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IMTN objects to Naga Hoho recommendation DImapur, aprIl 25 (mExN): The Indigenous Minority Tribes of Nagaland has objected to the Naga Hoho’s recommendation, made much earlier, to the Government of Nagaland that the Rongmei tribe be given an ‘indigenous inhabitant status’ as in the case of the Kuki, Kachari, Garo & Mikir/ Karbi. According to the IMTN, a conglomeration of the four minority non Naga tribes in Nagaland that are recognized as indigenous inhabitants in the State, the Naga Hoho ‘recommendation’ is “nothing but mischief and attempts to dilute the historical and traditional facts.” “The Minority Tribes have a clear past, traditions, boundaries and territories before and after the creation of the State of Nagaland,” noted IMTN President L Lun Tungnung in a press release today. These tribes have been part of the landmass today called the State of Nagaland through “clear History, Territories, Villages and boundaries like the other recognized Tribes of Nagaland,” he noted. The IMTN maintained that the present government and ‘NGOs’ should not “try to dilute the status of the Minority Recognized Tribes-Kuki, Kachari, Garo & Mikir-just because we had become second class citizens within our own state of Nagaland due to factors mostly beyond our controls and circumstances.”

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A team from the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) today held an informal interaction with citizens of Mokokchung from different fields at Hotel Metsuben conference hall here today.

The AIPP team was led by its Secretary General Gam Shimray and founding member of NPMHR and 1st Secretary General, Luingam Luithui – who is also the author of Nagaland Files – and others teammates. The team held intellectual interaction with representatives from Senior Citizens Forum, concerned citizens of Mokokchung, church leaders, academicians, retired bureaucrats etc.

The meeting informally discussed about the Naga political issues – the past and present – the disunity of the Naga society, the Framework Agreement, the international support to the Naga cause etc. During the interaction which was moderated by academician Dr. Lanu Longkumer. The concerned citizens raised different questions, to which Luingam Luithui

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End Malaria for Good: Nagaland Governor for recognition of Ruzazho sees decline in Malaria cases village as a ‘National Heritage Village’ Morung Express news

Malaria - A Notifiable disease

Kohima | April 25

AIPP interacts with Mokokchung citizens Mokokchung | April 25

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With joint efforts of the government and the community, Nagaland has seen a decline in the prevalence of malaria cases which has dropped down to 828 with zero deaths in 2016, in comparison to the 1527 cases and three deaths in 2015.

This positive development was informed by the National Vector Borne Disease Control Program (NVBDCP), Nagaland (Directorate of Health and Family Welfare) on April 25-World Malaria Day- themed ‘End Malaria for Good’.

All the districts in Nagaland observed the day through awareness and sanitation drives where ten villages with high prevalence of Malaria has been selected. A brief epidemiological profile of malaria in Nagaland indicated the improvement over the last five years in Nagaland wherein 3363 malaria cases were detected in 2011, followed by 2891 cases in 2012, 2285 cases in 2013 and 1937 cases in 2014.

The districts which have seen a decline in malaria cases are Wokha, Phek and Mokokchung. Longleng district which continues to have the highest prevalence rate in Nagaland has seen major improvements in 2016 with an Annual Parasitic Incidence (API) of 1.4 compared to its previous rate of 3.05 and 3.67 in 2014 and 2015 respectively.

“As ambitious a dream as it may sound, the goal of malaria elimination from the State can be translated into reality through effective partnerships from line departments, involvement of communities and stakeholders to help achieve this goal,” stated Dr. Kevichüsa Joint Director, State The Morung Express Medikhru, Program Officer, NVBDCP. He Poll QuEsTion highlighted the visions of the Vote on www.morungexpress.com program to eliminate malaria sMs your answer to 9862574165 in Nagaland State by 2030.

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(1st AIPP secretary general) responded to their queries from his experiences.

The Secretary General of AIPP, Gam Shimray, while giving a brief highlight about the AIPP, said it is a regional organization founded in 1988 by indigenous peoples’ movements.

A look at the AIPP website further disclosed that the Pact is committed to the cause of promoting and defending indigenous peoples’ rights and human rights and articulating issues of relevance to indigenous peoples. At present, AIPP has 47 members from 14 countries in Asia with 14 National Formations, 15 Sub-national Formations and 18 Local Formations.

Of this number, 6 are Indigenous Women’s Organizations and 4 are Indigenous Youth Organizations.

Its vision is for indigenous peoples in Asia to fully exercise their rights, distinct cultures and identities in a way that enables living with dignity, and enhancing their sustainable management systems on lands, territories and resources for their own future and development in an environment of peace, justice and equality.

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he Directorate of Health and Family will issue a notice to all the government and private health sectors declaring Malaria as a Notifiable disease. All Government and private health sectors will have to report any positive detection to the concerned authority. The ‘Notifiable’ tag will enable more emphasis and stress to the disease, informed Dr. Neisakho Kiso, Deputy Director.

The program has further made an appeal to the community to contribute to the elimination of malaria by: • Keeping the surroundings clean • Doing away with stagnant water which encourages mosquito breeding • Accepting indoor residual spray • Daily usage of LLIN/bed nets (LLIN bed nets has an expiry period which will no longer be effective after five years) • Educating oneself on the aspects of prevention and awareness of malaria.

The program has also requested the community to seek for early diagnosis and complete treatment as blood test and anti-malarial drugs are provided free of cost in all government health centers.

Governor of nagaland, PB Acharya, Governor of Tripura, Tathagata Roy, and others at the inaugural funcof two day seminar on ‘The Battle of Kohima and its impact to india’s freedom’ at Ruzazho village, etc. is pertinent to end malaria. among farmers, jhum cultiva- tion Phek district, on April 25. (Morung Photo/Chizokho Vero)

However, the most crucial role is the participation of the community, asserted Dr. Medikhru.

Under the framework of the WHO, the NVBDCP India has framed a National Malaria Elimination Program to commit itself towards a malaria free country by 2030. All the States and Union Territories have been grouped in one of four categories based on their malaria burden that is Category 0 (prevention of re-establishment of phase), Category 2-elimination phase (those areas which have an API below 1/1000 population at risk), Category 2-Pre-elimination (areas which have more than 1/1000 API), and Category 3-Intensified control phase.

Nagaland State falls under Category 2 which includes an API of 1/1000 population at risk, with some districts reported to have an API of 1/1000 or above.

High prevalence of malaria in foothill and povertystricken areas The NVBDCP also mentioned that the prevalence of malaria is high in foothill areas which have a huge number of migrant laborers in poor and hygienic living conditions, in mining, road construction, rubber plantation areas.

Further, it has been detected

tors, plantation workers and hunters. Malaria is also known as the disease of the poor, informed Dr. Medikhru, where the poor living under poor shelter and health are often the victims, citing slum dwellers especially in Dimapur.

In order to achieve the elimination goal the NVBDCP, Nagaland informed that it is putting efforts to provide effective diagnostic tools (bivalent RTD), drugs (ACT), improved protective measures like Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets and logistic support i.e. mobility, manpower. Besides the elimination program, the program is also involved in the International Cross Border, informed Dr. Medikhru, where they are making sure that Malaria does not spread in India and vice versa. The four districts with international border are Kiphire, Phek, Longleng and Mon. Despite the limited number of health workers in Nagaland working towards the elimination of Malaria, Dr. Medikhru informed that Nagaland has witnessed major improvements. The biggest factor has also been the LLIN/bed nets provided by the Global fund through Government of India where a total of 9,14,000 bed nets were distributed in Nagaland in 2016.

Chizokho Vero Ruzazho (Phek) | April 25

Nagaland State Governor P.B. Acharya today said that he will intervene to get recognition of Ruzazho village in Phek district as a National Heritage Village, as per the desire of the villagers.

Speaking at the two day seminar on ‘The Battle of Kohima and its impact to India’s freedom,’ here today, he said prayer for recognition of Ruzazho as a National Heritage Village is the most genuine one as the village is the first Indian National Army (INA) administered village in 1944.

Acharya showed deep regard and respect for Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose for his selfless dedication, patriotism and commitment towards the people, adding that he had always made personal contact and friendship with the local leaders.

The Governor reminded the gathering that India is a secular democratic country and there are no second class citizens. Every citizen is equal irrespective of cast, race and religion.

Asserting that India as a young nation where 68% of the population are youth, which according to him is the greatest asset of our nation, Acharya appealed to the Naga youths working outside Nagaland State to come back and

contribute to the development of the State.

He also challenged the people of the State to change their mindset and make Nagaland a “golden Nagaland.”

He said peaceful environment is required for all round development of the State.

Later, he unveiled a tablet in remembrance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and INA who stayed and administered this village during its struggle for Indian freedom in the year 1944.

This tablet is also to honour those who gave their services to INA during its struggle, not only Ruzazho village and neighbours but all Nagas in Nagaland.

Prof. Dr. Purabi Roy, member Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), said that there is the need to recognize this village adding that there is a need to also have a research centre, museum and memorial park in this village.

Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy also addressed the inaugural function.

The inaugural function was chaired by Phek Deputy Commissioner Murohu Chotso while welcome address was delivered

by Dr. Moanochet Longchar, Principal, Pfutsero Government College. Dr. Er. Vekho Swuro, chairman of NSCBMDS & Independent Scholar made intro-

duction of the guests while vote of thanks was proposed by CSU president Dode Nakro.

Poswuyi Swuro of Ruzazho village and Vezo Swuro of Chesezu village, the two living witnesses of Subhas Chandra Bose and the INA troops’ stay at Ruzazho and Chesezu were felicitated during the inaugural service.

The seminar was organized

by ICHR in association with Government College Pfutsero, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Memorial Development Society, Nagaland and Chakhesang Students’ Union.

The resource persons of the seminar included; Major General (Retd) Dr. GD. Bakshi; Dr. Purabi Roy, member of ICHR; Dr. Tapan Chattopadhyay, Ph.D. & D.Litt. in History; Dr. Er. Vekho Swuro, chairman of NSCBMDS & Independent Scholar; Abhijit Chaudhury, (Retd) History Professor of St. Edmunds’ College, Shillong; Rev. Savito Nagi, Independent Scholar; Kamal Dutta, Principal of Pranabananda Vidyamandir, Hojai, Assam; Tavezo Latso, Assistant Professor of Pfutsero Government College and Zhokusheyi Rhakho, Assistant Professor of Phek Government College.

Subenthung Kithan, President, Naga Students’ Federation (NSF), will speak at the valedictory session on April 26.

Reconsider and revoke decision Students of Kelhoshe Polytechnic Atoizu in a fix on AIJS: NBA to State Government Contract lecturers

DImapur, aprIl 25 (mExN): In what could become a fresh issue between the Nagaland Bar Association (NBA) and the Nagaland State Government, the NBA has expressed surprise and dismay over the State Government’s decision “disfavouring” the proposal to establish an All India Judicial Service (AIJS).

“It is highly debatable as to what is the rationale behind the view tendered by the State Government disfavouring the proposal of the Union Government as recommended by the Union Law Commission which is almost similar to the demands of the NBA for revamping the system of appointments of judges in the higher judiciary,” stated the NBA President, Tali Ao, and its Secretary, V Hukavi Zhimomi, in a press release today.

The NBA appealed to the State Government to ‘reconsider and revoke’ the latter’s decision “disfavouring the proposal” to set up an AIJS “in the interest of justice.”

It may be noted that the central law ministry had stated earlier, as per news reports, that State governments of Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Punjab “do not favour formation” of AIJS. The Centre’s plan to create a national-level judicial service, on the pattern of the All-India Civil Services, has been supported by the Law Commission and a department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee

on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice has also supported the idea. The NBA has also been on board.

In a representation to the Union law minister in October 2016, the NBA President and Secretary had stated that the selection test for recruitment of candidates for appointments in the higher judiciary ought to be through competitive examination, where all eligible candidates from the legal fraternity are given equal opportunity to apply and to be selected. They had asserted that the present system of nominating and recommending candidates through “pick and choose” practice violates the provisions of Article 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India in as much as no opportunity is given to all the interested eligible candidates from the members of the bar to apply and compete for recruitment on merit.

In the present press release, they have noted that the NBA feels “badly aggrieved” by the response of the Nagaland State to the Indian Union Government.

Meanwhile, the Nagaland legal fraternity was “neither consulted nor informed” by the Nagaland State Government before sending the said response, informed the NBA. It also remained doubtful if the State Cabinet has passed any resolution to “disfavour” the proposal and whether the Governor has “accorded assent thereto.”

“We are also of the view that that the subject matter being concerned for revamping the system of appointments in the third organ of the Government, the matter may require serious debate at appropriate level of the Government taking into consideration the views and opinion of the legal fraternity,” stated the NBA President and Secretary.

According to their legal opinion, under section 3 (30) of the Nagaland Interpretation and General Clauses Act, 1978, the ‘Government of Nagaland’ means the ‘Governor of Nagaland’—therefore, the NBA opined, “if the response to the Union Government was on the decision of the State Government at appropriate level, the matter should have been brought to the notice of the public or at least to the notice of the legal fraternity.” This, since the “legal fraternity” has a “pivotal role” to play in the “third organ of the Government.”

The Association cautioned that “if the opinion of the State Government tendered to the Union Government lacks Constitutional propriety, say, without the State Cabinet decision and/or without the assent of the Governor, the competent authority of the Government may issue appropriate orders to the notice of the Union Government as well as the legal fraternity in the State being the same would be a serious case of abuse of powers or illegal assumption of authority.”

unpaid for 7 months; exams held up

DImpaur, aprIl 25 (mExN): The students of Kelhoshe Polytechnic Atoizu have expressed resentment towards the nonpayment of salaries to their contract lecturers that could lead to serious repercussions on the career of the students.

The Khelhoshe Polytechnic Atoizu Students’ Union (KPASU) stated in a press release today that students are left in a dilemma as their lecturers have not been able to conduct the partial examination. This, it claimed, was due to the salaries of contract lecturers not paid for seven months by the government. Due to this, they refused to declare the ‘sessionals’ for the students.

However, keeping in mind the career of the students at stake, the lecturers gave “verbal assurance” on the matter and reached an agreement, stated the press release from President of KPASU, Hinovi T. Achumi.

“Everyone deserves a payment for their hard

work as it requires effort but the authorities have remained silent for which students, especially the final year students, are bound to face huge problems if the results are delayed,” maintained the press note. Advertisements for degrees have already been put up and exams have not even started yet, stated the KPASU, clearly in a state of panic for its students’ community.

The KPASU thus demanded that the government take immediate action instead of continuing to remain silent on the matter.

“Students require a peaceful environment” without mental stress in order to progress through examinations, it stated, adding that if “necessary action” is not taken, the government will be held fully responsible for “taking a student’s career for granted.”

The Union also reiterated that the government is “playing with the future of the students by not paying the salary of the lecturers in time.” If exams are not conducted on time, it will lead to the loss of a whole year for students.

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Application for selection to study ‘Peace and Conflict Resolution’

Dimapur, april 25 (mExN): Rotary Club of Dimapur is inviting application for selection of Rotary Peace Scholar to study ‘Peace & Conflict Resolution’ who will pursue their Peace Fellowship from any one of the Rotary Peace Centers spread across the world.

There are two types of scholarships on offer– a 3 months Diploma Course in Bangkok, Thailand and a Two Years Master Degree Course in one of the six Universities spread across the world.

Individuals who apply for the programme should be with suitable academic background and training along with work experience, who are fluent in English language, excellent leadership skill, commitment to Peace and International

Understanding through personal and community service.

The application should be accompanied by resume which should reach on or before 11th May 2017 to Rtn. Chandu Kumar Agarwal, +91 9436003651 Rotary Foundation Chair- Rotary Club – Dimapur, or Rtn. Neeraj Jain, +91 9774073303 President Rotary Club Dimapur, C/o, Radiant Traders, opposite Hotel Tragopan, Near Golaghat Road Police Point, Dimapur – 797112 Nagaland.

Two candidates to be selected for each course after preliminary interview at Dimapur, tentively on May 13 and final selection for the candidates will be done at Guwahati or some other place and the same will be communicated to the selected candidates.

Tohoi Village declared ‘Tobacco Free’

Dimapur, april 25 (mExN): Tohoi Village under Niuland Sub-division has become the second Tobacco free Village in Dimapur District. This was decided in a joint meeting of the Village Council, Church, GBs and Teachers which was held recently. The objective of the initiative is to make the village a healthier place and also to save the younger generation from Tobacco addiction. The village council will impose a heavy fine on those who sells tobacco products within the village jurisdiction. Dr C Tetseo, DNO NTCP in a press release congratulated Tohoi village for setting an example and he also makes an appeal to other villages to come forward and adopt Tobacco free norms.

www.emokokchung.com launched Morung Express News Mokokchung | April 25

Taking Mokokchung to another level in the internet world, a website developed by a local youth – www. emokokchung.com – was formally launched today at the MMC Shopping Complex by senior journalist & General Secretary of Mokokchung Press Club (MPC) Sashimeren Jamir here today.

The website was personally developed by a 29 year old young man, Wati Longkumer hailing from Longsa village. An IT diploma holder from Institute of Communication & Information Technology, Mokokchung, Wati Longkumer dedicated the website – www.emokokchung. com – to the people of Mokokchung and Nagaland.

“This website is designed to highlight the information Mokokchung town. The content of this site includes stories of different wards of Mokokchung town, the ‘where’ and ‘what’ of the town’s educational institutions, health centres, lodges, tourist spots, offices, shopping

(From L-R) Website developer, Wati Longkumer, senior journalist & MPC general secretary, Sashimeren Jamir and others after formally launching the website www.emokokchung.com at MMC Shopping Complex on April 25. (Morung Photo)

hubs etc,” said Wati Longkumer. He also disclosed that the website has space where articles, poems and different write-ups of likeminded people will be entertained and also introduce e-books.

“This website will keep the visitors informed and save their time in knowing the details of Mokokchung town,” said Wati Longkumer

while soliciting likeminded people to share their ideas, contribute their articles and photos, comments and also advertise in the website. His office is located in the MMC shopping complex and it also caters to computer solutions, photo restoration, etc.

While launching the website, the MPC General Secretary Sashimeren Jamir, congratulated

the entrepreneur for his farsightedness in creating the website and encouraged him to be consistent in hosting the site with sincerity and dedication.

Saying that the world today is becoming more and more internet oriented, Sashimeren predicted that Mokokchung, or for that matter, even Nagaland will one day become

a place which is run mostly through the internet.

Citing the recent news that Nagaland is ranked in the top among the northeast states in internet readiness, Sashimeren said that the day is not far, if everything goes as the trend, then internet would surely be the best tool for disseminating information, conducting businesses etc.

In this connection, the senior journalist advised Wati Longkumer to reach out to the local entrepreneurs in marketing their products and also encouraging the photographers etc.

The MPC general secretary also assured that the local media persons will render help in their best possible way.

With the launch of this website, it is expected that the net savvy people of Mokokchung can advertise about the town and also the Naga people to the outer world in a more effect way through the incredible world of internet. One can contact the website developer, Wati Longkumer at phone number 8014232645 or email him at emokokchung@gmail.com.

Anti-Tobacco prog at 5th BN Police Church KCCI Smart Card & digital database for traders

p h E K, a pril 25 (mExN): National Tobacco Control Program (NTCP) Phek has conducted a sensitization programme on anti-tobacco at 5th BN Police church Phek with Dr. Reyosalu Lase Vizo District Nodal Officer (NTCP) as the resource person.

During the awareness programme, the resource person appreciated the churches in Phek district for coming forward to support the Anti-Tobacco campaign because church plays a very important role to address any social issue.

Tobacco is a very serious problem our society is facing today. She said that our

Morung Express News Kohima | April 25

The Kohima Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has introduced a Smart Card and a digital database for the traders community in Kohima, a first ever initiative in Nagaland, with an objective to develop a database of the traders in Kohima which will in turn provide better customer services.

Holding a press conference on April 25, the KCCI Dr. Reyosalu speaking at the sensitization programme on anti-tobacco held at 5th BN Police launched its digital datachurch Phek. base and issuance of Smart complacent attitude to the diseases like oral cancer, heed to the warnings our Card, where they also statwarnings have led to lose stroke, heart attack, lung indifferent attitude is going ed that since it never had any proper database of its of many precious lives to diseases etc. Unless we to destroy many more.

Talk on ‘constructivism as an approach to constructive education’ conducted

Kohima, april 25 (mExN): A talk on ‘constructivism as an approach to constructive education’ was held at Ura College of Teacher Education, Kohima, organised by Nagaland Education Association with Dr. Zavise Rume, President, Nagaland Education Association (NEA) as the resource person on April 25.

Sessions were held on Conceptual Background of Constructivism as an approach to Education and Education Policies, Implications and Practical Approach to Constructivism which was followed by an interactive session.

The programme was

chaired by Marla, Assistant Professor UCTE. It was attended by Principal, teaching faculty, B.Ed and M.Ed Trainees.

A press note said “Constructivism talks about believe that a child has the ability to construct his own knowledge where teacher acts as a facilitator providing suitable environment for the child. This approach also believes that children are the original constructor of knowledge. Their knowledge is acquired through active participation or involvement in the social settings: to mention few, group discussion, group work, role play and literary and symposiums etc. The

main focus of the lecture was however on one primary thought: social interaction.”

Constructivist strongly believes in the autonomy of the child. It is child-centred-approach. Both scholastic and co-scholastic is focused and infused for the development of all round of the child.

The resource person also digs and highlighted educational policies on, NPE 1986, NCF 2000, NCF 2005 and NPE 2016 which has much mention on constructivism approach, stated a press release issued by Rhutsomu Angelo Pfithu, Vice President, B.Ed Trainees’ Union, UCTE.

registered members, it was felt necessary to undertake the task of maintaining a digital database.

“The digital database will be beneficial for the chamber and the government for statistical data and digitalizing Kohima city to be a smart city,” mentioned the KCCI. The Smart Card which is a key component for the digital database has been issued to all registered traders under KCCI. While there are 3200 registered under KCCI, only 1300 have applied for the Smart Card. Therefore the KCCI has requested the registered traders to apply

for the Smart Card.

A contactless Milfare smart has been in which each card has an embedded Unique Identity Number (UIN) which is related directly to the registered trader's account in the digital database. The KCCI informed that the UIN cannot be replicated and the same will be used to access the registered trader's account and data as and when required. The Smart Card has been printed and issued as an official KCCI identity card for the registered traders under KCCI. The smart card which has an embedded microchip contains the personal

identification, authentication, data storage, application processing, which can be used as a reference ID by any financial institution.

The KCCI mentioned that all the registered traders/members have been made to submit relevant documents vide official format and the same on being vetted by the KCCI has been entered into the digital database.

The introduction of the Smart Card which accepts only trade license holders has also helped the KCCI to identify real traders and also identify the numbers of locals and non-locals in the trade community.

We should also not be adverse to BJP party: Azo Our Correspondent

Sekruzu (Phek) | April 25

State Planning Board (SPB) Deputy Chairman Kuzholuzo (Azo) Nienu today said that one should remain faithful and loyal to one’s party come what may but at the same time promote friendship and relationships with other parties as well.

Addressing the19th Phek A/C NPF meeting at Sekruzu under Phek district, Nienu said we should also not be adverse to BJP party as well, and should maintain good relationship with BJP as BJP has grown to become a very strong

Party workers and others attending the19th Phek A/C NPF meeting at Sekruzu under Phek district.

party under the dynamic Nienu also stated that cess can also be dangerous leadership of Prime Minis- success is a wonderful thing as it can breed arrogance, as ter Narendra Modi. but at the same time suc- arrogance will lead to your

Guest house inaugurated in Chen Town

Dimapur, april 25 (mExN): A Guest House at Chen town, in one of the remotest town bordering Myanmar, was inaugurated by Minister for Rural Development CL John on April 22. The building was earlier dedicated by Pango Konyak, Associate Pastor, Chen Town Baptist Church.

It was constructed by Urban Development Department, funded under the 10% Lump Sum Scheme for North Eastern States including Sikkim, by Union Ministry of Urban Development, a press note informed.

This Guest House shall cater to the ever increasing demand for accommodation for public, officials and tourists visiting the area, it said.

At the inaugural function, the Minister thanked the Government for funding the project and urged the Management Committee of the Guest house to make sure that the building is maintained with utmost care for operation and maintenance as per the guidelines laid down by the Government.

The programme was chaired by S Takatuba Aier, Jt. Director (UD) who also delivered the welcome address. A brief report was given by Er. Ketouzo Peseyie, Executive Engineer (UD). Speech on behalf of Chen Town Council was delivered by Honje Konyak, Head GB, Chen Town and vote of thanks was delivered

by Pat Keyhie, UDO, Mon town.

downfall and sometime it is better to fail, as failure fosters humility and humility will win more points with people than arrogance, and ultimately humility will lead to success.

He reminded all party men and women to be humble with full of humility if they want to see success.

NPF central working president Huska Yepthomi, NPF central vice president Zaku Tsukru, who along with other central leaders in the ongoing tour to Phek district assembly constituencies also addressed the meeting.

The meeting was chaired by the 19th Phek A/C NPF president Api Vadeo.

Higher Education conducts AAA Committee Meeting

AAA Committee members, Higher Education during the first Academic and Administrative Audit Committee meeting of the Department of Higher Education held on April 21.

Kohima, april 25 (mExN): The first Academic and Administrative Audit (AAA) Committee meeting of the Department of Higher Education was held on April 21 in the conference hall of the directorate. During the meeting, the Convenor of AAA Committee & Additional Director for Higher Education, Kuholi Chishi impressed upon the need to have a structural system of internal and external review to monitor and evaluate Higher Education Institutions. She further implored that appreciation of achievements and subsequent suggestions and review would improve the quality

of teaching, research, administration, curriculum and extra-curricular activities.

State Project Director, RUSA (Rashtriya Uchctar Shiksha Abhiyan), Menuokholie Kire stressed on the need to formally prepare guidelines for AAA and to effectively implement AAA as a tool in the institutions of higher education for continuous quality improvement. Kire further highlighted that the Ministry of Human Resource and Development, RUSA and National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) lay emphasis on the regular conduct of AAA in order to help

achieve excellence in the Higher Education sector.

The AAA Committee members also deliberated on framing the AAA Guidelines, external Academic Audit and the need to constantly evaluate implementation of the activities of the institutions and bridge the gaps, if any, with suitable measures to ensure overall improvement of functional efficiency of the colleges.

The meeting was chaired by the Convenor of AAA Committee & Additional Director for Higher Education, Kuholi Chishi, wherein she also highlighted the objectives of the meeting.

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I have faced a lot of racial Protests in Manipur as Police kill teacher abuse in India: Mizoram CM Newmai News Network Imphal | April 25

Even as issues relating to extra judicial killing continue to haunt troubletorn Manipur, a police constable reportedly shot dead a school teacher late last night in Thoubal district which triggered a total blockade along the Imphal-Moreh road since this morning.

Infuriated by the incident, locals of the deceased native hometown also burnt down the house of the accused at Ukhongsang Mamang Leikai, Thoubal district. The dead body of the school teacher is still lying at the mortuary of Jawaharlal Nehru Instittute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS), Imphal till the filing of this report as the victim’s family refused to claim the body unless the accused policeman is given a capital punishment.

New Delhi, April 25 (iANS): Lashing out racial abuse faced by northeastern people in major Indian cities, Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla says he himself was a victim of such slurs in various corners of the country.

"Racial abuse is the worst thing in this country.

I have faced it myself a lot of times. These are foolish people who do not know their own country," the 74-year-old Chief Minister told IANS in an interview .

"In a reception some 20-25 years ago, one gentleman said to me 'You don't look like an Indian' to which I replied: 'Tell me in one sentence what does an Indian look like?' " The five-time Chief Minister said it is not only

the common people but politicians at the national level -- cutting across party lines -- who do not have a basic idea of India.

"Even the national leadership, be it the BJP or the Congress or any other political party, if you do not know your own country, how can you be a leader?"

"Many of these national leaders do not know about their own country, which is very, very foolish. It speaks about the lack of education and patriotism. It also speaks about their feeling of having a superior mentality," he added.

The Congress veteran further said such abuses and step-motherly treatment towards the people of a particular region gives birth to regionalism and se-

NE students, ABVP members held for anti-China protest

Malaria kills 61 people in Mizoram in 3 years

New Delhi, April 25 (iANS): A group of students from the northeast, along with some ABVP activists, were detained on Tuesday as they were going to protest outside the Chinese embassy here against the Chinese government's move to rename six towns in Arunachal Pradesh. Starting from Arunachal Bhawan, the agitators headed towards the Chinese Embassy but were stopped midway by police. The protesters of the Arun Chetna Manch which included a few members of RSS-affiliated Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) were continuously shouting slogans like 'Vande Mataram' and 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'. China on April 14 standardised names of six places in Arunachal Pradesh, which China calls "South Tibet", in Chinese characters, Tibetan and Roman alphabet.

Despite the declining Malaria death rate reported over the past few years, at least 61 people have died because of the mosquito borne disease in three years from 2014-2016 in Mizoram, according to Mizoram Health & Family Welfare Commissioner Lalrinliana Fanai.

Fanai said this while addressing the observance of World Malaria Day in Aizawl on Tuesday.

Stating that the state Health Department has taken massive efforts to make Mizoram free of malaria cases, Fanai said that in 2015, a total of 26,400 people were suffering from Malaria out of which 21 people lost their lives while in 2014, 31 people lost their lives due to Malaria.

According to Fanai, altogether 2,67,747 people

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Landslides after heavy premonsoon rain in Mizoram AizAwl, April 25 (pTi): Mizoram has been cut off from the rest of the country as landslide, triggered by heavy and incessant premonsoon rains, blocked the National Highway 54, official sources said today.

The Highway has been blocked since yesterday due to the landslide caused by continuous rainfall since last week, Mizoram Disaster Management and Rehabilitation Director C Lalpeksanga said.

Landslides occurred at

several places in the southern part of the north eastern state and capital Aizawl, he said.

Telecommunication systems were disrupted in many places as several telephone lines snapped due to the rainfall, Lalpeksanga said.

As many as 22 families have been evacuated from Hunthar in Aizawl since Sunday. A three-storied building also collapsed on the same day in the capital, he said.

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cessionism.

"They don't even know that India is populated by at least three major races of the world. Recently someone from Madhya Pradesh said the Dravidians (South Indian) people are very black, they don't realise that Northern India is populated by Aryans and in the North East it is the Mongoloid people. Besides, there are many aboriginal tribes in our country."

"That is why in the northeast, this regionalism is very high. (Feelings of ) Secessionism (sic) is very high because we are not accepted outside the northeast. This is how socalled Indian people treat us," he added.

Despite various efforts of the central government,

had their blood tested during 2016, out of which 7583 were confirmed to be positive of Malaria. He said that nine people died of Malaria last year.

During January to March, 2017, a total of 35,801 people had their blood tested out of which 582 people were found to be suffering from Malaria disease. However, prevalence of Malaria is expected to decline this year when compared to the preceding year, he claimed.

The Mizoram Health & Family Welfare Commissioner stated that Anopheles mosquitoes are wide spread in Mizoram and to contain these insects the State Vector Borne Diseases Control Programme (SVBDCP) is actively pursuing the issue to reduce Malaria prevalence.

He said that spraying of DDT is pro-actively being taken up in the state

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1. That in my Axis Bank, Dimapur bearing A/c No. 378010100046914 my name is correctly entered as "Ainla Wati", however in my Bank of Baroda bearing A/c No. 10170100029203 my name is inadvertently entered as "Aoinla" and also in my Reliance Life Insurance bearing Contract No. 15206344, Client ID 70679248 my name is inadvertently entered as "Aienla wati" 2. That the three names "Ainla Wati" "Aoinla" and "Aienla wati" are same and one person only. Henceforth, I shall be called Ainla Wati only for all official purposes and wherever "Aoinla" and "Aienla wati" are appeared may be treated as Ainla Wati by competent authority.

Deponent Solemnly sworn before me by the deponent.

Notary Public, Dimapur: Nagaland

in observing "World Malaria Day" with a theme "End Malaria for Good".

The observance of World Malaria Day was held at the state’s Information & Public Relations Auditorium, Aizawl where Health & Family Welfare Commissioner Lalrinliana Fanai was the chief guest.

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I, TIALA IMCHEN @ TIANUNGLA, daughter of Late. Imtichujang Imchen, permanent resident of H.No:24, Alempang Ward, Below DIC Office, P.O P.S: Mokokchung-798 601, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm and state on oath as under: 1. That my official name is “TIALA IMCHEN”, I am also otherwise known as “TIANUNGLA” which refers to the same and single person i.e. my name. 2. That in my official documents including my Class-10 Admit Card & Mark Sheet bearing Roll Mokok-I No: 4020, my name and date of birth has been inadvertently written, recorded and entered as “TIANUNGLA” having date of birth on “02-051970” which shall always be correctly entered, read, written, recorded, used as “TIALA IMCHEN” having Date of Birth on “02-05-1974” by all concerned and to produce it as a piece of evidence before any competent authority wherever necessary.

Deponent

Sworn before me on this day the 25th day of April, 2017.

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as a preventive measure against Malaria and awareness programme is being carried out through television, radio and newspaper.

The Mizoram Health & Family Welfare Commissioner said that due to the steps taken by Mizoram State Vector Borne Diseases Control Programme (MSVBDCP) and the contribution made by civil societies and the general public, the rate of Malaria death is rapidly declining in Mizoram.

According to him, the Malaria death rate is decreasing by 71.28% from last year.

Meanwhile, the World Malaria Day with the theme "End Malaria for Good" is also being observed in all districts of Mizoram.

It can be noted here that in an effort to create awareness and to rejuvenate the fight against Malaria, Mizoram on Tuesday joined the rest of the world

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including steps like setting up of North East Cells, racial attacks on people from the region, especially students and women, just won't die down.

In 2014, Nido Tania, a student from Arunachal Pradesh, died in Delhi in a racial brawl, forcing the government to set up the M.P. Bezbaruah-led committee to gather information on issues raised by people from northeast India who are living elsewhere in India, especially in the metros.

Recently, a student from Arunachal Pradesh in Bengaluru, Higio Gungtey, faced a racial attack by his landlord. The landlord assaulted him for over 90 minutes and made racial remarks.

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The retired personnel TA/DA will be paid to only those names submitted by their respective units to PHQ. The retired employees are directed to report to PHQ with the following documents:1. Identity card of the retired police employee.

2. Copy of release order.

3. For those retired personnel who have expired, any of his/her direst dependant may produce the above mentioned documents along with succession certificate and claim the same.

This is only for those retired employees who have not received their retirement TA/DA. No payment will be made to those whose identity is not proved to the satisfaction of the undersigned.

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Reports said that, during a Thabal Chongba programme (literally translated as dancing by moonlight where participants join hands and dance in circular pattern) some policemen in civvies asked the gamblers (dice/Lagao) to wrap up the game. However, the gambling continued even as the police personnel returned a second time in uniform.

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reportedly followed between the gamblers and the security force personnel. In the process, a police constable whipped out his service weapon and opened fire where a bullet hit the stomach of the school teacher identified as one Khangembam Santosh Singh, 25 years old, of Thoubal Athokpam Awang Leikai. He was rushed to Thoubal District Hospital but succumbed to the

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wound, reports said.

The deceased was teaching at Institute of Rural Education, Wangjing. The accused policeman, identified as one Elangbam Rajesh, 30, is now in police custody.

Meanwhile, reports emerging portrayed a very tense situation prevailing in the area. As a pre-emptive measure, the district administration has enforced measures for adequate security.

Date:25/04/17

I, Shri. Kaiho H. Sema S/o Hishito permanent & presently residing of Luvishe Old Village, Zunheboto, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare an oath as under: 1. That I am bonafide citizen of India belonging to Sumi (Naga) Community resident of the above mentioned address.

2. That my name is inadvertently recorded as Kaiho Sumi in my SBI passbook, Kaiho in my Appointment Order, GPF Statement & Aadhaar Card, but my actual name is Kaiho H. Sema which is recorded in my all official documents.

3. That the above mentioned names Kaiho Sumi, Kaiho and Kaiho H. Sema are one and same person which is referred to me.

4. That, from the date of this declaration, my name shall be used as Kaiho H. Sema for all official purpose and legal proceedings and at all times and occasions.

Deponent

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investments by Indian companies: Reliance lifts Jio investment USValue seeks to assure India amid H-1B visa issue above $30 bn after record year MUMBAi, April 25 (reUterS): Reliance Industries plans to spend a further $2.8 billion on its Jio telecoms business in the current quarter, it said on Monday, taking its investment in the venture to more than $30 billion.

Reliance derives the bulk of its revenue from its core refining and petrochemicals operations, but the group has bet big on Reliance Jio Infocomm. The project backed by Reliance owner Mukesh Ambani launched in September in a flurry of cheap phones, free voice and cut-price data plans that have forced rivals to respond.

Announcing record profit for the 2016/17 financial year, Reliance said the additional investment is required for its fibre

network as it expands Jio’s 4G reach.

Analysts and investors have expressed concern over the time it will take Jio to recover its heavy outlay, but its head of strategy, Anshuman Thakur, said there would be a “drastic drop” in investment after the current quarter.

Jio racked up 108.9 million subscribers by the end of March, Reliance said. It started charging for internet data this month, after more than seven months of free services, but has kept prices low.

“Jio is witnessing the largest migration from free to paid services in history,” said Reliance Chairman Ambani.

Ambani’s aggressive strategy to capture market share has led to rivals consolidating. His

younger brother Anil Ambani’s Reliance Communications merged with smaller rival Aircel and in February India’s biggest telecoms company Bharti Airtel bought out the Indian operations of Norway’s Telenor.

That was followed by Britain’s Vodafone announcing a merger with Idea to create the biggest telecoms company in India.

Jio, however, controls the highest chunk of 4G airwaves across India and has introduced a range of features to woo consumers in one of the world’s most competitive telecoms markets, from mobile phone apps to its own handset brand.

Reliance earlier reported a 12.8 percent rise in the group’s fourth-quarter standalone net

New Delhi, April 25 (pti): Days after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley raised the issue of restrictions on H-1B visa with his American counterpart Steven Mnuchin, the US has said that it greatly values investments by Indian companies and wants strong economic ties between the two nations.

“We want to see US-India business-to-business ties remain strong,” State Department acting spokesman Mark Toner told reporters at his daily news conference on Monday.

He was responding to questions on the ongoing review of H-1B visas by the Trump Administration and its impact on the Indian IT companies, who are heavily dependent on it.

“We greatly value Indian companies’ continued investment in the US economy, which also, of course, supports thousands of US jobs,”

profit, topping analyst estimates, citing higher margins at its refining and petrochemicals business.

The gross refining margin per barrel of crude -- a key profitability gauge for refiners -- was $11.50 for the quarter, against $10.80 a year earlier.

Net profit on a standalone basis, which takes into account only the refining, petrochemicals, oil and gas exploration businesses, rose to 81.51 billion rupees ($1.26 billion) for the three months to March 31, beating analysts’ expectations of 80.10 billion rupees.

On a consolidated basis, including newer businesses such as telecoms, retail and U.S. shale gas operations, Reliance’s net profit rose 16.6 percent to 80.5 billion rupees.

Toner said.

“With respect to any new requirements on visas, I’d have to check and see if that’s been updated,” he said, adding that under the current government, the US has been looking at ways to strengthen the processes like visa interview and admission processes in new ways.

Toner said that it’s been from the beginnings of this administration and certainly with respect to immigration and with refugee flows as well.

“Those processes are ongoing,” he added.

On being asked about the visa review process, Toner said, “It’s important to remember that this is always a part of how our consular bureau works and our consular officers work overseas, and our embassies and missions work overseas, and that is we’re al-

ways reviewing the processes that are in place to issue these visas and finding ways to strengthen them, because we want to ensure the security of the American people,”.

During his US visit, Jaitley on Sunday raised the H-1B issue with Mnuchin as India fears the curb would impact the movement of Indian IT professionals to America and highlighted the contribution Indian companies and professionals are making to the US economy.

The development came after President Donald Trump signed an executive order for tightening the rules of the H-1B visa programme to stop its ‘abuse’ and ensure that the visas are given to the ‘mostskilled or highest paid’ petitioners, a decision that would impact India’s USD 150 billion IT industry.

Google introduces Indian language support across products 85% enterprises will adopt Windows 10 by 2017 end New Delhi, April 25 (iANS): Aiming to bring a billion people online and make the web more useful for them, Google India on Tuesday announced a new set of products and features for the Indian languages.

Google Translate will now use Google’s new “Neural Machine Translation” technology to translate between English and nine widely used languages -- Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam and Kannada.

“Google wants to extend internet for every Indian.

We have identified gaps that bar Indians from accessing the internet. There are 400 million internet users in India and the number is expected to reach 600 million by 2020,” Rajan Anandan, Vice President, India and SouthEast Asia, Google, told reporters here.

India today has 234 million Indian language users who are online, compared to 175 million English web users.

“We expect another 300 million Indian language users to come online in the next four years. We’re taking a huge step forward to bring down the barriers that stop Indian language

New Delhi, April 25 (iANS): Nearly 85 per cent of enterprises are expected to adopt the Windows 10 operating system by the end of this year, market research firm Gartner predicted on Tuesday.

According to the survey that involved six countries including India, most of the organisations are recognising the need to migrate to Windows 10.

Forty nine per cent of respondents said that the security improvements in Windows 10 drove them for the migration, while 38 per cent of the respondents said that it was cloud integration capabilities that prompted them to adopt this OS. However, budgetary approval is not straightforward because Windows 10 is not perceived as an im-

mediate business-critical project.

“It is not surprising that one in four respondents expect issues with budgeting,” said Atwal.

The survey further noted that respondents’ intention to purchase convertible notebooks increased as organisations shifted from the testing and pilot phases into the buying and deployment phases.

Upward mobility falls sharply in US since 1940 users to get more out of the internet and also help the Industry to solve for the needs of billion Indians,” Anandan added.

The neural machine translation is available in Chrome and Maps to make the translation process seamless and refined.

The company said it does one billion translations everyday and 95 per cent of Google Translate has its usage outside of the US. “Of over 500 million people who use Google Translate, most of the users are in India, Indonesia, Brazil and Thailand,” it said.

According to Google, neural networks initially took 10 seconds to translate but the company worked on it and brought down the time to 0.2 seconds in two months.

The company also launched “Gboard” in 22 scheduled languages in India. The users can now search words, meanings and even emojis in local language.

Like Google Indic Keyboard, Gboard offers autocorrection and prediction in the new languages.

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They found that the fraction of children earning more than their parents fell from 92 per cent in the 1940 birth cohort to 50 per cent in the 1984 birth cohort.

Economic mobility fell most sharply in the industrial Midwest (Indiana, Illinois) while the smallest declines occurred in states such as Massachusetts, New York and Montana.

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Bringing dictionary functionality on Google search for users, Google will now offer Hindi dictionary results from Rajpal & Sons dictionary in collaboration with the Oxford University Press.

Google also shared findings from a new report by Google and KPMG India, titled “Indian Languages-Defining India’s Internet”.

New York, April 25 (iANS): The probability for children to attain a higher income than their parents has dropped dramatically in the US -- from more than 90 per cent for children born in 1940 to 50 per cent for those born in the 1980s, say researchers including one of Indian origin.

The findings, published in the journal Science, revealed that restoring economic mobility would require, in part, more equal economic redistribution. “Increasing GDP growth rates alone cannot restore absolute mobility to the rates experienced by children born in the 1940s,” the researchers said.

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‘Wanted extortionists’ in Dimapur Police net Dimapur, april 25 (mExN): The Anti Extortion Team (AET) under Zone-II of the Dimapur Police, on April 24, has arrested two persons “wanted for several cases of extortion,” an official said.

The police identified them as one Akato Ayemi, alias Atoshe of Ahoto Village, Niuland and Keviletuo Sekhose alias Bubu, a resident of Church Colony, Dimapur.

“They were wanted for several cases of extortion including charges of Trespass into the Office of a prominent Print Media on

April 14,” informed a press note from Addl. Dy Commissioner of Police/PRO, Dimapur.

Based on the photographs of the persons captured in the CCTV of several business establishments, the AET located and arrested them from Golaghat Road area, Dimapur, it said.

Akato is reportedly a 2nd Lieutenant and Keviletuo a ‘Khapur’ of the GPRN/ NSCN, it added.

on April 22, recovered a Swift Dezire, which was reportedly carjacked at gunpoint from Dimapur a few months ago and arrested two persons in connection with the incident.

Unidentified miscreants snatched the vehicle at gunpoint and based on the police investigation, two persons have been arrested so far and, more are expected to follow, the PRO press note informed.

The arrested persons Police recovers were identified as P Rentcarjacked vehicle hungo of Yanthamo village, Meanwhile, personnel Wokha and Elomo Kikon of of Diphupar Police Station, Tsungiki Village, Wokha.

Kendriya Vidyalaya inaugurated at Lumami NU mokokchuNg, april 25 (mExN): Kendriya Vidyalaya Lumami NU (KV Lumami NU) was inaugurated on April 24, at Lumami Headquarters by Prof. NS Jamir, Vice-Chancellor In-Charge, NU, in the presence of Prof. T. Lanusosang, Registrar, NU, Prof. M.K. Sinha, Finance Officer, NU, KV Teachers, University Officials, Parents and Students. The programme was chaired by Peter Ki, PRO, NU. Invocation prayer was led by Metsizolie Medoze, Asst. Registrar, NU. The welcome address was delivered by Mochahari, Principal InCharge, KV. Besides welcoming the gathering, he outlined the salient features of the KV system of education. Speech on behalf of the parents was delivered by Albert Khizho, Dy. Registrar, NU, who said staff members will now be able to dedicate themselves more to the cause of the University since the education

Prof. N.S. Jamir, Vice-Chancellor In-Charge, NU, with other officials at the inaugural function of Kendriya Vidyalaya Lumami NU on April 24.

needs of their wards are taken care of. Prof. MK Sinha, Finance Officer, NU, in his speech said it was a historical day as the long-awaited desire of the University has been fulfilled.

Prof. T. Lanusosang, Registrar, NU, in his speech said it was a ground-breaking day for Nagaland University in general and for Luma-

mi in particular. He appreciated all University fraternity, the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan staff, and the Ministry of Human Resource Development for the setting up of the KV. He specifically mentioned the numerous preparatory visits of the Deputy Commissioner, KVS, Tinsukia Regional Office, to Lumami.

RMSA Z'boto conducts awareness prog Dimapur, april 25 (mExN): The District Mission Office (DMO), RMSA Zunheboto conducted a "One Day Programme on Adolescent Girls Awareness for Government Schools" on April 25, at SKK Jubilee Memorial Hall, Zunheboto.

The Programme was

chaired by Hekuto Sumi, District Co-ordinator RMSA while L Kheholi Assumi, the District Education Officer, Zunheboto delivered the keynote address.

V Kavili Sema Headmistress GHS Asuto was the resource person in the awareness programme and

it concluded with vote of thanks proposed by Sheron Sema District Co-ordinator RMSA, Zunheboto The programme was attended by the Head of Institution and one female teacher from each school, informed a press note from RMSA Zunheboto DMO office.

Quoting APJ Abdul Kalam, former president of India, in the context, he said “Dream is not that which you see while sleeping it is something that does not let you sleep.”

Prof. NS Jamir, Vice-Chancellor thanked everyone involved in the setting up of KV. He labeled Lumami as a centre of education and hoped KV will become one of the best schools in the country.

It close with the vote of thanks

by Mohan Singh, teacher, KV. The groundwork for the setting up of KV was carried out by the ‘NU School Management Committee’ with Dr. Baljit Singh Sekhon as the Convener, other members including Dr. Upasana Bora Sinha, Dr. Wangshimenla Jamir, Monalisa Tase, Otova Swu, Yanrenthung Ezung, Nosekhol Albert Khizho, Dr. Anthony Richa, Dr. Tovishe Phucho, Metsizolie Medoze, Bendanginla Jamir, and Peter Ki as Member Secretary.

MEx FILE DMC informs GBs, Council Chairmen

Dimapur, april 25 (mExN): The Dimapur Municipal Council (DMC) has informed all the GBS and Council Chairman under its jurisdiction to form wardwise committee under each ward for taking up the activities under Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) within the municipal jurisdiction. They are also requested to submit the list of the ward-wise committee along with the total household list including tenants etc to DMC on or before May 20. In this connection, a press note from DMC Administrator H Atokhe Aye informed that a meeting will be held on May 26, 11 AM at DMC office with all the ward-wise committees. All the concerns are requested to cooperate with the initiative taken by DMC and commitment many neighbouring vil- under SBM and also attend the meeting to chalk out lages benefitted from his services, Sazo plan and programme for waste management, it added. further recalled.

“At this hour of grief, my wife and I join Chang Union Dimapur informs in the bereavement of the demise of Dr. Kuzuvehu Soho. It is also our prayer that Dimapur, april 25 (mExN): The Chang Union God may grant peace and serenity to the Dimapur has informed all owners of homes in Dimabereaved family. May his soul rest in eter- pur keeping young Chang students as domestic helps to nal peace,” the Minister said in his condo- register the name(s) of the person concern with detailed lence addressed to Late Soho’s wife Sane address. A press release from the Union informing this and family members. cautioned that it will summon any owner failing to register their names.

Sazo offers condolence Class 10 Students from Charity School Kohima posing for lens with Neingupe during the educational tour to Pfutsero town last Saturday. Neingupe share his experiences with the students & challenge them to take initiative in every way possible to bring changes in our society. Under the subject "Resources" 46 students along with Asst.

Headmaster were in the trip and had visited various places of Pfutsero town. The students also visited Nazareth School and were addressed by Father Philip, the Principle of Nazareth School.

Dimapur, april 25 (mExN): The Minister of Public Health Engineering, Chotisuh Sazo has expressed profound sadness over the demise of Dr. Kuzuvehu Soho on April 25.

In his condolence message, the Minister remembered late Soho as “a humble, God fearing, endearing and dedicated Government official as he happens to be, we have lost very good and committed officer.”

While posted in the State Pig Breeding Centre at Suthozu, due to his dedication

Farmer-Scientist NU students held District Icon for Kiphire Interaction in MKG SVEEP Campaign visits ZPC fellowship NCF Chennai Dimapur, april 25 (mExN): Altogether 35 participants from blocks and town attended a Farmer-Scientist Interaction programme conducted by ATMA Mokokchung on April 25 at DAO Conference Hall, Mokokchung. A press note informed that the programme was chaired by Dr. Lanunochetla (SMS Jr, DAO Mokokchung) and the resource persons at the programme were Dr. Rongsensusang (SMS Vety, KVK Yisemyong) and Dr. Aoyimsen (VAS, PH).

Problems on high mortality rate in piglets; diseases, breeding, slow growth rate and selection of better breeds; fertility, and pre-weaning and hygiene highlighted by the farmers were discussed during the interaction programme.

kiphirE, april 25 (mExN): The District Icon for Kiphire District SVEEP Campaign (Systematic Voters Education and Enrolment Programme), Litila Sangtam along with staffs from the Assistant Election Office visited students of Zisaji Presidency College and conducted seminar and interactive session with the Students. The District Icon encouraged the students to be catalyst of change and be responsible as a voter and know their rights.

She also shared more on the

negative practices and urged the students not to fall prey to such undemocratic and illegal means.

Further, a short video on election was shown to the students and after the Seminar, a special “Speak Your Mind” graffiti Wall was placed where students expressed in writings and drawings their thoughts and opinions on election. She is further scheduled to visit more schools in Amahator Circle, Seyochung Sub-Division, Sitimi Circle, Longmatra Circle and Pungro Sub-Division.

State NCC Girls Unit undertakes SBM Dimapur, april 25 (mExN): The only girls NCC unit in Nagaland, 1 Nagaland (G)Bn NCC under the aegis Of NCC Group HQ Kohima covering 11 district of the state, observed Swach Bharat Mission (SBM) in entire Nagaland from April 12-24 in all its institutions.

Approximately 4000 NCC students participated in their respective schools and colleges by means of cleanliness drive; door to door canvassing; educating people in rural areas about the importance of maintaining general hygiene; and importance of using public toilets.

The drive was aimed to making Nagaland clean and green, with the notion that a healthy society needs healthy citizen, a press note informed.

In another event, the unit took up the initiative to create awareness about digital payment and targeting the reluctant populace

by demonstrating them the use of mobile app for digital payment, it said.

The unit initially trained 50 NCC students of St. Joseph College, Jakhama and thereafter they conducted awareness drives for 500 people, each cadet dealing with 10 persons, it added.

Team from Nagaland University Department of Management, Kohima Campus during their visit to the Naga Christian Fellowship Chennai (NCF Chennai) on April 23.

Dimapur, april 25 (mExN): A team of students from Nagaland University Department of Management, Kohima Campus visited the Naga Christian Fellowship Chennai (NCF Chennai) on April 23.

The team also attended the Sunday service and presented a special song beside sharing of their experiences

by Dr.Ditalak, a faculty from the department. Pastor Wapangtoshi of NCF Chennai welcomed the visiting team.

The tour team, consisting of 26 MBA students along with 2 faculties Dr.Ditalak and Imsulemla, are visiting different places in Chennai and Puducherry as part of a special educational and industrial trip, a press note informed.

DDLSA conducts legal awareness seminar ZDLSA imparts legal knowledge to students Groups aged between 13 to 21 years besides PLVs, Panel Lawyer, Retainer Lawyer and ZDLSA officials.

Resource person on the occasion, Easter H. Yepthomi, Panel Lawyer ZDLSA, stressed that ignorance of law is not an excusable defense in legal adjudication and urged the gathering to be aware of their legal

rights and duties covered under various statutes.

The resource person also spoke on cyber crimes, POCSO Act, prohibition of smoking under Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act (COTPA), Legal Aid and Services and Civic sense. The programme ended with an interactive session.

MDLSA opens two more Legal Aid Clinics DDLSA team with students of Bethesda Higher Secondary School.

Dimapur, april 25 (mExN): A legal awareness seminar was organised by the Dimapur District Legal Services Authority (DDLSA) at Bethesda Higher Secondary School, Walford Colony, Dimapur on April 24 where the students were familiarized with varied facets of legal rights.

During the seminar, Secretary DDLSA and Chief Judicial Magistrate Dimapur Ajongba Imchen stressed on how legal aid could be

availed by common people.

He also spoke on the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act and also highlighted the main purpose of organizing the seminar.

It also featured presentation by different resource persons on various topics including Right to Information (RTI) by Vimeo, Panel Lawyer DDLSA; Child Abuse by Sentimenla, Panel Lawyer DDLSA; Environment Protection by Dzi-

ivinuo Chadi, Panel Lawyer DDLSA; Cyber Crime/Anti-Ragging by Zuchumpeni, Panel Lawyer DDLSA; and Consumer Act by Rokovitsu Khate, Panel Lawyer DDLSA. According to a DDLSA press note, the seminar was chaired by ZachariaTetseo, Panel Lawyer DDLSA, chaired the seminar, while welcome address was delivered by MK Money, Principal Bethesda Higher Secondary School.

Dimapur, april 25 (mExN): As decided by the Panchayat, there will be restriction of vehicular movement in Lerie colony with effect from April 27 with ‘No Entry’ from 5 pm onwards except for emergency purposes. Diversion in the Lerie AG road will be used for both entry and exit, informed the Panchayat Vice Chairman Dr. Ilang in a press note further appealing the public to bear a little hardship for a better tomorrow.

36 AR seizes contraband

Legal Service Authority activities across Nagaland ZuNhEBoTo, april 25 (mExN): The Zunheboto District Legal Services Authority (ZDLSA) conducted a legal awareness programme at Old Town colony prayer fellowship on Sunday, April 23.

The programme was attended by around 100 Sunday school students of Path Finders and Unique Link

Lerie Panchayat imposes restriction

Dimapur, april 25 (mExN): Two more legal clinics under the initiative of Mokokchung District Legal Services Authority (MDLSA) were added to Mokokchung District with the opening of Kubolong and Mangkolemba chapter on April 24 and 22 respectively.

In Kubolong, it was inaugurated

by Tongdiba Tongpi T. Sangtam, EAC Kubolong. Speaking as the chief guest, Sangtam extended gratitude to the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) for opening the legal aid clinic and said that it would be beneficial for the people to get justice. He also appealed to the people to avail the services provided by DLSA. The resource persons at the inauguration were PhuletoYeptho, Secretary MDLSA and JMFC Apong Thongliu, Assistant

Public Prosecutor Mokokchung and. I Imkong Jamir, Retainer Lawyer MDLSA. The presentations were followed by discussion hour, informed a MDLSA press note received here. The MDLSA legal aid clinic in Mangkolemba inaugurated by T. Imtiwapang Aier, ADC, Mangkolemba on Saturday, April 22.

Speaking as the chief guest, Aier lauded the MDLSA for setting up the legal aid clinic at Mangkolemba and expressed hope that the people would benefit and access justice through the legal aid clinic.

Aier also discussed on the importance of maintaining law and access to justice.

The resource persons were Phuleto Yeptho, JMFC and Secretary MDLSA, and ApongThongliu, Assistant Public Prosecutor, Mokokchung.

Dimapur, april 24 (mExN): A six kilos of contraband marijuana was recovered from Tening Town on April 22 and a 40 years old woman from Tening town was arrested in this connection. The arrest was made when the 36 AR under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) based on specific information, launched an operation alongwith a police representative in Tening Town, Peren District, an AR press note informed. The apprehendee along with the recovered items was handed over to Tening Police Station for further investigation, it added.

Meetings & AppointMents

DLSA, LEED Legal awareness prog The Dimapur District Legal Services Authority will be organising a seminar on Legal awareness in collaboration with the Lotha Eloe Ekhung Dimapur (LEED) on April 29, 10 AM at Lotha Hoho Ki, Dimapur. All members are requested to attend.

Book release - Modi Walking on Elusive Naga Peace Minister for Social Welfare and Parliamentary Affairs, Kiyanilie Peseyie will be releasing a book titled ‘Modi Walking on Elusive Naga peace’ written by Oken Jeet Sandham on April 28, 11:30 AM at Hotel Japfu, Kohima. The programme will be chaired by Rita Krocha, Journalist and Author. Highlights of the programme include words from the author and vote of thanks by Kito Achumi.

Watsü Mungdang 21st Conference The 21st general conference of Watsü Mungdang, the apex women’s organization of the Ao Naga community will be held from April 27-28, 2017at Town Hall Mokokchung under the theme ‘Sustainable Change’. The main speakers at the conference will be Talijungla, Director, Ao Theological Association and Chubala Wai, Member, NPSC. The Watsü Mungdang through its general secretary Toshimenla Walling has invited “all Ao women above the age of 18” to attend the conference.

Diphupar ‘B’ meeting The Diphupar ‘B’ Village Council has informed all the general public residing within and outside the village that its annual general meeting will be held on April 29, 10 AM onwards at the Village Council Hall. All concerns are requested to attend the meeting without failure.

WDPA Meeting The Wokha District Pensioner’s Association (WDPA) is convening for an emergency general meeting on May 5 at LTC Hall, Wokha Town. All registered members are requested to attend the meeting at 10 AM positively.

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IN FOCUS The Power of Truth

The Morung Express volume Xii issue 112

By Dr. Asangba Tzüdir

NITI AAYOG

Has this Avatar Ushered the Path of Transforming India or a Suspect Governance?

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n August 15, 2014, from the ramparts of the Red Fort, the PM of India Narendra Modi proclaimed, “we will replace the Planning Commission with a new institution having a new design and structure, a new body, a new soul, a new thinking, a new direction, a new faith towards forging a new direction...” On January 1, 2015, the six-decade old Planning Commission of India was replaced by Modi’s vision for transforming India – NITI AAYOG (National Institution for Transforming India), a reality that resulted from Modi’s fiery election campaign. The Planning Commission was seen as the culprit for hampering India’s potential. The general air of feeling was that the old Planning had lived beyond which the purpose is not guaranteed. That, even after 12 five-year plans one-fourth of India’s population still lives below Poverty line.

Headed by the Prime Minister, NITI AAYOG was created through a government resolution having no constitutional or statutory stature and is structured by a governing Council including Chief Ministers of all states and the lieutenant-governors of the union territories. NITI AAYOG is supposed to act like an advisory body in the evolution of a nationwide development and source out ideas in order to create a long term junction between Centre and States by giving more autonomy to the states in order to plan and utilise the resources giving a federal outlook.

With the objective of transforming India, a lot of things have happened especially on the level of governance – the Make in India initiative; Swachh Bharat; Startup India; Skill India; Gram Jyoti Yojana; Pradhan Mantri Yojanas; Smart Cities project; Digital India; Aadhaar Card; the fight against black money through demonitisation. etc. NITI Aayog has completed two years on January 1, 2017. Two years may seem too short a time to see the transformative effect as envisaged through NITI Aayog. Nonetheless, it is not short either to assess the path to progress. As of now, ideas abound in many forms but some critics have rightly pointed out that it is easy to mistake ‘visibility’ for ‘presence.’ The presence has been largely felt but a lot is desired for the ‘presence’ to be ‘visibily’ felt.

What exactly was the National Agenda project of NITI Aayog? How far has his economic model of sustainable and equitable development and for the ‘welfare of all’ taken India forward? The reality is that, India has witnessed heightened forms of violence; religious insensitivities – of cows and temples; the politics of Hindi language. These are issues that hamper growth and development. India cannot proclaim or celebrate diversity when the larger project seems to be tilting towards ‘hinduising’ India.

On the issues of good governance, there are certain concerns that require deliberation because underlying the ‘good governance’ is a form of ‘suspect governance.’ The effect of demonetisation on the economy is largely felt leaving aside the failed objective of curbing black money. Cashless economy may sound like a cover up but it’s not a good sounding term especially when there is cash crunch. The prolonged protests by farmers of Tamil Nadu with snakes and rats in their mouths, not happy with the compensation amount of Rs 3000 (www. the newsminute.com/March 29, 2017) also suggests a crisis of demonetisation and not just a climatic tragedy. Coming to the point, as reported in The Times of India, Jan’ 10, 2017, the Governor of RBI disclosed that the RBI and the government began talks on demonetisation in January 2016. Surprisingly, the RBI Governor commented to the standing committee on finance that consultations were held but the “meeting minutes were not maintained to ensure that secrecy was not compromised.”

The larger question is whether the report of the Parliamentary Committee on demonetisation will be brought to ‘light.’ Only this will bring out a clearer picture of demonetisation. Though, the same month after demonetisation, the former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh termed it as an “Organised loot and legalised plunder... and the making of a mammoth tragedy,” and added that he did not disagree with the objectives of the government but that a “monumental mismanagement had taken place.” (The Hindu, November 24, 2016). Also, there are many contentious issues relating to Aadhaar Card, and primarily, the way Aadhaar Card was introduced as a Money Bill puts Aadhaar as a ‘suspect card’ and to quote Prof. R. Ramakumar wherein he says, “the Government’s passage of the Aadhaar Bill in complete disregard of even basic parliamentary procedures and in subversion of an ongoing judicial process puts at risk a number of constitutional rights and liberties of citizens.”

In NITI Aayog, the absence of a constitutional and statutory status makes it more conspicuous not to mention the handicap it suffers from possessing the resource allocation leverage unlike Planning Commission. Adding to this, the various flagship programmes which actually comes from the PMO seems to come from the PM himself. There is also much documentation on the NITI Aayog website on many aspects of governance. But what is missing is transformation in praxis.

Nonetheless, more than two years have passed but it seems to be still suffering from ‘definitional’ problems because as envisaged, NITI Aayog was supposed to enable a platform that would cultivate “creative thinking, public-private partnership, optimum utilization of resources, and utilisation of youth power of the nation,” and most importantly, promote the aspirations of states and empower the federal structure.

No doubt, NITI Aayog has made its presence felt, yet, within the goal of transforming India, the approach is not only ambitious but there seems to be more of chaos than real progress and transformation in a country that tries to dismantle ‘unity in diversity.’

(Dr. Asangba Tzüdir writes a weekly guest editorial for The Morung Express. Comments can be mailed to asangtz@gmail.com)

S O U N D BITE “The single most important thing I can do is to help in any way prepare the next generation of leadership to take up the baton and to take their own crack at changing the world” Barak Obama, Former President of the United States of America

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here was a time, not too long ago, when no outsider dared enter Barangay178 in Pasay City in the southern part of Metro Manila.

With a reputation for the most chilling criminality, this slum district was considered a place teeming with the maddest of men, driven to desperation by drugs.

Because of them, the filthy, dark and maze-like neighbourhood was a mess, says 31-year-old Jomalene Mabag, a long-time resident. ‘But not any more,’ she attests. Not since president Rodrigo Duterte, the tough-talking former mayor of Davao City, became the country’s 16th president, she says.

The 72-year-old hardman won on a campaign promise to bring about change in a country of more than 100 million people, whose economy is controlled by a wealthy few.

Many who voted for him belonged to the estimated 25 million Filipinos who live on less than a dollar a day – and are tired of the elitist political class that has ruled the country for decades. His mantra during his campaign, ‘Change is coming to the Philippines’, was a powerful battle cry, earning him 16 million votes, the highest in the country’s history. In percentage terms this is 38.5 per cent, but the Philippines’ electoral system hands victory to the candidate who polls the highest rather than requiring an overall majority.

He vowed to eradicate corruption, crime and drugs, which he believes would alleviate poverty. Duterte also promised to raise minimum wages and pensions, destroy the country’s oligarchs, spread wealth to the countryside and put an end to labour contracting.

From the Philippine capital of Manila to his province in Davao in the south, the masses came in throngs to hear him speak.

It didn’t matter to them that he joked about the rape of a 36-year-old Australian missionary in the Philippines, saying that he should have been first in line instead of the perpetrators; that he called Pope Francis the son of a whore for exacerbating the traffic in Manila when he visited in 2015; or that he has bragged about his womanizing.

Duterte, when he was still campaigning, publicly praised Viagra, saying that he cannot imagine life without it.

While the elite and the educated cringed at Duterte’s rape jokes and profanities, the masses applauded him at the end of every speech.

A new religion is sweeping this desperate nation and the messiah is Duterte. Jeepneys and commuter vans have stickers of his nickname, ‘Du30’, plastered all over; and children join their parents in cheering that man from Davao.

Promises, promises But, months into his office, many of his campaign promises are still just that – mere promises.

For instance, he vowed to raise workers’ wages but employers raised hell over the plan and soon after, Duterte’s economic managers said the proposal was not feasible, as it would

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f the current populist political swell has taught us anything, it’s that people resist top-down interventions. This is a lesson often unheeded by today’s urban planning and policy practitioners.

With deepening links between technology and urban management, the means to innovate, scale-up, and implement “smart city” initiatives reside primarily with governments and corporations. The individual citizen is outside the conversation, as in the bygone rationalist era of urban renewal. Planning is in danger of again becoming a game of high politics and technocracy, reversing progress made during the rise of collaborative and advocacy planning from the 1960s onward.

A crucial difference, however, is that the new populist uprising is not from the left, but from the fringe right.

The ideological foundation is different and the underlying forces are beyond planning, but the lesson is clear: planners must ensure that the new generation of technology driven urban growth is democratic, serves the public good, and avoids capture by elite interests.

Urban planning emerged from the field of architecture in the early 20th century and predictably focused on physical design. The opportunity for public health officials and social advocates to shape the field was lost to architects, argues Amanda Erickson. Addressing the plight of the poor, the sick, and the underrepresented relegated social reformers to peripheral status in the halls of planning, elbowed out by a preoccupation with spatial rationalism.

With architects leading, it was inevitable that technological advancement would focus on the built environment.

The prospect of eliminating the pa-

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raise inflation.

He also promised to end labour contracting so that workers would have security of tenure. But he first allowed himself to be lobbied by the country’s business elite who argued against any such move at a three-hour-long exclusive dinner held at the Presidential Palace on 19 January. Duterte promised a win-win solution to the entrepreneurs.

So much for destroying the oligarchs and spreading the country’s wealth.

Duterte also promised to raise the pensions of private-sector employees, vowing to have this in place in his first six months in office, capitalizing on the public rage against his predecessor, former president Benigno Aquino III, who had vetoed the measure.

But he soon realized that the pension hike would be costly for the government. As such, while he approved a minimal increase, he also required a corresponding hike in members’ contributions.

Despite the unfulfilled promises, Duterte’s supporters remain diehard.

According to surveys conducted in December 2016, he was basking in trust ratings of 83 per cent.

‘We have to give him more time [to fulfil his promises] but at the end of the day, we already have a showcase, which is Davao,’ says Astro del Castillo, a veteran stock market analyst, referring to the peace and order that Duterte’s leadership in Davao brought to the province.

All-out war One promise Duterte has fulfilled is in waging an anti-drugs war, mostly in slum areas, which has resulted in nothing but warrantless arrests and deaths of poor people.

To date, authorities have not caught any big fish from the wealthy drug syndicates.

Official data from the Philippine National Police showed that as of 4 January 2017, a total of 2,174 drugs suspects had been killed in police operations, while a further 4,000 were killed by vigilantes – most victims were impoverished Filipinos.

But still Mabag, who has two little girls and fears the criminality associated with drug addiction, swears that the neighbourhood in which she has lived for the past 14 years is now finally enjoying some peace and quiet, and Duterte is to thank for that.

‘These drug addicts – they must learn their lessons,’ says Jun Rako, a construction worker from the province of Masbate in the Visayas region, where drugs are also rampant. Like many, he is little concerned by the human rights issues and the disturbing environment of impunity.

Support also comes from some prominent names, including Mocha Uson, a popular social media personality, model and singer who deflects the blame for the killings. ‘Why is it that there are numerous news reports about the extra-judicial killings issue but there seems to be a scarcity when it comes to the possible involvement of drug syndicates and narco-politicians in these killings to protect themselves?’ wrote Uson in a 27 December column in the Philippine Star.

But for the victims of this war and the loved ones they have left behind, Duterte is a nightmare and a curse.

Harra Kazuo was eight months pregnant with her second child when her husband Jaypee Bertes was killed by police officers in July. In August, she faced a Senate panel investigating Duterte’s anti-drug war and testified that police officers killed her husband and his father Renato, when they were brought to a nearby police station. They were beaten up before they were killed, she says.

Another victim was a boy, just six years old, killed in his sleep in his makeshift home in Pasay last December, just a few days before Christmas.

His mother, Elizabeth Navarro, says vigilantes knocked on their door and before she realized what was happening, her husband Domingo and their son Francis had been shot dead.

Duterte vehemently denies that his administration is behind extra-judicial killings but no-one can forget his comments during a press conference in October: ‘Hitler massacred three million

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thologies of industrial-era life and the inconveniences of congestion seemed possible through the application of data, rationalism, and top-down policy prescriptions.

Building safety codes and traffic light sequencing are examples. Even the garden city movement and its later modifications were a rationalist effort to arrest nature in service to economic and social goals.

The lessons should have been obvious, and there is little surprise that citizens eventually pushed back. In the late 1960s, social disenfranchisement, largely impacting African American communities, ignited a backlash against the status quo in economics, urban planning, politics, and many other facets of society.

A wave of social progressivism hatched what urbanist Paul Davidoff labelled advocacy planning, refocusing on the plight of urban residents displaced by renewal and later by manufacturing decline.

As symbolic as it may have been, the notion of collaborative governance disrupted top-down planning and brought the field closer to residents through micro-democratic mechanisms like community development corporations.

By the turn of the millennium, an emphasis on environmental sustainability, design aesthetics, and their corollaries (urban livability and walkability) started receiving broader attention from planners and policymakers.

While community engagement and

feedback mechanisms remained, it did not take long for this new planning concept to detour toward professional expertise and agency.

At a strategic level, the growing push for sustainability gives planners an opportunity to connect urban-scale projects with global challenges.

At an operational level, modern technological advancements provide tools to measure and manage issues like traffic, land development, and energy consumption in ways far more sophisticated than the first generation of urban technologies allowed.

Effectively, this renewed quantitative approach has revived rationalist planning. The application of technology to transform urban life, often packaged as “smart city” programs, also reflects a futurist optimism not seen since the 1950s.

Revolutionary technologies are a high-profile sell; today, society is both fascinated and nervous about Amazon drone deliveries, hyperloop transport, and driverless police cars, among other projects.

Nevertheless, the capital needed to implement such technologies is held by governments and corporations, meaning the plight of the individual citizen and disadvantaged groups is again at risk of being superseded by a revived fixation on rationalism.

Will there be a disruptive pushback similar to that of the 1960s? Populism is now rising as authoritarian strongmen claim to champion the marginalized.

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Jews [sic]… there’s three million drug addicts. I’d be happy to slaughter them.’

Indeed, there seems to be an ‘open season’ for killing anyone suspected of being involved in drugs.

The bloodied victims of vigilantestyle killings are usually found with packaging tape wrapped around their faces and cardboard placards with messages meant to warn the public: ‘We are drug pushers, do not be like us.’ There is no interest in pursuing the perpetrators.

Similar killings marked President Duterte’s 20-year stint as mayor of Davao. Many believe that it was Duterte himself who roamed the streets of Davao to kill the suspected criminals.

‘In the name of wiping out “drug crime”, President Duterte has steamrolled human rights protections and elevated unlawful killings of criminal suspects to a cornerstone of government policy,’ says Phelim Kine, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch.

The war against drugs is a Band Aid solution to a situation where people turn to drugs to forget about their hunger and desperate situations, or simply to eke out a living.

It misses the point and creates bigger problems than it claims to solve, says the Stop the Killings Network, a group of NGOs seeking an end to extrajudicial killings.

‘Poverty must end, not the lives of the poor,’ it says.

Duterte is impervious to criticisms against his violent war on drugs and has publicly attacked the Catholic Church for criticizing his campaign, saying that the institution has done nothing to address the country’s drug problem. Telling of Duterte’s fascist ways are his threats to declare martial law in the country if it becomes necessary to wipe out the drug menace.

Meanwhile, the all-out war continues. The killings go on; gunshots are heard, mostly in slum dwellings in the dead of night; and in the morning when the sun rises, the bodies pile up.

Iris C Gonzales is a Manila-based journalist.

This is a reaction neither to any single factor nor to a particular planning theory. Economic, social, and governance systems have, by some accounts, ignored the plight of the individual – including those who are aggrieved by the new economic and social order.

Populist and nationalistic sentiments are unlikely to weaken because the trends that created them are enduring: immigration, globalization, and the continued pluralization of society.

This message of exclusion differs significantly from the message of inclusion and minority liberation of 1960s progressivism.

However, both are in some ways reactions to a sense of helplessness; the first in part to institutionalized racism, and the second to economic restructuring. If smart cities are a new incarnation of urban renewal, and populism the new progressive pushback, society has come full cycle in under half a century.

Smart city technology need not be only a technocratic fetish, and planners have the opportunity to embrace technology’s inherently humanizing and democratizing potential at the early stage of the smart city revolution.

The alternative is the coupling of the smart cities paradigm – and evidence-based policy more generally – with elite interests and the inevitable continuation of the pushback cycle.

As a new populism takes root, technological progress must weather the storm not by resistance but by asserting itself as a tool for positive change in urban residents’ everyday lives.

Recognizing that technology should serve people is not surrendering to rightist populism. However, it can diffuse pushback against funding for technology initiatives that improve the urban experience for all citizens. In short, planning must be re-humanized.

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NAGALAND VISION 2030: Education SSC: Apply for SI in Delhi Police, ASI in CISF, CAPFs tricts of Zunheboto, Kiphire, Longleng, Phek and Mon. • Hardly any major national institute that the state or the country can pride itself in.

• Absence of institutes for medical sciences and institutes covering agriculture & allied subjects, engineering, computer sciences, information and technology, management, statistics and so on.

• There is a growing demand for professional courses in recent times. The need for higher and technical education in the State cannot be emphasized enough.

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he ‘Nagaland Vision 2030’ document was unveiled by Nagaland governor, PB Acharya on December 2016. The document outlines the broad contours of development which the State seeks to undertake over the next decades or so. Over the next few weeks, The Morung Learning will highlight the salient features of different areas of concern and recommendation by the vision document.

In case of education, the ‘Vision 2030’ promises to focus on “quality education with a broad range of formal and non-formal education services.”

Pertinent issues • Non-diversity of the nature of courses and programs of study available in colleges in Nagaland.

• Unbalanced landscape of Higher Education in Nagaland - more colleges (46) offering Arts stream as compared to Science stream (09) and Commerce stream (16).

• The Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education (18-23 years) in the State stands at 15.6 as against 23.6 in India as per AISHE 2014-2015(Provisional).

• The private sector colleges are playing a larger role as providers of undergraduate courses accounting for more than 74.49 percent of the degree courses as compared to Government colleges with 25.51 percent.

• Rapid rise number of students - there were 14790 students in 2008-2009 which rose to 24134 in 2015-2016.

• Most colleges are concentrated in Kohima and Dimapur with 20 colleges in Kohima and 25 colleges in Dimapur, while there are no private colleges in the dis-

The education Vision 2030 for nagaland (Key areas): • Achieve cent percent literacy by 2023.

• Improving the percentage of children in Class III- V with Class I reading skills from the current 63.4 percent to 100 percent by 2020.

• Improving the percentage of children in Class III- V who can do subtraction from the current 59.8 percent to 100 percent by 2020 • Improving the percentage of children in Class I-II who can read letters, words or more from the current 91.6 percent to 100 percent by 2023 • Improving the percentage of children in Class I-II with Number recognition skills of from the current 92.5 percent to 100 percent by 2023 • Improve the quality of science and mathematics teachers in the State by a Training of Trainers (TOT) method using the services of engineering graduates who serve as teachers in the State.

• Achieve cent percent trained teachers in the State by 2023 • Incorporate modern technologies for teaching and learning in schools.

• Introduce accreditation systems for schools.

• Improve, upgrade or reconstruct the infrastructure of all aged schools by 2023.

• Promote the private sector schools with special grants, subsidies and incentives for attention to remote areas.

• Visualize new educational system such as the American system as against the present system followed in India.

• E- classrooms and related ICT infrastructure for all schools by 2020-2025.

waY FOrwarD 1. Government of India must establish some iconic National institutions in Nagaland by 2030.

2. The State must take proactive measure to build up technical institutions. Establish medical, engineering, IT and management institutes by 2023. Establish colleges of Forestry, Horticulture and Fishery by 2030.

3. Establish institutes such as Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) and School of Planning and Architecture (SPA). Promote the private universities such as North Eastern Christian University (NECU), St. Joseph’s University.

4. Make Veterinary College, Jalukie as a National Centre of Excellence for veterinary science.

5. A policy for promotion of private institutions, colleges and universities with premium on technical institutions.

Such private sector colleges should be promoted in the more interior districts such as Eastern Nagaland.

6. The State should formulate proper accreditation and quality control policies by 2020.

7. Promoting the potential of Nagaland to attract students from the South East Asian countries is essential.

8. Substantial investment in higher education must be made for fruition of the Vision.

9. NAAC accreditation of all colleges by 2020.

10. Digitization of library and training of all librarians by 2020-2025.

11. E- Classrooms and related ICT infrastructure for all colleges by 2020-2025.

12. Upgradation of Kohima Science College, Jotsoma to the status of Deemed University by 2021.

13. Establish job oriented institutes such as the aviation, maritime and sports institutes along with polytechnics and tool rooms 14. Set up institutes for Bamboo, Bee Keeping, Bio Diversity, Climate Change and Sustainable Development.

15. . Establish centres of excellence in discipline such as IT, Hospitality, Journalism, etc.

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Educational Qualification: Candidates should possess Bachelors Degree from a recognised University or equivalent.

Selection Process: Candidates will be selected based on computer based exam. application Fee: Candidates should pay RS. 100/- through SBI Challan/ SBI Net banking or through credit/ debit cards of any bank. No fee for SC, ST and Ex Serviceman Candidates.

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No grace marks for tough questions: CBSE scraps moderation policy NEW DELHI, APRIL 25 (PTI): In a major decision, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday scrapped the moderation policy under which grace marks are given to students in exams for difficult questions.

The decision was taken at a high-level meeting.

The move comes after the CBSE had in December last year requested the HRD Ministry to help develop a consensus among all state boards on completely removing the marks moderation policy which is considered as the reason behind inflated scores in board exam results.

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Grace MarKS tO PaSS eXaMS reMain However, the practice of awarding grace marks will continue to ensure that a student clears an exam if he or she needs a few marks to do so.

If the states also decide to adopt the policy, then the soaring cut-offs for admission to colleges are likely to go down.

The CBSE has opined that a unilateral scrapping of the policy would put its students at a disadvantage during undergraduate admissions and considered it important that all state boards agree to it.

1. The biennial State of Forest report 2015 released by the Forest Survey of india’s reported a decrease in forest cover in nagaland. according to the report, what is the total forest cover in nagaland? a) 12,669 sq kms b) 12,699 sq kms c) 12,696 sq kms d) 12,966 sq kms

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Whether it’s the progress of the world from a simpler to a more complex life, or it’s just an inevitable component of evolution, the causes may be debatable.

However, it is apparent that we have grown colder and numb to the plights of our neighbours and the people we pass by each day. I’m not saying that we have to plunge ourselves into the personal problems of everyone we come across, but we can all try to be a bit more sensitive and understanding to the people we interact or deal with in our day to day lives.

We are quick to judge and label those actions we deem immoral or unethical, while our own personally defined morality overlooks our own transgressions. Yes, we are hypocrites who forget the fact that we have been marked guilty many times in our own trials and sometimes in the same ways as the people we accuse. We are quick to point at the weaknesses of others, especially those in power and the limelight, ridiculing them while acting as if we are at

Samoaba Jamir, it technician ity to our own flawed selves, we judge them marking them as “failures” or “disappointments”.

When will we learn to look into the mirror i.e. our own souls and learn to identify our flaws and be able to relate with others facing the same or different issues?

We Nagas are a Christian community. Even so, we, the followers of a religion whose core principle is love, have failed to demonstrate the same, time and again. Is something wrong with the understanding of our faith? Or are we turning a blind eye to it in order to pursue our own selfish goals with the illusion of a clean conscience?

Yes, selfishness might be at the core of every human being as a part of our survival instinct, but it certainly shouldn’t be the dominant trait of our character. We are definitely capable of more selfless actions if only we choose to and build ourselves on it.

In the recent years, there have been many instances where our people failed to demonstrate the love and empathy that our faith teaches. From our leaders to you and me, we’ve all failed in one way or anoth-

me), to the deaths of our two young brothers whose funerals became another spectacle for political agendas. The public perhaps suffers since those in power ignore the issues and have self-motivated interests in mind. Where is the love and empathy? Love for the people, love for your neighbours, love for the state, the empathy for the poor and suffering, for the innocents paying the price for another’s transgressions.

I keep my distance from the online social discussion pages as much as possible because the picture is even uglier there. People can anonymously spread venom and provoke others for no reason. Sometimes going through the comments on those pages makes me lose whatever little hope I have for us as a state, though yes, I know that real public opinion can never be tapped.

The peace loving state that we are supposed to be, shrivels and withers up immediately when we choose to spread hate without a second thought.

And there is an abundance of people who do that online on every online social discussion page I’ve come across.

behind likes and emoticons, while others choose the ineffective option of pointlessly arguing with such people.

The whole world is afflicted by this deficiency of love and empathy, and it has been so since time immemorial. The proposed ‘Muslim ban’ in the US, the Syrian refugee crisis, all point towards this. Countless lives are lost while the world watches by, unable to act because only a few actually care enough to do something. Yet these few may not have the power needed to achieve set goals. War and hate crimes are still abundant. Can we do something about it? Or have we completely given up?

However, things don’t necessarily end there. Progress towards the greater good is always hampered by feelings of complacency and defeat. We must always be wary of these two things as they abate the human growth, stagnating life itself. We might not be able to change the world in a second, a day, a month or year, but our every action can most certainly bring about the ripple effect that eventually covers the whole world itself. How we live

ter, even if we feel that we lead rather insignificant lives. Every human being acts as a drop in the giant river of life; we are a like a collective existence that keeps changing; we pass on what we learn so the next generation knows better. Our little acts of love and empathy definitely will serve as an example to the future generations becoming an even better existence as a whole.

This quote by American astrophysicist and author Neil de Grasse Tyson comes to mind: “Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals on Earth. So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were reading, writing, arithmetic, and empathy”.

Degree of Thought is a weekly community column initiated by Tetso College in partnership with The Morung Express. Degree of Thought will delve into the social, cultural, political and educational issues around us. The views expressed here do not reflect the opinion of the institution. Tetso College is a NAAC Accredited UGC recognised Commerce and Arts College. The editors are Dr. Hewasa Lorin, Anjan Behera, Dr.

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UTs should follow law Troopers' sacrifice won't go in vain, States, for disabled: Supreme Court will review Maoist strategy: Rajnath

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh meets one of the injured CRPF personnel at a hospital Family members and relatives mourn the death of CRPF jawan Ashish Kumar Singh at Garin Raipur on Tuesday, a day after the Sukma Naxal attack. (PTI Photo) hwa on Tuesday. (PTI Photo)

RaipuR, apRil 25 (iaNS): A day after 25 CRPF troopers were massacred by Maoists in Chhattisgarh, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said that the strategy to root out leftwing extremism will be reviewed and a meeting of affected states has been convened on May 8 for the purpose.

The Home Minister, who visited the state to pay tributes to the 25 Central Reserve Police Force troopers killed at their camp, termed the massacre as a "cold blooded murder" and said that their sacrifice won't go in vain.

"The attack in Sukma is a cold blooded murder... It is an act of cowardice. The attack was out of desperation," he told reporters after paying homage to those killed.

"We are working to root out the problem of LWE (left-wing extremism). The LWE groups are anti-development. They do not want development in the area.

The Centre and state govern-

ments will work together," he added.

Rajnath Singh said he had convened a meeting of states affected by Maoism on May 8. "We will review the strategy and if necessary we will revisit it."

He also accused the Maoists of using tribals as cannon fodder.

On Monday, around 300 Maoists, including women, ambushed a CRPF contingent in a forested patch in Chhattisgarh, killing the troopers and escaping with their AK-47 assault rifles.

Rajnath Singh, who reached Raipur with Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir and CRPF's Additional Director General Sudeep Lakhtakia, said the government would not let the sacrifices of the troopers go in vain.

"We have accepted it as a challenge. It will be answered appropriately."

"We have lost precious lives of our soldiers... Left-wing extremists are trying to impede the prog-

ress (of the region)... They are the biggest enemy of the poor," he added. Responding to a query over alleged intelligence failure in the incident, Rajnath Singh said, "This is not the time for a blame game."

Rajnath Singh also visited a hospital and enquired about the health of the CRPF personnel injured in the Maoist ambush. He said that all the injured soldiers are now out of danger.

Later, attending a function in Bihar, Rajnath Singh again accused the Maoists of using tribals as a shield and dared them to face the security forces from the front. He also threatened tough action against the rebels of they continue to attack security forces.

In Raipur, Chattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, who also addressed the media with Rajnath Singh, said that fight against Maoists would continue with "more vigour". "The fight against Maoists in Sukma is the

biggest operation against LWE in the country. We have decided to enhance our activities and construction work in the region," he said. But, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh stirred a controversy by reiterating that Raman Singh and the BJP had a "deal and understanding" with the Maoists in the state.

He called for talks with all stakeholders to bring Maoist violence under control.

"Chief Minister Raman Singh ji and the Bharatiya Janata Party win elections from there because they had a deal and understanding with the Maoists. I have said this before, and I am stating it again," he told reporters.

Digvijaya Singh said unless the state's tribal villagers are taken into confidence, Maoist violence cannot be brought under control.

"The government should talk to all the stakeholders. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his

government only believe in 'jumlas' and have been indulging in it since May 2014," he said.

Condemning the attack, the Communist Party of India (CPI) objected to the term "red terror" for Maoist violence.

"The CPI strongly condemns the killings... in Sukma... Paying its respect to the jawans, the party conveys its deep condolences to their families," it said in a statement. But it objected to the "attempt to term it as red terror".

"There are several Left parties in Chhattisgarh, including the CPI, which are working in defence of tribal people. They do not agree with Maoists -- politically and ideologically and also with their form of struggle."

The CPI said that both central and state governments "need to do serious introspection in the larger context and perspective" to find out why it has been "failing to handle the situation in the region".

New Delhi, apRil 25 (pti): The Supreme Court today asked all states to 'scrupulously' follow the 2016 law on the rights of persons with disabilities.

The apex court, which directed all states and union territories (UTs) to file reports regarding compliance of provisions of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016, said the new statute operated in a broad spectrum to protect the rights of people with disabilities.

The court said the states and UTs must realise that under this Act, their responsibilities have increased and the executing authorities must give effect to it with "quite promptitude".

"The 2016 Act, as we find, is a sea change in the perception and exhibits a march forward look with regard to persons with disabilities and roles of state governments, local authorities, educational institutes and companies are given there," a bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra said.

"The statute operates in a broad spectrum and the focus is to protect the rights and provide punishment for their violation. We think it apposite to direct all the states and UTs to file compliance reports keeping in view the provisions of the 2016 Act within 12 weeks hence," the bench, which also comprised Justices A M Khanwilkar and M M Shantanagoudar, said. The top court, which fixed the matter for next hearing on August 16, noted that the states and UTs should take immediate steps to comply with the requirements of the Act and file compliance reports.

"The steps taken in this regard (by the authorities) shall be concretely stated in the compliance report which is to be filed within the time stipulated," it said.

The court was hearing a plea by the Justice Sunanda Bhandare Foundation seeking direction to the Centre and all states to file reports on the status of implementation of the provisions of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995.

During the hearing, advocate Manali Singhal, who appeared for the petitioner, told the bench that though most of the states have filed reports on compliance of the apex court's earlier directions in the matter, there were some issues which needed to be addressed.

The counsel argued that there were "deficiencies" in the compliance of apex court's earlier orders by some states and now, the new Act has also come.

She said that as compared to the 1995 Act, various new provisions have been included in the recent legislation and it has expanded the horizon of the rights of such persons. The bench, in its order, noted various provisions of the 2016 Act, saying they highlighted salient features and "more rights have been conferred to disabled persons".

The Act provides for a separate one per cent reservation for each of the three categories of persons with disabilities -- persons suffering from blindness and low vision, those suffering from hearing disability and those suffering from locomotor disability or cerebral palsy.

Pro-Pakistan group hacks MK Stalin arrested, 14 lakh shops shut across Tamil Nadu after Oppn calls bandh websites of top Indian universities CheNNai, apRil 25 (aGeNCieS): A dawn-to-dusk shutdown called in support of drought-hit farmers is being observed in Tamil Nadu today, with DMK working president MK Stalin courting arrest in the Cauvery delta region of Tiruvaur.

14 lakh shops across Tamil Nadu shut down in response to a bandh called by Opposition parties to press for waiving loans of farmers.

Stalin, along with cadres of the DMK and other parties, came in a procession in Tiruvarur and was detained in a marriage hall, police said, adding they will be let off later. Senior DMK leader and for-

SC fines two doctors Rs 1.40 cr for medical asylum to ex-MLA

New Delhi, apRil 25 (iaNS): The Supreme Court on Tuesday imposed a whopping fine of Rs 1.40 crore on two Gurugrambased doctors for giving "medical asylum" to former INLD legislator Balbir Singh after his bail was cancelled in 2013 by the apex court in a 2011 murder case. A bench of Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice Mohan M. Shantanagoudar directed the doctors -- Munish Prabhakar and K.S. Sachdev -- to deposit Rs 70 lakh each with the apex court Registry by June 30. The Haryana Police had visited Privat Hospital owned by Dr Sachdeva in Gurugram in Haryana to take custody of Balbir Singh alias Bali Pehalwan, but the hospital authorities had refused to discharge him.

Subsequently, the hospital said the former Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) legislator was fit to be presented in court, yet he was not discharged. Balbir Singh was admitted to Privat Hospital for 527 days on three different occasions between November 15, 2013, and May 1, 2015, after the Supreme Court cancelled his bail on October 24, 2013. The apex court had reversed a February 11, 2013, order of the Punjab and Haryana High court that granted Balbir Singh bail.

mer Union Minister T R Baalu was among those who took part in the agitation in Tiruvarur.

In Chennai, farmers’ leader P Ayyakannu, who staged protest in the national capital for 41 days, and Tamil Nadu Congress Committee President Su Thirunavukkarasu took part in a demonstration held at Egmore.

Bank employees staged a protest on the arterial Anna Salai here, led by All India Bank Employees Association C H Venkatachalam and CITU leader A Soundararajan. The state secretaries of CPI (M) and CPI, G Ramakrishnan, and R Mutharasan respectively, VCK chief Thol Thirumavalavan,

and Congress leader KV Thangabalu went in a procession in Saidapet here. A series of protests, including 'rail roko', were held in some parts of the state including Tiruchirappalli, Coimbatore, Madurai and Kanchipuram.

Shops, local vegetable markets and a section of private establishments were shut down, partially affecting normal life in response to the bandh call.

While auto-rickshaws and a section of private taxi services kept off the roads, state government-run transport corporations operated their services as usual.

Thousands of police personnel have been deployed in the state to

maintain law and order.

Opposition parties including DMK, Congress, CPI(M), CPI, VCK and IUML apart from trade unions affiliated to them, farmers bodies and the film fraternity have pledged support to the shutdown.

However, both factions of AIADMK, BJP, MDMK and TMC(M) are not participating in it. On April 16, a meeting of the opposition parties chaired by Stalin gave the bandh call. According to the DMK, the bandh is to urge the central and state governments to fulfil the demands of farmers and farm labourers which includes adequate relief and setting up of Cauvery Management Board.

B.K. Nehru's wife dies at 109

KaSauli, apRil 25 (iaNS): Shobha Nehru, wife of Jawaharlal Nehru's cousin B.K. Nehru, died at her residence in Kasauli town of Himachal Pradesh early on Tuesday due to age-related complications, her family said. She was 109.

Members of the Gandhi family are expected to attend her cremation here on Wednesday. Shobha, who is survived by three sons, was married to India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cousin B.K. Nehru, an Indian diplomat who nearly succeeded Dag Hammarskjold as United Nations Secretary General.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi used to visit the picturesque hill station of

Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh to meet her regularly. The last time he visited his great grandaunt was in May 2016.

Born in Budapest in Hungary, Shobha Nehru married into the Nehru family in 1935 after she met B.K. Nehru at the University of Oxford as a student.

B.K. Nehru, one of India's most distinguished civil servants of post-independent India and former trustee of The Tribune Trust of Publications, died on October 31, 2001 at the age of 92. Justice (retd) S.S. Sodhi, former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court and currently The Tribune Trust President, visited her residence here on Monday to inquire about her well-being.

Centre cautions states against leak of Aadhaar data on online portals New Delhi, apRil 25 (pti): The Centre has cautioned states against disclosing Aadhaar data and other personal details of individuals on their official websites, warning such actions can attract jail term of three years.

The Union information technology (IT) ministry has also asked the states to review website content of various departments and take “precautions” to ensure that personal data of individuals, including Aadhaar numbers or bank account details, do not appear on portals.

The direction comes within days of a series of data breaches coming to light in Jharkhand, where

Aadhaar numbers of lakhs of pension beneficiaries were displayed on a website of the state government. “... there have been instances where personal identity or information of residents, along with Aadhaar numbers and demographic information and other sensitive personal data such as bank details collected by ministries ... state departments for administration of welfare schemes have been published online,” said the letter dated April 24.

Publishing such information is a clear contravention of the provisions of the Aadhaar Act and constitutes an offence punishable with imprisonment up to three years, the letter

said.

There had been reports that the website of the food and civil supplies department of Chandigarh publicised Aadhaar numbers of PDS beneficiaries. Earlier, cricketer MS Dhoni’s personal Aadhaar details too were leaked. The UIDAI has filed an FIR on the matter and a police probe is on.

IT secretary Aruna Sundararajan has shot off a letter to chief secretaries of all states and Union Territories over data sharing on websites of departments, asking them to ensure strict compliance with provisions of the Information Technology Act 2000 and the Aadhaar Act 2016.

New Delhi, apRil 25 (aGeNCieS): The websites of six prominent universities of India, including the Aligarh Muslim University and Delhi University, were on Tuesday hacked by pro Pakistani groups.

The hackers, who called themselves PHC, posted anti-India and anti-Army messages on the websites.

“Do you know what your so called hero’s (soldiers) are doing in Kashmir ? Do you know they are killing many innocent people in Kashmirs ? Do you know they have raped many girls ? Do you know they still are

raping girls in Kashmir ?

How would you feel if your brother, sister, father and mother gets killed :( ? How would you feel if someone rapes your mother or sister; Won’t your life and your families be destroyed ?,” reads the message on hacked AMU website.

According to reports, the group of hackers have also hacked around ten government websites including that of CSIR-National AerospaceLaboratories.

This happened days after an alleged Indian group hacked some thirty Paki-

stan government websites to ‘avenge’ the sentencing of former Indian Nay officer Kulbhushan Yadav. A message on a hacked Pakistani website read, “Charges against Kulbhushan Jadhav are fictitious, fake and farcical. There is no evidence of wrong doing by him.

This is an act of “premeditated murder’. Earlier it was Sarabjeet, now it’s Jadhav.”

A Pakistani military court had earlier this month awarded death sentence to Jadhav, after he was found guilty of espionage and sabotage activities in Karachi and Balochistan.

Japan's Otsuka aims to apply for TB drug approval in India in 90 days

MuMBai, apRil 25 (ReuteRS): Japanese drugmaker Otsuka Pharmaceutical aims to apply for approval of its tuberculosis (TB) drug delamanid in India within three months, a senior company official said, as calls grow for expanded access to the life-saving medicine.

India accounts for about a quarter of the world's TB cases and experts say improved access to delamanid in the country is critical to control the global spread of drug-resistant strains of the airborne disease.

Otsuka had an initial meeting on the matter with the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) in late 2016, Marc Destito, communications director of Otsuka's global TB programme, told Reuters on Monday.

"A follow-up meeting with the DCGI is currently envisioned within the next month to discuss next steps," Destito said. There is no clear timeline on when the DCGI will decide on the approval but the submission of the application would start a process that could eventually give thousands of patients with drug-resistant TB in India access to the last-resort drug.

Otsuka Pharmaceutical, a subsidiary of Otsuka Holdings, has had a patent on the drug in India for eight years but it has not yet applied for approval to launch it, drawing criticism from international health experts and activists. Health experts say expanded access to the drug is key for India to achieve its ambitious goal of eliminating TB by 2025. Only a few dozen eligible patients in India have been able to get the drug on request since it was first approved in the European Union in 2014 and thousands

Jotindra Singh, 65, suffering from Tuberculosis (TB) waits for his free treatment outside a medical centre in the eastern Indian city of Siliguri. (REUTERS/Files)

more need it.

India's public health system had about 79,000 drug-resistant TB patients at the end of 2015, according to the World Health Organisation's (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Report.

Actual demand is probably higher, though, as roughly 60 percent of TB patients in India are treated by private clinics. Destito said Otsuka has held initial talks with the Indian government about making some 400 courses of delamanid available at select treatment centres after approval under a conditional access programme.

Otsuka is also in talks with the WHO

and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) about making delamanid available to patients in India through a clinical trial later this year.

The study would include patients resistant to most standard TB drugs who need delamanid and Johnson & Johnson's bedaquiline, said ICMR head Soumya Swaminathan, adding that initial talks suggested up to 500 patients could be included. Delamanid and bedaquiline are the first new TB drugs to be introduced in decades and experts say their rollout has been slow globally to ensure patients do not become resistant.

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North Korea stages large-scale artillery drill as US submarine docks in South

SEOUL, ApriL 25 (rEUtErS): North Korea conducted a big live-fire exercise on Tuesday to mark the foundation of its military as a U.S. submarine docked in South Korea in a show of force amid growing concern over the North’s nuclear and missile programmes.

The port call by the USS Michigan came as a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group steamed towards Korean waters and as top envoys for North Korea policy from South Korea, Japan and the United States met in Tokyo.

Fears have risen in recent weeks that North Korea would conduct another nuclear test or long-range missile launch in defiance of U.N. sanctions, perhaps on the Tuesday anniversary of the founding of its military.

But instead of a nuclear test or big missile launch, North Korea deployed a large number of long-range artillery units in the region of Wonsan on its east coast for a live-fire drill, South Korea’s military said. North Korea has an air base in Wonsan and missiles have also been tested there.

“North Korea is conducting a large-scale firing drill in Wonsan areas this afternoon,” the South’s Office of Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.

The South Korean military was monitoring the situation and “firmly maintaining readiness”, it said.

The South’s Yonhap News Agency said earlier the exercise was possibly supervised

by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. North Korea’s state media was defiant in a commentary

marking the 85th anniversary of the foundation of the Korean People’s Army, saying its military was prepared “to bring to closure the history of U.S. scheming and nuclear blackmail”.

North Korea’s growing nuclear and missile threat is perhaps the most serious security challenge confronting U.S. President Donald Trump.

Trump has vowed to prevent North Korea from being able to hit the United States with a nuclear missile and has said all options are on the table, including a military strike.

He sent the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier strike group for exercises in waters off the Korean peninsula as a warning to North Korea and a show of solidarity with U.S. allies.

South Korea’s navy said it was conducting a live-fire exercise with U.S. destroyers on Tuesday in waters west of the Korean peninsula and would soon join the carrier strike group approaching the region.

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshide Suga told media that China’s envoy for Korean affairs, Wu Dawei, would hold talks with Japanese Foreign Ministry officials. A ministry source said Wu was likely to meet his Japanese counterpart, Kenji Kanasugi, on Wednesday.

Kanasugi said after talks with his U.S. and South Korean counterparts that they all agreed China should take a concrete role to resolve the crisis and it could use an oil embargo as a tool to press the North.

Only foreign currency please - the costs of reporting from North Korea

North Korean soldiers salute bronze statues (not pictured) of North Korea’s late founder Kim Il-sung and late leader Kim Jong Il at Mansudae in Pyongyang, in this photo released by Kyodo April 25, to mark the 85th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People’s Army. (REUTERS Photo)

lomatic and military activity in Asia, the State Department in Washington said on Monday U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson would chair a special ministerial meeting of the U.N. Security Council on North Korea on Friday.

Tillerson, along with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and Joint Chiefs chairman General Joseph Dunford, would also hold a rare briefing for the entire U.S. Senate on North Korea on Wednesday, Senate aides said.

A North Korean foreign ministry spokesman said those meetings called by U.S. officials clearly reflected the U.S. pressure that could “ignite a full-out RARE SENATE BRIEFING Matching the flurry of dip- war” on the Korean peninsula.

“The reality of today again proves the decision to strengthen nuclear power in quality and quantity under the banner of pursuing economic development and nuclear power was the correct one,” the unidentified spokesman said in a statement issued by the North’s state media.

On Monday, Trump called for tougher U.N. sanctions on the North, saying it was a global threat and “a problem that we have to finally solve”.

“The status quo in North Korea is also unacceptable,” Trump told a meeting with the 15 U.N. Security Council ambassadors, including China and Russia, at the White House.

“The council must be prepared to impose additional and stron-

ger sanctions on North Korean nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.”

The official China Daily said on Tuesday it was time for Pyongyang and Washington to take a step back from harsh rhetoric and heed voices of reason calling for a peaceful resolution. “Judging from their recent words and deeds, policymakers in Pyongyang have seriously misread the U.N. sanctions, which are aimed at its nuclear/missile provocations, not its system or leadership,” the newspaper said in an editorial.

“They are at once perilously overestimating their own strength and underestimating the hazards they are brewing for themselves,” it said.

pYONGYANG, ApriL 25 (rEUtErS): North Korea rarely allows foreign correspondents into the country, but when it does, it makes them pay.

When Pyongyang invited 121 journalists to attend the birth anniversary celebrations of North Korea’s founder-president, Kim Il Sung, just over a week ago, it was a great chance for the country to showcase its military might and present its socialist-realist propaganda to the world.

The visit also allowed North Korea to earn some foreign currency. The cost of a seven-day reporting trip to one of the world’s most impoverished and insulated countries came to about $2,500 each, all paid to various government agencies. That represents about five years wages for an average North Korean.

Every charge was at the official exchange rate of 100 North Korean won to the dollar, despite a black market rate of about 8,400 to the dollar, according to people inside North Korea. All transactions had to be in cash, in hard currency.

Faced with increasingly tightening international sanctions that are threatening to throttle off some lucrative exports, such as coal, any hard currency is a welcome addition to Pyongyang’s coffers.

Government minders escort journalists almost everywhere, so it’s difficult to get won at the black market rate. In any case, foreigners are not allowed to use the local currency.

Most North Koreans I spoke to denied there was any black market for dollars. Except for one man who told me when no one else was listening that the unofficial rate fluctuated between 8,300 and 8,400 won to the dollar “depending on whether we’ve just had a nuclear test.”

North Korea likely received more than $300,000 from the money the visiting journalists spent on flights, hotels, visas and daily expenses, according to back-of-the-envelope calculations based on a list of expenses I kept track of while in Pyongyang.

It was unclear how much went in profit to the government and how much was taken up by operating costs.

The payments start with the visas picked up from the North Korean embassy in Beijing. As an Australian, mine came with a $137 price tag. An American journalist told me his visa cost about $175. Return flights between Beijing and Pyongyang cost $522 on North Korea’s national carrier Air Koryo, high for the 800-km (500-mile) distance. An economy-class return ticket on a flight from Beijing to the South Korean capital Seoul, a distance of more than 950 km, costs around $290.

SIM cards for smartphones are expensive in North Korea and there are different networks for foreigners and locals. A similar card in Beijing costs around $10.

Seven nights stay in Pyongyang cost $784, a reasonable rate for a business-class hotel in many Asian capitals.

Drug-resistant malaria China ready to mediate between Myanmar, Bangladesh over Rohingya row a strong presence in BanApriL 25 (rEcured by dried leaf tablets dHAKA, UtErS): China offered Command structure of the Myanmar army’s operation in Rakhine gladesh, building roads

NEW YOrK, ApriL 25 (iANS): Tablets made from dried leaves of the Artemisia annua plant have cured 18 critically ill patients who were not responding to the standard malaria medications in a Congo clinic, says a study.

The results suggest a new and inexpensive treatment option for the mosquito-borne disease that affects 212 million people worldwide.

“Successful treatment of all 18 artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT)-resistant cases suggests that DLA (dried-leaf Artemisia) should be rapidly incorporated into the antimalarial regimen for Africa,” the researchers said.

The report documents the experiences of 18 patients in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo who showed symptoms of malaria and were originally treated with the recommended medication artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), which blends artemisinin, a chemical extract from Artemisia annua, with one or more other drugs that attack the malaria parasite in different ways.

The 18 patients did not respond to the standard ACT treatment, and all lapsed into severe malaria, defined by symptoms that can include loss of consciousness, respiratory distress, convulsions, and pulmonary edema.

All were then treated with intravenously administered artesunate, the frontline medication for severe malaria, but again they showed no improvement.

As a last resort, doctors turned to dried-leaf Artemisia, a therapy developed by Pamela Weathers, Professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Massachusetts, US. After five days of treatment with tablets made from only the dried and powered leaves of Artemisia, all 18 patients fully recovered, the study said. Laboratory tests showed they had no parasites remaining in their blood.

on Tuesday to help tackle a diplomatic row between Bangladesh and Myanmar over the flight of minority Rohingyas, two Bangladesh foreign ministry officials said.

Around 69,000 Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh to escape violence in Buddhist-majority Myanmar since October, straining relations between the two neighbours who each see the stateless Muslim minority as the other nation’s problem.

Chinese special envoy Sun Guoxiang, beginning a four-day trip to Bangladesh, urged Dhaka to resolve the row with Myanmar bilaterally, but also said Beijing stood ready to help in the matter, a foreign ministry official in Dhaka told Reuters.

Sun made the proposal during a meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque, the official said. He declined to be named, saying he was not

NAYpYitAW, ApriL 25 (rEUtErS): On the ground, the military operation in Rakhine State has been overseen by Major General Maung Maung Soe, the chief of the army’s Western Command, one of 14 regional commands operating across Myanmar, said a military intelligence source and a senior army officer familiar with the operation.

The Western Command is overseen in turn by the Bureau of Special Operations in the capital city of Naypyitaw, which reports to the office of the Commander in Chief of the military, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing.

The office of the Commander in Chief did not respond to detailed questions from Reuters about the Rakhine operation.

The Western Command is divided into three main divisions. One of authorised to speak to the media.

“The envoy told us at the meeting that they were ready to help if necessary,” the official said. Another

these divisions, the 15 Light Infantry Division (15 LID), is stationed in the region of Buthidaung, next to the Maungdaw region where the “clearance operation” has taken place.

The 15 LID has led the fighting, said the army officer and the military intelligence source.

That division is further broken down into 10 battalions, each with an estimated fighting force of about 400 soldiers.

Each of the battalions has four companies and one artillery section and is led by a commander in the rank of lieutenant colonel, the senior army source said. Each battalion also consists of units in charge of first aid, logistics, transportation, communications, engineering and construction.

The key groups leading the operation against the Rohingya have been battalions Nos. 352, 551, 564

foreign ministry official confirmed the information but also asked not to be named, citing the sensitivity of the matter.

China has strong ties

and 345, the sources said. The senior army source said a little under 2,000 soldiers operated in the area.

A senior government source and the senior army source said the commander of 15 LID, Major General Khin Maung Soe, had been questioned by investigators conducting an internal military probe into alleged abuses.

The army did not respond to a question about Khin Maung Soe’s role and Reuters was unable to contact him directly.

The senior army source said military investigators have also questioned the general’s deputy and other soldiers with key responsibilities on the ground. The source cautioned that investigators were still gathering preliminary information and no charges have been brought against Khin Maung Soe and others.

with both Myanmar and Bangladesh, helping in infrastructure development in both countries.

Relations with the former have warmed further since

UN seeks to avert famine in Yemen, where a child dies every 10 minutes GENEVA, ApriL 25 (rEUtErS): The United Nations needs massive funds to avert famine in Yemen and warring parties there must ensure humanitarian aid can be delivered, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday as he opened a donor conference in Geneva.

A U.N. appeal for $2.1 billion this year for Yemen, where Guterres said a child under the age of five dies of preventable causes every 10 minutes, is only 15 percent covered.

Two years of conflict between Houthi rebels aligned with Iran and a Western-backed, Saudi-led coalition that carries out air strikes almost daily have killed at least 10,000 people in Yemen, and hunger and disease are rife there.

Nearly 19 million people or two-thirds of the population need emergency aid, Guterres said, renewing a call for peace talks and urging all parties to “facilitate the rapid and unimpeded passage of hu-

The World Food Programme (WFP) has committed $1 billion to Yemen and reached a record 5 million people last month with rations but needs to scale up deliveries to reach 9 million who are deemed “severely food insecure”, its regional director Muhannad Hadi said in an interview.

They include some 3 million malnourished children.

Children sit in a window as they look at supporters of the Houthi movement who attend a pro-Houthi rally in Sanaa, Yemen. (REUTERS File Photo)

manitarian aid by air, sea and land”.

“We are witnessing the starving and the crippling of an entire generation. We must act now to save lives,” he added.

“All infrastructure must remain open and opera-

tional.”

Yemen’s Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid Bin Daghr said his government, which controls only part of the country, would allow access for aid supplies. “We are ready to open new corridors for this aid,”

he said.

Initial pledges announced at the conference included $150 million from Saudi Arabia, $100 million from Kuwait, 50 million euros ($54.39 million) from Germany and $94 million from the United States.

“REAL FAMINE THAT WILL SHAME US” “If the international community does not move right now, and if WFP does not get the right funding and support to address all needs, I think the cost of that will be real famine that will shame us in coming months and weeks,” Hadi told Reuters.

Yemen imports 90 percent of its food, 70 percent of which passes through the strategic Red Sea port of Hodeidah. Concerns are growing about a possible attack by the Yemeni gov-

ernment and its Arab allies, who say the Houthis use it to smuggle weapons and ammunition.

“We are concerned about (all) facilities in Yemen because at this stage we can’t afford to even lose one bridge or one road network let alone to lose a major facility like Hodeidah port,” Hadi said.

“In order to achieve security in this region, we have to address the food security needs. It’s impossible to have security in the country while people are hungry,” he said.

The U.N. called on April 5 for safeguarding of the port, where five cranes have been destroyed by airstrikes, forcing ships to line up offshore because they cannot be unloaded.

U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien told the conference the United Nations and its humanitarian partners are scaling up and are prepared to do more, “provided there are resources and access”.

Myanmar President Htin Kyaw struck a deal in China on an oil pipeline between the neighbours after almost a decade of talks.

Beijing has established

and power stations and supplying military hardware.

During the talks on Tuesday, Foreign Secretary Haque told Chinese envoy Sun that Bangladesh welcomed Chinese efforts to tackle its problems with Myanmar stemming from the influx of Rohingyas into Bangladesh, the officials said.

Dhaka has proposed that Sun travel to Cox’s Bazar near the border with Myanmar to see the plight of the tens of thousands of people camped there. China’s ambassador to Bangladesh, Ma Mingqiang, visited a Rohingya camp there in March.

Myanmar has faced growing international criticism over the latest eruption of violence against the Rohingyas. Myanmar’s government has conceded some soldiers may have committed crimes but has rejected charges of ethnic cleansing.

Wax worm may answer problem of plastic waste LONdON, ApriL 25 (iANS): A solution to the global problem of plastic waste is in sight as researchers have discovered that the larva of wax worm has the ability to degrade plastic -- which is incredibly resistant to breaking down.

The researchers believe that the findings, published in the journal Current Biology could help devise a biotechnological solution to managing polyethylene waste.

“We have found that the larva of a common insect, Galleria mellonella, is able to biodegrade one of the toughest, most resilient, and most used plastics: polyethylene,” said Federica Bertocchini of the Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology of Cantabria in Spain.

Although wax worms would not normally eat plastic, the researchers suspect that their ability is a byproduct of their natural habits.

Wax moths lay their eggs inside beehives. The worms hatch and grow on beeswax, which is composed of a highly diverse mixture of lipid compounds.

The researchers said the molecular details of wax biodegradation require further investigation, but it is likely that digesting beeswax and polyethylene involves breaking down similar types of chemical bonds.

“Wax is a polymer, a sort of ‘natural plastic,’ and has a chemical structure not dissimilar to polyethylene,” Bertocchini said.

Bertocchini and her colleagues made the discovery quite by accident, after noticing that plastic bags containing wax worms quickly became riddled with holes.

Further study showed that the worms can do damage to a plastic bag in less than an hour.

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IMTN objects to Naga Hoho recommendations K. Lun Tungnung President, IMTN

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he IMTN-Indigenous Minor ity Tribes of Nagalanda conglomeration of the Indigenous recognized Tribes of Nagaland Namely Kuki, Kachari, Garo & Karbi/ Mikir- would like to Respond and gets the facts straight of the statement of Naga Hoho who had used the above indigenous recognized Tribes Status example in relation to the recommendation for the recognition of the Rongmei’s Tribe in the State of Nagaland as one of the newly recognized Tribe.

That the four above mentioned tribes-Kuki, Kachari, Garo & Mikir/Karbi- has been part and parcel of the evolution of the state of Nagaland, since time immemorial even before the state of Nagaland was established on 1st December 1963, these four tribes has been living within the ancestral land of today’s Nagaland even before the advent of the Britishers or to say has been established and living even before India Independence.

In order to get the facts and records straight for the understanding of Naga Hoho and the general younger public of our beloved state of Nagaland as the older generations knows very well the history and contributions of this Indigenous Tribes in the formation and establishment of our State of Nagaland. The four Tribes has been living since time immemorial and has walk, contribute and shed equal bloods and tears with other tribes of Nagaland in every struggle and challenges face by us-all recognized tribes that is the 16 tribes plus Garo & Mikir.

That the Four Tribes was recognized by the Presidential Order of 1970 Constitutionally along with the other Naga Tribes on the very same day, year and time, which was further de-classified under the 16 Tribes of Nagaland like for example-Angami, Ao, Sumi, Lotha, Konyak etc. The four tribes were given equal rights and privileges as per various Office Memorandums along with other recognized tribes

of Nagaland from the very day the statehood of Nagaland was created. This Rights and privileges were given not because of sympathy or out of misery but due to the contributions and possession of conditions like other recognized tribes of Nagaland.

The Kuki’s has been part and parcel of the state of Nagaland since time immemorial even before the creation of the statehood of Nagaland. The Kuki has about 20+ Villages-6 Villages in present Dimapur District and the rest in present Peren District, previously known as Zeliang-Kuki Areawith clear cut demarcated boundaries with their neighboring fellow Tribes even before the advent of the Britishers in erstwhile Naga Hill or creation of the state hood of Nagaland. The oldest Village being almost 300 + years old as of today namely Songlhu Village in present Peren district, likewise all this 20 + Villages were established much before the concept of Statehood idea was even contemplated.

The Uniqueness of Naga History which has been even recognized by the Government of India and the world is base on the famous Simon Commission Memorandum submitted in 1929 has the signature of one of the participant of a Kuki Tribe represented by Late. Lengjang Kuki.

Seikhohen Doungel was one of the member of the Constitution drafting committee and as Naga member delegation who had met Mahatma Gandhi to apprise him of the aspiration of the Naga people to remain as free Nation when the Britishers leaves India.

Likewise when the First Interim Body (IBM) was set up in 1961 for the state of Nagaland, Lutjakai Kuki was a member of IBM who is still alive today as a living example of the participant of the Kuki in the affair of the state of Nagaland before and after the creation of the state of Nagaland in 1963. The Kuki had two MLA- Langkam Kuki- Ghaspani AC and Lalkholam Kuki-Tening AC in the first State Assembly in 1964 which was followed later by Late. H.L. Singson appointed as a Minister in the Nagaland State Assembly.

The Kachari history dates back all the way to the 10th Century AD when they had established the Dima Raja Kingdom in the present only commercial city of NagalandDimapur and whose legacy as proof is still standing of their might and history till today in Rajbari. At present the Kachari’s has about 15 Villages only within the State of Nagaland all dating back even before the state hood of Nagaland was created in 1963 and the history of Kachari’s is not a matter of years but of Centuries with clear cut demarcated boundaries and territories.

The Kachari also had Interim Body Member (IBM) represented by D.L. Mech in 1961 Interim Body. Kachari MLA like Debalal Mech, Lalit Mech, G.C. Paira had represented in the Nagaland State Assembly by virtue of being an Indigenous and once highly recognized and respected Tribes of Kachari in our State of Nagaland.

The Garo had established themselves even before the advent of the Britishers in the Naga Hills and had their Villages and establishments set up before the creation of the state of Nagaland in 1963. They have about only 5 (five) Villages left in our present State of Nagaland but all established way back before the creation of the state of Nagaland.

The Karbis/Mikirs among the four Indigenous Minority Tribes has been the worst of lot as once their dominant places and habitats has become fully commercial thereby losing out their identity with the passage of time.

However they also had been part and parcel of Nagaland prior to the creation of state of Nagaland mostly concentrated in present Dimapur district. They were at one time concentrated in Kashiram area and Lengrijan where the names of the places are derived from the Mikir Tribe.

The few villages they had also disappeared with the passage of time due to migration to nearby state in search of jobs and livelihoods.

The Naga Hoho attempted to compare the Indigenous Minority Tribes like the Kuki, Kachari, Garo & Mikirs with

the Rongmei’s is nothing but mischief and attempt to dilute the historical and traditional facts of these tribes to justify the claims of a Tribe whose past, History, Territories does not match and is Incomparable to these four tribes. The Minority Tribes has a clear past, traditions, boundaries and territories before and after the creation of the State of Nagaland and tradition and history which dates back even prior to the advent of the Britishers.

With due respect to the Rongmei Tribe, the attempt made by Naga Hoho and other tribes who are trying to get themselves recognized within the State of Nagaland to take the examples of the four Indigenous Minority Tribes as a yardstick and Equate themselves for recognitions is blatant distortion of facts and history.

The Naga Hoho and the government should known and realize that we did not get recognition as recognized Tribe in Nagaland out of sympathy and convenience but due to our contributions in the establishments of our present state of Nagaland and due to our clear cut possession of territories, Villages much prior to the creation of the Statehood of Nagaland.

The reason for such existence and fulfillment of parameters made us equal brothers and sisters with other recognized Tribes of Nagaland which was further acknowledge by the Presidential Order of 1970 and other various Office memorandums of the government of Nagaland.

The present government and the NGO’s should not try to dilute the status of the Minority Recognized Tribes-Kuki, Kachari, Garo & Mikir-just because we had become second class citizens within our own state of Nagaland due to factors mostly beyond our controls and circumstances.

The architect of our Statehood and Leaders of those days knew and had respected each other irrespective of their Tribes and Community and had recognized this Tribes Legally and Constitutionally as equal brothers and sisters.

That the background and politics for recognition of the Rongmei Tribe as one of the recognized tribe of Nagaland is known to all the other recognized Tribes and for which we the Indigenous Minority Tribes has nothing much to say as we ourselves are struggling to keep ourself secure, protect and safeguard our own identity as a tribes is going through herculean task reason best known to all of us where once we were equal partners in time of good and bad moments within the state of Nagaland.

The Naga Hoho and the present ruling Government of Nagaland is advise not to use us as an EXCUSE and EQUATE us in the same STATUS with the Rongmei Tribe in granting them the recognized Tribe in Nagaland as the above mentioned historical facts and analysis proves beyond reasonable doubt that we the Kuki, Kachari, Garo and Mikir had been part and parcel of Nagaland much before the creation of the statehood of Nagaland with clear History, Territories, Villages and boundaries like the other recognized Tribes of Nagaland.

That the present mischief attempt to Equate us with the Rongmei Tribe speaks volume and intention of the present State Government and Naga Hoho of its sincerity and honesty in protecting the integrity of our State of Nagaland where Lands, Resources and Jobs has become scare even for the present recognized Tribes-Tribes which were recognized during the creation of the statehood of Nagaland on 1st December 1963.

We therefore pray and request our other brothers and sisters of other Tribes who were recognized as one and equal during the creation of our state of Nagaland not to Fall for the Mischief and Gullible Lies and Distortion of truth and Facts by Comparing and Equating us with newly created Tribe whose facts and circumstances of History, Land, Territories and Villages are totally different in term of history, possession and ownership of Lands and territories within the State of Nagaland.

(1) Nor I!

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fact or assertion is not simply put forwarded just for the sake of contestation. It is stated only when there are strong disagreements that are advanced for and against some propositions or opinions. I for sure do not like argument just for the sake of argument. I belief, one should not write something in the public space that would invite argument(s) if we are to avoid argument in the first place. If the foundation of Naganess and its movement were not built on the principles of “race” (ethnic group), “blood” and “religion” (Christianity), and if such principles are considered “narrow”, “divisive” and “erroneous” in the Naga context, then I shall share no more views on this count in the public space, for this would have a bigger argumentation and I see print media as not the right place to deliberate on this issue.

Democratic values were and are in short supply since the beginning of the people and armed movement in our society. If the statement, “One way or the other, all factions are dictated by some leaders and thus the question of democracy in the real sense of the term does not exist” is translated as “This writer holds that all the Naga National Groups were created by PURSUATION and DEMOCRACY, except the original NSCN (IM) that Muivah and Isac Chishi created was by the Barrel of the Gun”, then the exchange of words and opinions has meet its end for we read not to understand but to respond, and this definitely is not an argument!

(2) On the Territory I am happy to learn that my identity (can be read as profession) has been corrected in the print media. I have no issue with the meaning and definition of Naga territory in an academic parlance. I feel it would be right to see the text that has created a space for argumentation on the issue of territory in the first place. The issue of “territory” came up because of the use of the word “NNC territory” and its meanings that are found in the writing, and to which I gave my rejoinder. It (See Morung Express, April 17, 2017) primarily says that Nagaland state (a creation of the NPC) is the territory of NNC, which would mean to say that the NNC recognise the creation of Nagaland state. And if we go by such logic, NNC is not a politi-

cal group that would voice for the Nagas of Manipur, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Myanmar. In other words, in principle, the party has no relevance to the other parts of the Naga areas. In practice, you as an NNC Kilonser know far better than me on the relevance of the NNC in the Naga areas outside of Nagaland state.

If we still insist that the said state is NNC territory, the existence of other political groups which primarily operate in Nagaland state would have no political territory of its own. Thus, the contestation over the political territory among the various parties may follow. If we follow the same yardstick, the NSCN headed by Khaplang would decide on any political matters concerning the Nagas of Myanmar, and Muivah would decide on political issues that concern the Nagas of Manipur. If we go by such logic, we can conclude that there is no political group that represents the whole Naga areas. If such a conclusion is not true, then the argument of Nagaland state as NNC territory is proven wrong. Though any political group primarily operating in the “Indian side” (whether we like the term or not) may claim that they represent the whole Naga areas, the solution to be brought by any political party from “this side” would not cover the whole geographical territory of the Nagas. In other words, any political negotiations with the Government of India by any political group cannot bring solution to the Naga areas of Myanmar.

The first line of the second paragraph of the memorandum submitted to the Simon Commission by the Naga Club read: “Before the British Government conquered our country in 1879-80 we were living in a State of intermittent warfare with the Assamese of the Assam valley to the North and West of our country and Manipuris to the South.”

The last line of the memorandum read: “We claim not only the members of the Naga Club to represent all those regions to which we belong Angamis, Kacha Nagas, Semas, Kukis, Lothas and Rengma, but also other regions of Nagaland.”

Keeping in mind these statements, I did mention the word “roughly mapped out”, words written not from a technical point of view, but trying to point out that the club’s members had the areas in mind that would be called Nagaland.

It was a poor choice of words, and for which I stand corrected.

It is true that there are some literatures which have mentioned Keviyalie as the “chief architect of the accord”, that does not mean to say that such “allegation” came from me. I am a little bit lost

here, in your earlier “Clarifications No. 3” you have mentioned (even though the Shillong Accord stated otherwise) that “the NNC had not signed the Shillong Accord and that none of the signatories were members of the NNC”. In your latest response to me (April 23, 2017), you have questioned me “If Keviyalie had indeed drafted the Shillong Accord, why was he the one who requested the Governor to allow the delegation to first consult their colleagues in Nagaland before signing the document?” If Keviyalie was not associated with the NNC, why did he sign the accord, even when the accord clearly mentioned in Section 1 that they are the “representatives of the underground organisations” (referring to NNC)? And if he was not associated with the party you represent, why did he request “the Governor to allow the delegation to first consult their colleagues in Nagaland before signing the document?” From your question, we can infer that this gentleman Keviyalie was going to sign the document, but he would need consultation first with his “colleagues in Nagaland”, but why and for what to sign if he was not associated with the NNC? Just my opinion!

You have been referring Shapwon’s book “The Illegal Formation of the NSCN”, and have made good use of that book in our discussions (or should I say argument?). We both know that the title of the book itself invites contestation, let alone the content of the book. You have mentioned about Phizo’s four paged instruction send to T. Pushu Venuh in Angami language on September 11, 1979, that was nearly four years after the signing of the Shillong Accord (November 11, 1975) and roughly four months before the formation of the NSCN (January 31, 1980). We both know that NNC has every answer for every question that comes from the NSCN and vice versa.

But others would argue that mistakes were made on both sides.

In the first place I have no intention to argue on the Naga historical event that had caused much harm to the Nagas, but the continual usage of public space in asserting one side of the story and even the misrepresentation of my tribe has prompt me to give my rejoinder to the other writer.

As a Naga citizen, I would only hope that we all should know the both sides of the story, as assertion and accusation of one’s stand will not take us anywhere except to hate more of each other. What concerns the most for the Naga people is the initiation and involvement of all political groups in bringing a logical conclusion to the protracted Naga issue.

Hovika T Swu

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Dimapur

e Nagas most of us are raw blooded and short tempered since we all came from the lineage of Warriors and background of head hunting and we can’t do anything about it unless we control ourselves, because its already in our genes but when we look back to the days of our grandparents becoming Christians by accepting Jesus Christ, they brought a radical change in their lives and attitudes because they became a true Christian.

At times I used to think how hard it might have been for our grandparents to leave aside their weapons and head hunting attitude all at once and how hard it might have been for them to a start new life as a new person in Christ but they easily overcame all those challenges and set an example of a True Christian all over their neighbouring villages, as a result of which majority of our Naga grandparent became Christians one after another.

I believe foreign Missionaries played a major role in making Nagaland a Christian state but the way our grandparents lived with their neighbouring villages after they became Christian really impacted in the spreading of the Gospel.

They changed their attitudes from barbarians to Christ like and it was never hard for them because they whole heartedly accept Christ and His way of living and dealing with people. But that Christian attitude that was taught to us by our grandparents is every less seen in our lives today, especially when we go out to market and deal with non Christians living in our state.

It is so painful to see that many of us are going back to old life of ungodliness and barbarism that our parents and grandparents left behind. As a Christian we are to carry our Christ like attitude wherever we go but we are not able to show the non Christians living in our state that’ loving and caring attitude of God that is living in us.

For instance, a traffic police on duty will beat an auto driver or Rickshaw puller if they cross lines mistakenly or if they fail to see the sign of traffic due to rush road. The traffic man on duty will beat the driver as if they are ‘Lathi charging’ the protestors. I believe it is such a hard job to control the traffic in a rainy or burning day and obedience is demanded from each driver on the line but as a Christian traffic man on duty, I feel, they should be more patience in terms of temper. If situation compels ask for fine and give away the challan

but beating someone mercilessly is an act of barbarism and that does not suit a Christian man on duty.

Another Example is beating up non locals because they did not satisfy us, one such incident happen, where our Naga brother was beating up an auto driver because the driver couldn’t drop him in time, and like mistreating the domestic helpers in our homes, like paying half the wages after hiring them for whole day, paying half auto fare by scaring them with your local power, taking away cloths/ things by force from shops in just give away price. All these behaviours and attitudes do not suit any of us as Christians.

Some people may critic me saying am too much in support of minor communities but that kind of critic would be wrong because what am trying to say is, we really need a true Christian attitude while dealing with religious minority people in our state or even within our fellow brethrens. Remember, many of our Naga brothers and sisters are serving the Lord as Missionary outside our state and how would they minister towards those people who once was mistreated so badly in Nagaland, how would they share about the love, care and attitude of Christ to those people who saw nothing of those Christ likeness in Christians when they were in Nagaland.

Whenever we go to church we sings songs like ‘Let others see Jesus in me’ but from the moment we step out of church those songs has no meaning in our life at all. We must realise that we all play an important role in making a Nagaland a respected Christian State in India; we must remind ourselves that when we live with Christly attitude wherever we go we are helping our fellow missionary brothers and sister by showing and proving to those non Christians that whatever our Missionaries brothers/sisters are teaching and preaching is right.

In my conclusion I would like to encourage each of us to be more careful with our Christian Identity and the image of Christ that we carry in us from the day we accepted Christ, by always thinking how beautiful it will be if every policeman wears Christ in their uniform and show Christ like attitude in their duty, if every driver drives like Jesus would, if every Nagas treat their neighbour like God would, if every Government officers and employees serve the government like Jesus served the Spiritual Government, If we all truly try to let others see Jesus in us, our land will be a thousand times better place to live and we can always feel proud to call ourselves a Christian and our state a Christian state.

God Bless us

He makes himself unfit to solve the conflict: NNC

Response to Thepfulhouvi Solo and Kaka Iralu Dr. Somingam Mawon

Desperate need of Christian attitude in Nagaland

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NNC Member

or the record of the NNC, MIP of NSCN-IM perfectly stated the fact on 15th November 2016 (appeared in The Morung Express on 16th November) that “Since President Phizo was in London and Vice President Imkongmaren was in Jail, the General Secretary of the NNC, Th. Muivah was the only authority at home to convene the national Assembly in Suphao village and condemned Shillong Accord on 16th August 1976”. (Unquote) This fact they (IM leaders) have been stating all the times in the past nearly forty years saying; “Isak and Muivah condemned Shillong Accord”.

The MIP of IM statement clearly said, Th. Muivah, NNC General Secretary made the record of the NNC clear. This was done not by Muivah alone but all the NNC/FGN leaders and Naga Army officers who werethen in Eastern Nagaland had done in one accord with Muivah and Isak. The MIP’s statement thus proves the fact that there was no misunderstanding and division on the matter of Shillong Accord among the Naga national workers under the leadership of Muivah and Isak in Eastern Nagaland.

Th. Muivah however, defected from the NNC on 31st January 1980 on his own accord and formed the NSCN along with Isak and Khaplang, and made himself unfit to solve the conflict. Because he had thrown away the mandate reposed on him by the Naga people. The people’s mandate given to him was on the platform of the NNC, which cannot be carried away as personal property wherever he goes or moves to NSCN. Without mandate of the people he has no right to represent Nagaland or talk on behalf of the people. Because he becomes outside political mandate of the whole Nagaland people (not only the Puppet Nagaland State). So, if any Naga says politically outsider (Muivah) has no right to solve the Indo-Naga conflict, he/she is right.

Secondly; he violated the Naga

national Law (Lakhuti Resolution) and Nagaland Yehzabo (Constitution). According to the Law of the land, he is a traitor, and a traitor has no right to represent the nation. This is rightly stated by himself (Th. Muivah) from China on 21st November 1975. Quote: “Any talk, or any negotiations tending to be ‘within the Indian Union’ are unequivocally the works of hidden traitors, and traitors in no way represent the people”.

Thirdly, he killed many Nagas.

No community of Nagaland remains which is not killed by NSCMIM, and not one of Naga groups remains which the NSCN had not fight against it. Fighting against his own people is a treacherous acts.

Fourthly, his talks with the GoI is for a solution within the Indian Union, and lastly signed a framework agreement, that is a surrender accord. A secret document of framework agreement revealed in some Mediasis as follow: (Quoted out of eight points). A formula for the rehabilitation and absorption of the 15,000-strong NSCN-IM army is under negotiation. Its soldiers will surrender their arms and may be inducted into newly-formed battalions of the Border Security Force and Rashtriya Rifles.

This was also formerly announced by Governor Acharya on 9th September 2015, after the framework agreement was signed, saying;4000 NSCN-IM soldiers would be absorbed into the Indian Armed Forces.

For his negotiation with the GoI for a solution within the Indian Union, he himself is condemned by his own statement issued on Nov. 21, 1975 as traitor. As he (Muivah) stated, a traitor should in no way represent the Naga nation.

Fifthly telling lies, deceiving the people, money extortions, torturing the people is anti-social and antiChrist. They have been telling lies even after the signing of surrender Accord (framework agreement).

More such false statements are now releasing in the name of public.

Those who are writing in sup-

port of these anti-social and antinational activities should know what their Bible says, (quote)“He who says to the wicked, you are righteous, people will curse him, nation will abhor him. But to those who rebuke the wicked will be delight, and a good blessing will come upon them.”(Proverb 24:24-25).

“He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord. (Proverb 17:15).

Dr. Somingam Mawon stated in his statement saying: “Many Nagas were killed in aftermath of the signing of Shillong Accord” (appeared in The Morung Express on 19th April 2017). (Unquote) Let Dr. Somingam give the list of Nagas who were killed aftermath of the Accord, like I have given the list of Nagas who were killed by NSCN after the formation of NSCN. (See my book: Nagaland and Th. Muivah’s Terrorist Activities, published in 2005). In the same book, I have listed the names of Naga who were killed by Muivah and Isak before the formation of NSCN or after the Shillong Accord. Names of 16 victims is on page 36, and other six (Brig. Ngamlao Konyak, Lt. Col. Yamtsethong Khiamniungan and four Chakhesangs) are in the Regional list. All 22 of them were not killed by others, but by Muivah and Isak when they were still in the NNC office, within December 3rd 1975 to January 3rd 1980.

Let none of NSCN workers write false statements or tell lies in support of NSCN-IM, lest they would be condemned by the next generations. Their write ups are collected by the historians which will not be vanished. The NSCN-IM leaders and members are writing such false statements and lies, because these have become their professional job so as to survive the NSCN. They are knowingly and intentionally writing such false statements, because for them the survival of the NSCN is more important than the survival of their soul in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Hence, they never considered killings, deceiving and telling lies are sins in the sight of their God.

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

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It’s important to speak up: Gul PanaG A ctress Gul Panag, who has been lauded for being vocal and expressing her views, says it is important for an individual to speak up.

"It's important to be so (vocal)...I think it's important to speak up for what's right...What you believe is right," Gul, who was here to launch the multi-services Matrix Travel Companion App, told IANS. Gul says she has to be true herself and "have to speak up for myself in what I believe is right, specially when other people, who believe the same thing is right but choosing to be quite."

"I know a lot of people who think like me but for negativity and criticism...is fine...You should also have the humility to open to the other sides of the same opinion. Which is a problem in our society...I think it's important to do that (be vocal)," she added.

Source: IANS

Madonna biopic in the works

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niversal is developing singer Madonna's biopic titled "Blonde Ambition". The studio has picked up rights to Elyse Hollander's "Blonde Ambition" screenplay about Madonna's first album, reports variety. com.

"Blonde Ambition" led the 2016 version of

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the Black List - an annual ranking of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood. Hollander's script received 49 votes among the 250 executives voting. The project details Madonna's efforts in the early 1980s in New York to get her first album released while navigating fame, romance, and the dismissive attitude of

the music industry at the time. "Blonde Ambition" is set up with Brett Ratner's Ratpac and Michael De Luca. John Zaozirny of Bellevue Productions will also produce.

Madonna broke out in 1983 on her first album, "Madonna," followed by 1984's blockbuster "Like a Virgin".

Source: IANS

Adidas is turning plastic from the ocean into shoes: Adidas has unveiled new editions of UltraBOOST, UltraBOOST X and UltraBOOST Uncaged, all made from plastic ocean waste and offered under the footwear brand’s Parley for the Oceans.

The new models reuse an average of 11 plastic bottles per pair on laces, heel webbing, heel lining and sock liner covers. The uppers of the shoes are manufactured using adidas’ Primeknit technology, made from up to 95 percent Parley Ocean Plastic, which wraps the foot to supply lightweight comfort and fit.

The new Parley models will be available in-store and online starting May 10. The announcement comes just ahead of the Adidas x Parley Run for the Oceans digital event, hosted by Adidas subsidiary Runtastic and taking place the week of June 5-11 in celebration of World Oceans Day 2017 on June 8.

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THE MORUNG EXPRESS

Newcastle romp back to Premier League in style Newcastle, april 25 (reuters): Newcastle United sparked a noisy promotion party by beating 10-man Preston North End 4-1 at a packed St James' Park on Monday to ensure a return to the Premier League at the first attempt.

Exactly 348 days after being relegated, Newcastle overcame their obvious nerves to bag a prize worth more than 100 million pounds ($127.92 million) and retain an outside chance of pipping Brighton & Hove Albion to the Championship title.

Two tap-ins from Ayoze Perez, a well-worked Christian Atsu goal and a Matt Ritchie penalty, after Preston's Paul Gallagher was sent off for handling on the line just past the hour

mark, warmed the crowd of 50,212 on a bitter Tyneside night.

But although Perez gave the hosts an early lead it was far from a stroll on a night of jitters and the crowd was stunned into

near silence after 14 minutes when Jordan Hugill threatened to spoil the celebrations with a delightful flicked equaliser.

The goal rocked Newcastle but Atsu's strike just before the interval from a

stunning counter-attack proved key and Spaniard Rafa Benitez's side kept their cool to ensure the famous old ground was rocking long before the end.

"It is brilliant," said man of the match Ritchie.

"It was a little bit tense but the lads always believed.

"We are disappointed not to be top of the league but hopefully we will put Brighton under a bit of pressure by winning our next match on Friday (at Cardiff City)."

Captain Jamaal Lascelles added: "It is a bit overwhelming, to be honest. Getting back to the Premier League was always the aim and that is what we have done."

Newcastle are four points behind Brighton with two games left.

SD Jain’s annual sports underway C M Y K

diMapur, april 25 (MexN): The Annual Sports and Games of SD Jain Higher Secondary School Dimapur got underway at the DDSC Stadium, Golaghat Road, Dimapur on April 25 with Ajit Kumar Ranjan, IAS, Assistant Commissioner, Dimapur, as the Chief Guest.

On the occasion, the chief guest also launched the website of the school, developed by the IT Team NIIT. In his address, Ranjan pointed to the significance of sports and asked the school to provide students

OORJA U-19 Talent Hunt Tournament KohiMa, april 25 (MexN): As a run up to the FIFAU-17 World Cup slated for October this year, the Inspector General Assam Rifles (North) will be organising “OORJA CAPF U-19 Talent Hunt Tournament 2017” for the state of Nagaland.

According to a defence press release, the objective of the tournament is to give an opportunity to every child of the country to play football. A legacy programme of FIFA U-17 World Cup “Mission XI Million” has been initiated as a school contact initiative, which leading up to the U-17 World Cup in October will evolve into India’s biggest sport activity.

Mission XI Million plans to take the beautiful game to at least 11 Million boys and girls around the country.

The tournament is being conducted in three different phases with the 1st Phase being held at the state capitals from May 1 to 8. Subsequently the 2nd Phase for the Northeast States will be conducted in Shillong from June 8 to 25 while the 3rd Phase will be held in Delhi from July 8 to 25.

The tournament carries prize money of Rs 2.5 lakhs and will commence with a Curtain Raiser Programme on April 29 at Jotsoma Auditorium. The matches will be played on two grounds i.e., Kohima Local ground and IG Stadium Ground.

Teams participating in the tournament are: Boys State Boys Hostel, KV Rangapahar, Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, SAI Boys Team, Christ King Higher Secondary School, KV Kohima, State Sports Academy and KV Dimapur Girls Christ King Higher Secondary School, KV Dimapur, Bayavu Girls Higher Secondary School, Sweet Poison Cub, Young Girls Club, Govt High School, Soccer Damsels Club and Girls Sports Hostel.

Warriors complete sweep of Trail Blazers

los aNgeles, april 25 (aFp): The Golden State Warriors punched their ticket to the second round of the NBA playoffs in emphatic style on Monday, with a 128-103 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.

Stephen Curry scored 37 points with eight assists and seven rebounds before sitting out the fourth quarter as the Warriors wrapped up a four-game sweep of the best-of-seven Western Conference first-round series.

The Warriors' 45 firstquarter points tied the NBA record for the most points scored in the opening period of a playoff game, and left the Trail Blazers reeling on their home floor in Portland.

"There was a sense of urgency," said Curry, who made 12 of 20 shots from the field, including seven of 11 from threepoint range. "There was a nice energy to us before the game. We were kind of loose but focused. It showed in the first six minutes, and we never let up."

Kevin Durant, sidelined the past two games with a left calf injury, scored 10 points in 20 minutes on the floor and Draymond Green added 21.

In the next round the

Stephen Curry (AP Photo)

Warriors will face either the Los Angeles Clippers or Utah Jazz, whose series was knotted at two games apiece.

The Warriors scored the first 14 points of the game and were up 28-5 six minutes into the contest.

Durant got things rolling with a pull-up threepointer and followed up with a transition dunk, quickly allaying any fears his calf might still be troubling him.

"That was unbelievable," Mike Brown, standing in as head coach as

Steve Kerr battles recurring symptoms related to his back surgery two years ago, said of the first quarter.

"Everything we did we tried to do at a high level, and it worked," Brown said.

"It was fun to watch and fun to be a part of."

Damian Lillard scored 34 points for the Trail Blazers, but it was really no contest against a Warriors team trying to return to the NBA Finals for a third straight year and regain the crown they surrendered last season to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

"(The Warriors) showed their championship pedigree tonight," Lillard said.

"When you can't sustain your mental focus against them, in five minutes you can be down 25 points."

Curry said the performance should be a blueprint for the rest of the playoffs.

"The way we played tonight on both ends of the floor is a great recipe for success down the road: moving the ball, swarming on defense, turning defense into easy offense and using all the talent that we have on the floor."

Griezmann agent confirms 'concrete' move from United Morning Premier

with every possible opportunity to venture into the world of knowledge by way of opening new avenues of modern technology for them. Later he declared

the sports and games week of the school open. The Chief Guest along with other dignitaries lighted a symbolic replica of the Olympic Torch.

Other highlights of the Opening Ceremony were March Past, Oath taking and dance performance by the students. The event will conclude on April 27.

Defending champs TYO in Frolic Cup quarters MedzipheMa, april 25 (MexN): Defending champions Tsiepama Youth Organisation, KYC ‘B’, MVYO and Winfield FC on Tuesday booked their respective berths in the quarterfinals of the Frolic Cup. Day 7 of the Frolic Cup saw a sunny day for the first time since the tournament began.

The first match on the day saw a battle of skills between with the defending champions TYO taking on a church youth team, BKK TBCM. The defend-

ing champions eventually prevailed winning 5-3.

The second match had two teams from one club as KYC 'A' took on KYC 'B'.

Amid deafening cheers from supporters, the 'B' came away with a clean sweep, winning 5-0.

MVYO took on Zoungam FC in the third match and despite the mercury soaring above 31°C, the spirited MVYO players were rampant as they won by a thumping 7-1.

In the last game of the day, a formidable Winfield FC, Medziphema took on

a promising Young Generation, Old Piphema.

Winfield had little trouble as they eased to a comfortable 4-0 win.

paris, april 25 (reuters): Manchester United have shown "concrete interest" in signing Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann, who has an exit clause of £85 million ($108.79 million), the Frenchman's agent Eric Olhats has said.

United, who are fifth in the Premier League, have scored the least number of goals among the top six sides and are aiming to strengthen their attack with Griezmann, who has

scored 25 goals for Atletico this season.

"We're at the stage of gathering information from clubs who have a concrete interest," Olhats told French television programme Téléfoot.

"There is an unavoidable €100 million (about £85 million) clause so that restricts the number of candidates. You have United, (Manchester) City, Chelsea, Barcelona and Real Madrid.

"United were the first

to come and see us and the most concrete in their wishes."

United's attacking options are limited with top goalscorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic ruled out for the season after sustaining a serious knee injury in their Europa League tie against Anderlecht.

Injured midfielder Juan Mata is the next highest scorer this season for the club with six strikes while 19-year-old striker Marcus Rashford has five.

League

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