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DIMAPUR, APRIL 8 (MExN): The joy of the people living in the 15 colonies of Dhobinala- SignalThahekhu area has been cut short with the government yet to finish works on the Dhobinala- SignalThahekhu road. Work on the road was started by the government on October 20, 2015 after a relentless 15 day media campaign by ‘Fingerprint,’ a design and events group. The group collaborated with Nagaland based media houses, to highlight the plight of this particular road. A letter, signed by Yo hon. yea, I’ll be home 10,000 citizens asking that soon as I find a coolie to carry my bag of vegetables. the road be repaired by also delivered to the Nagaland State Chief Minister. The Public Works Department had initially taken note of the campaign and started work. It was promised that the road would be completed within a span of 2 months. However, six months CITIZEN UMBRELLA since the launch, the resiWholesalers may contact CITIZEN UMBRELLA MANUFACTURER LTD. dents have only inhaled H.O.: 147, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Kolkata-7 more dust and experiPh. No. 033-2268-1396, 2271-2152 Fax : (033) 2271-2151 enced bumpier ride, laE-mail : citizenkolkata@gmail.com mented a press note from Fingerprint. “We plead and seek from the concerned authority to provide a The Morung Express time frame within which now has an outlet at the construction would Nagarjan Junction be completed so that the Police Point, Devel- public can at least suffer in opment Authority of silence in that particular Nagaland (DAN) build- time frame.” It stated that “some ofing, adjacent to the Dificial involved in the conmapur Town Hall. It struction mentioned that will make the newspaper more accessible to people living beyond the Railway flyover— press releases, advertisements, letters to the editor, articles and bill payments can also be submitted directly to the outlet from now on.
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Central team inspects sericulture plantation
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‘no hung assembly please,’ narendra Modi tells assam RANgIA, APRIL 8 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged the people of Assam to vote decisively for the BJP, warning that a hung assembly will hurt the state. Addressing an election rally here in Kamrup district, the prime minister said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies wanted to form “a majority government” in the state. “Some people are waiting to see a hung assembly in Assam. They want to remote control Assam from Delhi,” he said, in an obvious reference to the state’s ruling Congress party. “So make sure that the BJP alliance gets an absolute majority.” Modi also accused the Congress of exploiting what he called was the Bangladeshi vote bank to stick to power. “The people of Assam have supported the Congress wholeheartedly for 15 years. But the party has failed to reach beyond its Bangladeshi vote bank and dynastic politics, ruining the state,” he thundered. The prime minister said that fencing the winding India-Bangladesh border was his priority. He said his government would take such steps that would not only stop infiltration from Bangladesh but ensure
that all the illegal infiltrators living in Assam were sent back. And in an obvious dig at the Congress, Modi wondered why Saudi Arabia’s decision to confer the highest civilian award on him had upset some people in the state. “I understand a certain country won’t like India’s relationship with some foreign country improving. But why a section of people here are having stomach
minister first visited the Kamakhya temple in Assam’s main city Guwahati. “I thank the people of Assam for the unprecedented high percentage of voting in the first phase,” Modi said, addressing the crowd at Raha in Hindi. “You must have noticed that the Assam chief minister has stopped smiling after the first phase. He is now inviting Congress leaders from Delhi to save him. “But how can they (Congress leaders) save Gogoiji when they could not even save Delhi?” he asked, referring to the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. He said he had come to Assam to seek the people’s support to bring about a change of government in the state. Modi said he had not seen another state in India apart from Assam where he claimed the entire population lived below poverty line (BPL). “There are states in India where there are 20 or 30 percent BPL population. But the Congress in Assam has turned the entire population of the state poor as BPL.” He said there should be a new government in the state. A total of 65 constituencies in Assam saw a record 82.20 percent polling in the first phase on April 4.
Says Assam chief minister has stopped smiling after the first phase
The Dhobinala- Signal- Thahekhu road remains in a pathetic condition, after work on the road which started six months ago stopped abruptly. Photos by Mongsen Phom
there was inadequate flow of funds but isn’t the Government supposed to plan and execute rather than execute and plan.” This road, it said was supposed to be an example of government’s commitment to peaceful appeal and an example of perfect public spending. “Now, the
monsoon season is slowly tickling down but there is no hope of the road being completed, which means the public will be subjected to more untold suffering.” Terming the situation as “totally unfair,” Fingerprint reminded that the concerned authority has a responsibility towards the
public and is liable to fulfill its commitment. At this moment the concerned authority seems to be negligent and unaccountable to the public, it lamented. The group appealed to the competent authority to immediately execute and speed up the works before the monsoon season begins.
ache? What kind of patriotism is this?” Earlier, at another rally at Raha in Nagaon district, Modi said Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi had stopped smiling after the heavy polling in the first phase of assembly elections on April 4. And the Congress leadership cannot save the party from defeat in the polls, the second and final phase of which will be conducted on Monday, he said. Modi arrived in Assam on Friday to campaign for the BJP. Polling for 61 constituencies will take place on Monday. The prime
Who smiles the Most? New Myanmar govt frees scores of jailed activists
India goes one spot down to 118 in World Happiness Airtel to buy Aircel’s Report 2016 airwaves in NE and 7 other circles for Rs.3,500 crore
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NEw DELhI, APRIL 8 (IANS): Bharti Airtel announced on Friday it has entered into a definitive agreement with Aircel to acquire its 4G airwaves in eight circles for Rs.3,500 crore through a spectrum trading deal. “Bharti Airtel and its subsidiary, Bharti Hexacom have entered into a definitive agreements with Aircel and its subsidiaries Dishnet Wireless and Aircel Cellular to acquire rights to use 20 MHz of 2300 band 4G spectrum for eight circles for an aggregate consideration of Rs.3,500 crore,” the company said in a statement. The eight circles are Tamil Nadu (including Chennai), Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, West Bengal, Assam, North East, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa. The spectrum is valid till September 20, 2030. With this acquisition, the company will become pan India 4G operator, the statement said. “The transfer of the right to use for the circles of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa is subject to the revision of spectrum caps with the upcoming auction to be conducted by the telecom department,” it said. “The closing of the transaction is subject to satisfaction of the standard conditions (including conditions stated in the spectrum trading guidelines), as are normal to such transactions,” the company said.
Imlisanen Jamir Dimapur | April 8
The World Happiness Report 2016, an unusual annual ranker of the world’s happiest countries was published last month by the ‘Sustainable Development Solutions Network,’ a global initiative of the United Nations. While the report takes into account the GDP per capita, life expectancy, social support and freedom to make life choices as indicators of how big the smiles are, this year’s report added a new dimension to its analysis: Inequality. Inequality as a measure of the distribution of people’s answers to this particular question: “Imagine a ladder, with steps numbered from 0 at the bottom to 10 at the top. The top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom of the ladder represents the worst possible life for you. On which step of the ladder would you say you personally feel you stand at this time?” Each country’s ranking is based on their average answer to that question. This year the top country was Denmark, followed by Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, and Finland. No surprises here, as previous editions of this report have always suggested that Scandinavia is the happiest place to be. Meanwhile, the bottom five included Benin, Afghanistan, Togo, Syria, and Burundi in last place with an average answer of 2.905. India came 118th, which was a slot down from last year, below Somalia, China, Pakistan, Iran, Palestinian Territories and Bangladesh. Researchers who worked on the report found that most countries are getting more unequal. Comparing the period between 2005-2011 and 2012-2015, they discovered that “about a tenth of countries had significant reductions in happiness inequality, while more than half had significant increases.” This year’s report was a rare attempt to measure happiness inequality or well-being inequality. The report gives
rise to pertinent questions like how closely does happiness inequality correlate with income inequality? What does it mean for a country to be unequal when it comes to happiness? What does that kind of society look like? John Helliwell, a professor of economics at the University of British Columbia and one of the editors of the World Happiness Report, observed that there are different kinds of inequalities which go into determining happiness inequality. “A high inequality society is one in which there are many people who achieve a life they rate very highly, and many others who are stuck in a life they are very much dissatisfied with. This could be because the former are rich, and the latter poor, but it could also be for any number of other reasons.” A wider perspective beyond income and wealth inequality would include aspects like community, kindness, the capacity to experience positive emotions and recover from negative emotions. This coupled with the ability to exist in collectives without harming one another, without having extreme differences in opportunity and access to resources. Shigehiro Oishi, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, expressing his views on the report in The Atlantic says that a society where some are really happy and others are really unhappy would look like the winner-takeall society (high-income inequality). This society, he postulates would also be highly corrupted and unfair. Unfair not just economically but politically as well; where the elites are protected, others are not; a “fundamentally nonmeritocratic, unfair society.” The World Happiness Report found that generally, lower happiness inequality correlated with higher average happiness score, suggesting that more equal societies are happier, on the whole. What can be inferred from the report’s findings is that fairness and equality, not just economically but in terms of rights and basic dignity are essential to improve well being and happiness. In the Naga context, those responsible for policy formulation or involved in the function of governance, and those who influence public discourse, would do well to imbibe the report’s findings and relook at the ideas of fairness, equality, progress and well being.
YANgON, APRIL 8 (REUtERS): The new government of Myanmar democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi released scores of jailed activists on Friday, just over a week after assuming power, and the new president is preparing to pardon 100 more people serving sentences for political offences. Many of Suu Kyi’s supporters and members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party were political prisoners under the junta that ceded power in 2011 after nearly 50 years of military rule. Suu Kyi herself spent years under house arrest and said on Thursday releasing remaining political prison-
ers was a top priority. A total of 69 student activists and supporters had charges against them dismissed and were released from jail in the town of Tharrawaddy, north of Yangon, said Zaw Htay, a spokesman for Suu Kyi’s office. Students and relatives hugged and some waved NLD flags after their release. Many of them were detained during a violent police dispersal of student protests in March 2015. President Htin Kyaw was putting together another pardon for more than 100 people serving sentences for political crimes, Zaw Htay said.
It was unclear if the military supported the moves. The armed forces still control key cabinet posts overseeing local government, law and order and security. Amnesty International applauded the release on Friday and called on the government to free remaining prisoners of conscience and repeal laws that it said fuelled arbitrary arrests. Amnesty said at least five student leaders facing charges remained in detention. The released activists were among 414 people facing political charges in Myanmar, said Bo Kyi, the head of rights monitor the
Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma). The release still leaves 47 on remand in jail and another 298 on bail while facing charges. The new government was sworn in on March 30 after the NLD swept a general election in November. Suu Kyi has said she wants a reconciliation government and to avoid recriminations over the military’s brutal rule of the country. But tensions have simmered between the NLD and the military over the role of the enormously popular Suu Kyi in the government and the continued power of the military.
RMSA qualified candidates demand appointment letters
RMSA written exam 2014 qualified candidates protesting in Kohima on April 8.
Our Correspondent Kohima | April 8
More than a hundred Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) Written Exam 2014 Qualified Candidates phases 2 & 3 today gathered outside the office of RMSA Nagaland at Old Secretariat, Kohima demanding for immediate issues of appointment orders. More than 110 candi-
dates who have been selected through written exam and viva voce for recruitment to the posts of secondary teacher under RMSA have voiced out their discontentment over failure of the department to absorb them into the service even after being selected by the department for appointment. Interacting with some media persons, RMSA selected candidates said they
have decided to go on an indefinite agitation starting today till their pending appointment orders are issued. Selected candidates who are awaiting their appointment pointed out that first phase of appointment has been completed, whereas 111 candidates to be appointed in the second and third phase are still awaiting their appointment. While waiting for the ap-
pointment some of the candidate’s age limit has already expired. Irked by the silence of the concerned department, one of the candidates Ihoilung Chuilo said the candidates have no option but to resort to agitation indefinitely until their appointment orders are issued. He also said that they met the Director, RMSA on April 7 but no assurance was given to the candidates. Expressing concern over their livelihood, they said that most of the candidates working earlier in other schools and colleges have quit their jobs thinking that they would get appointment. The selected candidates pointed out that they had sat for examination against the advertisement for recruitment of secondary teachers under RMSA published on December 14, 2013. Written exam was held on May 24, 2014 and results declared on June 27, 2014. Viva Voce for the same was held on July 2015 and declared on November 30, 2015.
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'Kiphire can become organic district' Central team inspects Monthly sales day of agri product in Kiphire inaugurated sericulture plantation
ADC and Town Councilor, Kiphire Dr Tinojungshi Chang addresses the inauguration of the monthly sales day of agricultural product at Daily Market in Kiphire on April 8. (Morung Photo) Morung Express News Kiphire | April 8
Sharing his dreams for the monthly sales day of agricultural product to progress, Dr Tinojungshi Chang said, “with all the potential that the district has, Kiphire can become organic district because the cli-
mate, soil and weather is suitable for any crops and if we can harness all this, the agricultural products harvested can suffice the demand of the citizens in the district.” Additional Deputy Commissioner and Town Councilor, Kiphire Dr Tinojungshi Chang inaugu-
rated the monthly sales day of agricultural product at Daily Market in Kiphire on April 8. Jointly organized by the District Administration and the Agri & Allied and Land Resources Department, only organic produce are sold during the sales day. Speaking at the in-
augural programme, Dr Tinojungshi Chang said that the objective of the organizing the sales day is to encourage the farmers as the district has more than 70-80% and to let the citizens enjoy the organic product which is fresh and healthy. He also appreciated
the SHGs and farmers from different villages under Kiphire block for taking part in the programme by selling the agri products. He also added that everything comes from Dimapur and “if this trend goes on we will no longer depend on Dimapur for our daily basic needs.” Lankonsen Tsanglao SDO (C) who chaired the programme said that the sales day will happen every month, every second Friday and the participants will be rotated block wise. He also asked the farmers and SHGs taking part in the sales day to come forward even in the days ahead as it will surely help in economic growth as well. Farmers from Kiphire block are taking part in this sales day programme. It may be mentioned that the monthly sales day Agri Product was initiated by the Amahator area farmers club which was sponsored by the Land Resources Department Kiphire.
The team during their visit to one of the sericulture plantation in and around Dimapur held on April 6 and 7.
Dimapur, april 8 (mExN): Dr. Nagesh Prabhu, IFS, Member Secretary, Central Silk Board, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, went on a field visit to various plantations and facilities in and around Dimapur on April 6 and 7. The Member Secretary, along with Sarat Deori, RO, Guwahati, Central Silk Board and Chandan Basera, Director of Sericulture, along with Sericul-
ture officials visited private plantations in Niuland, followed by a visit to Common Facility Center at Keyito Bade village where they met local women who were part of several Self help groups set up with the support of the Department of Sericulture and then headed to the Eri Seed Grainage and Spinning Unit at Dhansiripar. They interacted with local women and beneficiaries who make a
living based on Sericulture activities. The Officials also visited the mulberry plantations at Manglumukh and Samaguri. Dr. Nagesh Prabhu is in the district on an official visit to coincide with the recent inaugural function of the Muga P3 Basic Seed Station Kubolong and the launch of women empowerment and sustainable livelihood in Kohima District under NERTPS on April 5.
NeGPA sensitization prog for Fisheries Department held Sodzulhou village panchayat hall inaugurated
Kohima april 8 (mExN): One day sensitization programme on implementation of National e-Governance Plan in Agriculture (NeGPA) was conducted in the Directorate of Agriculture on April 7 for Fisheries Department, with C. Imtitongzuk, Joint Director of Fisheries as the chief guest. The chief guest during his speech spoke on seven encouraging words to participants present and stated that the department of Agriculture has always been a mentor to Fisheries department. He mentioned that some 40 years back Fisheries Department was under the department of Agriculture as Fisheries section. He mentioned that Fisheries Department bifurcated from the mother Department in 1978 and became full-fledged Department in 1979. The chief guest thank the mother department, the Department of Agriculture for been a mentor and a leader who have constantly been teaching, leading, as-
Participants from Fisheries Department with others during the sensitization programme on implementation of National e-Governance Plan in Agriculture conducted in the Directorate of Agriculture on April 7.
sisting, helping the department of Fisheries. The chief guest calls upon the participant to take this programme seriously and take advantage of NeGPA scheme for service delivery to the farmers and asked the all to be sincere and to work hard for successful implementation of NeGPA programme. During the inaugural programme, Rongseninla Additional Director of Agriculture, gave a keynote address, where she said NeGP-A is proposed to be implemented across the country and
aims at offering Government to Citizen / Farmer (G2C or G2F), Government to Business (G2B) and Government to Government (G2G) agricultural services in an integrated manner through the Central Agriculture Portal (CAP) and State Agriculture Portals (SAPs). She briefed about the Status of NeGPA in Nagaland and The benefits the scheme is expected to bring. She mention There are 7 service for Fisheries department and Currently, only two Fisheries services have been made live. She calls upon the
Naga Kuotsu Union general conference today
Kohima, april 8 (mExN): The Naga Kuotsu Union will hold its 14th general conference at Zhadima village in Kohima district on April 9, hosted by Kuo-u descendants from Zhadima village. This general conference is held triennially. Kuo-u descendants from over 65 villages from Nagaland, Manipur and Assam are expected to join in the conference, according to a press release issued by Naga Kuotsu Union. The programme will commence at 10:00 am at Council Hall, Zhadima Village to be compered by Seyiekhrielhou Kuotsu (Zhadima) and Khriehunuo (Phesama). Rev. Dr. Visorü Zeliang Kuotsu will invoke God’s blessing for the programme. Peter Kuotsu, Advisor, Zhadima Kuotsu Union & Treasurer, Naga Kuotsu Union will give
the welcome address; after which Bizo M. Kuotsu, President, Naga Kuotsu Union will give the presidential address. A special song will be presented by Phesama Kuotsu and a folk song in traditional attire will be also be presented by Zapami Kuotsu. Secretary Report and Nomination Committee Report will also be presented, where a new team of office bearers will be declared. In the general conference, the following persons will present talk on the respective topics: Zapuvisie Lhousa Kuotsu - Kuo-u Descendants though Scattered to Various Villages are from the Same Family; F.P. Solo Kuotsu - Role of Kuo-u Descendants in the Present Society; Dr. Niu Francis Whiso Kuotsu - Kuo-o Genealogy Status.
participant that as a leader it is an obligation to bring change and call on the participant to have leadership quality. The inaugural programme was chaired by L. Hangshing, Dy Director of Agriculture and vote of note was proposed by Kitoho Michael Swu, Agriculture Officer. The technical secession was taken over by Alongla Aier, Sr. Consultant. Altogether about 20 Official from Fisheries participated in One day sensitization programme on implementation of NeGPA.
Dimapur, april 8 (mExN): Parliamentary Secretary for Irrigation and Flood Control, Jacob Zhimomi inaugurated the panchayat hall of Sodzulhou village on April 8 as chief guest. Speaking on the occasion, Jacob pointed out that state is suffering due to excess employment and due to which, government is having to dish out maximum of state’s exchequer to pay the salary of government employees. Stating that a time has come when people cannot be dependent on government jobs alone, chief guest said there are lots more avenues and opportunities away from government jobs where people could earn income through skill based enterprises. He urged the people to develop work culture and also to teach younger generations the dignity of labour, as there could be no success without hard work. He said government have also created
Parliamentary Secretary, Jacob Zhimomi along with village elders and public leaders at the inauguration of Sodzulhou village panchayat hall on April 8.
a new department to help people hone their skills. Development and progress of a village also largely depends on its people, Jacob maintained adding that that people should work together in unity for the greater interest of the village as whole. Spelling his concern for the public he gave his assurance that he would continue to do his best to uplift the people. Block Development Of-
ficer, RD Block Chumukedima, K. Yamao Konyak and VekhosayiNyekha,President, Western Chakhesang Hoho delivered short speeches. Former council chairmen of Sodzulhou village council also spoke on the occasion. Rev. Buliechu Koza, senior pastor, Sodzulhou CRC read a passage from the Bible and pronounced a prayer for the dedication of the panchayat hall. Sodzulhou Students Union
19th AR Interact with Tabitha Enabling Academy
Kohima, april 8 (mExN): As part of appreciating the noble gesture of the Naga Mothers’ Association (NMA) for undertaking the humanity service project, the 19th Assam Rifles, Kohima led by its Commandant Col. TN Singh, initiated a special program on Lunch Cum Interaction with the special children and parents of the “Tabitha Enabling Academy”, here at Kohima on April 7 in the presence of the NMA Joint secretary, Sawmi Leyri and Entrepreneur Development Agency (EDA) and Academy chairman, Kudecho Khamo. Interacting with the special children, parents and the Academy officials, Col. Singh
assured to assured to continue and be a part of the noble cause initiative. Participating in the interaction, Sawmi and Kudecho expressed their deep concern and love for the children and also call upon the society to care and help them so that they can also live a dignified life further appreciated the 19th Assam Rifles for assistance and providing a computer and printer with accessories and 04 pottery making machines to the Academy recently The 19th Assam Rifles has also presented one computer and printer with accessories and 4 pottery making machines to the Academy Col. TN Singh posing lens with Sawmi Leyri, Kudecho Khamo along with special children, parents and staffs of the Tabitha Enabling Academy on 7 April last. recently.
'Supernova - the digital hub' in Dimapur launched Morung Express News Dimapur | April 8
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presented a welcome song while R. Aruji Koza, chairman, Sodzulhou village council said the welcome address. Mezhulhou Koza, VDB secretary of the village, who chaired the function, presented a brief report on building construction. Alhou Ngone, head GB, Sodzulhou proposed vote of thanks. Benediction of the function and feast prayer was said by Sevie Koza, pastor, Sodzulhou CRC.
‘Supernova-The digital hub’, a showroom offering all range of smart phones and feature mobiles was launched here at Church Road on Friday. The showroom was inaugurated by Miss Jyoti Basu, the daughter of NPG general secretary and businessman, Basu Damani, and also proprietor of the showroom. ‘Supernova’ is one of the few mobile showrooms in the commercial hub offering a wide range of smart phones and feature mobiles with pricing starting from entry model handsets to high end models. The latest showroom to hit the city also offers instant servicing and repairs. Earlier, OSD, State Bank of India, David Kire, offered invocation and dedicatory prayer. The inauguration was attended among others by president Nagaland Medicaine Dealers’ Association, Ato Yepthomi; secretary, Dimapur Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Sanjay Sethi; retired judge Veprasa Nyekha and senior local entrepreneur Dr. John Murry.
Zunheboto DPDB meeting conducted
ZuNhEboto, april 8 (Dipr): The Zunheboto monthly District Planning & Development Board (DPDB) meeting was held on April 8 at DC Conference Hall under the chairmanship of DC and Vice chairman, DPDB, Temsu Longkumer. Reviewing the last meeting, the board approved the setting up of tribal hostel cum coaching centre at Zunheboto. District Soil Conservation Officer (DSCO), Zhekheto Awomi apprised the board on the deteriorating conditions of drainage system at DC Hill West Colony which was constructed way back in 1980's. The members after thorough deliberations agreed to request the legislators for construction of RCC Drainage under Common Pool. District Programme Officer (DPO) also highlighted the forthcoming celebration of National Panchayat Day at District and Block Level from April 15 to 24. In this regard, the DC asked every District Level Officers to attend the programme withJyoti Basu and Basu Damani inaugurates ‘Supernova-The digital hub’ at out fail. The meeting concluded with vote of thanks from the chair. Church Road on April 8. (Morung Photo)
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Country suffered due to 'remote control': Modi NagaoN, april 8 (pTi): Attacking the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the country has suffered due to 'backseat driving' and 'remote control' and warned people of Assam against an unstable government in the state. Addressing a poll meeting here, he asked the people to elect a BJP-led government with absolute majority and defeat the forces which were spreading rumours to create political instability in Assam and stop the state from embarking on the path of development. Attacking former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his statement that his government believed in more work than mere talk, Modi said, "What he said was true and the scams of his period have started speaking now." "Manmohanji had said that work speaks more than words and now their work has started speaking. It is true that sins do
Zeliangrong artisan inspires youth in NE imphal, april 8 (aNi): A young talented artisan is catching the eye of many in Manipur and the North East. 22-year-old Limpuiru Gangmei, who hails from Manipur, designs different kinds of ornaments and hair bands made of beads, shell, stone and boar tusks in line with the traditional handicrafts of Zeliangrong community. After completing a short course on fashion designing, Gangmei started her own venture with her two sisters. Since childhood, she had always wanted to do something creative and promote her tribe's traditional handicrafts. In 2004, she established 'Limpuiru Tribal Handicraft Collections' at New Checkon. "It's been three to four years that I am engaged in this business and local people order my product but I haven't gone outside much. Recently, I participated at Sangai festival and then I also participated in Kohima International trade expo, MP khajuraho and Imphal Trade Expo. So far I have participated in fairs four times," Gangmei said. She exhibited her product at Sangai festival recently where she received a good response and her work was appreciated by many. The ornaments created by Gangmei are worn especially by women during Gaan Ngai festival or similar auspicious occasions. Apart from ornaments, she also sells traditional costumes like shawl, wrap around skirt, scarf etc. She is now planning to expand her business and wishes to open a showroom in near future. "There is a lot of demand. Sometime it depends on the season. During Gaan Ngai festival we get many orders and after Gaan Ngai festival, there is some other festival during which we get lots of orders as well," said Gangmei. The siblings are more than happy to present their traditional handicraft before the world. "I'm happy to work with my sister. We do not have fix hour to work but we work till as we wish," said Gangmei's sister. Gangmei is a successful artisan, who with her sheer hard work promotes her tribe's rich handicrafts. The success story of this young artisan is an inspiration to many youngsters in the region.
speak, now the results of their misdeeds are out and all are disturbed," he said. In an apparent dig at Singh, Modi said the nation has suffered enough from 'backseat driving' and asked people not to hand over the 'remote control' into anyone's hands. "There are some people who are getting greedy that they will take advantage of a hung assembly and claiming they will run business. Should this be allowed? "The country has suffered enough from this backseat driving. Should Assam be allowed to be destroyed through this backseat driving? They are not interested in the country. Don't give the remote control into anyone's hands," he said. BJP had repeatedly alleged that the previous Manmohan Singh Government was being run by "remote control" and that there were "two power centres" with Congress President Sonia Gandhi taking all important decisions.
During UPA-I, it had alleged that the Left which was providing crucial outside support was indulging in backseat driving. Two persons had been convicted in the coal scam and those involved in other scams like 2G during UPA rule would not be spared, Modi said. Hitting out at chief minister Tarun Gogoi, he said governance has been hit due to corruption and nepotism. "We are concerned about the sons and daughters of Assam, not the sons and daughters of a select few," he said, taking a dig at Gogoi, whom he accused of being busy only in "settling" his son. "Three days are left (for polls) and there will people trying to spread lies and rumours. It is your task to counter them by going to every household and not be misled by them. If by chance in Assam an unstable government is formed, forces trying to break the country will try to benefit."
Raising the Saradha scam issue for the first time in Assam poll campaign, the Prime Minister said that the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana had been launched to ensure that such fraud did not take place in future. "The poor went to chit funds because they did not have access to the banks. It was my government that has stopped them from going to chit funds by allowing them to open zero-balance bank accounts under the PM Jan Dhan Yojana," Modi told the election rally. Modi lamented that the state which was one of top five states after independence figured among the last four states today after 15 years of "misrule" by Congress. "In last 15 years, Assam has achieved only a third of what other states in India achieved in every field," he lamented, expressing confidence that people of Assam will vote in large numbers in the second phase and elect the BJP and its allies.
"The poor were looted in Assam, West Bengal, Odisha in the Saradha chit fund scam and though those involved are rotting in jail, the fact remains that the poor lost their money," he said. Modi made the statements in the presence of BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma, who was questioned by CBI in connection with the Saradha scam. Sarma was earlier a minister in Tarun Gogoi government. The Prime Minister said just as India's image the world has been enhanced ever since a government with absolute majority was elected in the country, the people of the state should also elect a government of BJP and its allies in Assam with absolute majority. "I have only one mantra for making A for Assam. That is development, fast-development and all-round-development," he said, adding that he will return the affection with record development in the state.
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250 migrants found working illegally in Manipur imphal, april 8 (iaNS): Over 250 migrant workers were found working illegally at different construction sites in and around Imphal in the last three days and were handed over to police for necessary action, an umbrella organisation of Manipuris said on Friday. However, there are no reports so far that these workers -- suspected to be from Bangladesh -- have been booked, Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System (JCILPS) convener Khomdram Ratan said. JCILPS is an umbrella organisation of 30 civil society groups in Manipur, including all valley student organisations. The JCILPS volunteers mostly are students. "As per the Inter State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and
Conditions of Services) Act, 1979, all workers coming from outside the state should obtain work permits from the labour department," Ratan said. Most, however, do not obtain such permits. A labour department official said some applications had been submitted for work permits, though he declined to say why such permits were not issued in time. JCILPS secretary Jitendra Ningombam, who led JCILPS activists' raid at a construction site in the J.N. Institute of Medical Sciences here on Thursday, said: "Out of 63 non-local migrant workers found there, 42 had no work permits." The construction company has been asked to suspend its work till all its workers possessed the work permits, he said.
More Tripura Congress leaders quit over alliance with Left in Bengal
agarTala, april 8 (iaNS): Hours after Tripura's Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Sudip Roy Barman resigned over his party's alliance with the Left Front in West Bengal, four other Congress leaders on Friday quit party positions on the issue. Tripura Congress' working president Ashish Saha, state Youth Congress president Sushanta Chowdhury, West Tripura Lok Sabha constituency Youth Congress President Viki Prasad and East Tripura Lok Sabha constituency Youth Congress chief Rantu Deb resigned from their party posts. They sent their resignation letters to Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Tripura's CLP leader Su-
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dip Roy Barman, who is also the opposition leader in the state assembly, on Thursday resigned from his post protesting his party's tie-up with the Left Front led by the Communist Party of IndiaMarxist (CPI-M) in the West Bengal assembly polls. "Congress' alliance with the Left parties in Bengal would be a far-reaching negative impact both in state and national level. Most Congressmen are upset over this unacceptable electoral tie-up," Saha, one of the 10 Congress legislators in the state assembly, told reporters. "We would be the true anti-Left group in Left ruled Tripura," Saha added. Barman, who sent his resignation letter to Con-
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"We will abide by the decision of the central leadership taken over the issue. Congress leaders' resignation from their party posts are unfortunate," said Sinha, also a sitting MLA and former minister. Political circles said that some other Congress leaders close to Barman and Saha might quit their party posts on the same issue and would either form a new party or join the Trinamool Congress headed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
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I, Dil Maya Sunar, W/o, No. 2401359 Hav. GD Mr. Chandra Bahadur Sunar, resident of Kuthur Village, P.O/P.S- Tuensang- 798612, StateNagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare on oath as follows: 1. That, I am the deponent of this affidavit and a bonafide citizen of India. 2. That, my actual name is Dil Maya Sunar, whereas it was wrongly recorded as Dil Maya Sunari in some of the official documents due to inadvertent clerical mistakes. 3. That this affidavit is sworn for correction of my name as Dil Maya Sunar, henceforth, I shall be using my correct name as Dil Maya Sunar, for all purpose in future and it is a request for kind acceptance of my corrected name by any competent authority. DEPONENT
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NO.NBE-35/Ex-NSEE/2016 :: The following is hereby notified for the information of all concerned in regard to the Nagaland State Entrance Examination (NSEE) 2016 to be conducted by the Nagaland Board of School Education: 1. The tentative date of Examination is 14th May 2016. 2. The Centre of Examination shall be Kohima Town. 3. The questions of the NSEE shall be set from the existing NBSE’s syllabus of Classes XI & XII (Common Core Syllabus). 4. All questions of NSEE shall be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) only. 5. There shall be only 1 (one) paper consisting of 180 (one hundred and eighty) items. 6. The breakup of items subject wise shall be as follows: Biology – 90 items, Physics – 45 items and Chemistry – 45 items. Admit cards shall be issued from the Office of the Board on payment of examination fee. Other details shall be notified at a later date.
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Requiem for Bharatiya Mahila Bank T he Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) was inaugurated by former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on November19, 2013 by the second United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government. The BMB, incorporated under Companies Act : 1956 on August 5, 2013, had received its `certificate of operations` on August 5 and `banker`s license` from Reserve Bank of India on September 25 respectively, of the same year. The bank started its operations in 2013 with simultaneous opening of seven branches at Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Guwahati, with all of them under core-banking facility with on-site ATMs. The aim of the BMB was to promote more financial inclusion of the womenfolk of India, and enable them to avail of the benefits legitimately due to them, from the existing banking system. The special and thrust motto of the BMB was : `empowering women empowers India` . This special bank was intended to create awareness of women and enhance their knowledge of their capabilities and promote women-centric development, innovation and productivity and entrepreneurship. The BMB was to engage more intensely with women and it was so structured and oriented to instil more confidence in women to come forward and avail of its various products or services towards their own welfare. An outcome intended was the elimination of lending bias against women in the existing male-dominated socio-economic milieu. The BMB made a modest beginning as a start-up bank with an initial seed capital of Rs.1000 crore. The bank had obtained its initial manpower resources through deputation from other public sector banks and partly
and by direct recruitment through Institute of Banking Personal Selection. It had a significant complement of mahila (women) staff from its inception, and the BMB`s women staff strength was 61% by March 31, 2014. However, in certain States like those in the north-east region, the overall women staff complement was below 50% owing to certain local or region specific factors eg. non-availability of locally-recruited personnel, unwillingness of nonregional personnel to go on transfer to branches in the north-east, etc. The expansion of the BMB network has been steady, with 23 branches opened in the first year (2013-14) of its operations, with 33 more branches added in (2014-15). The bank has been able to spread its network to 25 States (including Delhi) and the Union Territory of Chandigarh. The 89th branch has been opened recently at Chhatisgarh. However, the BMB`s footprint has not spread uniformly to the States. Some largely populated States like West Bengal, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh have two, one and three branches respectively, while the north-east region has only five branches with no branch in Mizoram, Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh. This is a little surprising considering the matriarchal nature of society in some of these States and women enjoying a relatively higher position in the human development index vis-avis other parts of the country. Maximum number of BMB branches are in Kerala and Uttar Pradesh, at seven each. Performance-wise, the BMB has functioned creditably. The BMB had provided credit to various segments of the priority sector amounting to Rs. 294 crore during (201415), and achieved a net profit available for appro-
priation of Rs. 28.99 crore as on March 31, 2015 with an average credit-deposit ratio of nearly 60% in respect of its branches. The bank has maintained its thrust towards women depositors and entrepreneurs, particularly in lower income categories, with loans disbursed to women at concessional rates (1% lower than normal rate) except where the loans are advanced at the base rate. The bank has bagged two awards viz. (1) the Asian Banking Achievement Award : 2015 for Technology Implementation in the Category of Best Outsourcing Project (New Banks) and (2) the Core Banking System Initiative Award for 2014 by the Asian Banking and Finance – Retail Banking Awards 2014, Singapore. As per speculation in the media, it now appears that the BMB is to be closed down and its assets and personnel merged with other scheduled nationalised banks. The present National Democratic Alliance Government, perhaps considers that the objective for setting up the BMB can be met by the other commercial banks within the nationalised banking system, and its capital transferred to or infused with the capital holdings of other banks in need of capital or affected by inadequacy in respect of its asset position, within its fold. Union Bank of India - a public sector bank, is reported to be one of the contenders for transfer of the capital from BMB. The government is yet to take a final decision in the matter. From the point of view of economics, the decision of the ruling Government may not perhaps, be faulted. However, the psychological benefits to the women community from the BMB, despite its present limited spread as compared to other larger nationalised banks, and irrespective of the direct benefits obtained by them to the extent of availing loans
at concessional rates and parking their short and medium term savings in this bank, may be undermined with this governmental decision. If the anticipated government decision on winding up of the BMB is implemented, the present refreshing opportunity provided by the bank to women by enabling them to obtain a range of loans at a rate 1% lower than the prevailing rate applicable to men, except where the loans are already being disbursed at the base rate, will regrettably cease. The banking system in India, has been basically an urban phenomenon for quite some time, apart from being male dominated, like in other spheres of economic and even, household activity. It is an undeniable fact that, the reach of the existing banking network measurably expanded post the nationalisation of commercial banks in 1969. The customer orientation of these banks has also
transformed after the nationalisation, dovetailing the banks` credit policy towards robustly supporting developmental activities, small and medium entrepreneurs, and households with limited credit-worthy assets. The growth of non-performing assets in nationalised banks cannot be attributed to the development orientation of credit policy towards the lower and marginal classes, but may be more concerned with improper assessment of entrepreneurs and their ventures as well as political pressures sometimes brought to bear on the lending banks to lend for unviable schemes and projects. It is essential to highlight that, as per analyses of defaults in repayments of banking loans and the creation of non-performing assets, the contribution of the marginalised people and women, have been relatively low. In the above– referred process, women – who constitute nearly
half of India`s population, have not been able to partake of the opportunities of availing loans concomitant to their entrepreneurial needs or contribute significantly towards their households` welfare. The BMB was expected to redress this situation and play a niche role towards women`s empowerment, by expanding the banking coverage to bring more women within its fold as depositors and bank account holders, as well as loanees and entrepreneurs, and enable them individually and also as part of self-help groups to avail credits for different economic and income-generating activities. While some may view the creation of the BMB as a needless duplicating activity, the fact remains that if the BMB is de-facto closed down in the near future, it would
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11 declared ‘Tobacco Free Schools’ in Kohima Kohima, april 8 (Dipr): Eleven educational institutions in Kohima district were declared ‘Tobacco Free Schools’ during the quarterly meeting of District Level Co-ordination Committee (DLCC) on Tobacco Control at DC’s conference hall here on April 7. The institutes include Modern Institute of Teacher Training; Government Higher Secondary School, Seikhazou; Genesis High School; Government High School, PWD; Pinewood School; Government Middle School, Merhulietsa; Oking Christian School; St. Joseph School; Dainty Buds School; Regimental School, Thizama; and Mount Sinai Higher Secondary School. Giving away the Certificate to schools/institute, Deputy Commissioner Kohima & Chairman DLCC, Rovilatuo Mor congratulated the institutions for fulfilling the criteria in achieving the title and hoped that they would continue to maintain the requirements and model in order to keep their institutions free from tobacco. He also urged the
DC Kohima & DLCC Chairman, Rovilatuo Mor and other officials with the representatives of 11 ‘Tobacco Free Schools’ during the DLCC meeting at DC’s conference hall in Kohima on April 7. (DIPR Photo)
other schools/institutions to participate in making India tobacco free as the main objective of the COTPA 2003 is to make the country a tobacco free nation. He further stated that the participation of the educational institutions was an important and essential factor to propagate and create awareness on tobacco control. He expressed optimism that active efforts,
Butcher arrested Kohima, april 8 (mExN): 9 NAP (IR) personnel during routine patrolling apprehended a butcher from ‘T’ Khel Market, BOC Kohima on charges of unethical business practices on April 7 around 10:30 am. The butcher was caught using fraudulent weighing scale and cheating the consumers who procured meat from him, according to a press release from PRO, Kohima Police. The accused was produced at Kohima South Police Station along with 100 kg (approx) of pork which was seized from his possession. A regular case vide Kohima South PS Case No. 0019/2016 U/S 265/266/267 IPC has been registered against the butcher identified as Bombhola Sah. He is remanded in police custody for further investigation.
cooperation and co-ordination from the educational institutions will go a long way in creating Tobacco Free State in the course of time. Joint Director, Health & Family Welfare and State Nodal Officer, Dr. Hotokhu Chishi while declaring the eleven Tobacco Free Schools/Institute highlighted the criteria on the selection of Tobacco Free
Schools. District Nodal Officer Kohima, Dr. Arenla Walling gave a PowerPoint presentation on the activities carried out by the District Tobacco Control Cell Kohima during the last quarter from September 2015 to March 2016. She highlighted that an awareness programme for Police Jawans and orientation programme for District
Dimapur, april 8 (mExN): Apropos the news item ‘UNTABA questions KA administration on eviction drive’, the United Naga Tribes Association of Border Areas (UNTABA) has stated that the line “As of now, the boundary between Nagaland and Assam in Dimapur areas were clearly defined by Lengri stream/ river…” was wrongfully misrepresented. A release from UNTABA Chairman, Hukavi T. Yeputhomi and Gen-
eral Secretary Imsumongba Pongen stated that it in no way reflects the clear stand of the UNTABA and the Naga people that “Nagaland as the 16th State in the Union of India was created under an Act of Parliament, the State of Nagaland Act, 1962 without definite boundary demarcation keeping in abeyance by referring to the Constitutional Provision of Article 3 & 4 of the Constitution of India and to be undertaken in due course of time.”
Hence, UNTABA said, it has been demanding and fighting for amicable solution of inter-state boundary demarcation between the two states of Nagaland and Assam based on the implementation of Point No. 4 & 6 of the ‘9 Points Agreement’ of 1947 inter alia “by bringing back all the transferred Naga lands illegally occupied by Assam, an area of approximately 4,974.16 square Miles of an equivalent of 12,883.07 square Kilometres.”
Minister Vikheho condoles Grinder’s death Kohima, april 8 (mExN): Minister for Roads & Bridges Y Vikheho Swu has expressed sadness at the demise of Late Grinder Muivah in New Delhi on April 6. “I express my grief for the huge loss; at the same time I want to convey that I am very privileged to have known him over the years,” stated the Minister in a condolence message addressed to Grinder’s wife, Sonia Muivah. Vikheho recollected that he came to know Late Grinder Muivah during the Naga Week in 1993 while the former was the President of Naga Students' Federation (NSF). Grinder was a successful entrepreneur then. Over the years, the Minister said, the two grew in contact with each other. The last meeting he had with him was on April 4
in Delhi and they discussed at length about various issues confronting the Naga society, according to the message. “He has been instrumental in representing the Nagas. Appointed as "courier" by Indian government for Indo-Naga peace talk in 1995 and as "go between" by the NSCN till date, he has made immense contribution to the ongoing peace talk.” The Minister further thanked him for his friendship, his contributions, his devotion and services rendered to the Naga Nation. He prayed that the Lord provide peace and comfort to his family at this hour of grief and “may the memory of his life and times enrich the lives of all who had the privilege to be associated with him.”
GHS & GHSS headmasters Peace Channel’s music crash course concludes april 8 (mExN): A in Nagaland attend training Dimapur, one month crash course on music Kohima, april 8 (mExN): A fiveday capacity building programme for headmasters of GHS and GHSS in Nagaland was organized by State Institute of Educational Management and Training (SIEMAT), SCERT, Nagaland, from March 29 to April 2. SCERT Director Khrietuo Mezhur in a press release stated that this is the first of its kind after the SIEMAT building was inaugurated by Yitachu, Minister, SCERT & DSE earlier in March. At the valedictory programme, the chief guest, Pollen Tep, Additional Director, Department of School Education, exhorted the participants to be sincere and committed in their duties and encouraged them to have positive attitude and enthusiasm. He informed that the Directorate of School Education is in the process of rationalising the posting of teachers and the austerity measures. Further, he elaborated on the various problems posed by the participants in
terms of shortage of teachers, administrative lapses of the department, why only some HMs are given DDO power, confusion of VEC and SMC etc. During the introductory programme, Khrietuo Mezhur, Director, SCERT, exhorted the participants to be dutiful and encouraged the Headmasters to discharge their duties efficiently as they are agent of change in the system. He further exhorted them to be role models and review the system. Mego Iralu, Addl. Director, SCERT briefly highlighted the objective of setting up SIEMAT in the State and various other programmes that will come up under the institute. The resource rersons of the programme were G. Kevishe Phucho, Additional Secretary to the Government of Nagaland, Khinyi Woch, Financial Advisor, MGNERGA, Mego Iralu, Addl. Director, NC Kikon, SAO, Shilu Amer, SAO, Thungchibemo, Reader and Thebi Joseph, Research Associate, SCERT.
Witter Theological College graduation ceremony WoKha, april 8 (Dipr): Witter Theological College (WTC) held its 69th graduation ceremony on March 21 at Lonjung Baptist Church (LBC), Vankhosung, Wokha with the theme “Mount up to make a difference” based on Isaiah 40:31. The graduation day also saw the phasing out of Bachelor of Theology (B.Th.) programme presently offered by the college. The college will continue to offer Bachelor of Divinity (BD) program, which was started in the year 2013 when it got provisional affiliation to the Senate of Serampore College/University. Altogether, seven students were conferred with B. Th. Diploma. The diplomas and certificates were conferred by Dr. Moanunsang, Principal, and dedicatory prayer was pronounced by Rev. Dr. Ezamo Murry, Board member, WTC. Proficiency and other awards
Nodal Officer were conducted and DTCC Kohima distributed pamphlets on Tobacco Control at Kisama during the Hornbill festival 2015. She informed that a total of 354 tobacco users in the district, both smoking and smokeless, were given Counseling & NRT at the DTCC Kohima within the month of April 2015 to March 2016. Reviewing the last meeting minutes of DLCC in regards to constitution of Tobacco Control Committee in all the Tobacco Free Schools, the DC suggested that one local GB be included in each Schools Tobacco Control Committee as member. He also asked all the eleven declared Tobacco Free Schools/Institutions to constitute Tobacco Control Committee in their respective institutions. The meeting also deliberated on the following agenda: Smoke free Kohima city, Tobacco free village certification – Gariphema and World No Tobacco Day on May 31, 2016, where the members shared their views and suggestions for follow up action.
UNTABA clarifies on press note
Participants of the one month long crash course on music organized by the Peace Channel.
lead a contented and happy life, Dr. Anto told the students. “We all have to undergo so many painful processes in one’s life. Break the boredom of laziness and strive to achieve the set dream goal.” He also gave away the merit certificates to the trainees.
12th Provincial Chapter of Salesians of Don Bosco concludes
Graduating students, faculty and guests during the WTC graduation ceremony in Wokha.
were given away by Rev. M.C. Kithan, Executive Secretary, LBES. The guest speaker Mhonchumo, Associate Pastor, KLBC, while speaking on the theme encouraged and challenged the graduating students by emphasizing on practical aspects of ministry
organized by Peace Channel concluded on April 7 with evaluation and action plan. Twenty nine participants attended the course, which started on March 7. According to a press note, along with the continuous training on different music instruments, the participants also got trained on various life skills during the crash course. At the valedictory function on April 7, Director of Peace Channel, Rev. Dr. C.P. Anto exhorted the trainees that music can connect all - irrespective of tribe, religion and region. “It is the language of the heart who can understand every one and everyone can understand all,” he stated. He also urged the students to continue with same enthusiasm and commitment and interest to learn and achieve the set goals in life. Hard work is the only way to success, which in turn enable all of us to
and the importance of making a difference in people’s lives, the church and the society. The Best Graduate award was bagged by Binyemjong Chang, while the Proficiency and Scripture Knowledge awards went to N. Shanchobeni Odyuo and Adeno Y. Odyuo respectively.
imapur, april 8 (mExN): The 12th Provincial Chapter (Triennial Chapter) of the Salesians of Don Bosco, Province of Dimapur, comprising the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Upper Assam, Manipur and Nagaland, concluded on April 8 evening at the Don Bosco Provincial House, Dimapur. A press release informed that the 12th Provincial Chapter commenced with keynote address by Fr. K. Joseph sdb, former Provincial superior of Delhi Province, on April 5. He highlighted the importance of witness of our life above preaching. He presented the life of St. John Bosco and Pope Francis as shining examples to follow. The Chapter was addressed by Bishop Joseph Aind SDB DD of Dibrugarh on April 5 and Bishop George Palliparambil SDB DD of Miao Diocese in East Arunachal Pradesh addressed on April 6. In his concluding words, Fr. Nestor Guria
sdb, the Salesian Provincial of Dimapur Province urged the participants to faithfully put into practice the lines of actions drawn up on different sub-topics of the Chapter theme so as to render quality service to the people, particularly to the youth of the region. Altogether, 79 Salesians from various Don Bosco institutions of the Province of Dimapur, including four secretaries and two observers, participated in the Chapter. The main theme of the Chapter was “Witnesses to the Radical Approach of the Gospel”. It was divided into two parts: First part dealt with Implementing General Chapter 27 in our communities, Reshaping the Salesian Presences in our Province, and Concerns of the Province. The second part examined our life as “Mystics in the Spirit”, “Prophets of Fraternity” and “Servants of the Young”, the release added.
Asian Mission College Raising voice against child labour celebrates Foundation Day Kohima, april 8 (mExN): Kohima, april 8 (mExN): Asian Mission College, Kohima, celebrated its 8th Foundation on April 8 under the theme “Aspire to Excel.” Assistant Commissioner, Sarita Yadav (IAS) and Chief Judicial Magistrate, Mezivolu T. Therieh (NJS) were the guest speakers, a press release informed. Speaking on the topic “Education: Catalyst for Change,” Sarita Yadav stressed on the fact that education is not just about reading and learning from books, but it is an all-round development. “We can realize our potential and progress in life through education,” she stated. Meanwhile, Mezivolü T. Therieh spoke on the topic “Towards Aspirations: Setting and Achieving our goals.” The Chief Judicial Magistrate stated setting goal is the prerequisite to achieving one’s goals, adding hard work and effort are necessary to achieve goals no matter what career or line one is pursuing. She challenged the students to venture out to meet the challenges of the society and bring about changes. She also opined that one ought to become practical in Christian life by becoming responsible citizens and live out the moral principles laid down in the Bible. The programme was led by Rokosano Koza, welcome address and invocation prayer were presented by Neizavilie Chalieu, Vice Principal, AMC. A special song was presented by the AMC Choir.
Raising voice against child labour in Nagaland, Charity School Kohima organised a marathon race in collaboration with District Child Protection Unit, Kohima and OpenDoor Ministry, Kohima on April 1. “Domestic child labour has increased in an alarming rate in our state. Due to lack of awareness, many parents especially from backward regions send their children to work in cities and towns, where better facilities and education are promised for their children. Keeping all this in mind, the organizers raised its voice to create awareness among the people,” stated a press release received here. Around 130 students from Class-6 to 10 took part in the marathon. The marathon, flagged off by Kushilto Rolnu, Headmaster of Charity School, Kohima at DBS Higher Secondary School, Kohima, ended at Seikhazou Higher Secondary School via Peace Camp road. The participants tied a black ribbon on their hand to show dismay over the abuse. They also carried
Earlier, RK John, Project Coordinator, introducing the event encouraged the students to excel in whatever art they learnt from the institute. All the trainees exhibited their talents like musical hums, guitar sob, piano and drum exposing the art they learnt during the course.
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Parenting sessions by Kohinoor American School Dimapur, april 8 (mExN): Kohinoor American School, Khandala is organising a parenting sessions on April 9, 11:00 am at Hotel Theja Fort, Police Colony, Dimapur. Kohinoor American School, Khandala, led by veteran American educators, is a first of its kind residential school in Khandala (Mumbai – Pune) offering the International Baccalaureate Programme (MYP/ DP) in the American style of education. For registration contact Sravani Kar: 03862237048 or 09612386408
Free legal awareness camp today Dimapur, april 8 (mExN): Sisterhood Network (SN) is organizing a ‘Free Legal Awareness Camp’ in Medziphema on April 9 at Youth Hall, Medziphema from 10:00 am onwards. Limasenla Longkumer, Panel Advocate, DDLSA will be the resource person. SN has invited all the stakeholders and the community to participate in the event.
Catholic Church Jakhama invites JaKhama, april 8 (mExN): Catholic Church Jakhama has invited its members to participate in the Penitential Service on April 9, 4:00 pm and Golden Jubilee Commemorative Service (Holy Mass) on April 10 at 10:00 am, with Rev. Fr. Hector D’ Souza SJ as the main celebrant. Transportation shall be provided for Community members coming from Kohima - pick up time at 9:00 am at BOC area for the Commemorative Service.
ZRSU convenes meeting ZuNhEboto, april 8 (Dipr): Zunheboto Range Students’ Union (ZRSU) has convened a meeting on April 9, 10:00 AM at SKK Conference hall, Zunheboto to discuss matters relating to Golden Jubilee. All its executives and Jubilee Planning Board members have been requested to attend the meeting.
Consumer Society Dimapur meeting Dimapur, april 8 (mExN): President of the Consumer Society Dimapur, Vinoka Aye has called for an Students and others who took part in the marathon race held to raise voice emergency meeting in the Society’s office premises on against child labour in Kohima. April 11 at 11:00 am. Therefore, all the office bearers slogans reading, “I want education in chü, President, OpenDoor Ministry, and executive members have been asked to attend the my hand, not bricks”, “for a better na- Kohima delivered a speech. The priz- meeting without fail. tion stop child exploitation”, “Child la- es were distributed by Megoneituo bour-A shame for the society”, “there Kielienyü, who was present during is no reason, there is no excuse, child the function on behalf of the District labor is abuse.” Child Protection Unit, Nagaland. The presentation ceremony was Benjamin won the first position, Kohima, april 8 (mExN): The V&V Club will hold held at Seikhazou Ground. Candy Thejasatuo won second, and Dziese- its annual meeting cum picnic on April 12 at 10 am at Zhatsu chaired the programme, neizo won third in the race. The winners Kisama Heritage Village to discuss some important isMezanuo Ngukha, semi finalist of walked away with a cash prize along sues. A press note issued by Eyosa Kuotsu, President Gospel Voice Hunt 2014 presented with medals and certificates. All the top and Punocho Zecho, Secretary has requested all the members to attend the meeting. special numbers, and Avilie Dzüvi- 10 runners received Rs. 500 each.
V&V Club annual meeting
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Tragedy and disaster? Let's take a selfie The wisdom of the villages Abhimanyu Mathur
sure Roker really never forgot the incident.After days of relentless criticism, Roker deleted the tweet and apologised. But calamities seem to bring out the shutterbug in people. During the past year, there have been many cases of people -including firemen -clicking selfies in front of burning buildings. Were they aiming for the `hottest' selfie ever'?
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few years ago, reports announced that a new study classified the selfie obsession as a mental disorder. Even though the story was a spoof that some had taken seriously, one does wonder if there was some (unintentional) truth to it when one hears about cases like that of UK's Bob Innes, one of the hostages in the recent Egyptian plane hijack in Cyprus, taking a grinning selfie with hijacker Seif al-Din Mohamed Mostafa. While regulatory bodies debate whether guidelines are in order on when not to click a selfie, we take a look at other morbid situations that resulted in unexpected selfies. INSIDE A NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMP You wouldn't normally expect people to click a selfie at a place associated with death -like at the gas chamber of the most infamous Nazi concentration camp. In 2013, a tourist
posted a selfie from inside the gas chamber at Auschwitz -the place where Hitler's regime sentenced over a million Jews to death -in Germany .Next year, American Breanna Mitchell drew the ire of twitterati after she posted a smiling selfie from the camp. Since then, more people have reportedly joined the herd in clicking pouting selfies in front of the gas chamber. Other spots that have seen tragedy , like Ground Zero of 911 in New York, have also seen a fair number of tour-
ists clicking selfies... with their tongues sticking out. DURING A NATURAL CALAMITY OR HUMAN TRAGEDY In October 2015, as South Carolina in the US was hit by deadly floods, news crews sprung into action to cover the c a l a m i t y.Journalist Al Roker, h o w e v e r, wanted to make sure that he never forgot the moment, so he took a selfie on a flood-ravaged road in front of a damaged car.Media pundits and social media trolls made
DURING A PLANE HIJACK If your plane gets hijacked, the two things on your mind would probably be survival and the safety of your loved ones. Briton Bob Innes had a third -taking a selfie with the hijacker. On March 29, when the hijacked EgyptAir flight he was on was diverted to Cyprus, the 26-year-old asked the hijacker to pose for a selfie with him. Although Innes later described the picture as `the best selfie ever', security experts said it could have put all the passengers at risk had the hijacker seen it as a threat.
A British tabloid was even more unforgiving. Their March 30 front page featured the controversial picture with the headline, `Hijackass'. Even the selfie status of his `best selfie ever' was questioned by pedants, who pointed out that the picture wasn't technically a selfie, as Innes had someone else click it.
The tribes of North East have answers for us all, especially when it comes to food
AT A FUNERAL A few years ago, one happy soul decided to put the `fun' in `funeral' by the only sen sible means available -clicking a selfie with the dead guy. One would assume that the resulting backlash and outrage would deter any copycats from the aforementioned activity, but the result was quite the opposite. Scores of youngsters now click selfies with caskets, coffins and dead bodies of their dearly departed, making #FuneralSelfie a (disturbing) rage. The fad is so popular that there are dedicated reddit sections and tumblr blogs documenting the `best and the worst funeral selfies'.
Socially awkward? Here are ways to deal with it Richa Kashyap
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ncomfortable while addressing a large group of people, I get extremely nervous when attending a social gathering and despise being the centre of attention. Yet, strangely, I have been in such situations quite often and usually managed to conduct myself without others picking up on my anxiety. So, how is it done? By learning how to camouflage social awkwardness by putting up a confident face, in turn does give me some real confidence, too. Over a period of time, I have also trained myself to overcome anxiety attacks by using these techniques. Pay very close attention to any conversation One of the biggest problems with people
who are socially awkward, is that we so desperately wish for a conversation to end that we zone out of it even before it begins. Therefore, we either end up not responding when prompted to speak or saying something which is absolutely irrelevant to the conversation. To avoid getting into either of these situations, make a conscious attempt to be attentive. I keep my focus intact throughout the conversation, give myself time to comprehend what the other person is saying, and speak only when I have framed a complete and coherent response in my mind.
few minutes of a conversation and tell myself that I am nervous for no real reason. Therefore, all one needs to do is to calm down. If I manage to calm myself down in those few minutes, I fare pretty well for the rest of the conversation. I have accepted that some goof-ups are bound to happen. It's not the goofup but my behaviour after the goof-up that makes a situation awkward.
Practice speaking beforehand I used to panic when I had to introduce myself to a large groupof people or an audience. I'd fumble, I'd forget important points. I decided to rehearse the way I wanted to introduce Try to control emotions in the first few minutes of myself to overcome this problem. It took 10 duma conversation I try to take control of my runs — 15 minutes for my emotions in the first 10 consecutive days — to
get it absolutely the way I wanted. Even now, I often think of situations that might make me nervous. I play out that situation in my head. I practise what I could say in that situation loud and clear until it sounds perfect. It's tiring, but it definitely helps! Learn how to say "I don't know" I was once standing in a queue to board a train when a stranger asked me whether the train in question would pass through a particular station. I knew the answer, but froze due to nervousness. To overcome this sudden bout of awkwardness, I rudely told that person to check the metro route. I repented for my behaviour later but learnt a very important lesson from this episode. I learnt that in situations
when my thought process is overshadowed by nervousness, I should restrict myself to saying a polite, "I don't know" instead of making a rude, abrupt or awkward statement. Try to chill out a bit I have accepted that some goof-ups are bound to happen and try to not get too affected. I recently yawned while bidding goodbye to a colleague but quickly smiled and apologised. I try to consciously avoid panicking and making the situation awkward. Overcoming social awkwardness is not very easy. However, with constant effort, it is absolutely possible to camouflage it to a great extent. The key is to put up a brave face and deal with the situation at hand with utmost confidence.
Silence is golden, especially now when there isn't any Nury Vittachi
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comedian named Dan reminded me that TV used to stop overnight, and it inspired me to tell my children the horrific truth about life in the old days: "And at about 11.30 every night, they would play the national anthem and we would pretend to stand up and every screen went blank. And all screens in the land remained dead until the next afternoon." They were shocked. "But what did people do," asked one. "Many committed suicide while others were
driven insane by the silence." (Dads are good at getting the sympathy vote.) The conversation put me in mind of how little silence we have these days. Reader Josefina Cavallero sent in a news report about an apartment in the UK which was identified in so many noise complaints that police got a warrant to break in. They found 34 audio speakers in the small flat and confiscated the lot. "They left only a CD player plus a pair of headphones," she said. I remarked that this was kind of them, but a youngish colleague who loves heavy rock, metal and punk shook his head. "The only purpose of put-
ting on loud music like that is to annoy other people," he said. "You don't think anyone actually enjoys it, do you?" It's funny how young people don't realize that it was the adult generation who actually invented rock music and its accompanying misbehavior. When I lived in London, I was such a naughty kid that people would come to my house to get tips on how to smash up stuff. Anyway, this colleague, who clearly has a Mission to Annoy, forwarded me a recent news report of a case where the problem was the person complaining rather than the noisemaker. Reagan National Airport in
Washington, D.C., revealed recently that it received 8,670 noise complaints in 2015, of which 6,500 came from one person. I think it can be assumed that one of the airport's neighbors did not enjoy the sound of planes. I did the math. Since there are only 8,760 hours in a year, the guy must have complained every hour, night and day, five days a week. WIFE: "Why are you getting up? It's 3 a.m." HUSBAND: "I haven't called the airport complaints line for nearly an hour. A man has to follow his dreams, Janice." Yet, the best way to deal with noise complaints is to use cunning rather than
getting into a fight. I remember some years ago reporting on the case of a myna bird in Nanjing, China. His owner, a Mr. Jiang, decided to invest in a pair of noisy parrots as well, who squawked night and day. The myna bird soon noticed that the newcomers shut up whenever a cat passed the window. Mynas are famous for their ability to mimic sounds, so it started miaowing like a cat whenever it wanted to a bit of peace. "He did it many times a day," Mr. Jiang told a reporter. In honour of adults, I will now bring this column to a close by singing the national anthem. Kindly pretend to stand up.
Why does happiness inequality matter? Kira M. Newman
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ccording to the World Happiness Report 2016 Update, happiness inequality is on the rise. What is happiness inequality? It’s the psychological parallel to income inequality: how much individuals in a society differ in their self-reported happiness levels—or subjective well-being, as happiness is sometimes called by researchers. Since 2012, the World Happiness Report has championed the idea that happiness is a better measure of human welfare than standard indicators like wealth, education, health, or good government. And if that’s the case, it has implications for our conversations about equality, privilege, and fairness in the world. We know that income in-
equality can be detrimental to happiness: According to a 2011 study, for example, the American population as a whole was less happy over the past several decades in years with greater inequality. The authors of a companion study to the World Happiness Report hypothesized that happiness inequality might show a similar pattern, and that appears to be the case. In their study, they found that countries with greater inequality of well-being also tend to have lower average well-being, even after controlling for factors like GDP per capita, life expectancy, and individuals’ reports of social support and freedom to make decisions. In other words, the more happiness equality a country has, the happier it tends to be as a whole. Among the world’s hap-
piest countries—Denmark, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, and Finland—three of them also rank in the top ten for happiness equality (see the ranking below). On an individual level, the same link exists; in fact, individuals’ happiness levels were more closely tied to the level of happiness equality in their country than to its income equality. Happiness equality was also a stronger predictor of social trust than income equality—and social trust, a belief in the integrity of other people and institutions, is crucial to personal and societal well-being. “Inequality of well-being provides a better measure of the distribution of welfare than is provided by income and wealth,” assert the World Happiness Report authors, who hail from the University of
British Columbia, the London School of Economics, and the Earth Institute. How much happiness inequality does your country have? To do this analysis, the researchers asked a simple question of nearly half a million people worldwide: On a scale of 0-10, representing your worst possible life to your best possible life, where do you stand? The most common answer is 5—but as you can see in the graph on the right, many people rate themselves as less happy than that. If the world had perfect happiness equality, everyone would provide the same answer to this question. Topping the rankings for happiness equality is Bhutan, a country whose government policy is based on the goal of increasing Gross National Hap-
Shonali Muthalaly
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here she stands amid a swirl of dancing villagers, beating a drum; she’s wearing racy red lipstick, scruffy sneakers and an unexpectedly authoritative swagger. The entire village weaves round her, throwing flowers in the air. Solemn little school children in prim grey uniforms, socks briskly pulled up to their knees. Village women, pivoting energetically, as they take turns singing verses of a rollicking welcome song. Men in shabby-genteel blazers, standing stiffly in the background, politely waving leafy branches, their faces wreathed in toothy smiles. Pryda village welcomes us with flutes, a gaudy, flower-decked satin banner and unexpectedly warm hugs. Set in the West Khasi hills of Meghalaya, this village is home to about 45 families. It’s accessible only via a picturesque, but challenging, one-hour trek from the main road, through steep dirt tracks, snaking streams and rough steps hewn into the rock. We find our way there by following the sound of Pryda’s drummer woman’s beats, which echo from a distance through the quiet hills. We also have a guide: village matriarch Spermon Kharnaior. She’s not absolutely sure how old she is; a spirited discussion later at the village school house, over spicy pork curry, fragrant sautéed mustard leaves and cups of sweet red tea, reaches a consensus when the group
settles on the age of 75. To be honest, she looks older, with her frail frame, deep wrinkles and crimson mouth, stained by years of chewing betel nut. Till she begins to lithely scamper up the hills, telling stories in rapid Khasi as she leads the way. During the last, especially steep stretch, she extends a leathery hand and grabs my wrist, then impatiently hauls me up the path right into the centre of the celebration, which she joins with gusto, raising her hands and snapping her fingers. I was at Pryda because it was one of the host villages of Slow Food’s Indigenous Terra Madre, which was held in Shillong last November. An event that was as unique as it was earnest, it brought together influential indigenous people from across the world. For five days, over 600 delegates representing 140 tribes from over 58 countries joined forces to discuss the way ahead. The consensus? The tribes, who have learnt to co-exist comfortably with their land, while holding on to tradition, have answers for us all, especially when it comes to food. In a world that is giddy with conflicting dietary and health advice, tribes from villages like Pryda are an invaluable resource, because they haven’t changed the way they essentially live — and eat — in generations. And more often than not, they’re getting it all right. We are welcomed into the village with a tray of boiled yam and sweet potato, served with salt and deadly green chillies: a clever, nutritious and unexpectedly delicious
snack. After a long lunch, set out on sturdy wooden tables at the village school house, as we get ready to leave, they hand us a final snack: sohplang, a juicy, indigenous tuber, deftly wrapped in banana leaves, to eat on the way back. It’s crisp, juicy and refreshing. A world away from the heavily processed granola bars, energy drinks and juice boxes that have become synonymous with an active lifestyle today. According to Slow Food, which works with the villages of the North East, this part of India is home to more than 250 indigenous groups, and is considered to be one of the most bio-culturally diverse areas in the world. Meghalaya is home to one of the first species of citric fruits, a type of orange that is found only in the Garo hills. I spend a delightful day at Shillong’s Barabazar, known as Lewduh, a heaving, pulsating warren of cobbled paths crammed with bustling stalls. There are trays filled with wriggling eri worms, famous for the silk they produce. A friendly chef from the Khasi tribe, who I bump into at the market, tells me how they’re his favourite snack, simply deep-fried with a dusting of salt. We try a handful, and they’re less intimidating than expected: crunchy outside, spongy inside, with an almost familiar smoky barbeque flavour. If you’re squirming right now, steel yourselves: insects are likely to be the food of the future, considering they are economical, easy to raise and packed with protein. Just another little tip from the tribes.
According to a new report, income inequality isn't the only thing we should be concerned about
piness. Those with the most happiness inequality are the African countries of South Sudan, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. Researchers also assessed the level of happiness inequality in each of 157 countries, taking into account how much people’s happiness ratings deviated from each other. The US ranks 85th for happiness inequality, meaning that subjective well-being— not just wealth—is spread relatively unevenly throughout our society. We fare worse than New Zealand (#18), our neighbor Canada (#29), Australia (#30), and much of Western Europe. Note that these aren’t the happiest countries; they are simply the places without a huge happiness gap between people. Even so, as described above, happiness equality is associated with greater happi-
ness overall. Unfortunately, trends in happiness inequality are going in the wrong direction: up. Comparing surveys from 2005-2011 to 2012-2015, the researchers found that wellbeing inequality has increased worldwide. More than half of the countries surveyed saw spikes in happiness inequality over that period, particularly those in the Middle East, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa. Meanwhile, fewer than one in ten countries saw their happiness inequality decrease. Over that time period, happiness inequality in the US has gone up while happiness itself has declined. The good news is that promoting happiness equality doesn’t require taking happiness from some people and giving it to others. Instead,
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these findings underscore the importance of building a society and a culture that cares about individual well-being, not just economic growth. Some countries—such as Bhutan, Ecuador, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela— have already taken this stance, appointing happiness ministers to work alongside their government officials. As report co-editor and Earth Institute director Jeffrey Sachs writes: Governments can ensure access to mental health services, early childhood development programs, and safe environments where trust can grow. Education, including moral education and mindfulness training, can play an important role. Human well-being [should be] at the very center of global concerns and policy choices in the coming years.
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STAIRWAY TO TAX ‘HEAVEN’: Your guide to Panama Papers and Offshore operation
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n investigation into the sprawling secretive industry of offshore dealing known as the “Panama Papers” was released recently exposing offshore financial dealings of the rich and famous and politically connected, as well as the leaders of some countries. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), after a yearlong collaborative investigation of leaked documents from a Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, published the papers exposing the tax evasion by rich and famous across the world by creating offshore companies in British Virgin Islands (BVI). ICIJ said the leaked documents — totaling 11.5 million records and 2.6 terabytes of data - were reviewed by a team of more than 370 journalists from 76 countries. The records shows how a global industry of law firms and big banks sells financial secrecy to politicians, fraudsters and drug traffickers as well as billionaires, celebrities and sports stars. The question is what exactly these papers are and how it operates? What is offshore and offshore company? A conventional business lexicon would describe ‘offshore’ as - registering or operating outside of a person's or business' national boundary with the intention of accruing financial, legal and taxation benefits. A company incorporated for the purpose of operating outside the country of its registration and/
People demonstrate against Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson in Reykjavik, Iceland on April 4, after a leak of documents by so-called Panama Papers stoked anger over his wife owning a tax haven-based company with large claims on the country's collapsed banks. (REUTERS File Photo)
or the place of residence of its directors, shareholders and beneficial owners is therefore referred as an offshore Company. A company may legitimately move offshore for the purpose of tax avoidance or relaxed regulations but often it can be used for illicit purposes such as money laundering and tax evasion. According to the Economist, companies such as Mossack Fonseca specialise in helping foreigners hide wealth. The main tools for doing so are anonymous shell companies (which exist only on paper) and offshore accounts in tax havens (which often come with perks such as banking secrecy and low to no taxes). These structures obscure the identity of the true owner of money parked in or routed through jurisdictions such as Panama.
Why British Virgin Islands? The island is an attractive tax haven. Investopia.com, an online financial content provider, defines a tax haven is a country that offers foreign individuals and businesses little or no tax liability in a politically and economically stable environment. It also provides little or no financial information to foreign tax authorities and the non-residing investors can take advantage of these countries' tax regimes. The Canada's Toronto Star reported that each tax haven has a specialty: the Cayman Islands have secret bank accounts; the Cook Islands have private trusts; Luxembourg attracts opaque “foundations.” In the BVI, it’s the cheap and easy incorporation of anonymous offshore companies. The BVI government normally
has no idea who actually owns the tax-free companies or what they do, the Guardian reported, but the only significant information supplied to the official registry is the name of the company's agent – one of the local firms who arrange incorporations and collect the hefty annual fees. The agents will rigidly refuse to release further facts to anyone. The Modus Operandi Two Scenarios In the ICIJ website, the Modus Operandi for the tax evasion in a tax haven as explained is through a simple interactive game. If you are a politician, celebrities in various field or a businessman, the interactive games provides you three scenarios to successfully park your money in a tax haven. Here the first two are explained. A Celebrity or a Star Suppose you are a sports star or movie star who has negotiated a $50 million sponsorship contract with a global fashion and sportswear brand. Instead of paying required taxes on the deal, you decide to hide the money from the tax collector. What do you do? Open an offshore company. The Bank will register the company as for e.g. “ETC PVT LTD” in BVI and your new bank account will use that name instead of your real name. To keep the identity secret, earlier two methods were used - name a friend or employ a nominee shareholder or use ‘bearer shares’. But the latter was outlawed by an Act by BVI in 2004. Thus, you take the route of a “nominee shareholder” – who is an unrelated third party, who is officially registered as the holder of shares
in the company. “The purpose of the nominee shareholder is to uphold client secrecy by shielding the actual owner of the company from being publicly associated with that particular offshore company” (Investopia). The company that supplied you with “ETC PVT LTD” will provide you with a nominee shareholder whose name will appear on the company’s public documents. Ultimately, a British citizen in Panama will act as the beneficial owner, also known as natural person nominee, of your company. This will cost more than $15,000 a year, but keeps your tax liability hidden from authorities (Until it is exposed as in the case of Panama Papers). A political star is on the rise: You are a rising political star with potential as a key political player and potential future leader. Your father, a controversial political figure passed away, leaving behind a secret multimillion-euro Swiss bank account. After careful consideration, you decide not to disclose this secret account lest it raise questions about your connections to your father’s controversial past. What do you do? While Switzerland still refuses to reveal the identity of its banking clients, a bill called the European Savings Directive (ESD) came into effect in 2005 which makes it mandatory for banks to pay tax on any interest earned in the account (for European Client). If you don’t want to pay that, your financial adviser suggests two options. 1. Sell your shares, 2. Open an offshore company. If you follow the first option, your game is up but if you opt for the latter and create an
offshore Company “Family Secrets Ltd”, you are safe. A few years pass you run for the top political post and inquisitive journalists and political opponents dig into your finances. Worried about the outcome, you decide to distance yourself further from your “Family Secrets Ltd” – but how? The best option is to create a private foundation. You create the “BEHIND CLOSED DOORS FOUNDATION,” which becomes the shareholder of Family Secrets Ltd. The public face of your private foundation is a council filled with nominees provided by the law firm handling your company’s affairs, ensuring your name will not appear on any public documentation. If your political opponents catch wind of a Swiss account left by your father and tip off a reporter about your secret stash of cash, you deny connection. Thankfully for you, private foundations offer robust ways to hide your identity. The law prevents your registered agent from revealing the true owner of the Behind Closed Doors Foundation, even to authorities. The registered agent is in the business of acting as intermediary for a companies registered in specific jurisdiction, often where companies has little or no physical presence in that jurisdiction (ICIJ). Your secret is safe until someone in the agency goes rogue. A more or less same route is used by businesses. And until the company or agency handling your affairs is exposed or someone leaks the company documents through ‘whistleblower/s’ or hacking, your money is safely parked in the tax haven.
9 eerie death superstitions from around the world Stephanie Almazan The Lineup
1. RUlE OF THREES Death strikes not once, twice, but three times... and celebrities are hardly immune. This well-known death superstition states that deaths, especially those of the famous, occur in groups of three. Sadly, you need not look far for an example. The deaths of three prominent musicians provided a somber start to 2016. We said goodbye to Motörhead legend Lemmy Kilmister (December 24, 1945-December 28, 2015), the inimitable David Bowie (January 8, 1947–January 10, 2016), and beloved Eagles guitarist Glenn Frey (November 6, 1948–January 18, 2016), all within a few weeks of one another.
or in Chinese culture, but has no place in death. The Chinese take special care to avoid red when dressing the dearly departed. The deceased will turn into a ghost should he or she be wearing this hue as they pass into the afterlife. Funeral attendees also steer clear of the color. At the end of a funeral ceremony, red thread is passed around to signify the end of the ban. This red thread is also tied on the doorknobs of guests’ homes to ward off evil spirits.
3. THREE ON A MATCH Here’s a reason to quit smoking: If you’re third in line to light your cigarette from the same match, you just might wind up dead. While the exact source of this death superstition is unknown, many trace it back to wary soldiers from the wars 2. THE FORBIDDEN of the late-19th and earlyCOlOR 20th centuries: the first to Red is a prominent col- strike a match would catch
the attention of the enemy; as the second soldier lit his cigarette the enemy took aim; by the time the third soldier was ready to light up, the enemy fired away. 4. DRApE THE MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WAll WITH ClOTH In the Victorian era, mirrors were believed to reflect one’s soul. When one passed on, it was customary to cover the mirrors in the home with cloth to prevent the deceased’s spirit from being trapped. The veiled mirrors also signified a time of mourning, and a temporary withdrawal from the material concerns of society. 5. BEWARE THE BIRDS Cultures around the world have long associated birds with the spirit world. Sparrows are believed to carry souls into the afterlife, and to kill one brings
bad luck. The Apaches believed that dreaming of an owl meant impending death. The same nocturnal bird visited Roman emperor Antoninus, resting upon his bedchamber door shortly before his death. Others believe a bird that flies into your home is there to deliver a message of doom to someone in the household.
the east means birth and renewal while a sunset in the west represents death. Many graveyards bury their bodies with this in mind. The head points west while feet point east, allowing the body’s spirit to face the sunrise and await rebirth.
8. HOlD yOUR BREATH AS yOU pASS A CEMETERy Urban legend has it that 6. MExICO'S you should hold your breath BlACK WITCH MOTH while passing by a cemetery. This large tropical moth Ignore this warning, and you is known in Mexico as the just may inhale a malevolent mariposa de muerte (but- spirit. terfly of death). Its lore dates back to the Aztecs. A sight- 9. pARTy OF 13? yOUR TAing in one’s home represents BlE IS READy a recently deceased loved It’s bad enough to risk one visiting the living—or an food poisoning at a shady omen of impending death buffet, and doubly unlucky for someone who’s ill. to tempt fate in large groups. According to this unlucky 13 7. BURy THE death superstation, dining DEAD FACING EAST in groups of 13 means cerIn numerous cultures tain for one unlucky diner and religions, a sunrise in within the year.
Redesign for a healthier lifestyle Tonight Tonight there will be some wetting their pillow with tears. Tonight there will be lovers cuddling under warm blankets and tonight there will be people like me with only poetry for company. THOUGHTS Tonight my thoughts could burn the farthest miles. So I send you a message through the breeze that plies by my window. Please keep your heart open. A SEASON TO REASON My heart does not agree with reason, since you came along this season. And now all I do is question the season looking for reasons, why my heart has been imprisoned. A different kind of gratefulness I had a really long day But I am so glad each day That I don’t have to come home to you. To your bitter narrow heart Filled with frustration and suspicion. Believe me, I’d rather sleep on cold cement than next to you. (The writer is a Govt. servant who writes poetry as a hobby. She is inspired by life and relationships in general)
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ith fitness and good health being top priority for most people these days, making healthy food choices is critical. But what if your kitchen — your go-to place for snacking and mindless eating — could inspire you to stay on the right track? Is it possible to design or re-do your kitchen so that you can snack less, eat healthier and lose weight? Brian Wansink, director of Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab and author of Slim by Design: Mindless Eating Solutions for Everyday Life, writes that it is easier to become slim by design than slim by willpower. We give you his top nine tips to alter your kitchen and eat healthier. • Ensure that your kitchen is neat and clean. Research has shown that cluttered kitchens prompt people to eat 44 per cent more of their snack food than an organised one. • Open kitchens may be the norm, but a functional kitchen ensures that you don’t hang out and consequently don’t keep munching.
• Rearrange your kitchen ter or stove instead of putcupboards, pantry and reting everything out on the frigerator so the first foods table. Most of us tend to you see are healthy ones. come back for second and • The only food visible in the third helpings if the food is kitchen should be fruit. in front of us. Get the biscuits, cereal and • Make dinner time a time chips out of sight. that’s spent with the fam• Buy smaller packages as ily. Stay away from TV and research shows that people gadgets as research has eat more from bigger packshown that if you eat while ages. If you buy the bigger watching television or in ones as they are cheaper, front of a computer, you repackage into smaller overeat and have a higher portions. body mass index. • Downsize your tableware. • Opt for white dinner plates Using plates, glasses, mugs for regular use. Studies and cutlery that’s smallhave shown that if there’s a er in size automatically huge contrast between the makes you eat lesser than colour of food the colour you usually do. of the plate, you will serve • Serve food from the counyourself a smaller portion.
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Own a Horse not Cars Vebu Khamo: I was intrigued to hear one of our senior lecturers in the college narrating a conversation that happened with a taxi driver in town. As the man drove the cab, he commented that after all the years of driving, he felt the roads in Nagaland are not suitable for cars and owning a horse would better fit in with the condition of our roadways. I had to laugh at this idea of our people owning a horse for the purpose of transportation rather than cars. Nevertheless, one had to agree with the fact that our roads are not at all satisfactory. 98% of the roads in Nagaland that connect towns and villages are all half-baked, half-patched and half done. It would have been much better if no proposal of blacktopping roads were made in the first place. All the big proposals of four lanes and highways are nothing but a child’s play. No concrete works is done. It will only create a huge noise and excitement in the papers and ends in the paper. It’s all gone with the wind. Honesty, integrity and fear of God vanish when money floods in. The publics have totally lost the dream of good roads in Nagaland. We have heard enough of blaming the government and the road contractors for the present road condition but to no avail. Publics traveling on buses and taxis have to bear the brunt and bruises of the roadways every single day that are no more than roller-coaster. On the onset of monsoon, the roads will metamorphose into riverbeds and so the transportation of many roads would be blocked. The only possible solution then, is for our people to own a horse rather than cars. Horses would be a better option for the Nagas at the present moment as the hoof of the horse does not have any problem with potholes, muddy roads or water-bogged areas (no pun intended here). It would be a sight of beauty to behold and invite lots of attention from the outside world. As we see it, our people crave to ride on polished cars but not on polished roads. It is with pity that Nagas have tons of stylish well-dressed, highly fashioned and talented people in our land yet our pride falls short every time we step out of our homes. What will truly define a modern society will be this: road condition, water network, power connection, internet links and proper toilets in every corner of our towns and localities. Until we come to this point, let all the Nagas remember that we are all wedged together like frog in a small muddied pond. God bless my humble Nagaland!
Breaking away with ISMs Felis S Zhimo: Well, our society will be much better if our love for our own community don't make us hate other community/ies. Only when we have our "NAGANESS" more than our "semaNESS" / "angamiNESS"/ "aoNESS"/" lothaNESS"... ONLY THEN a breakthrough will take place in "our land"...Unequal treatment of people based on their origin/ place/ tribe/ race is what happens everyday in our land.. ISM is too strong that's preventing common good... To cite an example as a solution, if theft happens in Kohima, the person who catches the thief shouldn't be allowed to ask BY LAW "TUI KI LAGA MANU ASE" because that has nothing to do with the crime. Or if a man is searching for a rented house, the owner shouldn't be allowed to ask BY LAW "TUI KI LAGA MANU ASE" because the tribe has nothing to do with his/ her moral character. Even in a Government office we are often asked "TUI KI LAGA MANU ASE". And the whole response depends on what I say, ‘Are we heading downhill’. If we want process, I believe the NLA should pass a law not to ask this question on crime scene/ at public offices. But the real change I believe will come only when we erase inequity from our heart. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are the views of the individual and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of The Naga Blog.
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India in talks to buy U.S. Predator drones, has eye on China, Pakistan New Delhi, April 8 (reuterS): India is in talks with the United States to purchase 40 Predator surveillance drones, officials said, a possible first step towards acquiring the armed version of the aircraft and a development likely to annoy Pakistan. India is trying to equip the military with more unmanned technologies to gather intelligence as well as boost its firepower along the vast land borders with Pakistan and China. It also wants a closer eye on the Indian Ocean. New Delhi has already acquired surveillance drones from Israel to monitor the mountains of Kashmir, a region disputed by the nuclear-armed South Asian rivals and the cause of two of their three wars. As defence ties deepen with the United States, which sees India as a counterweight to China in the region, New Delhi has asked Washington for the Predator series of unmanned planes built by privatelyheld General Atomics, military officials said. "We are aware of Predator interest from the Indian Navy. However, it is a government-to-government discussion," Vivek Lall, chief executive of U.S. and International Strategic Development at San Diego-based General Atomics, told Reuters. The U.S. government late last year cleared General Atomics' proposal to market the unarmed Predator XP in India. It was not clear when the delivery of the drones
World military spending up in 2015, India in sixth position India is also ahead of countries like France, Germany and Israel who happen to be among its top arms suppliers. New Delhi, April 8 (AgeNcieS): India is the sixth largest military spender in 2015 having spent $51.3 billion even as the world spent $1,676 billion reversing a global trend which was on the decline since 2011., as per the latest report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). India moved one rank up from last year accounting for 3.1 percent of global military expenditure. Over a ten-year period from 2006-15 this represents a 43 per cent jump. India is also ahead of countries like France, Germany and Israel who happen to be among its top arms suppliers. World military expenditure rose by 1 per cent in 2015, the report noted said it reflects continuing growth in Asia and Oceania, Central and Eastern Europe, and some Middle Eastern states. Sam Perlo-Freeman, head of SIPRI’s military expenditure project said that the military spending in 2015 presents contrasting trends.
US asks India, Pakistan to engage in direct dialogue to reduce tensions
A U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle assigned to the California Air National Guard's 163rd Reconnaissance Wing flies near the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, California in this January 7, 2012 USAF handout photo obtained by Reuters February 6, 2013. (REUTERS)
would take place. The navy wants them for surveillance in the Indian Ocean, where the pilotless aircraft can remain airborne for 35 hours at a stretch, at a time when the Chinese navy is expanding ship and submarine patrols in the region. Moves by India to enhance its defence capabilities have in the past provoked sharp reactions from Islamabad, where the government and military are worried about falling further behind their bigger rival in the arms race. Pakistan's foreign ministry could not be reached for comment on Friday, the
start of the weekend there, comes as U.S. Defense Secwhile the military had no retary Ash Carter heads to India this weekend for talks immediate comment. to cement military collaboration in the final months of CARTER VISIT India's air force has also the Obama administration. asked Washington about ac- Indian military officials said quiring around 100 armed they expected the request for Predator C Avenger aircraft, the armed aircraft to figure in which the United States Carter's talks with his Indian has used to carry out strikes counterpart, Manohar Paragainst Islamist militants in rikar. Washington wants Pakistan's northwest and India to sign a set of agreeneighbouring Afghanistan. ments including on the But it would need clearance use of each other's military from the Missile Technology bases that would help them Control Regime group of 34 operate together. Prime Minister Narennations as well as approval from U.S. Congress before dra Modi's government has any transfer of lethal Preda- signalled its willingness to tors could happen, officials move forward with the prosaid. The push for the drones posed pacts after the previ-
Central govt employees get 6 pc DA hike from Jan 1
New Delhi, April 8 (pti): Dearness allowance for central government employees has been hiked to 125 per cent of basic pay, up by 6 percentage points, with effect from January 1, 2016, the Finance Ministry said today. "...Dearness Allowance payable to central government employees shall be enhanced from existing rate of 119 per cent to 125 per cent from January 1,2016," according to a Finance Ministry office memorandum bringing into effect the DA hike announced last month. The decision to release an additional installment of DA to central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to Pensioners from January 1, 2016, was taken by Union Cabinet on March 23. The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both DA and Dearness
Relief would be of Rs 6,796.50 crore per annum and Rs 7,929.24 crore respectively, in 2016-17 (for a period of 14 months from January, 2016 to February, 2017). The DA will benefit 50 lakh central government employees and 58 lakh pensioners. Dearness Allowance is paid as a portion of basic pay of employees to neutralise the impact of inflation. Pensioners get Dearness Relief. The Centre revises DA twice a year on the basis of one year average of retail inflation for industrial workers as per a predetermined formula. In September last year, DA was increased to 119 per cent from 113 per cent with effect from July 1, 2015. In April last year, the government had hiked DA by 6 percentage points to 113 per cent of the basic pay with effect from January 1, 2015.
NIA court issues arrest warrant against JeM chief Masood Azhar
chANDigArh/New Delhi, Apr 8 (pti): NIA today secured non- bailable arrest warrants against Pakistan-based Jaish-e- Mohammed (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar, his brother Abdul Rauf and two others for allegedly conspiring to carry out terror strike on the strategic Indian Air Force base in Pathankot. A special NIA court based in Mohali issued the 'open-ended non-bailable warrant' against Azhar, his brother, main handlers Kashif Jaan and Shaid Latif for allegedly entering into a criminal conspiracy with JeM terrorists for carrying out a terror strike on the IAF base. The strategic base was attacked by terrorists of banned JeM during the intervening night of January one and two in which seven
security personnel were killed. Four bodies of terrorists were recovered from the encounter site which lasted for nearly 80 hours. The special court issued the arrest warrant after weighing the evidence presented by NIA before it which included telephonic conversation between the terrorists and the Jaish handlers like Jaan and Latif. The video of Rauf, brother of Azhar, was also presented before the court. In the video which was uploaded on a website being hosted from Pakistan, Rauf had claimed responsibility for the attack and complimented his boys for it. The video has since been removed and the website has also gone off the cyber world. The non-bailable warrant will be sent to Interpol.
Haryana sets up inquiry commission to probe Jat stir violence chANDigArh, April 8 (iANS): The Haryana government on Friday announced the setting up of a two-member Commission of Inquiry to inquire into violence and the circumstances leading to it during the Jat agitation for reservation in February. The commission has been asked to submit its report within six months. The commission headed by Justice S.N. Jha (retd), a former chief justice of Jammu and Kashmir and the Rajasthan high courts, has former IPS officer N.C. Padhi as member. Padhi is a former secretary (security) of the central government. The commission will look into the "sequence of events leading to, and all facts and circumstances relating to, the occurrence of violence leading to loss of lives, damage to properties, both private and public, including roads, canals, railway stations, police sta-
tions and illegal felling of trees and violation of human rights" from February 18 to 23 in Rohtak, Jhajjar, Sonepat, Jind, Hisar, Kaithal and Bhiwani districts. "The Commission will also inquire into existence of a deep-rooted conspiracy, if any, to damage the social fabric of society and any such matter as may be found relevant in the course of the inquiry," a state government spokesman said. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced in the recent assembly budget session that a judicial inquiry would be ordered to inquire into arson and disturbances during the Jat agitation for reservation under the Backward Class quota in government jobs and educational institutions. "The commission shall also inquire into complaints or allegations that may be made before it by any individual or association," the spokesman said.
ous administration did not act for more than a decade. Retired air vice marshal Manmohan Bahadur said the proposed acquisition of armed Predators would give the military the ability to carry out cross-border strikes, or even attack targets lying deeper inside a neighbouring country. "But at the end of the day, it's a political decision. It's one thing to lob artillery shells, its another to use air power, that's an escalation," he said. India has not moved against Pakistan militarily despite blaming militant groups based there for orchestrating attacks on its soil including one on
Mumbai in 2008, in part out of fear it would spiral into a broader conflict. But a drone strike might be a less risky option, experts said. Ejaz Haider, a Pakistani security analyst, said Islamabad would object to the transfer of such drones in the region. But he questioned their effectiveness if they entered Pakistani air space, since it would probably try to shoot them down, something it did not do with U.S. drones. "There is obviously going to be push-back from Pakistan, because if it (the drone) does get through in some way or other it enhances Indian capability," he said.
wAShiNgtoN, April 8 (iANS): As Pakistan's envoy to New Delhi announced that the bilateral peace process has been "suspended", the Obama administration has asked India and Pakistan to engage in "direct dialogue that is aimed at reducing tensions". US State Department Deputy spokesperson Mark Toner, in his briefing on Thursday, said in answer to a question about the suspension of peace talks: "The peace process, we believe and it's been our longstanding position that India and Pakistan stand to benefit from the normalization of relations and practical cooperation, and we encourage them to do so, to engage in direct dialogue that's aimed at reducing tensions between the two governments and two countries. "And we strongly support those efforts, because we believe it, obviously, will lead to greater stability and peace in the region and is to the benefit of both countries," he said. In New Delhi, Pakistani envoy Abdul Basit said at an event that the "peace process has been suspended" between both neighbours. Toner declined to answer a question on the arrest in Pakistan of an alleged Indian spy, Kulbhushan Jadhav. "I am aware of the reports about the arrest. I don't have anything ... any details of the arrest," he said. Toner also declined to comment on a question on Kashmir. "Look, our policy regarding Kashmir has not changed. As we've long said, the pace, scope, and character of those discussions or any discussions on Kashmir must be for the two sides to determine. We support any and all positive steps that India and Pakistan can take to forge closer relations," the State Department spokesperson said.
Maharashtra claims most success in finding missing children
MuMBAi, April 8 (thoMSoN reuterS FouNDAtioN): India's western state of Maharashtra has traced the largest number of missing children in the country as part of a national campaign to find them, kindling hopes that new measures put in place will also help check trafficking in the state. The state is one of the largest destinations for trafficked children in the country. State Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said this week it has traced more than 12,000 children as part of the national Operation Smile and Muskaan (smile), launched first in January last year to find and reunite children with their families. A child goes missing every eight minutes in India, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. Almost 40 percent of them remain untraced. While some are kidnapped or trafficked and forced to
work, some are abandoned by families who cannot afford to care for them. Older boys may be runaways seeking better opportunities. "Maharashtra has shown good results in bringing back the children and connecting to their families," Fadnavis told the state assembly. The state's efforts have also boosted the conviction rate for perpetrators to 52 percent from 9 percent before the campaign, he said. Few cases of missing children in the country were even filed with the police until the Supreme Court, in response to a petition by Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi's Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save the Childhood Movement), made it mandatory in 2013 to register all cases of missing children. Police must assume missing children are victims of kidnapping and trafficking, and conduct an investigation when a child is recovered to ascertain the involvement of
organised gangs in trafficking and child labour, the court had said. In Maharashtra, first information reports - the first step to an investigation - had been filed with the police for less than a quarter of the children found, said the state's Inspector General of Police Brijesh Singh. "Most children are not even registered as missing," Singh told the Thomson Reuters Foundation on Thursday. "That makes it very hard to trace them and return them to their families." Nationwide, almost 29,000 children were rescued in two month-long operations last year, according to the home ministry. National data for this year's January campaign are not yet available. In Maharashtra, 4,244 children were rescued in January, of whom only 665 had been recorded as missing, Singh said. Last July, 4,296 children were
traced in the state, of whom about 1,400 were girls, he said. A similar number were rescued in January 2015. Some children were found begging on the streets, and others had been forced to work. Some had been trafficked from the eastern states of Bihar and Orissa, Singh said. As part of the campaign, police stations in the state appointed child welfare officers, and the state's 12 anti-human trafficking units worked closely with child welfare centres. Police also tapped NGOs for help with rehabilitation. These measures, if sustained, could also help check trafficking, said Jyoti Nale, head of the antihuman trafficking programme at Save the Children India in Mumbai. "Sustaining the momentum may be difficult, as this was a concentrated effort," she said. "But they have shown that it can be done, that we can get good results with these measures."
'Safe drinking water for all still a challenge'
New Delhi, April 8 (iANS): Emphasising the need to ensure safe drinking water for all in India, President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said conservation and optimal utilisation of water will remain a "foremost priority" for the world for many years to come. "Providing safe drinking water to our people is an area where much needs to be done," the president said at the valedictory function of the 'India Water Week 2016' here. He said several communities in India still lacked basic water infrastructure and spent "considerable time and energy" collecting water instead of progressing to incomegenerating activities. "Proper water infrastructure will rejuvenate these populations," he added. Mukherjee said locally feasible technologies and marketable innovations should urgently be introduced in such locations. Involving micro-financing institutions would also help popularise these technologies, the president said. "We must prioritise resilient eco-systems, modern data management systems and innovations in technology. Our laws
People gather to get water from a huge well in the village of Natwarghad in the western Indian state of Gujarat. (Reuters)
should inculcate a respect for the principle that water is a common legacy. We must treasure it, utilise it in a manner that enables us to pass it on - intact, if not enhanced - to our Generation Next," Mukherjee said. He appreciated the Centre's programmes like
'Krishi Sinchayee Yojana', 'Nirmal Bharat Abhiyaan' and 'Integrated Watershed Management Programme', saying these would help in providing water to all. About India Water Week, the president said it was a key initiative for sharing the best practices
and exchanging ideas to identify timely solutions to critical water issues. "It is heartening that there has been a good response to the exhibition, showcasing technologies and solutions for improving efficiencies in water use," he added. The president
also congratulated Israel for being this year's partner-country for India Water Week 2016, and commended its government, scientists, technicians and people for developing practical innovations for optimally utilising and saving every drop of water possible.
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Al Qaeda emerges stronger & richer from Yemen war
A general view shows al-’Iss town after Syrian rebels and the al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front took control of it, in Aleppo countryside, Syria on April 2. (REUTERS Photo)
company and earns up to $2 million every day in taxes on goods and fuel coming into the port. AQAP boasts 1,000 fighters in Mukalla alone, controls 600 km (373 miles) of coastline and is ingratiating itself with southern Yemenis, who have felt marginalised by the country’s northern elite for years. By adopting many of the tactics Islamic State uses to control its territory in Syria and Iraq, AQAP has expanded its own fiefdom. The danger is that the group, which organised the Charlie Hebdo magazine attack in Paris last year and has repeatedly tried to down U.S. airliners, may
slowly indoctrinate the local population with its hardline ideology. “I prefer that al Qaeda stay here, not for Al Mukalla to be liberated,” said one 47-year-old resident. “The situation is stable, more than any ‘free’ part of Yemen. The alternative to al Qaeda is much worse.” Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, is struggling to extricate itself from the Yemeni quagmire a year after intervening in the country’s civil war. Riyadh is determined to deny bitter rival Iran sway over another Arab capital. It has focused on attacking the Houthis who have seized parts of northern Yemen and who are al-
lied to Iran. But despite thousands of aerial bombings, the Saudis and their Gulf allies have failed to push the Houthis from the capital Sanaa. An estimated 6,000 people, half of them civilians, have been killed. A temporary ceasefire between the internationally recognised government, which is backed by the Saudis, and the Houthis is due to begin on April 10. In a recent statement issued by the Saudi embassy in Washington, Saudi officials said that their campaign had “denied terrorists a safe haven in Yemen.” And yet, AQAP’s strength is growing.
Scientists detect mysterious new state of matter lONDON, ApRIl 8 (IANs): An international team of scientists has successfully detected a mysterious new state of matter that causes electrons -- thought to be nature’s indivisible building blocks -- to break into pieces. The state, known as a quantum spin liquid, was found in a two-dimensional material with a structure similar to graphene. First predicted 40 years ago, quantum spin liquids were thought to be hiding in certain magnetic materials, but had not been conclusively sighted in nature. “This is a new quantum state of matter, which has been predicted but hasn’t been seen before,” said Johannes Knolle from Cambridge University, one of the co-authors of
the study published recently in the journal Nature Materials. In a typical magnetic material, the electrons each behave like tiny bar magnets. And when a material is cooled to a low enough temperature, they will order themselves so that all the north magnetic poles point in the same direction. But in a material containing a spin liquid state, even if that material is cooled to absolute zero, the bar magnets would not align but form an entangled soup caused by quantum fluctuations. The researchers used neutron scattering techniques to look for experimental evidence of fractionalisation in crystals of ruthenium chloride (RuCl3) to measure the
first signatures of fractional particles known as Majorana fermions. The researchers tested the magnetic properties of the RuCl3 crystals by illuminating them with neutrons, and observing the pattern of ripples that the neutrons produced on a screen. A regular magnet would create distinct sharp spots, but it was a mystery what sort of pattern the Majorana fermions in a quantum spin liquid would make. The earlier theoretical prediction of distinct signatures matched well with what experimentalists observed on the screen, providing for the first time direct evidence of a quantum spin liquid and the fractionalisation of electrons in a two dimensional material.
Pope Francis calls for compassionate Church open to “imperfect” Catholics VAtICAN CItY, ApRIl 8 (ReUteRs): Pope Francis on Friday called for a Church that was less strict and more compassionate towards “imperfect” Catholics, such as those who divorced and remarried, saying “no one can be condemned forever”. Francis said gays should be respected but firmly re-stated the Church’s position that there are “absolutely no grounds” to equate gay unions to heterosexual marriage. In a 260-page treatise called “Amoris Laetitia,” (The Joy of Love), one of the most eagerly awaited pronouncements of his pontificate, Francis quoted Martin Luther King, Argentine Poet Jorge Luis Borges and even the 1987 Danish cult film Babette’s Feast, to make his case for a more merciful and loving Church. The keenest anticipation centred on what he would say about the full reintegration into the Church of Catholics who divorce and remarry in civil ceremonies. Under current Church teaching they cannot receive communion unless they abstain from sex with their new partner, because their first marriage is still valid in the eyes of the Church and they are seen to be living in an adulterous state of sin. The only way such Catholics can remarry is if
Pope Francis waves as he leaves at the end of a Jubilee vigil prayer in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican, April 2, 2016. REUTERS
they receive an annulment, a religious ruling that their first marriage never existed because of the lack of certain pre-requisites such as psychological maturity or free will. “No one can be condemned forever, because that is not the logic of the Gospel! Here I am not speaking only of the divorced and remarried, but of everyone, in whatever situation they find themselves,” the pope said. COMMUNION BAN Progressives have proposed the use of an “internal forum” in which a priest or bishop work with a Catholic who has divorced and remarried to decide jointly, privately and on a case-by-
case basis if he or she can be fully re-integrated and receive communion. Francis seemed to embrace this view, saying he could “not provide a new set of general rules ... applicable to all cases”, but he called for “responsible, personal and pastoral discernment of particular cases”. Father James Bretzke, professor of moral theology at Boston College, said while Francis did not explicitly give a green light for remarried Catholics to return to communion, “the dots are pretty close together, you can connect them reasonably easily and conclude that he is saying this is a possibility. “If he’s not opening the
door, he is at least showing you where the key under the mat is.” Francis said he understood those conservatives who “prefer a more rigorous pastoral care which leaves no room for confusion” but the Church should be more attentive to the good that can be found “in the midst of human weakness”. “The Church turns with love to those who participate in her life in an imperfect manner,” he said, including in this category those Catholics who are cohabiting, married civilly or are divorced and remarried. Conservative American Catholic author George Weigel said he did not see an opening to the divorced and remarried but rather “a call for the Church to be creative in integrating people in difficult situations”. The document, formally known as an Apostolic Exhortation, followed two gatherings of Catholic bishops, or synods, that discussed family issued in 2014 and 2015. In other sections, Francis said young people had to be better prepared for a lifelong commitment, praised the “erotic dimension” of love within marriage and said the Church needed a “healthy dose of self-criticism” for in the past preaching that procreation was the “almost exclusive” reason for marriage.
A U.S. counter-terrorism official said AQAP remained one of al Qaeda’s “most potent affiliates.” The United States launched its deadliest air strike yet on the group on March 22, killing around 50 of its fighters at a military base outside Mukalla. “The group’s bombmaking expertise and longstanding ambitions to carry out attacks using novel or complex tactics underscore (the) threat,” the official said. A senior Yemeni government official said the war against the Houthis “provided a suitable environment for the ... expansion of al Qaeda.” The with-
drawal of government army units from their bases in the south, allowed al Qaeda to acquire “very large quantities of sophisticated and advanced weapons, including shoulder-fired missiles and armed vehicles.” As well, the coalition’s preoccupation with fighting the Houthis “made it easier for al Qaeda elements to expand in more than one area,” he said. “And this is why al Qaeda has today become stronger and more dangerous and we are working with the coalition now to go after elements of the group ... and will continue until they are destroyed.”
biggest financial gain to date,” one of the officials said. “That’s enough to fund them at the level they had been operating for at least another 10 years.” In a sign that AQAP not only wants to get rich but also seeks official recognition as a quasi-state, it unsuccessfully sought permission from the Yemeni government to export crude oil in October and collect a share of the profits, according to a tribal leader and two senior officials. Yemen’s government refused, fearing the deal would give de facto recognition to the internationally blacklisted group.
ANATOMY OF AN ECONOMIC EMPIRE Barely a week after Saudi Arabia launched “Operation Decisive Storm” against the Houthis in March last year, Yemeni army forces vanished from Mukalla’s streets and moved westward to combat zones, security officials and residents said. The city’s residents were left defenceless, allowing a few dozen AQAP fighters to seize government buildings and free 150 of their comrades from the central jail. And just as Islamic State seized the central bank in Mosul in northern Iraq, AQAP looted Mukalla’s central bank branch, netting an estimated $100 million, according to two senior Yemeni security officials. “That represents their
ON THE WATERFRONT In Mukalla port, a thriving fuel smuggling network enriches AQAP daily. Tribal sources, residents and diplomats told Reuters the militants gained control of the ports in Mukalla and Ash Shihr when they first stormed the cities in April last year. The militants began imposing tax and custom tariffs on shippers and traders. A current official in the transport ministry estimate AQAP’s daily revenue at $2 million a day. Some local traders put it as high as $5 million a day from customs duties and smuggled fuel, according to Basalmah, Yemen’s former transport minister. Abdallah al-Nasi, governor of neighbouring Shabwa province, where AQAP controls some ter-
ritory, said the group has become the de facto fuel supplier. “They sell the fuel to whoever buys it,” Nasi told Reuters by phone “The government-run petrol stations buy from them and sell it on to the citizens.” Tribes who work with al Qaeda now control much of the country’s oil infrastructure. After army forces withdrew from the area last year, armed local tribes linked to al Qaeda took charge. That prompted major companies operating there to shut production and end exports. ROBIN HOOD AQAP uses the money it extorts to win favour among its subjects. Elisabeth Kendall, a Yemen scholar at Oxford University, calls it a “Robin Hood” strategy. Late last year, AQAP cancelled payroll taxes in areas it controls because it deemed the practice un-Islamic. The group regularly posts pictures of its fighters repairing damaged bridges and paving streets in Hadramout and other cities under its control. It says the money for the repairs comes from groups such as Guardians of Sharia or Sons of Hadramout. In one video posted on Feb. 28, AQAP members deliver free medical supplies and equipment to the kidney dialysis and cancer wings of a local hospital. The boxes of supplies are sealed with the tape of a Western pharmaceutical company.
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DUBAI/CAIRO, ApRIl 8 (ReUteRs): Once driven to near irrelevance by the rise of Islamic State abroad and security crackdowns at home, al Qaeda in Yemen now openly rules a mini-state with a war chest swollen by an estimated $100 million in looted bank deposits and revenue from running the country’s third largest port. If Islamic State’s capital is the Syrian city of Raqqa, then al Qaeda’s is Mukalla, a southeastern Yemeni port city of 500,000 people. Al Qaeda fighters there have abolished taxes for local residents, operate speedboats manned by RPG-wielding fighters who impose fees on ship traffic, and make propaganda videos in which they boast about paving local roads and stocking hospitals. The economic empire was described by more than a dozen diplomats, Yemeni security officials, tribal leaders and residents of Mukalla. Its emergence is the most striking unintended consequence of the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen. The campaign, backed by the United States, has helped Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) to become stronger than at any time since it first emerged almost 20 years ago. Yemeni government officials and local traders estimated the group, as well as seizing the bank deposits, has extorted $1.4 million from the national oil
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peren district Task Force meeting on immunization held
p E r E N, a p r i l 8 (mExN): The Peren District Task Force meeting on immunization was held on April 6 at Project Director’s Chamber, DC Office, Headquarter. The programme was chaired by SDO Civil, Robin. Officials of various Departments from Chief Medical Office, School Education, Social Welfare, District Public Relations Office, Rural Development and AdministraMinister for School Education & SCERT Yitachu with others during inspection to the site for tion attended the meeting. setting up of Block Institutes of Teachers Education (BITE) at Meluri in Phek district recently. (Morung Photo)
Director of SCERT, Khrietuo Mezhur and Additional Director, T. Sekhose along with the faculty and in- service Diploma in Pre-school Education (DPSE) trainees during the teachinglearning materials exhibition held at ECCE cell, SCERT on April 6.
Chairing the programme, SDO welcomed all the members present and expressed his sincere appreciation. Addressing the gathering, Dr. Ngangshimeren, Chief Medical Officer welcome and expressed his appreciation to all the members for attending the meeting and gave a brief note on National Deworming Day and highlighted about certain lapses that were observed and requested the concern department to coordinate and look
forward for better results in the next phase. Dr. Khrielasanuo, DPO, RCH /UIP briefed out on the duties and functioning and importance of District Task Force Meeting. She highlighted about the switch of Trivalent Oral Polio Vaccines to Bivalent Oral Polio Vaccines (BOPV) which will start from April 25. She also stated that April 22 will be the last day to use the Trivalent oral poilio vaccines (TOPV) after which the re-
CEO interact with security forces on NERP
Kohima, april 8 (Dipr): Chief Electoral Officer Nagaland, Sanjay Kumar has a meeting with the HODs of the Security forces at Hotel Japfu on April 6 on the ongoing issue pertaining to the National Electoral Roll Purification (NERP) 2016. In his address Kumar said it is important for the officers and the Jawans to exercise their right to vote according to the Constitution of India but at the same time call on not to misuse the right to vote by registering their names at multiple
places. He requested the gathering to create a platform for educating the importance of the right to vote. During the interaction hour, various speakers shared their problem about security personnel being transferred and posted within a short span. In this regard Kumar informed them to contact the Election department and report the matter to the DEO or Assistant Election Officer for inclusion of their names in the electoral roll and also asked the Election department to incorporate
the changes without delay. The meeting was attended by representatives from the Director General of Police; Commandant, 15 IR Mahila Battalion; IG, Assam Rifles, Nagaland; Commandant, SEWAK, Nagaland; Commandant, CRPF, Nagaland; Commandant, 164 Naga Territorial Army, Jakhama; Commandant, 155 BN, BSF, Chedema; Commandant General, Home Guards & Civil Defense; Director, Rajya Sainik Board, Nagaland and Group Commander, National Cadet Corps.
Dmp District BJP consultative meeting held
Dimapur, april 8 (mExN): The Dimapur District BJP, Nagaland held a consultative meeting at Hotel Theja Fort on April 6. The meeting also coincided with the 36th BJP Foundation day. A press note stated that the meeting was graced by K. Imtiwati Ao Dimapur District In-charge. In his speech, the In-Charge spoke about the significance of the day and also
encouraged all the members to come forward and work hard together, so that the party can go ahead and reap the fruit in the future. The meeting was chaired by L. Bendang Ao, Ad-hoc President Dimapur District who welcomed all the members to the meeting. He also extended his gratitude to Visasolie Lhoungu President BJP NagaInd State and collective leadership and
maining will be destroyed. She also highlighted about the Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine which is injectable will be given along with the 3rd dose of Pentavalent Vaccine and OPV. She also gave an overview about the National Deworming Day held in the month of February 2016 and that a total of 35,000 Albendazole were distributed out of which 14356 were distributed by the Anganwadi’s (212 centres), 11942
Tanhai Village Morung inaugurated Dimapur, april 8 (mExN): A village Morung (Yalam Wangheang) of Tanhai Village under Mon District was formally inaugurated by Parliamentary Secretary CAWD, Y.M. Yollow Konyak on April 6. Speaking on the occasion, the Parliamentary Secretary encouraged the people of Tanhai Village to take advantage of the good geographical location which includes good road connectivity, availability of water supply and good electricity. He further urged the people to make good use of developmental activities of the government. Strongly discouraging social vices such as alcoholism and drug abuse es-
colleagues and friends in the party for appointing him as Ad-hoc president Dimapur District BJP, Nagaland. Invocation was pronounced by Avile Lea, former Vice-President of Dimapur District BJP. Commemorating the 36th BJP foundation day the party members observed one minute silent, to pay tribute in remembering the departure souls of all the pioneers Dimapur, april 8 of the party. (mExN): As part of its Civic Action Programme, the Assam Rifles Training Centre and School (ARTC&S) has constructed a village comOfficer, NVBDCP in his pre- munity kitchen and toilet sentation gave a brief over- block at Shokhuvi village in view of vector borne diseas- Dimapur. A press release from es in Nagaland, its control measures and guidelines the ARTC&S informed on LLIN distribution. Dr. that the problem of nonMedikhru also informed availability of a community the gathering that the pro- kitchen and toilet block at gramme will also be provid- Shokhuvi village was highing Rapid Diagnostic Test lighted by P Akhitio ZhimoKits to police personnel for mi, Chairman of Shokhuvi detection of asymptomatic malaria. The presentation was followed by a discussion on distribution of LLIN to police personnel.
torate of Health and Family Welfare will be allotting Long Lasting Insecticidal Treated Nets (LLIN) for protection against mosquitoes/ insect bites to police personnel, a press release received here informed. The meeting was chaired by Dr. Sashimeren, Medical Consultant (PHQ), who welcomed the gathering and expressed hope that the meeting will be conducive for both parties. Dr. Kevichusa Medikhru, State Programme
Modern College organised ‘Parting Social’ for the final year students on March 31. Dr. HP Singh, principal of the college and Lezo Putsure, Director, YouthNet exhorted the students, while Rev. Losü, Pastor, Mao Baptist Church, Kohima said a special prayer for the outgoing students.
types of polioviruses (type 1, 2 & 3), will be replaced with bOPV (type 1 & 3). The switch to bOPV will affect both routine immunization and polio campaigns. Mission Indradhanush is a seven-day immunization drive that will be conducted from April-July. The first round will commence on April 7, 2016. She said, “The programme is to strengthen Routine Immnization (RI) in hard to reach areas especially in those places where there
Village Council, through an application to Assam Rifles Training Centre and School. Both the community kitchen and the toilet were given to the people of Shokhuvi village by Brig K Narayanan, Commandant, Assam Rifles Training Centre and School. The Assam Rifles through the press release assured that it will continue its sincere efforts to facilitate peace and development in the North East.
Peren DPDB discusses timber supply, cattle deaths
MI, tOPV-bOPV switch discussed in Kiphire KiphirE, april 8 (mExN): District Task Force Kiphire held a meeting on Mission Indradhanush phase-3 and global switch of tOPV-bOPV at DC office, Kiphire on April 4. Dr. Rebecca Y Sema (DPO RCH-UIP) gave an insight into the global switch of tOPV (trivalent) to bOPV (bivalent) and Mission Indradhanush phase-3. As part of the global efforts towards eradication of polio, tOPV currently being used which contains all three
pecially among the youths, he advocated towards transforming oneself since no other external factors can change “one’s evil practice.” The programme was chaired by H. Leiwang, a teacher in GMS Tanhai and concluded with a closing prayer by P. Wangpong, Pastor Tanhai Baptist while entire program was recorded by Er. K. Tingten Konyak. The highlight of the event included cultural songs by various groups; short speeches by Y. Nyangpong Jt. Secretary, Irrigation and Flood Control, Government of Nagaland and invitees from other Morungs followed by a Morung feast, informed a press note received here.
Assam Rifles build community kitchen, toilet at Shokhuvi
Meeting between NVBDCP & Police Dept Kohima, april 8 (mExN): A joint meeting between the National Vector Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP), Directorate of Health and Family Welfare and Police Department was held on April 5 at PHQ conference hall, Kohima. The A free medical camp was organized at Zhavame village by the 9th Assam Rifles D. Coy, 5 Sec- meeting was attended by tor, Pfütsero on April 2. The programme had opening prayer by the Village Council Chaplain, introductory speech by VCC, and speeches by Post Commander, Captain Rahul and Rev. Fr. all the unit officers/representatives and officials from James. Altogether, 150 patients were treated during the camp. Directorate of Health and Family Welfare. The National Vector Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP), Direc-
in the Government School children by the teachers(134 Schools) and 8475 in the Private School children (37 Schools) by the teachers. She expressed her sincere appreciation to all concern departments for their support and cooperation. She informed about the District performance of routine immunization. Various aspects for implementing the switch of TOPV to BOPV were discussed.
are no health centres and areas where migratory population is present.” The goal is to immunize 0-2 years, 5 years and pregnant mothers. 22 areas in the district have been selected for the same based on immunization coverage. DC Kiphire encouraged the community and departments to assist the medical workers to successfully carry out the programme and achieve maximum immunization coverage.
p E r E N, a p r i l 8 (Dipr): The monthly District Planning & Development Board (DPDB) meeting of Peren district was held on April 6 under the chairmanship of DC Peren & Vice Chairman DPDB Peter Lichamo at the district headquarter. After reviewing the last meeting’s minutes, the board discussed the supply of timber and finished products from the district and decided to forward the same to DFO Peren. The meeting also decided to bring out annual magazine with the achievement
and activities undertaken by the various departments. ADC, S. Taniu apprised the meeting on the deaths of cattle in the district and to find out the reason and remedial measures to prevent such epidemics. The board also endorsed RD department to give a PowerPoint presentation on its departmental activities in the next DPDB meeting. All departments were also requested to submit their proposal for construction of office buildings and staff quarters by the end of the month.
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Promotion of tourism in our State Time to scrap the Ministry of Roads & Bridges
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was given the opportunity to travel far and wide. My eyes were opened and I am totally interested in the promotion of tourism in our state. I was able to identify some potential tourist spots. 1. Pfütsero: It is a small quaint scenic town and it can be the next Shillong. The hills are green and gentle. The roads are clean and the building beautiful and colorful. Plus it has the potential to be an important economic centre for the Phek District because it is strategically located; Kohima is near to it. The Cabbages and Potatoes grown in Phek District can be distributed through Pfütsero. The Khezha Chakhesang can sell this place hard as a Tourist destination. Build small cottages or home stays for Foreigners to feel at home. It is very beautiful, we should all visit it
2. The place between Yangzitong Village and Aghünato is simply breath taking. The snaky road leading to the Tsütha valley is surreal. Tsütha valley is awesome! I lost in time as we rested in Tsütha valley. Aghünato is clean and can be the next Darjeeling with proper connectivity. 3. The Saramati range is a place for the more adventurous. Even from the roads you will feel like you are top of the world. Those who are into SUV Backpacking may try the Saramati ranges. Awesome experience. It is a place where Eagles dare to fly. 4. Longleng: Abode in the clouds and aptly named. You feel like you are floating in the clouds with the clouds on your waist. Green and lush. Good Road connectivity is much needed in Longleng. Gayatri Maytas fiasco needed
to be fixed soon. The horrible Changtongya - Longleng road is a nightmare especially in Monsoon! 5. Lanye Valley: Across the River is Manipur. The fields besides the river and the small huts on it. The cool breeze on your face. The mountains guarding you. Perfect place to spend the night in this place with tents and the kettle boiling on the fire. You will be rejuvenated at this place. The place is green and so peaceful. And there must be plenty of beautiful places which I am missing out. Our government should identify those hot spots and sell our State hard as a tourist destination. Nagaland Tourism Minister, I hope you read this write-up. So my Friends forget about Switzerland! Pack your bags and head to the places I mentioned! Kevitho Kera
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ood roads are absolutely vital for a flourishing economy. Good roads save time and money. Good roads reflect the level of development achieved. Good roads can save precious lives. Good roads ensure better and faster delivery of public services. Good roads play a most important role in times of disasters. Good roads form a part of our basic rights and necessities. In a landlocked state like Nagaland, roads are about the only means of travelling and transport. However, the condition of the roads are no less than pathetic. Dimapur, the commercial hub of Nagaland, is not worth its glowing tag because the roads in Dimapur are a nightmare. The condition of the roads in Dimapur are well below standard. This is just one example. Every district in Nagaland will have more or
less the same story, I’m sure. Once my friend who was visiting Nagaland in the winter of 2015 asked me: “Are the roads in Nagaland always like this?”. I was taken aback. This was the last question I had expected. I dryly replied that we are used to it (of course we are, aren’t we?). People from outside Nagaland must be shocked at the bad condition of roads. I do sincerely apologize to the tourists and all alike on behalf of the Nagas. I do wonder how the Ministers and government officials feel about the condition of roads. I mean, don’t they travel everyday on these same roads too? Or are they immune to such feelings and considerations? The university in which I studied, whenever roads were built, they were done in such a way that come rain or sunshine, they’d always remain intact, solid and smooth. A senior of
mine of Tripura once ridiculed Nagaland for having no roads at all. All of us from different states were there that day. With a sigh of defeat, I told him that he was not wrong. The bottom line to the present-day government is that if you cannot assure the public of Nagaland of basic development like good roads, do us a favor by doing away with the Ministry of Roads& Bridges. Stop fooling the people. This is turning out to be a bad joke! Yes, we are all aware of the fact that you inherited this problem, along with many others. However, if you can’t do anything about it, please do as I have requested. Many Nagas would agree to my proposal. Also, I humbly request the ever merciful government to organize off-road motor rallies and races on the roads of Nagaland. This would serve a better purpose and aim. Dimapur would be a
good start. The response of the public would be tremendous. To the people of Nagaland, I want to share a few words of Bertolt Brecht and strongly urge every one of you out there to carefully reflect on those words: “The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn’t seem to know that the cost of living, the price of beans, of flour, of rent, of medicines, all depend on political decisions. He even prides himself on his political ignorance, sticks out his chest and says he hates politics. He doesn’t know, the imbecile, that from his political non-participation comes the prostitute, the abandoned child, the robber and worst of all, corrupt officials, the lackeys of exploitative multinational corporations.”
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ll chefs talk about the ingredient of love that goes into making good food. And how it is the
special ingredient of love which they put into their dishes that make it tastes so delicious. In our very own hometown, we have an amazing chef whose ingre-
dient of love goes beyond the cooking pot. One time at a professional catering event, a teenager really enjoyed the desserts so much that she went up to the Chef and complimented him saying how much she really enjoyed it. Next moment, she found herself taking home a carry bag full of the leftover desserts. Then there are countless other stories of free coffees and impromptu food sampling sessions happening at this restaurant. Meet James Ngullie, who is not only a great Chef but a person with an interesting story. James is a Chef and food entrepreneur who owns two restaurants in Dimapur “Highnoon Diners” located at Supermarket and “Highnoon Rendevous” near Delhi Public School. This Chef’s talent really came into focus when he took part in the
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his week’s Indihut Artist of the Week is Muno Shiu, an aspiring artist from Dimapur, Nagaland. His single ‘Rise and Walk,’ recorded and produced at Jam Studio 11 is a message from 1 Timothy 4:12, which has been his driving force behind writing this song. ‘Rise and Walk’ is available for free
download at www.indihut. com. The younger of the two siblings, singing has always been his passion from an early age. He was actively involved performing in various shows and leading the worship team in the church to which he counts as his everlasting joy in serving the Lord. Muno says he draws his
inspirations from the bands such as ‘1975’, ‘Stryper’, ‘The Script’ and Nagaland’s very own band ‘Incipit’. The young passionate artist tries to experiment with a wide range of genres from pop, soft rock to indie rock and strongly believes that music can be a powerful medium to motivate and inspire the youths to live a meaningful life.
First Season of the “Naga Master Chef” competition. He finished as one of the four finalists. “I was asked by some friends to enter the competition. Naga Master Chef really gave me a lot of experience,” he says. James found his culinary voice in his mother’s kitchen. His grandmother was a Staff Nurse during the 1950s in Assam and this is where his mother got introduced to cooking by the wives of British officers who were posted in Assam during that time. She then trained James to cook from an early age, sharing her cookbooks and recipes. Growing up, James was taught to cook and his sister was taught to bake. His sister is Zubeni Odyuo who owns “Bake and Cake” aka Classic Blossoms located at Duncan Basti, Dimapur. James mother took cooking very seriously and taught him three prin-
Chef’s Special Creation ciples of cooking. She has always told me “You’ll be three persons eating the food you cook- first person is your eyes, second your nose, and third your mouth”. I still use this principle whenever I cook. I focus on the presentation, the aroma and the taste. But life hasn’t always been this way for Chef James. Long back, before his career as a professional Chef began, he started a business in Mechanism right after his education at St.Edmunds Shillong. In fact, he was one of the first to open a Maruti Workshop in Dimapur in 1986. He says, “Those days it was big money and being introduced to a lot of money, unfortunately I became a drug addict for 18 years”. But he managed to turn his life around one more time and eventually overcame his addiction. However, he says, he didn’t have the guts
to go back into Mechanism and gave it up. Cooking always being a part of his life, and his mother encouraging him to pursue it, he was inspired to open a restaurant near Delhi Public School, Dimapur called “Highnoon Rendezvous”. Word of mouth soon spread and the restaurant was a big hit! This led him to open another restaurant, “Highnoon Diners”. Revealing what he likes to cook, Chef James enjoys cooking with prawns, colourful vegetables, and Lotha dishes. The best selling items on the menu are Rib Trip (BBQ Pork spare Ribs), Pork Meat Balls, Stuffed Chicken Breasts. A moment he cherishes is when he cooked for the Princess of Thailand on her visit to Kisama Nagaland. On the current food scene in Dimapur, James opines that there are plenty of good restaurants in
Chicken Lollipops Dimapur. He is also happy that the quality of food has become better nowadays. He laughs and says that we have come a long way from our Chow-Momo days. There are lots of foodies in Nagaland and it is very encouraging to see them try new food and eating out a lot. Food business is one of the most promising. There is a lot of profit. He points out that training is important because in any kind of business, one should know the basics well. He has so far trained personnel for Hotel Sara-
Anne Hathaway welcomes a son
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nne Hathaway has welcomed a healthy baby boy. The 33-year-old gave birth to her child on March 24 in Los Angeles. She and her husband Adam Schulman revealed the good news on Thursday. The happy couple also revealed that they had chosen a very traditional name for their son, who is now just over a week old. The actress and her spouse named their first born Jonathan Rosebanks Shulman, according to E! News. A source told E! News: 'The baby is extremely healthy and is surrounded by friends and family in LA. Anne and Adam are ecstatic to be parents.' The birth of the baby came just a few weeks after the brunette beauty enjoyed a 'relaxed' baby shower with friends in March. The 33-year-old star was joined by a bunch of close pals - including Matthew McConaughey's wife Camila Alves - at the celebration. A source said at the time: 'Anne was one of the first people to arrive. She looked relaxed and happy to be there. 'There was a lot of chatter and laughter throughout the afternoon. Many times there was giggling and clapping because all of the ladies were having so much fun.' Another insider added: 'They seemed excited to get inside the party. At the end of the shower, they helped pack up all the gifts. He's been helping Anne shop a lot for the baby. They've been ordering a bunch online too. They are as happy as clams.' The Princess Diaries star began dating Adam in 2008. They later announced their engagement in November 2011, exactly three years after their romance began. The two wed in a gorgeous ceremony on the California coastline in Big Sur on September 29 2012. The announced they were expecting their first child in November 2015, seven years after they first began dating. Source: MailOnline
Himakshi Agarwala Femina, Miss India East will be the show stopper at the Mode Volk Fashion Show which will be held at Town hall Dimapur at 5:30 PM on April 9. Fashion lovers ate invited come and witness the grand fashion shows by various designers and models on the ramp with Live Sound Gear Pheto Music and Stage Lights by Shiu lights.
Selena Gomez 'angry' at Justin Bieber
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inger Selena Gomez was reportedly angry at former boyfriend Justin Bieber after she found out that the "What do you mean" hitmaker tried to give another chance for his relationship with Hailey Baldwin. A source close to Gomez told hollywoodlife. com that the "Hands to myself" singer was furious after she saw Bieber and Baldwin getting cosy at the iHeartRadio Music Awards
last weekend. "Justin tried to secretly bring Hailey as his date to the iHeartRadio Music Awards," the source shared. It was later said that Bieber actually didn't want the 23-year-old songstress to know that Baldwin was there with him. "He's decided to give things another go with her, and hid her backstage away from prying eyes because he didn't want Selena to know," the source added. Source: IANS
'American Idol' bids adieu, crowns final winner
Final winner: Trent Harmon was surrounded onstage by his fellow contestants on Thursday after being crowned the final winner of American Idol at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood
T The judges: Harry Connick Jr, Jennifer Lopez and Keith Urban entered onstage during the finale
mati Dimapur, Hotel Japfu Kohima and NIDC. He adds that a Chef should be clean in his food preparation, should be a foodie himself, and really know the taste buds of the local people. Walk into his restaurant and you will encounter one of the friendliest Chefs in town. James always greets everyone with a shy smile but very welcoming approach. He is always ready to meet and greet people, helping with food choices, and at many times serving the food himself. He is the coolest Chef in town!
rent Harmon became the winner of the 15th and final "American Idol" finale, after defeating fellow contestant La'Porsha Renae. Trent praised god as he was showered with confetti upon his victory on Thurs-
day night. "God is real," he said while embracing the runner-up La'Porsha. He held back tears as he sang his winning song "Falling", reports aceshowbiz.com. The last two finalists had also teamed up for a rendition of Marvin Gaye
and Kim Weston's "It takes two". The two-hour finale also brought back former judges, including Kara DioGuardi, Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson. DioGuardi performed Pink's "Sober" with Tamyra Gray and Jordin
Sparks, while Cowell took the chance to apologise for the judges' mean comments to contestants. Singer Kelly Clarkson, winner of the first season of "American Idol", stole the show with her performance of "A moment like this". Carrie Underwood teamed up with Keith Urban for a duet of "Stop draggin' my heart around". Jennifer Lopez, meanwhile, performed her new song "Ain't your mama" live for the first time. Kellie Pickler, Lauren Alaina, Scotty McCreery, Skylar Laine, Kree Harrison, Constantine Maroulis, Caleb Johnson, Chris Daughtry, Bucky Covington, Ace Young, Katharine McPhee, Clay Aiken, Ruben Studdard and Jessica Sanchez were among other musical performers in the farewell episode. Source: IANS
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Europa: Liverpool hold Dortmund on SC slams BCCI for resisting reform Klopp's return, Sevilla beat Bilbao
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Divock Origi scores the first goal for Liverpool during the UEFA Europa League Quarter Final First Leg at the Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund on April 7, 2016. (Getty Images)
they were sluggish in the opening 45 minutes when Liverpool chased, harried and pressed relentlessly. The visitors took the lead after 36 minutes when industrious Origi, preferred in attack to Daniel Sturridge, latched on to a flick forward, took a touch to control the ball and squeezed a low shot across Roman Weidenfeller into the net. The Belgian should have doubled the lead before halftime but shot straight at Weidenfeller and Liverpool were made to pay three minutes after the break when Hummels powered a header from Henrikh Mkhitaryan's cross past Simon Mignolet. Liverpool comfortably survived Dortmund's best efforts for the remainder of the match and will head to Anfield buoyed by their performance, with a knee injury for captain Jordan Henderson the only disappointment for Klopp. "Dortmund is a pretty good side and everyone could see that but we had our moments and we could have won the game," Klopp told BT Sport.
"I’m pretty sure a lot of people thought we would lose 2, 3 or 4-0. But at some moments we had Dortmund and around our goal we were brilliant." Sevilla, aiming to become the first side to lift the trophy for three years running, but had not won an away game in Europe or La Liga all season and were behind early in the second half. Atheltic's Aritz Aduriz, the Europa League's top scorer this season, got his ninth in the competition when he dipped low at the back post to head Iker Muniain’s cross past keeper David Soria three minutes into the second half. The two teams, locked together on points in La Liga, were level on the night, however, when Muniain's poor header back was intercepted by Ever Banega, who fed Timothee Kolodziejczak to finish leftfooted after 56 minutes. The comeback was complete with seven minutes remaining when Kevin Gameiro found Vicente Iborra on the counter and he poked the ball past Bilbao keeper Iago Herrerin.
Shakhtar Donetsk started their game with Braga on the back of an 8-1 domestic victory over Metalist Kharkiv, in sharp contrast to their Portuguese opponents, who lost 5-1 to Benfica in their last outing. The Ukrainian side took the lead through Yaroslav Rakitskiy's volley just before halftime, and Facundo Ferreyra doubled the advantage with 15 minutes remaining when he diverted a cross into the Braga net. Wilson Eduardo gave Braga a lifeline, however, when he headed home in the 89th minute. Villarreal came into their clash against Sparta Prague with a 100 percent record at home in Europe this season without having conceded a goal, while Sparta had gone 12 matches unbeaten in the competition. Something had to give and Villarreal will head into the second leg as favourites after Cedric Bakambu's scored either side of Jakub Brabec's equaliser to give them the advantage heading into next Thursday's return fixtures.
"You are dealing with hundreds of crores of rupees. Do you say that you have complete immunity over (spending) it and you can't be questioned. Do you say that you can't be questioned how you spend hundreds of crores of rupees if not thousands that you collect from the public. Can we record that statement," the bench observed as senior counsel K.K. Venugopal opposed the recommendation to have a CAG representative on the country's top cricket board. "How the presence of the government nominee or that of CAG will violate the ICC rules and attract recognition," the court asked Venugopal, who appeared for BCCI. The court's query came as the BCCI told it that the presence of the CAG representative as suggested by
Justice Lodha Committee would result in the de-recognition of the apex cricket body from the International Cricket Council (ICC) as it would be viewed as governmental interference in the affairs of an independent and autonomous sports body. "You are opposing the nominee of the CAG (on the board) as it would make you vulnerable to derecognition but you are all advocating involvement of ministers and bureaucrats ... Does it not create government influence or presence?" Telling senior counsel Venugopal that the public money that BCCI was holding as Trust was for the promotion of the game of cricket, the bench said: "Are you not accountable to the beneficiaries? This money is in trust with you for whose benefits. It is for the
benefit of the people who watch matches, are you not accountable to them?" In an attempt to tell the court that the BCCI was changing in its own way, Venugopal said: "We are now going to appoint a consultant for the better management of our affairs." He reiterated the BCCI's position that they would account for their actions before the statutory authorities. He told the court that the board was implementing the Lodha Committee recommendations, but would not accept some of them, in respect of which the cricket body was protected by Article 19(1) (c) of the constitution. The BCCI is resisting the Lodha Committee recommendations which call for a ceiling of two terms for office bearers, one stateone vote among others.
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London, ApriL 8 (rEUTErS): Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp enjoyed a satisfying return to Borussia Dortmund as his new side frustrated his former charges and claimed a valuable away goal to draw 1-1 in their Europa League quarter-final, first leg on Thursday. Klopp, whose sevenyear Dortmund spell ended last season, was warmly welcomed back to the Westfalenstadion and enjoyed his night as Liverpool took a first-half lead through Divock Origi before Mats Hummels levelled after the break. Holders Sevilla are wellversed in the art of getting results in two-legged knockout ties and their bid for a third successive Europa League title stayed firmly on course with a 2-1 win at La Liga rivals Athletic Bilbao. Villarreal, the third Spanish club in the last eight of Europe's second-tier competition, also enjoyed firstleg success with a 2-1 win at home to Sparta Prague, while Shakhtar Donetsk won at Braga by the same scoreline. Klopp's return was always going to be an emotionally-charged occasion for the Liverpool boss and the Dortmund fans, whose affection for their former coach, who delivered two Bundesliga titles, remains undimmed since his departure. There was warm applause from all around the stadium as Klopp was welcomed back prior to kickoff and the spirit of friendship between the teams extended to a unified and rousing rendition of both clubs' anthem "You'll Never Walk Alone". Dortmund have been in superb form - unbeaten in 16 matches in 2016 - but
nEw dELhi, ApriL 8 (iAnS): The Supreme Court on Friday said the functioning of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) should be "transparent and visible" and observed that the apex cricket body was "refusing to reform" and resisting some of the important recommendations of the Justice Lodha Committee. "You are discharging public function... how best your functioning can be improved. It has to be transparent and visible. The way you are doing (discharging your function) and how you are doing," said the apex court bench of Chief Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla. "Your position is that I am accountable to registrar of societies (in Tamil Nadu where BCCI is registered as a society) but refuse to reform."
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