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Politics have no relation to morals —Niccolo Machiavelli

Monsoon heaps misery on Asia [ PAGE 9]

Ledecky betters own 7835 MT fish production 1500m freestyle in Nagaland world record [ PAGE 2]

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NSCN (IM), GoI sign ‘framework agreement’

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DIMAPUR, AUGUST 3 (MExN/AGENCIES): The NSCN (IM) has now signed a framework agreement with the Government of India. “I thank God for this momentous occasion,” said Th. Muivah, General Secretary of NSCN (IM), also on behalf of Chairman Isak Chishi Swu, during the signing ceremony of the framework agreement with the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, as witness at his 7 Race Course Road home in New Delhi. Muivah assured the Indian delegation, on behalf of the Naga people, that the “Nagas can be trustworthy” and can be taken into confidence for “any policy in the Northeast and beyond the frontiers.” The signatories to the agreement were Isak Chishi Swu and Th. Muivah on behalf of the NSCN (IM) while the Government of India’s signatory was its interlocutor to the Naga Peace talks, R.N. Ravi. The Press Information Bureau (PIB) reported that the entire top leadership of the NSCN (IM), including all members of the collective leadership, have “fully endorsed” the agreement and were present during the ceremony. Within this framework agreement, details and execution plan will be released shortly, informed the PIB. Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh, National Security Adviser, Ajit Doval and others were also present at the event. NSCN (IM) chairman Isak Chishi Swu, also a signatory to the agreement, could not make it to the ceremony as he is unwell and undergoing treatment at Fortis hospital in Delhi. His son Pasheto Swu was, however, present. “The Naga political issue had lingered for six decades, taking a huge toll on generations of our people,” said Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, while speaking on the oc-

‘We are yet to see the contents of the accord’

Leaders of the NSCN (IM) and Government of India are seen here after the signing of a ‘framework agreement’ between the two parties at 7 RCR, New Delhi, on August 3. (PIB photo)

casion. He admitted that “the Naga problem has taken so long to resolve because we did not understand each other.” Modi spoke of his vision for the transformation of the northeast region and expressed confidence that the agreement will open “a glorious new chapter for the Naga people to build a bright future for Nagaland.” Speaking on the occasion, Th. Muivah thanked Narendra Modi’s “visionary leadership” in coming “close to understanding each other” as well as working out a “new relationship between the two parties on the basis of this uniqueness.” “We appreciate your wisdom, your leadership and your vision to build an enduring relationship between the Nagas and Indians. The Nagas will ever re-

CAN hails significance of framework agreement

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NSCN (IM) emissary to the collective leadership Gen (retd) VS Atem termed the framework agreement signed between NSCN (IM) and the Government of India (GoI) as the “preamble” based on which a final solution to the uniqueness of the Naga history and political rights is to be reached. “Details are still being worked out…the framework agreement will be the main principle within which issues will be worked out,” Atem said, while speaking to The Morung Express from Delhi. The emissary to the collec-

DIMAPUR, AUGUST 3 (MExN): The Catholic Association of Nagaland (CAN) has congratulated the leaders of the NSCN (IM) and the Government of India for the “manifestation of their sincere efforts in the search for peace and understanding” by signing the framework agreement on August 3. “This Pact,” stated CAN, while welcoming it, is “significant as it spells the real beginning to translating the aspiration of the Naga People and the depth of understanding of the Government of India on the unique history of the Nagas as a People and a Nation.” “The restoration of honour and dignity to the Nagas entails a lot more dedication and committed hard work. It also calls upon the leaders of both the Gov- A view of the Khayowti river downstream, following the flash flood ernment of India and Nagas to more on August 1, from the bridge (which was swept away) point near sincerely and courageously address New Thewati. the issues towards establishing just Washelo and New Thewati via peace in the light of the principles which the villagers crossed over to meet district adminisenshrined in the United Nations tration officials led by the DC, Declaration of Human Rights,” statMorung Express News Phek today. ed CAN in a press release today. The ADC said that there was Dimapur | August 3 no report of the affected villagFive villages in Meluri re- ers facing shortage of food as mained cut off even as water they are reportedly surviving levels subsided at the rivers, on food grains stocked at the which caused flash floods on villages. According to the ADC, Morung Express News the immediate concern would August 1 on Monday. Dimapur | August 3 Five rivers, namely - Khay- be to clear the road linking owti, Lüyakti, Yowthriti and New Thewati with Avakhung as In a case of reckless driving, one per- Lüyakti and Zezüti swelled to multiple landslides have been son was killed today after a speeding abnormal levels on August 1 reported along that stretch. bus lost control and hit a shop. The following incessant rains. Five Another attempt to cross accident happened at the Burma bridges were swept away in the over with equipment would Camp traffic police point, Dimapur flash floods cutting off as many be made on August 5 by which at around 12:50 pm. According to Po- as five interior villages falling time water levels would have lice, the speeding bus (NL01B0217) under Phokungri circle from subsided, the ADC said. Further, the DC Phek, Muhit a hardware store. The shutter of the rest of the state. roho Chotso has appealed the The Phek district administhe shop fell on impact, which fell on top of a pedestrian. The pedestrian, tration was able to make con- Commissioner of Nagaland to tact with villagers on Monday depute a geologist to the affected who was said to have died instantly, but was not able to cross over to area. According to a DIPR report, was identified as one Abdul Khaled the affected area, informed the the situation at New Thewati was (35 years). The driver of the bus ab- ADC, Meluri today. The ADC critical “due to mud-flow, land sconded from the scene but was later said that the affected villagers slide, and sinking of the village arrested at around 6:30 pm. He was constructed a temporary foot- site on account of continuous identified as Nasir Hussain. bridge over the river between heavy rainfall.

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‘Framework agreement is the main principle on which issues will be worked out’

tive leadership to NSCN (IM) was also present during the signing of the agreement. With Nagaland state thrown into a tizzy as details on the contents of the framework agreement remained sketchy till Monday night, Atem said that details on the agreement would be made public by Tuesday. On the question of why Naga civil societies were not consulted on the ‘sudden’ agreement, Atem asserted that the NSCN (IM) had said that it would consult the civil societies in case of any “road block” in the negotiation process. He said the framework agreement was signed because there was mutual respect and understanding between NSCN (IM) and the GoI of each other’s positions.

Naga peace accord should not affect neighbours: Manipur MP NEw DElhI, AUGUST 3 (IANS): Thangso Baite, the Congress Lok Sabha member from Outer Manipur, on Monday cautiously welcomed the peace accord between the government and the the NSCN-IM, saying it should not affect the neighbouring states. “We were anxiously awaiting the peace accord provided it does not affect the neighbouring states,” the MP from a constituency that has a large Naga population told IANS here. “If it affects the neighbouring states, it cannot be a peace solution,” Baite said alluding to the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah’s (NSCN-IM) earlier demand for a ‘Greater Nagalim’ that should include areas with Naga population in the neighbouring states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Manipur. He said he was “not sure which direction the Indian government was taking”.

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MelurI flaSh flood: Backdoor appointments govern Nagaland? Water levels subside ACAUT allege that 40 posts under RTI reveals that Forest & Mechanical dept appointments Social Welfare through backdoor made without examinations

Interior villages remain cut off

member you for your statesmanship and your profound understanding of the Nagas,” he said. Muivah maintained that the obligations to “meet the needs of the people shall be paramount for both the parties” in order to make the endeavour “more meaningful.” He also assured that the Nagas can “still come closer if their rights are respected.” In a separate statement released to the media, Muivah thanked the Naga people for their “unparalleled support” and stated that the framework agreement has been “concluded” based on “the unique history and position of the Nagas and recognizing the universal principle that in a democracy sovereignty lies with the people.” Full text of Th. Muivah’s speech on page 10

DIMAPUR, AUGUST 3 (IANS): The framework agreement took many by surprise, with the prime minister making a dramatic tweet: “I will be making a special announcement at 6:30 PM from RCR.” The Naga People’s Movement for Human Rights (NPHMR) chairman N. Krome said, “We were all caught by surprise by the sudden announcement.” He said they were aware that something was happening “but we did not realise that something like this would happen so soon”. A top leader of Nagaland’s apex body of tribes on Monday hailed the ‘peace accord’ signed by the Indian government and the NSCN-IM, saying the Nagas were hungry for peace. But some Nagas wondered why there was so much silence before the accord was signed. Chuba Ozukum, president of Naga Hoho, an apex body, expressed happiness over the accord and hoped it will bring a lasting solution to the Naga problem. “It has been a long-standing desire of the people of Nagaland. However, it is difficult to say much as I am yet to see the contents of the accord,” he said. “The people of the state have been longing for a peace accord for a long time,” he said. Former Nagaland chief minister S.C. Jamir told IANS: “I am yet to see the contents of the accord. Without knowing that, it is difficult to comment.” He added: “I was not aware the accord was going to be signed today. It seems they have done it silently for reasons best known to them.” A leader of the Naga Students Federation said on the condition of anonymity: “The announcement came as a shocker. The people of Nagaland have been longing for this. “Now we are waiting eagerly to see the contents,” he added.

• Between 2010 & 2015, only 8 posts filled through ‘proper’ channel

DIMAPUR, AUGUST 3 (MExN): Uncovering more ‘backdoor appointments’ in Nagaland government departments, Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) Nagaland on Monday revealed 40 (forty) ‘doubtful and arbitrary’ appointments to various posts in the Social Welfare (SW) department. Between 2010 and 2015, only 8 posts were filled up through NPSC and the rest 40 through backdoor in the ratio 1:5, ACAUT Nagaland has alleged. According to information furnished by the SW department to an RTI filed by ACAUT Nagaland which was made available to the media, the department, between the year 2010 and 2015, had appointed 3 (three) Child Development Project Officers (CDPOs) 1 Chief Instructor, 1 Superintendent, 1 Research Officer, 2 Probation Officers, 29 Supervisors, 2 Care Takers and 1 Matron through ‘direct recruitment’ without routing the posts to NPSC for notification and open examination. In other words, ACAUT said “40 precious appointments to various posts were made through backdoor, thus, depriving qualified candidates of livelihood opportunity.” Highlighting the Supreme Court judgment of the State of Bihar Vs Chandeshwar Pathak as case in point, ACAUT quoted that the terminology “Backdoor appointment” applies to all appointments, even Ad-Hoc, made without advertisement or due selection process and therefore, the term is an accepted legal terminology. The PIO, SW department, in its reply to the RTI application admitted that all 40

posts, which were ‘directly appointed’ by the department are in actuality recruitable through Nagaland Public Service Commission (NPSC). The department also could not furnish appropriate Personal & Administrative Reforms (P & AR) letters justifying/ regularizing the appointees. It also could not furnish copies of advertisement for both direct recruitment and NPSC exam. On this, ACAUT noted that while the SW Department has furnished intra-departmental correspondence letters issued by it to the Secretary, SW department, requesting the latter to requisition posts to the NPSC for conduct of exams, the department could not furnish any copy of letters written by the Secretary, SW department to NPSC for the same as demanded by ACAUT in its RTI application. ACAUT has therefore concluded that SW department has not requisitioned the 40 posts to the NPSC till date. Further, it pointed out that irrespective of the requisition process, any Adhoc/contract appointment sans advertisement, a due selection process and the finality of an open competitive examination to be conducted by NPSC will inherently fall under the ambit of ‘backdoor appointment’ and terminable ex-parte. This is the second exposure by ACAUT on ‘backdoor appointments’ in Government department. In June, ACAUT through an RTI application revealed that 36 BDOs, RPOs & APOs were appointed through ‘backdoor’ in the Rural Development department. Even as it demanded action from the State government and the concerned department, there has been no response of any sort so far. ACAUT had only recently informed that many more exposes were in the offing, provided that PIOs of departments furnish the correct RTI answers on time.

KohIMA, AUGUST 3 (MExN): The Government of Nagaland’s Office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of Forest Force made 70 appointments against vacancies in the department without any examination. Moreover, it found Government “approval” to do the same. An application filed by ST Yapang Longkumer under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI), revealed that in the period 2013-2014 and 2014-2015, one appointment was made in the said department through NPSC and four appointments were made through Departmental Exams. “Raising a matter of grave concern is the 70 appointments to the Forest Department without any examination,” stated Longkumer, citing the Public Information Officer’s report. Similarly, out of 85 vacancies in Grade III and IV posts in the Mechanical Engineering Department, 42 were filled by regularisation of work charge employees, 43 posts were filled up by promotion of Grade IV staff to Grade III post and the resultant 43 Grade IV posts were filled up by “direct appointment by the approval of the Government,” as per information provided by the PIO. Meanwhile, in the same department, out of 14 Gazetted posts, only six were requisitioned and filled up through NPSC while eight were filled through promotions. None of the vacancies were deemed worthy of departmental examinations. None of them were advertised in newspapers either, as required by procedure. Longkumer questioned if such appointments are “legal and justified by law?” He urged citizens of Nagaland to stand up for their rights by filing more RTIs on government appointments and schemes. A platform called ‘RTI Nagaland’ has been set up on Facebook to help create a community to take this action forward.

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7835 MT fish production in Nagaland Our Correspondent Kohima | August 3

The total quantity of fish production in Nagaland was 7835 MT during 2014-15. The availability in the state is further supplemented by import of fish of 3850 MT. Taking into account the domestic production and the imports, the state’s per capita consumption of fish in 2014-15 was 5.91 kg as per 2011 census. This was stated in Nagaland Economic Survey 2014-15, brought out by the department of economics & statistics and tabled in the just concluded state assembly session here. The Survey stated that Nagaland has large tracts

fisheries, only 6025 hectare was utilized for inland culture fisheries and 3218 hectare for inland capture fisheries. In percentage terms, 5.35 per cent of the potential area was utilized for inland culture fisheries and 57.46 per cent for inland capture fisheries. In the year 2014-15, the total quantity of fish production increased to 7835 MT from 7465 MT in 201314, registering a growth of 4.96 per cent over the previous years. On the basis of type of source of fish production, ponds and tanks recorded production of 6427 MT, paddy-cum-fish Paddy –cum-fish culture widely practice in Phek district, Nagaland. (Morung Photo) culture 1041 MT, reservoir of land with potential for lized for the purpose. Till with potential for inland 357.80 MT, rivers/streams fishery activities. However, 2013-14, out of the total culture fisheries and 5600 2.95 MT and lake/weirs/ only negligible area is uti- area of 1, 12, 500 hectare hectare for inland capture swamps 5.90 MT.

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Farm Machinery Bank for Custom Hiring at Mhainamtsi Village inaugurated

Peren, August 3 (Mexn): Director of Agriculture, Bendangyanger on July 31, formally inaugurated Farm Machinery Bank for Custom Hiring at Mhainamtsi village under Peren district. It is the fourth such center of the seven centers sanctioned under NMSA (National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture) to be launched so far, with the government assistance of 40% and 60% of the total cost for 3 (three) Power tillers, 2 (two) water pumps and 3 (three) brush cutters borne by the beneficiary. A press note stated that the Director of Agriculture while inaugurating the cen-

SIRD Nagaland undertakes Gram Sabha Level Campaign

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Sunday school students from Chuchuyimpang village carry out a procession against alcohol in the village on August 1, 2015. This is the fourth year that the Sunday school students under the aegis of Child Education Department, Chuchuyimpang Baptist Church is carrying out such procession in the village in order to sensitize the citizens on the harmful effects of alcohol consumption on the human body and the society. (Photo Courtesy: Aso Imsong)

KohiMA, August 3 (Mexn): The Directorate of State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD), Nagaland, Kohima had undertaken the Gram Sabha Level Campaign from July 6 to 22 at selected villages in 5 BRGF districts namely, Tuensang, Mon, Wokha, Kiphire and Longleng. SIRD, Nagaland Nodal Officer (BRGF Trg & CB) Dr. W. Phola Konyak in a press release stated that the SIRD Nagaland along with the District Level resource persons have been imparting training to the Village Council members and other village functionaries every year. The purpose of conducting campaigns at the Gram Sabha Level was to initiate a large-scale community mobilization programme aimed at motivating people to improve the functioning of the Village Council in the entire recognized village under BRGF districts. The message of Gram Sabha Level Campaigning was to strengthen the functioning of the village council through participation and interactions. It was also

aimed at motivating people to serve in various village level committees such as VDB, VEC, VHC, WATSAN, etc., and to participate more actively in planning and implementations of the sectoral programmes sponsored by both Central and State Government. The campaign focused on important concerns and issues facing the village such as literacy, girl-child education, unemployment, alcoholism, resource management and so on. The public and the Village Councils were brought together at a common forum and encouraged to confront these issues as a whole and collaborate with each other on a daily basis instead of only at the time of the Village Council general meeting. The villages were randomly selected by the DRDA and Block Officials. The SIRD extends its gratidute to all the Project Directors and BDOs of the respective DRDA & Blocks for rendering their services and co-ordination of the programme.

NERLP Exposure cum village NEISSR inducts second batch of MSW students immersion concludes

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DiMAPur, August 3 (Mexn): The Northeast Rural Livelihood Project (NERLP) implemented in two districts of Peren and Tuensang under Ministry of DoNER Government of India supported by World Bank with the objective to “improve rural livelihoods especially women and unemployed youths and the most disadvantaged in the project implementing states.” With new block-staff recruited in Tripura, visiting team comprising of the whole block staff from five blocks of Tripura (Padmabeel, Jampuijala, Boxonagar, Melagarh, Pecharthal) which is under the project of NERLP, exposure cum village immersion was conducted from July 26 to August 2. The first day was orientation about the project district and progress. The team was divided into six teams with two teams in each block. The visiting teams made night halts in the villages and learned the process how the project had created awareness, mobilization community for institution building through interaction with the project community. The process of selection of entry point activity and how community actively contribute and participate in doing the activity, the process

how community cadres were selected by the community themselves, The process of how community institution like SHGs and CDGs were formed, how the project team gives handholding support and monitored the activity of the community institutions. The process how the SHG conduct meeting, record their books, how the loans amount is decided and to whom it is to be given and how it is recovered. The visiting team also had direct Interaction with the successful livelihood activities taken up by the SHG members. There are 978 SHGs in the district with 76 Village Level Federation. The SHG repayment to the Federation had started in full swing and the individual SHG members availing Loan for different livelihood activities. The villages covered during the visit are Poilwa Namchi, Peletkie, Mhaikam, Heningkunglwa and Mhainamtsi Village in Peren RD Block; Nsong Village, Tening Village, Nkialwa and New Tesen in Tening RD Block. Lilen, Bonkholong, New Jalukie and Phaijol in Jalukie RD block. This was stated in a press release issued by DPMU NERLP District Project Manager Peren Ruuvilie Kotsu.

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and working systems of the program while Rhosietho, SDO (civil) Jalukie exhorted the farmers and advise them to make wise use of the labour saved by use of farm machineries and put them in to other productive works. The co-proprietor of the Custom Hiring Center Ikulung while acknowledging the department for the financial assistance also ask the interested farmers to come forward to avail the available facilities which is committed to be provided with utmost sincerity. Meanwhile, Santsu, SDAO Jalukie, proposed the vote of thanks and Atoi Sema, DAO Peren chaired the programme.

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Adhoc Teacher Peren Unit meeting Peren, August 3 (Mexn): Adhoc TEACHER UNION PEREN UNIT batch 2015 will have a general meeting on August 7 at 10:00 AM at Pen Hall Jalukie. All the members who have completed 3 years and above in service (trained and untrained) are requested to attend the meeting. For more information contact @ 9856857630.

KBSUK informs KohiMA, August 3 (Mexn): The Khulazu Basa Students’ Union, Kohima (KBSUK) informs that its 6th General Session & Freshers’ Meet will be held on August 8, 2015 at LCS Building, Kohima. The Union has invited all the elders, seniors and well-wishers in and around Kohima to attend the programme.

Kohima Dist Pharmacist Union meeting KohiMA, August 3 (Mexn): The Kohima District Pharmacist Union general meeting will be held on August 8 at Wewe Place, opposite State Library P.R Hill Kohima at 10 am. A press note issued by K. Apu Chang, President has requested all the members to attend the meeting positively.

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Sumi Bible Editorial Board informs DiMAPur, August 3 (Mexn): The Sumi Bible Editorial Board core committee will be meeting from August 17-21 at Sumi Baptist Church Satakha Town. Sumi Bible Editorial Board Convener Rev.Khehovi Shohe in a press release has requested the core committee members to reach the venue on August 17 at 4:00 p.m.

DRFCB meeting on Aug 5 DiMAPur, August 3 (Mexn): The Dhansiri River Flood Control Board (DRFCB) has convened an emergency meeting with all the fisherman fishing at Dhansiri River and its tributaries on August 5, 11:00 am at its office Marketing Complex, Purana Bazaar, East Dimapur Nagaland. Therefore, all the fisherman, Office bearer and Executive members have been requested to attend the meeting without fail. Rev. Dr. C. P. Anto interacts with the parents of the students of the North East Institute of Social Sciences & Research during the Induction programme at NEISSR Campus, Dimapur on August 3.

DiMAPur, August 3 (Mexn): Marking the beginning of new academic calendar, North East Institute of Social Sciences & Research (NEISSR) organized the Induction programme at NEISSR Campus, Dimapur on August 3. M. Rollan Lotha, Chief Operating Officer (Programs), State Rural Livelihood Mission as the chief guest, graced the occasion. In his speech, Rollan encouraged the newly inducted second batch students for their upcoming endeavour as a professional social worker while highlighting the dis-

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ter stressed on the importance of adopting scientific method of farming incorporating farm mechanization to enhance the food crop production for achieving the objective of the vision “food for all” by 2025. With the launching of the programme, he is hopeful of the farmers getting maximum benefits of it. He also urged upon the entire stakeholder - the farmers, the service provider and the department officials to work in close association to make venture a meaningful one. Nosezole, Jt. Director of Agriculture in charge of farm machineries elaborated on the guidelines

Hornbill Cultural Club (Lengrijan Dimapur) celebrated Tsüngremmong on 1st August 2015. The program started by a short challenge by Mr.Meren Imchen, Lengrijan Council Chairman followed by A.Bendang Jamir (Chairman/Advisor) Hornbill Cultural Club who shared his vision on forming the Club. To educate the youths and to lead them into the right path by teaching and entrusting them the value of one’s Culture and identity. Seen in the pic 1. Rev.Pastor.L.Lima Jamir delivering the Tsüngremmong message 2. Assoc. Pastor Woman Amongla and A.Bendang Jamir (Chairman/Advisor) Hornbill Cultural Club Releasing a cultural song Booklet and a CD 3. Hornbill Cultural Club performing a dance routine. Courtesy- 3D Photography A. Bendang Jamir Chairman/Advisor Hornbill Cultural Club, Lengrijan Dimapur

tinction between professional Social Work and traditional charity work. He shared his experiences of his student’s days, urging the new inductees to constantly update their knowledge and information about their subject matter. ‘Being open is our mind and attitude is the first step to learning’, he added. He also challenged the students of NEISSR to become par with other professional social workers whose names are well known across the nation. Rev. Dr. C. P. Anto, Principal, NEISSR expressed confidence and joy at the number

of students coming forward to pursue social work as a career. Social workers are not just professional, they are social doctors who heal the mindset and perceptions of the people towards social problems, taking them along the path to empowerment and growth, he asserted. Later in the programme, Thekingpila Sangtam and Lithei Phom, students of MSW Third Semester shared about their experiences with NEISSR. 43 new inductees and their parents along with the students of the MSW first batch attended the programme.

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ASU second phase education tour KohiMA, August 3 (Mexn): The Angami Students' Union (ASU), reiterating its resolution on education tour in its entire jurisdiction will begin its second phase from August 7-12 August in Southern Angami area. A press note issued by Secretary Education ASU, Tsi-u Seyie has requested all units to cooperate in the education tour. The tour will cover all the government schools at the grass root level to keep a check on the performance of the schools and teachers in order to ensure quality education to the students. The schedule for the tour are as follows • August 7: Phesama and Pfüchama. • August Kigwema 10: Mitelephe and Mima. • August 11: Kezo town, Sakhabama,Kezoma and Kezo Basa. • August 12: Khuzama,Kidima, Jakhama and Viswema

‘Festival is a time for fostering peace and unity’ Morung Express News Dimapur | August 3

Aoyimsen Lanur Telongjem (ALT) observed Tsüngremmong under the theme – ‘Peace, Harmony & Unity on August 3. Tsüngremmong, a pre-harvest festival of the Ao Naga, is celebrated in the first week of August. Parliamentary Secretary for Art & Culture, E. Eshak Konyak graced the ceremony as the chief guest, which was organised at the Aoyimsen Panchayat-cumMulti Utility Complex, Karbi-Anglong. Konyak, in his address, stated that festivals in essence are a time for fostering peace and unity irrespective of differences. Taking Aoyimsen village as an example, which is located across the inter-state border, Konyak said that the villagers have learned to live in peace irrespective of its location in a different state. In this regard, he extended gratitude to the

Assam government for maintaining congenial atmosphere, while stating, “Where there is peace, one can live irrespective of regional affiliation.” While stating that merry-making and feasting alone does not signify a festival, he added that fostering love and unity and knowing each other better will bring out the true essence of a festival. He further called upon the Ao youth to emulate the achievement of Ao pioneers of yore, whose selfless work to spread the gospel and education in remote regions of eastern Nagaland have had a lasting impression on the people they have worked for. The highlights of the celebration were presentation of cultural songs and dance by the Aoyimsen Lanur Culture Club, Aoyimsen Village Council, Aoyimsen Lanur Telongjem, Aoyimsen Women Culture Marok Cultural Club dance troupe performing a traditional dance as part of the Tsungrem- Club and the Marok Cultural Club. mong celebration at Aoyimsen on August 3.

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REgional 3 5 students hurt in Imphal police crackdown Setting up of entry/exit points to check Tuesday

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Our Correspondent Imphal | August 3

Five school students, including girls, were injured, three of them seriously, here on Monday afternoon in police action as they tried to storm the Secretariat building demanding that they ‘want ILP’ and not education. The student protesters from different Higher Secondary Schools in Imphal fought a pitched battle with police who resorted to lathi charge to disperse them. Five of them were hurt. They were rushed to Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) and Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS). Involvement of students in ILP movement in Manipur could not been seen since July

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8 last after a class 11 student, Sapam Robinhood was killed in police crackdown and subsequent closure of all educational institutes in Imphal East and Imphal West by the Government. The Manipur Government also clamped an indefinite curfew in the two districts in the aftermath of the violent incident. However, the Government yesterday decided to re-open the educational institutes and lift the curfew after 25 days. Classes were resumed on Monday. But the Government deployed police personnel in all schools and colleges in its effort to prevent students from taking out any form of protest. There is no let-up in ILP agitation in Manipur under the banner of Joint Commit-

tee on Inner Line Permit System (JCILPS). The Joint Committee wants an Inner Line Permit System (ILPS) to safeguard the interests of the indigenous people. Volunteers of JCLPS Student Wing today forced all shops run by non-locals in Thangal bazaar to close. Shortly after the incident, the City Police detained the Student Wing co-convenor, Saangthem William on the charge of disrupting normal business activities in Thangal bazaar. Elsewhere in Uripok in Imphal West a large number of women protesters took to the streets and blocked UripokKangchup road, angry at the police crackdown against student agitators and detention of the JCILPS Student Wing leader.

The women later staged sit-in at different sections of the Uripok-Kangchup road disrupting traffic. They shouted several slogans against the Congress Government headed by Okram Ibobi Singh for its inability to present a new ILP bill and for its failure to punish all police personnel involved in the killing of Sapam Robinhood. Manipur Government is preparing an ILP bill by constituting a Drafting Committee, but the JCILPS is insisting on passing the bill at the earliest. The Joint Committee is also pressing for incorporation of five key points recommended by it, in the proposed bill, apart from demanding that the legislation must be an acceptable one to all.

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influx fast tracked: Meghalaya CM

shillONg, August 3 (Pti): Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma today said his government has ordered fast tracking for setting up entry/exit points to check influx in lieu of Inner Line Permit. The state government has also approved proposals for introducing the draft bills on benami and tenancy in the forthcoming Assembly session. "The direction has been given that land acquisition process must be fast tracked to ensure the whole exercise for setting up the entry/exit points or facilitation centres are completed," Sangma told reporters. He said all district deputy commissioners have completed their identification of the sites work. "We must take possession of the land after completion of the

land acquisition process of those identified locations," Sangma said. The announcement came in the wake of pro-ILP groups expressing disappointment on the delay of the government to start the first phase of implementation of 'comprehensive mechanism' proposed last year. The Chief Minister said the cabinet has approved constitution of a task force to ensure that the implementation of the comprehensive mechanism in dealing with the issue of influx and illegal immigration was complete within a fixed timeline. The task force proposed by the political department would be headed by the Additional Chief Secretary as its chairman with officials of other relevant departments as members, he said.

Sangma said the draft bill to amend the Meghalaya Benami Transaction Provision Act, 1980 as well as draft version of the Meghalaya Regulation of Landlord and Verification of Residence Bill has been completed. "Now they have to take all due diligence to process for introducing in the forthcoming Assembly session," he said adding the cabinet has also proposed to have another round of consultation on the final draft bill with stakeholders and partners in structuring this whole bill. "Therefore, suitable date will now be fixed where the final draft bills will be once more presented before the government and the NGOs and whatever suggestions or any fine tuning is felt to be required will be accordingly incorporated," Mukul said.

Arunachal CM for effective road safety policy Government mulls linking three NE rivers with Ganga itANAgAr, August 3 (Pti): Taking serious note of frequent road accidents, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki has called for a strong and effective State policy to avert and minimise such mishaps. He advocated vigorous campaign for safe driving, safe speed and safety measures for commuters and pedestrians during a high level meeting of the Road Safety Council

here on Friday, an official communiqué said here on Sunday. The meeting was convened on the Supreme Court’s direction to constitute State-specific Road Safety Council to control and check road accidents. Tuki had suggested regular checking of driving licenses including vehicle documents besides keeping track of safety measures.

Manipur: 10 Rescued From Landslide Debris, Four Bodies Found imPhAl, August 3 (Pti): Ten persons have been rescued alive from debris till today, two days after a massive landslide in Manipur's Chandel district. Special Secretary in Relief and Disaster Management department Jason Shimray told PTI that rescue efforts with NDRF help was on. Apart from the ten persons, four bodies have been extricated from the debris at Zoumol by an NDRF team so far while five persons are still missing, he said. He said the ten have been taken to safe places following their rescue while the death figure at remote Zoumol village on Indo-Myanmar border due to the landslide "is likely to be revised". Chandel superintendent of police N Herojit Singh had said on Saturday night that 20 people had been killed in the landslide triggered by incessant rains and NDRF personnel had joined in the rescue effort.

Singh, when contacted over telephone today, told PTI that the landslide toll of 20 given by him on August 1 was based on report of the Zoumol village authority to the police. "I am awaiting the official report from the field," the SP added. The village is located on Khenjoi hills about 96 kms from Tengnoupa, the nearest town, of which 83 km is motorable. The massive landslide covered about one-km stretch. About the rescue efforts, the special secretary said a 20-member NDRF team is working at the site day and night along with two doctors and an executive magistrate. Another NDRF team comprising 45 personnel is coming by road from Guwahati via Kohima today to join the rescue work. The team is moving on foot in the absence of proper road communication. Incessant rains and location of the village on the stiff portion of a tall hill is impeding their movement, he said.

He said maximum road accidents occurred due to negligent and rash driving coupled with other reasons like bad roads and lack of safe road infrastructure. Directing the law enforcement authorities to ensure compulsory use of seat belts, helmets and strictly prohibiting using of mobile phone while driving he asked the department concerned to make efforts in developing safe road infrastructure across the State.

New Delhi, August 3 (iANs): The government is considering the feasibility of a proposal to link three rivers of the northeast with the Ganga, union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti said on Monday. "...A link, namely Manas-Sankosh-Teesta-Ganga (MSTG) link is proposed under the Himalayan Component of the National Perspective Plan (NPP)," the

minister informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply. The Manas-SankoshTeesta-Ganga link canal envisages diversion of the surplus waters of Manas and Sankosh rivers, with supplementation from the intermediate major streams, "for the benefit of augmenting the flows of Ganga at Farakka (in West Bengal) and further transfer to water-short areas of Krishna, Pennar and Cauvery basins and providing

irrigation facilities to the enroute command areas", she said. Bharti said the prefeasibility report of the link has been sent to all concerned states for their comments. She said the feasibility report could not be prepared as the link canal passed through the Manas Tiger Reserve in Assam in the Manas-Sankosh reach and Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal and other for-

New varsity for Tripura to boost higher education: Minister AgArtAlA, August 3 (iANs): The Left Front government has decided to set up a state university in Tripura and this will be taken up in the monsoon session of the assembly beginning on Friday, a minister said here on Monday. "A bill to set up the university will be presented in the monsoon session of the Tripura assembly to boost higher education in the state," Education Minister Tapan

Chakraborty told IANS. "After passing the bill in the assembly and obtaining the governor's assent, it would be sent to union human resource development ministry and the University Grants Commission for approval," the minister added. Tripura currently has a central university and a private university. The proposed state government-run university would be named after erstwhile Tripura king

Maharaja Birbikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur (19231947), 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 boost higher education in the state and attract students from Bangladesh and other northeastern states." Set up in 1987, the exist-

ing 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 central varsity has 15 PG courses in science and 19 courses in arts and commerce. To ease its pressure, the proposed university would help to boost the excellence in higher education, the minister said.

ests within the reach of the Sankosh and Teesta rivers. "Considering practical difficulties for surveys and investigations in Manas-Sankosh and Sankosh-Teesta reaches, the NWDA (National Water Development Agency) has carried out alternate studies avoiding reserved forest and preparation of a feasibility report is under progress," she said. The Manas river, a trans-boundary river be-

tween Bhutan and India, joins Brahmaputra at Jogighopa in western Assam. The Sankosh too flows down from northern Bhutan and joins the Brahmaputra in Assam. The Teesta, considered the lifeline of Sikkim, originates in the eastern Himalayas and joins the Brahmaputra in Bangladesh. The water of Teesta is a bone of contention between West Bengal and Bangladesh.

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Mizoram to scrap 3 PSUs due to heavy losses AiZAwl, August 3 (Pti): Mizoram government has decided to abolish three state public sector units due to heavy losses incurred by the corporations. State Finance minister Lalsawta told PTI today that the state Cabinet has taken a decision to scrap the Zoram Handloom and Handicraft Development Corporation (ZOHANDCO), the Zoram Electronics Development Corporation (ZENICS) and the Mizoram Agriculture Marketing Cor-

poration (MAMCO). Lalsawta said that the government's move came after Deloitte, employed to look into the functioning of the five state-owned corporations, recommended that three of them should be abolished. However, the Mizoram Food and Allied Industries Development Corporation (MIFCO) would be privatised and the Zoram Industrial Development Corporation (ZIDCO) would be restructured to ensure that it earns profit in the future,

he said. The latest report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India recently tabled in the state Assembly said that the accumulated loss of the state-run PSUs ran into crores of rupees. Lalsawta said while majority of the employees of the PSUs to be abolished would be given voluntary retirement under the 'Early Retirement Rules', some employees might be absorbed in the state government departments.

DBCIC launches a new international bi-annual journal on anthropology GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND DIRECTORATE OF STATE INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT NAGALAND : KOHIMA NotificatioN

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Governor of Meghalaya, V Shanmuganthan (second from left) launching the debut issue of a new international anthropological journal entitled “Anthropology Today: An International Peer Reviewed NEIRA Journal,” at the Raj Bhavan, Shillong on August 2.

shillONg, August (mexN): A new anthropological journal entitled “Anthropology Today: An International Peer Reviewed NEIRA Journal,” published by DBCIC, Mawlai or Don Bosco Museum was launched by the governor of Meghalaya, V Shanmuganthan at the Raj Bhavan, Shillong on August 2. A bi-annual, the journal will be published every year on February and August and the debut issue contains of 13 scholarly articles. During the occasion, the governor received of the new journal from Fr. Joseph Puthenpurakal, Director of DBCIC (Don Bosco Centre for Indigenous

Cultures). The governor also presented copy each to MS Rao, IAS, Principal Secretary to the governor and Fr. James Poonthuruthil, Professor of Moral Theology at Sacred Heart Theological College, Mawlai. In his foreword, former governor of Meghalaya K.K. Paul wrote, “I can confidently say that the new journal will make commendable contribution to research in the region, particularly enhancing an in-depth understanding of the many tribes and subtribes of the North East in the light of studies from other parts of the world.” According to a press note, the subscription fee for the journal is Rs. 1500

for libraries and Rs. 800 for individuals within India. For outside India, it is US $250 for libraries and US $200 for individuals. The subscription fee also includes postage. To get a copy of the journal, one can contact DBCIC director at +91-94361-18732 or jputhen@gmail.com. In the meantime time, the publisher also welcomes the submission of manuscript, books reviews, and other materials for publication in keeping with the nature of the journal which is based on “indigenous peoples, heritage domains, sustainable development and inclusive programmes."

I, Smt. Gumhangle Sephe D/o Lt. Ramlwa Sephe R/o Jalukie Town, Peren Dist. Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm on oath and stated as follow: 1. That I am the deponent of this affidavit. 2. That the name Gumhangle Sephe and Gumhangle is the name of same person. 3. That hereby i declare my correct name is Gumhangle Sephe and shall be used for all official purposes in the future. (Gumhangle Sephe), Deponent 1st Class Magistrate, Jalukie

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In partial Modification of Advertisement NO.SIRD/STRORD-5/2015 dated 23rd June 2015, the Screening Committee has examined the application forms received for the post of District Resource Persons (DRPs) under Social Audit Unit, Nagaland and selected candidates for written examination. All candidates are requested to observe the following. A. 1. Written test shall be based on Rural Development Programmes and social issues. 2. The selected candidates are requested to collect their Admit Card on 11th & 12th August 2015 during office hours at the Directorate of State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD). No candidates shall be entertained after 12th August 2015. 3. Selected candidates are requested to bring 2 (two) Nos. of passport along with any Identity Card/ HSLC Admit Card. 4. Written Examination shall be on 16th August 2015 (Sunday), Time: 11-12:30 noon at NPSC Hall, Below Assembly Secretariat, Kohima. 5. Candidates are requested to be seated by 10:30 AM in the Hall. 6. Candidate may access the selected list through :(a) SIRD website at sirdngl.nic.in (or) (b) Notice Board at Directorate of SIRD where list will be displayed. 7. Candidate who have cleared written test shall be call for viva voce. B. Rejected candidates are requested to access the list through SIRD website at sirdngl.nic.in or on the Notice Board at the Directorate of SIRD. Sd/(LIMASENLA JAMIR) Member Secretary, (STRORD)

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German carmakers buy Nokia As RBI holds rates steady, companies’ debt burdens weigh heavily maps to fend off digital rivals F RA N K F U RT / H E L SINKI, AUgUST 3 (REUTERS): German carmakers BMW, Audi and Mercedes, will pay around 2.5 billion euros ($2.75 billion) to buy Nokia’s maps business, a transformational deal that will help them develop self-driving cars. Daimler BMW and Audi will each hold an equal stake in the business, known as HERE, keeping it from falling into the hands of new rivals which are emerging from Silicon Valley. The premium carmakers agreed to pay 2.5 billion euros. The deal has an enterprise value of 2.8 billion euros, including liabilities worth nearly 300 million euros, Nokia said. The transaction is likely to close in the first quarter of 2016. BMW, Audi and Daimler, which invented the modern motorcar in 1886, want to own the customer relationships that otherwise

could shift to challengers such as Uber, Google or Apple. “With the joint acquisition of HERE, we want to secure the independence of this central service for all vehicle manufacturers, suppliers and customers in other industries,” Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said. Intelligent mapping systems like HERE’s form the basis on which selfdriving cars linked to wireless networks can perform functions such as recalculating a route if data about a traffic jam or an accident is transmitted to the car. In the future, such mapping systems will have a role to play in collision detection and other features of selfdriving cars. DISRUPTION Here is the leading supplier of high-resolution digital maps for most of the world’s top automakers and also supplies Internet

customers including Amazon, Yahoo and Baidu. It competes with Google and also with Dutch navigation firm TomTom. Created via Nokia’s $8.1 billion acquisition of Navteq in 2008, HERE at first aimed to create new consumer services for mobile phone users, but has switched course to focus on automakers, which now account for a majority of sales. Nokia, which subsequently wrote down the value of HERE to around 2 billion euros, said it expected to book a gain on the sale to the automakers, including cumulative foreign exchange translation differences, of around 1 billion euros. Mikko Ervasti, analyst at brokerage Evli said the price was perhaps a bit lower than what some had speculated and could be seen as a “slight disappointment”. Shares in Nokia slid 0.9 percent in early trading. TomTom shares rose more than 5 percent. Operating

systems for self-driving vehicles, as well as services associated with autonomous driving such as car-sharing, recharging and parking services, may become money-spinners for carmakers evolving beyond manufacturing. Self-driving and connected car services could become a $50 billion market, analysts at Exane BNP Paribas have estimated. Andreas Tschiesner, head of McKinsey’s automotive practice in Germany, said: “The automotive industry is facing a big disruption through connectivity and connected driving technologies. These features will become an important source of differentiation.” Nokia is shedding the maps business to help it focus on integrating its 15.6 billion-euro purchase of Alcatel Lucent, a deal that will create the world’s second largest network equipment maker.

MUMbAI, AUgUST 3 (REUTERS): When Hindustan Construction Ltd (HCC) was building a bridge in 2008 to transform the congested commute in Mumbai, its stock was at a record high as low interest rates had sparked a construction boom. Today, like many small- and mid-sized Indian firms, Hindustan Construction is struggling, after a borrowing binge that saw its debt surge from $674 million in fiscal year 2007/2008 to $1.6 billion in 2014/15, according to Thomson Reuters data. Companies are still struggling to recover from those years of exuberance, and say that Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan’s caution in cutting rates despite historically low inflation is making it harder for them to get back on track. Having cut India’s main lending rate by threequarters of a percentage point to 7.25 percent this year, the RBI is widely expected to keep it unchanged at its next policy review on Tuesday, though market watchers predict one more cut by the end of the year. For many bosses, that is not enough. “I’m disappointed with the RBI,”said Praveen Sood, chief financial officer of the HCC group. “I just don’t know if they care enough about the industrial sector.” The growing discontent comes as wholesale inflation has declined for 8 consecutive months, while consumer inflation

A shopkeeper poses for a picture as he counts rupees at his shop in Jammu May 16, 2012. (REUTERS File Photo)

remains far from the double-digit levels less than two years ago and within the RBI’s target of 2 to 6%. At the same time, the Indian economy is widely seen as weak, with much scepticism over official data in May which showed its growth overtook China’s. Corporate profits are hurting. The builder is looking to sell additional shares and has sold stakes in an commercial complex in Mumbai and in a highway, with proceeds going to service debt or interest costs.

“High interest rates at this point of time are basically killing the growth of the company,” said Sood. “When inflation has gone down so much, there’s no reason why interest rates shouldn’t be coming down.” Some economists now worry the RBI is excessively focused on prices, having this year shed its previous policy of managing multiple objectives towards one that targets consumer inflation while “keeping in mind the objective of growth”.

‘Only 11% keep work files safe on mobiles’ Incentives can prop gold deposit scheme: Somasundaram NEw DELHI, AUgUST 3 (IANS): Only 11 percent people keep their work files protected in their smartphones, according to a survey conducted by Kaspersky Lab in conjunction with B2B International. The survey, which was derived from a total of 12,355 users from 26 countries, including 401 Indians, states that around half of the consumers surveyed also used their devices for work. However, only

one in 10 is seriously concerned about keeping work information safe should cybercriminals gain access to their device. “One way or another, many employees of large and medium-sized companies use personal mobile devices for work. 36 percent of respondents store work files on them and 34 percent keep work-related email messages,” it said.”Sometimes, more confidential informa-

tion can also be found on users’ devices, such as passwords to corporate email accounts (18 percent), networks or VPNs (11 percent). Such information represents a valuable prize for cybercriminals hunting for corporate secrets,” it added. The report also highlights the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) business model and its disadvantages in terms of more opportunity for cyber sabotage.

Finance Ministry to give Rs 1,300 cr kerosene subsidy NEw DELHI, AUgUST 3 (PTI): The Finance Ministry will pay state-owned fuel retailers Rs 1,300 cr cash subsidy for kerosene for the first quarter ended June 30, but the same on LPG will be decided later. The Ministry has sanctioned a total of Rs 1,300.42 cr kerosene subsidy for AprilJune, a senior official said. Of this, Rs 878.84 cr will be paid to Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Rs 203.33 cr to Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) and Rs 218.25 cr to Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL). The subsidy payout is as per a new formula approved by the government wherein the dole on kerosene has been capped at Rs 12 per litre. Kerosene through public distribution system (PDS) is sold at Rs 14.96 per litre against the actual cost of Rs 33.47. The difference between the two, Rs 14.95 per litre, is termed as under-recovery or revenue

loss. “The Finance Ministry will pay Rs 12 per litre in cash to state-owned fuel retailers from the Budget and any unbridged gap between the retail selling price and the cost of production will be borne by upstream companies like ONGC,” he said. At current prices, the upstream companies will have to bear Rs 5,000-6,000 crore for the full year. For domestic cooking gas LPG, the government has decided to fully bear the under-recovery, he said, adding that the subsidy on this fuel will be announced later. As many as 12 LPG cylinders of 14.2-kg are supplied to every household at a subsidised rate of Rs 417.82. There is an under-recovery of Rs 167.18 per cylinder, which the government will bear entirely. The official said the Budget for 2015-16 has provided for Rs 22,000 crore towards LPG subsidy and another Rs 8,000 crore on kerosene.

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unorganised manner -- when people want to sell gold. Monetisation scheme is like institutional pooling or savings. After proposing it in the national budget in February, the finance ministry csme out with a draft of the monetisation scheme for opinion from all stakeholders in mid-mau. The final scheme is set to be unveiled soon, officials said. The scheme proposes to allow people to deposit as little 30 grams of gold, get a certificate and earn interest. The objective is to mobilise gold, give a fillip to the gems and jewellery sector by making the metal available from banks on loan and reduce the reliance on imported gold. Somasundaram said if the the government incentivise the banks then they will pass on more to the customers and will prove to be a big attraction. “Around a 3-percent interest rate will be very attractive for the customer, but it also has to be marketed very smartly.” Global, 33-40 percent supplies come from recycling. In India, it acounts for 8-10 percent now. According to the council, the demand for yel-

low metal in India in 2015 was around 900-1,000 tonnes. Total gold imported in 2014 was 891.5 tonnes. “Monetisation scheme says you don’t have to sell your gold, keep it with the bank. It is more transparent. For the government, it promotes recycling which means if in India’s gold demand grows, the additional supply can come from recycling,” Somasundaram said. Like fixed deposit schemes one can withdraw the gold or jewellery deposited with the banks under the scheme and will get the gold, not the jewellery. At the time of maturity the metal will be replaced either in bar or coin form but not in jewellery form, he said. “The interest is in gold terms, not in rupee terms. There’s a lot of miscommunications about it.” According to stakeholders, in India, a third of any jeweller’s business is melting old jewellery for new. This means people are not averse to melt old jewellery. “They might as well keep it in the bank, earn interest on that,” said Somasundaram. Giving the global example,

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he said among other countries that started a similar scheme, Turkey had started with it in 2010 and has so far has collected 250 tonnes of household gold. But the counci’s India chief remained unperturbed by the the recent downslide in the gold prices, nor did he believe that gold could be losing its sheen as an investment tool. “Any asset class can go through ups and downs, particularly at times like this, when there are extreme views. Short term factors could have affected gold price versus the dollar. Now, that should not be extrapulated beyond what it is,” he said. “If you take last 20 years’ data, interest rates going up does not necessarily mean gold prices have to come down. It’s not the only factor to determine the price. Gold is a significant asset class and its supply cannot be increased at will. Gold has a self-balancing nature.” Somasundaram said there was also nothing unusual about China’s recent sale of bulk gold. “Central banks across the globe have been net buyers for 17 consecutive quarters of more than 100 tonnes of gold.”

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Tuesday 4 August 2015

Home minister, orgs condemn killing of Dimapur businessman Dimapur, august 3 (mExN): Home minister of Nagaland has condemned the killing of a businessman, Ashish Saha, by unidentified gunmen around 11:30 am on August 2 at Signal Basti here. Patton in a press release informed that the State Police have been directed to nab the persons responsible for the crime. “It is the strong commitment of the state Government that under any circumstances, it will leave no stone unturned to see that peace and tranquility is not disturbed in and around Dimapur in particular and the State in general,” he added. “The Government has been continuously working to see that the criminals do not rule the roost in and around Dimapur City, the fast growing commercial hub of the State.” Stating that “violence can never be the means to bring peace and solution,” he said, “Committing such heinous crimes at a time when the entire Naga people are yearning for peace and unity is not sending good message to the others.” SCD: The Sumi Council, Dimapur (SCD) has expressed “sense of disturbed feeling” over the killing of businessman Ashish Saha. Condemning the “cowardly act” of the perpetrators, the Council opined that mere condemnation will not suffice. “It is the responsibility of the public to extend all possible help and support to the law enforcing agencies to nab the culprits of such crimes and give befitting punishments which will act as deterrent in the near future and bring

peace and tranquility to our cosmopolitan town,” a release from the council chairman Kuhoi Zhimo said. The Sumi Council, Dimapur further prayed to God to give strength to the family members to overcome the grief.

the case and find out the reason behind the killing and arrest the culprits and punish them as per the law of the land. The DMPF also extended heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members.

NPF: The Naga People’s Front (NPF) has termed the killing of Ashish Saha “an outright violation of established law, and an outrageous abuse of values and rights of the human person and family.” A statement from NPF Press Bureau stated that “this kind of savagery and excessively barbaric crime needs to be curbed with utmost austerity by concerned authorities and befitting punishment awarded to the perpetrators to root out all such crimes and lawlessness.” It further called upon all law abiding denizens and organizations to extend support and cooperation. The NPF warned that under no circumstances, crimes of such magnitude would be treated as stray incidents. The Minority Wing of NPF also condemned the brutal killing of businessman Ashish Saha in broad daylight. Stating that “this kind of criminal activities cannot be appreciated at any point of time by civilized society,” the Minority Wing extended deepest condolence to the bereaved family members and prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace.

NCD: Denouncing the killing of Ashish Saha, Naga Council Dimapur (NCD) today expressed shock that the attackers could commit their act in broad daylight and abscond from the law keepers, thereby bringing unrest in the minds of the common people. “In order to check on such crimes, agencies concerned should be on their heels so as to protect the citizens from all kinds of criminal activities,” state NCD in a press note. It also appealed to all sections of the society to condemn and not allow such heinous crimes.

KTCN: The Kachari Tribal Council Nagaland (KTCN) has also condemned the inhuman killing of prominent businessman Ashish Saha. Extortion, assault and killing are highly condemnable by all and it has no place in civilized society, KTCN said and appealed to the district administration to book the accused and keep strong vigilance over the activities of antisocial elements in Dimapur Town. The Council also urged the government to grant compensation to the victim’s family stating that DMP: The Dimapur Mus- Saha was sole earner of the famlim Public Forum (DMPF) ily. KTCN further extended concondemned the killing of Ash- dolences to the bereaved family. ish Shah in broad daylight. The DCCI: In the wake of the killDMPF requested the District Administration to investigate ing of Ashish Saha, Dimapur

Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) said it has become a regular phenomenon that business community is made soft targets by anti-social elements. The DCCI condemned the killing and demanded the law enforcing agencies to waste no time in nabbing the persons responsible. “Killing of businessmen in Dimapur from time to time reflects the incompetence of the law enforcing agencies in protecting the citizens,” DCCI added. “Failing to arrest the culprits responsible will further expose the ineffectiveness of the Police Commissionerate system which the public initially hoped and believed would bring down the rate of all sorts of crimes.” At this rising trend of crimes perpetrated upon businessmen, the business community in Dimapur will have no option but to contemplate indefinite closure of business establishments as a last resort, it added. The DCCI also extended condolences to the bereaved family members. NBS: The Nagaland Bhojpuri Samaj (NBS) has condemned the brutal killing of its member Ashish Saha, resident of Signal Bosti, Dimapur. It stated that such heinous crimes are not acceptable in a civilized society and appealed to the authority concerned to book the culprits at the earliest and take stern action. The Samaj also offered condolences to the bereaved family. MBC: Expressing condolences at the demise of Ashish Saha, Marwari Business Community of Dimapur has called

upon all the right thinking citizens of Nagaland to condemn such mindless killing of innocent businessperson, especially in Dimapur. Questioning the killers what they will achieve by killing a person for no reason, the Community said, “Killing a person is dead end of road and everyone knows that there cannot be any negotiations after the death and the soul cannot return even if you regret the killing.” LHD: The killing of Ashish Saha calls for immediate action on the part of the law enforcing agencies in curbing such lawlessness with iron hands, Lotha Hoho Dimapur stated. “It is utterly disgusting and shameful that the criminals had the nerve to even carry out their killing spree on a Sunday, a day of rest, meditation, praise and worship and thanksgiving to God almighty for all Christians universally.” The Hoho condemned the action of the criminals and appealed to all law abiding and right thinking denizens, civil society, tribal and community organizations to jointly stand against such atrocious elements by cooperating and extending all possible support to the authorities concerned. DBS: Dimapur Bengali Samaj (DBS) has mourned the death of Ashish Saha. In a note, the Samaj president KK Paul stated it is very unfortunate that such dastardly act happened. It prayed for the eternal peace of the deceased and asked God to give his family the strength to bear his untimely demise.

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Zeliang, Rio welcomes GoINSCN (IM) 'peace accord' Dimapur, august 3 (mExN): Chief MinisterTR Zeliang and MP Lok Sabha Neiphiu Rio has welcomed the peace accord signed between the NSCN (IM) and Government of India on Monday. Media Cell, CMO said the chief minister was informed by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday evening on the signing of the peace accord with the NSCN (IM). While details of the accord are still awaited, the chief minister has expressed confidence that both the parties have taken into account the aspirations of the Nagas as expressed by the mass based Naga civil societies during their interactions with the interlocutor RN Ravi. “Our people have been struggling for more than six decades for a settlement to the Naga issue, and the signing of the peace accord is a welcome step towards such a settlement,” the chief minister noted. Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha Neiphiu Rio while welcoming the peace accord agreement, congratulated the

Government of India, the Prime Minister and the NSCN (IM) for singing the accord. “It is indeed a landmark occasion for the country, especially the Naga people who have struggled for more than six decades in our search for permanent peace,” Rio said in a press statement. Stating that the peace accord needs to be welcomed by all sections of the people and peace loving citizens, Rio espoused confidence that it would bring genuine and lasting peace while strengthening the democratic foundations of the country. He also maintained that this is a great opportunity for all sections to come together and unite for the cause of peace and in the greater interest of the Naga people. The MP also informed that the Prime Minister had spoken to him and appealed for cooperation in the peace process. “I assured him of my fullest assistance and cooperation in our common endeavor to achieve permanent peace,” Rio stated.

MEx FILE Airmen selection goes online Kohima, august 3 (mExN): In tune with the national policy “Digital India”, Indian Air Force (IAF) on July 30 launched a dedicated website for selection into the airman cadre. The website airmenselection. gov.in was launched by Air Officer-in-Charge Personnel (AOP), Air Marshal S Neelakantan and dedicated to the nation today. The receipt of applications and registration of candidature for the selection used to be a manual process till date. Now, aspiring candidates for airmen selection would be able to apply online for all recruitment tests. The website is user friendly with drop down menus to browse information. The site would be available to candidates for filling up application online through a notification specific to a selection cycle. This was informed in a release issued by Lt Col Emron Musavi, PRO (Defence), Kohima.

Schools in Dimapur informed

Minister for Health and Family Welfare, P. Longon inaugurating Mind Fresh Healthcare, a Kairali Ayurvedic Centre in Dimapur on Monday.

With the initiation and donation of Pioneers of Teenagers Club and Korang Mepu Telongjem, Mongsenyimti, the bust of Tsükjemtemjen, the first Christian convert from Mongsenyimti Village was unveiled on August 2 by Rev. Dr. Mar. Atsongchanger, Executive Secretary, ABAM at Mongsenyimti village, Mokokchung. Seen in the picture is Rev. Dr. Mar. Atsongchanger along with the members of Pioneers of Teenagers Club and Korang Mepu Telongjem, Mongsenyimti.

Taxi with forged engine & NNC welcomes inclusiveness in political talk august 3 NNC in a press release is- ported the step taken by laws imposed on the Naga chassis number recovered Kohima, (mExN): The Naga Na- sued by its information & the NGOs, Hohos, State people first if they are really tional Council (NNC) under the leadership of Z. Royim Yimchungrü and V. Nagi has welcomed the inclusiveness of all the Naga national political groups in the talk/dialogue by the Government of India. The

publicity wing welcomed the “sincere step” taken by the parties and government concerned for talk/dialogue on Naga political problem with all the stakeholders in the Naga homeland. The NNC also fully sup-

government for removal of Indian draconian laws imposed in the Naga homeland to create conducive atmosphere for political talk to prevail. “The Government of India should remove all the military

The accused with the recovered vehicle.

Kohima, august 3 (mExN): Kohima Police recovered one yellow Tata Sumo (NL-05C-2961), which had the chassis and engine number tampered. The engine and chassis number also did not tally with the registration certificate of the said vehicle, a press release from PRO, Kohima Police informed. According to the release, the vehicle was intercepted from NH-29 on suspicion and was produced at South Police Station, Kohima for verification. Subsequently, physical verification was conducted by the Anti-Vehicle theft squad

team of DEF Kohima. On further investigation, the vehicle was ascertained to be plying between Kohima and Dimapur as Zonal taxi without valid permit from the competent authority for more than a year, the release added. In this connection, one person identified as Tokuto Aye (25) was taken into Police custody and a regular case vide Kohima South P.S Case No. 0085/2015 U/S 379/465/467/468/411 IPC was registered against him to find out the real owner of the vehicle as well as establish from where the vehicle was stolen.

search; help them realize their academic potential; encourage them to take up research careers in Science, and ensure the growth of the best scientific minds for research and development in the country. Selection of the students is made from those studying in XI standard to 1st year of any undergraduate program in Basic Sciences, namely B.Sc./ B.S./ B.Stat./ B.Math./ Int. M.Sc./ M.S. in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology having aptitude for scientific research. Special groups/ Committees are set up at IISc to screen the applications and conduct an aptitude test at various centres in the country. Based on the performance in the aptitude test, short-listed students are called for an interview which is the final stage of the selection procedure. For receiving a fellowship, both aptitude test and interview marks are considered. Generous fellowships are provided up to the pre-Ph.D level to

the selected KVPY Fellows. Benefits of KVPY Exam: • Selected students will receive generous KVPY scholarship and an opportunity to attend summer camps at the prestigious research and educational institutions of India • Chosen students will receive a monthly stipend of Rs 5,000 and an annual contingency grant of Rs 20,000 during 1st to 3rd year of their undergraduate programs • Students of Integrated M.Sc. or M.Sc programs in Basic Sciences will receive a monthly stipend of Rs 7,000 and an annual contingency grant of Rs 28,000 in their 4th and 5th year. • Each KVPY Fellow will be issued an Identity Card so as to have access to National Laboratories/ Universities who have agreed to extend special privileges like library, laboratory facilities, etc. to KVPY Fellows on production of the ID card. Suggestion: Since the syllabus of the KVPY-SA Level is Phys-

KKGKD convenes meeting

Dimapur, august 3 (mExN): Kulolau Khukishe Ghami Kuqhakulu Dimapur (KKGKD) has convened an emergency meeting on August 8, 10:00 am at the residence of its banker Shikaho Yeputhomi at Naharbari, Dimapur. The union chairman Kahoto and general secsincere and serious for po- retary Khekato S Yeputhomi have asked all the office litical talk,” it stated. bearers and all the area representatives and executive The NNC further ap- members to attend the meeting. pealed to all the Naga National Political Groups to KPC social work on August 8 unite at the best opportune time in the interest of “our” Kohima, august 3 (mExN): The Kohima Press political future. Club (KPC) will conduct a social work on August 8 in the premises of its newly allotted office space which is located in the erstwhile Kohima Municipal Council office building, Old Secretariat Complex, Kohima. The social work will commence from 9 am onwards. All the ics, Chemistry, Biology and members of KPC have been informed to participate in Maths up to Class10 level, the proposed social work compulsorily. Members are Career CliniQ advised that to bring any of the following items- shovel/ machete/ students of Class 8, 9 and spade/ sacks/ broom. Also, the KPC welcomed well 10 engage in preparation wishers to join and take part in the social work. at an early stage for better chances of success. There NPF Tseminyu meeting is a special relaxation of 10 percent for ST students. tsEmiNyu, august 3 (mExN): There will be a The Smart TutoR covers the meeting of the office bearers of NPF, Tseminyu division curriculum required for the on August 8, 11:00 am at the residence of former minister Dr. K Kath at Tseminyu New Town to discuss various KVPY test, it said. important matters. Therefore, all the office bearers as well as youth wing, women wing, and former wing of Assistance: Free Information Dos- NPF Tseminyu division have been asked to attend the siers are available for in- meeting positively. terested students at the office of Career CliniQ NWA mourns former located at the Office of the Directorate of Em- Naga wrestling champion’s death ployment and Craftsmen Kohima, august 3 (mExN): The Nagaland Training, High School Wrestling Association (NWA) has expressed shock Junction, Kohima. Study and sadness at the demise of Vinocho Phinyo, formaterial along with last 6 years solved question mer champion of Nagaland Wrestling Championbanks and detailed infor- ship, on July 30. “He has been a fine personality mation booklet is avail- who has rendered his selfless service in different able for Class 11 and 12 capacities, particularly in the Naga indigenous students at all the branch- sport,” stated NWA in a press note. “The legacy es of ICICI Bank in the which he left behind in the wrestling fraternity of State. For any assistance the Nagas will always be remembered and honor guidance on the schol- ored.” The NWA further expressed deepest sympaarship, officials of Career thy to the bereaved family and relatives. It wished CliniQ can be contacted at that the love of God and his comfort be upon the the 24hours helpline num- family and his soul rest in peace. ber +91-8822-122-122.

KVPY scholarship exam dates announced Dimapur, august 3 (mExN): The Kishore Vaigyanik Pratsohan Yojana (KVPY) - prestigious scholarship award aimed at encouraging students to pursue basic sciences - has been announced for this year. The last date of submitting application is August 30, admit card will be issued on October 10, and exam will be held on November 1. A press release from Career CliniQ informed that statewide awareness program on the said scholarship was extensively done over the last quarter by Career CliniQ in various schools of Nagaland. The KVPY is a national program of fellowship in basic sciences, initiated and funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, to attract exceptionally motivated students to pursue basic science courses and research career in science. The objective of the program is to identify students with talent and aptitude for re-

Dimapur, august 3 (mExN): The Deputy District Education Officer (DDEO) of Dimapur has informed all heads of both government and private schools that the district teachers’ award form will be issued from August 4 during office hour. The DDEO further informed that the application forms will be forwarded to deserving teachers only. Meanwhile, District Education Officer informed all heads of government schools to collect Children Education Assistant Fund (CEAF) form for students studying in Class 5 and 9 during office hour from August 4.

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The Power of Truth

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Making rights real!

he denial of human dignity experienced by people is the direct result of oppression and subjugation perpetuated by the structures of political domination. The people are conditioned to attitudes and suspicions defined by a history which is not of their making. Indeed, such a condition does not allow people to reflect or act clearly; therefore the domination ideology disregards and violates all human values in its attempt to instill a permanent order of fear in people’s minds. The Naga conscience requires that the people protest against the domination ideology, defy it and alter it through peaceful nonviolent means. The paramount need is for Nagas to have the freedom to define and determine their own minds and to generate ideas and solutions to the problems that are before them. In accordance with the current compelling circumstance Nagas are being asked to arise from being the objects of history to becoming conscious creators of their own history. Humankind is a history of paradoxes – joys and sorrows. When a people are completely overwhelmed by compelling circumstances they cannot be regarded as free, in spite of the fact that they are entitled to such freedom. Similarly, just because Nagas have the right to land does not mean that such a right is enjoyed when the land is consumed by the forces of domination and exploitation. The core idea of rights is not simply that you are entitled to them and that no one can take them away from you, but, most importantly, that you are able to exercise and enjoy those rights. Recognizing that no one can claim to have monopoly of insights, the existing objective realities require that the Naga mind be open and able to imagine all that the people have not dared to imagine. Furthermore, knowing that any movement reflects the image of humanity as real and imperfect, it becomes imperative for Nagas to reason and transcend the fear of disillusionment together. This will allow to emerge from the frozen images and replace them with the present realities that call out for liberating the human mind and spirit. Based on such reasoning the Naga people need to critically analyze their entire situation of their historical, geographical and political realities. The history of the Naga people is closely interrelated to the idea of a peoples’ self-determining capacity to exercise their sovereign will. Hence, in order for Naga people to effectively realize their rights it is imperative the struggle for change must be located within the larger struggle for humanization which has at its center the right to self-determination.

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Sudeshna Majumdar

Power behind the Desk

ome years ago we had to change our residence from one area of the city to another. This would necessitate changing our ration cards as well. Having acquired the requisite form for the purpose, I filled up the particulars and made my way to the Rationing Office of the area. I found a long queue consisting mainly of illiterate poorly dressed women in the corridor outside the Rationing Officer’s room. I joined the queue to wait my turn. After a while, the woman at the head of the queue must have inched into the Rationing Officer’s room, this enraged the official who was seated behind his desk. He shouted at the encroachers not to enter his room and to remain outside. The line of women stepped back, I along with them. When there were just two women ahead of me in the queue, the Rationing Officer spotted me, “please come in, madam,” he invited. Among the group of poorly clad women I stood out as in incongruous sight. I could picture the man’s head. Obviously I belonged to a higher social status than the rest of the woman. For all he knew, I might even be a senior government official’s daughter and he had to show me due consideration, otherwise his job might be at stake. But he was not prepared for my reaction to his differential invitation. “No, I won’t come in,” I replied. “I’ll remain outside your room as I was asked to do.” The Rationing Officer looked clearly uncomfortable sitting behind his desk while I stood outside his door. When the woman just ahead of me went in, he said, “Now you may come in madam.” As I entered, he said, “Please take your seat” indicating the solitary chair opposite his desk. By now my democratic hackles had risen. How could he single me out for preferential treatment when the rest of the women who had come for a purpose similar to mine were being treated like sheep and cattle? “Thank you,” I replied, “but I’ll remain standing.” Having dismissed the other woman with a curt reply to her query, he turned to me. “What can I do for you, madam?” he asked. I handed him the form that I had filled up and told him the purpose of my visit. Then, as he was examining the form, I said, “you should not shout at people just because they are poor and illiterate. If you want them to do something you can ask them politely and they will do it.” It was as if I have pressed an invisible switch. From an attitude of almost fawning subservience his manner changed to one of outright belligerence. Half rising from is chair, his face contorted with anger, he shouted at me, “you mind your own business; you don’t have to tell me my business. What is your business?” Still unruffled, I said, “My business is that I need your signature on this form so that I can apply for new ration cards for my family.” He hastily scribbled his signature on the form and pushed it towards me. When I asked him where I could find the rationing office in the area to which we would be moving, he snapped, “Ask your neighbor.” “Thank you for your help,” I said. By now he was so completely rattled that the only words he could manage were, “Thank you too, madam.” During this little drama the scene in the room had undergone a change. The two women typists who had been tapping away at the antiquated machines had stopped their clickety-click, their eyes riveted on the rationing officer and his female adversary. The sleepy peon had suddenly come to life and was watching these unusual spectacles with his mouth agape. I did not linger after my work was done, but I am sure that the rest of the women in the queue must have received at least a modicum of the courtesy due to them.

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Women and girls need to have a meaningful and active role in the peace process. With cease-fire talks and the upcoming elections, it's essential that all of Myanmar's people, including those displaced, can be engaged in decisions that affect their future.

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Karen Wells

What do children need most: Saving, Rights or Solidarity?

evelopment organisations from NGOs like Save the Children and Plan International to government departments like the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) all place youth and child well-being at the centre of their campaigns and interventions in developing countries. Likewise, measures to improve the health and well-being of children constitute core components of policy development. Indeed, several of the Millennium Development Goals directly target children and young people. These interventions and policies rely on the conception of children as especially vulnerable and deserving of rescue that has circulated in popular culture, news and policy since at least the early nineteenth century. At the same time these organisations frame their actions within international law, particularly the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, to give legitimacy to their right to act on behalf of (other people’s) children. More recently, children (especially the ‘girl-child’) have been tasked with no less a project than the economic development of Africa, Asia and Latin America, as well as the eradication of world poverty. This can be seen, for example, in Nike’s ‘The Girl Effect’ campaign and Plan International’s ‘Weapons of Mass Construction’. So, what might be wrong with saving children, tasking girls with eradicating world poverty, and implementing rights for children? Why not ‘save’ the children? Critics often employ three main arguments. Firstly, that children’s well-being is being used by the world’s major powers as a way of legitimating their interventions in the governing of other countries and the governing of the poor in their own countries. Secondly, that developing countries do not have the resources to protect children from work and independent migration and that therefore it is wrong for anyone, particularly wealthier countries, to demand that they do so. I call this pragmatic relativism. The third argument, cultural relativism, is that different cultures have different ways of raising children. These differences maybe incommensurable but they do not mean that one kind of childhood (say, one in which children go to school) is better than another (say, one in which children go to work). There can be no doubt that child well-being is used as a Trojan horse for external intervention. I could cite any number of instances of this but perhaps one will suffice: when the US government sought to legitimate its attack on Afghanistan, Laura Bush said “Fighting brutality against women and children is not the expression of a specific culture; it is an acceptance of our common humanity” (cited in Cynthia Weber’s book Imagining America at War). This is straightforward enough to counter: bombs for regime change in the name of child welfare is clearly a cynical ploy for masking real politick. However, other types of development-related interventions, for example getting children to go to school rather than work or mass vaccinations to eradicate infectious diseases, are more complicated in their effects. On the one hand, they do save the lives of individual children and they may well improve the life chances of individuals. On the other, they are also mechanisms through which new (liberal) ideas about the person and their relationship to society are embedded in non/pre-capitalist societies, ideas that

oday's pop quiz: Which of the following countries has the most medical professionals working in the world's poorest countries; has doctors who have performed 3 million free eye operations in 33 countries; created the world's largest medical school with 22,000 students; has a ratio of one physician for every 167 people (No. 1 in the world); has lower infant mortality and higher life expectancy than the United States; and has free, high quality, universal primary health care? A. Sweden B. France C. Canada D. Norway E. None of the above The correct answer is E. None of the above. Many Americans are surprised to learn that the country described above is Cuba. For more than five decades we've heard plenty about Cuba's shortcomings, but virtually nothing about its stunning accomplishments. For many scholars, the Cuban health care system is the jewel in the crown of Cuban achievements. Here I choose to focus on Cuba's medical internationalism, a practice admired throughout the world but virtually unknown to U.S. citizens. After the Cuban revolution of Jan. 1, 1959, which overthrew the brutal Batista dictatorship, about half of Cuba's doctors fled the island for more lucrative practices, most to Miami. Yet even under these dire circumstances and the crushing U.S. embargo that fol-

All the major critiques of ‘child-saving’ fall short of the mark. We must reconceptualise our solidarity with the poor if we really want to help protect the world’s children are compatible with capitalist economics. The governance that is made possible through the actions of development agents is one that tries to obscure the inequalities inevitably inscribed in global capitalism by mitigating its impacts on the most vulnerable: children. At the same time it engages children,

through education and participation, in ways of being in the world that are congruent with liberal capitalism: freedom, autonomy and individualism. This complicated use of interventions in the name of child welfare and the tendency to stop thinking and simply ‘do something’ when child protection is evoked means that we must always ask: who thinks this particular action is in the best interests of which children and why? We must further ask who stands to benefit from this action, other than the children in whose name it is putatively taking place. So, for instance if a mining company in West Africa opposes ‘child’ labour, further investigation may show that the mining company is using child protection to prevent local

youths from working in alluvial mining. The second critique of intervention, what I have called ‘pragmatic relativism’, has no place in a left critique of development. It is one thing to argue that children in developing countries need to work or to migrate alone in order to support themselves or their families. It is something else entirely to argue that governments should not take responsibility for children’s well-being because they cannot afford to do so, and that international agencies should not intervene because children in Africa, Asia and Latin America have different needs to children in Europe and North America. Indeed this argument comes dangerously close to saying that ‘our’ (white) children have different needs, capacities and competencies than ‘their’ (black and brown) children. The third critique, ‘cultural relativism’, argues that the model of childhood accepted by development agents is only valued over other ways of being in the world because it has the support of the global powers. That is irrefutable. There are many ways of practicing childhood and their incommensurability does not necessarily mean that one way is better for children than another. By the same token, if going to work is not necessarily worse for a child than going to school; going to school is not necessarily worse for a child than going to work. Solidarity politics I argue that none of the reasons usually offered for why child-saving or child rights are ‘wrong’ is entirely sufficient. Furthermore, some of them are distinctly against the spirit of international solidarity. I want to propose instead that children’s vulnerabilities do make a moral claim on adults. Governments and organisations can respond to this claim without resorting to a nineteenth-century moral philanthropy, without embracing the liberal model of childhood (and with it liberal ways of being in the world), and without retreating into localism. I want to propose that we rethink our responsibilities towards children by developing modes of solidarity with the poor (adults and children). The liberal model of childhood is tied to the globalisation of capitalism and its neoliberal subjects. To refute the claim that the globalisation of liberal capitalism is good for children, we must first be clear that children face multiple insecurities because global capitalism creates constant crises in social reproduction. These crises displace and unsettle children and their families. The problem of children’s insecurities lies not with individual children and their families, but with the structural inequalities that mark their lives. The liberal model of childhood needs to be treated sceptically. Critiques must not merely reference cultural specificity, modernity, and the limits of its possible production, as most have done to date. They must openly discuss the implications of the liberal model for how to be human, and the deep congruity between this particular way of being human and late capitalism. This is where the potential for a radical politics of childhood lies. We must insist on the importance of modes of childhood that resist, challenge, or subvert liberalism. We must furthermore build modes of solidarity with the poor that do not refute the importance of child survival or child well-being, but insist that so long as production is tied to profit, neither survival or well-being can ever be assured.

Are Some Cultures Better Than Others at Cultivating Empathy? Gary olson

lowed, Cuba began dispatching volunteer medical contingents abroad. Many people are surprised to learn that Cuban medical professionals have saved more lives in the Third World than all the wealthy G-8 nations combined, plus the World Health Organization and the Nobel Peace Prize recipient Doctors Without Borders. As noted by Cuba expert John Lee Anderson, "At any given time, there are an estimated 50,000 Cuban doctors working in slums and rural areas in as many as 30 other developing nations around the world." And because Cuba believes health care is a fundamental human right, these totally volunteer services are provided to recipients gratis. One remarkable example among many follows from Cuba's world class specialization in ophthalmology. Under Operacion Milagro (Operation Miracle), Cuban specialists have performed vision-restoring surgery to 2 million people in 34 countries, again at no cost. In sentiments shared by people

from Asia and Africa to Latin American and the Caribbean, Bolivian President Evo Morales expressed his gratitude for Cuba's crucial medical assistance to his country by saying, "Cuba has shown its solidarity to us by sending 'troops' who save lives — not like other countries which send troops to end lives." In 1999, Cuba founded ELAM (the Latin America School of Medicine), the world's largest medical school. It offers a free education (including books and a living stipend) to students from poor countries, and more than 10,000 students have graduated from its highly respected six-year program. The only requirement is that students make a moral commitment to return home and serve marginalized populations. Note: Since 2007, more than 100 young people from the U.S. have graduated from ELAM and returned to work in underserved areas of the United States. At this point, I can readily appreciate why some readers might

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react with cynicism. Canadian professor John Kirk, who conducted 120 in-depth interviews with Cuban medical volunteers, acknowledges a myriad of motives. However, he emphasizes that "a key element that needs to be understood is the form of socialization that Cubans are reared in, and develop throughout their formative years." Professor Kirk notes that beginning in day care, Cuban children are socialized to watch out for the weakest, to empathize with others who are less fortunate. A volunteer physician in Venezuela added, "We Cuban doctors devote everything to love and solidarity because that's what we've been taught since we were little, in school." This was a founding principle of the Cuban revolution. Cuba's robust medical internationalism contradicts the common-sense, bleak view of human nature, the dominant narrative of hyper individualism and the profit motive. I suggest that we remain open to the possibility that some cultures are compatible with the lived expression of empathy while other cultures suppress it. Cuba's practice of moral medicine is the world's most compelling example of empathetic solidarity. Despite overwhelming odds, this small country of 11 million people has taken empathy from the abstract realm and brought it down to earth. We court both personal and national peril by not learning more about it.

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Yara Sallam is starting the second year of her sentence in Qanater Women's prison outside Cairo. She says, "I do not feel any regret or selfdefeat, the prison is not inside me

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ara Sallam is starting her second year of detention in an Egyptian prison. No mother ever wants to see her child in prison, but Rawia Sadek is not letting her daughter's incarceration bring her down. For over a year now, Sadek has tried not to let the multiple security checks inside the jail, the uncomfortable waiting-time in the visiting room, or the fact that her daughter is even being called an inmate ruin the precious hour-long visits she has with her daughter. Sadek has also been writing about Yara and all unjustly detained prisoners in Egypt via social media and posting photos of her daughter along with the hashtag #FreeYara. Yara is a 29-year-old women’s human rights defender from Egypt. Before she was detained, she was a transitional justice researcher with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR). On June 21, 2014, twenty-three young activists, among them Yara and six other young women, were arrested for protesting against a draconian anti-protest law. The law was introduced in 2013 to prevent anyone from protesting without permission from the government. Ironically, Egyptian President Abel Al Fattah el Sisi’s current government wouldn’t be in power if brave and defiant young Egyptians hadn’t taken to the streets in protest to oust then President Hosni Mubarak from power in 2011. Yara, as it turns out, wasn’t actually taking part in the unsanctioned protest when she was arrested on June 21. In fact, she was with her cousin, buying a water bottle inside a shop when they were arrested. Authorities released her cousin, but after police discovered that Yara worked with EIPR, she was referred to the prosecutor. Yara and the 22 others activists who were arrested on that day have now completed over a year of their two year sentences. The Egyptian Appeal Court's judgment handed down in December 2014 stipulates that their sentences will also be followed by two years of police surveillance. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders is a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights and the World Organization Against Torture. Last December, the Observatory said in a statement that it considers that these activists are languishing in jail “solely for exercising their right to freedom of expression and assembly” and that their arbitrary detention and sentencing “only aim to sanction their legitimate human rights activities.” “Yara is an honest person, and she was raised to do the right thing and everything she does, she does with passion. She cares not only about herself but is always thinking about others in everything she does.” That’s how Sadek describes her daughter. Being a lawyer isn’t just a career Yara chose – it’s a calling. Sadek remembers: “I used to tell Yara ‘you’re a lawyer’ but she would lutching battered metal plates, the children waited patiently in a remote central Indian village for the two small flat pieces of bread and scoop of boiled potato curry that would be their only full meal that day. They are among the 120 million malnourished children across India who depend on a government-run program serving lunch five days a week. Still, the modest menus are clearly not enough to make up for the calories and nutrition that poverty has denied. All 35 or so children gathered on the dirt floor of their preschool in Madkheda, a village in the state of Madhya Pradesh, show the telltale signs of malnutrition — coarse hair lightened to a sandy brown for lack of nutrients, limbs stick thin, and bellies swollen from chronic hunger. More than half the children in Madhya Pradesh state, with a population of nearly 77 million, are underweight and malnourished. So last month, it was suggested that eggs — a key source of protein — be added to the lunch program. But that idea was rejected by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the state's top elected official, a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party and a strict vegetarian. He suggested that milk and bananas be given to children instead. "As long I am the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, eggs will not be introduced," Chouhan declared in the state capital, Bhopal. "The human body is meant to consume vegetarian food, which has everything the human body requires." The decision has outraged nutri-

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holds dear to her heart. That quote keeps her grounded. She says that a year in prison has not changed her daughter because Yara knows she did nothing wrong. She adds: “They are wrong for imprisoning her. They are the ones who don’t respect the law. The charges against her are fabricated.” A friend of Yara’s, who was recently released from prison, jokingly told Sadek: “Prison is nice. Tell Yara she should tell the guards that prison is nice.” So, on one of her visits with Yara, Sadek gave her the message. Yara thought about it for a second and replied: “If I was outside of these prison walls, with everything that’s happening in the country, I would have felt guilty and helpless so, in that respect, maybe it’s ok that I’m in prison.” Yara and the other young women serving the same sentence have remained cellmates, but many of the young women - who were associated with the Muslim Brotherhood for example - are treated differently. They are separated and placed in cells with other offenders. Inside and outside Egypt’s prison walls, injustice persists. More stories of young Egyptians being arrested, disappearing and being killed keep surfacing. It’s almost hard to keep track of them all. Sadek says " they are not just numbers or random names. They all have faces, stories and feelings that we should know about. Yara says she knows people keep her story in the media but she wants all detainee stories to be just as talked about, if not more. Yara wants all those unjustly detained freed.” Egyptian activists held two days of international solidarity actions with Egyptian political prisoners on June 20-21. They want to see an end to repression and worldwide-support for the various campaigns to free political prisoners in Egypt. Putting pressure on the Egyptian government to immediately end the repression of protests, free political prisoners, stop the disappearances, conduct fair trials for all and put an end to abuse, torture and executions has never been more important than now. Sadek doesn’t want her daughter or any of her cellmates to spend another year behind bars. She hopes for an early release without getting her hopes too high. She has to in order to keep going. As Yara and others continue to serve unfair and unjustified sentences, Sadek says her daughter is grateful for all the people who have continued to stand by her, support her, talk about her and pray for her. Prison hasn’t changed Yara Those who believe in freedom in Egypt have never “We don’t like prisons but we are not afraid them.” That’s a quote from Mahiehour El-Masry that Sadek rested. The fight continues. reply ‘No mum, I’m a rights defender.’ Even when she was just 14 years old, she was involved in an organization that defends children’s rights.” Yara and 5 of the young women detainees who were arrested on June 21 2014 share a cell inside Qanater Women’s prison, 19-kilometers North of Cairo. When Sadek visited with Yara on June 9, Yara was feeling good that day. “Of course, there are times when she’s not happy, and not feeling good about her situation. But this time, she was happy and laughing,” she says. At first, Sadek was afraid for Yara. She knows cases of abuse are rampant at the hands of state security forces and in Egyptian prisons. She feared that they would treat her badly or sexually abuse her in prison but Yara has confirmed that this has not happened. Losing one’s freedom without justifiable cause is not easy, but Yara is strong. In a letter from prison she wrote: "I do not feel any regret or self-defeat, the prison is not inside me.” Much like Mahienour El Masry, a well-known political activist who is currently detained in Alexandria, Yara is trying to make her time in jail meaningful. When a group of human rights defenders visited Qanater prison, she and Sanaa Seif (another well-known young activist who campaigned against military trials for civilians in Egypt) insisted on bringing attention to the case of a young woman who has been unjustly placed in solitary confinement. They also complained about the overcrowding in the prison. When a prison warden asked Yara if they were treating her well, she told him that she was treated fine, but that others were not. “That says everything about Yara and about how she cannot stand idle in the face of injustice,” says Sadek, “I can go on and on about how wonderful my daughter is.” Radwa Medhat has worked as a colleague with Yara in the EIPR team and they are close friends. Medhat says that she is the most caring, thoughtful, funny, compassionate friend that anyone can have. “Yara's time in prison is by far my worst nightmare and it has been going on for over a year now. It means the disappearance of a very close friend and a colleague and it's the ongoing feeling of guilt accompanying anything I do or enjoy. It's also the ongoing question of why her not me. To me nothing makes sense without her.”

ooking back through the corridor of time we can easily see that mankind has made strenuous effort to create a rationalized system of medicine compiling the wisdom of ages and the most up-todate findings of the modern scientific and research experiments. The Times of India on 28th Oct., 2001, from Delhi, under the heading "National Policy on Medicine to adopt Integrated Approach," reported the following statements of the then Prime Minister Atal Behari Bajpayee. "In an effort to encourage Indian system of medicine, the Government’s national policy on medicine would adopt an integrated approach towards imparting medical education, blending Western and Indian systems. A suggestion has been made that medical courses should include yoga in the Indian system of medicine so that the students are able to get the best of all the aspects of medicine. Another proposal before the Government was to have a medical facility combining Western and Indian system of medicine to provide a comprehensive medical treatment as it was not feasible to open hospitals having facilities only for traditional medicines." The Modi Government is making an effort in this line in recent days. Due to many years of medical administration in St John’s Medical college and also as a student of medical Health Administration in New York Medical College, I was fully convinced of the necessity of integration of different medical systems in order that the people at large must be able to take the advantage of different system’s specific excellence as well as enable them to overcome the defects of each system of medicine. The need for integration of medical systems may be argued for on the following grounds: 1) The very development of each system of medicine is based on integration of information. 2) There is no system of medicine which can treat all the sicknesses in the world nor is there any system which does not have any specific excellence. 3) Since each system is deficient in many aspects of medical treatment, recourse to other systems is a necessity. 4) Medical cost and availability and accessibility demand that different systems are resorted for medical needs. 5) Each system of medicine has a philosophy behind it and necessarily all these thoughts are not holistic. 6) Sickness and medicine are social as well as communitarian. Therefore, the treatment also should share the same aspects. 7) Defects of the systems are innumerable and therefore complementarity of the systems becomes worth considering. Considering the vast changes taking place in medical systems when we are faced with new kinds of health problems, everybody needs awareness of all possible types of treatment that are available. Since no single system of medicine can work for everybody, the knowledge of the choices available will expose us to multiple perspectives. Such an awareness is a must to make the right choice regarding the right system of medicine for one’s treatment, be it allopathy, ayurveda, unani, sidha, homeopathy etc.(Staff reporter, Times of India, Pune Time, 15th April, 1999, p. 3). The future of the health care is now tilting away from hard core allopathy and looking for a suitable combination of the best of allopathy and alternative sciences. The consequence of such an alternative system is that newer research fields will be opened and a new vista of medicine will emerge. The interrelationship between different systems of medicine will be known. The integral medical system will enable us to globalize the medical system in the sense that all the natural resources available on Earth can be used for the preventive and curative purposes. There will be more than one medicine for each sickness. This gives us a chance for making a choice of medicine for one and the same sickness.

Food politics hits malnourished children politicians are using food to push a religious and political agenda at the expense of children's health. They accuse governments of pandering to a nationwide agenda led by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party to draw poor and tribal communities, with their mostly animist beliefs, toward the majority religion by forcing them to become vegetarian. India has the highest number of vegetarians in the world owing to Hinduism's predominance, although not all Hindus are vegetarians and there are millions who eat meat. Most of Madhya Pradesh's undernourished children come from ethnic, non-vegetarian tribes, some of whom are animists, who have lived for centuries in central Indian jungles, or belong to the lowest castes. The move suggests that Modi's party hopes to spread and deepen Hinduism's influence in India by appeasing vegetarians. "There is a deep political motive behind the decision to stop eggs. The government is forcing these people to become vegetarians and draw them closer to Hinduism," said Naresh Biswas, a food rights activist working to revive traditional farming methods and improve nutrition in Madhya Pradesh. Similar allegations were made amid the Modi government's push to make yoga compulsory in schools nationwide, with many Muslims objecting to what they see as attempts at a "Hinduization" of the country.

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In this June 24, 2015 photo, children have a meal of two flatbreads and a scoop of boiled potato curry at a government-run program serving lunch five days a week at Madkheda, Madhya Pradesh state, India. Madhya Pradesh, one of India’s largest states is revising school menus to remove an item many devout Hindus found objectionable - eggs. More than half of India’s children are malnourished, and nutrition experts say the eggs in school lunches were one of the only means of providing protein to needy kids. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

decision from his party colleague, India's Minister for Women and Child Development, Menaka Gandhi, who said the benefits of eggs were exaggerated. Besides, "eggs are expensive and there are cheaper sources of protein that could be used to feed children" in government lunch programs, Gandhi told

India has the world's highest number of chronically undernourished people in the world, with nearly 195 million scarcely able to afford even one meal a day, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization. That number has barely changed despite a decade of rapid economic growth that has created

geoning middle class. Only 10 out of India's 29 states include eggs in children's meal programs. While none of the BJP-ruled states include eggs in children's lunch scheme, activists say even states run by other parties, such as in the Congress Party-led Karnataka state, have not included eggs to appease Hindu sentiments. Earlier this year, the government of the neighboring state of Maharashtra, also ruled by the BJP, banned cattle slaughter and beef sales in a move that has deprived millions of lower caste and non-Hindus of a cheap source of protein. Beef in India is mostly buffalo meat and is cheaper than chicken, goat or lamb. Development economist Jean Dreze said excluding eggs from the school supplement program was a "missed opportunity," given that they not only boost nutrition but also improve school attendance, according to studies carried out in several states. "Indian children are among the most undernourished in the world," said Dreze of the Delhi School of Economics. "The situation is worse when it comes to rural and tribal people, who are even more deprived. They are starved of protein, vitamins, iron and other essential nutrients." Poor nutrition leaves the children vulnerable to disease, susceptible to infections and diseases such as tuberculosis and cholera. Deprived of adequate nutrition in their formative early years, these children remain mentally and physically

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Nutritionists say eggs are one of the cheapest ways of delivering nutrition-dense meals, with their vitamins and minerals easily absorbed by young children. In other states, such as Bihar, one of India's poorest, the government has successfully introduced eggs in the state-run meal programs for young children and seen a rise in attendance. Welfare workers note that eggs are easy to distribute with very little risk of being contaminated by chemicals or pollution — a huge problem in India, where there is almost no refrigeration, few storage facilities and poor transportation links. The sleepy village of Madkheda, on a stony dirt road lined with acacia forests a couple of hours away from the city of Gwalior, had not received wheat supplies for two full weeks, leading one former teacher to buy flour on credit to keep the children's meals going. "Unlike milk, which can be diluted, or lentils, or wheat flour, which can be adulterated, an egg is a neat package," said Sachin Jain, a food rights activist. The vegetarian agenda promoted by high-caste politicians has even baffled and embarrassed some Hindus. "Why would we mind if eggs are served to other peoples' children?" Sapna Baghel asked while feeding bits of bread soaked in lentils to her 2-year-old daughter at a state-run nursery in Gwalior. "We don't eat eggs, but we shouldn't stop others from eating what they like." Her neighbor, Uma Pal, nodded in agreement. "If they could afford it, these children would eat eggs every day," she said. "Disallowing eggs from the children's lunch is a

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New Delhi, August 3 (iANs): The dragging showdown in parliament on Monday took an ugly turn as Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan suspended 25 of the 44 Congress members for causing disruptions, forcing the opposition to unite behind a furious Congress. Congress president Sonia Gandhi branded the decision "a black day for India and democracy", amid signs that the opposition planned to escalate its fight against the BJP-led government both in and outside parliament. Even as Mahajan justified her decision, the Trinamool Congress announced it would boycott the Lok Sabha for five days. The AAP followed suit but made it clear that it was doing so to denounce Mahajan's decision and not in support of the Congress. It was another politically tumultuous day, with an all-party meeting convened in the morning in a bid to break the parliament logjam failing to bring peace between the treasury and opposition benches. The Congress stuck to

9 opposition parties to boycott Lok Sabha in protest New Delhi, August (Pti): The suspension of 25 Congress MPs from the Lok Sabha has united the opposition with at least nine other parties deciding to boycott House proceedings for next five days, in protest against the action. The Trinamool Congress (TMC), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Janata DalUnited, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Indian Union Muslim League, and Left parties have conveyed their decision to boycott the House for the next five days, leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said. “The party is also in talks with the Samajwadi Party over the issue,” he told PTI. Congress MPs will stage a dharna in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament Complex on Tuesday to protest against the suspension. Members of other parties are likely to join the protest. Congress president Sonia Gandhi dubbed the suspension as “a Black Day for India and Democracy”, while Kharge said the action was way too “harsh” as Speaker Sumitra Mahajan had also resorted to such protests when she was part of the opposition in the last Lok Sabha. Aam Aadmi Party too said it will join other opposition parties in boycotting the session for next five days. its demand for the resignation of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and the chief ministers of BJP-ruled Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, and the government rejecting the demand. Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said the Congress was being supported by only by two parties -- a reference to the Left and the Janata Dal-United -- and all other parties wanted the house to function.

As the houses met, disruptions erupted in no time in both the Lok Sabha, where the Bharatiya Janata Party is in a majority, and the opposition-dominated Rajya Sabha. Amid the din in the Rajya Sabha, Sushma Swaraj described as "baseless and unfounded" allegations that she helped former IPL chief Lalit Modi to secure travel documents from the British authorities. "I did not make any request to the British gov-

ernment for issue of travel documents to Lalit Modi," she said. The minister wanted to elaborate but Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien was forced to adjourn the house amid vociferous protests from Congress members who moved towards his chair. The situation was worse in the Lok Sabha, where Congress members held up placards and shouted slogans, inviting repeated warnings from

Speaker Mahajan who told Congress MPs not to hold placards. After conducting the question hour amid din, Mahajan adjourned the Lok Sabha at noon for some two hours. When the house reassembled, Congress MPs raised the pitch of their protests. Mahajan then named 25 Congress MPs for "willfully obstructing the business of the house" and announced their suspension. Even as she named the MPs, they continued to shout slogans against the government. The MPs included Deepender Hooda, Gaurav Gogoi, Sushmita Dev, Ranjeet Ranjan and K.C. Venugopal. Sonia Gandhi earlier in the day came out strongly against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "The 'Mann ki Baat' man appears to retreat into a 'Maun Vrat' whenever there is a scandal involving his colleagues," Gandhi tweeted in one of her strongest attacks on Modi. "We are not being aggressive just to match BJP's aggression of the past, we are forced to take

our position because of BJP's present brazen attitude," she said. The suspension of the Congress MPs was denounced by Trinamool leader Sudip Bandopadhyay who warned that the house won't run "if the government does not want to hear the opposition". He added: "For the greater interest of parliamentary democracy, we are opposed to suspension of 25 Lok Sabha MPs. We are not attending Lok Sabha from tomorrow." One suspended MP, Gogoi, said the speaker's action had united the opposition. "We have got support from the Trinamool, NCP and the Left, who have also decided to boycott the proceedings for five days." Mahajan defended herself. "I tried my level best that the house functions but it did not happen. I was warning them since morning that I will have to name them but they were not heeding. The limit was crossed when an attempt was made to shadow the speaker (through placards)," she said.

New Delhi, August 3 (Pti): In clear indications that the government may make a U-turn on the contentious land acquisition law, a Parliamentary committee today approved changes in the Modi government's bill including on the consent clause, that will restore the UPA law. The way for possible climb down by the government was facilitated by BJP members moving amendments in the Joint Committee of Parliament seeking to bring back key provisions of UPA's land law including on the consent clause and social impact assessment by dropping the changes brought by Modi Government in December last year and subsequently revalidated by Ordinance thrice. Sources said all the 11 BJP members in the 30-member panel today moved amendments seeking withdrawal of the terminology "private entity", which was "private company" in the 2013 law passed during the UPA regime. Others in the Committee belong to Congress (5), Trinamool Congress (2), Janata Dal United, Samajwadi Party, BJD, Shiv Sena, NCP, BSP, TRS, LJP, CPI-M and TDP (all one each). Trinamool Congress members Derek 'O Brien and Kalyan Banerjee walked out of the meeting stating that the amendments were circulated this morning and they had little time to study. The government appears to have changed its strategy in view of the fact that assembly elections in the agrarian state of Bihar are due in a short time and the ruling party may be averse to being seen as "anti-farmer", a charge Opposition had been making against the BJP. Apart from Congress, which wanted restoration of UPA's 2013 Act, parties like Left, SP, JDU, BSP, BJD were also opposing the amendments tooth and nail. Faultlines in NDA on the Land Bill were also visible with three of BJP's allies--Shiv Sena, SAD and Swabhimani Paksha --red-flagging a number of provisions of the bill before the panel and seeking restoration of the consent and social impact assessment clauses.

Over 160 phones detected in Gurgaon jail

"No reason for Hindus to spread terror in country" MuMbAi, August 3 (Pti): Adopting an aggressive tone over the debate on 'Hindu terrorism', the Shiv Sena today said India is "one hundred per cent a Hindu nation" and the community has no reason to spread terror in its own country. The statement comes days after Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh accused Congress of weakening the fight against terror by coining the term 'Hindu terrorism'. "Giving terror a saffron colour and playing politics over it was a cunning and selfish move. Terming Hindus as terrorists and putting a veil over green terror sponsored by Pakistan is being dishonest towards your own country," an editorial in Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' said today. "India basically belongs to the Hindus and one hundred per cent it is a Hindu nation. Hindus have no reason to spread terror in their own country," it said. Attributing terrorism to Hindus worked against Congress as the community ensured the party's decimation in the Lok Sabha elections, it said. The Sena further asked whether terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir could be attributed to Hindu organisations. It also sought to know if the acts of Afzal Guru and Ajmal Kasab will be called as "Hindu terror". "Were Ajmal Kasab and Afzal Guru sponsored by Hindu organisations? Did Pakistan make a certain 'Kashinath' into Kasab and send him to India to spread terror?" the Sena asked. The "rumours" spread by Congress have given strength to Pakistan's conspiracies and "have filled the chests of ISI and LeT with pride", the party alleged. The Union Home Minister, after making a statement in the Lok Sabha on Gurdaspur attack last week, had said the previous UPA government had coined the term 'Hindu terrorism' to change the course of probe into the incidents of terrorism. "In this House in 2013, the then Home Minister (P Chidambaram) had coined the new terminology 'Hindu terrorism' in order to change the course of probe. Because of this, we have not been able to fight terrorism as strongly as we should be. "As a consequence of coining the new term of 'Hindu terrorism', Hafiz Sayeed (LeT founder) of Pakistan had congratulated the then Home Minister. Our government will never allow such a shameful situation again," Singh had said.

Government U-turn likely on land bill

guRgAON, August 3 (iANs): Bhondsi police have booked five inmates of Bhondsi jail on charge of using mobile phones illegally in the prison premises. As many as 11 cell phones and a few SIM cards have been seized in the last two days, a senior official said. "We detected 160 mobile phones working in the Bhondsi jail and informed authorities there last week. During the subsequent search operations, some cell phones and SIMs were seized," Gurgaon Police Commissioner Navdeep Singh Virk said. He said a large number of Bhondsi jail inmates were illegally using mobile phones, including convicts and undertrials in cases of murder, attempt to murder, rob-

bery, kidnapping and frauds. "We collected information on mobile phone use through technical evidences, informers, information provided by inmates during production warrant and other sources," Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Rajesh Kumar told IANS. ACP Kumar said a list of criminals using mobile phones in the jail was handed over to jail authorities. Kulbir Singh, superintendent of Bhondsi Jail, said the list of 160 criminals possibly using mobile phones from jail premises was handed over by Gurgaon police."The records of SIM cards do not match with the inmates' records. It is possible a few names on the list belong to villagers living close to the jail," he said.

Wanted Maoist held in Delhi

Students of the Pune-based Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) shout slogans as they protest near the Indian Parliament in New Delhi on Monday August 3. The students have been on strike demanding the removal of Gajendra Chauhan who was recently appointed as the President of the FTII. (AP Photo) New Delhi, August 3 (iANs): A 26-year-old Maoist, wanted in

Rain creates havoc in eastern India K O l K At A , August (thOMs ON ReuteRs FOuNDAtiON): At least 75 people have died and tens of thousands have had to take refuge in state-run relief camps after heavy rains caused floods and landslides in eastern India, government officials and aid groups said on Monday. Exacerbated by Cyclone Komen which struck the east coast on Friday, the rainfall has made major rivers overflow, inundating villages in parts of West Bengal, Odisha and Manipur. The rains also caused a landslide in Manipur, killing 21 people. "In the last four years, there

has been no flood like this year. So far, we have witnessed manmade floods and we have restricted them quite successfully. But the situation at present is rendered beyond control," Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of West Bengal told reporters on Sunday. Around 200,000 people have been shifted to relief camps in districts such as Burdwan, Hoogly, Howrah and North 24 Parganas. In the remote northeastern state of Manipur, many parts of Thoubal and Chandel districts have also been affected by the rains, aid agencies said. "A massive landslide triggered by heavy

rainfall in Chandel district swept away one village claiming about 21 lives so far," a situation report from Sphere India, a network of humanitarian agencies, said. Officials said teams from the National Disaster Management Response Force and the army had been sent on search and rescue operations but roads and bridges had been washed away, making it difficult to reach stranded survivors. In Odisha, where floods have disrupted more than half a million people's lives, state disaster management officials said they believed the worst was over.

Jharkhand for ambushing a police patrol party in 2014, was arrested in the national capital, Delhi Police said on Monday. Chandeshwar Yadav, carrying a reward of Rs.5 lakh on his head, was taken into custody following a tip off from west Delhi's Kapashera area overnight on Sunday, Deputy Commissioner of Police Sanjeev Yadav told IANS. Yadav, the sub-zonal commander of banned Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-M), hails from Bihar's Gaya district. He was absconding after carrying out an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast and firing in an ambush on a patrolling police party on December 23, 2014. One policeman died and another was injured in the attack at Itkhori town in Chatra district, around 150 km from Ranchi. Police said Yadav was the key executioner of the ambush. "The security forces were on Yadav's trail after the ambush, but he had been elusive and had shifted to Delhi in March. A Rs.5 lakh reward was declared for his arrest by the Jharkhand government," the official said. Police said Yadav had taken shelter in a Kapashera colony where most of the dwellers are from Bihar and Jharkhand. Yadav told police that he joined the Maoist group in 2013 to avenge his thrashing by his uncle over a dispute over a cattle shed. In May 2014, he was taken to the Baroti jungles by a senior Maoist Kaushal where he met Indal Singh and Alok Yadav, two other senior Maoists, who indoctrinated him in the Maoist philosophy. Soon, he became an important figure of the CPI-M organisation and began visiting villages to spread the banned organisation's message.

clampdown on adult Why capital punishment will continue in India India websites spark debate Amulya Ganguli

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otwithstanding the efforts made by the saffron lobby to pretend that Yakub Memon's religion had nothing to do with his hanging, the belief that the two are inextricably linked will not fade away. As a matter of fact, Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy, who was a member of the BJP before being chosen for the Raj Bhavan post, can be said to have let the cat out of the bag by saying that those who opposed Memon's hanging were potential terrorists. The governor's "insight" underlines two points. One is an inability of the follower of a semi-fascist ideology to understand the norms of a democracy, where it is allowed to hold views contrary not only to what the government says but even what the judiciary may pronounce. Moreover, the governor seems to believe that it is only Memon's co-religionists who were against the punishment meted out to him. But, there were many others, including Hindus, who petitioned the president against the execution. Surely, as a true saffronite, the governor

would not like to categorize these Hindus as potential terrorists. His target, therefore, was obviously the Muslims, which is in keeping with the standard Hindutva view that although not all Muslims are terrorists, all terrorists are Muslims. It is but one step to go from identifying only a particularly community with terrorism to insinuate that all its members are potential terrorists. Incidentally, this blinkered outlook ignores the role of Hindu terrorists during the anti-foreigner agitation in Assam in the 1980s with which the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) was associated, and in Sri Lanka, one of whom belonging to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) killed former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991. The involvement of Hindutva supporters has also been seen in acts of terrorism such as the blasts in 2007 in the Samjhauta Express running between India and Pakistan. The train was travelling to Lahore, which was why there were many Muslims aboard. There were 68 deaths. There are other such cases of Hindu terrorism as well about which a public prosecutor has said that she has

been asked by those in authority to go slow on them. The controversy over Memon related less to his culpability than to the belief that he may have surrendered to the Indian police and, as such, should be seen as an approver and, therefore, not sentenced to death. A newspaper article quoting a former Indian intelligence official fuelled this speculation, but since no definite conclusion was reached about whether Memon had surrendered or had been caught by the Nepal police and handed over to the Indian authorities, the execution went ahead as planned. What was remarkable about the episode was the protracted judicial process which preceded the 7.35 a.m. hanging. The fact that the Supreme Court was in session till only about two hours before the death sentence was carried out would long be a matter of judicial and political history. Not surprisingly, Memon's fate had revived the debate about whether India should follow other "civilized" countries in banning capital punishment. There has been a large measure of support for such an initiative. But, two factors have made its imple-

mentation difficult. One is the continuing threat of terrorism from Pakistan and the fact that suicide bombers sneak in from across the border from time to time, as in Gurdaspur in Punjab recently, to kill at random. One such killer, Ajmal Kasab, was caught alive during the November 26-29, 2008, Mumbai murder and mayhem by Pakistani terrorists. He was hanged in 2012. It is obvious that as long as these acts of terror continue, it will be extremely difficult for any Indian government to ban capital punishment. The other deterrent is the continuing incidents of rape. As may be expected, there is widespread fear as well as revulsion about these incidents, which were seen at its most intense following the gang rape of a young medical student in Delhi in 2012. As long as these two factors vitiate the Indian scene, judicial executions will continue even if the Supreme Court has said that it will be exercised in the rarest or rare cases. It is possible, however, that while rapists may escape the maximum punishment, the Pakistani terrorists will not. Nor will home-grown ones like Afzal

Guru, who was hanged in 2013. The BJP is making a mistake, however, by allegedly going slow on suspected Hindu terrorists and by insinuating that they were arrested by the former Congressled government at the centre to curry favour with the Muslims. By articulating this line, Home Minister Rajnath Singh is bringing the question of religious affinity back into these criminal cases, which can make the BJP's detractors say that Memon's execution was at least partly due to his being a Muslim. Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have succeeded to a considerable extent in curbing the Hindutva hotheads who are longer indulging in their provocative ghar wapsi (home coming) and love jehad antics to urge Muslims to return to their "original" faith of Hinduism and accusing Muslim youths of wooing and marrying Hindu girls in order to convert them to Islam. But the prime minister is yet to ensure that people like Rajnath Singh and Tathagata Roy do not revive memories of RSS supremo Guru Golwalkar's (1906-73) categorization of Muslims as "internal enemies".

s New Delhi, August 3 (ReuteRs): India has blocked hundreds of adult websites to prevent pornography becoming a social nuisance, a government official said on Monday, sparking a debate about censorship and freedom in the world's largest democracy. In India's first big crackdown on Internet porn, service providers have been directed to block 857 websites, N.N. Kaul, a spokesman at the department of telecommunications, told Reuters. "Free and open access to porn websites has been brought under check," Kaul said. "We don't want them to become a social nuisance." The government, in a 17-page order issued on July 31 and leaked to freedom of speech activists on Monday, listed offending sites and directed service providers to block access on the grounds of morality and decency. Last month, the Supreme Court refused to impose an outright ban after hearing a petition that said Internet porn fuelled sex crime. The court said individuals should be free to access such websites in private. But the court asked the home ministry to submit its views and the government acted after the ministry sent a letter to the telecom secretary, Kaul said. Over the weekend, several sites became inaccessible and displayed messages that they were blocked on instructions of the competent authority. The hash tag #Pornban became a trend on Twitter. "Porn ban is anti-freedom, impractical, not enforceable. Politically not very smart too. Avoidable. Let's not manage people's private lives" best-selling novelist Chetan Bhagat posted on Twitter. Kaul said the government was working on a longterm solution and suggested the ban would not remain indefinitely.

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Monsoon heaps misery on Asia

Kalay, august 3 (aFP): Monsoon rains have claimed the lives of hundreds of people across Asia, authorities said Monday, as rescue workers scrambled to reach remote areas of India, Pakistan and Myanmar in the wake of flash floods and landslides. Authorities in India say more than 120 people have died across the country in recent days, while more than a million have been displaced by rains worsened by a cyclone that barrelled through the Bay of Bengal last week. On Monday rescuers resumed their search for villagers after downpours caused a landslide in remote northeastern Manipur, where an official said four bodies have been recovered from a hamlet buried by a collapsed hill. In neighbouring Myanmar the belt of heavy seasonal rains -- augmented by Cyclone Komen -- have killed 46 people so far and affected more than 200,000 with much of the country languishing under rooftophigh floods. The government there has focused relief and rescue efforts on four “national disasteraffected regions” in central and western Myanmar, where villagers have been forced to use canoes and makeshift rafts to escape the rising waters. Thousands of others are already in camps for the displaced including in Kalay, Sagaing Region, where residents told of unusually powerful flood waters swamping homes in hours. “We’ve lost all that we have. Our house is still under water,” Htay Shein, 62, told AFP from a

temporary shelter in Kalay. “We have seen floods, but never anything like this before. This year is the worst.” An AFP photographer in the area said floodwaters remained stubbornly high on Monday, with many people making their way to safety in rafts cobbled together from old tyres, salvaged wood and large plastic bottles. The United Nations warned swollen rivers threaten more areas of the country, adding it could be days before the true extent of the disaster emerges. “Logistics are extremely difficult. Assessment teams are having a hard time reaching affected areas,” said Pierre Peron, Myanmar spokesman for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Landslides in Chin state -- south of Sagaing -- have destroyed 700 homes in the state capital Hakha, according to the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar. President Thein Sein has promised the government will do its “utmost” to provide relief, but said parts of Chin had been cut off from surrounding areas, the report added. Rains have also battered the western state of Rakhine which already hosts about 140,000 displaced people, mainly Rohingya Muslims, who live in exposed coastal camps following deadly 2012 unrest between the minority group and Buddhists. Monsoon misery The annual monsoon is a lifeline for farmers across the region but the rains and frequent powerful cyclones

Suu Kyi visits flood-hit area

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center, rides a boat as she leaves after visiting a monastery where flood victims are sheltered in Bago, 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Yangon, Myanmar on Monday, August 3. A report issued Saturday by the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs cited Myanmar disaster officials estimating that more than 156,000 people had been affected by flooding. (AP Photo)

that usher them in can also prove deadly. Poor infrastructure and limited search and rescue capabilities routinely hamper relief efforts across the region, more so as roads, phone lines and electricity are knocked out by rising waters. India, which receives nearly 80 percent of its annual rainfall from June to September, sees tragedy strike every monsoon season. This year West Bengal has been hit hard with 48 people killed, according to state man-

agement minister Javed Ahmad Khan. “More than 1.8 million people in 5,600 villages have been affected by the flooding... nearly 1.1 million have been moved to camps,” Khan told AFP. “If there are no rains, the water level will come down in the next few days,” he added. Pakistan, which has suffered deadly floods around the same time every year since 2010 -- when the country was struck by the worst inundations in its history -- has seen 116 people die so far.

Ahmed Kamal, spokesman for Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) told AFP that more than 850,000 people had been affected by this year’s floods. Dozens have also perished in Nepal and Vietnam following floods and landslides. In Vietnam toxic mudslides from flood-hit coal mines in the northern province of Quang Ninh, home to the UNESCOlisted Halong Bay tourist site, claimed the lives of two families and spewed coal into town centres.

BagO, august 3 (aP): Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi visited one of the country’s many flood-afflicted areas Monday, raising her profile during a national disaster that could have consequences in this November’s general election. Over the weekend President Thein Sein visited the areas in central Myanmar hit hardest by flooding from almost continuous rains since mid-July. On Friday, he declared four areas of the country disaster zones, but only after he had come under a barrage of criticism in the press and on social media for failing to quickly mobilize relief. The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement announced Monday that the death toll from flooding has climbed to 46, with more than 200,000 people affected in 11 of the country’s 14 states and divisions. In addition to the damage to housing and farmland, infrastructure has been very badly hit, with roads and rail lines in many places cut, and telecommunication links broken. Some coastal areas took a double beating late last week when a tropical storm whipped through, posing a particular danger to badly built and poorly located camps in Rakhine state for more than 100,000 people displaced in the past few years by ethnic conflicts. Thein Sein, meeting Sunday with flood victims in northwestern Sagaing division, said waters were slowly receding and that he hoped people could soon leave evacuation shelters, many of which are located at Buddhist monasteries. He told state television that the government plans to begin reconstruction once evacuated people return to their homes. Suu Kyi, whose National League for Democracy party is expected to pose a tough challenge to Thein Sein’s ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party in the upcoming polls, on Saturday named its nationwide list of candidates. Suu Kyi will run for re-election to Parliament but is barred from becoming president under a constitution that was drafted under military rule. A referendum on the constitution was held in 2008 as Myanmar was hit by Cyclone Nargis, which killed about 140,000 people. The military government’s inability to mount a useful relief effort, and initial reluctance to accept foreign assistance, did much to discredit its ability to run the country. Suu Kyi on Monday used a small wooden boat to travel the flooded areas in Bago township, 65 miles (100 kilometers) northeast of Yangon. She visited several shelters for flood victims, where on behalf of a foundation named for her late mother, a former diplomat, she handed over donations of rice and drinking water.

US-led strikes in Iraq and Syria killed many civilians

This photo provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Ariha Today, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian citizens walking between the wreckage of destroyed buildings that were damaged after a government forces warplane crashed in the center of the town of Ariha, in the northwestern province of Idlib, Syria on Monday August 3. Air raids and the subsequent crash of a Syrian warplane in a residential area in the northwestern town of Ariha on Monday killed and wounded dozens of people, two activist groups said. (AP Photo)

BagHDaD, august 3 (aP): U.S.-led airstrikes targeting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria likely have killed hundreds of civilians, a report by an independent monitoring group said Monday. The coalition had no immedi-

ate comment. The report by Airwars, a project aimed at tracking the international airstrikes targeting the extremists, said it believed 57 specific strikes killed at least 459 civilians and caused 48 suspected “friendly fire”

deaths. While Airwars noted the difficulty of verifying information in territory held by the Islamic State group, which has beheaded journalists and shot dead activists, other groups have reported similar casualties

from the U.S.-led airstrikes. “Almost all claims of noncombatant deaths from alleged coalition strikes emerge within 24 hours — with graphic images of reported victims often widely disseminated,” the report said. “In this context, the present coalition policy of downplaying or denying all claims of noncombatant fatalities makes little sense, and risks handing (the) Islamic State (group) and other forces a powerful propaganda tool.” The U.S. launched airstrikes in Iraq on Aug. 8 and in Syria on Sept. 23 to target the Islamic State group. A coalition of countries later joined to help allied ground forces in both countries defeat the extremists. To date, the coalition has launched more than 5,800 airstrikes in both countries. So far, the U.S. only has acknowledged killing two civilians in its strikes: two children who were likely slain during an American airstrike targeting al-Qaida-linked militants in Syria last year. That same strike also

wounded two adults, according to an investigation released in May by the U.S. military. That strike is one of at least four ongoing U.S. military investigations into allegations of civilian casualties resulting from the airstrikes. One other probe into an airstrike in Syria and two investigations into airstrikes in Iraq are still pending. Airwars said it identified the 57 strikes through reporting from “two or more generally credible sources, often with biographical, photographic or video evidence.” The strikes also corresponded to confirmed coalition strikes conducted in the area at that time, it said. Other groups also have reported on major casualties suspected of being caused by the U.S.-led airstrikes. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which documents the Syrian conflict through a network of activists on the ground, said 173 Syrian civilians have been killed since airstrikes began. They include 53 chil-

dren under the age of 18. Most of the civilians were killed in airstrikes near oil refineries and oil fields in the northern provinces of Hassakeh, Raqqa, Aleppo and Deir el-Zour. Meanwhile, Turkey also has said it would investigate accusations by the Iraqi Kurdish regional government and activists with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, that its airstrikes were responsible for recent civilian casualties in the northern Iraqi town of Zargel. Meanwhile Monday, the leader of Iraq’s Kurdish region, President Massoud Barzani, said Monday that Iraqi Kurds must maintain control of areas in northwestern Iraq, including the city of Sinjar, after they are recaptured from Islamic State militants. His speech marked the anniversary of the fall of Sinjar to the Islamic State group, which forced tens of thousands of people from Iraq’s Yazidi minority to flee into the mountains. The incident prompted the U.S. to begin the airstrikes targeting the militant group.

TAIwAn proTeST AgAInST cUrrIcUlUM School textbook row highlights antipathy to ‘one China’ taIPEI, august 3 (REutERs): Protests in Taiwan over textbook revisions which students say aim to brainwash them into accepting a “one China” view of history underscore the island’s growing sense of independence from its vast neighbour and geopolitical foe. Hundreds of youths stormed the ministry of education compound on Friday and dozens were still camped out in the courtyard on Monday in a bid to repeal changes to history books likely to hit school shelves this week. The move follows months of smaller protests in which students have thrown paint balloons, shouted slogans and staged sit-ins in front of the ministry. Last month, dozens were arrested for scaling ladders and breaking into the building. One later committed suicide, though the motivation was unclear. The protests, the largest in over a year, reflect a surge of nationalism among Taiwan’s youth, who are far more likely than their elders to identify as Taiwanese rather than Chinese. They also

come ahead of January elections in which the youth movement will likely help sweep in a party which leans towards independence from China, something Communist Party rulers in Beijing will never condone, even though the island is self ruled. “We are Taiwan. China is China,” Liu Tzuhao, 18, said in front of a makeshift memorial to the suicide victim at the protest site. Taiwan’s ruling Nationalist Party fled to the island after losing the civil war against China’s communists in 1949. China has since viewed Taiwan, which goes under the official name of Republic of China, as a renegade province and has not ruled out the use of force to bring it under its control. “We are Taiwanese and should study Taiwan’s history,” 17-year-old Keanu Hsu declared during a forum hosted by the ministry before school begins at the end of August. When ministry officials at the forum light-heartedly asked the students what name could replace Republic of China, they

shouted “Taiwan” in response. History teacher Chang Wen Lung said the textbooks warped historical episodes such as agreements establishing Republic of China sovereignty over Taiwan after World War Two and denigrated the influence of Japan, the island’s colonial ruler for decades prior and traditional foe of Beijing. Echoes Of Hong Kong’s “One Country, Two Systems” Formula The protests reflect the same fears about Beijing’s “one country, two systems” formula under which Hong Kong, a former British colony, returned to Chinese rule in 1997 and which Beijing aims to impose upon Taiwan. The ministry has called for dialogue and the two sides are expected to meet later in the day, though hopes for a breakthrough are not high. One student threw a rubber sandal at Education Minister Wu Se-Hwa on Friday when he emerged to address them. Over the weekend the ministry website was inaccessible after a suspected hacking. “We understand there’s con-

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Hundreds of Taiwanese people and student protesters against changes to their curriculum march near the Ministry of Education in Taipei on Sunday, August 2. The signs read “Solve dispute on curriculum guidelines” and “Revoke curriculum guidelines in blackbox.” (AP Photo)

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ioc ready to act if olympic medals affected by doping

Sony Kix to broadcast Sepp Blatter's term as IOC member ends La Liga in India

KUALA LUMPUR, AUgUst 3 (AP): Outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter's 16-year term as an International Olympic Committee member ended Monday when he did not seek re-election. Blatter was among a group of IOC members up for re-election for another eight-year term. But IOC President Thomas Bach said Blatter informed him by letter on July 23 that he would not stand again. "He does not deem it to be appropriate to stand for re-election for eight years knowing that after seven months his term would come to an end," Bach said on the final day of the IOC's general assembly in Kuala Lumpur. Blatter, beset by a corruption scandal at FIFA and whose presidential term will end following a Feb. 26 election, did not attend the IOC meetings in Kuala Lumpur. The FIFA president, who usually attends the annual IOC meetings, has not An image of International Association of Athletics Federations President Lamine Diack been accused of wrongdoing but made the speaking is shown above International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, decision to resign in the wake of the arrest center, and others on the stage during the 128th IOC session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia of some of his close associates in Zurich by Swiss police on behalf of U.S. authorities in Monday, August 3. (AP Photo) Stephen Wilson AP Sports Writer

he IOC will take action against any Olympic athletes if they are found guilty of the latest doping allegations rocking the sport of track and field, IOC President Thomas Bach said Monday. Bach said it is up to the World Anti-Doping Agency to investigate the allegations, including that one-third of medals in endurance races at the Olympics and world championships from 2001 to 2012 were won by athletes who recorded suspicious blood tests. "If there should be cases involving results at Olympic Games, the IOC will react with zero tolerance with our usual policy," Bach said. German broadcaster ARD and The Sunday Times newspaper in

Britain said they obtained access to the results of 12,000 blood tests involving 5,000 athletes. The leaked files came from the database of the International Association of Athletics Federations. The report found that 146 medals — including 55 golds — in disciplines ranging from the 800 meters to the marathon at the Olympics and world championships were won by athletes who have recorded suspicious tests. The Sunday Times said that 10 medals at the 2012 London Olympics were won by athletes with suspicious results, and that in some finals every athlete in the medal positions had recorded a dubious blood test. The International Olympic Committee has previously stripped medals from athletes who have been retroactively found guilty of doping offenses dating back to the time of the

games. The IOC also stores Olympic doping samples for 10 years for possible retesting. "We have full confidence in the inquiry by WADA," Bach said. "If needed, we will follow suit ... and do everything to protect clean athletes." On a separate issue, Bach said water pollution will be among the topics for discussion when he travels to Rio de Janeiro for Wednesday's one-year countdown to the 2016 Olympics. An Associated Press investigation published last week revealed high counts of disease-causing viruses in the sewage-polluted waters where some Olympic competitions will take place. The IOC has since been advised by the World Health Organization that testing should be expanded to include viruses, not just bacteria. "Doing the water tests is up to the Brazilian authorities,"

May. Seven soccer officials are facing corruption charges. Blatter, an IOC member since 1999, would have had to retire from his IOC term next year anyway because he turns 80 in March. The IOC confirmed that Blatter's membership ended on Monday. The other two members who were not reelected — both due to age restrictions — were former World Archery president Jim Easton of the United States and Andres Botero of Colombia. Easton's departure leaves three IOC members from the United States — U.S Olympic Committee president Larry Probst, Anita DeFrantz and Angela Ruggiero. Elsewhere, 14 other IOC members were re-elected for eight-year terms, while Gunilla Lindberg of Sweden was re-elected to another four-year term on the IOC's executive board. Two new members were elected Monday to the IOC: Nenad Lalovic of Serbia, head of wrestling's world governing body, and Diagna Ndiaye, president of Senegal's national Olympic committee.

Bach said. "They have done so. We have been informed by them that they have done these tests in accordance with the guidelines of the World Health Organization and that they have the assurances from the WHO that there is no significant risk for the athletes. But, of course, we will continue to monitor this until and including the Olympic competitions." Bach discussed the doping allegations on Monday with WADA chief Craig Reedie. "We made it very clear and we agreed that WADA is our competent center in the fight against doping and they will inquire into these allegations," Bach said at a news conference at the close of IOC meetings in Kuala Lumpur, where Beijing was selected last week as host of the 2022 Winter Games. "But at this time, we have nothing more than allegations. We have to respect the presump-

tion of innocence of the athletes." The IAAF and WADA were already investigating accusations made in two previous ARD documentaries of alleged systematic doping and cover-ups in Russia. The latest ARD program, called "Doping Top Secret: The Shadowy World of Athletics," was broadcast three weeks before the world championships in Beijing, which run from Aug. 22-30. IAAF President Lamine Diack told the IOC delegates that his federation was studying the allegations and was preparing a complete response. He said some people were pressuring the IAAF to redistribute medals. Talking to reporters, Diack suggested the allegations were timed to overshadow the world championships and the IAAF presidential election on Aug. 19. Sebastian Coe and Sergei Bubka are the two candidates to succeed Diack.

MUMbAi, AUgUst 3 (iANs): Sports channel Sony Kix on Monday acquired the telecast rights of La Liga, the premier division of the Spanish football league system. The broadcaster will telecast the league across India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Maldives through a three-year deal. "We are extremely thrilled to be associated with this pre-eminent league and this move opens up a bold new chapter in our operations as we go on to spearhead the footballled genre in our industry," Sony Kix business head Prasana Krishnan said. La Liga kicks-off the 2015 season on August 23. This will be the 85th season of the league. A total of 20 teams will contest the league.

Final day washout helps B'desh draw Proteas series The two-Test series between South Africa and Bangledesh ended in a draw DHAKA, AUgUst 3 (REUtERs): The rain-marred, two-Test series between South Africa and Bangladesh ended in a predictable draw on Monday after the final day's play of the second match was called off without a ball being bowled due to a wet outfield. Since Bangladesh finished the opening day on 246 for eight, heavy rain prevented any chance of play over the next three days at Mirpur's Shere Bangla National Stadium. The downpours left the ground with a soaking wet outfield, prompting match officials to call off the entire final day even though it was not raining when the decision was made. Six out of the 10 days in the entire series were thus lost to rain, questioning the logic behind scheduling the tour during monsoon season. The first test in Chittagong was also hit by the weather. Only 221 overs could be bowled there, with rain curtailing play on the second and third days before wiping out the last two days of the drawn match. “To have four days rained out is unusual,” South Africa captain Hashim Amla said at Monday's presentation ceremony. “Whatever happened, happened. The cricket has been tough.” He cited paceman Dale Steyn claiming his 400th test wicket in the match as the highlight for the visiting top-ranked test team, who lost the preceding one-day series to their plucky hosts. Counterpart Mushfiqur Rahim said Bangladesh would take positives from the results of the tour into the home series against Australia in October.

BCCI's 'no conflict of interest clause' could affect Tendulkar, Ganguly, Kumble

NEw DELHi, AUgUst 3 (AgENciEs): Continuing its efforts to clean up the game, the BCCI is expected to put in place a Player Agent Accreditation System to ensure that those handling the cricketers' commercial interests are bound by a code of conduct. Further details regarding the Code of Ethics and Agent Agreement will be discussed in the next working committee meeting of the BCCI. The BCCI had earlier notified all the Board members to sign an undertaking declaring that they do not have 'conflict of interest' while holding functionary posts in their respective cricket associations. The 'no conflict of interest' clause would include no direct

Continuing its efforts to clean up the game, the BCCI is expected to put in place a Player Agent Accreditation System to ensure that those handling the cricketers' commercial interests are bound by a code of conduct.

business links with any cricketing affairs in BCCI including interest or stake in IPL teams, sponsorships or looking after specific players' interests. As the board toughens its stand on conflict of interest, some of Indian cricket's stalwarts could find themselves on the wrong side of the law according to a report in the Indian Express. Anil Kumble, apart from serving on BCCI's technical committee and being the men-

tor of IPL champions Mumbai Indians, co-owns a company called Tenvic that has interests in sports training and consulting. Despite being Team India's director, Ravi Shastri continues to be contracted with the board as a commentator. He also is part of the IPL Governing Council. Sunil Gavaskar co-owns a sports management firm PMG, which recently signed RCB and Uttar Pradesh batsman Sarfaraz Khan. The former India captain

SRK thanks MCA for lifting ban

MUMbAi, AUg 3 (iANs): Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Monday thanked the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) for showing "graciousness" in lifting the ban imposed three years ago on him from entering the Wankhede Stadium here. The 49-year-old posted on Twitter: “My gentle father-in-law made me realise how little it matters who was right or who was wrong. What matters is grace. Thanks MCA for your graciousness." The “Chennai Express” star, who co-owns the Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), was banned from entering the stadium on May 18, 2012 after he mis-

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‘i thank God for this Is Naga sovereignty about Nagas momentous occasion’ of India & Nagas of Myanmar?

behaved with security staff following a match between KKR and Mumbai Indians. He was originally banned for five years. MCA officials had also lodged a complaint against him at the Marine Drive police station saying that he was rticle 1 of Naga Yehzabo as ad- guided by philosophy. Now, NPG memSpeech delivered by Th. Muivah, General Secretary, drunk and abused the officials. opted by Naga National Council bers are blinded by tax and nothing but Shah Rukh had denied that he mis- NSCN during the signing ceremony of framework (NNC) defined that; “The terri- tax. Naga political groups (NPG), as they behaved and said that he reacted after agreement with the prime minister of India Narensome children, including his own, be- dra Modi on 3rd August 2015 at New Delhi. tory of Nagaland shall comprise are fondly called, are branding each other ing manhandled by the stadium secuall the territories inhabited by the indig- as Nagas of India and Nagas of Myanmar. rity staff. The MCA in 2014 had offered What a way to say they are fighting for Naga thank God for this momentous occasion. On behalf of the enous Nagas…” to temporarily lift the ban on the actor Taxonomy like Nagas of India and sovereignty! NPG members of today sureChairman Mr. Isak Chishi Swu and the Naga people kindly in what was a failed attempt at bringallow me to begin by saying that Naga people have great Nagas of Burma (Myanmar) were clev- ly have lost focus and direction. They are ing back the IPL final from Bengaluru respect for Mahatma Gandhi because he understood and erly coined by our enemy to divide us. In certainly losing sight of their goal. People to Mumbai. That offer, however, was respected the Nagas when the Naga delegation met him for the the perspective of sovereign Naga poli- claimed to be fighting for Naga sovereignjust for the final match. first time in 1947. Unfortunately, after his demise, the Indian tics, Naga will be Naga in one Nagaland ty are themselves confused. How can we state resorted to military might to crush the Nagas. Armed con- (not the state of Nagaland within Indian expect clarity from others when national frontation followed inflicting heavy losses on both the parties. Union) or Nagalim. The Naga territories workers speak in so many unknown politiAfter a long fighting, Mr. Narasimha Rao, the then Prime defined in Article 1 of the Yehzabo was cal tongues? Nagas of today, especially the Minister of India had the courage to admit that it is political is- an expanse of Naga land sandwiched be- NPGs should learn to speak in one voice sue and should be solved through political negotiations. We ap- tween India and Myanmar. In the lexicon on one thing only. preciated his wisdom and accepted the Ceasefire Agreement to of sovereign Nagaland, there was no such Something is grossly wrong with NPGs of form. start political negotiation in 1997. We gave our commitment to Bell, who responded with innings him that NSCN shall leave no stone unturned to find a negoti- thing as Nagas of India or Nagas of Myan- of present day. If public expressions of remar. It is derogatory for Nagas to use such sentment by non-NPGs are any indication, of 53 and 63, said the speculation about ated amicable settlement between the two parties. his place had been liberating rather The Nagas were very happy when the Government of India names now. It is derogatory for Nagas to NPGs should take measures for course corthan burdensome. "When things start- under the leadership of the then Prime Minister of India Mr. use such names now. True patriots in na- rection before it is too late. The clock is ticked to get to that point where people Atal Behari Vajpayee, declared the recognition of the “unique tional service don’t speak the language of ing. Non-NPGs are becoming restive. Just a were saying this might be my last Test history and situation of Nagas” in 2002. We Nagas appreciated the enemy like that. It is self-defeating to spark is needed. We don’t need a weather match, I actually got into a simpler, the statesmanship of Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee and we gave our classify our own people on the basis of our clock to forecast that NPGs and non-NPGs much better mindset," he said. "I was commitment that if the Government of India would understand place of domicile. NPGs are themselves may clash sooner than later. The clash of the going to go out there and give it abso- the reality of the Nagas, the Nagas will appreciate the reality of partitioning Naga territory. titans will spell doom for Nagas. lutely everything and what will be, will India even ten times more and we never back-track from our It is equally important for non-NPGs to Members of NPGs who have no clarbe." Bell, who at one stage had scored commitments. exercise self-restraint. The sacred political ity on Naga political history should not be just 45 runs in seven innings added, Today, under the visionary leadership of honorable Prime allowed to write official public statements institution should not become the punch"It's been really tough. You go in and Minister Mr. Narendra Modi, we have come close to understand out of form, and sometimes you don't each other and have worked out a new relationship between the because what they write wrongly today ing bag. One may say all members of presknow where the next run's coming two parties on the basis of this uniqueness. We appreciate your may be used as a tool against Nagas by our ent day NPGs are same and use ‘bare all’ from and I honestly did feel like that at wisdom, your leadership and your vision to build an enduring enemy tomorrow. MIP of NPGs has be- cannon. But the past sacrifices of true patimes." Bell said the support from his relationship between the Nagas and Indians. The Nagas will ever come the platform to display arrogance, triots deserve some respect. When you athome crowd had helped end his per- remember you for your statesmanship and your profound un- issue threats, tell lies and play self-righ- tack the institution, you attack them too. teous. That kind of publicity wing oper- We are what we are today because of their sonal slump. derstanding of the Nagas with warm heart for them. "It's nice to come to Edgbaston, Beginning from now the challenges will be great so also the ates only in revolutionary organizations. sacrifices for us. we've had incredible support as a responsibilities. The obligations to meet the needs of the people Sovereign Naga politics is not a revolutionNPGs of present day should retrospect team, but as a local player I felt like shall be paramount for both the parties to make this historic ary movement. Publicity wing (Rali Wali) and introspect because what many of their when I walked out to bat in particular Endeavour more meaningful. Let me also assure you that Nagas should write on philosophical aspects of members are doing now embarrasses on day one, it was the best applause I've can still come closer if their rights are respected. On behalf of the Naga national politics, the principle and true patriots, both underground and overever got in my career, and I felt that the Naga people allow me to assure you once again that Nagas can policies of national government(s). Act ground. No NPG member should think whole crowd was with me and desper- be trustworthy and take into your confidence for any policy in responsibly and none will spit venom that non-NPG members are totally ignoate for me to do well." against the NPGs. Your actions are unbe- rant about Naga national politics. Do not the Northeast and beyond the frontiers. Some of the gloss of England's win God bless you and your leadership. coming of nationalists and patriots. You mock the intellect of non-NPG members. was taken off by a side injury to James Kuknalim. We know where you are leading us to. threw the first stone. Anderson which ruled him out playTh. Muivah, General Secretary, NSCN. Dr. K. Hoshi, Phek Town In the past, Naga national politics was ing at Trent Bridge - a ground where the paceman has enjoyed phenomenal Readers may please note that the contents of the articles, letters and opinions published do not reflect the outlook of this paper nor of the Editor in any form. success in Test cricket.

We fully expect Australia to come back hard: ian bell

LoNDoN, AUgUst 3 (AFP): Ian Bell expects Australia to come back "hard, if not harder" in the fourth Ashes Test at Trent Bridge after an embarrassing loss at Edgbaston. Bell, returning to form, made two fifties on his Warwickshire home ground as England beat Australia by eight wickets inside three days to win the third Test and go 2-1 up in the series. It was fine recovery by England after they suffered a 405-run thrashing in the second Test at Lord's. That match saw Australia bounce back from a convincing 169-run loss in the first Test in Cardiff. Such has been the see-saw nature of this campaign that Bell, 33, a veteran of 113 Tests, refused to take anything for granted when the fourth match in the series starts at Nottingham's Trent Bridge ground on Thursday (August 6). "We fully expect Australia to come back hard, if not harder," Bell told BBC Radio Five's Sportsweek programme. "We have to front up again like we did (at Edgbaston)." Bell's position was called into question after two low scores at Lord's left him with a meagre average of 20.84 in seven Tests this year. But of instead of dropping him, England's selectors promoted Bell to No.3 in place of Gary Ballance, left out after an equally poor run

is also a BCCI contracted commentator. Sachin Tendulkar is a mentor of MI and was also inducted into the high-profile cricket advisory committee of the BCCI. Sourav Ganguly is also part of the cricket advisory committee and IPL Governing Council. Dada too takes up commentary assignments. Rahul Dravid, coach of India's U-19 and A teams, is a mentor of the now suspended Rajasthan Royals side. It now remains to be seen how serious the board is about cleaning up cricket. In order to eradicate conflict of interest from cricket administration, BCCI will now have to take some very tough decisions.

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‘Colors of North East’

Festival was held at the iconic Hotel, the Taj Mahal Palace at Mumbai on August 1 from 8.00 pm onwards. In a continuing effort to encourage tourism across the country, the Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai joined hands with the North East Festival for a second year in a row, to create national awareness about a region rich in culture, tradition and a populace of vibrant individuals. This exclusive programme on North East India “Colours of North East” was held at the Crystal Room and Ball Room of the Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai Some of the highlights included live musical performances by North East Indian artists like the Grammy award nominees “The Bollywood actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan displays a creation by Indian designer Manish Malhotra at the Amazon India Couture Week 2015 in New Delhi on Sunday, August. 2. (AP Photo)

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Monks of Bomdila who set the mood of the evening with multi-phonic chanting and Nagaland folk fusion band, The Abiogenisis, blended Naga folk elements from India and modern music. Violinist Sunita Khound and vocalist Anaya Brahma and a special appearance by Papon, the popular Bollywood singer from Assam added to the musical variety. Meghalaya’s designer Daniel Syiem, showcased ethnic fashion with an emphasis on heritage, hand woven fabric of his home state, along with fashion designer Kankana Konwar exhibiting Assam couture and Vaishali encompassing contemporary and traditional wear through her collection. Visibly impressed by the talent being

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showcased and showing their support were North Eastern dignitaries, Bollywood celebrities like Kiran Rao, Shobha De, Papon, Shekhar Gupta, celebrated industrialists like Krishna Kumar and Adi Godrej. The festival was organized with an attempt to promote the region to a select group of audience comprising Mumbai’s top industrialists, Bollywood celebrities and film producers, Ad film makers, tour operators etc. It is an attempt to create attract investment, and tourism in the region. With support from various State Government of North East, it was organised by North East reputed Socio-cultural Trust, Trend MMS with support from GMS.

'Mission: iMpossible'

Derogatory word for policeman in ‘Pk’ lands aamir khan in trouble

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ajkumar Hirani’s PK starring Aamir Khan had made headlines for many reasons. The film which went on to become one of the biggest blockbusters of Hindi cinema, had offended many religious groups over its content. Even the first poster of the film had stirred controversy as it showed a nude Aamir Khan covering his essentials with a transistor. And now, almost after eight months of its release, the film has landed the actor in trouble once again. A documentary filmmaker based in the capital has filed a complaint with the Delhi police against the Bollywood superstar for using the derogatory

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word ‘thulla’ against a cop in the film. "There is no debate on whether the said word is derogatory or not. My issue is that if the sentiments of police officials were hurt after hearing Arvind Kejriwal using the word then why not in the

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angana Ranaut doesn’t think it’s nice to mince words while expressing yourself or expressing your grievances on others. She has been very open about her equations with actresses in the industry which at times made us applaud her while on other occasion made us frown on her for being too repetitive. But the actress is unfazed and wouldn’t stop calling spade a spade. Recently, she called everyone who didn’t give her work before dumb! She walked the ramp for Manav Gangwani at the India Couture Week recently and impressed one and all with her perfect catwalk. During her media interaction, she was asked if she feels that big stars don’t work with her fearing she will take away the limelight from them, Kangana said that she doesn’t think that’s the case at all. She is aware that for some biggies matter but she isn’t part of that list. It hardly matters to her. When she was going through a rocky patch in her career, many refused to give her work and she considered them dumb. So whoever those ‘people’ were who didn’t rope her for a film, we are sure it is their loss since this actress has galloped ahead without the help of any superstar film!

case of Aamir Khan. In the film PK, the word has been used and the movie' was rehe stakes may be leased much before Mr Kehigh for Ethan Hunt jriwal gave that interview and his team in "Misto a news channel," DNA sion: Impossible - Rogue quoted Ullas, the com- Nation," but it was hardly plainant as saying. impossible for the Tom Cruise pic to conquer the box office. The fifth installment in the nearly 20-year-old film series has earned $56 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Opening weekend audiences were 62 percent male and 81 percent over the age of 25. It's the second-highest opening for a "Mission" film since "Mission Impossible II" took in $57.8 million over Memorial Day weekend in 2000. Rentrak's Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian said Cruise is to credit for making these films one of the longestrunning viable franchises on the market. "He created a new Tom Cruise in the minds of audiences. He came off as very approachable, funny, he did the lip synching with Jimmy Fallon. This is the playbook on how a star — who is also a producer on the movie — gets the word out about

his movie," he said. "He's a marketing machine." The Paramount and Skydance Productions film from writer-director Christopher McQuarrie cost a reported $150 million to produce and should have no problem making up its budget, especially with overseas earnings. Besides generating some of the best reviews in the series, "Rogue Nation" was bumped up on the release schedule from Christmas to summer somewhat last minute — even though they were still shooting the movie well into the spring. Megan Colligan, Paramount's president of worldwide distribution and marketing, said that made advance marketing a challenge. "We had to be precise in what we were doing and take some chances and live a little outside the box. We knew how good the movie was," she said. Some of those unconventional choices included screening the movie before it was finished. The film also did not appear to suffer from any Cruise backlash

as a result of Alex Gibney's Scientology documentary "Going Clear," which came out earlier this year. "The average moviegoer just cares about the movie," said Dergarabedian. "They're not thinking about that other stuff." Meanwhile, Warner Bros.' 'Vacation,' went a bit off track. The $30 million film earned $14.9 million over the weekend and $21.2 million since opening Wednesday. Starring Ed Helms and Christina Applegate, the R-rated film was imagined as a continuation of the 1983 road trip comedy "National Lampoon's Vacation" when a now grown Rusty Griswold (Helms) takes his family to Wally World. Critics were not kind to the raunchy comedy from first-time directors John Frances Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, and audiences as a whole didn't seem too thrilled either. According to exit polls, audiences gave the film a notpromising B CinemaScore. "While we have a B overall CinemaScore, the

younger the audience, the higher the score," Warner Bros.' domestic distribution Executive Vice President Jeff Goldstein said. Also, Goldstein noted that interest piqued over the weekend. The film built momentum and actually slightly outperformed what its modest Wednesday and Thursday earnings had predicted for the weekend. Dergarabedian said that "Vacation" started out slow partially because "Mission: Impossible" dominated the conversation, but it has the potential to gain traction. "That was a tough opening," he said. "We'll see how it does in the coming weeks." Holdovers "Ant-Man," ''Minions," and "Pixels," rounded out the top five. While the year-to-date box office is still up 8.3 percent, it will be down significantly for this weekend from last year when "Guardians of the Galaxy" opened to a stunning $94.3 million. Estimated ticket sales

for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak. Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. 1. "Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation," $56 million ($65 million international). 2. "Vacation," $14.9 million. 3. "Ant-Man," $12.6 million ($20 million international). 4. "Minions," $12.2 million ($39.1 million international). 5. "Pixels," $10.4 million ($19.8 million international). 6. "Trainwreck," $9.7 million ($9 million international). 7. "Southpaw," $7.5 million ($3 million international). 8. "Paper Towns," $4.6 million ($6 million international). 9. "Inside Out," $4.5 million ($17.8 million international). 10. "Jurassic World," $3.8 million ($4.4 million international).

Brooklyn Beckham signs with modelling agency

he 17-year-old Beckham spawn has reportedly signed a modelling contract and is now eyeing up a career in Hollywood to boot. The Mirror reports a source as saying: “He has recently signed to a modelling agency. It appears he has a lot of potential for a career in the industry. He is incredibly photogenic and has the handsome looks to be considered for some high-profile, big-money work.” It is not known which agency has snapped up the eldest Beckham child, but it’s not surprising that someone has been keen to sign him. He’s already covered two high-profile, if niche, magazines – Man About Town and Rollercoaster – appeared in an ad campaign for Polish brand Reserved (a bit like H&M) and starred in a New York Times Style Magazine editorial. But his ambitions reportedly extend to the big screen, and he has hopes of becoming an actor after spending three days on the set of Guy Ritchie’s latest film, Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur, in which his dad has a cameo.

Ledecky betters own 1500m freestyle world record

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KaZaN, august 3 (reuters): American teenager Katie Ledecky bettered her own 1500 metres freestyle world record with a superb display during the morning heats at the world championships on Monday. The 18-year-old, who won women's 400m freestyle gold on Sunday, recorded 15 minutes 27.71 seconds to lower her previous mark, set at the Pan Pacific Championships in August 2014, by 0.65 seconds. Ledecky was inside world record pace throughout her preliminary heat as the American finished 28.81 seconds ahead of her nearest competitor, Jessica Ashwood, the Australian who qualified third fastest for Monday's final. It was the fourth time that Ledecky has broken her own 1500m freestyle record. She first set the mark at the 2013 world championships, smashing compatriot Kate Ziegler's previous time from 2007 – 15:42.54 by over six seconds. "To be honest, it felt pretty easy," said Ledecky. "I wasn't kicking that much and breaking that record is testament to the work I have put in and the shape I am in right now. "I was barely even focusing on this morning's swim as

United State's Katie Ledecky celebrates after setting a world record during her heat in the women's 1500m at the Swimming World Championships in Kazan, Russia, Monday, August 3. (AP Photo)

I was so relaxed. I realised ents, brother and uncle just towards the end as I were sitting." could see people waving Earlier, Katinka Hosszu, and I knew where my par- the 2014 world swimmer

of the year, continued to fastest qualifying time in set personal records after the women’s 100 metres two days of competition, backstroke heats. the Hungarian posting the Hosszu, 26, recorded

a Hungarian national record time of 58.78 seconds, though she has opted to focus on the women’s 200m individual medley final later on Monday rather than contest the 100m backstroke semi-finals. Hosszu's omission has opened the door for both Emily Seebohm, the Australian who posted the second fastest qualifying time, and America's Missy Franklin, who advanced through in fifth place, with 59.59 seconds, her fastest time of 2015. "Emily and I were joking that we have never been next to each other in prelims, only in finals," said Franklin, winner of six gold medals at the 2013 Barcelona world championships. In the men's 200m freestyle, China's Sun Yang and Britain's James Guy qualified fastest, the morning after winning gold and silver respectively in the 400m freestyle. Sun posted 1:46.00, while Ryan Lochte, the 30-year-old American, also secured a semifinal berth, qualifying 13th quickest. Yuliya Efimova, competing in her first major competition since her doping ban ended in February, topped preliminary qualification in the women’s 100m breaststroke.

Sponsors are fully behind us, Dipa Karmakar wins says IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla Asian Gymnastics bronze

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NeW deLHi, august 3 (Pti): The BCCI's fourmember working group, formed to study the Justice Lodha panel's verdict relating to the IPL 2013 corruption scandal, on Monday met for the first time to discuss the way forward for the cash-rich league's next edition and said the sponsors were fully behind the Board. The Board had given the committee six weeks' time to draw up a roadmap for the IPL after the Justice Lodha committee suspended the owners of the Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals Gurunath Maiyappan and Raj Kundra while banning the franchises for two years last month. "We have started meeting all the stakeholders from today. Today the representatives of Yes Bank came and met the members of the working group.

Yes Bank is one of our sponsors. Similarly we will meet other sponsors and also speak to them about how to make IPL 9 a success," IPL governing council chairman Rajeev Shukla, who is also heading the working group, said. After this round in Delhi, the working group will move to Mumbai. "In Mumbai we plan to meet at least four franchise owners. We have set the ball rolling. We have to discuss all the possibilities about new teams and future of players," he added. Asked if the sponsors are wary because of the controversies surrounding the T20 tournament, he said "Absolutely not. Sponsors are fully behind us. They are bullish." On the contentious issue of conflict of interest, Shukla said, "Our president has also issued a statement. All required steps will be

taken. Asked if the Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals will need to pay franchise fee during the two years that they are suspended, he said, "No, they don't need to pay anything. Neither do they pay anything to us nor do we have to pay anything to them. The working group comprises Shukla, BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur, treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry and IPL governing council member and former captain Sourav Ganguly, and will be assisted by Usha Nath Bannerjee, the Board's legal counsel. All of them were present in today's meeting." Asked about the working group's views on having two new teams for IPL, Shukla said, "We don't have any views right now. Once we talk to all stakeholders we would then put forward our viewpoint."

Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams remain on top

Serena Williams(Left) and Novak Djokovic (AP Photo)

Madrid, august 3 (iaNs): American tennis player Serena Williams and Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic held on to their lead in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings released on Monday. In WTA, the rankings were unchanged this week as Russia's Maria Sharapova retained her second place followed by Romania's Simona Halep, reports Efe. While in ATP, Spain's Rafael Nadal advanced to ninth after winning the Hamburg Open on Sunday over Italy's Fabio Fognini. Croatian Marin Cilic bumped up from ninth to eighth while Canada's Milos Raonic gave up his No.8 spot and now sits at No.10. The top-10 Women's rankings: 1. Serena Williams (US) 12,721 points 2. Maria Sharapova (Russia) 6,490 3. Simona Halep (Romania) 5,151 4. Petra Kvitova (Czech) 5,000 5. Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 4,910 6. Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) 3,765 7. Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 3,560 8. Lucie Safarova (Czech) 3,515 9. Garbine Muguruza (Spain) 3,320 10. Carla Suarez (Spain) 3,285. The top-10 Men's ranking : 1. Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 13,845 points 2. Roger Federer (Switzerland) 9,665 3. Andy Murray (Scotland) 7,840 4. Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) 5,790 5. Kei Nishikori (Japan) 5,525 6. Tomas Berdych (Czech) 5,140 7. David Ferrer (Spain) 4,325 8. Marin Cilic (Croatia) 3,495 9. Rafael Nadal (Spain) 3,410 10. Milos Raonic (Canada) 3,400.

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HirosHiMa, august 3 (iaNs): Indian artistic gymnast Dipa Karmakar clinched the women's vault bronze medal at the Asian Championships being held here on Monday. Chinese Yan Wang successfully defended her title with 14.988 points followed by Japanese Sae Miyakawa with

14.812 points. Karmakar, who also won a bronze in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, finished with 14.725 points in third. Dipa will turn 22 on August 9 and is a native of Agartala. "#DipaKarmakar won #bronze n opened #India's medal tally at d #AsianGymnastics Cham-

pionship, #Japan #SAI Way 2 go!!" Sports Authority of India tweeted.Earlier in February, Karmakar excelled with a total of five gold medals for Tripura in the 35th National Games in Kerala. At the 2014 Asian Games, Karmakar finished fourth in the vault final with a score of 14.200.

Kohli could go for 5-bowler strategy in Sri Lanka

Queried about Indian pacemen not getting wickets, the 26-year-old said that the team would play to a plan and if it does not work then Plan B would kick in.

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CHeNNai, august 3 (iaNs): India captain Virat Kohli said here on Sunday that the basic idea in cricket is to take 20 wickets and for that he needs five bowlers in the team which would then put the responsibility on the batsmen to score runs. Speaking to reporters ahead of the team's departure for Sri Lanka on Monday, Kohli said there is a need to play with a stronger bowling side and the team can field up to three spinners in upcoming series against the Lankans. "Ashwin and Harbajan are also good with the bat," he said. Led by Kohli, India will play a three-Test series in Sri Lanka this month. The right-handed aggressive batsman does not see any problem with opener Murali Vijay's fitness. He felt happy that there is a good contest for the opening slot as the

India's cricket captain Virat Kohli arrives at their team hotel in Colombo on August 3. Indian cricket team is in Sri Lanka to play a three test match series that begins August 12. (AP Photo)

"problem of plenty is not bad". Queried about Indian pacemen not getting wickets, the 26-year-old said that the team would play to a plan and if it does not work then Plan B would

kick in. According to him, focussing on India's previous performances in Sri Lanka would actually add pressure and not any value. He said his aggressive approach on the ground is

not bad but would rally the team together. Meanwhile, opener Shikhar Dhawan said he would do a SWOT (strength, weakness, opportunities and threats) analysis of the Lankan

bowlers after he lands in the island nation. The lefthander said he would see some previous match videos and plot out his game plan. Dhawan said competition for the opening slot is good and a healthy sign. Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said: "We all know the strengths and weaknesses of players at the international levels. But everything depends on the playing situation." According to him, his off-spin will be the main battle weapon against the Lankan batsmen and the pitches there offer good bounce. Queried about his preference in the batting line-up, Rohit Sharma said it is for the captain and coach to decide on his batting position. Terming it as a challenge playing any team on their home turf Ajinkya Rahane said that he would not like to put a number as to what he would like his average score in the threematch series to be. "It is just a number," he said. Asked about the Indian cricket board's decision that "no conflict of interest" declaration to be given by the players, Kohli said it the board's decision he does not want to debate on that.

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