that is found in Jesus. But the truth of Jesus doesn’t mean we squash the doubts, questions, or inquiries of others — can we accept this? Stephen Mattson has contributed for Relevant Magazine, Redletterchristians.org, and studied Youth Ministry at the Moody Bible Institute. He is now on staff at the University of Northwestern St. Paul, Minn.
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7 On story-telling and re-telling
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THE MORUNG EXPRESS
20 November 2013
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NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE
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n building a warm and complex portrait of her mother throughout the course of She Left Me the Gun, writer and journalist Emma Brockes explains at one point that a core belief of her South African-born mother was that it is not what happens to you that matters so much as the story you choose to tell about it afterwards, “if only to yourself”. The comment speaks to the portrait Brockes builds throughout the book, both emblematic of her mother’s self-reliance and insistence that each person’s fate lies in their hands, and a testament to the task Brockes has set herself – to make sense of her mother’s life, and how it fits into her own past, and present. In its task of writing both her mother’s life and her own relationship with it, Brockes’ work – which evades neat categorisation as memoir, biography, or social history – builds upon feminist traditions of writing, particularly the strong feminist undercurrent to the kind of life-writing or open biography developed by biographers such as Hermione Lee, which salvage often sidelined female histories and stories whilst self-consciously exploring the nature of narrative and story-telling itself. She Left Me the Gun, published earlier this year (The Penguin Press), is compelling not only through its cumulative building of a portrait of Brockes’ fascinating mother and the era from which she came, but through the self-awareness in Brockes’ writing of the tropes which her mother’s story may draw upon, and – through the intelligence and originality of her writing style – Brockes’ conscious effort to resist this. Violence is on the table, and needs to be addressed or -- as it was throughout Brockes’ childhood -- evaded in a way that inevitably stresses its presence. The violence is from Brockes’ mother’s childhood, a lost world that emerges palimpsest-like through the immediate narrative of Brockes’ mother’s death and Brockes’ later move to South Africa to research the world her mother suddenly left in her early twenties – it punctuates the early part of the book between hints and sudden revelations, such as the matter of fact account, relayed to Emma by her mother, of how she had her father (Emma's grandfather) arrested after years of abuse to her and her siblings. The writer’s intelligent, almost sardonic tone, in recounting her mother’s progressive revelations is peppered with a consistent assertion that this is not the core of her mother, not the whole story, not what she must be reduced to. Brockes balks at the clammy self-helpy language of victims and survivors, and seems in defiance to have written a kind of antimisery memoir in which the fullness of her mother’s personality is painted, and repainted, with so many colours and with such texture, that it might diminish the centrality of the twin poles of violence and dislocation in the picture. Brockes writes brilliantly about her mother’s phrases, mannerisms, and friendships, particularly after her mother and father move from London to the home counties and her mother’s gay friends come to visit from London, whereupon her mother’s voice “took on an arch tone, as if her life here was a bizarre experiment she would one day abandon.” After her mother is diagnosed with a terminal illness, the two of them commit the summer to making all the drinks in a lurid book of cocktails. Both Brockes and her mother come across as funny more than anything else, and from the tone of her writing it makes perfect sense that Brockes’ other book is about her love of musicals. When a friend of her mother’s says with earnest but seemingly hammy sincerity that Emma’s mother ‘had a terrible life’ Brockes is astonished to see her mother through such a lens, to be re-told the story of her mother by somebody else. Structurally, She Left Me the Gun is reminiscent of the 2010 best-selling non-fiction work The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, about both the HeLa cells and the life of Henrietta Lacks and her family, in how it loops back between the writer’s own experience of plunging further into a story, portraits of key players in the story itself, and the findings from the writer’s journey presented as 'straight' non-fiction to the
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Emma Brockes’ exploration of her mother’s life in South Africa, and what made her leave, is also a study in writing the complexity of women’s lives, and the powerful and elusive nature of story-telling reader – in this case, South African social history as refracted through Brockes’ mother’s sprawling family, and a narrative reading from the archives of the trial of Brockes’ grandfather. In the first part of the book, Brockes’ own childhood is the temporal setting for her mother’s slow revelations as well as building a portrait of how her mother stood ‘at an angle’ to English society – as her mother notes how ‘tame’ everything is here, whilst routinely reminding her daughter in Oxford that “people get abducted, don’t they? People get murdered”, it is as though the alcoholism, dust and domestic violence of her mother’s childhood experiences could seep under the suburban door any moment like a slow-building flood. The second half of the book foregrounds the story of Brockes’ own trip to South Africa after her mother’s death, which are journalistic in the best sense of capturing snap-shots of scenes and figures, whilst also piecing together, as Brockes does, the missing pieces in her mother’s story. The descriptions of her time visiting South Africa as an adult are necessarily distorted, fairground-mirror reality, and Brockes knows this: just as children glean snippets of information about their parents, so too Brockes knows she is working with the fragments of narratives that poke through between the conversational mine-fields that re-occur in her encounters with post-apartheid realities. She parodies the nervous liberal guilt that she and her friends are riddled with. She writes in recognition that she is fumbling at the reality through the thick gloves of her position – and what is expected of her, observing wryly at one point: “as a liberal foreigner, you are discouraged from going on about crime in South Africa; it’s seen as rather poor form when there is so much else of cultural interest to talk about.” In this sense, her visit to South Africa to further understand her mother and the world she came from replicates the earlier, Englandlocated, part of the book in which half-formed stories of alcoholic familial abuse and violence slowly acquire more firm contours in Brockes’, and the reader’s, eyes. Stories get half-told, re-told, and then rewritten through Brockes’ writing up of what she has been told through her own emotional responses to it. And this seems to be the core of the book more than the revelations about her mother’s early life, as vividly as that South African life is eventually conjured. It is a fundamental question – when do you reveal what about yourself, and to whom? Her mother obviously strains under the weight of this throughout Emma’s childhood, to the point that when there really is a ‘deathbed revelation’ Brockes is so prepared – and so resistant to tropes of victimhood – that she jokingly names it openly as the hackneyed ‘deathbed revelation scene’. It is a central human dilemma, and a central dilemma to feminist life-writing. At what moment do you put the story of who you are, and what made you, on the table? It is played out not just in the revelation by her mother but in Brockes’ decision to write and publish the book – for someone like Emma Brockes, who received acclaim and recognition early in her career, when does one interrupt the trajectory of success unfolding so well before you, to make the aside: here is my heritage, in its brutality just beneath the surface and knotted familial com-
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do meet a lot anxious parents who are egger to secure the future of their children, financially. In the race everyone seems to compete in their calculation how much the latest MBA from a prestigious institute would cost both in India and aboard. But some basic education has to be imparted at home and preferably from a young age. Among them the value system, etiquette and building a positive attitude are few. Again, most of us seems to miss one point universally, especially non-business salaried class, is how to teach our children how to manage money. Buying them a computer is okay, but teaching them to use properly is another ball game altogether (after all it is not meant for playing only video games). What better way can there be to start teaching our children through pocket money, and discuses about it in this time of the year, when children’s day has just been celebrated. The first question which comes to your mind is, how much pocket money should you give your children? It’s important to get it right as the amount you give can be a great way to teach your child the value of money, saving and spending, while gradually learning responsibilities and financial independence. There is no right or wrong answer to this. How much you are prepared to give depends entirely on what you believe is fair. Start by considering what you think is appropriate for their age. It could also be useful to have a discussion with other parents, particularly those of your child’s friends, about how Dipankar Jakharia much they give their children. But whatever you do, don’t get sucked into competing with them! Once you have decided an appropriate amount, they have to take your permission first. sit down with your child and discuss it with them. • Make them pay for certain treats out of their own You might like to make an agreement that they will money. This way they will start to see where their get a ‘rise’ each birthday, or ‘bonuses’ for good work money goes, and that it vanishes so quickly! at home or school – this will give them something to • Give them extra when they buy presents for look forward to, as well as some incentive to behave! friends or family members for birthdays etc., and encourage them to use a portion of their Tips: pocket money to buy gifts (remember, it is the • Be consistent and don’t cave in if your child pesthought that counts…) ters you for extra money or they will never learn • Be clear about whether or not your child can Earning pocket money: spend their money on whatever they want, or if Some parents prefer to set chores that need
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plexity, with its unpalatable truths and its untidiedup threads? At what point do you foreground your personal narrative; when should you re-formulate it; when will it help you more to conceal it? These are feminist concerns amongst other things not least because – speaking statistically if nothing else – violence by men against women is a core aspect of human personal knowledge, so likely to be part of a person’s experience that it could almost (almost, and problematically) be seen as a universal theme of female-ness. It is hard to imagine the life of a woman untouched by violence and its corollary, fear -- it would be a world where everyone felt safe walking home alone at night. And safe in their homes. How should writers deal with the statistically obvious fact of the prevalence of violence against women in writing women’s lives in their fullness and particularities? As Brockes squirms at ‘misery memoirs’ and the reduction of human experience to trauma, how do we address the fact that personal narrative can be used to both empower and undermine those who tell their stories? And how does the insistence against clichés of victimhood and tropes of ‘silenced women of history’ sit with the feminist aim of showing how the thread of patriarchy and its metastases of violence and dislocation are stitched into the minutiae of all of our lives? The particularities of She Left Me the Gun are illuminating in how Brockes chooses to interplay the personal thread of her mother’s violent childhood and decision to come to England with the large-canvas narratives of apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa. Her writing is too thoughtful to join obvious dots or use one as a mirror for the other: the violence in Brockes’ mother’s home as both microcosm and product of the structural violence of apartheid, and the tension of Brockes' mother occupying positions, on the broad-canvas of social history, of both oppressor and oppressed. The study is too subtle and too specific to be diagrammatic. Nonetheless, in the portraits she builds of her mother’s family and the unforgiving behavioural codes in public and in private, the group portrait does feel like evidence for the claim that systems of brutality dehumanise all those who operate in them. Like the ‘pillar of society’ who commits domestic violence in private, the lesson is learned sooner or later that you can’t keep the door shut on violence in one aspect of your life forever. It seeps through the walls of public and private, worms its way through generations, all the way to Emma’s village-green and Girl Guides childhood in the home counties her mother finds so tame. In exposing, at the familial level, the domestic nuts and bolts of wider structural violence, She Left Me The Gun is inevitably reminiscent of Coetzee’s Disgrace and its central parent-daughter pairing. But while Coetzee’s work is heavy in the symbolism of power and identity in transition, in She Left Me the Gun formal politics ebbs and flows almost conversationally amidst the unfolding of the foregrounded personal lives: the judge who sentences Emma’s grandfather later becomes famous for sending a young Mandela to Robben Island; later as Brockes plans her visit to her mother’s country of birth she shudders at the thought that she can apply for South African citizenship, of what that would mean so soon after apartheid. But the ‘excuse’ Brockes’ mother gives for leaving South Africa in her early twenties is ‘politics’ – and that is how the writer presents it: a cover or a handy line for acquaintances – ‘I left the country because of the political situation’, a well-used phrase which conceals the fundamentally personal nature of these migrations. Another convenient retelling of the story for the sake of the audience. In the book’s Acknowledgements, Brockes thanks Nora Ephron, a writer who focused on the subtleties and daily dramas of women’s lives, for helping Brockes to come up with the title of She Left Me the Gun. It’s a powerful title, alluding to both inheritance and violence – and the interrelated nature of the two – but above all the title is a complete story itself: a gun has been left, to me, by her. It is also an unsentimental title, which seems fitting both to Brockes’ mother and to the writer’s aim to present women’s lives in all their richness and intricacy, to find new ways to tell their stories.
to be done before their child ‘earns’ their pocket money. If your child does not do their chores and pocket money is withheld… well, even the youngest kids will learn and fall in line! Of course, some parents may feel it unnecessary to pay their children for chores that should be done anyway. In this case, perhaps you can divide the household tasks into things that need to be done (e.g. cleaning their room or helping in the kitchen) and extra odd jobs they can earn pocket money from (like helping in washing the car). It’s a good way to show not only the rewards that come from hard work, but also how important it is to contribute at home as part of the family. Making your child “earn” their money will also help them to start appreciating its worth. Once your child reaches teenage, there is little doubt the whole pocket money issue will need to be renegotiated. However, don not just cave in and give them more money when they have run out or buy whatever they want. Instead, use this as an opportunity to teach them about the value of money and the importance of saving. The best time to pay your child is at the beginning of the month, which has to last them until the next month. This will start teaching them the importance of budgeting and make them think about what they spend their money on, rather than blowing it, all in one go. Grandparents (or Uncle-Aunty) and pocket money Pocket money can be a tough subject even for Grandparents. If you have grand children and thinking of giving pocket money, it is probably a good idea to talk your plans with their parents. This way you can avoid stepping on one others toes. If the parents feel that their child is already receiving enough money, then consider investing what you was going to spend into opening a recurring account in the minor’s name. Pocket money can come and go, but savings may help your grandchild later on in life.
The writer is the Principal Financial Planner at EconPenny. You can chat-twit-mail him at @ dipankar.jakharia | @d_jakharia | dipankar. jakharia@ .com
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What kind of future do we envision for Nagaland? One of the keys to a prosperous future is our children. An important question we must ask ourselves today is if we, as parents, educators and elders, are equipping our children with the right information, guidance, skills and maturity necessary for positive growth and development in order to lead a purpose driven life.
Purposeful Living Kahor Raleng, Head of Department of English
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bserving my students in the classroom today, it struck my mind that they are so easy to impress. The young confused minds can grab each and every word we utter and it can leave an impact on them. With thoughts running through my mind, I started questioning myself: ‘Are we preparing them to face their future? Are we guiding them to choose the right path in life? Are we moulding them to be better citizens?’ Youngsters today are smart enough to know and perceive everything we say, yet confused enough to misinterpret it. Sadly, we are living in an age where there is no distinction between truth and lies, good and bad, acceptable and unacceptable. We are willing to compromise as long as we gain something. There are times where confusion reigns and honestly we, the older generation, are the makers of it. We, the Nagas are very fortunate as our people are not infested with psychological problems faced by people in other places, where incidents like shooting in schools, killing of teachers or classmates occur frequently. Before we are touched by this evil, we should prevent it as prevention is better than cure. This is where the need for mentoring and guidance and counselling arises. It is extremely essential and it should be realised at the earliest. Producing good results should not be the sole purpose of institutions nor of education. Education means the overall development of a child. If institutions cannot produce exemplary citizens, than the purpose of education is not fulfilled. Through some interactive sessions with my students, I have gathered some important facts. They are confused about the system, about their beliefs, about certain treatments, about social and family issues and most importantly about who they want to become in life. Here are some comments made by students: Student 1: ‘I study because I am forced to, out of compulsion and there is no actual learning. Compulsion to score well and pass.’ Student 2: ‘I don’t have a specific aim, I just want to try out everything that comes my way.’ Student 3: ‘Music gives me pleasure and peace of mind. It makes me creative and expressive. But music is not a career option.’ When asked what they want to become in life, some simply replied ‘no idea’, ‘don’t know’, ‘confused’. Remember, they are college students, a stage when they should have some idea about what they want out of life. Youngsters today are confused with the direction that their life is heading towards. Choosing the right path has become complex and frightening. As parents/guardians and teachers, do we take time to talk to them, clarify their doubts and guide them, or are we in our ways contributing to their confusion? To mould a child does not solely lie in the hands of institutions or teachers. Parents play a huge role in shaping a child for a better future. Parents/guardians should equip themselves with necessary information. Some questions parents can ask themselves are: Do you carry out research work before admitting your child to a new school? Or do you simply admit them because it is a prestigious school, or it is convenient or because somebody says that it is good? Find out the facts before sending your child to a new environment. Parents should also be aware of scholarships and the possibilities they offer. Even a class seven student can study in Singapore through scholarships. There are even instances where a rickshaw puller or peon’s son or daughter has become a doctor, an engineer, or an IAS office by securing through scholarships. And now with the implementation of RTE act, many doors have opened for those who are smart enough to look for greater opportunities. As for the institutions, they should make it mandatory to assign mentors for every student. Seminars on career guidance and counselling should be conducted regularly. Every institute must make it a priority to have a guidance and counselling cell with trained counsellors. Workshops and seminars should be conducted for teachers. Educationist should regularly reinforce their knowledge by attending refreshers courses. They should be well informed and knowledgeable. But most importantly, they should be inspirational and motivators. I wonder, is it too much to ask to give a little bit of effort for the future of our children? Aren’t they the future that we dream? I believe every parent or teacher has a dream for their children or students. Let us help them live that dream. Let us guide them live a purpose driven life. “Degree of Thought is a weekly community column initiated by Tetso College in partnership with The Morung Express. Degree of Thought will delve into the social, cultural, political and educational issues around us. Tetso College is a NAAC Accredited UGC recognised Commerce and Arts College. For feedback or comments please email: admin@tetsocollege.org”
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75 per cent voter turnout in Chattisgarh elections
rAiPur, November 19 (iANs): More than 10 million votes were cast Tuesday in the second and final phase of elections for the 90-member Chhattisgarh assembly, in a peaceful exercise that was marred only by the death of one man in a trooper's gun fire. Voting was held Tuesday in the second and final phase for 72 constituencies. The first phase Nov 11 saw voting for 18 seats, a majority located in Maoists' stronghold. Barring the death of a person in a trooper's gun fire at a polling booth, ballotting was largely peaceful in Chhattisgarh that has been governed by the Bharatiya Janata Party for a decade. Chief Electoral Officer Sunil Kujur said the tentative voter turnout was 75 percent. The principal battle in the mineralrich state is between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has governed the state since 2003, and the Congress which ruled it the first three years since the state was carved out from Madhya Pradesh in 2000. In the keenly contested elections this year, the Congress could stage a comeback or the BJP could also score a hat-trick, poll watchers say. Turnout was brisk since morning and by noon about 30 percent voting was recorded. Over 13.9 million voters, including 6.83 million women,
Worried about misuse of my name by AAP, not money: Anna Hazare
Indian women line up to cast their vote during the second phase of Chhattisgarh state elections in Raipur on Tuesday, November 19. (AP Photo)
were eligible to exercise their franchise at 18,015 polling stations to decide the fate of 843 candidates, 75 women included. There was heavy polling in a few assembly constituenices, including Marwahi. Congress leader Ajit Jogi's son Amit Jogi is contesting from Marwahi that recorded in excess of 40 percent voting by noon. The state saw minor clashes between ruling Bharatiya Janata Party cadres and the Congress workers in Durg City as well as in Bilaspur constituencies. One person was killed and another injured Tuesday
Most fake encounters are by police, not army: NHRC
at a polling booth in Saja constituency when a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) trooper opened fire at a group of people following an argument. Director General of Police Ramniwas said twothree people, who were reportedly drunk, came to a polling booth at village Bhindarwani and had some heated arguments with policemen deployed there for ensuring free and fair voting. "One person was killed on the spot while another was injured when a CRPF jawan opened fire at locals who, as per initial reports, wanted to disrupt the poll-
New Delhi, November 19 (iANs): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said Tuesday that a majority of fake encounters in many Indian states were by police officers, and not the armed forces. “AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act) draws a lot of ire and there is a notion that repealing it will curb fake encounter cases, but our findings show that the majority of such killings are carried out by the state police who enjoy protection of their government,” National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) member Satyabrata Pal told IANS. “Police forces have to be disciplined and the only way that is possible is by giving out exemplary punishments to the guilty police officers and only then will such cases reduce,” he added. The NHRC, as part of its series of visits to many states to monitor the socio-economic conditions and complaints of fake encounters, recently visited Manipur and found gross violations of human rights. The commission said it investigated 44 cases of fake encounters that took place in Manipur between 2005 and 2010, and found the state government provided compensation in the form of monetary relief only in 3 cases. “The state government is just not serious about punishing the guilty. In fact, there was a lack of cooperation with our officials too,” said Pal.
People in jail can contest elections as SC approves amendment in RPA
New Delhi, November 19 (AgeNcies): The Supreme Court on Tuesday approved amendment to the Representation of the People act wherein people in jail or in police custody can contest elections. The apex court said in the light of amendments brought by the Government of India in the Representation of the People Act, a person does not cease to be an elector only by a reason of being in police custody/jail and can therefore contest elections to the state legislation and Parliament. On July 10, 2013, the SC had given a judgement that anybody in police custody/jail will not be able to contest elections. But subsequently in September 2013 the Government of India amended the Representation of the People act by doing away with the disability. The Supreme Court had struck down the legal provision that protects a lawmaker from disqualification even after conviction in a criminal case. The Supreme Court had ruled that MPs or MLAs shall stand disqualified from holding the membership of the house from the date of conviction in a trial court. The court had held Section 8(4) of the Representation of the People Act as ultra vires. The section allows a convicted lawmaker to remain in office till the pendency of appeal.
ing," Ramniwas told reporters in state capital Raipur. He added that a magisterial inquiry has been ordered. The second phase polling for 72 seats, of which 17 were reserved for the Scheduled Tribes and nine for the Scheduled Castes, was spread out in 19 districts. Voting was held up at Bhindarwani booth for about 20 minutes after the CRPF trooper's firing but later resumed. Saja has been a known Congress bastion for about two decades where Leader of Opposition in Chhattisgarh assembly Ravindra Choubey is contesting. Vot-
ers queued up at pollling booths in urban as well as rural areas much before the start of voting. About 3,000 CCTV cameras were installed at booths to ensure free and fair polling. The Saraipali seat in Mahasamund district saw just five contestants, which is the lowest figure among all 72 seats that went to poll Tuesday. The maximum number of 38 candidates were in fray from Raipur South in Raipur district from where BJP heavyweight and PWD Minister Brijmohan Agrawal sought his sixth consecutive victory.
rAlegAN siDDhi, November 19 (Pti): A day after Arvind Kejriwal demanded an open probe into his allegation on spending of IAC funds by Aam Admi Party, Anna Hazare on Tuesday said he was mainly concerned about “misuse” of his name in poll campaign and maintained the two are “not enemies”. “We are not enemies of each other. Even today I am happy that he is a man of character.... The issue is not of funds. Some delegations told me that SIM cards were issued in my name during the India Against Corruption (IAC) movement, the sale of which led to collection of funds. “I have no connection in this regard but if somebody files a case then I may be made an accused. This is what I am worried about that without having any connection to it, my name could be dragged,” Hazare told reporters. Hazare statement came after Kejriwal said at a press conference that Hazare had written him on Sunday that he was getting reports of misuse of funds collected for anti-graft movement led by India Against Corruption (IAC), during which the two were together, and his name in the Delhi elections. Hazare on Tuesday said he had objected to his name being used in the election campaign by AAP and if Kejriwal wishes to talk to him, he is “ready”. “They say that they will pass Anna Hazare’s Jan Lokpal Bill in Ramlila Maidan on December 29. Here again they are using my name and
I did not understand that how are they claiming to pass a bill in assembly which can be passed only in parliament,” he said. “I wrote this letter just to seek clarification on these two issues as I felt my name was being misused. I have no interest in the money, just my name should not be misused,” he added. Replying to a question that Kejriwal has asked him to campaign for AAP, Hazare said that he would not engage in the poll campaign for any party. He also said that he has received a reply from Kejriwal, but has not read it yet. “I have told him that I am ready to talk. I did not know that he wanted to talk. If he wishes so, I am ready to talk,” he said. Hazare had written a letter to Kejriwal saying he had received reports of about using his name in elections campaign, use of fund collected during the anti-graft movement and on implementation of Janlokpal Bill on December 29 after convening an open session at Ramlila Maidan. Hazare had also questioned his old colleague that he had also come to know that party had collected fund with the help of a SIM card procured in his name. “I would request Annaji to conduct a through probe by anyone he wants like Justice (retd) Santosh Hedge or anyone else and the report should be made public within 48 hours, so neither Congress nor BJP could raise suspicion over funds,” Kejriwal had retorted, adding “if I am found guilty I would not contest elections”.
26/11 attack intended to provoke India-Pakistan war: US expert
wAshiNgtoN, November 19 (iANs): The 26/11 Mumbai terror attack was intended to change dramatically the future of South Asia, perhaps even by provoking a war between rising nuclear powers India and Pakistan, according to a top counter-terrorism expert. Bruce Riedel, a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst, who has advised four US presidents on South Asian issues, says he had pointed this out to then President-elect Barack Obama and his transi-
tion team at the time in several briefings. Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taeba group (LeT) had carefully chosen the targets and meticulously researched them over several years, he wrote in The Daily Beast, an American news reporting and opinion website “They received considerable assistance in doing so from two sources-the Pakistani intelligence service, called the InterServices Intelligence Directorate or ISI, and Al Qaeda.” “Each had its own agenda for the op-
eration. But the targets were the same - Indians, Americans, and Jews - the targets of the global jihad started by Al Qaeda in the late 1990s,” Riedel wrote. Describing the November 2008 attack as “the most important terror attack since 9/11” he pointed out that the “10 terrorists’ tactics have been copied by others since - for example, just weeks ago in Nairobi.” But “perhaps the most shocking element of the Mumbai attack was the role played by David Coleman Headley, an Ameri-
Tendulkar, PM named as accused in case against Bharat Ratna
New Delhi, November 19 (Pti): A case has been today filed in a local court in Bihar, challenging the selection of Sachin Tendulkar for Bharat Ratna and charging the Prime Minister and Union Home Minister with hurting peoples’ sentiments. The iconic cricketer has also been named as an accused in the case filed under Indian Penal Code Sections 420 (offences relating to cheating and dishonesty) 419 (punishment for cheating by personation), 417 (punishment for cheating), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 120(B) (punishment of criminal conspiracy). The case filed in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate S P Singh by local lawyer Sudhir Kumar Ojha said the selection of Sachin Tendulkar for the country’s highest civilian honour and not legendary hockey player Dhyanchand has hurt the sentiments of the people of the country. The petitioner has charged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Union Home Minister
Sushilkumar Shinde, Union Sports Minister Bhanwar Jitendra Singh and secretary to the Union Sports Ministry with hurting the people’s sentiments by deleting Dhyan chand’s name to accommodate Tendulkar’s wish for the highest national honours. The case has been admitted by the CJM, who fixed 10 December as the date of hearing. The petitioner has made JD(U) MP Shivanand Tiwari a witness in the case. Tiwari had yesterday protested against the selection of Tendulkar on the ground that the star cricketer did not deserve the country’s highest civilian award as he had made millions out of playing the game in contrast to Dhayanchand, who had done the country proud by leading the hockey team to gold medals in successive Olympic Games in the 1920s and 1930s. The UPA government had announced its decision to confer Bharat Ratna on Tendulkar to honour his contributions to cricket within hours of his retirement from cricket.
can citizen of Pakistani descent, in the intelligence collection that preceded the attack,” Riedel wrote. Born Daood Sayed Gilani in Washington, DC, in 1960, Headley changed his name at the behest of LeT to hide his Pakistani identity when travelling abroad. In his guilty confession, Headley, Riedel noted, acknowledged “the raid also was planned with active ISI involvement at every stage. At each of his meetings in Pakistan, he said he met with ISI officers as well as the LeT terror leaders.”
“Sometimes the ISI gave him particular assignments separate from what the LeT asked; for example, tasking him with taking photos of an Indian nuclear facility near Mumbai,” Riedel said. Yet “the Pakistani mastermind of the Mumbai plot, LeT leader Hafiz Saeed, remains free in Pakistan, where he continues to be a darling of the ISI and regularly calls for more attacks on India and America,” Riedel wrote noting “Five years after Mumbai, justice has yet to be served.”
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, center, gives the first loan certificate to a woman as Congress party president Sonia Gandhi, left, and Maharashtra state Governor K. Sankaranarayanan, right watch during the inaugural function of the state owned Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) or the Indian Women’s Bank in Mumbai, on Tuesday, November 19. The bank will focus on lending predominantly to women and companies that focus on women’s activities. (AP Photo)
Chopper scam: India set to cancel deal with AgustaWestland New Delhi, November 19 (reuters): India has decided to cancel a scandaltainted chopper deal with Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland, prejudging the outcome of a meeting on Wednesday between company executives and Defence Ministry officials to discuss the contract, three sources said. The decision draws a line under a dispute that has embarrassed a government heading into elections under a cloud of corruption scandals, and could re-open the contract to rivals, including United Technologies Corp’s Sikorsky Aircraft, EADS’ Eurocopter and Lockheed Martin.
Scrapping the 560 million euro deal to buy 12 helicopters for top politicians will not necessarily lead to New Delhi blacklisting the firm, sources have said, a move some officials fear would set back efforts to modernise the military. However, it closes a chapter of the struggle by AgustaWestland, a division of Italian defence group Finmeccanica, to keep the contract alive. A senior Defence Ministry official said there was no hope that AgustaWestland officials could salvage the deal in the meeting scheduled for Wednesday. “This is just a face-saving exercise by Agusta. But the
government has already decided to cancel the deal because they have violated the integrity pact,” said one of two sources in the ministry who declined to identified. A spokesman for Finmeccanica declined to comment. Under the defence procurement rules, the integrity pact prohibits paying or accepting bribes. The government can cancel a contract if the pact is violated, and the seller has to forfeit any security money it deposited as a bidder. Last month, AgustaWestland called for arbitration in the dispute, but Defence Ministry sources say there is no case for this because the firm breached
the integrity pact. However, under the rules, it could still take the case to an Indian court. The deal for the AW101 helicopters went off track in February after the then-chief executive of Finmeccanica was arrested by Italian police for allegedly paying bribes to secure the deal, prompting India to freeze payments to the company. AgustaWestland said last month that suspension of payment was not provided for under the terms of the contract and that Indian authorities had not responded to its requests for bilateral discussions since April. Italy and India are separately investigating the allegations. AgustaWestland denies
any wrongdoing.
“Going through the motions” The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said in August the Defence Ministry had initially stipulated that the helicopters should be able to fly to an altitude of 6,000 metres (19,685 feet), which meant that AgustaWestland could not compete since the AW101 was certified to fly only to 4,572 metres (15,000 feet). Later, the minimum altitude requirement was lowered to 4,500 metres (14,763 feet), even though the helicopters were expected to be used in mountainous northern and northeastern parts of the country where altitudes are higher, it said.
India took delivery of three helicopters before the deal stalled. Three more have been ready for delivery to India since April, three are close to completion and work has begun on the final three at the company’s plant in Britain, the company said. An industry source said on Tuesday that the decision to scrap the deal came as no surprise after India last month issued a final “show cause” notice to the firm seeking to end it. “It does look like the ministry of defence is just going through the motions, that the result is prejudged,” said the industry source, who declined to be identified. An AgustaWestland spokesman in New Delhi said the Defence
Ministry had demanded confidentiality in the show-cause notice, and so he was unable to comment beyond restating the company’s position that there was no evidence of wrongdoing. A Defence Ministry spokesman did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Indian defence deals have been hit by a series of corruption allegations that have plagued sales agreements and hobbled efforts to beef up the armed forces, especially against perceived threats from neighbours China and Pakistan. India is the world’s largest arms importer and has targeted a $100 billion splurge on defence spending over 10 years.
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Suicide bombings near Iran embassy in Beirut BEIRUT, NovEmBER 19 (REUTERs): Two suicide bombings rocked Iran’s embassy compound in Lebanon on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people including an Iranian cultural attache and hurling bodies and burning wreckage across a debrisstrewn street. A Lebanon-based al Qaedalinked group, the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, claimed responsibility and threatened further attacks unless Iran withdraw forces from Syria, where they have backed President Bashar al-Assad’s 2-1/2-year-old war against rebels. Security camera footage showed a man in an explosives belt rushing towards the outer wall of the embassy before blowing himself up, Lebanese officials said. They said a car bomb parked two buildings away from the compound had caused the second, deadlier explosion. The Lebanese army, however, said both blasts were suicide attacks. In a Twitter post, Sheikh Sirajeddine Zuraiqat, the religious guide of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, said the group had carried out the attack. “It was a double martyrdom operation by two of the Sunni heroes of Lebanon,” he wrote. Lebanon has suffered a series of sectarian clashes and bomb attacks on Sunni and Shi’ite Muslim targets which have been linked to the Syrian conflict and which had already killed scores of people this year. Tuesday’s bombing took place on the eve of more talks between world powers and Iran over Tehran’s disputed nuclear programme. They came close to agreeing an interim deal during negotiations earlier this month. The bombs also struck as Assad’s forces extended their military gains in Syria before peace talks which the United Nations hopes to convene in mid-December and which Iran says
directly or indirectly that he is serving the interests of the Zionist entity (Israel),” Roknabadi said. He did not say whether other embassy officials were among the dead, but Lebanese TV stations quoted Iranian diplomatic sources as saying none of their staff in the embassy was hurt.
A Lebanese man tries to pull a dead body out of a burned car, at the scene where two explosions have struck near the Iranian Embassy killing several, in Beirut, Lebanon, on November 19. The blasts in south Beirut’s neighborhood of Janah also caused extensive damage on the nearby buildings and the Iranian mission. The area is a stronghold of the militant Hezbollah group, which is a main ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad in the civil war next door. (AP Photo)
it is ready to attend. Shi’ite Iran actively supports Assad against mostly Sunni rebels two of its Revolutionary Guard commanders have been killed in Syria this year - and, along with Hezbollah fighters, it has helped turn the tide in Assad’s favour at the expense of rebels backed and armed by Sunni powers Saudi Arabia and Qatar. CULTURAL ATTACHE KILLED “At one entrance of the Iranian embassy I counted six bodies outside,” Reuters television cameraman Issam Abdullah said. “I saw body parts...thrown two streets away.
There is huge damage.” The embassy’s sturdy metal gate was twisted by the blasts, which Lebanon’s Health Minister Ali Hassan Khalil said killed 23 people and wounded 146. An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said the bombs were “an inhuman and vicious act perpetrated by Israel and its terror agents”, Iran’s IRNA news agency reported. Israeli lawmaker Tzachi Hanegbi said his country had played no role. “The bloodshed in Beirut is a result of Hezbollah’s involvement in the Syria crisis. Israel was not involved in the past and was not involved here,” he
said in Jerusalem. Iran’s ambassador Ghazanfar Roknabadi identified one of the dead as Ebrahim Ansari, a cultural attache who was on his way to work at the diplomatic compound when the bombs exploded. Fires engulfed cars outside the embassy and the facades of some buildings were torn off. Shattered glass covered the bloodied streets and some trees were uprooted, but the embassy’s well-fortified building itself suffered relatively minor damage. “Whoever carries out such an attack in these sensitive circumstances, from whichever faction, knows
CONDEMNATION Britain’s Foreign Secretary William Hague condemned what he described as a “shocking terrorist attack” and France expressed “solidarity with the Lebanese and Iranian authorities”. Politicians from across Lebanon’s Sunni, Shi’ite and Christian communities also condemned the attack. In Syria, the government said its soldiers took full control of the town of Qara, which straddles a highway from Damascus to government strongholds on the coast and is also used by Sunni rebels to cross into Syria from Lebanon. The capture of Qara may mark the start of a wider offensive by the army, which has been backed by Hezbollah and Shi’ite fighters from Iraq, to recapture the mountainous border region of Qalamoun and further consolidate Assad’s control of territory around Damascus and close to the Lebanese border. Hezbollah’s military role in Syria has helped inflame sectarian tension there and in Lebanon. Many Lebanese Sunnis back the Syrian rebels, while many Shi’ites support Assad, whose minority Alawite sect derives from Shi’ite Islam. Ayham Kamel, Middle East analyst with Eurasia Group, said the embassy bombing was an attempt by supporters of the Sunni rebels to weaken Hezbollah and Iran’s support for Assad, undermine the Qalamoun campaign and potentially pressure Tehran before Wednesday’s nuclear
Estimated 65% turnout in Nepal CA poll Indonesian president steps
KAThmANDU, NovEmBER 19 (IANs): Defying boycott calls by a coalition led by hardline Communists, an estimated 65 percent of eligible electors in Nepal Tuesday voted for a second Constituent Assembly to pull the Himalayan nation out of the series of political crises it has been facing for the past almost five years. Polling ended at 5 p.m. Tuesday in a largely peaceful election -- marred by sporadic incidents of violence of minor nature in some parts of the country -- with the Election Commission initially estimating a turnout of 65 percent. Citing Election Commission updates, media reports said around 65 percent vote had been cast. “Election has largely been peaceful here,” Mohan Lal G.C., an election officer deputed at Jawalakhel, Lalitpur-3 polling station, was quoted as saying by Nepalnews.com during a field observation of the booths. “I found that people were very enthusiastic to cast their vote. Our turnout here in this polling station was more than 70 percent,” he said. Meanwhile, it has been learnt that the vote count of accessible areas will begin from Tuesday evening itself. During the course of the day’s polling, a bomb went off in the capital near a polling station, in which three children were injured. They were admitted to Bir Hospital, Xinhua reported. In another incident, a voting centre at Chamunda Hadakot in Dailekh constituency No.2 was attacked by cadres of the poll-opposing Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M), who then took away the ballot box. Police fired in the air to bring the situation under control, Nepalnews.com report-
ed. Voting at the centre was stalled after the incident. In another incident, cadres of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum-Nepal (MJF-N) and the United Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) clashed at Kochiya village in Rautahat constituency-3. The situation was brought under control after police fired in the air. At Thulopaatal polling station in Dolakha, six people, including Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Maoist Leninist (CPN-UML) leader Shanti Pakhrin, were injured in an attack following which five armed people were arrested, according to Nepalnews.com. A total of 12,147,865 voters registered with the Election Commission were eligible to cast their votes. Voter ID cards were introduced to make the election process transparent. Around 17,000 candidates from 120 political parties are in the fray for 575 seats under both the direct and proportional representation election systems. Another 26 members will be nominated by the cabinet on the basis of national consensus to fill the 601-member house. In the previous elections, 54 political parties were in fray, and 25 out of them found representation in the 601-member Constituent Assembly, which was dissolved last year after it failed to finalise a new constitution for the Himalayan nation. The UCPN-M had emerged as the largest party in the previous polls. “I voted (for the) second time with a hope that parties will draft a new constitution within a year. The new constitution will lead us to stability and prosperity,” Shankar Dhakal, who voted from Kathmandu, told Xinhua Tuesday morning.
‘Selfie’ is word of the year
LoNDoN, NovEmBER 19 (AP): Michelle Obama shared one with her “first dog” Bo, Hillary Clinton tweeted one with her daughter Chelsea. Now “selfie” - the smartphone self-portrait - has been declared word of the year for 2013, according to Britain’s Oxford University Press. The publisher of the Oxford dictionaries said Tuesday that “selfie” saw a huge jump in usage in the past year, bursting from the confines of Instagram and Twitter to become mainstream shorthand for any selftaken photograph. Researchers behind the renowned dictionaries pick a prominent word or expression in the English language each year that best reflects the mood of the times. Previous words of the year have included “unfriend” in 2009, “credit crunch” in 2008, “carbon footprint” in 2007 and “Sudoku” in 2005. Judy Pearsall, the editorial director for Oxford Dictionaries, said “selfie” appeared to have been first used in 2002 on an Australian online forum, and the hashtag #selfie appeared on the photo-sharing website Flickr in 2004. “But usage wasn’t widespread until around 2012, when ‘selfie’ was being used commonly in mainstream media,” she said. Australian English sometimes uses the suffix “-ie” — such as barbie for barbeque and tinnie for a can of beer — which helps to explain where “selfie” may have come from, Pearsall added. Oxford usually assigns a separate word of the year to the U.S. and to the U.K., but it said “selfie” captured the imagination on both sides of the Atlantic this year. The term beat other buzzwords including “twerk,” the sexually provocative dance move that got a huge boost in usage thanks to an attention-grabbing performance by pop star Miley Cyrus; “showrooming,” the practice of visiting a shop to look at a product before buying it online at a lower price; and “Bitcoin,” the digital currency that gained widespread media attention.
up pressure on Australia JAKARTA, NovEmBER 19 (AP): Indonesia’s president stepped up the pressure on Australia on Tuesday over allegations its neighbor tapped calls from his phone, saying the action was deplorable and will lead to a review of cooperation agreements. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in an Indonesian language tweet confirmed by his office said: “I also deplore the statement of Australian Prime Minister who underestimates the wiretapping of Indonesia, without sense of guilt.” A later English tweet used the word regret instead of deplore, and said the statement “belittled this tapping matter on Indonesia, without any remorse.” Indonesia had already announced on Monday that it was recalling its ambassador from Australia following reports that Australian spies attempted to listen to the president’s cellphone in 2009. Australian Broadcasting Corp. and The Guardian reported that they had documents from National Security Agency leaker Ed-
ward Snowden showing that the top-secret Australian Signals Directorate also targeted the phones of Indonesian first lady Kristiani Herawati and eight other government ministers and officials. Yudhoyono tweeted that Indonesia wanted an official response from Australia “that can be understood by the public.” “We will also review a number of bilateral cooperation agreements as a consequence of this hurtful action by Australia.” Indonesian Presidential Spokesman for Foreign Affairs Teuku Faizasyah confirmed the tweets. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott told Parliament Tuesday he regretted any embarrassment that the spying reports had caused Yudhoyono, but ruled out Indonesian demands for an apology and explanation. “I regard President Yudhoyono as a good friend of Australia, indeed as one of the very best friends that we have anywhere in the world,” Abbott said. “That’s why ... I sincerely regret any embarrassment that recent
GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND
DIRECTORATE OF SOCIAL WELFARE NAGALAND :: KOHIMA
NO.SW/ESTT-53/99(PT)
Dated Kohima, the 19th Nov. 2013
NOTIFICATION As per advertisement NO.SW/ESTT-53/99(PT) dtd. 1st October 2013 of Social Welfare Department for recruitment to the post of 15 (fifteen) LDA-Cum-Computer Assistant and two posts of Stenographer, the written examination will be conducted on 15th December 2013 (Sunday) at 10:00 A.M in the following Schools at Kohima. Sl. Name of School Roll No. Total No. 1 Govt. Higher Secondary School, 1 to 900 (LDA) 900 Kohima 2 G.Rio Higher Secondary School, 901 to 1400 (LDA) 500 Kohima 3 NPSC 1401 to 2200 (LDA) 800 4 Kohima Arts College 2201 to 3500 (LDA) 1300 5 Alder College, Kohima 3501 to 4200 (LDA) 700 6 Bayavü English School, Kohima 4201 to 4341 (LDA) 255 1 to 114 (Stenographer) Therefore all the candidates are hereby directed to be in the Examination Venues as shown above. Further, the candidates are reminded to bring the Admit card on the day of written test without which candidates will not be allowed to sit in the written test. Use of calculator, Mobile Phone and electronic gadgets are prohibited in the Examination Hall. Anyone found indulging in unfairmeans shall be expelled on the spot. (KHEVITO T.SHOHE) Director.
talks. “While sectarian tensions in Lebanon will increase, Hezbollah’s retaliatory response will be centred on Syria where (it) will further commit military forces to eliminate the Sunni rebel threat along the Syrian-Lebanese borders,” he said. The Abdullah Azzam Brigade, which claimed the attack, has strong links in Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camps as well as connections with the Gulf - two of its senior military leaders are Saudi nationals, said Charles Lister, an analyst at IHS Jane’s Terrorism and Insurgency Centre. “This attack is a significant escalation. After months and months of speculation, an al Qaeda-linked group has now underlined its involvement in the Syria-related Lebanese theatre,” he said. Syrian Information Minister Omran Zoabi implicitly blamed Saudi Arabia and Qatar for supporting radical militants, who have been blamed for previous attacks against Shi’ite targets. Footage from local news channels showed charred bodies on the ground as flames rose from stricken vehicles. Emergency workers and residents carried victims away in blankets. “These kinds of explosions are a new and dangerous development,” said the head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc in Lebanon, Mohammad Raad. Southern Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold, was hit by three explosions earlier this year. Those attacks were blamed on groups linked to the Syrian rebels, believed to be in retaliation for the group’s military role in Syria. Three decades ago, Iranianbacked Shi’ite militants carried out devastating suicide bombings in Lebanon that hit the U.S. embassy, as well as U.S., French and Israeli military bases.
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DIRECTORATE OF TOURISM NAGALAND: KOHIMA
media reports have caused him.” Without confirming or denying the truth of reports of spying in 2009, Abbott endorsed Australia’s intelligence gathering in that era before he was elected to government. “National security ... requires a consistent determination to do what’s best for Australia and that’s why this government will support the national security decisions of previous ones, as we will expect future governments to respect ours,” he said. “Australia should not be expected to apologize for the steps we take to protect our country now or in the past, any more than other governments should be expected to apologize for the similar steps that they have taken,” he said.
NO.TOUR (REGD)-2/2013-14/276 Dated Kohima the 19th Nov ’2013
RESULT OF SELECTED CANDIDATES The following candidates are hereby selected for registration of Govt. recognised private tourist guides, based on merit in Screening Test/Interview held on the 14th ,15th and 16th November 2013 at the Directorate of Tourism, Nagaland,Kohima: Sl.No Name of the Candidate 1 Mr.Kezevilier Zinyu 2 Mr.Mughaka H.Chophy 3 Ms.Shwilole Keppen 4 Ms.Abenla Jamir 5 Mr.H.Nahmei Konyak 6 Mr.Veshehu Kezo 7 Mr.Yanpong 8 Mr.Pitoka K.Achumi 9 Mr. Philemon Shangne 10 Mr. Imsuyatet 11 Mr. Rokongulie Meyase 12 Mr. Yonglong Konyak 13 Mr.Sangti Stephen Konyak 14 Mr.Keneizelhou Ruvie-o 15 Mr.T.Rhondamo Philip Humtsoe 16 Mr.Tsulensa (Purakhu Angami) Addl.Director (HoD)
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DEPARTMENT OF POWER
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER: NAGALAND: KOHIMA NO.CEL/TRDG/2013/3211
Dt. Kohima, the 18th Nov’2013.
INVITATION TO BID FOR PURCHASE OF POWER ON FIRM BASIS THROUGH COMPETITIVE BIDDING DEPT OF POWER GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND wishes to invite offers from the licensed power traders and utilities (BIDDERS) for Purchase of power from interstate sources on short-term basis commencing from 1st December 2013 to 31st January 2014. 2. Bidders are required to submit their price bid as under; QUANTUM RE*BID PRICE MONTH TIME SLOTS QUIRED (MW) (RS. /KWH) 15 DECEMBER 2013 6.00 to 17.00 Hrs 1st -31st December 17.00 to 22.00 Hrs 30 6.00 to 17.00 Hrs 15 JANUARY 2014 1st -31st January 7.00 to 22.00 Hrs 30 * PRICE INCLUDES TRADING MARGIN 3. The Electricity Trading Companies are required to submit a copy of their valid license issued by CERC. 4. The delivery point shall be at the NER periphery. 5. Bids must be delivered to Dept. of Power at the address mentioned at Para 8 below. Bids will be received and opened in presence of Bidders' representatives who choose to be present, as per following schedule: Last date & time for submission of bids 25th Nov.2013 at 1100 hrs Bid opening date & time 25th Nov.2013 at 1300 hrs 6. Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of Rs 1 (one) Lakh in the form of Bank Draft/ Bank Guarantee issued by any Nationalised /Scheduled Bank in the prescribed format. The Bid Security of the successful bidders(s) shall be converted into "Contract Performance Guarantee" and shall be refunded only after the said bidder(s) have fulfilled all obligations under the contract. 7. Interested bidders snail obtain the detailed "Terms and Conditions" from Dept. of Power at the address mentioned at Para 8 below. 8. All correspondence/communication with regard to the above shall be made at the following address of Dept. of Power. INVITATION TO BIDS Er. Khose Sale SE (Tech), Phone: 0370 2243149 O/o Chief Engineer (Power), Fax: 0370 2240178 Dept. of Power, Government of Nagaland, Mobile: 9436005291 Kohima - 797 001 E-Mail: cepower1@gmail.com 9. Dept. of Power reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to accept any bid in full or part without assigning any reason for such decision. (Er. K MIACHIEO) Chief Engineer Department of Power Nagaland: Kohima.
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Electoral Roll Observer visits Mon
moN, November 19 (mexN): The Electoral Roll Observer, Neihu Thur, I.A.S, Commissioner and Secretary, Transport, visited Mon district and held a meeting with the District Administrative Officers, Election Department, all political parties, NGOs and civil societies of the district on November 16 at the DC conference hall, Mon. Issues regarding summary revision of electoral roll was discussed in the meeting. The Deputy Commissioner of Mon, Angau I Thou and ADC, Mon Kuko Mero briefed the meeting about the conduct of summary revision of E/Roll and apprised Neihu Thur about the shortage of staff in the district. They informed that all political parties and civil societies of the district have been extending full cooper-
ation for clean e/roll in the district. The Electoral Roll Observer while highlighting the fundamental principles of the summary revision, emphasized on clean and accurate E/roll in the state.
He informed that any persons who attain the age of 18 years on January 1 are qualified and genuine to be enrolled in the E/Roll compulsorily, and urged the BLOs not to leave out genuine persons.
At the same time, he said that the purpose of the summary revision is to clean up errors like under age voters, dead voters, shifted voters and multiple entry of a voter in different polling booths. He also
Dimapur, November 19 (mexN): An advocacy sensitization programme on HIV/AIDS with ‘B’ Coy, 164 Inf. Bn. (T.A) (H&H) Naga was held at Rangapahar, Dimapur on November 15. The District AIDS Prevention and Control Unit (DAPCU), Dimapur and ‘B’ Coy, 164 Inf. Bn. (T.A) (H&H) Naga Regiment jointly organized it. The programme was
an initiative of Nagaland State AIDS Control Society (NSACS), Kohima. Major K. Kaping of ‘B’ Coy, 164 Inf. Bn. (T.A) (H&H) Naga, in his welcome note thanked the DAPCU team and the NSACS, Kohima for organizing the programme and for reaching out to the Jawans in giving awareness and education on HIV/ AIDS. The participants were sensitized on “Basics
of HIV/AIDS”, which was shared by Yanger Aier, M&E Asst, DAPCU Dimapur. He highlighted the main routes of HIV transmission, preventive measures and the myths and misconceptions of HIV/AIDS. Atsung, Program Manager of Prodigals Home (Migrants) shared on the topic of STI and the sign and symptoms of STI. Mecievinuo Zhotso, DPO, DAPCU Dimapur
highlighted on the topic of stigma and discrimination associated with HIV/AIDS, the root cause, types, consequence and overcoming HIV related stigma and discrimination. A press note received here informed that altogether 91 participants attended the program, out of which 67 jawans including the senior officials came forward for voluntary blood testing.
tsemiNyu, November 19 (mexN): One-day sensitization programme on Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) & Child Rights on the theme “Ensure childhood for every child” was organised by District Child Protection Unit (DCPU)-Kohima at Tseminyu on November 9. Joint Director (Social Welfare) & Society Director-State Child Protection Scheme (SCPS) elaborated
on Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) and Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS). He also shared about the children rescued from the hands of Father/Pastor Jacob from Rajasthan and about Observation Homes. Resource person Megoneituo Kielienyü (Legal cum Probation Officer) emphasized on Child Rights and Juvenile Justice Act (JJ Act). Meanwhile, Joicy Nganga
Vizo (Account Officer – SCPS) shared on the importance and functions of SCPS & DCPC and also shared on the Child Care Institute (CCI), Specialized Adoption Agency (SSA) Special Home & Open Shelter. Earlier, T. Pungoyi Nienu (Councelor) chaired the programme. Khontele Seb, Dean of Leadership Training Centre (LTC) said the invocation prayer. Ketobu Vitsu (DCPO) delivered welcome and key-
LoNgLeNg, November 19 (mexN): KVK, Longleng ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region Nagaland centre conducted multidisciplinary training cum demonstration on November 15 at KVK office for Farm Women (SHGs) of Hukpang village, Longleng district. The programme started with self introduction followed by training on Farrowing Management in pig
by Dr. Lily Ngullie SMS (Animal Science). She deliberated mainly on care during and after farrowing. K. Lily Rangnamei SMS (Horticulture) shared about the production technology of tomato. Like some of the other districts, the farmers here too cultivate in the summer season only but showed their willingness to try it in the winter season as an off-season crop, a press release stated.
Dimapur, November 19 (mexN): The staff and volunteers of Don Bosco Society of Dimapur, working for the Young at Risk (YaR) had a workshop at Don Bosco Provincial House Dimapur, conducted by Fr. Mathew Thomas, National Secretary for YaR, Delhi on November 15. The purpose of the workshop was to disseminate and strengthen the policies and governance of the constitution of the Young at Risk. Representatives from Don Bosco I-Card Jorhat, Sacred Heart Theological College Shillong, DBVTC Dimapur, Boscome Dimapur, Salesian College Dimapur, Don Bosco Dibrugarh, Don Bos-
co Golaghat, Don Bosco Kohima enthusiastically participated at the workshop. The Workshop was primarily organized to standardize the work for the Young at risk. The young at risk, are those who require special attention and care such as street involved children, child labourers, abandoned orphans, young prisoners or children in conflict with the law, young substance-abusers, children of displaced communities, children in the sex-trade and children affected by HIV/AIDS. Currently there are 73 centres in different parts of India where the young at risk are catered to by the Don Bosco society.
informed that enrolment of illegal immigrants, primarily from Bangladesh, should be erased from the E/roll with collective efforts. He also stated that inaccurate census affects the planning and development
of a society and added that meaningful planning requires accurate census of the population. Neihu further called for improvement and refinement of the E/Roll with Christian principles of sincerity and facilitate in bringing out clean and accurate E/Roll for effective planning and development in the state. Informing that cent percent photo E/Roll would be used in the coming Lok Shabha Election, he said any correction can be done easily because the final publication of the E/roll is decentralized and will be published in the respective districts. In order to achieve clean and accurate E/Roll with cent percent photo, he sought the cooperation of the NGOs & Civil Society and Town & village councils.
note address. Vote of thanks was delivered by Ruovizonuo Sekhose (Accountant). The programme was attended by SCPS officials, CDPO-Tseminyu, village leaders, women organizations, student leaders, Anganwadi workers and various NGO’s. Around 150 people attended the programme under Tseminyu Block. This was informed in a press release issued by Assistant DEO MeneO Sanchu, DCPU Kohima.
Kohima, November 19 (mexN): Nehru Yuva Kendra, Kohima organised district youth convention cum cultural programme at LCS Building, Kohima coinciding with NYKS Foundation Day on November 14, 2013. Medovoto Yhokha, President, Angami Youth Organisation graced the occasion as special guest. In his brief and concise speech, he enlightened the youth gathered from all the RD Blocks under Kohima District and National Youth Corp to face the process of globalisation and its consequences that displaces the world order in its entirety, bringing drastic shift in values, perceptions and responses, making change a crucial tag for success and survival. He pointed out that the door to bright future remains elusive until one change
and work to establish an atmosphere of peace, tranquillity and create a life free from fear, free from all oppressive parasitic organisations, corruptions and vices. He also stated environment and material advancement and unending wanton destructions of our natural forces have become the greatest challenge for the generation to respond to, as environmental issues have become a life crisis. A press release issued by programme incharge, NYKK Ruokuovikho Chale informed that on the day, in Cultural Duet Competition, Roselyn Khobve and Khriezovinuo Kuotsu of Zhadima Village bagged the first prize, Avizono Yhoshü and Lavino Zhasa of Kigwema Village got second and Rokoselie Meyase and Kevilhousa of Khonoma Village secured third position.
Meanwhile, Er. P. Chowdhury SMS (SWCE) demonstrated on performance evaluation of Maize Sheller (with and without stand). Thungchano Ezung, Progamme Asst. (Home Science) demonstrated on Tapioca chips and Ginger candy making. She emphasized on hygienic procedure, texture attributes and packaging methods to be attained during chips processing.
E. Lireni Kikon SMS (Plant Protection) demonstrated Oyster mushroom cultivation. The groups expressed interest to cultivate mushroom but non-availability of the spawn was pointed out and for which KVK assured them to look after it. The farmers burn all the straw after harvest especially in Jhum fields as they go for second year cultivation. However, the release said,
some of the groups promised to collect it beforehand and utilize it as a substrate for mushroom production. Altogether 30 farm women representing five different SHGs from Hukpang village attended the daylong programme. The programme concluded with an active interaction between the participants and various subject specialists.
(L-R) DC Mon, Angau I Thou; Electoral Poll Observer, Neihu Thur and ADC Mon, Kuko Mero.
NSACS initiates prog on HIV/AIDS for jawans District youth convention cum cultural prog held
Sensitization on ICPS and Child Rights held
Purana Bazaar council conducts liquor raid
Dimapur, November 19 (mexN): The Purana Bazaar Village Council conducted a series of raids at various shops and business establishments reported to be selling liquor under the pretext of running other legal business in the jurisdiction of the village council over the course of last week and seized a large quantity of assorted liquor. The council members led by its chairman N. Hozheto Achumi conducted raids on the shops selling liquor as per the council’s resolution to enforce a blanket ban on selling of liquor in the village jurisdiction. N. Hozheto Achumi stated that the council would not tolerate anyone selling liquor in Purana Bazaar village and warned that the council would seize and shut down any business establishment in the village found selling liquor. Liquor seized during the raid was later destroyed by the village council. Photo caption: PBVC members with liquor seized during raids conducted by the PVC.
TBAN express sadness
KVK Longleng conducts multidisciplinary training
Workshop on YaR policies & governance
Dimapur, November 19 (mexN): Tangkhul Baptist Association, Nagaland (TBAN) has expressed sadness at the demise of Rev Dr Jh. Thumra, while thanking God for “such a man of his age in our region”. A condolence message appended by TBAN secretary Rev. Rozarim Woleng stated that the Lord used Rev Dr Thumra in “moulding” the church by producing thousands of trained pastors and Christian workers in North East India and beyond. “Though he has gone to be with the Lord we will remember his as one who was an outstanding administrator, educator, and a great defender of our faith amidst adversities,” it read. TBAN further prayed that the Lord comforts his wife, children, grandchildren and A 10 ft. long horn of a buffalo preserved for 40 years by Yevito near and dear ones at the Shohe at Hakhizhe village under Niuland. The buffalo was 20 years old when killed. (Morung Photo) time of bereavement.
Where is our civic sense? Who is responsible for this scattered rotten debris? It has become a safe haven and abundantly available daily meal for the thousand of rats of the town. This is no other than the daily Bazaar in Longleng. Photo Courtesy: Belong Phom
Leadership seminar for police officers
Dimapur, November 19 (mexN): A seminar on “Right Leadership” was held for police officers on November 16 at SP Office’s conference hall, Dimapur. Apostle Rev Luoliehu Yimsung, coordinator of Global Indigenous Prayer Network, Australia and Initiator and Ambassador at large of Overseas Naga Association was the resource person. He shared on the key factors of leadership, “which is so essential for a policeman whose duty is to respond and lead from the front in many life and
death situations,” stated a press release issued by Addl. Superintendent of Police/ PRO. Yimsong emphasized on the formula for building a winning team and also cautioned the group on the impact of a weak player on the team. The speaker underlined on the need to have good and responsible leaders in the police force with strong character so the high morale of the force is maintained. The seminar was attended by police officers from District police and Mahila IR Battalions.
pfutsero, November 19 (mexN): ICAR is promoting backyard poultry farming with superior quality of dual purpose Vanaraja birds throughout Nagaland. As a part of germplasm distribution program under Tribal Sub Plan the ICAR Research Complex for North East Hill Region, Nagaland centre distributed 1000 Vanaraja birds to the women beneficiaries at Pfutsero recently. The distribution was made by a visiting team from ICAR constituting joint director Dr Bidyut C Deka, scientist (Animal Reproduction) Dr Manas Kumar Patra on Saturday last. Besides distribution, Dr. Deka explained various develop-
ment activities like pig breeding, winter maize cultivation, double cropping etc. being undertaken by ICAR research complex, Jharnapani. Practical tips on scientific poultry rearing and future strategies for becoming a successful poultry farmer were delivered by Dr. Patra during the occasion. Altogether 54 women farmers came and received poultry birds along with critical inputs like starter feed for initial month. The program was made successful with the kind initiative taken by Dr. Zave, Director, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of Nagaland, stated a press release received here.
ICAR promotes backyard Vanaraja farming
MEx File NNP+ offer condolences Dimapur, November 19 (mexN): Network of Naga People Living with HIV/AIDS (NNP+) has expressed grief and sorrow at the sudden demise of Dr. Lichamo Yanthan, Joint Director H&FW Nagaland on November 12 while on official duty in Shillong. A press release appended by NNP+ president Naomi Semy stated, “His tireless service and contribution towards the positive Networks shall always be remembered.” Further, it conveyed condolences to the bereaved family.
NPCC President SI Jamir visits Longleng
LoNgLeNg, November 19 (mexN): NPCC President SI Jamir visited DCC (I) Longleng on November 11. Around 250 members were present in the meeting at Congress Bhavan, Longleng. Addressing the meeting, NPCC President highlighted the poor performances of DAN Government in implementing central schemes and various other rampant corruptions that has led the state into turmoil on all front. He specifically pointed out that Longleng district perhaps has the worst road condition especially the road stretching between Changtongya and Longleng. During further interaction, the DCC (I) Longleng assured the visiting NPCC team led by the President that it would continue to extend co-operation by acting as the watchdog on various department wise work implementation and make every effort to support the peace process in Nagaland. Dako Phom, Former Parliamentary Secretary, Shami Angh, Ex- MLA and Lanba, Ex- MLA also attended the meeting. This was stated in a press release issued by DCC (I) Longleng general secretary Namsong Phom.
Child rights programme held in Kiphire
Kiphire, November 19 (mexN): District Child Protection Unit, Kiphire District organized one-day sensitization programme on Integrated Child Protection Scheme and Child Rights under the theme ‘Ensure childhood for every child’ on November 15 and 16 at Pungro and Kiphire. During the programmes, the Joint Director (Social Welfare) and Society Director, State Child Protection Society (SCPS), Kohima spoke on Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) and Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS). He also spoke regarding opening of Observation Home at Kiphire Town and other various schemes under ICDS. Resource person, Bendangwati Sangtam spoke on Child Rights and on the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000. SCPS officials, ADC (Pungro), CDPOs (Pungro and Kiphire), village leaders, church leaders, students leaders, women leaders, Anganwadi workers and other NGOs of both the blocks, attended the programme.
DBS pays tribute to Manna Dey
Dimapur, November 19 (mexN): Dimapur Bangali Samaj celebrated Vijaya Sanmalini and paid tribute to late Manna Dey, renowned singer of Bengal film industry on November 12 at the premises of Sree Sree Ram Thakur Sevashram here. Gracing the occasion as chief guest, Swapan Paul, Sr. advocate delivered a short speech and awarded three prizes for best idol, best decoration (eco friendly) and best lighting in Puja Pandals during the last Durga Puja in Dimapur. One consolation prize for best discipline was also awarded. The prizes comprised trophy, certificate, and cash money. Chairman of Railway & Netaji Colony, Dimapur Z. Chakesang was the guest of honour. A press release issued by press secretary of Dimapur Bangali Samaj, said that the president, members and guests paid floral tributes to late Manna Dey. Meanwhile, K.K. Paul, Advocate and president of the Samaj urged all the Bengalis to remain united and work for the uplift of the society, as well as the State of Nagaland and maintain good relation with other communities.
E-Roll Observer visits Peren district
pereN, November 19 (mexN): E-Roll Observer appointed by the ECI for Peren district, V. Shashank Shekhar (IAS), Commissioner and Secretary to Governor visited Peren on November 14 and had a meeting with all administrative officers and AEO Peren. Some of the issues discussed were the Elector-Population ratio, which is around 60%. The Observer, according to a press release expressed satisfaction as it corresponded to the national average. The gender ratio was also discussed. During the meeting, the Observer raised the issue of illegal immigrants, however till date no such cases have been detected in the E-Roll and the same was made known. The Observer stressed on the fact that the Election Commission wants to use EPIC cards during the forthcoming parliamentary elections and urged all officers to achieve 100% PER coverage.
LBC holds home crusade
Dimapur, November 19 (mexN): Lukhuyimi Baptist Church (LBC) conducted home crusade with the theme 'Escape for thy life', Genesis 19: 17 from October 18 to 20. Rev. Shekiye Z Achumi, Director URF was the speaker and Hovini K Yeputhomi, Diphupar Sumi B/ Church, Ahoni Chophy, Dimapur Sumi B/Church, Pastor Avito Yeputhomi, Nizheto B/Church and Hokhevi Achumi, Ahoto B/Church were Counsellors. The Crusade was well attended by all the villagers from far and near including all the Yeputhomi of Mukhushe clan. The crusade was sponsored by the Yeputhomi of Mukhushe clan. The Lukhuyimi Baptist Church has extended its deepest gratitude to the speaker, counsellors and the Mukhushe clan for the success of the crusade.
PTBC new Church building dedication on Dec 14
pheK, November 19 (Dipr): Phek Town Baptist Church (PTBC) is all set to dedicate its new Church building on December 14 with Rev. Dr. Vezopa Tetseo, Chakhesang Baptist Church Council (CBCC) Executive Secretary as the minister of the occasion. The main speaker of the congregation will deliver by Rev. Dr. VK Nuh, General Secretary, Fellowships’ of Nagaland Baptist Association (FNBA), who will speak on the topic “Christ is the head of the Church”. Rev. Khrotso mero, Sr. Pastor, Chakhesang Baptist Church, Kohima (Ketsobouzo) will pronounce closing prayer. Kuvesuluh Khusoh and Miathosino Chiroh shall act as cantor and pianist. Thereafter, there will be dedicatory feast for all the members and well-wishers presence. Therefore, all the members of the church and invitees are requested to come in the dedicatory programme.
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he scooped the Best Actress Oscar in 2003 for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in The Hours. And while that particular Academy
Award is the one most coveted by all actresses, it wasn't as happy a moment as it should have been for Nicole Kidman. The 46-year-old has opened up about the bittersweet victory in a new interview in the December issue of the Australian version of Harper's Bazaar. Nicole apparently told the magazine that winning such a prestigious award 'can show you the empti-
ness of your own life, which is kind of what it showed me.' The star had divorced from Tom Cruise less than two years earlier, and recalled how she 'was having professional success and my personal life was struggling.' She previously told Vanity Fair of portraying Woolf: 'Walking into the river with those stones in my pockets - I chose life. At the time, I was at a low point, and by playing her, it put me into a place of appreciating life.' Nicole graces the cover of the issue, in which she replicates the 1992 holiday cover for the US issue, which starred Kate Moss holding a snow globe. The stark spread shot by James White - also shows the To Die For actress in a strapless black lace gown with a plunging neckline. Nicole's milky alabaster complexion nearly blends in with the white background in both elegant images. Nicole is married to Keith Urban and is enjoying taking on smaller roles so that she can focus on family life more these
days. 'I’m not carrying the whole film, and it’s not six to seven months’ work like ‘Moulin Rouge!,' the actress said. 'I get to come for three weeks and then go home.' The three-time Golden Globe winner's husband of seven years discussed their marriage in the November 15 edition of People magazine. The Australian beauty is seen wearing an ultrasheer white lace gown designed by Giorgio Armani Privé and a stylish top-bun. 'Nic and I say, "Balance is never achieved; it's just maintained,"' the 46-yearold country crooner said. 'I'm a guy, so I'm not used to having to maintain anything. I'm used to achieving something, and good, that's done, move on to the next thing. No, no, this marriage, this family, it's a garden. It's not fixed and then you move on; it's maintained on a daily basis. I finally get that now.' The American Idol judge is currently on the road for his Light the Fuse tour, which next plays the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, NH Thursday. The busy couple share two daughters - five-year-old
Sunday Rose and two-yearold Faith Margaret. And Kidman also has two adopted children 21-year-old Isabella and 18-year-old Connor - with
ex-husband Cruise. The Moulin Rouge stunner was last seen Tuesday wigging out on the London set of Paddington as an evil taxidermist called Milli-
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yet again to a night of music as the monthly MTF Live series came back into town, performing for the 6th phase of the series were Making Merry and newly formed D.Zara. Opening the show for the night were newly formed band D. Zara with a pot pourri of young and brilliant artists who set the crowd grooving with their pop rock and Indie rock covers. D Zara, which stands for spreading radiance and joy to the youth through their music comprise of 5 members. Diana Nakhro - Lead vocalist of the band was a solo performer before D.Zara was formed. Diana started singing from when she was in her 8th standard starting with a performance at the inaugural function of Unitex inc. and later on at the Music safari. She recently shared the stage with Moanungsang (former Naga Idol) and opened the show for Mary Kom at Niathu Resort. She is presently a BA 1st year student of Sazolie College, Kohima. Kavika Achumi - the second vocalist of the band, has already performed in Orrisa, Shillong, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana with experience in singing for more than 4 years. Kavika also shared the stage with the famous Indian band Medusa. He is presently a class 12 student of Christian Higher Secondary School, Dimapur. Imkong walling-The bassist of the band played in four bands before joining D. Zara. A student of BA 1st year of Baptist college Kohima with experience in music for more than 3 year, Imkong has also experience in Church music. Bendang Jamir-The lead guitarist of the band also played officially in 4 bands before joining D.Zara. With more than 12 years of experience in music and Bendang is presently working as a music teacher
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Kohima in Maharashtra. Samanier Jamir- The drummer of the band has an experience of more than 10 years sharing the stage with many renowned bands. Highlight of the night were recent winners of the NSACS Zero Campaign, Making Merry. The band went on to winning Campus live beats early 2011, a win that had the band change the running completely from a side project band to a proper band. The whole concept of the band is to share different stories like any other band would do through their music. Always looking for new sounds and not sure of what they really play! They love to keep it that way. The band members are Chuba Jamir (percussion) - Started his musical background in high school, starting out with his first love as a praise and worship leader and an acoustic guitar player! Soon picked up drumming and has never left the P&W team. Sanen Kichu (keyboard/guitar) Coming from a highly musical background, has never lost touch in it. From his very young age he would be seen around with a big jumbo acoustic guitar and the gift of all. Jungshi Aier - (bass) picked up music as a classical guitarist and also a vocalist always has been a good listener and a learner who learned his way in music from all his uncles who knew music. Much to his work and an unforeseen contingency, bass playing was to become his part of life because he never performed a single classical recital. Instead, he used to play bass for bands before Making Merry. His vigilant exertion of package that he holds for the band is exquisite and very dynamic. Sunep Oz (vocal) has a dramatic history in music. Growing up with not so
musical family, he started as a drummer boy playing punk rock. With much of the scene around his locality, Metal music introduced him to express his feelings and soon associated in vocal. Aling Langu (guitar) has a straight up genuine history in music. Picked up guitar as his greatest weapon and still strumming to his glory Jackson guitar.
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Bulls find their way to beat Bobcats CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 19 (AP): Luol Deng and the Bulls found a way to win, so this ugly game looked just fine to them. Deng scored 21 points and the Bulls overcame a rough shooting night to beat the Charlotte Bobcats 86-81 on Monday for their fifth straight victory. "As I told our guys, it got choppy, particularly in the second quarter, and they do that to you. They're very good defensively," Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said. "I thought in the second half we did a better job of getting the ball to the second side, which you have to do." Carlos Boozer had 12 points and 17 rebounds for Chicago, which is on its longest winning streak since taking eight in a row from Feb. 20-March 7, 2012. Jimmy Butler had 14 points and Derrick Rose finished with 12. Deng's 3-pointer with 27.1 seconds remaining gave the Bulls an 85-81 lead. Gerald Henderson then missed for the Bobcats, and Rose had a free throw to help Chicago wrap it up. The Bulls went 26 for 31 at the foul line, compared to 8 for 16 for the Bobcats. "We fought hard. Obviously, the difference in the game was the difference in free throws," Bobcats coach Steve Clifford said. "You come here and they're a great team, they're well prepared. You can't get outscored by 18 at the free-throw line. That's the game in a nutshell." Rose, who hit a careerhigh six 3-pointers in the Bulls' 110-94 win Saturday
Chicago Bulls' Derrick Rose (1), drives around Charlotte Bobcats' Josh McRoberts (11), during the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game in Chicago, Monday, Nov. 18. (AP Photo)
over Indiana, went 4 for 13 from the field. The Bulls shot 27 of 75 (36 percent) overall. "We'll take it," said Rose, who played 31 minutes in his second game back after missing Chicago's win at Toronto on Friday with a sore right hamstring. Butler missed part of the game with a right toe injury but came back with 6:35 left in the fourth. Charlotte was looking for its fourth consecutive road victory and third
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in four games overall, but it was unable to take advantage of the Bulls' poor shooting. Once again, the Bobcats struggled from the floor despite a strong effort in the paint. The Bobcats were shooting a leagueworst 40.2 percent from the field coming into the day, and they were 28th from 3-point range at 29.3 percent. On Monday, they shot 36.3 percent despite outscoring the Bulls 38-28 in the paint.
"We played hard the whole game," said Henderson, who made two free throws with 51.3 seconds left to cut the Bulls' lead to one. "We came out a little sluggish. We played them hard. We just didn't come up with the plays at the end of the game, defensively." Jeffery Taylor led Charlotte with a career-high 20 points and Henderson had 16 in a game that featured two of the league's top defensive teams.
SBI to be the lead sponsor for hornbill cycle rally DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 19 (MExN): The State Bank of India (SBI) has announced that it will to be the Lead Sponsor for the 2nd Annual Hornbill Cycle Rally 2013 with the theme ‘See Green, See Life – Save the Hornbill.’ David Kire, Chief Manager, SBI, RBO lauded Alaphra Group and Department of Tourism for organizing such a grand event. He also stated that SBI being a first bank to introduce green banking is proud to be associated with the 2nd Annual Hornbill Cycle Rally. A press note informed that SBI has also opened a paperless banking centre in Kohima. Kire stated that time to time lot many CSR activities are being done by SBI & will continue the same in future as well. The Hornbill Cycle Rally is an adventure sport aimed to promote tourism and introduce cycling as a professional sport in Nagaland. With this year’s theme ‘See Green See Life - Save the Hornbill’ it will also create awareness and draw attention to the impor-
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tance of environmental conservation, a healthy lifestyle and energy conservation. The Hornbill Cycle Rally will be held on December 8 and the rally will be flagged from High Court Junction, Merima to Kisama Heritage Village. Hornbill Cycle Rally is being organized by Alaphra Tourism, travel and tourism division of Alaphra Group, based in Dimapur. This rally is endorsed and sponsored by Department of Tourism and supported by the Department of New and Renewable Energy and Department of Forest, Ecology, Environment & Wildlife. Ricky Ozukum, Managing Director- Alaphra Group stated “We are delighted and grateful to SBI once again for their continuous support in our Go Green Initiative every year and look forward to have another great event. I would also like to encourage one and all to come forward and join this rally and spread the message to save our environment for our better tomorrow”.
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Founder of Nagaland Children’s Home To be held on 20th November 2013 at 12 Noon Venue: Nagaland Children’s Home Diphupar, Dimapur Nigeria's Shola Ameobi, No 23 part hidden, gets past Italy's Angelo Ogbonna, left, to shoot and score a goal during the international friendly soccer match between Italy and Nigeria at Craven Cottage in London, Monday, Nov. 18. (AP Photo)
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LONDON, NOVEMBER 19 (AFP): Italy and Nigeria signed off for the year 2013 with a breathlessly entertaining 2-2 draw in a friendly international at Fulham's Craven Cottage stadium in London on Monday. The match came just two days after Nigeria secured qualification for the World Cup, but Stephen Keshi's much-changed side showed great heart to hit back through Bright Dike and Shola Ameobi after Giuseppe Rossi had marked his international return by breaking the deadlock. Italy equalised shortly after half-time through Emanuele Giaccherini, but despite the Azzurri twice hitting the frame of the goal in an occasionally frenetic second period, they were unable to avoid succumbing to a fourth consecutive draw. Rossi and Mario Balotelli are seen as Italy's first-choice front two in waiting and they provided an illustration of their potential as strike partners by combining for the opening goal in the 12th minute. Balotelli brilliantly turned Azubuike Egwuekwe and fed the onrushing Rossi, who sharply readjusted his feet before lifting a right-foot shot past goalkeeper Austine Ejide. It was Rossi's first Italy goal since June 2011, after he spent 17 months on the sidelines due to a succession of knee injuries. In response, Ogenyi Onazi tested Salvatore Sirigu's reflexes with a 25-yard snapshot, but Italy contin-
ued to press, with Riccardo Montolivo going close and Ejide spreading himself well to block from Balotelli. Nigeria were struggling to assert themselves as an attacking presence, but from nowhere they turned the game around with two goals in four minutes. American-born Dike claimed the equaliser, climbing above Manuel Pasqual to nod home Ameobi's inviting centre, and Ameobi got on the scoresheet himself moments later when he brilliantly converted Francis Benjamin's cross with a near-post volley. Ejide thwarted a pair of half-volleys from Balotelli either side of half-time, but he was beaten in the 47th minute when Antonio Candreva squared for Giaccherini to sweep home an equaliser from 12 yards. Italy coach Cesare Prandelli's substitutions almost proved telling in the second half, with Marco Parolo shooting over after Ejide saved a free-kick from fellow entrant Andrea Pirlo and then hitting the post. Alessio Cerci curled narrowly wide, as did Balotelli, but Nigeria's substitutes also proved influential, with John Ogu drawing a fine save from Sirigu and Emmanuel Emenike hitting the side-netting. Italy finished the game on top, but the closest they came to a winner in a frantic finale was an 85th-minute free-kick from Alessandro Diamanti that rattled the crossbar.
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