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What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you Ecuador quake death toll rises to 350 PAGe 09
reflections
By Sandemo Ngullie
‘Inspiration’ initiative to motivate students launched
7-day ultimatum for broadening of NH-155
IMPHAL, APRIL 18 (IANS): The North Eastern states, reeling under heavy downpour, will receive more rain and witness hailstorms in the next two days, the Met Office said on Monday. Over 400 houses, government offices and other facilities were damaged in Mizoram as a result of rains and strong wind in the past few days. On Sunday, over 20 houses were damaged in Tamenglong district of Manipur. However, there was no casualty. There have been rains and hailstorm in some other districts in Manipur also. Officials told IANS on Monday that information is being collected from remote areas about the damage to houses and standing crops. The government will consider payment of compensations and relief materials only after the full reports in this regard are received. The 110-km-long Imphal-Myanmar TransAsian highway was badly damaged during the January 4 earthquake that measured 6.8 on the Richter scale. The weather office said Tripura, Assam and Meghalaya will be worst hit in the rains and thunderstorms, accompanied by hail, that have been forecast for the next two days.
Dipa Karmakar Creates History, First Indian Woman Gymnast to Qualify for Olympics PAGE 12
Kohima: old secretariat GPrn/nscn & Goi deemed unsafe building extends ceasefire
Fake certificate for job? How many do I have to buy. Huh? I’ve been buying you certificate since you were in class II!
Rain, hailstorm forecast for NE
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— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Occupants asked to move out immediately
DIMAPUR, APRIL 18 (MExN): Office of the Action Plan Committee (APC), Longkhim/Chare has given a seven-day ultimatum to the Nagaland Chief Minister to begin the construction of the road broadening of National Highway 155 from Mokokchung-Tuensang. An open letter addressed to the Chief Minister TR Zeliang pointed out that even after clearing initial necessities such as survey for road broadening; erecting of pillars for demarcation, clearance of No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the villagers (in 2014), cutting down of trees along the highway, the road in question was still lying unattended and work yet to commence. Owing to negligence of road maintenance, the people of Tuensang district have been suffering untold miseries, the Committee said while pointing out that in the last 10 years, the said road was repaired only once by local contractors. It has therefore implored upon the Chief Minister to immediately initiate the work and fulfill the rights of the people of Tuensang district as per Article 275 of the Indian Constitution. The Committee also warned that it would be compelled to initiate indefinite road blockage from April 28, 2016 onwards if their appeal is not complied with.
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A view of old secretariat building in Kohima.
Our Correspondent Kohima | April 18
The Old Secretariat Building, opposite Congress Bhavan is all set to be declared as “unsafe building” for human habitation. This building is presently occupied by RMSA, Land Records & Survey department, Taxes and ECHS Polyclinic. Expressing concern over the dilapidated condition, a decision regarding the same was taken during a meeting of the Administrative Heads of Department (AHODs) and Heads of Departments (HODs) held here today. After hearing the verification report from the Allotment Committee for
the rooms of the Old Secretariat Building, the meeting came into conclusion that the occupants of this building have to vacate it with “immediate effect” and look for alternative arrangement. The committee’s report had highlighted crumbling ceiling as well as buckling columns and structure in the building rendering it unstable and unsafe for habitation. In this regard, the Chief Secretary of the State, Pankaj Kumar directed the housing section of the concern departments to make alternative arrangement within a week time and move out from the Old Secretariat.
Considering the matter seriously, Home Commissioner Neihu C. Thur also said that it was unsafe to remain and work in the old structure and the need for relocation.
Discontinuation of flower supply to civil secretariat
Meanwhile, the meeting also reviewed its last meeting minute on discontinuation of flower supply to Nagaland Civil secretariat. The AHODs and HODs, at its last meeting on February 19, had resolved to discontinue flower in the Nagaland civil secretariat supply from April 1, 2016 as an ‘austerity measure.’ It is learnt that around Rs. 10-
15 lakh is spent annually on such arrangement. At today’s meeting, some officers batted for its continuity citing its aesthetic and sensual benefits while other articulated instead for granting seed money to Nagaland Flower Growers Society so that they can do landscaping and grow flower as per season in the civil secretariat. They also stressed on the need to improve the quality of dilevery but no final decision was taken on this regard. Earlier, a paper presentation on biometric attendance system in the civil secretariat was made by K.D. Vizo, Commissioner& Secretary for Information Technology & Communication Department. Consequently, the Chief Secretary urged all concern to cultivate the habit of using the system to improve attendance and work culture. The meeting also discussed on changed dispensation under the NITI Aayog, new pension scheme, attendance of AHODs and HODs at state function/assembly session, austerity measures, National Electoral Rolls Purification (NERP) 2016 drive among others matters. A presentation on Nagaland Rural Bank was also given at the meeting.
NEW DELHI, APRIL 18 (IANS): The GPRN/NSCN, one of the strongest factions of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland, on Monday extended its ceasefire with the Indian government for another year, but made it clear that it won’t be joining the Naga peace accord as the pact is an understanding between the government and the NSCN-IM. The GPRN/NSCN said the ongoing peace process was not suitable or acceptable comprehensively for the other Naga stakeholders. The move may come as a jolt to the Indian government, which has been trying to bring all the factions of the NSCN onboard the peace accord inked between the government and the NSCN (Isak-Muivah) on August 3, 2015. “The GPRN/NSCN, under the leadership of Khitovi Zhimomi and Gen. Neokpao Konyak, has fundamentally agreed in principle to bring about lasting and meaningful peace in Nagaland with the Naga People. “Therefore, we cannot simply jump into the present arrangement, which is the Naga peace process, since we have also entered into a bilateral ceasefire agreement with the government with unique political dispersions and unique political dimensions,” Jack Zhimomi, supervisor of the GPRN/ NSCN ceasefire supervi-
NSCN-R extends ceasefire with GoI for another year
NSCN-Reformation has extended its ceasefire agreement with the Government of India (GoI) for another year with effect from April 28, 2016, ie, till April 27, 2017 to being about a lasting peace in the State of Nagaland with the involvement of Naga people. The Agreement stated that the Ceasefire will be subject to adherence to the Ceasefire Ground Rules as and mutually agreed by the two sides, which will be subject to mutual review and amendment with the involvement of both the parties. A copy of the ceasefire extension with signature appended by Satyendra Garg, Joint Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, North East Division, and Imlongnukshi Chang, Supervisor, CFSB and Kavishe Sumi, member, NSCN (R) was made available to the media on Monday. sory board, told IANS. The GPRN/NSCN and NSCN (Reformation) extended the ceasefire with the Indian government in the presence of senior home ministry officials in Delhi. Separate meetings were held with the factions. According to the agreement of the ceasefire extension, a copy of which is with IANS, the ceasefire has been extended till April 27, 2017. “Government of India and GPRN/NSCN have mutually decided to extend the ceasefire agreement with affect from April 28, 2016 for a period of one more year i.e. April 27, 2017 to bring about a lasting peace in the state of Nagaland with the involvement of Naga people,” reads the agreement which was appended by Jack Zhimomi
and Chenyim Konyak of the GPRN/NSCN and Satyendra Garg, who is Joint Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, North East Division. On their new decision, Zhimomi said that as the government was already involved in a peace process with the NSCN-IM, it was “impossible” for the other stakeholders to join the process. “For the past many years, the present arrangement (peace process) is exclusively in parlance with one particular group (NSCN-IM) and not others. So therefore, what I feel is that the term inclusive, which the government is referring to as far as the Naga accord is concerned, is neither tenable nor applicable,” said Zhimomi.
‘Kohima is geologically Nagaland launches ‘Ambassador for Girl Child’ unstable and vulnerable’ Our Correspondent Kohima | April 18
• NSDMA Report of Terrain Stability Study of Kohima Town released • Rapid urbanization, haphazard developments had deteriorated diversely the stability of the terrain Our Correspondent Kohima | April 18
Kohima town has been experiencing rapid urbanization and haphazard developments with little planning and such activities had deteriorated diversely the stability of the terrain. This requires systematic and comprehensive assessment of factors promoting instability such as topography, lithology, geological structures, hydrology, land use and land cover, soils, rainfall and anthropogenic activities, which collectively causes slope instability, according to a report of Terrain Stability Study of Kohima Town by Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA). The field study shows that the major triggering factors of instability are anthropogenic activity and excessive rainfall received during the monsoon. It stated that the overloading of slopes or removal of slope support by human interference is a prime concern for slope failure in many areas. “Thus, keeping in view the vulnerability of landslide and seismic activities, proper planning and regulation with strict enforcement of building byelaw would be helpful for planners and administrators to visualize the concept of safety structures and for safer habitant,” the report stated. Terrain instability caused by landslide, subsidence etc in the state capital Kohima were mostly observed to be occurring within settlement areas, induced naturally or by anthropogenic activities, the report stated. Some observations made in the report on the instability of Kohima were construction of roads and buildings without adequate slope structure; inadequate surface and sub-surface drainage in colonies /wards of Kohima town and random obstruction of drainages, poor maintenance of natural drainages, random erection of buildings without site investigation in previous landslide areas and without following proper technical specifications,
no proper building/infrastructure development code for regulation, random increase of overhead load pressure (storied buildings) in steep slope etc. Nagaland Chief Secretary, Pankaj Kumar who released the report in book format on Monday said the study is the result of an investigation carried out by NSDMA during 2014-15 to determine the factors responsible for terrain instability and to map stability zones and hazard zones on GIS platform. In the foreword of the report, the Chief Secretary pointed out that “Kohima, the state capital, is geologically unstable and vulnerable to disasters such as landslide and earthquake.” He said the report marks a “milestone in the journey in preparing Kohima town for taking effective measures against vulnerability to disasters.” Maintaining that the study enables identification of vulnerable zones for land use planning, design early warning systems, and initiate mitigation measures in unstable zones or landslide prone areas, the Chief Secretary noted that the report would be useful for identifying sustainable areas for development in future and taking steps to reduce vulnerability of areas developed. He was also hopeful that the study report would help in enhancing “our preparedness to counter hazards by paving the way for informed and effective decision making at micro and macro levels for developmental and regulatory activities in the state.” Kekhriezavi Lea, geologist at NSDMA, Home Department said terrain stability study of Kohima town was carried out within the constraints of slope pattern, geo-factors, anthropogenic activities land-use/land cover and hydrological conditions. Inherent adverse geological conditions and ecosystem of the hilly terrain cause instability of the area, he said. The geologist said the report would be helpful for planners and regulators for planning purposes in various developmental activities in the state capital. It would also help in dovetailing building codes with the substandard man-made and natural instability of the terrain for mitigating systematically the natural hazards pursuant to the “react-to-known” hazard principle, he added.
Nagaland today launched the “Ambassador for Girl Child” under the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP). Chief Secretary, Pankaj Kumar launched the girl child campaign during the Administrative Heads of Department and Heads of Departments meeting here at Secretariat Conference Hall, Kohima. The Chief Secretary also became the first ambassador of the campaign in Nagaland to support a Girl Child for her education. It may be recalled that BBBP was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 22, 2015. The overall goal of the program is to celebrate the
Girl Child & enable her education. In Nagaland, Longleng district has been identified as one of the gender critical districts with its child Sex ratio at 885 girls per 1000 boys, according to 2011 census. The Ambassador for Girl Child is an innovation of the Nagaland state BBBP and the concept revolves around under privileged girls who are unable to avail quality education. As an Ambassador, one not only contributes towards their education but give a Girl Child the chance to live a better life, also become a gender champion. “Through this act we ask every parent to give another parent a helping hand; to give a daughter the op-
portunity to fulfill her dreams. Let’s make the opportunity to education accessible for all,” a leaflet stated.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• Speak about the importance of the Girl Child and her education on every relevant platform • Include the Girl Child logo in all printing materials, IECs to raise awareness • Through the “Ambassador Scholarship,” AHODs and HODs of various departments will have the opportunity to support a Girl Child in achieving her dreams and aspirations a reality. • Any individual can volunteer for the “Ambassador Scholarship”
Union Minister sees ‘unity in diversity’ in the Mithun
Dr. Harsh Vardhan visit Mithun Farm at Jharnapani Inaugurate DBT-funded ‘Biotech Infrastructure Facility’ Morung Express News Dimapur | April 18
Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Science, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, today said the majestic ‘Mithun’ (bros frontalis), the emblem of Nagaland state, has the potential to touch every Naga household – economically and emotionally. The Union Minister said the Mithun could as well become not only the symbol of the Naga people but exemplify the ‘unity in diversity’ that is India and help in strengthening the bond-ship between different communities in the country. On his maiden tour to Nagaland, the Union Minister first visited the ‘Mithun Farm’ at ICAR-National Research Centre on Mithun, Jharnapani and
Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Science, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, and other dignitaries during his visit to Mithun Farm at ICAR-National Research Centre on Mithun, Jharnapani, Monday. (Morung Photo)
later inaugurated the DBTfunded ‘Biotech Infrastructure Facility’ at ICAR-NRC on Mithun complex. At the Biotech Infrastructure Facility inaugural function, Vardhan in his address confessed that during his visit to the Mithun Farm, he developed a sort of “emotional bondship” with the Mithun, which he had seen for the first time.
He said Science and modern technology have the potential to solve myriad unsolved problems in the country including health care, especially women and children, and mitigate the plight of farmers. Within Science, life science or biotechnology can improve the quality of life of the citizens, he said. The Union minister ex-
pressed optimism that the biotech infrastructure facility would not only boost research in Mithun rearing and protection but also go a long way in uplift of the rural economy. Lauding the research and allied activities of ICAR-NRC on Mithun, Vardhan said the Mithun ‘rasgola’ he tasted for the first time was the best ‘rasgola’ he had eaten in his life. Towards this end, the Union minister assured that he would promptly look into the request of ICAR-NRC on Mithun for setting up of rasgola manufacturing unit. Vardhan said he would discuss the matter with Nagaland Governor and chief minister and also request the Union Agriculture minister to visit ICAR-NRC on Mithun so that the latter could also see the potential of Mithun. Advisor, DBT, New Delhi, Dr. T Madhan Mohan, also addressed the gathering. Earlier, director, ICARNRC on Mithun, Dr. Abhijit Mitra, delivered the welcome address.
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Remembering life of Dr.B.R. Ambedkar
Children playing outside during recreational time in a school at Yesisotha under Meluri subdivision of Phek district. Yesisotha village was established on April 16, 2010 and received recognition from Government of Nagaland in 2014. (Morung Photo/Chizokho Vero)
KEC conducts cleanliness drive in Kumlong ward Morung Express News Mokokchung | April 18
As part of the ‘sanitation drive on account of World Malaria Day to be observed on April 25, the Kumlong Environment Committee conducted a cleanliness drive on Saturday, April 16, 2016 where youths from the seven clubs in Kumlong ward actively participated and cleaned the locality. The youths filled up potholes, cleaned the drains and put up a banner about cleanliness. The cleanliness drive was undertaken as part of the Swachh Bharat Ahbiyan and the ward cleanliness competition being organized by the SBA committee in Mokokchung town. The Kumlong Environment Committee (KEC) was formed in 2012 by the Kumlong Ward council. Ever since it was formed, the KEC has been undertaking various activities like putting up dustbins, conducting social works etc. In 2014, the Kumlong Ward was also adjudged as the cleanest ward by the authorities.
Youth from different clubs in Kumlong ward after conducting a cleanliness drive in the colony on April 16. (Morung Photo)
Meanwhile, the Kumlong Environment Committee chairman, Kilangsashi Aier has expressed gratitude to all the seven clubs in Kumlong for actively participating in the cleanliness drive. He added that such
MEx File Kevijau Village Council meeting Dimapur, april 18 (mexn): The Kevijau Village Council has convened its General Meeting on April 23 at 10:00 Am at its Council Hall. All concerned citizen above 18 are requested to attend the meeting without fail. This was informed in a press release issued by Er. Nizal Tepa Secretary, Kevijau Village Council.
NCRC Sumi Theological Fellowship Dimapur, april 18 (mexn): All the executives and organising committee of the upcoming NCRC Sumi Theological Fellowship silver jubilee are requested to attend the meeting without fail, which is scheduled to be held on April 20 at 9:00 am at the banker's residence.
PHK conference cum Pochury Day Kohima, april 18 (mexn): The Pochury Hoho Kohima will hold its 23rd general conference cum Pochury Day on April 21 at Ura Academy Hall, Kohima from 11: AM onwards. Ex-MLA Khuosatho Nyusou will be the speaker of the day. This was stated in a release issued by S. Peter Trakha, general secretary PHK.
NDRF conduct awareness prog in Zbto ZunheboTo, april 18 (Dipr): A community awareness programme organised by 12th Battalion of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) was conducted on April 18 at Town Hall, Zunheboto. According to Assistant Commandant, NDRF, the programme is organized to sensitize people about disaster management, its effects and consequences and to help people when the disaster occurs. ADC, Zunheboto, Nungsangmenla Imchen in her brief address asked every participant to spread awareness about its techniques, Do's and Don’ts to their loved ones, friends and neighbours. The programme was attended by SDO(C), Zunheboto, Shanavas IAS, Government employees and students of Government Higher Secondary School, Zunheboto.
NMDA to host 2nd North Zonal meeting of AIOCD Dimapur, april18 (mexn): The 2nd North East Zonal meeting of All India organisation of Chemist and Drugists (AIOCD) will be held at Dimapur on April 24. Geoffrey Yaden editor of Nagaland Post will grace the occasion as the Chief Guest. The meeting will be attended by the office bearers and members of all the North Eastern states including Sikkim to discuss about various problems faced in Medical fraternity in the North East and deliberate on all the possible ways and means to improve Pharmaceutical trade in the region including the impact on the business after proposed ban on 344 FDC drugs. General Secretary NMDA (org) Basu Damani in a press release requested all the state office bearers and Executive members of NMDA to attend the meeting positively.
NVFAA emergency meeting on April 22 Dimapur, april 18 (mexn): The Nagaland Veterinary Field Assistants’ Association has informed all the district executive members that an emergency meeting will be held on April 22 at 10:00 am at the residence of NVFAA President S. Tokiho Swu at Burma Camp, Vety Colony, Dimapur. NVFAA General Secretary Yangthungo Lotha in a press release informed all the executive members to attend the meeting without fail. The concerned District Executive members are to collect the membership fee and other dues and submit it during the meeting.
PCC Alumni Association get-together Dimapur, april 18 (mexn): The first ever get-together of Alumni Association Patkai Christian College, Nagaland University, Lumami campus is scheduled on April 20 at 5:30 pm at Threzaru Boys Hostel common room, NU. Class of 2014 President Lamtinneng Haokip has requested all the concerned members irrespective of ages and batches to attend the programme positively. Members are also requested to come with alumni shirt.
cleanliness activities will be undertaken even in the future and therefore solicited the citizens to continue their support to make Kumlong a clean, environment friendly and beautiful colony in the town.
Kohima, april 18 (Dipr): The National Panchayat Day in Commemoration of 125th birth Anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was observed in Kohima on April 18 at DPDB Hall. Minister for Forest, Environment and Climate Change, Dr. Nicky delivered greetings on the occasion where he described the life of Dr.B.R. Ambedkar who was popularly known as Babasaheb was one of the architects of the Indian constitution. Adding that his effort to eradicate the social evils likes untouchability, caste restrictions for a classless society were remarkable. He further stated that Dr. Ambedkar has made an immense contribution for the weaker section of the society, during a new born era of India. Dr. Nicky urged the people to dedicate themselves for the downtrodden by following the exemplary life of Dr Ambedkar. Deputy Commissioner, Kohima Rovilatuo Mor during his welcome address said that it was a privilege and honour to recollect the contributions and achievements made by Dr. Ambedkar. He stated that the celebration was a significance of his remarkable contribution made for the poorer section of the nation. Emphasizing on the life sketch of Dr.B.R Ambedkar, Associate Professor and HOD, English depart-
National Panchayati Day 2016 observed Tuensang, april 18 (Dipr): National Panchayati Day 2016 was celebrated at CKS Hall Tuensang on April 18 organized by the DRDA Tuensang. The programme was celebrated to commemorate the 125th Birthday of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. The resource person of the celebration was SDO (C) Tuensang, Hemant Kumar IAS. The programme was attended by several Officers, Tribal leaders of various tribes of Tuensang, NGOs and VDB association of Tuensang. The key note address to the programme was addressed by the Deputy Commissioner of Tuensang Alem Jongshi where he also initiated the oath taking of the Rashtriya Samrata Divas. Theresourcepersonoftheprogramme highlighted on the life Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and his commitment to emancipate the status of the down trodden mass of the country which also contributed to the creation of the National Equality Day. He also deliberated on the 73rd amendment of the Constitution of India and its impacts on the lower section of the people. The programme was also supplemented by the short speeches from DRDA, NERLP, SMB, SNP/NSAP where the speakers highlighted the foundation of these schemes and programmes and their functioning and achievement to the gathering.
ment Kohima College Moanungla Kevichusa said that Dr. Ambedkar was an Economist, Sociologist, Philosopher and Anthropologist and the leader throughout his life, fought for the rights of the downtrodden and other socially backward classes who was appointed as the Nation’s first Law Minister in cabinet after independence also posthumously
The programme was chaired by Chuba Wati Chang Project Director DRDA.
Mokokchung: District Level Celebration of National Panchayat Day on the occasion of Dr. B.R Ambedkar 125th birth Anniversary was held April 18 at the Conference Hall of ADC planning Mokokchung. Marking the occasion, Deputy Commissioner Mokokchung and chairman of the programme, Sushil Kumar Patel IAS, garlanded the photograph of Dr. B.R Ambedkar which was followed by oath taking. President, Watsu Mungdang, Moachila presented a brief life sketch of Dr. BR Ambedkar. Addl. Deputy Commissioner (HQ) Mokokchung, Rajesh IAS, delivered a brief note on the significance of 24th April, the day the constitutional amendment for Panchayati Raj came to force. Talk on MGNREGA, IAY, NRLM, Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) and SNP/NSAP were given by project director DRDA Mokokchung, Liboni, District Chairman SBM, Bendangnukshi LKR and District Welfare Officer Mokokchung Bendangkokba respectively. While short speeches were delivered by EE NH (PWD) Mokokchung Er Cubatoshi and EE PHED Mokokchung, Er. Yanger Pongen.
awarded the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour in 1990. She further stated that hard work done by him in the drafting of the constitution made it a powerful tool for social and economic empowerment of the downtrodden, which was praiseworthy. She added saying that Dr.Ambedkar’s thought in the context of today’s resurgent India which was
poised for a stronger economy, industrial diversification and skill development. Presentation of Departmental activities was given by project Director, DRDA Kevipodi Sophie, State Programme Officer, Social Welfare Department E.Yanrenthung and CDPO Kohima, NSAP, Menuokhrielie. Vote of thanks was pronounced by ADC, Kohima Lithrongla.
‘Inspiration’ initiative to motivate students launched
moKoKchung, april 18 (Dipr): Deputy Commissioner Mokokchung, Sushil Kumar Patel, IAS has taken one more step to encourage, motivate students who are aspiring to become civil servants under the initiative “Inspiration”. Under this initiative, students who are doing their graduation or have completed already and preparing to appear for UPSC/NPSC examinations may approach the DC, Officer or any administrative officers in the outpost with a written profile countersigned by concerned head of Institution and parents. Patel said after the scrutiny of the applications selected persons will be called for an attachment with Deputy Commssioner/Addl Deputy Commissioner for one full day mostly on the day of DPDB meeting with prior approval of the Chairman of the DPDB. He said tips regarding preparation for UPSC/NPSC will be
provided and all the expenses for the day (Logistic/lunch/refreshment) for those persons will be borne by the Deputy Commissioner Office, Mokokchung. The objective of the ‘Inspiration’ is to give firsthand experience to the aspirants about the role of district administration and how one can contribute to the society once they get selected for service. Patel said the initiative shall be commencing immediately, thereby request made by individual shall be compiled by DC office. The first aspirants shall be selected on 7th May 2016. Ever since he assumed office of the Deputy Commissioner, Mokokchung, Sushil Kumar Patel frequently conducting seminars Church Jakhama celebrated its Golden Jubilee with the theme ‘Arise & Shine’ on April 17 with Rt. in schools and colleges aiming at Catholic Rev Dr. James Thoppil, Bishop of Kohima as the main celebrant for the Golden Jubilee Holy Eucharistic guiding and motivating aspiring Celebration. His Lordship unveiled the jubilee memorial plaque below the golden statue of Jesus at the students to face competitive exam- Church entrance. Around 140 faithful received the Sacrament of Confirmation. Golden Jubilee souvenir, inations with confidence. Family photo book and a CD titled ‘Sielie Zielie’ were alsowith released. Catholic Church Jakhama celebrated its Golden Jubilee the theme ‘Arise & Shine’ on April 17 with Rt. Rev Dr. James Thoppil, Bishop of Kohima as the main celebrant for the Golden Jubilee Holy Eucharistic Celebration. His Lordship unveiled the jubilee memorial plaque below the golden statue of Jesus at the Church entrance. Around 140 faithful received the Sacrament of Confirmation. Golden Jubilee souvenir, Family photo book and a CD titled ‘Sielie Zielie’ were also released.
State education representatives visit universities
Kohima, april 18 (mexn): In view of limited number of reserved seats for students of the State to undergo technical studies, Parliamentary Secretary For Higher & Technical Education Deo Nukhu along with Technical Education Director A. Kathipri and Technical Education Placement Officer David Tsela visited the APG Shimla University and Shoolini University Solan (HP) on April 14 and 15 last. A press note stated that the main purpose of the visit was to identify courses of studies for Naga students to undergo job-oriented courses in fashion technology, hotel management, biotechnology, bachelor of pharmacy and engineering courses in these two universities. During the visit, the officials met Dr. Ashwani Kumar, Pro-Chancellor of APG Shimla
Nukhu and others with officials of APG Shimla University during their visit on April 14 and 15.
University and former Governor of Nagaland and discussed at length, the various possibilities of collaboration for higher studies in the University. The officials also met with
Prof. Prem Kumar Khosla, Founder & Vice Chancellor of Shoolini University, and other faculty of the University. Both the universities are residential, well developed in
terms of infrastructure and academics, fully equipped with well set up laboratories, library, and modern amenities for students to pursue higher education.
BTC 24th Graduation Ceremony conducted
pfuTsero, april 18 (mexn): The Baptist Theological College held its 24th Graduation Ceremony on April 17. Rev. Dr. Choi Hanzu, Senior Pastor, Purnsoop Presbyterian Church, Seoul, South Korea delivered the Graduation Address. He exhorted the graduates to uphold their callings, lest they would have no fruitful ministry or mission. He further encouraged them to adorn themselves with humility, honesty, sincerity, and love for the people as they embark on the ministry of the Almighty God. Total 36 students are conferred Diploma in Bachelor of Divinity for successfully completing the course of study and 15 Youth Directors under CBCC, received certificates for successfully undergoing refresher crash course organized by the College. BTC Principal T. Chikri in a press release said that Neiwalo-u Lohe was awarded the Rev. Z. Mero and Eso-u Mero General Proficiency Award and Miss Medowecho-u Mekrisuh was awarded the Lt. Kewetsupe Graduating students of Baptist Theological College along with the faculty and students during its 24th Graduation Ceremony held on April 17. Mero College Award.
Peace club leaders and members attend training
peren, april 18 (mexn): Peace Channel conducted training for the peace club leaders and members with the theme ‘Change your mind, Change your life’ on April 15 at St. Xavier Hr Sec School Auditorium Jalukie, Peren district. While speaking to the leaders, Janthuiyang RK John, Project Coordinator Peace Channel said, to change one need to change the pattern of our thinking. All the peace channel members were exhorted to think critically which is not taught normally in the schools. He further added we should think bigger than our environment and still greater than our circumstances in life. He encouraged the participants to create positive affirmation and count the joys and blessings they received. He quoted Melody Beattie who said “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.” He concluded his session by strongly affirming that change is possible if we can change our thinking. Elow Chaza, said technology addiction, excess socialization, unhealthy sleeping habit and poor motivation are the four common problems which hampered the young people of the present days. He strongly puts in that excess to addiction and ill habits result to poor performance in studies and healthy life. Speaking on motivation he said it’s a desire to aspire to achieve something worthwhile. He said to be motivated towards something one need to set a goal which is specific, measurable, achievable, rational and time bound. The program that began with an invocation by Rev. Fr. Anthony Samy, Principal St. Xavier Hr Sec School ended with a concluding remark by Lirie, Head Master Christian Mission School. Altogether 75 students and four teachers attended the program.
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DIMAPUR, APRIL 18 (MExN): The United NGOs Mission Manipur (UNMM) on Monday made an imperative appeal to the President of India, Pranab Mukerjee to do a follow-up of his 2013 visit while stating that innocent citizens of the North East Region still continue to be victimized by extrajudicial killings by the Indian Army, Paramilitary and the Police.
In a representation, the UNM-M requested the President of India to meet the victim families of extrajudicial execution by Indian Armed Forces while at the same time raising alarm, with highlight of “sufficient evidences” on recent atrocities/extrajudicial killings meted out by the Indian armed forces in different parts of the region including Manipur, Naga-
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Mixed response to bandh call in Tripura, five injured AgARtALA, APRIL 18 (IANS): A 24-hour shutdown call given by the opposition Congress on Monday over former health minister Bimal Sinha's assassination 18 years ago evoked mixed response in Left-ruled Tripura. Five supporters of the Congress and CPI-M sustained injuries in Kamalpur in northern Tripura in scuffles. Police later dispersed the mob. The Bandh call was given to press for a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into Sinha's assassination and seeking resignation of Chief Minister Manik Sarkar. The State government has already rejected both demands. There was a mixed response to the shutdown call, with attendance in some government offices being thin but little enthusiasm to the call evinced at various markets. The bandh supporters vandalised some vehicles and auto-rickshaws.
NE students from Delhi University call on DoNER Minister KohIMA, APRIL 18 (MExN): A group of Northeast students from Delhi University had an informal interaction over a wide range of issues of their concern when they called upon the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Dr Jitendra Singh in New Delhi on April 17. The students were led by Hashokmi Kamkara, President of “Northeast Students' Society Delhi University”. According to a Press Information Bureau (PIB) press release, Dr Jitendra Singh, during the interaction, informed the students that in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), the Ministry had already acquired a piece of land in the campus and after some delay on account of Forest Department clearance from Delhi Administration, the land is now ready to be used for a Northeast hostel. Similarly, Minister also told the students that the DoNER Ministry had written to Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi to identify a piece of land where a hostel could be brought up to accommodate Northeast students studying in different colleges affiliated with Delhi University. The DoNER Minister, responding to another suggestion by students, also assured that he would take of the issue of earmarking certain priority accommodation in Guest Houses of NE States for the needy patients or poor students coming to Delhi for different exams with the respective Resident Commissioners (RCs).
Manipur CM invites insurgents for talks IMPhAL, APRIL 18 (IANS): Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh on Monday invited all insurgent groups to the negotiation table to chalk out a peaceful solution. "The government has been striving for a peaceful solution to the armed movement since it believes that all problems could be solved. A body without problems is like a dead person," Okram Ibobi said at a function on "Art of Living and Meditation" held at the Bhagyachandra Open Air Theatre in Imphal. During the Okram Ibobi government in Manipur, agreements on suspension of operations have been signed with over 20 insurgent groups. Although the first such signing took place in May 2005, the union government is yet to bring these former insurgents to the negotiation table. Okram Ibobi had lifted the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act from seven assembly segments in the Imphal municipal areas on August 12, 2004 on experimental basis. The outfits which responded had nothing good to say about Okram Ibobi's Monday offer. One group said it was only prepared to talk about independence.
ate awareness and execute a long term exercise of keeping the river clean, a SDSA press released informed. During Saturday’s sanitation drive, more than 1000 volunteers armed with shovel, hand gloves, plastics, spades, bamboos and other equipments, actively managed to collect the dirt which was picked by Town committee and hired dumpers after the social works, it added. Participants included schools, residents’, civil bodies, volunteers, Senapati police, teachers, Makhrelui village colonies, village leaders and others, SDSA said. Deputy Commissioner of Senapati, Jacintha Lazarus, IAS also paid a physical visit to different sites of the social work. The students and residents of Monday market colony, Makhrelui and Senapati TNK Villages took part in collecting dirt and garbage dumped demonstrating an exemplary act,
it added. The SDSA team and District Administration officials also participated all along the cleaning sites. According to SDSA, the physical involvement of students, local residents and stakeholders in the mass social work is one of the practical means to educate people “the woes garbage and solid waste that are dumped conveniently along the Senapati river stretch.” Stating that cleanliness drive has given a temporary lease of life to the river, SDSA President Pungdi Celestine also maintained that the association as well as the citizens is encouraged by the seriousness of the District Administration in strategizing a mechanism and measures required to sustain the health of the river. It further informed that the SDSA and District Administration is likely to come up with long term strategy of keeping the river clean.
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land and Meghalaya. The UNM-M also urged for expedition on the ongoing investigation of 1528 cases of extrajudicial killings in Manipur and hand out punishment to the perpetrators under the rule of law in India. It pointed out that the Justice Shantosh Hadge Commission of Enquiry in 2013 had proved the killing of seven people including a
12 year old in circumstances of extrajudicial execution. It however lamented that the family members of the victims were still waiting for justice. Also urging for repeal of the Armed Forces (Special) Powers Act 1958, the UNMM invited the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Execution to visit Manpur as a follow up of his last visit in 2012.
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Regd.No: 380/2016 Date: 18/04/2016 I, Smti. Mughali Sangtam @ Tosheli Sema, D/o Shri. Lipese Sangtam, R/o L. Hotovi Village, Dimapur, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare on oath as follows:1. That I have been using the name Tosheli Sema in all my official documents, however I want to change my name to Mughali Sangtam which is my actual and official name since birth. 2. That the name “Mughali Sangtam” and “Tosheli Sema” is one and the same person. 3. That this affidavit is solely made for the purpose of declaring that I want to use my name as Mughali Sangtam in all my official documents and to put the records straight for all purpose and intends and to know as Mughali Sangtam. Deponent Solemnly sworn before me by the deponent on this the 18th day of April 2016 at Dimapur. Notary Public, Dimapur: Nagaland
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IMPhAL, APRIL 18 (IANS): The demand by Meiteis to be declared a Scheduled Tribe is gaining strength in Manipur. But the already existing tribes are not pleased. The Scheduled Tribe D emand Committee (STDC) is planning a mass demonstration on May 22 in a bid to force the government to accept the community's demand. But the tribes in Manipur feel this is an attempt to corner the government jobs and other facilities by the Meiteis who are educationally advanced. The campaign comes at a time when the tribes in Manipur are protesting against the three "anti-tribal" bills passed by the Manipur assembly on August 31, 2015. Repeated clarifications from Chief Minister Okram Ibobi and others that there was nothing anti-tribal in the bills and they were meant to protect the indigenous peoples have fallen on deaf ears. S. Robindro, coordinator of the STDC, said: "The demand is to include the Meiteis in the Scheduled Tribe list under the provisions of Article 342(1) of the Constitution. We are carrying on an awareness campaign." The STDC feels that once the differences between the tribals and nontribals were removed in Manipur, all communities in the state would live in peace. The total area of Manipur is 22,327 sq km. The Meiteis are the majority community. The government has not made public the communitywise break-up of the 2011 census.
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DIRECTORATE OF WOMEN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT NO.DWRD/TCPC/GEN-1/2006/
Dated Kohima, the 18th Apr 2016
In continuation to the Department Advertisement of even No. dated 13th April, 2016, applications are invited from school dropout girls/young women (Class 6 passed) for availing a 10 month training programme in the trade of Weaving (Handloom) at the Training-cum-Production Centre, Kohima. Applications addressed to the Director, Department of Women Resource Development may be submitted to the Office of the Superintendent, Trainingcum-Production Centre, Bayavü Hill, Kohima on or before 21st April, 2016 along with particulars mentioned below: 1. NAME IN FULL 2. FATHER’S NAME 3. AGE/DATE OF BIRTH 4. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION (with attested copy) 5. ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATION (IF ANY) 6. FULL POSTAL ADDRESS 7. CONTACT NUMBER 8. 2 PASSPORT SIZE PHOTOS Interview will be held on 28th April at the Office of the Superintendent, Trainingcum-Production Centre (Old Directorate), Bayavü Hill, Kohima from 10:00 a.m. onwards. Candidates are directed to bring all relevant documents in original during the interview. Candidates are to note that the training programme is purely for development and promotion of self-employment and is not a Certificate/Diploma Course for employment in government service.
Applications are invited from the eligible candidates for Admission to ‘Diploma in Tool & Die Making’ Course (4 years specialization course in tool design and manufacturing) at Nagaland Tool Room & Training Centre, Dimapur. Qualification: • Class 10th Passed with 45% in English, Maths & Science. • Candidates who have appeared HSLC final examination are also eligible to apply for Diploma Entrance Examination. Age should be between 16 to 19 years. (SC/ST candidates have relaxation of 3 years in the upper age limit). Monthly Fee: ` 1750 per month. Last date of submission of Application Form : Date of Test & Interview : Selection result :
Features:• Stipend amount of ` 500/- p.m. during the course or ` 600/- p.m. NEC stipend for meritorious students of HSLC exam. • Company allowances between `8,000/- to `15,000/- p.m. in the 4th year during On-the-Job-Training/Industrial training period. • Earning while learning Scheme shall be extended to willing candidates. • Students of Diploma in Tool & Die Making are eligible for SBI Education Loan. • 100% placement assistance in Privates/Govt. Sectors. • Prescribed Application Form with prospectus @ `200/- can be collected from NTTC, Dimapur during Office hour or can be downloaded from the website at http://www.nttcdimapur.org.in Contact: 9436005766 /9856084073/ 9612160771 / 8413870785 (m) Sd/- Er. Petehetuo Miasalhou, Principal
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Dated Kohima, the 18th April, 2016
No.HC(K)3/2014/Estt/520-521/:: The written examination and Stenography test for recruitment to the post of Private Secretary (Stenographer Grade-I) will be held on 30.04.16 (Saturday) from 9:00 a.m to 12:00 noon and 1:30 p.m to 4:30 p.m at the precinct of Gauhati High Court, Kohima Bench, Kohima. Separate call letters to this effect have been issued. (MRS. Y. LONGKUMER) Registrar, Gauhati High Court Kohima Bench
ACKNOWLEDGMENT The Parish Priest, Catechist together with the Catholic Community at Jakhama wish to thank & acknowledge Most Rt. Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, Bishop of Kohima, Priests, Nuns and all well wishers for their generous support and prayer during the Golden Jubilee Celebration of Catholic Church Jakhama. May God bless you all with His choicest Blessings.
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GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER OFFICE PWD (NATIONAL HIGHWAYS) NAGALAND: KOHIMA
NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING
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Dated Kohima the 18th April 2016.
(National competitive Bidding through e-Tendering mode only)
The Chief Engineer, PWD (NH) Nagaland, Kohima on behalf of the President of India, invites bids in two cover systems for the construction of the works detailed as below: Sl. Name of Work Length Bid Secu- Approx. Value Period of No. In km rity in Rs of Work in Complein lakhs Rs in lakhs tion 1 2 3 4 5 6 Improvement of Sharp Curves on various locations and Improvement of drainage with RCC slab within Kohima Town from 0.00 Km 1. 14.10 700.52 8 months to 6.00 Km on NH-61(NH-2) during 2015-16, under NH Division No.I Kohima, in the state of Nagaland Repair and Rehabilitation of Doyang Bridge (NH-2) and Dhansiri Bridge (NH-29) under 10 2. 2.70 134.25 NH Division Kohima in the State of Nagamonths land. Repair and Rehabilitation of existing 3 (Three) Nos. of Steel Bridges on NH 202 12 3. (NH-155 old) from Km 177.00 to Km 326.00 6.95 346.96 months under NH (O) for the year 2015-16 in the State of Nagaland. Rehabilitation of existing 7 (Seven) Nos. of Steel Bridges at Km 12.550 ,Km 15.83,Km 12 4 20.51,Km 32.80,Km 42.87,Km 61.15 and 8.92 445.91 months 165.80 on NH-155 (NH-202 old) under NH Division Tuensang in the State of Nagaland. Last date of On-line Submission is 10.05.2016 upto 1700 Hrs (SERVER TIME) Bid security as detail in SBD from nationalized bank only. • The detailed tender document can be viewed/downloaded from the website www.morth.eproc.in from 19.04.2016 to 10.05.2016 • The last date & Time for On-line submission of the bidding document is 10.05.2016 upto 1700Hrs (Server time). • Amendments/Corrigendum, if any will be hosted on the above website. • The Pre-bid meeting will be held in the Office of the Chief Engineer PWD (NH) on 25.04.2016 at 11:00 Hrs (IST) • Other details can be viewed from bidding document. Sd/- Chief Engineer PWD (NH), Nagaland: Kohima
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Only 1.8% got 150 days of work in Mahindra launches e2o ElectriCity in the UK Steelbird launches areas a1 professional series helmets drought-hit states: MGNREGA data New Delhi, April 18 (AgeNcies): For states hit with severe drought, the latest decision of the Ministry of Rural Development to continue providing 150 days of employment under MGNREGA may come as a much-needed succour. However, data shows that in 2015-16 of the households that were provided work under the scheme in these regions, merely 1.8 per cent got full 150 days of employment. The data for 10 drought-hit states show that a total of 1.52 crore people got employment under MGNREGA in the financial year ending March 31, 2015. But of this, just 2.80 lakh i.e. 1.8 per cent were employed for 150 days. In states such as Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, the proportion of such workers is 0.2 per cent or less. The data is specifically that of the 1 lakh gram panchayats in the 10 states categorised as drought affected including in Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. However, central government officials attributed the low off-take as a reflection of the demand as
they said MGNREGA was demand-driven. “There isn’t much gap between work demanded and supplied,” said an official. Going by absolute numbers this is true: of the 1.78 crore households registered as having demanded work, 85 per cent have been provided with some form of work under the scheme. However, the registered official demand is a conservative figure of the actual demand on ground. Activists have blamed lack of funding for agencies at the state government level for not registering the demand unless they are able to provide work. This is because the Act mandates that once a demand is registered, work has to be provided within 15 days or else the state has to bear the liability of paying each worker an unemployment allowance. Nikhil Dey of Rajasthan-based Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan said, “In a drought scenario, the government can’t produce fodder or water and, hence, NREGA is the only instrument that can generate work and wages for those affected. Last year, there weren’t even enough funds to provide for 100 days of work let alone 150
New Delhi, April 18 (cAr TrADe): The Mahindra e2o ElectriCity car has been launched in the UK market. The e2o City variant costs £12,995 (Rs 12.26 lakh) and the e2o TechX is priced at £15,995 (Rs 15.09 lakh). The launch of this electric vehicle also marks Mahindra and Mahindra's re-entry in the UK market. The Revai, dubbed as the G-Wiz, was sold in the country earlier. Now, the e2o will take this responsibility as it caters to the sub£16,000 segment of the electric vehicle market. It can be booked through Mahindra's UK site and test drives will soon start in London, Birmingham, Bristol and Milton Keynes.
days. Unless the finance ministry gives funds required for MGNREGA, neither the Rural Development ministry nor the state agencies can carry out their mandate.” The Centre has claimed that the Rs 38,500 crore allotted to the scheme in this year’s Budget is the highest ever. But Dey pointed out that even if the scheme were to continue as per allocations in 2010-11 while adjusting for inflation, the current allocation would have to be nothing less than Rs 65,000 crore. MGNREGA guarantees 100 days of wage employment annually for rural households willing to do unskilled manual work. In September 2015, with the monsoon deficit adversely affecting Kharif crop and, thereby, rural incomes, the Cabinet approved 150 days of employment per household in drought-hit areas. However, there was no corresponding increase in the budget allocation for the scheme. Last year, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had promised an additional Rs 5,000 crore if the scheme requires it. However, it was only after several states sought more funds, the finance ministry released Rs 2,000 crore.
The TechX model of the e2o gets some additional features over the standard e2o City variant. This includes a Blaupunkt touchscreen infotainment system with reversing camera, telematics, Revive remote emergency recharging, leather seats, alloy wheels and a rapid charging port. In addition, the touchscreen infotainment centre comes with satellite navigation with ‘range remaining’ and
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cheNNAi, April 18 (iANs): A wilful defaulter of a Rs.9,000 crore bank loan can be a member of parliament but a poor student who had defaulted on education loan due to economic/family circumstances is barred from applying for a clerical job in State Bank of India (SBI), which is obnoxious, said a top bank union leader. After naming and shaming education loan defaulters, SBI is now preventing them from applying for clerical job in the bank which is patently wrong, said a top bank union official.
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New York, April 18 (iANs): US electronic giant Apple has said the iPhones have a life expectancy of three years and so does the Apple watch while AppleTV devices expire in four years. In a recent update to its environmental policy, Apple addressed the question of how long an Apple device is expected to remain in use. According to a report on Forbes.com, iPhone's productive life cycle will be up
at the three-year mark, as will the Apple Watch while your OS X -- a series of operating systems developed and marketed by Apple Inc. -- and AppleTV devices will get an extra twelve months to reach the four-year mark. "To model customer use, we measure the power consumed by a product while it is running in a simulated scenario," Apple was quoted as saying. "Daily usage patterns are specific to
pitude are not eligible to apply for the post," SBI notification said. "The SBI's condition is obnoxious and unfair and has to be changed. The economy is not doing well and as a result the corporate loans are turning bad or non-peforming assets (NPA). As a result, freshers are not able to get a job and unemployment is high," Venkatachalam said. It is ironical that Vijay Mallya owes around Rs.9,000 crore to SBI and other banks is a MP despite being declared by banks as wilful defaulter
"The SBI in its notification for hiring junior associates and junior agricultural associates has barred candidates with record of default in repayment of loans/credit card dues or against whose name adverse report of CIBIL or other external agencies are available from applying for the job," C.H. Venkatachalam, general secretary, All India Bank Employees' Association (AIBEA) told IANS. "Candidates against whom there is/are adverse report regarding character & antecedents, moral tur-
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each product and are a mixture of actual and modelled customer-use data. Years of use, which are based on first owners, are assumed to be four years for OS X and tvOS devices and three years for iOS and watchOS devices," the company added. These numbers are in harmony with Apple's strategy of rolling out operating system updates to older devices and the hardware offered to replace older units.
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New Delhi, April 18 (NDVT AuTo): Steelbird Hi-Tech India has launched its new range of premium helmets - the Ares A1 professional series with prices starting at 2999. The new range of Steelbird helmets are targeted at young riders and get heavily designed and printed styling complete with up-to-date features. The helmets are available across most retailers across the country. The Steelbird Ares A1 professional series range comprises of seven options - A1 Glossy, A1 track, A1 Race, A1 Royal, A1 Stroke, A1 Devil face,
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Nagaland Rural Bank seeks government support
Non-payment of loan, accumulated losses put existence of the bank at stake Our Correspondent Kohima | April 18
The State government’s share of Rs 2.5 crore in the State owned Nagaland Rural Bank (NRB) has become a non-performing asset, because of which dividends cannot be declared. Revealing this during a meeting of the Administrative Heads of Departments (AHODs) and HODs at Secretariat conference hall here,
Chairman of NRB, CR Aiyar maintained that it has not only become difficult for Nagaland Rural Bank to survive and grow, but its existence is at stake. The bank has 11 branches spread over five districts of Kohima, Wokha, Mokokchung, Zunheboto and Dimapur. The NRB chairman said that Rural Banks in Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh are amongst the poorest performing banks run by the State government, compared to other four banks in the North East Region. Failure of NRB is due to varied reasons but non-payment of loan, even by government employees, and accumulated losses are the main problems
faced by NRB, he said. In this light, Aiyar requested the Chief Secretary to intervene in helping the bank flourish. He appealed that government employees’ transactions be carried out through the state owned bank. He also requested linking of Aadhaar numbers with the bank accounts. “NRB is a local bank and not expected to invest outside the state, except government securities and therefore we are willing to work in coordination with departments like Agriculture, Social Welfare and Industries to support their commercial activities,” he said. He also asserted that NRB is willing to extend its branches to the remaining six districts of the state.
He also appealed that the government employees should be encouraged to open the three social security schemes launched by the Prime Minister - Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana and Atal Pension Yojana. Meanwhile, reacting to the presentation of the NRB Chairman, Chief Secretary Pankaj Kumar suggested that the government departments and employees operate accounts in state owned trusted banks. The House also opined that Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) activities of the banks should also be verified while Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang with Dr Harsh Hardhan, Union Minister for Science & Technology and other leaders of the State government on April 18, 2016. opening accounts.
Students’ Union Kolkata SSSUD imposes total ban Naga elects first woman president on sand from Manja route
DIMAPUR, APRIL 18 (MExN): The Sand Stockist & Suppliers Union Dimapur (SSSUD) has imposed total ban on transport of sand from Manja route as per the resolve of a meeting held on Monday. SSSUD president, Viniho Shohe and general secretary, Nito Sumi in a press note said the ban has been
imposed because of failure of the closing down of sand syndicate at Manja. Stating that on April 14, the SSSUD had served a 4-day ultimatum to withdraw the syndicate at Majna on or before April 17, 2016, the Union said the ban on sand from Manja route will continue till the Karbi Anglong Chamber of Commerce (KACC) and
Sand Mohaldar and Supplier Association fulfill their demands, it added. The SSSUD has also requested the Karbi Anglong administration, SP Diphu and Chief Conservator of Forest, Karbi Anglong to look into the matter in the interest of the general public and the inter-state sand suppliers.
koLkAtA, APRIL 18 (MExN): The Naga Students’ Union Kolkata (NSUK) has elected its first woman president in its 52 years of existence. The election was held on April 9 during the 51st parting social of the union. The names of the newly elected executives of Naga Students’ Union Kolkata for the tenure 2016-17 are: President - Alono Thorie;
General Secretary - Nungsangtoshi Aier; Assistant General Secretary - Nibo D. Zhimo; Finance Secretary Tonikali Shikhu; Cultural Secretary - Meshach Khing; Assistant Cultural Secretary - Lorenbeni Ezung; Games and Sports Secretary - Thejaselhou Rhetso; Information Secretary Ayang Ozukum. The NSUK in a press release has requested fami-
lies and relatives of students to send their wards to the city with proper verification and consultation from the union. Naga students seeking help during admissions in and around Kolkata can contact the President and General Secretary for assistance in the following numbers: President - +918013167939, General Secretary - +91-8575500538.
NCSU Phek unit against allotting MHSS represents Nagaland four-lane project to Maytas & Gayatri at NE Motivational Programme PhEk , APRIL 18 (MExN): The Nagaland Contractors’ & Suppliers’ Union (NCSU), Phek district unit has expressed shock and displeasure that the Central Ministry for Road has allotted the fourlane project of Dimapur– Kohima road to the Maytas & Gayatri despite their “utter failure” in the last four road projects. A press release from NCSU Phek Secretary, Razou Lohe and President, Kuzhosheyi Alex stated that the Maytas & Gayatri firm had “miserably failed to perform and should have been contained and blacklisted prima facie.” Under such circumstances, the NCSU said, the preference given to the “work-shy” firm
is in contempt of all norms and specifications and a grave insult to the people of Nagaland as a whole. The unit asserted that it will out rightly defy such discrimination and support the NCSU Nagaland to oppose the indiscreet work allotment of the project “unless the same firm makes atonement and complete the incomplete road projects undertaken by it in Nagaland.” Further, NCSU Phek unit stated it will “not entertain any other works, besides the four-lane Dimapur-Kohima road construction to be undertaken by the same firm even in the near future.” The Nagas, the release admitted, are enthusiastic
about development and the four-lane Dimapur-Kohima road project taken up by the Central Ministry is a megaproject and metropolitan in outlook (first of its kind in Nagaland) and expressed gratefulness for the same. However, it stated, “we are also very much infuriated and while expressing our resentment by the very fact that the work order was managed and issued unscrupulously to an under-performing firm like the Maytas & Gayatri.” If no immediate redressal measures are initiated, the NCSU Phek unit stated, the firm (Maytas & Gayatri) will only be intercepted by a hostile reception and will be held responsible for occurrences of any ugly or incidences arising out of it.
government towards the student community. The AKTM officials asserted that the careers of the students are at stake due to delay in dispatch of textbooks and urged the Department to look into the matter with utmost urgency, so that students’ education does not get compromised and their regular classes are not affected. AKTM also found inadequate number of teachers in some schools and the vacancy created due to retirement, promotion, death etc are yet to be filled.
The Conference pointed out that GPS Longjang Compound and GMS Sungratsu are in need of Hindi teachers immediately, while GPS Yimchalu which has only two teachers need adequate number of teachers. In this connection, the AKTM has demanded to the authority concerned to deploy the teachers to the requisite schools and fill the vacant post created by the retirement, promotion, and death etc. Subject teachers like Ao and Mathematics which
Students from MHSS attended a programme at NEIST, Jorhat from April 7 to 12.
kohIMA, APRIL 18 (MExN): Six Students (Science stream) from Model Higher Secondary School represented Nagaland at the Motivational Programme for North East from April 7 to 12 organised by CSIR- North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam. Various selected schools
from North East took part in the six-day programme that included seminars, presentations and projects by the students. Students got great exposure interacting with scientists and other counselors, according to a press release received here. Prof. P.K. Sarwah, winner of Norman Borlong Award 2016, encouraged the stu-
dents to take up further career in scientific field as there is scope to be technology inventors. MHSS students who attended the programme said it gave them great exposure, especially finding out more attractive avenues apart from the clichéd Engineering and Medical that students normally undertake, the release added.
are yet to be deployed in GHS Yisemyong and GHS Longjang (upgraded under RMSA) should be posted immediately, it added. The AKTM also mentioned that GHS Kobulong, which is going to celebrate its Golden Jubilee next year, needs total renovation of the school building. It stated that most of the class rooms walls are dilapidated, adding even the school toilets are in pathetic condition. The AKTM also urged the department concerned to release funds for cook
honorarium under Mid Day Meal scheme and Grant-in aids for school maintenance. They expressed that non release of fund to the schools hinder the administrative functioning of the school. The AKTM also encountered some schools "neglecting" their normal working hours and retiring early citing various reasons. It added that in certain schools, non-teaching staff were found abstaining from their duties. In this regard, the AKTM warned that such practices dur-
ing school working hours and abstaining from their duties will not be tolerated and will initiate action against such practices through proper channel. The Conference further stated that as an apex student body of the range, it will always stand for the welfare and betterment of the students and appealed to the department to fulfill the grievances laid out by it. The AKTM also warned that if the grievances are not fulfilled then the student body will take its own course of action.
Sazolie College Parents-Teachers Forum meet
Two cars following a road mishap, which occurred on the evening of April 18 at NH 29, Jharnapani, Dimapur. The Traffic police said that a speeding car lost control, scraped pass two oncoming small cars and hit the left rear of a third vehicle (an SUV) before skidding off the road. All occupants of the vehicles survived unhurt.
kohIMA, APRIL 18 (MExN): Sazolie College organized its ParentsTeachers Forum meeting on April 16 at the college auditorium. Dr. Kangzangding Thou, Principal emphasized on the need for a concerted effort of all stakeholders in education to make it effective and fruitful. He highlighted the various activities undertaken by the college. He also briefed the parents about the preparations being undertaken by the college for assessment and accreditation by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore, and requested for their help in the process. He also formally launched the ParentsTeachers Forum (PTF) of the college, comprising of one faculty representative and four parents, namely: Dr Thanghoi, State Programme Officer, National Health Mission; Beizo Suokhrie, DFO, Kohima;
NPF legislators endorse party resolution kohIMA, APRIL 18 (MExN): NPF legislators today resolved to endorse and uphold the resolution passed by the Naga Peoples’ Front (NPF) party in its meeting held on April 16, 2016. The resolution was made during the meeting of the NPF legislators held at the State Banquet Hall. The legislators also resolved to reaffirm their support to the leadership of T. Zeliang, Chief Minister, Nagaland and Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsu, President NPF & Chairman DAN, stated a press release received here.
44 A/C Phomching Cong dissolved MoN, APRIL 18 (MExN): The Area Congress Committee, Area Youth Congress, Village Congress Committee, and Village Mahila Congress of the 44 A/C Phomching today resolved to dissolve the Congress party in Phomching Assembly Constituency. This decision was made during the general body meeting of the above held at the residence of Konngam, Ex-MLA. “Hence, the Congress Party and its various committees stand dissolved in the constituency,” stated a press release received here.
GHSS colony Wokha meeting
AKTM finds anomalies in schools; makes demands to department
MokokchUNg, APRIL 18 (MExN): The Asetkong Students’ Conference (AKTM) has informed that its officials found many anomalies in the functioning of schools in its jurisdiction during their visit to the schools from April 13 to 18. The Conference has shared disappointment over the delay in distribution of textbooks for Government Primary School sections. Pointing out that the first quarterly assessment is just around the corner, it lamented the indifferent attitude of the
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WokhA, APRIL 18 (MExN): The Council of Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS) colony, Wokha has convened a general meeting on April 23, 3:00 pm at GHSS campus. Therefore, the Council Chairman, W. Nchemo Humtsoe, has requested all the bonafide members/households of GHSS colony to attend the meeting positively.
NNC (N/A) dissolves Core Committee DIMAPUR, APRIL 18 (MExN): The collective leadership of NNC (Non-Accordist) has dissolved the ‘Core Committee' for violation of the central guidelines No 4, 6 and 7 with immediate effect. The committee shall be dissolved till further order, stated a press release issued by MIP, NNC (N/A).
DPC general meeting DIMAPUR, APRIL 18 (MExN): General meeting of Dimapur Press Club (DPC) will be held on April 20, 12:00 noon at the Press Point, Super Market. All registered members have been requested to attend the meeting without fail.
NSCN (R) welcomes “home comers” DIMAPUR, APRIL 18 (MExN): The NSCN (Reformation) has welcomed several workers from different Naga Political Groups at its sub-office in Mon. A release from MIP, NSCN (R) informed that the new “Home Comers” include N. Anden, Deputy Kilonser (GPRN/NSCN), Vitsu Robert, Dy. Kilonser (NNC/Non Accordist), Capt. Alih (GPRN/NSCN) and Lieut. Langphong (GPRN/NSCN). Along with the “Home Comers”, NSCN (R) received 1 AK 56 and ammunitions. According to the press release, the new “Home Comers” stated they have lost confidence in the leadership of their respective NPGs and decided to join NSCN (R).
School Edu informs kohIMA, APRIL 18 (MExN): All the Principals, Vice Principals and Post Graduate Teachers of Higher Secondary Cadres under the School Education Department who have been regularized in service till date have been directed to collect Performa format in regard to preparation of ‘Revised Tentative Seniority List’ on or before April 25. The concerned officers shall be briefed with the details and necessary documents for further submission (of the required Performa along with the documents) to the Department. Any officer failing to comply with this notice shall be held responsible for non-inclusion in the Seniority List of the cadre, informed Senthang, Director of School Education.
World Malaria Day on April 25
Parents of students of Sazolie College during the PTF meeting on April 16.
Neizovonuo Visa, Deputy Director, RDB, Kohima and Pelevito Nakhro, retired government official. Speaking on behalf of the parents, D. Neli Koso, General Secretary, Mao Union, Kohima, Swedele Noswe, and Neizovonuo Visa, Deputy Director, RDB, Kohima expressed happiness on the positive role played by the college and teachers which has facilitated the growth of their children in all areas. Koso and Noswe lauded
the initiative of the college to form the Parents-Teachers Forum which would benefit the students as a result, a press release received here said. Visa appreciated the clean and serene ambience of the college which she thought was ideal for academic activities. She also praised the Tutorial System of the college which has aided the students to actively engage and participate in the learning process. The same
opinion was shared by another parent who opined that students should be given the opportunity to express themselves while learning. He also dwelt on the importance of maintaining a good rapport between parents and teachers to help the students realize their full potentials, the release added. The programme was chaired by Dr Puspanjoli D Nakhro, Academic Dean and Faculty Representative of the PTF.
DIMAPUR, APRIL 18 (MExN): The Office of Urban Vector Borne Disease Control Scheme (UVBDCS) will observe World Malaria Day on April 25, under the theme, ‘Think, Plan, Create – A Malaria Free Environment’ with ward wise sanitation drive competition on April 25 at Dimapur Urban Area. Therefore, all the ward youth wing have been requested to attend the co-ordination meeting on April 20 at CMO conference hall at 11:00 am with two representatives. For more detailed information, colonies youth may contact 9856425005.
SCD, DDADU condole DIMAPUR, APRIL 18 (MExN): The Sumi Council, Dimapur (SCD) and Dimapur District Auto Drivers’ Union (DDADU) have expressed sadness and pain at the demise of Khenivi Kiba, a former Chairman of SCD and father of Akaho Kibami, DDADU Chief Advisor, on April 16. In separate condolence messages, SCD Chairman, Kuhoi Zhimo and DDADU President, K Hokaito Zhimomi remembered that Khenivi, an early settler of Dimapur, was involved in different social activities in Dimapur over the years. In his death, the Sumis in particular and the people of Dimapur in general have lost a senior leader and the void created will be difficult to fill, the messages stated. The two organizations prayed that the bereaved family will get strength to overcome the grief.
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IN FOCUS
THE MORUNG EXPRESS
The Power of Truth
The Morung Express
C O M M E N T A R Y
Phil Wilmot Waging Nonviolence
How an underground hip hop artist and Mustering Courage! his book club threaten Angola’s regime volume Xi issue 106
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agas yearn to move from uncertainty to stability, and from fragile peace to one where living a dignified peaceful coexistence is possible. The challenge is to invoke the spirit of critical imagination accompanied by action where Nagas confidently and creatively explore a strategic praxis of transformation. It is crucial that Nagas have hope and are confident in their pursuit for peace with dignity which is combined with strategic planning in order to realize a shared humanity. Hope can be said to be the collective optimism and belief to fulfill a desired destination. Hope is fundamental in enabling a people to confidently and with resolve propel themselves towards their destiny. Hope is a state of consciousness that catalyzes moving from inaction to action. After all, hope is not an end, rather an essential part of an ongoing process, a condition of heightened consciousness and realization which has moved the human spirit to do the extraordinary. It will be fair to say that hope is essential for the Nagas in their efforts to transcend the prevailing dogmatic status quo. Indeed, it is hope that has heightened the collective yearning for a fuller humanity. Nonetheless, hope in itself is incomplete. In actuality, the very nature of hope is accompanied by an imaginative, creative and innovative strategic process of moving from the present into the future. It is in the area of strategic planning that Nagas need assistance as its hopes have been belied by the conditions of time. Now is the time for Nagas to reinvigorate and rejuvenate an initiative designing an imaginative and strategic framework that would once again give the Nagas a renewed sense of hope for constructing a pathway towards a shared humanity. Pertinent to this process is the need to engaged in a series of dialogues and collectively identify the essentials for Nagas to move forward. Undoubtedly and absolutely Nagas need to move from the prevailing divisive monologue to a democratic space for dialogue. This space would invite the diverse voices that make up the Naga realm to participate in open exchanges of selfcriticism which could eventually ensure re-establishing the Naga ethos of life. Dialogue would take place in various forms at different levels of society on multiple issues. For instance, initiatives could be more open ended and holistic expanding beyond resolutions and reconciliation efforts to reconstructing society’s broken areas. Remembering that the sum of the parts is always stronger and more long lasting than the individual parts is essential to understanding how social change comes about. Consequently, an integrated strategy for rebuilding and restoring the Naga ethos and way of life needs everyone’s input, ideas and imagination. By rekindling the Naga spirit of hope we can find our way together toward a shared humanity.
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Brennan O'Connor The Diplomat
Myanmar: The Dawei Special Economic Zone
Amid delays, local opposition to the project is growing
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nvestor confidence in the long-delayed Dawei special economic zone (DSEZ) is growing after Japan signed on as a third equal partner with Myanmar and Thailand this December. Japan’s backing may finally kick start construction of the billion dollar project that has been crippled by funding shortfalls since 2013. If it’s ever finished, the deep-seaport is expected to rival the one in Singapore, opening a new gateway to the Malacca Strait from the western Myanmar seaboard. The 196 square km special economic zone – scaled down from initial estimates of 204.5 square km – would become one the biggest industrial parks in Southeast Asia. Thailand and Myanmar signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in 2008 to develop the DSEZ; one the three special economic zones in the country expected to stimulate growth by drawing in foreign investment. About eight years later work on the DSEZ has been minimal. On the site of the deepseaport a single crane sits on lonely platform rising from the sea some 100 meters from shore. Most of the land in the first phase that will see automotive parts, electronics, canneries and pharmaceuticals factories built has been plowed but construction efforts have been negligible. New delays have come up after Japan requested modifications made to the original drafts. The vital road link connecting Myanmar to Thailand’s Kanchanaburi scheduled to begin this March has been suspended. Japan determined 15-degree inclines along 17 areas of the 138 km new two-lane highway weren’t safe for large trucks. Tunnels need to be burrowed into some of the mountains along the way. Meanwhile widespread local opposition to the project has been growing. The Dawei Development Association (DDA), a local grassroots coalition opposed to the project, organized a protest in Dawei in March; one of many over the years. According to their 2014 “Voices from the Ground” report the project will affect upwards of 43,000 people living in 36 small farming and fishing villages on pristine coastline along the Andaman Sea. Residents who sold their land to investors for next to nothing are still waiting to be paid, said the report. Others claimed their land was confiscated. In the report a photograph depicts terrified children that reportedly watch from their homes while bulldozers plowed the family’s orchard. There are also environmental threats, according to the report. The government intends to use 2000 megawatt coal plant to power construction. Protective coastal mangrove forests have been cleared. Road construction and deforestation has compromised watersheds causing erosion dirtying rivers and streams. The area is home to many quintessential fishing villages that rely on the pristine coastline along the Andaman Sea for their daily livelihood. If the project goes through life in this quiet and remote corner of the world will be forever changed. However, for some locals long limited by the depressed economy it’s a chance they are willing to take, even if they don’t completely understand the ramifications the mammoth project will have on their lives and their children’s. Less than a half a kilometer from the deep-seaport, fishermen in Nga Pea Dat village remained hopeful of the DSEZ’s potential to bring much needed jobs to the region – a promise that was the main feature of initial marketing strategy touted by project proponents.
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n Monday (March 28), 17 Angolan activists received sentences ranging from two to eightand-a-half years in jail for participating in a book club that was discussing Gene Sharp’s “From Dictatorship to Democracy.” Far from being just an isolated act of dissent, their book club was actually an escalation of a decade-plus conflict between Africa’s second-longest-serving president Jose Eduardo dos Santos and young Angolans seeking a brighter, more democratic future. The conflict was sparked on November 26, 2003, when a car washer in the capital city of Luanda was caught singing a politically defiant tune by popular Angolan rapper MCK. Presidential guard soldiers seized the young man, Arsénio Sebastião. Against the cries of onlookers, they tied his arms behind his back and marched him out to the Atlantic Ocean. While the presidential guard soldiers had intended to cultivate a climate of fear in the Luanda population, they may have done quite the opposite. The drowned Sebastião’s martyrdom continues to fuel the flames of a growing citizens’ movement in his homeland. DIY hip hop builds a decentralized movement At the time of Sebastião’s execution, hip hop artist MCK was still a university student. Other rappers like Brigadeiro 10 Pacotes and Dioniso Casimiro would never be featured on Radio Nacional de Angola. They were forced to develop their own methods of distributing their art. Self-piracy became the popular avenue for the dissemination of conscious rap music, quickly gaining popularity in a nation formerly subjected to guerrilla warfare, the ripple-effects of the communist collapse and Portuguese colonization. “Guess it’s true what they say: The forbidden fruit is the most desired,”
Luaty Beirão, also known by his stage name Ikonoklasta, told Okay Africa in 2012. “Nowadays you have a totally ridiculous phenomenon where underground artists sell more records on release day than pop trashcan artists who get promoted to exhaustion in public and private media ever do.” Despite the state’s efforts to withdraw sponsorships and subsidies from pro-people hip hop artists, they continue to use the Internet, flash disks, blank CDs, taxi operators and street vendors to distribute their tracks. Spaces such as the “University of Hip Hop” in Luanda’s outskirts and local NGOs like Omunga have been established in recent years to activate the consciousness of youth through Angola’s most defiant genre. Beirão hadn’t noticed the power of his own art form until he was arrested in March of 2011. A policeman at the station sat down next to him, reciting the lyrics to one of his songs. Angola 15 perform hunger strike Beirão continued to tally arrests in the years that followed, including one on June 20, 2015 when he met with a book club that would soon be dubbed the “Angola 15.” Among those present were Domingos da Cruz, author of “Tools to Destroy a Dictator and Avoid a New Dictatorship” and Nito Alves, who had been placed in solitary confinement at age 17 for selling shirts describing dos Santos — valued at more than $20 billion after hoarding Angola’s oil wealth — as a disgusting dictator. In addition to da Cruz’s own text, the club was discussing Sharp’s “From Dictatorship to Democracy.” Tipped off about the meeting, state agents moved in for the arrests. On September 15, when the terms of their imprisonment were still unclear, the Angola 15 announced a hunger strike protesting the injustice. The strike would continue for two weeks before most of the members resumed eating. As the most publicly visual member of the team, Beirão continued
to the 36th day, a day for every year of dos Santos’ regime. In October, 20 activists holding a vigil calling for the release of those confined without trial were also arrested. The tie between political consciousness and hip hop strengthened to the extent that the head of Human Rights Foundation Thor Halvorseen wrote to Nicki Minaj, asking her to cancel her Christmas season performance for dos Santos’ family. One part of the letter read, “As a strong-willed independent artist, shouldn’t you be advocating for the release of the imprisoned rapper, rather than entertaining the dictator and his thieving family?” Nicki Minaj later posted pictures of her time spent with the elite dos Santos family on social media, praising Isabel dos Santos for being the world’s eighth most wealthy woman. Book club resumes, activists sentenced for coup plot The prolonged remand did nothing to crush the spirits of the Angola 15, and indeed their numbers began increasing. The book club convened again this March, resulting in another group arrest. This time, the activists were produced in court on March 28, each suspect receiving a multiple-year sentence. Beirão received a five-and-a-half year sentence for rebelling against the president, falsified documents and criminal association. Da Cruz received the longest sentence — cited by the court as the group’s “leader” — with eight-and-ahalf years for coup-planning. Civil society organizations have already launched statements of condemnation concerning the arrests. According to Amnesty International director for Southern Africa, Deprose Muchena, “The activists have been wrongly convicted in a deeply politicized trial. They are the victims of a government determined to intimidate anyone who dares to question its repressive policies.” The court ruled that each activist must pay more than $300 in legal
fees. That’s in a country where 70 percent of Angolans live on less than $2 per day. Various NGOs have called for the prompt release of the prisoners of conscience. A new Angola The oil-powered, blood-diamondhungry dos Santos regime has no effective means of curtailing the politically-critical sounds of Angola’s hip hop underground. Although Beirão and his alleged co-conspirators are behind bars, his music videos — which include footage from Angola’s civil war and world-renowned acts of civil disobedience like Vietnam’s burning monk and China’s one-man tank blockade — are still circulating freely across YouTube. At the same time, Beirão’s wife Mónica Almeida has released a video condemning the court’s decisions. Personal safety is no longer much of a consideration for Almeida. “What more do I have to lose?” she asks. The question is valid for all residents of Angola. After their land and resources were taken by Portugal in the 19th century, and then later considered a personal asset of the ruling family, Angolans young and old are wondering whether political change is actually possible. Although dos Santos has pledged to step down in 2018, he has broken similar promises in the past. Before his trial, Beirão said, “What will happen will be what the president decides … We all know and understand how it works … If [dos Santos] decides so, let’s be found guilty. We are mentally prepared to be found guilty.” Arrestees Nito Alves and Nuno Dala are physically weak, but their spirits remain strong. Perhaps another hunger strike — or another creative action — will soon follow. In the meantime, the books by Sharp and da Cruz are waiting to be read by a new batch of activists, ready to take up the struggle of leading Angolans to a brighter, more democratic future.
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he Panama Papers should be no surprise. I was there in the 1970s, when the system they’ve exposed was set in motion. As an Economic Hit Man (an EHM), I helped forge this global economy that is based on legalized crimes. It’s a system in which 62 individuals have as much wealth as half the world’s population, and a handful of the super-rich control governments around the globe. Big corporations benefit from infrastructure and social services without having to foot the bill. Instead, average U.S. citizens pay for it with their hard-earned tax dollars, while the very rich and their corporations shelter their incomes in tax havens like Panama. The foundations for Panama as a tax shelter go back to 1903, when President Theodore Roosevelt fomented a rebellion to wrest Panama from Colombia so the U.S. could build the Panama Canal. J.P. Morgan and Company became the new country’s official fiscal agent. Soon Panama passed laws allowing John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company to register its ships there, avoiding U.S. taxes and regula-
tions — and Panamanian tax shelters were born. I was sent to Panama to convince then-head of state Omar Torrijos to stop insisting the U.S. turn canal ownership over to Panama, and to soften his support for Latin America’s nationalistic movements. Torrijos would not yield on the canal. But he did let his country become a tax haven for international corporations. He told me, "If your country is determined to exploit mine, the least I can do is help your corporations avoid paying taxes that support the CIA and Pentagon!" To r r i j o s died in 1981 in a plane crash many believe was orchestrated by the CIA. Since then, Panamanian administrations have remained a puppet of U.S. business interests, and the country is a tax shelter for the super rich. Over the past 12 years, the system that helped create it has spread from developing countries to the United States, Europe, and the rest of the world. The result: a failed global economy: Two and a half billion people live below the poverty level, on less than $2 a day. Seven out of 10 people live in countries with worse inequality than 30 years ago.
Less than 5% of the world’s population lives in the United States, yet consumes 25% of the world’s resources. Less than 1% of that 5% dictate not only U.S. policies, but those of most other countries. It is an economic system based on debt, fear, militarization, and the extraction of the resources that support it, consuming itself into extinction. There’s a lesson here. In this election year, we must understand that the next U.S. president has very limited powers. The powers rest in the big corporations and the people who run them. When billionaires are able to get laws passed such as the US-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement of 2012 and NAFTA, giving their corporations more power than sovereign nations, it’s time for change. We must create an economy dedicated to cleaning up pollution, developing new technologies that recycle and spare the earth, and creating systems that alleviate desperation, poverty, hunger, and the causes of violence and terrorism. This system must include fair taxation: those who benefit from the infrastructure must help pay for it. The revelations of the Panama Papers are one more indictment of
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a failed system that I know only too well. It’s very possible these latest revelations are the proverbial straw that breaks the camel’s back and encourages us to understand that we have a responsibility to ourselves and future generations to reverse this terribly destructive course. Can it be reversed? Look at Vermont. In a state with under 0.2% of U.S. population, a small group of activists and bloggers successfully pressured some of the biggest food producers in the country — Kellogg, General Mills, Campbell Soup, Mars, and ConAgri — to change their policies and commit to national GMO labeling. David can defeat Goliath. Many will want to focus on the "arch enemies" exposed by the Panama Papers, like Putin, and on overpaid celebrities and athletes. Let us not be distracted. Let us instead focus on the super rich — those who finance the political campaigns that support their interests, promise lucrative consulting jobs when politicians lose or leave office, and hide their fortunes in tax havens like Panama. The Panama Papers are a warning: we can’t turn a blind eye on legalized crimes. Let the people of Vermont encourage all of us to take action.
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Time to Think Bigger About the Refugee Crisis “Parents and Children”
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A boy stands next to a border fence on the Greek side of the border as Macedonian police stand guard on the Macedonian side, close to a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants near the Greek village of Idomeni, April 12, 2016. (REUTERS)
A Home, but Not Home
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’VE recently returned from the Middle East and East Africa, where I visited a number of refugee camps — car parks of humanity. I went as an activist and as a European. Because Europeans have come to realize — quite painfully in the past year or two — that the mass exodus from collapsed countries like Syria is not just a Middle Eastern or African problem, it’s a European problem. It’s an American one, too. It affects us all. My countryman Peter Sutherland, a senior United Nations official for international migration, has made clear that we’re living through the worst crisis of forced displacement since World War II. In 2010, some 10,000 people worldwide fled their homes every day, on average. Which sounds like a lot — until you consider that four years later, that number had quadrupled. And when people are driven out of their homes by violence, poverty and instability, they take themselves and their despair elsewhere. And “elsewhere” can be anywhere. But with their despair some of them also have hope. It seems insane or naïve to speak of hope in this context, and I may be both of these things. But in most of the places where refugees live, hope has not left the building: hope to go home someday, hope to find work and a better life. I left Kenya, Jordan and Turkey feeling a little hopeful myself. For as hard as it is to truly imagine what life as a refugee is like, we have a chance to reimagine that reality — and reinvent our relationship with the people and countries consumed now by conflict, or hosting those who have fled it. That needs to start, as it has for me, by parting with a couple of wrong ideas about the refugee crisis. One is that the Syrian refugees are concentrated in camps. They aren’t. These arid encampments are so huge that it’s hard to fathom that only a small percentage of those refugees actually live in one; in many places, a majority live in the communities of their host countries. In Jordan and Lebanon, for example, most refugees are in urban centers rather than in camps. This is a problem that knows no perimeter. Another fallacy is that the crisis is temporary. I guess it depends on your definition of “temporary,” but I didn’t meet many refugees, some of whom have been displaced for decades, who felt that they were just passing through. Some families have spent two generations — and some young people their entire lives — as refugees. They have been exiled by their home countries only to face a second exile in the countries that have accepted their presence but not their right to move or to work. You hear the term “permanent temporary solution” thrown around by officials, but not with the irony you’d think it deserves. Those understandings should shape our response. The United States and other developed nations have a chance to act smarter, think bigger and move faster in addressing this crisis and preventing the next one. Having talked with refugees, and having talked to countless officials and representatives of civil society along the way, I see three areas where the world should act. First, the refugees, and the countries where they’re living, need more humanitarian support. You see this most vividly in a place like the Dada-
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arrived in Jordan, a country where about one in five people is a refugee. The Jordanian government’s figure is 1.2 million refugees, mostly Iraqis and Syrians — and the true number is probably larger. When we think of refugees at all, most of us think of people living in camps. But here in Jordan a vast majority of these transitory souls are living in the community. I was able to spend some time with a Syrian family who moved from a camp into housing in Amman. Abu Emad and his wife welcomed us into their home. Their 10-year-old son, Qusai, has the wisdom of the ages in his eyes, which is heightened by his professorial spectacles. Qusai told us that if he one day becomes a politician, he will try to put his people’s safety before anything else. Abu Emad told me that he loved his hometown, Homs, more than his own eyes and that he dreamed con-
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stantly of returning there. He told us the details about the spice market that he ran, the employees he seemed to cherish and the relaxed nature of the neighborhood they lived in. It was clear that they are still shellshocked. Their daughter, Layla, whom we didn’t meet, was 5 when they left. The shelling made her incontinent and left her with post-traumatic stress so bad that she can’t be left alone. Though heavily in debt from medical care for Abu Emad’s diabetes, the family offered us lunch and poured freshly made coffee. The family was expecting cash assistance from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which has developed a biometric-triggered system for distributing funds. As part of the registration process, all incoming refugees receive an iris scan, which serves as a digital identity card and also acts as a “pin code” at
A.T.M.s in the camp, allowing them to withdraw cash once a month for what they need most. It’s a way of increasing refugees’ autonomy, as well as the local economy. Most refugees don’t have work permits, so the cash assistance is critically needed. The family said the Jordanian camp they left was “seven star” because they were treated so well. But the neighborhood they live in now has brought them to their knees in gratitude. Christian and Muslim neighbors welcomed them, brought supplies of gas, beds and pillows, and constantly check up on Abu Emad and his health. If you ever lose hope in our fundamental humanity when faced with the daily acts of barbarity in Syria, here in this little neighborhood of Amman, you’re reminded what it’s all about — what we’re all about — which is, in the end, one another.
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ords ... I love words and phrases, maybe because I’m a songwriter. Absurdities are a personal favorite. Today I will always remember as the day of “permanent temporary solutions.” The Dadaab refugee complex near the border of Somalia is the largest in the world. It is home to 345,000 people, nearly a third born in the camp, which has now been going almost a quarter of a century. Yet they still call it temporary. After particularly brutal attacks in Kenya by the Somalia-based jihadist group the Shabab, the government’s first instinct was to shutter Dadaab. Instead they chose to ban permanent structures at this “temporary” home, which has a population larger than Pittsburgh’s. But it is fiction to think the people here are going anywhere soon. The same goes for another gigan-
ab complex in Kenya, near the border of Somalia, a place patched together (or not) with sticks and plastic sheets. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is doing noble and exceedingly hard work. But it can’t do everything it needs to do when it is chronically underfunded by the very governments that expect it to handle this global problem. Second, we can help host countries see refugees not just as a burden, but as a benefit. The international community could be doing much more, through development assistance and trade deals, to encourage businesses and states hosting refugees to see the upside of people’s hands being occupied and not idle (the World Bank and the Scriptures agree on this). The refugees want to work. They were shopkeepers, teachers and musicians at home, and want to be these things again, or maybe become new things — if they can get education, training and access to the labor market. In other words, they need development. Development that invests in them and empowers them — that
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tic Kenyan camp, Kakuma, home to nearly 200,000 refugees near the border with South Sudan. Together, Kakuma and Dadaab are painful symbols of the world’s halting and often confused efforts to cope with mass migrations caused by war and famine, particularly in Northern Africa and the Middle East. Just over five years ago, some 10,000 people were forced from their homes every day. By 2015, that average had quadrupled. This is the worst crisis of forced displacement since World War II. Millions are moving their families across dangerous terrain and troubled waters to flee conflict. Many of us are familiar with the Syrian refugee crisis. Not so many are acquainted with the crisis in South Sudan or Somalia. Yet five of the top 10 host nations for refugees are in sub-Saharan Africa. Six of the top 10 source nations of refugees are in sub-Saharan Africa. And guess what, for the first time, this treats them not as passive recipients but as leaders and partners. The world tends to give humanitarian efforts and development efforts their own separate bureaucracies and unlisted phone numbers, as if they’re wholly separate concerns. But to be effective they need to be better coordinated; we have to link the two and fund them both. Refugees living in camps need food and shelter right away, but they also need the long-term benefits of education, training, jobs and financial security. Third, the world needs to shore up the development assistance it gives to those countries that have not collapsed but are racked by conflict, corruption and weak governance. These countries may yet spiral into anarchy. Lately some Western governments have been cutting overseas aid to spend money instead on asylumseekers within their borders. But it is less expensive to invest in stability than to confront instability. Transparency, respect for rule of law, and a free and independent media are also crucial to the survival of countries on the
African problem has become a European problem. The best border of Europe is no longer the Mediterranean, it is a safer Sahel, the band of countries south of the Sahara, and Levant, the countries of the eastern Mediterranean. If Africa fails, Europe cannot succeed. Today, I met invisible people. People who don’t feel they exist. Some who don’t even have a memory of another home because they were born in this camp. They have been exiled twice. First from their country of origin, then from the country where they now reside in giant carparks of despair. I met a child named Atong, a beautiful South Sudanese girl with defiant eyes, only adoring of her mother. I asked her mother what Atong meant. “War,” she replied. “I was born in war,” she said. “I was raised in a war without parents, and gave birth in war.” periphery of chaos. Because chaos, as we know all too well, is contagious. What we don’t want and can’t afford is to have important countries in the Sahel, the band of countries just south of the Sahara, going the same way as Syria. If Nigeria, a country many times larger than Syria, were to fracture as a result of groups like Boko Haram, we are going to wish we had been thinking bigger before the storm. Actually, some people are thinking bigger. I keep hearing calls from a real gathering of forces — Africans and Europeans, army generals and World Bank and International Monetary Fund officials — to emulate that most genius of American ideas, the Marshall Plan. That plan delivered trade and development in service of security — in places where institutions were broken and hope had been lost. Well, hope is not lost in the Middle East and North Africa, not yet, not even where it’s held together by string. But hope is getting impatient. We should be, too. Bono is the lead singer of the band U2 and a founder of the advocacy group ONE and the AIDS organization (RED).
very now and then we hear an alarming rise in teenage alcoholism and drug abuse. The relationship between children and parents has degenerated over the years, creating a widening gap between the generations. Many children have the feeling that parents are the enemy- a foe to be opposed, intimidated, threatened, and overcome. A whole generation of young people is turned off and tuned out to their parents, wanting nothing to do with them and the value system they represent. We were told that spanking a child was an uncivilised way for an intelligent modern parent to act. Many school told us today's children have been too closely restricted and disciplined. Which means let them do their own things? With this we have created a whole new generation of young people who have no respect for authority. What we have with the new generation is not a generation gap but a discipline gap. Many teachers fear for their lives and their safety in the classroom. Children are placed under their parents' authority, and parents must come under the authorities over them. The first duty of a child is to obey his/her parents. In addition to being obedient, children are also commanded to honor their parents. Their tone of voice and attitude of heart should always be one of respect and honor. Children who are taught to behave this way will live a long, full life. When children are left to do "what comes naturally", chaos results. A child must learn to submit himself to a higher authority if he does not learn this as a child; it is likely he will not learn to submit to God. The father is the head of the household and is responsible for the spiritual welfare of his family. If your children are not properly trained and disciplined, it is the father who is held responsible by God. Many of us have turned our children over to the Sunday school for their spiritual training. However Sunday school was created in the nineteenth century to instruct orphans and the children of unbelieving parents. Mothers and fathers are to teach the word of God to their children, encouraging them to learn it and to hide it in their hearts. “Chasten your son while there is hope, and do not set your heart on his destruction” (Proverbs19:18). One of greatest causes of frustration and anger among children is inconsistent discipline. Everyone of us need boundaries so do the children. Without boundaries, children feel their parents do not love or care them which may make a child psychologically insecure. There should be certain family rules and also the consequences for not obeying them. The level of punishment also should fit the "crime." "He who spares the rod, hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him" (Proverbs 13:24). A parent who loves his child will spank him. And the parent who does not discipline him hates his child, knowing or unknowingly. The undisciplined children, grows up to be a rebel, refusing to submit to the authority of the parents, the school, the state, and of God. Discipline is an outward expression of love and we should not withhold discipline from a child simply because the child is upset about being punished. Children often complain that their parents won't listen to them. Found fault over and over constantly, followed by a long lecture. Many children hear nothing from their parents but "rejection", which they felt they are criticised. They felt that their parents have not approved anything which they have done till now. When you discipline your child do it in love, make him understand that it is because of love and the love will remain the same before and after the discipline action. The father is responsible for seeing that the mother or grandmother or babysitter does not use any method of discipline that is physically, psychologically, or emotionally harmful to the child. We should never punish our children in anger, but we should chasten them in love. Nor the punishment is for wrong reasons like anger, impatience and loss of temper from anyone. Parents should realise that rewards are a part of discipline. Children should be encouraged to achieve rewards for their efforts. Children should know that obedience will result in blessing and think twice before they disobey. "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it" (Proverbs 22:6). The responsibility for training the child is placed squarely upon the shouldersnot of the school or the church- but upon you, the parents. The question arises, how and what are parents to teach their children? Children must be taught the commands of God. They can be taught one command at a time, and practical instructions relating to that command were to be given whenever a situation presented itself. Parents, and especially fathers, were to impress God's commands on the children whenever and wherever you got time. Recently, in a local newspaper of one of the state of North-East India, I found a column where a 5 years old girl was raped by her localite which is 14 years old boy (Minor). Young adults are not aware of the fact that fornication is a sin, and in many cases they do not even know what it is. And we wonder why our young people go astray. Sex education within the family framework is absolutely essential because your children are going to become educated about sex one way or another. Haverlock Ellis, one of the pioneers in this field, said that to forbid proper sex education to children is like refusing them a drink of pure water just because there are plenty of mud puddles in the streets. If we, as Christian parents, don't give them what they need, our young people will drink the dirty stagnant filth of the world. Children need to be taught what the bible says about sex. You may teach in your family devotions- about the proper purpose of sex. A practical study centered on God's word will help you lay the foundation for your children. Without God, no wonder our young people fall apart and turn to drugs and alcohol when the pressures become unbearable. When a child is reconciled to God, his identity as a person becomes clear to him. So he can be taught how to reconciled to others and have wholesome relationships. Thus a child can learn to adjust to both his environment and the world in which he lives. The most important gift you can give to your children is to bring them to a genuine spiritual, saving knowledge of Christ. Reference: Holy Bible, New King James Version by Thomas Nelson, Inc. The secret to a happy home by D. James Kennedy
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Non-bailable arrest warrant issued against Mallya
MuMbAi, April 18 (iANS): Adding to the woes of liquor baron Vijay Mallya, a special court here on Monday issued an undated non-bailable arrest warrant against the beleaguered businessman, official sources said here. The non-bailable warrant (NBW) was issued by Special Judge P.R. Bhavake in response to a plea by the Enforcement Directorate on April 15 before the special court hearing cases under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Following the warrant, the decks have been cleared for a red corner notice to be issued by Interpol against Mallya and he can also be arrested anytime and anywhere in the country. The special court also rejected the submissions made by Mallya's counsel Amit Desai and Pranav Badhekar that officials of the grounded Kingfisher
Airlines were fully cooperating with the ED and they should not be accused of being evasive or un-cooperative. Denying the ED's contention that Mallya had diverted monies to make property investments abroad, counsel urged the special court not to pass any "coercive orders" sought by the ED against Mallya in the matter. The ED's lawyer Hiten Venegaonkar had filed the plea for an NBW and also put forth his arguments for issuing the NBW against Mallya. On Monday, Venegaonkar reiterated that Mallya must present himself before the ED, which has summoned him thrice earlier in connection with the money-laundering cases filed against him. The ED has also raised apprehensions about the possibility of the evidence being tampered with. After he failed to appear in person on March 18, April 2 and April 9, Mallya sought time extension till May from the ED, as he is abroad since March 2 and reported to be in Britain. The ED's April 15 plea before the special court came soon after the central government suspended Mallya's diplomatic passport on that day.
Delhi embraces odd-even scheme, BJP MP flouts it
Delhi, April 18 (iANS): The second edition of Delhi's odd-even traffic scheme was a success on its first full working day on Monday, the government said, but BJP parliamentarian Vijay Goel flouted it to protest against what he said was "needless expenditure" on its promotion. Hundreds of thousands of diesel and petrol driven private four-wheelers, mainly cars, with odd registration numbers stayed off the roads from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. as part of the scheme aimed at curbing pollution. Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai said after a bus ride earlier in the day that "the people of Delhi have voluntarily accepted the (second phase of the) scheme too". The first phase ran from January 1 to 15. He said there were apprehensions about Monday since it was the first working day after the second phase began on April 15, which was a government holiday on account of Ram Navami. "Fortunately, everything is satisfactory," he said. The one problem that cropped up was overcharging by app-based taxi aggregators, including Ola and Uber, taking advantage of the rising demand for cabs by those who did not use their cars. As the anger against the companies mounted on social media, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal threatened
Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai meets BJP MP Vijay Goel at his residence to persuade him not to violate the odd-even traffic scheme. (IANS Photo)
"strict action", including impounding of erring cabs. Transport Minister Rai said the licences of the erring taxi drivers would be seized and their permits cancelled. The threat had an immediate effect. Uber and Ola suspended surge pricing. "Given the threat to the livelihood of our partners, at the expense of reliability, we are temporarily suspending surge with immediate effect," Uber said.
BJP MP who violated odd-even rule had no licence, no insurance Former Delhi BJP president Vijay Goel became the first politician to violate the odd-even restrictions, under which diesel and petrol driven private fourwheelers with odd regis-
tration numbers will ply on odd dates and those with even registration numbers on even dates. As he drove out of his house on Ashoka Road in a car with an odd registration number, police promptly pulled him up. He was fined Rs.2,000 for violating the odd-even scheme, Rs.1,000 for not having insurance papers for his car and Rs.500 for not carrying a driver's licence. Goel paid up in cash. Goel said his action was to protest against the way Chief Minister Kejriwal was being promoted in the advertisements espousing the odd-even scheme. Goel refused to bend when Transport Minister Rai met him and urged him not to break the rules as it would send a wrong message to the public.
He was not the only one. Police fined 152 erring motorists till 1 p.m. The government's transport department fined another 196 motorists till 2 p.m. This was a sharp drop from the 1,714 violations on Friday and Saturday. The Delhi High Court issued notice to the city government on a fresh plea against Ola and Uber for over-charging. The odd-even scheme is not applicable to vehicles using compressed natural gas, two-wheelers, women motorists and several categories of VIPs. The Delhi Pollution Control Committee reported that the PM 2.5 levels fell to less than 60 -- the permissible limit -- in 42 of the 74 locations where it monitored pollution levels.
IAS officer jailed for ‘abusing position’ in plot allotment
ghAziAbAD, April 18 (iANS): A CBI court here on Monday sent IAS officer Rajiv Kumar to judicial custody in Dasna jail after he surrendered before the court for abuse of power in a Noida plot allotment scam. The former deputy chief executive officer (DCEO) and presently in waiting list for new posting, surrendered before the CBI court on Monday. It sent him to jail after taking him into judicial custody. Kumar, a former principal secretary (appointment) in the personnel department in UP government, surrendered before the
court after losing his case in Allahabad High Court. His accomplice and the then chief executive officer (CEO) of Noida, Neera Yadav, has already surrendered before the same court. She is presently serving a three-year jail term awarded in 2012. Neera Yadav, who was the chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh and the chief executive officer (CEO) of Noida, along with Rajiv Kumar, the then DCEO of Noida, were convicted by the local CBI court to three-year jail terms. They were also slapped a financial penalty of Rs.1,00,000 each in two cases pertaining to
the illegal allotment of plots during their tenure in Noida in 1994. CBI special judge S. Lal at Ghaziabad, pronouncing the judgment in the Noida plot allotment scam, said the court found them guilty of abusing their position and, therefore, convicted them to three years' jail along with a financial penalty of Rs.1,00,000 and Rs.50,000 in two cases. Both the penalties -- jail and the cash fine -- were imposed simultaneously on the two accused. The conviction was awarded under section 120(B) of IPC (criminal conspiracy) and section 13(2) (criminal miscon-
duct by public servant) read with section 13(1)(D) (using corrupt and illegal means) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The accused were granted bail after the pronouncement of the judgment after furnishing personal bonds of Rs.1,00,000 each. Neera Yadav and Rajiv Kumar were found guilty in a case wherein Kumar allotted a plot No.86/51 and later transferred the allotment to a prime location in sector-14A as plot No.27. A piece of adjoining land measuring 105 square metres was also clubbed with the plot and allotted to him. The court
found Kumar guilty of abusing his position as deputy chief executive officer (DCEO). The Noida Entrepreneur Association filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court which then ordered the CBI to investigate the case. Complying with the Supreme Court order, the CBI on February 26, 1998, registered a case against Neera Yadav and others including Deputy CEO Rajiv Kumar. The CBI filed the chargesheet in October 16, 2002. After a 10year trial, the court of CBI special judge convicted the UP cadre senior IAS officers in 2012.
Rahul takes digs at Modi, 'Degrees without studying will Mamata over poll promises lead to nation of block heads'
rAghuNAThg ANj (WeST beNgAl): April 18 (IANS) Taking digs at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said both only made promises but did not bother to act on them. "Modi talks of 'Make in India' programme. He said two crore youths will get jobs. People believed him and brought him to power, but not a single youth got a job," Gandhi said while campaigning here in Murshidabad district. "The same goes for Mamata as well. She promised jobs to 70 lakh youth. But is there a single youth who got a job? Instead, they have to migrate to other states in search of livelihood," the Congress leader said. "Mamata promised jobs to Bengal's youth; promised to
set up factories; but there are no jobs, no factories; so, we are fighting to defeat her," Gandhi said. The Congress has tied up with the Left Front led by the Communist Party of IndiaMarxist for the ongoing assembly polls. He also accused Banerjee - who wrested Bengal with Congress support - of changing overnight after becoming the chief minister. "Five years back, the Congress gave support to the Trinamool Congress, hoping that Mamata ji will bring change in Bengal, work to bring jobs, solve law and order issues and bring in industry. We gave her support on the condition that she will work to change Bengal." "Once the polls ended and Mamata became the chief minister, the very next day she
changed. Her working style changed, her way of talking changed and she forgot all her promises she made to the Congress and the people of Bengal," Gandhi said. The Congress leader also attacked Banerjee and the Trinamool over the mulit-crore rupee Saradha scam, the Narada sting operation and the Vivekananda flyover collapse in Kolkata in which at least 26 people were killed. "Much like Modi says that he will bring back black money from abroad, but does not act against (liquor baron) Vijay Mallya or (former Indian Premier League chairman) Lalit Modi, Mamata is also doing nothing," the Congress leader said. Gandhi said that farmers across the country were distressed, but nothing had been done for them.
SriNAgAr, April 18 (pTi): India will become a nation of block heads if degrees are provided to people without studying, Jammu and Kashmir High Court has said. "Insatiable human greed has caused immense damage to our educational system...It is only to be imagined what will happen to a nation where, without studying, educational degrees would be provided to the people. The country will become nation of block heads, thus, making its future dark," Justice M H Attar said in a recent order. Justice Attar made the stinging observations last week while dismissing a petition filed by Manish Suri, owner of an Elementary Teachers Training College, who was seeking quashing of an FIR lodged by Crime Branch. In October 2013, Crime Branch registered two separate cases in Jammu and Srinagar offices to investigate the illegal practices adopted by some ETT colleges in the state. The FIRs were lodged following a report by Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education which brought to surface that money in hundreds of
crores has changed hands in ETT colleges in the state. The report also stated that candidates were lured and amounts ranging from Rs 45,000 to Rs 80,000 were extracted from each candidate through touts for providing them degrees and certificates by the ETT colleges which did not fulfill the basic norms laid down by National Council for Teachers Education. Suri had challenged the two FIRs, saying two cases cannot be filed based on the same set of allegations. However, the court agreed with Additional Advocate Gen Reyaz Khan that the plea did not stand as Suri was an accused only in one FIR -- lodged in Jammu. To underline the gravity of the situation, Justice Attar invoked great philosopher Socrates, who said, "An education purchased by money is worst than no education at all". The Judge also quoted celebrated English writer W Shakespeare. "Before parting with, it is appropriate to place on record what Shakespeare has said: 'No legacy is as rich as honesty.’
Can't afford double standards in anti-terror fight: Sushma
MoScoW, April 18 (iANS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday said that nations cannot afford to adopt double standards in the fight against terrorism even as she took up with the Chinese foreign minister the issue of Beijing vetoing New Delhi's move in the UN to ban Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar. "If we continue to adopt double standards in dealing with terrorism, it will have serious consequences not just for our own countries, but the international community as a whole," Sushma Swaraj said while addressing the 14th Russia-India-China (RIC) Foreign Ministers' Meeting here. Sushma Swaraj called on the
RIC countries to lead the way in getting the international community together to counter terrorism through joint action, including at the UN. Raising the issue of UN Security Council reform, Sushma Swaraj said it demanded greater urgency and sought support of Russia and China for this. "There has been some positive movement in this connection with a text being put for the first time on the table for inter-governmental negotiations. However, we need greater urgency on this issue. I seek the support of my Chinese and Russian colleagues for taking the IGN (inter-governmental negotiations) process forward,” she said. In a media statement follow-
ing the RIC meeting, she said that terrorism remained the foremost threat to international peace and security. “I stressed the need to craft an effective global strategy to counter terrorism, including at the UN. I look forward to working with both my colleagues, in this regard,” she said. Answering a question in press conference after the RIC meeting, she said that all three countries -India, Russia and China -- have been victims of terrorism. “It is natural for us that we unite to lead the world in our fight against terrorism,” Sushma Swaraj said. In her media statement, she also said that she and the Russian and Chinese foreign minis-
ters had a productive exchange of views on the situation in the Middle East. “We also discussed the situation in Afghanistan and agreed that it was important for the international community to remain engaged and support the Afghanistan government in its development and reconciliation efforts and in defeating terrorist forces,” she said. Sushma Swaraj started her day with a bilateral meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during which she raised the issue of China vetoing India's bid at the UN to ban JeM chief Masood Azhar. India approached the UN in February to include Azhar in the UN Security Council's 1267 sanc-
tions list, in the aftermath of the Pathankot airbase terror attack. In the strike in early January by JeM terrorists, seven Indian security personnel were killed. However, China asked the UN sanctions committee to keep on hold the Indian move, saying that Azhar did not meet the UN criteria to be banned as a terrorist. “I would also like to tell you that in the morning today, I met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and in that meeting also I said to him that if we want to fulfill our commitment to fight terrorism together, then we must rethink the position they have taken on UNSC 1267 Committee,” Sushma Swaraj said in the press conference.
Need to adopt, develop appropriate public policies: Pranab Mukherjee NeW Delhi, April 18 (iANS): President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday stressed the need to adopt and develop appropriate public policies in view of the unprecedented "scale and speed of changes" in the world, and the new challenges they throw up. "The scale and speed of changes happening around us today are unprecedented and so are the challenges. This dynamic nature calls for adopting and developing appropriate public policies," Mukherjee said while addressing participants of the Indian School of Business, Mohali, management programme in public policy at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Focusing on the importance of public policy, he termed it an area of study which has great relevance to continuing task of nation building."Human capacity has been a key determinant in the rise of nations. Even today, the race among nations is not necessarily won by those with immense resources, but by those who have the capacity to make the most effective use of those resources for building the nation," he said. “A good public policy with poor implementation is of no value and significance to society and nation," he added.
Inflation negative for 17th month NeW Delhi, Apr 18 (pTi): Continuing the deflationary trend for 17th month, WPI inflation was at (-)0.85 per cent in March but may inch up gradually in the coming months on growing pressure on food and vegetable prices. The Wholesale Price Index-based inflation rate in March was marginally higher at (-) 0.91 per cent in February. In March last year, it was (-)2.33 per cent. This is the 17th straight month since November 2014 when deflationary pressure persisted. Food inflation stood at 3.73 per cent in March compared with 3.35 per cent in February, showed official data released today. Inflation rate for vegetables came in at (-) 2.26 per cent in March, while for cereals and pulses it was at 2.47 per cent and 34.45 per cent respectively. The inflation print in the fuel and power segment was (-) 8.30 per cent, and for manufactured products, it read (-)0.13 per cent in March. Onion and fruits saw easing of prices, with these sub-indices falling by 17.65 per cent and 2.13 per cent, respectively.
Kohinoor was gifted to Britain, government tells SC NeW Delhi, April 18 (iANS): The central government on Monday told the Supreme Court that the British East India Company did not take away the Kohinoor diamond but it was gifted to Britain by Maharaja Duleep Singh. The government stand on the matter was conveyed to the bench of Chief Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice Uday Umesh Lalit in response to a public interest litigation by an NGO, All India Human Rights and Social Justice Forum, seeking directions to the government to make efforts for getting the diamond back to India. The court, while giving the government six more weeks, said that if it accepted the government position and dismissed the PIL, all future avenues for staking any legitimate claim over the diamond will be shut. The court gave the time as Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar told it that the stand was that of the cultural affairs ministry but the "ministry of external affairs is also a party and their response is yet to come". The 108-carat diamond was presented to the then British monarch, Queen Victoria, in 1850 after the Anglo-Sikh wars, in which Britain gained control over the Sikh empire in the then undivided Punjab. Reacting to the development, Congress spokesperson Shakeel Ahmad said: "People are emotionally attached with the Kohinoor and it is not a mere stone for them. The then government tried to bring it back in 1953 also but the efforts did not fructify. Nonetheless, the government should not give up and must continue with its efforts to bring the Kohinoor back to India."
30 killed after bus fells into gorge in Odisha bhubANeSWAr, April 18 (iANS): At least 30 people were killed and eight injured when a bus carrying over 40 artistes of an opera team fell down a 300-feet gorge in Odisha's Deogarh district on Sunday evening, officials said. Fire services DG Binay Behera said 27 bodies had been recovered from the spot during the rescue operations while three people died while being rushed to the district headquarters hospital. The bus of the Bharati Gananatya opera party was returning to Remta in Bargarh district from Deogarh while fell into the gorge off the Tilaebani Gaelo ghat, Deogarh Superintendent of Police Sarah Sharma told media persons. Rescue operations have been intensified with the help of fire officials, Odisha Disaster Response Force (ODRAF), police personnel and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers, she informed. Senior police and administrative officials were present at the spot to supervise the operations, Sharma said. Director General of Police K.B. Singh told the media that eight critically injured people have been admitted in district hospital. He said rescue operations were on to find out more people trapped inside the bus. The victims are yet to be identified. The district administration has issued two helpline numbers. Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik expressed grief over the incident and directed officials to speed up rescue operation.
Sabrimala can't ban women under right to manage religious affairs: SC NeW Delhi, April 18 (iANS): The Supreme Court in Monday said that gender equality is a constitutional message and Sabarimala temple management cannot say that banning entry of women of a particular age group comes under their right to manage religious affairs. A bench of Justice Dipak Misra, Justice V. Gopala Gowda and Justice Kurian Joseph said that the customary practice of banning entry of women between the age group of 10 to 50 years in the Sabarimala temple in Kerala would be examined under the provisions of constitution only. "The gender equality is a constitutional message and they (temple management) cannot say that this (banning women) comes under their right to manage religious affairs," the bench said. Senior advocate Indira Jaising, appearing for NGO 'Happy to Bleed' which favours women's entry inside the historic shrine, said that the law is meant for removal of social ills and "constitutional principles would prevail over discriminatory customs and beliefs.""The ban on entry of women cannot be said to be the part of the right to manage a public religious places like a temple," she added. The court was hearing a plea by Indian Young Lawyers Association and others questioning the ban on the entry of women in the age group of 10 to 50 years in the Sabarimala temple.
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Brazil: Rousseff to fight on after impeachment defeat BRASILIA | April 18, (Reuters)
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razilian President Dilma Rousseff’s government vowed on Monday to fight impeachment after the lower house of Congress delivered a humiliating defeat that paved the way for her likely removal from office months before the country hosts the Olympics. In a vote late on Sunday that sparked jubilation among Rousseff’s foes, the opposition comfortably surpassed the two-thirds majority needed to send the leftist president for trial in the Senate on charges she manipulated budget accounts to boost her reelection in 2014. Surveys of lawmakers published by newspapers suggest that the opposition has the votes it needs to win a simple majority in the Senate next month to open a trial against Rousseff, at which point she would be suspended from her post. She would be replaced by Vice President Michel Temer as acting president and he would serve out Rousseff’s term until 2018 if she is found guilty. “The president will not be disheartened and will not stop fighting,” Attorney General Jose Eduardo Cardozo told a news conference in the early hours of Monday, citing Rousseff’s fight against Brazil’s former military dictatorship, during which she was imprisoned and tortured. The government has said it will fight on several fronts by challenging the vote in the Supreme Court, organizing street protests against impeachment and seeking to secure the votes in Senate to block a trial. “If someone thinks she is going to bow down now, they are fooling themselves,” Cardoso said. Brazil’s Bovespa stock index was flat at midday on Monday, after rallying more than 20 percent this year on hopes that impeachment would spell an end to 13 years of leftist Workers Party rule. The central bank intervened to prevent a sharp rise in the currency, offering up to $4 billion in derivatives at an auction. The real weakened to 3.53 per dollar, while yields on rate futures fell. The impeachment battle, waged during Brazil’s worst recession since the 1930s, has divided the country of 200 million people more deeply than at any time since the end of its military dictatorship in 1985. It has also sparked a bitter battle between Rousseff, a 68-year-old former Communist guerrilla, and Temer, 75, that could destabilise any future government and
plunge Brazil into months of uncertainty. Despite anger at rising unemployment, Rousseff’s Workers Party can still rely on support among millions of working-class Brazilians, who credit its welfare programs with pulling their families out of poverty during the past decade. Celebrations erupted on Sunday night as deputies delivered a crushing blow to Rousseff. The floor of the lower house was a sea of Brazilian flags and pumping fists as dozens of lawmakers carried in their arms the deputy who cast the decisive 342nd vote, after three days of a marathon debate. Fireworks lit up the night sky in Brazil’s megacities of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro after the vote. The final tally was 367 votes cast in favour of impeachment, versus 137 against, and seven abstentions. Two lawmakers did not show up to vote. PARALYSED GOVERNMENT The impeachment battle has paralysed government in Brasilia, at a time when the country is preparing to host the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in August and is also battling an epidemic of the Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects in newborns. Claudio Couto, professor of political science at Fundação Getulio Vargas, said that Sunday’s loss dramatically weakened Rousseff’s ability to strike political bargains and shore up support for her government. “It is almost impossible the Senate will not take up the impeachment. And with her removal for up to six months, the government’s power of persuasion will be dramatically diminished,” he said. Opinion polls suggest more than 60 percent of Brazilians support impeaching Rousseff, Brazil’s first woman president, less than two years after she narrowly won reelection. While she has not been accused of corruption, Rousseff’s government has been tainted by a vast graft scandal at state oil company Petrobras and by the economic recession. Temer, a constitutional expert, has expressed strong support for the judge and prosecutors leading the Petrobras investigation and dismissed government allegations that he would obstruct their enquiries to protect his PMDB party. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators from both sides took to the streets of towns and cities across Brazil on Sunday, in peaceful protests. Millions watched the vote live on television.
“Impeachment sends a clear message that the politics of this country needs to be cleaned up,” said Alesandra Dantas, a 28-year-old social worker, who joined anti-Rousseff demonstrators on the grass esplanade outside Congress. Critics of the process say it has become a referendum on Rousseff’s popularity - currently languishing in single digits - and sets a worrying precedent for ousting unpopular leaders in Congress in the future. Rousseff - who would be the first Brazilian president impeached for more than three decades - is accused of a budgetary sleight of hand employed by many elected officials in Brazil: delaying payments to state lenders in order to artificially lower the budget deficit. While Rousseff herself has not been charged with corruption, more than half the lawmakers who decided her fate on Sunday are under investigation for graft, fraud or electoral crimes, according to Congresso em Foco, a prominent watchdog in Brasilia. However, business lobbies have thrown their weight behind her ouster, as they look to Temer to restore business confidence and growth to the $2 trillion economy. Adriano Pires, head of the Rio de Janeiro-based Brazilian Infrastructure Institute, said Rousseff’s departure could lead to an opening of the country’s crucial oil sector. Union leaders have voiced concerns about privatisations and job cuts. Once regarded as an emerging markets powerhouse, Brazil has been hit by the end of a long commodities boom and lost its coveted investment grade credit rating in December. Fitch, which has a negative outlook on Brazil’s ‘BB+’ sovereign rating, said it would focus on a new leader’s attitude to the corruption probe and efforts to stem the steep rise in government debt. Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff looks on during signing of federal land transfer agreement for the government of the state of Amapa at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, April 15. (REUTERS)
China military plane makes first public landing on disputed island Suu Kyi to press for greater
BEIJING, APRIL 18 (REuTERS): A Chinese military aircraft has for the first time publicly landed at a new airport on an island China has built in the disputed South China Sea, state media said on Monday, raising the prospect that China could base fighter jets there. The United States has criticised China’s construction of artificial islands in the South China Sea and worries that it plans to use them for military purposes, even though China says it has no hostile intent. The runway on the Fiery Cross Reef is 3,000 metres (10,000 feet) long and is one of three China has been building for more than a year by dredging sand up onto reefs and atolls in the Spratly archipelago. Civilian flights began
test runs there in January. In a front-page story, the official People’s Liberation Army Daily said a military aircraft on patrol over the
South China Sea on Sunday received an emergency call to land at Fiery Cross Reef to evacuate three seriously ill workers. They were then
taken in the transport aircraft back to Hainan island for treatment, it said, showing a picture of the aircraft on the ground in Hainan. It was
the first time China’s military had publicly admitted landing an aircraft on Fiery Cross Reef, the influential Global Times tabloid said. It cited an military expert as saying the flight showed the airfield was up to military standards and could see fighter jets based there in the event of war. The runways would be long enough to handle longrange bombers and transport aircraft as well as China’s best jet fighters, giving it a presence deep in the maritime heart of Southeast Asia that it has lacked until now. More than $5 trillion of world trade is shipped through the South China Sea every year. Besides China’s territorial claims in the area, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Taiwan have rival claims.
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Nobel Laureate vows to build a real democratic federal union and to pursue national reconciliation
YANGON, APRIL 18 (AFP): Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi on Monday vowed to press for greater autonomy for the nation’s ethnic minorities, in an early move to soothe the rebellions roiling the country after her party’s ascent to power. The country has been swept up in optimism for a more peaceful and prosperous future since the National League for Democracy (NLD) took power from the military on April 1. But the democracy figurehead warned Myanmar’s prospects pivot on ending ethnic conflicts that have blistered the country since its independence in 1948. To do so, the NLD government would seek “a real federal democratic union”, she said in a televised address marking Myanmar’s New Year. “Peace and a federal dem-
ocratic union are closely intertwined and that’s why we need to change the constitution. The most important thing is national reconciliation.” They were Suu Kyi’s first major comments as “state counsellor”— a role she took on following the handover from an army that dominated the country for 50 years. The current charter, penned by the military in 2008, centralises power. The former junta in part justified its tight control of the country with fears that ethnic divisions would fracture the nation. But federalism has gradually become central to peace discussions steered by a quasi-civilian government that replaced outright military rule in 2011. Reiterating the federal pledge, Suu Kyi sought to reassure ethnic leaders that the NLD would govern for all, despite its leadership being drawn heavily from the Buddhist Bamar majority. The country’s ethnic minorities have often complained of their treatment by the Bamar who form much of the military, economic and political elite.
Ecuador quake death toll rises to 350
PEDERNALES/PORTOVIEJO, APRIL 18 (REuTERS): The death toll from Ecuador’s worst earthquake in decades rose to 350 on Monday as traumatized survivors rested amid the rubble of their homes and rescuers dug for survivors in the Andean nation’s shattered coastal region. At least 2,068 people were also injured in Saturday’s 7.8 magnitude quake, which ripped apart buildings and roads and knocked out power. Giving the new tally of fatalities from Portoviejo town inside the quake zone, President Rafael Correa told Reuters he feared the number would rise even further from the disaster. In the devastated beach town of Pedernales, shaken survivors curled up on mattresses or plastic chairs next to their flattened homes. Soldiers and police patrolled the hot, dark streets overnight while pockets of rescue workers plowed on. At one point, firefighters entered a partially destroyed house to search for three children and a man apparently trapped inside, as a crowd of 40 gathered in the darkness to watch. “My little cousins are inside. Before, there were noises, screams. We must find them,” pleaded Isaac, 18, as the firemen combed the debris. Tents sprung up in the town’s stillintact stadium to store bodies, treat the injured, and distribute water, food, and blankets to survivors. People wandered around with bruised limbs and bandaged cuts, while patients with more serious injuries were evacuated to hospitals. Correa cut short a visit to Italy to fly home. “Ecuador has been hit tremendously hard,” he said in a televised address Sunday night, his voice breaking. While the full extent of the damage remains unclear, the disaster will likely worsen the OPEC nation’s economic performance this year. The small, oil-dependent country has already been battered by the tumble in crude prices. Its energy industry appeared largely intact after the quake, though the main refinery of Esmeraldas was closed as a precaution. However, exports of bananas,
flowers, cacao, and fish could be slowed by ruined roads and port delays. The quake could also alter political dynamics ahead of next year’s presidential election. The government’s response seemed relatively speedy, with Vice President Jorge Glas flying into the disaster zone within hours. But some survivors complained about lack of electricity and supplies, and aid had still not reached some areas. AFTERSHOCKS About 230 aftershocks have rattled survivors, who huddled in the streets, worried the flow of tremors could topple their already cracked homes. “We’re scared of being in the house,” said Yamil Faran, 47, surrounded by some 30 people in the middle of a street in the city of Portoviejo. “When this improves and the aftershocks stop, we’re going to see if we can repair it.” Some 130 inmates in Portoviejo took advantage of the quake’s destruction and chaos to climb over the collapsed walls of the low-security El Rodeo prison. More than 35 prisoners had been recaptured, authorities said Sunday night. On Monday, people swarmed into the middle of Portoviejo in search of any materials of value among destroyed buildings, including a social security office. Desks and papers lay strewn around the floor as locals carried off aluminum window frames and cables. “I have to take some advantage from this horrible tragedy. I need money to buy food. There’s no water, no light, and my house was destroyed,” said Jorge Espinel, 40, who works in the recycling business. About 13,500 security personnel were mobilized to keep order. Some $600 million in credit from multilateral lenders was immediately activated for the emergency, the government said. Domestic aid funds were being set up and Venezuela, Chile and Mexico were sending personnel and supplies. The Ecuadorean Red Cross mobilized more than 800 volunteers and staff and medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said it was sending a team from Colombia.
Red Cross members, military and police officers work at a collapsed area after an earthquake struck off Ecuador’s Pacific coast, at Tarqui neighborhood in Manta. (REUTERS)
Japan declares nuclear reactors safe after quake
TOKYO, APRIL 18 (REuTERS): Japan’s atomic regulator on Monday said there is no need to shut down the country’s only operating nuclear station on southwestern Kyushu island, where a series of quakes killed more than 40 people and damaged infrastructure. The Nuclear Regulation Authority said it was monitoring the situation closely at four nuclear power stations, after calling a special meeting of its commissioners. Sensitivity over atomic power is high in Japan after the Fukushima disaster of 2011 was sparked by an earthquake and tsunami. There were no safety issues at the
Sendai nuclear station, which has two reactors and is about 120 kilometres (72 miles) south-southwest of Kumamoto city, close to where the quakes struck, NRA Chairman Shunichi Tanaka said at a press conference after the meeting. The NRA is monitoring Genkai, about 100 kilometres northwest of Kumamoto, and Ikata, about 160 kilometres east-northeast of the quake zone. Sendai and Genkai, which has four reactors, are operated by Kyushu Electric Power, while Ikata is owned by Shikoku Electric Power. The regulator is also monitoring Shimane, a two-reactor station operated by Chugoku Elec-
tric Power, located further away on the main island of Honshu. The country has been taking steps back to nuclear energy since the Fukushima disaster led to the eventual shutdown of all reactors. It turned on the first reactor at Sendai in August after a twoyear blackout and the second at the same station in October. Another station that began operating later, however, was shut down by a court last month. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and many in industry say nuclear power is necessary to cut fuel bills despite widespread public opposition to atomic power, even after electricity bills rose.
Over 400 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean ROmE, APRIL 18 (IANS/AKI): Over 400 migrants were believed to have drowned in the Mediterranean on Monday after four boats capsized and another began to sink, according to reports. BBC Arabic cited Egyptian reports as saying over 400 mainly Somali migrants had drowned when four boats capsized after leaving Egypt. The migrants had set sail from Egypt on Thursday and were heading for Italy, according to reports circulating on social media. Italian President Sergio Mattarella said there had been a “migrant tragedy”. Speaking at a prize giving ceremony in Rome, Mattarella said Europe needed to reflect in the face of “yet another tragedy in the Mediterranean in which, it seems, several hundred people have died”. He did not give any further details. Survivors were taken to a Greek island, according to the unconfirmed reports. The Italian Coast Guard said they knew nothing about the reported disaster. However, they were involved in the rescue of 108 migrants from a semi-submerged rubber dinghy off the coast of Libya on Monday. Six people died in the incident, according to the organisation SOS Mediterranee. The boat had been drifting for nine hours in choppy seas, was partially deflated, taking on water and its engine was broken, SOS Mediterranee said. They were citizens of several African countries including Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Nigeria and Ethiopia, SOS Mediterranee said. Around 800 migrants and refugees drowned in April last year when the overcrowded fishing boat they were in capsized in waters between Libya and the Italian island of Lampedusa.
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Barca's margin for error runs out after losing run
BARCELONA, ApRiL 18 (REutERs): Barcelona’s players returned from the international break at the start of April confident of achieving an unprecedented second straight treble. Little more than a fortnight later, they have been knocked out of the Champions League by Atletico Madrid and seen their nine-point lead at the top of La Liga eliminated. Sunday’s 2-1 defeat at home to Valencia was Barca's third in a row for the first time since 2003, when they finished sixth in the standings and empty handed. Barcelona still lead the way due to a superior head-to-head record over Atletico, and they also have the upper hand over thirdplaced Real Madrid who are one point behind. If they win their five remaining league games, two at the Nou Camp and three away, Barca will retain the league and they could also clinch a domestic double by beating Sevilla in the King’s Cup final on May 22. Coach Luis Enrique tried to remain positive after the shock defeat by Valencia, a team they had thrashed 7-0 in a King’s Cup semi-final game just two months earlier.
Atletico Madrid's Fernando Torres (R) and Granada's Jean Sylvain Babin in action. (REUTERS)
“We still depend on ourselves. Our margin for error has run out and we are aware of the challenge,” he told a news conference. “We’ve got a marvellous challenge, if we win the five games remaining we will be champions. “I played for Barca for eight years, this is my second as a coach and I have never seen the supporters get behind the team as they did tonight.” Defender Gerard Pique also gave an optimistic
message, saying the team had played better against Valencia than in losses to Atletico, Real Sociedad and Real Madrid. “We can’t be worried at all when you look at the way we are playing at the moment. We deserved a lot more but we leave here with our heads held high,” he told reporters. “If we play like this we’ll win the league, I’m convinced of that. “Although it’s a step backwards, playing this
well will help the team mentally. We’ve recovered the sensations from a month ago.” Torres scores as Atletico move level with Barca Atletico Madrid eased to a 3-0 home win over struggling Granada to provisionally move level on points with La Liga leaders Barcelona on Sunday after Fernando Torres grabbed his fourth goal in as many games. Spain international
Koke opened the scoring after 15 minutes and then teed up Torres for the second in the 59th, while substitute Angel Correa rounded off the victory in the 83rd. Atletico are second on 76 points, level with Luis Enrique’s Barca who host Valencia later on Sunday. Atletico, boosted by a 2-0 win over Barca on Wednesday which put them into the Champions League semi-finals, started brightly with Koke blazing over the bar moments after kick-off. The midfielder proved more accurate minutes later, pouncing on a loose ball after Torres’s effort was blocked and drilling a shot into the net. Granada winger Ruben Rochina hit the post later in the half before Torres eased Atletico’s nerves by notching the second, latching onto a threaded pass by Koke to lift the ball over goalkeeper Andres Fernandez and into the far corner. Argentine forward Correa came on to replace Atletico’s top scorer Antoine Griezmann and made the most of his cameo appearance by racing onto a pass from Saul Niguez down the left and tucking the ball into the far bottom corner.
Second Bishop Abraham Memorial Volleyball Tournament DimApuR, ApRiL 18 (mExN): The 2nd Bishop Abraham Memorial Volleyball Tournament which is organised by the Nagaland Catholic Youth Movement (NCYM) and Tournament Organising Committee under the Diocese of Kohima, Nagaland is scheduled to be held from April 22 to 24 at St. Joseph’s Hr. Sec. School, Chumukedima with Most Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, Bishop of Nagaland as the Chief Patron. The organisers have informed that a total of 51 participating teams (both male & female) have been registered for the tournament from catholic parishes/centres across the State.
Further, the organisers have also informed that there will be an awareness program on adverse effects of tobacco and alcohol and disaster management in collaboration with the Department of Health & Family Welfare and the Nagaland State Disaster management Authority respectively during the tournament. The opening ceremony shall be graced by T. R. Zeliang, Chief Minister as the chief guest on April 23 at 9.00 am while Elias T. Lotha, President, Catholic Association of Nagaland (CAN) shall grace the closing ceremony as Guest of Honour on April
ANKFA members awarded National Referee Certificate
No loyalty to team, it's loyalty to money now: Waugh BERLiN, ApRiL 18 (pti): The "loyalty to money" which Twenty20 leagues around the world are promoting has made it impossible for any country to strike the perfect balance between all three formats of cricket, says former Australian captain Steve Waugh. Waugh, however, feels India, Australia and England are closest to getting the equilibrium right. Worried about the impact that Twenty20 cricket is having on the game, Waugh said the incentive on offer in T20 leagues has led to a decline in loyalty towards national duty. "I think Australia is the
closest when it comes to striking a balance, India has the potential and England is also coming up nicely...I think it's impossible to strike a perfect balance given that there are three different teams. It's not realistic. I don't think there would ever be one world no.1 in all three formats of the game," Waugh said in an interaction with the Indian media at the Laureus World Sports Awards. "Somebody like Brendon McCullum retired from Test cricket even though I feel he still had three-four years in him. He is just working for superannuation right now, for
his family, which is alright. Overall I feel there is no loyalty to the team, there is loyalty to money now. I don't blame the players but it's tough on the fans," Waugh said. His sentiments were echoed by former England captain Ian Botham, who said Twenty20 should be kept at the "bottom of the shelf". "Test cricket is number one because it ebbs and flows beautifully but there is shelf life for every format. And I feel Twenty20 should be at the bottom of the shelf. People are saying it was a great World Twenty20 final last month. I say
S. African 'Blade Runner' Pistorius faces June sentencing for murder
Oscar Pistorius speaks to a member of his legal team before appearing for a postponement of his sentencing hearing at the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa on 18 April. (REUTERS)
pREtORiA, ApRiL 18 (REutERs): Disgraced Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius will be sentenced in June for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, after his original conviction was upgraded from the lesser charge of manslaughter. Pistorius, 29, known as "Blade Runner" for the carbon fibre prosthetic blades he used to race, faces a minimum 15-year jail sentence and cannot appeal after the country's top court ruled in March that he had exhausted all his legal options. Dressed in a black suit, he showed no signs of emotion during the brief court appearance and spoke on his cellphone as he left the court. He denies killing Steenkamp, saying he mistook her for an intruder at his home. "The matter is postponed to the 13th of June 2016, High Court Judge Au-
brey Ledwaba said of the final sentencing. "It will be heard until the 17th of June 2016." Outside the court, a group of people in white tshirts gathered in support of Pistorius holding placards. Pistorius initially received a five-year sentence for "culpable homicide", South Africa's equivalent of manslaughter. He was released from prison last October after almost a year behind bars and allowed to serve out his term under house arrest on his uncle's property in a wealthy suburb of Pretoria. But in December, the Supreme Court upgraded the conviction on appeal to murder. He was allowed to stay at his uncle's pending the final decisions on appeals and sentencing. The runner, whose lower legs were amputated when he was a baby and
went on to become a global sporting hero, has lost millions of dollars in endorsements and sponsorships. He reached the pinnacle of his fame in London 2012 when he became the first double amputee to run in the Olympics, reaching the 400-metres semi-finals. Pistorius' family spokeswoman Anneliese Burgess declined to comment on media reports that the athlete had been hospitalised over the weekend. "I have spoken to the family and they don't want to talk about it. They see it as a private matter and won't be commenting," Burgess told Reuters. Steenkamp's parents did not attend the hearing. The case has prompted a fierce debate in a country beset by high levels of violent crime. Some rights groups had said the white track star got preferential treatment.
it was a great last four balls, the rest of the final was a drag. I think it was a pretty poor final," Botham said. West Indies beat England in a last-over thriller in the World T20 final with Carlos Brathwaite smacking Ben Stokes for four consecutive sixes. Botham said the way things are going, Twenty20 is in the danger of becoming a lottery. "That's a real threat. T20 could become a lottery because cricket is much more than just 20 overs. Crowds like it but then crowds like Test cricket too. In England every big Test series is sold out, it's the same in Aus-
tralia, South Africa or New Zealand" he said. "I think players have to remind people of how important Test cricket is. Players have the obligation to look after Test cricket," Botham added. Waugh said West Indies is a prime example of how T20 can affect the growth of other formats. "There is a danger and we all know that. Look at West Indies. The incentive to play T20 cricket is so much more than Test cricket," he said. Talking of Australia, Waugh said Steven Smith's men deserved their early ouster from last month's World T20.
24 at 2.00pm. Therefore, the organisers have invited everyone, especially the patrons & donors of the tournament, heads of catholic parishes/centres/institutions, catholic officers & public leaders, executives of CAN, NCWA, various Catholic Tribal unions/ associations, and parish CYAs to come & grace the occasion. For further information, contact; Rev. Fr. Sojan Puthankudy, NCYM Director-9402988263; Dr. Seyiekhrietuo John, Tournament Convenor-9436010783; Regina Razousinuo NCYM President-7085190036.
Bendangakum and Waluniba (seated, L-R) are seen here with Grandmasters M.Sarat Singh and Ramananda Singh along with S.Kishan Singh, general secretary of Indian Kung Fu federation after receiving their National Referee certificates.
mOkOkChuNg, ApRiL 18 (mExN): Two senior members of the All Nagaland Kung Fu Association (ANKFA) were awarded National Referee Certificate by the Indian Kung Fu Federation during its 3rd National Judges, Referees and Coaches Seminar held at Imphal, Manipur on 13-15 April, 2016. Bendangakum and Waluniba were awarded the National Referee certifi-
cates and they will be officiating in all senior and junior categories during the ensuing 14th National Championships of the Indian Kung Fu Federation to be held on 8-10 May 2016 at Shevgaon, Maharashtra. Bendangakum and Waluniba were also conferred with the grades 2nd Dan Black Belt and Black Belt respectively in the martial art of Kung Fu during the same semi-
nar at Imphal. They were examined and adjudged by Grandmasters M.Sarat Singh and Ramananda Singh and S.Kishan Singh, general secretary of Indian Kung Fu federation. Meanwhile, ANKFA through its general secretary Temsuyanger conveyed congratulations to Bendangakum and Waluniba on their remarkable success.
Tripura celebrates Dipa's Olympic qualification
AgARtALA, ApRiL 18 (iANs): Cheer and joy gripped Tripura since early Monday after local girl Dipa Karmakar, scripting history, became the first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics after putting up a strong show at the final qualifying and test event for the Rio Games. "We came to know the splendid news through television. Since yesterday (Sunday) our entire family was sitting in front of the TV set. One and all roared suddenly when Dipa's name was announced that she had qualified for the Olympics," Dipa's father Dulal Karmakar told IANS. "Our long cherished dream is fulfilled, as our daughter has been rewarded in the highest interna-
tional sports meet," Dipa's mother Gauri Karmakar said as tears of joy rolled down her cheeks. "Dipa was a little nervous when she was talked to us on Saturday over phone from Rio de Janeiro," she added. The 22-year-old, who is an Asian Championship bronze medallist, qualified in the artistic gymnastics event for the Rio Olympics after collecting 52.698 points in the test event. As soon as the good news spread through television sets, people -- sports lovers in particular -- converged on Dipa's home at Abhoynagar, on the outskirts of the capital city here, with bouquets and sweets. Congratulating Dipa and her coach Bisweswar
Nandi, Tripura's Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Sahid Choudhury told IANS: "We are hopeful that Dipa would also get medals at the Rio Olympics. We are ready to extend necessary support to her." "Dipa's feat would surely encourage the Indian gymnasts, in general, and Tripura sports persons, in particular. She has brightened the Indian face in international sports arena," a cheerful minister said. Dulal Karmakar, an SAI (Sports Authority of India) coach in weightlifting, said: "She needs more technical and financial support to earn more skills in gymnastics to get new rewards and accolades." "We are very happy with our daughter's performance. Her recognition
was also because of her coach Bisweswar Nandi, who has worked very hard for her, and Dipa had done a lot according to his coaching," Karmakar added. "Tripura has young men and women who have enormous skills in gymnastics and they would be able to show their performance if they got appropriate support and encouragement," another Tripura gymnast -- and Arjuna awardee -Mantu Debnath said. Dipa, who is national champion for the past five years, is a physical instructor under Tripura's sports and youth affairs department. She was the first Indian woman who clinched a bronze medal in artistic gymnastics in the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Dipa is only the second Indian gymnast to have won a Commonwealth Games medal (2014). She finished fourth in the Asian Games in the same year and then won bronze at the Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships in Japan in 2015. A five-time national overall individual champion between 2010-2014, Karmakar was given the Arjuna Award last year. India's newest sports sensation started her career in gymnastics when she was barely six years old. The Election Commission has appointed this ace gymnast as Tripura state's election icon to popularise election-related matters and encourage participation of more people in the poll process.
Needed victory badly: Nadal after Monte Carlo Masters win
mONtE CARLO, ApRiL 18 (iANs): Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal, who claimed his ninth Monte Carlo Masters title with his victory over Frenchman Gael Monfils, said he "needed" the victory to "confirm my positive feelings" about competing this year. "I was waiting for such a victory. I think we have worked hard to regain positive feelings, feeling that we felt from beginning of the year, but we needed a victory to confirm," Nadal said in remarks after the final. He won 7-5, 5-7, 6-0 over Monfils in a match that lasted more than three hours here on Sunday, re-
ports Efe. It was Nadal's first tournament victory this year, having won just three tournaments in the previous year, and his first Masters title in two years. "Last year was a tough year," the fifthranked Nadal said. "The nerves that I had, I was anxious in the matches." The Spaniard added he was sure his anxiety would disappear after his victory in Monte Carlo. He said the title comes at the "perfect time" to coincide with the start of the clay court season. "Now I try to follow the same path of work and, if possible, results too. I think the victory comes at a per-
fect time of the season," he said. "Now I have three tournaments on clay that are important to me, two straight at home, in Barcelona and Madrid, then Rome. I hope to continue to do well," added Nadal. It was his ninth win in Monte Carlo, the same number of victories he has had at the French Open. Nadal is now on level with Serbian World No.1 Novak Djokovic, with both players counting a record-breaking 28 Masters titles each. "The statistics will be counted at the end of my career," said the 29-year-old player, in- Rafael Nadal of Spain poses with his trophy after winning sisting he hasn't reached his final tennis match against Gael Monfils of France at the that end yet. Monte Carlo Masters on 17 April. (REUTERS)
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John gave an estimated £26.8m to charity last year, mainly to his Aids foundations in the UK and the US. The singer established the Elton John AIDS Foundation in 1992 and it is said to have raised over $200m so far to support HIV/AIDS programs around the world. Rowling gave away £10.3m of her fortune to good causes, including her own charity the Lumos Foundation, which is aimed at closing down all child institu-
tions and orphanages around the world by 2050 and the Volant Charitable Trust, which raises money to alleviate social deprivation and for research into multiple sclerosis, the disease which killed Rowling’s mother. Other celebs that made the list include footballer David Beckham, who donated £5m to children’s charities. Another athlete on the list was Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy, who donated £1m and
Colin Montgomerie with £0.9m. But musicians seemed to be the most generous, with Coldplay coming in at number five thanks to donations of £1.7m. ExBeatle Ringo Star was at six, after auctioning off his memorabilia collection for charity the Lotus Foundation last year. The list was then rounded off by One Direction and Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor.
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designer if not a singer, reported US magazine. “I don’t know how to read or write music,” Richie said. “If I didn’t spend my career singing, I would have been a landscape architect or interior designer,” he added. The record producer also opened up about his shopping experience with Nelson Mandela, calling it
“incredible”. “I took Nelson Mandela shopping in 1990. It was an incredible moment,” he said. Apart from his music Richie is currently busy in restoring his family house in Tuskegee, Alabama, that he grew up in. It was given to his grandparents as a gift from Booker T Washington. Source: PTI
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Jeremy Kirk, lawyer for Heard, told the Southport Magistrate's Court on Queensland state's Gold Coast that his client never meant to lie on her incoming passenger card by failing to declare she had animals with her. He blamed jet lag for it and claimed that Heard assumed her assistants had sorted out the paperwork. Prosecutor Peter Callaghan said ignorance and fatigue were no excuse,
inger Lily Allen has revealed she was stalked by an obsessed man for seven years and the unwanted attention left her feeling like a “hermit”. The pop star became the focus for Alex Gray, from Perth, who bombarded her with abusive letters and tweets before breaking into her house while she and her two children slept. Speaking to the
stressing "the laws apply to everyone." Heard was also charged with two counts of illegally importing her two pet dogs into Australia on a private jet. However, prosecutors have dropped those two charges. The 29-year-old actress faces up to one year in jail and a fine of more than 10,000 Australian dollars ($7,650) if found guilty for falsifying the documents. Source: IANS
Observer, the singer explained that the ordeal had completely changed her and she felt isolated from friends and family and let down by the police. Allen told the Observer that the harassment persisted in the form of letters, abusive rants, accusations and suicide threats. She said: “He [Gray] would drop off these letters at my record company, my management offices, my sister’s shop, my flat. “It was freaking me out a bit. Alarm bells were ringing.”
but was left feeling as they didn’t take her seriously. She said: “I felt very alone. I have some trust issues now, not least with the police. Who can you trust if you cannot trust institutions like the police?” The nightmare began in 2009 when a Twitter follower with the handle @lilyallenRIP appeared claiming to have written her hit The Fear. It was discovered Gray was behind the account who Allen has since said she is not angry with because he has a “mental illness”. Gray was convicted of burglary and harassment at Allen went to Harrow Crown Court earlier the police this month and will be sentenced in May.
hah Rukh Khan has been repeatedly saying in his interviews for Fan that it is a different film with an unusual plot and treatment. He still calls it a love story because here’s a fan going bonkers for his idol. The film does get dark and edgy and we have always loved SRK in such films because he is a talent who can portray any role. Fan showed the mean and nicer sides of the actor where he is seen in a double role. How obsession can turn fatal, Fan depicts that. Of course, people expected blockbuster collections. 52.35 cr in three days is a really good number especially when it released on a non-holiday and isn’t a regular SRK fare as well. No wonder that it already made three records. Although it is lesser than
SRK’s last release 21 cr, Fan’s first day numbers are definitely impressive. And by earning so it beat Airlift which till now had the highest first day collection of this year with 12.36 cr on the tally.
in collections on Saturday, everyone was concerned about what fate looks like for Fan but a good Sunday collection added the much needed numbers to the tally, thus becoming the highest first weekend collection of 2016. Airlift had 44.03 cr and #Highest opening week- Fan has crossed it impressively. Taran Adarsh shared end collection of 2016 Fan, in three days, earned a the collections with a tweet, g0od 52.35 cr. After the drop #Highest opening week-
end in Pakistan ever In last three days, Fan in Pakistan has collected Rs. 50 million which is a record in itself. In fact, according to PTI, the bookings for next one week are already booked. That means we might get more info on how the film is faring Pakistan and whether or not it will make some more records. Source: Bollywoodlife
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takes SRH to first win Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner plays a shot during match 12 of the IPL 2016 between the Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Mumbai Indians held at the Rajiv Gandhi Intl. Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad on April 18. (IPL Photo)
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David Warner’s 59-ball 90 helped Sunrisers Hyderabad register their maiden win of the season by defeating the Mumbai Indians by seven wickets at the Rajiv Gandhi stadium on Monday. Earlier, the Hyderabad bowlers had stifled MI to a moderate total of 142/7, with Barinder Sran picking three wickets. Brief Scores: MI 142/6 in 20/20 overs (Rayudu 54(49), Krunal 49*(28), Sran 3/28) lost to SRH 145/3 in 17.3/20 (Warner 90*(59), Henriques 20(22), Southee 3/24) by seven wickets
Kings XI look for second win against KKR
MohAli, April 18 (iANS): Kings XI Punjab would want to secure their second win on the trot when they host Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in an Indian Premier League (IPL) game here on Tuesday. However, it will not be easy to topple the men in purple who dominated Sunrisers Hyderabad in their last encounter. KKR won the game quite convincingly with Gautam Gambhir contributing an unbeaten 90 in their quest for a total of 142/7. Prior to that, KKR had lost against Mumbai Indians narrowly and in their opener they had overwhelmed Delhi Daredevils at the Eden Gardens. The Kings themselves did not have a kingly start
to their campaign as they came out second best in their first two games. At the start, they lost to Gujarat Lions by five wickets and then were beaten by Delhi Daredevils by eight wickets. However, on Sunday, Punjab stunned Mahendra Singh Dhoni led Pune Rising Supergiants by six wickets. The win would immensely boost their confidence ahead of the KKR tie. The Mohali track is supposedly flat and is likely to assist the batters. The game is likely to be a high scoring one and Punjab would once again want their top order to fire. In their last game, openers Manan Vohra and Murali Vijay knit a 97run partnership to set up
the chase. Glenn Maxwell has also found form but captain David Miller and Shaun Marsh need to pull their socks up. The bowling lineup is a bit inexperienced with Sandeep Sharma and Kyle Abbott leading the pace attack and they have leaked a lot of runs so far. KKR would want to capitalise on this weakness. For the Knights it will be about their bowling who have managed to keep a tight leash on the opposition batsmen in two of the three matches played. The batting looks good too with Gambhir and Robin Uthappa in form upfront. Manish Pandey has some runs under his belt also but the likes of Yusuf Pathan, in the middle order, need to improve.
New Delhi, April 18 (pTi): Dipa Karmakar on Monday created history by becoming the first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for Olympics as she booked a berth for the Rio Games after a strong performance at the final qualifying and test event here. The 22-year-old garnered a total score of 52.698 points in the Olympics qualifying event to book a berth for artistic gymnastics in Rio Games to be held here in August. Apart from being the first Indian woman, she will also be an Indian gymnast qualifying for the quadrennial extravaganza after 52 long years. Since the independence of the country, 11 Indian male gymnast have taken part in the Olympics (two in 1952, three in 1956 and six in 1964) but this will be the first for an Indian woman at the Olympics. The International Federation of Gymnastics (Federation Internationale de Gymnastique) has confirmed Dipa's Rio Games qualification in its official release. "Following the Women's Qualification Competition at the Gymnastics Test Event in Rio, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) herewith confirms the list of nations and individual gymnasts that have qualified for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games," the world body said in its release. Dipa has been listed as the 79th gymnast among individual qualifiers in the list of women's artistic gymnast who have qualified for the Rio Olympics. Her first vault, the much difficult Produnova, gave Dipa 15.066 points, the highest among the 14 competitors. But a poor show in the uneven bars took her points down as she collected 11.700, the second worse among the 14 participants. The Tripura girl secured 13.366 and 12.566 points in beam and floor exercises. Deepak Kagra, an international referee, said that after's Dipa's strong performance it was certain that she would qualify for Rio Olympics. "It was a very good score from Dipa and we were certain that she would qualify. Now the world body has
Guardiola appointment negatively affected Man City: Pellegrini loNDoN, April 18 (iANS): Manchester City's Chilean coach Manuel Pellegrini believes the appointment of Pep Guardiola to coach the English club from next season, has negatively affected the team and damaged its chances to fight for the Premier League title. The decision to replace Pellegrini with Guardiola, an-
nounced on February 1, was followed by two defeats against Leicester City 1-3 and Tottenham Hotspur 1-2, derailing Man City's bid for top place in the Premier League, reports Efe. "It's not easy for the players when you read in newspapers all the things that will happen next season, all the players who will go out, all the players that
will come in," Pellegrini said on Monday in an interview with Sky Sports. The Chilean coach believes that the two defeats against Leicester and Tottenham "don't allow us now to be involved in the title". Pellegrini pointed out that the announcement of the appointment of Guardiola led to many things that "involve the minds of all the
players." "We had those defeats at home. Now I think we are stable again and I'm very happy to finish the way we are doing in these last games," he added. Manchester City, which will face Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals on April 26, thrashed Chelsea 3-0 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday in the Premier League.
NBA: Spurs slap Grizzlies around in playoff opener
loS ANGeleS, April 18 (AFp): Kawhi Leonard tallied 20 points as the San Antonio Spurs routed the Memphis Grizzlies 106-74 to take the opener of their Western Conference first round playoff series. The Spurs dominated the middle two quarters but were especially effective in the final eight minutes of the third against the Grizzlies, who were led by 39-year-old journeyman Vince Carter. LaMarcus Aldridge collected 17 points, Tony Parker and Patty Mills scored 15 points each for the Spurs and Kevin Martin added 10 points, all in the fourth quarter. "It all started with our defense. They only scored 74 points so that is pretty good," said Parker. "This team understands we have a big goal. We have respect for Memphis. We have to keep that mindset and we will be OK." Tim Duncan had seven points and 11 rebounds as San Antonio hit on 42 of
its 81 shots (52 percent), outrebounded the Grizzlies 44-35 and had nine blocked shots to Memphis' three. "It is never easy to start the playoffs but we did it well," said Spurs forward Boris Diaw. Carter, who has played for six teams in his NBA career, led the Grizzlies with
16 points while Lance Stephenson scored all but two of his 14 points in the second half in front of the crowd of 18,600 at AT&T Center arena. Memphis, which has now lost all five games its played against the Spurs this season, was held to a season low in points, shooting just 39 percent. The Grizzlies went to
Tripura girl Dipa Karmakar has scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics Dipa Karmakar performs on the floor during the Women's AllAround final of the Artistic Gymnastics event during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. (AFP Photo)
Dipa will inspire young Indians with her achievement: Sachin
New Delhi, April 18 (pTi): Accolades poured in for Dipa Karmakar, who on Monday became the first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics, with iconic cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal leading the sports fraternity in praising for the historic feat. Praising Dipa for her historic feat, Tendulkar said her achievement would inspire the youth of the country. "Congratulations #DipaKarmakar on creating history with your qualification. You inspire young Indians with your achievement. Best wishes," Tendulkar tweeted. Within hours of her qualification in artistic gymnastics for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics at a qualifying event at the same Brazilian city, the Sports Authority of India also included her in the Target Olympic
published the names of the gymnasts who have qualified for the Olympics and her name is there. The gymnastics community is proud of Dipa's achievements," he told PTI. The 22-year-old could not clinch an Olympic berth in the World Cham-
Podium (TOP) Scheme, the government's initiative to fund Olympic medal prospects in their preparations for the Games. "Congrats Dipa Karmakar. By virtue of Olympic qualification joins TOPS that entitles her four additional assistance of 30 lakhs, four customised training," the SAI tweeted. Sonowal congratulated Dipa for her feat and for taking Indian gymnastics to a high. "Many congratulations for taking Indian gymnastics to a new high. Dipa Karmakar, we are so proud of you," Sonowal wrote on his official twitter handle. Dipa today created history by becoming the first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics with a strong performance at the final qualifying and test event in Rio. The 22-year-old Tripura girl garnered a total score of 52.698 points
pionships in November last as she finished outside the podium (fifth place). She was earlier put as second reserve for the ongoing Olympic Test event in Rio but was informed last month that she had sneaked into the shortlist of participants.
in the Olympics qualifying event to book a berth for artistic gymnastics in the Rio Games. Apart from being the first Indian woman, she will also be an Indian gymnast qualifying for the Olympics after 52 long years. Other cricketing stalwarts Virender Sehwag and V V S Laxman also saluted Dipa for qualifying for the Olympics. "Congratulations Dipa Karmakar on becoming the 1st ever Indian gymnast to qualify for the Olympics," Sehwag tweeted. Laxman wrote on his twitter page: "Congratulations Dipa Karmakar on creating history by becoming the first ever Indian gymnast to qualify for the Olympic Games. Good luck." Five-time chess world champion Viswanathan Anand also congratulated Dipa.
Dipa had created history by becoming the first woman gymnast to win a medal -- a bronze -- in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014. He then became the first Indian woman gymnast to feature in the finals of World Championships in November last.
The sport of gymnastics has been in turmoil in the country in the the last few years with rival factions holding elections and claiming to be the national federation. Even the camps for the gymnasts has been held under the aegis of Sports Authority of India.
Ronaldo Liga's top scorer, Messi scores his 500th goal MADriD, April 18 (iANS): Real Madrid's Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo has further entrenched himself in the lead of the scoring charts of La Liga football, after scoring his 31st goal this season against Getafe. Ronaldo has increased the difference between him and FC Barcelona's Luis Suarez to four goals, while he still
leads his rival Lionel Messi, who scored his 500th career goal this week, by eight goals. Ronaldo's 31st goal was scored in Real Madrid's clash against Getafe at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez stadium which ended in a 5-1 win for Madrid. Madrid's French Karim Benzema also scored to raise his score to 22 goals and became the la Liga
fourth highest scorer. Meanwhile, Barcelona's Argentine star, Messi's 500th career goal came once he netted for Barcelona against Valencia in La Liga action on Sunday. However, his goal didn't help his team very much as it ended in a 1-2 defeat for Barcelona. In the fifth position is Barcelona's Brazilian forward Neymar with
21 goals, while Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann is sixth with 20. With 17 goals, Adrian Aduriz (Athletic Bilbao), Ruben Castro (Real Betis) and Borja Staff (Eibar) came in the sixth position. The seventh position is occupied by Lucas Perez (Deportivo La Coruna) and Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) who have scored 16 goals each.
the charity stripe only a half dozen times. San Antonio took command by outscoring the Grizzlies 24-6 over the final 8:04 of the third quarter and led 81-51 heading into the fourth quarter. The fourth quarter was left to mostly the bench players, with game two in the series to be played Tuesday in San Antonio.
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