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nenghoilhing Hangsing was crowned Miss nagaland 2015 at a beauty pageant held at RCEMPA Jotsoma on December 9 as part of the Hornbill Festival. Alica Zhimomi and Yangerjungla Pongen were ist and 2nd runners-up respectively. sub title winners include: Miss Talent-shanchobeni Y. Jungio, Miss Perfect 10-YangerKohima, December jungla Pongen, Miss Photogenic-nenghoilhing Hangsing and Queen of Hearts9 (DiPr): The Government Zehovire Avi Kechu. The show was organized by Beauty & Aesthetics society of of Nagaland has appoint- nagaland. (Morung Photo)
ed Tovihoto Ayemi, MLA as Chairman of Nagaland Industrial Development Corporation Ltd., Dimapur with immediate effect and vice Amenba Yaden, Parliamentary Secretary (Industries & Commerce) relieved of NIDC Ltd. Chairmanship. This supersedes all the previous notifications issued in this regard.
Kids with common allergies at high heart disease risk
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New YorK, December 9 (iaNS): Children with allergic disease, particularly asthma and hay fever, have twice the rate of high blood pressure and high cholesterol, setting them on course for heart disease at early age, finds a new study. Children with allergic disease had a much higher risk for high blood pressure and high cholesterol. “This study shows that cardiovascular risk starts far earlier in life than we ever realised,” said lead study author Jonathan Silverberg from Northwestern University in the US. Given how common these allergic diseases are in childhood, it suggests we need to screen these children more aggressively to make sure we are not missing high cholesterol and high blood pressure,” Silverberg added. Asthma, hay fever and eczema -- increasingly common in children -- are associated with chronic inflammation, impaired physical activity, sleep disturbance and significant morbidity. But little has been known about the cardiovascular risk factors in children with these diseases so far. “There may be an opportunity to modify their lifestyles and turn this risk around,” Silverberg said. Silverberg studied the association of asthma, hay fever and eczema and cardiovascular risk factors using data from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey of 13,275 children. The study was published in the Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology.
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Human Rights in India stand far from realised hoNg KoNg, December 9 (mexN): Human Rights assured to average Indian citizens by the Constitution stand “far from realised.” This has cropped from deep-rooted corruption giving way to an overall environment of uncertainty. The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) stated this on the eve of the International Human Rights Day, observed on December 10 each year. It called for the Indian civil society to “wake up” and “engage” with India’s justice institutions. This year the United Nations has declared the day to mark a year-long campaign for global recommitment to guaranteeing freedoms and protecting human rights for all. To this end, the UN has called upon member states to revisit commitments made to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. India is a party to both these covenants, informed the AHRC. The rights thus enshrined are also guaranteed in the Indian Constitution, a document that predates both covenants by two decades. “Unfortunately, the reality for average Indians is that their rights guaranteed
On International Human Rights Day, AHRC calls for Indian civil society to ‘wake up’ & ‘engage’
in the constitution, which the country is bound to protect nationally and promote internationally, are far from realised,” stated the AHRC today. The reason for these guarantees remaining only on paper, noted the Commission, is due to the “abysmal nature” of India’s justice institutions. Giving an instance of the Indian judiciary, the AHRC stated that “plagued with corruption, lack of professionalism, and decades long delay in the adjudication of cases,” the institution has “rapidly lost its credibility.” “Even Indian jurists today unanimously agree that the country’s judiciary has failed to meet expectations. Facing serious accusations of lacking transparency and embroiled in corruption, the institution has hardly done anything to reform itself,” the body alleged in a press statement today. The AHRC found “equally appalling” the state of Indian policing. Observing that the operative framework of the
police continues to be the “repressive Irish Constabulary model,” which the British introduced to India as well as other colonies, “impunity, corruption, the inability to undertake modern policing, and the use of torture remain hallmarks of the Indian police,” the AHRC stated. Further, it observed that “Demoralisation within the institution runs deep, and today the average Indian considers the Indian policeman as a criminal in uniform. Despite all this, no government has so far openly declared any kind of policy on addressing the country’s policing.” The country’s prosecution establishment too has faced a similar fate, with no government policy to address the institution. “The department is filled with corrupt and inefficient lawyers to the extent that even the government does not trust the prosecutor’s office any more,” was the serious allegation made. “On occasions that the government requires a quality prosecution, it hires private lawyers
to work as prosecutors. This option is not available to a citizen however, since the decision to appoint a special prosecutor is at the pleasure of the government.” The ensuing environment produced by India’s failed justice administration establishment, asserted the Commission is that of “deep-rooted corruption in all aspects of public life, and an overall environment of uncertainty.” Expressing disappointment, the AHRC stated that the “Indian civil society is yet to wakeup to the fact that it too has a role in the making of this India.” “Only a handful of civil society members, including the country’s unbridled media, engage seriously on the country’s justice institutions, particularly on the concept of fair trial.” It is time, stated the Rights Commission, to “wake up from slumber” and “engage” with India’s justice institutions. The Asian Human Rights Commission works towards the radical rethinking and fundamental redesigning of justice institutions in order to protect and promote human rights in Asia. Established in 1984, the Hong Kong based organisation is a Laureate of the Right Livelihood Award, 2014.
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Gross ‘Right to Health’ violations in Nagaland NTTU serves 10-day ultimatum to Nagaland State Government
Kohima, December 9 (mexN): The Nagaland State Government has ignored the citizen’s Right to Health which may have serious health implications all over the State in the future. The Director of Kripa Foundation Nagaland, Abou Mere, noted this in a statement on the 50th International Human Rights Day on December 10. The Foundation called upon human rights defenders, Naga civil societies, journalists and advocates to join health activists to ensure that the State Government respect human rights and fulfil its obligation of ‘Right to Health’ by providing provide good health services, accessible and affordable without any discrimination, and recognize that human rights are fundamental to human and nation development. The Constitution of India guarantees the Protection of life and liberty (Health, Autonomy, Privacy,
Dignity) (Article 21), Equality before law (Article 14), Non- discrimination (Article 14 &15). However, the Kripa Foundation Nagaland noted that “we have a repressive State Government that has inevitably driven rampant human rights abuses against its citizens, which include denied access to appropriate health care services, denied employment, denied staffs salary on time, denied equality (favoritism and VIP culture) producing such gross rights violations.” The “lackadaisical attitude” of the State Government could “directly fuel the twin epidemics of HIV and hepatitis (B and C) to our community, this will have serious and unfortunate consequences,” it maintained. Instead of investing in effective prevention and treatment programmes to achieve the required coverage, the Government continues to “ignore
and violate” the right to health by “not providing essential medicine in government hospitals, CHCs, PHCs and also non-release or delay in releasing of funds meant for health services, especially HIV program,” it informed. The Foundation alleged that the money that could save lives is being “kept in Civil Deposit for months, denying and weakening HIV intervention and other health programs, thereby putting our people life at risks.” Maintaining that this is a clear and gross violation of the right to health, the Kripa Foundation Nagaland called for “systemically driven human rights abuse” to be brought to an end before HIV, Hepatitis, Cancer and other diseases “end our next generation.” The State Government, it reiterated, “should protect individual rights of its citizens and ensure that human rights are upheld properly.”
injustice perpetrated against us as the second sex, and thus create for our children an atmosphere and environment of equality, of justice, of equal opportunities, of safety and security and for acknowledgment and respect for our personhood,” she added. Changkija exhorted the gathering to use the medium of literature to “speak out and speak up” for other vulnerable, alienated and marginalized sections of the society such as the Disabled, the LGBT and other disadvantaged. Talking about the broader aspect of literature in the society, she noted that poetry cannot be considered a new and “modern” development in Nagaland as it always existed in “our songs, lore and legends, our various forms of art, dances, indeed in the very fact of our Oral traditions, which require great poetic imagination to be rendered and become an integral part of our culture and heritage and gifted unto us as our legacy.” What we are seeing today is a modern manifestation of our traditional poetic culture in an easily consumable form, increasingly in a language that has become our binding force, Changkija said, expressing her happiness at its progression. “After all, Literature isn’t meant to be confined to the hallowed portals of Universities and other seats of learning;
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Nagaland Timber Traders’ Union (NTTU) has served a 10-day ultimatum to the Nagaland State Government for re-allocation of railway wagons for transportation of teak and moulding beats for the quarter December 2015-February 2016. In the event of the State Government failing to redress the demand, NTTU said it will approach the court for redressal of their “genuine grievance.” In an interaction with media persons Wednesday afternoon, NTTU officials, led by its President, Kevise Sogotsu, informed that the union decided to serve an ultimatum as the State Government has so far not taken any concrete steps despite assurance from the State Governor to constitute a committee for allocation of wagons. NTTU officials informed that earlier the State Governor, PB Acharya, had assured NTTU to constitute a committee to monitor allocation of wagons and to ensure that genuine timber traders and tree farmers are benefitted from the scheme. However, even though the commitit also isn’t meant to be confined to tee has been reportedly constituted, it was the parlours of the privileged high- yet to be approved at the minister’s level, brows.” Further stating that Literature is an integral part of culture, its power lies in being both the message and the medium, she contended that communication of knowledge and wisdom through Literature should be done in the simplest of ways for everyone to understand and absorb New Delhi, December 9 (PTi): Inlife’s lessons and society’s realities. dia has secured extradition of a Thai gun Expressing her delight at what she runner Willy Naru who was brought here called the emergence of a good num- today from Bangkok and arrested by NIA ber of Naga writers and poets today, for allegedly supplying arms to insurgent who are embarking on the journey to- groups in Northeast. wards “Destination Change,” ChangAfter months of legal battle in Thaikija maintained that Kire through her land, decks were cleared for his extradipoems has become one of its pioneers. tion after the Appellate Court in Bangkok “She is a writer and a poet, who has rejected his petition in November this year clearly climbed down and unshackled in which he had challenged a decision of a herself from Ivory Towers, if she ever lower court ordering his extradition. lived in one, shed Rose-tinted glasses, NIA said in a statement here that the if she ever wore them and has dared custody of Wuthikorn Naruenartwanich to speak from the bottom of her heart alias Willy Naru was handed over to the with the clarity of her mind to do her Chief Investigating Officer of case yestermite to create change,” she exulted. day by Thailand. He was brought to New In Where Wildflowers Grow, Delhi and was arrested. Changkija said, Kire has persuasively His questioning is expected to throw made poetry understandable to the more light on the suspected role of a Chicommon person moulding herself as nese arms manufacturer, believed to have a perfect vehicle to serve the purpose been supplying arms to northeast insurof Literature. gent groups, including Naga groups and “She is a true communicator be- ULFA, official sources said. cause she says the very profound in They said most of the arms like AK severy simple words and in a very easily ries rifles, Universal Machine Guns and comprehensible way.” M20 pistol used by the insurgent groups
Writers need to double up as activists: Monalisa Changkija
Kohima, December 9 (mexN): Literature has always been a powerful tool of protest against everything political, economic, social, religious and cultural that goes against the very“grains of natural human life.” With this, Monalisa Changkija today spurred writers and poets to also be activists to bring about change in society. “If they do not double up as activists, who will change our society and state?” the Nagaland Page Editor wondered, speaking at the release of Avinuo Kire’s book, ‘Where Wildflowers Grow’ at Kohima today. To achieve this, Changkija said, writers and poets need to see and feel the real world we live in. “I would urge that you unshackle yourselves from the safety of Ivory Towers… take off those Rose-tinted glasses, if you’re wearing them…dare and change the world around us, starting with our society and state.” It is the writers and poets who will create the need and urge the people to destroy the status quo and usher in the best in our culture and traditions, she further opined adding that this is especially needed most importantly in Naga society where women have “second-class existence” that goes against the very grain of “our individuality, our personhood, our freedoms, liberties, equality.” “Utilize literature as our tools, our weapons, to protest against the
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NTTU disclosed. NTTU alleged that the allocation for the current quarter from December 2015 to February 2016 has been made by ‘one man’ by giving preference to non-Naga timber traders as well as to Naga persons who are not involved in timber business. NTTU said the present allocation system cannot be accepted under any circumstances as it has deprived many genuine Naga timber traders. NTTU has called upon all right thinking citizens, business organizations and civil societies to voice out against “gross injustice” meted to genuine Naga timber traders. The Union also said it had already apprised the Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) Nagaland on the issue but ACAUT has not responded till date. NTTU questioned why the committee set up by the State Government to allocate railway wagons has not been made functional till date. It reiterated its stand for reallocation of the current quarter through the committee set up by the State government. It may be mentioned here that NTTU had submitted a memorandum to Nagaland State Chief Minister on December 4 through the office of the Divisional Forest Officer, Dimapur.
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thai gun-runner brought to india; niA to question him are Chinese-made and believed to have been manufactured by China North Industries Group Corporation (NORINCO). NORINCO is a large amrs group and NIA suspects that the company’s arms and ammunition come to the northeast through the Thai gun running rackets, the sources said. India had secured an Interpol Red Corner Notice against Willy after NSCN-IM leader Anthony Shimray, arrested in Nepal in 2007, alleged that he had paid the Thai man for an arms consignment which included AK-series rifles. This NIA case relates to a criminal conspiracy for illegal procurement of a shipload of sophisticated arms and ammunition from a foreign country, in which Shimray was arrested by NIA. Shimray had negotiated several times with Willy to fix a deal to the tune of USD 1.2 million to procure huge quantity of arms and ammunition. For this deal, USD 800,000 was paid by accused Shimray to co-accused Willy. NIA had filed a charge sheet in this case on March 26, 2011 against four accused persons including Shimray, who is currently facing trial.
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MITE Kohima celebrates parting social kohiMa, DeceMber 9 (Mexn): Modern Institute of Teacher Education (MITE), Kohima celebrated parting social-cum-advance Christmas on December 7. On the occasion, the Vice Principal of the College blessed the outgoing student-teachers and advised them to study hard and pass with flying colours to bring laurel to the college. The invocation prayer was said by Thungyani and vote of thanks tendered by Songumla. Speeches were delivered by the studentteachers on behalf of one year batch and two year batch. Imkongsenla, Assistant Professor, shared her ideas and experiences about what Christmas means to her. There were also various entertainment programmes.
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DiMapur, DeceMber 9 (Mexn): All the owners/proprietors and employees working in units, industries, factories, establishments, shops, hotels, educational institutions, medical institutions registered under the ESI Act,1948 within the Dimapur Revenue circle as well as the units not yet registered are informed that Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESI) Corporation Regional Office Guwahati-21 will be organizing two days awareness cum grievance redressal programme alongwith Health camp & Pehchan camp on December 16 and 17 at Holy Cross Higher Secondary School, Circular Road, Dimapur starting from 9:30 AM upto 12:00 PM & UPTO 3:00 PM exclusively for Health camp & Pehchan camp. All the stakeholders: the employers, the employees with their family members are kindly informed to participate in the programme positively. Also they are informed to avail the benefits of the Health camp and the Pehcan camp for those who are yet to be issued Pehcan card.
Chesezu Youth Association Golden Jubilee kohiMa, DeceMber 9 (Mexn): The Chesezu Youth Association will be celebrating its Golden Jubilee from December 12 to 17 under the theme “Achieving Excellence through Sports” Yitachu, Minister for School Education & SCERT, Govt. of Nagaland will grace the occasion as Chief Guest and Viyalhuo Chietsü, Village Council Chairman, Tsiesema as Guest of Honour.
Assam and Nagaland Ex- Servicemen attend rally
Rio awarded Bharat Scouts and Guides Award 2014
Pranab Mukherjee, President of India presents Neiphiu Rio with the Bharat Scouts & Guides “Silver Elephant Award” in recognition of service of most exceptional character to the movement on December 8.
kohiMa, DeceMber 9 (Mexn): Neiphiu Rio, member of Parliament, Lok Sabha and former Chief Minister Nagaland was awarded the Bharat Scouts & Guides “Silver Elephant Award” in recognition of service of most exceptional character to the movement by Pranab Mukherjee, President of India on December 8 at
Darbar Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. The Bharat Scouts & Guides investiture of the award for Distinguished Service “ Silver Elephant Award “ is the highest National Award of the Scout & Guides Movement in India. From Nagaland State (13) thirteen Scouts and (13) Guides were awarded the Rashtrapati Scouts &
Guides Award’2014. During the award ceremony (2) two Scouts and Guides along with the State Chief Commissioner Scouts & Guides, Khyomo Lotha were present to receive the award on behalf of the awardees. This was stated in a press release issued by Kuolie Mere, PRO (IPR) Nagaland House New Delhi.
Mokokchung, DeceMber 9 (Mexn): An Ex- Servicemen rally was organized at Jorhat Military Station on December 5. Approximately 2500 Ex-Servicemen of Jorhat, Sibsagar and Golaghat districts of Assam and Mon, Mokokchung, Longleng and Tuensang districts of Nagaland attended the rally. Senior officials of Army, Air Force and civil administration from Assam and Nagaland including Sh VV Solanki, DC, Jorhat also attended the rally. Sh TR Gogoi, father of Capt Jintu Gogoi, Vir Chakra (posthumous) also graced the occasion. The Ex-Servicemen of three districts of Upper Assam and four districts of Nagaland, belonging to all the three services of the Armed forces (Army, Navy & Air Force) were apprised about the various welfare schemes of the Central and State Government. A press release also stated that various issues related to regularization of pension and resolution of pension anomalies was explained and grievances
were addressed, by a team from PCDA (Pensions), Allahabad. Representatives of State Bank of India were also present to check problems pertaining to disbursement of pension. A major attraction at the venue was the stall for making Aadhaar card for defence pensioners, the first such initiative in Upper Assam. The Government of Assam and Nagaland have been extremely forthcoming in assisting Ex-Servicemen and to empower them to undertake alternate career options. A large number of agricultural tools, embroidery machines and skill improvement tools were distributed to the Ex- Servicemen. The Army provided distress grant to a large number of needy and old Ex-Servicemen, while gifts and cash rewards were also presented to the Exservicemen, Widows and Veer Naris. Army also provided medical equipment and aids like wheel chairs, tri cycles and walking sticks and presented a modified scooter to a physically challenged veteran soldier,
Naik Sashimeren Ao, of Mokokchung District. Medical checkup was an added facility, provided through various specialists. A cardiac check up camp was organized by team of Doctors from Narayana Hridalaya, Guwahati. Eye check up and overall health check up was offered by medical officers of Air Force Hospital Jorhat and ECHS Polyclinic. With an objective of promoting skill development of service veterans, the local military authorities at Jorhat, have taken initiative to facilitate and coordinate the conduct of vocational courses at Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat. Faculty and staff from the University were present to explain the details of the course. The exservicemen were also keen to know the details of job vacancies being offered by Army Placement Node and DHFL Pramerica. The four districts of Nagaland were represented by 125 Ex-Servicemen and 37 widows, who travelled long distances, to be part of
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the ESM Rally. In addition, for the information of unmarried daughters, it was clarified by the Defence Pension Adalat Team, that they are eligible for continuation of the family pension, beyond the age of 25 years, subject to certain conditions, which they may clarify immediately, from their concerned Zila Sainik Welfare Office. Empowerment of the veterans has always been the focus of the Army. Towards this end, the efforts put up by Military Station Jorhat and the civil administration, alongwith the Rajya Sainik Board, Kohima and Zila Sainik Board, Mokokchung, during the Rally was appreciated by all. In addition, the efforts of the DC, Mokokchung, Sh Sushil Kr Patel, IAS, to arrange NST busses, to convey the Ex Servicemen, from Mokokchung, as well as Tuensang were deeply appreciated by the Ex Service Men. The ESM and their families, and a Veer Nari (War Widow), from Mon District, were felicitated by the Director, Rajya Sabha.
La Martinier Girls School visit Dimapur & Kohima
DiMapur, DeceMber 9 (Mexn): As part of the Geographical study tour to Nagaland, a team of 18 students and two teachers from La Martinier Girls School, Kolkata visited Livingstone Foundation Hr Sec School (LFHSS) on November 29. This is La Martiniere Girls School’s maiden visit to Nagaland. The La Martiniere Girls School Kolkata has been ranked as the No. 1 Girls School in India by the Education World School Ranking since 2014. The Martinians were accorded welcome by LFHSS upon their arrival after which they were taken for a visit to various places in Dimapur. A special programme entitled ‘Welcome Martinians’ was ar-
ranged by the host school where both the teams interacted and showcased their talents. The MC for the programme was Vernon Fernandez and the La Matiniere team was welcomed by Andrew Ahoto, Chairman Cum Principal of LFHSS. A special item on the diverse culture, beauty and traditions of Nagaland was presented by Mezong Jamir and Noyingbeni Ezung both from Class-12 followed performance of various items by the Stonites and the Martinians. The next day a special combined assembly was conducted in honour of the Martinians where they were felicitated by the Chairman of LFHSS, Andrew Ahoto and his wife,
BAN BUZZ underway DiMapur, DeceMber 9 (Mexn): BAN with the objective to promote local entrepreneurs and provide platform to promote local artist from various field has been organising BAN BUZZ since December 1 at Holy Cross Junction which has been well decorated by BAN. Apart from the stalls which are doing brisk business, it has attracted many young talented artist performing songs and dances voluntarily every night pulling hundreds of crowds dancing away with festive cheer. Adding to other attractions the charcoal paintings of Moaba which is on sale has been catching lots of attention and one can also give photos and pictures to be charcoal painted. The event will be held till December 14 with more artists performing every night. BAN request one and all to come out and support our local entrepreneurs and encourage our local talented artists by way of participation. Further query for stalls, song and dance performance one can contact Chiru Thuzu, Convenor BAN BUZZ at 9856520677.
Ani Yepthomi. He highlighted the importance of the visit made by the Martinians. The La Martiniere students and teachers also felicitated the host school by making presentations to the Chairman, his wife and to Vernon Fernandez. The teachers from La Martiniere B. Roy Choudhury and R. Mukherjee expressed their delight and satisfaction by the warm hospitality rendered by LFHSS and extended them an invitation to visit La Martiniere Girls School, Kolkata. The La Martiniere also visited the Hornbill Festival which was initiated by LFHSS and partnered by G. Rio School, Kohima as the host school at Kohima. During their Kohima tour from No-
vember 30 to December 1, they visited the World WarII Cemetery and other places of interest in and around Kohima Town. G. Rio accorded a warm welcome to the visiting school and provided lunch at Hotel Vivor before they were entertained with a grand reception and cultural programme hosted by G. Rio students and teachers at their school. During their Hornbill Festival Visit, the Martinians interacted with the people from diverse tribes and places and learnt more about the state and its people. They also witnessed a special play by LFHSS students which was organized by North East India Academy of Performing Arts (NAIPA) at the Bamboo Hall.
NYC induction training underway
kohiMa, DeceMber 9 (Mexn): A 15 day NYC induction training organised by Nehru Yuva Kendra, Nagaland, Ministry of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports started on December 19 at Youth Hostel Dimapur. Additional Director, Youth Sports and Sports, Nagaland, Neilahoulie Angami graced the inaugural function as chief guest. Addressing the gathering the chief guest said that it is the duty of the government to give better facilities to the youth but due to financial constraint the youth hostel which was given to some or-
ganisation for 7 to 8 years is also not maintained properly but assured that the hostel will be renovated soon for better facilities in the future. He urged the participants to avail the opportunities provided to them through different programmes and to stay away from anti social activities. He further called on the participants to work as brothers and sisters for the betterment of the society The programme was chaired by DYC, John Makhabo who also delivered the vote of thanks while welcome address was given by ZD, NYKS, Nagaland, Jackie Ruivah.
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Chief Executive Officer, Okusa Toyota, Hokugha Yeptho, inaugurating ‘The Oscar’, a restaurant located at Naga Shopping Arcade near Nagarjan Point on Wednesday. The restaurant specializes in pork ribs, pork chilly and Chinese choupsuey. G Shikato Shohe, an upcoming Naga entrepreneur is the proprietor of the restaurant. (Morung Photo)
PSU general session from Dec 17
kohiMa, DeceMber 9 (Mexn): The Phek Students’ Union (PSU) will hold its 57th general session–cum-cultural competition 2015 under the theme “Persevering culture ephemeral” from December 17 to 18 at Phek Village Local Ground. The session will be graced by Vezühü Keyho, Principal, Capital College
of Higher Education Kohima as the chief guest, while Dr. Zokho Venuh, Vice Principal, Capital College of Higher Education will be the resource person. Meritorious award will be given to all Grade “A” holders from Class IX & above in the academic year 2014-15. It is compulsory for Class VI & above students to participate in folk dance
and folk song (duet) competition. An award (Late Hüvekhüyi Soho Memorial Trophy) will be given to the winner of folk dance. Cash prize will also be awarded to the folk song (Duet) winner. Meanwhile, the PSU has extended invitation to all the frontal organizations, senior leaders, and well wishers to grace the session.
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M o k o k c h u n g, DeceMber 9 (Dipr): Deputy Commissioner Mokokchung, Sushil Kumar Patel has reiterated that strict attendance of all government employees will be taken during the inaugural function of the Mokokchung Town 125 Years celebrations on December 12 and December 16 during Felicitation programme a t I m k o n g m e re n sports complex. Patel instructed all Heads of Offices to attend the functions along with their staff adding absentees will be viewed seriously and appropriate disciplinary action will be initiated. DC also requested officers and staff to be seated at the venue 30 minutes prior to the start of the programme.
With the Christmas just a fortnight away, people across the state have started decorating their homes as well as street in a big way with an utmost festive fervour. Here in the picture, customers are seen browsing over various festive items in a Christmas decorative shop near Bata Chairali, Deluxe Point Dimapur on December 9. (Morung Photo)
Dialogue on Territory, Peoples and State in North East
kohiMa, DeceMber 9 (Mexn): A two day conference on "Dialogues across fault lines of Territory and Peoples: bridging State, Nation, Ethnicity in North East" is being held on December 11 and 12 at the India International Centre New Delhi. The Peace Dialogue is being organised by Other Media and South Asia Human Rights and Heinrich Boll Stiftung India. The dialogue will focus on the Indo Naga Framework Agreement and will create s dialogue forum
that encourages multi stakeholders to engage politically in confronting differences and building democratic politics. The Delhi dialogue will bring together policy makers, public intellectuals, social activists and faculty and students from the North east and those engaged in research on north east from multiple universities and research institutes. Two speakers from Nagaland have been invited to address the Conference Keviletuo Kiewhuo, Advisor
Naga Hoho and Dr. Rosemary Dzuvichu, Director, Women Studies Centre, Nagaland University and Advisor Naga Mothers Association. Dr. Dzuvichu will be critiquing "Contradictions in the praxis of peacemaking, the Naga peace process, women, student bodies and the excluded." On the second day both Naga speakers will present their perspectives on “The Long Cold Peace...18 years and the Indo Naga Framework, search for durable peace.”
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MTFD holds rally in Delhi SDSA condemns Odisha Police New Delhi, December 9 (mexN): Marking the 100th day since nine tribal people were killed in Churachandpur, a mass “Coffin March to Parliament” organized by the Manipur Tribals’ Forum Delhi (MTFD) was held today in New Delhi. Hundreds of tribal people of Manipur and other sympathisers took part in the march. The nine, killed while protesting against three bills passed by the Manipur Assembly on August 31, remain unburied and await their final resting at a make-shift mortuary in Churachandpur. The bills, passed with the objective of protecting the indigenous people of Manipur, courted controversy with tribal based civil bodies tagging it as “AntiTribal bills.” Several Members of Parliament (MPs) have raised the issue in both Houses of Parliament. On Wednesday, Rajya Sabha MP Biswajit Daimary (Assam) and Lok Sabha MPs Jitendra Chaudhary (Tripura) and Neiphiu Rio (Nagaland) again raised the issue. In a press release, MTFD avowed that its struggle will continue. “We remain resolute in our determination to fight for our legitimate and just causes and win them,” it stated.
Members and supporters of the Manipur Tribals’ Forum Delhi (MTFD) during the “Coffin March to Parliament” in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: MTFD Facebook page)
“We are determined not to rest until justice is done to our martyrs and the cause they gave their lives for finds closure,” it maintained. MTFD informed that the rally was the culmination of 36 days of indefinite coffin rally organized by the MTFD at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi since November 4. Simultaneous rallies, prayers services and torchlight marches were held to
BJP hits Guwahati streets, Gogoi terms it desperation GuwahaTi, December 9 (iaNS): Street protests by the BJP rocked Assam's main city Guwahati on Wednesday as thousands of its supporters took out a massive rally to the state legislative assembly while its winter session was on. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi termed it a desperate attempt of the Bharatiya Janata Party to create law and order problem in the state so that Presidents' Rule can be imposed ahead of the next year's polls. Several BJP leaders were injured as police lobbed tear gas shells and used force to prevent protestors from entering the assembly premises. The protestors earlier gathered at the city's Khanapara area in the morning and marched towards the assembly in state capital Dispur, raising slogans against the Gogoi-led state government. Despite heavy police deployment and barricades in and around Dispur, the huge number of protestors managed to break the barricades at several places and continued their march towards the assembly. Police resorted to use of force and fired tear gas shells to disperse the protestors. "How can the government prevent the right to protest? It's everyone's right," former Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. He also alleged police and security forces in different parts of the state prevented BJP members from coming to Guwahati for Wednesday's protests. Gogoi, while terming the protest as an attempt by the BJP to create law and order problem in the state, told reporters: "The BJP leaders are also inciting extremist elements in the state to create law and order problems here. BJP leader Mahendra Singh has taken the lead in this regard."
He said it was the second attempt by the BJP to impose Presidents' Rule in the state. "First attempt was made when Himanta Biswa Sarma resigned and claimed that about 35 other Congress legislators would join BJP and the Congress government would be reduced to minority," Gogoi said. The chief minister said the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Bajrang Dal and Hindu Sena have all been working as part of a strategy to create law and order problem for the state government.
mark this Day in tribal areas of Manipur, in major Indian cities and abroad where the tribal people of Manipur reside, it informed. MTFD further informed that memorandums were submitted to the President, Prime Minister, Union Home Minister, Law and Justice Minister, Ministers for DONER, Tribal Affairs, and Minority Affairs. A separate Memorandum was submitted to
the Secretary General of the United Nations, seeking the UN’s intervention on humanitarian grounds. The major demands of the MTFD include: (a) Concrete steps from the Government of India ensuring that the three anti-tribal bills are withdrawn in their entirety. Else, there should be a provision stating clearly that the bills will not apply to the "Hill Areas of
Manipur" as defined in Article 371C of the Constitution. (b) The Centre ensure a high level inquiry into the killing of the nine Tribal Martyrs and their killers punished as per law. (c) Necessary amendments and modifications in the structure and function of the Hill Areas Committee (HAC) of Manipur so that it is empowered to fulfill its mandate to secure the rights and constitutional safeguards of the tribal people of Manipur. (d) Corrective measures in the anomaly relating to representation of tribal people in the state Legislature and proportionate representation of tribal people in the Assembly. (e) Immediately place tribal Hill Areas of Manipur within the 6th Schedule of the Constitution under an empowered model which is powerful enough to guarantee their constitutional rights relating to land, identity and community. (f ) Steps be initiated to secure for the Tribal people a political status which is totally separate and independent from Manipur State.
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What does the Naga DNA say about the origin of human beings? National Geographic’s Genographic Project uses advanced DNA analyses to learn about how human beings originated and came to populate the Earth. Using the results of a DNA sample examined by the Genographic Project, Dr. Abraham Lotha shares his understanding of the Naga ancestral journey and invites people to an interaction to broaden the discourse.
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Tahamzam, December 9 (mexN): The Senapati District Students’ Association (SDSA) has vehemently condemned the Odisha Police in its handling of the incident related to the death of L. Poumai – a 23 year-old who went missing since November 29 on his way to Bangalore. It may be mentioned here that the deceased had boarded the Dibrugarth–Bangalore Express Train from Dimapur on November 27. In a press release, the Senapati District Students’ Association hit out at the Odisha Police for its report on the cause of the death
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Road Safety Rules: Tips to Help Stay Safe Ishaan Rastogi
inform anyone coming at speed of your intentions. Refusing to use side mirrors to prevent them from getting scratched is completely senseless. There is no better way to be safe in your car than being fully aware of what’s happening around you.
India is notorious for road accidents due to a combination of reasons like poor infrastructure and vehicle maintenance, flaunting of traffic regulations, and a general disregard towards other motorincrease from 2004, when In seven of the 10 years of any account opened in ists and pedestrians. Here’s a list of key Washington, De- cumulative) came next. India with $51.03 bil- illicit outflows totaled just studied, global IFFs out- their financial institution. rules you should follow in order to stay 2. BIKES cember 9 (ians): With The tips mentioned above can be appaced the total value of Government authori- safe on Indian roads. an average annual outflow lion average ($510.29 bil- $465.3 billion. plied to all motorists. Here are a couple of “This study clearly all foreign aid and foreign ties should adopt and of $51.03 billion, India is lion cumulative) was fourth additional tips that should be adhered to the fourth biggest exporter followed by Malaysia with demonstrates that illicit fi- direct investment flowing fully implement all of the 1. CARS The following set of rules should not by bikers, scooterists and cyclists in parFinancial Action Task of illicit capital over a de- $41.85 billion average an- nancial flows are the most into poor nations. ticular: The IFF growth rate Force’s (FATF) anti-mon- only be followed by people driving cars - Wear a helmet cade with such financial nually ($418.54 billion cu- damaging economic problem faced by the world’s from 2004-2013 was 8.6 ey laundering recommen- but by all motorists in general: flows surging to $1.1 tril- mulative) ranked fifth. No matter how uncomfortable they Authored by GFI Chief developing and emerg- percent in Asia and 7 per- dations; laws already in - Always wear your seat-belt lion in 2013, according to may be, helmets are essential. The human Not because it’s illegal to not wear one Economist Dev Kar and ing economies,” said GFI cent in Developing Europe place should be strongly a new report. while driving, but because it can genu- skull is designed to be tough in order to China, with $139.23 GFI Junior Economist Jo- President Raymond Baker, as well as in the MENA enforced. inely save your life. In fact, it’s highly ad- protect the all-important brain. However Policymakers should visable for all passengers to strap in, even there is a limit to the amount of trauma billion average annually seph Spanjers, the report a longtime authority on fi- and Asia-Pacific regions, the report found. require multinational in rear sections of the car. You never know that it can take. Hence, wear a helmet as it ($1.39 trillion cumulative), pegs cumulative illicit nancial crime. “This year at the UN, The report recom- companies to publicly when someone else’s lapse in judgement may indeed save your life someday. was the biggest exporter of outflows from developing - Avoid swerving between lanes illicit financial flows from economies at $7.8 trillion the mantra of ‘trillions mends that world leaders disclose their revenues, can result in you having an accident. 2-wheeler owners in India must find developing and emerging between 2004 and 2013, not billions’ was continu- focus on curbing opac- profits, losses, sales, tax- - Avoid distractions its extremely liberating to be able to economies, according to a the last year for which data ously used to indicate the ity in the global financial es paid, subsidiaries, and Talking on the phone while driving is amount of funds needed to system, which facilitates staff levels on a country- illegal in India and should be avoided at squeeze through tiny gaps in traffic constudy released Wednesday are available. Titled “Illicit Finan- reach the Sustainable De- these outflows. by-country basis. by Global Financial Integall costs. If it’s an emergency or an impor- gestion. However, what they don’t realize Specifically, GFI sugAll countries should tant phone call, pull up to the side of the is that it takes one bad decision on their rity (GFI), a Washington- cial Flows from Develop- velopment Goals. Signifibased research and advi- ing Countries: 2004-2013” cantly curtailing illicit flows gested that governments actively participate in the road and finish your conversation before or another motorists’ part for there to be the study reveals that illicit is central to that effort.” establish public registries worldwide movement to- driving. Other forms of distractions that a major accident. 2-wheelers are small sory organization. and are much harder to spot in mirrors Illicit financial flows of verified beneficial own- wards the automatic ex- should be avoided include loud music and on the road. For your own protection, Russia with $104.98 financial flows first surbillion average ($1.05tril- passed $1 trillion in 2011, averaged a staggering four ership information on change of tax information and long conversations that demand a avoid straying between lanes and squeezlion cumulative) and and have grown to $1.1 percent of the develop- all legal entities, and all as endorsed by the OECD large portion of your attention. ing into tight channels. Remember, if a ing world’s GDP, the study banks should know the and the G20, the report - Never drive under the influence of al- 2-wheeler collides with a four-wheeler, it’s Mexico with $52.84 billion trillion in 2013. cohol or narcotics This marks a dramatic noted. true beneficial owner(s) suggested. average ($528.44 billion Driving under the influence of alco- the person on the 2-wheeler who is likely hol or narcotics is completely illegal and to suffer more serious injuries due to the can result in the driver being imprisoned complete lack of body protection. if found guilty. Not only does it cloud your sense of judgement, it also reduces your re- 3. PEDESTRIANS Here’s a look at a list of habits that you action time which could lead to a serious neW Delhi, Decem- and submit it online, it is zero or less than ten. It accident. Although inadvisable, you are should adopt as a pedestrian to stay safe ber 9 (agences): Over mandates entrepreneurs could be because of limited only allowed to drink and drive if you have while walking on or across Indian roads: chennai, December 9 (agencies): The 79,000 new small and me- to validate their Aadhaar internet access, though we consumed no more than 1 unit of alcohol. - Always look both ways when crossing the road Indian automotive industry has recalled more dium enterprises have been or Unique Identity (UID) do allow people to submit Also avoid driving when sleepy or tired as This is probably the first road safety than 1.3 million vehicles on a voluntary basis registered in the country numbers issued by the forms offline as well,” said a both cases have similar effects on your lev- rule that is taught to children at a very over the past three-and-half years, according to in the past two-and-a-half UIDAI. In fact, the Aadhaar senior government official. el of attentiveness and reaction time. young age. Before crossing a road, make an official statement. Even as the government is months, since the govern- number verification is the These include Arunachal - Stick within speed limits and follow sure that there is no one coming from eiworking on a mandatory recall policy as part of ment started a new online first field in the form and Pradesh, Meghalaya and the rules It’s imperative that this tip be followed ther direction. It’s important to note that its new Road Transport and Safety Bill, the vol- facility for entrepreneurs to users cannot fill the rest of Mizoram where no new enthis should be practiced even on one way untary code on vehicle recall that came into force file their applications to set the form unless their UID is terprise has been registered, as speed limits are set for a reason. In India, roads, just to be doubly certain that no validated. Lakshadweep and Naga- where the roads are treacherous because one is driving in the wrong direction. in July 2012, led to the recall of about 1.3 million up a business. In early 2015, the Su- land (one each) and Sik- of poor build quality and poor driving eti- - Learn to anticipate road behaviour The top three States in vehicles (excluding Volkswagen’s latest recall) terms of new firms regis- preme Court had asked the kim, where four firms have quette, a slower speed limit has been enthat include cars, utility vehicles and bikes. This is something that you learn with forced to prevent accidents. If you’re driv- time. Being cautious and predicting what The Voluntary Code on Vehicle Recall of the tered since September 18, government to modify all its registered. Expressing surprise at ing and are suddenly faced with a decision an oncoming motorist will do before auto industry addresses potential issues that when the online registration forms in order to be compliant with its orders that the the low registration of firms of either going through a huge ditch or ma- crossing a road not only makes it easier facility was introduced by exist in a motor vehicle which do not meet the Aadhaar can only be used in Tamil Nadu, one of the neuvering around it, it’s much easier and to know when to cross but may also save the Ministry of Micro, Small safety requirement due to manufacturing defect and the remedial actions that need to be taken and Medium Enterprises, voluntarily and not man- States with high industrial safer to do so at slower speeds. Addition- your life someday. An example of this ally, maintain your lane while driving and would be predicting if a driver is distractin this regard. The vehicle shall be covered un- are: Maharashtra (19,000), dated. In October, the court output, the official said, “It more importantly, do not skip red lights ed or not because a distracted driver may had added that the governmay be that some States are Rajasthan (12,000) and Guder safety recall for a period of seven years. ment may allow voluntary taking time to migrate to the even if you can’t see any oncoming traffic. not be able to detect when a pedestrian is The carmakers who made recalls to fix faulty jarat (nearly 10,000). use of Aadhaar for benefi- new system as they have al- It’s illegal and can result in a catastrophic crossing the road. But the numbers are systems in their vehicles include Honda, Ford, ciaries of the public distri- ready set up online systems accident if you get hit by a car coming at - Use public amenities alarmingly low or even zero Maruti, General Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, speed. If you need to cross a road, always Nissan, Toyota, Renault, Volkswagen and Hyundai. from some States, including bution system, NREGA, the for filing entrepreneurial - Maintain your car and use it properly look for an aerial walkway or undernational social assistance memorandum. This could Honda and Ford have made the maximum some where Aadhaar enrolAlthough this tip seems to be a bit off- ground subway before opting to cross the number of recalls so far with each carmaker re- ments haven’t begun on a programme and employees’ also be why Andhra Pradesh topic, having a well maintained car can road directly. Also, use footpaths when (3,234) is seeing lower regcalling over three lakh units. Meanwhile, reports large scale such as Assam provident fund. go a long way in terms of making your Assam, where UID enrol- istrations in the Udyog Aad- drive safer. Worn out tyres, broken head available. Walking on the road can be indicate that Volkswagen’s recall in India is also where just half a dozen new extremely dangerous for you and for onexpected to exceed three lakh units. Other ma- firms have been registered. ments have only begun in a haar platform than Telan- or tail-lamps or fused light-bulbs can re- coming traffic. jor recalls include Maruti (2.07 lakh units), fol- Tamil Nadu has seen just 172 handful of districts, had ad- gana where nearly 8,000 sult in serious accidents due to the lack - Be attentive lowed by General Motors (1.55 lakh units) and M new enterprises being reg- vised the Centre to consid- firms have registered since of proper traction and visibility respecWalking as a mode of transport can be tively. Checking your tyres is in fact ex- quite boring and possibly justifies listening & M (1.5 lakh units).Besides, luxury car makers istered, compared to nearly er allowing PAN cards and September.” other identity documents Overall, more than 38.5 tremely important, especially during the to music or talking on the phone when on such as Audi and Jaguar Land Rover also recalled 2,100 in Bihar. Though the government till the biometric records of lakh micro, small and me- rains when roads are slippery. Other big the go, but being just a bit more attentive to7,165 units and 517 units respectively. In the two wheeler segment, combined re- has simplified the registra- its state citizens aren’t fully dium enterprises are regis- issues include not indicating properly and wards your surroundings by pausing your call of three companies – Harley Davidson, Ya- tion requirements so that captured in the Aadhaar da- tered, but a substantial part refusing to use side mirrors. Indicating is playlist while crossing a street or by turnmaha and Honda Motorcycle Scooters India was a new business needs to tabase. “In certain States, of economic activity takes not only courteous to the person driving ing the volume down, can help mitigate the fill just a single page form the number of registrations place in the informal sector. behind you but is also a safety measure to risk of being hit by a moving vehicle. 85,130 units.
Automakers recall 1.3 Over 79,000 new SMEs register with Centre million vehicles over 3 yrs
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HORNBILL FESTIVAL 2015
Traditional fire making contest
Kohima, December 9 (mexN): On the ninth day of the Hornbill Festival at Naga Heritage Village, Kisama, Department of Youth Resources and Sports organized a traditional fire making competition amongst the cultural troupes. It was sponsored by the Department of Tourism. The Chakhesang cultural troupe bagged the first position and was awarded Rs. 7000/-. Chang and Lotha tribes bagged second and third positions winning cash prizes of Rs. 5000/- and 3000/- respectively. The prizes were given away by the Member Secretary of Nagaland
Legal Services Authority, Nino Iralu. The “Dare to Swallow Fire” demonstrated by Gingto and Wangpai Konyak made quite an interesting sight without any magic and other methods. It was also organized by the Department of Youth Resources and Sports, Government of Nagaland.
Painting competition organised The Department of Art & Culture, Nagaland in collaboration with the All Nagaland Fine Arts Teachers Association organised a painting competition on December 5 at Kisama under the theme ‘Visual art motifs of Nagaland’. Held for the students of V to X all over
Nagaland, 60 students participated in the competition. Briefing the media, President, All Nagaland Fine Arts Teachers Association, V Hetoi thanked the Department of Art & Culture for organising the contest, while stating that the competition will go a long way in nurturing the creative talents and creating awareness on Naga culture and arts. Winner K. Chella of Mt. Hermon Hr. Sec School and runner-up Ruopfuzhazo Dzüvichu of North Field received a cash prize of Rs. 5000 and Rs. 2500 respectively with certificates. The consolation prizes were bagged by Adarsh of Mezhur Hr. Sec School, Nikhil Rajbhar of Mezhur Hr. Sec School, Livi Swu of Mt. Hermon Hr. Sec
School, Nourheuto Nagi of Baptist Mission School, Jotsoma and Sachen Apom of Baptist Hr. Sec. School (Tseminyu), who all received a cash prize of Rs. 1000 each along with certificates. The organizers have informed the winners who could not collect their prizes to contact President, All Nagaland Fine Arts Teachers Association, V Hetoi (Ph. 8575724966). The juries for the competition were free lancer artist, Vieneizotuo Z Tase and President, All Nagaland Fine Arts Teachers Association, V. Hetoi. The artist corner is one of the main attractions for this year’s Hornbill Festival drawing large number of international and national tourists as well as local visitors.
Where Wildflowers Grow: Avinuo Kire's new book Kohima, December 9 (mexN): Where Wildflowers Grow, a collection of poems written by Dr. Avinuo Kire, Assistant Professor, English Literature, Don Bosco Higher Secondary School Kohima was released on December 9. The book was released by Poet, Journalist and Editor, Nagaland Page, Monalisa Changkija at the Crossword, South X Complex, Porter Lane, Kohima. Stating that the poems captured the essence of women, Easterine Kire's publisher’s note was forwarded by Elizabeth Chasie, Head of English Department, Baptist College Kohima. Easterine pointed out that it is rare to come across a first volume of poetry that is not corny and sentimental because the first volumes of poetry usually are rather sugary and predictable. However, Where Wildflowers Grow gives the readers much more than their expectations, which The author Avinuo Kire (left) along with Monalisa Changkija (centre). The layout for the book was pre- artwork and illustrations were made by are nostalgic and laced with a good pared by Benjamin Sugathan, while the Avinuo’s father, Dr. Neiphi Kire. dose of common sense.
Kohima Police recover stolen vehicles Kohima, December 9 (mexN): Kohima Police manning Phesama check gate have arrested two persons in separate incidents. On December 9, the Police during routine checking had detained one truck bearing registration number AS-21-9301 as the driver could not produce any vehicle documents. During preliminary enquiry, the chassis number engraved in the vehicle did not tally with the report from Transport Vahan Database,
according to a press release from SDPO/PRO, Kohima Police. The driver of the vehicle identified as Angom Mangijao Singh (25) of West Imphal, Manipur was taken into police custody in this connection and a regular case vide Kohima South PS Case No. 0128/15 U/S 379 IPC has been registered against him for conducting further investigation. In a similar incident on December 08 at around 11:00 am, Kohima Police manning Phesama check gate intercepted one Tata Mobile
B/R No. NL-01A-6038 and detained it on suspicion. The PRO said that the chassis number engraved in the vehicle did not tally with the one in the vehicle documents and the report of Transport Vahan Database. The driver of the vehicle identified as Kolo Chalai (34) was taken into police custody. In this connection, a regular case vide Kohima South P.S Case No. 0127/2015 U/S 471 IPC has been registered against him for conducting further investigation.
Vipassana Meditation Gypsy Camp in Dimapur
The Soloist, an inter-ward solo competition organised by the Association of Kohima Municipal Wards Panchayat was held at Kisama during the Hornbill Festival on December 9. The competition was held to encourage the young talented youths and to give them platform to expose their talents. Seen in the picture is Nisenuo Apon singing Little House by Amanda Seyfried. Apon represented Bayavü ward. (Morung Photo)
Dimapur, December 9 (mexN): A ten-day Vipassana Meditation Gypsy Camp will be held from December 26 to January 6 at the premises of Society of Dhamma Bodhi and Meditation at Kevija-U village, Dimapur. All interested people from the North East Region in the age group of 18 years and above irrespective of caste, creed, sex, or
religion may participate in the camp and acquire the simple and scientific ancient technique of meditation which is known as Art of Living, informed a press release from the Course Manager, N Barua. According to the release, Vipassana leads to the release of tensions and opens the knots as tied up by old habits. “The teachings of Vipassana are defi-
nitely a result oriented course,” it added. The course is completely residential and free of cost. Participants have been advised to go through the code of discipline before enrolling their names for such course. The selected participants will have to stay for ten days at the Gypsy Camp during the course. Informing that seats are very limited, the
Course Manager said that selection will be made on first come first serve basis. Interested people may contact N Barua, Course Manager at: Phone 9436002475, e-mail – nbarua.58@gmail.com for obtaining the application form with Code of Discipline etc. For further details, log on to www.vridhamma.org and www. dhamma.org.
MEx FILE MCCI directs shops, business owners moKoKchuNg, December 9 (mexN): Mokokchung Chamber of Commerce & Industries (MCCI) in its monthly executive council meeting on December 9 resolved that traders and business owners in the town and district will not register with any group/s other than statutory bodies established by law. This decision was made in light of the information received that certain group/s are issuing unconfirmed notices to traders and business owners to “register” with their group/s. Further, MCCI directed all shops and business owners to decorate their shops and establishments by December 11 on account of the festive season as well as the 125 years celebration of Mokokchung town. MCCI action committee will inspect the town on December 11 evening and defaulters, if any, will be imposed fines as prescribed by MCCI constitution. This was informed in a press release issued by MCCI President, Moasangba Jamir and Information Secretary, Limalenden Longkumer.
Sumi Baptist Church Doyapur informs Dimapur, December 9 (mexN): Sumi Baptist Church Doyapur under Dhansiripar sub-division in Dimapur district has expressed regret to inform that the Christmas bumper lucky draw in aid of church building construction, which was supposed to be drawn on December 12, has been postponed to June 8 , 2016 due to “unavoidable circumstances.” The lottery board members have requested all the customers to bear with them.
USBYE celebrates golden jubilee Kiphire, December 9 (mexN): United Sangtam Baptist Youth Endeavour (USBYE) celebrated its golden jubilee from December 4-6 at Yangli Mission Centre with delegates from all the churches in Sangtam areas. During the jubilee, Rev C. Lima, Executive Secretary, USBLA released the church history book of the Sangtams which was compiled by the pastor union of USBLA comprising 80 churches. The objective of the book is to let the young people know the history of the church and also to give a vision of the church for spiritual growth.
BJP Nagaland state unit meets RN Ravi Dimapur, December 9 (mexN): The Nagaland State BJP unit met the Interlocutor RN Ravi on December 8 in Kohima and deliberated on the Indo-Naga peace talks. The team was led by the State unit President Dr M. Chuba Ao and Dr TM Lotha, MLA & Advisor, representing the BJP legislators. While appreciating the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi for initiating the Peace Accord, the party also acknowledged the Interlocutor for his sincere efforts to take all the stakeholders onboard for talks, stated a press release from General Secretary & Spokesperson, BJP Nagaland, K James Vizo. The release asserted that as a national politi-
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KPC annual picnic on Dec 16 Kohima, December 9 (mexN): The annual picnic of Kohima Press Club (KPC) will be held on December 16 at Dzüü riverside (from Rusoma). This was decided during an executive meeting of the club on November 30. KPC General Secretary, Alice Yhoshü has informed all the members and well wishers of the club to participate in the annual picnic.
Nagaland State BJP unit team with interlocutor of Indo-Naga peace talks, RN Ravi on December 8.
cal party, the Nagaland BJP unit is all out for lasting solution and peace in the State and the party is ready to render its service for the cause as and when its participation is sought/ required. Informing that many questions raised by the party delegation were clarified by the Interlocutor,
the BJP spokesperson said the Party was informed that keeping in mind the principle foundation of equality and mutual respect, the problem has to be resolved. The BJP team also expressed to Ravi that as two parties are in the process of peace talk, one party should not be kept in the
dark as in the past. Keeping in mind mutual respect and confidence of each other, they should be more open in order to arrive at a stable and peaceful solution in the region, the team stressed. Other issues were also deliberated and the Party appealed that they are also convey to the PM Modi.
NWA expresses sadness Members of Dimapur Bengali Samaj (DBS) distributed relief materials on December 9 to the fire victims at ISBT Dimapur. The fire broke out on December 2 ravaging 35 houses at Burma Camp, according to DBS President, KK Paul.
Kiphire Range Forest Office inaugurated
Dr Michael Imti Imchen (left) with the first beneficiary from the Satellite Piggery Farms in Nagaland. The Satellite Farms were sanctioned by the Department of V&AH in few districts of Nagaland to augment pig propagation for breeding purpose as well increasing meat production. They were first set up with 100% subsidies except for the land to be provided by the beneficiary. The Farms were first provided with 25 pigs by the department, including feeds, housing structures, appliances and expenses for construction and land development. The above beneficiary was the first to receive piglets from the Satellite Farms in Zunheboto.
Corrigendum With regard to a photo caption which appeared in December 9 issue of this paper (page 5), it is corrected that Hotoshe Sema was awarded Bharat Jyoti Award in the field of education and social work along with other India personalities who were honored for their services rendered with excellence in the fields of science and technology, education, industry, fine arts, sports, politics and social works.
Kiphire, December 9 (mexN): Kiphire Range Forest Office was inaugurated on December 5 by Dr. Sentitula (IFS), DFO, Tuensang division as chief guest in the presence of Kamdi Hemant Bhaskar (IFS), Wildlife Warden, Kiphire Division. Tsangli Tikhir, Forest Range Officer, Kiphire Range, Tsingthrise Sangtam, Forest Ranger Officer, Tuensang Headquarters Range, office and wildlife staff and well wishers were also present during the inauguration. The programme began with an invocation prayer by Rev. RP Vinthong, Pastor, Tikhir Baptist Church Kiphire Town. Delegates were welcomed by Tsangli Tikhir, Forest Range Officer, Kiphire, who complimented the efforts of all the staff in looking after one of the largest ranges comprising whole of Kiphire district. The chief guest, Dr. Sentitula, expressed hope that the improved infrastructure will boost the morale of the frontline staff to efficiently dispense their duties. “While being in the Forest Department, we have been del-
Kohima, December 9 (mexN): The Nagaland Wrestling Association (NWA) has expressed shock and sadness at the demise of R. Ketsore Mekro, former General Secretary of NWA (1992-96), on November 22. “He (Mekro) was a wise and a dynamic leader, who has rendered his selfless service in different capacities, particularly in the wrestling fraternity of the Nagas,” stated a press release from NWA President, Nikhrolo Khalo. “His efforts went into lifting the Naga community to greater heights leaving behind a legacy which will be remembered and honored.” NWA further expressed sympathy to the bereaved family and relatives. It prayed that the love and comfort of God be upon the family and the soul of the departed rest in peace.
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Forest Department officials during the inauguration of Kiphire Range Forest Office on December 5.
egated the most important assignment of taking care of the environment for the survival of humanity,” she reminded during her inaugural speech. Meanwhile, Kamdi Hemant Bhaskar, Wildlife Warden, Kiphire Division, lauded the joint
efforts for conservation of territorial and wildlife wing and encouraged to continue it further. The programme concluded with vote of thanks by Khumbliba T Sangtam, Forester I and benediction was said by Khumlimong Yinchunger, Forest Guard.
One iron trunk box was recovered from New NST area, Kohima, near Dimapur zonal taxi counter on December 8. Officer-in-charge of North Police Station, Kohima has informed the rightful owner to come and collect the property at North Police Station, Kohima.
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DEFENDING LAND AND COMMUNITY: It’s hot in Mokokchung Women on the frontlines of climate justice X issue 336X issue 185 Thursday 9volume July 2015 volume
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wise old man I know was born little more than 40 years after Mokokchung town came into being in 1890. Sitting under the Dimapur winter’s mild sun, he talks of how the biting cold of the water in Mokokchung town is currently unbearable. He then quickly moves on to summer. Though the fresh air remains a cooling delight, the summers in Mokokchung town have become sweaty. It’s hot even in Mokokchung these days, he says. It was not like that when he was growing up there. It used to be cool enough due to much more forestation, uncle explains. Now people cut down any patch of trees to make houses anywhere. Thanks to the blue hills, the shade remains cool. The change he describes does not end there. He talks of a different “feeling” when he has to take the helicopter from Mokokchung to Dimapur to see his grandchildren these days. “Moja asse, kintu ekta alak feeling...It could be a matter of seconds..” he trails off, pointing to his heart. The helicopter ride covers a car journey of 8 hours in 20 minutes making it possible for him to visit the family at least once a year. At the time when he was born, even a car ride was a far cry. It is all fast and accessible today but the risk is great. These changes he postulates are not far removed from what the Naga National Council once foresaw. Accordingly, the leaders fine-tuned a political strategy that could have led to development processes that empower the people, as well as the environment they inhabit. Perhaps it is still this stress on people’s self determination that is holding on to forests and hills from entirely disappearing. Through a proliferating and damaging urbanity, a large rural populace is tirelessly preserving the environment and sustaining culture. This is not far removed from what indigenous peoples’ leaders from around the world are saying at the United Nations Climate Change Conference underway in Paris currently. The objective of the Conference is to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate change, from all the nations of the world. However, the US, EU, Australia and others are pushing to exclude indigenous nations from the pact that may impact the latter’s lands, their rights to it and changes due to climate change. Climate change mitigation techniques, like mega hydropower projects, proposed by larger nation states adversely affect the life and livelihoods of the indigenous peoples of the world. Yet it is them who are on the front lines of the impacts of climate change, as well as stabilising Earth’s climate. Along with nations like Canada, thus, India must also join in to push for the rights of the indigenous peoples of the world to be recognised, and take advice from its uniquely recognised Naga neighbours to formulate a strategy. This would not only sort out a large number of power politics played out at such climate change conferences but also turn the tide on mitigation strategies with, perhaps, slower forms of development that slow down climate change. Inevitably, it will also recognise the collective rights of indigenous nations to their land—a basic recognition long due by powers that be. Rightful comments may be sent to moitramail@yahoo.com
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If Brits don’t believe in Him, Can God Save the Queen?
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n October, a survey by the Church of England and other British Christian groups found that four out of 10 British adults were not certain Jesus Christ was a real person who had lived, let alone the son of God. Those findings alarmed senior church officials, who reportedly advised congregants that trying to convert disinterested Brits might just be “counterproductive.” Now, the Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life has concluded that the British government must adjust its political system to recognize that Christianity is no longer the country’s majority religion. Roughly two-fifths of Brits self-identify as Christian, and many are opting for evangelical denominations over the traditional Anglican church. The Commission — convened by the academic Woolf Institute, made up of a group of senior religious leaders, and chaired by former senior judge Baroness Elizabeth Butler-Sloss — released a report Monday claiming that roughly half of U.K. citizens do not follow a specific religion, compared to the twothirds who identified as Christian in 1983. Additionally, Islam, Hinduism, and Sikhism have surpassed Judaism in popularity. These findings, the report claims, prove the evolving religious landscape in Britain calls for dramatic changes to the way Christianity influences public life. Currently, 26 bishops from the Church of England serve in the House of Lords, and Monday’s report argued that number should be dramatically reduced to make room for non-Christian religious leaders, including imams and rabbis. That suggestion didn’t go over so well with the Church, which is headed by the monarchy. “The report is dominated by the old-fashioned view that traditional religion is declining in importance and that nonadherence to a religion is the same as humanism or secularism,” a Church spokeswoman said Monday. That was far from the report’s only controversial recommendation, which also recommends eliminating laws that require schools to hold collective worship and reforming school syllabi that “portray religions only in a good light.” “They tend to omit the role of religions in reinforcing stereotypes and prejudice around issues such as gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and race,” the report said. The commission’s findings demonstrate a decades-long shift in British perceptions of religion. In the U.S., where Christianity is still widely viewed by voters on both sides of the aisle as proof of honesty and integrity in a candidate, British politicians have become more cautious about exposing their religious views. In 2003, a senior adviser interrupted then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair to prevent him from discussing his faith in detail with a magazine reporter. “We don’t do God,” the adviser, Alastair Campbell reportedly said. Blair’s team of confidantes also reportedly advised him against using “God bless you” in a speech about the Iraq War. Perhaps Monday’s most controversial suggestion, however, was not that the government formally de-Christianize the U.K. but that it encourage free speech — even for radical religious views. As fears of radicalization and homegrown terrorism grow across Europe, the commission suggested that in many instances, freedom of speech should not be expanded instead of limited. The report said officials “should engage with a wide range of affected groups, including those with which it disagrees … and should lead public opinion by challenging negative stereotyping and by speaking out in support of groups that may otherwise feel vulnerable and excluded. On Saturday, a knife-wielding man slit one man’s throat and injured others in a London subway station, screaming “This is for Syria.” The attack came days after Parliament approved British airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria. London police are treating the subway attack as a terror incident, but at least one passerby didn’t seem to think it was indicative of religious extremism. “You’re not even a Muslim, bruv!” he reportedly yelled. “You’re an embarrassment.”
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hen world leaders attend international conferences like Conference of Parties (COP21) on climate change, they face political pressure and opposition. When women stand up for environmental rights in their communities, they face harassment, violence, and death threats. Climate change is not just about international agreements between governments – it matters to people’s lives and to our very survival. Women comprise the majority of the world’s poor and experience systemic marginalization, discrimination, and violence. This makes them particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and environmental degradation. When they mobilize for environmental rights, they face myriad obstacles, both because of their activism and because they are women. Women are taking leadership at the grassroots level to defend the lives and rights of their communities and implement creative strategies to mitigate and adapt to the consequences of climate change. One of the key ways they are responding to the challenge of climate change is by mobilizing for the land rights of their communities, which not only helps achieve sustainable development but has also been found to reduce CO2 emissions. The following stories highlight some of the struggles and solutions proposed by grassroots women environmental activists. They are excerpted from case studies based on individual interviews and group discussions during a convening held by Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights (UAF) and the SamEva Bande is a defender of women’s human dhana Institute in Indonesia in September 2015. rights, land rights, and the environment and a mother of three from Central Sulawesi in Indonesia. She Fighting oppression and impunity founded the People’s Front for Central Sulawesi Bai Ali Indayla is a Moro activist from Mindanao Palm Oil Advocacy to organize communities to stop in the Philippines, While still a university student, illegal land grabs and monitor environmental degBai Ali was the first female student to be elected stu- radation. Because of her activism, Eva was arrested dent body president. After graduation, she became and sentenced to 4½ years in prison. Local farmers active on issues of militarization, peacebuilding and and community members supported her as she condocumentation of violations against the Bangsa- tinued to organize behind bars. Finally, the President maro communities in the context of the ongoing granted her clemency last December. conflict between the national government and inToday, she stills faces threats and challenges, but surgents seeking regional autonomy. Today, she is she vows to continue her activism. “To lead is to take the Secretary General of KAWAGIB - Alliance for the risks,” she shared, “the violence I experienced in jail Advancement of Moro Human Rights. This position definitely left a mark on me, and it shook the combrings increased risk since groups critical of the gov- munity as well. But we have to continue to strengthernment's policies in the region are often branded as en the community because the fight is far from over.” threats even though their work is peaceful. While she acknowledged the importance of law Powerful multinational companies are exploiting and policy, including at negotiations like COP21, she resource-rich Mindanao and violating the rights of local stressed that “land justice cannot be discussed only, people with impunity and the support of paramilitary it has to be put in practice.” forces provided by the government of the Philippines. Such extractive activities aggravate climate change. Reclaiming community land and power In Mindanao, criminalization of environmental Jull Takaliuang is another indigenous woman adand indigenous human rights defenders has reached vocating for the environment and human rights in unprecedented levels. Tactics such as false charges Indonesia. Because of her activism to stop destrucand imprisonment, harassment, and violence are tive gold mining, reclaim beaches from exploitation, used to deter their work. Such threats occur in the and halt illegal logging carried out by members of the context of an ongoing conflict and are sometimes police on Bangka Island, Jull has experienced many carried out under the pretext of the government’s threats. She was physically attacked by people hired campaign against local insurgent groups. In addi- by a mining company, received numerous death tion, human rights defenders, their families and their threats, was unlawfully detained and placed under communities face displacement by the conflict and house arrest, and was strangled with her megaphone are targets of extrajudicial killings staged to appear cord while attending a court hearing. as though they took place because of the military “When the land is taken, we do not have power,” conflict. Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) she explained, “we are fighting for a bigger cause: are at particular risk of sexual violence; rape is used fighting for women who are losing their land, women as a shaming tactic and to discourage their activism. who cannot fish anymore because the water is poiIn spite of harassment and threats against her sonous, women who are becoming poorer because and her family, Bai Ali continues her work tirelessly. the environment is contaminated.” Solidarity from Her approach is to protect herself by reporting her her community and from international allies keep experiences publicly. “The more we speak out, the her going in difficult times. Recently, the United Namore people are alerted, the more the perpetrator tions Development Programme (UNDP) recognized will keep a distance,” she explains, “and as long as her achievements by awarding her the N-Peace there is still discrimination against women and op- Prize, which honors local leaders throughout Asia. pression of the people, I will continue advocating for the rights of women, children, and my community.” Listening to women human rights defenders’ stories The stories of Bai Ali, Eva, and Jull are not unusuLeading and taking risks al. Throughout Southeast Asia, hundreds of women In Indonesia, the situation for women that fight environmental activists have been jailed, have been for land rights and environmental justice is equally defamed as threats to “national security,” or have sufchallenging. Much of the land grabbing and environ- fered discrimination and violence. Yet, the experimental degradation take place in remote areas, mak- ences of these women too often remain untold, and ing it difficult to document violations. Women also despite their leadership, they still lack the resources struggle against social norms that have traditionally and protection mechanisms they need to continue seen only men as leaders. their invaluable work.
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E all can relate to the saying “One death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic.” Our sympathy for suffering and loss declines precipitously when we are presented with increasing numbers of victims. In the 1950s, the psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton studied survivors of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and discovered that a condition he labeled “psychic numbing” enabled them to withstand the psychological trauma of this experience. Psychologists have since extended Dr. Lifton’s work to show how the concept of psychic numbing has implications in many other situations, such as our response to information about refugee crises, mass extinctions and climate change. This information can be deadening in its abstractness. We struggle to care when the numbers get big. The poet Zbigniew Herbert called this “the arithmetic of compassion.” How big do the numbers have to be for insensitivity to begin? Not very, it turns out. Consider the recent death of the Syrian child Aylan Kurdi when his family braved the choppy seas off the coast of Turkey. The image of Aylan lying face down on the beach captivated the world’s attention and even, in short order, resulted in refugee policy changes in countries as far away as the United States. But 14 Syrian children drowned in the Aegean Sea the next day. Did you notice? Did you care? And even 14 is much higher than
At Urgent Action Fund, we believe and trust in the power of women human rights defenders (WHRDs) like Bai Ali, Eva, and Jull to change their communities and the world. We make rapid response grants – responding to requests in any language in under 72 hours – to support their critical work when they face unanticipated security threats or advocacy opportunities. Annually, we award over 800,000 USD to defenders around the world. For instance, when Eva was sentenced to prison for her non-violent protest of palm oil plantations, Urgent Action Fund provided funding for legal support and evidence collection to free her, which led to her presidential pardon and release. In addition, Urgent Action Fund convenes spaces for WHRDs to learn from each other and we advocate alongside them for better protection mechanisms. Our particular perspective within women’s rights movements allows us to understand firsthand the importance of quick and flexible funding as well as the challenges faced by WHRDs in their mobilization for environmental justice. From discussing to practicing justice Raising the profile of women environmental activists is an important step, but we cannot stop there. Their stories must inform the policies we push our leaders to adopt, so that, in Eva’s words, we can shift from merely discussing to truly practicing land justice. Women engaged in activism for climate justice advocate at local, national, and international levels, including at the United Nations. They are collectively calling for climate justice and are at COP21 to push for a legally binding agreement that recognizes the disproportionate impact of climate change on women and indigenous peoples and strengthens their participation in decision-making processes. Despite frustration with insufficient policy implementation as well as frequent backlash they experience when their advocacy is successful, the WHRDs with whom we spoke or who we listened to assured us they would not give up on advocacy. “It is not only part of our work,” they told us, “it is part of our body, part of our bones, part of our blood, and part of our lives.” The least that funders can do is join them in their advocacy to foster an enabling environment for them to carry out their work safely. This means creating spaces and providing funding and other resources for them to advocate for themselves and their communities, recognizing and valuing their experiences, supporting their leadership development and participation, strengthening their networks and resilience to sustain their movements. As Eva Bande put it, “Networking at the international level can affect public policy in Indonesia. There is a critical need for funding and international support to achieve these strategic objectives.”
The Arithmetic of Compassion scott slovic and Paul slovic New York Times necessary to desensitize us. In studies published last year in the journal PLOS One, one of us, Paul Slovic, and colleagues demonstrated that “compassion fade” can occur when an incident involving a single person expands to as few as two people. Participants were asked, in both hypothetical and real situations, to make donations, and to report how they felt about donating, to either a single needy child or two needy children, each of whom was identified with a photograph, name and age. We found that people’s positive feelings about donating declined substantially when the group size was two, and that this decrease was related to lower levels of donations. In addition to psychic numbing, there is another psychological disposition at work, called “pseudoinefficacy.” This tendency was demonstrated in another study of charitable giving, published this year in Frontiers in Psychology, also by Paul Slovic and colleagues. We found that people might be inclined to send money to an individual person in need, but that if
they heard that a second person also required aid but could not be helped, they were less inclined to donate to the first person. Meeting that need no longer felt as satisfying. Similarly, when the need for assistance was described as part of a large-scale relief effort, potential donors would experience a demotivating sense of inefficacy arising from the thought that the help they could provide was but “a drop in the bucket.” It seems that we are psychologically wired to help only one person at a time. And we don’t even care to do that if we sense that there are others we cannot help. In addition, we believe that yet another psychological tendency, the “prominence effect,” explains why genuinely well-meaning people (and their governments) so often fail to intervene to prevent genocides and other largescale abuses. “Prominent” actions or objectives are those that are easily justified, though they may not match our stated social values. For example: Decisions that protect national security or satisfy our attachment to near-term
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comforts and conveniences are easily justified. Such choices, as Paul Slovic explains in a recent University of Illinois Law Review article, are likely to trump decisions to protect people or the environment, especially when the humans in need or the environmental phenomena in jeopardy (species, habitats, the planet’s climate) are so vast in scale as to seem distant and abstract. Do we have any choice? Can we change the way our minds instinctively act when psychic numbing, pseudoinefficacy and the prominence effect are triggered? The psychologist Robert Ornstein and the biologist Paul Ehrlich argued decades ago, in their book “New World New Mind,” that our minds had failed to keep up with the times — that we were, in a sense, cave men and cave women, struggling to deal with modern problems, like nuclear annihilation, to which our minds were not suited. They called for a “conscious evolution” in how we processed information about the modern world, meaning an intentional change in our cognitive habits. We need to be alert to how psychic numbing, pseudoinefficacy and the prominence effect lead us to act in ways contrary to our values. Doing so can help us to improve our reactions to information about a complex and often upsetting world. Addressing catastrophes like climate change, mass terrorist attacks and refugee crises may be beyond our reach unless we come to terms with how our minds perform the arithmetic of compassion.
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Meet the refugee helping to feed Cleveland Hsar Lar Doe is from Myanmar but spent 15 years in a refugee camp in Thailand before finally making his way to the US aljazeera.com
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y name is Hsar Lar Doe. I am 32 years old. I was born in Gee Lo, a small village in the countryside of Myanmar. My family were farmers. My village was a "Dark Zone". The soldiers didn't need permission to kill villagers there. I was four years old when my father was killed by soldiers who suspected that our village was giving food to the rebel forces. I didn't see it happen and I only remember him from a picture. I cannot say what his real face looks like. In 1995, my younger brother, Kree Kre, and I left the village with our grandparents; we went to a refugee camp located on the border of Myanmar and Thailand. Everybody wanted to go to the camp, but there is not enough room, so parents often stay behind. It was hard to say goodbye to my mum. I lived in the refugee camp for nearly 15 years. The camp was controlled by the Thai authorities. They gave us a little bit of food and told us to stay inside the camp. We did not have any chance to find money or work outside of the camp. You don't have any rights or freedom inside the refugee camp; life was really like being in a cage. There was a school in my camp, but when you finished there was no opportunity for further education. Usually, people get married, they have children, and then they work for their community. Then the children go to school; it's kind of a circle. We just followed the order of the authority. It was very strict. Most people who came to the refugee camp were suspected of supporting the rebels. If you went back to your country there was no trust. While I was in the camp I heard about something that was sometimes a rumour, but sometimes real. The authorities would send a refugee back to their homeland, where the people in charge could do whatever they wanted to them. There was no way I could go back to Myanmar. The United Nations was trying to get the refugees out of camps by finding countries to accept us. If another country was willing to take refugees then we could apply for acceptance. In the beginning they said, "Here are two or three countries
Thirty-two-year-old Hsar Lar Doe recounts his journey from a village in Myanmar to a farm in the US, via a refugee camp in Thailand. (Photo: Angelo Merendino/Al Jazeera)
that will accept refugees." By the time I applied the only choice was the US. I was interviewed by the local government; they asked me why I left my country and why I wanted to leave the refugee camp. Before I came to the US I was interviewed by the Department of Homeland Security and they asked me the same questions. I wanted to come to the US because I knew that it was a free country, a democratised country, and it could give me more opportunity. Every person has the opportunity to study and the opportunity to work. The most important thing was safety: We never had safety in the refugee camp. My application was approved in 2010, and I moved to Kentucky. It was scary in the beginning because life in the US is totally different from Myanmar. I learned to speak a little bit of English in the refugee camp, but I had very limited language skills. The people were welcoming but it was hard to communicate. I worked a lot in my country, but the way we work there and the way people work in the US is so different. In my country, most of the time, we work our own job and the time is more flexible. You can rest, and you can work hard. You don't have to do one thing the same way all the time. My brother also came to the US; he was living in Iowa. I wanted to be close to him, so I left Kentucky. I found work at a meat packing plant. In the beginning it was so strange and scary because I never saw people kill animals that much. I worked there for seven months. It was great to be with my brother. In 2011, my friend Thomas, also from Myanmar, was working as a programme coordinator at The Refugee Response in Cleveland, Ohio. The Refugee Response helps refugees by providing us with jobs and assistance as we adjust to life in our new community.
Thomas told me they were starting a farm, and if I wanted to work I could have a job. Farming was familiar to me because I grew vegetables in my country, so I accepted the job and moved to Cleveland. Now, I am the site manager on the farm. I plant seeds and prepare the beds, I harvest crops in the morning, I sort them out, and I deliver produce to local restaurants. I manage a crew of nine people from five different countries. I like it. It reminds me of my home country. When I first came to the US I thought I'd have an opportunity to go to school. When I was in the refugee camp I was interested in computers, but when I came to the US I realised that it's hard for me to get into what I'm really interested in because having a job is the most important thing in the US, especially as a refugee. If you don't work, you can't take the risk. My job is the biggest priority for me. It was really hard to get involved with the community when I lived in other cities. My daily routine was to sleep, go to work all day, then sleep. The Refugee Response created an opportunity for me to get involved more in the community. We sell produce to restaurants, so I feel like I have an opportunity to meet people. We have many visitors who come to the farm and I have a chance to talk with them … I feel more like I am in the US. I like American culture but we do not want to lose our culture. We don't have to forget everything from the past; we can adjust by taking the good parts here and maintaining our good parts, too. For me, for now, Cleveland is a good place. I have a community from Myanmar here, and some family and friends, and I am happy at The Refugee Response. I am applying for citizenship - we never dreamed of becoming US citizens. We always felt like there was a different world and nobody imagined that one day we could be there.
Paris, Peace, and Humanity on the Precipice
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umanity stands at a precipice. Merely 200 years of the age of fossil fuel has driven species and biodiversity to extinction, destroyed our soils, depleted and polluted our water and destabilised our entire climate system. Five hundred years of colonialism have driven cultures, languages, peoples to extinction and left a legacy of violence as the basis of production and governance. The November 13 Paris attacks have led to an escalation of violence in our way of speaking and thinking while dealing with a conflict. Paris has emerged as the epicentre of the planetary ecological crisis and the global cultural crisis. From November 30 to December 11, movements and governments are converging in Paris for COP21 — 21st Conference of Parties on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. COP21 is not just about climate change; it is about our modes of production and consumption which are destroying the ecosystems that support life on this planet. There is a deep and intimate connection between the events of November 13 and the ecological devastation unleashed by the fossil fuel era of human history. The same processes that contribute to climate change also contribute towards growing violence amongst people. Both are results of a war against the Earth. Industrial agriculture is a fossil fuelbased system which contributes more than 40 per cent of the greenhouse gases leading to climate change. Along with the globalised food system, industrial agriculture is to be blamed for at least 50 percent of the global warming. Synthetic nitrogen fertilisers are based on fossil fuels and use the same chemical processes used to make explosives and ammunition. Manufacturing one kilogram of nitrogen fertiliser requires the energy equivalent to two
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'Land, water and agriculture-related conflicts are deliberately mutated into religious conflicts to protect the militarised agriculture model which has unleashed a global war against people' Vandana Shiva commondreams litres of diesel. Energy used during fertiliser manufacture was equivalent to 191 billion litres of diesel in 2000 and is projected to rise to 277 billion in 2030. Synthetic fertiliser, used for industrial agriculture, is a major contributor to climate change — it starts destroying the planet long before it reaches a field. Yet the dominant narrative is that synthetic fertilisers feed us and without them people will starve. The fertiliser industry says that “they produce bread from air”. This is incorrect. Nature and humans have evolved many non-violent, effective and sustainable ways to provide nitrogen to soil and plants. For example, pulses and beans are nitrogen-fixing crops. Bacteria named rhizobia, which exists in the nodules of their roots, converts atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia and then into organic compounds to be used by the plant for growth. Intercropping or rotating pulses with cereals has been an ancient practice in India. We also use green manures which can fix nitrogen. Returning organic matter to the soil builds up soil nitrogen. Organic farming can increase nitrogen content of soil between 44-144 per cent, depending on the crops that are grown. Organic farming not only avoids the emissions that come from industrial agriculture, it transforms carbon in the air through photosynthesis and builds it up in the soil, thus contributing to higher soil fertility, higher food production and nutrition and a sustain-
able, zero-cost technology for addressing climate change. Ecologically non-sustainable models of agriculture, dependent on fossil fuels, have been imposed through “aid” and “development” projects in the name of Green Revolution. As soil and water are destroyed, ecosystems that produced food and supported livelihoods can no longer sustain societies. As a result, there’s anger, discontent, frustration, protests and conflicts. However, land, water and agriculture-related conflicts are repeatedly and deliberately mutated into religious conflicts to protect the militarised agriculture model, which has unleashed a global war against the earth and people. I witnessed this in Punjab while I was doing research for my book, The Violence of the Green Revolution, on the violence of 1984. We are witnessing this today, as conflicts which begin because of land degradation and water crises — induced by non-sustainable farming systems — are given the colour of religious conflicts. Since 2009, we heard of Boko Haram while we missed the news about the disappearance of Lake Chad. Lake Chad supported 30 million people in four countries — Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger. Intensive irrigation for industrial agriculture increased four-fold from 1983 to 1994. Fifty per cent of the disappearance of Lake Chad is attributed to the building of dams and intensive irrigation for in-
dustrial agriculture. As the water disappeared, conflicts between Muslim pastoralists and settled Christian farmers over the dwindling water resources led to unrest. As Luc Gnacadja, the former secretary-general of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, states about the violence in Nigeria, “The so-called religious fight is actually about access to vital resources”. The story of Syria is similar. In 2009, a severe drought uprooted a million farmers who were forced to move into the city for livelihood. Structural adjustment measures, imposed by global financial institutions and trade rules, prevented the government from responding to the plight of Syria’s farmers. The farmers’ protests intensified. By 2011, the world’s military powers were in Syria, selling more arms and diverting the narrative from the story of the soil and farmers to religion. Today, half of Syria is in refugee camps, the war is escalating and the root causes of the violence continue to be actively disguised as religion. Haber, the inventor of Zyklon B — a poisonous gas used in 1915 to kill more than a million Jews in concentration camps — was given a Nobel Prize in chemistry. American biologist Norman Borlaug received a Nobel Prize for Peace for the chemicalbased Green Revolution that has only left a legacy of violence. For me, COP21 is a pilgrimage of peace — to remember all the innocent victims of the wars against the land and people; to develop the capacity to reimagine that we are one and refuse to be divided by race and religion; to see the connections between ecological destruction, growing violence and wars that are engulfing our societies. We must remember that there will be no peace between people if we do not make peace with the Earth.
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ll the businesses and shopping stores I saw in Aizawl, the Capital of Mizoram, seem to be run by Mizos themselves. Their women are possibly leading even their male counterparts as they are everywhere working, including the manning of butcher shops. I couldn’t help but wonder, does the government of Mizoram follow an economic policy of market protectionism so as to control the influx of migrant workers and preserve job security for the local population? Their intention may be good, yet this strategy also deprives their constituents of lower prices and wider choices in market. So the question is, can this kind of insular flow of goods and services produce a strong economy in the long run? What about the Nagas in Nagaland? We are mostly into government service and hardly into business. Indeed, we may be owners of trade licenses and building facilities for running businesses within our home turf. But around 80 percent of these businesses, according to the Naga Business Association Kohima (NBAK), belong to non-Nagas who are simply operating in the names of the local people, which can easily fool us into believing that our Naga economy is growing and on track. Should we stop non-locals from running businesses in Nagaland? No, that’s not what I mean, although certain loopholes, such as the renting of trade licenses, need to be stopped. In the long run any attempt to restrict the free flow of the market, or preventglobalization, will become counterproductive. This means giving up the instinct to protect our turf and exert control so as to create a dynamic meritocracy where ideas, goods, and services can flow freely. Of course, the hardest challenge for any group that wants to correct the wrong setup of businesses in this global age is to deepen and broaden the culture of collaboration. To make this work, we, as individuals and as business companies, must assume a collaborative disposition. Trade is a positive-sum game: the more participants there are, the more opportunities arise, allowing more people to produce more and to obtain goods and services more cheaply. If we are for free market, we can’t be afraid of outsiders working under our home turf as long as we have a responsible government with a good immigration system and laws concerning hiring. As a matter of fact, almost all developed countries in the world follow a policy of attracting foreigners, and even offering immigrants certain exemptions from some visa rules, to work in industries with labor supply problems. For example, the Canadian government recruits engineers and technicians from all over the world to work in their petroleum industry sector. In the United States, it’s the high-tech whizzes. In the United Kingdom, it’s the nurses. In most of Southeast Asia and the Middle East countries, it’s domestic help. In China, it’s scholars and scientists. Though migrants are often the subject of xenophobia or discrimination in their new homes, they do bring numerous economic benefits. In addition to taking jobs that local people either can’t fill or won’t do---because they may be too complicated or too dangerous or too unpleasant---these outsiders bring new ideas and techniques to the workplace. If they are part of an educated workforce or business owners, they can even create employment and add to the local revenue in the forms of income taxes and corporate taxes. In advanced countries, immigrants bring an extra bonus by contributing to the local pension funds as well. But when governmental systems or proper regulations are not in place, none of these potential revenue sources can produce anything. That’s why the bulk of money earned by migrants in Nagaland flows back to other parts of India. This is understandable, especially if non-local workers don’t have their families with them. But if we Nagas can make available the various modern facilities and amenities for their families, these outsiders can bring their families here and funnel most of their income back into the local economy by paying for food, housing, and other necessities. The labor market doesn’t care where someone is from, as long as he or she has the right skills for the job. But there are often winners as well as losers in the market economy as in any other field of work. If a migrant worker, for example, can do a job more cheaply than a local person, then that local person may soon have to find a new line of job. In order to help the local people in such a situation, the government has to figure out some solutions. In developed countries, local workers who lose their jobs to outsiders are compensated with things like cash payments, retraining, and educational opportunities for their children. Or, sometimes the government can impose certain taxes or fees on non-local workers---the main beneficiaries of the trade---to compensate the local workers who have lost their jobs. The important thing is that, depending on the situation or needs, every government has to create its own mechanism to make certain kinds of redistribution of benefits possible. Cheap labor can be an important factor in the increase of production or profit margin in any business. For example, China has become the world’s biggest economy with an enormous army of cheap laborers. So in dealing with such kind of workers, it would be wise to bear this old Chinese proverb in mind, “What we cannot avoid, welcome.” Yet in talking about cheap labor, we must not neglect the laborers either. We must understand that some extreme hardships in their lives might have forced them out of their homeland. Usually, migrant workers or people from remote inland, who seek their fortune in a strange place, where they don’t know the local dialect, can only earn a little more than their basic expenditure on food, while they risk their health and struggle under very poor living conditions. Because many of these people work for us, it is right that we treat them with due respect and fairness. Such a kind of employer-employee relationship can only lead to greater productivity and increased mutual benefits. As for the government, it must put in place certain workers’ protection laws, in addition to fixing the minimum wage. The greatest danger to our economy, in my opinion, is not the non-local workers or their businesses. Rather, it is we the Nagas not coming up in our education, or even losing our educated people to other countries. If we become a well-educated and skilled workforce, we will have nothing to fear because we can control the decision-making processes and determine the desired outcomes for ourselves.
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India, Pakistan to resume dialogue iSlAmAbAD, December 9 (Pti): India will resume high-level talks with rival Pakistan, Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj said on Wednesday, raising hopes that relations between the two nucleararmed neighbours may be thawing slightly. “India and Pakistan have decided to resume dialogue,” Sushma Swaraj told media at a news conference in the Pakistan capital of Islamabad. The last meeting in the process known as ‘Bilateral Dialogue’ was in September 2012. Relations between the two powers had chilled after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power last year. Swaraj, earlier, called on Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, amid efforts by both countries to revive the stalled dialogue process to improve ties. Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar and Sharif’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz were among those present during the meeting. Earlier, Swaraj, speaking at a multilateral meet on Afghanistan, said it was time India and Pakistan display “maturity and selfconfidence” to do business with each other as
US has no role in India, Pak counter-terror talks
SushmaSwaraj meets Pakistan's Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz.
the world was rooting for a change. “It is time that we display the maturity and selfconfidence to do business with each other and strengthen regional trade and cooperation. The entire world is waiting and rooting for a change. Let us not disappoint them. “For its part, India is prepared to move our cooperation at a pace which Pakistan is comfortable with,” she said. Prime Minister Sharif also hosted a lunch for the heads of delegations at the
conference. Swaraj arrived here yesterday on a two-day visit to attend the ‘Heart of Asia’ ministerial conference on Afghanistan. Swaraj’s visit here came days after talks between the National Security Advisors of India and Pakistan in Bangkok, where they discussed terrorism, Jammu and Kashmir and a range of key bilateral issues apart from agreeing to carry forward the “constructive” engagement. A joint statement issued after the meeting of NSAs said the talks were held
pursuant to a meeting between Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Sharif on the sidelines of the climate meet in Paris. Before Paris, Modi and Sharif had held bilateral meeting in Russian city of Ufa where they decided that their NSAs would meet to discuss all “terror-related” issues. However, Pakistan had called-off Aziz’ visit after New Delhi had made it clear that he would not be allowed to meet Kashmiri separatist leaders in the Indian capital.
wAShiNgtoN, December 9 (iANS): While welcoming talks between Indian and Pakistani officials as positive steps, the US has ruled out convening any talks on counter-terrorism between the two countries as issues between them are best worked out by themselves. "Well, the short answer is no," State Department spokesperson John Kirby told reporters Tuesday when asked if the US was playing any role in any engagement between New Delhi and Islamabad or to bring terrorists wanted by India from Pakistan. "We're not running any or convening any talks between India and Pakistan with respect to counterterrorism," he said. "We strongly and still believe that the best solution is for the two countries to work out these issues together." "These are common threats they both face, so I'm not aware of any effort by the United States to lead or convene some sort of effort," the spokesperson said. However, Kirby said, US viewed "the terrorist threat in that part of the world to be one shared by everybody, and including the US, which is why we've worked so hard in Afghanistan, which is why we still work so hard on a relationship with Pakistan". Referring to the talks between the National Security Advisors of India and Pakistan in Bangkok and Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's visit to Islamabad, he said: "We welcome reports of the meeting between Indian and Pakistani officials." "We support any and all positive steps India and Pakistan can take to reduce the tensions, to engage in dialogue, forge closer relations," he said. "The normalization of relations between those two countries is vital not only to them but to the region, so we once again encourage this kind of dialogue," he said. "These are issues that are best worked out between the two of them by the two of them," Kirby added.
Obama calls Modi to clinch climate deal wAShiNgtoN, December 9 (iANS): In a bid to clinch a deal at the ongoing Paris climate conference, President Barack Obama is working the phones with calls to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other world leaders. He spoke on the phone with Modi Tuesday "to discuss the ongoing Paris climate conference," according to a White House readout of the call. "Both leaders emphasized their personal commitment to secure a strong climate change agreement this week and their interest in our countries' working together to achieve a successful outcome," it said. On behalf of the American people, Obama also accepted Modi's condolences for the loss of life in the San Bernardino shootings last week. Besides calling Modi on Tuesday, Obama conferred by phone earlier this week with President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil, New York Times cited Secretary of State John Kerry as saying in an interview on the sidelines of UN climate change talks in Paris. India and Brazil, along with China and the US, are among the world's top producers of greenhouse gases that warm the planet, noted the Times. "The role of the four nations in reaching a deal to curb those emissions is crucial to the success of the negotiations." In a separate discussion with reporters on Tuesday, Kerry said he had also been working the phones to reach a deal, the Times said. He said he spoke Tuesday with Prince Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud, the deputy crown prince of Saudi Arabia, a country that is seen as a possible spoiler of a deal. "He has pledged to help. I think the Saudis want an agreement," said Kerry, who also spoke Tuesday with top Chinese officials. The US and China have jointly pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but the US has been pushing for aggressive terms requiring countries to verify their reduced emissions in a step that the Chinese see as intrusive.
India pushing Kashmiri youth Declare floods national calamity: Jayalalithaa to PM Modi towards gun: Separatist leader cheNNAi, December 9 astrophic and cataclysmic event On the loss of consumer du- "We are just living. Where is Southern Railway has canSriNAgAr, December 9 (iANS): The Indian government is denying political space to separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir which can lead to "dangerous consequences", separatist leader Muhammad Yasin Malik said on Wednesday. "The Indian government has choked space for dissent in Kashmir. It can push the Kashmiri youth towards an armed struggle again, even on a bigger scale than of 1990s," he warned as he began his 30-hour hunger strike here. The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman said police is "abusing" agitating youths and their family members because of which the situation can deteriorate further. "Youth are arrested randomly during night raids. They are tortured in custody and their family members humiliated. "Police and paramilitary forces use bullets, teargas shells and pellets to disperse even peaceful protests. You (government) are leaving no scope for youths to express their dissent. It will force youth to pick up gun again," Malik said. He said his hunger strike was to "safeguard the nonviolent democratic movement of Kashmir". "Since 2008, Kashmiris have shown transition from violent to non-violent mode of struggle. Instead of acknowledging this peaceful change and resolving the Kashmir issue, the government is using force to kowtow people here into submission," he claimed. On the visit of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to Pakistan to push for better India-Pakistan ties, he said that the process can't yield positive results without involving Kashmiris.He said that without Kashmir and Kashmiris, India-Pakistan relations would continue to remain affected and believed the visit of Swaraj was due to "nudge from the US and other powers".
Not proved Salman was drunk or driving, says HC mumbAi, December 9 (iANS): The Bombay High Court on Wednesday observed that the prosecution has not been able "to prove beyond reasonable doubt" that Bollywood actor Salman Khan was driving the car or was under the influence of alcohol on September 28, 2002, when the vehicle met with an accident. Justice A.R. Joshi also said it was difficult to rely on the testimony of the late Ravindra Patil, the police bodyguard assigned to Salman who was in the vehicle that night when the vehicle mowed down one pavement dweller and injured four others in Bandra West. The court also observed that in his police statement recorded hours after the accident, Patil made no mention about Salman being drunk, but said this only on October 1, 2002, after the blood sample tests reports were received. "Because of anomalies and discrepancies in his statement, Patil cannot be called 'wholly reliable' as he improved upon this statement from recording of FIR to his supplementary statement (on October 1, 2002) in magistrate's court," the judge said. Besides, the judge noted that the prosecution has not been able to establish whether the incident occurred due to bursting of the vehicle tyre prior to the accident or whether the tyre burst after the incident. Justice Joshi pointed out that police inspector Kishan Shengal, the case investigating officer, did not send the tyre for forensic examination, that too when forensic experts had visited the police station to inspect the car. The judge also said "necessary adverse inference" needs to be drawn for the prosecution withholding actorsinger Kamaal Khan -- who was present in the vehicle and a witness -- from coming to the witness box, and said only "an apparent futile attempt was made to bring him". On Thursday, Justice Joshi is likely to deliver the much-anticipated verdict in Salman's appeal against the Sessions Court order on May 6, 2015, convicting him to five years' jail on charges, among other things, of culpable homicide not amounting to murder.Justice Joshi's observations came during his ongoing dictation of the verdict before the open court since Monday, and is expected to be completed on Thursday when the fate of the actor will become clear.
(iANS): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare as a national calamity the floods that has hit many districts, and also suggested schemes for the central government to formulate to assist the affected families. In a letter to Modi, the text of which was released to the media, Jayalalithaa said: "You are personally aware of the catastrophic destruction and devastation caused by the four rounds of floods that have overrun numerous districts of Tamil Nadu over the past few weeks. "I request you to immediately declare this unprecedented, cat-
a national calamity," she added. Heavy rains have battered Chennai, Kanchipuram, Cuddalore and Thiruvallur districts for the past one month, resulting in floods that have killed over 325 lives and destroying assets worth several thousand crores of rupees. Kanchipuram, which is famed for silk saris and temples, is located 70 km from Chennai. Thiruvallur and Cuddalore are 39 and 185 km away from the state capital, respectively. Jayalalithaa said a supplementary memorandum will be submitted by the state government listing out the flood damage and the amount of central assistance needed.
rables by many families in the floods, Jayalalithaa said it cannot be compensated through the existing structure of relief payments. She suggested that the central government come out with schemes whereby the insurance claims are settled fast; moratorium of housing load instalments and also rescheduling of the loans, soft loans for purchase of consumer durables; education loans and sale of consumer durables at the flood affected districts with excise duty exemption. Meanwhile, Chennai experienced intermittent rains after a two-day respite giving a scare to the citizens who are creeping back to normalcy.
the normalcy? We have to wait for the water tankers to supply drinking water. For water for bathing, we have to go in search of a hand pump. We are forced to come to work," R. Ravi, a courier delivery boy, told IANS. This was echoed by a cross section of the society in Chennai. "I have lost my trade tools and other items in the flood," T.M. Ramalingam, a carpenter here, told IANS. The Met Office has predicted heavy showers till December 11. According to the weather office, there might be heavy rains in coastal Tamil Nadu, including Chennai, due to low pressure formed around the Bay of Bengal.
celled many long distance trains in Chennai, officials said. Schools and colleges will be closed till December 13. The Corporation of Chennai is carrying out a massive garbage cleaning operation bringing in workers and equipment from other districts. In a statement, Jayalalithaa said two and three-wheeler makers -- TVS Motor, Yamaha India, Bajaj Auto and Eicher Motors -- have agreed to service flooddamaged vehicles free of cost. She said special servicing camps will be conducted by these companies from December 12 to 21 in the four flood-affected districts.
Make agency against trafficking operational by Dec 1 next year: SC New Delhi, December 9 (iANS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to take steps to set up Organised Crime Investigative Agency (OCIA) to curb trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation by September 30, 2016, and make it operational by December 1, next year. An order from an apex court bench of Justice Anil R. Dave, Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph came after the union Home Ministry spelt out the time required for making OCIA functional. The court also gave six months to a committee set up by Women and Child Development Ministry under the chairmanship of its secretary on November 16 to draft a comprehensive legislation to address all aspect of trafficking.
On October 13, the apex court had directed the Cabinet Secretary to take steps vis-a-vis the committee. With Wednesday's order, the apex court brought down curtains on a public interest litigation filed by a non-governmental organisation Prajwala in 2004. The Standing Committee on Combating Trafficking in Women and Children for Sexual Exploitation, in its first meeting on September 30, decided to ask the apex court to set up the committee for framing a comprehensive legislation on trafficking of women and children. The Central Advisory Committee functioning under the chairmanship of the ministry's secretary had advocated for the OCIA. Thereafter, the union Home Ministry Rahul Gandhi with school children during his visit to flood affected areas in Cuddalore in was asked to work out a proposal on OCIA. Tamil Nadu. (PTI Photo)
Shun Facebook to kill loneliness before it eliminates you New Delhi, December 9 (iANS): If you think that no other age group is more vulnerable to loneliness than the elderly, go check your backyard. The mammoth rise of the internet and emergence of various social media platforms have left many young Indians - some as young as 14 - socially isolated, lonely and, eventually, in the grip of chronic depression that can take their lives. Not just leading to suicidal tendencies, the feeling of being lonely can make you sick, very sick if not addressed clinically and socially well in time. According to Dr. Samir Parikh, director, (mental health and behavioural sciences) at Fortis Healthcare in the capital, loneliness can be a trigger to self-suicidal ideation in young people. It can also affect their overall well-being. "Loneliness can affect you physically and psychologically draining people and leaving a huge vacuum in their life, thus putting them at suicide risk," Parikh told IANS. Although in some cases, forming communities and groups on social media can be helpful but the social media can never be a substitute for the real human experience, he added.
"Total social isolation in young people can lead to depression, increases chances of Alzheimer's later in life and chances of death by suicide or increased physical ailments," Dr. Madhuri Singh, a leading psychiatrist from Nanavati Super Specialty Hospital in Mumbai, said. In the virtual world, such lonely souls will, in fact, drift further away from the real interaction which is a must for the healthy functioning of mind and body, she added. The rise in internet and smartphone addiction among children is fast becoming a worrying trend for Indian parents. "I recently came across 14-year-old Tanay who was admitted to the psychiatric ward at the hospital as he could not switch off his mobile and was addicted to the social media. He was treated for screen de-addiction or else he could have suffered a serious mental disorder," Dr. Sandeep Govil, consultant (mental health and behavioural sciences) at Saroj Super Speciality Hospital in New Delhi, noted. According to a global research, loneliness leads to fightor-flight stress that can ultimately affect the production of white
blood cells. Essentially, lonely people had a less effective immune response and more inflammation than non-lonely people, a team from the University of Chicago and the University of California-Los Angeles found. "The 'danger signals' activated in the brain by loneliness ultimately affect the production of white blood cells. The resulting shift may both propagate loneliness and contribute to its associated health risks," the researchers noted in a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. According to Dr. Sameer Malhotra, director (mental health and behavioural sciences) at Max Super Specialty Hospital, loneliness can add to distress, can be associated with self neglect and can trigger a host of psychosomatic problems. "Mind and body are closely intertwined through an array of neurochemicals, hormones and immune system. Stress associated with loneliness can lead to a host of physical problems. Unhealthy diet can also trigger physical problems," Malhotra told IANS.
If not tackled, loneliness can kill. "Loneliness can damage your mental and physical health condition. Medical research has proven the fact of association between poor mental condition and the rate of suicides. A disturbed mental condition increases the risk of suicide in such patients," Dr. Govil stressed. Recently, a 20-year-old student, Nitin, came to Dr. Malhotra. He was feeling lonely and homesick and had symptoms of depression and anxiety. Being on the social media did not help but actually aggravated his condition. "He was not eating properly and had lost five kg weight in a span of a month. Complaining of frequent crying spells, anxiety episodes, disturbed sleep and decreased concentration, he had started questioning the very purpose of life," Dr. Malhotra recalled. He was assessed in detail and the family was involved in the treatment process. Bonding with the family - alongside medication support - helped him get out of the state of loneliness within a month. According to Dr. Malhotra, limit your time with smartphones and other gadgets as the vibes shared via direct personal com-
munication have their own merit. Transitionally, being on Facebook may make a difference to your wellbeing. "But the virtual world is also a replica of the world around us. As a result, people at times feel more distressed in the virtual world as they are less in tune with the reality. Thus, we run the same risk of getting hurt or distressed in the virtual world as in the real life," Dr. Govil emphasised. Loneliness takes a toll on your physical health as well where you tend to survive on unhealthy diets. Stress can culminate in the form of binge eating which is dangerous as you tend to eat unhealthy food. It can also lead to a condition of hypertension and lethargy. People who live alone have a lower diversity of food intake and consumption of core food groups like fruits, vegetables and fish. For example, a lack of motivation and enjoyment in cooking and/or eating alone often leads to people preparing simple or ready-made meals lacking key nutrients. The remedy is simple: invest in relationships and stay out of the virtual world as much as possible.
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In IS stronghold, residents trapped in ‘sealed casket’ BAGHDAD, DecemBer 9 (reuters): As Iraqi forces close in on the western city of Ramadi, thousands of civilians are effectively being held hostage inside by Islamic State militants who want to use them as human shields. Iraqi forces cut the hardline group’s last supply line into Ramadi in November, surrounding the city and making it almost impossible for the militants to send in reinforcements. But for thousands of residents who remain trapped inside the mainly Sunni city, life has become even harder as the militants grow increasingly paranoid, residents said. Reuters spoke to five residents inside the city and three who recently managed to get out. All said conditions inside had deteriorated to their worst since Islamic State overran it earlier this year. “Daesh fighters are becoming more hostile and suspicious. They prevent us from leaving houses. Everyone who goes out against orders is caught and investigated,” said Abu Ahmed. “We feel we’re living inside a sealed casket.” Ramadi, a provincial capital in the fertile Euphrates valley just a short drive west of Baghdad, was Islamic State’s biggest conquest since last year, and reversing it would be a major victory for the Iraqi government
Sunni people are pictured as they flee the violence in the city of Ramadi, Iraq on May 15. (REUTERS File Photo)
and its spectrum of allies that include both the United States and Iran. The description of harsh rule by Islamic State fighters could also indicate disquiet among Sunni Muslim residents, some of whom switched sides to help U.S. forces defeat a precursor of Islamic State in the city during the American occupation nearly a decade ago. Sheikh Khatab al-Amir who is still in contact with members of his tribe inside Ramadi said
the insurgents were restricting movement there. “The insurgents have sectioned Ramadi into a group of smaller segments and do not permit the passage of civilians from one area to the other because they suspect anyone at the moment of being an informant for the security forces,” he said. More people were cooperating with the security forces as the insurgents’ treatment became harsher, the sheikh said.
Residents say the militants have increased motorcycle patrols inside the city to catch those using mobile phones, which are banned in Islamic State territory. High, empty buildings are also under surveillance. “They (militants) are strangling us more and more. They treat us like prisoners,” said Abu Ahmed, speaking from the roof of his house to receive a weak phone signal with a cardboard box over his head so he would
not be seen by Islamic State patrols. “I have to go now. I’m hearing Daesh motorcycles. I could lose my head if…” said Abu Ahmed said, ending the call mid-sentence. Food supplies used to enter the city from the west, but since Iraqi forces surrounded it, residents are subsisting on meagre rations of vegetables and a small quantity of flour distributed by the militants. “We are eating old bread with rotten tomatoes,” said another resident who preferred to be identified only by his first name, Omar, entreating God to rescue him and his family. “I feel I’ll be forced to kill the cat we raised for years if there is nothing left to eat.” A shortage of cooking gas and kerosene has forced people to burn scraps of wood for fuel. Some said the militants had recently begun piling up branches and tree trunks in courtyards for families to use in cooking. The militants used to provide fuel for neighbourhood electricity generators, but they no longer do, leaving residents without power for many hours. “Daesh’s ugly face has appeared at last. They are treating women like animals. I feel I was born again now. I feel I was a slave,” said Um Mohammed, a physics teacher who fled Ramadi on Sunday with her elder-
ly mother and is now in a tem- after paying $1,000 to a taxi porary shelter south of Ramadi. driver who helped him to leave the city through connections SCAPEGOAT with militants, said they apRamadi, the capital of An- peared to be losing confidence bar province, fell to Islamic as Iraqi forces close in. State in May, dealing the big“Daesh are mainly using gest blow in nearly a year to motorcycles in their movements Iraqi government forces who to avoid air strikes and have dehad been fighting back after ployed suicide attackers in varilosing most of northern Iraq to ous parts of Ramadi. They look the militants last year. in real tension,” he said, using Prime Minister Haider al- an Arabic acronym for the group Abadi vowed to retake the city also known as ISIL or ISIS. within days, but the counter-ofIraqi forces are making adfensive was delayed until Iraqi vances on the outskirts of the forces regrouped. That has also city, while denying that there led to delays in government of- are large numbers of innofensives in other areas further cent civilians still trapped in north. Local officials and trib- harm’s way. “We are pushing al leaders estimate between the terrorists more to the cor1,200-1,700 families remain ners and our troops are further trapped inside Ramadi. closing on them,” said Sabah The government last week al-Numani, spokesman for the urged them to leave the city, but Iraqi counter-terrorism forcseveral residents told Reuters es, which are deployed on the the militants were prevent- western part of Ramadi. “All ing them from doing so. Those families left inside Ramadi are caught trying to flee are de- those of the terrorists or those tained by the fighters, and the who support them.” head of the family risks being Several residents said that executed as a warning to others. although they longed to be rid Some families managed to of Islamic State, they feared escape through a route con- they would be accused of suptrolled by the security forces porting the militants if the on the city’s southern outskirts city is recaptured. “I wish that before the militants deployed could happen soon to get rid of snipers to shoot anyone trying the Daesh nightmare, but what to reach the exit, residents and could happen afterwards could security sources said. be worse,” said Omar, a father of Ahmad al-Assafi who man- two daughters. “We will be the aged to flee in mid-November scapegoat.”
Britons petition to ban Trump from UK 37 killed in Taliban siege at Afghan airport LONDON, DecemBer 9 (reuters): More than 100,000 Britons have signed an online petition to ban U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump from the country following his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States. Trump, who owns two golf courses in Scotland which he visited earlier this year, called for a complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States “until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on,” following last week’s deadly shooting spree in California by two Muslims. “The UK has banned entry to many individuals for hate speech,” the text of the British petition said. “If the United Kingdom is to continue applying the ‘unacceptable behaviour’ criteria to those who wish to enter its borders, it must be fairly applied to the rich as well as poor, and the weak as well as powerful.” Britain’s interior ministry has the power to ban people from entering the country if they have engaged in what the government determines to be unacceptable behaviour. In the past people have been banned for fostering hatred that might provoke inter-community violence. Asked by reporters on Wednesday whether she would consider banning Trump, Home
Secretary Theresa May merely said it was important for politicians to ensure “cohesion among communities rather than division”. U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, who gave a speech in London alongside May, said she could not comment on Trump’s remarks or whether his policy would be legal. However, she said entry to the United States was based on specific criteria and whether someone was legally entitled to be there. “We do try and focus more on what people do as opposed to the inimitable characteristic of who they are,” Lynch told reporters. “I’m sure there will be a lot of ink spilled on this in the days to come. What I would say is when it comes to religious tests for things as important as transiting borders, that that would be inconsistent with the American values that this administration is trying to uphold.” The petition was launched by Suzanne Kelly, a Scottish-based campaigner and longtime critic of Trump’s latest golf course in Aberdeenshire. By midday on Wednesday, it had attracted over 100,000 signatures, a number which was rising quickly. The government responds to all petitions that gain more than 10,000 signatures, and the topic will be considered for a parlia-
mentary debate if they reach 100,000. British politicians generally avoid commenting on the political affairs of other countries but on Tuesday a spokeswoman for Prime Minister David Cameron said Cameron thought Trump’s comments were “divisive, unhelpful and quite simply wrong”. In seeking to defend his proposal, Trump said the United states needed to be vigilant because parts of London and Paris were now so radicalised they could no longer be policed by officers who feared for their lives. London’s Metropolitan Police took the rare stance of criticising Trump while London Mayor Boris Johnson said: “the only reason I wouldn’t go to some parts of New York is the real risk of meeting Donald Trump.” The police said: “We would not normally dignify such comments with a response, however on this occasion we think it’s important to state to Londoners that Mr Trump could not be more wrong.” Britain has an estimated 2.7 million Muslims among its 65 million population. Earlier this year, the government said fighting extremism was one of the defining battles of this century and announced a strategy primarily designed to counter the ideology promoted by Islamic State militants, al Qaeda and other radical Islamists.
Malaria deaths drop below half a million Malaria prevention measures - such as bednets and indoor and outdoor spraying - have averted millions of deaths and saved millions of dollars in healthcare costs over the past 14 years LONDON, DecemBer 9 (reuters): The number of people killed by malaria dropped below half a million in the past year, reflecting vast progress against the mosquito-borne disease in some of the previously hardest-hit areas of sub-Saharan Africa. The World Health Organization’s annual malaria report showed deaths falling to 438,000 in 2015 - down dramatically from 839,000 in 2000 - and found a significant increase in the number of countries moving towards the elimination of malaria. Malaria prevention measures - such as bednets and indoor and outdoor spraying - have averted millions of deaths and saved millions of dollars in healthcare costs over the past 14 years in many African countries, the report said. And while Africa continues to bear the highest malaria burden of all regions of the world, death rates from the disease have fallen since 2000 by 66 percent across all age groups, and by 71 percent among children under five. Margaret Chan, the WHO’s director general, said the progress had been made possible “through the massive rollout” of
effective prevention and treatment tools. “In sub-Saharan Africa, more than half of the population is now sleeping under insecticide-treated mosquito nets, compared to just 2 percent in 2000,” she wrote in the report published on Tuesday. “A rapid expansion in diagnostic testing, and in the availability of antimalarial medicines, has allowed many more people to access timely and appropriate treatment.” Two countries, Nigeria and Democratic Republic of Congo, accounted for more than 35 percent of global malaria deaths in 2015. Yet, the WHO said, an estimated 663 million cases of malaria have been averted in sub-Saharan Africa since 2001 as a direct result of the scale-up of three key malaria control interventions: bednets, indoor spraying and the use of malaria drugs known as artemisinin-based combination therapy, or ACTs. Mosquito nets have had the greatest impact, it said. Pedro Alonso, director of the WHO’s global malaria programme, cautioned, however, that as the global burden of malaria declining, new challenges are emerging. “In many countries, progress is threatened by the rapid development and spread of mosquito resistance to insecticides. Drug resistance could also jeopardize recent gains in malaria control,” he said. In the past five years, 60 of the 78 countries that monitor insecticide resistance have reported mosquito resistance to at least one insecticide used in nets and indoor spraying, the report found. And of these, 49 reported resistance to two or more classes of insecticide.
KANDAHAr, DecemBer 9 (AFP): At least 37 people were killed and 35 others wounded when Taliban militants stormed Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan, with one gunman still resisting security forces, the defence ministry said today. “Nine insurgents have been killed, one other is injured and another one is still holding up against our forces,” the ministry said. “Unfortunately during the battle, 37 innocent Afghans were killed and 35 others injured,” it added, without specifying how many of them were civilians. Local residents said they had heard soldiers pleading with the insurgents to free women and children, who were screaming during the fighting that erupted shortly after sundown in the southern city on Tuesday. One security official told AFP that the assailants held some civilians as “human shields”, which had complicated their clearance operation. The brazen raid on the sprawling compound, which also houses a joint NATO-Afghan base, is the second major Taliban assault in as many days in the city recognised as the birthplace of the Taliban. The militants had man-
Afghan security forces stand guard at the entrance gate of Kandahar Airport where Taliban stormed on late Tuesday, in Kandahar, Afghanistan on December 9. (REUTERS Photo)
aged to breach the first gate of the high-security complex and took up position in an old school building, engaging security forces in pitched firefights. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, with spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid saying on Twitter that “150 Afghan and foreign soldiers” had been killed in the fierce fighting.
The insurgents are regularly known to exaggerate battlefield claims. The raid coincides with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s high-profile visit to Islamabad today for the Heart of Asia conference aimed at promoting regional ties. Ghani’s willingness to visit longtime nemesis Pakistan, which wields considerable influence over the Taliban, has
signalled a renewed push to mend badly frayed cross-border ties which in turn could help jump-start peace talks with the insurgents. The raid also comes after days of fevered speculation about the fate of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour following reports that he was critically wounded in a firefight with his own commanders in Pakistan.
GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER OFFICE PWD (NATIONAL HIGHWAYS) NAGALAND: KOHIMA
NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING
NO. CE/NH/NIT/2015-16/01
Dated Kohima the 8th December 2015.
(National competitive Bidding through e-Tendering mode only) The Chief Engineer, PWD (NH) Nagaland, Kohima on behalf of the President of India, invites bids in two cover systems for the construction of the works detailed as below: Sl. No. 1 1. 2.
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Bid Security in Rs in lakhs
Approx. Cost of Period of Value of Processing Completion Work in fee Rs in lakhs 5 6 7
2 Periodical Renewal (PR) from 0.00 Km to 6.00 Km on NH-61(NH-2) during 2015-16, under NH Division No.I Kohima, in the State of Nagaland Periodical Renewal (PR) from 77.00 to 78.00 Km and Km 80.00 to 86.00 Km on NH-61(NH-2) during 2015-16, under NH Division Kohima, in the State of Nagaland Improvement of Riding Quality on NH-39 within Dimapur town from km 108.200 to km 110.00 under NH Division, Kohima, in the State of Nagaland
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Cost of processing fee is Non-refundable in DD from any Nationalized Bank in favour of Chief Engineer PWD(NH) payable at Kohima.
Last date of On-line Submission is 30.12.2015 upto 1700 Hrs (SERVER TIME) Bid security as detail in SBD from nationalized bank only.
• The detailed tender document can be viewed/downloaded from the website www.morth.eproc.in from 8.12.2015 to 30.12.2015 • The last date & Time for On-line submission of the bidding document is 30.12.2015 upto 1700Hrs (Server time). • Amendments/Corrigendum, if any will be hosted on the above website. • The Pre-bid meeting will be held in the Office of the Chief Engineer PWD (NH) on 14.12.2015 at 11:00 Hrs (IST) • Other details can be viewed from bidding document. Sd/Chief Engineer PWD (NH) Nagaland: Kohima.
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Ward 9 wins Inter Ward Volley Tourney meDziPhemA, December 9 (mexN): The twoday Inter-Ward Volleyball Tournament of Medziphema Town culminated today with Ward 9A beating Ward 9B in the final to be crowned champions. The tournament, which got underway here yesterday under the theme "Excellence in unity", witnessed 11 teams vie for the championship. Sara S Jamir, ADC, Medziphema, graced the closing ceremony as the Guest of Honor. In her address, she advised that the youths to take up challenges positively and strive to achieve one's goal.
PCB confirms series with India from December 24 KArAchi, December 9 (PTi): A short bilateral cricket series between India and Pakistan will be held between December 24 and January 5 if the much-anticipated rubber gets the green signal from the Indian government this week. According to a reliable source in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the tentative dates discussed for the series is meant for a short series of three ODIs and two Twenty20 matches. “The series will be played probably in Sri Lanka in such a manner that both the teams leave for their tours to New Zealand and Australia straight from Colombo,” the source said. He said the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) had indicated that it wanted to give its players a rest period of around 10 to 12 days before the series against Pakistan. While India have to travel to Australia around January 6 or 7, Pakistan are scheduled to leave for New Zealand for a limitedover series on January 7. “Most probably both teams will go from Colombo directly to their destinations.” He said Pakistan head coach Waqar Younis had also informed the PCB that if the series against India goes ahead ahead then he would like to have a week-long camp in Sri Lanka before the matches. He said there was also a possibility that the series could be reduced to two ODIs and two T20 matches since time is running out fast to complete logistical and organisational details by the PCB. “The PCB also has to contend with the fact that it is rainy season in Colombo in December and they will have to select venues in consultation with the Sri Lanka Cricket carefully so that bad weather does not affect these matches,” the source said.
Warriors beat pacers, improve to 23-0
iNDiANAPOliS, December 9 (AP): Klay Thompson scoring a season-high 39 points, Stephen Curry had 29 points, seven rebounds and 10 assists, and the Golden State Warriors extended their perfect start with a 131-123 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night. The Warriors improved to 230. They have won 27 straight dating to last season, tying the 201213 Heat for the second-longest streak in NBA history. Thompson scored 29 points in the first half. Golden State led by 28 in the fourth quarter before the Pacers pulled within six in the final 25 seconds. The Warriors next play on Friday night in Boston. Indiana was led by Paul George with 33 points and C.J. Miles with 24. Indiana tied a dubious franchise record in its NBA era by allowing 44 first-quarter points and barely avoided another recordbreaking defensive low when it trailed 79-60 at the half. CAVALIERS 105, TRAIL BLAZERS 100 In Cleveland, LeBron James had 33 points and 10 rebounds, and the Cavaliers rallied from an 18-point first-half deficit to get the win. Kevin Love added 18 points, and a second-half lineup adjustment by coach David Blatt helped Cleveland break a three-game losing streak. James, who didn’t play Saturday in Miami to rest, scored 14 points in the fourth quarter, including a 3-pointer and a threepoint play down the stretch. He shot 14 for 24 from the field. Damian Lillard scored 33 points for
Portland, which blew a late lead Monday in Milwaukee and appeared to run out of gas as Cleveland came back in the second half. NETS 110, ROCKETS 105 In New York, Brook Lopez scored 24 points, Joe Johnson had 22, and Brooklyn beat Houston to sweep the season series for the first time in 14 years. Thaddeus Young finished with 20 points and 12 rebounds for the Nets, who have recorded two of their six victories this season against Houston. Bojan Bogdanovic scored 19 points in place of injured rookie Rondae Hollis-Jefferson. Marcus Thornton scored a season-high 32 points for the Rockets, who fell behind by 18 points and got quiet nights from stars James Harden and Dwight Howard. Corey Brewer had 22 in extended minutes after starting forward Trevor Ariza was lost to a bruised lower back after 4 minutes. THUNDER 125, GRIZZLIES 88 In Memphis, Tenn., Kevin Durant had 32 points and 10 rebounds for Oklahoma City, and Russell Westbrook added 13 points while matching his season high with 16 assists. The Thunder built the lead to 35 through three quarters and coasted to their second straight win. Serge Ibaka scored 17 for Oklahoma City, and D.J. Augustin had 13. Dion Waiters finished with 12 points. Mario Chalmers led Memphis with 19 points, and JaMychal Green and Marc Gasol had 11 apiece. It was the most points given up by Memphis this season. The Thunder lead was large enough that the starters, including Westbrook and Durant, sat out
the fourth quarter. MAGIC 85, NUGGETS 74 In Denver, Nikola Vucevic had 18 points and 13 rebounds, Evan Fournier hit a big 3-pointer late and Orlando beat the Nuggets. Elfrid Payton finished with 18 points as the Magic snapped a five-game skid against the Nuggets. With the Magic up by two with 2:38 remaining, Fournier knocked down a 3-pointer to give them some breathing room. Orlando has made a 3-pointer in 677 straight games dating to 2007, a streak that was in jeopardy until Fournier’s shot. The team finished 1 for 16 from 3-point range. Reserve Will Barton scored 23 points for the Nuggets, who fell to 0-11 this season when scoring less than 100 points. Kenneth Faried had a rough shooting night, finishing 2 of 12 for seven points. KINGS 114, JAZZ 106 In Sacramento, Calif., DeMarcus Cousins had 23 points, 12 rebounds and six assists, and Rudy Gay also scored 23 points as the Kings beat Utah. The Kings took a 12-point lead after one quarter and never trailed again in ending a three-game losing streak. Omri Casspi scored 19 points and Rajon Rondo had 17 points and 13 assists for the Kings. It was the 13th time this season that Rondo had 10 or more assists. Sacramento shot 55.8 percent. Alec Burks and Gordon Hayward both had 18 points for Utah, which had beaten the Kings three straight and five of six times. Rodney Hood made five 3-pointers and had 17 points. Coming off a career-high 35 points against Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors shoots the ball in the secIndiana, Derrick Favors had 14 ond half of the game against Indiana Pacers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse points and 10 rebounds. on December 8 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Getty Images
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I The 1st Pfutsero Open Penalty Shootout organised by Invictus Club Pfutsero was conducted on December 8 and 9. Halcyon United 'B' FC emerged as the winners defeating Zenith FC in the final. The two other semi finalists were Win FC and Veteran Phuasachudu FC. Were Mero of Halcyon United B FC was adjudged as best shooter while Tshote Kapfo was adjudged best goal keeper.
Shikhar hauled up for suspect bowling action New Delhi, December 9 (AFP): India's Shikhar Dhawan has been reported for a suspect bowling action and will need to undergo tests within 14 days, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Wednesday. Dhawan, 30, an opening batsman who rarely bowls, was reported after the fourth Test against South Africa in New Delhi on Monday when the defiant tourists were attempting to salvage a draw. As the South Africans stonewalled the Indian bowlers on the final day, frustrated skipper Virat Kohli brought on Dhawan who
bowled just three overs for nine runs. India eventually won the match by 337 runs and sealed the four-Test series 3-0. "Dhawan's bowling action will now be scrutinised further under the ICC process relating to suspected illegal bowling actions," the ICC said in a statement. Dhawan, who bowls off-spins, will be allowed to play on till the results of the tests are declared, the sport's governing body said. Dhawan has made 1,308 runs in 19 Tests but has never taken a wicket from the nine overs he has bowled in those matches.
Delhi gears up for marquee IPTL clash between Nadal and Federer
New Delhi, December 9 (PTi): The highly anticipated clash between the two legends of tennis Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal - will be the prime attraction of the third leg of the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) which will be held in New Delhi from Thursday. The two legends had a contrasting 2015 season before touching down the national capital for the highprofile event, which is the brainchild of India’s very own doubles hero Mahesh Bhupathi. Federer has been on an impressive redemption road this season while the Spanish player has endured his first season in a decade in which he has failed to annex a single Major title. However that 18th Grand Slam title remained out of reach for Federer but he made two finals - US Open and Wimbledon - losing both times to world number one Novak Djokovic. The fans will miss
out on watching Djokovic, who was to play for Singapore Slammers, as the Serbian has pulled out of the event at the eleventh hour citing fatigue. But other big names in men’s tennis - Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka - and some charming heroes of the past such as Marat Safin and Carlos Moya will be there.
The IPTL will also feature Indian stars in doubles world number one Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna, who will represent the home team, Indian Aces, while national tennis legend Leander Paes will use his skills for Japan Warriors. Nadal, along with Sania and Bopanna, will form the team for defending cham-
pions Micromax Indians and are scheduled to clash with Philippine Mavericks in the second match of the opening day of the Delhi leg on Thursday. The home team, which is on a roll having won three out of the four matches so far, also has world number five Agnieszka Radwanska, who ended the season with a bang by emerging as the WTA Finals champion. The much-awaited men’s singles clash between Nadal and Federer, the two great rivals on tennis courts, is scheduled for December 12 when Indian Aces will take on UAE Royals in the last match of the Delhi leg. Former world number one Ana Ivanovic and Australian prodigy Nick Kyrgios will also attract a lot of attention. More than anything, it is a great opportunity for the Indian fans to see their tennis heroes live in action even if it is not competitive and not much is on stake.
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wouldn’t go so far as to say that poetry is a new and “modern” development in Nagaland because poetry has always existed in our songs, lore and legends, our various forms of art, dances, indeed in the very fact of our Oral traditions, which require great poetic imagination to be rendered and become an integral part of our culture and heritage and gifted unto us as our legacy. What we are seeing today is a modern manifestation of our traditional poetic culture in an easily consumable form, increasingly in a language that has become our binding force. For centuries, our people have weaved poetry in numerous forms ~ today the subject matters have increased because the universal human experiences have also increased from the simple lifestyles of yore and they are as varied as the various lifestyles and experiences we live through every day. Avinuo Kire has persuasively brought that out in the simplest way in her book Where Wildflowers Grow. I love each of her poems in the aforesaid volume and still cannot decide which my favourites are. I also cannot say which her best poems are because all of them are equally excellent. While reading her poems, I did tick some, which I could identify with but I honestly cannot be partial. I love them all. I am yet to read her recently published The Power to Forgive and Other Stories, a copy of which she gave me however after reading her poems, I can say without reservations that she is a true communicator because she says the very profound in very simple words and in a very easily comprehensible way. She makes poetry understandable to the common person ~ thus she moulds herself as a perfect vehicle to serve the purpose of Literature. After all, Literature isn’t meant to be confined to the hallowed portals of Universities and other seats of learning; it also isn’t meant to be confined to the parlours of the privileged high-brows. Literature is an integral part of culture, while at the same time, it is a culture by itself; in fact it is the primary communication tool of culture. The power of Literature lies in the fact of it being both the message and the medium. So, it is quite pointless to write about the most intense of emotions and experiences in the most eloquent of verses unless the common person can understand the message through the medium of comprehensible words. It is also quite pointless to communicate knowledge and wisdom through the medium of Literature unless it is done so in the simplest of ways for the simple and often unlettered person to understand and absorb life’s lessons and society’s realities. Even wit and humour demands and deserves communication that is universal and there is nothing more universal than the everyday simple word. I am not a student or a teacher of Literature but this is my understanding of the purpose of Literature. I also look at Literature, whether prose or poetry, as a record, or history, not only of individual’s lives but also of collective’s lives ~ indeed of society’s life. For what purpose would Literature serve if not as a mirror of our reality both at the individual and collective levels? So, while it is soul-satisfying to write and read about the twinkling of stars as well as gushing and gurgling streams by verdant hills, for me it is more imperative that we also write about peace, harmony, justice, liberty, equality and fraternity amongst the human race. Indeed, it is very imperative for me that we write about freedom ~ freedom to think, to feel, to ideate, to write and to read and these freedoms can become a reality only when we create and nurture the atmosphere and environment for them to germinate. So then, we must write about poverty, hunger, mal-nutrition, diseases, injustice, corruption and all the other ills that beset our society and state, which in turn drown us in the quagmire of under-development and sink us in the quick sands of mediocrity. Yes, we are very proud of our colourful culture and traditions, which we love to put on display for the world’s applause and for the world to notice our uniqueness but there are gray areas of our culture and traditions too, which
need to be highlighted if we value freedoms, liberty, equality, justice, peace, harmony and fraternity. If writers do not double up as activists too, who will change our society and state? Who will create the need and the urge in our people to destroy the status quo and usher in change that would bring out the best in our culture and traditions, and indeed in us? This requires that writers and poets climb down from Ivory Towers and see and feel the real world we live in. This requires that we do not romanticize ourselves, our cultures, our traditions, our society and our state. This further requires that we do not look at Literature as a means to gain popularity, to make a name and to make money, and I know it is hard to ward off the temptations social media offers in today’s technologically-dominated world. But at the same time, it is now imperative that we use social media to disseminate our message. And perhaps less of the messenger? And this is also hard considering that in today’s world it has become more crucial to sell the messenger more than the message. Nevertheless, we must fight to centre-stage our message, and not overly focus on the visibility of the messenger. Never has technology offered more to writers and poets than now but we should know the difference between selling ourselves and selling our work, if we are truly engaged in creating change, not merely writing great Literature. Literature has also always been a very powerful tool of protest against everything political, economic, social, religious and cultural that goes against the very grains of natural human life, living and loving. Especially as women in our society and even in our state, you and I know what goes against the very grains of our individuality, our personhood, our freedoms, liberties, equality, in fact, the very fact of our second-class existence. We must fully utilize Literature as our tools, our weapons, to protest against the injustice perpetrated against us as the second sex, and thus create for our children an atmosphere and environment of equality, of justice, of equal opportunities, of safety and security ~ and for acknowledgment and respect for our personhood. We must also fully utilize the medium of Literature to speak out and speak up for other vulnerable, alienated and marginalized sections of our society such as the Disabled, the LGBT and other disadvantaged, to be acknowledged and respected for their personhood for all of us have been created in the image of the Supreme Being. It is safe to look at our culture and traditions through Rose-tinted glasses and romanticize them but safety and faint hearts achieve little or nothing ~ it is always those who dare, create change and create the environment to change. As writers and poets, I would urge that you unshackle yourselves from the safety of Ivory Towers, I urge you to take off those Rose-tinted glasses, if you’re wearing them, I urge you to dare and I urge you to change the world around us, starting with our society and state. I am very delighted to note the emergence of a good number of Naga writers and poets today, who are embarking on the journey towards Destination Change. This augurs well for our society and state. I am even more delighted to name Avinuo Kire as one of the emerging Naga writers and poets who have embarked on this journey towards Destination Change through her poems. She is a writer and a poet, who has clearly climbed down and unshackled herself from Ivory Towers, if she ever lived in one, shed Rose-tinted glasses, if she ever wore them and has dared to speak from the bottom of her heart with the clarity of her mind to do her mite to create change. It is definitely I, who is privileged and honoured, to release and launch her first volume of poetry Where Wildflowers Grow. May you, Avinuo Kire, always live where wildflowers grow. May the growing tribe of Naga writers and poets, women and men, the Wildflowers of Naga society and state, always blossom. May the fragrance of these Wildflowers, and those to come, encircle our society and state and encourage us to evolve into a higher state of being. Speech delivered at the release of Avinuo Kires’ book, “Where Wildflowers Grow” at Kohima on December 9, 2015
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Rani, Aditya blessed with daughter Adira
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he Led Zeppelin icon is among the artists who have contributed tracks to charity album The Long Road, created with officials at the British Red Cross, to support asylum seekers in the U.K. and refugees throughout the International Red Cross network at a time when hundreds of thousands continue to flee to Europe and the U.S. to escape war in the Middle East. His take on The Blanket of the Night details the struggles refugees face as they tackle a treacherous journey to seek asylum in the U.K. and the singer was more than happy to get involved to help raise awareness and funds for the cause. "We have a worldwide international catastrophe. Talking about it is one thing, doing something about it is another," says Plant. "The position we are in, it's paramount we all do our best one way or another to help." Critically-acclaimed world music group Tinariwen, whose founder, Ibrahim Ag Alhabib, was a child refugee from Mali, has also offered up a track, called Silence, while others involved include spoken word artist Scroobius Pip, the Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars, and songwriter/producer Kindness. Many of the musicians featured on the release worked with refugees via the British Red Cross to share their stories of survival on the songs. Alex Fraser, Head of Refugee Services and International Family Tracing for the British Red Cross, states, "We are very excited to have Robert Plant and Tinariwen on board for the album - inspirational artists who, through the power of their music, can help to tell the story of the long and dangerous road that many refugees and asylum seekers have travelled. We hope that the album will help us to break through to new audiences and in turn raise funds to help people find protection and rebuild their lives." The Long Road, produced by award-winning Ethan Johns, is set for release on 4 March (16).
A Community Educational Centre Society director Subonenba Longkumer releases the debut instrumental guitar album titled ‘Passion Play’ of Toshimoa Jamir at Discipleship Bible College. Toshimoa started playing guitar at a very young age and most of the tracks are as old as his passion. The Album has eight original tracks including, Just A Smile, Here I Am, You And Me, Passion Play, Lift, Dream Away, Tears of Heart and Getting Into It. The music was recorded at Jam Studio 11, Videography was done at Twenty8 Production with Photography by Aden Jamir. Priced at Rs. 150/- only, the DVDs are available at Crescendo and Encore music stores in Dimapur.
Sunny documentary goes global
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he documentary happened by sheer chance when a Canadian film company approached Dilip to direct a feature-length documentary on her life. Sunny has bared her soul in the documentary. A documentary titled Mostly Sunny Partly Cloudy, by filmmaker Dilip Mehta on Sunny Leone’s life is about to get a full and formal worldwide release. Says Dilip, “It would be a worldwide theatrical release for this featurelength documentary. Sunny is candid and emotional and takes one through her life trajectory with confidence.” The documentary happened by sheer chance when a Canadian film company approached Dilip to direct a feature-length documentary on her life. Sunny has bared her soul in the documentary. What comes across very strongly in the documentary is a woman who is not embarrassed by or apologetic about anything she has done.
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Real maul minnows Malmo; PSG, City advance
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Madrid, deceMber 9 (aGeNcieS): Cristiano Ronaldo netted four times and Karim Benzema completed a hat-trick as Real Madrid hammered Malmo 8-0 to equal the biggest ever victory margin in the Champions League. Mateo Kovacic was also on the score sheet as the 10time European Cup winners ran riot at the Bernabeu, matching the figures set by Liverpool in December 2007 when they beat Besiktas by the same score. Rafa Benitez has the distinction of being the winning manager on both occasions. Ronaldo probably saw the game as the perfect chance to extend his lead as the competition's leading scorer and he saw three chances go begging before setting up Benzema for the opening goal after 13 minutes. The Portuguese found space down the left to cross and Benzema tucked home the ball after Isco's shot was cleared off the line. It was the same combination for the second goal in the 24th minute as Benzema headed in from six yards out. The visitors' best effort came around the half-hour mark but Oscar
Lewicki's rising shot never troubled goalkeeper Francisco Casilla. Back at the other end, Johan Wiland saved twice from the increasingly frustrated Ronaldo but he finally got his name on the scoresheet seven minutes before the break with a dipping free-kick which in truth the goalkeeper should have saved. Two minutes after the restart Ronaldo poked home from close range after da Silva Danilo's shot deflected into his path and with 50 minutes on the clock he had his hat-trick, squeezing a low, hard shot past Wiland following some awful defending from Malmo, becoming the first player to score 10 goals in the group stages. Benzema almost completed his hat-trick but it was Ronaldo who netted once more just ahead of the hour mark, firing home Isco's cut back. Malmo went 11 minutes without conceding before Kovacic powered home the seventh goal from a Rodriguez Jese cross and Benzema got his treble shortly afterwards as he glided by a defender Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid attempts an overhead kick during the UEFA Champions League Group A match between and shot past Wiland, leav- Real Madrid and Malmo FF at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on December 8, 2015 in Madrid, Spain.
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PSG, Man City advance PSG advanced from Group A behind Real and ended the phase with a 2-0 win courtesy of goals from Lucas Moura and Zlatan Ibrahimovic against Shakhtar Donetsk, who will go into the Europa League. Manchester City are through to the last 16 as group winners for the first time after coming from behind to beat Borussia Monchengladbach 4-2 at the Etihad Stadium. Raheem Sterling celebrated his 21st birthday with a quickfire double to put City in front with nine minutes remaining before Wilfried Bony added the final gloss shortly afterwards. Manuel Pellegrini's side had trailed after the Germans replied to David Silva's early strike through Julian Korb and Raffael to lead at half-time. With Juventus losing at Sevilla, the result was enough for City to leapfrog the Italians to the top of
Group D while Gladbach slipped to the bottom of the table and dropped out of Europe this season. Sevilla will have the chance to defend their Europa League crown after Fernando Llorente headed the only goal of the game against his former club. CSKA Moscow, despite leading through Sergei Ignashevich's 76th-minute penalty, were unable to pull off a shock win over PSV Eindhoven as Luuk de Jong and Davy Propper replied for the Dutch, and United now face the prospect of playing Europa League football in the new year. Benfica and Atletico Madrid fought it out in Portugal to top Group C and the visitors were 2-1 victors. Saul Niguez and Luciano Vietto gave the La Liga team a two-goal cushion before substitute Konstantinos Mitroglou pulled one back. The other game in the group between Galatasaray and Astrana finished 1-1 after Selcuk Inan quickly cancelled out Patrick Twumasi's opener for the Kazakhstan club. It was enough to see Galatasaray finish third and qualify for the Europa League.
LaUSaNNe, deceMber 9 (reUTerS): International Olympic Committee officials said on Wednesday they were confident next year's Games in Rio de Janeiro would not be compromised by the political turmoil and economic downturn in Brazil, although preparations had "inevitably" been affected. The Rio Olympics have been plagued by delays for years but, they said, the situation was improving. However, as preparations go into the final stretch, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is facing impeachment and the economy is in a tight spot. "It will inevitably affect the Games," IOC Vice President Craig Reedie told reporters when asked if Brazil's situation had any impact on preparations. "There are challenges," he said after Rio Games organizers delivered a progress report at the IOC Executive board meeting. Opposition politicians launched
the impeachment process against Rousseff last week for allegedly breaking Brazil's budget laws. The Supreme Court suspended proceedings on Wednesday pending a decision on its constitutional validity. Political wrangling over the impeachment could drag on for at least six months at a time when the government faces legislative gridlock, the deepest recession in three decades and a corruption scandal at state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA. Police investigating the alleged corruption around Petrobras also plan to probe more than $10 billion of construction contracts for the Olympics in Rio. The current situation is in stark contrast to when Rio was awarded the Games in 2009, with Brazil then enjoying a booming economy. But Reedie said progress had been made towards getting South America's first Olympics ready on time. "There has been a massive im-
provement of the situation in the past months. That is good news," he said. "Now you have to deliver the services levels that athletes and international federations expect and they (Brazil) have political and economic difficulties. We have come a very long way. We have to have total confidence," he said. Rio Games chief Carlos Nuzman said the overall situation was presented to the IOC in a transparent way. "We did not try to escape (from the facts). The most important thing is that nothing affects the athletes and the organization of the Games." Organizers are looking at ways to reduce their operating budget without compromising the Games, a tough task eight months before the games. "We need to adjust everything," Nuzman said. "But that is normal. All the (Olympic) cities go through that, they all have to adjust everything. The most important thing is to deliver great Games."
MaNcHeSTer, deceMber 9 (aP): World heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury struck trouble on Tuesday, with a police investigation launched into his comments about homosexuality. Greater Manchester Police said they have received a report of a “hate crime” regarding Fury's comments, which were published in a newspaper interview before his victory over Wladimir Klitschko in a heavyweight title fight on Nov. 28. Fury, who is Catholic, said that among the things that need to happen “before the devil comes home ... is homosexuality being legal in countries.” The Greater Manchester Police said they “take every allegation of hate crime extremely seriously and we will be attending the victim's address to take a statement in due course.” Fury's profile has soared since his shock win over Klitschko to capture the WBA, IBF and WBO belts. Controversial remarks that previously went under the radar are now being seized on and questioned because of the added profile from being heavyweight champion of the world. Before the Klitschko fight, Fury also criticized abortion, and said doping should be legalized in all sports to make it “fully fair.” He was fined 3,000 pounds (around $4,500) in 2012 for a rant that included branding two fellow English boxers “gay lovers.” In the past
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LONdON, deceMber 9 (aFP): British heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury has been stripped of one his world titles less than two weeks after winning it, the BBC reported today. Fury beat Wladimir Klitschko on points on Nov 28, taking the Ukrainian's WBA, IBF, IBO and WBO belts. The Briton was then obliged to fight the International Boxing Federation's mandatory challenger Vyacheslav Glazkov, but Fury has instead chosen to face Klitschko in a rematch, the BBC reported. "It's true he's been stripped of his IBF belt," the BBC quoted IBF championships chairman Lindsey Tucker as saying. "Our challenger was Vyacheslav Glazkov, but instead Fury's gone and signed a rematch clause with Wladimir Klitschko." Fury has been embroiled in controversy in recent days after he compared homosexuality to paedophilia, triggering public outrage and a police investigation. week, he has been quoted as saying Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill “slaps up good,” before adding that “a woman's best place is in the kitchen and on her back.” Fury's remarks prompted more than 100,000 people to have signed a petition calling for him to be removed from the shortlist for the BBC's sports personality of the year award. “Young people need sports personalities that they can look up to,” the petition says, “not people who express outrageous homophobic views, which
can cause bullying and selfharm.” The BBC is refusing to deselect Fury from the 12-person shortlist. Asked by The Associated Press two days after beating Klitschko if he needs to keep his views to himself now he is heavyweight champion, the 27-year-old Fury said: “There'll be no change in the champ.” Fury has also said he was “not bothered” about being a role model to kids. Fury is of Irish-Gypsy heritage - he calls himself “Gypsy King” on Twitter - and comes from a
WOLFSbUrG, deceMber 9 (reUTerS): VfL Wolfsburg reached the Champions League last 16 and dealt a knockout blow to Manchester United with a 3-2 victory to claim top spot in Group B and condemn their opponents to the Europa League on Tuesday. In a dramatic end to a pulsating encounter in Germany, United were set to reach the next round when an own goal by Josuha Guilavogui levelled the scores at 2-2 with eight minutes left. But Wolfsburg's Brazilian centre back Naldo headed his second of the night, after cancelling out Anthony Martial's opener for United, to leave the visitors needing PSV Eindhoven to lose at home to CSKA Moscow in the group's other game. For a brief moment late in the second half it looked like United would get their
wish, but PSV rallied to level and then snatch a late 2-1 win that left them second in the standings on 10 points, two ahead of United and two behind Wolfsburg. The result was an added blow for United's Dutch manager Louis van Gaal, who has had to fend off heavy criticism for his team's perceived negative approach throughout the season. "We fought for the win, we couldn't have done more than we have done," Van Gaal told BT Sport. "I'm very disappointed. This is the league (where) we want to show our qualities and we cannot do that anymore." United had taken the lead through Martial after an incisive break led by Juan Mata. The Spanish playmaker was allowed space to turn in midfield and produced a superb defence-splitting pass to find the Frenchman racing through on
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goal. Martial took a touch, opened his body up and slotted into the corner. The Germans counterpunched almost immediately, however. Ricardo Rodriguez whipped a free kick into the area and Naldo swung his right boot at the ball to direct a pinpoint low volley past United keeper David De Gea. GERMANS AHEAD Wolfsburg went in front with the game's standout goal after 28 minutes when Portuguese Vieirinha put the finishing touch to an astonishing team move, orchestrated by Julian Draxler. The Germany winger beat two defenders with a drop of the shoulder and a burst of pace before exchanging a quick onetwo with Max Kruse and then unselfishly squaring for Vieirinha to sweep home.
United had a goal ruled out at the end of the first half when Jesse Lingard bent a curling shot into the net past keeper Diego Benaglio around the back of Mata. The Spaniard, however, was offside and deemed to be interfering with play despite not touching the ball. After both keepers showcased their abilities early in the second half, the match took two dramatic turns late on. United levelled when Wolfsburg's Guilavogui deflected a tame header from Marouane Fellaini over Benaglio to put the visitors on track to qualify with PSV then drawing against CSKA. But Naldo's late header, combined with another goal in Eindhoven, turned the scenario on its head and left United to drop into the secondtier Europa League competition.
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West Brom and Spurs charged by the FA beNGaLUrU, deceMber 9 (reUTerS): West Bromwich Albion and Tottenham Hotspur have been charged by the FA with failing to control their players in Saturday's heated 1-1 Premier League draw, it said in a statement on Wednesday. The charge relates to an incident around the 84th minute of the game, when West Brom's James McClean picked up a booking for a rash two-footed challenge on Mousa Dembele. The Ireland winger, who scored West Brom's equaliser, was high and late with his challenge, which his manager, Tony Pulis, later admitted was reckless, but referee Jon Moss showed him only a yellow card after consulting one of his assistants. The clubs previously clashed off-field during the summer, with Albion unhappy with Tottenham's public pursuit of striker Saido Berahino. Both clubs have until 6pm (1800 GMT) on Dec. 11, 2015 to respond to the charge.
SPACE REQUIRED FOR ATM/EXPRESS E-LOBBY IN NAGALAND STATE Bank of Baroda invites proposals/offers in two bid systems from the Owners having clear and marketable titles over the offered / proposed premises on Ground Floor at the under mentioned locations with all facilities including adequate power. The premises shall be ready for occupation or likely to be ready for occupation within a period of -1- month. A) PROPOSED LOCATION FOR ATM/EXPRESS E-LOBBY (Carpet area- 100-120 sq ft for ATM/ Carpet area- 130-180 sq ft for EXPRESS E-LOBBY facing Main Road) 1. Dimapur- Chumukedima, City Tower area, East Police Station area. 2. Kohima- P R Hill, Mohan khola, A G Colony, Upper Chandmari 3. Mokokchung- Kumlong, Arkong, A M Road, Tongdensuyong. For Details, please visit Bank's website http://www.bankofbaroda.com/tenders/asp The last date of submission of the offer is 30.12.2015 Date & Time of opening tender 31.12.2015 at 10:30HRS ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER North Eastern States Regional Office G S Road, Bhangagarh, Guwahati-781005
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