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What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? — Robert H. Schuller New quake, magnitude 6.2, strikes off Ecuador coast PAGE 09

Hailstorm disaster at Zunheboto

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Nagaland Govt needs to Press freedom declines around the world establish mechanisms to India ranked abysmally low at 133

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2016 World Press freedom index of 180 countries

WASHINGTON, APRIL 20 (PTI): India ranks an abysmally low at 133 among 180 countries in the latest annual World Press Freedom Index which says Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems “indifferent” to the threats against journalists. The 2016 World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is led by Finland, which retained its top spot for the sixth consecutive year, followed by the Netherlands and Norway. India jumped three spots from the 136th position it had in 2015. “Journalists and bloggers are attacked and anathematized by various religious groups that are quick to take offense,” the report said. At the same time, it is hard for journalists to cover regions such as Kashmir that are regarded as sensitive by the government, it said. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems indifferent to these threats and problems, and there is no mechanism for protecting journalists,” the report said. “Instead, in a desire to increase control of media coverage, Modi envisages opening a journalism university run by former propaganda ministry officials,” it alleged, without substantiating what it refers to. Among India’s neighbouring countries, Pakistan ranks 147, Sri Lanka (141), Afghanistan (120), Bangladesh (144), Nepal (105) and Bhutan (94). China is ranked 176. The report shows that there has been a deep and disturbing decline in respect for media freedom at both the global and regional levels.

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rioration. Numerous authorities are trying ones who get in the way,” said Deloire. to regain control of their countries, fearing Highlighting that situation in Latin dimapur | april 20 overly open public debate,” the Guardian America was at grave in Latin the reports also threw light on institutional violence in World leaders paranoid about journalism quoted him as saying. “Today it is increasingly easy for pow- Venezuela and Ecuador, organised crime are cracking down on press freedom, continuing a recent trend in which govern- ers to appeal directly to the public through in Honduras, impunity in Colombia, and ments are increasing their influence over the media. Advocacy group Reporters Without Borders in its latest annual report released • World leaders becoming ‘paranoid’ about the media on Wednesday has said that the World • Warns of a new era of propaganda on the rise Press Freedom deteriorated in 2015 and • Finland, Netherlands and Norway tops ranking warned of “a new era of propaganda.” “There has been a deep and disturb• Eritrea ranked lowest at 180; North Korea at 179 ing decline in respect for media freedom throughout the world,” the free press advo- new technologies, and so there is a great- corruption in Brazil. Among the lowest ranked countries cacy group said in a report released Tuesday. er degree of violence against those who Based on indicators such as media in- represent independent information,” he was Syria, at 177th; North Korea at 179th dependence, self-censorship, the rule of added. Deloire highlighted that ‘new era and last placed was Eritrea. India ranked an abysmally low at 133, while Finland relaw, transparency and abuses, the World of propaganda’ was on rise. “We are entering a new era of propa- tained its top spot for the sixth consecuPress Freedom Index ranks 180 countries. Secretary General of the Paris-based ganda where new technologies allow the tive year, followed by the Netherlands and group, Christophe Deloire said that this low-cost dissemination of their own com- Norway. Three northern European nations year’s index saw a decline in all parts of munication, their information, as dictatthe world. “All of the indicators show dete- ed. On the other side, journalists are the -- Finland, Netherlands and Norway --

Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom 2016 highlights:

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topped the ranking of 180 countries. Tajikistan dropped 34 spots from last year’s list to rank 150th due to the government’s more authoritarian outlook. Brunei also plunged 34 slots after its interpretation of Sharia law resulted in threats of blasphemy charges and self-censorship. Poland, meanwhile, fell 29 slots to 47th after the country’s conservative government gained more control over the public media. The United States ranked 41st on the list, eight spots lower than in 2015. Europe was the best overall region for journalists. Africa overtook the Americas after that region suffered increased violence against the media. North Africa and the Middle East ranked last. “It is unfortunately clear that many of the world’s leaders are developing a form of paranoia about legitimate journalism,” Deloire said in a statement. “The climate of fear results in a growing aversion to debate and pluralism and a clampdown on the media by ever more authoritarian and oppressive governments.”

address landslide hazards Our Correspondent Kohima | april 20

Nagaland State Government should establish necessary techno-legal and techno-financial mechanisms to address the problem of landslide hazards in the state, a Report of Terrain Stability Study of Kohima Town brought out by Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA) has suggested. “This is to ensure that all stakeholders like builders, architects, engineers and government departments responsible for regulation and enforcement adopt land use safe practices and provide safety norms as far as slope stability is concerned in landslide affected areas in particular and hilly areas in general,” the report said. The state government in consultation with the local bodies should prepare Master Town Plan and Country Planning for individual urban centers/large villages and come up with building regulations/byelaws to provide mandatory techno-legal framework for regulating building activity from planning, design and collection of the construction. The report also accentuated on the need to establish systematic land use zoning for public utilities; life line structures, public and government institu-

NSDMA caution citizens to remain Cycling club aims to put Mokokchung prepared in the event of an earthquake on national mountain-biking map

DIMAPUR, APRIL 20 (MExN): The Items suggested to be kept Nagaland State Disaster Management in the emergency bag: Authority (NSDMA), Home Department 1 Medicines/first aid kit (as required) stated on Wednesday that the recent 2 Photocopy of important documents tremors the North Eastern states have been facing must be treated as an urgent 3 Torchlight with extra batteries wake-up call for each citizen to be pre- 4 Pocket radio 5 Thin blanket pared to face an earthquake. Cautioning that the recent tremors 6 A whistle only re-confirms that the seismic fault- 7 Two bottles of water (or as required) lines of the eastern Himalayas are hyper- 8 Eatables which do not spoil easily active, the NSDMA, through the Secre- 9 Diapers/sanitary pads tary to the Government of Nagaland, 10 Packets of ORS Khrienuo Metha in a general awareness message has recommended keeping be kept at the main door so that it can I want to buy an ugly phone! an emergency bag for such disasters. be picked up as one runs out during an Yea. something my children won’t even think of touching” Further, it recommended that this bag earthquake.

Vacation order of Old Secretariat Building, Kohima

KOHIMA, APRIL 20 (MExN): The Home Department (Nazareth Branch) has issued an order on vacation of Old Secretariat Building. As per the Verification Report of the Inspection Team deputed by the Allotment Committee on April 2, 2016, the Old Secretariat building is in dilapidated condition with crumbling ceilings and buckling columns and is not safe for further occupation. In this connection, Taxes Department, School Education Department, Land Record and Survey Department and Nagaland State Transport Department has been directed to immediately vacate their offices in the Old Secretariat building and arrange alternative accommodation elsewhere. This matter shall be accorded with priority, a release received here stated today.

tions, residential areas, green belt, play ground, parks etc. This may also include preparation of master plan for drainage and sewage network system. Comprehensive and user-friendly landslide inventory database, landslide hazard map and seismic landslide hazard zonation maps for a holistic approach in town and country planning should also be prepared, the report said. It also suggested that the Nagaland State government initiate a ‘Landslide Control Board of Nagaland’ for taking up risk treatment, monitoring, awareness and preparation, capacity development and research and development. Pointing out that Kohima is geologically unstable and has high vulnerability to hazards like landslide and earthquake, the report suggested that mandatory feasibility site report on soil and geotechnical investigation should be submitted to the competent issuing authority for obtaining building permit,” adding that this report should be provided by a competent geotechnical engineer or engineering geologist. The report also stated that since Kohima is geologically unstable, it should strictly follow in accordance with the BIS building codes and other Himalayan state building codes.

‘cultivate healthy lifestyle, healthy habit to preserve the environment’ Our Correspondent Kohima | april 20

Commissioner & Secretary for School Education & SCERT, F P Solo today stressed on the need to cultivate healthy lifestyle and healthy habit to protect and preserve the environment. “Our environment is changing so much and we are also are doing a lot of harm to our environment,” Solo said while addressing Earth Day celebration 2016 under the theme “Caring Mother Earth.” The event was organized by Government Polytechnic Kohima (GPK) in association with Key Foundation, New Delhi and Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India here at GPK premises. Touching on climate change and its impact on the environment, Solo said there is felt the need to do something urgently. It is our responsibility to protect and preserve our environment for the future generation, he said. “We have seen global warming, climate change, melting of iceberg, rising of the sea level, cyclonic storm devastating effect in north east in few days, heat wave, shortage of drinking water especially in Latur district of Maharashtra, floods, mudslides, landslides,” Solo pointed out

while adding that all these posed devastating and disastrous effect on human lives. Attributing the effects of climate changes to humans and human activities,” Solo stressed on the need to reverse the trend by doing something to protect and preserve the environment. “All of us, all our behavior, all our actions, all our activities have some impact on our environment, Solo said. In our own ways if we do something positive now we will be able to improve our environment and preserve it for future generations, he added. To do that, Solo emphasized on the need to cultivate healthy lifestyle and healthy habit because our habit and lifestyle will have a lot of impact on our environment. Solo also suggested to go for more organic food, less meat, more vegetables, more fruits, less junk food, more physical activities, less driving, avail public transport system rather than private vehicles, plant more trees, dispose waste properly. He said all these small activities can contribute a lot to the improvement of the environment. “Let us remind ourselves of the responsibility and the need to do something to improve our environment,” he urged.

Trail Hounds Cycling Club members led by Atoba Longkumer, second from left, during one of their weekend rides take a breather and pose for the lens. (Morung Photo)

Limalenden Longkumer mokokchung | april 20

Mountain biking as a sport is gaining rapid popularity in India and here is a cycling club aiming to put this remote and unexplored Mokokchung on the country’s mountain-biking map. Trail Hounds Cycling Club, the first cycling club in Mokokchung was recently formed by a few like-minded young people to promote the sport of mountain-biking in the region. Through this adventure sport, the club also strives to promote preservation of environment as part of their “green initiative.” The club also aims to “mainstream this sport at the national and international levels,” and has big dreams that “perhaps one day our people would come up to represent Nagaland at the Olympics in Cycling.” One uncommon promise the club makes is that it does not expect assistance from government agencies. “As far as possible we will try not to depend on the government,” says the man behind the club, Atoba Longkumer, a young mechanical engineering graduate and “a proud citizen of Mokokchung.” We have evolved past the concept of “welfare

state” where people expect the government to do everything for them, according to him. The idea of starting a cycling club in Mokokchung first struck his mind way back in 2013 while he was still in college after witnessing a cycle stunt show at IIT Guwahati but he shelved the idea owing to pressing academic priorities then. “After graduating, I came back home and saw the cycling revolution happening in Dimapur and Kohima which again prompted me to go ahead and form a club in Mokokchung. I discussed about my plans with my friends -Lipok Jamir, Wapangsunep, Bendangmeren and Moameren, and they were quite supportive of my vision. And together we formed the club,” narrates Atoba Longkumer on how the club came into being. On being asked about the club’s future plans, Atoba replies, “We are humbly starting out as a very small organization so we plan to take one step at a time.” At the moment, the club’s first priority is to build up a strong social media presence so as to encourage more people to adopt cycling as a sport and also for health benefits. “We believe social media is a very

powerful tool through which we can send our message to the people to inspire them to take up cycling. With this in mind, we opened up our Facebook page earlier this year. And quite recently we have been receiving a lot of positive responses. Our followers shot up from 300 in March to 1000 plus in April.” Once a strong base is build, the club plans to organize a first ever “Mokokchung Cross-country Mountain Bike Rally” if potential sponsors show interest. The club is also currently looking for local and national partners for the proposed event which, the club believes, would be an ideal marketing and philanthropic opportunity for corporate houses to showcase their products and services as well as promote fitness and community involvement. Presently, there are eight members in the club whose average age is 24 years. Membership to the club is open to all but interested persons are required to own an MTB besides undergoing some registration paperwork. Parents’ assent is required for those below 16 years of age. The club became active during March of this year and has been going out for rides every weekend since. The club is also planning to observe World Environment Day on June 5. Trail Hounds also tries to keep up with its professional image and offers consultancy and technical advice to interested persons, even in choosing one’s bikes depending on budget and utility. The one constraint that cyclists face in Mokokchung is the lack of bicycle showrooms or servicing centres in town. Trail Hounds has its own formula to solve this problem. “We at Trail Hounds provide all the servicing, repairs or bike upgrades for our members at the moment. Since the online shipping charges for bikes till Mokokchung are very costly, we ship bikes to Mokokchung at extremely cheap rates but only on order basis and we also assemble the bikes for our clients,” adds Atoba Longkumer.

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Civil Services Day on April 21-22 Hailstorm disaster at Zunheboto

KohiMA, April 20 (Dipr): The Civil Services Day is scheduled to celebrate on April 21 and 22 respectively at the Administrative Training Institute Kohima where Chief Minister of Nagaland, T.R. Zeliang will grace the inaugural programme as the chief guest at 10:00 am on April 20. The Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Finance Commissioner, P & AR and Sericulture Department, Temjen Toy, IAS will be the chair person who will also deliver the welcome speech. The Chief Secretary, Pankaj Kumar, IAS will deliver the opening remarks. The chief guest will be inaugurating the Personal Information & Management System (PIMS). In the inaugural session, website of P & AR department, civil list 2016 in the website of P & AR de-

partment, compendium of important office memoranda, notification 2016 in the website of P & AR department will be released. The Secretary, P & AR and Tourism, Angau I. Thou IAS will pronounce the vote of thanks. On 22nd April at the valedictory function, the Additional Chief Secretary & Development Commissioner, R. Benchilo Thong IAS will be chairing the programme. Valedictory address will be delivered by the State Chief Secretary where the Director ATI, Lithrongla G. Chishi will pronounce the vote of thanks. ‘Motivational talk on communitization’ presentation and overview on communitization, group discussion, group presentation and recommendations, presentation by two Deputy Commissioners for best performing VDBs, VDB experience by Presi-

dent VDB Association, Nagaland or two best VDB secretaries, group discussion, presentations and recommendations on VDB are some of the highlights of the programme. Banuo Z. Jamir IAS (Rtd) Chief Secretary Nagaland and Toshi Aier IAS (Rtd) Chief Information Commissioner, Nagaland Information Commission will be the invitee panelists. It has been informed that all AHoDs & HoDs should be present in all the programmes. All departments including Directorates should depute at least 5 (five) senior officers in the rank of Under Secretary/ Deputy Director and above for all the sessions. The communitization department should also attend on the session –II (Day II) on April 22 compulsorily. All officers are requested to report to the ATI by 9:00 am on April 21 for registration.

• Total 370 households affected • Crop and other plantations destroyed • Government gives financial relief Zunheboto, April 20 (Mexn): Reacting to the recent hailstorm in Zunheboto district, the Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority (NSDMA), Home Department has sent immediate financial relief to the affected households through the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA). The NSDMA deputed an officer to make an on the spot assessment along with officials from the DDMA. According to the initial report received a total of 370 households have been affected by a hailstorm on April 18th night at Suruhuto- Asuto areas, Akuluto and Aghunato under Zunheboto district. Crop cultivation in Aichi

Saghemi and plantations Akuluto were destroyed completely. The NSDMA is constantly in touch with all the DDMAs however no other damage reports have been received so far. Mention may be made that the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) 12th Bn. is also presently in Zunheboto district for familiarization exercise on disaster management. A platoon of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) is also permanently stationed in the district to handle any disaster. This was stated in a press release issued by Khrienuo Metha, Secretary to the Government of Nagaland.

ADC Zunheboto, Nungsangmenla Imchen with others visit houses damaged by hailstorm at Aichi Saghemi and Naltoqa areas. (DIPR Photo)

Meanwhile, a DIPR Report stated that a team of officials led by ADC Zunheboto, Nungsangmenla Imchen, Nodal Officer, NSDMA, L. Jonjibemo, As-

sistant Commandant, 12 BN NDRF, Itanagar, Ajay Bahadur SDRF and DPRO on April 20 visited Aichi Saghemi and Naltoqa areas that were damaged by hail-

storm on April 18. ADC in her visit inspected the areas and also interacted with the GBs and Village elders and assured best possible help to the victims.

IFDOL making positive impact on church leaders ‘End Malaria for Good’ Morung Express News Mokokchung | April 20

The 4th Leadership Development Training conducted by the Institute for Development of Leadership (IFDOL) is currently underway at Clark Theological College (CTC) Aolijien from April 18-28 where church leaders from the six eastern Nagaland tribes are currently being trained by different resource persons on different topics. The Institute for Development of Leadership (IFDOL) is a leadership development programme organized by the six Baptist Associations in Eastern Nagaland in partnership with its churches and Clark theological College. The

Church leaders from eastern Nagaland attends Leadership Development Training

training integrates diverse subjects and issues challenging the present church ministry. On the third day, Editor of The Morung Express, Dr Aküm Longchari enlightened the participants on ‘Conflict management and peace building’. While dwelling on the leadership aspect, Dr Longchari challenged the church leaders to shepherd the people, to lead and carry the people with responsibility. He also asserted that leadership also calls for admission of mistakes whenever one commits a mistake.

However, he lamented that many leaders today finds it hard to admit their mistakes. He further urged the church leaders to empower and strengthen the people for a better Naga society. Speaking with The Morung Express, the program coordinator, Y Nuklu Phom – executive secretary PBCA – disclosed that the Leadership Development Training is having a positive impact on the church leaders and churches in eastern Nagaland. He disclosed that not only the participants but also the church members have reported of immense

changes in the system, the way of preaching, and leadership skills after attending the training. He disclosed that the church workers are the ones who are requesting the IFDOL to conduct the leadership development training. “The training programme is going in a right direction; as per the success of the training programme, there are different organizations and unions, not only from Nagaland but even from outside the states are expressing keen interest to partner with us,” said Y Nuklu Phom.

He also said that this is the first time that the training programme has women trainees, where fifteen women church leaders are participating in the progamme. It may be noted here that the IFDOL training progamme is not necessarily a church or gospel oriented training, but focuses on the overall training to enhance the leadership qualities of a church worker. Towards these end, the IFDOL ropes in resource persons from varied fields like bureaucrats, educationists, Editors and theologians give intensive trainings to the participants. The programme will conclude on April 28, 2016 where the participants will be awarded certificates.

KohiMA, April 20 A Malaria Free Environ- prevent collection of stag(Mexn): Every year April ment’. The locality which nant water in and around 25 is celebrated as World undertakes the best sanita- the locality. The youth wing, body Malaria Day (WMD). tion drive will be adjudged World Malaria Day gives the winner of the drive with of the localities is to be inpeople the chance to pro- cash price of Rs 30,000/-, charge of the drive. The outmote and learn about the 2nd Place Rs 10,000/- and come of the sanitation drive efforts made to prevent 3rd Place Rs 5,000/- respec- will be measured by taking before and after picand control matures of the sanitalaria around NVBDCP to conduct tion drive. By underthe world. The Theme for 2016 sanitation drive on World taking the sanitation drive, the National is ‘End Malaria Malaria Day-April 25 Vector Borne Disease for Good.’ Control Programme In this regard the National Vector tively. The criteria for judg- hopes to motivate the comBorne Disease Control ing are cleanliness of the munity to think and plan for a Programme, Directorate locality, with sustainable cleaner environment, which of Health and family Wel- implementation like instal- will ultimately result in a mafare is organizing sanita- lation of garbage bins with- laria free environment. This was stated in a tion drive in the localities/ in the vicinity of the locality Ws/Colonies of all district etc. unclogging of drains, press release issued by Dr. headquarter marking the filling up of ditches and Kevichusa Medikhru, Joint World Malaria Day. The unwanted water collection Director & SPO, NVBDCP theme of the sanitation sites in and around the lo- Directorate of Health and drive is: Think.Plan.Create.’ cality, innovative ideas to Family Welfare.

NFTA 20th general session held NSBSG Life members meet 2016 held

Kevisa Kense, director of fisheries addressing the NFTA session in Kohima on April 20. (Morung Photo) Our Correspondent Kohima | April 20

The 20th general session of the Nagaland Fisheries Technical Association (NFTA) was held here today at DUDA Guest House Conference Hall, Kohima. Speaking on the occasion Kevisa Kense, director of fisheries called upon all

the District Fisheries Officers (DFOs) to be sincere in their duties. He declared that more performing districts will get better funds while the less performing one will get lesser funds. Kense also called upon the DFOs to utilize the available funds judiciously for the benefit of the popu-

lace. He insisted that spot verification is done on implementation of any project. He also stressed on the need to support the concerned parties in a big way basing on viability of the projects. Further, the director called upon the members of NFTA to uphold the in-

tegrity of the department and also carry forward the good legacy of the department. He also released the constitution of NFTA (Ist Amendment 2014). Chairing the session, NFTA president Yhunsenlo Kent said the office of the NFTA have been shifted to Kohima from Dimapur. He also said the matter on service deputation have been settled amicably. Later, NFTA general secretary C. Dory Yanthan read out the report while audit report was given by audit committee convenor Lotimenba. NFTA finance secretary Dilvi Angami invoked God’s blessings while vote of thanks was proposed by NFTA vice president Imtisunep. Later, nomination committee convenor Ketusielie Angami announced the nomination report of NFTA new office bearers.

Morung Express News Kohima | April 20

The Nagaland State Bharat Scouts and Guides (NSBSG) Life members meet 2016 was held on April 20 at the NSBSG Hq, Bayavü with Khriehu Liezietsu, Parliamentary Secretary, Youth Resources and Sports, MTF & Lotteries, Nagaland and President of NSBS&G as the chief guest. Along with the meet, the foundation stone of NSBSG Golden Jubilee building was also laid. Dr. Joyce Zinyü who spoke on behalf of Lifer Members said that choosing to be a scout and guide is to take a step of faith in taking the noble vision of total development of young people to become responsible citizens of the country. “What motivated me to join the NSBSG is that it is the largest youth movement that enables young generation who are eager to develop themselves. Hope to see a society and

Khriehu Liezietsu, Parliamentary Secretary speaks at the Nagaland State Bharat Scouts and Guides (NSBSG) Life members meet 2016 held on April 20. (Morung Photo)

community that are progressive in the right way,” Dr. Joyce said. Khyomo Lotha, Ex-MP, Life Member and State Chief Commissioner who delivered message of greetings stated that Scouts and Guides Association was present even before the achievement of statehood which was then officially founded in 1967 after attaining statehood. Lotha also mentioned that Nagaland has the highest recipients of awards in the North East

region. The NSBSG which is for the welfare and upbringing of young children is the only voluntary organisation and India has the largest number of Scouts and Guides among other countries, stated Lotha. “The movement of Scout and Guides is a unique platform available to us to learn through experience, the value of friendship, hard work, harmony and humanity,” said Liezietsu adding that the activities of the movement such

as community services, integration camps, exchange programs, and outdoor activities has inspired people to contribute positively in the development of the nation and society. Lauding the NSBSG which has been making progress in all fronts, Liezietsu added that the movement in Nagaland has further been focusing to harness the potential of youth by inculcating in them the core civilizational values such as compassion for all, respect to women and, truth and honest in life. In conclusion, the Parliamentary Secretary reminded the members the purpose of the movement which is to serve humanity and that the service to humanity is service to God. The welcome address was delivered by P Atuo Mezhür Sekhose, Life Member & State Commissioner while the program was chaired by K Neibou Sekhose, Life member and State Treasurer.

‘CARING MOTHER EARTH’

Earth Day celebration at Government Polytechnic Kohima Our Correspondent

Kohima | April 20

he Government Polytechnic Kohima (GPK) in association with Key Foundation, New Delhi and Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India today organized a befitting programme to mark Earth Day celebration 2016 under the theme ‘Caring Mother Earth’ at GPK premises. Gracing the occasion as the chief guest, F.P. Solo, Commissioner & Secretary For School Education & SCERT said that Earth Day is a very joyful celebration and it is also celebration of life. He said Earth Day reminds us of the need and the responsibility to preserve and protect our environment. Stating that world is driven by science and technology, Solo said, “We need more of technical education, job oriented vocational courses which polytechnic institutions are imparting.” He, however, lamented that the full potential of technical education, polytechnic is not being realized. “But

COMPETITION WINNERS

Slogan Ist: Nukedu Dawhuo- Kohima College 2nd: Thonhii Movi- Kohima College 3rd: Wemekrie- Mount Hermon Higher Secondary School 4th: Atsulem- Govt. Polytechnic Kohima

Drawing Ist: Bendangwatila Pongen-Don Bosco Higher Secondary School 2nd- Tiyangsen Lemtur- G. Rio School 3rd: Neitseizolie- Christ King Higher Secondary School 4th: Rokolhou Sietuo- Kohima College Quiz Winner Group B: Anikita Priyadarshini- Mount Hermon Higher Secondary School, Tovika Sumi- Govt. Polytechnic Kohima, Thsekulni Thopi- Mount Hermon Higher Secondary School, Vilanyii Vincent Chadi- Don Bosco Higher Secondary School and Ruben GurungVinyuzo School. more and more people have realized about the need to pursue science and technical education,” he said and hoped that more youth will come for polytechnic courses. He also maintained that science education, technical education, polytechnics have potential to transform the lives of the young people provided opportunities given to them. The Commissioner

and Secretary also said that those having scientific and technical education have scope and potential to work not only in the state but also across the globe. GPK principal Er Vipulhou Lhoungu said the purpose of Earth Day is to celebrate the planet earth, environment and raise public awareness about pollution. He said that April 22 is mark every

year as Earth Day. However, our activities started two days ahead this time. Key Foundation secretary S.M. Faizani stressed on the need to pay attention towards our planet earth as our life depend on planet. He said that it is the responsibility of each and every individual to take care of our planet earth. Earlier, humanities department lecturer Keneingunuo Kire led the presentation while CSE Semester II Topeni presented a special number. The function was followed by slogan and drawing competition based on Caring Mother Earth and Quiz competition on science & technology. 12 educational institutions joined the competition. Meanwhile, an awareness rally will take place on April 21 from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM. Athili Kathipri, director technical education will grace the valedictory function as guest of honour on April 21 at 12:30 PM. The valedictory function will be chaired by Chubamenla while vote of thanks will be proposed by CSE lecturer Er. F.P. Solo and others during Earth Day celebration 2016 at Govt. Polytechnic Kohima on April Khrieketoulie Rupreo. 20. (Morung Photo)

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Rains, thunderstorm damage over 2,000 houses in Manipur

Imphal, aprIl 20 (IaNS): Over 2,000 houses and other facilities with roofs of tin and corrugated sheets were damaged in the thunderstorms and torrential rains that hit many parts of Manipur on Tuesday, residents said. There are also reports of minor damages to structures in some states in the northeastern region. "More than 450 houses were destroyed in my Oinam constituency," said I. Ibohanbi, a Manipur legislator. Reports of such destructions were coming in from other districts as well. In the absence of any government assistance in providing relief measures at evacuation centres, the homeless are taking shelter in school buildings. Some families told IANS that no government official has visited them as yet. "It is a problem to arrange for even a meal." Vehicular traffic was held up for several hours along the state and national highways as the roadside trees have fallen. Residents removed the fallen trees and snapped branches, and cleared the roads. Reports received from Manipur's Jiribam town bordering Assam said a large number of birds were killed and wounded in the hailstorm that battered

Squall affected get relief materials Our Correspondent Imphal | April 20

Sekmai MLA Kh Devendro today distributed relief materials to families affected by Tuesday’s strong wind that swept through Sekmai area where nearly 80 houses were damaged. Two relief camps are now opened at two government schools at Kanglatongbi where over 40 families are taking shelter since the incident. Devendro assured compensation and further relief materials from the Manipur government for the victims after receiving full damage reports. In the past days, storm accompanied by rains have disrupted normal life in many parts of the state. The storm had also damaged crops and vegetables on vast area in Bishnupur district. several places in the district on Monday and Tuesday. Some of the hailstones were as big as an orange. Some houses were also damaged. A police station and an inspection bungalow in Tamenglong district were also damaged in the thunderstorm. A few dozen people sustained cuts and injuries as the rooftops of tin and corrugated sheets were blown away. The injured were treated for their injuries and later discharged from hospitals. District administration sources said detailed reports on the damage to the houses and standing crops will be sent to the state government by Wednesday evening. Manipur's Chief Secre-

tary Oinam Nabakishore has announced all necessary assistance would be provided to the victims once official reports are received from the district administrations. Meanwhile, there was a slight improvement in the weather in some northeastern states on Wednesday. Thunderstorms and heavy rains have, however, been forecast till Wednesday. Meanwhile, the condition of the Imphal-Myanmar trans-Asian highway has worsened as a result of the downpours over the past few days, and heavy vehicles are facing difficulties. The highway was badly damaged during the January 4 earthquake and is yet to be fully repaired.

Two lynched Thangminlen Kipgen appointed in Assam NPP Manipur president for stealing Imphal, aprIl 20 (pTI): Former minister ThangGuwahaTI, aprIl 20 (hT): Stealing a goat can cost a life in Assam. So can swiping a pair of slippers from a temple. A mob in central Assam’s Nagaon district thrashed three people on Monday evening for allegedly stealing a goat. Another person, accused of stealing a pair of slippers, was similarly killed in northeastern Assam’s Lakhimpur district a few hours later. YT Gyatso, Nagaon superintendent of police, said the mob attacked the three men in Amlakhi Tea Estate while they were preparing a goat they had killed for a feast. “The mob assaulted the trio and handed them over to the police later. One of them, an Adivasi youth identified as Bijoy Bhumij, succumbed to his injuries in the police station,” he said. In the other incident, a mob clubbed one Joga Barua to death for allegedly stealing a pair of slippers from a temple in Lakhimpur’s Simaluguri. “A group of locals took the man, injured, to the Simaluguri police outpost on Monday night. He became unconscious this (Tuesday) morning and was taken to the hospital but doctors declared him brought dead,” Lakhimpur superintendent of police, Brajenjit Singha, said. On Sunday, a mob had hacked an alleged rape accused man to death in the state’s Karbi Anglong district. A few policemen were witness to that lynching.

minlen Kipgen was today appointed as the Manipur state unit president of the National People's Party (NPP). NPP national president Conrad Sangma formally announced the appointment of Kipgen at a party programme. Conrad said NPP would fight the state Assembly election in 2017 and the Imphal Municipal Corporation poll slated to be held on June 2 next.

Mizo youth group bats for talks with militants

aIzawl, aprIl 20 (IaNS): The Young Mizo Association (YMA), the most influential youth organisation in the northeastern state of Mizoram, on Wednesday urged Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla to initiate peace talks with the militants. The YMA also urged him to enact a strict law to deal with the drug menace in the state bordering Myanmar and Bangladesh. "Central leaders of YMA met the chief minister and urged him to initiate peace talks with the underground Hmar People's Convention-Democratic (HPC-D) to bring longlasting peace in the state," a YMA statement said. "The YMA leaders also asked the chief minister to enact a stringent law to deal with the hazardous activities of drugs in the state. Smuggling of drugs from across the border must be stoped at any cost." Sophisticated arms, ammunition and drugs are allegedly being smuggled from adjoining Myanmar and a racket comprising local and foreign citizens

are involved. Manipur-based HPCD, which is demanding a separate autonomous district council in the state for Hmar tribals under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, has been involved in violent activities since 1997. Mizoram was the first and the only state in India to get Rs.182.45 crore from the central government in 2000-01 as "peace bonus" for maintaining peace after decades of insurgency. However, on March 28 last year, the HPC-D ambushed a police party in Mizoram, and killed three policemen and seriously wounded six others. The attack forced Mizoram to approach the union home ministry to ban the HPC-D. It also sought that the area where Hmar tribals are concentrated be declared a disturbed area under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA). Mizoram became a peaceful state after the 1986 tripartite accord ended two decades of militancy by the Mizo National Front (MNF).

3 AR jawans hurt in blast Our Correspondent Imphal | April 20

Three Assam Rifles jawans were injured on Wednesday when suspected militants triggered two powerful IEDs at T Minou village under Moreh bordering Myanmar. The personnel from 11 Assam Rifles were on foot patrol near their post when the blast took place around 7 am, reports said here. The wounded personnel have been

brought to Imphal for medical treatment. No militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack. On March 6, militants triggered two powerful Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) near Moreh, killing one Assam Rifles jawan and wounding three. Manipur Police arrested an activist of People’s Liberation Army (PLA) during counter-insurgency operation at Top Khongnangkhong in Imphal East on April 17.

Train services from Tripura to commence this month aGarTala, aprIl 20 (pTI): Passenger and goods train services from Tripura to rest of the country will start this month, an official said on Wednesday. The Railway Ministry has already sent sanction letter for plying goods train from this month up to Jirania, near here, and the state asked the Food Corporation of India (FCI) to take steps for unloading foodgrains in the Jirania station, Tripura Transport Secretary

Samarjit Bhowmick said. Besides, the Kanchanjangha Express would also be operational from here as an originating station from this month, he said. The ministry has also agreed to start passenger trains from Agartala to Silchar from April, Bhowmick said. Tripura came to the broad gauge railway map in March this year. The first goods train reached here on a trial run on February 22 from Assam’s Badarpur town.

Manipur's last battle: Prez to join anniversary event

Imphal, aprIl 20 (IaNS): President Pranab Mukherjee is scheduled to visit Manipur for a few hours on Saturday to attend a state function commemorating the anniversary of the last battle of independence fought against the British rulers on April 23, 1891. The visit is historically significant since it drives home the message that the country accepts that the Manipuri kingdom's last battle to retain its independence was fought on this day and not on April 25, 1891, as contended by some. Official sources told IANS that preparations are underway to accord a red carpet welcome to President Mukherjee. The military secretary to the President and the union home ministry have made all preparations to ensure that there is no untoward incident during the President's visit to this border state, where over 50 armed insurgent groups are making their presence felt. For quite sometime, some outfits have been boycotting the VVIPs' visits and declaring "public curfew" to keep the people away from their functions. Officials are, however, saying Saturday's function

marks the supreme sacrifice made by the Manipuri soldiers in defending the Manipuri kingdom and as such there may not be a boycott from rebel groups. Soon after landing at the Tulihal airport, Mukherjee is scheduled to fly to the Kheba hillock by an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter. He will unveil a tripod monolith there and briefly address the audience. Ahead of the President's visit, Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh has been chairing the joint security coordination meetings of the state and the central forces. The British army had in April 1891 attacked Manipur, then an independent kingdom, from three sides -- Cachar and Kohima in undivided Assam and Tamu in erstwhile Burma. With the killing of General Paona Brajabashi at Kheba hillock on April 23, Manipur lost its independence. However, another school of thought says Manipur's last battle was fought at Tengol Lampak, a little away from Kheba, on April 25 under the command of General Chong Miya. All these years, it has been demanding commemoration of the occa-

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Pulse Candy breaks Coke Zero’s record and does 100 crores in eight months flat New Delhi, April 20 (iNDiANtimes): India’s favourite candy Pulse got the entire nation hooked onto its taste when it first hit the markets. Costing just Re 1, no one imagined that the candy with the magic core will take the industry by storm, so much so that it will set a new record beating Coca-Cola’s own! Candy sales are on the fast track, thanks to hardboiled candies (HBC) such as Mango Bite, Pulse Candy and Alpenliebe that are pushing the Rs 6,000-crore sweet candy market to grow at 1.5 times the FMCG industry growth in the country . Despite constituting a third of the total candy market, the hard-boiled segment is witnessing heightened traction due to entry of new players and innovation. For instance, Dharampal Satyapal (DS) Group’s Pulse Candy reached Rs 100 crore within just eight of its launch, its maker said, equalling the record of Coca-Cola’s diet drink Coke Zero.

“Eclairs and soft toffees segment grew in single digits in 2015 in comparison to hardboiled candy segment. Lollipops are the other segment witnessing healthy growth,” said Vijay Udasi, senior VP at Nielsen India.While the overall sweet candy market is growing at 14% Y-o-Y, the HBC segment, pegged at around Rs 2,100 crore, is growing at 24%, revealed data from Nielsen. “The category has low entry barriers that results in numerous new players enter-

ing the market every year. At the same time, there are fairly quick exits too. Low entry-exit barriers facilitate innovation on formats and flavours in the category ,” Udasi said. Industry experts said, Pulse Candy , a kaccha aam (raw mango) hard boiled candy with a tangy salt filled centre, was one such innovation. “We launched it at Re 1. Other companies followed suit. Before that, everybody was selling 4gm hard boiled candies for 50 pai-

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NIIT offers new programmes New Delhi, April 20 (mexN): NIIT will now offer futuristic programmes like MEAN Stack, Big Data & Data Sciences Stack, Design Thinking, Cloud Stack, Internet of Things (IOT) Stack, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Robotics and Virtual Reality, Cyber-Security, under the DigiNxt Series brand umbrella. In October 2015, NIIT launched a revolutionary initiative - StackRouteTM to create multi-skilled and multi-disciplinary full-stack programmers. StackRouteTM has received overwhelming response from startups and major IT companies alike, a press release stated. NIIT will now offer retail training programs in Digital Transformation Technologies under the DigiNxt portfolio to young aspirants wishing to enter the digital services industry, as well as to young IT professionals wishing to

points,” he said. While Perfetti leads in the caramel category , a flavour which constitutes 20% of the HBC segment, Parle is the dominant player with its Mango Bite brand. Interestingly, kaccha aam (26%) and mango flavour (24%) put together command 50% market share in the HBC category, followed by caramel and orange (16%). Inbisco is the other big player with its Kopico (coffee flavour) brand. “The HBC segment is growing fast due to marketing push and innovations,” said Pravin Kulkarni, marketing head at Parle Products. “The chocolate eclair and soft toffee category is struggling because margins are low due to the premium nature of the product. By selling a candy for Rs 1, an HBC maker will make more money than a chocolate eclair company .” Mondelez India, which makes the popular chocolate eclairs (renamed Cadbury Choclairs), did not reply to an e-mailed questionnaire.

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ACAUT Nagaland demands suspension of F&CS Secretary Dimapur, april 20 (mExN): ACAUT Nagaland today demanded that the Secretary, Food & Civil Supplies (F&CS), as the head of the department, be held accountable and immediately suspended on moral grounds for his “failure to discharge his duties to check and act on the gross misappropriation of Rs. 402 crores in his department and to enable an impartial inquiry.” The demand comes a day after the Secretary of F&CS issued a clarification on the fund misappropriation and other allegations against the department. Reacting to the Secretary’s press statement, ACAUT Nagaland in a press

release issued by its Media Cell stated, “To say that it (F&CS department) is unaware of the misappropriation of whopping Rs. 402 crores as report has not been received from CAG or from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is simply outrageous as CAG report is all out in the public domain.” Stating that it is the prerogative of the Secretary as head of the department to check any misappropriation in his department, ACAUT said “to deny ignorance of misappropriation of not in terms of lakhs but hundreds of Crores is just not acceptable by any standard.” It also questioned

whether the Chief Secretary and the Government have submitted the CAG Report to the PAC, if so, why has PAC not submitted the report to F&CS. “Either way it seems quite apparent that there’s a conspiracy by all parties involved to hush up the matter,” it stated. Maintaining that F&CS Secretary has implicated the Chief Secretary, Government of Nagaland and the PAC for the failure to notify the Department of F&CS on the misappropriation of Rs 402 crores, ACAUT said thus it is requisite on the part of the Chief Secretary, Government of Nagaland and the PAC to clarify the matter at the earliest.

Meanwhile, the organization demanded that Central Bureau of Investigation be summoned to investigate the enormous misappropriation. It also asserted that the Government of Nagaland, Chief Secretary and the PAC must clarify to the people on why such gross misappropriation has not been notified and acted on. ACAUT Nagaland further warned that unless the Government brings in the CBI to investigate the huge misappropriation of public money, it will have no choice but resort to drastic measures even to the extent of calling the public and closing down the De- Governor of Nagaland PB Acharya poses for photograph with Chief Minister TR Zepartment of F&CS indefi- liang during the latter’s courtesy visit to the Governor at Raj Bhavan, Kohima on April nitely. 20. (DIPR Photo)

Drugs worth Rs 5.2 lakh seized Sumi Hoho, CPO settle century old land dispute

The 2 arrested for possession and transporting the drug.

Kohima, april 20 (mExN): Kohima Police personnel manning the Khuzama interstate check gate have recovered 52,000 capsules of banned Spasmo Proxyvon drug worth Rs 5,20,000 in black market from a vehicle (Maruti Wagon R, AS-17-2734, Chassis No.MA3EED81S00108847, Engine No.- F10DN4009254). According to a press release from PRO, Kohima Police, the drug was neatly

packed in polyethene bags and was found concealed in various parts of the scheme body of the vehicle. Two persons identified as PH. Esha Ali and MD. Imtiyaj Khan, both from Manipur, were taken into police custody for possession and transporting the banned drug. Meanwhile, a regular case vide Khuzama P.S Case No. 0017/2016 U/S 22 (C) NDPS Act has been registered against them, the release added.

Dimapur, april 20 (mExN): Sumi Hoho (SH) and Chakhesang Public Organization (CPO) have finally settled the almost century old land dispute between Iphonumi village under Ghathashi subdivision and Khutsami village under Chozuba subdivision. The amicable settlement was reached after several rounds of sittings and visits to the disputed area of land which is located between the two villages, stated a press release issued by Vihuto Asumi, General Secretary, Sumi Hoho. The Settlement Order released to the media stated that the terrace cultivation and the seedling bed on the bank of the Tsuyi River which Khutsami villagers have been cultivating shall not be affected. From the point of Wozihu and Yigali streams, a stretch of land measuring 300 metres towards Iphonumi land is given

BJP requests ‘suitable responsibilities’ for its legislators Kohima, april 20 (mExN): The State BJP unit has requested the Chief Minister TR Zeliang to accommodate the BJP legislators with suitable responsibilities in the DAN Ministry in order to serve the people and the partners. The party made the request during its meeting with the CM at his official residence in Kohima on April 20. According to a press release from BJP spokesperson, Yanghose Sangtam, the meeting led by President Visasolie Lhoungu discussed various issues pertaining to DAN alliance and State development. The President was accompanied by party senior members and State office bearers. The BJP unit also urged the Chief Minister to reconsider the deprivation and accommodate the BJP party workers with various assignments deemed fit. It

to Khutsami stretching down to Tsuyi River, the Order said. The settlement, according to the Order, shall supercede the Order dated January 18 & 19, 1947 of CR Pawsey, the then Deputy Commissioner of Naga Hills. The Land Record and Survey Department has been entrusted to erect the boundary pillars as per the Settlement Order of the Joint Court of Sumi Hoho and CPO. In the event of violation of the Settlement Order by any village, a penalty fine of Rs. 5 lakh shall be imposed by the Joint Court, it added. Meanwhile, the release recounted that way back in 1946 dated January18 & 19, CR Pawsey, the then Deputy Commissioner of Naga Hills, intervened and tried to settle the dispute without success. Unwanted situations and confrontations occurred on various occasions even resulting in the loss of

lives of many, it said. “Hostility between the two villagers prevailed for so long. It is now a big sigh of relief for both the SH and the CPO leaders after the settlement of the issue.” It was informed that a High Power Committee to handle the case was set up by the SH and the CPO comprising the following leaders – Huskha Yepthomi as Convenor, Pusazo Luruo as the Co-convenor with other members – Khehoshe Yepthomi, Vaprumu Demo, Hekhushe Shikhu and Yesonu Veyie. The Settlement Order was signed by the Committee members and countersigned by the Presidents of the two organization – Toniho Yepthomi, President, SH and Kekhwengulo Lea, President, CPO in the presence of several Sumi and Chakhesang leaders and the administrative officers.

Mystery disease killing buffaloes in Peren: Report Villages appeal to govt for remedial measures for affected farmers

Nagaland BJP leaders and officials with Chief Minister on April 20.

also urged that the projects/proposals of the party be considered under CSS or NEC/NLCPR/ Article 275 or schemes during the financial year. The Chief Minister, the release said, assured the del-

YWO condemns abduction TuENsaNg, april 20 (mExN): Yimchungru Women’s Organisation (YWO) has condemned the abduction of S. Kumcho Yimchungru, a citizen of Sotokur Village, on April 11 between Helipong (Helipong junction) and Sotokur villages while on his way to Tuensang Town. YWO in a press release has expressed concern that his abduction has entered second week and despite the intensive search operation initiated by the villagers continuously, the victim could not be traced. The organisation feared for his life and the future of his innocent children. The release issued by YWO President Alula Thsanso and General Secretary Kamjila further appealed to the administration and security agencies to initiate more intensive search operation around the neighbouring village and importantly along the track where the victim had been taken leading to a nearby village as seen from the evidences of blood spill, foot prints/ foot tracts and dining place, and around the vicinity his bike and helmet were found 30ft and 15 ft respectively below the road. YWO alleged that “the abduction of Kumcho is purely a cowardice act and an evil design to prolong tension and create law and order problem in the once already flared up area of Tuensang district.” It added that the law enforcing agencies should question the suspected individuals or groups in the case and initiate stringent action against those accused at the earliest in order to ensure and maintain utmost trust and confidence in the interest of public peace and tranquility. Further, the women organization stated that the matter must be viewed and taken as a rare case of utmost urgency and serious concern as it concerns life and death.

egates of all possible co-operations in strengthening the alliance and at the same time urged the BJP unit to work cohesively, keeping in mind the top priorities for the development of the State.

Dimapur, april 20 (mExN): A fatal bovine disease is reportedly stalking buffaloes at LamhaDunki village area in Peren district and thereby causing panic among the farmers who employ the animal for tilling the fields. According to a report from Dunki Village Council Chairman, Namgong, hundreds of buffaloes have already succumbed to the ‘mysterious’ disease in the LamhaDunki area and the neighboring villages. The report claimed that the animal die within days after being attacked by the ‘dreaded’ disease. The matter was reported by alarmed farmers and buffalo owners to the village council and the SDO (Civil) of the area after which the veterinary department

was called in. However, there is still no sign of improvement even after the veterinary department administered vaccine to the animals, the Dunki Village Council lamented. It pointed out that buffaloes are employed for ploughing of terrace field and is considered as the biggest assets for the farmers of the area. In addition, with the season for cultivation of paddy closely arriving, the Dunki Village Council feared the worst as the disease continue to stalk the animal. It has therefore appealed to the Nagaland Government to take up necessary remedies and support measures for the survival of the poor villagers.

Governor Acharya visits 37 Assam Rifles base Dimapur, april 20 (mExN): Governor of Nagaland and Assam, Dr Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya visited the Piphema and Zubza company operating base of 37 Assam Rifles on April 17. During the visit, the Governor was briefed on the role of Assam Rifles in providing

a safe and stable environment for development and growth and about prevailing security situation, a press release from Assam Rifles informed. Meanwhile, the Governor interacted with troops and enquired about their wellbeing and nature of duty. He

also advised the troops to maintain close contact with local population and to project Assam Rifles in positive light. Further, he informed the troops about welfare schemes like Jan-Dhan Yojana, Kisan Bima Yojana and loans from Mudra Bank and asked them to take benefits

from these schemes. He also lauded the high standards of morale among the troops and conveyed his appreciation for the outstanding performance and contribution of the Assam Rifles towards maintaining peace and tranquillity in Nagaland, the release added.

Students made aware on cyber crime, human trafficking Kohima, april 20 (mExN): Kohima District Legal Services Authority organised a legal awareness programme at Mount Hermon Hr. Sec. School, Kohima on April 19 with Akumla Longchari, Thejapfutuo Khezhie, and Wapangienla Kichu, Panel Lawyers as resource persons. Akumla Longchari spoke on “Online violence and cyber crime”, where she briefed the students that technology plays an important role, but at the same time brings some disadvantages and dangers. “Many youngsters are lured and become victims of online violence and cyber crimes through cyber bullies, social engineering, online shopping, online games and online betting,” she stated. Akumla informed that over 1 million people fall victim to cyber crime in a day and India is the 5th amongst the affected countries. She said students today hack into somebody’s account to play a prank or to defame the person which is one of the common cyber crimes. “We need to understand social media and should use it more responsibly because indulging in

irresponsible use of social media could amount to cyber crime and attract the law with punishment of imprisonment and fine under various sections of IPC and IT Act,” she added. Thejapfutuo Khezhie spoke on the “Protection of Children from Sexual Offences, Act 2012”. Explaining about the provisions of the Act, he said there was no special law for children before the law was enacted. The Act aims at protecting children under the age of 18 years against sexual assault, sexual harassment and child pornography. He said the Act provides for a special setting of child–friendly court proceedings for a child victim. The sole purpose of stressing on the issues of child sexual abuse, he stated, is to make the children understand, identify the concept of what child sexual abuse is all about so that children can protect themselves by approaching the various agencies such as the Panel Lawyers, Childline, Child Welfare Committees, the police and the special juvenile police unit.

Wapanginla Kichu covered ‘Human Trafficking and Immoral Trafficking (prevention) Act, 1956’. She said human trafficking is a way of making money by exploiting people mostly for prostitution or commercial sexual exploitation, forced labour, child labour, street begging, drug smuggling and removal of organs from the body. She added Nagaland is not only a transit point for trafficking women and children, but is also a recipient and supplier. Major reasons for the rapid rise in human trafficking, she pointed out, are poverty, lack of job satisfaction in the state, lack of awareness, imitation of western culture. She said that trafficking of human is punishable under the Immoral Trafficking (prevention) Act, 1956. Running of brothels is also punishable under the Act and criminal liability also arises even on those who live on the earnings of prostitutions, she added. A quiz was conducted on the topics covered by the resource persons during the event, which was attended by 515 students.

PMEGP beneficiaries 2015-2016 meeting ZuNhEboTo, april 20 (mExN): All the beneficiaries of Prime Minister Employment Generation Program (PMEGP) for the year 2015-2016 under Zunheboto District have been informed that there will be an emergency meeting on April 22, 10:00 am at District Industries office premises. All the beneficiaries have been requested to attend the meeting without fail to discuss the issues related to non-sanction of loan and some important agendas regarding the welfare of beneficiaries. Those who fail to attend the meeting will be liable to a fine of Rs. 500/-, it was warned.

MEx FILE NNC/PGN appeals Dimapur, april 20 (mExN): The NNC/ People's Government of Nagaland (NNC/PGN) has appealed to “Brothers in Arms” to restrain from unwanted incident and rather understand the position of Naga political arena. “Let’s remind ourself or question ourself where we're or where we're heading off, it doesn't matter how strong or small, we are just a part of nation builders,” stated a press statement issued by MIP, NNC/PGN.

DUCCF Executive Meeting Dimapur, april 20 (mExN): Dimapur Urban Council Chairmen Federation (DUCCF) executive will have an emergency meeting on April 22 at Forest Colony chairman's residence at 4:00 pm.

ENPU Chumukedima informs Dimapur, april 20 (mExN): The 16th general session-cum-meeting of the Eastern Nagaland People's Union (ENPU) Chumukedima will be held on April 23 at CTC Hall at 10:00 am. Power Minister Kipili Santam will attend the occasion as chief guest and President, ENPO S. Khoiwang Konyak as guest of honour. Therefore, all bonafide members of the ENPUC, public leaders, officers and well wishers have been requested to attend the programme.

Duncan Bosti mass social work on April 23 Dimapur, april20 (mExN): Duncan Bosti Council, Dimapur in a press release has informed all the residents of Duncan Bosti that there will be a mass social work on April 23 from 6:00 am to 9:00 am. All the residents including business establishments under Duncan Bosti have been directed to clean their surroundings, especially the public road sides and drainages. The council further directed all the shops/business establishments to remain closed from 6:00 am to 9:00 am on that day, failing which, the Council will take actions against the defaulters.

North Block-3 Panchayat expels Kohima, april 20 (mExN): North Block-3 Panchayat has expelled Veketho-o Yhopu from the jurisdiction of the North Block Panchayat indefinitely for violation of the rules of the North Block-3 Panchayat, Kohima. Therefore, in a press release the Panchayat proclaimed that the North Block Panchayat shall take no responsibility for any untoward incident created by his intrusion into the jurisdiction of the Panchayat. He shall be doing so at his own risk, it stated.

Tobacco control workshop Kohima, april 20 (Dipr): With the approval of the Chief Secretary, Nagaland, Department of Health & family Welfare has convened an advocacy workshop program on tobacco control for Departmental Enforcement Officers on April 26 at the Directorate of H&FW conference hall with a view to bring about effective and measurable results in controlling one of the State's biggest health factor - tobacco. With special focus on enforcement laws, legal & health related subjects, the workshop will be a prime step for progressive change in controlling the health hazard. The Department of H&FW has invited one responsible middle rank officer from each Department to participate in the workshop and become the authorized Departmental Enforcement Officer in their respective establishment to supervise the violation of Tobacco Control Act (COTPA 2003). The inaugural function will be graced by Pankaj Kumar, Chief Secretary, Government of Nagaland.

BJP State VP holds meeting in Mon Dimapur, april 20 (mExN): BJP State Vice President and Mon District In-charge Imsu Yaden held a meeting with Mon district BJP executives along with the Mandals on April 13 at Council Hall, Mon Town. Yaden exhorted the party workers to uplift the party’s principle and strengthen the party and take initiatives in bringing maximum developments for the welfare of the society. He stressed on having timely reviews for any non functioning units, Mandals and district executives and advised the district executives to consult the District In-Charge and State office for any discrepancies or alteration in the party. The BJP State Vice President also advised the executives to have mutual understandings among themselves and be truthful and committed in every aspect and to cooperate with the elected legislators of the district for any developmental activities.

thursday 21•04•2016

IN FOCUS

THE MORUNG EXPRESS

The Power of Truth

The Morung Express volume Xi issue 108 By moa Jamir

Don’t let children play with guns

ast week, students from a certain school in Kiphire Town were pictured eagerly brandishing an 84 mm Rocket Launcher, on their visit to a paramilitary camp. The students got an opportunity to get “exposure” in “handling arms” a news report stated, quoting a Major as saying, “The intention of arms display is to let the students get an opportunity to observe different kinds of the arms and to invoke the eagerness in the minds of the students to take up military service as career.” Some of the arms displayed and handled were AK rifles, SLR, Granite launcher, 9 mm, Sten carbine, 84mm rocket launcher, LMG and trench mortar, it added. A cursory browsing over news reports on the activities of the security forces will highlight how such display and handling weapon is integral part of any students’ visits to a military camp or exhibition, especially in conflict zones. What would you expect from a military camp-Pink roses? One may retort. Herein lies the question-Is it simply a strategy of motivating the young minds to take up military service as a career or a tacit psychological warfare as part of the counter insurgency strategy. Such gesture is irony at its best. The Central government has often accused the recruitment of children by ‘non-state’ actors. A report of the Secretary-General to the Security Council, United Nations on 5 June 2015 quoted the Ministry of Home Affairs of India as saying that Naxalites recruited boys and girls between 6 and 12 years of age into specific children’s units. “Violence and the use of schools as recruitment grounds (has) affected access to education for children in Naxalite areas,” it said. Children were reportedly “lured into joining armed groups” in the face of the lack of livelihood alternatives, but were also abducted and forcibly recruited, through coercion of family members and the threat of violence. UNICEF defines a 'Child Soldier' as any person below the age of 18 and maintain that children undergo varying degrees of indoctrination, often verging on the brutal. While the official voluntary recruitment age in India is 17 ½, yet many military prep schools such as Rashtriya Indian Military College or Sainik Schools and The National Cadet Corps recruit children between the ages of 11 ½ to 13 years. In 2009, UNICEF released a report concerning children in conflict areas and highlighted the changing face of armed conflict and war in the world today. It noted that while there has been a decrease in inter-state conflict, conflicts within countries and across borders is on the rise, where the state is using paramilitary and proxy forces to fight these hidden wars. Children are children-they are easily influenced by the sights and sounds of the world around them. And this remain sketched in their impressionable minds to make life changing decisions. Therefore, it is imperative that they do not need to be told that the only refuge to things happening around them is to take recourse with guns or the military – not by the state actor, or by any other non state actors. On the part of the paramilitary forces providing ‘opportunity’ for students to lay their hands on weapons, they would do best to serve the public by checking law and order situation, ensuring safety and security of the citizens and other humanitarian works. Initiating children/students into handling weapons is neither an ‘opportunity’ nor service rendered. For any comment, drop a line to moajamir@live.com

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Astrid Zweynert Thomson Reuters Foundation

'Breakthrough Generation' needed to end culture of violence against women

allika Dutt and Sonali Khan have an ambitious goal: to mobilise an entire generation to put an end to violence against women - and men are at the heart of their campaign. Their organisation Breakthrough works in the United States and India, deploying a mix of social media, pop culture and multimedia campaigns to challenge the deeply held cultural norms they see as the root of the problem. The scale of the issue they are trying to address is huge: one in three women will experience sexual or physical violence, and in some countries the figure is as high as 70 percent, according to the United Nations. "We're using culture to change culture - and give people a concrete way to prevent domestic violence and discrimination against women," Breakthrough founder and chief executive Dutt said in an interview with the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Dutt and Khan were given the $1.25 million Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship on Thursday, the most valuable prize of its kind. Laws, policies and education are not enough to bring about change in the face of entrenched cultural norms, said Dutt, adding that people are more likely to respond to arts and story-telling than to lectures about human rights. Breakthrough has attracted some high-profile male supporters, including "Star Trek" actor Patrick Stewart, who shared his story of witnessing, as a small boy, his father beating up his mother, and the impact it had on his life. His story created a social media storm and encouraged other men to share their stories. "When men see they can be part of the solution, they are more likely to engage with the issue," said Dutt, a lawyer who has worked on women's rights issues for more than three decades. Dialogue - and seeing men as part of the solution, not just the problem - is an important part of Breakthrough's work, she said. "Through our work on campuses in the U.S. with fraternity members, we have learned that men do want to speak out against violence against women but often don't dare to because of the social norms within their group," said Dutt. Encouraging men to hold others to account is another key part of their work. "The key for all our campaigns is to recruit social change agents - people who believe that change has to happen," said Khan, Breakthrough's vice-president and India country director. "That's how we build the Breakthrough Generation." Breakthrough says it has reached 15 million people in rural communities and 350 million through its social media campaigns. Bell Bajao, Hindi for "Ring the Bell", calls on people, particularly boys and men, to interrupt domestic violence wherever and whenever they witness it. As part of the campaign, Breakthrough created television adverts, inspired by true stories of men stepping up against domestic violence, which more than 130 million people have watched. The rapid growth and reach of social media has been a boon for the organisation, but Khan said it was important to focus on the local context. In India, Breakthrough's video vans travel through cities and villages to draw attention to violence against women and engage communities through games and street theatre, while the #AskingForIt social media campaign aims to improve the safety of women in public spaces. "We work with local people to make sure we have the best approach for the local context," said Khan.

C O M M E N T A R Y

Sally Osberg, president CEO Skoll Foundation

A framework for justice

n the eve of the 2016 Skoll World Forum, we reflect on how justice can illuminate our quest to bring about a peaceful and prosperous world. Justice is our north star. It provides the bearings to guide us through territory fraught with tests of character and will. It steers us to ever more powerful solutions to the pressing problems of our time. It summons in us the courage and fortitude to tackle issues vital to a better future for humanity—from peace and human rights to education, health, economic opportunity, and environmental sustainability. Today, those suffering most from the crises of our times are sounding a clarion call for justice. Government and business can and must do right by asylum seekers, the wrongly imprisoned, and victims of trafficking, violence, poverty, and climate change. But to make enough of a difference, in time and at scale, we need social entrepreneurs and their solutions to point the way. Social entrepreneurs know that justice represents a human need as fundamental as food or shelter. Indeed, research shows that children as young as two or three recognize when a wrong has been done and instinctively seek to right it. Still, there is no question that social entrepreneurs and those of us who partner with them confront formidable odds. We appreciate at a visceral level how entrenched and powerful forces of injustice create the conditions for most of what’s wrong in the world. It’s injustice that robs the poor of opportunities, displaces people from their homes, and consigns too many to lives of misery and hopelessness. To create and strengthen the institutions on which a just society depends, instinct is insufficient. We must grapple with and grasp how injustice takes root and is sustained. This piece of the social entrepreneur’s discipline is pivotal to success. In our book, Getting Beyond Better: How Social Entrepreneurship Works, Roger Martin and I discuss the role of this deep understanding. The very arc of the social entrepreneur’s journey begins as she or he realizes the existence of an unjust equilibrium and determines to make sense of it by engaging with its actors and their roles over the long term. It is only through such an extended apprenticeship that social entrepre-

neurs come to appreciate the forces that sustain an unjust equilibrium at the same time that they abhor the resulting suffering. This perspective shifts the social entrepreneur’s vision from wishful thinking to active testing of a limited set of interventions: those with the potential to unleash a cascade of effects strong enough to shift a stubborn status quo. It is their hunger for justice that fuels social entrepreneurs’ movement from insight to vision, from modelbuilding to impact at scale. On a global level, we can also see this progression in play in the negotiations that produced the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations last year. Working behind the scenes, social entrepreneurs from every part of the world and across every issue brought their knowledge and experiences to bear in this process. It’s telling that justice is threaded through just about all of the goals and targets. It’s also worth underscoring that Goal 16 specifically commits to achieving “access to justice for all” by focusing on peace, justice, and strong institutions. The path has opened before us, and the work to build or strengthen those institutions—work essential to successful social entrepreneurship—has

begun. Taken together, the SDGs provide the scaffolding for a new and powerful framework for justice. They indicate not only that a far more just world can be achieved, but also point to how it can be created. Some have estimated that it will cost between $2 and 3 trillion each year to achieve the envisioned results by 2030—a big number on the face of it, but less than five percent of the global economy. Do-able? The odds of success get better when social entrepreneurs are joined by business and government, by actors of good faith and common cause across sectors and geographies, and when all work together to craft lasting solutions to the toughest problems of our time. But just as we have been careful to define social entrepreneurship precisely—avoiding the temptation to call any leader having or striving for impact on the world a “social entrepreneur”— we must also be precise in characterizing and addressing justice. Consider how often we reference “social” justice, as if there were any other kind! Justice is inherently “social” and inextricably linked to how a society functions, how it serves or betrays its principal responsibility to its citizens. Yet, how we nurture justice, and

measure its progress in different areas integral to healthy societies around the world, varies greatly. We need a robust framework for justice to help us envision and create solutions capable of upending what’s wrong in the world by restoring what’s right. Only then can we move from the ideal to the realization of “justice for all.” We must learn both to abhor and appreciate the fundamental contradictions within our nature as human beings and in the societies we shape. We must face squarely the paradox inherent in civilizations revered for their achievements—from ancient Egypt and its pyramids to a US democracy and the rights enshrined in its constitution—and come to terms with the dark side of societies that institutionalized slavery. We need to determine how the world’s most economically advantaged nation also came to be its most punitive, incarcerating more than a quarter of the world’s prisoners. And we must also see the refugees driven to Europe’s shores as human beings fleeing victimization so they can take charge of their lives. Embracing such paradoxes helps us channel our “fierce compassion” to infuse an unerring sense of justice into the institutions that will ensure dignity and well-being for all human beings.

To restore Africa's degraded land, improve the farmers' rights to land Sarah Weber & Kathleen Buckingham

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roughts and desertification fueled by deforestation, agricultural expansion and climate change have left African countries from the Sahel to the Congo Basin with sizable economic losses and little chance of food security. Roughly 65 percent of the continent’s land is now degraded, resulting in a 3 percent loss of agricultural GDP annually due to soil degradation and nutrient depletion on farmlands. Despite these extreme circumstances, Africa also has the largest opportunity for landscape restoration in the world - more than 700 million hectares (1.7 billion acres), an area nearly the size of Australia, according to analysis by the World Resources Institute, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the University of Maryland (UMD). Three countries in particular have already started this process of restoration by empowering those it stands to benefit most: rural farmers. Ethiopia Extreme deforestation and soil degradation have left less than 3 percent of Ethiopia’s native forests intact, contributing to $1-2 billion in economic losses annually. In the Humbo District, vast forest-clearing occurred in the late 1960s, largely the result of pressures from crop farming and unmanaged fuelwood collection. By the early 2000s, 85 percent of residents in the Humbo District were living in poverty as a result of intensive cultivation, overgrazing and deforestation on their land. Farming constitutes about 85 percent of total employment in the region, which is why World Vision and the World Bank’s BioCarbon Fund worked with farmers in developing a program

to restore 2,700 hectares (6,700 acres) of degraded and deforested land. This was achieved through a number of restoration practices, including “community-based natural regeneration,” in which people allow native trees and shrubs to regrow on degraded forest land from live stumps, underground roots and soil seedbanks—pruning mainly to manage densities and meet local needs for firewood. They also carefully manage livestock and close off entire areas to both humans and animals in order to allow native vegetation to regenerate. By supporting natural regrowth, villagers were not only able to restore trees to the landscape, but also produce and sell firewood, berries, fruits and nuts. But all this wouldn’t have happened without securing land and resource rights for farmers. In many parts of Africa, farmers and communities lack legal ownership over their land or the rights to manage natural resources on it. This gives them little incentive to protect on-farm resources like trees, especially if they can’t reap benefits like income from selling firewood, fodder, fruits or other products. During the implementation of the Humbo project, land ownership shifted from the state to local people via the Federal Rural Land Administration and Land Use Proclamation No. 456/2005, as well as the Rural Land Administration and Utilization Proclamation No. 53/2003. Seven community cooperatives with legal land title managed the project, and empowered local people to make their own decisions regarding the implementation of natural generation on individual plots. A particularly important and additional innovation by the Humbo project was to formalize agreements with local communities to award them the rights to benefit from the income generated from the carbon sequestrated in the regenerated forest.

Niger Widespread famine and rural poverty plagued the Maradi and Zinder regions of Niger in the 1970s and 1980s due to periodic droughts, desertification and crop failures. However, the outlook began to change by the mid-1980s as both regions started restoring landscapes through farmer-managed natural regeneration (FMNR), which led to a rapid expansion of new agroforestry systems. Once farmers allowed native trees like Faidherbia albida to regrow on agricultural lands, the root systems and falling leaves fertilized the surrounding soils. Since 1985, more than one million rural households in Niger have protected and managed trees across 5 million hectares (12.3 million acres) in the densely populated parts of Maradi and Zinder. These trees helped increase cereal production by 500,000 tons (enough to feed 2.5 million people) a year, raised incomes by 2 to 3 times from sale of products like edible leaves and honey, and sequestered an average of 5 tons of carbon per hectare of restored land. This would not have happened without improving farmers’ rights to land and trees. Before the 1980s, trees and tree products belonged to the state. But in 1982, the government started a process leading to the revision of the Forest Code in 2004, which formally recognized people’s rights to use forest resources located in areas held by local communities. Empowering farmers to make their own decisions about tree management on their land ensured that food and livelihood improvements actually benefited them. Tanzania By 1985, Tanzania’s Shinyanga region had transformed into semi-desert, largely due to deforestation caused by agricultural expansion. Tanzania’s agricultural structure was such that farm-

ers largely grew cash crops like tobacco and cotton, leaving little time or land available for subsistence farming. So Tanzania’s government instituted a community-based program, the Shinyanga Soil Conservation Program (HASHI), in 1986. A key part included reviving the traditional FMNR practice called “ngitili,” which involves closing off an area of standing vegetation from livestock from the onset to the end of the rainy season. In the 18 years since its inception, the HASHI program has helped 2.8 million people restore 500,000 hectares (1.2 million acres) of individual and communal land. This provided the land necessary for growing subsistence crops, leading to better nutrition and income from agricultural products like honey and wild fruits. The HASHI program also enhanced traditional forms of land ownership. Through the Land Act and Village Land Act of 1999, the state allowed district councils to modify land tenure status for local people, eventually allowing villagers to legally harvest and sell their own crops, and get exemptions from local taxes on forest products like charcoal and firewood. Learning from success These successes have helped inspire a continental movement to restore 100 million more hectares (247 million acres) of land in Africa by 2030 through the AFR100. AFR100 seeks to ensure that restoration is carried out in ways that balance social, economic and environmental objectives, including empowering local groups by clarifying and securing their land and resource rights. So far, 13 African nations have committed to restore more than 46 million hectares, while impact investors have pledged $546.5 million. By building on successes so far, it’s clear that Africa can restore its landscapes back to productivity.

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The Children’s Crusade

PERSPECTIVE

An Abundance Mindset as a Requisite to Becoming Wealthy

From suicide bombers in the Middle East to drone operators in the United States, youth-on-youth violence has become epidemic John Feffer

Foreign Policy in Focus

n 1954, a single book destroyed the popular notion that children are innocent souls. In that book, a plane of such innocent souls crashes on a deserted island. There, in a paradise of coral and coconuts and wild pigs, the survivors soon revert to a state of nature. But such a state, author William Golding warned us, is not an idyll of flower-sniffing and poetry-writing. In The Lord of the Flies, the children turn savage, inspired not by beauty or the common good but, rather, the will to power. The Lord of the Flies takes place during a time of war. On a tropical island far from civilization, Ralph and Piggy and Jack reproduce the dynamics of the heartless society from which they’d been torn. The children become savages because savagery is an integral part of the modern world, with its trench warfare, nuclear weapons, and periodic genocides. The island to which devilish Jack sets fire during the final hunt for Ralph mirrors the world of their parents: a world in flames. It’s no longer a shock to learn of what the very young are capable. In Britain in 1993, two 10-year-olds abducted, tortured, and killed a two-year-old boy, James Bulger. In Norway in 1994, two six-year-olds beat their five-year-old playmate with stones and left her in the snow to die. In America, which seems to be suffering an epidemic of children killing children, an 11-year-old last year shot dead his eightyear-old neighbor because she wouldn’t let him see her puppy. By the time they become adolescents, young people become even more prone to impulsive, often violent behavior. They also reveal a greater susceptibility to peer pressure that can translate into gang membership or an obsession with cults. Our school shooters are usually teenagers. Our suicide bombers also tend to be quite young – the average age of the 9/11 hijackers, for instance, was 24 and of suicide bombers in Israel only 21. Of course, that’s also the age when young people acquire the legal right to kill when they enlist in armies. What’s most unsettling is the sheer unpredictability of youth-on-youth violence. Consider the recent Washington Post story about a soccer game last month in an Iraqi village 40 miles south of Baghdad. Dozens of kids had gathered to play a tournament final and cheer on their friends. One of the boys standing on the sidelines was wearing a thick jacket on an otherwise warm day. He couldn’t have been more than 15 or 16 years old. When the match ended, the boy in the jacket joined the scramble of boys converging at the podium to watch the awarding of the trophy and the medals, said Anmar, who attended the match with his 13-year-old brother, Bilal, and a group of friends. “Then he blew himself up, and I felt a fire hit my face,” Anmar said. “And then I ran away.” The teenage suicide bomber had killed nearly 50 people, the majority of them younger than 17. The soccer game violence was the latest atrocity committed by the Islamic State (ISIS or IS) against Shi’ites in Iraq. IS claimed in its post-tragedy statement that it was targeting members of a Shi’ite militia, and two members of the militia attending the soccer game were indeed among the victims. Like all of the paramilitaries deploying child soldiers around the

world, IS has no compunction about putting weapons into the hands of combatants of all ages – and sheds no tears over the young victims of its acts. The imperative to send the very young into battle is nothing new. During a horrific, decade-long conflict in the 1980s, Iran sent waves of young martyrs into battle against Iraq. During the U.S. Civil War, young Johnny Clem, ten years old, put down his drum at the battle of Shiloh, picked up a rifle, and shot dead a Confederate officer – a story endlessly repeated by the Union PR team. Also during the Civil War, Willie Johnson received one of the first Congressional Medals of Honor – at the age of only 13. Going back much further, Joan of Arc was a young woman of 17 when she led her forces into battle, and David was a young teenager when he went up against Goliath –both foundational stories in the Western tradition. When states have tried to keep the very young away from the battlefield, they have naturally focused their efforts on other states. The ban on child soldiers has been a long time in the making. Although the Geneva Conventions barred signatories from enlisting children, only a 1977 protocol banned governments from recruiting those younger than 15. Later, in 2002, an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child raised that age to 18. The United States, which has signed but not ratified the convention, continues to militarize teenagers through its JROTC program. But much of the violence perpetrated by youth comes from non-state actors not from government militias. Like nuclear weapons, the use of child soldiers can provide what seems to be an asymmetrical advantage. If some of these non-state actors removed children from their ranks, their militias would practically disappear. Kids These Days The al-Qaeda affiliate in Somalia known as al-Shabaab – or the Youth – started out as a group of young people affiliated with the Islamic Courts Union. Their ranks are now fed by younger herders radicalized by fundamentalist preachers and by young Somalis in the diaspora who return home to fight. Al-Shabaab also forcibly incorporates young people into its ranks to fight, carry supplies, and prepare food. “I had come prepared for anti-Western hostility from a gang of hardened jihadist militants,” journalist James Fergusson writes in his book, The World’s Most Dangerous Place, about his visit to a camp of al-Shabaab deserters. “Instead I found a crowd of school age teenagers, spirited, unruly, and for the most part instantly likeable. Their average age was fifteen.” Young people also formed the core of the Taliban, which coalesced in the early 1990s. “Taliban” means “students,” and many of the fighters were originally Afghan students in Pakistani madrasahs. The civil war in Afghanistan had left many orphans in the Pashtun community who ended up over the border in these schools of religious instruction. In 1996, assisted by the Pakistani government, the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan. Simple math would suggest that the Taliban, particularly its military leadership, would be quite seasoned at this point after two decades of battle and five years of controlling the country. But thanks to a decapitation strategy delivered largely by drone, the United States and its allies have managed to reduce the age of the military command. “When we got there, it was estimated the average regimental or battalion commander — whatever you want to call him — in the insurgency was about 35 years old,” Marine Major Gen. Richard Mills said back in 2011 after serving a year in Helmand province. “When we left, he was 23. Why? Because the rest of them are dead. What does that mean? It means they’re promoting younger and younger men — less-experienced men — into greater responsibility, and that’s a weakness.”

The leadership of Boko Haram in central Africa is also getting younger. James Schneider writes in New African magazine about how Cameroon’s Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) has followed a similar decapitation strategy: The average age of Boko Haram’s fighting force keeps dropping. Now, the majority of fighters are teenagers. In battle, Boko Haram tends to have only a small number of older fighters coordinating the militants. They are identifiable by their walkie-talkies or satellite phones. So, BIR developed an 8-week sniper course. Now, BIR aims to pick off the older leaders at the start of any engagement. This strategy has exposed Boko Haram’s battlefield reliance on young, often poorly trained teenage fighters. Boko Haram has also increasingly been relying on children for their suicide bombings. “The number of children involved in such blasts grew more than tenfold, from four in 2014 to 44 in 2015, according to a report released by the U.N. children’s agency on Tuesday,” writes The Washington Post. “And more than threequarters of the children are girls — some as young as 8 years old.” And now we have the Islamic State, which has elevated the use of children to the level of demonic performance art. The youngest recruits, the “cubs of the caliphate,” have been taking center stage more and more in recent months, as detailed by Charlie Winter in The Guardian: In January, a young Kazakh boy was filmed as he shot a man in the back of the head; in March, Isis propagandists released a video in which a French child aged no more than 11 executed a Palestinian accused of spying for the Israeli government; in May, a young Russian was shown doing the same to an alleged member of the Federal Security Service; in June, 25 teens were filmed as they each shot a pro-Assad regime soldier in Palmyra’s Roman Theatre; and, less than a month later in July, Isis supporters circulated footage of a young Syrian boy beheading an officer, also in Palmyra. This downward spiral of depravity arguably reached its nadir in December, when six small boys were shown playing Isis “hide-and-seek,” running through the ruins of a castle in eastern Syria, racing each other to kill one of the handful of captives who were tied up and defenceless inside. The Islamic State knows what it’s doing. It uses children to sell its “product” knowing full well that the videos will garner outrage far and wide. The videos also demonstrate that IS will do whatever it takes to win. The Failure of the Modern And yet, the Islamic State is failing to appeal to its core demographic. A year ago, according to a 16-country survey of young people in the Arab world, 60 percent of those between the ages of 18 and 24 rejected IS. This year, that number rose to 80 percent. And the respondents wouldn’t change their mind even if IS were to abandon its brutal tactics. To sustain its current operations, IS only needs to attract a tiny percentage of youth in its general vicinity. But as with Donald Trump, a high disapproval rate suggests a tenuous future. When asked why IS continues to attract support, respondents in the poll pointed not to religious reasons but overwhelmingly to economic conditions. During the Arab Spring, young people who couldn’t get jobs went into the streets to protest. Those options have now narrowed. And the states of the Arab world are still not providing jobs to the young. The youth unemployment rates in the Middle East and North Africa are the highest in the world (28 and 30 percent respectively), and they’re only getting worse. Modernity has failed the young people of the Middle East. No surprise, then, that they are casting around for anti-modern alternatives. There was a chance, at the beginning

of the Arab Spring, for the West to invest heavily in the new and fragile democracies in Egypt, Tunisia, and eventually Libya. Such resources could have solidified the post-authoritarian political gains. But resources on the order of a Marshall Plan for the Middle East were not forthcoming. The United States and Europe were suspicious of the Islamist forces that came to the fore in those countries. Only Tunisia has succeeded in avoiding chaos and autocracy – thanks largely to their own efforts not the beneficence of outsiders. But now Senator (and former presidential hopeful) Lindsey Graham (RSC) is calling for…a Marshall Plan for the Middle East! Graham wants to flood Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel with huge sums of money – “access to lower-interest loans, preferential trade agreements, and bolstering their civil society” – in order to fight the Islamic State. Talk about waiting until the horse is out of the barn. Egypt is back under military rule. The Arab Spring didn’t really touch Lebanon and Jordan. And Israel certainly doesn’t need any more American largesse. Marshall Plans, however, need enemies, and the Islamic State quite literally fits the bill. Even if Congress does untie its purse strings, which is doubtful, it’s not going to stop young people from signing up to kill young people. Any U.S. money flowing into the region will serve to prop up unjust and often unpopular governments. It won’t go the source of the discontent. In previous eras, the Left offered young people a way to channel their desires for economic and social justice. But the Left is moribund in the Middle East. To a certain extent, political Islam speaks to a thirst for justice. As I wrote in Crusade 2.0, “Islamists decry the corruption, lawlessness, and economic inequalities that they see in their own societies. They have also protested against Western policies – promoted by governments or international institutions – that have perpetuated these injustices.” The Islamic State, in its perverse way, takes advantage of that desire for justice. The generational despair is not limited to the Middle East. You can find it throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Even here in the United States, young people are fed up with the status quo. Listen to pollster Ben Tulchin on why millennials support Bernie: “because their generation is so fucked, for lack of a better word, unless they see dramatic change. What’s their experience been with capitalism? They have had two recessions, one really bad one. They have a mountain of student-loan debt. They’ve got really high health-care costs, and their job prospects are mediocre at best. So, that’s capitalism for you.” And that’s in one of the richest countries in the world. If the Middle East doesn’t produce its own versions of Bernie Sanders – and ones that can win and hold onto office – then the terrible children’s crusade will continue. Enough young people will be attracted to the Islamic State’s message of thoroughgoing transformation to keep the would-be caliphate going in some form. Enough young people will sustain operations like al-Shabaab and Boko Haram as they abduct little children and turn them into killing machines. And enough young people will be attracted to the job of piloting the drones that are killing other young people throughout the Muslim world to keep the war on terrorism going in its latest incarnation. We adults can bewail the use of child soldiers by all those thuggish brigades around the world. But as in The Lord of the Flies, those young people are just enacting the savageries of their elders. They are both victims and perpetrators. If we don’t fundamentally care about the livelihood of the next generation, it’s no surprise that some members of the next generation don’t care about their own lives or the lives of others.

he fear of scarcity, or of not having enough, has become a mental plague in our society. We think that there is not enough for everyone. We see life as having only so much, as though there were only one pie out there. And if someone were to get a big piece of the pie, it would mean less for everybody else. This is where you hear people blaming the government for not making enough money available, or blaming their family for the reason why they are in the position they are in. As a result, they think they needed to fight for a quota or use some tricks to get what they believe is scarce, whether it is a resource or a job opportunity. All this is because they are thinking from a scarcity-driven, limited-belief mindset. In contrast, a person with an abundance mindset believes that the universe is endowed with abundance and has sufficient productive resources to fulfill all human needs. There is an ocean of abundance out there and one can tap into it with a teaspoon, a bucket, or a huge container. And the good news is: the ocean doesn’t care. Similarly, think of what the sun provides. Who can absorb all the abundance of its heat, light, or magnificent sunset beauty? There is absolutely plenty for everyone, including animals and plants, to absorb or share. Its provision is inexhaustible. And it returns again and again---it’s endless. To put it in the words of Ralph W. Trine, “The universe is filled with an abundance of all things, filled to overflowing. All there is, is in her, waiting only for the touch of the right forces to cast them forth.” Generally speaking, there is no shortage of resources and opportunities, except in our own mind. An abundance mindset allows us to become excited by all the possibilities rather than the limitations. It opens possibilities, options, alternatives, and creativity.While a scarcity mindset negatively affects our life or business, an abundant mindset produces positive results such as finding new job opportunities, meeting new business partners, and discovering new ways to create wealth for ourselves. That’s why some people are able to generate all the money they need to get what they want in their life. If, for example, you are a person with an abundance mindset, you would approach the market with these beliefs: (1) there are plenty of people out there who are willing to exchange their money for something of value, (2) I can offer that “something of value” (product or service) to them, (3) I can effectively communicate to the people who may be willing to buy my product or service, and (4) I can make an offer right now (or very soon) that can generate the money I want to have. In this sense, your personal income is directly proportional to the strengths of these four beliefs, because these beliefs drive the level of courage you feel and the level of the actions you take. In other words, a lot of money potentially awaits those who apply abundance thinking. Scarcity Mindset

Abundance Mindset

“There will never be “There will always be enough” enough” Thinks small and Thinks big and avoids risks embraces risks Believes times are Believes the best is yet tough to come “I win/You lose”

“I win/you win” (we succeed)

Hoards things from Generous with others others Won’t share knowl- Shares knowledge edge Afraid of being re- Strives to grow placed Resents competition

Welcomes competition

Promotes only self & Promotes others & accomplishments their achievements Your mindset is your biggest asset. It can completely transform your life. That is because your mind controls your behavior, and your behavior controls the results. Therefore, by taking personal responsibility of how you see things, you can give yourself the power to change your present situation to something greater. Now the question is: do you need a mindset adjustment? If yes, remember at least two things: First, remind yourself that "there is plenty for everyone." Let this truth sink in inside you, so that it can become a deep-seated conviction of yours. Second, choose to see opportunity. For example, the next time you are faced with an obstacle, try to flip it around and consider it an opportunity. I'm sure you'll be surprised at how quickly your problem will become less overwhelming. So, as an American legendary figure on personal development, Bob Proctor, would say, "See yourself living in abundance and you will attract it. It always works; it works every time with every person."

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'India second fastest growing BJP says Rafale deal services economy in the world' finalised at $8.8 bn

New Delhi, April 20 (iANS): India is the second fastest growing services economy in the world at 10 percent per annum, increasingly becoming critical to the development trajectory of the country, the CII and KPMG said in a joint report on Wednesday. "India has pride of place as the fastest-growing services sector nation globally. To keep the momentum going, it is critical that stakeholders, investors and policymakers are best equipped in strategising for the future and tapping the best markets globally," said KPMG consumer markets head Rajat Wahi in a statement. According to the report, 'The Indian Services Sector: Poised for global ascendancy' launched on Wednesday at the second edition of Global Exhibition on Services (GES), the services sector contributed 61 percent to India's GDP in fiscal 2014-15. "India's share in global services exports was 3.2 percent in 2014-15, double that of its merchandise exports in global merchandise exports at 1.7 per-

Don't be euphoric about high growth yet; long way to go: Rajan

puNe, April 20: (pTi): Cautioning against 'euphoria' about India being the world's fastest-growing economy, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan today said it still remains one of the poorest nations and has "a long way to go", as he sought to contextualise his controversial 'one-eyed is king' analogy. "We are still one of the poorest large countries in the world on a per capita basis and have a long way to go before we reasonably address the concerns of each one of our citizens," Rajan said, adding that the curcent, placing India in the eighth place currently amongst the top ten exporters of service in the world," said the statement. Providing a wide ranging view of the state of services in India, the report shed light on performance, exports, government initiatives, future and expectations of key services sectors like IT, telecom, tourism, media and entertainment, healthcare, management consulting, logistics and professional services. Employing more than 3.7 million people, Information Technology -

rent growth rate needs to be sustained for the next 20 years to ensure a "decent livelihood" for every Indian. "The average Chinese citizen is over four times richer than average Indian," the outspoken RBI Governor said while referring to the frequent comparison between the two nations. Stating that Chinese economy was smaller than India's in the 1960s but is now five times bigger, Rajan said, "Among the BRICS (group) we have the lowest per capita GDP".

Business Process Management (IT - BPM) is the largest private sector employer. Excluding e-commerce, it is projected to grow at 8.5 percent in 2015-16 from $132 billion to $143 billion, said the statement. Interestingly, tourism sector is expected to contribute $259 billion to India's GDP by 2025 while healthcare sector is forecast to chip in with $160 billion by 2017. Similarly, Indian logistic market valued at $123 billion in 2015 is poised to grow to $160 billion by 2018 at a CAGR of nine percent

while Education sector at $46.7 billion in 2014 has ample scope for service export in higher education, attracting foreign students as well. Pegged at $17.1 billion in 2014, media and entertainment is set to grow at a rate of 14 percent annually until 2019 to reach $33 billion. Other services sectors with noteworthy contribution in the report included accounting and auditing, architecture and engineering, management consultancy, legal, maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) and space.

New Delhi, April 20 (iANS): Even as the government has chosen to remain tight-lipped on the price bargain related to purchase of Rafale fighter jets from France, the BJP on Wednesday announced on its official Facebook page that the deal has been finalised at $8.8 billion. An image posted on Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) official Facebook page said the Narendra Modi-led government "saved $3.2 billion (Rs.21,000 crore) out of the $12 billion (Rs.80,000 crore) deal". "The deal to buy 36 state-of-the-art Rafale aircrafts from France at $12 billion (around Rs.80,000 crore) was re-negotiated and finalised at $8.8 billion (around Rs.59,000 crore)," the post, which has an image of Prime Minister Modi on it, said. The defence ministry refused to com-

India calls on developed world CBSE asks schools to keep student bags light to tax coal for climate fund

New Delhi, April 20 (reuTerS): Developed countries should raise taxes on coal production to help raise money for a $100 billion-a-year fund that is supposed to help poorer countries tackle climate change but are short of cash, India's environment minister said on Wednesday. An agreement to finance the fund was a major part of the landmark Paris climate change accord forged in December after four years of fraught negotiations, but Prakash Javadekar told Reuters rich countries were failing to stick to their part of the bargain while asking countries such as India to do more. India, which wants to double its coal output by 2020, in February raised the tax on mining coal to $6 per tonne from $1 in a bid to make it more expensive to consume the dirty fuel. Javadekar said India's tax was the highest in the world and that developed countries should follow suit. "If they follow India and levy a tax of $5-$6 a tonne on coal production, $100 billion can easily be mobilised," Javadekar said in an interview at his New Delhi home. "Today only $10 billion is available on the table. Even a country like America is promising only $3 billion ..." This week Javadekar will travel to New York, where the United States, China and other leading economies will formally accede to the Paris agreement. The accord proposed a $100 billion annual fund until 2025 to help poor countries like

India counter the threat of climate change. India, the world's second-most populous country after China, is home to 17 percent the world's population but consumes less per capita coal than the United States. But while countries such as the United States are cutting coal consumption, India's appetite is surging, raising questions about its willingness to lower greenhouse gas emissions. GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS Javadekar, who is responsible for reviewing applications on genetically modified (GM) crops, said his ministry had yet to decide on whether to allow the commercial launch of a transgenic mustard variety developed by a group of Indian scientists. The government has held three meetings on the mustard variety in the past four months, he said. India does not allow the cultivation of GM food crops, but supporters say high-yielding GM mustard seeds could cut India's annual edible oil import bill of more than $10 billion. "We're considering it but the safety of food is a very important aspect of India's ethos," Javadekar said. "Every country takes its decision as per its national policy. We're not stopping science from progressing." Any win for the mustard variety will also help the cause of U.S. firm Monsanto, which is also developing GM corn varieties to be sold in India if allowed.

New Delhi, April 20 (pTi): Aiming to keep bags of school children light, CBSE has suggested that teachers should discourage senior students from carrying heavy reference books while schools may continue to keep books of kids up to class II in the school. In a notification issued by it, CBSE has come up with various recommendations, including the suggestion that school heads and teachers should ensure that senior students bring books according to the time table, and discourage them from carrying heavy 'reference' books or other such materials to school. It has also said it should be ensured that the school curriculum supports more activity-based, ICT-supported learning for all the main subjects in all classes, as far as possible. Homework is to be 'staggered' to prevent overload and academic coordinators or supervisors may monitor this, is another suggestion offered by CBSE. Schools have also been asked to explore the possi-

bility of block scheduling of subject classes in the class time table. Co-curricular activities should be conducted every day, and scheduled in the time table accordingly, to ensure the balance of bag weight throughout the academic session, the CBSE has said. School heads should counsel parents and teachers about developmental issues caused by children carrying heavy bags to

school, according to it. Among other suggestions is restriction of number of textbooks to the prescribed norms [NCERT], particularly at the primary and upper primary levels. It has also been recommended that books should not be covered with non-biodegradable plastic sheet. Another suggestion is that schools may continue the practice of maintaining and keeping books of stu-

dents up to class II in the school. Schools may provide racks with locks in all classrooms, where reference books, sports equipment, uniforms can be safely stored without needing to be carried to school, is another suggestion. Setting up of class libraries and asking students to carry well-designed backpacks correctly, to promote good posture, are among other recommendations.

New Delhi, April 20 (iANS): A total of 332 medical colleges in India have not published any research papers during 2005-14, a journal has revealed. According to journal Current Medicine Research and Practice, 162 medical colleges registered under the Medical Council of India (MCI) and 170 under the National Board of Examination (NBE) have not contributed at all towards research in medical science. Among the top 10 medical institutes under the MCI, in order of their research output are the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)

in New Delhi, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh, Christian Medical College in Vellore and Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences(SGPGIMS) in Lucknow. "There are 579 medical institutes in the government and private sectors. (A total of) 316 institutes are under the MCI and 263 under the NBE. Their total research output during the period 2005-2014 was 101,034 papers, with the average number of publications per institution being 14.5 papers per year," said the jour-

nal authored by Samiran Nundy, dean of the Ganga Ram Institute for Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (GRIPMER). Among states which have medical colleges but no medical research papers were Maharashtra with 25 medical colleges, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh with 24 medical colleges each and Bihar with seven medical colleges, among several others. States like Assam, Chattisgarh, Goa have shown good results as all the medical colleges there have submitted enough research papers.

Giant coolers, water melons beat the heat for Delhi Zoo animals Most part of India sizzles under heat wave

New Delhi, April 20 (iANS): From setting up giant coolers and mini water pools, to adding electrolytes in drinking water and providing loads of cooling fruit like cucumber and water melons -- the Delhi Zoo has made special arrangements to ensure the scorching summer heat doesn't hit its animals. Education curator and public relations officer Riyaz Ahmed Khan said the Delhi Zoo, or the National Zoological Park, has in view of the intense heat this year made special arrangements

for over 60 species of birds and beasts it houses. "Generally, we start making preparations for summer on April 23 every year, but due to the excess heat this year we started the process three weeks in advance," Khan told IANS. "We are making mini water pools for animals and have installed giant coolers which work round the clock in the enclosures. We ensure that enough water is provided to animals so that they don't get dehydrated, and we also provide electrolytes to them," he

ment on the figure. On Tuesday, Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh said most of the roadblocks in negotiations on the Rafale deal had been overcome and it is likely to go to the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) soon. Earlier, sources said the negotiations over pricing had almost concluded, and the deal would be final

soon. The defence ministry has not officially quoted any figure for the deal for the fighter aircraft which is one of the most expensive in the world. In January this year, both sides signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the purchase during the visit of French President Francois Hollande to India.

Navy to grant permanent commission to women New Delhi, April 20 (iANS): The Indian Navy on Wednesday announced that women completing seven years in the service will get permanent commission. Navy is the last of the three armed forces in the country to allow permanent commission to women. Last year, the Indian Air Force announced induction of women in fighter stream, the first of the three forces to allow women in combat role. The decision, however, is on "experimental basis" for five years.

President is not king, he too is fallible: Uttarakhand HC

No research papers from 332 medical colleges in 10 years

An Asiatic elephant is given water showers at Delhi Zoo, in New Dehli.

A model of Dassault Rafale fighter jet is seen during Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition, Qatar March 31, 2016. (REUTERS/Files)

New Delhi, April 20 (pTi): Scorching heat wave swept most parts of southern, eastern, western and central India with temperature hovering above 45C%. In Odisha, Titlagarh turned out to be the hottest place in the state recording 46.5 degree Celsius. The mercury crossed 44 degree Celsius mark in at least 10 places and remained above 40 degree C in over 17 places of the state even as IMD predicted harsher days ahead. While Titlagarh became the hottest place in the state, nearby Sonepur recorded a maximum temperature of 46.2 degree Celsius followed by 45.6 degree Celsius in Hirakud, 45.5 degree Celsius in Bolangir and 45.3 degree Celsius in Jharsuguda, IMD said in a bulletin. In Maharashtra at 45 degrees Celsius, Akola today recorded the highest temperature in Vidarbha region for

added. According to officials at the zoo, the diet of the animals is also changed as soon the summer season begins. "For herbivores, we modify their diet and provide seasonal fruits which have more water content -- such as watermelon, cucumber, lotus stem. We also feed them with corn. For carnivores, like the tiger and lion, we have reduced their meat intake from 12 kg per day to 10 kg per day," said Riyaz, who has been working with the zoo for 30 years. Water sprinkling is done in all

the second day in a row, the Regional Meteorology Centre said. It was the season's highest temperature for the city which had recorded a high of 44.7 degrees Celsius yesterday. Wardha recorded a maximum of 44.9 degrees Celsius against yesterday's high of 44 degrees Celsius. Uttar Pradesh continued to reel under scorching heat as dry spell continued giving no respite to the people from sweltering heat even as mercury level touched 45.2 degrees in Allahabad. According to Met office, heat wave prevailed at isolated places in the state and Allahabad was the hottest place.Day temperatures appreciably rose in Faizabad and Varanasi division and were above normal in the remaining divisions of the state, they said, adding heat wave will continue at isolated places.

the cages four to five times a day, and animals such as tigers and elephants are bathed with spray pumps twice a day to maintain their body temperature. "We are also constructing two pits each for the elephant and rhino enclosures. One pit is filled with water while the other is filled with mud, since they like dust baths to keep their body temperature cool," he said. The zoo has provisions to treat the sick animals and when they are taken ill. they are taken to veternary hospital.

"Some of the bird cages have been shifted to a different location in the park to avoid direct sunlight. We have also covered their cages with golf net sheets to ensure it remains airy," Jagpal, one of the caretakers at the zoo, told IANS. The summer heat, however, hasn't deterred people from visiting the zoo -- an attraction for the young and the old alike. According to officials, around 5,000-7,000 people visit the zoo on weekdays while 10,000-12,000 people visit it during weekends.

NAiNiTAl, April 20 (iANS): A bench of the Uttarakhand High Court here on Wednesday said the country's President is not a King who may be infallible. The strong rebuke over imposition of President's Rule in Uttarakhand came as the bench observed: "Absolute power can spoil anybody's mind and even the President can be wrong and in that case his decisions can be subjected to evaluation." The Bench said the right to judicial evaluation of orders passed by all courts lies with the courts. Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat's advocate and Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi contended that imposition of President's Rule is not permissible on the pretext of a state assembly speaker approving a legislation and the Governor terming it 'controversial'. The court had criticised the central government during the previous hearing over imposition of Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rule in Uttarakhand on March 27, a day before the floor test was due to be carried out in the state assembly. The Uttarakhand political crisis commenced when nine Congress legislators, including former chief minister Vijay Bahuguna, whom Rawat replaced, revolted against the chief minister and turned to the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for support. In the 70-member assembly, the Congress has 36 legislators, including the nine rebels. The BJP has 28. The other six members, from smaller parties, are said to support the Congress.

Tendulkar bats for campaign against child labour on Twitter MuMBAi, April 20 (ThoMSoN reuTerS FouNDATioN):Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, chess champion Viswanathan Anand and Bollywood stars took to Twitter this week to support a campaign against child labour, using their fame to draw greater attention to the issue. The campaign, launched by Indian insurer Reliance General Insurance and children's rights NGO Child Rights and You (CRY), used the hashtag #DONT_EMPLOY_LITTLE_ONES to urge people to promise not to use child labour. Bollywood stars Soha Ali Khan and Mandira Bedi also tweeted their support. "Every child deserves to chase dreams. Let dreams be chased," Tendulkar tweeted. The former India captain's tweet was retweeted almost 2,000 times and liked nearly 5,000 times. There are 5.7 million Indian child workers aged between five and 17, out of 168 million globally, according to the International Labour Organization. More than half the Indian children work in agriculture, toiling in cotton, sugarcane and rice paddy fields, and over a quarter in manufacturing, embroidering clothes, weaving carpets or making matchsticks. Children also work in restaurants and hotels, and in middle-class homes.

Police horse 'Shaktiman' dead DehrADuN, April 20 (pTi): Police horse Shaktiman , which suffered multiple fractures on its hind leg during a BJP protest here last month triggering widespread outrage, died today. "Shaktiman was injured on March 14 after which we had to operate on him. He was later fitted with an artificial leg. But he was unable to fully recover from an infection," SSP Dehradun Sadanand Date said. The 13-year-old was given a prosthetic leg and was confined to the police lines. It was a well trained horse and part of Uttarakhand Mounted Police for years. "The horse passed away at 5.30 PM. He was suffering from medical-related complications. The exact cause will be known only after post-mortem," IG Garhwal Sanjay Gunjyal said. Expressing shock over the demise of the horse, former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat said,"It was a brave soldier of Uttarakhand and died while performing its duty." The horse had lost its leg after it was brutally beaten during clashes between BJP protesters and the police on March 14. BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi, accused of assaulting Shaktiman , was arrested after national outrage over the incident.

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New quake, magnitude 6.2, strikes off Ecuador coast Aftershocks bring misery for Japan quake survivors

Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa (R) embraces a resident after the earthquake, which struck off the Pacific coast, in the town of Canoa, Ecuador April on 18. (REUTERS Photo)

PEDERNALES, APRIL 20 (REutERS): A magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook Ecuador’s coast early on Wednesday, terrifying locals and impeding rescuers after a bigger weekend quake battered the same area and killed nearly 500 people. The latest earthquake hit 25 km (15 miles) off Muisne on the northwest Pacific coast at a depth of 15 km, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. That was near the epicenter of Saturday’s 7.8 quake, which devastated a long swath of the coast and dealt a major blow to the oil-producing nation’s al-

ready fragile economy. Witnesses said two strong tremors of about 30 seconds each woke people up and sent them running into the street. No tsunami warning was issued, and there were no immediate reports of major damage. Ecuador’s Geophysical Institute said there were in fact two quakes of magnitude 6.2, followed by 17 aftershocks. The USGS, however, mentioned one quake of 6.1 size. Local media reported that rescue operations were temporarily suspended because of the new earthquake, amid

dwindling hopes of finding more survivors from Saturday’s quake. That earthquake quake killed 480 people, left another 107 missing, and injured more than 4,600. It also destroyed about 1,500 buildings, triggered mudslides and tore up roads. Some 20,500 people were left sleeping in shelters. “PLEASE, GIVE US THE CORPSES” Supervising work in the disaster zone, President Rafael Correa said the weekend quake had inflicted $2 billion to $3 billion of damage to the economy and could knock 2 to 3 per-

tOKYO, APRIL 20 (REutERS): Aftershocks rattled survivors of deadly Japanese earthquakes on Wednesday, nearly a week after the first one struck, as the area braced for heavy rain and the possibility of more landslides. Rescuers using backhoes and shovels to dig through crumpled houses swept away in a landslide found a woman’s body, one of several people still missing. Another death was confirmed later in the day, taking the toll to 48. Hundreds of people in the Kumamoto area of southwestern Japan spent another night in their cars, afraid to return to damaged houses. Medical experts warned of the danger of potentially fatal blood clots from sitting too long in cramped conditions after a 51-year-old woman died and at least 12 people were hospitalised. Eleven people appear to have died of illnesses related to their prolonged stay in evacuation centres, NHK national television said. Of more than 680 aftershocks hitting Kyushu island since April 14, more than 89 have registered at magnitude 4 or more on Japan’s intensity scale, strong enough to shake buildings. An earthquake of 5.8 magnitude struck off Japan’s northeast coast on Wednesday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there was no tsunami warning, nor were there any reports of damage or casualties. centage points off growth. Lower crude revenue had already left the poor Andean nation of 16 million people facing near-zero growth, cutting investment and forcing it to seek financing. In isolated villages and towns, survivors struggled without water, power or transport, although aid was trickling in. Along Ecuador’s Pacific coast, sports stadiums served as both morgues and aid-distribution centers. Scores of foreign aid workers and experts have come to help. About 14,000 security force members are keeping order, but sporadic

looting has been reported. Rescuers were losing hope of finding more people alive, although relatives of the missing begged them to keep looking. “There is still a small margin of time to find survivors,” Correa said. “But I don’t want to give excessive hope.” One woman arrived from the highland capital Quito in search of her daughter and niece, who had been on a beach trip, and urged police to take care with excavators as they searched a destroyed hotel in Pedernales. “Please,” she said, “at least give us the corpses intact.”

Fidel Castro speaks of death in address to Cuba’s Communist Party hAVANA, APRIL 20 (REutERS): Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro emerged from seclusion on Tuesday to muse about death and provide encouragement to his followers, in a rare speech at the closing of a Communist Party congress in Havana. “Soon I will be 90 years old,” he said. “Soon I will be like all the rest. Everybody’s turn comes,” Castro, whose birthday is Aug. 13, told 1,300 party activists gathered at a Havana convention centre where he delivered countless, hours-long speeches during his rule. Cries of “Fidel, Fidel” once again rang out as the now frail former leader made his most extensive public appearance in years, speaking with a strong, if slightly hoarse, voice. “Perhaps this will be one of the last times I speak in this room,”

said Castro, sporting a blue tracksuit jacket, glasses and wispy gray beard. “The ideas of Cuban Communists will remain,” he said, “as proof that on this planet, if you work hard and with dignity, you can produce the material and cultural goods human beings need.” As with other stage-managed appearances in recent years he

not shown standing, even as his brother and all the delegates rose to their feet in his honour. But he looked healthier than he did for a long time after a serious illness that led him to relinquish power 10 years ago. The eventual death of Fidel was once expected to destabilise Cuba, provoking CIA plots to kill him. The smooth transfer to his brother Raul Castro largely ended such speculation. The congress reviewed difficulties the party faces implementing market reforms, maintaining its leadership over an increasingly diverse and informed population and dampening expectations raised by detente with the United States and President Barack Obama’s visit to the country last month. The visit provoked Castro ear-

lier to charge Obama was sweettalking Cubans and had nothing to offer them, a view repeated by various delegates at the congress. The congress proved a disappointment to many residents, especially the youth, re-electing an ageing leadership and proposing little new to tackle the country’s economic problems. Fidel Castro took power in a 1959 revolution and led the country until 2006, when he fell ill. He now lives in relative seclusion but occasionally writes opinion pieces or appears meeting with visiting dignitaries. The iconic figure’s influence waned with his retirement and the introduction of market-style reforms by his brother, but Fidel Castro still has moral authority among many residents, especially older generations.

After big New York wins, Trump and Clinton cast themselves as inevitable NEW YORK, APRIL 20 (REutERS): Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton scored sweeping victories in nominating contests in their home state of New York, and immediately cited those wins to argue that they are all but unstoppable as their respective parties’ presidential nominees. Trump’s crushing defeat of Ted Cruz in Tuesday’s primary election tilted the energy in the Republican race back to the front-runner, just as Republican National Committee members begin meeting in Florida on Wednesday to discuss their July convention, where the nominee will be chosen. For the Democratic favorite, Clinton’s more narrow victory over Bernie Sanders snapped a string of victories by the 74-year-old democratic socialist and gave her a much-needed lift with more tough fights ahead. The eventual victors of the Democratic and the Republican nominating campaigns will face each other in November’s general election.

Trump’s win, celebrated to the tune of Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” at Trump Tower in Manhattan, marked a rebound from his Wisconsin defeat two weeks ago. It set him up for another big night on April 26, when Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, and Maryland will hold primaries. With a campaign staff reboot and a more focused performance, Trump has sought to improve in recent weeks as a candidate. The tone of his victory speech was in keeping with a more measured style the often-brash billionaire has adopted. “We don’t have much of a race anymore based on what I’m seeing on television,” Trump said as television networks projected a large margin of victory for him. “Senator Cruz is just about mathematically eliminated.” Trump, 69, predicted some “amazing weeks” ahead for his campaign. Still, he has a long way to go to seal the nomination and begin trying to heal the wounds in his bitterly divided party.

Trump’s haul of most of New York’s 95 delegates moved him closer to the 1,237 needed to win the nomination outright. Anything short of that will lead to a contested convention when Republicans hold their national conclave July 18-21 in Cleveland. “There’s only two issues left for Republicans: Will Trump get 50 percent of the delegates prior to Cleveland, and if not, how close will he be? New York gives him a nice boost, but it will take weeks before we know the answer,” said Ari Fleischer, who was White House press secretary under President George W. Bush. Cruz, a 45-year-old U.S. senator from Texas, came in third in New York. NO KNOCKOUT PUNCH FOR CLINTON Clinton, a former U.S. senator from New York, former secretary of state and former first lady, got nowhere near the knockout punch she needed to finally put Sanders away. But the broad smile on her face as she gave her victory speech spoke volumes about how important New York was to

her bid to become the first female U.S. president. “Today you proved once again there’s no place like home,” Clinton said. “This one was personal.” The race for the Democratic nomination, she said, is now in “the home stretch, and victory is in sight.” Clinton’s win made it nearly impossible for Sanders to overtake her commanding lead in delegates needed to win the nomination. Dilawar Syed, a tech entrepreneur who is also the co-founder and vice chairman of the AAPI Victory Fund, a Super PAC focused on mobilizing Asian-American voters, said it looked like Clinton has the nomination. “Clearly Senator Sanders has a lot of supporters and enthusiasm there. He also has raised a lot of good resources,” Syed said. “I think the primary will go on for some time. But just looking at the numbers, we know where this is going.” Sanders’ campaign vowed to fight on until the Democrats’ nominating convention in Philadelphia July 25-28.

Democratic strategist Jim Manley said Clinton has a delicate balancing act in trying to draw in Sanders supporters while pivoting to a general election matchup against the Republican nominee. “She runs a risk. If she goes too far to the left (to draw in Sanders supporters), she’s going to upset independents and others that she’s going to need in the general,” Manley said. Nationally, the race for the nominations has tightened recently for both parties, according to a Reuters/ Ipsos poll released Tuesday. Clinton and Sanders are tied among Democrats, with each drawing about 47 percent support in the national poll. At the beginning of the year, Clinton led Sanders by nearly a 2-to-1 margin; Sanders has closed that gap over the past few months. Among Republicans, Trump leads with 44% support, compared with 33% for Cruz and 16% for Kasich. The April 15-19 poll surveyed 719 Democrats and 593 Republicans. It has a credibility interval of 4.7 percentage points.

Global HIV drive hampered without drugs for ‘neglected’ West and Central Africa DAKAR, APRIL 20 (thOmSON REutERS FOuNDAtION): A global drive to help curb the HIV epidemic by 2020 will fail unless millions of people with the virus in West and Central Africa receive lifesaving drugs, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Wednesday. The United Nations AIDS programme (UNAIDS) launched a five-year treatment programme in 2014 to ensure that by 2020 almost all people with HIV worldwide know their status and receive treatment. The drugs used to treat HIV also help to curb the spread of the virus. Only one in four adults and one in 10 children living with HIV in West and Central Africa have access to antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, compared to almost half of HIV sufferers in Eastern and Southern Africa, MSF said. HIV treatment is not considered a priority in West and Central Africa by donors or governments, as the region has a smaller percentage of people infected with HIV than Eastern and Southern Africa, said Mit Philips, health policy advisor at MSF. “Donors focus mostly on high prevalence countries, like in Southern Africa, where everyone knows someone affected by HIV,” Philips told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone from Brussels. Parts of Southern Africa have the world’s highest HIV rates, including Swaziland where 27 percent of people aged 15 to 49 have HIV, and South Africa which has

a prevalence rate of nearly 20 percent. “People with HIV in West and Central Africa are neglected ... the low prevalence rate is misleading but means there is a lack of interest and that the disease is less visible in society,” Philips added. Two percent of people in West and Central Africa have HIV, yet the region accounts for one in five new infections annually worldwide, one in four AIDS-related deaths and almost half of all children born with HIV, according to MSF. While conflict across the region and epidemics of other diseases like Ebola have hindered HIV treatment, stigma, weak health systems and lack of political will have worsened the situation, MSF said in a report published on Wednesday. “Many people face an obstacle course to obtain ARV drugs - they face stigma within society and even prejudice from health workers, struggle to pay transport or consultation fees, and often find there are low stocks of the drugs,” Philips said. Some 36.9 million people worldwide are living with HIV, which is spread through blood, semen and breast milk and causes AIDS, and more than half of them do not have access to treatment. Many do not know they have the virus. UNAIDS said in November that its treatment programme, called 90-90-90, was starting to show results as the nearly 16 million people being treated by June 2015 was double the number in 2010.

Beware! Loneliness can lead to stroke NEW YORK, APRIL 20 (IANS): Many of us feel lonely at certain times but loneliness and social isolation for a longer period of time may lead to increased risk of stroke or heart disease, find researchers. The findings showed that loneliness and social isolation was associated with a 29 percent increased risk of a heart or angina attack and a 32 percent heightened risk of having a stroke. “It suggests that addressing loneliness and social isolation may have an

important role in the prevention of two of the leading causes of morbidity in high-income countries,” said researchers from York, Liverpool and Newcastle universities. The study, involving more than 1,81,000 adults, included 4,628 coronary heart disease “events” -heart attacks, angina and death -- and 3,002 strokes recorded during monitoring periods ranging from three to 21 years. The results back public health concerns about the

importance of social contacts for health and wellbeing. “But one of the greatest challenges will be how to design effective interventions to boost social connections, taking account of technology,” the authors pointed out in a paper published online in the journal Heart. “Further attention to social connections is needed in research and public health surveillance, prevention and intervention efforts,” they noted.

NAGALAND BOARD OF SCHOOL EDUCATION KOhIMA

NOTIFICATION NO.5/2016

Dated Kohima, the 20th April, 2016 NO.NBE-35/Ex-NSEE/2016-17:: It is hereby notified for information of all concerned that the Nagaland State Entrance Examination (NSEE) 2016 is rescheduled and fixed to be held on the 12th May, 2016. The detailed programme is given below: Date 12th May, 2016

Day Thursday

Time 10:00 a.m. – 01:00 p.m.

Note: i. The Provisional Admit cards shall be issued from 9th to 11th May 2016 in the Office of the NBSE. ii. Candidates are informed to collect the provisional admit card personally. iii. The signature in all the required places i.e. forms, counterfoil of the admit card, attendance register, etc. must tally. iv. The examination fee of Rs. 500/- (Rupees five hundred only) is to be paid during collection of admit card. v. As proof of identity, the candidate must produce the original/photocopy of the admit card of the HSSLC or HSLC Examination while collecting the NSEE Admit card and also have it in their possession in the examination hall. vi. Admit cards will not be issued on the day of examination. Centre of Examination shall be informed at the time of collection of admit cards. Sd/- Asano Sekhose, Chairman

NAGALAND STATE e-GOVERNANCE SOCIETY (NSeGS) DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION (Below New Secretariat) Thizama Road Nagaland: Kohima 797001

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Akho Joseph Chasie 13 Neipungulie Kitshu Modozhu Mathew Dukru Zapovil Kintso 14 Kevichutuo Belho Y. Nyangpong Konyak Khetilo Seb 15 Eyiewe Sekhamo Temjenungla 16 Celiani Wanda Ritse 17 Temjenungla

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ucT&M 19th graduation held PDLSA launches newsletter Kohima, april 20 (Dipr): The Peren District Legal Services Authority (PDLSA) launched its first “Newsletter” on April 18 with Deputy Commissioner of Peren, Peter Lichamo as the chief guest. Secretary PDLSA and Civil Judge, Peren, Ajongba Imchen in his keynote address stressed the need to be conscious about one’s right. He also stated

The graduating student of United College of Theology and Missions with others during the 19th graduation exercise celebrated on April 19 at the College Campus.

Dimapur, april 20 (mExN): The 19th graduation exercise of United College of Theology and Missions 5th Mile Model village, Dimapur was celebrated on April 19 at the College Campus. Graduation speaker Rev. Dr. Wungnaoling Konghar, General Secretary of Manipur Baptist Convention (MPC) urged the graduating students to surrender their life to Christ for a greater cause of Gospel ministry. He asserts that there is no greater power than surrendering our live to His will. DABA Youth

Choir and College Choir enthrall the congregations with song. President award is given to best Thesis in Creativity, originality, Principal Award is given to overall Academic performance of a student and Students of the Year award is given to the student who perform well in Academic, Community and Spiritual life throughout their study time and recipient of all these awards was Vezhosü Khüsoh of M. Div. III, also he has received all the Departmental awards for M. Div. Class. D. Haralu Award

is given to student who show seriousness in Practical ministry and burden for soul winning and recipient was Vechüzo Venyo of B. Th. III, Khrielhoukhotuo Mere was adjusted Principal Award for B. Th class and also he has received all the Departmental awards for B. Th. Class. Altogether 26 students graduated and Rev. Zanao Mozhui Pastor Lotha Baptist Church Dimapur gave the commissioner prayer and Rev. A. Pfokrelo Pastor Mao Baptist Church Chumukedima pronounced the benediction.

that as long as the grassroots people remained ignorant about their rights, India will never be a developed nation. He further pointed out that Lokpal Bill was introduced in 1966 but it was only in 2013 that the Act came into existence. Member Secretary, NSLSA, Nino Iralu congratulated the Peren District Legal Services Authority

for bringing out the first of a kind ‘Newsletter’ in Nagaland. She also encouraged the people to avail legal facilities. Earlier, during the awareness programme and interaction, Panel Lawyers Asungbe, Esther, and Li- Alder College Kohima held its annual parting social at Dr. masenla Longkumer gave Setu Memorial Hall on April 2. a presentation on how to avail the Lok Adalat facilities, violence against women and children etc.

AR’s water supply scheme in Zhuikhu village

Dimapur, april 20 (mExN): 37 Assam Rifles under the aegis of 6 Sector Assam Rifles has constructed and dedicated a “Water Supply Scheme” to the orphanage of Zhuikhu village in Dimapur. It was constructed by 112 Engineer Regiment as part of Op Sadbhavana programme for Financial Year 2015-16. A press release from Assam Rifles informed

that the village council of Zhuikhu approached 37 Assam Rifles/ 6 Sect Assam Rifles with a requirement of water supply scheme because of shortage of water in the orphanage and village as a whole. A case was therefore taken up and the project subsequently approved. 37 Assam Rifles/ 6 Sect Assam Rifles was instrumental in execution of the project and ensuring

its timely completion, the release said. “The Water Supply Scheme will now provide water for Zhuikhu Village, thus contributing towards welfare and improvement of living standards,” it expressed. The water supply was taken over by the Zhuikhu Village Council on behalf of the village and representatives of the orphanage during the handing over ceremony on April 11.

Govt officials trained on noting & drafting

House to house verification of electors to be held

Kohima, april 20 (Dipr): A consultative meeting with all the representatives of political parties of Kohima district units, Government officials, NGOs, Kohima Town Wards Council/Union and Civil organizations was held in Kohima at the DC’s conference hall on April 18. The Deputy Commissioner & District Election Officer, Kohima, Rovilatuo Mor in his keynote address stated that the main focus of the meeting was how to have clean Electoral Rolls in Nagaland. He informed that a special campaign on National Electoral Roll Purification (NERP), a directive from the Election Commission of India, has been carried out in the State since last year in order to have clean E-Rolls. The awareness campaigns on NERP were also taken up in some vil-

lages and towns to check the discrepancy in E-Rolls like multiple entries, dead voters, shifted & absent voters etc for proper exercise of individual franchise. He sought active cooperation and efforts from all the representatives of political parties, colonies and all responsible citizens to publicize about the NERP drive and to update their E-Rolls in their respective areas for the successful implementation of the drive. Assistant Election Officer of Kohima, Mhathung Ngullie, giving a brief highlight on NERP 2016, informed that the Election Commission of India and the Chief Electoral Officer, Nagaland have directed to carry out house to house verification of electors during the month of April to August 2016 with a target to improve the health

of E-Rolls. In this connection, the AEO informed that the BLOs will conduct house to house verification of electors from April to May and also organize awareness meeting with the BAG involving village/ ward council authority, youth/women organization, political party functionaries, church leaders, student leaders in all the Polling Station. A special camp will also be organized in all the Polling Stations from April to July. Representatives from various organizations also took part in the discussion where they shared their views and suggestions for purification of Electoral Rolls. Issues relating to bifurcation of ward, appointment of BLOs, Panchayat leaders be authorized to assist the BLOs raised by various representatives were also deliberated.

BDO Jakhama along with village level functionaries and staffs celebrated the block level Panchayat Raj Day commemorating 125th birth anniversary of Dr. BR Ambedkar on April 19 at RD Block Jakhama.

The Village Heath Committee of New Jalukie conducted an ANC health awareness camp on March 29 at the village Panchayat Hall. The camp, sponsored by Nagaland Health Portal, had Sani Stephen, Pharmacist Sub-Center, Mahainamtsi as the resource person.

Students of Cornerstone Higher Secondary School and College during the one day retreat held on April 16 with worship team and resource persons from Sinai Ministry. Participants of the ‘Noting & Drafting Skills’ training with ATI officials.

Kohima, april 20 (mExN): Administrative Training Institute (ATI), Kohima organised a threeday training on ‘Noting & Drafting Skills’ for State government officials from April 13–15. Altogether, 22 participants from various departments attended the

training, which was held with an objective to help the participants learn the art of noting, drafting and the different forms of communication. The participants were given theoretical as well as practical sessions on all the topics, according to a press

release received from ATI. Office environment simulation was done to depict the actual file movement process in the government offices, the release added. Dr. Hovithal Sothu was the resource person and course coordinator for the programme. The school building of Government Middle School of Rangapahar, Thahekhu Block 4 was inaugurated by T. Kiyelu Yepthomi, SDEO Dimapur on April 12. The building was constructed under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) funding. Assistant District Coordinator, SSA, Frieda along with other departmental officials, teachers, and members of school management committee led by its Chairman KK Yepthomi and village elders attended the inaugural programme.

Students pose for camera during their first Mid Day Meal at Government High School Burma Camp.

public discourse That Sir, As per the government policies of Inclusive Education, the Special Education Teachers have been appointed under IEDSS and authenticated by the concerned authority and even personal verification has been done at the Directorate. Accordingly we have been rendering our service with outmost sin-

The Holy Cross School Alumnis had its Grand Alumni Night

An Appeal to the Education Minister in regards to IEDSS Appointees cerity even after the expiry of Service extension. But still upto date we have not given our service extension though numbers of copies have been submitted for

he Headlines in the Morung Express “School Textbook Delay” fills us with shame and anger over the most irresponsible and callous attitude of the authoritythe govt of the people, the Department Of School Education, and of course the complacency and silence of the teachers and students of the schools affected. But Alas! This is Nagaland, the so called Nagaland for Christ, inhabited by 99% Christians and as usual we don’t expect any good or truth but only lies and blame game. Lofty thoughts and ideas are ranted out almost every day by people at the helm of affairs but finally, all that they really care about or let’s say their ultimate goal is ‘how much or how

extension. Sir, for this matter the SETAN representative has given numbers of representations to the department but with only empty

assurance. Even the special Investigation team had done spot verification yet still no response, so also no any intimidation letter or cancellation order has

authority is requested to on the 17th of April in commemoration of its Golden Jubilee. kindly consider our gen- More than 500 Alumnis from all walks of life from all over the uine appointment and globe attended the event. extend our service and release our salary at the earliest and impart proper training for the SET before any further fresh appointbeen issued. Therefore, we hope and ment for which act of your pray that our service will kindness we shall remain be extended as many of ever grateful to you Sir. Special Education Teacher appointees are over aged. Janghao and Iraipeu And for this your esteem Peren Circle

Learning without textbook? to get the maximum profit out of everything?’ Nagaland has become the hotspot to do business because of the profits involved without the actual delivery of materials nor the quality matters so long as the authorities and suppliers get their due share. Yes, business as usual, but sadly, at the receiving end is our very own children .It would have been a different story if the students in question happen to be the sons/daughters of the Netas, the Bureaucrats, the teachers, the NSF, the Reverends and the so called leaders. Are they the children of a lesser GOD? But

this is Nagaland-the land of Festivals, the land of Potholes, the land of Corruption, where development takes place only in papers, where crusades and conventions abound but after all the sound and fury all that’s left is empty rhetoric sans any ethics or morality. All the latest cars/gadgets will be readily available in Nagaland while the children of the voiceless parents whom we proudly call the future of tomorrow are left in the most pitiable and deplorable condition. Off late, the condition of most government schools making headlines looks haunted or on the verge of collapse, forget about the

infrastructure and environment of learning, now the latest system of education in Nagaland is “ to learn without textbooks’. What an irony! while those responsible for the sorry state of affairs can easily afford to send their children to study even abroad and spend lavish holidays, the least they care about and the last thing on their mind seems to be the fate of these poor students. The ideal environment for learning is not only freedom from miscreants and taxations but includes learning infrastructures, dedicated faculty and freedom from discrimination too. All such things makes us think

that we are Christians by default, by word of mouth and prayers not by deeds or love. We worship God with our lips & wealth but we worship wealth/money with our lives. Is this the future we envision for our children? a future of inequalities and great divides between the haves and have not’s, or a future of a classless society where everyone is treated equally and resources shared equally where every citizen live with dignity . Let us for once look at ourselves honestly and have the courage to point fingers at ourselves instead of others and set our own houses in order and thereby prove that our Christianity is not a dead faith but a living and true faith. Seyievino Angela Chandmari, Kohima

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The Old Circuit House building in Mokokchung town, one of the oldest remnants of British India in this town, is being dismantled to pave way for a new building. The present Circuit House building behind the old one is seen in the picture. (DIPR Photo)

Director of Higher Education Kohima, I. Alempokba, visited Mount Tiyi College in Wokha on April 11 and had separate meetings and interactions with the students, ministerial staff and teaching faculty. He emphasized on discipline, determination and hard work to bring positive changes in one's life. He reiterated on the need for NAAC assessment which should be done at the earliest possible time. He also addressed the grievances of the students, staff and teaching faculty and assured of all possible help from the department.

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Creating narratives through photography Morung express Feature

here are some who are good at photography. There are some who enjoy taking photographs. And then there are some who try to tell a story through their photographs. Chris van Laak, from Frankfurt, Germany, is all rolled into one. For about a month now, Chris has been living in Kohima trying to get involved with people here and also looking to collaborate in Photography. Chris has ear• Venue: Hiyo Café, Dimapur lier worked with the Centre for • Date: April 22 onwards Development of Human Rights in Delhi and credits the Human hree young street phoRights body for bringing him to tographers attempt to the North East. showcase the various Primarily into Street Phoforms of life overlooked tography, Chris tries to show evthrough their work during a eryday life through his pictures. two-weeklong exhibition. “Photos which are familiar but Kinito Chishi depicts the at the same time not too familother Nagaland; Peter Kennedy iar,” he explains. depicts the not-all-too different A self described “Photo-documentary writer in the North East”, Chris has a philosophy behind The 29-year old German has why he is in Photography. “For the had a few positives to take since fun,” he says. “I enjoy what I do.” landing up here. He cites the mi-

he no longer harbours the same question. “It is possible for people speaking different languages to live together,” he says. Chris though has a word of caution for Nagas. He is afraid that a lot of tradition may get subsumed under the onslaught of modernity. He narrates an incident of two Yimchunger men dressed in traditional loincloths trying to squeeze in their phones into their tiny cloth coverings. “This for me defines Nagaland,” he says. “The traditional trying to find space in of the other Nagaland –migrant the modern,” he explains. “In some ways, it works quite labourers and other non-Nagas. Peter is a native of Imphal. nicely. In some ways, I think it is He is now based in Bangalore important to know what things pursuing his career. He wanders mean,” he says. “When people the city outskirts with his camera wear something, they should where he seeks to capture hu- know that they really have a Naga identity. That they are not just man emotions in everyday life. Chris voyages between wearing some traditional attire South and South East Asia. He once a year,” he contends. Chris has scheduled a 2 week tries to capture the surprising photo exhibition at Hiyo Café sides of places and its people. from April 22 onwards. He is collaborating with two other pertogether when they do not speak sons for the exhibition – Kinito the same language?” Chishi, from Dimapur and Peter But after coming to Nagaland Kennedy, from Manipur.

…just on the other side

Manipur and Chris van Laak depicts Nagaland’s strangely familiar eastern neighbour, Burma. Kinito was born and raised in Zunheboto before moving to Dimapur for his education. An English honours graduate from Sakus Mission College, Kinito fell in love with art and acquired passionate tastes for human emotions. In the exhibition, Kinito will showcase photographs grant issue facing Germany and says his initial reaction to the issue was – “How can people live

Bryan Adams to compose for Pretty Woman

ocker Bryan A d ams has been recruited to compose the music for the stage adaptation of iconic romantic comedy Pretty Woman. A musical version of the beloved 1990 film, starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, has been in the works for the past year. Now director Garry Marshall is helping

to bring the stage show to life. On an episode of US chat show The Talk, Marshall gave an update on the process, revealing he has hired the best in music and Broadway for the project. I'm excited about it, Garry said on Tuesday. We have the licensing to do it. We're going to do it independently, but we have a wonderful director, Jerry Mitchell, who did Kinky Boots and Hairspray. I don't direct Broadway musicals but he's great. And we've got com-

AC/DC frontman says, ‘crushed’ overhearing loss, not retired

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rian Johnson, lead singer of veteran Australian rock group AC/DC, said on Tuesday he was "personally crushed" to give up touring due to his hearing loss, but vowed that he was not retiring and will continue to record with the band in the studio. Johnson, 68, said in a statement that he wanted to explain why the band was forced in March to postpone 10 of its U.S. shows for its "Rock or Bust" tour this year. The British singer was replaced by Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose for the rest of AC/DC's European and U.S. shows. Johnson said he had

partial hearing loss, which affects his performance onstage, and he was advised by doctors in March that he risked "total deafness" if he continued to tour in large venues. Johnson called it "the darkest day of my professional life." "I am personally crushed by this development more than anyone could ever imagine," he said. "Being part of AC/DC, making records and performing for the millions of devoted fans this past 36 years has been my life's work. I cannot imagine going forward without being part of that, but for now I have no choice."

AC/DC, known for its blazing guitars and fullthroated vocals on songs such as "Back in Black" and "Highway to Hell," was supposed to perform in U.S. cities in March and April. The shows have yet to be rescheduled, but are expected to take place later this year. Johnson said he was not retiring and that he is able to continue recording in studios with the band. "I am hoping that in time my hearing will improve and allow me to return to live concert performances. While the outcome is uncertain, my attitude is optimistic", he said. Source: Reuters

posers, Bryan Adams and (his songwriting partner) Jim Vallance. I'm working with good people! Garry adds, Pretty Woman is a good picture and a terrific thing for Broadway and Julia told me she would come opening night! The acclaimed director has a good working relationship with Adams, the Summer of 69 rocker has a song on the soundtrack to Marshall's new film, Mother's Day. Source: Yahoo News

inderella and Downton Abbey star Lily James has been named the new face of Burberry. The 27-year-old will front the style firm's new My Burberry fragrance ads globally. It's the actress' first-ever advertising campaign. She succeeds Kate Moss and Cara Delevingne, among others, in new ads shot by Mario Testino. The campaign will launch in August (16). I am thrilled to be officially joining the Burberry family, Lily says in a statement. I am so proud to be British, so it really means a lot. Shooting my first campaign was so special. I don't want to give away too much but I had a lot of fun showing a different side of myself. Lily has a busy 2016 - she is currently filming Baby Driver and will appear in The Kaiser's Last Kiss and TV mini-series War & Peace. Source: Contactmusic

Adele’s songs reworked into lullabies

dele’s songs are a soothing tonic for many of life’s troubles, from recovering after a breakup to a youngster's refusal to go to beddy bye byes. The superstar British singer is the latest diva to have an album of her hits reimagined as lullabies for the Rockabye Baby series. Due for release April 29, the 12-track Lullaby Renditions of Adele will feature hits such as "Hello," "Rolling in the Deep" and "Chasing Pavements," all of which have been reworked to help restless newborns get down for sleepy time (or as background music, if you like). The Rockabye Baby brand has converted the music of more than 70 artists to baby-friendly nighttime tunes, from the likes of U2, Coldplay, Foo Fighters, Maroon 5, Rihanna and Taylor Swift. The series has sold upwards of 1.6 million units, according to a statement. Source: Billboard

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ctress Kate Hudson will star alongside her stepfather Kurt Russell in an upcoming new TV series "The Barbary Coast". Hudson, whose mother Goldie Hawn is married to Russell, will also executive produce the show alongside her brother Oliver Hudson and step father, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

"The Barbary Coast" is inspired by the book of the same name by author Herbert Asbury which is set around the 1849 Gold Rush, during which there was a huge influx of thieves, prostitutes and gamblers on San Francisco. "Most people don't know the scandalous history behind San Francisco, and 'The Barbary

Coast' offers a rich portrayal of a period when success was often attained through illicit and brutal means," producer Mark Gordon said. "I'm excited that Kurt and Kate are working together alongside Mel (Gibson), whose astute direction will bring this devious time in our history to life." Source: IANS

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Los AngeLes, ApriL 20 (AFp): The San Antonio Spurs thrashed the Memphis Grizzlies to take a 2-0 lead in their play-off series as Atlanta also cruised past Boston with a second straight win. San Antonio, boasting the second best regular season record in the league behind the Golden State Warriors, raced into the lead early on against Memphis and never looked back en route to a comprehensive 94-68 win. It was a second blowPhoto by IPL out victory for San Antonio over the Grizzlies, who had Rohit Sharma scored a classy 62 off 44 as the Mumbai Indians beat RCB by 6 crashed to a 106-74 defeat wickets to register the second win of the season and the first win at their home in Game One on Sunday. With Game Three loomground Wankhede Stadium. ing on Friday, San AntoBrief Scores: nio will now be odds on to RCB 170/7 in 20 overs [Travis Head 37, Kohli 33; Bumrah 3/31, Krunal Pandya 2/27] take a step closer to a clean MI 171/4 in 18 overs [Sharma 62, Pollard 40; Iqbal Abdulla 3/40] sweep against a Memphis side who have been comprehensively outclassed in their opening two Western Conference playoff games. MuMbAi, ApriL 20 job on June 1, reporting to In Atlanta, the Hawks (iAns): The Board of Con- the BCCI secretary Anurag took a stranglehold on their trol for Cricket in India Thakur and will be based at Eastern Conference series (BCCI) on Wednesday an- the board's headquarters against Boston, romping to nounced the appointment in Mumbai. an 89-72 win to go 2-0 up in “Rahul brings with him of Rahul Johri as its chief the best-of-seven series. immense experience and executive officer (CEO). An early barrage of Rahul Johri, who was knowledge on board and three-pointers from Kyle serving as Discovery Net- will be responsible for the Korver set the tone for a works Asia Pacific’s execu- smooth functioning of opone-sided encounter as Rahul Johri tive vice-president and erations, stakeholder manthe Hawks raced into a big general manager for South agement and building ro- promoting the sport,” said early lead that Boston nevAsia, will take on his new bust strategies for further a BCCI release. er looked like overhauling.

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Court allows May 1 IPL match in Pune

MuMbAi, ApriL 20 (iAns): Spelling relief for the BCCI, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday allowed it to hold the May 1 Indian Premier League match between Rising Pune Supergiants and Mumbai Indians in Pune. The decision by a division bench comprising Justice V.M. Kanade and Justice M.S. Karnik came a week after the court had directed the Board of Con-

trol for Cricket in India (BCCI) to shift all scheduled matches after April 30 from parched Maharashtra to other venues. Hearing an application filed by the BCCI general manager Ratnakar Shetty urging the court to permit the May 1 match in Pune as scheduled on logistical and other difficulties in shifting to an alternate venue. Shetty's application said the Rising Pune Su-

pergiants was scheduled to play a match with Gujarat Lions on April 29 in Pune. Hence, it would be "practically impossible" for BCCI and its Pune franchisee to shift the scheduled May 1 contest (between Rising Pune Supergiants and Mumbai Indians) to another venue out of the state and make all arrangement within just a day. The application fol-

lowed the court ruling of April 13 asking BCCI to shift its 13 matches scheduled from May onwards out of Maharashtra to prevent wastage of huge quantities of water in the drought-hit state. "As an exception and due to logistical reasons mentioned by BCCI in the application, we are allowing the match to be held in Pune on May 1," the judges said.

Kenya caught age cheating in U-20 WCup qualifiers

JohAnnesburg, ApriL 20 (reuters): Kenya have been thrown out of the under-20 World Cup qualifying competition for the 2017 finals in South Korea for fielding five over age players, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) said on Wednesday. The east African country has been disqualified for using the ineligible players in the first leg of a qualifier for next year's Africa Cup of Nations,

ISL, I-League merger by 2018: AIFF new DeLhi, ApriL 20 (iAns): The AIFF is looking to bring its two flagship football tournaments -- Indian Super League and I-League -together by 2018 but is averse to the idea of calling it a merger, general secretary Kushal Das said here on Wednesday. Das insisted it is not necessarily just a mere merger of two tournaments but a holistic approach to unite all top clubs of the country under a common umbrella. "We are not viewing it as a merger of ISL and ILeague. It is a review of Indian club football structure. So far, we have held only initial discussions," Das told IANS on the sidelines of a programme in which an Indo-French joint initiative to develop football in the country was announced. "We are looking at how to do it, when to do it, so it is not simply a merger. The top league will be opened to allow bids from other clubs. But it would be wrong to call it a merger."

which also serves as the World Cup qualifying tournament, against Sudan on April 3 which ended 1-1. Kenya were due to host the return leg this weekend but CAF has instead awarded Sudan a place in the next round of the competition for places at the 2017 finals in Zambia. African soccer's governing body said Kenya's Theodore Kibet, Nicholas Kipkirui, Eugene Moses, Boniface Muchiri and Erick Ouma were all born

before the cut-off date of Jan. 1, 1997. "Football Kenya Federation clearly violated the competition regulations and is consequently disqualified and the U-20 Sudan team is qualified to the next round," CAF general secretary Hicham El Amrani said in a letter sent to the Kenyans. Age cheating is notorious in African football but offending football associations are rarely caught or punished.

McGregor pulled from Diaz rematch, hints at retirement

Los AngeLes, ApriL 20 (reuters): Irish fighter Conor McGregor, who said on Twitter earlier on Tuesday that he was walking away from the sport of mixed martial arts, has been pulled from the UFC's main event in July. UFC President Dana White did not confirm McGregor's retirement but said he would no longer be fighting a rematch with Nate Diaz on the UFC 200 card on July 9 after refusing to fly to Las Vegas for a news conference and promotional photos. American Diaz handed the cocky Irishman his first UFC loss earlier this month when he chocked him into submission in a non-title bout at UFC 196. "I have decided to retire young. Thanks for the cheese. Catch ya's later," McGregor, 27, said on Twitter. The news comes a week after Portuguese fighter Joao Carvalho died following injuries sustained in a bout in Dublin against McGregor's team mate, Charlie Ward.

13 seconds in December. He has become the UFC's hottest property with his outrageous trash-talking outside the cage and vicious skills inside it. His stunning loss in March, where the Irishman went up two divisions to fight American Diaz at welterweight, came as another blow to the UFC followConor McGregor. (File Photo) ing the previously undefeated McGregor, who was sitRonda Rousey's ting ringside at that fight, loss to Holly Holm. said on his Facebook page Holm caused one of the that combat sport was a greatest upsets in combat "crazy game" and that Car- sport when she knocked valho's death was "heart- out Rousey in Melbourne to breaking". snatch the world bantam"It is such a rare occur- weight title last November. Diaz, no stranger to rence that I don't know how trash-talking himself, reto take this," he added. McGregor surged sponded to McGregor's through the featherweight Tweet with one of his own: ranks before knocking out "I guess my work here is champion Jose Aldo in done I'm retiring too."

San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker (9) drives to the basket around Memphis Grizzlies guard Jordan Farmar (4) during Game 2 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series, Tuesday, April 19, 2016, in San Antonio. (AP Photo)

Korver, Atlanta's joint top scorer with Al Horford on 17 points, hit five threepointers, four of them in the opening seven minutes, to leave Boston reeling. Celtics guard Evan Turner was disgusted by

the way he and his teammates had surrendered the early initiative so easily. "In a playoff game, that should never happen," Turner said. "We have to start off with more energy." Boston coach Brad Ste-

vens said his side had been unable to match Atlanta's pace. "They were playing at a speed that we weren't at," Stevens said. "We can't get off to starts like that. We just put

too much pressure on ourselves to make shots later, because every one of them mattered so much just to give us a shot to get back in the game." It marked a welcome return to form for Korver, who had made just three of his previous 19 three-point attempts. He missed all seven efforts in Game One. The series now moves to Boston for Game Three on Friday, with the Celtics desperately needing to turn around their form if they are to extend the series. Korver said he expected Boston to mount a response at home. "Game Three is going to be the toughest game of the series so far for sure," Korver said. The Celtics badly missed the injured Avery Bradley, who damaged a hamstring in Game One and is now expected to miss the remainder of the series. His replacement, Marcus Smart, struggled to offer an attacking threat, failing to score until the fourth quarter before finishing with three points. Boston point guard Isaiah Thomas scored 16 points in a losing effort, while Amir Johnson weighed in with 14 points and eight rebounds.

Euro 2016 to take place under French state of emergency

pAris, ApriL 20 (reuters): France plans to extend the state of emergency in place since November's attacks on Paris by two months, to maintain security through the Euro 2016 soccer tournament, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Wednesday. The announcement came hours after police simulated an armed response to a militant attack and hostage-taking at a Paris railway station, and a day after a government pledge to ensure anti-terrorism units could get to any attack site within 20 minutes. "The state of emergency cannot be permanent, but on the occasion of these big events ... we have decided to prolong," Valls said on France Info radio. Euro 2016 starts June 10 and runs for a month at 10 stadiums around France. Some 2.5 million spectators are expected for 51 matches involving 24 teams. There will also be fan zones for crowds of TV viewers in major cities. The current state of emergency giving extra

powers to police and security forces runs until May 26. The proposed extension will have to be approved by parliament. Police have had extra powers to search homes, hold suspects and put people under house arrest since the Nov. 13 attacks in which 130 people were killed. The initial move was popular in France, but human rights groups have expressed concern at two extensions that have taken place since. In an update on Wednesday, the interior ministry said it had narrowed the focus of antiterrorism raids, with more effective results in terms of finding weapons. It said it had conducted only 122 raids since the last time the state of emergency was extended on Feb. 26, compared with 3,427 in the months that immediately followed the attacks. In those more recent raids, some 155 weapons had been seized, on top of 588 in the earlier period. Of the total 743 weapons found, 75 were described as "war grade".

Logo for the upcoming Euro 2016 soccer championships. (REUTERS)

The Stade de France national stadium north of the capital, which will host the opening match and the final, was the site of a suicide bombing on Nov. 13. Other shootings and suicide bombings took place near the centre of Paris at the Bataclan music venue and at cafes. They were claimed by Islamic State, the ultrahardline militant Islamist group that controls parts of Syria and Iraq. Security arrangements already planned for Euro 2016 are stricter than usual. The average stadium security presence will be

900 strong, plus 200 volunteer ushers and 80 medics - about 30 percent more staffing than at normal matches of the kind. CRS riot police and Gendarmerie divisions will also be deployed in the host towns. A number of attack simulations have already taken place in connection with the event. Late on Tuesday night, the Gare Montparnasse, a railway station in south-central Paris, resounded to explosions and gunfire as special police forces in full battle dress carried out drills and simulations.

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