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‘Nagaland still carries the legacy of violence’ National Human Rights Commission conducts open hearing in Kohima Morung Express News Kohima | April 24

Nagaland State DGP, LL Doungel, today stated that “Nagaland was not born as a measure of a goodwill gesture of India to have a separate identifiable community, but it was born out of a struggle which was violent in nature.”

“Which is why it is only real and possible that there will also be human rights violation because the birth of Nagaland also came with a good deal of violence, and we still carry this legacy,” said the state’s top cop, during the visit of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to Kohima on April 24.

An open hearing and ‘camp sitting’ was held at the ATI Kohima, where eight cases—on issues relating to atrocities and problems faced by scheduled castes and scheduled tribes— were heard. An inaugural session was also held with Justice D. Murugesan, Member, NHRC, as the Chief Guest Doungel, while addressing the vote of thanks, delineated the complexities of human rights violations in Nagaland where disputes are settled amicably in most cases, without realizing that the course of disputes and aberrations are in fact violations - ‘violations

which are not termed so’.

Nagaland Chief Secretary Pankaj Kumar, IAS in his address highlighted the history of Nagaland which was created in 1963 as a result of a political agreement following insurgency and deployment of armed forces.

“However the grant of Statehood did not end the insurgency,” said Kumar, citing the atrocities committed and the abrogation of ceasefire and the agreements that followed. Kumar also apprised the NHRC of the disputes over territories among the neighbouring tribes, especially in multi-tribal districts such as Tuensang and Kiphire, which result in law and order incidents. Another fault line is the Assam-Nagaland border.

Highlighting the works and contribution of the NHRC towards promoting the culture of human rights in India, Justice D. Murugesan stated that the NHRC’s focus has increased and expanded to various issues which is not just confined to political and civil justice but economic and social justices such as health, food, education as well as displacement due to natural and man-made calamities.

In the course of the various visits, open hearings and ‘camp sittings’ held throughout the entire country, the Commis-

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) delegation meeting with various NGOs in Kohima on April 24. (Morung Photo)

sion and its Special Rapporteurs have also detected several areas in which efforts are required to improve the situation of human rights within the country. “The experiences of the Human Rights Commission shows that most of the violations are from the government and its machineries,” stated Justice D. Murugesan.

Taking cognizance of the uniqueness of Naga society with its various tribes, each with its unique set of socio-economic needs as well as human rights challenges, the Commission underscored the need for effective implementation of key socioeconomic flagship programs of the Government to ensure the wellbeing of the marginalized.

“There is a close connection between the proper implementation of these socio-economic

schemes and programs and the wellbeing of people and protection of their human rights,” stated Murugesan. He also cited the endeavor of the Commission to promote the culture of human rights by pressing for the introduction of human rights education in the school and university curricula besides sensitization of police personnel on human rights issues.

“The NHRC firmly believes that human rights defenders and civil society are crucial allies in the fight to preserve and promote the inalienable rights of the citizens since they play a vital role in fighting discrimination, investigating violations, and helping victims gain justice and support,” he asserted.

Murugesan hoped that the open hearing will be vital in

strengthening the partnership between public officials, NGOs, media and the NHRC in the pursuit of their shared, common objective to better protect human rights of the people of the State.

Terming the visit and hearing as ‘an extension of justice to the doorstep of the people’, Murugesan expected a positive outcome which will be instrumental in giving voice to the marginalized and provide relief and justice.

Open Hearing With the objective to dispose of pending cases on human rights issues in Nagaland, the open hearing and ‘camp sitting’ was held with the participation of NGOs and government officials. The hearing was held to sensitize senior

government officers about the importance of human rights issues and compliance of NHRC recommendations, to meet the local NGOs to get an insight into the problems being faced by the people and to interact with media for wider dissemination of information about the outcome.

The bench headed by Justice D Murugesan heard eight cases including two pending cases with the commission and six complaints on the grievances of the persons belonging to scheduled tribes. In the case of recovery of decomposed bodies of nine people in Dimapur District in January 2014, the Commission was informed by the Commissioner (Home) that Rs One lakh each has been paid as ex gratia to the next kin of the deceased. The Commission also expressed anguish in the case in which 58 huts of encroachments in Intangki National Park were burnt down by police during eviction.

The hearing also witnessed the NHRC questioning the senior government officials including the Chief Secretary and Home Commissioner in delaying the investigation of cases, functioning of government activities, implementations of schemes especially on food security and health sector.

After the open hearing, separate meetings were held with the NGOs, and senior officers.

In the senior officers meeting, the members raised the is-

sue of effective implementation of welfare schemes of Central Government and State Government which have relevance to the Human rights of people.

These included availability of food, employment, health and education facilities.

While interacting with the NGOs, the Commission apprised them about its activities and exhorted them to take up the cause of human rights and approach the Commission with their complaints regarding cases of human rights violation.

Murugesan lauded the participation of NGOs which he mentioned as huge compared to other Hearings in the country. However, there were also disappointments among NGOs over limited time to express the numerous issues and problems on human rights violations in Nagaland.

A press conference was also held after the meetings, where the Commission briefed the media on the Open hearing. The Justice expressed disappointment over the absence Radhakanta Tripathy at the Hearing, who had filed seven cases among the eight cases to the NHRC. A major concern was the negligence in the health sector in Nagaland.

During the Hearing, Chief Secretary Pankaj Kumar also announced that the State Human Rights Commission will soon be set up with its office building currently under construction, which is expected to be completed in two years.

26 CRPF troopers killed in One person goes missing Chhattisgarh Maoist attack every 4th day in Nagaland

RTA Dimapur issues new transport rules

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DIMapuR, apRIl 24 (MExN): The Regional Transport Authority (RTA) Dimapur today issued a new set of rules for public transport vehicles in the town. A press note from the RTA informed that it convened a meeting on April 20 under the Chairmanship of the Deputy Commissioner and Chairman RTA, Dimapur and passed the following rules for strict adherence. As per the rules, drivers of auto rickshaws are hereby directed to accommodate passengers as per the seating capacity, and accommodating passenger beside the driver is strictly prohibited. All auto rickshaws are made mandatory to fix safety rod on the right side of the passenger seat. They are also prohibited to ply on the highway beyond Patkai Bridge.

The RTA also revised the local/zonal taxi fare as of May 1, 2017. The revised fares are: Rs 200 per passenger for Chumukedima to Kohima & vice versa; and Rs 80 per person for Chumukedima to Medziphema & vice versa. It also informed private bus operators i.e. interstate/inter district and Assam line buses operating from the Blue Hill station/Golaghat road stretch to shift to the Inter State Bus Terminus (ISBT) Purana Bazaar from May 1, 2017. Strict action will be taken for non compliance, it warned. The RTA further warned that defaulters will be penalized as per the Motor Vehicle Act.

RaIpuR, apRIl 24 (IaNS): Hundreds of Maoists on Monday massacred at least 26 CRPF personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district in the bloodiest attack in the state since 2013.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the deadly ambush on the 74th Battalion in a forested area in Kala Pathar near Chintagufa as “cowardly and deplorable” and said the deaths of the troopers won’t go in vain. The Central Reserve Police Force said the ambush began at 12.30 p.m., leading to a gun battle between the troopers and the Maoists who, survivors said, used hand gre-

nades, automatic rifles and rocket launchers.

Troopers who survived the horror said the Maoists, women included, emerged out of the blue before opening indiscriminate fire.

CRPF Deputy Inspector General M. Dinakaran said 11 bodies were first recovered and a 12th trooper succumbed to his injuries in a hospital here. A subsequent search of the area led to 12 more bodies. Two more men died subsequently in hospital, taking the toll to 26.

The 99-member CRPF patrol assisting a Road Opening Party was reportedly readying for lunch when it came under

attack, taking the victims by surprise.

Air Force helicopters evacuated the wounded to hospitals in Raipur, officials said.

Security forces launched a major search operation to track down the Maoists.

The Prime Minister said the government was monitoring the situation in Chhattisgarh closely. Home Minister Rajnath Singh said he was “extremely pained” by the killings and offered tributes to the dead and condolences to their families.Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi also condemned the killings of the CRPF personnel.

After Police, NLC now questions PWD (Housing) on appointment procedures

DIMapuR, apRIl 24 (MExN): After slamming the State Police Department for its appointment procedures, the Nagaland Congress (NLC) today set its sights on the Nagaland PWD (Housing).

A press note from the NLC questioned the appointment procedures in the PWD (Housing) department. It alleged that “appointment of non locals (non indigenous) is excessively high and nature of appointment is highly questionable.”

The NLC reproduced, what it informed was, “facts and figures furnished by Office of CE, PWD (H) Kohima,” corresponding to RTI information related to current status of employees in the State (as of 22/11/2016).

As per the data, the NLC informed that under CE Office Kohima, 26% of total employees are non locals. Under Central Division Kohima, 15% of total regularized employees are non locals, and 75% of total regularized & 100% of non regularized employees were directly appointed.

Under the EE Division Kohima, the NLC revealed that

10% of total employees are non locals, while 94% of both regularized & non regularized employees were directly appointed and all 713 scale & fixed employees were directly appointed.

Under Estate Division Kohima, 22% of total employees are non locals, while 75% of both regularized & non regularized employees were directly appointed.

Further, under New Capital Complex Division (NCCD) Kohima, 19% of total regularized & 32% of total non regularized employees are non locals, while 95% of regularized and 100% of non regularized employees were directly appointed.

Under the EE Division Dimapur, 54% of total regularized employees are non locals and 100% non regularized employees were directly appointed. The department’s claim that all regularized posts (454) were filled through DSC is “completely false because 54% are non locals,” the Nagaland Congress alleged.

It further informed that under Estate Division Mokok-

chung, all regularized posts (21) and non regularized posts (13) were directly appointed; while under EE Division Tuensang, 97% of regularized posts were directly appointed and 98% of non regularized posts were directly appointed.

Summing up, the NLC stated that 9% of regularized & non regularized employees in the department are non locals (4th highest employees in the department); 71% of regularized & non regularized employees were direct appointment; and 29% of regularized & non regularized employees were appointed through NPSC, departmental process etc.

These figures, the NLC stated, have been brought to public domain for the government to clarify its position on “excessive appointment of non locals and to disprove allegation that government jobs in the state are being sold out to non locals at exorbitant rate.”

“Citizens also must react responsibly; else children’s education is becoming meaningless and educated youth having no place and purpose in life,” it added.

• 83% missing persons in Nagaland are below the age of 18 • 13% have been reportedly trafficked while 35% remain untraced Morung Express News Dimapur | April 24

Human trafficking, especially child trafficking, is definitely taking place in Nagaland but it is not recognized. As such as it is happening in its most “benign form”, said Dr. Temsula Ao, Chairperson of the Nagaland State Commission for Women (NSCW) today.

“Because of this, in a few detected cases, the parents and guardians have been found to be involved in the transactions because they honestly believe that what they are doing is for the ultimate good of their children and wards”, the NSCW chief said.

Dr. Temsula was speaking at the ‘Legal awareness programme on human trafficking’ organized

by NSCW in association with National Commission for Women, New Delhi, here at Kuda Youth Club hall, on Monday.

Though underreported, Temsula said some alarming data has been revealed from the state police sources, according to which “one person in our state goes missing every 4th day. 83% are below the age of 18, 13% have been reportedly trafficked. 35% remain untraced.”

She also informed that in India, the North East including Nagaland is one of the most vulnerable regions, where cases of human trafficking are increasing every year, though many go unreported.

Citing some recent cases of rescued victims from Nagaland, Temsula said these are only few reported cases, as every year hundreds of Naga boys and girls leave their homes and villages in search of a better future.

“So what do we do? Do we blame the government and po-

Members of the Nagaland State Commission for Women and Naga Women Hoho Dimapur at the ‘Legal awareness programme on human trafficking’ held at Kuda Youth Club hall, on Monday. (Morung Photo)

lice alone? What about the parents and village authorities? Only when one of our children dies out there, then all we can do is bring the dead body home. Were we blind when they left home for the unknown dangerous place in search of a better future?” Temsula asked.

“How many times have we seen young boys and girls from interior villages being brought by respectable people to ‘educate’ them in good schools? The reason and intention appear to be very good. But do the parents know what happens to these hapless children in these homes; how they are treated and most importantly, do they actually go to school at all?” She added.

She underscored the need for every Naga village to keep proper records of its citizens, especially young boys and girls who are living in these homes, and inform their respective tribal unions in the headquarters to help monitor their progress and well being.

The NSCW Chairperson further said society should also be bold enough to include such dislocation of children as a type of human trafficking and violation of human rights in the guise of charitable activities, committed either by individual families or social groups.

And whenever cases of abuse and ill treatment of minors living in others’ homes are detected, they must be immediately brought to notice of the authorities like the Anti-Human Trafficking Units attached to the women police cells in all the districts, she informed.

Legal consultant, NSCW, Khriesinuo Kire, in her address on the topic said human trafficking is the third largest organized crime after drugs and arms trade across the globe. She also informed that close to 80% of human trafficking across the globe is done for sexual exploitation and the rest is for forced labour.

The legal consultant also briefed the women participants on the Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act of 1956 and different sections under which perpetrators of such offences are punishable.

Khriesinuo also spoke on victim compensation, right to education (to help parents and children for education support) and setting up of legal services authorities in all districts to give legal counsel and support to those in need.

The seminar was well attended by women representatives from various Naga tribes and other communities including Muslim, Bihari, Bengali, Oriya and Gorkha communities.

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MARCOFED holds 99th Board of Directors meeting Elhio Lotha, Lighting up homes Morung Express News Dimapur | April 24

MARCOFED held its 99th Board of Directors meeting on April 24 at the Head office, Dimapur. The meeting was chaired by A. Imtilemba Sangtam, Advisor, Cooperation and Chairman, MARCOFED. In his welcome address, the chairman highlighted that the outstanding dues for construction of MARCOFED market complex at Signal Basti, Dimapur which had been a long standing issue were finally cleared and the building was inaugurated on January 30, 2016. The construction for a three-storied marketing building at Longkhim is currently underway which

Chairman Marcofed Imtilemba Sangtam chairing the 99th meeting of the Board of Directors at its office in Dimapur held on Monday. (Morung Photo)

“should be completed in the next 6-9 month.”

In an effort to streamline the various assets of MARCOFED, an assent verification drive was initiated by a three-member committee, whereby the current status of all lands

and building of MARCOFED were ascertained.

The Chairman informed that he has personally approached the centre regarding the expansion of MARCOFED LPG service to other districts.

Lithrongla a Chishi,

(1AS) Secretary, Cooperation, in her speech requested the Board of Directors for their time, advice and co-operation in being active partners in handling the affairs of MARCOFED. She also encouraged MARCOFED to facilitate the

farmers at the grassroot levels and link them with marketing channels.

An introduction of MARCOFED was given by T.V. Zhimo, Managing Director, MARCOFED Ltd., who spoke briefly on the functioning, past activities and objectives of the organization. Wepe Ritpel RCS, alsospoke on the meeting by encouraging the affiliation Of primary level societies with MARCOFED, establishing LPG Depots in all the districts and marketing of agri-produce. During the meeting, Dr. Aotoshi, Echaba Tea Growers Society, was unanimously elected as the new Vice-Chairman of the organization.

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks by the Managing Director, MARCOFED.

Wild Elephant rampage at New Wokha Village

Wokha, april 24 (Dipr): A herd of wild elephant destroyed houses, farm huts, crops and plantation at New Wokha village on the night of April 23.

New Wokha Village Chairman and VDB Secretary, Tsenjamo Humtsoe and Chichamo Kithan informed at on the night of April 23 wild elephants destroyed two houses, five (5) farm huts and plantations at New Wokha village.

While stating that the village has witnessed such menace on previous occasions, also stated that despite the loss of property, the presence of wild elephants in the village is causing threat to human lives. In this regard the village council requested the department concerned to initiate necessary steps to prevent such happenings in future. Houses completely rampaged by wild elephant at New Wokha village on the night of April 23. (DIPR Photo)

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Kohima | April 24

omebody once said that, “solving electrical problems can be like playing detective” requiring a lot of logical thinking to figure out loose ends. This is perhaps one of the many challenges that an electrician battles with as part of the profession. Elhio Lotha has spent a major part of his life being one, and has lighted many homes ever since he ventured into this not-so-conventional career over two decades back.

Trained at Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Kohima in 1996, he comes across as one, who has found fulfillment in his everyday job. In the initial years of his career, he worked with Vodafone and the Hukato Naga Company for a couple of years apart from being employed in the Power Department as a field staff for a period of 3 years. He however quit all of these to pursue his passion with greater zest, and currently works independently, taking in projects that come his way.

Towards this end, he has also provided employment to two people, who assist him in these projects.

Over the many years of his experience, Elhio Lotha has been instrumental in completing wiring for 200 buildings in different locations spread across Kohima, Wokha and mostly concentrated in Dimapur, where he is based. A man of discipline, he confesses that “I don’t take on another project unless I finish the one I am working on.” “I maintain a register everyday to keep record of things”, he adds.

Electricity, according to him is one of the main features of construction and he is happy to have had no complaints so far in the numerous projects he has

undertaken over the past 20 years. Towards this end, he also says, “I give 40-50 years guarantee.” Quality, after all is the outcome of one’s sincere effort.

The 43-year old Electrician strongly feels about the diminishing “work culture” in the Naga society and in this regard, emphasizes that, “Nagas need to learn work culture”. Elhio Lotha is a matriculate and grew up in Dimapur. He received his early education from Government Higher Secondary School, Dimapur and is a firm believer that hard work pays.

The father of two children is a licensed electrician and works from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm. One of his earliest memories of childhood is waking up at 4:30 am in the morning and he continues to be an early riser, a healthy habit, which has benefitted him in ways more than one. *Year of Construction Workers (YOCW) is a joint program of the Government of Nagaland in partnership with YouthNet, Zynorique and the Department of Labour & Employment, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

Nagaland observes Panchayati Raj Day Seminar on ‘career option in economics’ held Morung Express News Kiphire | April 24

Khulu SDO (C) Kiphire as resource persons.

Speaking at the seminar, Dr Purna said that there are lots of opportunities if one opts for economics subject.

There will be no dearth of jobs. He also said that there are lot of avenues coming up today in the field of economics and asked the students explore it.

He also said that there is unemployment everywhere which is also because we do not choose

the career option wisely and asked the students to choose ones career carefully and also assure the students to be available if there is any help needed.

James Khulu SDO (C) who is also an alumina of ZPC shared on his experience preparing for civil service exam and also asked the students to be sincere, dedicated and hardworking shish is the only way to success. He also encouraged the students to think

The United Sangtam Students Conference (USSC) and the Zisaji Presidency College today organize career guidance and job orientation seminar for HSLC and HSSLC appeared student at the Zisaji Presidency college auditorium with the theme ‘career option in Director, RD Metsubo Jamir along with RD Officials during the Panchayati Raj Day celebra- economics’ with Dr Purtion at RD Directorate held on April 24. na Chandra Mishra Vice kohima, april 24 dence that was taken up by we are not under the 73rd principal ZPC and James (mExN): The Department the Government of India to Amendment and because of Rural Development ob- implement the Panchayati of that we are literally given served National Panchayati Raj Act was taken from the a free hand on our developRaj Day at RD Directorate State Rural Development,” mental aspect,” he stated Conference Hal on April 24. he said. Jamir further put adding our VDBs are very On the occasion, Di- across his gratitude for Na- powerful institutions and rector, RD, Metsubo Jamir, galand being exempted very good development while dwelling on the ori- from the Panchayati Raj tool that our State has integin of the Panchayati Raj Act because the Act entails grated.

A press note said that Act, said it was from the Ru- elections where each memral Development depart- ber has to be elected and Additional Directors, RD, ment that the initiative to the election process is the Imlimeren Jamir and Nodeclare and to implement same as electing an MLA legol Angami also spoke the Panchayati Raj Act was to the Legislative Assem- on the occasion. The protaken from because Naga- bly conducted by the State gramme was chaired by land had the Village Coun- Election Commission and Joint Director, RD, K. Neicil Act in place and the Gov- each Panchayat chairman bou Sekhose while invoernment of India wanted to is empowered through a cation was pronounce by assimilate and incorporate general consensus. He ex- Joint Director, RD Neizothe Village Council Act into pressed his apprehensions vonuo. At the National the Panchayati Raj Act and about how our system will level, Panchayati Raj Day be functioning now had is being celebrated today to legislate the process.

“All of us here in the the Act been implemented, at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh four day ‘Inside a Woman's Heart’, annual women conference organised by WINGS of Rural Development De- taking into consideration where a team of RD offi- The the Sinai Ministry was held at The Lighthouse Church, Dimapur from April 20-23 and it was partment should be very how Legislative elections cials and VDB Secretaries attended by more than 90 delegates. The speakers were (right) Pastor Brian Britton, Senior proud of this day because are taking place in the State. from the State are attend- Pastor, The Dwelling Place Churches, Virginia and (left) Amy Lancaster, Director, We Will Go “We have 1238 VDB, ing. in 1992, the corresponMinistries, Jackson, Mississippi. (Photo by Atsung Ajem)

big and also shared on the tips of preparing for civil service exam and also said, “One should be prepared to face any situation now as competition is very high in every field.”

Gagan Chandra Mishra HOD, political science ZPC, while delivering welcome address said that any developmental activities of the state or country depend on economics and also stated, if there is economic growth there is progress.

He asked the students to be aware of media as the world today is connected because of media and is also the only tool where we are connected to the rest of the globe.

Louis, Executive secretary USSC also spoke on the occasion said, the seminar has broadened the outlook of the students and has also given fresh input in choosing career. The programme was followed by interaction and question hour.

State Commissioner inspects ongoing Myanmar border fencing construction kohima, april 24 (Dipr): Commissioner Nagaland, Sentiyanger Imchen, IAS visited International Trade Centre (ITC) on April 22. He inspected the ongoing Myanmar border fencing construction at ITC and had a meeting with GB council members and citizen of Dan and Pangsha village at council hall Dan village.

At the meeting the Commissioner requested the citizen to allow border survey to the joint survey team of Myanmar and India for better understanding and relation between two countries. He also said

that the state and central government will discuss soon about the ongoing fencing construction and said that the state government to share the problem of Dan and Pangsha people for loosing large portion of cultivated land. He advised the people of Dan and Pangsha to maintain this full relation with neighboring village under Myanmar.

The Commissioner was accompanied by Commanding Village Guard Tuensang, Imsusangba, ADC Noklak, Mhathung Tsanglao and official from Kohima headquarter.

Chakhesang men conference Open House Awareness Prog commits to clean election with children of Bridge of Hope

pfutsEro, april 24 (mExN): The first Men Conference of Chakhesang Baptist Church Council was held from April 21 to 23 at CBCC Mission Centre, T. Chikri, Pfutsero.

About 2000 people from in and around Pfutsero Town from 99 churches attended the conference.

Apart from discussing on various topics under ‘Righteous Living’, the Conference deliberated on clean election. Those who have attended the Conference voted and signed Clean Election Pledge Card that they would be faithful in the ensuing General Election of Nagaland State.

They also assured that they would share the importance of clean election headed by Nagaland Baptist Church Council and Chakhesang Clean Election Movement towards a just and better society.

The Council resolved to follow the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) and Chakhesang Clean Election Movement (CCEM) guidelines and

give our best to support and work towards clean election. As a sign of our commitment, we signed Clean Election Pledge Card on this day the 23rd April 2017.

“We commit ourselves to prayer in electing Godfearing leaders in this forthcoming Nagaland State General Election,” stated a resolution issued by CBCC Executive Secretary, Rev. Dr. Vezopa Tetseo. “We resolve to stand against any political ideology/party that works against and suppress Christians,” it added.

“Sensing the effect of climate change, we commit ourselves to take care of God’s creation, plant trees and preserve flora and fauna,” the Council unanimously further resolved while committing “to give their best to live a righteous life in Christ.”

The speakers were Rev. Dr. VK Nuh, Rev. Khrutsoi Luruo, Rev. Dr. Vezopa Tetseo, Rev. Dr. Tseibu Rutsa and the resources persons were Neichute Doulo, Vekhoneyi Venuh and Khriehuzo Lohe.

CHILDLINE Dimapur with the children of Bridge of Hope during the Open House Awareness Programme held on April 22.

Dimapur, april 24 (mExN): CHILDLINE Dimapur conducted an Open House Awareness Programme with the children of Bridge of Hope at Ekrani Pathar, next to Government Middle School, Dimapur on April 22.

Bridge of Hope is a project undertaken by the Believers Church to provide quality informal education to underprivileged children. Besides that, nutrition, educational materials and counseling is provided to children. There were around 100 children from different backgrounds and communities from the age group of five to fifteen.

The programme aimed

at reaching out to the children by creating a platform for the children to know the prevailing rights. It was about an hour session with the children under which they were taught about their rights and how they can reach out to CHILDLINE for help by dialing 1098 at anytime of the day.

The programme started with children beautifully presenting an invocation followed by a welcome song, Bible reading and offering session. The importance of the number 1098 was stressed out to the children and they were given instructions on how to utilize this facility that has been provided to children falling under the age of 18 years and

below.

Further, the children listened keenly to the demonstrations given out by Lozua Kape, centre CHILDLINE coordinator, about the four parts of our bodies which is considered personal and how they should be protected. In case of violation of such spaces, the children could contact 1098 by themselves or seek help from a concerned adult who would help them to dial the number and report their grievances. A press note stated that at the end of the session, CHILDLINE pamphlets were distribution for further information for the parents and guardians.

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Maram women come together ‘The North-East is no more a to celebrate twenty five years nursery, it's a football factory’ New Delhi, April 24 (iANS): Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla on Monday backed former India football team captain Baichung Bhutia's comment on the northeast no more being a nursery of the game but a leader, saying it's not only his state but also Manipuri and Assam that have come of age at the national level.

Ecstatic at the performance of Aizawl FC, who are on the cusp of becoming the first club from the northeast to bag India's premier domestic football tournament -- the I-League -- in their maiden season in the top division, the chief minister said he is "proud of his boys".

"I subscribe to Baichung Bhutia's idea. The NorthEast is no more a nursery now, it's a factory. It's not only Mizoram but the entire ortheastern region. Manipuris, Assamese are very good footballers," he said.

After beating Kolkata giants Mohun Bagan 1-0 in their previous game on Saturday, Aizawl FC are only a draw away from the I-League title.

Aizawl are at the top of the 10-team I-League table with 36 points from 17 matches. Mohun Bagan slipped to the second place after Saturday's defeat with 33 points from 17 matches.

Even if Aizawl earn a draw against fellow northeastern club Shillong Lajong FC in the last game of their I-league campaign on Sunday, they will claim the title.

In case of a defeat, they will have to hope that Chennai City FC beat Mohun Bagan in Sunday's other game.

"Naturally I am very happy. My boys have won the Santosh trophy also.

This is not something they have done for the first time.

Everybody back home will feel elated, today football is a major bread-earner to many Mizo boys, who are associated with the top clubs in the country," Lal Thanhawla told IANS here on Monday.

"I am very proud of the boys and I compliment the owner of Aizawl FC -- Robert Romawia Royte -- who has spent a lot of time, money and energy, of course under the umbrella

of the Mizoram Football Association (MFA).

"It's indeed a victory for Mizoram. How other states feel I don't know. But the entire northeastern states are one entity. If one state becomes successful in one project or venture, then the whole northeast is happy.

If any of my neighbouring states succeeds in achieving something, I will naturally be happy," he added.

Commenting on the infrastructure his government has provided overcome the various hindrances of being a hilly state, he said: "We have laid six astro-turf grounds for football and another one is coming up, two hockey grounds and indoor stadiums at all major district headquarters."

"When I returned to office in 2008, I was very fortunate to have a dynamic sports minister in Zodintluanga. He is the backbone of all this infrastructure. We have boxing halls in all the district headquarters."

Elaborating his government's effort in nurturing talent at the grassroot level, Lal Thanhawla, a

Proper e-waste disposal a matter of urgency Newmai News Network Imphal | April 24

Haphazard or improper disposal of used electronic goods has affected the environment adversely.

With the increasing number of people using gadgets wastes from the electronic goods are bound to increase. If the manner in which the people dispose these wastes is going to be the way it is today, the health of our environment will go haywire very soon.

In order to check this trend, concerted campaigns on the issue has become a matter of urgency.

Towards addressing this issue, a 5-day Awareness Workshop on E-Waste Management was inaugurated today by Athem Muivah, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Senapati, at National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT), Senapati Extension Centre.

The workshop/training is organised by NIELIT Se-

napati Scientist Office and mainly for the government employees of Senapati district. Altogether 60 employees are taking part in the workshop.

Speaking at the inaugural function as chief guest, Athem Muivah said that e-waste is a new term for many and with the advancement of new technology many new electronic goods are also available in the market. "Now, it is revealed that mismanagement and improper disposal of different electronic items and gadgets has been causing lots of harm to human life and toxicity in water and food has increased to a great extent for failing to proper disposal of electronic items," Athem Muivah stated.

The officer then appealed to the participants to gather good knowledge and then disseminate the same to all friends/neighbours and whomever they come into contact, the importance of e-waste man-

agement.

Th. Prameshwor Singh, Executive Director, NEILIT, Imphal, in his presidential address spoke on management of e-waste life cycle.

Appliances like mobile, radio, electric switch, kitchen gadgets etc., if not properly disposed off can be hazardous to health. Dustbin in green, yellow and red can be used for disposing different gadgets for e-waste management, he added.

Further, he also said that 95% of e-waste can be reused by putting them into different stages of recycling process.

During the awareness training of e-waste management, the participants will be taught on different topics like e-waste and its composition, hazardous substances of e-waste, environmental and health hazards of e-waste and many more. As part of the programme, interactive session will also be held on daily basis to get feedback from the participants.

Lawyers body in HC for FIR on Kalikho Puls suicide note New Delhi, April 24 (pti): The Delhi High Court today questioned a group of lawyers for approaching it with a plea to direct the CBI to lodge an FIR on the allegations made in a purported suicide note of former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul. The High Court registry has also raised objections to the petition filed by some lawyers under the banner of National Lawyers Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms.

The lawyers body mentioned the matter before a bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Anu Malhotra which made it clear that it can be listed only after the objections raised by the registry are removed.

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"Why have you come to Delhi? Which is the closest high court to the place of occurrence," it asked.

Pul had committed suicide on August 9 last year and his body was found hanging in the official residence of the Chief Minister at Itanagar.

After months of intense political developments, Pul had taken over the reins of Arunachal Pradesh on February 19, 2016 for a brief period but had to relinquish the job following a Supreme Court order in July 2016.

The plea sought lodging of the FIR and a "cautious and discreet" probe against some former and serving persons holding constitutional posts, as also against some politicians.

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former sportsman himself who represented undivided Assam in various tournaments across several sports, said: "Earlier hockey used to be the No.1 sport in the state but currently it is football. Sociologically this will encourage various other boys and even girls -- my girls are playing very well. Even girls football is being organised by the Mizoram FA both at the high school level and primary level."

"We are focussing on the grassroot level, which is the formative stage for any budding professional.

Even my own grandson, aged 12 years is very regular in grassroot football organised by Mizoram FA. "The MFA is constructing another big ground in Sairang. The MFA has already procured the land. I have helped them with money to flatten it after that FIFA will contribute in getting the astro turf there," he added.

Asked whether football can be the binding force for society, he said: "Cricket is very popular in this country, in the same way foot-

ball has been very popular since a very long time."

"But I remember we never had any good ground, whenever we used to venture out of Mizoram, we used to profit by playing in all the good football grounds.

"I played against all the district associations of undivided Assam, we were one of the districts. I used to lead a football team in the inter-district tournament. I represented undivided Assam in hockey too during my high school and college days," he added.

The five-time Chief Minister further said that the other ortheastern states are financially sound than his state and he can only provide moral support to them.

"We are no one to support them, we can give them moral support. The other states in the North East are financially better off than Mizoram and they can do on their own.

Mizoram is such a place where you require crores of rupees for construction of a single football ground unlike in the plains," he said.

Centre committed to grant ST status to 6 Assam communities New Delhi, April 24 (pti): The central government is committed to grant ST status to six communities in Assam and it is working in this direction, Union minister Kiren Rijiju said today.

He said this at a tripartite meeting with representatives of the six communities and Assam government held at North block here. "We are committed to grant ST status to six OBC communities in Assam. The central government has already set up a committee to examine the proposal and it is working on it," he told the meeting.

Granting of Scheduled Tribes status to the six communities - Moran, Muttock, Tai Ahom, KochRajbongshi, Sootea and Tea Tribes - was a political promise of the BJP. The BJP-led alliance had assumed power in Assam last year. The pro-talks faction of ULFA too had been seeking ST status to the six communities of Assam. The modality committee, headed by Special Secretary (Internal Security) in the Home Ministry, Rina Mitra is consulting the Assam government and all other stake-holders.

It is examining various issues for suggesting the modalities for the re-

quired reservations and shifting the existing reservation for these communities from OBC to ST. The committee will submit its report on June 30 and the central government is expected to move further on the basis of its recommendations. The committee is also looking into that the interests of existing tribal communities is ensured and a mechanism is framed to ensure fairness of reservations within these six communities and related security considerations, a Home Ministry official said.

The grant of tribal status to these six communities will lead to 50 per cent population of Assam becoming tribal or Assam turning into a tribal-dominated state. It would also facilitate fresh delimitation of assembly constituencies and significant increase in the number of ST seats in the 126-member Assam assembly.

Newmai News Network Senapati | April 24

Maram women in large number came in bonhomie to celebrate 25 years of the founding of Maram Khullen Circle Women’s Association (MKCWA) at the historical and fame Maram Khullen in Senapati district. It was a three-day event which culminated on Sunday.

During the three-day celebration, the traditionally attired Maram women folks conglomerated at the iconic village in the spirit of ancestral unity. The Silver Jubilee celebration of MKCWA was laced with festoons and fanfare with the showcasing of tradition. The event perhaps was the important anticipated calendar days for the Maram women.

Autonomous District Council (ADC) Chairman of Senapati district, ML Markson was the chief guest and ADC member L.Rangpung John was the guest of the honour. With the theme “Upholding Mangkang”, the celebration

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come to watch the competitions of young village girls on the occasion.

ADC Chairman, Markson while speaking on the occasion said, “It is indeed an achievement of all Maram women who have contributed much for the benefit of the Maram community in different fields of developmental, social, traditional and political aspects. "The leadership of MKCWA in Maram Khullen Circle area to preserve and keep alive the traditional practices of ‘Mangkang’ and its importance on the life of Maram women is a living witness to many today”, he said, adding, "It is an exemplary lesson to keep our traditions alive and strong while taking the leadership of our women to a new height".

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BSNL to connect all Assam GPs through optical fibre in 2017-18 GuwAhAti, April 24 (pti): BSNL will connect all gram panchyats in Assam through optical fibre network by this financial year, said a top official of the public sector telecom major.

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BSNL has registered significant growth in Assam in all sectors including mobile data download after demonetisation, he said adding, 570 broadband exchanges have already been set up in the state and 400 mobile towers will be commissioned in the next four months.

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aims to cut petroleum imports Australia to import Indian mangoes for first time India as it boosts alternative fuel use

Canberra, april 24 (ianS): Indian mangoes will be imported to Australia for the first time after protocols were revised to allow the Asian-grown fruit into the local economy, a media report said.

The fruit would be allowed into Australia as long as they were treated with irradiation before leaving India, Xinhua news agency reported.

This meant that Australians would be able to enjoy the fruit long after the local season ended.

The Australian Mango Industry Association’s Robert Gray said Indian mangoes would be imported when the native season was over, ensuring a constant supply for those who enjoy the golden fruit.

Kay Bee Exports Chief Executive Kaushal Khakhar - who will be sending his mangoes to Australia - said shipments would be made up of two

varieties - Alphonso and Kesar.

“Alphonso is slightly tricky but handled well, it is one of the best varieties in India,” he told Fresh Fruit Portal.

“Kesar is the best commercial variety because it has a good price, good flavour, and it handles very well.”

He added that if the Indian-sourced fruit passed

all standard testings, the deal would be beneficial for the Australians.

The global trade was welcome provided the protocol was safe and did not bring in any pests or diseas-

es into the country, Gray told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on Monday.

Gray also said on those lines “we’re supportive of other countries having access into our market”.

The US had previously imported Indian mangoes with no problems, Gray said, adding, however, he could not predict the kind of volume that Australia should expect from March until July - during the Indian mango season.

“While India is a huge mango-growing country, their export business is a bit like ours,” he said.

“They will be targeting affluent markets, markets where they can place small quantities of very high-value product.”

“India is currently trying to ship 200 to 300 tonnes of mangoes to the US a year, and it would be those sorts of volumes I would expect (in Australia),” Gray added.

SinGapOre, april 24 (reUterS): India is aiming to cut its oil products imports to zero as it turns to alternative fuels such as methanol in its transport sector, a government official said at an investor briefing on Monday. “We are trying our level best that the day will come when we don’t need to import any fuel from any country and that we will be selfsufficient,” said Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari at a conference organised by Nomura in Singapore.

But he could not provide a specific timeline for the target due to challenges with the distribution and availability of alternative fuels such as liquefied natural gas (LNG) in India, he said. “Auto-rickshaws are using LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) now...LNG is important but the availability of LNG and distribution is a big challenge... we have to

An employee stands next to a fuel pump at a fuel station in new delhi. (REUTERS File Photo)

develop that,” he said.

India is also planning to start 15 factories to produce second generation ethanol from biomass, bamboo and cotton straw as it aims to develop its mandate to blend ethanol into 5% of its gasoline, he added. “Bamboo is available from tribal areas... our vision is to be cost effective, import substitute and pollution free,” he said.

India imported about

33 million tonnes of oil products over April 2016 to February 2017, up nearly 24% from the same period a year ago, government data showed. The majority of the imports comprise petroleum coke and LPG. Energy consumption in India, the world’s third-biggest oil consumer, is expected to grow as it targets between 8 to 9% economic growth this fiscal year from around 7% in 2016/17.

India to expand access to J&J’s TB drug this year Ricoh India launches new DSLR camera at Rs 88,584

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MUMbai, april 24 (reUterS): India’s top tuberculosis fighter said the government will expand access to Johnson & Johnson’s (JNJ.N) breakthrough TB drug this year, but health experts warn much more needs to be done to eliminate the superbug by 2025.

India will make bedaquiline, one of just two new TB drugs marketed over the last 50 years, available at 140 governmentrun TB treatment centres

by November, said Sunil Kharpade, head of India’s Central TB Division. The drug is currently available

at only six centres. “We’ve conducted training in several states in the last few months, and we’re prepared to start giving it to patients across 140 centres,” Kharpade told Reuters.

Health experts and activists welcomed the move, but said the government must do even more against TB, which claims the lives of thousands of Indians each year. “India’s TB program has made a lot of progress in the last few years,” said Jennifer Furin, an infectious diseases expert at Harvard Medical School.

“But compared to what

they need to do if they are serious about eliminating TB in eight short years, they have barely scratched the surface.”

India has nearly a quarter of the world’s TB cases, and poor infection control practices and a stressed public healthcare system make it a hotbed for spreading the drug-resistant bacteria.

India has provided bedaquiline to only 300 patients, with another 300 courses available. There are plans to get treatment for 1,000 more patients in the next year, said Kharpade. But that is way short of India’s requirements with nearly 2.8 million new

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new Delhi, april 24 (ianS): Imaging company Ricoh India Ltd on Monday launched its new mid-class DSLR camera “PENTAX KP” for Rs 88,584. The dustproof and weather-resistant camera features a new-generation “APS-C- sized CMOS image sensor” supported by 24.32 effective megapixels and a top sensitivity of ISO

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MUMbai, april 24 (pti): Life insurance behemoth LIC has introduced two endowment assurance plans for individuals having Aadhaar card.

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Kharpade says the country has been cautious in rolling out the drug to ensure people don’t develop resistance to it. But some health experts believe the response has been too slow. Groups like Lawyers Collective and Medecins Sans Frontieres have called for expanded access to bedaquiline as well as delamanid, another drug for late-stage TB patients marketed by Japan’s Otsuka Holdings Co Ltd. “We got these drugs after half a century of stagnant research,” said Mario Raviglione, head of the WHO’s TB-control programme. “We don’t want to lose these drugs for future people in need.”

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Party will continue as long as Naga Governor for setting up State human people need our services: Sazo rights commission at the earliest Our Correspondent Chozuba | April 24

Minister for PHED Chotisuh Sazo today said the government may come and go but the party will continue as long as Naga people need our services.

“Let us rededicate ourselves in the service of people because this party (NPF) represents the personality of the Naga people,” Sazo said while addressing the NPF convention of 18th Chozuba Assembly Constituency here today.

The party does not belong to others, but you and me, he said.

Stating that the people look the 18th Chozuba A/C as the bastion of the party, he called upon the people not to loss the confidence of the people.

Stating that the next general election is also approaching fast, he challenged the party workers to take it as an opportunity to contribute something towards the welfare of the party.

Chotisuh Sazo addressing 18th Chozuba A/C NPF convention at Chozubba on April 24. (Morung photo)

“If God’s willing our party will come back to power. Let us join hand and strengthen our party and our government once again,” he said.

In Nagaland, he said, many other regional parties have also been formed from time to time but have gone with the winds “ but

by God’s grace the NPF party remains and have expanded and launched into other states like Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh.”

Meetings & AppointMents

Sumi Missionary Conference The 6th session of Sumi Missionary Conference, comprisingof all Sumi denominations, is scheduled at SABAK Mission Center Pughoboto from 9-11 May 2017. Under the theme, “Ready and Unashamed,” the Conference will be addressed

by Rev. Dr. ZK Rochill Aux. Secy. BSI Dimapur; Dr.Hokheto Pastor Sumi Baptist Church Kohima; and Rev. Khevihe Associate Director NMM. Rev. Tokheho Executive Secretary Sumi NCRC will share the word of exhortation and Nivukhu Pastor Chekiye B/Church and former Missionary will present the paper on Envisioning Long Term Mission. Rev.Shikuho Mission Director will be leading the Bible study session while various missionaries will present the power point presentation on their mission field activities.

For transportation, missionaries are informed to contact the SMF President Piketo phone no.918250526472/919735202148,

NPF Tseminyu The President NPF Tseminyu Division has convened a consultative meeting with Central office bearers on April 29, 10AM at Town Hall, Tseminyu Town. All the Division office bearers, Village Units and all frontal organizations are requested to attend the meeting without fail.

He said the nomenclature of the party has changed but the party’s cock symbol and the motto “Fide Non Armis” remains intact. He said that the NPF is the oldest recognized regional political parry in the whole north east India.

Huska Yepthomi, NPF working president and advisor to Chief minister, who is also in-charge of Phek and Mokokchung district, currently on NPF Central leaders tour to the constit-

uencies of the state also addressed the convention.

He told the convention that NPF is not only a political party but is also kind of people movement, working for the betterment of the Naga people.

He called upon the people to rededicate themselves to plant a tree of self discipline.

Yepthomi also called upon them to maintain sincerity and faithfulness and work hard to ensure victory of NPF parry in 2018 state general election.

Pusazo Luruo, chairman Nagaland Honey Mission and vice president Central NPF, Chivotso Nienu, president NPF Phek Division, Zaku Tsukru, vice president Central NPF and others also spoke on the occasion.

Earlier, NPF CEC member Thepuphi Kapu delivered welcome address.

The function was chaired by Vekuri Khusoh, president 18th Chozuba NPF A/C while vote of thanks was proposed by Zhopopra, vice president NPF 18th Chozuba A/C.

Dimapur, april 24 (mExN): Nagaland State Governor, PB Acharya today advised the State Government to set up the Nagaland State Human Rights Commission at the earliest to ensure that human rights of the citizens of the State are protected.

In a press note, the

Governor also welcomed the NHRC to the State and hoped that it had a purposeful and meaningful discussion with stakeholders during the open hearing.

The Governor stated that the State Human Rights Commission can inquire into violations of human rights related to

subjects covered under the state list and concurrent list in the seventh schedule of the Indian Constitution.

“Human Rights are not just about the civil liberties, police torture, police custody or extra judicial killings but also includes daily and basic needs like education, public health, food, agri-

MITE observes World Earth Day NSCN (IM) UT-1 The progamme was chaired by Dimapur, april 24 (mExN): Along with the rest of the world, the Nisha Rai, and invocation was led by informs hotels, Modern Institute of Teacher Educa- Meribemo while Hoboli, a 2nd Setion (MITE), Kohima “World Earth mester presented a song. It concluded service providers Day” with the theme “Environmental with a vote of thanks from Mose Manand Climate Literacy” on April 24 at the College Auditorium.

During the event, MITE students’ union President Kiboto gave a brief highlights on the history and significance of observing the day, a press note informed.

The Student-Teachers also marked the day with a drama on the theme ‘Environment and Climate Change’ reflecting the recklessness of humans against environment and its reciprocal effects on human lives, it said.

Special items expressing the solidarity to save the Mother Earth were performed by them, it added.

wang and benediction by Diethono.

The programme was jointly organized

by Ecological Club and Current Event Club of the College.

As a part of the observance, an ‘Essay Competition’ and ‘Painting Competition’ was organized on the theme ‘Environmental and Climate Literacy’ to create awareness in preserving the Earth, and at the same time providing space to develop the potentials of the Student-Teachers in art, the press note further informed.

A social work was also conducted in and around the campus of the institution to mark the day.

No headway in Tizu river case KUK urges for 'proper & impartial investigation’ Dimapur, april 24 (mExN): The Phek district Police today said that there was no headway in the case involving the discovery of a highly decomposed body from Tizu River between Khuza Village and Ketsukhunu Village under Phek district on April 17.

The police said the highly decomposed belong to a person from Khiamniungan community identified as one Puchong of Supao village, aged around 19 years. He was reportedly staying with his cousin brother in Phek Town.

While the police said that

they are questioning friends as well as others, so far they are yet to ascertain the cause of death. The body has already been submitted to his family.

Meanwhile, the Khiamniungan Union Kohima (KUK) has expressed sadness over the tragic incident. In a condolence note issued by its General Secretary Lamnua Khiam, the union conveyed its deepest condolence to the bereaved family members and pray that departed soul rest in peace.

The Union also urged the Law enforcing agencies to initiate proper and impartial investigation into the tragic incident and unearth the actual cause of death so that justice is served.

culture, employment and livelihood issue,” he said.

He further viewed that human rights are relevant to everyone and not just to those who face repression or mistreatment. The Governor meanwhile also stated that NGOs have to motivate and educate the public about human rights.

Gracio Hall, an ideal hall to host events and meetings, was officially opened on Monday April 24 in Dimapur. Proprietor R. Amongla Jamir said the idea for Gracio Hall was conceived considering the need for a reasonable conference hall in the city which will cater to the needs of students’ and various institutions requirement at a reasonable rate. Located at Duncan Basti Dimapur- the well furnished Gracio Hall with spacious parking facility is available for booking.

For details and booking one can contact: 8731886637, 9089409715

Dimapur , april 24 (mExN): The NSCN (IM) UT1 today directed hotels in Dimapur to strictly check proper identify of individuals before allowing them to lodge in their respective hotels.

A press note from Regional Secretary UT -1, Ghokuto Chishi said that despite “repetitive caution” published in local media in the past, under the directive of CAO Care Taker, Rangkhumong Anar, dy. Kilonser, many hotels are not adhering to it.

Meanwhile, it further said that necessary information are given to control “menacing acts” occurring in hotels, lodges restaurant, cafes, bistros, eatery, adulterated fuel, price tag replacement, reproduction and duplication, but not heeded.

“It has become a daily routine and continued indoctrination of immoral activities, unsanitary serving without proper cleaning in rice hotels and restaurants and day light robbery by changing price tags” it added.

In this regard, asking the entities to refrain from such activities, it said that “Stern action and penalty will be initiated against defaulters The NSCN (IM) UT-1 further appealed all NGO’s public leader and various section of the community to cooperate with its drive sensing the “threats and perils” from all quarters.

Kohima College Commerce section inaugurated 32 AR arrests two NSCM (IM) on Kohima, april 24 (Dipr): ahead and will produce lot of common concern which was with illegal arms work permit, Parliamentary Secretary for commerce graduates in the the need for an academic institution in the capital Kohi- Dimapur, april 24 (mExN): The troops State Lotteries and Music Task days ahead.

Principal, Kohima College ma. This pressing need was of 32 Assam Rifles under aegis of HQ IGAR shop registration Force, Khriehu Liezietsu inaugurated the Commerce section Dr. Watijungshi Jamir in his especially felt for the youths

of Kohima College on April 24 .

Speaking at the inaugural NSCW prog on Human Trafficking function he said that it should be the duty of all teaching, The Nagaland State Commission for Women non-teaching faculty and the (NSCW) in association with National Commis- students to provide a safe posision for Women (Delhi) is organizing a 1-day tive intellectual learning enLegal Awareness Programme on Human Traf- vironment that will empower ficking on April 28, 11 AM at Indoor Stadium, our students to become creChiephobozou. NSCW has extended invitation ative problem solvers, ethical to Tribal Hoho/Women Hoho/DB/GB's/Student values and inspire learners to body/Church Leaders/Local police officers and be prepared for the 21st cenLegal Aid Services officials under the Jurisdiction tury. He informed that with of the Chiephobozou Sub-Division to attend the the opening of the commerce section the college can march programme.

inaugural speech thanked the entire faculty and other staff for the commitment and devotion in constructing the building within a short span of time. He said that the commerce section building was constructed at the cost of 18 lakhs.

He also mentioned that Kohima College was established on August 9, 1967 and the college owes its existence to the founding member. The far sighted individuals from Kohima village who shared a

from economically weaker section of the society who did not possess the means to travel outside the state for further studies. This requirement was all the more urgent since there was no institution offering higher studies in the field of humanities in Kohima at the point of time, he stated.

The Parliamentary Secretary donated a sum of Rs two Lakh and a keyboard for the welfare of the college.

(North) today said that it arrested two women involved in “illegal smuggling of arms” from general area of 4th Mile on April 22.

The two were arrested after a search operation was launched in the area alongwith police representative based on specific information, an AR press note informed. One Pt 22 mm Pistol with magazine was also recovered from the apprehended individuals, it said.

The women, both residents of Medziphema, revealed that they were involved in illegal smuggling of arms, it added. The recovered arms and items along with the women were handed over to Diphupar Police Station, Dimapur for further investigation, the press note further informed.

Dimapur , april 24 (mExN): The NSCM (IM) today informed shop registration and labour/work permit card “in and around Dimapur area is put to halt till it is streamlined and until further orders.” It is per the directive of Secretary, Ministry of Kilo Affairs, stated a press note from MIP NSCN (IM). “All shop owners/keepers and labours concerned are hereby instructed to corporate with the same,” it added.

Lotha Baptist Churches to advocates Clean Election

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LBES’ three-day revival concludes in Wokha Town

NVBDCP statement on World Malaria Day (April 25)

Dimapur, april 24 (mExN): The members of Lotha Baptist Ekhumkho Sanrhyutsu (Lotha Baptist Churches Association) have taken a pledge and made a resolution “to advocate Clean Election with the determination to choose leaders who would serve and lead the people with righteousness.”

The pledge was administered to the congregation

by Rev. Nyanchumo Lotha, Executive Secretary, LBES at the sideline of a seminar on “Clean Election” conducted during a recently concluded three-day revival program in Wokha Town, informed a press release received here.

During the seminar, resource persons Rev. Zanao Mozhui, Pastor, DLBC and Rev. Chumben Kyon, Associate Pastor, DLBC respectively gave presentations on Biblical and Social perspective of clean election, it said.

The revival program was organised by Lotha Baptist Ekhumkho Sanrhyutsu (Lotha Baptist Churches Association) for its 138 member churches from April 21-23 at Public Ground, Wokha Town.

E Stewards at LBES Lothatsu Revival.

With the theme, “Revive Us, O Lord,” the revival programme was sponsored by the Wokha Town Baptist Church; Kohima Lotha Baptist Church; and Dimapur Lotha Baptist Church.

At the closing program Rev. C Yanthan, Pastor, Lotha Baptist Church, Purana Bazar Dimapur led the candlelight service, where the congregation numbering fourteen to fifteen thousand raised lit candles singing to the tune of “Let your light shine” and “in one accord cried to the Lord to hear their voice and revive the people of Lotha community,” the release further informed.

The candles were lit one by one, as a symbolic of

spreading a message from one person to another, it said.

“With a view that Lotha community need a renewal and recommitment, the need to draw closer to God and His word, the LBES initiated the revival program to seek God’s forgiveness ,and to arise and build like Nehemiah, to lead a life of holiness, love, truthfulness and to revive the Lotha people,” it added.

The LBES also expressed hope and belief that the successful conduct of the revival program was “work of God, and reviving the Lotha community to come back to health and vigour, to flourish again after decline, to come back

into use, to become valid, effective and restored.”

Earlier, the event started with a the dedication of the Meeting Hall and unveiling of the Banner by Rev. NT Murry while speakers in the event were Rev. Mhathung Yanthan,Pastor (KLBC); Rev. John Ovung Pastor Senjum(SBC); Rev. Dr. Nzan Odyuo, Principal,Golden Crown College,Dimapur; Rev.LK Tsanglao, Missionary to Nepal; and Rev. Nyanchumo Lotha, Executive Secretary LBES. During the three-days program special songs were presented by the Wokha Town Baptist Church, Kohima Lotha Baptist Church and Staff of LBES.

very year April 25 is observed as World Malaria Day (WMD).

WMD gives people the opportunity to learn about malaria and promote its elimination across the country. The theme for 2017 is “End Malaria for good”.

Over the last decade, India has made major progress in the fight against malaria. National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, the implementing nodal agency for Vector Borne Diseases in the country has framed a National Malaria Elimination Programme and committed itself towards a malaria free country by 2030.

The National Framework for Malaria Elimination in India (20162030) was launched by the Union Health Minister in February 2016.

The framework has four objectives: • Eliminate malaria from all Category 1 and category 2 states/UTs (26) with low and moderate-transmission of malaria by 2022 • Reduce the incidence of malaria to less than one case per 1000 population per year in all states/UTs and their districts and achieve malaria elimination in 31 states/ Uts by 2024 • Interrupt indigenous transmis-

sion of malaria in all states/UTs (Category 3) by 2027 • Prevent re-establishment of local transmission of malaria in areas where it has been eliminated and maintain malaria-free status nationally by 2030.

Under this framework, all states/ UTs have been grouped into one of four categories based on their malaria burden, specific objectives have been established for each of these categories and a mix of interventions will be implemented in each of them.

It is expected that by 2030 the entire country will have sustained zero indigenous cases and deaths due to malaria for three years and initiated the process of WHO certification of malaria elimination Towards achieving the elimination goal, NVBDCP has been providing effective diagnostic tools (bivalent RDT), drugs (ACT), improved protective measures like Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets and logistic support i.e mobility, manpower etc.

NVBDCP Nagaland, Directorate of Health & Family Welfare Nagaland is working closely with the dept. of NVBDCP, New Delhi in order to achieve malaria elimination in the

state by 2030.

Towards this end, the involvement of other intersectoral departments like Urban Development, Agriculture, Public Health Engineering, Work and Housing, Municipals, Fisheries, Education, NGOs, private health providers etc is pertinent.

The programme also makes a fervent appeal to the community at large to contribute in means by keeping the surroundings clean, doing away with stagnant water, accepting Indoor residual spray, daily usage of LLIN/ bed nets and education oneself on the aspects of prevention and awareness of malaria. The Programme also requests the community to seek for early diagnosis and complete treatment as blood test and anti-malarial drugs are provided free of cost in all government health centers.

As ambitious a dream as it may sound, the goal of malaria elimination from the state can be translated into reality through effective partnerships from line departments, involvement of communities and stakeholders to help achieve this goal.

NVBDCP Nagaland, Directorate of Health & Family Welfare Nagaland

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How injustices are addressed determines question of peace

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e are surrounded by contradictions as they exist in everything and contribute to constant fluctuations in our lives. The presence of these contradictions is predictable, but what is essential is how we address them. These contradicting conditions make the question of a shared humanity crucial to attaining a JustPeace, and at its heart grapples with the question of whether a people can freely exercise their rights to determine the course of their own future.

How peace is attained is directly related to the idea of a shared humanity, for only a peaceful and dignified future can lead to a condition of a shared humanity. In other words, peace is not defined as or limited to the absence of war and violence. Rather, peace is designed intentionally and constructed as a dynamic and interdependent existential reality in which people live with dignity; and can freely determine and exercise their freedom. A shared humanity has a vibrant consciousness that is engaged with the process of defining and living in the present in which transformation is possible.

The existing dominant paradigms of peace have been obsessed with the ‘other.’ The more walls that it builds the more it will have to tear down, when it finally realizes that all of humanity actually needs each other. The monotheism of force has been at the center of state response to conflicting interests and historical experiences show that this lack of critical imagination and the arrogance of power perpetuate the assumption that the hammer is the only means available to deal with people who disagree with you.

Hence the endeavor to find out-of-the-box solutions to conflict is not about who the ‘others’ are, it really is about who we are and how we respond to issues of injustice. How we address injustice (of all forms) is central to whether we can build a peaceful context. By injustice it primarily implies state and structural violence and subsequently all other forms of violence that prevents the fullness of a dignified humanity.

To make peace a living reality, we need to recognize that it is impossible and undesirable to ‘eliminate the other.’ If our response to conflict is more violence, then, in the final analysis, we would end up being no better off, possibly even worse.

We need to explore and create value-based approaches to address conflicting interests in more creative, imaginative and dignified ways in which domination, oppression and the use of force are relegated to the past.

Let’s envision a few decades ahead of where we are today to a time when humans would have already realized a shared humanity. Using this as the entry point, return to the present and in the process identify what it would mean and require to achieve a shared humanity. Such a shared humanity would stem from the values of interconnectivity and interdependence within which the security and wellbeing of any one community, nation or people are inseparable with the well-being of others, are mutually respected, understanding, cooperate, and invest in our mutual destiny that benefits everyone.

Let’s critically reflect on the direction that we find ourselves moving as it is a time for us to engage in self-criticism and to truthfully examine our present status and find concrete ways in which we can make the most of the present as we move to the future. The key is to develop a capacity to see and think strategically.

Peace is possible when we are committed to listening and reasoning together with clarity and foresight. Through honest dialogue we can explore together new and respectful approaches to address conflicting interests in more creative, imaginative and cooperative ways. Peace becomes meaningful when we are able to both address and uproot the core issues of conflict, not by avoiding them. By transforming injustice to justice, peace is possible.

We must be persuaded to move beyond what exists while still living in the present, not become immobilized by it. To create what does not exist is to recognize that we are part of a complex web of relationships, including those with whom we differ.

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UN tool uses satellite data to help farmers save water The tool allows users to spot areas where water is used inefficiently and take action by changing the irrigation system or switching to a more water-efficient crop

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new Google-powered online tool that uses satellite data to map water consumption in Africa and the Middle East aims to help farmers produce more crops with less water, the United Nations said on

April 20.

WaPOR, an open-access database developed by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) enables countries to easily monitor how efficiently farms use water, allowing for improvements in irrigation and food production, the agency said.

Climate change and a growing global population, set to reach more than 9 billion by 2050, are putting additional pressure on the world's ever scarcer water resources.

As agriculture is responsible for 70 percent of all water used on the planet, it will be critical to increase "crop per drop", experts say.

"Water use continues to surge at the same time that climate change - with increasing droughts and extreme weather - is altering and reducing water availability for agriculture," said FAO's deputy director-general Maria Helena Semedo.

"That puts a premium on making every drop count," she said in a statement.

WaPOR uses complex satellite data on weather, temperature, soil and vegetation to calculate how much crop yield is produced per cubic metre of water consumed.

The tool allows users like governments or farmers to spot areas where water is used inefficiently and take action by changing the irrigation system or switching to a more waterefficient crop, FAO said.

"You can compare with your neighbour and say: 'Look he is planting his wheat field one month ahead of me or using this kind of irrigation system or fertilizer and he is doing much better'," FAO technical officer Livia Peiser, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

The project funded by the Netherlands went live with data on Africa and the Middle East. FAO said more detailed information on countries facing water scarcity, including Mali, Ethiopia, Jordan and Egypt, will be made available later this year.

Two thirds of the world's population live in areas experiencing water scarcity at least one month a year, according to the United Nations.

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Alicia Ely Yamin openDemocracy

“Speaking truth to power:” A call for praxis in human rights Human rights require struggles over power and systems of thought—not just fights against individual violators and institutional inequities

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hile conservative populist nationalism surged in the last year, I do not agree that its ascendance was inevitable. But I do believe that the human rights community writ large—from North and South alike— must grasp this opportunity to turn to a praxis grounded in struggles against abuses of power, of all sorts. The word “praxis” suggests the need to connect philosophical ideas and theory with real-life experience and action in the political world, yet there is a tendency at this time to be defensive or critical of the human rights discourse, and neither of these positions fully captures empirical realities. There are equally tendencies to argue that the way forward is to focus on national, grassroots movements or, alternatively, to reinforce a rules-based internationalism. I do not pretend to know—or even think that—there is a single path forward. But I do fervently believe that the justified alarm around recent events provides an opportunity for profound reflection on human rights theory and practice that cannot be wasted.

Marx famously said that he was not interested in understanding the world but in changing the world. But now more than ever, we need to understand the world in order to change it, if we are to have any hope of seeing “a social and international order” where everyone can effectively enjoy their human rights. Human rights are, or should fundamentally be, about the regulation of power—as shields from tyranny in the public square and private bedroom; as curbs on public lassitude and private greed that undermine social justice; but also, and urgently, as challenges to the structures of thought that also drive patterns of suffering and indignity across the globe. Over the decades, promoters of human rights pushed the bounds of human and governmental agency; re-interpreted norms in light of different populations’ experiences; showed the porousness and arbitrariness of divides between the public and private, and between the political and economic realms in the traditional “liberal state”; and created institutional frameworks and procedures at national and international levels. Throughout, the single most important source of human rights consciousness and energy has come from the diverse people who have been affected by, and collectively struggled against, what Paul Farmer has elegantly termed “pathologies of power.”

Yet the nature of power abuses that rights seek to confront has evolved.

Struggles against “traditional” oppression and brutality, as well as in defense of democratic institutions, clearly remain pressing. But it is also true the international order for which postWar institutions were built is now “the

global order”. And a global elite, which conservative nationalists cynically decry for their own interests, has captured this global order. Indeed, neoliberalism has become a hegemonic form of organizing the world, as well as our collective consciousness.

When everything from health care to genetic information is commercialized, and everything from romantic relationships to politics (the epitome of this being Trump) to the public square itself (as in Facebook) becomes a marketing opportunity, meaning is hollowed out. When decisional autonomy is reduced to “consumer choice,” it degrades the idea of what being human means. And human rights depend, more than anything else, on this simultaneously inter-subjective and collective idea of humans as subjects of reason and conscience, members of a polity, and agents of change.

When rights are no longer “the magic wand of inclusion and exclusion, of visibility and invisibility, of power and no power… the marker of our citizenship and our relation to others” that US black feminist scholar Patricia Williams so eloquently described, we need to understand not just why but also what to do. We cannot confront hegemonic power the same way as we have historically confronted domination; as French critical theorist, Henri Baudrillard argues, hegemony is fought not from the outside in but the inside out.

Thus, it is not surprising that responses to this alienating and exclusionary discourse of modernity are fundamentally anti-modernist—from radical Islamic groups to the Christian fundamentalists who mix racist and misogynistic aspirations with legitimate economic frustration in the US and seek to sow uncertainty, chaos and violence to undermine the existing or-

der at national and global levels. Nor is it surprising that in place of the pluralist constitutionalist visions modernism offered, human identity for these groups is reduced to a series of binary adjectives untethered to the complexity of reality—white/black, Christian/Muslim, immigrant/citizen, gay/ straight, male/female, etc.

So, what can we do in the human rights community? Of course many in this diverse community are already engaged in collective reflection, as this forum attests. But I believe that we must reach across silos as well as across North/South and academic/ activist divides to be able to more effectively deploy rights frameworks and tools to subvert the forms of hegemonic power that so pervasively colonize our consciousness.

The power of hegemony lies in the acceptance of the inevitability of a given set of social structures and processes, to the point where they cease to be seen as mutable political arrangements and become the “way things are”. Speaking truth to power requires that the human rights community stand outside the magical circle of belief about the neoliberal understanding of the progress in the world. The ever-greater abdication of responsibility by states (and some institutions of global governance) to private actors, is, after all, a political stance about the role of markets in allocating social goods, and the meaning of accountability. It’s not a neutral quest for greater efficiency and innovation.

The way in which knowledge and systems of knowledge are (re)produced can, however, be more subtle.

For example, the creation of human rights indicators, has been driven by the very real need to go beyond the symbolism of norms and capture policy efforts and outcomes, especially in economic and social rights. Yet the

recent exponential surge in the adoption of such indicators (often quantitative and synthetic, meaning combining two or more measures), by donors, governments and global institutions suggests that only what gets counted, counts.

The goal of enabling objective cross-country comparisons appears naturally desirable, reasonable and neutral. Nonetheless, it is precisely the abstraction from social context— and therefore from complexities such as what legal norms imply in different societies, the meaningfulness of participation and other process concerns—that can cause these crystallized metrics to sometimes obscure more than they reveal about the power dynamics at play. Rather than better capturing reality, such indicators may well come to define reality. And overreliance on such technocratic exercises may well undermine our consciousness of the need to struggle against the structural obstacles within countries and in the global order.

The human rights community has already developed methods to identify harmful gender stereotypes or inadvertent discrimination, along with criteria for assessing and making inequity in policy and budgetary efforts visible.

Now, it needs to develop a praxis for exposing and disrupting the discourses that structure our collective imaginations, as well as destabilizing neoliberal paradigms that impoverish our conceptions of development, democracy, and the meaning of being human.

Alicia Ely Yamin is a visiting professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center and program director of the Health and Human Rights Initiative at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown.

Turkey’s Referendum: The real winners, and losers Howard eissenstat

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unday’s narrow win for the “yes” campaign for constitutional change in Turkey was perhaps the worst possible result for the country. Turkish democracy, always more aspiration than reality, is now in tatters. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the presidential system he had desired for so long, but in doing so betrayed weaknesses that will embolden his enemies.

Neither the campaign nor the voting were free or fair. The entire campaign – and the referendum vote itself – took place under a state of emergency. Thousands of members of the opposition Democratic People’s Party (HDP) have been jailed, including most of its leadership. During the campaign, Erdogan’s administration and supporters routinely pulled down “no” banners, disrupted opposition rallies or banned them altogether.

Some 500,000 mostly Kurdish citizens, most of whom would likely have opposed the referendum, are internally displaced; many were unable to register and the government did little to help them do so.

On Election Day, independent observers were regularly banned from polling stations. More dramatically,

the country’s High Commission on Elections (YSK) allowed voting cards without an official stamp to be counted as valid votes – a decision that would have made ballot stuffing very easy. In this climate, there was almost certainly some fraud. The question of whether the fraud was broad enough to turn the results of a tightly contested referendum will probably never be answered.

The opposition is challenging the results.

For his part, Erdogan is unlikely to either alter course or moderate his authoritarian behavior. For him, elections are a means of demonstrating his legitimacy, not testing it. He knows that the voters supported the referendum by a slim margin, but there are no indications that he will see the result as anything less than a mandate for further change. Expect no new “moderation” after Sunday’s vote.

Erdogan’s first steps after the referendum seem aimed at underlining his brand of tough-talking populist nationalism. Speaking to supporters on Monday, he said he had been attacked by the "crusader mentality in the West," after European monitors criticized the vote.

For all of his outward show of bravado, the narrowness of the victory

may have unsettled Erdogan. While his position is strong, it is not unassailable. He remains vulnerable to another attempted coup, like the one that threatened his power in July. It is also possible that dissidents within his own Justice and Development Party (AKP) might attempt to assert themselves after the party’s weaker-than-expected showing in the referendum.

He also faces the danger of a resurgent opposition, particularly if the People’s Republican Party (CHP) and Nationalist Action Party (MHP) can work together, as they did in the Ankara municipal election of 2014, which the ruling AKP party only held by the narrowest of margins and with significant evidence of electoral fraud. A coordinated opposition under the leadership of someone like former MHP dissident Meral Aksener could make real inroads into the AKP’s monopoly on the center right and potentially remake the electoral map in important ways.

But betting against Erdogan is a risky game. He is a master strategist and ruthless politician. Erdogan is unlikely to reach out to his rivals; his instincts have consistently been to crush the opposition, not compromise with

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it. Less than 12 hours after declaring victory in the referendum, the Turkish government agreed to renew the nationwide state of emergency, first initiated after the attempted coup, for another three months.

Erdogan will continue to use the state of emergency as a way to harass and isolate political enemies, real and perceived, trampling civil liberties along the way. Already, 47,000 people have been detained, including more than 100 journalists. Hundreds of civil society organizations have been closed, and some 120,000 civil servants sacked or suspended from their jobs.

This purge will continue and expand.

Anyone who might conceivably challenge Erdogan’s power is likely to be caught in the crosshairs.

Erdogan had promised that the referendum would bring stability, democracy and prosperity to Turkey. The truth is that the constitutional changes make all of those goals less likely. And the narrowness of Erdogan’s victory – along with improprieties along the way – mean that Turkey’s near future is likely to be very stormy indeed.

Howard Eissenstat is an Associate Professor of Middle East History at St. Lawrence University and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Project for Middle East Democracy (POMED)

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Can António Guterres fend off America’s War on the UN? Dulcie Leimbach

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hen António Guterres was chosen by the United Nations Security Council in October to become the next leader of the UN, neither he nor anyone else could have predicted precisely who would be commanding the Oval Office of the White House in January 2017, just as Guterres’s term opened.

Now that Donald Trump has assumed the presidency of the United States, Guterres not only inherited a caseload of hellish problems to control with limited powers but he must also manage Trumpian plots to minimize if not gut the UN’s core work.

As a European ambassador summarized the situation for Guterres: “The terms of engagement have changed since he got the job. This is very different from anything we’ve ever seen before.”

While the wars in Yemen and Syria rage on and people die there with not one person sent to jail or prosecuted for war crimes; and as terrorism persists, famine looms in parts of the world and millions of refugees hang in limbo, Guterres surely knew his job would be ridiculously challenging.

To put it graphically, Guterres has inherited “a real pile of shit,” said Thomas G. Weiss, a New York scholar on the UN. Raised a Catholic in Lisbon, Guterres wanted to become secretary-general to act as a savior. Having spent 10 years visiting refugee camps as head of that UN agency and given his Socialist tendencies to remember the poor and fix human injustices, Guterres might have innocently assumed he had the backing of the richest country in the world, America.

“His deep caring and pain were evident when he confessed that there was one question that always weighs heavy on his heart. ‘That is: how can we help the millions of people caught up in conflict, suffering massively in wars with no end in sight?’ ” said Kairat Umarov, the ambassador of Kazakhstan to the UN and an elected member of the Security Council.

But support from Trump, who tweeted revenge for what he perceived as the UN’s anti-Israel bias and clubby ways right before he moved into the White House, couldn’t be more unreliable than at any time in the last 10 years for the world body.

This is not the first secretary-general to withstand serious blows by US administrations that were striving to win points from a broad swath of American voters, who are generally clueless about the UN. “The other time it was like this was in the early days of [Ronald] Reagan — rocky,” recalled an American who held a top political affairs post at the UN. Moreover, with John Bolton, a US ambassador to the UN under the George W. Bush administration, the American noted, “things could have been hairy.” Yet everything, he concluded, worked out in the end for the UN. In talking with ambassadors who represent their countries at the UN as well as policy specialists and academics, most people expressed instant empathy for Guterres as he copes in his first months in his new job, especially regarding his relationship with the US. People who commented on Guterres — mainly on background — want him to succeed.

Advice to Guterres came from many quarters. He should frame his interests and agenda “in a way where he convinces the Trump administration that he’s their ally, not their opponent,” said Melissa Labonte, a professor of political science at Fordham University in the Bronx who has written about the UN. Trump’s fast moves to defund parts of the UN has made the normally confident Guterres “very troubled,” said a South American diplomat. Trump recently cut millions of dollars of contributions to the UN Population Fund, which provides lifesaving maternal-health care — and contraceptives — to the world’s poorest women.

Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, is busy hammering away at peacekeeping missions, regardless of what any mission may do — like fight Al Qaeda terrorists in the Sahel region of Africa — or whether she has ever visited these precarious sites. She skipped a UN Security Council trip to the Lake Chad basin in West Africa, what some media and political leaders are calling the world’s most neglected crisis.

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António Guterres has traveled to Africa, Europe and the Middle East since becoming UN secretary-general in January 2017. He arrives at the Mogadishu airport in Somalia, above, on March 7, 2017. (UN Photo)

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Prompted by Haley, who has admitted she is still learning on the job, Guterres sent a memo to UN program leaders to “adjust” to US cuts. Reductions to other UN aid programs hover as the US sharpens its knife to its own development arm, USAID. “All objectives — the SDGs, peace and security — will not be achieved in the short- to mediumterm,” the South American diplomat said. Guterres, who has been traveling nearly nonstop around the Middle East, Africa and Europe, would prefer to stay in New York more often. But if you consider where he has traveled — to such places as Berlin, Brussels and oilrich Middle East nations — it may indicate he is seeking money to fill a widening US hole.

Some diplomats noted with alarm that with the US retrenching financially and criticizing it in blanket ways — always a simple target — China is eager to step into the void.

Japan, which is the second-largest donor to the UN general budget, after the US, and the third-largest to the peacekeeping budget (after US and China), said it was tracking such moves by its giant neighbor.

Yet a Japanese diplomat said in an interview that it was “premature” to declare whether his country would increase its financial donations to the UN peacekeeping budget and other operations.

“China is obviously more active on the international front,” the diplomat said. “We will see what China will do in the UN” and “observe what China is going to do on the ground.”

Guterres, who is 67 and goes by Tony, is married to Catarina Vaz Pinto, who has stayed in Lisbon as the deputy mayor for cultural affairs. Guterres did his homework when he arrived on the 38th floor of the UN secretariat: his roomy office offers stunning views of New York from his aerie above the East River, including densely packed Queens, a microcosm of UN nationalities.

His goal was “conflict prevention,” a mantra he invoked as a candidate for secretary-general, and his rhetoric was rooted in practicality: he wanted to keep conflicts from happening rather than unwind them as they tore places and people apart.

He was also more than willing, he said repeatedly, to reform the UN bureaucracy to be more deliberate.

“We expect Mr. Guterres to continue to work on a number of important agendas”: peace and security, reform and development and ridding peacekeeping of sexual abuses, the Japanese diplomat noted.

Angela Wells, the communications officer for the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs at Fordham University, has worked with the Jesuit Refugee Service in Africa. She said she appreciated Guterres’s focus on conflict prevention, but that he needs to give more attention to protecting humanitarian workers, who have been increasingly killed on the job.

“In South Sudan, where historically humanitarian workers could work free from any substantive insecurity, we’re not seeing that anymore,” Wells said. “They are continually under threat in places like Yemen and Syria. He needs to emphasize that there must be no immunity for these crimes. Once humanitarian workers lose access, the whole response can collapse.”

the UN — most of which must go through Congress — could provide an opportunity for Guterres to change the world body, like sharing control more evenly among the 193 member nations, a few people suggested.

“The UN at large and SecretaryGeneral Guterres, in particular, should regard these cuts as an opportunity to welcome greater contributions from the many emerging political and economic powers to better reflect the new multipolar world order,” said Mona Ali Khalil, a legal adviser for Independent Diplomat, an international group that represents nonstate actors in peace negotiations.

Guterres, Khalil added, could also achieve more diversity and regional representation in what remains a permanent-five-centric “distribution of leadership positions over the substantive departments of the Secretariat.”

UN staff members cheered on Guterres when he arrived for his first day at the UN in New York on Jan. 3. His jaunty enthusiasm struck a new tone for the UN, downtrodden by the inability of the former secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, to halt the war in Syria — stuck by Russia and China on the Security Council and unsuccessful diplomacy by the US, Britain and France, the other permanent Council members.

Guterres ran into political flak immediately with the US as he chose a special envoy for the UN’s “support mission” in Libya. Salam Fayyad, a well-respected former prime minister of Palestine, may have gotten the imperative green light from Nikki Haley, but she was apparently overruled by the White House.

This embarrassment for Guterres revealed how much he needed to clear his decisions deep within the US presidency. Such direct approval has not been necessary for previous secretaries-general.

As a counterweight, Guterres had also planned to pick Tzipi Livni, the Israeli politician, for another top envoy spot in the UN. That idea vanished amid the Fayyad flap.

Another first step for Guterres was to revive the dormant Cyprus peace talks on political reunification of the island, now divided into Greek and Turkish sections. Much fanfare was made as Espen Barth Eide, the UN envoy for Cyprus and a Norwegian, met with the two sides in the Cyprus standoff early in the year. After many photo opportunities and sessions, the talks have fallen off the map.

Some analysts and media accuse the Russians for interfering in the negotiations, as they try to maintain control of offshore gas development near the island and their offshore banking interests in Cyprus.

The first Trump immigration ban, announced on Jan. 27, symbolized Guterres’s inner conflicts as the new secretary-general: should he speak against the ban on seven Muslim-majority countries to the US or relegate that tricky role to other UN officials, like the low-key refugee chief, Filippo Grandi, an Italian? Guterres took days to remark publicly on the ban, which was blocked (as was the one trotted out in March), taking heat on Twitter and from the media at the UN for his days of silence.

Since then, Guterres has held only two meetings with journalists who cover the UN in New York; for a man who vouched he would be a

reporters. His “discreet diplomacy,” as his office calls it, has meant not automatically issuing statements about meetings with VIPS like the ex-mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, and some government leaders, such as Justin Trudeau, the prime minister of Canada, who stopped by the UN last week.

Other crucial private discussions include half-dozen conversations with Haley, who said she found the UN “misguided.” (When asked by a reporter about what “worked” at the UN, Haley said “the diplomats” – who are not, of course, staff members of the UN.) Haley is rumored to be forging a national name for herself through her ambassadorship to the UN, starting with unpopular tactics like decreasing the size of UN peacekeeping missions and closing others. Haley hammered the Congo operation first, despite violent politics in the country and the recent murder there of an American working for the UN, Michael Sharp. (Another UN colleague, Zaida Catalan, from Sweden, was also murdered, along with a Congolese translator.)

Haley’s approach to UN peacekeeping is not strictly about numbers, said an Italian diplomat; otherwise, “we would oppose that.”

Instead, peacekeeping reform by Haley — and by Guterres — represents “an evolution” in fleshing out which missions need to be reviewed.

An accountant who ran South Carolina for nearly two terms as governor, Haley, the daughter of Indian immigrants, has endorsed Trump’s refugee bans, calling them necessary for keeping America safe.

Her profile at the UN has spiked as she condemned the chemical weapons assault in Syria on April 4 and justified the retaliatory US missile strikes two days later. Yet her contradictions linger, as the week before those events she said that removing Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, was not a US priority. Her immediate boss, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, has also been contradictory on US foreign policy in Syria, but he has grown more consistent on his stance as he heads to Russia for a visit this week.

Haley came to the UN after turning down Trump’s offer of secretary of state, she confirmed, and as her second term as governor had one year left, with term limits stopping her from a third try in the near future. Her reputation in South Carolina was built on combining stern warnings with “Happy Monday” greetings. A big win for her was preventing a Boeing plant from unionizing in a state that never embraced collective bargaining by employees.

Haley’s blunt disdain for the Human Rights Council — “so corrupt” — echoes ancient sentiments from previous US administrations.

Except, that is, for Obama’s, which determined that participating in the Council was smarter diplomacy than abandoning it. Haley’s foreignpolicy contradictions extend to the Council’s membership: as Trump welcomed Egypt’s leader, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, to the White House, he and Haley didn’t mention that Egypt may be one of the big spoilers on the Council.

“Ambassador Haley has said she is looking for ‘value’ in the Council, which she called ‘corrupt’ and filled with ‘bad actors’ — ignoring that it has, for example, established important investigations and reports on North Korea, Iran, Syria, Belarus,

ican Jewish Committee’s Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights.

Meanwhile, Guterres, Gaer noted in an email, “hasn’t defended the Council when it should be defended, nor criticized it directly. (In Geneva he said it had to be balanced, and credible, but attached no country names to his remarks which seemed to be aimed at the Council’s treatment of Israel — but might have just as easily been soothing word for Iran or Syria.)

“He needs to focus more directly on fixing the Council’s obsession with Israel, including by conveying to states that they need to end the biased treatment and should treat Israel like other countries.”

Guterres is also lagging in his goal to inject fresh blood in his ranks. He kept Ban’s communications team in place and reappointed Western officials to the most influential jobs, like peacekeeping (France), political affairs (US) and disarmament (Japan) — all men.

His vow to shape a more equal UN by gender and by region is flagging.

His senior appointments by gender, however, are much more advanced than under the previous secretarygeneral, Ban Ki-moon, according to the New York University Center on International Cooperation.

In addition, his deputy, Amina Mohammed, a Nigerian who was environment minister until March and the orchestrator of the UN’s 17 global development goals, made a splash when she arrived at the UN but has not been seen much since.

Guterres’s most powerful ally among UN member states is France.

France wanted Guterres, a former Portuguese prime minister, in the UN job from the get-go, reflecting the Socialist agenda of François Hollande, who leaves office as president of France this year, as well as other Western European governments. South Americans, like Brazil, a Portuguese-speaking nation, rallied close to him, too.

Most ambassadors interviewed for this article offered sympathetic assessments on Guterres: a Russian diplomat — as if mirroring his own plight — said Guterres was a “strong man” working under “huge pressures.” The American who worked in UN political affairs under Reagan and George W. Bush said that Guterres was “hitting the right notes” on peace and security issues while not getting “into arguments with the incoming administration” of the US. After all, he added, “They [Trump administration] don’t know what they’re doing.”

Member states, explained an African ambassador on the Security Council, were banding together to optimize Guterres’s position with the US. “We are helping him by talking to America on how to improve this issue,” the diplomat said.

“If any man can deal with that government” — the US — “it’s António Guterres,” said Terje RodLarsen, a Norwegian who runs the International Peace Institute, a think tank located across the street from the UN. A low bar for Guterres could be his most important advantage, said Thomas Weiss, the academic expert, given that Guterres followed Ban Ki-moon — a “disaster.”

“Never take a job after someone who has done a terrific job,” Weiss said. “You can’t possibly do it better.

So, Guterres has the good fortune of

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Students clash with security forces in Srinagar Mehbooba says PM amenable to talks to ease Kashmir situation

Girl students pelt stones at security personnel during clashes in the vicinity of Lal Chowk in Srinagar on April 24.(PTI Photo)

SriNAgAr, April 24 (AgeNcieS): Protests rocked the heart of Srinagar on Monday morning as students clashed with police who used tear gas to disperse the protesters as colleges opened after a five-day shutdown.

As soon as colleges reopened on Monday, students of Sri Pratap Higher Secondary School and College came out on roads adjacent to the institutions and pelted stones on security forces who retaliated with tear gas and water cannons.

Students shouted Islamic and pro-azaadi slogans as they charged at the security personnel. At one point, forces also fired in the air to disperse the protesters.

Senior superintendent of police, Srinagar, Imtiaz Ismail Parray was hit by a stone in his arm. “I am fine now,” he told HT. The protests came on a day

when Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and pressed for a dialogue with separatists in the state.

Eyewitnesses recounted that students from the SP College climbed up the walls of the nearby women’s college and started targeting security personnel with stones.

“Some students also reached the gate of the women’s college and from there targeted the security personnel. Meanwhile, behind the boys, some women students also started protesting inside the women’s college campus and eventually, some of them protested on the road as well,” an eyewitness said.

Police fired dozens of tear gas shells inside the women’s college campus that left students and faculty members present inside feel-

Chhota Rajan held guilty in fake passport case

New Delhi, April 24 (iANS): A court here on Monday convicted underworld don Rajendra Sadashiv Nikhalje alias Chhota Rajan and others in a fake passport case. Besides Chhota Rajan, four other accused convicted in the case are -- then passport officers Jayashree Dattatray Rahate, Deepak Natvarlal Shah and Lalitha Lakshmanan. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Virender Kumar Goyal held Rajan guilty of possessing a fake passport. Till date, it is the first case in which Chhota Rajan, who is facing around 70 cases, has been held guilty. The court on June 8, 2016, framed charges against Chhota Rajan and Jayashree Dattatray Rahate, Deepak Natvarlal Shah and Lalitha Lakshmanan under sections of the Indian Penal Code dealing with criminal conspiracy, cheating, cheating by impersonation and forgery of documents. The CBI in its chargesheet alleged that Chhota Rajan got issued a fake passport from Bengaluru in 1998-99 in connivance with Rahate, Shah and Lakshmanan in the name of Mohan Kumar. The court has directed the three accused to be taken into judicial custody till April 25. The court will also hear argument on quantum of sentence on Tuesday. Rajan is involved in over 85 cases, ranging from murder to extortion, smuggling and drug trafficking. He has over 70 cases pending against him in Maharashtra, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, apart from those filed by the CBI.

Govt not imposing Hindi but promoting it: Rijiju

New Delhi, April 24 (pTi): The Centre today said it is not imposing Hindi on anyone but promoting it like other regional languages. "We are not imposing Hindi but promoting Hindi like any other language," Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju told reporters here. Rijiju is the minister incharge of the Department of Official Language. His comments came in the backdrop allegations levelled by certain quarters that the Modi government is trying to impose Hindi on non-Hindi speaking states. DMK leader M K Stalin has accused the Centre of trying to relegate people who don't speak Hindi, to second-class citizens and of pushing the country into becoming "Hindia". The controversy was generated after President Pranab Mukherjee accepted the recommendation of the Committee of Parliament on Official Language that all dignitaries including the president and ministers, especially those who can read and speak Hindi, may be requested to give their speech/statement in Hindi only.

ing suffocated, a teacher said.

Lal Chowk and adjoining areas descended into chaos with traffic caught in the ensuing disturbance while tear gas smoke left pedestrians with fits of coughing. A press photographer was also reportedly injured while covering the clashes.

A shopkeeper, who sells books and newspaper near Lal Chowk, said, “In the long period of time, I have been working out of Lal Chowk, I have never seen such a situation. It seems students have overcome their fear of injury or even death.”

The students kept regrouping and targeting the security forces after short intervals. A police control room official said that students had come out on the roads and security forces retaliated to quell the protests. “The situation is now under control,” the official said on Monday afternoon.

Former chief minister Omar Abdullah tweeted: “While @MehboobaMufti goes door to door in Delhi to save her job the state teeters on the brink - student protests are the new worry.”

Student protests have become a new challenge for the administration in Kashmir where the law and order situation has gone downhill after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani last summer.

Unprecedented student protests had erupted across the Valley last Monday against the alleged high-handedness of security forces in Pulwama Degree College in south Kashmir on April 15. Following the clashes on April 17, the government had ordered shutdown of classes in the institutions in an attempt to prevent escalation of law andorder situation.

New Delhi, April 24 (pTi) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said the prime minister appears amenable to holding talks with stake holders in a bid to arrest the deteriorating situation in the Valley.

However, she cautioned, that "an atmosphere needs to be created" for a dialogue. "Talks cannot happen amid stone pelting and firing of bullets," she told reporters after a 20-minute meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence.

At the meeting, she invoked former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's policy on Kashmir, and said the thread should be picked up from where he had left off -- an apparent suggestion for talks with separatists.

"The prime minister has an intention of holding talks after the situation becomes normal," Mehbooba told reporters.

Kashmir is in the grip of increased violence since the April 9 by-poll for the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency. The security forces are under intense pressure as they are faced with almost daily protests and stone-pelting.

The army and the CRPF have received some praise for showing restraint under provocation, and also come under criticism, especially after a video showed a civilian tied to a jeep as a human shield as it drove through the streets to avoid being attacked.

"Talks are the only option," Mehbooba said."How long

can you have a confrontation." "Talks with Hurriyat (Conference) had taken place when Vajpayee ji was the Prime Minister and L K Advani ji was the Deputy Prime Minister. We need to start from where Vajpayee ji left. Talks are the only way out," she said.

Referring to the increase in stone-pelting incidents in the Valley, she said there were some young people who were "disillusioned" while some were being "instigated", often through the use of social media sites such as Facebook and Whatsapp.

Rising tensions between the coalition partners, the PDP and the BJP, over the handling of the security situation in Kashmir also came up at the meeting. The coalition also came under strain when the PDP lost a seat in the recently held MLC polls when an independent MLA voted in favour of BJP can-

didate Vikram Randhawa, leading to his victory. "Whatever happened should not have taken place. But this is an internal matter and we will resolve it with the BJP," she said.

She also raised the Indus water treaty issue, saying it was causing a huge loss of Rs 20,000 crore to the state. Mehbooba said the prime minister assured her that efforts would be made to see how the state would be compensated for this.

The Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister said the situation in Kashmir would be discussed in a meeting of the Unified Command tomorrow.

The GOC-in-C Northern Command, GOC 16 Corps, GOC 15 corps, DGP J&K, IG BSF, IG CRPF, senior officers of the IB and RAW and Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh will also participate in the meeting in Srinagar.

Bihar adopts GST; Nitish terms it as 'a historic moment'

pATNA, April 24 (pTi): Both the Houses of Bihar Legislature today unanimously adopted the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill along with the Bihar taxation (Amendment) Bill, becoming the second state after Telangana to pave the way for roll out of the GST from July 1. Bihar Legislative Assembly as well as Legislative Council adopted the Bills related to GST with one voice.

Bihar became the second state after Telangana to ratify GST which needs nod of the states after its clearance in Parliament.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar speaking in the state Legislative Council described the passing of

GST by all the parties together as "a historic moment."

Expressing thanks to all the members, Kumar said Bihar has been in favour of GST from the beginning. "Even after change of government, Bihar continued with its support to GST," Kumar, who is heading the Grand Alliance government of JD(U), RJD and Congress, said.

He said the budget session of the two Houses were prorogued on March 31 in anticipation of passing of GST in Parliament and its coming to the state for the same. Leader of Opposition in Legislative Council Sushil Kumar Modi, who had headed a minis-

terial committee on GST during NDA rule in Bihar, expressed happiness over adoption of GST related bills with the help of all the parties.

He expressed thanks to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for standing in favour of GST from the beginning. "On his advise, I had accepted Chairmanship of GST as Finance minister of the state during NDA rule," the senior BJP leader said.

In the Legislative Assembly, bills related to GST were taken up in pre-lunch session and with ruling JD(U), RJD, Congress and even opposition BJP and its NDA partners in support of GST bill, it

was adopted through voice vote.

Commercial Tax minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav had moved the Bihar Goods and Service Bill, 2017 and the Bihar Taxation (Amendment) bill, 2017.

While all the major parties were in favour of GST, JD(U), BJP and Congress tried to score over each other in taking credit in state Legislative Assembly over it.

Sushil Modi praised Nitish Kumar for continuously being in support of GST even when BJP was opposed to it when he was heading a NDA ministry in Bihar.

"A statesman looks for good of next generation while a politician merely looks for next elec-

Aadhar card mandatory for subsidised foodgrains : Centre to High Court

New Delhi, April 24 (iANS): The Central government on Monday told the Delhi High Court that the Aadhaar card was made mandatory for getting subsidised food grain through the Public Distribution System as this was not reaching the poor.

A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Anu Malhotra was further informed by the government that around 2.33 crore ration cards, used to get the benefits under the PDS scheme, turned out to be fake.

PDS is mostly misused in the country so Aadhar card was mad mandatory, said the government.

The government's response

came on a public interest litigation filed by NGO Delhi Rozi Roti Adhikar Abhiyan which sought quashing of the Centre's February 8 notification that made it mandatory for beneficiaries to possess Aadhaar cards for purchasing subsidised food grain under the National Food Security Act (NFSA).

The notification is applicable in all states and Union Territories, except Assam, Meghalaya and Jammu and Kashmir.

The plea said due to the notification's implementation, people are being deprived of their rightful entitlement under the NFSA and it violates the Constitution's Articles 14 and 21. Buyers of ration under

the NFSA, who do not possess the Aadhaar cards, or are not yet enrolled for it but are desirous of availing subsidies under the NFSA, are required to file applications for Aadhaar enrolment by June 30.

The plea said in October 2015, a Supreme Court interim order had allowed for voluntary use of Aadhaar and ruled that no citizen can be denied a service or subsidy for its want as it sought directions to enforce what it said was the fundamental right to food to Delhi residents, particularly the poor and vulnerable groups dependent on subsidised food grain distributed by the Delhi government through the Public Distribution System.

'Govt policy would succeed if generic drug quality improves'

cheNNAi, April 24 (iANS): The Centre's steps to make doctors prescribe drugs by their generic names and not by their brand names may not have material impact without steps for improving the quality standards for drugs, investment banking firm Jefferies has said.

In a report issued on Sunday, Jefferies said: "In our view, without steps for improving quality standards for drugs available in the market, the move will not have much material impact and will shift power from doctors to pharmacists."

According to Jefferies, transition to generics is a long term aim where the first step needs to

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday as the state reeled due a wave of street protests.

be quality.

The push towards generic drugs began with Prime Minister Narendra Modi declaring that the government will bring a legal framework to get doctors to prescribe generic names, said Jefferies. Soon after the Medical Council of India (MCI) directed doctors to write generic names in prescriptions or face disciplinary action.

According to Jefferies, the push to get the doctors to prescribe generic names, is one of the many steps the government has been taking to reduce medical costs in India.

The key ones has been 1) expansion of National list of Essen-

tial Medicines (NLEM) bringing them under price cap, 2) push by the government to increase awareness of generic drug prices and 3) increase access through Jan Aushadhi programme.

"A shift to a generic-generic model (similar to US) from the branded generic model currently in India, requires confidence among doctors, pharmacists and patients on the quality of drugs available in market," Jefferies said.

The key focus of the government then needs to be towards strengthening and empowering the regulator. It also needs to improve and standardise the drug approval process in India, the re-

port added.

"Without quality assurance, move just shifts power to pharmacy - While the push to generic prescription is a positive step for the consumer, without quality assurance and awareness, we believe branded generics will still retain majority share," Jefferies said.

According to the report, prescriptions by generic names will shift the brand selection power to pharmacist.

"The focus of companies, in the current environment, will then shift to pharmacists for marketing their drugs. At the pharmacy level, generic-generic drugs have much higher margins

than branded drugs but the lower retail price and lack of quality assurance will keep branded drugs the preferred pick for pharmacists to dispense," Jefferies said.

According to Jefferies, a move towards a generic-generic market is negative for the Indian pharmaceutical companies.

"This move, though, is a long term target in our view. It will require multiple steps including 1) strengthening the drug approval process, 2) strengthening the drug regulator, 3) increased inspection of drug facilities, 4) increased awareness of generic drugs and their quality and 5) rationalising the fixed dosage combination drugs," Jefferies said.

tion while taking decision on such issues," Yadav said in praise of Kumar.

Leader of Opposition in Assembly Prem Kumar lauded the prime minister for the historic GST legislation which he said would help in checking corruption and increase investment.

Congress Legislature Party leader Sadanand Singh said that his party has been in support of GST from the beginning. "Due to obstacle created by BJP, the GST could not be approved in 2006 during UPA ministry. On account of this, the country lost around 12 lakh crore and now it has been cleared," he said.

No breach of pact by not giving access to Jadhav: Pakistan HC New Delhi, April 24 (pTi): Pakistan today rejected India's assertion that it is violating a bilateral pact by not giving access to retired Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been sentenced to death by a military court there. India has made 15 requests for consular access to 46- year-old Jadhav, who has been convicted of "espionage and sabotage" by a Pakistan army court.

Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit told PTI in an interview that as per the bilateral pact on consular access, cases pertaining to political and security issues, will be decided on merit, indicating that consular access cannot be taken for granted. Categorically dismissing the charge that Jadhav was a spy, India has maintained that he was kidnapped by Pakistani authorities from Iran where he had legitimate business interest.

Rejecting India's stand that Jadhav was kidnapped from Iran, Basit said he was caught in Balochistan and tried for "espionage and sabotage". He also alleged that the Indian national had been travelling to Pakistan for several years and was carrying two Indian passports, including a fake one. On India's position that the whole trial against was "farcical and done in a hush-hush manner", the Pakistani envoy asserted he was tried in a military court because it was not possible to try him in a civilian court.

On repeated requests for consular access to Jadhav

by India, which has also accused Pakistan of violating the bilateral pact on the issue, Basit said, "We have a bilateral agreement under which it is clearly said that in matters relating to political and security issues, those cases should be decided on merit. "So, we have so far taken a decision strictly in accordance with the law of the land and as per the bilateral agreement of 2008 (with India). We have not breached anything.

We are proceeding as per our laws as well as bilateral obligation and commitment."

The high commissioner also referred to the appeal process in Pakistan, saying Jadhav can always go to an appellate court and if the verdict is upheld then he can file a mercy petition to the Pakistan army chief and the Pakistan prime minister. On whether his family can meet him, Basit said it was "too premature" to comment on how the case is going to proceed.

Asked about media reports of retired Pakistani Lt Col Mohammad Habib being abducted by Indian authorities near Indo-Nepal border, the Pakistan envoy said his government is in touch with the Nepalese government on whereabouts of the missing Pakistani national.

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Afghan defence chief quits over attack, as Mattis flies in KABUL, ApriL 24 (reUters): Afghanistan’s defence minister and army chief of staff resigned on Monday after the deadliest ever Taliban attack on a military base, threatening to overshadow a visit

by U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis as Washington looks to craft a new strategy for the country.

Mattis was expected to meet Afghan officials and U.S. commanders who are pushing for more troops.

But his arrival in Kabul came amid the fall-out from Friday’s Taliban assault on a base in the north of the country in which more than 140 Afghan soldiers were killed.

“Defence Minister Abdullah Habibi and Army Chief of Staff Qadam Shah Shahim stepped down with immediate effect,” the office of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announced in a post on its Twitter account.

Shah Hussain Murtazawi, acting spokesman for Ghani, told Reuters the resignations were because of Friday’s attack on a major army base in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif.

Ghani’s office also announced that he had replaced the commanders of four army corps in response to the attack, and defence officials said as many as eight army personnel had been arrested heightening suspicions the attackers had inside help.

The attack underlines the scale of the challenge facing the Western-backed

U.N. finds torture widespread in Afghanistan

US Defense Secretary James Mattis looks out over Kabul as he arrives via helicopter at Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul on April 24. (REUTERS Photo)

government and its international partners more than 15 years after the United States invaded the country. Habibi had come under intense pressure from Afghan lawmakers following an Islamic State attack on a Kabul military hospital in March.

At a news conference on Monday, Habibi and Shahim insisted their resignations were voluntary. “We should always look for solutions to problems and therefore I have decided that there should be another guardian standing guard,” Habibi told reporters.

fighters, dressed in Afghan army uniforms and driving military vehicles, made their way onto the base and opened fire on soldiers and new recruits eating a meal and leaving a mosque after Friday prayers, according to officials.

Multiple Afghan officials said the final death toll was likely to be even higher.

A senior U.S. official said, based on intelligence and the types of tactics used, the Taliban-linked Haqqani network likely played a role.

“This is very typical Haqqani network tactics, DEADLY ATTACK techniques and proceIn a serious security fail- dures,” said the official, ure, as many as 10 Taliban adding that the United

States believed it took four to six months to plan the attack.

Ghani declared Sunday a day of mourning for those who died, ordering flags to be flown at half staff.

The attack came just over a week after the United States dropped a 22,000 pound bomb, known as the “mother of all bombs”, against a series of Islamic State caves and tunnels near the border with Pakistan.

U.S. officials say they were surprised by the level of attention that particular bomb got, since it did little to change the overall situation ground where the larger threat remained the

KABUL, ApriL 24 (reUters): Torture and mistreatment of detainees by Afghan security forces is as widespread as ever, according to a U.N. report released on Monday, despite promises by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and new laws enacted by the government.

At least 39 percent of the conflict-related detainees interviewed by U.N. investigators “gave credible and reliable accounts” of being tortured or experiencing other mistreatment at the hands of Afghan police, intelligence, or military personnel while in custody.

That compares with 35 percent of interviewees who reported such ill treatment in the last U.N. report, released in 2015.

In response to allegations in the past, the Afghan govern-

Taliban, not Islamic State.

MORE TROOPS U.S. officials acknowledge that Afghanistan has rarely in recent years been considered a priority by decision-makers, who have instead been consumed by Syria, Iraq and, increasingly, North Korea.

But there are signs the administration of new President Donald Trump is making progress in crafting a policy for Afghanistan.

Trump’s National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster visited Afghanistan this month, becoming the first senior official from the new administration to do so.

U.S. officials, speak-

ment has acknowledged that some problems could be caused by individuals but not as any national policy.

“The government of Afghanistan is committed to eliminating torture and illtreatment,” the government said in a statement.

The U.N. report comes as senior Afghan officials prepare to appear before the U.N. Committee Against Torture in Geneva this week to face a review of Afghanistan’s record of implementing anti-torture laws.

The International Criminal Court in The Hague is conducting a separate review of torture in Afghanistan.

“Notwithstanding the government’s efforts to implement its national plan ... the present report documents continued and consistent reports of torture

ing on the condition of anonymity, said there was currently an inter-agency review under way, which could take several weeks, to determine the goals and milestones for the United States in Afghanistan.

Meanwhile the Afghan army is preparing for what is expected to be a year of hard fighting against Taliban militants, who now control or contest more than 40% of the country.

Nearly 9,000 U.S. troops remain in Afghanistan, in addition to thousands of international coalition forces.

General John Nicholson, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan,

and ill-treatment of conflict-related detainees, mainly during interrogation, and highlights a lack of accountability for such acts,” U.N. officials concluded.

Over the past two years, investigators interviewed 469 detainees in 62 detention centers across Afghanistan.

The report’s authors noted an alarming 14-percent spike in reports of torture by Afghan National Police, at 45 percent of those interviewed.

More than a quarter of the 77 detainees who reported being tortured by the police were boys under the age of 18, according to the United Nations.

A force known as the Afghan Local Police severely beat almost 60 percent of their detainees, according to the interviews carried out by U.N. investigators.

recently told a Congressional hearing he needed several thousand more international troops in order to break a stalemate in the long war with Taliban insurgents.

U.S. officials say that Nicholson’s request was making its way through the chain of command.

Conversations, however, according to current and former officials, were revolving around 3,000 to 5,000 additional troops.

One official said there was an emphasis on creating a strategy that was not tied to artificial deadlines.

Former President Barack Obama had wanted to reduce the number of U.S.

troops in Afghanistan before he left office.

While Mattis is no stranger to Afghanistan he served there and was also the head of U.S. Central Command - there are questions about what a few thousand additional U.S. troops can achieve in the country.

“Let’s face it, no matter how many troops you may send to Afghanistan it is going to be very difficult to end the war, we had 100,000 troops fighting in Afghanistan during height of the surge and we didn’t end the war,” said Michael Kugelman, a South Asia expert and the Woodrow Wilson Center.

Japanese demand for nuclear shelters, Ghana, Kenya & Malawi to pilot GSK malaria vaccine from 2018 ApriL 24 (repurifiers surges as N Korea tension mounts LONDON, Uters): Ghana, Kenya and tOKYO, ApriL 24 (reUters): Sales of nuclear shelters and radiation-blocking air purifiers have surged in Japan in recent weeks as North Korea has pressed ahead with missile tests in defiance of U.N. sanctions.

A small company that specializes in building nuclear shelters, generally under people’s houses, has received eight orders in April alone compared with six orders during a typical year.

The company, Oribe Seiki Seisakusho, based in Kobe, western Japan, also has sold out of 50 Swiss-made air purifiers, which are said to keep out radiation and poisonous gas, and is trying to get more, said Nobuko Oribe, the company’s director.

A purifier designed for six people sells for 620,000 yen ($5,630) and one designed for 13 people and usually installed in a familyuse shelter costs 1.7 million yen ($15,440).

Concerns about a possible gas attack have grown in Japan after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a parliament session this month that North Korea may have the capacity to deliver missiles

equipped with sarin nerve gas.

“It takes time and money to build a shelter. But all we hear these days, in this tense atmosphere, is that they want one now,” Oribe said.

“They ask us to come right away and give them an estimate.”

Another small company, Earth Shift, based in Shizuoka prefecture, has seen a tenfold increase in inquiries and quotes for its underground shelters, Akira Shiga, a sales manager at the company said. The inquiries began gradually increasing in February and have come from all over Japan, he said.

EVACUATION DRILLS North Korean missiles have fired with increasing frequency.

Last month, three fell into waters within Japan’s exclusive economic zone, some 300-350 kilometers off the coast of northern Akita prefecture.

The Japanese government on Friday urged local governments to hold evacuation drills in case of a possible missile attack, heightening a sense of urgency among the public.

Some orders for the shelters

World Bank to deepen cooperation with AIIB WAshiNgtON, ApriL 24 (iANs): The World Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) here to strengthen cooperation between the two institutions, officials said. Under the MoU, both sides on Sunday agreed to cooperate on areas, including development financing, staff exchanges, and analytical and sector work, Xinhua news agency reported.

“It paves the way for the two institutions to further enhance coordination at the regional and country levels,” the World Bank said in a statement. The two institutions have already signed a co-financing framework agreement last April. Since then, they have co-financed five projects, namely supporting power generation in Pakistan, a natural gas pipeline in Azerbaijan, and slum upgrading, dam safety, and regional infrastructure development in Indonesia.

The World Bank and AIIB are discussing more projects to be co-financed in 2017 and 2018, said the statement. “Signing this memorandum of understanding fits into our vision of a new kind of internationalism,” said Jin Liqun, president of AIIB. “We place a high value on our partnerships because by working together, we greatly increase our potential for positive outcomes in Asia,” the statement quoted Jin as said.

“Collaboration between development institutions is essential to make the best use of scarce resources, crow in the private sector, and meet the rising aspirations of the people we serve,” said Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank.

Top multilateral development banks (MDBs), including World Bank, AIIB, New Development Bank, recently have agreed to deepen collaboration to encourage private sector investment in infrastructure to support sustainable and inclusive economic growth throughout the world. The MDBs pledged not only to leverage their resources by joining forces to co-finance projects, but also help generate interest among private sector investors in public-private partnerships and the development of infrastructure.

were placed by owners of smallsized companies for their employees, and others by families, Oribe said. A nuclear shelter for up to 13 people costs about 25 million yen ($227,210) and takes about four months to build, he said. The shelter his company offers is a reinforced, air-tight basement with an air purifier that can block radiation as well as poisonous gas. The room is designed to withstand a blast even when a Hiroshima-class nuclear bomb exploded just 660 meters away, Oribe said.

North Korea said on Sunday it was ready to sink a U.S. aircraft carrier to demonstrate its military might, in the latest sign of rising tension in the region.

The United States ordered the USS Carl Vinson carrier strike group to sail to waters off the Korean peninsula in response to mounting concern over the reclusive state’s nuclear and missile programmes.

In Japan’s previous experience with sarin gas in 1995, members of a doomsday cult killed 12 people and made thousands ill in attacks on Tokyo subways

Malawi will pilot the world’s first malaria vaccine from 2018, offering it for babies and children in high-risk areas as part of real-life trials, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

The injectable vaccine, called RTS,S or Mosquirix, was developed by British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline to protect children from the most deadly form of malaria in Africa. In clinical trials it proved only partially effective, and it needs to be given in a four-dose schedule, but is the first regulator-approved vaccine against the mosquitoborne disease.

The WHO, which is in the process of assessing whether to add the shot to core package of WHO-recommended measures for malaria prevention, has said it first wants to see the results of on-theground testing in a pilot programme.

“Information gathered in the pilot will help us make decisions on the wider use of this vaccine,” Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO’s African regional

A woman rests her head against the bed where her daughter suffering from malaria and diarrhoea rests at the Princess Marie Louise Children’s Hospital in Accra, Ghana. (REUTERS Photo)

director, said in a statement as the three pilot countries were announced. “Combined with existing malaria interventions, such a vaccine would have the potential to save tens of thousands of lives in Africa.”

Malaria kills around 430,000 people a year, the vast majority of them babies and young children in sub-Saharan Africa. Global efforts in the last 15 years cut the malaria death toll by 62 percent between 2000 and 2015.

The WHO pilot programme will assess whether

the Mosquirix’s protective effect in children aged 5 to 17 months can be replicated in real-life. It will also assess the feasibility of delivering the four doses needed, and explore the vaccine’s potential role in reducing the number of children killed by the disease.

The WHO said Malawi, Kenya and Ghana were chosen for the pilot due to several factors, including having high rates of malaria as well as good malaria programmes.

Each of the three countries will decide on the districts

and regions to be included in the pilots, the WHO said, with high malaria areas getting priority since these are where experts expect to see most benefit from the use of the vaccine.

The WHO said in November it had secured full funding for the first phase of the RTS,S pilots, with $15 million from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and up to $27.5 million and $9.6 million respectively from the GAVI Vaccine Alliance and UNITAID for the first four years of the programme.

Goldman environmental prize awarded amid murders, violence against activists riO De JANeirO, ApriL 24 (thOmsON reUters FOUNDAtiON): A Congolese park ranger, a Guatemalan indigenous land rights activist and an octogenarian Australian who blocked a coal mining firm from taking her family’s farm were among the six winners of one of the world’s most prestigious environmental prizes on Monday.

Announced in San Francisco, the 2017 Goldman Prize Environmental Prize worth $175,000 to each winner comes as violence against land rights campaigners continues to rise globally. Two previous winners of the prize were murdered for their activism.

In January, gunmen assassinated Mexican Isidro Baldenegro, one of the 2005 winners and anti-logging campaigner. Honduran indigenous rights advocate Berta Caceres, who won the prize in 2015, was shot dead last year.

“That environmentalists are under threat is a reflection of what’s happening in the world right now,” said Lorrae Rominger, acting

Indigenous women of the Mayan ethnic Q’eqchi group acknowledge their supporters after a verdict was given in the Sepur Zarco case in Guatemala City, Guatemala, February 26, 2016. (REUTERS File Photo)

director for the Goldman Prize Environmental Prize.

“Activists fighting very powerful interests are being targeted,” Rominger told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an email.

The prize committee is looking at ways to improve safety for the winners so they can continue their campaigns, she said.

Globally, more than three environmentalists and land rights activists were killed a week in 2015, up

from two a week in 2014, according to the latest report

by Global Witness, a U.K.based campaign group.

Some of this year’s prize winners say danger is part of life for environmental campaigners.

Rodrigue Katembo, 41, a ranger in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park, went undercover at significant personal risk to document corrupt practices by an oil company looking to drill in

the protected area.

His expose about the firm’s attempt to bribe officials led the oil company to withdraw from the project.

But as part of the investigation, Katembo was arrested and tortured for 17 days, the Goldman Prize committee said in a statement.

INDIGENOUS LAND Another winner, Rodrigo Tot, a land rights campaigner and community leader of Guatemala’s in-

digenous Q’eqchi people, said one of his sons was murdered because of his activism.

“The fight to defend our land has been very hard. I lost one of my sons,” Tot, 59, said in a phone interview.

Tot has led campaigns to protect indigenous land from government and foreign mining companies seeking to tap into the nickel deposits in central Guatemala.

He says nickel mines would have poisoned local water sources by discharging untreated wastewater in streams and lakes used for fishing and farming.

“Our land has a lot of natural resources and sources of water. We don’t want our resources to be polluted,” Tot said.

His campaigning led to a rare victory when Guatemala’s Constitutional Court ordered the government in a landmark ruling in 2011 to issue land titles to the community of around 400 people living in the village of Agua Caliente.

But the fight continues.

So far, the government has failed to comply with the

court’s ruling.

“We still don’t have our collective land rights. We are always looking for ways to put pressure on the government,” Tot said.

Australian family farmer Wendy Bowman, a co-winner of the prize, is known for her successful fight to stop coal mining expansion that she says causes air and water pollution.

Bowman, 83, is one of the last residents left in Camberwell, a small village in Hunter Valley in southeastern Australia, an area surrounded by coal mining.

She stopped Yancoal, a Chinese-owned mining company, from taking her family farm and has refused to sell her land to the company, the prize committee said.

Other winners include Uros Macerl, an organic farmer from Slovenia who successfully blocked a cement facility which activists say would have produced toxic waste, Indian anti-mining campaigner Prafulla Samantara and a Los Angeles community organizer who goes by the name Mark Lopez.

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ANKA holds state level selections

ANKA selection Officials and participants.

DIMAPUR, APRIL 24 (MExN): The All Nagaland Karate-Do association (ANKA) organized a state level selection on April 22

at Logdrum school Karate Dojo, Sangtamtilla for the upcoming National KAI Junior Championship. The selected participants are:

Aftab, Sourab Das, Akash Das, Sagar Das, Lipichen, Debasish chakraborty, Among, Atito, Huto, Kivinoli, Hollocali and Astharani.

1st Nagaland open Angling competition DIMAPUR, APRIL 24 (MExN): The 1st Nagaland Open Angling Competition 2017 was held on April 22 at Noune Resort, Dimapur.

The competition witnessed 147 participants from all over the state including 19 participants joining from Assam. The competition was organized by Anglers Association Nagaland (AAN) and Sponsored by the Department of Fisheries Govt. of Nagaland.

The competition was from 7am-3:30 pm. The juries for the competition were Dr. Vimeso Kire, DFO- Dimapur, Neitho Kuotsu, Deputy Director, Dept. of fisheries, Govt. of Nagaland and Phukato Sumi, President – AAN. The first prize was taken by Im-

pang Imchen (3.395kg), of Dimapur District Angling Association, second by Pranjal Das (3.095kg) of All Assam Game Fishing Association and the third by Lipoktemsu (1.865kg) from Dimapur.

The top three took a cash prize of Rs.50000/-, Rs.30000/- & Rs. 20000/- along with trophies and certificates. The winners were judged on the basis of single biggest catch in weight.

The 10th position has to be shared by two anglers as both the catches were of same weight (0.805kg).

The closing function was held at 4pm and was graced by Neiphiu Rio, Lok Sabha MP as special guest where he shared his concerns for

the destructive methods of fishing being practiced in the state by use of chemicals and dynamites.

He further stated that angling is a new sport to Nagas and the rivers like Tizu has huge potential for the sport as well as for eco tourism. He also gave away the prizes to the winners. Additional Director of Fisheries, C Imtitongzuk Longkumer also spoke during the function. He mentioned that apart from culture production the department is also focusing to promote recreational fishery tourism in the state. He also announced The Department of Fisheries, GON will make the Nagaland Open Angling Competition a yearly event.

The lone lady angler Atsibu

Konyak from Dimapur was also felicitated by the organizer with rod and reel.

The final result was announced by Dr. Vimeso Kire, DFO, Dimapur as below Winners: 1st: Impang Imchen- 3.395kg.

2nd: Pranjal Das - 3.095kg 3rd: Lipok Temsu - 1.865kg 4th: Zuben Patton - 1.850kg 5th: Sensimong Ngullie - 1.040kg 6th: Subashi Das - 1.025kg 7th: Wati Walling - 0.985kg 8th: Khekiho Assumi - 0.975kg 9th: Hito - 0.820kg 10th: a) Bappon Obenath -0.805kg b) Lipok Kari Longchar - 0.805kg

public discourse

Angular Development

The Nuisance of Bureaucracy Liberal Democratic Party of Nagaland

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enerally if we are to talk about corruption in Nagaland, we picture the group of less literate politicians whose ‘bread and water’ is money but it is to be noted that there are still a bunch of uncivilized mangy curs in the bureaucracy who claim to be intellectually educated and has no sense of public responsibility, are second to none. This group of EDUCATED men/women have been under safe haven, undisturbed from the cries of the suffering public in their anguish against corruption. The public should realize that these bureaucrats with their degrees and “backdoor appointment passes” aren’t representing the state bureaucracy to serve the people as they are meant to be (as it is the purpose of the bureaucracy), but these officials have only one agenda before they retire from their service (before becoming a politician after retirement) and that is to amass as much wealth as possible and give their loved ones the luxury to spend the public funds to lead a lavish life and to remind the poor public that we can’t match their class no matter what and thus giving a blow to our hopes and aspirations by making us feel inferior to them and to not question them and the felonies they have committed.

Unbeknownst to us, some of these bureaucrats are actually so busy in their office, not because of pressure for the completion of a de-

velopmental project of course, but because since Nagaland is a “dry state”, they want to get their hands on every pie (public schemes) and take their large percentage cut with the sanction of the funds even though it was the public who had to do all the toil for the schemes from the scratch.

Because they are ignorant they do not understand that they are also endangering the future of our society, them and the politicians alike. They do not know that it is not them who are going to have the last laugh when the time comes and all the poor perishes away due to starvation. The last laugh would be laughed by the foreigners (outsiders) when they occupy a new beautiful land with ease and make our lands their cities.

If the world was just Nagaland, with all its menace of systems then we would have accepted all the imperfections in our society today but it is not and having learned about modern ideals like “Human Rights”, (the reason why the super power nations discontinued colonization of another territory) we can’t be mere spectators when the ignorant in their “delusion of grandeur” are trying their best robbing every ounce potential source of our future.

Human rights doesn’t allow those with power and strength to physically harm or abuse anyone neither does it allow the corrupted authorities to exploit and deprive the people of their rights. We Nagas as a race of humans, have every

right to development which is why we agreed to have a State in the first place. These are simple logics and by all rational means we the people have every right and power to change the government, law, leaders and the system itself.

It is advised to the bureaucrats, from the office LDA to the Secretary of a department be it the sanitation department or the industry department to be more productive and help the public (as it is their duty to,) meet their appropriate central funds so that we could as from now start building our State’s economy and revenue.

We have even considered that it was the ignorance of the people and by the influence of the system, which made all those govt. officials to get away with all the felony they have committed in the past, siphoning off the public funds but no more shall this trend continue.

Yes, the people will begin the indictment of any corrupted officer in court. We with our best knowledge about law would come on to those extreme offenders in the government and their lawyers and retirement won’t be able to help them like ignorance does today.

(On a side note, it would be for the better if the government could provide garbage bins [not the cheap small ones] around the city blocks at least for now, because just sweeping away the dirt and collecting it on the side doesn’t make it any cleaner. Can’t we do a little better than that, after all we do deserve it don’t we?).

Samhita Barooah

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evelopment is the new chanting mantra for notes, votes, resources and remedies.

When we look at the context of development in India it is multi-dimensional. People are mesmerised by the reduction of the drudgery of human effort. Now that process is done through politics, religion, autocracy, democracy or market for a common person it really doesn’t matter. We are often triggered by extremely personal habits, choices, traditions and practices but somewhere our focus on the larger picture gets distorted. Even people in power benefit from diversion of people’s politics to personal habits and preferences when they can design powerful universal codes in the process. The nerve of Indian sensibilities lies within the layers of self-assertion of diversities and differences in the garb of gender, religion, caste, class and language.

Jugaad and adjustments are the two indispensible words which define the existence of diversity and amity amidst hostility and intolerance.

These days development seems to be the flavour of the month. Concretisation, mobile connections, internet access, digital demonstrations, CCTV surveillance, urbanisation, mobility, stability and peace deals are all

My reaction to Ex-communication notice P. Chuba Ozukum

I

Kohima

am constrained to issue this statement with a view to set the record straight and in regards to the press release issued by Ao Senden ex-communicating me from Ao community.

While I am fully prepared to accept the decision of Ao Senden to ex-communicate me, I feel that it is incumbent upon me to express my views on the sequence of events that led to such an eventuality.

Ao Senden claims that this drastic step was taken because of defiance on my part to resign from the post of President of Naga Hoho. According to Ao Senden, this directive in turn was issued because of non withdrawal of a letter written by Naga Hoho to the Government of Nagaland recommending recognition of Rongmei community as indigenous Naga tribe. Naga Hoho on its part has time and again responded that it never recommended granting of indigenous Naga tribe to Rongmei community. Rather, the Naga Hoho through a letter written to the state government opined that Rongmei community be granted indigenous inhabitant status as in the case of Kukis, Kacharis and Garos. In the meantime, I learnt that Ao Senden representatives had expressed their desire to withdraw from Naga Hoho at a meeting of CNTC. It is quiet ironic to know that an important decision such as withdrawal from Naga Hoho had to be taken not in any platform of Ao Senden but only in a meeting of CNTC. Nevertheless, on hearing this, I met the Presidential Executive Council of Ao Senden in their office on 31st July 2016 at Mokokchung where after presenting to

them my position, expressed my willingness to step down from Naga Hoho before Ao Senden officially dissociated itself from Naga Hoho if at all that is the expressed decision of Ao Senden. The Presidential council dissuaded me from resigning from the post of President of Naga Hoho saying that it was never the intention nor the decision of Ao Senden to ask me to step down from Naga Hoho Presidentship. Subsequently, Ao Senden withdrew from Naga Hoho with the plea that till the Naga Hoho letter is withdrawn, it will remain dissociated from Naga Hoho. Later, I was given seven days notice on 16.11.2016 to step down from the post of President of Naga Hoho. Accordingly, I offered to step down before the expiry of seven days notice from the Presidentship of Naga Hoho on moral ground during its Presidential council meeting on 21.11.2016 which the Naga Hoho rejected due to obvious reasons and asked me to continue as President.

Since CNTC and its constituent Tribe Hohos including Ao Senden remained firm on insisting on the withdrawal of Naga Hoho’s letter to the state government, it did so Vide letter No.NH/Corr-04/2013-18, Dated-23-11-16. Inspite of all these conciliatory overtures on the part of Naga Hoho and my individual self for the sake of unity and fraternity among the Naga family, Ao Senden rather than re-joining Naga Hoho decided to ex-communicate me through a proclamation in the print media. I assumed that this action was taken against me for fulfilling the demands of Ao Senden and other CNTC constituent units.

I also strongly feel that the actions meted out to me by Ao Senden, the apex body of the Ao community is uncalled for

and that it amounts to witch hunting of sorts. This view on mine can be substantiated by the following facts: 1. All the communications with regard to Rongmei status were made in the year 2008 during which time I was not the President of Naga Hoho.

Subsequent decisions taken

by Naga Hoho were made collectively and not by me alone in my personal capacity.

2. When I approached Ao Senden Presidential Council offering to step down from the position of President of Naga Hoho, I was advised not to do so. I was informed that Ao Senden will simply withdraw from Naga Hoho till withdrawal of the contentious letter written

by Naga Hoho to the state government.

3. When I was served seven days notice by Ao Senden to quit Naga Hoho and its Presidentship, I immediately offered to resign from Naga Hoho but it was rejected by the Presidential council of the Naga Hoho during its meeting on 21-11-2016. I was under obligation to follow laid down norms and procedures of an Organization in which I am the President.

4. I was never given opportunity to present my case by Ao Senden. Notices and orders were simply issued intimating their decisions either through letters or through the media.

5. The decision to join NTC and CNTC were taken by the General Assembly (Lenla Mungdang) of Ao community, whereas, dissociation from Naga Hoho was taken at CNTC meeting at Dimapur by a handful of representatives of Ao Senden without the knowledge of Office Bearers or the Presidential council of Ao Senden.

6. The interim Ao Senden under the Acting President

and General Secretary taking such serious steps by signing in the Expulsion/ Ex-communication order is very controversial in nature if we are to follow the decorum of any Civil societies/ apex organizations.

Having stated the above, I am prepared to accept the decision of the Interim Ao Senden to ex-communicate me from Ao citizenship if it is acceptable to the entire Ao community and permitted under the Ao customary laws and practices. I may however mention here that it is imperative for all right thinking Ao citizens to study whether ex-communication of an Ao citizen by Ao Senden without the knowledge and approval of the village to which the individual belong is mandated by the time tested and well established customary laws and practices of Aos. I feel that if opinions are not shared in public domain by concerned Ao citizens, then a new precedence will be set, the consequences of which will have to be borne by the future generations for a long time to come.

I would like to take this opportunity to extend my heartfelt gratitude to the entire citizenry of my native village, Yimjenkimong in general and the Putu Menden in particular for not only protecting my citizenship but also for extending fullest cooperation and standing by me and my family during this difficult times. Most importantly, I also express my sincere thanks particularly to those citizens of Ao community and the Nagas in general who have been sensitive to my position and have patiently stood by me offering all kinds of assistance and support.

May Almighty God bless Naga people

signs of rapid development.

Wish the third world development was not a first world agenda. Exposure of the third world to the first world has indeed led to a lopsided development paradigm which is rooted in the first world but does not fit into the third world. The same context is true for development of some parts of India and underdevelopment of other parts of India. Wish development could connect people to their basic human needs across gender, class, caste and tribe. Development needs to sustain resources, choices, sensibilities, cultural, religious and social sentiments of communities and individuals. In developed countries we have greater tolerance and solidarity towards humanism rather than assertion of a particular form of religious sub-culture.

Religion has stratified society in such a way that now it becomes almost impossible to restructure such social stratification. Religious norms have only divided belief systems, made slaves out of human beings to human imagination and rituals have led to a schizophrenic symptom of chauvinistic hegemony. Now such form of religious restructuring is penetrating through the pores of so-called rightwinged development. Sacrosanct development benefits

only those who have evolved through the religious alliances. In today’s context development is the face of religious majorities across the world, capitalist regimes across the world and patriarchal structures across the world, universal monocultures across the world. Any form of art, science, technology, information, practice and service which caters to this powerful omniscient structural transnational, pan Indian and universal alliance becomes a cog in the wheel of this hegemonic nexus. But if any one resists this nexus with alternatives either through violent or non-violent means, then they become blasphemous eye-sores whose survival becomes a bone of contention.

While we are creating avenues for skills, entrepreneurship and development within urban, semi-urban, rural and semi-rural contexts across India, are we feeding the divisive religious politics instead in the name of development.

Are the words secular, socialist, democratic, justice and liberty erased from the elitist imagination of a developed nation state like India? Well these words are constitutional, legitimate, nationalistic and peaceful as well. But anybody who seems to express public or personal dissent when attempts are made to erase these words they are

silenced with verbal, physical, cultural and religious threats. It seems that these days technology, information and markets run along the lines of forces of power and prejudice. Development is a disguise for sanskritisation, hetero-normativity, forceful religious intolerance and patriarchal domination nowadays with the public verdicts in elections, education, employment and food preferences.

I would live in harmony with nature rather than trying to suppress the natural forces with religious fundamentalism, destructive technologies, unequal development and restrictive regimes which disguise development.

Wonder why the development discourse is stuck to adopting outdated technologies, discarded materials and obsolete innovations when it comes to applications.

As a third world, subaltern, post colonial nation, India’s development lies in regeneration and restoration of its agro-bio-social and cultural diversity not in homogenising everything and everyone around them. Being a nonpolitical, non-fundamental, non-religious, non-conforming, non-violent individual, group or a family has become a biggest threat in today’s world. Looks like an angular distraction rather than development.

Rejoinder to Thepfulhouvi Solo's article on 'Can the people of outside decide for the state of Nagaland:' Part II Zeneituo Angami Kilonser, NSCN/GPRN

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he naked truth of our Naga history is that today we are divided into many Naga National Political Parties by the crafty policy of the Indian Govt. and its agencies.

However all these NNPPs are headed by Nagas themselves and their members are from all Naga tribes across the Naga areas. Therefore, all these NNPPs can have a say and decide what is best for Nagas while dealing with the Indian Government.

Basing on the above right I have questioned Thepfulhouvi Solo who said that TH Muivah, who heads the NSCN/GPRN, should not decide anything for the 'Nagaland State Territory'.

This is precisely why I have asked Thepfulhouvi Solo to proof that he is a Naga by blood, which he can never prove. Thepfulhouvi

Solo has barked at every tree. He has criticised the State Govts., the Naga Hoho, the NMA, the NSF and has not even spared the Church. May I ask who is this man? Is he an angel on earth or a lunatic?

We the Nagas are large hearted to adopt Non-Nagas into our family fold from the days of our forefathers which continues till today. In this way today we have thousands of adopted Nagas who are living with us peacefully and enjoying every right and privilege that we have. As such about 120 years ago, the parents of Thepfulhouvi Solo were adopted by the magnanimous heart of 'Kewhimia' (Kohima Village) and accepted by the Nagas.

By the grace of God the late father of Thepfulhouvi Solo was blessed with six sons and he was respected by every member of Kohima village. In fact even to-

day we the Kohima villagers are proud of the sons and descendants of this man who are contributing towards the welfare of the village in particular and the Nagas in general. But it is sad to say that Thepfulhouvi Solo, unlike his brothers has become the black sheep of his late father by doing his best to disintegrate the Nagas through his writings as taught by his mentor-the Govt. of India.

In conclusion, I would like to ask my fellow Nagas by blood what will be the plight of the Nagas if the thousands of our adopted Nagas like Thepfulhouvi Solo rise up in unison against any NNPP not to speak or decide anything for the welfare of the Nagas?- God forbid. Dear Nagas let us never forget that 'Blood is thicker than water' Let our adopted sons remember to live and act like Romans when they are in Rome'.

The destiny of the Nagas Rev. L. Suohie Mhasi

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he Nagas are a young race in civilization and are under different administrative units in India and Burma. The Nagas were not Indians but they were under the British Indian Administration and even after Indian Independence in 1947 the Nagas were and are under Indian administration up to now.

The Nagas have been pursuing their separate sovereign entity since 1929 up to 2017 and it is 88 years now. The aspiration of the Nagas was translated into Naga Independence movement under the lead-

ership of A.Z. Phizo and the movement has awakened all of the Nagas wherever they are and they have their aspiration to live together under the same roof of Naga Nationhood. Their will and aspiration runs in their veins , so no human power can stop them from getting them integrated one day.

The Nagas have emotional integration already but because of their being under different administrative units , they are facing political barriers and are still struggling for practical integration and sooner or later their goal will be achieved democratically and in good faith.

Among the Nagas themselves many are yet strangers and unfamiliar with one another. Hence there may be in some corners someone may be intolerant of one another’s unfamiliar conduct and behaviours.

But one day sense of oneness and belonging will prevail.

If the Nagas commit themselves to the Creator to be led by the law of relationship with God , “KNOW GOD , BELIEVE IN HIM , FEAR HIM AND OBEY HIM” in every thing as a nation to do any thing in relationship with God , the hand of God will be seen by the world in relationship among the people and with the rest of the world.

Readers may please note that the contents of the articles, letters and opinions published do not reflect the outlook of this paper nor of the Editor in any form.

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Rowan Atkinson set for ‘Mr. Bean’ return

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ctor and comedian Rowan Atkinson has revealed he is planning another 'Mr. Bean' movie featuring the popular character as an old age pensioner. The 62-yearold comic thinks his friend and series co- creator, 'Love Actually' writer Richard Curtis, has come up with a very funny idea featuring his popular character - who first featured on TV 27 years ago - in his senior years.

"It would be very funny to see where we can go with him as an old man and what kind of comedy we get out of it. Playing an old person can be very

funny," Atkinson says.

'Mr Bean' aired for 13 oneoff , largely silent, TV episodes between 1990 until 1995, with a clip compilation airing at the end of 1995. A previously unseen episode was broadcast in 2006, while the successful series also spawned two movie adaptations, 'Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie' in 1997 and 2007's 'Mr. Bean's Holiday'.

An animated show is still broadcast today and Atkinson has reprised the character at the 2012 London Olympics Opening Ceremony, and two years later for a commercial.

Source: PTI

Luxury retailer Jimmy Choo puts itself up for sale

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ritish luxury retailer Jimmy Choo (CHOO.L) is seeking offers for the company as part of a review of its strategic options to maximize shareholder value, it said on Monday.

The firm, which specializes in shoes and accessories, said it had discussed the strategic review process with its majority shareholder, JAB Luxury, which has confirmed it is supportive of the process.

JAB Luxury holds 67.7 percent of Jimmy Choo, which trades from over 150 stores globally.

Shares in Jimmy Choo, which floated on the London Stock Exchange at

140 pence in 2014, have increased 35 percent over the last year. They closed Friday at 168.5 pence, valuing the business at 657 million pounds ($840 million).

Jimmy Choo said Britain's Takeover Panel has agreed that any talks with

third parties may be conducted within the context of a “formal sale process” to enable conversations with parties interested in making a proposal to take place on a confidential basis.

Jimmy Choo said it is currently not in receipt of

any approaches.

It is being advised by BofA Merrill Lynch and Citigroup.

Last month Jimmy Choo reported a 15.7 percent rise in core earnings to 59 million pounds.

Source: Reuters

Priyanka Chopra to play astronaut Kalpana Chawla

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ur very own desi girl, who has been busy with her assignments overseas, is on a short break in India and has already begun signing her next Bollywood project. After her last film Jai Gangaajal, Priyanka has been missing from Hindi film scene, but it seems she was only looking for a meatier project to make her much-awaited comeback in Bollywood.

And it seems the 34-year-old actor has finally found a perfect project.

If a report in Mid-Day is to be believed, Priyanka has been roped in to play late astronaut Kalpana Chawla in a biopic. The film will be directed by Priya Mishra.

It's been a while since Via-

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John Pearson: The rugged individualist takes to the open roads of California. Wool suit jacket and wool suit trousers- both The Kooples; Blue slate cotton T-shirt- Sunspel.

(Image credit/Blair Getzmezibov)

com 18 announced a film on Kalpana Chawla's life, however, no names were given out. But it seems Priyanka has been finalised for the project.

A source was quoted as telling the daily, "The film will be mounted on an international scale. A new production company, Getway, is likely to produce the biopic." The report suggests that Priyanka's team has been involved with the project for over a year now.

In fact, the script of the film has also been locked.

Confirming the story, debutant director said, "I have been working on it for the past seven years. A new production banner will back the project. I was last heading a TV channel cre-

atively and post 2011, quit to pursue filmmaking. This is one of the two scripts that I have written."

Priyanka, who is all set to kick start promotions for her Hollywood debut Baywatch, has yet another good film in her kitty. After Mary Kom, it would be

her second stint at doing a biopic.

Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian woman astronaut in space. She died in 2003 during her second expedition along with six other crew members when the space shuttle exploded.

Source: India Today

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Milestone man Messi sensational in El Clasico

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MADRID, APRIL 24 (REUTERS): Lionel Messi delivered a majestic Clasico display to silence the Santiago Bernabeu as the Argentine scored his 500th Barcelona goal to snatch a thrilling 3-2 win at Real Madrid on Sunday.

Messi scored twice with his stunning second strike settling a pulsating clash in the last minute of stoppage time, drawing Barcelona level with Madrid on 75 points at the top of La Liga, although Los Blancos have a game in hand.

The stand-out player in a magnificent match, Messi was a nightmare for Real Madrid whose captain Sergio Ramos was sent off for a hasty two-footed lunge at the Argentine while Casemiro was lucky to avoid red for repeated fouls on the No. 10.

Barcelona struggled on the night but Messi led them through the game and was the decisive figure on a dramatic occasion that leaves the Spanish title race wide open. "(Messi) even makes a difference when he's at home having dinner," joked Barcelona coach Luis Enrique after the game.

"He's the best of all time and I have seen a lot of football matches and vid-

Ramos red could cost Madrid dear in title race

Barcelona's Lionel Messi celebrates scoring their third goal. (Reuters)

eos. Now people are better prepared and he makes the difference. And this was his 500th goal.

"Just imagine, his 500th goal coming here, a winner in the 92nd minute at the Santiago Bernabeu. It's very nice for Leo and it's nice for everyone associated with Barca."

Casemiro went into the book for a foul on Messi in

the 12th minute as Barcelona’s all-time top scorer frequently dropped into midfield to help the team develop moves.

"He allowed us to have superiority in midfield, we wanted him on the ball as often as possible,” added Luis Enrique.

Messi was singled out for praise by several team mates after his virtuoso

performance helped Barcelona take three points from a game in which they were under pressure for long periods.

Captain Andres Iniesta said: "Leo’s greatness doesn’t stop surprising us. He is an honour for us and a blessing for the club. We all have to stay with him to have a chance of lifting the title."

Marc-Andre ter Stegen, who made several important saves to keep Real Madrid at bay in the second half, also hailed Messi.

"He’s the player that makes the difference, a very special player," said the German goalkeeper.

“The rest of us made a very big effort and together we earned the victory."

MADRID, APRIL 24 (REUTERS): With Real Madrid trailing 2-1 to great rivals Barcelona in the Clasico on Sunday, there was something of an air of inevitability as Sergio Ramos was sent off for the 22nd time in his professional career.

In Ramos's own words, his sending off proved "decisive" as Barca went on to win 3-2.

The Madrid captain had appeared incredulous when referee Alejandro Hernandez brandished the red card, but there could be few complaints after Ramos's ugly twofooted lunge forced Lionel Messi to take evasive action.

Ramos argued with Hernandez before slowly making his way off the pitch, sarcastically applauding.

He also intimated to Barcelona defender Gerard Pique that the Catalan side’s pre-match talk about the 34-year-old referee giving preference to Madrid had influenced the decision.

"It's excessive," Ramos said of the decision. "I was not going to cause harm. In the way I understand football, it's a yellow, not a red."

"I arrived late for the tackle but there was no contact, there was no intention to deliberately attack a player. It was a very decisive decision."

Ramos added: "We’ve won a Champions League with a goal in injury time and now it’s our turn to have the shoe on the other foot. You need to look forwards."

It was the fifth time Ramos had seen red in the Clasico, with three of his last five dismissals against any opposition coming against Madrid’s great rivals in what is turning into something of a habit.

"I'm sure when he (Ramos) gets home he will see that it’s a red. It was obvious, he goes in with two feet up and has no chance of getting the ball," Pique retorted.

"There's nothing to talk about. What happens here is they're used to referees allowing things and when they don't, there's all sorts of reactions."

Ultimately, it was a moment of madness that cost his side. Had Ramos stayed on the pitch, Barcelona would probably not have been allowed to counter at will.

Instead, Barca right back Sergi Roberto surged forwards in the 92nd minute, skipping away from challenges by Luka Modric and then Marcelo before Messi scored his 500th goal for Barca with the last kick of the game to seal a famous win.

"Maybe I should take some responsibility," Marcelo said. "Perhaps if I had brought him down, they wouldn't have made it 3-2."

It could well prove to be a moment that turns the La Liga title race around.

Ramos will now miss Madrid’s midweek trip to Deportivo La Coruna, leaving his side with just one recognised centre back for a match they can ill-afford to slip up in with Barca poised to pounce.

All eyes on Stuttgart as 2nd Along Memorial Olympic medallist Khan to launch pro boxing league Frolic Cup DELhI, APRIL 24 (IANS): Sharapova poised for return Running Trophy NEw 2017: Day-6 Indian boxing is set to get a boost

Maria Sharapova.

(Reuters File Photo)

LONDON, APRIL 24 (REUTERS): Not much phases Roberta Vinci after 16 years on Tour but the maelstrom swirling around her opening match in Stuttgart against Maria Sharapova will test even the Italian's vast experience.

Her 946th singles might ordinarily have been one to chalk off and forget about but standing over the other side of the net on Wednesday will be the former world number one on her return from a 15-month doping ban.

Whatever else is happening on any other tennis court in the world will become irrelevant as Russian multi-millionaire Sharapova, who turned 30 last week, resumes a career that made her the world's richest sportswoman.

Debate still rages about Sharapova's crime and punishment.

While some say the fivetimes grand slam champion, initially banned for two years after testing positive for Meldonium at the 2016 Australian Open, has done her time some fellow players are angry the red carpet is being rolled out.

With no ranking after such a long period without swinging her racket in anger, Sharapova could have been forced to work her way back from the lower rungs of the tennis ladder.

Instead, with tournament chiefs and sponsors well aware of her ticketselling appeal she has been handed wildcards into the claycourt events in Stuttgart, Madrid and Rome.

Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki and Agnieszka Radwanska have both cried foul, believing a player returning from a doping ban should have to do it the hard way.

Sharapova, whose defence was that she had

not realised Meldonium had been added to a list of banned substances at the start of 2016, insisted the substance is as common as aspirin in Russia where it is known as Mildronate.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) agreed that Sharapova was not an intentional doper shortened her ban from two years to 15 months.

While admitting her mistake, Sharapova has hardly been full of contrition and has criticised the International Tennis Federation (ITF) for failing to notify her that Meldonium, a medication she said she had used for a number of years to treat health issues, had indeed been flagged up by WADA as 'performance enhancing'.

Only last week Sharapova's agent Max Eisenbud stoked the fires by saying the likes of Wozniacki and Radwanska were "journeyman" players hoping to benefit from Sharapova's exclusion.

Sharapova's prospective second-round clash in Stuttgart against Poland's Radwanska could be an awkward encounter.

A decision is expected soon on whether the French Tennis Federation (FFT) will fast-track the 2012 and 2014 Roland Garros champion into the French Open draw. Her only other route is to win the Stuttgart title so that she can boost her ranking to enter French Open qualifying.

What adds intrigue to Sharapova's return is that it comes at a time with the WTA Tour reeling from the news that world number one and 23-times major champion Serena Williams will not play again this year after announcing she is pregnant.

With twice Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova recovering from being stabbed, former number one Victoria Azarenka still to return from childbirth the cupboard looks a little bare when it comes to headline acts.

So while Sharapova's might get a lukewarm welcome in the locker room there is no question the money men will welcome her back with open arms, not least Porsche.

The German sports car giant is the lead partner of the Stuttgart event and also sponsor Sharapova.

DIMAPUR, APRIL 24 (MExN): The 2nd Along Memorial Running Trophy is scheduled to be held from May 6 to 13 at the DDSC ground in Dimapur. A press note from the organizers informed that the entry fee for the trophy is Rs 7000. The winners will receive a prize of Rs 70,000, while the runners up will be awarded Rs 35,000. The losing semi finalists will also receive awards of Rs 4000 each. For more details contact the Convener, Imsu Longkumer at 8447110851/9089602035.

MPL: Medical XI win 9-4 over Merhulietsa FC KOhIMA, APRIL 24 (MExN): In another high scoring match, Medical XI scores thumping 9-4 victory over Merhulietsa FC in the ongoing Morning Premier League being played at the Local Ground Kohima on April 24.

The MPL entered into its eight week on Monday.

with two-time world champion Amir Khan launching the Super Boxing League (SBL) scheduled to be held from July 7 to August 12.

Khan, a British boxer of Pakistani origin who took silver at the Athens Olympics in 2004, is launching the SBL in association with AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) who will provide the boxers the right platform to showcase their talent.

British businessman Bill Dosanjh, the founder and promoter of the Super Fight League (SFL) mixed martial arts tournament which was recently held in the capital, is also associated with the SBL as Founder-CEO. One of the features of the SBL will be its scoring system wherein a boxer will receive six points on winning a bout through knock-out.

The SBL will consist of eight franchises. Each team will comprise six players -- five male boxers and one female boxer with six back up players per team.

There will be competitions in six different weight categories with bouts comprising of four rounds of three minutes each.

International Boxing Association (AIBA) President Ching-Kuo Wu said India has a natural platform for the promotion of boxing.

"It is heartening to accompany the birth of this new competition.

It will further enhance Indian boxing perception on the international stage and provide yet another career pathway for AIBA boxers. I am hopeful that this league will do justice to India's vast potential in the sport," he said is a statement.

Khan, who had expressed his desire to promote boxing in the Sub-continent on several occasions earlier, is also excited about the SBL.

"I am very happy to introduce this unique platform for Indian boxers. With Super Boxing League, we aim to provide the right training for potential boxers which will helps in producing more professional world champions," the 30-year-old said.

"We want to create an exciting platform where talent can fight in front of their home fans in their own country. With such a talent filled nation, I believe India can produce aplenty boxing superstars in coming years."

The SBL fights will be held over the week-end -- Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

DIMAPUR, APRIL 24 (MExN): Eight teams played on the sixth day of the first round in the Frolic Cup 2017 at Medziphema. In the first match, Khanakhurü Students' Union beat Young Maniac, Khanakhurü, 1-0. The second match saw Molvom Youth and Students' Union beat Khaibung FC 5-3 on penalties. The afternoon matches saw Khanglai FC, Khaibung beat Black Hornets 5-2, while KYC 'B' defeated Legend Jr., Chumukedima Town 3-0.

The matches set for April 25 are : Tsiepama Youth Organisation vs BKK TBCM at 7:00 am and KYC 'A' vs KYC 'B' at 8:00 am. In the afternoon, MVYO will encounter Zoungam FC at 2:00 pm while the last match will be between Winfield FC vs Young Generation, Old Piphema, at 3:30 pm.

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