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SSSUD lifts ban on transport of sand DIMAPUR, APRIL 25 (MExN): The Sand Stockist and Suppliers Union, Dimapur (SSSUD) will lift the ban imposed on transport of sand from Manja route from April 26, 2016 onwards. This was resolved in an emergency held between the three organizations- Sand Mohaldars and Suppliers Association, Karbi Anglong Chamber of Commerce (KACC) and Sand Stockist and Suppliers Union Dimapur (SSSUD) at Naharijan, Karbi Anglong, Assam on Monday. According to a press note received from SSSUD secretary Nito Sumi, the three organizations also resolved to work in coordination in future on any matter related to sand. KACC was represented by Augustine Kramasa, SSSUD by Avishe Zhimo and Nito Sumi and SMSA by Jackson Kramasa, the note added.

Even though 2011 census puts Persons with Disability (PwDs) in Nagaland at 29,631, a conservative estimation, this large section continues to live on the fringes completely deprived of their rights and dignity and facing exclusion and discrimination from society as a whole, Nagaland State Disability Forum (NSDF) Advisor Diethono Nakhro told a press conference here today at Kohima Press Club. Despite the existence of various laws as well as guidelines and court orders that have been notified from time to time to ensure equal rights and full participation of Persons with Disabilities, she stated that, without reservation, the Nagaland government has consistently failed this section of its citizens over the years. “There is gross violation of the rights of persons with disability in all areas of life, Nakhro accused. “Yet our state government remains apathetic and tragically, also ignorant of the laws and the issue in general. Today we are saying that this is no longer acceptable.” “We are speaking up … because it is our right to have equal opportunities and choices as everyone else,” she further clarified. On inclusive education, the NSDF Advisor argued that majority of children with disabilities and special needs do not receive any formal education despite an inclusive education programme in existence. “Inclusive education must be strictly implemented in our education system at all levels. We want answers on the misappropriation of Inclusive Education for the Disabled at Secondary Stage (IEDSS) funds under the school education department,” she said. The NSDF also demanded the implementation of 3% reservation in toto for PwDs in government jobs as per the PwD Act 1995 and Supreme Court order 2013 and expressed its desire for setting up of the office of the State Commissioner for PwDs and appointment of a qualified per-

son with proper and special knowledge and experience in disability matters. Demanding a review disability pension, the NDSF pointed out that only 1,833 PwDs out of the 29, 631 are availing disability pension as per social welfare department information. The pension amount of Rs. 200 currently being given is the lowest in the entire country. However, even this unacceptable amount is not being disbursed to the few beneficiaries in time, it alleged. In regard with tourism, NSDF told the press conference that the forum has already met Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism C. Apok Jamir recently regarding accessibility for PwDs at Hornbill Festival events and demanded taking up and implementing the same immediately. It also called be putting in place in a “Tourism for all” policy in the tourism department. Nakhro further pointed out that while a single rehabilitation centre for PwDs Dimapur District Rehabilitation Centre - was set up in Dimapur few years ago, this has become defunct since the last two years or so due to lack of funds. Revival of the Dimapur Centre and setting up of Rehabilitation Centres and other services in all districts is an urgent need, she added. The NSDF expressed the need for vocational and resource centre of PwDs in the state and districts; training institute for teachers/caregivers/NGOs workers, other health workers/parents of CWSN etc; residential rehabilitation facility for severely disabled who lack family support or whose families cannot afford adequate care and for those in need of long term intensive care and therapy; and rehabilitation centre for persons with severe mental health and developmental disabilities. Due to lack of such facilities in the state, persons with such disabilities are abandoned, neglected, discriminated and even brought to police station by family or community members to be locked up when they are unable to manage them, NDSF maintained. Among other demands, the NSDF further called for review and streamlining of Disability Certificate issuance process by the health department; accessibility in the built environment (offices and other public buildings), all public areas and in all public events; and supply of reasonably priced disability aids and appliances at regular intervals for those in need.

A Sumi woman farmer poses with her weiging scale- she is out to sell vegetables from her field on a rainy April day in Zunheboto Town. (Morung Photo)

TR education qualification case transferred to the JMFC, Peren Morung Express News

The court also took into account that during the pendency of this particular judgment, another criminal A judgment passed today in a case re- revision petition, namely Criminal garding the educational qualification Revision Petition No. 1 (K) of 2016 “on issue of Nagaland State Chief Minister TR Zeliang has transferred it to the • Complainant Case no. 1 Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) of 2016 & no. 4 of 2015 to of Peren district. The judgment was be heard by JMFC Peren passed on Monday by Justice LS Jamir at the Kohima Bench of the Gauha- • Complainant Case no. 5 ti High Court (of Assam, Nagaland, ‘set aside & quashed’ Mizoram & Arunachal Pradesh). Cases on the matter were filed in Kohima vide (i) Criminal Revision similar facts” arising out of ComplainPetition No.8 (K) of 2015 TR Zeliang ant Case no. 1 of 2016 was pending bevs. District Congress Committee fore the JMFC, Peren, which was taken Peren represented by its President up for hearing on March 18, 2016. “Considering that both the casHeluina Iheilung (Complainant case no. 5) and (ii) CRP No.9 (K) of 2015 TR es are of similar nature, this court in Zeliang Vs. Maziezokho Nisa. (Com- order to avoid conflicting findings by the two separate Courts, is of the plainant Case no. 4). Kohima | April 25

considered opinion that Complaint Case No.4 of 2015 pending before the learned JMFC Kohima, Nagaland should be transferred to the court of the learned JMFC Peren Nagaland,” stated the judgment and order passed by the judge on April 25. The judgment ordered the transferred case to be considered along with Complainant case No.1 of 2016. Complainant case No. 5 of 2015, however, was “set aside and quashed.” Both the criminal revision petitions (4 of 2015 and 5 of 2015) were thus disposed of by the common judgment and order. TR Zeliang (petitioner) was represented by A. Zhimomi along with Imti Longjem, Joshua, Esther and Vinitoli while the counsel for the respondent consisted of KN Balgopal, Sr. Adv with Nitya Nambiar and M Wapang.

Rajya Sabha MP defines his priorities 2,43,265 taxpaying households under 1238 VDBs in Nagaland

Nagaland govt fails to pay Hindi teachers since Dec 2015 DIMAPUR, APRIL 25 (MExN): All Nagaland Hindi Teachers’ Union (ANHTU) has, for the umpteenth time, appealed to the Nagaland Government to release the pending salaries of Hindi teachers under CSS at the earliest. A press statement from ANHTU general secretary, AS Yarthotngam informed that 1379 Hindi teachers of 2012-13 batch have been deprived of their monthly salaries since December 2015 till date-which it alleged was ‘discrimination’ against the Hindi teachers. Lamenting that the affected teachers are facing many hardships due to nonreceipt of their salaries, the Union explained that they were even finding it difficult to cover their transportation costs incurred during performing duty. Besides, it was also affecting their children because of the difficulty to cover the expenses of their tuition fees, the Union said. The Union has also urged the State government and the concerned department to submit the Fund Utilization Certificate to the Government of India on time so that there is no delay on release of funds by the centre. It questioned on how the teachers are expected to perform their duties sincerely, if, they are not paid for their work and duties.

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Nagaland Rajya Sabha MP K.G Kenye

Chizkoho Vero Kohima | April 25

Nagaland Rajya Sabha MP elect K.G Kenye on Monday announced his priorities giving special focus on agri & allied sector, power, road, education, medical and the Naga political issue. “Major portion of the Naga population live in the rural areas, and the mainstay of our people is agribased, which is why I want to accord special attention to this area, Kenye said in an interview with The Morung Express. The Rajya Sabha MP said in order to strength our economy, more focus need to be given to agri & allied sector. “When we say our main occupation is agriculture, we depend on CPO rice from the Centre, which is shame,” he said. Expressing concern over the dependence on import of products from neighboring states, he felt that this was draining both the state’s economy as well as the health of the people. Asserting that the present government has already taken cognizance of the importance of agri & allied sector, Kenye said due focus would be given on promoting this sector so that even if there is no surplus at least sufficiency can be

achieved to meet the requirement of the state. Kenye said he will be approaching the Centre to make agriculture a thrust area by networking with concerned departments, integrating Centre’s nodal agency with state nodal agency and carry forward the programme at earnest. Kenye further stressed on the need to develop the natural resources in the state. He said if public sector and private sector is allowed to participate, then a chain of small and median industries can come up on the basis of natural resources available. He felt that with change of attitude among the landowners, proper industrial policy would usher in era of economy boom for the state. On power sector, Kenye said until and unless Nagaland state have 24 hour uninterrupted power supply, one cannot think of bringing any kind of industries- small or medium. Even those individual entrepreneurs will never be able to compete with others, he said. The newly elected MP felt that Nagas have been focusing too much on the ‘political aspect’ instead of leaving it to the leaders and nationalist groups. “In our pursuit for a ‘settlement,’ we have forgotten other virtues of life, which are much more important in nation building,” he stated. Lamenting that Nagas were once referred to as honest, hardworking, upright and brave, he said such moral values are slowly disappearing from the Naga society. “We have to re-discover our good qualities and virtues of life which our forefathers had,” he said. Kenye pointed out that Naga political issue is certainly one of his main priority. The MP said that he stand by the party (NPF) principle in respect to the Naga political issue. Bio Data of KG Kenye on page 5

Our Correspondent Kohima | April 25

Altogether, there are 2, 43, 265 tax paying households under 1238 Village Development Boards (VDBs) in Nagaland during 2015-16, a manual of State’s Rural Development Department informed. The district wise taxpaying households include; Kohima - 25, 108, Mokokchung - 25, 383, Mon - 29, 788, Tuensang - 23, 432, Zunheboto - 19, 364, Wokha - 17, 335, Phek - 21, 886, Dimapur - 36, 281, Kiphire 15, 124, Longleng - 14, 314 and Peren - 15, 250. “The state of Nagaland has

been exempted from the purview of the 73rd Amendment of the Constitution due to the existence of traditional Local Self – Government bodies like the Village Councils and the VDBs,” stated Rural Development Director Metsübo Jamir in the manual. He noted that the manual has been brought out to disseminate information about the vital importance of VDB model rules, procedures of implementing a village-wide approach to community and individual development schemes under state-plan and guidelines of micro-finance and brief note on grant-in-aid

micro-finance, MGNREGA & IAY for the village councils and VDB in the implementation of rural development programmes. All the recognized villages has a VDB to mobilize resources and implement the schemes through the involvement of village community, the activity of which are determined and selected on the basis of their felt needs, Jamir added. The manual also highlighted that all the activities of the department are implemented through the grass-root level organization, “The Village Development Board,” which has been active since its inception

in 1980. RD department has been involved in the activity of development of the rural areas of Nagaland through the implementation of various programmes and schemes with the objective of improving the economic and social living standards of the rural poor through employment generation and infrastructural development programmes, it further claimed. The manual has also includes a section for the VDBs on preparation of planning and implementing of RD programme for in their respective jurisdiction.

Framework Agreement should Bangladesh tightens security not vanish into thin air: NPCC at gas field after ULFA threat

DIMAPUR, APRIL 25 (MExN): Nagaland Congress Pradesh Committee (NPCC) on Monday stated that the August 3 Framework Agreement signed between the Government of India and the NSCN (IM) should not “vanish into thin air” as voiced by Indian National Congress vice president, Rahul Gandhi to Prime Minister Modi in the parliament. NPCC Media Cell in a press statement on the current Naga political problem said the impact of the Framework Agreement, after the “initial euphoria” of the agreement unfortunately, is yet to be felt on ground. It therefore said Prime Minister Modi “should live up to his words since he has been promising moon and stars to the people.” On the other hand, the NPCC also maintained that if Nagaland Government is sincere and has

the courage to propose agendas in the manner of Nagaland People’s Convention (NPC) and willing to take the responsibility before the people, GoI would surely respond. It however stated that the best effort of the 60 MLAs has just been limited to facilitate and support. The NPCC meanwhile asserted that, keeping the aspiration of the people in mind, it has always endeavored to solve the political problem through peaceful and constitutional means that will bring about a good solution for all. It also clarified that the NPCC does not subscribe to the personal opinion of KV Pusa, who, it informed is facing disciplinary proceedings for ideological difference with the Indian National Congress.

DHAKA, APRIL 25 (REUtERs): Bangladesh has increased security at its largest natural gas field, which is operated by Chevron, the government said on Monday, citing a rare threat by a militant group operating in neighbouring India. The United Liberation Front of Assam has been fighting for secession from India and many of its members are based in Bangladesh. Dhaka said it has received warnings from the Indian authorities that the ULFA was planning to target pipelines at the Bibiyana gas field in northeastern Bangladesh. The Bibiyana field, located in the Sylhet district 278 kilometres from Dhaka, accounts for 45 percent of the country’s gas output. “We have taken additional security measures to prevent destructive activities in the gas field or on the supply system,” said Interior Minister Asaduzzamn Khan. In 2014 a Bangladesh court sentenced ULFA’s leader Paresh Barua to death in absentia for his part in a huge arms smuggling operation which was discovered 10 years previously. Chevron said it was aware of the threat to its operations in Bibiyana. “We are working with relevant government agencies to assess the security situation and take appropriate measures to secure our personnel and operated facilities,” a spokesman said.

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Zunheboto observes World Malaria Day CTSU issue guidelines for schools and teachers

ZuNheboto, april 25 (mexN): Zunheboto district observed World Malaria Day on April 25 under the theme ‘Think, Plan, Create-A Malaria Free Environment.’ Commemorating the day a sanitation drive was carried out in all the colonies. During the sanitation drive the colonies cleaned the side drains, opening clogged culvert, cleaned the road side bushes and filled up potholes. The GBs and Youth body spearhead the sanitation drive in their respective wards. NVBDCP organised a programme in CMO Office compound in Observance of World Malaria Day under the theme “A Malaria Free World” where Shanavas, IAS, SDO (C), Zunheboto graced the occasion as Chief Guest. Shitoho, Pastor, SBCZ invoked the invocation. Dr. Akaho, SMO (DH) gave the key note address, in his speech he highlighted how malaria is spread and encouraged community participation for creating awareness. He also shared

• No coaching by individual teachers in school after school hours • Private tuition should not exceed seven in one batch • NLG vehicles for school duty will not be allowed • Provide safe drinking water for all the students

GBs and Youths of the winning wards along with Shanavas, IAS, SDO (C), Zunheboto and officials during the World Malaria Day observed at Zunheboto district on April 25.

about the preventive measures and services available to the participants. He emphasise the participants to keep surrounding clean so as to reduce mosquito breeding and to prevent the spread of malaria. During the function award were given out to the cleanest performing colonies. Shanavas, IAS,

SDO (C) gave out the prizes to the winning wards. Old Town, Amiphoto and Laghilato bagged the first, second and third prize respectively. Khuwoboto Colony bagged the Best Awareness colony. Alahuto, Project colony, New Colony and North Point bagged the consolation prize respectively. Cash

prize was given to all the winning colonies. Mudosayi Huire, DVBDC gave the vote of thanks and G. Hekuto, Malaria Inspector chaired the programme. During the sanitation drive, the team led by Shanavas, IAS SDO (C), Dr. Alemwabang Aier, DPO (RCH & UIP), Hek-

uto, MI, Mudosayi Huire, DVBDC and Shekho Sophie, Media Officer monitored and inspect all the colonies during the sanitation drive carried out. IEC materials were distributed; poster, banners were put up in town. Miking was also carried out before and during the sanitation drive.

Chumukedima, april 25 (mexN): Keeping in mind the welfare of the students, the Chumukedima Town Students Union (CTSU) has issued guidelines for strict compliance by all the schools and concerned teachers within its jurisdiction to follow. CTSU, President, Hovise Naleo and General Secretary, Seyielhouvinuo Kuotsu in a press note stated that coaching by individual teachers in the school after school hours will be strictly checked. In case of coaching for any subject where the numbers of students are more than seven, the fee charged should be less than tuition amount. Number of students in private tuition should not exceed seven in one batch. Teachers should not supervise 2-3 batches of students

in different rooms in the same hour. Tuition should be 5 days a week of one hour duration @ of Rs. 400 per students. There should be no home tuition from 6:00 am to 5:00 pm this is to allow more students to get guidance from the teacher instead of limiting it to 1 or 2 students. However, home tuition before 6:00 am and after 5:00 pm. Amount should not exceed Rs. 2500/- per batches. The Union directed that Nagaland Government (NLG) vehicles are meant for official duty for Government works. Therefore, using NLG vehicles for school duty will not be allowed and will be strictly checked by the union. Cyber cafe owners are asked not to entertain students in uniforms during school hours. Use of tobac-

co during school hours by teacher is banned. Shopkeepers are asked not to sell tobacco products to minors and students. The Union also directed that no students' organisation is allowed to sell calendars, newspaper or any fund rise etc without consulting the CTSU within Chumukedima Town jurisdiction. Shopkeepers are asked not to sell goods beyond the market MRP price. They are also not to sell expired goods. There shall be vigilant checking from the students’ union. Safe drinking water should be provided for all the students in the school. CTSU will be visiting the school anytime to interact with school heads, teachers and students on matter relating to the welfare of the students community.

'Back to God' Bible camp concludes

The Dimapur Sumi Baptist Church held its second batch of Fathers School from April 20 to 23 for fathers to live a committed Christian life and play a crucial role in family building in a true Christian principle. Altogether 41 fathers attended this school which was mentored by Associate Pastor DSBC Hokito Swu and Assistant Pastor Youth Joshua Zhimomi. The attendees encountered some life transforming experiences. The DSBC is the first church to conduct this Fathers School among all the Sumi churches.

kohima, april 25 (mexN): The five-day ‘Back to God Bible camp’ organized by Call of God ministry at Naga Shisha Hoho Prayer Centre, Prüzie, Kohima concluded on Sunday. The camp was held under the theme ‘For I have plan to prosper you’ (Jeremiah 29:11). Speaking on the topic “commitment” on Sunday morning, pastor of Tuophema Baptist Church Zelhou Zumu said commitment to God should be maintained at home, work place and everywhere without any excuse. He said many churches are dying due to lack of commitment, a press release informed. He reminded the believers that commitment will be strong

Participants, organizers, and speakers of the Back to God Bible camp.

and firm by having close relationship with God in all circumstances. In the afternoon session, Vesühü Vero and Sapi Litu spoke on the topic “Deliv-

erance through Christ” and “Not by might but by spirit” respectively. In the evening session, Pastor Roukouwhelie spoke on the topic “And in hell” (Luke 16:23).

173 BN CRPF joins Clean India Campaign

dimapur, april 25 (mexN): World Malaria day cum Clean India Campaign was conducted by 173 BN CRPF at Super Market area, Dimapur on April 25 as part of the sanitation drive and clean India campaign in collaboration with the District Vector Borne Rowainla, Dy DEO Mokokchung and chairperson Board of Governor Clark Theological Col- Officer ( NVBDCP) Departlege Aolijen flags off the field trip programme to Kohima organised by Mokokchung College ment, Dimapur. A press release stated of Teacher Education, Yimyu as part of the B.Ed academic curriculum on April 25. that Joseph Keishing, Commandant-173 Bn CRPF, Love Kumar, 2nd-in-Command, Dr. Api Bagra, CMO-173 Bn, Unit Officers and Jawans and families of 173 Bn CRPF alongwith Dr. Moa Jamir, District Vector Borne Officer (NVBDCP), Dimapur participated in the programme by cleaning the area, fogging and also by spreading awareness regarding prevention of malaria. The campaign was conducted successfully with the mission to ‘End 173 BN CRPF personnel clean the locality at Super Market area, Dimapur on April 25. Malaria for Good.’

Others who spoke during the camp include Rev. Shan Kikon, David Koza, Diezie Iralu, Vezokho Vero and Chekrosayi Phesao, all pastors.

Around 120 delegates from various churches including fathers, young men and women attended the bible camp, the release added.

Campaign for ‘Smoke Free’ Kohima City

kohima, april 25 (dipr): A 'campaign for Smoke Free Kohima City' by the students of Tobacco Free Schools, Kohima will be held at Phoolbari junction below old MLA Hostel, Kohima on 28th April 2016 at 1:00 P.M. The event is being organized by the District Tobacco Control Cell Kohima, Department of Health and Family Welfare Kohima, Nagaland. The Deputy Commissioner and Chairman of DLCC, Kohima, Rovilatuo Mor , IAS will deliver speech while Administration KMC, Kovi Meyase will chair the programme and Joint Director, Department of H&FW and State Nodal Officer NTCP, Dr. Hotokhu Chishi will deliver keynote address. Short speeches on the topic "Harmful effects of smoking" and "My vision for a smoke free Kohima" will also be given by student of Mt. Sinai Higher Secondary School Kohima and Government Higher Secondary School Seikhazou, Kohima.

Muffets on Wheels – food truck launched in Dimapur

C-Edge College NSS Special Camp underway Staff of RMSA packs office materials to shift the office from Old Secretariat Building, Kohima on April 25. It may be recalled that the home department (Nazareth Branch) has recently issued an order on vacation of Old Secretariat Building. As per the Verification Report of the Inspection Team deputed by the Allotment Committee on 2nd April 2016, the Old secretariat Building is in dilapidated condition with crumbling ceilings and buckling columns and is not safe for further occupation. It directed those occupying this building to immediately vacate their offices and arrange alternative accommodation elsewhere. It is learnt that taxes department and land record and survey department have already shifted their office from this building. (Morung Photo) People seen ordering food from the truck in DC office area on April 25.

C-Edge College National Service Scheme (NSS) unit has started its Special Camp from April 25 onwards in Nihoto village.

Notun Basti Council, under ward 21, Dimapur organised a cleanliness drive on account of World Malaria Day on April 25 at Notun Basti. Volunteers from the locality led by NBC chairman, John Ezung, GBs and elders removed garbage by the roadside and cleared clogged drains on account of the day. Mosquito larvae eating fish, which was distributed by the district wing of the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme, was also released in drains. (Morung Photo)

dimapur, april 25 (mexN): The C-Edge College National Service Scheme (NSS) unit has started its Special Camp from April 25 onwards in Nihoto village. Keeping in mind the central theme of NSS which is social responsibility, this will be a community centric event with the participation of the NSS

in-charges Dilip Patel and Aloli H Kinny along with 17 members. Nihoto Village is the adopted village for the college NSS unit. With the aim of doing something positive for the people in the community, the special camp will feature presentation on “Save life Donate Blood”,“Stay Healthy Stay Hygienic” and Energy

Conservation. Additionally, it will also comprise of community services such as tree plantation, cleaning the surrounding of the village including the church premises as well as white wash of the existing trees. C-Edge College NSS Unit has acknowledged Nihoto Village community for the opportunity.

dimapur, april 25 (mexN): In what is the first of its kind in the commercial hub of the state, a food truck - Muffets on Wheels, an extension of Muffet’s Pantry located at Circular Road, Dimapur was launched this morning in the service of the people. Talking to the proprietor of Muffet’s Pantry, Merenla Imkong who came up with a brilliant idea to launch meals on wheels service in the city informed that food truck was launched keeping in mind office going people and students who could grab a

proper meal under Rs. 100. She said properly trained personnel are manning the food truck in order to ensure serving of hygienic, hot and delicious foods at an affordable price. Fried rice, noodles, sandwiches and burgers are some of the many fast foods that are served on wheels. Muffet’s Pantry is a multi cuisine court that boasts of its refined and elegant styles of cooking. The restaurant is noted for its excellent cuisine. The truck was built by Zulu Designs based Notun Basti, Dimapur.

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Nearly 1 lakh people affected in floods across 6 Assam dists Guwahati, april 25 (pti): Almost one lakh people have been affected across six districts in the first wave of floods in Assam. According to an official release by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), nearly one lakh people were suffering in Jorhat, Sivasagar, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Cachar and Charaideo districts. Authorities have opened 40 relief camps in Sivasagar, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh and Charaideo where 7,412 inmates were taking shelter. So far nearly 5,000 hectares of crop area have been inundated by flood water, the release said. Currently, Burhidihing and Desang Naglamuraga rivers were flowing above the danger mark in Sivasagar, it said. Army, NDRF and SDRF teams have been deployed for search and rescue operations in flood affected areas of Charaideo district. Relief materials have been distributed to flood affected people in Sivasagar, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and Charaideo. Meanwhile, train services over Lumding Silchar hill section, which resumed yesterday evening with the movement of goods train, had to be controlled again today due to further landslides at four places between Lumding and Badarpur. Accordingly train services in the section have been regulated till completion of restoration work, NF Railway officials said. Weather condition continued to remain very inclement in affected areas as road communication remained disrupted to the Barak Valley.

Manipur opens relief camps for rain-hit villagers

A woman crosses a flooded area over a raft made of banana tree trunks at Bura Bure in Morigaon district of Assam on Sunday. (PTI Photo) -

Arunachal releases Rs 2 crore to Tawang district as relief

itaNaGar, april 25 (pti): Arunachal Pradesh government on Monday released Rs 2 crore to Tawang district for relief and restoration work including ex-gratia payment to the next of kin of the deceased who died in landslides in the border district. The government also released a relief fund of Rs 1 crore each to the flood-affected districts of Namsai, Lower, Subansiri, Changlang and Anjaw besides additional relief fund of Rs 30 lakh to all the DCs and Rs 10 lakh to all the ADC headquarters, an official report said here. Chief Minister Kalikho Pul accompanied by in charge chief secre-

tary Hage Khoda, disaster management commissioner Hage Kojeen and disaster management director Y W Ringu made an unsuccessful attempt to visit Tawang district on Sunday despite bad weather. The team had to return back to Guwahati Airport due to inclement weather as packed cloud over the Bhutan Valley en-route to Tawang had blurred visibility and deterred further movement of the helicopter, the report said. Pul said that occurrence of landslides and flash flood in the state is predominant as the state is situated in a seismically high risk zone fre-

quented with heavy rainfall. He called upon the people to learn a lesson from recent incidents of landslides at Tawang that caused loss of 18 lives and the water logging at Hotel PYBSS at Itanagar that blocked the National Highway 415 for several days due to obstruction of natural flow of drain water by randomly built houses at drains/ nallahs, bypassing building laws in the state. "If the faults are not corrected in time and precautions are not taken, such high rise buildings are in danger and may collapse anytime risking lives of many people," he pointed out.

imphal, april 25 (iaNS): The Manipur government has started opening relief camps for villagers who were rendered homeless in the recent torrential rains and thunderstorms, an official said on Monday. Official reports said that in the Oinam assembly constituency, over 3,307 houses were destroyed. Besides, the rains destroyed 2,000 houses in the Nambol assembly constituency and 220 houses in Imphal West. Criticising the government over the delay in opening relief camps, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Rajkumar Shivachandra said: "The destruction of thousands of houses and other facilities is there for everyone to see. It is incomprehensible why the government had to wait for several days till Monday to open the relief camps." Rain and hailstorms also destroyed vast paddy fields and vegetable farms in the state. Low-lying areas and many villages are inundated. Officials told IANS on Monday that major rivers in the state are flowing just below the danger level. Parts of the state and the national highways are also submerged. There is a fear about the outbreak of water-borne diseases. Manipur Health Minister D.K. Korungthang said the government will request the central government for a special package to cope with the situation.

Announcements also in tribal language at Agartala airport New species of primate spotted in Arunachal

aGartala, april 25 (iaNS): The union civil aviation ministry has decided to make flight information announcements at the Agartala airport in a tribal language in addition to Hindi, English and Bengali, a Tripura MP said on Monday. "Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju in a letter informed me that announcement on flight information in tribal Kokborok language would be made at Agartala airport in addition to the present broadcast in Hindi, English and Bengali languages," Lok Sabha member from Tripura Jitendra Chaudhary told IANS. "The issue was raised by me in the budget session of Lok Sabha last month." Tribals constitute a third of Tripura's 3.7 million people. Of the state's 1,166,813 tribals, over 60 percent communicate in Kokborok language, which is also an official language of Tripura since January 1979.

Chaudhary, who is also the deputy chief whip of Communist Party of India-Marxist in parliament and a former Tripura minister, said that the state government has been demanding to include Kokborok language in the eighth schedule of the constitution. "The Borok or tribal Tripuris are inhabited not only in Tripura state but also in other northeastern states, Uttaranchal and neighbouring countries like Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal and Bhutan comprising about 1.5 million in numbers," he added. He also said that the Tripura government had set up a separate directorate for development of Kokborok language and other minority languages. Kokborok is being taught now in schools and colleges in Tripura as one of the language subjects up to degree level and Tripura (Central) University has also introduced short-term course in Kokborok.

Manipur launches Food Security Act, people unaware of scheme

imphal, april 25 (iaNS): The National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013, was on Monday formally launched in Manipur by Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh. However, some people said they were unaware of the scheme. At a brief function at the office of the consumer, food and public distribution department at Sagaiprou in Imphal, Okram Ibobi flagged off some truckloads of rice to other towns in the state. Under this provision, a consumer will get 5 kg of rice in a month at the rate of Rs.3 per kg, and flour at Rs.2 a kg. In Sadar Hills sub-division of Senapati district, the scheme was launched by Irrigation and Flood Control Minister Ngamthang Haokip. Distributing ration cards to beneficiaries, the minister said the scheme initiated by the erstwhile Congress government at the Centre will benefit the poor. Officials said that out of over 28 lakh people, at least 24 lakh will be covered under the scheme in Manipur. IANS met some of the residents to inquire whether they received

their ration cards and whether they know about the fair-price shops from where they could buy the items. The residents, however, said they had no idea about the scheme. Some officials, meanwhile, told IANS that ration cards have not been distributed "fully" to the people in Imphal East and Imphal West districts. The BJP's Manipur unit president Thounaojam Chaoba slammed the Congress government over the scheme. "The Congress government in Manipur is going to spoil the scheme meant to benefit the poor. These ration cards should be issued by local body members as specified by the Act itself," Chaoba said. "Flouting this rule, some Congress MLAs, ministers and parliamentary secretaries have been issuing the cards to selected people," he said. Chaoba also said that in Manipur, there was no fair-price shop that functioned properly, and ration card holders were not informed where to go to buy the subsidised rice and wheat.

NCD prevalence among youngsters a concern, says DoNER Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh

ShilloNG, april 25 (Dipr): Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region and Chairman, North East Council, Dr. Jitendra Singh, has expressed concern over prevalence of Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) including Cancer, Heart Diseases and Diabetes among people at a young age. He said this while inaugurating a week-long NEC-Pink Chain Cancer Conclave 2016 at NEC, Shillong. While stressing on the need for improvement in quality of life, Dr. Singh he observed that if detected at an early stage, most of the diseases are curable. He also felt that a small group of young people should spread the awareness on prevention of various diseases especially Cancer in the North East through social media. He also strongly advocated for a specialized group of journalists on Health Communi-

cation and awareness. Meanwhile, the Minister promised to set up a Medical College in Meghalaya in Public-Private- Partnership mode to cater to the needs of people from the North East for Medical Education. He further said that Dr. B. Barua Cancer Institute in Guwahati will be upgraded with more specialized disciplines like DM, M.Ch etc. Doctors from the North Eastern States will be trained on treatment of Cancer at Adyar Institute of Cancer at Chennai for which Union Government will bear all the expenses, he said. Speaking on the occasion, Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Meghalaya A.L Hek said that Government of Meghalaya has taken several measures to prevent Cancer and other diseases. He felt that Cancer can be curable and expressed concern over the growing rate of cancer in Mizoram.

Guwahati, april 25 (pti): A new species of primate —White Cheeked Macaque —has been spotted in Arunachal Pradesh by a group of wildlife photographers and biologists from North East India. The White-cheeked Macaque (Macaca leucogenys) was first spotted at the Anjaw district, nestled in the Eastern corner of Arunachal Pradesh by a team of biologists and wildlife photographers comprising Dr Ranjan Kumar Das, Udayan Borthakur and Dr Dilip Chetry, a press release issued by wildlife conservation organisation Aaranyak said on Sunday. The team, accompanied by profes-

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Arunachal Govt to provide free Wi-Fi hotspots in state itaNaGar, april 25 (pti): The Arunachal Pradesh government is contemplating to provide free Wi-Fi hotspots at all important public places in the state capital from Chimpu in Itanagar to Kankar Nallah in Naharlagun. Chief Minister Kalikho Pul hoped Internet connectivity would benefit the students most as there were a number of reference books, online help centres and experts' views available, which can make the learning process easy, an official release said here today. It would also help local business and farmers who could use Internet to understand the market and predict weather trends in a better way. The measure would be in line with the Prime Minister's ambitious 'Digital India' programme that aims at boosting Internet connectivity across the country. The Department of Information Technology would implement the service in select public places. The bandwidth service for the Wi-FI hotspots would be provided by the stateowned BSNL or some other private service provider.

Gopal Roy to be the new CLP leader in Tripura Assembly aGartala, april 25 (pti): Gopal Roy has been nominated by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) to be the next leader of the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) in Tripura Assembly, TPCC chief said today. Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President Birajit Sinha yesterday wrote a letter to the Speaker of the Assembly recommending Roy as next CLP leader in the Assembly, Sinha told reporters here. The post of the CLP leader fell vacant since April 7 as the then CLP leader and the Leader of the opposition Sudip Roy Barman resigned from his post to protest against the alliance of Congress and CPI-M in West Bengal. Meanwhile, Tripura Pradesh Mahila Congress President Kalayani Roy and another TPCC member and Chief of the Schedule Cast wing of the party Prakash Das besides 40 other leaders have resigned from their posts and joined hands with Burman. Regarding the desertion of party leaders and workers of the party, Sinha said he had informed the AICC regarding the development. "Practically we have nothing to do regarding the tie-up of Congress and CPI-M in West Bengal. It is a policy decision taken by our high command in Delhi. But we do not see any such possibility in Tripura," Sinha said.

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Inside India’s vibrant 500-yr-old market where there are over 4000 traders… and all of them are women

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From the dazzling array of fresh fruit, spices and textiles, the sprawling Imphal market in Manipur could be mistaken for any other bazaar in India but it has one distinct difference - all 4000 traders manning its stalls are female.

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Ima Keithel which translates as ‘mother’s market’ is a meeting ground and trading hub, run exclusively by women and is reportedly the largest all-women market in Asia and possibly the world. Although there is debate over when exactly it was established, some say the market dates back to the 16th century. This female-only workforce originated

during the ‘Lallup’ era when men from the Meitei community were called upon to serve the King leaving the women the responsibilities of commerce and farming, according to Oddity Central. Only married women are allowed to run the stalls and family members pass their trade on to the next generation keeping the enterprising spirit alive.

‘Human capital risks impact most on business’ New Delhi, April 25 (iANS): Human capital risks have the most impact on business performance compared to other risks like from the market or macro-economic factors, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) said in a study released on Monday. The study conducted jointly by the CII’s Suresh Neotia Centre of Excellence for Leadership (SNCEL) and Willis Towers Watson found that human capital risks (HCR), such as those arising from high attrition, attraction and retention and skills inadequacy, rank first with a score of 84 percent in terms of impact on business performance. “The study finds that 62 percent companies indicate human capital risk to be an urgent board level

concern, yet only one in three respondents have a formally defined risk mitigation or control strategy in place,” CII said in a statement here. Identifying the top human capital risks faced by companies in India, the study found: “Insufficient leadership benchstrength poses the biggest risk to organisations in India with 74 percent respondents indicating this significantly impacts business performance and 38 percent saying this risk has been a concern for their organisation in the past. “Retention of critical talent segments was identified by 77 percent of the respondents as a risk that could have a ‘major’ or ‘catastrophic’ impact on business performance and 31 percent indicated

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New Delhi, April 25 (pTi): The import of certain Chinese products was banned after they were found to be sub-standard, Nirmala Sitharaman said. India has banned import of milk and milk products, certain mobile phones and a few other items from China after finding them sub-standard or not following security codes. Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in Lok Sabha that India banned import of milk and milk products from China as their quality was unacceptable. Sitharaman said some mobile phones, which do not carry International Mobile Station Equipment Identity number or other security features, and some steel products have also been banned from importing from China. “Complete ban of import from any country is not possible now due to WTO rules even if we have problems diplomatically, territorially or militarily,” she said. The Minister said India’s trade deficit with China stood at $48.68 billion (nearly Rs 32.4 lakh crore) during 2015-16 (April-February) and the total bilateral trade was $65.16 billion (nearly Rs 43.3 lakh crore) during the period. “Increasing trade deficit with China can be attributed primarily to the fact that Chinese exports to India rely strongly on manufactured items to meet the demand of fast expanding sectors like telecom and power, while India’s exports to China are characterised by primarily and intermediate products,” she said.

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Cleanliness contest commemorates World Malaria Day Dimapur, april 25 (mExN): To commemorate World Malaria Day which is celebrated on April 25, inter-ward cleanliness competitions were held in Mokokchung and Dimapur (urban) with the theme ‘Think. Plan. Create. A Malaria free Environment’. Dr. S. Marina Yaden, District Vector Borne Officer (NVBDCP), Mokokchung in a press release informed that in Mokokchung district, majority of malaria cases are reported from areas bordering Assam such as Mangkolemba and Tuli through cross transmission from nonlocal tea workers and coal mine workers to local people. Malaria patients are also reported from neighbouring districts such as Longleng, Tuensang and Zunheboto. Malaria is an acute parasitic illness caused by Plasmodium falciparum or Plasmodium vivax through the bite of infected female Anophelus Mosqui-

Winners of the Mokokchung Town inter-ward cleanliness drive competition along with the organizers.

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within a week with proper and timely treatment, the release added. The strategies of National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCB), she said, are early diagnosis and complete treatment, integrated vector control including promotion of LLIN (Long

Lasting Insecticidal Nets) which has been distributed to every village having high malaria cases and jhum cultivators under Mokokchung district during March and April 2016. Intensive IEC and capacity building and training of the health workers, ASHAS has also been carried out.

The prize distribution ceremony for the interward cleanliness competition organized by the NVBDCP Mokokchung in collaboration with Mokokchung District Swachh Bharat Mission was held at IDSP Hall, IMDH Mokokchung with Deputy Commissioner of Mokokchung,

Sushil Kumar Patel as chief guest. Chief Medical Officer of Mokokchung, Dr. SS Akaba Longchar in his keynote address highlighted the objective of observing WMD and the measures adopted to control and eradicate malaria and other vector borne diseases. He also informed that the month of June will be observed further as Malaria Month and sought the cooperation and support of all stakeholders. Chairman of All Wards Union Mokokchung lauded the district SBM and the DVBO (NVBDCP) for organizing the cleanliness competition which he said was perhaps a first of its kind. Saying that cleanliness is the most important step in controlling malaria, he added the cleanliness drive has impacted much awareness on the minds of the people about cleanliness. While suggesting that the cleanliness drive be made an annual affair, he said it need not be competitive but that all the wards be

Bio Data: Rajya Sabha MP KG Kenye * 1960, 6th November: Born to Goyiepra Kenye and Pelhinyiu * 1964-75: Early education at Little Flower School Kohima * 1976-79: Matriculate (NBSE) from Minister’s Hill English School Kohima * 1979-81: Hindustan Institute of Engineering Technology (Madras), Chennai AMAESI * 1981-85: Pre University (PU) and Bachelor of Arts (BA III) (NEHU) from Kohima College Kohima * 1978-79: President, Students Union MHBES Kohima * 1980: Founding member, Naga Students Union (Madras) Chennai * 1982: General Secretary, Kohima College Students Union, Vice President, Chakhesang Students Union * 1983: President, All Nagaland College Students’ Union (ANCSU) * 1983-86: Chairman, Action Committee, Naga Students’ Federation, Member, Naga People’s Movement for Human Rights * 1987- 89: General Secretary, Chakhesang Public Organization * 1989: Elected MLA from UNNDP ticket Nagaland Legislative Assembly * 1990: Inducted as minister of state in the council of ministers * 1991-92: Appointed as Deputy Chairman of the State planning board also as chairman of DPDB Phek district * 1993: Contested the general election with NPC ticket * 2000: Chairman of the yearlong celebration of India fifty Republic Committee (Nagaland State). * 2000-2002: General Secretary, Nagaland Peoples’ Council (Central) * 2002-2007: General Secretary, Nagaland Peoples’ Council (Central) 2nd term * 2008 till date: Secretary General, Naga People’s Front * 2013 till date: Member Secretary, Democratic Alliance of Nagaland * 2013 till date: Member Secretary, Political Affairs Consultative Committee * 2014 September: Advisor (Pol) to the Chief Minister of Nagaland * 2016 April: Elected unopposed as MP (Rajya Sabha)

tion, the necessity to start early from 8th or 9th Standard for better career option and various professional courses was highlighted by Dr. Tsukhumong (PT), General Secretary, WYSU. Meanwhile, during the programme Yimchugru candidates who succeeded in the NPSC exam recently were honoured. They were Kihomong Yimchungru, EAC, David H. Yimchungru, Secretariat Assistant, and Y. Tokumla Jangru, Secretariat Assistant. A speech on behalf of the NPSC successful candidates was delivered by David. H. Yim, who focused on commitment, ambition, responsibility, hard work, confidence and courage as traits which are necessary to succeed in life. Exhortation was delivered by Showuba, Assistant Agronomist and General Secretary, Yimchungru Gazetted Officers’ Association.

by Yimyu and Marepkong wards in the second and third places respectively. The winners were awarded Rs.30,000/-, Rs.10,000/and Rs.5000/- respectively, along with certificates. All the remaining wards were also awarded certificates of appreciation. The World Malaria Day event in Dimapur was organized by the Urban Vector Borne Disease Control Scheme (UVBDCS) under the Department of Health & Family Welfare. An inter-ward sanitation drive competition was held to create awareness to the public in Dimapur urban area, where Ward 9, Ward 10, and Ward 4 emerged first, second, and third winner respectively. They will receive Rs. 20000/-, Rs 15000/-, Rs 10000/- respectively as prize money. A press release from UVBDCS Assistant Director, Kikolul Khieya has asked the winning wards’ councils, GBs and youth wings to collect the prize during office hour.

MEx FILE DRFCB emergency meeting

WYSU holds career seminar Dimapur, april 25 (mExN): The Western Yimchungru Students' Union (WYSU) in collaboration with Yimchungru Students' Union Dimapur organized a career seminar cum felicitation of successful NPSC candidates on April 23 at Yimchungru Baptist Church Dimapur. A press release from WYSU President, Amos and Assistant Secretary, Kehola Grace Kips informed that Kumtsu, Asst. Commandment, 13 NAP (IR) addressed the students on the importance of extracurricular activities in the school and the hobbies which can become one’s career depending on their interest. During student life, he exhorted, one has to maintain simple living and high thinking. He further stated that in order to enjoy success, one has to be disciplined, stay focused and keep working on it. The importance to have a career, choosing right stream, subject combina-

rather awarded incentives to undertake the cleanliness drive. Deputy Commissioner of Mokokchung, Sushil Kumar appreciated all the 18 wards under Mokokchung Town for proactively and enthusiastically participating in the competition and said “everybody deserves prizes” and that “participation is more important than winning.” He also expressed admiration of the people of Mokokchung for showing much awareness on importance of cleanliness and congratulated the people for keeping Mokokchung Town clean. SDO(C) Sachin Jaiswal, who was the chief judge of the competition, said he has never seen “people coming forward in such a mass scale to clean their town without any incentive” and added there was “no loser in this case as society as a whole benefits.” Sungkomen Ward was adjudged the winner of the competition followed

Dimapur, april 25 (mExN): The Dhansiri River Flood Control Board (DRFCB) has convened an emergency meeting at its office chamber, Purana Bazar, East Dimapur, 11:00 am on April 27. Therefore, all the office bearers and executive members have been requested to attend the meeting without fail.

TWU meeting on April 27

A car damaged in an accident at Notun Basti junction around 11:45 pm on April 24.

Snag at Metha substation disrupts supply

Dimapur, april 25 (mExN): The Tenyimi Women’s Organisation will be having a general meeting on April 27, 10:00 am at Tenyimia Complex, Dimapur. President of Tenyimi Women’s Union Dimapur, Aba Khing, and its General Secretary S. Carolie Pao, in a press note informed that all the ten tribes’ Unit Presidents along with their respective office bearers are to attend the meeting without fail. All the Tenyimi elder women and former women leaders have been requested to attend the meeting positively.

KPC appoints CEC

Kohima, april 25 (mExN): The executive members of Kohima Press Club (KPC) during an executive Morung Express News meeting held on April 25 appointed Kopelo Krome as Dimapur | April 25 the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) for the forthSeveral localities drawing power from Metha coming KPC election which is scheduled to be held in sub-station, Dimapur experienced a pro- the month of May. A press release from KPC General longed outage on April 25. It affected a major Secretary Alice Yhoshü has informed all the KPC mempart of the town area surrounding Circular bers that the date of the election will be announced shortly after a formal sitting of the executive team with Road since noon. A power department offithe Chief Election Commissioner. cial said the problem was caused by a “circuit breaker” problem. To rectify the problem supNaga Students’ Union Delhi honoured Chief Minister TR Zeliang for receiving Lifetime ply had to be shut down, it was added. Supply Achievement Award in transformation on April 25 at Nagaland House, New Delhi. Zecould be restored only at around 9:00 pm. liang received the award at a function held in Bali, Indonesia on April 23. Dimapur, april 25 (mExN): The Anti-Extortion team of Dimapur Police arrested three FGN cadres from New Market area while they were collecting “illegal taxes” from the shopkeepers on April 23. A press release from PRO, Dimapur Police has identified the arrested “The search also led to re- rescued individual revealed that representatives apprehended persons as Yekuto Zhimomi, ‘Leacy’; Akito Achumi, Dimapur, april 25 (mExN): 37 Assam Rifles bust- covery of various incriminating the marks were due to physical one arms peddler from a house ‘Rajupeyu’; Akheto Awomi, ‘Leacy’. ed an alleged detention centre documents, revealing their in- assault/ torture by the appre- at NST Colony in Dimapur on of GPRN/NSCN at Half Nagar- volvement in the heinous crime hended GPRN/NSCN cadre on April 21. According to a press release from Assam Rifles, one .38 jan in Dimapur on April 17. Two of running an illegal Detention the night of April 16.” The rescued individual, ap- mm revolver, one live rounds of GPRN/NSCN cadres identified Centre,” the AR added. The release further said that prehended cadres and recov- .38 mm revolver and some “in- Dimapur, april 25 (mExN): The office of the as Sergeant Major Toluto Chishi (35) and Lieutenant Kherito one youth who was abducted ered items were handed over to criminating documents” were Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone-II, Dimapur has Yamchunger (31) were appre- by GPRN/NSCN cadres on April Dimapur East Police Station on recovered from the house. The been shifted to Police Lane behind West Police Station, arrested person identified as Dimapur, informed PRO, Dimapur Police in a press rehended during the search op- 16 was also rescued during the April 17. Bhondu (21) was handed over lease. The office was earlier housed at the East Police eration which was conducted in search. “During the physical 32 AR apprehend to East Police Station, Dimapur Station building. the presence of representative examination of rescued indi- arms peddler In a separate incident, 32 with all the recovered items, the from Nagaland Police, a press vidual, several torture marks release from Assam Rifles said. were found on his body. The Assam Rifles along with police release added.

Anti-extortion team arrest 3

Assam Rifles bust alleged GPRN/NSCN detention centre

DCP office shifted

Gorkha Affairs, GPRN/NSCN informs

Counselling therapies Edufest 2016 underway in Kohima workshop from April 27 Dimapur, april 25 (mExN): The Master of Social Work (MSW) department of North East Institute of Social Science & Research (NEISSR) in collaboration with Peace Channel is organising four days workshop on counselling therapies from April 27 – 30 at the conference hall, NEISSR, Bishops House, Dimapur. The workshop will be animated by two renowned expert counsellors Dr. Joan Chunkapura, Principal, TRADA College of Health & Social Sciences, Kerala and Dr. Fr. Mathew Thuniampral, Director, Shalom Rehabilitation Centre, Chumukedima, informed a press release from NEISSR Desk. Kesonyu Yhome, Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur will be the chief guest and will inaugurate the workshop at 10:00 am on April 27. The topics to be covered during the four days are: Teaching session on adolescence, youth counselling skills and process; Family and major family therapies; Practical application of various psychotherapies; Special therapies and advanced techniques to promote mental health, and integration and prevent maladjustment. The workshop will be held from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm daily. Course fee will be Rs. 250 for students and Rs. 1000 for professionals. For details, contact 91-9856093469/ 8416068129 and email peacechannel05@gmail.com.

Dimapur, april 25 (mExN): The RAO, Gorkha Affairs, GPRN/NSCN has directed all the regions and Union Territories to extend fullest co-operation to the Gorkha Affairs. The directive has been issued as resolved and directed by the government to strengthen and mobilize the Gorkha Affairs and its system throughout the state of Nagaland under one administration headed by RAO, Gorkha Affairs. In a press release issued by MIP, GPRN/NSCN, RAO Gorkha Affairs stated that one of the reasons for the decision was to analyze the census of Gorkha within Nagaland.

USLP mourns Dimapur, april 25 (mExN): The president of United Sangtam Likhum Pumji (USLP), Yonghopi on behalf of the organisation has expressed sadness over the untimely demise of Serangmong Sangtam, a former president of USLP, at his residence in Dimapur on April 14th Edufest 2016 underway in Kohima on April 25. (Morung Photo) 23. “It was invaluable loss for the whole Sangtam comOur Correspondent able the graduate/ post graduate students munity. We pray for the divine soul to rest in peace,” the interact with UGC/AICT accredited col- USLP stated in a condolence message received here. Kohima | April 25 leges and universities from India, explore The two-day 14th Edufest 2016 - “The opportunities to study abroad, get incareer fair series” - under the aegis of formation on admissions, scholarships, Lynchpin got underway here today at Ho- course and job prospects to over huntel de Oriental Grand Kohima. dreds of career choices. Dimapur, april 25 (mExN): Model Colony CounSeveral top universities/ institutions Lynchpin Director (Sales) Ankita cil has convened social work within its jurisdiction on across the country came forward to the Saikia has invited graduate and post stuApril 30, 5:00 am onwards. Council Secretary Temjen programme to disseminate various in- dents to avail the platform which is an Jamir in a press release informed that the work will proformation regarding admission, scholar- opportunity for them to access a range of ceed lane-wise. From every household at least one pership, placement etc to the deserving can- information. son should attend, it was informed. Attendance will be didates. The Edufest will go on till April 26 from taken at Zion Hospital premises after the work, it stated. This platform has been created to en- 11:00 am to 5:00 pm, she said.

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IN FOCUS The Power of Truth

The Morung Express volume Xi issue 113

A World of Ideas

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C O M M E N T A R Y

Ana Salvá The Diplomat

Domestic Violence in Cambodia

vident in human history is the presence of an understanding that is rooted in context and consciousness. This understanding can be found within particular historical processes that have been catalyzed when transitions are taking place between the old and the new within which civilizations and cultures have emerged, and development of sorts can be found. Humankind through its history can be seen to be striving to improve its condition, possibly a forward progression that implies moving from a lower to a higher state of being. This striving has been primarily driven by an outdated exclusive Euro-centric view of life. It has also been responsible for dividing humankind into two perceptual categories – the individual and the State. As indigenous people we need to acknowledge that this exclusive dualistic understanding of humankind is contrary to non-Euro worldview, especially our Naga worldview. Indigenous experience suggests that the Euro-centric dualism pits humans against nature in which humans think they are superior to the natural world and attempt to conquer it. Is this the basis of rationale States use to pursue a policy of aggression? This model of domination suggests that social evolution is no longer a continual process, but one in which situations are created to ensure that the interests of the dominant one prevails. Indeed, appalling sacrifices have been made to quench the thirst for greed and power where everything in its way becomes a casualty in the name of progress. In the race to get ahead, everything on the planet, which represents a spectrum of resources including humankind, has been reduced to being objects of history and systems that suppress and deny the basic human worth and dignity. This greed based accumulation model is driven by a few. Indigenous experience and traditional knowledge systems challenge this model by asking whether the Euro-centric dualistic perception of humankind is an erroneous illusion that has done more damage than good. It further challenges the notion of progress through economics where materialism, consumerism, hierarchy and accumulated wealth are the indices of status and general well-being. The accumulation model fuels the need for increased production that supports materialism. This model has been detrimental to human development and has had devastating consequences for indigenous people. It has caused instability by destroying culture’s dynamic nature and vibrancy which has been replace with a culture of power where structural violence alienates people from their roots, causing despair and poverty. What kind of culture is it that seeks to undermine the very richness of humanity? At a time when consciousness is replaced by arrogance and collective survival is reduced to a race for power, it is fair to say that the credibility and integrity of modern culture is at stake. How then can it speak with authenticity and sincerity for justice and peace? For the Nagas, the truth has been its most tragic casualty and made invisible. Eventually it has limited our understanding, thereby contradicting our conviction that Nagas are capable beings rooted in context and conscience. Our natural continuous processes of transition have been reduced to a series of disconnected events that are unable to offer a life giving pathway. In essence, rather than leading towards a positive and healthy direction of human development, Nagas are taking small uncertain steps. This has resulted in a disorientation that has usurped the Naga common sense. Now is the time for Nagas to discern and reflect on our own culture and honestly identify the core of our problems. We can be reassured to know that when knowledge and wisdom systems are listen to intensely by the heart, they will become realigned to the truth. Within our realities, the Naga mind will be persuaded to do justice by finding purpose in creating an inclusive culture of respect and dignity.

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Chris Arsenault Thomson Reuters Foundation

Peruvian potato farmer is among six Goldman environmental prize winners

Peruvian potato farmer who was beaten and jailed after protesting against the loss of her land and home to a mining firm is among six winners of the Goldman Prize, one of the world's richest awards for environmental activists. The winners, including a Tanzanian land rights campaigner, a Slovakian public interest lawyer and a Puerto Rican nature reserve developer, will be honoured at a ceremony in Washington D.C. on April 20. Each winner will receive $175,000 to support their environmental activism and continuing local campaigns. "People all over the world are fighting to protect their land and water," said Máxima Acuña, a Peruvian farmer, mother of four and grandmother, who won the prize for Latin America. Her campaigning over more than five years eventually led to the suspension of the $4.8 billion Conga gold and copper mine project in the Peruvian highlands. Environmentalists feared the mine would have poisoned local water sources and displaced communities and individuals living and farming there. Acuna's home in a remote area four hours drive from Cajarmarca, the capital of the mountainous region, was destroyed as part of the mine project and the family's attempts to rebuild have been blocked several times since 2011. Security forces backing the mining company's claim to the family's land have been accused of beating Acuna's elder daughter because of her activism, the 47-year-old farmer said. "I stayed on my land and wouldn't leave," Acuña told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in a conference call. "Harassment from the mine and security guards is still heavy." Mining companies at the center of the dispute have criticized the decision to award Acuña the prize, saying the committee did not have "balanced or complete information about the land dispute or the events surrounding it". SLOVAKIAN WASTE DUMP Other winners included Slovakian lawyer Zuzana Caputova, who led successful efforts to prevent a waste dump from being built in her home town of Pesinok. Protests against the proposed dump were the largest mobilization of citizens in the region since the 1989 Velvet Revolution which helped end communism in eastern Europe, the Goldman Prize committee said. Edward Loure, a leader of Tanzania's indigenous Masaai, won the Africa prize for protecting more than 200,000 acres of communal land from investors. Baltimore student Destiny Watford won the North American prize for launching protests which stopped an incinerator from being built less than a mile from her high school. Luis Herrera won the prize for Island Nations after successfully establishing a nature reserve in Puerto Rico, protecting an important nesting ground for endangered sea turtles. Cambodian forestry campaigner Leng Ouch won the Asian prize for exposing corruption in land deals, causing the government to cancel some large concessions. Last year's winner of the Goldman Prize for Latin America, Honduran land rights campaigner Berta Caceres, was murdered in March, a crime condemned by environmentalists worldwide.

Students, police, village chiefs and tuk tuk drivers took a stand against violence and learned about the importance of prevention.

The country struggles with high rates of Women’s Affairs of Cambodia. gender violence. Activists are turning The latest comes from a report conto technology to help ducted by the UN on violence against women in Southeast Asia in 2013. here is a proverb in Cam- Twenty-two percent of the women inbodia, “Men are gold and terviewed reported that they had exwomen are fabric.” Wom- perienced physical violence by a male en who lose their virginity partner, but only 16 percent of men adbefore meeting their hus- mitted to being violent. band are considered used The dishonor and tradition assofabric, smudged and broken. In con- ciated with the code of conduct that trast, men – irrespective of their chasti- teaches girls is a scourge that allows ty, and whether they are single or mar- abuses under an apparent climate of ried – remain gold. It is a belief that is impunity. The same report showed inculcated in women from childhood that 96.2 percent of Cambodian men through Chbab Srey, a rhythmic poem and 98.5 percent of Cambodian womthat acts as an unofficial law of silence en think that a woman should obey her for them. husband. And 67 percent of women Kraen, 43, endured daily beatings believe they should tolerate violence in from an alcoholic husband. She never order to maintain the family. reported them, even when left with “The Chbab Srey is no longer taught wounds to her head. It was her 20-year- in schools, but some parents, especialold daughter, who also suffered abuse, ly the conservatives, continue to cite who finally ran away from their hum- this discipline to their daughters,” says ble house of metal sheets in Kampong Mom Chantara Soleil, of the NGO Plan Cham province, and told a community International. leader what was happening. Kraen’s passive attitude is part of Khmer Rouge Heritage the legacy of Chbab Srey, which until Cambodian social structures disap2007 was part of the school curricu- peared during the era of the Khmer lum: Be respectful to your husband. Rouge, a brutal regime that killed Help yourself well and keep alive the about two million people, a quarter flame of the relationship, otherwise it of the population from 1975 to 1979. will burn. Do not bring outside prob- During those years, some Cambodilems indoors. Do not take internal ans killed their parents to show loyproblems away from home. alty to the new communist regime, The consequence is an unequal others watched their neighbors die, relationship in which men can visit and families disintegrated. An unbrothels without losing social status, known number of women became while women are responsible for fam- sex slaves, prostituted themselves for ily affairs under the tutelage of men. survival in exchange for food or medWhile men continue to dominate the icine, were forced to marry, or were public sphere, the submission of wom- victims of sexual violence. en continues. The perfect wife remains Data published by the Ministry of the one that, when verbally harassed or Women’s Affairs has broken the silence beaten, keeps silent as Kraen did. on abuses committed during the years The only reliable data on gender of the Asian holocaust. Raksmey (not violence in Cambodia comes from sta- her real name), 56, was raped by soltistics compiled with the support of diers. When her husband learned what the international community, says Ro- had happened, he began to abuse her. drigo Montero, advisor to the German Raksmey’s case, and those of other agency of International Development rape victims, are being studied by the Cooperation (GIZ) in the Ministry of Transcultural Psychosocial Associa-

tion of Cambodia (TPO). “The Khmer Rouge regime ended 35 years ago, but still has consequences even today,” says Sarath Youn, project leader of this organization. “70 percent of the population suffers from post-traumatic symptoms. During those years, the state was destroyed. It was the law of the jungle. Violations and crimes were committed in a climate of impunity. What is inherited is a weak state, lack of capacity and fear to report abuse,” explains Montero. In Cambodia, in cases of rape or abuse, the most common solution is to use court settlements or the traditional code of conduct that girls are taught in school. “Often these mediations doubly victimize women and do not help to repair the psychological damage caused nor penalize offenders who are overwhelmingly male,” continues Montero. The judicial system barely functions in Cambodia, and most cases of domestic violence go unreported. Many women are discouraged from going to the authorities, doubting their chances of getting justice and fearing that they could put themselves at risk of reprisals, shame and loss of reputation within their communities. In the case of rape, only one public hospital in each province and a few large hospitals in the capital can issue certificates that are admissible as evidence in court. Many victims in need of treatment cannot afford the cost, according to the report “Breaking the Silence,” published in 2010 by Amnesty International. Tradition is another factor keeping women silent. Cambodian tradition places great value on virginity, a prerequisite for marriage. Women worry that going public with abuse will hamper their ability to marry. For women, the loss of her virginity causes her to become the “fabrics used” referred to in the Khmer proverb, stained and broken. And rape is widely prevalent in Cambodia, According to the UN, 38.4

percent of Cambodian men who have committed a violation did not experience any consequences for it. And one in five Cambodian men admit to committing at least one rape, according to the report, an astonishing high figure. Breaking the Silence “From the day we are born we have less value than men,” says Dany Sum, a member of the Cambodian Young Women Empowerment Network. Sum was one of three women who received support from The Asia Foundation in 2015 to find mobile solutions as part of the efforts to combat violence against women. Hers was the first solution developed. She has created an app called Krousar Koumrou (Khmer for “family model”), which consists of five short videos that explain the causes and risk factors of domestic violence, and provides organizations which victims can contact. Another of the activists, Phat Sreytouch, has been advocating women’s safety and security in the workplace as a member of the Solidarity Association of Beer Promoters in Cambodia. Her app, 7 plus, offers games with explanations of human rights, filling the gaps many women have on the topic, given the lack of coverage in schools. Meanwhile, Bunn Rachana, who works with the nongovernmental organization ActionAid, has designed the Safe Agent 008 app to improve safety in public places, with a preset message and GPS location to contact relatives and friends or file anonymous reports if harassed. According to research by The Asia Foundation, 94 percent of Cambodians now own a mobile phone, including 39 percent with a smartphone. The use of mobile phones is more prevalent among men (55.7 percent) than among women (46.9 percent). Of course, technological solutions alone will not solve the issue of domestic violence. Still, they do represent a small first step towards making Cambodian cities and homes safer for women.

Why Jesus’ skin color matters

That he was an ethnic minority shapes how we minister today Christena Cleveland Christianity Today

fter one of my recent lectures, a Christian college student approached me and asked if black people are uncomfortable with the fact that Jesus is white. I responded, “Jesus is not white. The Jesus of history likely looked more like me, a black woman, than you, a white woman.” I wasn’t shocked by this student’s assumption that Jesus was of European descent, or the certitude with which she stated it. When I am in US Christian spaces, I encounter this assumption so often that I’ve come to believe it is the default assumption about Jesus’ appearance. Indeed, white Jesus is everywhere: a 30-foot-tall white Savior stands at the center of Biola University’s campus; white Jesus is featured on most Christmas cards; and the recent History Channel mini-series The Bible dramatically introduced a white Jesus to more than 100 million viewers. In most of the Western world, Jesus is white. While Christ the Lord transcends

skin color and racial divisions, white Jesus has real consequences. In all likelihood, if you close your eyes and picture Jesus, you’ll imagine a white man. Without conscious intention or awareness, many of us have become disciples of a white Jesus. Not only is white Jesus inaccurate, he also can inhibit our ability to honor the image of God in people who aren’t white. Jesus of Nazareth likely had a darker complexion than we imagine, not unlike the olive skin common among Middle Easterners today. Princeton biblical scholar James Charlesworth goes so far as to say Jesus was “most likely dark brown and suntanned.” The earliest depictions of an adult Jesus showed him with an “Oriental cast” and a brown complexion. But by the sixth century, some Byzantine artists started picturing Jesus with white skin, a beard, and hair parted down the middle. This image became the standard. In the colonial period, Western Europe for the most part exported its image of a white Christ worldwide, and white Jesus often shaped the way Christians understood Jesus’ ministry and mission. Some 19th-century Christians, eager to justify the cruel-

ties of slavery, went out of their way to present Jesus as white. By negating his true identity as a dark-skinned, oppressed minority, slaveholders were better able to justify the master-slave hierarchy and forget Jesus’ ministry to set the oppressed free (Luke 4:18). As a Jew, Jesus was an ethnic minority in the Roman Empire. Jews were marginalized by Romans, Greeks, and other non-Jewish groups in many imperial cities. As an infant, Jesus was a target of ruler-sanctioned infanticide, fled to Egypt as a refugee, and faced Roman tax collectors’ exploitation. Throughout his life, he knew the pain of being a member of an ethnic group whose culture, religion, and experiences were marginalized by those in power. Since Jesus belonged to an ethnic minority, we are compelled to re-evaluate who Jesus was and with whom he identified as he fulfilled his mission. When people who were on the outskirts gathered, Jesus was among them—not only because he ministered to them but because he was one of them. As an ethnic minority, Jesus didn’t simply care about people who were victims of Rome-sanctioned violence, he was a victim of Rome-sanc-

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tioned violence. Jesus didn’t simply care about refugees, Jesus was a refugee. Jesus didn’t simply care about the poor, he was poor. To Jesus, ministry meant knowing from the inside the pain of society’s most marginalized. In order to follow Jesus in his mission today, we often must choose a love that is based in solidarity. Many well-meaning Christians minister across a social gap, but whites can minister to people of color without truly seeing them as equals, and higher-income people can serve lower-income people while knowing little about their daily lives. Jesus’ ethnic identity and social location require that we must not only minister to people who are marginalized, we must stand with them as Jesus stands with them. This involves seeing non-European cultural perspectives and customs as valid and valuable, listening to people who are marginalized, and demonstrating with our words and actions that both spiritual and social liberation are central to the gospel. But first, those who still perceive a white Christ must ask whether they can and will worship a dark-skinned Jesus. Christena Cleveland is associate professor of the practice of reconciliation at Duke University’s Divinity School.

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PERSPECTIVE

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Creating Resilient Communities The Place Of Elections In The Democratic Process

We’re perfectly capable of transcending violent solutions to our troubles and building a sustainable future. The first step is to take our conflicts out of isolation Robert C. Koehler

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onflict happens in isolation.” Wow, that’s it. A sense of awareness ignited as I listened to Kristin Famula, president of the National Peace Academy, make this seldom-acknowledged observation. When we feel wronged, violated, disrespected, suddenly we’re alone with our careening emotions. Indeed, this is what makes it a “conflict”: the fact that we can’t see beyond the rage, the sense of injury, the wrongness of what has happened. It may last only a moment or two, after which we put the situation in perspective or, at the very least, shrug it off and move on. But perhaps the situation is ongoing, or the wrong was inexcusably offensive — and we can’t let go of it. Maybe the aloneness we feel is what’s worst about the whole situation. We’re alone with our own intolerable emotions, reduced to fight-or-flight thinking, unable to address the matter beyond the perceptions of our reptile brain. And the only resolution we can imagine is a counterattack — no matter that, most likely, this will only aggravate, intensi-

fy and prolong the problem. And it will leave us feeling just as isolated. But what else are we supposed to do? This question strikes me as indicative of the stalled state of our world, especially when we expand the hypothetical conflict situation beyond the personal. Imagine protesters in the streets of Ferguson, Mo., confronting a wall of helmeted, billyclubwielding police officers. Imagine a boatload of desperate immigrants facing a mob of angry nationals telling them to go back home. Imagine a national leader in the wake of a terrorist attack, facing what he (or she) imagines to be evil itself . . . and wondering whom he should bomb. Conflict happens in isolation — isolation from our larger consciousness. But the thing is, we have enormous resources for the sane and even productive handling of conflict, mostly, alas, under the social radar. The stories we tell ourselves — the movies and TV shows we watch, the pseudo-news we absorb in the media — are primarily about the consequence-free triumph of good violence over bad violence, and the endless necessity to stay on the aggressive defensive against our enemies. The “next war” is inevitable. And peace is simply the lull between wars. But real peace — positive peace, which transcends violence and turns conflict into opportunity — is and always has been part of who we are as well. We know a lot more about how to create peace than we think we do. We’re perfectly capable of transcending violent solutions to our troubles and building a sustainable future. The first step is to take our conflicts out of isolation. And it is in this context that I reintroduce the National Peace Academy, which came into being in the wake of a confer-

ence at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland seven years ago, and since then has been in the process of creating partnerships, facilitating workshops and quietly helping to expand the American and global culture of peace. Last week, the NPA took a crucial step in its becoming. It has established a partnership with George Mason University, near Washington, D.C., and will join forces with the university’s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, the oldest peace studies program in the country. At a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 6, the university opened Point of View, “a peacebuilding research and conference center in Lorton, Virginia, dedicated to teaching and learning, research, and a commitment to engagement and practice,” according to the NPA’s press release. The Peace Academy, as part of the peacebuilding center, plans soon to break ground on its own facility at Point of View, the Elise Boulding National Peace Academy House, a residence, according to the press release, that “will allow for on-site peacebuilding training, conflict resolution, dialogue, and more.” Speaking at the ribbon-cutting ceremony, U.S. Rep. Donald S. Beyer of Virginia said of Point of View: “This unique human resource . . . is part of the new geography of hope.” I see it as the concept of peace claiming realness. “There are good people out there doing (peace) work already, but they’re not always connected,” Kristin Famula told me the other day. NPA’s role is to bring these people together and “deepen the impact.” More specifically: The vision, Famula said, is to establish a center where parties

involved in serious conflict — think Ferguson residents and the police — can come together to address the situation in a context capable of acknowledging and valuing all points of view and committed to finding a solution that transcends the problem. “Envision having access to a wealth of people who can help do research and thinking about this,” she said. “Conflict happens in isolation” — but the vision is to create the infrastructure for putting even the biggest, thorniest social conflicts into a healing context. Dot Maver, NPA co-founder and former president, said of the academy’s partnership with George Mason University — which resulted from her connection with Kevin Avruch, dean of the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution — that it will “provide necessary connective tissue to help create . . . safe and resilient communities.” Indeed, NPA’s mission includes “helping communities become trauma-resilient.” To which I cry hallelujah! It may not be obvious, but we are moving beyond a domination- and punishment-based social structure. Creating resilient communities, providing the resources that can take conflict out of isolation and put it into a constructive context, strike me as a crucial step in our social evolution. More than 90 years ago, social visionary and management consultant Mary ParkerFollett wrote: “As conflict — difference — is here in the world, as we cannot avoid it, we should, I think, use it. Instead of condemning it, we should set it to work for us. . . . The transmission of power by belts depends on friction between the belt and the pulley. The friction between the driving wheel of the locomotive and the track is necessary to haul the train. All polishing is done by friction. The music of the violin we get by friction.”

What would society look like with Universal Basic Income?

It may seem blasphemous to neoliberals, but a universal basic wage may be the only choice we have Laurie Penny

CommonDreams

hat would you do if somebody gave you a few hundred pounds each month to spend on whatever you wanted? Would you quit your job? Retrain and look for a better one? Spend more time with your kids? Get those vital repairs done on your house? Eat better food? I’m not trying to taunt you. Asking anyone who has to work for a living to contemplate a society in which they have proper economic choices feels like asking a friend on a doctor-enforced diet to describe their favourite dessert. But it’s the question being raised by a growing chorus of thinkers and campaigners, from Silicon Valley businessmen to conservative philosophers, who believe that the answer to a snarled web of economic problems – wage inequality, automation and the gender pay gap, among others – is to institute an “unconditional basic income”. Basic income – the proposal to give a flat, non-means-tested payment to every citizen – is an old idea. It has been around for centuries, and for centuries its proponents have largely been dismissed as utopian, or insane, or both. This year, however, that insanity is gradually becoming a political reality. Finland is considering giving its citizens an unconditional stipend of €800 a month and the Dutch city of Utrecht is carrying out a similar experiment. Switzerland will hold a referendum on basic income in June. Campaigns to get the idea taken seriously are sprouting like mushrooms around the world. In the US, the tech start-up funder Y Combinator is earmarking money to test the theory. In Germany, a crowdfunding initiative called Mein Grundeinkommen (“my basic income”) to give a basic wage to as

many people as possible has attracted over a quarter of a million contributors. “Basic income is about power, about letting it go,” Michael Bohmeyer, a former entrepreneur who runs Mein Grundeinkommen, told me. “It’s about trusting people. It gives them the freedom to say no and to ask the question: how do I really want to live? Basic income is not a left-wing idea, or a right-wing one. It’s a humanistic idea. It strengthens human beings against the system and it gives them the freedom to rethink it.” That is the sort of freedom that sounds like blasphemy to conventional, liberal, “free-market” economists. In today’s understanding of the economic facts, individuals have the freedom to choose how they are exploited – but they cannot choose to escape exploitation, unless they are born wealthy. Basic income seeks to change that, not just because it is the right thing to do but because the coming labour crisis may soon leave world governments, whatever their orthodoxy, with no other choice. “If we don’t disconnect work and income, humans will have to compete

more and more with computers,” Bohmeyer explains. “This is a competition they will lose sooner than we think. The result will be mass unemployment,” he says, “and no money left for consumption.” With that in mind, Bohmeyer began an experiment in anti-capitalism that has been more successful than he could have imagined. So far, 39 people, chosen at random from a pool of applicants, have received €1,000 a month through the scheme – and almost none has spent the year twiddling their thumbs. One quit his job at a call centre to retrain as a pre-school teacher; another found that the removal of daily stress about work and money cleared up his chronic illness. Others found fulfilling jobs, having given up on the prospect years earlier, and almost all have been sleeping better, worrying less and focusing more on family life. What would society look like if that sort of freedom were available to everyone: if advances in technology and productivity could benefit not only the very rich, but all of us? Basic income is an idea that man-

ages to be simple, practical and wildly, unthinkably radical at the same time. It’s simple because it is the only concrete, even vaguely workable solution that has so far been offered to tackle advancing inequality, an ageing global population and the encroaching end of wage labour as we know it. It’s practical because basic income is that rare thing, that socio-economic unicorn: a compromise that has received positive coverage from almost everyone, from Financial Times columnists to feminist campaigners, from libertarian techno-millionaires to young, left-wing organisers. And it’s radical because, in its simplicity, in its pragmatism, unconditional basic income is a proposal that requires us to rethink the economic and ethical framework of neoliberal capitalism that has governed our lives for generations. All that it requires is that we trust one another. The organising principle of modern economics is that without the threat of starvation, homelessness and poverty, people will not be motivated to work. There is no such thing as individual gumption or community spirit: human beings, left to their own devices, will inevitably sit on the sofa and eat crisps until the species collapses into a quagmire of entropy and episodic television. Fear, therefore, is necessary. The notion of an economic system based on trust and mutual aid rather than fear, shame and suffering still sounds like a fairy tale. But as more and more jobs are automated away, as mandatory wage labour collapses as a method of organising society, even the most conservative governments may find themselves with no other option. We have a choice, not just as a society, but as a species. We can choose to let fear and suspicion run our lives as we all struggle harder each year to survive in a collapsing economic system on a smoking planet. Or we can choose to trust each other enough that everyone can share in the rewards of technology. It is blasphemous, unthinkable – but it may also be the only practical choice we have.

emocracy and election are closely related terms. A democratic state means that the community as a whole possesses supreme (sovereign) authority and maintains ultimate control over public affairs. On the other hand, election may be defined as a process through which a group of people choose or select somebody, either from among them or from outside, on the basis of majority support. Election is, thus, a process of determining the popularity of an individual in the society or at least among the people of the group who elect him or her. In democracy, most of the important office bearers are chosen through the process of election. General elections are characteristic and key to representative democracy. People express their sovereignty concretely to elect their representative. It makes the hall mark of a representative government. It is an occasion where the voters express their will. In election, the voters express their desire in favor of a particular candidate whereby selection is determined. In other words, election is the legitimate channel of political recruitment in a popular government. The members of the legislature, office bearers of political parties, member of local bodies, etc. are elected in all democratic states. Therefore, election occupies a very significant place in democracy. The importance of election is envisaged in the following ways: It safeguards the people’s sovereignty. The voters can have effective control over their representatives through periodic elections. The representatives cannot ignore the voters. He has to keep in mind the wishes of the electorates because the representatives have to approach the electorates from time to time for votes. Election also helps the growth of political consciousness among the common people. It encourages the voters to try to understand the political problem facing the states. This makes the people politically educated and sharpens their political intelligence too. It creates, among the voters, a sense of active participation in public affairs. Elections provide an opportunity to have direct contact between the voters and their representatives. They know each others well. This is essential for the success of democracy. Election establishes the importance of popular sovereignty which is one of the basic principles of democracy. It proves dependence of the government on the popular will for its existence. Election promotes grassroots democracy in a democratic state by ensuring participation of the local people through franchise. We know that without local level democracy, it is not just possible to build democracy at the other levels. All countries in the world where vibrant democracies exits, have extremely active local government. However, election is not a flawless system. If proper electoral processes are not maintained and adequate electoral reforms are not made, it could prove dangerous for the smooth working of democracy. Corruption, communalism, criminalization, rigging, election by force, multiple registration in the electoral rolls, etc. are some important issue that have affected a system in almost all democratic countries. India, and in particular Nagaland, is not an exception. The nexus between power and corruption, and the unholy alliance among all the three components of the elites - the politicians, the bureaucrats and the business class-was the most important issue in the recent time elections in India. Hence, electoral reform is the need of the hour before letting these evils of the electoral system murder democracy. Recently, the CEO, Nagaland has taken serious steps towards purification of the Electoral Rolls in Nagaland. Such an initiative must be welcomed, co-operated and supported by all. One of the many ways by which we can cure the ills within the electoral system could be the active participation of voters and the exercise of the right to vote honestly. It is a fact that the majority of the electorates show apathy towards election. People tend to forget that through their right to franchise they are taking part in the political process. We should also keep in mind that the right to franchise is a matter of prestige and a means of acquiring political education. It is also a mean to safeguard the sovereign power the people. It determines ones status in the society. It is, therefore, important that all the voters have the interest in the political participation. The negligence of it would, at best, pave the way for proxy voting, which makes way of money and muscle power to play a decisive role in the election. And the consequence would be the placement of a wrong person in power, give birth to corrupt practices and this will ultimately harm the general interest of the people. Let all take it that the vote is the first step in the struggle to rebuild our society in such a manner that it can reflect and fulfill the desires and aspiration of the people. Do not avoid politics. If you do so, you are inviting authoritarianism. Dihe Mao, Assistant Professor, St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama.

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India and Pakistan foreign secretaries to meet in Delhi

New Delhi, April 25 (iANS): Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry will hold talks with his Indian counterpart S. Jaishankar here on Tuesday, on the margins a global conference on Afghanistan. It will be the first meeting between the two after the January Pathankot terror attack derailed the India-Pakistan bilateral dialogue. A Pakistan High Commission spokesperson here confirmed Chaudhry's daylong trip for the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process meeting. The Pakistan delegation will "also hold bilateral meetings with other leading delegations attending the meeting". While the spokesperson was silent about talks between Chaudhry and Jaishankar, an informed source told IANS that the the two foreign secretaries were likely to meet. Chaudhry "will have bilateral

meetings with other delegations, including Jaishankar", the source said. The meeting will be the first contact between the two countries at the foreign secretary level after the January 2 attack on the IAF base at Pathankot killed seven Indian security personnel. India blamed Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) for the attack. The meeting comes after the two sides recently declared that they were in contact to hold a meeting of their foreign secretaries, who will draw up the modalities for holding a Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue. The Afghanistan conference in Delhi follows the 5th Heart of Asia Ministerial Conference in Islamabad on December 9, 2015. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had visited Islamabad to attend the conference that adopted the Islamabad declaration for enhanced regional cooperation to countering security threats.

SC to hear Jairam Ramesh's plea on Aadhaar Act

New Delhi, April 25 (iANS): The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the plea of Congress leader Jairam Ramesh who has challenged the propriety of the government introducing the Aadhaar Act as a money bill, and asked Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi to address the court on the issue. A bench of Chief Justice T.S. Thakur, Justice R. Banumathi and Justice Uday Umesh Lalit asked Rohatgi to address the court on the issue as senior counsel P. Chidambaram told the court that presenting the Aadhaar Act as a money bill was unconstitutional. Appearing for Ramesh, who moved the public interest litigation, Chidambaram, a senior counsel and former union finance minister, told the court that some bills are called finance bills and very few bills would qualify as money bills, which do not need assent of the upper house, which cannot also amend them, but only suggest changes, which the lower house may disregard. After passing the Aadhaar Act in one house (Lok Sabha), the government got it

passed in the other house (Rajya Sabha) as a money bill and that is unconstitutional, he said. Ramesh has challenged the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016, enacted on March 26, 2016, terming the introduction of the Aadhaar Act as a money bill being nothing but a "brazen and malafide attempt to bypass the approval of the Rajya Sabha which holds an important place in the Constitutional and democratic framework of law-making". He also contended that it impacted the fundamental rights of the citizens and residents under the constitution's articles 14 and 21, and has dangerous implications for imposing restrictions on the rights guaranteed by the constitution. It has been contended that since it was brought in as a money bill, thus it was passed only by Lok Sabha, there bypassing Rajya Sabha, where the NDA government does not enjoy majority support. The court fixed May 10 as the next date of hearin

Parliament session begins with face-off over Uttarakhand

New Delhi, Apr 25 (pTi): The Parliament session began today with a face-off between the ruling and opposition benches as the Modi government was slammed over imposition of President's Rule in Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh. Amid opposition demands for a discussion on the issue, Congress members created ruckus in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, accusing the BJP-led dispensation of toppling democraticallyelected governments of opposition parties, a charge rejected by Home Minister Rajnath Singh. In both the Houses, Congress members stormed the Well. In the Lok Sabha, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi joined party members in raising slogans as Leader of the party in the House Mallikarjun Kharge and some others staged a dharna in the Well as their notice for adjournment motion on the issue was rejected by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. The Rajya Sabha could not transact any business as it was repeatedly adjourned due to the pandemonium. It was finally prematurely adjourned for the day minutes past 3 pm. Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad, while raising the issue, accused the government of "deliberately provoking" the opposition and "inducing"

Destablising states for power not acceptable, Sena to BJP

New Delhi, April 25 (iANS): The Shiv Sena on Monday said it was opposed to any move by the BJP to destabilise state governments and imposition of President's Rule was "not acceptable" to the ruling ally. "We are not happy with the imposition of President's Rule," Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut told NDTV news channel, amid the ongoing political crisis in Uttarakhand where the central government last month imposed President's Rule after invoking controversial Article 356. "We have been traditionally against the use of Article 356. Using the clause to destabilise governments in small states for power is not acceptable," Raut said. The Sena comment came after the opposition led by the Congress raised the Uttarakhand issue in parliament earlier in the day. The opposition raised A view of the Indian parliament building is reflected on a car "killers of democracy" slogans against the government. in New Delhi April 24, 2012. REUTERS/B Mathur The Sena leader said it was "strongly against BJP's use of disruption so that Parlia- es of the Uttarakhand High Article 356 of the Xonstitution to impose President's Rule ment does not run. Court for "having the guts in Congress-ruled Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh". He said for the last one to fight the Government of year, it has been seen that India", Deputy Chairman P efforts are being made by J Kurien said there should the ruling party to create be "no commentary" on the a situation that the House judicial issues. does not function. As Minister of State New Delhi, April 25 (iANS): The Ethics Committee The senior Congress for Parliamentary Affairs of the Rajya Sabha on Monday unanimously agreed that lileader, while pressing for Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi ob- quor baron Vijay Mallya, wanted for defaulting bank loans a discussion on the issue, jected to the raising of the to the tune of Rs.9,000 crore, should be expelled from the upper house of parliament. Mallya, an independent memsaid he had never seen that Uttrakhand issue saying ber of the house from Karnataka, has, however, been given a government "does things the matter was sub-judi- a week's time, and a final decision will be taken when the during the session or just ce, Azad said the Centre committee meets on May 3. Rajya Sabha Ethics Commitdays before the session so "which disrespects the tee chairman Karan Singh said that they will send Mallya a that Parliament does not court, cannot be trusted". mail, and he will be given a week's time to respond. function". "Discussion will take According to sources, in the discussions the commitHe said during last place," he asserted, as sev- tee was made aware that for around 10 years as a member winter session, the duly- eral Congress members of the Rajya Sabha, Mallya had been declaring his assets elected Arunachal Pradesh carrying placards stood in and liabilities as "nil". "This is a blatant lie. He lied to the house and action will be taken," a committee member government was "brought the aisle. down" and the Centre did Sitaram Yechury (CPI- said. In the meeting, the issue of revocation of Mallya's not stop till it installed its M) countered Naqvi saying passport was also taken up. "It was raised in the meeting, and some members felt it only meant giving him a own government there. Leader of the House Arun free run. The UK government may not agree on deporting Azad said President's Jaitley had said in the last him, and he can even get a British citizenship," sources rule has been imposed in session that discussion on said. The government revoked Mallya's passport on Sunthe past also, but never in issues, even if sub-judice, day after he failed to turn up for a probe into a Rs.9,431 such a "crude" way. cannot be prevented in the crore default of loans from Indian banks. This has set in When he said he want- House. "Apply your own the motion the process for the billionaire's possible deportation from Britain, where he is staying at present. ed to congratulate the judg- precedents," he said.

Rajya Sabha ethics panel recommends Mallya's expulsion

India cancels visa to exiled Uighur leader

New Delhi, April 25 (reuTerS): India on Monday said it had withdrawn a visa to an exiled Uighur leader whom China has long branded a terrorist, provoking criticism from the opposition that it had buckled to pressure from Beijing. China blames unrest that has killed hundreds of people in its far western province of Xinjiang on Islamist militants looking to establish an independent state for the mostly Muslim Uighur ethnic minority. Dolkun Isa, executive chairman of the Munichbased World Uyghur Congress, planned to attend a conference this month in the hill town of Dharamsala, the seat of the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai

Lama. Isa's World Uyghur Congress is a leading ethnic Uighur group which advocates democracy and human rights. New Delhi granted Isa a tourist visa in a sign that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government was ready to break from the past, when it had discouraged a visit by the top exiled Uighur leader, Rebiya Kadeer, in 2009. But on Monday, an interior ministry spokesman said Isa's electronic visa had been withdrawn, without giving a reason for the decision. "A visa was given to him. That has been cancelled," the spokesman said. The foreign ministry directed queries to the in-

Dolkun Isa, executive chairman of the World Uyghur Congress, speaks on his phone at the organization's Munich office July 6, 2015. (REUTERS/Files)

terior ministry. The announcement came after domestic media quoted the Chinese

Over 78% turnout in Bengal polls 4th phase

KolKATA, April 25 (iANS): Amid sweltering heat, sporadic violence and allegations of electoral malpractice, over 78 percent of the 1.08 crore voters on Monday exercised their right to franchise across 49 constituencies bordering Kolkata in the fourth phase of the West Bengal assembly elections. Polling took place in the two districts of Howrah (16 seats) and North 24 Parganas (33 constituencies). Balloting began at 7 a.m. and ended at 6 p.m."A total of 78.05 percent turnout was recorded till 5 p.m. -- 79.16 percent in North 24 Parganas and 75.46 percent in Howrah," chief electoral officer Sunil Kumar Gupta told media persons here.

Gupta said the poll panel received 4,173 complaints till 6 p.m., of which 4,023 were disposed of. "In this phase, 11 specific cases have been registered," said Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Anuj Sharma. Altogether, 229 people were arrested -- 22 in specific cases and 207 under preventive sections. Over 1.08 crore voters across 12,481 polling stations, including 27 auxiliary booths, were eligible to decide the fate of 345 candidates, including 40 women. With Monday's poling in 49 constituencies, elections have already been held in 216 of the 294 constituencies in the state. While 53 constituencies go to the hustings on April 30, the remaining 25 will vote on May 5.

Lok Sabha passes biotech centre bill New Delhi, April 25 (iANS): The Lok Sabha on Monday passed a bill that seeks to give legislative backing to the Regional Centre for Biotechnology and empower it to award Master's and PhD degrees. Introduced in March in the Lok Sabha, the Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill, 2016, says the objectives of the regional centre will include disseminating knowledge by providing teaching and research facilities in biotechnology and related fields, facilitating transfer of technology and knowledge

in the Saarc region and generally Asia, creating a hub of biotechnology expertise, and promoting cooperation at the international level. The legislation would enable the institution to chalk out its own syllabus, as per the changing requirements of the sector, Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan said. The centre, located in Faridabad in Haryana, will be a state of the art institute and a regional hub for interdisciplinary education, training and research in biotechnology, Harsh Vardhan said.

Court sets free 8 Muslim youths in '06 Malegaon case

MuMbAi, April 25 (pTi): Charges against eight Muslim youths accused in the 2006 Malegaon bomb blasts case were today dropped by a special court in Mumbai due to lack of evidence against them. The accused were discharged by V V Patil, Designated Judge of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), nearly 10 years after the serial bomb blasts outside a Muslim cemetry near a Mosque at Malegaon, near Nashik, on September 8, 2006, killing 37 people and leaving over 100 injured. Bombs were planted on a bicycle parked near the cemetry while Friday prayers were on at the Mosque on the

occasion of Shab-e-Baraat. Nine accused were initially arrested in the case and chargesheeted by the Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS). One of them died while the case was pending. Later, CBI, which took over the investigations, also confirmed the charges against them. Subsequently, NIA was asked to probe the case and the agency arrested another set of people belonging to the majority community, who continue to be accused in the case. The judge said that he was accepting the discharge application filed by the 8 accused as there was no evidence to prove their guilt.

Foreign Ministry as saying Isa was wanted by China and Interpol had put out a "red-corner" notice for his arrest. Isa said he was disappointed by the decision to block his travel to a conference aimed at exchanging ideas among different ethnic and religious communities. "I recognize and understand the difficult position that the Indian government found itself, and regret that my trip has generated such unwarranted controversy," he said in a statement on the group's website. Modi's administration has sought a more assertive posture in its relations with neighbours and erstwhile foes, Pakistan and China, as it seeks to expand

commercial ties. India reacted angrily this month to China's decision to put a hold on its request to add the head of the Pakistani militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad, or the Army of Mohammad, to the United Nations' al Qaeda-Islamic State blacklist. Some political supporters of Modi's government saw the initial grant of the visa as a response to Beijing's decision to side with Pakistan over the militant leader operating from the neighbouring country. The flip-flop provoked opposition criticism. "Modi's latest foreign policy disaster on China can be termed a Himalayan blunder," said Sanjay Jha, a spokesman of the main opposition Congress party

JNU rusticates Umar, 2 others; Rs 10,000 fine on Kanhaiya

New Delhi, April 25 (pTi): The JNU today rusticated Umar Khalid and two other students for varying duration and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Kanhaiya Kumar in connection with the February 9 event on the campus against Afzal Guru's hanging. Umar was rusticated for one semester, another student leader Anirban Bhattacharya till July 15 and Mujeeb Gattoo for two semesters. As per decision, Bhattacharya has been barred from pursuing any course in JNU for next 5 years. JNU students union president Kanhaiya, Umar and Anirban were arrested on charges of sedition in February in connection with the controversial event and are out on bail. Their arrest had triggered widespread protests. The campus has been made out of bounds for two former students -- Banojyotsana Lahiri and Draupadi -- while hostel facilities have been withdrawn for Ashutosh Kumar for a year and Komal Mohite till July 21.

A high-level committee constituted by the university to probe the February 9 event found ABVP member Saurabh Sharma, who had objected to the event, "guilty" of blocking traffic on the day of the event and penalised him with Rs 20,000. Surprisingly, Aishwarya Adhikari, whose name was not mentioned in the report, has also been imposed the same penalty. "While Anirban Bhattacharya has been rusticated till 15 July, he will not be able to pursue any course or participate in any activity on campus for next five years, Umar Khalid has been rusticated for one semester and Mujeeb Gattoo for two semesters," the official said. He said financial penalty has been imposed on 14 students including Kanhaiya who has been penalised with Rs 10,000. While Umar and Anirban were found guilty of triggering communal violence and disrupting communal harmony on campus, Mujeeb was found guilty of participating in the sloganeering.

Searing heat continues across India, Bengaluru breaks 85 yr old record

New Delhi, April 25 (pTi): Severe heat wave conditions prevailed in several parts of the country today with Bengaluru recording the highest ever maximum temperature for April in 85 years at 39.2 degree Celsius, while Titlagarh in Odisha continued to sizzle at 46 degrees. Maximum temperatures across several cities in southern and eastern India crossed the 40 degrees mark. However, mercury in central and northern parts of the country continued to hover around normal levels. Weatherman said severe heat wave conditions will prevail over the next three days in Telangana, where 49 people have so far died due to sunstroke. Khammam, Ramagundam and Nalgonda recorded the highest maximum temperature of 45 degrees Celsius in the state. Summer vacations were today announced by the Odisha government as the state continued to sizzled under a blistering heat-wave. The maximum in Titlagarh, which yesterday recorded a high of 48.5 degrees Celsius, was 46 degrees Celsius, followed by Bhawani Patna 45.7 and Bolangir 45.5 degrees Celsius. Delhi, which witnessed

A man drinks water as he removes dead fish and tries to rescue the surviving ones from the Vastrapur Lake that got dried up due to hot weather in Ahmadabad.

overcast skies in the morning, had a maximum of 39 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 20.4 degrees Celsius. Excessive heat conditions in the national capital also forced the organisers to postpone the National Tribal Carnival scheduled to be held from Friday and slated to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Bengaluru recorded the highest-ever maximumtemperature of 39.2 de-

gree Celsius for the month of April. "It has broken the previous all-time record of 38.3 degree, recorded on April 30, 1931," Meteorological Regional Observatory Director-in-Charge Geeta Agnihotri said. "This time Bengaluru is hotter than Delhi. Its temperature is in the range of 37 degree Celsius, and we (Bengaluru) have been recording 38 degrees for the last four to five days," she said. For the last couple of days, she said, Bengaluru

has been recording maximum temperature of 3-4 degrees above normal. Giving reasons for Karnataka experiencing sizzling heat, Agnihotri said it is due to very strong El Nino conditions recorded in 2015 in the subcontinent and absence of convective activity. Uttar Pradesh witnessed dry weather conditions with Basti again recording the highest temperature at 43 degrees Celsius.

Over two lakh new Central govt jobs by 2017

New Delhi, April 25 (pTi): In a good news for people seeking government jobs, over two lakh posts are estimated to be created by the Central government in its various departments. The Central government has projected in the budget estimates for 2016-17 an increase of about 2.18 lakh in the existing workforce of 33.05 lakh, as in 2015, by 2017. Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh today said the projection has been made after due consideration and keeping in mind the futuristic vision of the government. The Cabinet Secretariat has already asked all ministries to mention "employment generation potential" in each scheme while seeking approval of the Union Cabinet and its Committees. Similarly, all proposals seeking approval of appraisal bodies like Foreign Investment Promotion Board and Core Group on Disinvestment need to mandatorily mention employment generation potential, the Cabinet Secretariat has said.

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Volunteers seek adventure fighting IS alongside Kurds MAKHMOUR, ApRil 25 (ReUteRs): Towering over his Kurdish partner at a checkpoint in northern Iraq, U.S. volunteer John Cole cuts an unusual figure on the road to the newest front in the war against Islamic State. Seven feet (2.1 metres) tall and holding his assault rifle upside down, Cole is among a relatively small band of Westerners who have made their own way to Iraq to take up arms against the militant group - even though Kurdish authorities say they need foreign money and weapons more than men. Exactly how much fighting Cole has done is unclear, but the 23-yearold said that - unlike most regular U.S. soldiers stationed nearby - he has participated in offensives against Islamic State that involved artillery fire and airstrikes. “You can feel the explosions in your teeth. It’s kind of cool actually,” he told Reuters, nervously pulling on a cigarette. Cole, from Charlotte, North Carolina, said he had come for more than excitement after quitting his job transporting biohazardous materials such as medical waste. For all the violence, his fascination with north-

US volunteer John Cole, 23, walks with his assault rifle at a checkpoint in Makhmour on Iraq April 17. (REUTERS Photo)

ern Iraq - a mosaic of ethnic and religious groups - was a strong draw too. “Some people take a year off before they go to college, other people just do this,” he said. “I’d like to spend time here and learn more about the culture, the people, the history of this land and then go home.” Thousands of foreigners have flocked to Iraq and

El Nino dry spell wreaks havoc in Myanmar NAy pyi tAW, ApRil 25 (iANs): At least 10 regions of Myanmar are facing severe water shortagesdue to searing summer temperatures brought on by El Nino, leading to dried up wells, ponds and rivers. The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology predicted that temperatures from March until May this year will continue to exceed 47.2 degrees on a daily basis in central Myanmar and the outskirts of Yangon, putting crops at risk, EFE news reported. Some 1,000 households in the 54,000-km of ‘Dry Zone’ area encompassing Magway, Mandalay and lower Sagaing regions, have faced water shortages since midJanuary, according to the United Church of Christ (UCC) which runs livelihoods programmes in the area. Even people living in towns on the outskirts of Yangon are now receiving water deliveries to cope with the shortage, according to an epa journalist based in Yangon. The Dry Zone is home to some 58 million people who rely on growing crops including sesame, beans and peas and have been hard hit by low levels of rainfall in 2016, as cited by the Myanmar Insider newspaper

China’s President warns against religious infiltration from abroad BeiJiNG, ApRil 25 (Ap): Chinese President Xi Jinping says that China must be on guard against nefarious religious influences from abroad. His comments over the weekend follow a tightening of religious space that has seen bans on the wearing of veils and beards in the predominantly Muslim region of Xinjiang and the removal of church crosses in eastern China. “We must resolutely guard against overseas infiltrations via religious means and prevent ideological infringement by extremists,” Xi said at a Beijing conference on religions attended by top leaders, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. He said that religious groups must submit to the leadership of the ruling, and officially atheist, Communist Party, and stressed: “In no way should religions interfere with government administration, judiciary and education.” Authorities in eastern Zhejiang province have over the past two years torn down church crosses and other outward symbols of the Christian faith, saying they violated building codes. Critics say that’s a sign of how the rapid growth of Christian groups, at the same time as contacts between Chinese churches and overseas supporters have grown, has made the Communist Party nervous. China’s leaders are also concerned about violence in the far western region of Xinjiang, and say many Uighurs are crossing borders to fight with the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria with the intention of returning to carry out attacks in China. Activists representing the Muslim Uighur group say much of the violence is fueled by economic disenfranchisement and restrictions on Uighurs’ religious and cultural practices.

Australian teenager charged with planning ANZAC attack syDNey, ApRil 25 (ReUteRs): Australian police have arrested and charged a teenager with a terrorism offence related to planning an attack at Monday’s commemorations of the ANZAC landings at Gallipoli during World War One. The 16-year-old boy was arrested near his Sydney home on Sunday and will appear before a children’s court on Monday, police said. The offence carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. ANZAC Day, April 25, is a major annual holiday in Australia and New Zealand marking the date of the first Gallipoli landings in 1915, in which large numbers of Australian and New Zealand troops fought and died. “We have taken swift action to ensure community safety on the eve of a sacred day on the Australian calendar,” New South Wales state Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione said in a statement. “The age of the individual is obviously a concern for us, and it remains a measure of the ongoing task facing law enforcement and the community.” Scipione later told a press conference police believed the boy was acting alone.

Syria in the past three years, mostly to join Islamic State. But smaller numbers - estimated now at several dozen - are with groups fighting the radicals. Cole fell in with Kurdish fighters in neighbouring Syria last July and a few months later went to Iraq, where he plans to stay until at least October. He says he had been in-

spired to come after Islamic State overran the northern town of Sinjar, slaughtering, enslaving and raping thousands of people from the Yazidi minority. Peshmerga forces of the autonomous Kurdish region, backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, retook Sinjar in November while he was back in the United States for a break.

ROUTINE CHORES Last week, Cole was manning a roadblock near the town of Makhmour and just outside Camp Swift, a base for U.S. forces helping the Iraqi army and peshmerga in a slow-going offensive aimed at eventually recapturing the northern city of Mosul. Unlike many of the volunteers, Cole is no sea-

soned ex-serviceman. He said he had received training on field artillery at a base in Oklahoma but quit due to a hip injury and flagging motivation. The U.S. troops that remain in Iraq are largely on a mission to train and support Iraqi government and peshmerga forces, with those at Camp Swift restricted to their base several kilometres (miles) from the front line. While the volunteers are less restricted, their roles can appear routine. Cole insisted he had no regrets about coming to Iraq, where his chores involve checkpoint duty, helping internally-displaced people, and “prisoners” - a task he declined to detail. “I’m not angry about stuff like a lot of Westerners ... (They) think they’re going to fight every day and kill tons of people, and then they come here and it’s not what they expected and they leave,” he said, adding that he had has picked up some Kurdish and Arabic phrases. “MINI WORLD WAR” Many of the volunteers are veterans of Western militaries, including Ryan O’Leary, a divorced 29-year-old from Iowa who came to Kurdistan a year

Former Chernobyl residents take a bittersweet visit home after 30 yrs pRipyAt, ApRil 25 (ReUteRs): For residents of Chernobyl, a three-day evacuation turned into a 30-year exile. On the morning of April 26, 1986, no one could yet tell that a meltdown in reactor 4 of the nuclear plant in then-Soviet Ukraine was poisoning the air with so much deadly radioactivity that it would become the world’s worst nuclear accident. Now, as some survivors returned to their hometown of Pripyat on the eve of the anniversary, memories of confusion and sacrifice abound. “I barely found my apartment, I mean it’s a forest now - trees growing through the pavement, on the roofs. All the rooms are empty, the glass is gone from the windows and everything’s destroyed,” said Zoya Perevozchenko, 66. She only realised something might be wrong that day 30 years before when her husband, Valeriy, didn’t come back from his night shift as a foreman at the stricken reactor. She left her apartment in Pripyat, a model Soviet town built in the 1970s to house Chernobyl workers and their families, to look for him. “I remember thinking ‘Goodness it’s hot’ and some people were in masks. But they didn’t explain things to us straight away, it was all secret.

And the kids were running about barefoot in the puddles,” she said. She found her husband in a local clinic. He had received a fatal dose of radiation that had burnt the skin on his face bright red. He was airlifted to Moscow for treatment, but died 45 days later one of the 31 to die of acute radiation sickness in the immediate aftermath of the disaster. Perevozchenko and her two young daughters ended up in Kiev, where they still live. Returning to Pripyat, she found it hard to reconcile the memories of her life there with the derelict ruins of a town abandoned for three decades. INVISIBLE POISON Elena Kupriyanova, 42, was only 12 when she was evacuated from Pripyat, which lies in the 2,600 square km (1,000 square mile) ‘exclusion zone’ that has remained largely uninhabited by law since the disaster. “It’s very painful that so many people’s (lives) were destroyed, that such a beautiful, new town was abandoned. It’s hard on the soul,” she said. Her family and most of the town’s 50,000 other residents were transported out of the area in buses on April 27 and told to pack only the bare essen-

tials because they would only be away for three days. They took their documents and a small suitcase. “It was so hot, such beautiful weather. All the fruit trees were in bloom and I thought - what do they mean ‘radiation’? It’s so nice outside, you can’t see anything,” Kupriyanova said. What irks Valentina Yermakova, 64, is that many of the belongings they left behind have disappeared. While it is forbidden to remove anything from the radioactive zone, a large amount of portable items have been smuggled out by illegal trophyhunters and scrap-dealers. “We locked our apartment when we left. The looters wouldn’t have been able to walk in, so they broke the door down,” she said. “You go in and it’s not that you want to cry, it’s more that you get silent and numb from everything you see. The pain, it clenches inside you.” But Yermakova, whose husband worked in the plant and died several years later from causes relating to radiation, said even though Pripyat is in ruins it still feels like home. “Walking around, you recognise everything - here’s Lenin Street, there’s the shop “Rainbow” - it was a small town, we know the streets by heart.”

ago after tours with the army in Iraq and Afghanistan. He and two other former U.S. servicemen, both around 50 years old, are working with the peshmerga north of Mosul. They say they’ve apprehended a dozen Islamic State fighters in recent months, but daily work more often involves training the Kurds on first aid and weapons handling. “Right now it’s just mainly being bored on the frontline and getting artillery and mortar all the time,” O’Leary told Reuters. Some Westerners, inspired by religion, have also joined Christian militias such as Dwekh Nawsha, which operates alongside the peshmerga to protect Assyrian villages on the frontline in Nineveh province. Cole said he was surprised how Islamic State fighters - whose corpses he had photographed and posted to Instagram - had come from so many different countries. “It’s fascinating, like a mini world war because you have all these people from everywhere coming to one centralised place to fight,” he said. Kurdish officials have long pleaded with the West to provide the peshmerga with more direct support,

and last week Washington pledged $415 million in aid. The Kurdish authorities in Erbil have also increasingly pressed foreign governments to discourage their citizens from travelling to Iraq to join their ranks because they can become a liability. Jabbar Yawar, secretary general of the peshmerga, said his ministry was not responsible for Western volunteers. “There is no formal body in the ministry of peshmerga that allows them or gives them permission,” he told Reuters. O’Leary acknowledged that the ministry was pushing out many Westerners, whose number he estimated was now less than 40 and included criminals and troublemakers. “One got kicked out of a unit two days ago. They booked him a one-way ticket back home,” he said. “He didn’t understand the culture.” O’Leary plans to stay on past the campaign for Mosul, expecting the peshmerga to face a new confrontation with Shi’ite militias over disputed boundaries of the Kurdish region. “I don’t really have a timeframe,” he said during a recent overnight watch duty less than a kilometre from Islamic State positions.

Diabetes can impair hearing, says study NeW yORK, ApRil 25 (iANs): Diabetes can damage the auditory system, new research has found, suggesting that clinicians should include the testing of hearing in managing Type-2 diabetes. The findings, published in the journal Current Diabetes Reports, are based on a review of studies of possible linkages between Type-2 diabetes and hearing impairment. “An association between diabetes and hearing impairment in human subjects has been shown in many, but not all, studies. Direct comparison of these studies is complicated due to a lack of consistency in defining hearing impairment and other factors,” said one of the researchers Elizabeth Helzner, assistant professor at SUNY Downstate Medical Centre in New York. “However, the association between diabetes and hearing impairment tends to be stronger in studies that included younger participants, perhaps because in older samples, other causes of age-related hearing impairment may mask the contribution of diabetes to the impairment,” Helzner noted. “This factor in itself lends weight to the notion that Type-2 diabetes can damage hearing,” Helzner explained. The researchers, however, added that well-designed longitudinal studies are necessary in order to explore whether patients with diabetes are at increased risk of early-onset hearing impairment, and whether the progression of hearing impairment varies based on diabetes status, as well as disease management factors, after taking other known contributors to hearing sensitivity into account. Hearing impairment has been associated with social isolation and depression, cognitive decline and incident dementia, a higher propensity for falls and hospitalisations, and increased mortality.

Ted Cruz & John Kasich reach ‘stop-Trump’ deal WAsHiNGtON, ApRil 25 (ReUteRs): Republican White House rivals Ted Cruz and John Kasich announced a deal on Sunday to stay out of each other’s way in some upcoming state primaries in hopes of blocking front-runner Donald Trump from winning the party’s presidential nomination. Cruz’s campaign said in a statement he would focus on the Indiana and give Kasich a clearer shot in Oregon and New Mexico, states where the Ohio governor expects to do well. Kasich, in turn, agreed to shift resources west and away from Indiana. The Indiana primary is on May 3, Oregon’s is May 17 and New Mexico’s June 7. Trump has won the most state nominating contests, but he has a tough path to earn the 1,237 delegates needed to secure the nomination. The Cruz and Kasich campaigns believe their agreement to cede states where the other candidate appears strong could help limit Trump’s ability to win more delegates. Some Republican strategists who oppose Trump have been calling for such a deal for weeks. The question for Cruz and Kasich is

Trump and Clinton set to win Pennsylvania primaries: Poll

Republican U.S. presidential candidate Ted Cruz (L) listens to rival John Kasich during the Republican U.S. presidential candidates debate sponsored by CNN at the University of Miami in Miami, Florida March 10. (REUTERS Photo)

whether their agreement is too late. If no candidate has enough support by the first vote at the Republican National Convention in July, many delegates will be allowed to switch sides on subsequent ballots. Cruz campaign manager Jeff Roe said Trump, who has offended women, Hispanics and other groups with controversial statements, would lose a general election contest against the eventual Democratic nominee in the Nov. 8 election. “Our goal is to have an open convention in Cleveland, where we are confi-

dent a candidate capable of uniting the party and winning in November will emerge as the nominee,” Kasich chief strategist John Weaver said in a statement. Late Sunday, Trump tweeted his reaction to the deal: “Wow, just announced that Lyin’ Ted and Kasich are going to collude in order to keep me from getting the Republican nomination. DESPERATION!” Trump has frequently complained that the Republican Party’s nominating process is “rigged” against him because establishment party members

oppose him. Party officials argue that the delegate selection rules have been known for some time. The stop-Trump group #NeverTrump welcomed news of the pact. “Whether you support Ted Cruz or John Kasich, a second ballot at the Convention is imperative to stopping Donald Trump. We’re happy to see the Kasich and Cruz campaigns strategically using their resources to deny Donald Trump delegates where they are in the strongest position to do so,” said the group’s senior adviser, Rory Cooper.

WAsHiNGtON, ApRil 25 (iANs): Republican and Democratic party front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are poised for victory with doubledigit leads over their primary rivals in the upcoming Pennsylvania state primaries, polls showed. According to the joint poll conducted by NBC News, Wall Street Journal and Marist College on Sunday, among Republicans likely to cast their ballots on Tuesday, Trump has the support of 45%, an 18-point advantage over rivals Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who took 27%, and Ohio Governor John Kasich at 24%. Seventy-one delegates are at stake in the state’s primary. Trump grabbed the backing of 57% of people who said they strongly support a candidate, leading among 52% of men and 52% of those who do not hold a college degree. Meanwhile, just 37% of college graduates said they supported him, along with 39% of women and 40% of white evangelicals, though he leads Cruz by four points among that group. On the Democratic side, Clinton leads rival Bernie Sanders 55% to 40%, in line with a 16-point advantage over the last two weeks in the rolling Real Clear Politics polling average in the state, which awards its 189 pledged delegates on a proportional basis. Clinton drew support from 67% of likely African-American voters, while just 29% said they would vote for the Vermont senator. The former secretary of state holds significant leads among voters older than 45 (66% to 28%), women (62% to 34%), those identifying as Democrats (60% to 36%) and those who are strongly behind a candidate (59% to 41%). However, Sanders leads all potential Republican challengers by wider margins, ahead of Trump by 20 points (57% to 37%), Cruz by 22 points (58% to 36%) and Kasich by six points (50% to 44%).

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National Panchayati Raj Day observed in New Riphyim WoKhA, April 25 (MExn): The block level National Panchayati Raj Day cum 125th birth anniversary of Dr. BR Ambedkar was held at New Riphyim village in Wokha district. Extra Assistant Commissioner of Englan, Tsutsowe Kupa highlighted the life story of Ambedkar to the audience who gathered from several surrounding villages. Ambedkar wanted to abolish the class system in India and make every human equal, he said. The EAC also administered the oath to the participants. Nchumthung Ngullie, Programme Officer, DRDA Wokha explained in detail the objectives of MGNREGA, IAY & NRLM. Aremo Ovung, Chemist, PHE department spoke about the Swachh Bharat Mission, and gov-

EAC of Englan Tsutsowe Kupa administers oath during the National Panchayati Day in New Riphyim village.

ernment’s plan to provide toilet to every home in order to stop open defecation. Meanwhile, Soren Kikon, CDPO Wokha spoke on the few schemes provided under the Department of Social Welfare. It was pointed out that loans provided to the differently abled or physically challenged has now stopped as the beneficiaries in the past had not done well in the repayment process. Er. Imsumeren Aier, SO, RD Block Wokha pronounced the vote of thanks. The meeting was chaired by Thungbeni Ngullie, BDO Englan Block, who also discussed the five-year plan with the participants and the importance of April 24. Adolescent girls, who are also beneficiaries of Anganwadi schemes, presented a special number.

The second graduation ceremony of Asian Institute of Theology was held with Kejong Chang, Parliamentary secretary for Horticulture, DB &GB as chief guest and Rev. Dr. Phuveyi Dozo as the speaker recently.

Block level Panchayati Raj Day at RD Block Tamlu held National Panchayat longlEng, April 25 (MExn): Block level Panchayati Raj Day at RD Block Tamlu, Longleng District was conducted on April 20 at Tamlu Village Council Hall on the occasion of the 125th Birth Anniversary of Dr.B.R. Ambedkar. The programme was attended by the government officials of departments under Tamlu Block Headquarter; Village Council members; VDB Secretaries, Church leaders and SHG members from the villages under the block. Tamlu Village Pastor, Baushing Phom invoked God’s bless-

ing at the programme. Speaking as the chairperson, BDO, RB Block Tamlu, S. Samuel Phom briefly shared on the life of Dr. Ambedkar. He highlighted on the activities of MGNREGA/IAY under Longleng District, while also emphasizing on the importance of maintaining signboards of completed works to avoid duplication, and on Social Audit to ensure transparency and accountability. Success stories in flexi banner were exhibited in the hall. EAC, Tamlu, Tokavi N Sumi spoke on the concept

of Panchayati Raj and how the village council plays a pivotal role in the decision making process of the government, development of the village, maintenance of law and order in the village and safeguard customary laws and customs. Speaking on the activities on National Rural Livelihoods Mission, State Program Manager, NSRLM, Imonenla Phom highlighted the achievements of the Mission in the State. She spoke on Swachh Bharat Mission- India’s universal sanitation initiative. On neither litter, nor let oth-

ers litter, she shared about the SHGs under NSRLM “a sense of ownership and responsibility has been evoked among the SHGs members of NSRLM, and their active participation in cleanliness activities within their villages have intensified”. Longleng District RD Block Tamlu in a press release stated that the programme concluded with vote of thanks from the chairperson while also urging the participants’ active participation in all the rural development schemes run by the government.

Block level National Panchayat Day at Dhansiripar

DiMApur, April 25 (MExn): Block level celebration of National Panchayat Day in commemoration of 125th birth anniversary of Dr. BR Ambedkar for Dimapur district was held in the conference hall of SDO (Civi), Dhansiripar here on April 22. The celebration was jointly organized by Rural Development department and Social Welfare department.

Neiketouzo Kenguruse, SSA, CO office, Dhansiripar presented a life sketch of Dr. BR Ambedkar and his significant contribution towards the transformation of the country. He also talked about the amendment of Panchayati Raj in the country. Er. Atu Imsong, Block Development Officer, Dhansiripar RD Block gave a

presentation of programmes and activities of RD department. Besides other schemes and initiatives, he gave emphasis on micro finance program for financial uplift of villages and NLRM. Benjamin Sema, Supervisor, CDPO office, Dhansiripar enlightened the gathering about the activities of the Social Welfare department. Success stories of

ICDS and MGNREGA were also presented during the programme. Departmental officials of Rural Development and Social Welfare along with village council chairmen and council members of villagers under RD Block Dhansiripar, village elders, VDB secretaries and Anganwadi workers attended the programme.

Day observed in Mon

M o n, A p r i l 2 5 (MExn): District level National Panchayat Day was observed in Mon at DRDA Resource Centre on April 18, commemorating the 125th birth anniversary of Dr. BR Ambedkar. W. Honje Konyak, DC Mon briefly highlighted the significance of Rashtirya Samrata Diwas which is from April 14 to 24. To mark the occasion, he initiated an oath taking where all the members pledged to maintain social harmony and equity to create an equitable society which was the dream of Dr. BR Ambedkar. MA Shihab, ADC Mon, resource person talked on the life of Dr. BR Ambedkar and significance of 73rd Amendment of the Indian Constitution. He stated that Dr. BR Ambedkar was an economist, sociologist, anthropologist, educationist, a policy maker, an administrator and a renowned jurist, who fought for the downtrodden and the socially backward

classes. Dr. BR Ambedkar was also the Chairman of the drafting committee of the Indian constitution and known as the father of the Indian constitution, he said, adding his hard work made the constitution a powerful a tool for social and economic empowerment of the downtrodden. The ADC also deliberated on the significance of April 24, the day the 73rd Amendment of Indian constitution came into force for Panchayati Raj and its impact on the lower section of the people. Presentation of departmental activities and guidelines of various programmes was given by Tsalito Sangtam, Project Director, DRDA Mon, on MGNREGA, IAY, and NRLM, T. Yanlem, CDPO on SNP/NSAP and Aochuba, Hygiene Consultant, PHED on Swachh Bharat Mission. The programme was attended by all heads of offices from the district and NGO leaders.

Duncan Village Council together with Duncan Women Union, in collaboration with MC Engineering, Aoyimti, conducted the annual Clean Duncan campaign on April 23. The mass social work has been a regular feature of the colony since 2012, and conducted three times in a year. The Council and Women Union would like to thank the DMC, Duncan public and commercial establishments, for the support and co-operation towards the success of Clean Duncan.

A two-day free dental screening camp organised by Leo Club of Dimapur concluded on April 24 at Lions Club premises in Midland, Dimapur. Around 260 patients were screened; 30 extraction and 28 minor tooth fillings were also done.

Peace Channel trains animators, volunteers

Dilong Ward Watsu Telen along with patients and nurses after the fellowship programme at TB & Chest Disease HosDiMApur, April 25 misfortunes as a problem up with themselves and the pital, Mokokchung on April 23. As part of the “Ketimong Day” (MExn): Peace Channel but fought back and took up people with whom they live observed by the Watsu Mungdang yearly, Dilong Ward Watsu Telen (Unit) led by its president Akala Jamir visited the TB & held training for Animators challenges. Who she is today and contact,” he stated. Chest Disease Hospital, Mokokchung and held a fellowship is the result of her fight for He also cited the examand Volunteers at Peace programme with patients.

Modern Institute of Teacher Education, Kohima celebrated Earth Day 2016 with the theme ‘Trees for the Earth’. A fashion show on recycling of objects and control on pollution was performed. An extempore speech was also organized with the topics related to the protection of Mother Earth. Principal of the College, in his speech emphasized on maintaining green audit for the college and its surroundings and encouraged the student-teachers to plant trees more.

Channel Institute of Skill Development’s hall. Vikhuli Achumi, District Coordinator for Dimapur, while speaking on the activities of Peace Channel shared about the initiatives Peace Club members at the school level take up. “Peace is all about our ability to live in harmony and live up to our life fruitfully,” she stated. Further, she encouraged the participants that age should not be a barrier and that one should not be ashamed to take up challenge to do anything good or great for ourselves. Narrating her own life story, she said she never took

identity, she added. Meanwhile, RK John explained to the participants the main activities of Peace Channel like peace celebration, input sessions, training of volunteers, people forum for peace and so forth. He said the word peace sounds very theoretical and less practical for beginners. But once when an individual dwells within the word and understands it, it has a very big connotation. “Peace is not the absence of war, conflict and violence rather it is the ability of oneself to come into acceptance and live

ple of Malala, recipient of Nobel Prize, who said it is not the time to tell our leaders because they know it, but it’s the time to take them and work for a greater change. He further informed that Peace Channel is a platform where one can have the maximum access to obtain peace for self, talk, dream, and share peace to others. Summing up his message, he encouraged the participants to create a difference when they are young and have the capacity to make difference from normal way of life to be recognized and remembered fondly.

A programme based on the theme 'Reaching out to the Differently Abled Children and the Infirm’ was organised by the Kohima Watsu Telen (Kohima Ao Womens’ Unit) on April 23 in Kohima. The event was marked by distribution of gifts and financial assistance to three randomly picked differently abled children in each colony in Kohima Town.

GHS Kushiabill students having midday meal in the school premises on April 22.

Assam Rifles interact with KODH children Mr and Miss Tsükhenye Khalo Krome and Lidowe-ü Krome adjudged during the Lasumi Union Dimapur (LUD) annual gathering cum Tsükhenye Festival 2016 at Green Park held A seminar on Research Methodology was organised by Research, Seminar & Extension on April 23. David Therie and Neingulo Marhu secured the Committee of Mount Mary College, Chumukedima for its faculty members on April 23. Dr. second and third places respectively in the wrestling. This RK Behera, Academic Dean, Patkai Christian Autonomous College was the resource person. was informed in a press release issued by Neipete Therie, General Secretary, LUD.

JVSN honours Padmashree awardee

19 Assam Rifles officials with children at Kohima Orphanage & Destitute Home during their DiMApur, April 25 visit on April 22. (MExn): Janjati Vikas

KohiMA, April 25 (MExn): 19 Assam Rifles, 5 Sect AR and IGAR (N) visited the Kohima Orphanage & Destitute Home (KODH), Kohima with homemade lunch and interacted with the children of the Home on April 22. 19 Assam Rifles also gifted items like carom board, pressure cooker, volley ball and plates. After the lunch, they also arranged free medical check-

up, including distribution of medicines. Col TN Singh, Commandant, 19 Assam Rifles assured they will continue to be part of the noble cause, adding that the 19 Assam Rifles is always there for the people of Nagaland for any assistance. The caretaker of the home, Neibanuo Angami, expressed gratitude to Assam Rifles for extending help and taking care of the

Home like a family for all these years. “Assam Rifles has played one of the biggest roles in what we are today. For more than 20 years you have been taking care of us like your own. We are what we are because of you,” she added, according to a press release received here. The programme was also attended by Jotsoma Youth President, Rokokhotso and Mhalezolie Kire, Editor, Capi.

Samiti Nagaland on April 20 honoured Tokheho H Sema at his residence in Toluvi village for being conferred Padmashree, the fourth highest civilian award on March 28 by President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan. A press release stated that Janjati Vikas Samiti Nagaland (JVSN) applauded the achievements of Tokheho H Sema as he has brought fame to family her-

itage, laurels to Sumi tribe and people of Nagaland as stated in the citation. JVSN admired the glorious family heritage of Tokheho H Sema who was born on November 24, 1932 at Sukhalu village under Zunheboto district. His father late Hetoi Sema was a World War II veteran as the Chief Scout of British Army in Nagaland. His maternal grandfather late Kuhoi Sukhai Zhimomi was the Chief of the Naga Labour Corps in France during the World War I.

The function was attended by the committee members of JVSN, Nyeiwang Konyak, former cabinet minister along with his wife, Er. Dr. L. Yezhekhu Sumi, well wishers and family members. In a short speech, Er Dr. Yezhekhu Sumi said that Tokheho H Sema is the first among the Sumi community to be conferred with such a prestigious award which is a matter of great pride for all. JVSN also felicitated Tokheho’s wife.

The Village Health Committee Nkwareu Jalukie block, under Nagaland Health Project (NHP) Organised an awareness on Ante-Natal Care (ANC) and Post-Natal Care (PNC) at Nkwareu Panchayat Hall April 23. The resource person was GNM Adinpui of Mhainamtsi Sub Centre. Around 45 people attended the programme.

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R&B singer Billy Paul dead at 80 ollywood actress Katrina Kaif, who made her Cannes International Film Festival red carpet debut last year as the ambassador of cosmetic brand L'Oréal Paris, will be skipping the prestigious film gala this year due to “prior commitments”. Disappointed at having to give a miss to the film fest that acts as a “fabulous platform” for an artist, Katrina says it has been “an enormously busy year for me so far” that is keeping her on her toes, but she hopes to be part of the film gala next year. “Cannes is a fabulous platform for any artist to attend, and I really enjoyed the experience last year. While the brand invited me to attend Cannes again this year, I have had to regretfully decline the opportunity due to prior commit-

ments,” Katrina said in a statement. The actress is busy with Anurag Basu's upcoming comedy-drama “Jagga Jasoos”, also starring Ranbir Kapoor. She also has “Baar Baar Dekho” lined up. The actress added: “This has been an enormously busy year for me so far, and I am working on some amazing projects which are really keeping me on my toes. Nevertheless, although I will be giving Cannes a miss this year, I wish the lovely L’Oréal Paris ambassadors who will proudly represent India the very best and hope to attend next year.” Katrina was praised by one and all for her sartorial choices and confident stride on the red carpet last year. Raagjeet Garg, general manager, L’Oréal Paris India said they respect her “dedication to her work and are going to miss her

magic at Cannes 2016”. “Katrina had a glorious debut at Cannes last year and was one of the most spoken about L’Oréal Paris ambassadors at the platform. Unfortunately she’s unable to attend the event this year due to some prior commitments. We absolutely respect her dedication to her work and are going to miss her magic at Cannes 2016,” Garg said. The Cannes International Film Festival is scheduled to be held from May 11-May 21, 2016. Indian stars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor will be representing the brand at the event this year. Both the actresses have always managed to dazzle their fans at the French Riviera and this year they will sport looks created using the L’Oréal Paris Infallible Cannes Collection. Source: IANS

&B singer Billy Paul, mostly known for his 1972 hit single "Me and Mrs. Jones", has passed away. He was 80. Paul died at his home in New Jersey on April 24 due to a "serious medical condition", reports mirror.co.uk. He was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. A statement on his website read: "We regret to announce with a heavy heart that Billy has passed away today at home after a serious medical condition." "We would like to ex-

tend our most sincere condolences to his wife Blanche and family for their loss, as they and the world grieves the loss of another musical icon that helped pioneer today's R&B music. Billy will be truly missed," the statement continued. During his career, spanning more than 60 years, Paul bagged a Grammy for "Me and Mrs. Jones" in 1972. He continued to perform live until he fell ill and his manager said he had been lining up numerous appearances at the time of his death.

He was born Paul Williams but later agreed to his manager's suggestion that he change his name to Billy Paul to avoid confusion with songwriter Paul Williams and other musicians with the same name. His early albums with Gamble and Huff, including "Ebony Woman" and "Going East", sold modestly before "Me And Mrs. Jones" briefly made him a superstar. Paul is survived by wife Blanche, with whom he has two children. Source: IANS

Michael Douglas urges top politicians Vikramaditya motwane is set to to get serious about nuclear issue direct Stan Lee’s indian superhero movie

ichael Douglas is urging America's presidential hopefuls to stop bickering about each other and address the nuclear issue after tackling the problem in a hard-hitting new film. The actor is working on a documentary about a California family who grew up near a Boeing plant at the centre of a nuclear accident in the 1950s. "Basically (it) poisoned the whole neighbourhood," Douglas tells The Hollywood Reporter. "The whole family has thyroid cancer." Promoting the film The Bomb at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival over the weekend, the Fatal Attraction star said, "The world is on the

advent of a new Cold War advancement in nuclear weapons. The U.S. is talking about a trillion dollars to spend, the Russians have their new missiles out. It’s just very difficult to believe. "Maybe, just maybe, we can look at a new generation to look at what I think is the most serious issue that we have on the planet right now." "We’ve got elections coming up this year," he added. "Once we get through these primaries and once more attention is brought to just how this arms race is continuing now, there should be a huge discussion coming this fall. "It looks like it’s gonna be (Donald) Trump and Hillary Clinton, with diametrically different opinions on

this important issue - one who wants to nuke ‘em, and somebody else." And Douglas is hoping the people in power don't wait until it's too late to discuss the nuclear issue: "The terrifying thing about the nuclear issue is... you’re really gonna have to wait for a dirty bomb. It’s gonna make (the deaths in terrorist attacks on) 9/11 (and in) Paris, Brussels, everything (seem like) a miniscule amount before the amount of people who are going to be killed (sic). "We can eliminate nuclear weapons. It’s really easy... We, as humans, can do something about it. We actually can, it’s within our grasp." Source: Contactmusic

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ollywood superstar George Clooney says he tries to fight the suffocation of fame by using it to highlight the plight of other people. The actor, while speaking at an international forum on genocide prevention and the refugee crisis held in Armenia, said he had decided to use his fame to focus attention on those "who can't get any cameras on them at all" after reading about atrocities being committed in the Darfur region in the early 2000s, reported the Independent.

"Fame has an interesting element to it but if you tend to be followed round by a camera then you can feel suffocated at times. I thought it might be effective if I went to those places and got those cameras to follow me and try and amplify these stories of NGOs who were doing such hard work, such dangerous work," he said. The actor-filmmaker, 54, said he felt fortunate to have been born in the US. "I was lucky to be born where I was and not born as a young wom-

an who was taken by Boko Haram. It was lucky - luck is genetic and time and place. That luck needs to be spread. What I find beautiful about what we're doing this weekend is we're looking at it, we're pointing at it, we're amplifying it. There is an awful lot the world needs, not a handout but a hand-up." The forum is being held to mark the 101st anniversary of the beginning of a genocide of the Armenian people by the ruling Ottoman Empire. Source: PTI

tan Lee's Indian superhero 'Chakra the Invincible' is headed for the big screen. Anurag Kashyap's Phantom Film has teamed

up with Stan Lee's POW! Entertainment and Graphic India. Vikramaditya Motwane of Udaan will direct the project. According to The Holly-

wood Reporter, Motwane is also working on the script of the live-action version of the comic book superhero turned cartoon superhero. “I’m a fan of Bolly-

The JuNgle Book Becomes highesT grosser of 2016

ormer "Friends" star Jennifer Aniston gave husband Justin Theroux's wardrobe a makeover. The 47-year-old has incorporated a splash of colour into her husband's closet because she was fed up of him wearing bland garments all the time, reported People. "Colour! Not just black, it's quite adorable," she said. The actress, who was crowned the world's most beautiful woman of 2016 by People magazine on April 20, shared that her fashion sense has altered since she got married eight months ago. "Well, let me tell you. I think I'm pretty much the same but he really enjoys me in a skinny jeans, which I loathe. But I think I have more skinny jeans these days than normal," she said. Source: PTI

wood films and am really excited about launching Chakra the Invincible as my first Bollywood superhero movie. Vikramaditya is an amazingly talented filmmaker who I have no doubt can make the Chakra film a massive hit in India and around the world. I only hope he remembers to include my cameo," said Spike Lee in a statement. In response, Motwane said that he will not forget Lee's cameo and it's an honour to be making a movie based on a character created by him. Sharad Devarajan of Graphic India said that in Motwane they have found a groundbreaking director and a passionate comic book fan. He is sure that the Queen writer will maintain the authenticity of Stan Lee's pantheon of superhero storytelling while making the character uniquely Indian. Chakra the Invincible is a story of Indian teenager Raju Rai, a genius techie based in Mumbai. Raju develops an enhanced suit that activates the mystical chakras of the body unlocking the secrets of human potential. The comic book was launched in 2011 and it made it's way to Cartoon Network India in 2013. Source: DNA

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eel Sethi starrer The Jungle Book is going leaps and bounds at the Indian box office. The film has surpassed the business of Akshay Kumar starrer Airlift and has emerged as the highest grosser of 2016, so far. The film which released on April 8 has already earned Rs. 132.96 cr and is still going strong at the box office.

Directed by Jon Favreau, the film which was released worldwide in English, Hindi and other languages collected Rs. 8.02 cr on Friday, RS. 8.51 cr on Saturday, Rs. 10.67 cr on Sunday, Rs. 5.09 cr Monday, Rs. 6.37 cr Tuesday, Rs. 5.02 cr on Wednesday and Rs. 4.01 cr on Thursday. In the third week too, the film is going strong and now is now aiming to make a

business of Rs. 150 cr and more. The film, which is adapted from the famous Rudyard Kipling novel, has voice cast including Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito and Christopher Walken. Priyanka Chopra has lent her voice for the Hindi version of the film. Source: Indianexpress

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Mnumbai Indians player Parthiv Patel congratulates Mumbai Indians player Ambati Rayudu after he scores a fifty during match 21 of the Vivo Indian Premier League (IPL ) 2016 between the Kings XI Punjab and the Mumbai Indians held at the IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali on 25 April. (IPL Photo)

Brief scores:

Mumbai Indians: 189/6 in 20 overs (Parthiv Patel 81, Ambati Rayudu 65; Mohit Sharma 3/38, Sandeep Sharma 1/20). Kings XI Punjab: 164/7 in 20 overs (Glenn Maxwell 56, Shaun Marsh 45; Jasprit Bumrah 3/26, Tim Southee 2/28, Mitchell McClenaghan 2/32).

Learnt to be honest and change people's perception: Virat Kohli C M Y K

mumbai, april 25 (iaNS): India's star batsman Virat Kohli said on Monday that he has learnt to be honest both on and off the field over a period of time which has helped him change the perception of his fans and win back their faith. "Everyone knows which person (Sachin Tendulkar) I have idolised from the start, there is nothing new in that. He has been my idol from the beginning. At first when my fans grew, that time I was a bit frustrated that people think me to be a different sort of a human being, but I am not that sort. I have worked hard and wanted to change the perception of people, my friends and family know me how I am. But over a period of time I have learned that you have to be honest and concentrate and be dedicated to your work," Kohli said

at the launch of Virat FanBox in partnership with Privyplex here. The 27-year-old batsman has been in sublime form lately, bagging the man of the tournament award in the recently concluded World Twenty20, and is currently the leading run scorer (367 runs) in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL). "And on the field if you be the way you are off the field and play with full dedication, people will accept and be connected to you. Now I am happy that people accept me well and happy that I have been able to change the perception of the people. Over a period of time I have learnt that if I am honest in my work it will be noticed by people and other things that they had in mind will be sidelined," the Royal Challengers Bangalore skipper said.

Sania-Martina beaten in Stuttgart Open final

(From left) Martina Hingis, Sania Mirza, Kristina Mladenovic and Caroline Garcia at Stuttgart on Sunday.

Stuttgart (germaNy), april 25 (iaNS): Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis were beaten in the women's doubles final of the Stuttgart Open tennis tournament by second seeds Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic, 6-2, 1-6, 6-10. The IndoSwiss pair went down in one hour and 21 minutes here on Sunday.

Sania-Martina were eyeing their 14th title together. They were aiming at their first title since February but were undone by a stunning turnaround by the French pair. Sania-Martina began the match brightly, winning the first set comfortably 6-2. But the French duo recovered from a set down

to clinch the match in the tie-breaker. They were the more aggressive team, hitting 25 winners to 16 by Sania-Martina. It was the second title of the season for the French pair. SaniaMartina have stumbled in their recent tournaments, exiting in the secondround at the Miami Masters and the first at the Indian Wells.

Juventus win fifth straight title

rOme, april 25 (reuterS): Juventus won Serie A for the fifth season in a row without kicking a ball after Napoli, the only team who could have caught them, were sunk 1-0 by a late Radja Nainggolan goal at AS Roma. Juventus, who have led the table since beating Napoli 1-0 in February, were left with an unassailable 12-point lead with three games each left to play as they clinched a record 31st league title. The match, played at a half-empty Stadio Olimpico on a sunny bank holiday afternoon, was an anti-climatic end to a season which had at one stage promised to be one of the most exciting Italian title races for years. The game between Serie A’s two highest-scoring sides was threatening to peter out into a tame goalless draw until Nainggolan slotted the ball home in the 89th minute following a move started with a delicate pass from Roma substitute Francesco Totti. During the first half of the season, the lead had changed almost weekly with AS Roma, Napoli, Inter Milan and Fiorentina all taking turns at the top. But, as their rivals fal-

Juventus have been crowned Serie A champions for a fifth season in a row after Napoli's 1-0 defeat at Roma

Juventus's Mario Mandukic, left, celebrates after he scored during a Serie A soccer match at the Artemio Franchi stadium in Florence, Italy on Sunday, April 24. (AP Photo)

tered, Juventus, who beat 73 points out a possible 75 Fiorentina 2-1 yesterday, to win the title with games put together an astonish- to spare. ing run in which they took Roma had more pos-

session but Napoli, whose t o p -s c o re r G o n z a l o Higuain returned after a three-match ban, carved

out the better chances and Jose Callejon had a firsthalf goal ruled out by a hairline offside decision.

Leicester forward Mahrez named PFA Player of the Year

lONdON, april 25 (iaNS): Leicester City forward Riyad Mahrez has won the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Player of the Year award for scoring 17 goals and 11 assists in 34 English Premier League (EPL) games. The Algerian on Sunday held off competition from West Ham United midfielder Dimitri Payet, Tottenham Hotspur forward Harry Kane, Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil and fellow Leicester men Jamie Vardy and N'Golo Kante to win. Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli, 20, was named PFA Young Player of the Year, while Manchester City forward Izzy Christiansen won the Women's Player of the Year award. Sunderland striker Beth Mead, 20, was named Women's Young Player of the Year. Mahrez has been instrumental in driving Leicester to the cusp of their maiden title. The 25-yearold now joins a glittering list of former winners that includes Kenny Dalglish, Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale. Some bookmakers had Leicester at 5000/1 to be crowned champions at the start of the season, but, with three games left, they stand on the brink of argu-

(LEFT) Manchester City's Izzy Christiansen poses after winning the PFA Women's player of the Year award. (RIGHT) Leicester City star Riyad Mahrez has been named as the 2016 PFA Player of the Year after a glorious campaign.

ably the greatest shock in English football history. Mahrez dedicated the success to his teammates. "All the credit is for them, seriously," Mahrez told PFA website. "And for my manager and the staff. Without them I wouldn't receive this award and I wouldn't score. It's the team spirit, and I want to dedicate it to them. "I'm very grateful to receive this award, it's a pleasure. It's extra special

because if the players vote for me it's because they've seen I've been great this year so I'm happy. "But it's more team things. Without my teammates I wouldn't get this award." Mahrez was flown down by helicopter to the ceremony from the King Power Stadium, where Claudio Ranieri's side had earlier thrashed Swansea 4-0 to move eight points clear at the top of the table.

"The secret has been team spirit," Mahrez said. "We work so hard for each other. We are like brothers, it's everywhere on the pitch. That's our strength. "If sometimes we are not good, we know we are going to run and make the effort for our team-mates. That is the secret of our success." Alli was named the PFA Young Player of the Year after registering 10 goals and 12 assists in his debut cam-

paign in the EPL. The 20-year-old beat teammate Kane to the prize, as well as Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland, Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho and Everton duo Romelu Lukaku and Ross Barkley. Alli was unable to collect the award in person, with Spurs hosting West Bromwich Albion on Monday, but Ossie Ardiles picked it up on his behalf.

Bishop Abraham Memorial Volleyball Tournament concludes

Chumukedima, april 25 (mexN): The 2nd Bishop Abraham Memorial Volleyball Tournament organized by Nagaland Catholic Youth Movement at St. Joseph’s Parish (St. Joseph Higher Sec. School), Chumukedima from April 22 to 24 successfully concluded on April 24. The closing ceremony was grace by Elias T. Lotha, President, Catholic Association of Nagaland and Transport Commissioner, Nagaland as the guest of honour. St. Paul Parish, Phesama emerged as the Champion from the men teams and SFS Parish Tening as champion from women team while the runners up for men was bagged by St. John the Evangelist Parish Khonoma and of women by

The Champion team of the 2nd Bishop Abraham Memorial Volleyball Tournament organized by Nagaland Catholic Youth Movement.

St. Xavier’s Parish Kidima. Dr. Seyiekhrietuo John Convenor, Tournament organising committee expressed his appreciation and gratitude to all who are behind the success of the tournament through

their support and generous contribution. Introduction and welcome address was delivered by Limasangla Jamir, Representative of NCYM to North East Regional Youth Commission (NERYC). Comperes of the

closing ceremony were Kevilhouthie Victor and Limasangla Jamir while Rev. Fr. Sojan Xavier NCYM Director thanked the tournament organising committee and concluded the closing ceremony with a prayer.

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