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I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice

11 killed, 50 injured in stampede at Jharkhand temple [ PAGE 8]

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— Abraham Lincoln

Kashyap, Prannoy off to winning starts at badminton Worlds

NRMSA Longleng reaffirm resolution [ PAGE 2]

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Nagaland off roaders get excited sovereignty, integration

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The North East’s first ATV track in Dimapur

Morung Express News Dimapur | August 10

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All Terrain Vehicles or ATVs are not the conventional motor vehicles that one has come accustomed to. Its off-road aura has largely contributed to it being confined to power sport and need-based application in terrains where conventional mode of transport meets a dead end. While this range of offroad vehicles have caught on big in the west either for recreation or utility, here in this remote part of the planet, its presence has been limited to seeing it on television in awe and at the same time dreaming to lay a hand on one. And for those people that will not be the case anymore as ATV is here to stay. A first of its kind in the North East, Dimapur is now home to an exclusive ATV facility complete with tracks. A brainchild of Troy Motherwell, a UK-born entrepreneur now based in Nagaland, the facility promises to give visitors an out-of-this-region experience. Motherwell, who is married to a Naga woman, is the Managing Director of Polaris showroom located at Bamunpukhuri-B. Polaris is a leading US-based motor manufacturing company, which specialises in off-roaders of the ATV breed. He along with his wife came up with the idea after realising the dearth of recreational facilities in Dimapur. His association with ATVs began with the opening of the Polaris ATV dealership in 2014, not long after which he went about the business of

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You don’t need copies of the Agreement. You need Pranayama to calm you down.

AICC to file petition against Congress MLAs in Nagaland

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sport can’t be 100 percent safe,” said Motherwell on the aspects of safety. “But we ensure that safety norms are taken care of.” He said that protective gear is a must for riders, while on-track attendants remain on standby to monitors riders. Along with the thrill aspect “The concept was to create a family-oriented hangout zone,” said Motherwell, where thrillseekers as well families can have a good time. “We’ve got a lot of young guys coming in. We’ve got families visiting too.” To add that family-oriented touch, he said that plan is afoot to have a barbeque joint, coffee house and children’s recreation spot. He is also toying with the idea of having live bands. Stating that it is a work in progress, Motherwell said that the facility in due course of time would turn into a healthy recreation zone. Another objective of the facility is to promote adventure tourism in Nagaland. “Want to promote Nagaland, want

DIMAPUR, AUGUST 10 (MExN): The All India Congress Committee (AICC) has decided to file a disqualification petition against all 8 Congress MLAs in Nagaland state “for violating party directives.” This was informed by the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) President, K Therie today. The NPCC President, in a press note, lamented that the matter has reached a “point of no return” and said “time has come for all to decide as to which ideological principles of the political parties one wishes to adopt.” Therie also informed that the party is in the process of bringing out the NPCC Roadmap for the 2018 elections. “In the light of the present Political situation, I appeal to Congress men and women to be strong,” he added.

to promote tourism and create jobs,” said Motherwell of his ambition. He further said that he is mulling over the idea of organising an ATV racing competition in collaboration with the Nagaland Adventure Motor Sport Association. The use of off-road vehicles is not limited to sports and recreation alone. “ATVs are very capable machines. It is only that people are yet to see its true potential,” said Motherwell. From disaster management to farming to border and forest patrols and as ambulances in extreme terrain, he said that its use is diverse. The Ranger four-wheel series can negotiate inclines upto 60 degrees. The Kerala Police and Gujarat Police and the Chennai Coasts Guards are using these vehicles. In Nagaland, he said that the Forest department has already inducted one into service. A noiseless electric-powered version can even be used for eco-tourism.

when it comes to oil or gas or rivers, the Centre says these are national resources. So 371A is not acceptable. The Constitution has to be suitable amended giving genuine powers to Nagas,” Atem was further quoted as saying.

Emissary to the NSCN (IM) collective leadership, General (retired) VS Atem, has refuted reports in the national media quoting Indian government Naga people will be informed sources that the NSCN (IM) has The NSCN (IM) leader meancompromised on “sovereignty” while assured that the Naga peoand “integration” of Naga areas. ple would be informed on the “Not at all…how can we leave progress of the peace talks and it out,” the senior NSCN (IM) on the broad framework of the leader told The Morung Express agreement. over the telephone from Delhi. “ The peace Atem said that sharing of “sover- • Sharing of “sovereign powers” between agreement was eign powers” beIndia and Nagas defined in the compe- made on behalf of the Naga people tween India and tencies of Framework Agreement and since the issue Naga people have been defined in the • No surrender of arms till final integra- belongs to the people why should we competencies of the tion is achieved hide anything. In a Framework Agreecouple of days we ment and consider- • New relationship as “equal partners” will inform the Naga able headway has Nagas was divided without their public whichever is on the negotibeen made in this regard. Asked on some of the “sov- consent and we have every right ating table,” he said. Atem said some of the NSCN ereign powers” that would be to live together. We will continue vested on Nagas, Atem said “land to fight till Nagas achieve this as- leaders would be returning to Nagaland within the next two and resources” was one of the piration,” he said. Meanwhile, the Hindustan days and share the broad concompetencies that Nagas would enjoy. He, however, declined to Times reported the NSCN (IM) tours of the peace accord. He also disclosed that the comment on other sovereign leader as stating that the Naga powers of the Nagas stating that Hoho be made a statutory au- Framework Agreement had to finer details were being worked thority. “It will undergo a trans- be signed with a sense of urgency out on the competencies, which formation from a being merely due to the failing health of NSCN would be premature to divulge at a social body to a statutory body (IM) chairman, Isak Chishi Swu. “He (Swu) was also worried with legislative, executive and fithis stage. Atem, however, said that both nancial powers,” he was quoted and we were all the more worried about him. For 57 long years, sides have agreed to forge a new as saying. The report further informed he had led the Nagas without any relationship as “equal partners.” He added that both sides have that Atem favoured a separate second thought and so we wantalso concurred that in the con- flag. “If Kashmir can have a sep- ed him to seal the deal (peace actemporary world situation, no arate flag, why not Nagas? China cord) based on which all subsecountry in the world can claim also has separate flags for Macau, quent negotiations will revolve,” to possess absolute sovereignty Hong Kong and Taiwan. But a the NSCN leader said. Atem further disclosed that and that peaceful co-existence is separate currency is not feasible.” He further denied claims of Swu had to sign the accord in the more important. “In the past it was taboo to decommissioning of weapons. hospital itself as the doctors did talk about ‘co-existence’ but “There will be no surrender of not want to take the risk of Swu today they (GoI) also said we arms till the final integration is travelling to 7 Race Course at that point of time. He expressed relief need to work for peaceful co- achieved,” he said. “Article 371A … endows spe- that chairman’s health had imexistence. If Nagas come under India, there is no meaning to the cial status to Nagaland…But proved a lot since then.

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KPA principal physically assaulted Framework Agreement: Shürhozelie

DIMAPUR, AUGUST 10 (MExN): Principal of Kheloshe Polytechnic Atoizu (KPA), Zunheboto was threatened and assaulted by four miscreants claiming to be from NSCN (K) on August 7 evening. A press note received from the faculty, staff and students of KPA said four miscreants (two men and two women), claiming to be from NSCN (K) and accompanied by a local youth entered the principal’s quarter

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Visitors try out ATVs at the Polaris Experience Zone.

adding a recreational touch to the rather strictly-for-business dealership. From it emerged Polaris Experience Zone, a recreational extension of the showroom. It opened in June and covers an area of 14 acres. It features two ATV tracks. The more adventurous can try out the longer of the two tracks, which is about a kilometer with off-road features. The other is shorter at 300 meters but no less exciting. According to Motherwell, no other ATV dealership in India has tracks in the same venue. It opens from Thursdays to Sundays from 2:00-6:00 pm. The models on offer, which visitors can try out for a reasonable price, includes the Ranger series, Phoenix, Sportsman and RZR ranging from 200-800cc. The Phoenix in particular looks like a motor-cycle on four wheels. There is also a 90cc model known as the Outlaw. “Adventure and power

word “two entities.’ Even the GoI has no problem on this issue,” the senior NSCN leader said. Nagas will not be coming within India. India and Nagas would be equal partners not in terms of size and strength but in terms of exercising political autonomy, he said. On the integration of Naga inhabited areas, Atem said the issue is still very much alive on the negotiating table. “How can we leave that out? Are we seeking solution through approval of Meiteis or others? The land of

at around 10 pm and demanded Rs 1.5 lakhs as 5% work tax on KPA. Since the principal was unable to give them the amount, the miscreants physically assaulted the principal at gun point and fired a shot from a revolver inside the residence, the release informed. On account of the incident, normal functioning of the institute has been affected. Informing this, the faculty, staff and students of Kheloshe Polytechnic Atoizu (KPA) has con-

demned the assault and life attempt made on their principal. To condemn the assault and threat to life on the principal, a protest demonstration would be held on the institute on August 11, Tuesday, the release added. An FIR has already been lodged at Zunheboto Police Station in this connection. The KPA faculty, staff and students has urged the district administration to book the culprits and deliver justice at the earliest.

Think the world’s getting worse? Think again

LONDON, AUGUST 10 (THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION): Turn on the news or listen to doom-mongers in politics and the media, and you could be forgiven for thinking the world is a more violent and unequal place than ever, but according to economist Max Roser, we’ve never had it so good in many ways. Roser, based at the University of Oxford, spends his time digging through data on human living standards across countries and decades, and makes jazzy graphs and slides for his website OurWorldInData. org and his 30,000 Twitter followers. Reams of data on living standards are pumped out every day by governments, charities and international organisations, said Roser, but much is hidden behind paywalls or buried in the footnotes of obscure reports. “Often they go and put their spreadsheets out

on a server and think their job is done.” Roser looks at factors like war, disease and poverty, which are all declining, as well as life expectancy, food provision and years of schooling, which are all rising. His sunny disposition on most matters is grounded in the data, all cited on his website, but he stresses he is not an optimist as a matter of faith, pointing to climate change and government surveillance as things that are getting worse. Some of his findings, such as increased life expectancy, are unsurprising, but others, like a decline in deaths caused by violence, are perhaps less obvious in a world in which a militant attack that kills one is more likely to grab the headlines than a vaccine which quietly saves millions. Roser, currently a fellow at Oxford, thinks too much analysis focuses on very recent trends, leading us

to miss the bigger picture which, with some hiccups and exceptions, is an overwhelmingly positive one, with huge changes coming due to vaccines, better nutrition and economic growth. DISEASES CONQUERED Millions of people are alive today because of the near-elimination of tetanus and polio, and the eradication of smallpox, a disease which killed more than 15 percent of Londoners during periods of the 18th century. Deaths from malaria have been decreasing in absolute terms since 2004 even as the global population continues to climb. HIV/AIDS caused life expectancy in many African countries to plummet from the 60s to the 40s in the 1990s and 2000s, but antiretroviral treatments have made these rebound just as quickly in countries like Botswana, South Af-

rica and Kenya. Food production has more than kept pace with population growth, making hunger and famine rarer than they used to be, despite a more crowded planet. This is because technology and innovation has made farming more productive, allowing more food to be made on less land. More than half of people in France and Italy worked on farms two centuries ago, while nowadays less than five percent do. Growing economic inequality is a common source of grievance in the Western world, and a legitimate one, according to Roser. However, in countries like India and China, hundreds of millions of people have escaped rural poverty and joined the urban middle class, causing a huge decline in global inequality. “The incomes of the poor are rising faster than the incomes of the rich,” he said.

says ‘premature’ to talk of outcome

KOHIMA, AUGUST 10 (MExN): President of the Naga Peoples’ Front (NPF), Shürhozelie Liezietsu today termed it “premature” to speak of the outcome of the Framework Agreement signed between the Government of India and the NSCN (IM). A press note from the NPF President expressed concern that “Naga people on simply hearing the signing of the ‘peace accord’, many have become critical, some have become emotional and some have become scared without knowing what is going to happen, some have taken it as a bad dream while many others talk their imaginations.” “Do we project the Naga character in this manner to the outside world?” the NPF President questioned The Framework Agreement, he stated, should be taken as the “beginning of the process for a political settlement,” and hoped that “there is no hidden agenda...” The NPF President further affirmed that it is time to “have serious consultation with one another calmly and quietly.” Positive attitude, he stated, can do a lot at this juncture to create better understanding among the people. He added that Nagas are now passing through a “very sensitive and crucial period of time in which our future depends on how we play our role today.”

RTI plea seeks details of Naga peace pact from ‘clueless’ MHA NEW DELHI, AUGUST 10 (TNN): As the Congress and chief ministers of Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh question the ‘shroud of secrecy’ over the Centre-NSCN (IM) accord signed last Monday, an RTI application has been moved from Assam asking the Union home ministry for details of the “historic” agreement. Assam Pradesh Congress Committee secretary Bibhuti Bhushan Borthakur on Thursday sent a letter to the home secretary seeking details of the agreement signed between interlocutor for Naga talks RN Ravi and NSCN (IM) general secretary T Muivah. The letter sought to know why the signed agreement was not made public so far. Though sources indicated that such requests can always be turned down as the Right to Information Act exempts the government from making disclosures that can impinge upon national security, the home ministry may have to perforce reject this as it knows little about the terms of the “framework agreement” signed on Monday. Ravi did brief home minister Rajnath Singh and home secretary LC Goyal explaining that it was only a “framework” to proceed with further negotiations. However this has done little to dispel confusion within the home ministry brass on the “agreed way forward”. The home ministry was forced to write to the interlocutor on Friday, seeking details of the accord and its impact on the ceasefire ground rules in force in Nagaland. This was after the Indian Army approached the home ministry for clarifications. Shürhozelie also expressed hope that “whoever is doing the round for a political settlement, they must have been doing their best to protect the best interest of the people...” and cautioned that a “piecemeal solution is not possible and any proposal for solution which is not acceptable to the majority of the Naga people cannot be

imposed too.” Calling for a stop to “theoretical arguments,” Shürhozelie urged the Naga people to stand on “ground realities” and “contribute if you have something to offer.” The rest of the talking points, he said, depend on the progress of the talk, including the opposition party and the neighbouring states.

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NRMSA Longleng reaffirm resolution

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Supports apex body to boycott classes from August 21 LongLeng, August 10 (Mexn): Nagaland RMSA Teachers Association (2013) Longleng Unit stand firmly on the resolution made during the NRMSA (2013) general meeting held at Kohima on August 4 and the subsequent open letter submitted to Director School Education. NRMSA (2013) Longleng, stating that the demand of the teachers is genuine which needs to be addressed urgently, it strongly support the parent body to boycott classes from August 21 if the department fails to fulfill all the demands including release of 5 months pending salary from March 2015-till date. The Association in a press release issued by President Hongba Dominic and General Secretary Bau-Ei Phom states

that, the teachers have undergone untold hardships all those months, has found no way out to bear the negligence of the State government but to resort to show resentment by boycotting classes and taking other necessary steps until the demand is fulfilled. The teachers wish if the State Government acts fully responsible and does not neglect lifebuilding sectors like Education department, because negligence and improper treatment meted out to its employees shall have direct impact on the society. The teachers also request the State government not to make the RMSA Programme an element of ‘Curse’ for both the Teachers and students since the moral degradation imposed on the teachers may

abstain the teachers from giving their best to the students because the teachers too are human being bearing human weakness of frustration and discouragement. The Association also states that, throughout those months, the teachers besides meeting the department officials at respective districts, representatives of all the districts have also met the Mission Director (RMSA) and the Director School Education on May 27 and 28, 2015 appealing them to release the salaries. The representatives have also met the Commissioner and Secretary School Education and Minister School Education the following dates and shared the grievances of the teachers. However, the responsible authorities have

failed miserably to address the issues with excuses best known to them and reasons which we do not agree with. Thus, the teachers are left helpless with no option but to resort to boycotting of classes on the expiry of the August 20 dateline. The teachers have also questioned the responsibility of the All Nagaland School Teachers Association (ANSTA) and asked why they remain a silent spectator when sections of the teachers are undergoing serious hardships. Further, the Associations also request all citizens, parents, students and NGOs to support the cause of the teachers to avoid disturbing of smooth running of classes A mahout takes his elephant into the forest for logging in the Tuli area of Mokokchung District. Elephants have and provide best service to the been employed by humans for thousands of years for different tasks like logging, pull wagons and bush boulstudents. ders, military pageants and in wars. Photo by Imojen I Jamir

Villagers appeal to construct Wokha DPDB discuss preparation KLBC women department Monchen-Mangkolemba Road of Independence Day celebration health care seminar held

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A section of the “Monchen-Mangkolemba Road” under Mangkolemba Sub-division

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MAngkoLeMbA, August 10 (Mexn): Drawing attention of government and the department concerned, representatives of six villages have issued a press release highlighting the plights of road condition under Mangkolemba Sub-division. According to the signatories, “the MonchenMangkolemba Road” under PWD was never black topped since its creation. “Due to the early monsoon this year, the road has become disastrous to ply vehicles and pedestrians,” stated that the press release appended by the union presidents- Temsukaba Mongchen; Masaliba - Yimjenkimong; Chubamaong - Dibuia; Imnayongdang Molungkimong; Tekalemba - Waromong; Tekanukshi – Molungyimsen. Highlighting the significance of the road, it mentions that Mangkolemba is the one ADC Headquarter for three important vast

ranges under Mokokchung district: Changkikong, Japukong and Tzurangkong. The citizen of these ranges extends from Changkikong to the rest of the remaining ranges through Monchen via Molungyimsen. The government official departmental works, private needs, physical treatment to the one Community Health Centre, banking, and in times of deaths etc, all passes through this one unattended road. Further, it adds that the road leading to Waromong, Dibuia, Mongchen from or to Mangkolemba is completely disconnected this year because of which the one hour motorable boulevard curved to five or seven hours journey via LongnakChangki. On the other side, those from Yimjenkimong, Molungkimong and Molungyimsen have to travel through Assam just to reach Mangkolemba. “Those families who cannot afford to send their

children to better schools in Kohima, Dimapur or Mokokchung are obliged to send their children to Mangkolemba. These parents carry their monthly rations on their back for their children. Today, the public are experiencing a tough life silenced by the unattended liable authority. To whom shall the masses cry aloud? Economically, we are spending more travelling the longer roads, consuming more time and energy and such untold immeasurable troubles,” queries the six union presidents. Therefore, the concerned six village Unions’ President of Mongchen, Dibuia, Waromong, Yimjenkimong, Molungkimong and Molungyimsen under Mangkolemba Sub-division requests the Government of Nagaland through Sub-division Administrator (ADC) Mangkolemba for consideration and required arrangements at the earliest.

WokhA, August 10 (DiPR): The monthly District Planning and Development Board Meeting was held on August 10 at DC Conference Hall, Wokha. The meeting was chaired by Vice Chairman & DC, Wokha, A. Robin Lotha. Advisor Treasuries & Accounts, Relief and Rehabilitation Dr. TM Lotha also attended the meeting. Reviewing the last meeting minutes the Deputy Commissioner reminded all Heads of Offices involved in the preparation of Independence Day celebration to carry out their assigned dusk with sincerity for the successful conduct of the programme. During the meeting, the board recommended for construction of Media gallery/chamber at Public ground under LADP

Common Pool during 2015-16 with the approval from the Chairman DPDB and grant-In-Aid to Chukitong Area Baptist Mission School. With regard to recognition of Green Village at New Riphyim village and inclusion of scheme under district innovation plan put by Natural Nagas under Green Dream Project, the board decided to invite the Natural Nagas member in the next meeting for detailed deliberation. Power point presentation was presented by Department of PHED and Soil &Water Conservation Department highlighted their department activities. The Chairman requested the department of Fisheries to present powerpoint presentation in the next meeting.

kohiMA, August 10 (DiPR): Health Care Seminar for Liangmai women in Kohima was held on August 8 at Kohima Liangmai Baptist Church D. Block with senior Health Worker, Medical Department, Atemla Ao as the resource person. The programme was organized and coordinated by Science and Technology, Senior Technology Officer, Telaknaro Imchen. Resource person, AtemlaAo, speaking on the occasion briefed on educating the mothers about the crucial role of society and preventive medicine in safeguarding public health and promoting our welfare and wellbeing. She also shared about appropriate steps to be taken in reach-

Run for peace in Pfutsero

ing out to the grass root level health functionaries and to inform, educate and motivate for better health of the individual and society as well. AtemlaAo also imparted and provided education on health ground accessibility and affordable health care for the family circle and for citizens living in rural areas,particularly for the poorer and weaker sectionsof the society. She also stressed on fighting the diseases and maintaining hygiene and dwelt on common diseases like high blood pressure (hypertension) and diabetics. The resource person said that high blood pressure can cause many problems such as heart disease, kidney disease and lead to

stroke. She said that diabetes affect most common people over 40 years and there is greater chance of developing the illness when a person becomes older. Kohima Liangmai Baptist church Women Leader,Kaikhiulule expressed gratitude to the Senior Technical Officer Science and Technology TalaknaroImchen for her initiatives in organizing the seminar. Kaikhiulule also thanked and appreciated Atemla and her co-worker Alemla for being a part of the seminar. She also requested both the resource person and the organizer to voluntarily help the KLB Women Department as an when required.

PfutseRo, August 10 (Mexn): People of Pfutsero ran for peace on August 8 where a total of 143 men and woman raced. Dzuthohu Kezo, Pastor Kikruma Baptist Church from Kikruma, flagged off the men’s marathon and the women by Vechulo-u Kanuo, Executive Director CWWS at Bee Farm. The winner for the men's category was Mutsizo Lohe, first runner up was Kuvezo and second runner up was Kuto Vese. In the woman's category, the winner was Ngosalu Tetseo, first runner up was Rhiwe-u Kreo, and second runner up was

Neipre-u Kupa. Kuzhopoyo Tunyi, Pastor Mission Church Pfutsero graced the award ceremony. The race was organised by the Kalos with a wide range of support from sponsors, public from both Pfutsero and Kikruma, students from schools and Baptist Theological College. A press release informed that Traffic Police Pfutsero besides regulating the traffic throughout the route and escorting the racers cleared off the road blocked by landslide near the NST station and the gallant view of the racers escorted by bikers drenched in the rain.

CMHSS Phek literary cum cultural day held Police cautions against ATM fraud kohiMA, August 10 (DiPR): Of late, there have been several instances of ATM Fraud in Nagaland in which money is swindled from bank accounts without the knowledge of the real account holders. SP(Crime) &PRO Nagaland Police, M. Tungoe, IPS has stated in a release that

there are organised gangs operating from outside the State, who pose as representatives of Banks and make random calls asking for bank details such as the ATM card no, PIN and other personal details etc., on the pretext of updating the accounts. He stated the banks

will never ask for such information and therefore one must not divulge the details of bank accounts to anyone making those calls. He cautioned the public refrain from entertaining such calls and to report calls from pseudonymous people to the Police immediately.

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MEx File ANHTU Tsg informs DiMAPuR, August 10 (Mexn): All the Hindi teachers under Tuensang District are informed that a general meeting will be held at Auditorium, GHSS, Tuensang, 10AM on August 13. The secretary All Nagaland Hindi Teacher’s Union, Tuensang Unit, Sentimenla Jamir in a press note, has also requested all the concerned teacher to bring the membership fee of 2014-15 and attend the meeting without fail. Stern action will be taken against the absentees as per the resolution number 03, it added.

Participants taking part in ran for peace at Pfutsero held on August 8.

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Lekromi villagers appeal for administrative intervention DiMAPuR, August 10 (Mexn): Incessant rainfall during the last few days has led to numerous landslides destroying many irrigational ways and badly affecting many agricultural fields including paddy fields. The worst affected areas are along the Pfutsero-Tadubi road. ”These massive landslides were caused mainly due to haphazard dumping of earth by the concerned firm namely M\S V. Khamo who is responsible in the NEC Road construction,” alleged Kevete Mero, the Chairman, Lekromi Village Council in a press note received here. While appreciating the sincere and hardworking efforts of the concerned firm in the on-going road construction, many villages are badly affected which demands immediate relief, it added. In this context, Lekromi Village Council appealed to the concerned district authority to take stock of the situation and make immediate intervention for relief to the affected villages along the Pfutsero-Tadubi Road areas.

Mass social work at Bhandari WokhA, August 10 (DiPR): In view of the forthcoming Independence celebration, a mass cleanliness drive was held at Bhandari town on 8th August 2015 as per the directive from ADC Bhandari. The social drive was carried out in all government office premises and in all colonies supervised by the respective GBs.

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Students of Christian Mission High School Phek present cultural dance during the literary cum cultural.

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Phek, August 10 (Mexn): The Christian Mission High School Phek held literary cum cultural under the theme ‘Reviving Culture through Education’ on August 6 and 7 at its Auditorium. The programme started with Kedungoyi Venuh, Teacher Incharge invoked blessing. The highlight of the day included Multi-

Lingual Poem recitation, Quiz Competition, skit, solo and choreography. The day two cultural programme got underway with Thepuchiyi Khesoh, Pastor PTBC invoking the presence of the almighty. Headmistress, Vevolu Vero in her address welcomed the dignitaries and parents. She delivered on the theme

and asserted, “Youths are influenced deeply by the western and Korean culture where we are at the verge of forgetting our own rich culture.” Students presented a traditional modernized fashion show, melodious tune and folk dance. The two days extravaganza Two Associate Pastors of the Diphupar Lotha Baptist church, Wopansao and Yimtsuthung ended with the exhibition were ordained as licensed pastors by the ordained Ministers of Kyong Baptist Ekhumkho of the handicraft of SUPW. Sanrhutsu at Diphupar Lotha Baptist church on August 9. (DIPR Photo)

kohiMA, August 10 (DiPR): During the second quarter of the year 2015 (April-June), the police registered forty-five cases relating to extortion/illegal taxation and in connection arrested 76 persons. According to the SP (Crime) &PRO Nagaland Police, M. Tungoe IPS, during the same period, the Police also recovered 10 lost/stolen vehicles and registered eight cases against fifteen persons. The Police also registered 102(one hundred and two) cases under the NLTP Act and in connection booked 126 persons.

Spot Round cancelled kohiMA, August 10 (Mexn): In continuation of earlier notification, it is informed that due to nonfinalization of seat allocation from CSAB NEUT for round two, the Spot Round scheduled for August 11 is cancelled. Further information on the issue will be notified after confirming with CSAB NEUT.

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NE sees 40% more foreign tourists despite bottlenecks New Delhi, August 10 (iANs): Despite deterrents such as poor connectivity and lack of decent hotels, foreign tourist flows to northeastern states jumped nearly 40 percent in 2014 over the previous year, even as efforts are on to promote the sector there, parliament was informed on Monday. In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Tourism Mahesh Sharma said the number of foreign tourist arrivals in the eight northeastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura

in 2014 was 118,552 compared to 84,820 in 2013 -- marking a 39.76 percent increase. In 2012, the figure was 66,302. "Some of the factors responsible for poor tourist inflow to the destination are lack of connectivity, non-availability of reasonably priced hotel accommodation, absence of tourism infrastructure and carrying capacity of the destination." He said the government has included the northeast in two new tourism schemes that have been launched. Apart from the Northeast Circuit under the 'Swadesh Darshan' scheme, two other circuits under the scheme -

Northeast Briefs

Missing helicopter's wreckage spotted itANAgAr, August 10 (iANs): The wreckage of a Pawan Hans chopper that went missing in Arunachal Pradesh's Tirap district on August 4 with three people aboard has been spotted, an official said on Monday. Some parts of the debris of the chopper have been spotted at a remote forested area near Khonsa, Changlang Deputy Commissioner Chanchal Yadav told IANS. "We have spotted some portion of wreckage from Sanliam, located about 10 to 15 km from Khonsa. The search is still on," said Yadav. The Pawan Hans chopper carrying Tirap district Deputy Commissioner Kamlesh Joshi, a pilot and a crew member went missing when it was flying from Khonsa to Longding in Arunachal Pradesh. The Air Traffic Control at Assam's Dibrugarh received the last signal from the chopper from Deomali area on Tuesday before it went missing. IAF helicopters and ground search teams including army, Assam Rifles, Arunachal Pradesh Police and villagers have been braving inclement weather to look for the the missing chopper.

Army's Eastern Command chief, Assam CM discuss security guwAhAti, August 10 (iANs): The Indian Army's Eastern Command chief Lt. Gen. Praveen Bakshi and Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday discussed a gamut of issues related to the security scenario in the region and welfare of ex-servicemen. During the meeting, held at Gogoi's official residence, emphasis was laid on synergistic approach between the state government and the army in maintaining law and order and other security issues and providing suitable vocations to ex-servicemen, an official statement said. Assam Chief Secretary V.K. Pipersenia and Director General of Police Khagen Sharma were among a number of senior officials present at the meeting.

KCP (Lalheiba) cadre held

Buddhist Circuit and Himalayan Circuit - can be linked to the region. According to the minister, Kamakhya in Guwahati has been identified under the Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Augmentation Drive (Prasad) scheme. Sharma said as against the required 10 percent budgetary allocation of every central government ministry for the development of the northeastern region, the tourism ministry has been providing more than that in the last three fiscal years. In 2014-15, the ministry allocated Rs.144.68 crore (Rs.1.44

billion) from its Rs.1,100-crore budget in 2014-15 or 13.15 percent of the total budget. In 2013-14, it was Rs.149.16 crore out of Rs.980 crore and in 201213, it was Rs.113.72 crore out of Rs.950 crore. This apart, the ministry has undertaken several initiatives for the promotion of tourism in the northeast, Sharma said. These include provision of complimentary space to the northeast in India pavilions set up at major international travel fairs and exhibitions and 100 percent central government financial assistance for organising fairs and festivals in the northeastern states.

"The ministry of tourism, as part of its ongoing activities, annually releases print, electronic, online and outdoor media campaigns in the international and domestic markets, under the Incredible India brand line, to promote various tourism destinations and products of the country, including the lesser known destinations which have tourism potential," the minister said. "The ministry of tourism undertakes special campaigns on northeastern region on TV channels to promote tourism in the region." He said the International

imphAl, August 10 (mexN): The Zeliangrong Youth Front has welcomed the August 3 ‘Peace Accord’ between the government of India (GoI) and NSCN-IM as an outcome of a strong determination and sincere commitment towards the Naga political cause by Naga leadership and a display of strong political will by the Indian leaders. The ZYF hails the collective Naga leadership of NSCN (IM) chairman Isaac Chishi Swu, general secretary Th. Muivah and other Naga leaders for their strong determination and sincere commitment towards the Naga political cause, ZYF said in a press statement issued through its general secretary David Kamei. It also conveyed its appreciation to the prime minister, Narendra Modi for his able leadership and strong political will; and other Indian leaders particularly the union home minister Rajnath Singh and Indo-Naga Peace Talk Interlocutor RN Ravi for their “support and understanding to the Naga political issue.” “It is apparent from the signing of the historic Peace Accord that the Govt.

seNApAti, August 10 (mexN): The Naga Women Union (NWU) has expressed its deep appreciation to the leadership of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and the NSCN-IM collective leadership for the breakthrough in the 18 years long Indo-Naga peace talk by signing a ‘Peace Accord’ August 3. It is a historic move based on the unique history, culture and political position of the Nagas and recognizing the universal principle that in a democracy sovereignty lies with the people, the NWU stated in a press note received here. NWU further conveyed its optimism that the accord will pave a way to achieve the aspirations of the Naga people who have been struggling for their right to self determination and has made it formally made known to the world through a “submission to the Simon Commission on January 10, 1929.” While there has been many Ceasefire, of India and the Naga group are determined to solve the long pending Nagas political issue” it added. The Nagas have been waiting for the realization of their political aspiration, maintained ZYF, with high expectation for positive outcome when the GoI and Naga political group(s) declared ceasefire and engaged in peace talks after going through extreme situations due to military sup-

Peace Accord and Agreements in the past, it said, they were unsuccessful and ended up creating deeper division and confusions both amongst the Nagas and also between India and the Nagas. However, this time around, NWU hoped that with the manifestation of the political will of the leaders of the two entities, they will “demonstrate political wisdom in ensuring that the Peace Accord will not disappoint our quest for Just Peace.” “It is all the more urgent for both the entities to reach out to every stakeholders and partners and embrace each of them, especially those who are marginalised and those who are left out in this long journey,” it added. The NWU further gave a clarion call to "all those struggling for their right to self determination," especially in the northeast region, to extend their support and co-operation to meaningfully continue to practice democracy, autonomy and self determination.

pression for many decades in the Nagas areas. Hundreds of people, it further stated had - loss precious lives; been raped with their dignity and modesty outraged, suffered grievously, experienced inhuman treatment and torture, been rendered homeless, loss the opportunity to get education and employment, maimed, met untimely death – due to the conflict.

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Northeast airports lack night landing facilities: Minister Mizoram government and the Tezpur and Jorhat airports were owned by the Indian Air Force (IAF). "Upgrade of airports, including provision of night landing facilities is a continuous process, which is undertaken by the Airports Authority of India depending on the operational requirements at the concerned airport, demand from airlines, technical feasibility, availability of land free from all encumbrances etc.," he said. According to the minister, though the Kumbirgram airport at Silchar in southern Assam is equipped with night landing facilities, it belongs to the IAF and permission for

the "Integrated Cable-Car and Lakeside Tourism Development Project at Loktak Lake". "Under this scheme, funds are allocated under public-private partnership," Sharma said. In reply to another question, the minister said the North Eastern Council had conducted a study for the identification of tourism circuits in the northeast and the same has been shared with the respective state governments. He said the Arunachal Pradesh government has also sent a proposal for integrated development of adventure tourism in the state under the 'Swadesh Darshan' scheme.

'Outcome of strong determination & sincere commitment' NGT stops NRL from NWU hails breakthrough ‘Peace Accord’ construction in Kaziranga

imphAl, August 10 (pti): A woman cadre of outlawed Kangleipak Communist Party (Lalheiba) was arrested in Manipur's Bishenpur district, police said today. Arambam Geetabali Devi alias Thoisana (33) of Kangabam Leikai, stated to be a member of KCP (Lalheiba), was apprehended on August 8 last, a Manipur police spokesman said. A combined team of Bishnupur district police commando and women police and 6 Assam Rifles made the arrest on August 8 last from Keibul Thana Laikai, in Bishnupur district, the spokesman said. A case has been registered at Moirang police station in Bishnupur AgArtAlA, August district of Manipur for further investigation. 10 (iANs): The Tripura assembly on Monday passed Two trains flagged off in the North East a bill to set up a university to further widen the scope tezpur (AssAm), August 10 (pti): Union min- of higher education in the isters Sarbananda Sonowal and Kiren Rijiju today flagged state -- which attained a litoff two trains in the North East. The Intercity Express from Murkongselek to Guwahati via Rangiya was flagged off by eracy rate of 94.65 percent, the Union Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs Sar- the highest in India. Tripura currently has bananda Sonowal at Murkongselek this afternoon. "The a central university and a new train will be a relief for the flood affected districts of Dhemaji and Lakhimpur," Sonowal said. The Minister said private university. "The Left they have taken up the matter of the departure time of the Front government had earMurkongselek-Guwahati Intercity Express with the railway lier decided to set up a state officials and the time of departure from Murkongselek to university in Tripura to exGuwahati would be changed from 11 pm to 8 pm from Octo- pand the quality higher ber 1. Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju flagged education in the state. To off another train from Bhalukpong to Dekargaon at Bhaluk- achieve this goal, a bill was pong station. Rijiju said the train would be of great help to passed today (Monday) afthe people of the hill areas of West Kameng district and also ter scrutinising the bill by a part of East Kameng and Tawang districts. He said it would select committee comprisalso help security personnel travelling to the border areas ing legislators of both rulwith China and to carry essential goods to far-flung areas. ing and opposition parties," The guage conversion of this section was sanctioned in the Education Minister Tapan Railway Budget of 2003-04 and was completed and com- Chakraborty told reporters. "The bill to set up the unimissioned in a phased manner. The Rangiya-Murkongselek section and its branch lines Rangapara North to Tez- versity was introduced in the pur (Dekargaon) and Balipara to Bhalukpong was 505 km assembly in February. But long and falls mainly in Assam except for a small length of the bill was referred to the 1.26 km, which was in West Kameng district of Arunachal select committee for its inPradesh. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu had earlier in the depth examination before the approval of the house," day flagged off the trains by remote control at New Delhi. he added. Now, after obtain-

New Delhi, August 10 (iANs): Four major airports in the northeastern states of Assam, Mizoram and Meghalaya do not have night landing facilities, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma said on Monday. "Presently, the airports at Shillong (Meghalaya), Lengpui (Mizoram), Jorhat and Tezpur (both in Assam) in the northeastern region are not equipped with night landing facilities," Sharma stated in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha. He said that while Shillong airport belonged to the Airports Authority of India (AAI), Lengpui airport belonged to the

Tourism Mart (ITM) is organised annually with the objective of showcasing the largely untapped tourism potential of the northeastern region in the domestic and international markets. "In addition, a series of promotional activities are undertaken in important and potential tourist generating markets overseas through the India Tourism Offices abroad with the objective of showcasing India's tourism potential." Under the 'Swadesh Darshan' scheme, an amount of Rs.20.35 crore has been allocated to the state government of Manipur in 2013-14 fiscal for

night landing flights for civil operations at this airport rests with the IAF. Sharma said that domestic air services have been deregulated by the government and airlines were free to operate anywhere in the country, subject to compliance of route dispersal guidelines (RDGs) issued by the government. "The government has laid down RDGs with a view to achieve better regulation of air transport services taking into account the need for remote and regional areas of the country. However, it is up to the airlines to provide air services to specific places, depending upon the traffic demand and commercial viability," he stated.

ing the governor's assent, the much expected bill would be sent to union human resource development ministry and the University Grants Commission for approval. The proposed state government-run university would be named after erstwhile Tripura king Maharaja Birbikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur (1923-1947), who had set up the state's first degree college in Agartala in 1947. Chakraborty, who holds higher and school education department, said: "The proposed university would further improve higher education in the state and attract students from Bangladesh and other north-eastern states." Set up in 1987, the existing Tripura University was turned into a central university in 2007. It has been ranked fourth in eastern India and 43rd in the country in a recent survey conducted by private study groups. The proposed university would ease the pressure of the Tri-

pura (Central) University, and also help to boost excellence in higher education, the minister said. Tripura presently has 22 degree colleges, two medical colleges, and 15 other professional and technical colleges with around 16,000 students annually enrolled in various colleges. According to the minister, more than 20,000 students in the state pass the higher secondary examinations every year. Chakraborty said that after Tripura attained 87.75 percent literacy in the 2011 census, a government survey was conducted by the eight district magistrates in August 2012. What was found was that only 131,634 people of the state's 37 lakh people, including those aged 50 and above, were illiterate. Over 8,000 voluntary literacy workers have worked tremendously under 8,152 adult literacy centres to make the leftover unlettered people literate, he added.

LETTER OF APPRECIATION The NST Dimapur Station expressed our deepest appreciation to the Muslim Council Dimapur (M.C.D.) led by its working President and his team of Office Bearers, President Islampatty Jama Masjid Golaghat and Office Bearers and Upper Assam Muslim Kalyan Parishad Committee for their immense mediatory role in the case of unfortunate accident on 18/07/15 near Juria Bridge Golaghat District. The Station deeply acknowledge their valuable service towards communal harmony and peaceful co-existence.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION NAGALAND: KOHIMA

NO.DTE/MHRD/CSAB-NEUT/1/2014-15 Dt. Kohima, the 10th August 2015.

JEE (Main) 2015 NOTIFICATION

In continuation of this office notification No. DTE/ TECH-A/6/2011/ Dt. Kohima, the 7th August 2015, it is hereby informed that due to non-finalization of seat allocation from CSAB NEUT for round 2, the SPOT ROUND scheduled for 11th August 2015 is hereby cancelled. Further information on the issue will be notified after confirming with CSAB NEUT. (A. Kathipri), Director.

“It is the belief of the Zeliangrong Youth Front in particular and Zeliangrong people in general that the signing of the Peace Accord will surely usher on the path of progress and prosperity and bring long lasting peace and development in the region in particular and the entire nation in general for both the Indians and the Nagas in the days to come,” the ZYF further noted.

New Delhi, August 10 (pti): The National Green Tribunal today restrained Numaligarh Refinery Limited from carrying out any construction activity in the No-Development Zone in KazirangaNationalParkinAssam.Abench,headedbyNGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar, also directed Assam government to submit originalrecordsofdocuments including any environmental clearance and clearance from National Wildlife Board given to the refinery. The green panel had on August 5 issued notice to Environment Ministry, As-

sam government and Numaligarh Refinery on a plea which alleged that concrete walls have been constructed by the refinery which is hindering free passage of the animals in Kaziranga National Park. It had directed that no excavation work or felling of trees would be carried out in the No-Development Zone in Kaziranga National Park. "Interim order would continue. We further direct that no activity of any kind would be carried out by Numaligarh Refinery Limited in the NoDevelopment zone in Kaziranga National Park untill further orders," the bench said.

APPEAL

SEWAK PATTADAR’S UNION BLOCK-9 AND 10, DIMAPUR All members and Patta holders of SEWAK occupied land Block 9 and 10 who could not attend meeting held on 8th August 2015 are informed to verify their names in the final list to be submitted to the “High Power Committee” constituted by the Govt. of Nagaland by second week of August 2015, along with their 2nd contribution as per area of their land at the same rate of 1st contribution. Venue: Crown Hotel, Room No.105 Date: 13th , 14th ,15th August 2015 Time: 9 am to 5 pm Failing to verify and contribute will lead to non-inclusion in the final list at their own risk as per general meeting resolution. President, Pattadar’s Union Sewak Contact No. 9436427862/9856514261/ 9436002140

LOsT NOTICE I, Shekho am applying for a duplicate copy of Migration Certificate as I have lost it. Name: Shekho F/Name: Vevokhu School: Govt. Higher Secondary School, Phek Roll. No: 1450177 HSSLC-2014

IMMANUEL COLLEGE LENGRIJAN DIMAPUR ESTD. 1994

(Permanently Affiliated to Nagaland University and recognised under 2(f) & 12B of the UGC Act 1956.)

FELICITATION Immanuel College family extends its heartiest congratulations to the College Band comprising of Imosanen Aier of BA 5th semester, Merenyanger of BA 1st semester, Suponglemba Chang of BA 1st semester, Imnawapang Tzudir of BA 1st semester, and Puronen of XI Arts for winning the 1st Position in the “Band Wagon” Competition during the EDGE-2015 Inter-College Fest held at S. M. College Dimapur from 6th to 8th August 2015. The Band members have also won awards in individual categories such as Best Drummer, Best Bassist and Best Vocalist. The College also felicitates Mr. Ato Tzudir of BA 1st semester for winning the Runners Up Position in the Spelling Competition conducted in the same Inter-college Fest.

DECLARATION

I, Shri. A.M.Longkumer also known as Meren Paul make this declaration in sound mind to one and all that my original name as given by parents is MERENTEMSU, and my father is Late. Bokat Singh of Rajasthan and my mother is Smti. Shitisangla of Molungyimsen Village; and that I have been using my name and title as A.M.Longkumer since some years back. 2. That I have been using my address and designation as A.M.Longkumer, Chairman, World Peace maker; World Peace Chairman; World Gospel Mission (Interdenominational),Tuli Division. 3. That I have introduced myself as A.M.Longkumer, son of late Aonungsang (A.Ao) s/o late Matashiba of Molungyimsen village which is totally false. 4. That I have been using various print and electronic media (Facebook & Youtube) fraudulently advertising and publicising my fake and nonexistent firms/organisations and the activities as mentioned earlier. 5. That in Facebook & Youtube I have made various statements about my false credentials, activities and maliciously accused certain individuals of Molungyimsen village etc,. 6. That because of my fraudulent activities, I have tarnished the name and image of "MOLUNGYIMSEN" village and its people. I have also been punished and expelled from Mokokchung, Kohima and Dimapur by Molungyimsen Senso institution unions earlier. Now, on this day, the 9th of August, 2015, I solemnly admit, confess before my mother, relatives and elders of Molungyimsen Senso at Dimapur that whatever my credentials, titles and accusations that I have uploaded in the e-media are false and fraudulent, and I do hereby declare that I am not a bonafide citizen of Molungyimsen, and do hereby affirm that henceforth I shall not indulge in such activities, and if for doing so anything happens to me, no one shall be held responsible. Witness: 1. Sitisangla (Mother) 2. 3.

(Merentemsu/A.M.Longkumer)

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MUMBAI, AUgUst 10 (ReUteRs): India’s central bank governor Raghuram Rajan may have reshaped monetary policy and brought down consumer inflation to the lowest in years, but convincing people like housewife Shaila Pai that prices are under control is proving a tough challenge. Entrenched expectations of high inflation in India are feeding into higher wages and other prices, which could tie Rajan’s hands even as he faces growing pressure to cut interest rates for a fourth time this year to help a patchy economy. Pai, a mother of two in Mumbai, says she has yet to feel any benefit from offical data showing inflation is easing. Her living costs are as high as they have ever been and the family is cutting down on travel, eating out and personal spending. “The biggest part of our household expenses goes towards education, food and medicines, and all of them are very expensive. We can’t cut corners much there,” she said. “I expect hospital, food, education costs will continue to rise in the double digits.” She is not alone. A survey by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) this week showed households expect consumer inflation to hit 10.1 percent within three months, almost double the cur-

rent 5.4 percent and a level not seen since late 2013. At its latest policy review on Tuesday, the central bank kept rates steady but held out the prospect of another easing after cutting the policy rate by threequarters of a percentage point so far this year. “Price pressures are building up and these are sticky,” said a senior policymaker familiar with the RBI’s thinking. “We are cautious. We have to see whether core inflation will feed into headline numbers or not.” COST OF LIVING RISING Since becoming governor in September 2013, Rajan has refocused policy on consumer inflation instead of wholesale prices. Earlier this year, the government and RBI agreed on adopting a target to keep inflation between 2 to 6 percent. While that looks on track for now, core inflation, which excludes volatile fuel and food prices, has risen for the past six months, and reached around 5 percent in June. A 16.2 percent surge in urban wages in the January-March quarter, the biggest increase in 11 quarters, is a key driver of core inflation. “In everybody’s mind, inflation is hovering at 8 percent,” said Anandorup Ghose, a partner and head of rewards at Aon Hewitt,

Local residents buy tomatoes from a roadside vegetable market in Ahmedabad on August 7. (REUTERS Photo)

a global human resource solutions company. “For companies to give salary increases less than 10-10.5 percent, it almost seems like you are not giving a real pay increase compared to inflation.” Other costs are also starting to rise, according to the RBI. Among the biggest increases have been in education, an expense few

Tax waivers to make flying cheaper new DelhI, AUgUst 10 (InDIAn expRess): Indian airlines have piled up cumulative losses of up to $10.6 billion in the 7 years running up to 2014. The ensuing years have seen apart from Kingfisher Airlines, Air Deccan, Deccan360, MDLR, IndusAir and Paramount Airways wrap up operations. No-frills carrier SpiceJet too was set to down shutters in December last year prior to original promoter Ajay Singh taking over the financially strapped airline from media baron Kalanithi Maran. The operating environment continues to be challenging. High taxes on aviation turbine fuel, or ATF, have made its price in India among the highest in the world. Fuel comprises around 50% of an airline’s operating expenses. To add to it, the salaries of pilots have risen sharply and international airlines have often raised concerns about the high airport charges in India. AirAsia India, for one, had initially said it would not fly to Delhi and Mumbai citing steep charges and only recently considered revisiting these options due to traffic considerations. Also, one

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tations and the way it impacts consumer behaviour. “If we really want to manage inflation, we have to look at the sum total of inflation, especially the inflation that confronts consumers because that is what determines things like household savings behaviour. It also determines the wage pressures that will come,” he told reporters.

had said Samuel Thomas, director, transportation, Amazon India, was one of the “prime carriers we use as a delivery channel”. Ámazon services about 19,000 pincodes through 140,000 post offices. There are around 26,000 pincodes in India. In fact, India Post is considering a separate entity for e-commerce in the next couple of years. It plans to invest Rs 300 crore in upgrading and setting up new automatic parcel centres to meet the delivery requirements from e-commerce entities. It now has one each in Delhi and Kolkata. New ones will come up in Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru. The data shows the largest number of bookings (in value) from Delhi. Then come Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. For e-commerce entities, about 70 per cent of orders come from tier-II and tier-III cities and towns. India Post aims for revenue of Rs 200 crore in 2015-16 from e-commerce, more than twice as high as the earlier year. The annual expectation after five years is Rs 5,000 crore, an official said

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middle-class households in India are willing to cut. Education costs rose 7.23 percent in June, the biggest jump among the sub-sectors in the core CPI data, followed by clothing and then household goods and services. Rajan on Tuesday indicated the central bank would closely study the pace of inflation expec-

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sector — Delhi-Mumbai — accounts for the bulk of the traffic in the country. Also, Indian carriers today prefer to get their fleet serviced in places like Colombo, Singapore, Malaysia and Dubai due to the prevalent tax structure in the country, which makes MRO operations up to 50 per cent costlier. The MRO industry can double in size to clock business of $1-1.5 billion by 2020, if the tax structure is set right. “A lot of the incentives being looked at are subject to the approval of the PMO and the finance ministry. However, the objective is to provide fiscal incentives to fuel growth. The scale of operations will make viable the economics eventually,” added the official. The civil aviation ministry has been extremely tight-lipped about the proposals in the new aviation policy due to pending approvals from related ministries. An industry executive said, “Air traffic is expected to grow multi-fold. India is set to emerge as the third largest aviation market in the world by 2020. The opportunity is huge if fundamentals are set right.”

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new DelhI, AUgUst 10 (ptI): Stressing the need for fiscal consolidation, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said that governments spending more than their means could lead to capital flight and loss in value of currency. Speaking at the first Indian Cost Accounts Service Day celebration here, Jaitley said what happened in Greece recently was a direct consequence of the fact that governments there decided “not to live” within their means. “The public exchequer, government money is people’s money after all and this money is something which is sacrosanct. Sacrosanct for the reason that governments’ have to learn the discipline of living within their means,” he said. In the inter—connected world, if governments do not live within their means, it can have a lot of adverse consequences, Jaitley added. “It can lead to outflow of capital...it can have an adverse impact on your currency rates...It can knock off fiscal discipline,” Jaitley said. The government has pegged the fiscal deficit at 3.9 per cent of the GDP for FY 2015—16 and proposed to lower it to 3 per cent by FY 2017—18. Jaitley further said the only way to stick to fiscal discipline and follow the road of fiscal consolidation is either “you earn more or spend less“. “And the ideal route is to do both. And that is what governments are now endeavouring to do,” he said. He added that governments need professional advice so as to ensure that they do not overspend. “And obviously, people with varied experience who run the government, the permanent establishment of the government are civil service. How above the professional the civil service is, its ability at analysing cost could always be limited. “And therefore, the creation of a catalyst service which analyses the cost and comes to a realistic assessment of cost is necessarily required,” the Finance Minister said.

Xiaomi launches first made in India smartphone VIsAkhApAtnAM, AUgUst 10 (IAns): Chinese low-cost smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi on Monday unveiled its first made in India smartphone. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu launched Redmi 2 Prime, fully manufactured in the state. The company announced that the device will be manufactured by Foxconn at their plant in Visakhapatnam. Naidu said it was a proud moment for Andhhra Pradesh to have Xiaomi making smartphones in the state. He said this had given big push to ‘Make in India, Made in AP’ programme. He noted that the Chinese firm rebranded as MI completed the project from concept to execution in 100 days. Hugo Barra, VP Global Xiaomi, Manu Jain, CEO Xiaomi India and Amitabh Kant, secretary department of industrial policy and programme, attended the ceremony. Xiaomi is the third largest smartphone-maker in the world, following Samsung and Apple. It became the largest smartphone vendor in China in 2014 and at the end of December 2014, became the world’s most valuable technology start-up, valued at $ 46 billion, said a statement from the chief minister’s office. The Chinese firm started manufacturing the phones at a facility of Foxconn through third party manufacturing route at Sir City, a special economic zone in Chittoor district in AP. Priced at Rs.6,999, Redmi 2 Prime has 4.7 inch IPS fully laminated display. Built on 64-bit Snapdragon 410 quad-core 1.2 GHz processor, it comes with 4G enabled dual SIM with 150 Mbps download speed. DIMAPUR Civil Hospital:

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The Morung Express

Tuesday 11 August 2015

Dimapur

TGOuN alumni attest the university is best in many ways Dimapur, august 10 (mExN): The toppers of The Global Open University Nagaland between the sessions 2006 and 2014 have formed The Global Open University Nagaland Alumni Federation (TGOUNAF) and decided to design an all India tour to visit different districts. The Federation aims to highlight the salient features of TGOUN created as a State Open University under the State Legislature of Nagaland in the year 2006. TGOUNAF conveners Rajneesh Kumar Pushkar and Rohit Sehrawat in a joint statement said, “TGOUN is the best university in the country in many ways

as the study materials are better than the study materials provided by any other open or conventional universities in the country. Each book provided to the students runs into more than 300 pages (A4 size).” The study materials provided to the students are self-explanatory as they have been prepared under self-instructional mode, they explained. The library in Dimapur is open to all the students and they can use the text as well as e-learning materials under wi-fi environment. The teachers are well trained to guide the students on a continuing basis, they added.

Most of the students who took the respective examinations in time got the marks-sheets and degree certificates in time without any delay which has helped them in seeking employment, the convenors and their colleagues belonging to the departments like business administration, environmental sciences, disaster mitigation, sustainable development, remote sensing, hotel management etc opined. “We have seen that many of our colleagues who got admitted in some other open university/ directorate of distance learning in the similar courses were not satisfied as they did not get study

materials at all,” the statement maintained. “Some of them who got the study materials found these materials inadequate. Such universities should get guidance and collaborative support from The Global Open University Nagaland.” According to the statement, the resolution to create the Alumni Federation was made to mark the successful entry of TGOUN in the 10th year and to “provide proper advice to all the other 765 universities in the country to seek guidance and support from TGOUN for introducing need based and employment centric programmes with

a view to having social, cultural, educational, scientific, environmental, economic and positive contents for the optimum development of India.” TGOUNAF has designed a master plan paradigm for establishing state wise and district wise branches for organizing gettogethers, meetings, interaction meets and social gathering uniting the products of the university and to help the Prime Minister of India in locating a critical path for development, it was informed. The Federation also congratulated the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his initiative in bringing peace in Nagaland.

Peace building is building right relationships with people Kohima, august 10 (mExN): Peace Channel, Kohima district organised a leaders’ training on August 8 at Multi Purpose Hall, Razukhrie Govt. Higher Secondary School, Kohima. The resource person, Victor Yhome, Co-ordinator and Convener, Peace Channel, Kohima district spoke on “Skills of Peace Building”. He said peace building in literal sense is all about ‘building right relationships with people’. He stated that inter-personal skill is an inevitable skill in peace building as it enables a person to connect with and understand people better. He also pointed out that with the advancement of science and technology, the

Participants of the workshop organised by Peace Channel, Kohima district.

younger generations are finding difficult to maintain their social life with people as they are always engaged with modern gadgets like mobile phones, internets and televisions thus developing intrapersonal and introvert in nature. Some of the skills

he elaborated were self esteem, creative thinking, inner peace, decision making, empathy, out-going attitude, and communication skills. The schools and colleges which participated in the programme were Don Bosco Hr. Sec. School, Mt. Hermon Hr. Sec. School,

Razukhrie Govt. Hr. Sec. School, Holy Family School, Alder College, Mt. View Christian College, Mt. Olive Christian College, St. Paul School Phesama, St. Joseph Hr. Sec. School Viswema, St. Joseph’s College Jakhama and Snowy Peace club. Some of the features of

the programme were group case study based on social challenges like unemployment, terrorism and gender discrimination and two by two interactions. Altogether 50 students’ leaders participated in the programme, which ended with a peace pledge.

NPCC appeals to GoI, NSCN (K) to review ceasefire

Kohima, august 10 (mExN): The Political Affairs Committee (PAC) of NPCC today said it has reviewed the law and order situation in the State and expressed concern over the unrest “wherein our people suffer from imposition of curfew along the inter-

national borders and also day to day frisking.” A press release issued by NPCC president and PAC chairman K Therie said, “We also have lost innocent lives after breakdown of Ceasefire. The increased presence of Security Forces is also causing a fear psychosis amongst the

people.” In this light, PAC appealed to the Government of India and NSCN (K) to review the ceasefire. NPCC president responds Responding to the Nagaland state BJP blaming Congress for extension of Disturbed Area Act (DAA),

president of NPCC K Therie recounted there was a 5km belt declared as Disturbed Area along the international borders in Nagaland. “The Home Ministry wanted to extend DAA to the entire state of Nagaland which was resisted by us,” he said. However, they unilaterally

brought it down to a 20km belt and imposed. “I do not remember to have agreed imposition of DAA all over Nagaland.” He added that Dr. K. Zhimomi was then also part of the 36 Congress legislators and was a minister when Dr. SC Jamir was Chief Minister.

NIIT informs PMKVY trainees Dimapur, august 10 (mExN): All retail related 65 trainees sponsored under PMKVY by MSDE/ NSDC, falling in batch no. 283938, 283745 have been requested to appear their external online exams and viva voice on August 13. The exam will begin in batches of 14 candidates at 9:00 am at NIIT Dimapur Center, while batch no. 283746 will have their exam on August 14. Trainees have been requested to carry their Student ID Card, one passport size photo, Aadhar Card or a Govt. ID Card with a photocopy on the exam days. A press release from Imsurenla Imchen, Head of Centre, NIIT Dimapur Centre further informed that internal online exams may also be held on August 11 and 12. Trainees have been requested to inform their batchmates as well. Interested candidates may call on 96121-71341 for any further details.

Parliamentary Secretary for Art & Culture E. Eshak Konyak called on the Union Minister for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge) Dr. Mahesh Sharma on August 10 at his office in New Delhi. The Parliamentary Secretary highlighted the department’s requirement and activities on culture promotion in Nagaland state. He also requested the Union Minister to take up whatever project submitted under his Ministry. The Union Minister assured him that he will extend all possible help, according to a press release from PRO, Nagaland House, New Delhi.

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Two excommunicated from Piphema Dimapur, august 10 (mExN): Piphema Youth Organisation, PKKK and PWO have jointly decided to excommunicate Among Thungro and Jamai Thakuri for “raping a girl and sodomizing a boy respectively” with immediate effect from the jurisdiction of Piphema Village. This was informed in a press release issued by Piphema Youth Organisation president Kevilelie Keyho.

Home minister condoles Kohima, august 10 (mExN): Home minister of Nagaland Y Patton today expressed pain at the untimely demise of Chonbemo Lotha of Lakhuti Village, LDA, PHQ, on August 8. “I, joined by my wife, convey our heartfelt condolences to family members of late Chonbemo Lotha and pray to Almighty Lord to grant them strength at this hour of grief,” Patton said in a condolence message. They also prayed to Almighty Lord to grant peace to the departed soul.

NSCN (IM) Angami Region to organize interaction prog Kohima, august 10 (mExN): On the occasion of 69th Naga Independence Day, the NSCN (IM), Angami Region is oganising a get-together and interaction programme with the Angami leaders on August 14, 11:00 am at Khriesanuomia Badze (via Rüsoma village). CAO of NSCN (IM), Angami Region has requested all concerned to come and share their views on the ongoing Naga political issue. Meanwhile, all participants have been requested to reach the venue by 10:00 am.

NAYO presidential meeting Kohima, august 10 (mExN): The Northern Angami Youth Organisation (NAYO) will hold a presidential meeting on August 19 at Northern Angami Public Organisation building, Kezieke at 9:00 am. The meeting will deliberate on the two days festival of Northern Angami Youth Sekrenyi 2016-cum-declaration of the new team for the 2016-19 tenure and other related issues. Therefore, all the village youth presidents under NAYO have been requested to come prepared for deliberation. Villages which have yet to give the membership fee for the current tenure have also been asked to do so at the meeting.

Meeting for 9th Kohima town Kohima, august 10 (mExN): A meeting of all wards/ panchayat/ councils under 9th Kohima town will be held at Hotel Japan on August 12 at 5:00 pm. Therefore, chairmen and general secretaries of all localities under 9th A/C have been requested to attend the meeting. A press release informed that the meeting has been called to discuss INSlTU project, widespread concerns regarding ongoing SIPMUI pipe laying project, that development should not be a double edged sword destruction of existing utilities in the process of creating new ones, and to consider other matters of common interest. The release was issued by Niebulie, chairman, PWD; James liezietsu, chairman, Lerie; Hukato chishi, secretary, paramedical, Kohima.

Women of Kohima participate in a mass social work in the town on August 8. (Morung Photo)

DCCI demands strong chargesheet Khiamniungans observe Biam festival in Kohima august 10 were held with great admi- tion. The programme was for accused in Ashish Saha murder case Kohima, (mExN): The Khiamniun- ration and the close-knit compered by P Pukha and Dimapur, august 10 (mExN): Applauding the Dimapur Police for arresting the people involved in killing of businessman Ashish Saha on August 2 here, the Dimapur Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) today urged upon the Police not to compromise in ensuring that a strong chargesheet is pre-

pared against the culprits and forwarded to the court for the ends of justice. A press statement from DCCI president Hokivi Chishi asserted that many criminals go unpunished owing to weak chargsheets filed against them by the police. Meanwhile, it acknowledged that the Police have proven its mantle with the

arrests and exhibited that it is capable of bringing perpetrators of crimes to book. “Arresting the culprits within a short span of time deserves magnanimous accolades. Exhibiting such high standard of effective investigation process also deserves awards and medals from the government,” it added.

Army organises patriotic song competition Kohima, august 10 (mExN): The Army unit at Chakabama organised a patriotic song competition at Primary School on August 10 as a celebratory run up to the 69th Independence Day of the nation. A press release from PRO Defence, Kohima informed that children of various age groups rendered soul touching musical numbers, which were appreciated and applauded by the audience comprising of nearby villages, teachers and certain office bearers. “The spirit of nationalism was singularly evident during conduct of the event, which also included display of various weapons and equipment used by the Army,” the release said. “The school

gan Union Kohima (KUK) organised Biam festivalcum-general session on August 7 at State Academy Hall, Kohima. Speaking on the significance of the festival, B. Ngon elaborated the various activities observed during Biam, including dedication of storage bin called 'Am Tsang' for rich harvest and reaffirmation of close affinity between uncles and nephews/ nieces. P Longon, Minister for Health & Family Welfare also delivered short speech. He said that in the olden days, uncles and cousins

affections and blessings bestowed upon the nephews and nieces were warmly exhibited on Biam festival, a press release from KUK informed. He also called upon the Khiamniungans to overcome selfishness and jealousies, rather, contribute for well being of the society. Rev. N. Pomo, Pastor, KBCK said the invocation prayer. Tupong and friends presented special song and M, Thangou, Executive Chairman, KUK delivered vote of thanks, while H Lam, Deacons KBCK pronounced the benedic-

S Musim. The release further informed that the KUK office bearers for the session 201517 were also introduced on the occasion: M. Thangou- President, L HenongVice President, B Lamnya- General Secretary, T Pujong- Joint Secretary, T Timothy- Executive Chairman, Pungom- Executive Secretary, P Khape- Chairman Cultural Club, PesingSecretary Cultural Club, P. Pukha- Press & information Secretary, Chelliam- Women Co-ordinator, S HathoFinance Secretary and LY Metchiu- Treasurer.

Public SPace KTU welcomes Framework Agreement

Students look at the various weapons and equipment displayed by the Army.

children and the youth displayed visible enthusiasm and interest, while witnessing the demonstration by the army per-

sonnel.” Army pipe band was another attraction of the event that enthralled the audience with patriotic symphony.

ecades of suffering and struggle endured by Naga people finally bring cheers and hope when the Government of India (GoI) and Government of the People’s Republic of Nagalim (GPRN) on 3rd August signed a historic “Framework Agreement” which will pave way for permanent peace between Nagalim and India. It is indeed a huge achievement for the Naga people rights to self determination and an in-

spiration for all the struggling people of the world under foreign domination. While welcoming the “framework Agreement,” I on behalf of all the Kukis populace under Nagalim would like to express our unflinching support, solidarity and appreciation to the Collective Leadership, Yaruiwo Isak Chishi Swu and Ato Kilonser Th. Muivah. Kuki Tribal Union (KTU) would also fervently appeal the government of

India under the dynamic leadership of Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to continue this momentum of political statesmanship and solve the oldest political movement in South East-Asia respecting the historical and political rights of Nagalim. We pray that, Almighty God will grant wisdom and long live to the Collective leadership and to the Indian leadership. Kuknalim. LH. Paohao President KTU/NSCN

AG history committee informs WoKha, august 10 (mExN): The secretary of the history committee of the Assemblies of God, Lotha Council Golden Jubilee has informed all the history committee members under Wokha district that the first committee meeting will be held on August 18, 10:00 am at Wokha Town AG Church office. The secretary Sacheo Ezung requested all the members concerned to attend the meeting without fail. No separate calling letter will be given individually, the secretary said.

CM, Mon representatives condole former MLA’s death Kohima, august 10 (mExN): Chief minister of Nagaland today expressed pain at the demise of Bongnao Konyak, former MLA, on August 9 at Mon Town. Bongnao was elected as Member of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly in 1993 and again re-elected unopposed from 43-Tapi Assembly Constituency in 1998. “He was a dedicated leader who constantly worked for the upliftment of the people. He gave the best years of his life to public service and was always accessible to the people,” TR Zeliang stated. The CM along with his wife further conveyed condolences to the wife of the deceased and members of the family and prayed that Almighty God grant them comfort and strength. Meanwhile, the elected members of NLA from Mon district have also expressed

shock over the sudden demise of Bongnao Konyak. A message from Minister CL John and MLA Noke, on behalf of the representatives, said the during his short span of life, Bongnao proved “undoubtedly one of the sincere, hardworking and bonafide citizens as well as one of the competent public leaders in his own capacity with kind heart, integrity and vast wisdom.” The MLAs further maintained that it would be very difficult to fill the vacuum caused by his premature death. “Moreover, his tireless voluntary services to society and individual will be heartily remembered by one and all,” they added. Meanwhile, the representatives shared their deepest sorrow and sympathy with the bereaved family and prayed to God to grant peace and solace to the departed soul.

The Morung Express states that the opinions expressed in the contents published in the “Public Space” do not reflect the views and position of the newspaper or the editor.

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The Power of Truth

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Need for Imagination

o say humankind is going through critical times is an understatement. We just need to open our eyes to recognize the manner in which human affairs are being conducted. We have no one to blame but ourselves, fundamentally because, we the people, seem to have lost the voice of critical protest. We seem to have forgotten the forewarning of Dr. Martin Luther King, when he reminded us, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” The human inability to reconcile and our unwillingness to evolve a respectful and ethical relation with nature have driven us to the threshold of destruction. The notion of globalization, rather than being a process towards interdependence has become a process by which human beings are becoming increasingly homogenous at the global level – defined as Western and Modern – which assumingly becoming heterogeneous at the local level, with re-tribaling consequences. The outcome from the interplay between Westernization, Modernization and Globalization has been described by Francis Fukayama as the ‘End of History.’ Indeed these are critical times! What about the ever rising gap between the rich and the poor, the haves and the have-nots; or how about the unresolved problem of production? Meanwhile, the contradicting pursuit of power on one hand and the struggle for human dignity on the other hand remains as divided as it has ever been since the dawn of human history. The human inability to find an imaginative way to resolves it has only widened the gap. The War on Terror is a case in point. Tensions between these two contradicting objects – power and rights – have invariably made dehumanization and humanization as inevitable destinations in human history. The manner in which human affairs are being conducted has quite clearly pointed the present human discourse towards the direction of dehumanization; a result of indifference exhibited by the majority. Dr. King again reminds us, “He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.” However, the most crucial question during these critical times is the question of the state. The modern state that emerged out of the Peace Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, after the Thirty Years War, has accordingly had the most impact on human societies and affected the manner in which they consequently organized patterns of human association. The problems around state legitimacy, territorial integration, monopoly of force, negation of indigenous form of democratic governance stems out of Westphalia, which has come to represent the reference point for a Euro-centric state system, successfully exported during colonial rule. Indeed, humankind is going through critical times and unless we evolve imaginative ways to alter the direction of our path, the consequences will have a far reaching impact for the future.

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Kathryn Doyle Reuters Health

Tattooing may be ancient, but safety questions remain

attoo health and safety regulations tend to focus on short-term risks like infections, but little is actually known about the long-term risks of living with ink under your skin, according to a new review in The Lancet. “Almost everybody these days has a tattoo, and nobody is talking about the side effects of ink deposits,” said senior author Dr. Andreas Luch of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment in Berlin. “There is no proof that these ink ingredients are safe, being injected into the body,” Luch told Reuters Health. Between one and five percent of tattooed people suffer a bacterial infection, and some people can have allergic reactions to the ink, according to the report. Those are short-term effects. It is harder to measure the long-term effects of ink since tattoo inks are in most countries classified as cosmetics, Luch said. Since the inks are classified as cosmetics, their long-term toxicology can’t be tested in animals, Luch said. In his opinion, tattoo inks should be a completely different product category. The skin barrier effectively keeps surface cosmetics out of the body, he said. But tattoo ink is injected into living tissue, which contains blood vessels, nerves and immune cells. “We need to assume that all of these ink ingredients, including preservatives, processing aids or whatever, will become systemically available in the body over time,” Luch said. “Regulation based on cosmetics is insufficient.” Examining the bodies of the deceased who have had tattoos for decades has shown that up to 90 percent of the ink has disappeared from the skin, he said. “We cannot answer the question what is going to happen with these inks,” whether they accumulate in organs over time or are excreted, Luch said. Similar questions remain for laser tattoo removal: when the pigments are fractured and fragmented under the skin where do they go – he added. “In the U.S. the (Food and Drug Administration) has the authority to regulate inks, but is not currently doing so,” said Dr. Michi Shinohara, a dermatologist at the University of Washington in Seattle who was not involved in the review. “Regulation of tattoo parlors and tattoo artists is left to the states, and the requirements for operating vary widely from very minimal (bloodborne pathogen training) to fairly complex (hundreds of hours of apprenticeship),” Shinohara told Reuters Health by email. There are no industry standards for ink ingredients, the industry is minimally regulated, and few problems with tattoos are reported to authorities, she said. Modern tattoo inks mostly contain organic pigments, but can also include preservatives and contaminants like nickel, arsenic and lead, Luch and his coauthors note. In one study in Switzerland, preservatives banned for use in cosmetics were found in 14 percent of tattoo ink samples. Reactions tend to be more common from colored inks than from black and white ones, Luch said. Tattooing has been going on for at least 5,000 years, but has become a modern trend, with roughly 120 million people in the western hemisphere having at least one tattoo, Luch said. “The acute risks are well known,” including pain, bleeding, infection and allergic reaction, Luch said. “The tattooist at least needs to explain that something like this could happen,” he said. But long term risks, like organ toxicity or cancer, are still unknown, he said. “It’s an individual decision, we cannot tell someone not to get a tattoo,” Luch said. “I wouldn’t like to have a tattoo on my skin, but if a person likes colored skin, what can I say?” It’s not necessary for people to stop getting tattoos, Shinohara said, “but I think people should be smart about it - research the parlor, ask about any recent problems, follow the aftercare instructions and report immediately to the tattoo artist and a physician for any problems that occur after tattooing.”

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Derek Bates

Alternative Democracy

ur voting system is costly and inefficient. Once every five years we have a general election, which costs in excess of £120million. The first past the post system is archaic and only allows us to put a cross on a piece of paper and select candidates that adhere to Party policies. The nation is disillusioned with our outmoded political machine, Governed by Party dogma, vested interests and career politicians who fail to act decisively. Our current consumption is unsustainable. The world’s resources are declining and the population is predicted to increase by 50%. Now more than ever, the population needs to be an integral part of the political decision making process. Parliament, initiated in the 13th Century when the population was ill-educated, is now a self-perpetuating anachronism. MP Zac Goldsmith has said that it is dysfunctional with MPs little more than lobby fodder, voting for laws they do not understand. Will Hutton states, ‘politicians find it hard to think beyond the next election, they owe favours to close supporters that have to be settled; they overpromise; they are prone to vanity and hubris.’ Al Gore in Who’s in charge? his book ‘The Future’ says politicians are feeble, dysSo who runs the country? Certainly not the polifunctional and servile to corporate interests. ticians. Yes, we still have a political figurehead, but instead of making decisions based solely on his/her Alternative Democracy – judgement or political persuasions he/she must addigitalising the political process here to the digital decision process. Unlike our curImagine a system that would enable us to active- rent system, the people have the final say on how the ly vote on policy decisions and current affairs? That nation should be run… not David Cameron, Nick is precisely what Alternative Democracy offers the Clegg etc. Alternative Democracy replaces elected populous. The internet, smartphone apps and mod- politicians with expert representatives. Meaning… ern technology as a whole has given us the ability to those in senior positions will have the experience, participate and comment on current political issues. expertise and a proven track record in their field. Alternative democracy takes this notion a step fur- Committees will be chosen by the people and they ther. Rather than waiting 5 years for the opportuni- will in turn select candidates for each given post. For ty to elect a politician or party that rarely lives up to instance, the Minister of Education would be offered its promises, we would be able to intervene in and a position by the education select committee made shape political policies through social media and e- up of three expert officials chosen electronically by technology. Not only would we scrap the first past the population. It would operate the same way high the post system, we would also replace career politi- level private sectors who advisory boards work. The cians with qualified experts in their field. board or in this case the committee can suspend the Technology is a catalyst capable of initiating enor- powers of replace appointed government officials mous cultural change. Twitter, Facebook and Insta- who do not keep their promises or factor the needs gram have changed the way we interact and share of the people into their decision and policy making. information. The vast majority of us have mobile Candidates will be chosen by people on merit, phones, email and web access; by using them to vote skills and experience not by favouritism or propawe can combat apathy and create a balanced politi- ganda. However, the revolution doesn’t stop there. cal system that reflects the needs and wishes of the Each month the newly elected candidates known people, not vested interest and political agendas. The as the Convectors (the people who bring things todigital revolution has shifted the balance of power in gether), will create three policies, and the people will favour of the people. This is very evident in Africa and then decide on the best one. This will mean that parIndia where this e-technology (e-tech) is effecting ents will no longer feel alienated by changes to the transformational change, by advising farmers when education system, the views of medical professionals to plant, fertilise and irrigate crops, providing a route will be considered when reviewing NHS and opento education in remote villages, and positively changing/closing hospitals; charities/social organisations ing lives through innovation. We are yet to harness the will be considered when discussing benefit reform, true power of technology; using smart phones, the in- immigration and environmental policies. These ternet and other technologies to vote could potential- views will then be fed back to the Convectors before ly dispense with the need for elections by allowing us policies are draw up for the people to vote on. to vote easily and rapidly at miniscule cost on issues that concern us. Software exists which can analyse our Change through Alternative Democracy voting intentions in an instant. We have been so conditioned by the status quo The people would be given entrenched decision that there has been little debate on alternatives. It making power, and those in government would is proposed that we work towards a system where have to really take into account the wants and needs we replace the current machinery of Government. of those they govern before making large budget How can this be achieved and what would we recuts, going into war, increasing the defence budget place Parliament with? We obviously need Governor taking on large scale infrastructure projects. The ment but we cannot afford the waste engendered by digital voting process would allow those in power MPs and Ministers. There are less than thirty Party – elected solely by the people and not chosen by a Members who currently attend Cabinet meetings. political party – to propose three policies on each Their responsibilities would be taken over by indikey issue and the people would then electronically viduals with professional backgrounds in medicine, vote for the best solution. education, business, transport etc. The expert repIn real terms this could mean that through Twit- resentatives in charge will be known as ‘Convocater, Facebook etc. we would not only state our views tors’ because their role will be to ‘bring together’ on the state of the economy, we could actively vote disparate viewpoints. The systems would be known against political decisions we disagree with. This as ‘Convocation’. The Convocators would have powould limit the power of big business and create a sitions as Ministers with the same responsibilities. fairer, more representative political system. Digital As at present, they would act as a Cabinet under the democracy would not only reduce the cost of the authority of a Prime Minister. election process, it could reduce apathy, and polariProfessionals who put themselves forward for the sation in our society by giving the people an active positions of Convocators through the pre-selected say in how the country is run without going through committees (also chosen by the people) would be the longwinded process of referenda. given a platform by the media for speeches and in-

his October will mark the 15th anniversary of the adoption of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1325. The landmark resolution on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) recognises not only the disproportionate impact armed conflict has on women, but also the lack of women’s involvement in conflict resolution and peace-making. It calls for the full and equal participation of women in conflict prevention, peace negotiations, humanitarian response and post-conflict reconstruction and urges member states to incorporate a gender perspective in all areas of peace-building and to take measures to protect women from sexual violence in armed conflict. Since its passage, 1325 has been followed by six additional resolutions (1820, 1888, 1889, 1960, 2106 and 2122). But despite all these commitments on paper, actual implementation of the WPS agenda in the real world continues to lag, according to humanitarian workers and activists. Data by the U.N. and NATO show that women and girls continue to be disproportionately affected by armed conflict. Before the Second World War, combatants made up 90 percent of casualties in wars. Today most casualties are civilians, especially women and children. Hence, as formulated in a 2013 NATO review, whereas men wage the war, it is mostly women and children who suffer from it. Kang Kyung-wha Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator at the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), who spoke at a recent lecture

terviews on radio, television and newspapers and the web. They would then be chosen by the public by e-tech voting. It is recognised that not everyone would want to be involved in voting for these candidates but everyone would have the opportunity. This group of qualified Convocators would derive at least three different policies. There would be a media and web based debate on these policies. The policy selected by an e-tech majority would run for three years with opportunities to amend policies as world events changed. Alternative Democracy would render the role of Parliament redundant. Advisors to the electorate would remain as they are as now, but with more time to concentrate on real issues that are cognisant with the nation’s needs. The House of Lords would remain as it is, with a quicker system of removing peers. The House of Lords would also be reduced in size and would act as consultants to the Convocators, debating aspects such as future energy needs and energy saving, poverty and social welfare, education. Lobbyists would meet with Members of the Lords but would not have meetings with the Convocators. Their responsibilities would be to act as policy makers. Discussions on issues which impact on the populace would be reviewed in speeches. Things like parliamentary expenses would be openly viewed and approved by the people, as we would do with the secret state system of concealing data on key issues unless it poses some form of risk to national security. To avoid any form of majoritarian tyranny or disparate views the House of Lords would also be able to vote against extreme, negative or detrimental policies. An example of a situation which would be put to the people for an e-tech vote would be ‘If Syria were invaded, the cost would be, say £10billion, this would need to be borrowed and the interest on this loan would add to the tax burden. Alternatively, if we did not invade, the money saved could be used to fund say 500,000 nurses, teachers of care workers.’ To a large extent, wars and invasions are carried out because Ministers want to appear decisive and to ‘act in the nation’s best interests’ even though there is no mechanism for gauging the nation’s views. Under existing Government, vital facts are regularly concealed. It is doubtful that the UK would have invaded Iraq or Afghanistan if the electorate had been allowed to voice their views. The estimated £30bn cost of these invasions would have paid for 1,464,000 more NHS nurses, 408,000 NHS consultants and hundreds of lives would not have been lost. We would also have been able to decide if we want to spend more than £50billion on HS2. The expenditure of maintaining our political environment is in excess of £500million per annum. This would be substantially reduced while efficiency would be optimised, and the people would be actively engaged in the political process. In essence, Alternative Democracy would be a more just system that reflects the views of the people and how we communicate today! No structure which is administered by human beings is without fault but Alternative Democracy, giving us all a voice in our own futures would be an advance on the present inadequate and anachronistic form of government.

Women, Peace and Security Agenda Still Hitting Glass Ceiling Nora Happel Inter Press Service series on WPS, cited as example the situation of women and girls on the border between Nigeria and Niger, where the average girl is married by 14 and has two children by age 18. Secondary education for girls is almost non-existent in this area and risks of violence, sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking are particularly high, she said. “Thus marginalised and disempowered, [these women and girls] are unlikely to play any part in building stable communities and participate in the socio-economic development of their societies and countries,” Kang said. “Despite 1325 and the successor resolutions…women and girls continue to be routinely excluded from decisionmaking processes in humanitarian responses as well as in peace-negotiations and peace-building initiatives.” High expectations are placed on the World Humanitarian Summit, scheduled to take place in May 2016 in Istanbul. Activists hope that the summit will help turn the numerous rhetorical commitments into concrete actions. Marcy Hersh, Senior Advocacy Of-

ficer at Women’s Refugee Commission, who also spoke on the panel, told IPS: “Women and girls are gravely implicated in peace and security issues around the world, and therefore, they must be a part of the processes that will lead to their protection.” “The key challenges in protecting women and children in emergencies, and ensuring women are able to participate in these processes, is not related to knowing what needs to happen…We need a commitment to do it. We need to see leadership and accountability in the international community for these issues.” “If humanitarian leadership, through whatever mechanisms, can finally collectively step up to the plate and provoke the behavioral change necessary to ensure humanitarian action works with and for women and girls, we will have undertaken bold, transformative work.” Another challenge in making the women, peace and security agenda a reality is linked to psychological resistance and rigid adherence to the traditional status quo. Gender-related issues tend to be handled with kid gloves

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due to “cultural sensitivity”, according to Kang Kyung-wha. “But you can’t hide behind culture,” Kang said. Also, women activists continue to face misogyny and skepticism in their communities and at the national level. Christine Ahn, co-founder of the Korea Policy Institute and former Senior Policy Analyst at the Global Fund for Women, told IPS that often enough the involvement of women in peace-keeping processes seems inconceivable to some of the men in power who hold key positions in international relations and foreign policy. “They are calling us naive, dupes, fatuitous. Criticism is very veiled of course, we are in the 21st century. But even if it is a very subtle way in which our efforts are discounted, it is, in fact, patriarchy in its fullest form.” Christine Ahn spoke at the second event of the lecture series at the United Nations. She is one of the 30 women who, in May 2015, participated in the Crossing of the De-Militarised Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea as part of a one-week long journey with North and South Korean women. The project aimed at fostering civil society contacts between women in North and South Korea and promoting peace and reconciliation between the countries. The symbolic act for peace at one of the world’s most militarised borders can be seen as a practical example of Security Council resolution 1325. Ahn told IPS: “We will use resolution 1325 when we advocate that both of Korean women are able to meet because under each government’s national security laws they are not allowed to meet with the other – as it is considered meeting with the enemy.”

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India at the UNHRC: deafening silence on women's issues

aleesha Matharu CatchNews

s the 29th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva drew to a close on 3 July, one thing became evident: India continued its policy of not engaging in a discussion about women's rights and civil society at large. Essentially, India refuses to talk about some of the major issues that plague our society. This is despite India winning an election last year to become a member of the 15-seat council for the second time running, giving it a place in the global body till 2017. In fact, as Asoke Mukerji, India's permanent representative in the UN, put it: "It is a significant victory for India because the Human Rights Council is second-most in importance after the Security Council." But instead of making an impact at the event, which lasted from 15 June till 3 June, India remained mostly inactive. It spends more of its time at such sessions fending off criticism. This is at odds with the fact that India wants to be the big guy in South East Asia, as proven by various foreign trips taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "India's silence at such a global stage is particularly shameful because the Modi government is usually so loud when it comes to boasting in the international sphere. But where's its voice here?" says Kavita Krishnan, the secretary of All India Progressive Women's Association. The session in question For the 29th session, the two big thematic issues were 'violence against women', on which the UN has presented a final, comprehensive report, and 'discrimination against women', on which a Working Group presented a report. Nearly 100 states responded to the issues at stake in these reports - some positively, others negatively. India, on the other hand, chose not to respond. It simply did not engage. India had nothing to contribute when it came to an interactive dialogue with the Working Group on discrimination against women either. But if you look at this summary, it's listed as one of the speakers. That's primarily because the same event also witnessed a presentation by an expert on extra-judicial killings, which India had responded to. There were other events related to gender rights as well - if you look at the list here, you will find India conspicuously absent. At these conferences, reports have claimed that our "diplomats are often edgy and intolerant of any criticism of India's record". The one area where India's voice can be heard loudest is when Pakistan rakes up the issue of Kashmir. India then makes sure that any resolutions introduced are quashed loudly and immediately. The truth behind the silence Let's not forget the fact that India is ranked the fourth most dangerous country in the world for women, just after Pakistan, Democratic Republic of Congo (where an estimated four lakh women are raped each year) and Afghanistan. Just consider this: according to the 2011 Census, the overall sex ratio is 940 females per 1,000 males, which translates into an appalling deficit of about 3.7 crore females in India. The sex ratio in the country is lower than the world average of 990 females per 1,000 males, and it ranks third in lowest secondary sex ratios in the world. That means an estimated 1,300 female foetuses go 'missing' every day. Over the last century, calculations have found, nearly 50 million girls have gone 'missing' as a result. These appalling facts make it even

hamsa* is far from home. Sitting in the silence of the library at the University of Cape Town, ensconced by books on the shelves surrounding her, she whispers about her life in Darfur. At the age of 23, Shamsa is an anomaly in her community. She has not only survived President Omar al-Bashir’s racist regime against nonArabs, but she has pursued her education with a voracious tenacity, travelling to the tip of the African continent in the pursuit of her empowerment. It is her mother’s fierce tackling of the status quo that, Shamsa believes, has kept her alive up until now. With a colourful head covering, bright earrings and an easy smile, Shamsa’s demeanour is one that is both young and old, both playful and heavy with past experiences and future responsibilities. She has been living in Cape Town for only three years and has been able to learn English from almost nothing while completing her Masters in Economics at the same time. She has lived most of her life under al-Bashir’s dictatorship in which 200,000-300,000 people have died and almost 3m have been displaced. This is almost half of Darfur’s entire population. Of those affected, half are children, with nearly 700,000 knowing no other life but one that is conflict-ridden. Shamsa is one of these statistics. “My story is very unusual,” she begins to explain. “My mother is one of 27 children because her father had many wives. She is the only sibling to have educated her children.” Shamsa and her siblings have grown up with the knowledge that education is their weapon. Her siblings back home are either finishing school or completing their undergraduate degrees at the University of Khartoum. Female-headed households The men in Darfur are often forced to leave their families as they are considered prime targets by the balaclavawearing, gun-yielding government mi-

harder to understand India's silence at the most relevant table in the world to discuss human rights. According to this 2014 report from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), one woman dies every hour in dowry-related crimes in India. The data also shows how, on an average, 93 women are raped every day in India. Also, nearly 100 million people, mostly women and girls, have fallen victim to trafficking in one way or another - domestic servitude or prostitution. In all, 44.5% of girls are married before the age of 18. The 2012 all-India figures for kidnapping and abduction show that females were the targets of 81.2% of all kidnappings. Even so, India's political history is littered with programmes to protect girls: Dhanalakshmi, Manseerat, Bhagyalakshmi, Rajalakshmi, Ladli, Balri Rakshak Yojana, Indira Gandhi Balika Suraksha Yogana, Balika Samridhi Yojana, Beti Hai Anmol, Mukhya Mantri Kanya Suraksha Yojana and Mukhya Mantri Kanyadan Scheme. Most have been staggered by an array of circumstances and ambiguities, which is why they have not worked. And now, of course, there's the PM's 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao'. A report in Mint points out that Modi's administration last year spent only a third of the Rs 90-crore budget allotted for India's child-sex ratio programme and, this year, slashed the ministry of women and child development's budget by 45%. Even when the

PM appropriated the 'selfie with daughter' campaign from a sarpanch of a village in Haryana - a campaign which caught the imagination of thousands of Indians across the world - it wasn't something which has the ability to solve the problem. And let's not even begin to talk of the lack of rights for transgenders. In 2013, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code - criminalising sexual activities 'against the order of nature' - was reinstated. These stories tell a tale: it's not hard to see that the dispensation of proper justice is impeded by the pervasive prejudice against women in the police force, legal system, medical establishment and the political class. The right noises On average, most countries respond to reports on human rights violations in two ways. Where the issue is fairly controversial, and has been highlighted by the media and NGOs, states tend to list all the measures they have undertaken to ensure they have at least made the right noises. Alternatively, when the cause is one which should be supported at least in principle - disability rights, for one - the response is that they simply do not have the resources to comply. Almost all western democratic countries hold Q&A and briefing sessions at the UNHRC with NGOs of their own countries however hostile the NGO

may be. But India has mastered the tactic of not taking NGOs along which criticise it. By doing so, it puts itself in the league of non-democratic countries that go to great lengths to keep such NGOs out. Alternative reports and paths It is a difficult process for an NGO to 'escort status' to go present a 'three-minute report' at such sessions. Most of the time, India carefully handpicks 'yes men' organisations so that it is not questioned extensively. Hasina Kharbhih, founder of Impulse NGO Network in Shillong, who works with various organisations to combat human trafficking, says: "To have NGOs which present 'alternate reports' to that of the government can affect the country's image and in turn harms investments from other nations." "The NGO picked is usually government funded and won't say anything contradictory to the government stand as they may lose that funding," Kharbhih adds. In fact, her organisation presents its human trafficking reports at the Asian Human Rights Council, Singapore, and the Human Rights Watch in Japan, which then present them at sessions in Geneva and New York. The recent Greenpeace and Ford Foundation controversies make the situation look even more dismal. So does the cancellation of the licenses of nearly 9,000 NGOs. Handpicked Rita Manchanda, the Research Director of South Asia Forum for Human Rights spoke of how even the Ministry of External Affairs' Development Partnership Administration (started in 2012), only works with certain NGOs - some such as SEWA and PRIA. "India's official position is to not buy human rights conditionality and interfere with other countries," she says. On the issue of gender, she says that India does have a history of speaking up about gender equality and pointed to how the country has contributed a total of $5 million to the core voluntary budget of UN Women (Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women) over the past five years in installments. All this makes the silence at UNHRC more baffling. Business as usual The job of the UNHRC is to give voice to the voiceless, protect the defenseless, shine the spotlight on perpetrators and call them to account. Most people will be eager to point out that the UN is a toothless body ruled by biases and politics and that it does not have powerful mechanisms to enforce resolutions. But if the UNHRC were such a joke, why would anyone even bother to make such statements? It is true that some countries do make big statements, but don't follow it through in action. But India does not even bother to pretend. If Burundi, Sudan and Gabon can list out programmes they have put in place to eliminate violence against women (even if they are not working), the fact that India doesn't have anything to say looks a lot worse. Even Saudi Arabia (where women are still not allowed to drive) said during the session that it is taking measures to protect its women from the various forms of violence they face. "India failing to make empty promises is indicative of its utter lack of interest in the plight of its women," says a source at the UN who does not wish to be named. "But when western media pick up on rape attacks in India, the Indian political and economic elite rise up in outrage and says the western media is painting a terrible picture to ruin our reputation." India's outrage at how it is perceived internationally should be a reminder of the fact that we put up a terrible show internationally.

Darfur’s fierce women In one of the most conflict-ridden countries of our time, women are fighting back. Not with weapons, but with education. This is Shamsa’s story Kim Harrisberg litia known as the Janjaweed. “In fact, my father only survived because he lay among dead bodies after the Janjaweed had attacked our village. One of the dead bodies was my uncle’s, and my father had to lie there for three days with the corpses. He later told us how bad it smelled.” Shamsa was 13 when her father fled. Her mother became a part of the 28% of women heading households in Sudan. Her father fled to Juba in South Sudan where the Arab population is smaller and the colour of his skin would be less conspicuous. He found work and sent money back to his family when he could, sometimes trusting strangers to deliver it safely. In the meantime, Shamsa’s mother would sneak out in the night to cut firewood from the forests, selling it at markets to feed and educate her children. “We survived because of my mother. She would sometimes hide us in the toilets, or the roof, covering us with cloths when she left to get firewood, telling us to be strong.” From a young age, Shamsa learned about patience, silence and blood-curdling fear. Their village was close to a city and Shamsa’s mother was able to observe the power dynamics that had created deep rifts between the Black and Arab Sudanese population. She drew parallels between those with education and those with control. “She knew that fighting for freedom was

important, but that education is more powerful.” When Shamsa speaks to her mother on the phone, they both struggle not to cry each time. “She calls my studies ‘levels’, and says I must keep going until I am at the top one,” laughs Shamsa. Fighting taboos “Even though my parents cannot read or write, they have always been open-minded.” This mentality manifests not only through their education. Shamsa’s mother had encouraged and supported her younger sister to get a divorce when she admitted she did not love her husband. Divorce is still seen as a taboo in Shamsa’s community. “She is looked at differently now, but my mother said she could not be with someone she did not love.” Shamsa flicks through the photos on her phone until she finds one of her mother’s younger sister, Shamsa’s aunty, who is almost her age. A young face with dark eyes and a shy smile smiles back from the screen. Shamsa has carried her mother’s strong opinions and ideologies into her life too. She lives with her husband, who had walked from Sudan to South Africa to seek education and employment. Now a PhD student and research assistant, he sent for Shamsa to build a life together in South Africa. “It was not an arranged marriage,” she explains. “I was the one who asked my father’s permission. This is also quite

an unusual thing to do.” As we speak about women in Darfur, inexorably, stories of rape bubble to the surface; an unavoidable topic when it comes to women’s rights in conflict zones. Darfur is no different, with mass rapes continuously reported. In February this year, Human Rights Watch released a 48-page report: Mass Rape in Darfur: Sudanese Army Attacks Against Civilians in Tabit. This report documents the rape of at least 221 women and girls in over 36 hours in the town of Tabit in North Darfur. “There was a 75-year-old lady who was raped in my village by the Janjaweed. I took her to hospital but she later died, not from the rape itself, but from a plastic bag that was left inside her body that the militia used as a condom. I was 15 years old at the time…” She stares into the distance. Moments of silence stitch together Shamsa’s stories, allowing them to drift and settle like specks of dust in the sunlight. In 2005, when then US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, labelled the massacres in Darfur as a “genocide”, the world’s ears pricked up. Now, for many, Sudan is just another conflict-ridden African country that flickers across television screens and newspapers now and then before fading into anonymity. Shamsa is determined to fight this reaction. She speaks of using her education to empower others when she returns home one day, and to share her story with as many people as possible. At 24, she has survived in one of the most conflict-ridden countries of our time. And now, having moved to a safer space, she has begun to thrive. “I still cannot stop thinking of all the other victims,” says Shamsa, as a voice shrills over a loudspeaker to say the library will soon be closing. “Not all of them have mothers as strong as mine.” And in that moment nothing seems clearer; this is something Shamsa’s own daughter will be saying about her mother one day, too. *Not her real name. Shamsa asked to remain anonymous for the sake of her safety.

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A tribute to the Father of Library Science in India Dr. Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan (1892-1972)

r. S. R. Ranganathan was born on 12th August 1892. He devoted himself to the cause of the development of Library and Information Science, Library Services and Library Profession. He is remembered for his great contributions of ever-lasting values. Therefore a small tribute to a world renowned Librarian and Father of Library Science in India on His birthday. Dr. S. R. Ranganathan (1892-1972) national professor of Library Science left us, but the passage of time has not dimmed the memory of his vibrant personality and the great heritage of professional wisdom that he bequeathed to library professionals all over the world. He was the acknowledged Father of Library Science and Master Architect of Library Movement in India. He was pragmatic nationalist, a perfect strategist, master of details, an analytical thinker and a Master of Library Legislators. He was disciplined in mathematics and trained in librarianship under the watchful eyes of Berwick Sayers. As Ranganathan entered the library profession, he was always anxiously searching for the over-all basic principles that underline all activities in the library. He adopted the Newtonian approach of what? Why? And How? In formulating the universal laws which governed the library activities in the acquisition of reading materials, their organization and services to the readers. He proceeded in a systematic manner on the basis of observation and experimentation. The data collected by him during his visit to hundreds of libraries in England were analyzed, classified, correlated and through an inductive generalization empirical principles were formulated with the help of intuition to explain the observed facts. The scientific approach to library problems was explained through a “Spiral of Scientific Methods” proving “Library Science” as Science. The five fundamental laws underlying this newly established science enunciated by Ranganathan in 1929 are given below: 1. Books are for use; 2. Every Reader his/her books; 3. Every book its readers; 4. Save the time of the readers; 5. Library is a growing organism. American Librarian J.H. Shere emphasized the potentialities of Five Law of Library Science in improving the medium of communication in modern libraries. While paying tributes to Ranganathan for his contributions, V.V.Giri the President of India said that the Five Laws of Library Science enunciated by S.R.Ranganathan have made great impact on the development of library throughout the world, elevating the study of library problems to the level of Science. Ranganathan taught at this School of Library Science until his retirement from the Madras University in 1944. He taught at Banaras Hindu University at the invitation of the Sir Maurice Gwyer in 1947 to establish a school of library science. He instituted Master’s and Doctoral programmed in library science. Due to his effort and contribution “India got distinction of being the first among the Commonwealth Countries to institute library education at master’s degree, Doctorate degree levels”. The University Grant Commission took a note of it and appointed a review committee under the chairmanship of Ranganathan in 1961. Ranganathan single minded devotion to the cause of library science is unparallel in the history of librarianship. Through his work, chasity, greater power of concentration and prolific contributions, he earned worldwide recognition and placed India in the forefront on the map of library science. He was one of the most leading librarians of the world. He was multi-faceted genius and a great thinker. His contributions to library science, to the library movements and the library developments in the world and in India are far too vast to be fully considered in a paper. His different facets are worth studying as independent topics for Doctoral studies. Some of these are being studied in different parts of the world.”His towering personality, sharp intellect, strong will and indefatigable industry put him head and shoulders above his contemporaries. For his scholarly contributions and works for development of libraries and library profession, he was held high esteem in 1935, and then the British Government in India conferred the title of “Rao Sahed” on Ranganathan by which he was affectionately referred by his close associates and students. Just after independence in 1948, the University of Delhi at a Special Convocation conferred on him the Honorary of Literature, along with the dignataries, national leaders, educationalists and scientists of the country, like Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar ect. Government of India awarded “Padmashree” to Ranganathan in 1956, certainity a small honour for a great son of India of his eminence and stature. In 1957, the international Federation of Documentation (FID) conferred on him the membership of honour, a rare distinction conferred only on six persons during the long history of FID. Library Association, London conferred on him the vicepresident ship for life. He served International organizations, as a member of the International Advisory Committee of UNESCO, and Honorary Chairman of the Classification Research Committee of International Federation for Documentation. In 1964, the University of Pittsburgh conferred the Honorary Degree of Doctor of letters on Ranganathan. The Government of India also conferred a big honour on the subject of Library Science in 1965 by appointing Ranganathan as National Research Professor in Library Science. He was the recipient of Margaret Mann Citation of the American Library Association in 1971 for his outstanding contribution in the field of Library Science. In the same year the Mark Twain Society of USA awarded him the title “Grand Knight of Peace”. Ranganathan was a prolific writer, “one finds that a single scholar made multidimensional contributions to various aspects of the discipline now known as Library and Information Sciences. Taking about magnitude of Ranganathan’s contrinutions, famous American Library Philosopher Jesse H.Shera wrote: “That one cannot properly judge the work of S.R.Ranganathan without reference to the totality of Librianship”. Dr. Ranganathan is no more with us bodily, however, his great works, his ideas of service, sense of devotion and dedication to the field of library science will continue to guide successive generation of library professionals. When Ranganathan died on 27th September, 1972, he was eighty one years young. He was a man who had completed his full journey and arrived at the noblest destination. He had no miles left to go, and he had left no promises unfulfilled. S. Kampu Haokip, MLISC, Asst. Librarian St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama.

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Tuesday 11 August 2015

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Eleven killed, fifty injured in stampede at Jharkhand temple

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‘Eager crowd, narrow entrance led to stampede’

One of the Hindu pilgrims injured in a stampede during a Hindu religious festival at a temple in Deoghar town is brought for treatment at a hospital in Ranchi on Monday, August 10. Thousands of people tried to force their way into the temple when its gates opened at daybreak, police said. (AP Photo)

raNchi, august 10 (iaNs): At least 11 people were killed and 50 others injured in a stampede at a temple in Jharkhand's Deoghar town early Monday, police said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was "pained at loss of lives". Over 100,000 people were in a queue, many waiting since Sunday night to get into the famous Baidyanath Temple, when the stampede took place. Deoghar is 300 km from Ranchi. A senior police official said 11 people were killed and 50 people others injured. During 'Shravan' month of the Hindu calendar, more than 30 lakh people offer prayers at the Baidyanath temple. On Mondays, the number goes up substantially and around 2 lakh people offer prayers.

Prime Minister Modi condoled the deaths in the stampede. "Pained at loss of lives due to the stampede in Jharkhand. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of the deceased in this hour of grief. I pray that the injured recover quickly," Modi said on Twitter. "I spoke to Chief Minister Raghubar Das on the incident." The stampede in Jharkhand took place less than a month after a stampede in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. At least 27 pilgrims were killed and over 60 injured on July 14 in the stampede at the start of the Godavari 'Maha Pushkaralu' -- the Kumbh Mela of the south. Deputy Commissioner Amit Kumar said all the injured have been admitted to Sadar hospital in Deoghar for treatment

raNchi, august 10 (iaNs): The stampede in Jharkhand's Deoghar town that claimed at least 11 lives early Monday was triggered after hundreds of eager pilgrims tried to enter the famous Baidyanath Temple at once, Kaartik Mishra, one of the head priests of the temple, said. "People had queued up for the early morning prayers since Sunday night. When the gate of the temple opened at 4 a.m. today (Monday), hundreds of people tried to rush into the temple which caused a commotion. "Police present at the spot then resorted to a mild baton charge to control the crowd which led to the stampede," Mishra told IANS over phone from Deoghar. He said more than 60-70 people were injured in the incident, adding that the religious fervour among the pilgrims "continues to be the same". "Even after the stampede thousands of people are queued up to worship Lord Shiva," he said. The temple has a very narrow entrance which was one of the reasons for the stampede, he added. "The entrance gate to the main temple is very narrow which allows only one-two persons to enter at a time. Crowds have always been an issue for the temple authorities here." During Shravan month of the Hindu calendar, more than 30 lakh people offer prayers at the Baidyanath Temple. On Mondays, the number goes up substantially and around two lakh people offer prayers. All the injured have been admitted to Sadar hospital in Deoghar for treatment, Deputy Commissioner Amit Kumar said, adding the stampede was a result of a "large crowd gathering".

and added the stampede was a result of a "large crowd". Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said: "My heartfelt condolences to the families of those killed in the stampede at Deoghar in Jharkhand. I pray for speedy recovery of the injured." He said Chief Minister Das apprised him of the situation in Deoghar and "asked for extra RAF deployment". The minister said one extra Rapid Action Force (RAF) battalion will be sent to Deoghar for "better crowd and security management". The Jharkhand government has announced a compensation of Rs.2 lakh each to the kin of victims and Rs.50,000 to injured, an official said. CThe CM has ordered a high level probe into the incident.

"The government would initiate action against officials found responsible for the incident," Das told the media. Leader of opposition Hemant Soren blamed mismanagement by local authorities for the incident. While Deoghar Lok Sabha MP and BJP leader Nishikant Dubey blamed the successive state governments for such incident. The Jharkhand government appointed a special deputy commissioner and a superintendent of police for Deoghar district for 'Shravan' month in the wake of the stampede. "Rahul Purwar will be special deputy commissioner and M.L. Meena will be special superintendent of police of Deoghar till 'Shravan' month," the government said in a statement.

Maran's bail cancelled, 1,598 PILs pending before asked to surrender in 3 days SC; oldest goes back 23 years

cheNNai, august 10 (iaNs): In a setback to former communications minister Dayanidhi Maran, the Madras High Court on Monday cancelled his anticipatory bail and asked him to surrender before the CBI in three days. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had filed a petition seeking to cancel the anticipatory bail granted to Maran on grounds that the DMK leader did not cooperate with the investigation. The court accepted CBI's argument and cancelled the bail granted earlier. The CBI case relates to the installation of over 300 high speed data lines at his Boat Club Road residence to benefit Sun TV group promoted by his elder brother Kalanithi Maran. The CBI latter said the number of phone lines installed is over 700 at his Boat Club Road residence and another residence in Delhi.

Kochi is India's 1st city to become WTCF member Kochi, august 10 (iaNs): Kochi on Monday become the first city in India to be enrolled as a member of Beijing-based World Tourism Cities Federation (WTCF) Council. Kochi Mayor Tony Chammany handed over the membership acceptance document to China's Ambassador to India Le Yucheng in the presence of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy at a function held here on Monday. The WTCF is a non-profit, non-governmental international organisation voluntarily formed by tourism cities and organisations from around the world.

Kerosene subsidy approved at Rs.12 a litre, LPG at Rs.18 per kg New Delhi, august 10 (iaNs): The government will subsidise the under-recovery on sale below cost of public distribution (PDS) kerosene at Rs.12 per litre and domestic cooking gas (LPG) at Rs.18 per kg, with the balance loss being borne by state-run oil marketers, parliament was told on Monday. "The government has approved budgetary support for PDS kerosene under-recovery at a rate of Rs.12 per litre and the remaining under-recovery will be borne by the upstream companies," Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan told the Lok Sabha in a written reply. For the current fiscal, while the government will provide Rs.12 towards subsidising kerosene, the remaining Rs.2.95 will be borne by state explorers ONGC and Oil India, he said. "The government has approved a fixed subsidy of Rs.18 per kg under the Direct Benefit Transfer for domestic LPG," he added. LPG customers are allowed 12 cylinders per every household at the subsidised rate of Rs 417.82, making for an under-recovery, or loss, of Rs 167.18 per cylinder, which the government will bear entirely. Last month, Pradhan said the petroleum ministry is in talks with state governments on drawing up plans similar to Direct Benefit Transfer of LPG (DBTL) for public distribution kerosene, and has asked states to identify the people who require kerosene subsidy. OMCs are facing under-recovery of Rs.18.51 a litre on sales of PDS kerosene at below market rates, the petroleum ministry said last month. The under-recovery on the fuel as on June 1 was Rs.20.10 a litre.

New Delhi, august 10 (Pti): There are 1,598 public interest litigations pending before Supreme Court with the oldest of them having been filed 23 years ago, the apex court has said in its response to an RTI query. The oldest pending PIL with WP(C) 537/1992 was filed by Sureshwar D Sinha and relates to water pollution linked to industries, domestic sources, sewage, river and sea. In response to Lucknow-based RTI applicant Sanjay Sharma's query, SC said, "Total number of pending public interest litigation cases as on July 20, 2015, is 1,598 out of which 553 writ petitions pertaining to public interest litigations are pending. "As per records, the oldest public interest litigation whose status is pending for disposal is WP(C) 537/1992 and its date of filing is July 15, 1992," it said.

Data "which could be retrieved" from the apex court's computers show that from two PILs filed in 1994, the number had touched 905 in 2014 and, in 2015, till the time of the reply to the RTI application, a total of 348 PILs had been filed. The rate of disposal of PILs by the apex court has also shot up -- from one PIL disposed of in 1996 to 889 disposed of during the last year. Thus far in 2015, SC said, 357 PILs have been disposed of. Supreme Court had defined the term 'Public Interest Litigation' in SP Gupta Vs Union of India allowing parties other than the aggrieved ones to approach courts to seek legal remedy in cases where public interest is at stake. The principle of PILs is founded on Article 39A of the Constitution to protect and deliver prompt social justice with the help of law.

The agent of the Indian delegation, Neeru Chadha, from front, Co-Agent and Ambassador of India to Germany Vijay Gokhale, Counsel Alain Pellet and Counsel Rodman R. Bundy are pictured at beginning of the first public hearing on the request for provisional measures in the 'Enrica Lexie' incident at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg, northern Germany on Monday, August 10. (AP Photo)

haMBurg, august 10 (aP): Italy asked a U.N.-mandated tribunal on Monday to order that India put on hold its case against two Italian marines over a 2012 incident in which they are accused of killing two Indian fishermen. Marines Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone are accused of killing the fishermen while assigned to anti-piracy duty aboard an Italian oil tanker, the Enrica Lexie, offIndia's coast. The men have been held without formal charges in India, though they were allowed to return temporarily to Italy to vote in 2013 elections. Latorre was also allowed to travel home for medical treatment in September after suffering a stroke, and is still there, while Girone remains detained in India. The country, which insists it has jurisdiction, wants to charge both sergeants with murder. Italy maintains that the shooting occurred in international waters, that the fishermen were mistaken for pirates and that the case should be heard in an Italian court. Rome took the case to international arbitration in June. Pending that arbitration, it is seeking a ruling from the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to lift restrictions on the movement of the marines, enabling Girone to return home and Latorre to remain there on medical leave. It also wants the tribunal to say that India shouldn't exercise jurisdiction over the incident pending an arbitration ruling.

ISIS map of areas it wants to take over by 2020 includes India loNDoN, august 10 (Pti): The Islamic State plans to take over large parts of the world, including almost the entire Indian subcontinent, by the next five years, according to a chilling map that features in a new book on the dreaded terror group. According to the map, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) plans to take control of the Middle East, North Africa, most of the Indian subcontinent and parts of Europe, within the next five years, to complete its caliphate. The caliphate --- a state governed by Sharia law which ISIS plan to claim -- covers areas from Spain in the west to China in the east, the Mirror

reported citing the map. The map reveals the calculated way ISIS plans to take over the world by 2020. According to the map, Andalus is the Arabic name given to the parts of Spain, Portugal and France that were occupied by the Moors from the 8th to the 15th century while the Indian subcontinent would come under 'Khurasan'. BBC reporter Andrew Hosken, who includes the map of the targeted areas in his new book 'Empire of Fear: Inside the Islamic State', said ISIS wants "to take over all of what they see as the Islamic world. A seven-step ISIS programme, dating back almost 20 years, includes the US be-

ing provoked into declaring war on the Islamic world between 2000 and 2003 and an uprising against Arab rulers between 2010 and 2013, the report said. ISIS have up to 50,000 members and cash and assets of nearly 2 billion pounds, partly due to their control of oil and gas fields in Iraq and Syria, it said. Hosken says in his book that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who founded the terrorist group that would later become ISIS, in 1996 described the seven-step programme that would lead to Muslim victory by 2020. "We were so close to destroying them back in 2010-11.

Mumbai drunk driving: Woman lawyer charged with culpable homicide MuMB ai, august 10 (iaNs):Police here on Monday filed a voluminous charge sheet, invoking the dreaded charge of 'culpable homicide not amounting to murder' against 35-year-old corporate lawyer Jahnvi Gadkar, who was arrested on June 10 for drunk driving and killing two people. Running into around 560 pages, the charge sheet includes statements of 57 witnesses, besides the 14 witnesses whose statements have already been recorded by a court. Filed before the Kurla metropolitan magistrate's court, the charge sheet also contains Gadkar's medical reports, autopsy

reports of the victims, forensic reports, CCTV footage details, statements of doctors and her friends, besides other evidence. Among others, Gadkar has been charged under Indian Penal Code section 304 II (culpable homicide not amounting to murder, attracting a maximum punishment of 10 years in jail plus other sections of the Motor Vehicles Act. Gadkar, who was released on bail on August 5 by the Mumbai Sessions Court, was present in the court on Monday. In the early morning of June 10, Gadkar's speeding car, on the wrong side of the Mumbai Eastern Freeway, rammed into a taxi killing its

driver Mohammed A. Sayyed and his passenger Mohammed S. Sabuwala, and injuring four other people. The ill-fated cab was coming from Bhiwandi in adjoining Thane district. Among the injured members of the Sabuwala family were wife Hafiza, 40, daughter Salma, 22, Sadia, 20 and son Noman, 16, who were returning home after celebrating Numan's success in the SSC exams in which he scored over 90 percent marks. Previously, two bail pleas by the corporate lawyer were rejected by the metropolitan magistrate's court after which she moved the sessions court.

A drunk driver is a like a suicide bomber: Delhi Court

New Delhi, august 10 (Pti): A drunk driver is like a suicide bomber, who has set out to kill himself as well as other road users, a Delhi court has observed while proposing that a stringent punishment should be awarded to offenders. "It won't be inappropriate to say that a drunk driver is like a suicide bomber, who has set out to kill himself as well as other road users and thus deserves a very stern sentence which should have a deterrent effect and discourage everyone from driving after alcohol intake." "A stern sentence to these offenders would go a long way in making the roads safer," Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhatt observed on the appeal of a convicted truck driver seeking setting aside of his 20-day jail term.The court, which said the sentence, awarded to Rajasthan native Kana Ram by a metropolitan magistrate, was "in no way unwarranted or harsh", however, reduced it to five days while considering the submissions of the convict that he was a first-time offender with clean antecedents.

Experts doubt technical feasibility of child porn ban New Delhi/BeN galuru, august 10 (iaNs): Even as the government told the Supreme Court on Monday that it was against child pornography and was committed to curbing such abuse on the internet, experts feel it will be technically challenging, if not difficult, to block it altogether. "The government’s intention to ban child pornography is good. But not feasible. It is technically difficult. It should find how other countries like China and the US have dealt with this menace,” Swarup Sampath, computer instructor, Bengaluru Train-

ing Academy, told IANS. Rajan S. Mathews, director general, Cellular Operators' Association of India, also told IANS that the government's licencing agreement with the service providers bind them to the directives of the Department of Telecom on the matter. "As far as the intermediaries are concerned, the operators can have secondary liability," Mathews said, referring to the internet service providers (ISPs), including mobile phone operators, who provide Net access to the customers. "If DoT comes out with

any such notifications, then we are bound to follow that," he said, but added that the government has to be specific. The government had earlier asked the ISPs to block 857 Web sites which were suspected to have pornographic elements. Later the government issued a clarificatory note and said while they were free to decide on blocking these sites, child pornographic content must be blacked out. During the hearing in the apex court on Monday, the government counsel said while a ban on child pornography sites was de-

sired, the concerned agencies were unable to go beyond that and don the role of moral policing. Addressing the apex court bench headed by Chief Justice H.L. Dattu, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi said the state cannot be present in every household to check what people watch in private, and interfere with their entertainment. The next hearing is slated in October. Reacting to the earlier letters and the clarificatory note of the government, the representative body for ISPs said the government's directives were "vague and

unimplementable". "ISPs have no way or mechanism to filter out child pornography from URLs and further unlimited sub links of the said URLs in different-different names," it said in a letter to the telecom secretary. As the debate continued, Puspa Prasad, teacher in Cambridge School in Bengaluru felt the even though the government was late in waking up to the damage being caused by child pornography on youth and culture, it should restrict access through technology. " The government should threaten stringent

action against its purveyors like internet or content providers who abuse the online system for money," Prasad said. But going into the technicalities, Sampath questioned if the government had real or correct data on how many web sites were hosting such content, from where and in which language? "When you don’t know the symptom, how will you treat it? It should find a way to ban them by identifying and blocking them with the help of internet service providers and security experts in the field,” Sampath added.

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Aussie devotes life to ‘Death Railway’ POWs

In this June 18, 2015, photo, Rod Beattie carries a metal detector, a machete, and GPS equipment as he looks for artifacts of the Death Railway, built during World War II in Nam Tok, Kanchanaburi province, Thailand. As the 70th anniversary of the war’s end approaches and its veterans dwindle by the day, Beattie, an Australian, still slogs along the 415 kilometer (257 mile) length of Death Railway where more than 100,000 Allied prisoners and Asians were enslaved by Japan’s Imperial Army to build the line along the Thailand-Myanmar border. With his own money, he maps its vanishing course, uncovers POW relics and with his vast database helps brings closure to relatives of those who perished and survivors who went to their graves never having shared their traumas. (AP File Photo) Denis D. Gray Associated Press

ielding a machete, Rod Beattie slashes at tangled undergrowth and soaring bamboo to expose vistas from one of World War II’s iconic

sagas. Out of the jungle appear remnants of a railway that cost the lives of more than 100,000 Allied prisoners and Asians enslaved by Japan’s Imperial Army. As the 70th anniversary of the war’s end approaches and its veterans dwindle by the day, the aging Australian

still slogs along the 415-kilometer (257-mile) length of “Death Railway.” With his own money, he maps its vanishing course, uncovers POW relics and with his vast database helps brings closure to relatives of the dead — not only those who perished building the railway,

but also those who went to their graves never having shared their traumas. Beattie acknowledges to being a man obsessed. “The life I have given isn’t just for them but for their descendants,” he says. “Their children are now at an age where they have retired. They’ve got time to ask questions — ‘Where was my father? What happened to him?’” And many, bringing along their own children and even grandchildren, are making what Beattie calls pilgrimages to the railway to seek answers, find peace and shed tears. One daughter he escorted was able to learn for the first time exactly where her father, Pvt. Jack McCarthy, died on July 21, 1943, of what diseases and where he was initially buried. Then Beattie took her to his final resting place, beneath a headstone brightened by a single poppy. Another daughter recently came fixated on whether wild bananas contained black seeds the POWs would suck for sustenance. It was something her father often recounted. When they found some, it seemed to authenticate and illuminate all that her father told her about his ordeal. “It made her very happy,” Beattie said. Arguably the world’s authority on this drama of inhumanity and courage in a green hell, this one-man band has also busted myths and plain inaccuracies that have accumulated around the rail-

way. Some are drawn from a still-ongoing parade of memoirs, novels and films, from the classic 1957 movie classic “The Bridge on the River Kwai” to “The Railway Man” in 2013 and “The Narrow Road to the Deep North,” a novel that won Britain’s top literary prize last year. He’s driven, he says, “for history’s sake. To give people a true version of the story. After I leave or pass away, who would otherwise know where the railway was?” Beattie, 67, clambers down a steep slope where the track has been replaced by a rolling field of tapioca. Within 15 minutes, aided by a metal detector and pickax, he uncovered 11 relics under the reddish soil, including railway staples and bolts. He also gathered clues to the location of a labor camp, Tampii South, that he has yet to pinpoint. TampiiSouthwasamong a string of POW camps along the railway, which the Japanese regarded as a strategic supply line from Japanesecontrolled Thailand to their forces in Myanmar as Allied warships made the sea route around the Malay Peninsula increasingly hazardous. Completed in 15 months, the railway was an incredible feat of engineering and human toil. More than 12,000 Australian, British, Dutch and American prisoners died along with an estimated 90,000 Asians, including Tamils from Malaysia, Burmese and Indonesians —

some 250 corpses for every kilometer of track. Working with primitive tools and their bare hands, the prisoners succumbed to cholera, beriberi, starvation, executions and despair. A civil engineer in Australia, Beattie arrived in Thailand in 1990 to work as a consultant in the gems industry. He settled in the western Thailand town of Kanchanaburi, a key railway terminus and site of the infamous bridge on the River Kwai. His passion was kindled by the history around him and his own background: two of his uncles had been killed and his father twice wounded in World War II. Beattie himself served in the Australian military for six years. In the mid-1990s, with machetes and chain saws, he and his Vietnamese wife, Thuy, eight months pregnant, cleared 4.5 kilometers (2 miles) of rail bed at a rock cutting known as Hellfire Pass, paving the way for a memorial and museum there. In 2003, he opened the Thailand-Burma Railway Center in Kanchanaburi, both a research facility and a superb museum incorporating some of the thousands of artifacts he had uncovered. Although Japanese atrocities are graphically depicted, it is not a mere museum of horrors. Japanese soldiers also suffered hardships and savage commanders, and not all are portrayed as brutes. The exhibits include rare photographs provided

by a Japanese engineer on the railway. Beattie has corrected misconceptions about the railway that had made it into a number of history books, including some that flatly state that Japanese guards killed 68 Australian POWs at Hellfire Pass. He proved that the guards killed no Australians there by going through a database of 105,000 records of nearly every prisoner in Southeast Asia. Beattie found that Allied POW records were so sketchy that some relatives even had false information about where their fathers died. He said the index cards that Japan’s Imperial Army kept on every POW sometimes have proved more helpful than Australian officialdom. He also dug into archives around the world including hospital and burial records, cemetery maps, regimental documents and diaries to reconstruct the tortured odysseys of thousands. He offers them to any who want to know, and has received decorations from Australia, the Netherlands and Great Britain for his work. Beattie’s ongoing work includes a detailed GPS mapping of the entire rail line that in Thailand is 60 percent completed. Earlier, logging more than 3,000 kilometers (1,860 miles) on foot, he plotted the Thai end and some of the Myanmar stretch on a 1:50,000 map. “Probably when I die,” he says when asked when

he’ll halt his self-imposed mission. Beattie’s labors seem a race against the clock: The railway is vanishing along with those who built it. Over the past two decades, he says, most sections disappeared, overtaken by the jungle or covered over by farms, roads and a large dam. In Australia, only some 200 ex-railway POWs are still alive; worldwide, the youngest one Beattie knows about is 89. Only two survivors attended commemorations this year in Kanchanaburi on ANZAC Day, April 25, the national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand. In times past, there might be dozens. But earlier in the year, 34 Australians, mostly children of POWs, gathered at the main Allied cemetery in Kanchanaburi town for a simple, moving service among the 6,982 graves. Some wore the medals of fathers they never knew: They were conceived before their fathers left for war or were simply too young to remember them. They sought information from Beattie. It was the first trip to the River Kwai for Elizabeth Pietsch, whose father died in 2013 at the age of 95. “He never talked about it very much, but when he did, tears would well up in his eyes,” she said. “He went on to be a chartered accountant, a very successful man, but it was always there, the elephant in the room... It was the defining time of his life.”

Seoul blames NKorea for mine blast Day of violence in Istanbul leaves at least 4 dead

SEOUL, AUgUSt 10 (AP): Vowing to hit back, South Korea said Monday that North Korean soldiers laid the three mines that exploded last week at the border and maimed two South Korean soldiers. South Korea’s military, which investigated the mines, said that Pyongyang will face unspecified “searing” consequences for the mine blasts at the Seoul-controlled southern part of the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone that bisects the Korean Peninsula. The U.S.-led U.N. Command, which also conducted an investigation that blamed Pyongyang for the mines, condemned what it called violations of the armistice that ended fighting in the 1950-53 Korean War, which still technically continues. The two wounded soldiers had been on a routine patrol. One lost both legs, while the other lost one leg. The explosions come amid continuing bad feelings between the rival Koreas over the establishment of a U.N. office in Seoul tasked with investigating the North’s alleged abysmal human rights conditions. Pyongyang also refuses to release several South Koreans detained in the North. Things are expected to get worse next week when Seoul and Washington launch annual summertime military drills, which the allies say are routine but that Pyongyang calls an invasion rehearsal. Seoul’s announcement on the mines will likely trigger a furious response from Pyongyang, which has denied a slew of previous provocations that South Korea has blamed on North Korea. The North typically calls the South’s statements attempts to create anti-Pyongyang sentiments. In 2010,

Seoul and a group of international expert investigators blamed Pyongyang for torpedoing a warship and killing 46 South Korean sailors. The North denies responsibility. It’s unclear what retaliatory measures Seoul might take for the mine explosion. Military strikes are unlikely, as the North has placed a huge portion of its artillery within striking distance of the South Korean capital of Seoul. Economic sanctions could be possible, but those imposed after the 2010 warship sinking are a source of tension between the rivals. Critics say the measures have also hurt South Korean businessmen who had earlier dealings with North Korea. Investigations by South Korea and the American-led U.N. Command showed that splinters from the explosions were from wood box mines, which are used by North Korea, according to South Korea’s Defense Ministry. A statement from the U.N. Command Military Armistice Commission said the investigation determined that the devices were recently laid. It ruled out that they were old land mines that had drifted from their original placements because of rain or shifting soil. Senior South Korean military officer Ku Hongmo told reporters that Seoul believes North Korean soldiers secretly crossed the border and laid the mines between July 23 and Aug. 3, the day before the three mines exploded. The 2.5-mile-wide (4-kilometer) DMZ is jointly overseen by the U.N. Command and North Korea. South Korean troops patrol the southern part of the buffer zone, according to Seoul’s Defense Ministry.

IStANBUL, AUgUSt 10 (AP): Two women opened fire at the heavily protected U.S. Consulate in Istanbul Monday, while assailants exploded a car bomb at a police station then fired on police inspecting the scene, in a day of heavy violence in Turkey’s largest city. In the southeast of the country a roadside bomb killed four police, and Kurdish rebels attacked a helicopter, killing a conscript. There has been a recent sharp spike in violence between Turkey’s security forces and rebels of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, as Turkey has attacked PKK targets in Iraq in tandem with airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria. One of the consulate attackers was later shot and taken into custody in a nearby building and hospitalized. The far-left Revolutionary People’s Liberation ArmyFront, or DHKP-C, identified her as 51-year-old Hatice Asik, and said she was a member of the group, though it did not directly claim responsibility for the attack. The DHKP-C and the PKK both have Marxist origins and have cooperated in the past, though there was no immediate indication of PKK involvement in this attack. The second woman was still being hunted. There were no other casualties. Hours earlier, an overnight bomb attack at a police

Turkish forensic police officers work at the site of an explosion at a police station in Istanbul’s Sultanbeyli neighbourhood, early Monday, August 10. Turkey’s state-run news agency says the attack targeted the police station and wounded five police officers and two civilians. (AP Photo)

station in Istanbul injured three policemen and seven civilians and caused a fire that collapsed part of the three-story building. The suspected bomber was killed during the explosion, according to the Istanbul governor’s office. Unknown assailants later fired on police inspecting the scene of the explosion, sparking another gunfight with police that killed a member of the inspection team and two assailants. There was no immediate responsibility claim for that attack. Turkey last month carried out a major security sweep, detaining some 1,300 people suspected of links to banned organizations, including the PKK, the

DHKP-C and extremists of the Islamic State group. Turkey has recently started taking a more active role against IS militants. Last month it conducted aerial strikes against IS positions in Syria and agreed to let the U.S.-led coalition use its bases for its fight against IS. On Sunday, the U.S. military announced that a detachment of six F-16 fighter jets and some 300 personnel have arrived at Turkey’s southern Incirlik Air Base. In further violence Monday, Kurdish rebels in the southeastern province of Sirnak fired at a helicopter carrying conscripts who either had finished their

term of duty or were taking leave, killing one of them and injuring another. Four police were also killed in Sirnak province when their armored vehicle was attacked with a roadside bomb, the Dogan news agency reported. The DHKP-C has been designated a terrorist organization by the United States. It claimed responsibility for a 2013 suicide attack on the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, which killed a Turkish security guard. The group, which wants to set up a socialist state in Turkey, advocates a Marxist-Leninist ideology and opposes the U.S. and Turkish governments, as well as NATO.

Iraqi Christians who fled IS living in limbo while in exile Karin Laub Associated Press

year after tens of thousands of Iraqi Christians fled communities overtaken by Islamic State militants, their lives are on hold in exile: They won’t go back to Iraq, saying it’s not safe for Christians, but as refugees they’re barred from working in temporary asylum countries such as Jordan. Expectations of quick resettlement to the West have been dashed. “We’ve lost hope in everything,” said Hinda Ablahat, a 67-year-old widow who lives with dozens of fellow refugees in plywood cubicles set up in a church compound in downtown Amman, the capital of Jordan. “We’ve been sitting here for a year and nothing’s happened.” About 7,000 Christians from northern Iraq have found refuge in Jordan, including about 2,000 living in church-sponsored shelters.

On Saturday evening, Patriarch Louis Sako of Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic Church and Jerusalembased Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal led hundreds of worshippers in an outdoor prayer service in the town of Fuheis, near Amman, to mark a year since the Iraqi Christians’ displacement. The service included a message of encouragement from Pope Francis, saying he is appealing for solidarity with those victimized by fanaticism and intolerance, “often under the eyes and in the silence of all.” The church “does not forget and does not abandon her children who have been exiled on account of their faith,” read the message, first published late last week. The words rang hollow to some in the crowd. “Everyone has forgotten us,” said Johnny al-Behno, 25, standing in the back with friends. Al-Behno holds an engineering degree, but is forced to live off

dwindling savings because of the ban on working. Jordan struggles with high unemployment and says it cannot afford to integrate hundreds of thousands of Syrian and Iraqi refugees into the labor force. The Christian exodus began a year ago when Islamic State militants swept across northern Iraq, targeting indigenous religious minorities. The militants forced out most of the area’s 120,000 Christians, many of whom now live in the nearby semi-autonomous Kurdish region. Bahnam Atallah, 47, said he and his family fled their hometown of Qaraqosh, near Mosul, on Aug. 6, 2014. Islamic State had been shelling the town all day, Atallah said. The family of six fled for safety at nightfall to Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish region, with just two small duffel bags holding clothes, passports and family photos. The drive normally takes less than an

In this Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015 photo, 15-year-old Sarah Atallah, an Iraqi Christian refugee, sits on her bed studying in a refugee shelter in a church compound in downtown Amman, Jordan. A year after tens of thousands of Iraqi Christians fled communities overtaken by Islamic State militants, their lives are on hold in exile: They won’t go back to Iraq, saying it’s not safe for Christians, but as refugees they’re barred from working in temporary asylum countries such as Jordan. Expectations of quick resettlement to the West have been dashed. (AP Photo)

hour, but thousands were fleeing and the Atallahs only arrived in Erbil after midnight. After three months, they relocated to Jordan,

while oldest son Andre left for studies abroad. Now home for Atallah, his wife Jinan, and their children Eidier, Sarah and Maryam is a church shelter

in Amman they share with 60 other refugees. Plywood cubicles are lined up in rows, some decorated with posters of the Virgin Mary. Children run in the hallways

while others play dominos in the common area. The Atallahs’ cubicle contains two bunk beds, a single bed and a small table. Toddler Maryam slept, oblivious to the noise. Atallah, a thresher operator and carpenter, said the year in limbo has taken its toll. The parents and 20-year-old Eidier can’t work, while 15-year-old Sarah has missed a year of school. Food and medical care are provided by Caritas, a Catholic charity, but with nothing to do, days are tedious. Atallah dreams of emigration to Australia. A brother who lives there has started the paperwork, but prospects are uncertain. Atallah and other refugees say they’ll never go back home. “Iraq is not a safe place” for Christians, he said. Refugee aid officials say Iraqi Christians had expected quick resettlement in the West when they first arrived in Jordan, but those hopes have been dashed in

part because of the region’s escalating refugee crisis. More than 4 million Syrians have fled conflict in their country since 2011, while Iraqis of all religions continue to flee ongoing sectarian violence back home. Jordan hosts about 630,000 Syrian and 58,000 Iraqi refugees, according the U.N. refugee agency. Only a tiny minority has resettled in the West, with U.N. officials saying preference is given to the most vulnerable. Caritas has spent $3 million to help Iraqi Christian refugees in Jordan and will run out of funds by the end of the year, said Wael Suleiman, the head of the organization in Jordan. He said the international community should support the Iraqi Christian refugees by helping them stay in a region where their numbers have been dwindling due to conflict. “They were born to live in the Middle East, not in any other place,” he said.

10 SPORTS/Public diScOuRSE A response to an article May turn midfielder Dimapur

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ear Tsongs K Yim, Tuensang, thanking you so much and have appreciated your article “Non- negotiable on Core issue of Naga Sovereignty” which appeared in Morung Express on 10thAugust 2015.Your article bears wisdom and guidance for the present Naga young generation. I have much appreciated it for the Eastern Nagas from Tuensang regions also could write on the Naga national affairs with good political terms and inspiration. Some of our Naga writers are using wrong political terms when they write some articles on our national affairs, such as demanding independent from India, freedom fighters, revolution, underground, rebel, insurgent and so on. By using all these wrong political terms, they are wrongly informing to the outside

world that the Indo-Naga conflict is a mere internal affair of India. They may not be using such wrong political terms in order to support India’s false propaganda to the outside world that the Nagas are demanding independent or self-determination from India, but as lack of knowledge or naïve on the Naga national affairs. But they can’t be so naïve after more than sixty years of conflict with India, indeed most of them have well known the fact that the Nagas declared independence before India was granted independent and also reaffirmed it by 99.9% of Naga people when the NNC conducted Plebiscite in May 1951. We can therefore consider those writers who are intentionally using such wrong political terms as the enemy of the Nagas or Indianised people. Thomas, NNC Member

Naga ‘framework agreement’ should be acceptable to Nagas

n the aftermath of signing the Naga Peace Accord between the Government of India and Naga outfit NSCN (IM), so many Naga intellectuals have turned up and raised some more questions in imbroglio state, saying that, the peace accord might be another Shillong Accord or another 16 Point Agreement, because the clauses of the agreement are still under wrap. It has been learnt and heartening to note that, after over 80 rounds of peace talks during the 18 years of ceasefire, the government of India and NSCN (IM) have

signed the historic “ Naga Peace Accord” which it stated as just the formula to settle the Naga conflict and is just the beginning of the solution. Nonetheless, the ‘frame work agreement’ of the Naga Peace Accord should be consult to the Naga peoples and be made on the basis of political and historical right of the Nagas, which is acceptable to all Nagas. We shall discuss and deliberate more on the issue once the framework agreement is ‘unfolded and disclosed’ to the Naga people. “KUKNALIM” Tsong's K. Yim Tuensang

in future: Messi

BARcEloNA, AUGUST 10 (IANS): Argentine football icon and FC Barcelona captain Lionel Messi on Monday said he has got an out-and-out option of turning into a midfielder once his usefulness as the centrifugal force in the Spanish side's attack diminishes. "I am open to play in any position on the pitch if it helps the team. A lot of players drop deeper when they move into the later stages of their career, and that's certainly an option for me, to become an out-and-out midfielder," Messi was quoted as saying by goal.com. "I have played in midfield a lot already, and I cover a lot of ground there. I am happy to play as a forward, as a deep forward, in the middle. There are many players who have prolonged their careers by playing in a different place, where Some of the participating teams of T 20 Cricket Tournament taking oath at Kachari Sports Kushiabill on Monday. The tournament is being organized by East Dimapur Sumi maybe you don't rely on being so explosive all the time, on Complex, Students’ Union. (Morung Photo) your speed." The four-time world footballer of the year also said that he has a soft spot for former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola, under whom the Catalans won multiple European Champions League and La Liga titles. Guardiola is currently in charge of German giants Bayern Munich. "It is quite odd seeing him in the opposition dugout. Everyone knows what a great relationship that I have with him, and I will always be grateful for what he did for me, how he developed me as a player, the teams that he built. I will always wish him luck," Messi said. The 28-year-old, however, was quick to add that his warm feelings for Guardiola went for a toss as soon as Barcelona faced Bayern. "But obviously, when you play against somebody, you freeze those personal feelings out for the duration of the game. It is all about winning, for me and him," he said. Messi also seemed happy with how football in Europe is becoming all the more competitive these days with the heavyweights improving further. "Pep is doing great things with Bayern Munich and is creating a team similar to the one he had at Barcelona, but with different players, and subtle differences. We want strong competition within Europe, so I am happy that Pep is creating another powerhouse of a side that can compete against the La Liga teams," Messi said.

Nagaland Police lift inter district & state badminton Championship

Indo-Naga Peace Treaty: The Challenges Ahead

odi’s unconventional Northeast initiative with the signing of the historic Indo-Naga Peace Treaty could prove a quintessential masterstroke of political wizardry if New Delhi could “sincerely” pursue it to the end. New Delhi now has its own version of the norms of people’s right to self-determination. It is partly a response to the recent floating of United National Liberation Front of Western South East Asia (UNLFW) by nine Northeast insurgency groups with the ominous threat of China gaining an upper hand and timely so before Northeast could possibly slip out of New Delhi’s grip. New Delhi is also not unaware of the Burmese government signing a nationwide ceasefire agreement with its 16 ethnic armed groups to end its internal civil unrest. It surely feels the heat of this rapid development in its neighbouring Burma. It certainly would be an embarrassment to the world’s largest democracy if it is to emulate Burmese precedent tomorrow. Be that as it may, Modi’s pathbreaking approach is overall a realist vision ahead of time to secure India’s interest in Northeast which but few of his contemporary counterparts could possibly foresee. It is true that the details of the

“framework agreement” are yet to be made public, but every word spoken must have its due political meaning. Modi’s populist sense of engaging with the human sentiment of the Nagas by emphasizing the “spirit of equality and respect, trust and confidence” is a sharp departure from Nehru’s hegemonic impulse. Nehru’s unpopularity among the Nagas is not fortuitous. Nehru’s Northeast policy is best expounded in his own expression, “Whether heaven falls or India goes into pieces and blood runs red in the country, whether I am here or anyone else, Nagas will not be allowed to be independent”. In sharp contrast, Modi summons Gandhi’s humanism into the dialogue when he rues, “There were not many like Mahatma Gandhi, who loved the Naga people and was sensitive to their sentiments.” Modi would mean that he has heard the cries of Naga sentiment as Gandhi had understood. Gandhi’s humanist approach to Naga political problem is thus revived in his own words, “Nagas have every right to be independent. I believe in the brotherhood of man but I do not believe in forced unions. If you (Nagas) do not wish to join the Union of India, nobody will force you to do that. Sir, Akbar is wrong. He cannot do that. I will come to the Naga Hills, I will ask them to shoot me first be-

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fore one Naga is shot.” Modi attempts not only to heal the past “wounds and resolve problems” of the Nagas, but also assures to be their partner as the Nagas restore their pride and prestige. Modi promises “a new glorious chapter with a sense of pride, self-confidence and self-respect”. In particular, Modi’s deliberate choice of the word “dialogue” instead of the more common term “peace talk” is significant as it implies two equal entities in the vocabulary of international nationstate relations. New Delhi’s rare exercise of political sincerity has already won the heart of Northeast. Northeast today is in euphoria with the hope of stepping into a new dawn of peace era. This perceived political sincerity is crucial as it once stood the litmus test, there is no reason why the remaining Northeast insurgency groups would run away from dialogue to experiment the new possibilities for solution. The wind of excitement is sweeping across Northeast as every ethnic community intensely observes the historic development. Having so hard-earned the tough political bargain, it is unfortunate that the Congress is playing a spoilsport for cheap political mileage at the cost of the hardsecured India’s national interest. Congress by doing such disser-

vice is only isolating itself from its Northeast traditional ground. New Delhi must know that any such bickering in some Northeastern States is nothing more than a petty political sulking with the feeling of being left out without a share of their own as typical to Northeast ethnic complex. New Delhi must take a tough political stand and make the point clear that India’s national interest is paramount. This much must be clear by now that Northeast exists not in its States, but in its ethnicity. Taking the Northeast States into confidence is thus one thing, but treating them as part of the solution is a sure way to defeat the peace process itself. The States are part of the problem themselves as the institution of arbitrary construct which alone is responsible for the deepening ethnic divide in its troubled Northeast. The existing boundaries must necessarily be demolished to reconstruct Northeast not from New Delhi but from its ethnicity by assuring each ethnic group their due history, culture, identity and aspiration. It now remains to be seen how sincerely New Delhi would pursue the peace process to its logical end as another collapse of the deal is likely to be costly this time given the history of betrayal and distrust. Sira Kharay, Advocate New Delhi

DIMAPUR, AUGUST 10 (DIPR): The 39th Nagaland Inter District and State badminton Championship 2015 concluded on August 7 with Nagaland police coming out as the overall champions. Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Printing & Stationary, Shetoyi Sumi was the guest of honour. Speaking on the occasion the Chief Guest thanked the organisers for providing the opportunity to badminton players of the State to develop their skills, discipline, confidence, spirit of competition and to raise the standard of their game. He said that badminton is one of the most popular sports in India and that it is the second most popular sports next only to cricket. With introduction of Indian Badminton League, which is the richest bad-

minton league in the world, now badminton players cannot only enjoy badminton as a sport and it has become one of the most lucrative sporting professions in India as well as in Nagaland, he said. He stated that Nagas are sportive by nature, and as such if Naga youth pursue any sports with sincerity and dedication, the youth can excel in any platform in the world. Therefore, he urged and encouraged the Naga youths to think and aim for higher platforms and bring laurels to the State. He also congratulated the organisers and players for successful completion of the tournament. All together 26 categories were played at the championship. The closing programme was chaired by HekatoZimo, ZBDA president and vote of thanks was given by TaliJamir, VP Technical NBA.

Clarke blasts reports of divisions in Aussie squad

HOW TO MOTIVATE STUDENTS

eaching is a noble profession for the good of the SOCIETY. It is not an individual pursuit or personal-gain oriented. Teaching affects or defects the society at large. Therefore, this profession shouldn’t be taken up just for the sake of the little remuneration. If that is the only motive, no teacher will ever be satisfied with his/her pay and will never do justice in the class room. If the teacher is not motivated and properly oriented, how will he/ she lead the children is a big question. More than good, harm will be the outcome. So, one must not undertake this profession just simply. Whatever the case may be, you will either be remembered for being a good teacher or bad teacher for the rest of life. It is a life-long profession. Let us see how we can prepare and motivate our students for fast and meaningful learning. It is a known reality that motivated students are easier to teach. Now the question is, HOW DO WE MOTIVATE STUDENTS? Here are some practiced, tried and true strategies to get (and keep) your students interested in learning. 1. Know your students' names and use their names as often as possible. 2. Plan for every class. Never enter the class unprepared, students will notice you. 3. Pay attention to the strengths and limitations of each of your students. Reward their strengths and strengthen and minimize their weaknesses. 4. Vary your instructional strategies; use lectures, demonstrations, discussions, case studies, groups and more. Be creative. 5. Move around the room as you teach. 6. Make your classes relevant. Be sure students see how the content relates to them and the world around them. Bring daily examples. 7. Be expressive. Smile. No one like an unhappy and dull teacher. 8. Put some excitement into your speech; vary your pitch, volume and rate.

9. Encourage students to share their ideas and comments, even if they are incorrect. You'll never know what students don't understand unless you ask them. 10. Maintain eye contact and move toward your students as you interact with them. Nod your head to show that you are listening to them. 11. Provide opportunities for students to speak to the class. 12. Be available before class starts, during break, and after class to visit with students. 13. Give and return assignments and tests to students as soon as reasonably possible. Provide constructive feedback. 14. Plan around 15-20 minute cycles. Students have difficulty maintaining attention after a longer period of time. Then revise with them what you have just taught. 15. Involve your students in your teaching. Ask for feedback.

Each moment spent with students is a sacred moment. They will either remember or waste that moment. They will either love you or hate you for the good or bad teaching. So each day, prepare and repair your lessons. The moment you think you are too good for the students, it’s the right time to retire from teaching because knowledge is fast growing. You have to keep updated to be relevant to students else you will become a mere parrot to them just reading out what is already written in the book. Creativity, preparation and updating will make you motivate your students for speedy and meaningful learning. Twenty Tips on Motivating Students Few teachers would deny that motivated students are easier to teach, or that students who are interested in learning do, in fact, learn more. So how do teachers motivate their students? Here are some practiced, tried-and true strategies to get (and keep) your students interested in learning. 1. Know your students' names and use their names as often as possible.

2. Plan for every class; never try to wing it. 3. Pay attention to the strengths and limitations of each of your students. Reward their strengths and strengthen their weaknesses. 4. If possible, set your room in a U-shape to encourage interaction among students. 5. Vary your instructional strategies; use lectures, demonstrations, discussions, case studies, groups, and more. 6. Review the learning objectives with your students. Be sure students know what they are expected to learn, do, know, etc. 7. Move around the room as you teach. 8. Make your classes relevant. Be sure students see how the content relates to them and the world around them. 9. Be expressive. Smile. 10. Put some excitement into your speech; vary your pitch, volume and rate. 11. Give lots of examples. 12. Encourage students to share their ideas and comments, even if they are incorrect. You'll never know what students don't understand unless you ask them. 13. Maintain eye contact and move toward your students as you interact with them. Nod your head to show that you are listening to them. 14. Provide opportunities for students to speak to the class. 15. Be available before class starts, during break, and after class to visit with students. 16. Return assignments and tests to students as soon as reasonably possible. Provide constructive feedback. 17. Be consistent in your treatment of students. 18. Make sure that your exams are current, valid, and reliable. Tie your assessment to your course objectives. 19. Plan around 15-20 minute cycles. Students have difficulty maintaining attention after a longer period of time. 20. Involve your students in your teaching. Ask for feedback. Fr Paul Lelen Haokip

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Cricket - England v Australia - Investec Ashes Test Series Fourth Test - Trent Bridge - 8/8/15. Australia's Michael Clarke before play. (Reuters Photo)

SYDNEY, AUGUST 10 (REUTERS): Retiring Australia captain Michael Clarke has rubbished local media reports that internal divisions within the squad were responsible for the Ashes debacle. Clarke, who has decided to bring an end to his career after this week's fifth test at the Oval, launched an expletive-laden broadside at allegations in an article in Brisbane's Courier-Mail newspaper on Monday. The report said Clarke had travelled by separate transport and refused to socialise with other players, that a feud between the wives of two senior players had destabilised the squad, and that the dropping of Brad Haddin had caused serious disquiet. "I can guarantee you, the feeling in this group is exceptional," Clarke told Australia's Triple M radio. "There is no disharmony is this group whatsoever. The players are as tight as any team I've been a part of." Australia relinquished the Ashes after defeat by an innings and 78 runs at Trent Bridge on Saturday, going 3-1 down in the five-test series. Clarke was particularly dismissive of the claim the presence of players' wives and girlfriends had been a distraction. "That's absolute garbage," he said. "I'll give back 10 of my test 100s if it wasn't for my beautiful wife. I'd be half the player I was without her." Clarke said the dropping of Haddin for the second test after the wicketkeeper

had missed the first test to be with his sick daughter had been difficult, but accepted it had been done for cricketing reasons. 'KEEP THE FAITH' His prevailing sentiment, though, had been disappointment at his own performances with the bat during the series. "I've always prided myself on leading from the front as captain and making sure I'm contributing to success by making runs," he added. "It's heartbreaking to have played the way I've played and not helped the team get over the line. The retirement is at the right time for me and the team." Clarke also accepted that the death of his friend Phillip Hughes at the end of last year had affected him more than he expected. "The part I didn't expect was how hard it hit me personally, there's no doubt I miss him every day," he said. "It still affects me personally but as an Australian sportsman, you need to be leading from the front and still performing and unfortunately I haven't been able to do that." The 34-year-old, who will be replaced as captain by Steve Smith, called on his compatriots to continue to back the Australia side through the rebuilding job ahead. "There's going to be some tough times but I think the talent we have in the Australian sporting community is like no other," he said. "I think that we need to stick together and keep the faith."

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Asin to marry Micromax Co-Founder Rahul Sharma

ctress Asin, who has worked in both the South Indian and Hindi film industries, is finally getting married to businessman Rahul Sharma, co-founder of Micromax. According to a front-page Bombay Times exclusive, this has been in the works for a while and the actress had been waiting for her upcoming film All Is Well to get completed before putting the news out. The couple is yet to announce a wedding date. The 29-year-old actress, whose first entry into Bollywood was via superhit Aamir Khan starrer Ghajini (2008), has been dating the 38-year-old entrepreneur for more than a year, although reports earlier this year suggested they had broken up. The first time the two were seen together in public was at Asin's birthday in

October 2013. Sharma, one of the most successful young entrepreneurs in India, is the son of a school principal; a selfdescribed "middle-class boy" who studied engineering in Nagpur and went on to become the CEO of what is now the tenth-largest smartphone vendor in the world. The couple reportedly met a few years ago through superstar Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna, who were the first brand ambassadors of Micromax when the company launched its mobile phones in 2010. Asin starred opposite Kumar in Khiladi 786 (2012), which is when the two became fast friends.

Tuesday 11 August 2015

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Stars you didn’t know were adopted I t seems like every day there’s a new opportunity to learn more about your favorite celebrities, whether it’s finding out their net worth and dating history, or discovering their star signs and surprising family connections. Where their upbringings are concerned, many stars over the years have spoken out about being adopted, whether they were brought home at birth or taken in by adoptive parents as children. Nicole Richie, Jamie Foxx, and Faith Hill have all used their spotlight to openly talk about their experiences being adopted, and we’ve rounded them up, along with more stars, who were all adopted. 1. Steve Jobs The late Apple CEO was given up at birth in 1955 and quickly adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs, a San Francisco couple who were unable to have children. 2. Jamie Foxx The Oscar winner was adopted by his maternal grandmother when he was just 7 months old.

'Fantastic Four' becomes a Fantastic Flop at US Box Office

he latest Fantastic Four movie starring Michael B. Jordan and Teller opened at the US box office with a disappointing $26.2 million over the weekend, taking the number two spot and falling way short of its predicted $40million opening. The film had a budget of around $120 million and studio Fox has already lined-up a sequel for 2017. Fantastic Four will now go down as one of the worst openings for a film based on a Marvel property, taking a little more than Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance, which opened with $22.1 million in 2012. The film suffered from bad reviews and currently holds an embarrassing 8% rating on review site Rotten Tomatoes.

KAngAnA RAnAut

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Blue's Lee Ryan could lose his voice

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angana Ranaut, who got endless appreciation for her double whammy role in Tanu Weds Manu Returns not only in India but around the world, is already being considered as an awardee in the best actress category, for her role. She has been invited to the prestigious Melbourne film festival, where they want to present her with the best actress award for her role in the film. A source says, "The Melbourne Film Festival wants to pres-

ent Kangana with the best actress award for TWMR. Kangana and the entire cast of Katti Batti has been invited to the festival. While she will go and grace the event, she has politely declined the award." It's a known fact that Kangana doesn't believe in awards and has never accepted any in India as well. So, while she will be going to Melbourne along with her team to attend the prestigious festival, she will stay away from the award.

e became famous as the frontman of Blue. But, fourteen years after the first topped the charts, it's claimed Lee Ryan could lose his voice if he doesn't have imminent surgery. According to The Mirror, he found a lump in his throat - and while he is relieved it's not cancerous, doctors have warned that he will lose the use of his voice entirely if he doesn't have it removed. The 'All Rise' singer is said to be 'devastated' because the boy band - Duncan James, Anthony Costa and Simon Webbe - were meant to go on tour in autumn and Lee thinks he is letting them down if he has to pull out. The 32-year-old, from Chatham in Kent, saw a specialist in London on Friday who found a 'huge white lump' which is more than likely caused by stress. A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper: 'They found a huge white lump on his vocal cords. He had known something was wrong for a long time and even feared it was cancer. 'The boys have a European tour in October. He feels he's letting them down because that's now looking unlikely. They are devastated. It isn't cancer but an aggressive cyst that is growing quickly. Stress can be a factor and he's had plenty of that.'

4. Faith Hill The country crooner was adopted as an infant and grew up in rural Mississippi. It wasn’t until she moved to Nashville to embark on a singing career that she decided to search for her birth family. She has since said of the journey, “I have a lot of respect for my birth mother. I know she must have had a lot of love for me to want to give what she felt was a better chance.” 5.JC Chasez The former *NSYNC member was born in 1976, and his biological mother handed him over to her former foster parents, Roy and Karen Chasez, in the hopes that they could provide him with an education and stable home life. He was officially adopted at age 5. 6.Nelson Mandela The late politician and peace activist was adopted and raised by a tribe chief and his wife at the age of 9, shortly after his biological father’s death. 7.Eartha Kitt Sultry singer and actress Eartha Kitt was born on a South Carolina cotton farm in 1927. She was raised by a black woman named Anna Mae Riley, whom she believed to be her mother. When she was 8 years old, Anna Mae began dating a man who refused to accept Eartha in his home because of her light complexion; she was soon sent to NYC to live with Anna Mae’s sister, her “aunt” Mamie Kitt, who she later found was her biological mother. She never met or knew anything about her father, except that he was white and that his family owned the farm where she was born. 8.Nicole Richie Nicole was adopted by singer Lionel Richie and his then-wife Brenda when she was 9 years old. She was born Nicole Camille Escovedo, and her biological parents are Peter Michael Escovedo, a musician who toured briefly with Lionel, and Karen Moss, an assistant to Nicole’s aunt, singer and drummer Sheila E. When Nicole was 3, her birth parents agreed to let her move in with Lionel and Brenda, as they were unable to care for her financially. About being adopted, Nicole has said, “My parents were friends with Lionel. They trusted that they would be better able to provide for me.” 9. Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi The former Jersey Shore star was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1987. At 6 months old, she was adopted by Italian-American parents and raised in New York and New Jersey. 10.Ice T The rapper and Law & Order: SVU star was born Tracy Lauren Marrow in 1958. When he was 8, his mother passed away from a heart attack, and just four years later, he lost his father the same way. He was then raised and later adopted by his aunts. 11.John Lennon From the age of 5, John Lennon was raised by his maternal aunt and uncle in Liverpool, England, after his father went absent without leave in the military and his mother ran off with another man. 12.Frances McDormand The Fargo actress was born in Chicago and adopted by a Canadian-born couple. Her adoptive father was a pastor, and Frances has since said that her biological mother may have been one of the parishioners at his church. 13.Melissa Gilbert Melissa was born in LA in 1964. One day later, she was adopted by actor and comedian Paul Gilbert and his wife, actress Barbara Crane. It was these Hollywood connections that helped Melissa land the role of Laura Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie (her adopted brother Jonathan also starred on the hit show). Her parents divorced when she was 8, and her mother remarried and gave birth to Melissa’s half-sister Sara Gilbert, who starred on Roseanne and is now married to music producer Linda Perry.

Lara dutta to host the new season of Yamaha Fascino Miss diva 2015

ctress-entrepreneur Lara Dutta is back with an all fresh season of Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva 2015 — a beauty pageant to choose an Indian representative to compete at the Miss Universe 2015. Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva 2015 will start its journey across 10 cities, starting August 16 in Kolkata, said a statement. The series will be hosted and mentored by Lara, who is a former Miss Universe title holder. She won in the year 2000. The auditions for the Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva 2015 will take place across the country in cities like Kolkata, Lucknow, Indore, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Pune, Delhi, Hyderabad and Bengaluru, culminating in the final round of auditions at Mumbai. The pageant this year is associated with names like Rocky Star, Gavin Miguel, Raakesh Agarvwal, Rohit Gandhi & Rahul Khanna, Nidhi Munim, Komal Sood amongst many others who will help groom the finalists in various tasks like ramp walk, photoshoot, perfect body, communication skills and much more.

3. Marilyn Monroe Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson on June 1, 1926. Her mother, Gladys Baker, was mentally unstable and financially unable to care for her, so she placed her with foster parents whom she lived with until she was 7. Not long after her mother attempted to get Marilyn back, she suffered a nervous breakdown and was hospitalized; Marilyn was then declared a ward of state and her mother’s best friend, Grace McKee, became her legal guardian. That only lasted for a few years, and Marilyn was sent to the Hollygrove orphanage in LA — and then a series of foster homes — before returning to Grace McKee’s home. Unfortunately, Grace and her husband were about to move to the East Coast and could not take Marilyn with them. They approached the mother of a neighbor, James Dougherty, about him marrying Marilyn. They tied the knot just weeks after she turned 16 so that she wouldn’t have to return to foster care or an orphanage.

14.Bill Clinton The former president was born William Jefferson Blythe III in Hope, AK, in 1946. His father died in an accident three months before his birth, and his mother moved to New Orleans to study nursing, leaving her baby boy with family members. He was raised by his grandparents, Eldridge and Edith Cassidy, until his mother returned four years later. She married Roger Clinton, Sr., who adopted Bill as his own.

Opang Jamir getting the book “Director' Diaries” autographed by the author Rakesh Anand Bakshi during its release on Sunday evening at "out of the blue" courtyard, Union Park, Carter Road Mumbai.

15.Ray Liotta Ray was born in New Jersey and adopted by Mary and Alfred Liotta when he was 6 months old. He has said that he knew he was adopted as a child and even did a show-and tell-report on it when he was in kindergarten. He didn’t meet his birth parents and siblings until he was in his 40s.

Kashyap, Prannoy off to winning starts at badminton Worlds

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JAkARTA, AUGUST 10 (IANS): Top Indian shuttlers Parupalli Kashyap and H.S. Prannoy got off to winning starts at the World Championships with straight-game victories in men's singles at the 9,000-seater Istora Senayan here on Monday. Doubles pairs of Pradnya Gadre-N. Sikki Reddy and Akshay Dewalkar-Pranaav Chopra earned hard fought wins to also advance at the annual event. However, it was the end of the road for two Indian pairs -- Arun Vishnu/Aparna Balan and Tarun Kona/N. Sikki Reddy -- who lost their respective openers. Tenth seed Kashyap took just 31 minutes to move past Dutchman Erik Meijs 21-17, 21-10. With the win the reigning Commonwealth Games champion extended his winning streak over Meijs to 2-0. Next up, the 28-yearold Hyderabadi will take on Vietnam's 2013 Worlds bronze medallist Nguyen Tien Minh, who has a 4-4 record against Kashyap. "Today it was an OK match. Just felt the conditions were tough at the start but got a good rhythm at the end. The opponent played well at the start. Next match will be tougher, so need to prepare well for it," said Kashyap. Later, 11th seed Prannoy also had an easy win, coming out on top 2112, 21-16 over Brazil's Alex Yuwan Tjong in 31 minutes. This was World No.12 Prannoy's first match against the World No.109 Brazilian. The Kerala shuttler will next meet Edwin Ekiring of

India's Parupalli Kashyap returns the shuttlecock to Erik Meijs of the Netherlands during their men's singles match at the Badminton World Federation championships at Istora Stadium in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 10 . (AP Photo)

Uganda. "Good to be back to winning days after injury. I was rusty in the second game but had to change the game a bit to attacking mode and then I got my rhythm back. Good first round for me," said Prannoy. "Need to trust myself and enjoy the next round too, without taking extra pressure. Never played him (Edwin Ekiring) but he is a good player. Cannot take him easily and I need to be on my toes day after." Pradnya and Sikki had a contrasting win later in the day. They beat German combine Isabel Herttrich and Birgit Michels 16-21, 21-15, 21-14 in 50 minutes. In Round 2, the Indian women's doubles pair will take on Japanese 14th seeds Shizuka Matsuo and

Mami Naito. In the men's doubles first round, Chopra and Dewalkar defeated Russian Nikita Khakimov and Vasily Kuznetsov 17-21, 21-11, 21-11 in 44 minutes. They will next take on Danish 10th seeds Mads ConradPetersen and Mads Pieler Kolding. In mixed doubles action, Russian Evgenij Dremin and Evgenia Dimova had a tough mixed doubles match but eventually defeated the Indian pair of Arun Vishnu and Aparna Balan. The Russians won 21-18, 10-21, 24-22 in 49 minutes. Tarun Kona and N. Sikki Reddy also lost their first round match, going down 13-21, 17-21 to Chinese Taipei's Liao Min Chun and Chen Hsiao Huan in 28 minutes.

Arsenal is 1, 2 players short of reaching former heights MANCHESTER, AUGUST 10 (AP): The FA Cup. The Community Shield. The Asia Trophy. The Emirates Cup. Arsenal has built up quite the collection of trophies over the last few months. But the silverware the club really wants — the Premier League and the Champions League — look as far away as ever on the evidence of a season opener that exposed the biggest flaws in Arsene Wenger's teams of recent years. All the optimism surrounding Arsenal — after a strong finish to last season and good set of preseason results — and talk of an assault at the Premier League title this campaign were punctured by a 2-0 home loss to West Ham featuring wasted chances and flaky defending. It's a familiar story for Arsenal fans. The arrival from Chelsea of Petr Cech, an authoritative goalkeeper with a vast medal collection and a winner's mentality, was heralded by many as a breakthrough signing. One that could turn Arsenal from pretenders to genuine contenders. Forgetting Cech's mistakes against West Ham, surely it was a striker and a leader at either center back or in central midfield that Arsenal really needed to buy this summer? Olivier Giroud's scoring record in his three seasons at Arsenal — 11 league goals in 2012-13, 16 in 2013-14, and 14 in 2014-15

— is decent but surely not good enough to build an attack around. As it stands, he's the only out-and-out senior striker at Wenger's disposal, with his other options being forwardscum-wide players in Alexis Sanchez, Theo Walcott and Danny Welbeck. Giroud has one goal in his last 11 matches for Arsenal, and had another of those games against West Ham that makes you wonder what would happen if Arsenal had a reliable, world-class striker leading the line. "Giroud alone as a striker there — you can't win the league," former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry said ahead of the season. "You need another type of striker." Wenger also clearly thinks Francis Coquelin is the answer in central midfield. It remains to be seen whether this unheralded Frenchman can maintain his impressive form from the second half to the last season, when he was thrust into the team as a last resort after being on loan in England's third tier. For the door could be ajar for Arsenal this season, at least in the Premier League. Chelsea, the defending champion, has decided against major investment from an alreadystrong base, much like Manchester City chose to do last summer. Manchester United's new-look team may take time to gel after another offseason of heavy spending by Louis van Gaal, and

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, right, puts his hand to his head during the English Premier League soccer match against West Ham United at the Emirates Stadium, London on August 9. Arsenal lost their first match of the new season 2-0.(Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)

still have to resolve its own striker shortage and uncertainty over the future of goalkeeper David De Gea. An aging Man City is restructuring to bring to revitalize its attack, and Liverpool also is in transition. Now is the time for Wenger to go for it and take the club to the next level — the top level. They have the money, even though Wenger has played down a claim by an Arsenal director, Lord Harris, that the club has 200 million pounds ($310 million) in the bank. Speculation that Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema is on Wenger's radar won't go away but the French coach seems to be

veering toward going with what he's got up front. "I think we have to depend less on one guy who can score. We need to develop the collective aspect," Wenger has said, urging his midfield to weigh in with more goals. Wenger also believes there is a shortage of strikers around because modern-day European football is focusing on producing "technical midfielders" instead. Arsenal has plenty of them. Most neutrals will be happy for Wenger to win the Premier League title again, for the first time since 2004, and go deep in the Champions League simply as a reward for all the

eye-catching football his teams have played down the years. Cech should be a success — his two errors against West Ham are likely to be exceptions rather than the rule, as he is too good — but a goalkeeper wasn't a pressing concern. Colombia international David Ospina did a fine job when brought in midway through last season. A striker would have made a bigger difference. Wenger splashed out nearly 80 million pounds ($124 million) on Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez over the last two summers, giving Arsenal a surfeit of attacking midfielders. Now, they just need a top striker to feed.

Lalit Modi planning rival body to world cricket establishment

India finish second in U-12 youth football meet NEw dElHI, AUGUST 10 (IANS): The Under-12 football team of Greenwood school, Dimapur, Nagaland, which represented India in the 2015 Asian Youth Football Festa, were crowned runners up at the meet, a government release said on Monday. The team won three of its four matches to finish second at the event held at Anseong in Gyeonggi in South Korea from August 7 to 9. A total of 47 teams from 15 countries had participated in the event and Greenwood school was selected to represent the country as they had clinched the 2014 U-14 Subroto Cup. The Indians were in a group along with three teams from South Korea and one outfit each from China and Thailand. Each team played four matches in their respective groups. The Indian team breezed past Seoul Gwangjin of South Korea 4-0 and ADFC Korea of South Korea again 2-0 on August 8. They lost 0-3 to the team from Thailand but then pocketed the match against Team Xi'an AIZI football club of China 7-1. "The Indian team was thus adjudged the second best team in their Group after Thailand. The team was awarded the trophy for being runners up in its group," the release said. The 15 countries whose teams participated in the event were South Korea, China, India, Thailand, East Timor, Mongolia, Palestine, Nepal, Cambodia, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Laos and Tajikistan.

SydNEy, AUGUST 10 (IANS): Former Indian administrator Lalit Modi claims to be master-minding a complete overhaul of the world cricket establishment by forming a rival governing body to the International Cricket Council (ICC) to run the sport. Modi has claimed that the new body will be affiliated with the Olympic movement, overseeing new Test and T20 competitions, and will scrap OneDay Internationals (ODIs). The International Cricket Council (ICC) is presently chaired by In-

dia's nominee, ex-BCCI chief Narayanaswami Srinivasan. Modi is regarded to be a rival of Srinivasan. "We're talking about another cricketing system. There is a blueprint out there, it's got my rubber stamp on it," he was quoted as saying by abc.net.au on Monday. "I have been involved in it. I say it for the first time, I've been involved in putting that (blue)print together. The plan conceives only of Test cricket and T20; it doesn't take into account one-day at all," he said.

"I think that is completely redundant in today's day and age. I think it should just be T20 and Test matches that should be played," he added. Modi, a controversial figure, is credited with the launch of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008. He now lives in virtual exile in England. He also said that he has been involved in discussions for a long time to set up a new governing body for cricket. "The plan that I have put together is a very detailed plan. It's not a plan

that's come off the cuff... it's been taking years and years and years in the making." Modi was fired from his job as IPL commissioner in 2010. In 2013 he was banned for life from playing any role in cricket administration by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). He is now being investigated for his alleged involvement in money laundering. A warrant for his arrest was issued last week by a court in Mumbai at the request of the Enforcement Directorate. Modi

has denied all the allegations against him. Modi has been for long a critic of ICC's and BCCI's mode of functioning and said he had it in him to provide an alternative to world cricket's structure. "We could take on the existing establishment, no problem. It requires a few billion dollars, I don't think it would be a problem to get that ... into action. But it could be done," the 49-year-old said. Modi told ABC that he doubted reports of wholesale reforms to be undertaken by the ICC for its

smooth functioning. "I hope that (blue)print doesn't take off," he said. "But if the people can't continue, then that print will take off and that blueprint will become the world order tomorrow. I guarantee you that... sitting here today." Modi also said there would no hindrance to a rival breakaway body being established as the ICC is run as a members' club, and not a governing body. He also doesn't see any problem in paying huge sums to marquee players for their association.

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SMI to mark 125 years of Mkg

Phelps sets fastest time of year in 200m medley

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SAN ANTONIO, AUGUST 10 (REUTERS): Michael Phelps continued his brilliant comeback when he swam the fastest time in the world this year to win the 200 metres individual medley at the U.S. championships in San Antonio on Sunday. The most decorated Olympian of alltime was ahead of world record pace after 150m, before fading slightly over the final 50m of freestyle. He clocked one minute 54.75 seconds, significantly faster than fellow American Ryan Lochte swam to win the world championships in Russia in 1:55.81 on Thursday. Lochte holds the world record of 1:54.00 from 2011. “I feel so old it’s kind of wild,” Phelps, 30, said in a poolside interview as the large crowd roared in approval. “I’ve been away from the sport for a while and I feel like I’m kind of back where I used to be. It’s good to be here.” After winning the 200m and 100m butterfly in 2015-world leading times on Friday and Saturday, respectively, there was no doubt that Phelps was back near his best form. His Sunday performance was further confirmation that in Rio next year he could add to his record 18 Olympic golds. “Ryan and I have been pretty dominant in that race from since we started racing back in 2004,” Phelps said of the 200m IM. “He’s such a big part that I love having in the pool when we get to race, so I’m looking forward to getting back in and competing with him.” Either Phelps or Lochte has held the world record since 2003. Phelps, who has three Olympic golds in the event and whose best time of 1:54.23 came at the 2008 Beijing Games, said the event would probably be in his 2016 Olympic plans. Phelps made a great start on Sunday in the first 50m in his signature stroke of butterfly to turn in world record pace, and stayed ahead of the mark after the backstroke and breaststroke legs.

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Members of Spearhead Motorsport Initiative during the drive by road trip organised to create awareness of the 125 years celebration of Mokokchung District. Morung Express News Mokokchung | August 10

When the administration and the authorities seem least aware of the 125 years celebration of Mokokchung, a team of young motorsport enthusiast took the initiative to spread the awareness on the quasquicentennial year of Mokokchung. The Spearhead Motorsport Initiative (SMI) on August 3 initiated a drive by road trip around the town handing out stickers that

read ‘Mokokchung Celebrates 125 years’ to cars that were plying in and around the town. As concerned citizens of Mokokchung, the members of the SMI felt that it was necessary for all the citizens of Mokokchung to know how old and significant Mokokchung is, and to celebrate its 125 years mark is of great honor and importance for all people living in Mokokchung. Marking the celebration of Mokokchung’s quasquicentennial year, the SMI

also announced an autocross and motocross event “Throttle Thrust” to be held in the month of September. Further details of the event will be provided later in the newspapers and social media, informed its president. The administration and the authorities may have plans to celebrate the 125 years of Mokokchung, but the citizens have already started celebrating and are preparing to make this 125 years memorable through various initiations on their own.

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