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5.5 million people die from air pollution world-wide annually • Air pollution is the fourth highest risk factor for death globally • 1.6 million in China and 1.4 million in India died of air pollution in 2013 • In China, burning coal is the biggest contributor to poor air quality • In India, practice of burning wood, dung etc are the major contributors
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According to research findings India ranks second - behind China - for number of premature deaths due to air pollution.
biomass for cooking and heating. Millions of families, among the poorest in India, are regularly exposed to high levels of particulate matter in their own homes. “India needs a three-pronged mitigation approach to address industrial coal burning, open burning for agriculture, and household air pollution sources,” Chandra Venkataraman, professor at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, in
States can use curfew powers to block mobile internet access: Supreme Court
NNagaDAO protest is kept in abeyance
gives full credence to the Gujarat High Court’s view that blocking of Internet mobile facility is an “appropriate action” in situations “prone to aggression.” The High Court had opined that the State should be left to figure out an “effective approach” like blocking Internet on mobiles in order to maintain law and order. The Division Bench had reasoned that rioting had taken place in several parts of the State and it was only natural that the government would be “zealous” to control a violent situation. Further, the High Court had reasoned that only mobile Internet service was blocked and not Wi-Fi and broadband facilities. “Had there been a complete ban on Internet access, may be through mobiles or may be through Wi-Fi, the matter might stand on a different footing and different considerations,” the High Court order said.
Mumbai, India, said. In China, burning coal is the biggest contributor to poor air quality. Outdoor air pollution from coal alone caused an estimated 366,000 deaths in China in 2013, Qiao Ma, a doctoral student at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, noted. Ma also calculated the expected number of premature deaths in China in the future if the country meets its current targets to restrict coal
Essential commodities placed under strict supervision: F&CS dept DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 13 (MExN): After the expose of the PDS rice scam in Mokokchung, the Food & Civil Supplies Department on Saturday said all essential commodities under the department have been placed under the strict supervision of the DCs in all respective districts. The department, through a press statement from Secretary to the Government of Nagaland, T Kiheto Sema maintained that it was taking all precautionary measures to check any pilferage or diversion of any PDS items in any part of the state. It also said DC Mokokchung has constituted an Enquiry Committee and investigation is still going on and the final report is being awaited. Requesting the public and NGOs to cooperate with the investigation for early outcome of the case, and avoid allegation on the matter, the press statement said the department will take appropriate action if any official(s) or staff or PFS (s) is found guilty.
cnA to work for a shared future fragile nature of Indo-Burma-Naga conflict from the eastern sector, the Council is rendered with the responsibility by the public to safeguard, guide and represent the people in peaceful and non-vio-
body of the Naga people, that came into being with the unanimous voice of the Nagas from all walks of life during the Conference, mandated to represent wishes and desires of the Naga people, within and outside of Myanmarmade Naga Self-Administered Zone, in the matters of social, cultural, economic, political and religious affairs of the Naga people in Eastern Nagaland, Myanmar,” it noted in its press statement. On sovereignty, the Council reiterated that “the issue of Naga sovereignty would not be decided by the Nagas in Myanmar alone since the Council is convinced that it is to be decided by all the Nagas from all the Naga inhabited areas.” The Council further stated that it is committed to “transparency and accountability” in any matter that involves the Council on behalf of the Naga people in Myanmar.
“The issue of Naga sovereignty ... is to be decided by all the Nagas from all the Naga inhabited areas”
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lent manner,” the CNA noted. It also gave the message that the Council is the apex body of the Naga people in Myanmar as endorsed by the Naga public in the Conference of the Naga Nationals held on November 27 through December 1, 2014 at ZingkalingKhamti, the ancestral headquarter of the Naga people in Myanmar. “Council of Naga Affairs is neither an armed group nor a Myanmar government puppet but a pure and genuine civilian representative
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WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 13 (IANS): More than 5.5 million people world-wide die prematurely every year due to household and outdoor air pollution, and India and China together account for 55 percent of these deaths, new research has found. About 1.6 million people died of air pollution in China and 1.4 million died in India in 2013, the reBy any means, I’ve got to find government job today, I over- searchers said. The international team of reage tomorrow at 9:00 AM. searchers from India, China, Canada and the US estimated that despite efforts to limit future emisWe would like to remind sions, the number of premature you that Rejoinders to deaths linked to air pollution will those statements/news climb over the next two decades unpieces that have not less more aggressive targets are set. The findings were presented on been originally pubFriday at the 2016 annual meeting lished by the newspaper of the American Association for the will not be carried either. This is in order to main- Advancement of Science (AAAS) in tain impartiality on an Washington, DC. “Air pollution is the fourth highissue. We seek your understanding and coop- est risk factor for death globally and by far the leading environmental eration! The Morung Express risk factor for disease,” said Michael Brauer, professor at University of British Columbia’s School of Population and Public Health in Vancouver, Canada. “Reducing air pollution is an incredibly efficient way to improve the health of a population,” Brauer noted. Power plants, industrial manuDIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 13 (MExN): A facturing, vehicle exhaust and burnDIPR report informed on ing coal and wood all release small Saturday that the State particles into the air that are dangerGovernment has consti- ous to a person’s health. In India, a major contributor to tuted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to be poor air quality is the practice of burnheaded by Z. Mero, DIGP ing wood, dung and similar sources of to investigate and arrest the culprits responsible for the recent killing of the couple near Yayi Bridge while on their way to Kiphire from Shamator on February 6, 2016. NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 13 (THE HINDU): The Supreme Court agreed with a lower court decision that the State can use its curfew powers to block Internet DIMAPUR, FEBRU- access on personal mobile phones ARY 13 (MExN): On if there is apprehension that a pubthe intervention from lic agitation can turn aggressive Nagaland Chief Secre- and disturb public tranquility. A Bench led by Chief Justice tary, Pankaj Kumar, the Network of Nagaland of India T.S. Thakur on Thursday Drugs and AIDS Organi- dismissed an appeal filed by law zation (NNagaDAO) has student Gaurav Sureshbhai Vyas decided to keep in abey- against a September 2015 Gujaance their peaceful pro- rat High Court order upholding a test slated on February clampdown on mobile Internet 15 in all the district head- access under Section 144 of the quarters. NNagaDAO Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) president, Abou Mere during the Patidar agitation as only in a press note informed “minimal restriction” and not a that the chief secretary violation of free speech which exhad convened an emer- tends to Internet access. “It becomes very necessary gency meeting on Febsometimes for law and order,” ruary 12 at his official chamber to discuss the Chief Justice Thakur remarked crisis and understand while rejecting the appeal. The dismissal of this appeal the organization’s concerns and grievances. According to the press note, the chief secretary gave a patient hearing to NNagaDAO’s griev- ZINGkALINGkHAMTI, FEBances and assured to RUARY 13 (MExN): The Council take immediate steps to of Naga Affairs (CNA) today stated expedite in resolving the that it prays and hopes that “reunicrisis of HIV program in fication and national reconciliathe State. The chief sec- tion” of Naga people from India and retary assured he would Myanmar will be take the matter and file achieved soon with personally and meet the the “right approach Nagaland Chief Minister and participation TR Zeliang on February of the concerned 13 for necessary action, stakeholders.” it stated. Following the It welcomed the meeting, the NNagaDAO opportunity to work said the peaceful protest with Naga organizations based in will be kept in abeyance India for a shared future. A statefor the time being for the ment from the CNA press bureau chief secretary to act and today informed that the formation intervene. NNagaDAO of the Council is to “strengthen the however cautioned that role and participation” of Nagas if the matter is not re- from Myanmar in the larger intersolved by the State gov- est of Naga people from both the ernment within a few countries that “compel us to stand days time, it will take own as two separate peoples so that course of action for ful- reunified homeland of the Naga fillment of its democratic people will be realized at God’s apconstitution and fundapointed time.” mental rights. “Having best understood the
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combustion and emissions through a combination of energy policies and pollution controls. She found that air pollution will cause anywhere from 990,000 to 1.3 million premature deaths in 2030 unless even more ambitious targets are introduced. “Our study highlights the urgent need for even more aggressive strategies to reduce emissions from coal and from other sectors,” Ma said.
Make well-planned villages with future progress in mind: tr Zeliang suggests PEREN, FEBRUARY 13 (MExN): Stating that the rural population was burgeoning across the hamlets in Nagaland State, Chief Minister TR Zeliang on Saturday called for establishment of wellplanned villages with future progress in mind. By doing so, the issue of human congestion, as is witnessed in the towns and cities, will not be an issue in the future, the chief minister said while inaugurating Gailinamdi village under Peren District. This village has been recognized as a ‘model village.’ In a DIPR report, Zeliang said every good work is the result of a well-planned programme and this code also applies in the building of wellplanned villages. Encouraging villagers to envisage wellplanned villages and then maneuver it into a model village, Zeliang said this require the co-operation and hard work of the villagers. The government alone cannot make a village into a model-both the stakeholders, which are the villagers, and the State government has to work side by side, he added. The chief minister also apprised the villagers to evolve a system to govern the village in order to sustain onslaught against the ethos and cultures of the village life. Also maintaining that since humans have no power over the topographies of the land, Zeliang said one has to plan it to suit one’s needs. Zeliang also stressed on the need for villagers to posses the quality of good citizen and hospitality, which he pointed out, is vital while planning a model village. Home Minister Y Patton, Minister for Rural Development, CL John, Peren Deputy Commissioner Peter Lichamo and former Minister Neiba Ndang also addressed the gathering. Earlier, the chief minister inaugurated the village gate and released the Zeme Literature Handbook. The programme also witnessed cultural items by the villagers. Gailinamdi village has a household of 60, with a population of 271 members.
JnU protest against attack on the ‘democratic ethos’ There is an attempt to silence voice of students: Naga students at JNU Morung Express News Dimapur | February 13
A Solidarity Public Meeting was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus today demanding the immediate and unconditional release of the JNUSU President and the end of police raj on campus. Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury and CPI Secretary D. Raja also joined the Meeting on Saturday. According to the sources at JNU, today’s was one of the biggest public meetings in JNU’s history. On February 9, a group of individuals from JNU a cultural evening on February 9, entitled ‘A Country without a Post Office’ the protesting the “judicial killing of Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat.” During the event, it was alleged that “anti-national” and “divisive” slogans were raised. Since then the controversy has erupted into a full-fledged attack on JNU. The police on February 12 arrested the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) President Kanhaiya Kumar on charges of sedition and started, what many are calling, a “witch-hunt” to curtail freedom of speech at campuses as well as growing intolerance for dissent in the country. Eight other students were debarred from academic activities by JNU pending a disciplinary enquiry into the event. Home Minister Rajnath Singh and HRD Minister Smriti Irani have both asserted that strict action will be taken against the demonstrators and said that ‘anti-national’ elements will not be tolerated.
‘Attack on democratic ethos’
Attending today’s Solidarity Public Meeting were also students from Nagaland who voiced concerns. Tiamongla Imchen, an MPhil student at the Centre for South Asian Studies and a student activist said the police crackdown was an “attack on the democratic ethos and space of the university.” And the safe space created by the University has also helped Northeast students feel at home in an otherwise hostile city, pointed out former student and presently a faculty in Delhi University, Kaustabh Deka. “It is a politically strategic tactical attack on the freedom of speech and expression and a means to affirm the idea of nationalism of a few with misappropriate attention
by media,” Imchen said. For Thepfulhoukho Kuotsu, a PhD Scholar at the Centre for Philosophy, the incident is pre-meditated. “It is an attack on the University by the BJP-led Government in order to silence the voice of the students so that they can carry their national project which is a real threat to democracy,” he opined. There are around 60-70 students from Nagaland in JNU. “The whole situation has been engineered by some groups to flare up tension and assault the freedom of expression, which is otherwise the right of not just students of JNU (in this case) but every citizen of the country. The media too, which is supposed to be neutral and not take any position has fallen into cheap jingoism. Pune, Hyderabad and JNU, all of them have been attacked by the same forces,” said Honjem Konyak, an MPhil student at the Centre for Historical Studies, JNU.
Steps ahead
Earlier, the JNU Teacher’s Association (JNUTA) following its Emergency Meeting, expressing deep concern on the recent developments, asserted that “JNU has always been a University where there has been a vibrant democratic culture, where diverse political ideological and academic views have engaged with each other in a spirit of peaceful dialogue and debate.” During the solidarity meeting, the JNU community comprising of Faculties, students and karamcharis joined hand to draft three demands: • To release the JNUSU president immediately and unconditionally • To stop witch-hunting of students inside the autonomous campus • Removal of police forces from the University premises. It also strongly condemned the biased national media reporting on the issue. Meanwhile the right wing student body ABVP attempted to disturb the peace meeting by shouting slogans throughout the three hours long meeting. Following the meeting, the joint students-teachers forum decided to conduct indefinite university strike until the release of the President and also called for formation of human chain in solidarity with student movements to bring normalcy back to the University. Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the JNU incident where anti-India slogans are said to have been raised, IANS reported.
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National Lok Adalat disposes 102 Cases in Nagaland DDLSA settle 23 cases relating to bank matters Mokokchung Lok Adalat recovers pending loans
Kohima, February 13 (mexN): National Lok Adalat successfully observed today throughout the State of Nagaland. The Lok Adalat was conducted on ‘banking matter & recovery suit’ by the respective District Legal Services Authority. Presiding Judges and two Conciliators sat in each District. Panel Lawyers and Para Legal Volunteers assisted the Litigants who came to get relieve. A total of 636 cases were taken up and total of 102 Cases were disposed, with a settlement amount of Rupees 77,08,098/- (seventy seven lakhs eight thousand ninety eight). The participating Banks includes Central Bank of India, State Bank of India, Vijaya Bank, Allahabad Bank, Nagaland State Cooperative Bank, Bank of Baroda, Punjab & Sindh Bank. Lok Adalat Nodal Officer, Nagaland State Legal Services Authority, Kohima has informed in a press release that the next National Lok Adalat is scheduled to be held on March 12, on the subject, Civil and Revenue cases, Traffic/Banks at all Members of Dimapur District Legal Services Authority settling cases during the Nathe District Headquarter. tional Lok Adalat held on February 13.
Dimapur, February 13 (mexN): The Dimapur District Legal Services Authority (DDLSA) organized National Lok Adalat on February 13, where 23 cases relating to bank matters were settled. Claims amounting to a total of Rs. 20,56,692/- (Rupees twenty lakh fifty six thousand six hundred and ninety two) only were settled at the Lok Adalat thereby avoiding protracted legal proceedings in respect of the claims. The Lok Adalat was inaugurated by Neiko Kanuo, District and Sessions Judge, Dimapur, who is also the Chairman of the DDLSA. Lok Adalats are an alternative dispute resolution mechanism which provide speedy disposal of cases where parties settle disputes primarily through mutual agreement. The DDLSA has held a number of such Lok Adalats where several cases have been successfully settled. The next Lok Adalat to be held on March 12 will deal with cases pertaining to Civil and Revenue Cases, Traffic & Banks. The public are encouraged to avail of these services the details of which may be obtained from the Front Office of the DDLSA at the District Court building at Dimapur.
MDLSA panel lawyers mediating between the opposing parties (especially the bankers and the loanees) during the Lok Adalat held at District court Mokokchung which was organized by Mokokchung District Legal Services Authority on February 13. (Pic courtesy/MDLSA)
moKoKchuNg, February 13 (mexN): Initiated by Mokokchung District Legal Services Authority (MDLSA) the Lok Adalat (People’s Court) today settled eight cases regarding recovery of bank loans amounting to more than seven lakhs. The Lok Adalat, which was chaired by District & Session Judge and Chairman of MDLSA, settled cases relating to recovery loans for three banks – the State Bank of India (Rs 490975), Nagaland State Cooperative Bank Limited (Rs 15,0973) and Allahabad Bank (Rs.14,3000). Out of the eight cases, the SBI produced five cases, the Nagaland State Cooperative Bank Limited - one case and the Allahabad Bank produce two case. This is the first Lok Adalat (people’s court) being held in Mokokchung for the
year 2016 by the MDLSA. The Mokokchung District Legal Services Authority, which is one of the most active legal services associations in the state, will be holding a raining-cum-orientation on February 23, 2016 at Longkumer Kilem for retainer lawyers, panel lawyers, para-legal volunteers and stake holders. The training will be held on the topic about the rights of prisoners and accused in criminal cases, Women’s Rights, RTI and Consumer Rights. The training will also focus on the role of the para-legal volunteers and stakeholders with regard to the rights and duties of every concerned citizen for a just-peace society. This was stated in a press release issued by MDLSA Retainer Lawyer I Imkong Jamir.
SKK kicks off mission ‘Doing Right’ Morung Express News Dimapur | February 13
The apex Sumi students’ organization, Sumi Kiphimi Kuqhakulu (SKK) is embarking on a mammoth mission of cleansing the society of malaise and wrong practices within Sumi inhabited areas. With the motto, “Doing Right,” the SKK led by its President, Ninoto Awomi kicked off its mission during a press conference in Dimapur on Saturday. Under its mission, the Members of Kuda Kewhimia Angami Women Union-Dimapur, during the 17th meet, held on February 13 at the Northern Angami Colony, officially launched the new ethnic cos- SKK outlined four agendas tume of the tribe. which it would carry on
Tseminyu SDPB express concern on medical facilities
tsemiNyu, February 13 (Dipr): Tseminyu SDPB meeting was held at ADC’s conference hall on February 10 under the chairmanship of Parliamentary Secretary for Housing, Er. Levi Rengma. The meeting deliberated on the need of SHC (medical) at Ziphenyu village in order to improve medical facilities, since the said SHC covers more villages in the Sub-Division. SMO Tzeminyu, Dr. Teninlo Menu also expressed the need for construction of quarters for Medical Officer and staffs and the urgent need for ambulance service. ADC and Vice Chairperson of SDPB Vikhweno also pointed out the problem of shortage of Medical Officer at PHC Tseminyu, which the Parliamentary Secretary, Er. Levi Rengma assured to bring the problems to the notice of the concerned Department. Proposed agenda for construc-
tion of Rain Water Harvesting Tank in all the villages in the sub-Division to be taken up under LADPF 201617 was discussed in the meeting. It also deliberated on the importance of acquiring one dumping place/ site for Tseminyu town. On the importance of local agricultural productions for grassroots level, Parliamentary Secretary Er Levi Rengma commented that prices of local vegetables should not be high, but it should be at very reasonable rate so that people should buy them. ADC Vikhweno said that Government employees of Tseminyu Sub-Division must stay in the station and solve the grievances of the people. She also requested the concerned officers to regularly attend SDPB meetings and share the problems of their departments. The growing need of security Police personnel in the Sub-Division was also discussed in the meeting.
by chalking out strategies by inviting stakeholders, think-tank, legislators, bureaucrats and other strata of the society. The first agenda included ban on proxy teachers in all Sumi inhabited areas while the second issue was to work towards clean and sincere execution of public offices, institutions etc. The students’ body has also affirmed itself to see that all contract works under Sumi inhabited areas were carried out under right specifications and implemented accordingly. Similar to NBCC’s
Clean Election Campaign, the fourth agenda of SKK is to work towards the conduct of clean elections in all Sumi inhabited areas. With these missions in mind, the SKK has called upon all stakeholders ranging from legislators and bureaucrats to the communitized rural level, civil societies, educational institutions, contractors, government employees in Sumi inhabited areas, national workers, churches and every individual to extend their cooperation towards its mission of “Doing Right.”
Mangkolemba ADC, Imtiwapang Aier (third from left) along with SDPDB members and village officials after the inauguration of the newly constructed Panchayat Hall (Tatar Salang) financed by TFC 2011-2012, at Chungliyimsen village on February 8. (DIPR Photo)
NPF Zunheboto pledges to assume office
ZuNheboto, February 13 (mexN): NPF Zunheboto Division and its unit office and frontal bearers have sworn in the pledge to assume the office (2015-20) on February 10. The oath was administered by Pusazo Lurüo, Vice President NPF and Convenor Zunheboto Division in charge in presence of Hotoshe Sumi, Secretary NPF and Assistant Division in charge. In his keynote address, Vikheho Swu, Minister for Roads & Bridges, encouraged and exhorted the team in various topics. He stated, “In issue based, we should not stick to who is right, but we have to adhere to what is right.” He also stated, “Leadership is earned in two ways. Through power and force which is short lived while the other is
NPF Zunheboto Division and its unit office and frontal bearers take pledge to assume the office (201520) during a function held on February 10.
earned through selfless hard Parliamentary Secretaries exhorted and encouraged the work which lasts and earns re- Pukhayi Assumi, Shetoyi Yep- party workers on various isspects.” thomi and Khekaho Assumi sues. Former Parliamentary
Secretary Dr. K.C. Nihoshe, host of office bearers of NPF; Central, Youth, Women and NPF Pughoboto Division attended the Ceremony. The programme was chaired by Setso Puro, Secretary NPF, Central Office and Review Committee member while Tsethungo Lotha, Secy. NPF, Central Office and Review Committee member recorded the session. Shitoho Kiho, Pastor SBCZ invoked God's blessing. Khuketo, General Secretary, NPF Zunheboto Division mastered the introduction. Akavi Sumi, President, NPF Zunheboto Division delivered his presidential address. Vote of thanks was pronounced by Vukhuhe Awomi, Advisor NPF Zunheboto Division. The program was summed up with a mass prayer.
Yimjung Ola: Gospel album released Morung Express News
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A gospel music album titled - Yimjung Ola (Voice of Peace) – was released and dedicated by the principal of Clark Theological College (CTC) at Hotel Metsuben conference hall here on Friday in the presence of host of music lovers, youth leaders, and others. The album, which consists of eight songs, has been composed and sung by seven renowned singers of Mokokchung Town and recoded at Tribes Music & Media Lab, Dimapur. The singers – Taliakum Pongen, Matang Mongro, Arsashi Ozukum, Tiameren Jamir, Imtiyanger, Chubanungla and Arenla Imsong – who are well known in Mokokchung and also in Nagaland, have been performing in different stages apart from the church platform. Taliakum Pongen, while giving a brief highlight about the album, said
Rev. Dr. Takatemjen, Principal, CTC along with the singers of Yimjung Ola and others after the release of the Ao gospel album at Hotel Metsupen conference hall in Mokokchung on February 12. (Morung Photo)
that all the singers in the album share a deep love for music and they started singing from very young age. He said that the singers came together to produce a gospel album, but they also wanted to highlight the social issues that is affecting the society. They realised that peace is the most needed feature in
Naga society and therefore decided to name the album ‘Yimjung Ola’. The songs, which are all in Ao language, speak about depression, abortion, self-realization etc, said Taliakum. He further said that they want to spread the message through the album that everyone has a role to play,
to be an instrument, when it comes to bringing and promoting peace in the society. A short review of the album was presented by Temsu Jamir, proprietor of Mokokchung Channel, who presented a critical review of the songs, the song mixtures etc. He highly appreciated the creativ-
ity, the deep message contained in the lyrics, and the exceptional voices of the singers. He predicted that the album will be a landmark in the development of music and musicians in Mokokchung and therefore encouraged everyone to buy the album so as to promote the album.
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Rajkhowa asks for payment of all salaries Itanagar, February 13 (PtI): Arunachal Pradesh Governor J P Rajkhowa has instructed payment of all the salaries, besides medical reimbursement and travelling allowance bills, of all the state government employees upto March 2016. Reviewing the Revised Estimate 2015-16 and Budget Estimate for 2016-17 at Raj Bhavan here yesterday, the Governor said salaries of all government employees, including contract employees must be paid within the set time frame of March next, a Raj Bhawan communique informed here today. The state annual development agenda for 2015-16 is Rs 5814.24 crore and revised estimate is Rs 4893.43 crore. Fiscal consolidation is the priority of the state government, the commu-
Taxi driver who hit Meghalaya CM's car booked ShIllong, February 13 (IanS): A case of attempt to murder was registered against a tourist taxi driver for hitting the official vehicle of Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma, police said on Friday. "We have registered a case under Section 307 IPC (attempt to murder) against Jeskalur L. Mawdoh for hitting the chief minister's vehicle," said East Khasi Hills' Superintendent of Police Mariahom Kharkrang. Mawdoh is presently under police custody for three days. On Thursday, Mawdoh hit the moving official vehicle of the chief minister as Sangma was proceeding to the helipad at Upper Shillong to leave for Delhi via Guwahati for attending an important meeting. The chief minister was not injured in the accident.
Rahul to kick off Cong poll campaign in Assam from Feb 15 new DelhI, February 13 (PtI): Seeking to retain power amid a keen BJP challenge in the key northeastern state of Assam, Rahul Gandhi will launch the Congress poll campaign on Monday. The Congress Vice President will be addressing a public meeting at Jorhat, the constituency represented by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi. In power from the last 15 years in the state, Congress is going alone in the polls. During his two-day visit, Gandhi will be addressing a booth workers meeting in Sonitpur district and women workers meeting in Lakhimpur district on February 15.
Arunachal governor creating political turmoil: NCP Itanagar, February 13 (PtI): The NCP has alleged Arunachal Pradesh Governor J P Rajkhowa of creating political turmoil in the state. Party’s state unit president Gicho Kabak in a statement today alleged that the current situation in the state is an "onslaught of the BJP to topple the democratically elected government". The BJP through the governor is crushing the constitutional values to get power through back door. Now the governor should be more careful that such situation does not occur again. The governor wants power to rule the state and the Centre has provided him with it by imposing President's Rule in Arunachal Pradesh. He should now rule the state smoothly without affecting the developmental process, a statement from Kabak said. Public peace and security should be niqu said. An official at the state finance department informed that based on the budget estimate and re-
maintained with priority and the development process initiated by the state government should not be stopped at any cost, he added further urging the governor to allow continuation of all the policies and programmes of the state government without any discrimination. The NCP further cautioned that if any development works are stopped, people would revolt, so the governor should work for the overall interest of the people without any discrimination and ensure that lives and properties of people are protected. The party also stated that after imposition of President’s Rule in Arunachal, the tourist inflow in the state and business of twin capital cities had declined due to a fear psychosis in the minds of the people. Paramilitary forces deployed in the capital should be properly directed not to harass innocent people while performing their duty, the party added.
vised estimate of 2015-16, the budget estimate for 2016-17 has been fixed tentatively as per laid down instruction from
guwahatI, February 13 (IanS): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday released a white paper on the state's finances, and said the erstwhile Congress-led government at the Centre gave more funds to the state then the incumbent BJP-led regime. Giving statistics on the average fund transfer from the Centre during the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) tenure, Gogoi dared the BJP-led government to prove him wrong by publishing a similar white paper. "The average fund transfer rose from Rs.3,798 crore during the NDA tenure -- 1998-99 to 2003-04 -- to Rs.12,760 crore during the UPA tenure -- 2004-05 to 2013-14, which was al-
most four times more than what the state government received during the previous regime. "As a whole, while only Rs.22,734 crore was received by the state between 1998-99 to 200304, Rs.1,27,595 crore was received between 2004-05 to 2013-14 as transfer of funds from the central government," Gogoi said. He said Assam has been able to achieve a remarkable turnaround in the last 10 years due to a number of reforms undertaken by the Congress government. "The fiscal reform measures adopted by the state have started yielding favourable results from 200506 onwards. In 2005-06, revenue and fiscal deficits were not only wiped out but became comfortably favourable," he said. "Till 2008-09,
compared to some other states like Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, flow of funds to Assam under externally aided projects (EAP) was not up to the expected level. "However, in the past years, flow of funds to the state through EAPs has been increasing substantially. While there were only two EAP projects prior to 2001, 22 projects have been brought by the state government since then, with more than
Our Correspondent Imphal | February 13
The proposed burial service of the nine Churachandpur ‘martyrs’ did not take place today due to protest by several Kuki civil bodies. Kuki National Organisation (KNO) and United People’s Front (UPF), two separate conglomerates of Kuki militant groups, in consultations with the Churachandpur JAC, JPO and Inpi groups took a resolution to bury the nine bodies today, February 13 after a meeting was held on February 7. But a number of Kuki civil societies opposed the plan to perform the funeral service of the nine people who were killed during protests in Churachandpur district against three ILP Bills passed by the Manipur Assembly on August 31. The tribal communities in Manipur have said the Bills impinge upon their rights and hence they should be withdrawn. The bodies are now ly-
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ing unclaimed in the mortuary of the district government hospital since they were killed during the confrontations with security forces. Withdrawal of the controversial Bills is one of the key demands of the Churachandpur JAC and Kuki social organisations. The KNO clarified that the decision of the February 7 was to consult the civil societies concerned regarding the burial ceremony of the martyrs, adding fixing the date for the event was not an agenda. It further made it clear that the proposal of the Feb-
ruary 13 burial service was made by KNO president PS Haokip and that it was endorsed by the civil societies. KNO also claimed that the Kuki civil bodies agreed to the proposal. KNO said one of the groups in the UPF posted a contradictory statement following the crucial meeting where a consensus was reached among all stakeholders. It claimed that neither JAC members nor the JPO held a meeting to pass a resolution concerning the media reports which said that no decision was taken on the burial service.
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Gold inches towards Rs 30,000 New Delhi, February 13 (PTi): Gold prices on February 12 zoomed by up to Rs 1,230, the biggest rise in a day this year, to multi-month high in major bullion markets of the country on continued buying by jewellers and retailers for ongoing wedding season amid overnight gains in global market. At Chennai, gold prices climbed the most by Rs 1,230 to Rs 29,605 per 10 grams. Bullion markets were closed yesterday following strike by Gem and Jewellery Trade Federation against the government's decision to make PAN card mandatory for transactions of Rs 2 lakh and above. In the national capital, the precious metal recorded a significant rise of Rs 850 to trade at Rs 29,650, a level last seen on May 16, 2014. Now, the yellow metal has gained Rs 2,600 in eleven straight sessions, its longest winning streak this year. The precious metal has recorded the biggest sin-
gle-day rise this year. In addition, a depreciating rupee against the dollar, making imports costlier, supported the upside in the precious metal prices. The precious metal rose by Rs 275 to Rs 29,260 per 10 grams in Mumbai, while at Kolkata it gained Rs 260 to Rs 29,800 per 10 grams. Bullion traders attributed the rise in precious metal prices to sustained buying by jewellers as well
as retailers driven by ongoing wedding season. Besides, a better trend overseas where gold climbed 4.14 per cent to over one-year high of USD 1,246.40 an ounce in New York in yesterday's trade also influenced bullion prices in the domestic markets, they said. In futures trade, the April contracts of the metal however was trading 1.14 per cent lower at Rs 29,450 per 10 grams on the MCX.
BMW i8 is now the top-selling hybrid sports car in the world New Delhi, February 13 (NDTV auTo): BMW i8, that made its global premiere in 2013, was recently crowned the world's highest-selling hybrid sports car. Global sales of the Bavarian luxury carmaker's first purpose-built, plug-in hybrid sports car eclipsed the combined figure of all other hybrid sports cars. To be precise, a total of 5,456 units of the BMW i8 were sold last year. Though BMW first debuted the i8 at the 2013 Frankfurt International Motor Show, the car went on sale in international markets only in August, 2014. In India, the BMW i8 made an appearance at the 2014 Auto Expo before being launched here in February, 2015. With that being said, BMW will present the first special-edition model of
the i8 at the Geneva Motor Show - the Protonic Red Edition. The BMW i8 Protonic Red Edition gets 'Protonic Red' paint finish with accents in Frozen Grey metallic, BMW W-spoke 470 light-alloy wheels, red double-stitching, and applications in high-grade carbon fibre and ceramic
among others provisions. The inaugural special-edition will be built in Leipzig from July. Ian Robertson, BMW AG Board Member for Sales and Marketing, said, "The success of the BMW i8 speaks for itself. It is already the world's most successful hybrid sports
2016 Triumph Tiger Sport officially unveiled New Delhi, February 13 (NDTV auTo): British motorcycle marque, Triumph has finally unveiled its much awaited Tiger Sport adventure tourer. The bike is basically an adventure version of the two-wheeler manufacturer's popular street fighter - the 2016 Speed Triple. Officially unveiled at the MCN London ExCel Motorcycle Show, the 2016 Triumph Tiger Sport sits between the Tiger 800 series and the larger displacing Tiger Explorer. In terms of design and looks, as mentioned earlier, the Triumph Tiger Sport is more inspired from the Speed Triple than the Tiger series. But it doesn't mean that the new Tiger Sport lacks the touring capabilities of its lineage. The bike efficiently
carries those bold design elements and aggressive character lines. The fairing design at the front looks much clean and wellcrafted and it also comes with the 1050 stickering. The Tiger Sport comes with twin-beam headlamps and longer visor for managing windblast. The single and wide seat and riding posture looks welldesigned and match the tourer persona of the bike. As for features, the new 2016 Triumph Tiger Sport comes with ride-by-wire throttle, multiple riding modes, multi-level traction control, cruise control and ABS as standard. Other equipment includes adjustable windscreen, Slipper clutch, revised freeflow exhaust system, grippier footpegs, redesigned rear-view mirrors and new silver paintjobs. Thanks to the Tiger Sport, as men- driving modes - Rain, Road matt-black or aluminium- the new-age electronics, tioned earlier, comes three and Sport.
The bike sports the latest version of Triumph's popular 1050cc in-linethree engine that also powers the 2016 Speed Triple but has been retuned for the Tiger Sport. While the actual power figures and specifications are yet to be announced, the engine is claimed to deliver better fuel economy and increased torque. Talking about the engine Triumph says, "Designed to tackle every journey, from a trip to the office to a lap of your favourite Sunday afternoon ride, the new Tiger Sport isn't just an everyday motorcycle it's a motorcycle you will want to ride every day." Currently both the Tiger 800 and the Explorer are on sale in India, but it's unlikely that the Tiger Sport will be launched in India anytime soon.
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Film on Nagaland's community conservation wins award Dimapur, February 13 (mexN): A documentary movie on the Community Conserved Areas (CCAs) of Nagaland has won the Golden Beaver Award at this year's 6th National Science Film Festival held in Mumbai. ‘Nagaland is changing. But…’ was awarded the Best Film in the films made by institutions category on February 13 during the festival organised by Vigyan Prasar of the Department of Science and Technology. The film also received the technical excellence award for best sound design. The prize money for both the awards is Rs. 1 lakh and Rs 20,000 respectively. The film, produced by Nagaland State Forest Department in technical collaboration with TERI, New Delhi, was directed by Gurmeet Sapal, a press release from M. Lokeswara Rao, PCCF & HoFF informed. Sapal received the award today from noted filmmak-
Gurmeet Sapal, director of the film, with the award.
er MS Sathyu. Lokeswara Rao PCCF & HoFF in the press release expressed happiness at receiving the award. “The real champions are communities of Nagaland who are protecting and conserving these areas since time immemorial,” he stated. With the screening of film, he said, “the whole world came to know the dedication of communities in conserving these areas which are rich
New officials to head NBA Dimapur, February 13 (mexN): The Nagaland Bar Association (NBA) has elected a new team of office bearers and Managing Committee members. This was done during the NBA general meeting held on February 12 at the Deputy Commissioner’s office complex, Dimapur. Following are the new office bearers: PresidentTali Ao; Vice-Presidents- Imkong Jamir, NC Murry, Kehriengulie; General Secretary- V. Hukavi Zhimomi; Joint Secretary- Nathaniel Kevichusa; Treasurer- BC Jain. Meanwhile, the Managing Committee members are: CT Jamir (Senior Advocate), Akito Zhimomi, NK Luikham, NY Temjen, Ashipri Zho, Petevino K Liegise. All the above members who were unanimously elected are to hold office for a term of two years (2016-2018). A press release from the NBA further informed that the meeting resolved that all records pertaining to the NBA would be handed over to the new team within a period of two weeks from the date of the meeting. It was also resolved that the Presidents and Secretaries of all federating units of the NBA will be ex-officio members of the Managing Committee.
in carbon pool. The communities are preserving to mitigate Climate Change. They should get enough support from government of India and international organisation.” About the film: The film documents the Community Conserved Areas in Sendenyu village under Tseminyu and Sukhai village in Zunheboto. The two villages have been con-
serving the forest on their private land for the past 15 years. No one is allowed to enter the community forest. There is a strict ban on hunting, fishing, logging and collection of minor forest produce like honey and medicinal plants etc. The village court fines anyone who is caught breaking the law in Sendenyu. The result: Sendenyu Community Biodiversity Reserve is now teeming
with wildlife. The animals that were once considered extinct in the area are being sighted again, the release said. The birds that were always weary of human beings because of the rampant hunting can be seen flocking the reserve. Large flowering trees, which were once cut even before they could reach a flowering age, are blooming, it added. But, there are challeng-
es. This reserve was formed on the land that was donated by the private owners. Like the rest of North East India, agriculture is the main source of income in Nagaland. The felling of trees in the private land for the timber constitutes a major portion of any Naga family’s livelihood. After restraining themselves for 15 long years, some families now want to exploit the timber from their part of land in the biodiversity reserve. How can the livelihood of these Naga families be ensured? Can schemes like REDD+ and Carbon Credits support them? Can international organizations and the government help Sendenyu save its forest? The film portrays the beginning of a huge change in the lifestyle of the Naga people. People that were once hunters are now turning into conservationists. Nagaland is changing for sure. But…
NPF charts for a comeback in 2018 election Morung Express News Dimapur | February 13
Like the mythological ‘Phoenix”, the Naga People’s Front (NPF) today sought to make a comeback in the 2018 assembly election by rising from its own ashes- the crisis within the oldest regional party in North East. In a clarion call to all NPF legislators, central office bearers and party workers, NPF general secretary, KG Kenye, today said that it was high time to bury the hatchet of past misunderstanding and to look forward to a future of reconciliation. In the aftermath of the leadership tussle that virtually split the NPF party into two camps and the continuing reverberations, the NPF general secretary appealed for more time for the party hierarchy to repair the damages and to accommodate the interests and grievances of legisla-
DAN legislators, NPF party workers at the Dimapur District DAN legislators’ coordination meeting.
tors and party workers. “Give us time to clean and sweep wherever we are required to,” Kenye said in his address at the “Dimapur District DAN legislators coordination meeting” organized by NPF Dimapur Division held at the division office. The party might be enjoying power for three consecutive terms; Kenye said but reminded that the main vision or slogan of the ‘Cock Party’ is not just for the sake of mere power but for a higher political future of Nagas. NPF working president, Apong Pongener, in his address dwelled on the
intricate and bonding relationship between a political party and the party-led government. “The party is watching who is innovative and committed. We may be forced to raise our voices if the legislators are not sincere,” he said, while reminding that the party has a commitment to keep to the people of Nagaland. Apong also informed that a team of NPF leaders would be visiting Shamator and Kiphire on February 16 next to hold talks with the tribal leaders in the aftermath of the violence there. “In such tragic times, we
cannot just watch it from a distance. We have to go there.” Advisor, Urban Development, SI Jamir, recently expelled from the state Congress, said that there is no difference of ideology between the INC and the NPF. “The difference is only with the BJP. Both the INC and NPF are secular parties.” Other legislators including Jacob Zhimomi, parliamentary secretary for Irrigation and Flood Control, Jacob Zhimomi, Tovihoto Ayemi, chairman of NIDC and sitting MLA, Zhaleo Rio also addressed the meeting.
‘Women have strength to be voices of peace’
Kohima Excise personnel seized 50 kg of ganja concealed in a bonnet of a taxi (Sumo - NL 02T 1439) on February 10. The driver, identified as Pavei, 28, was arrested and booked for violation of NDPS Act '85 and forwarded to judicial custody along with the vehicle for further investigation.
aLigarh, February 13 (TNN): "Peace matters, regardless of the past," said Rosemary Dzuvichu, director, Women Studies Centre, Nagaland University and advisor of Naga Mothers' Association. Her statement, at the 11th IG Khan Memorial Lecture here indicated that she was investing faith in the strength of women to be voices of peace. The lecture, on the theme of 'Borders and Social Justice', was organized by the family members of the slain Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) professor IG Khan, under the IG Khan Memorial Trust and Cultural Education Centre at the university. Dzuvichu pointed
out how women, despite suffering from violence were committed to peace. "Women have been the worst victims of militarization, suffering rape, murder and violence. Despite everything we have gone through, we women are not talking of anger and hatred. We are talking of peace. All of us, irrespective of borders and boundaries, must learn this language of peace," she said. The activist was visibly emotional while talking about the dead bodies of youths being denied rightful burial at Churachandpur in Manipur. The youths were killed in violent protests over the passing of the Inner Line Permit bills in the state
assembly. "It has been 150 days and their bodies have not been allowed the dignity of burial, which is the right of the dead," Dzuvichu said. As an advisor of NMA that has 'Shed No More Blood' as its motto, she shared tales of journeys into the jungles of Nagaland and neighboring states urging the leaders of militant factions "to talk - so that peace is maintained". Since the 1997 truce between NSCN-IM and the Centre, NMA has been active in negotiations to settle complex issues. Dzuvichu also talked of the need to provide basic amenities to people living on the margins, including basic healthcare
for women, and said that socially-aware citizens needed to go to the grassroots problems, leaving behind their ivory towers. "According to the Human Rights Law Network, there have been 20 PILs filed on the condition of women's health in Nagaland. The anganwadis are being used as storehouses when they should be used to give women good pre and post-natal care," she added. Dzuvichu also said that gender justice could only come about if men and women worked together as equal partners. "Women must not only get rights as citizens of India, but also dignity and justice through changes in archaic laws," she said.
One day ahead of Valentine’s Day, a college girl buys roses in the street of Dimapur. The main streets in Dimapur were dotted with people selling roses. (Photo by Caisii Mao)
ANSALWC convenes meeting Dimapur, February 13 (mexN): All Nagaland SARDP-NE Affected Landowners’ Welfare Committee (ANSALWC) has convened an emergency meeting at Circuit House, Dimapur at 10:00 am on February 16. The committee in a press release has requested all members to attend the meeting.
Home department informs on NDAL project Kohima, February 13 (Dipr): The NDAL Project for digitization of the records of arms licenses and issue of UIN to all the licensees by the licensing authorities has been undertaken for the past one year now. However, due to various reasons, licensing authorities in Nagaland could not complete this exercise by due date. Therefore, in order to enable them to complete this task and to avoid inconvenience to the licensees, the last date has been extended till March 31, 2016 by GOI, Ministry of Home Affairs. All the licensing authorities, i.e., Deputy Commissioners have been requested by the Home Department to inform all the license holders and make efforts to complete the task by March 31, 2016, beyond which, licenses will become invalid.
30th Alongtaki A/C offers condolences moKoKchuNg, February 13 (mexN): The people of 30th Alongtaki A/C have conveyed condolences to Parliamentary Secretary Dr. Benjongliba Aier and his family at the demise of his father, JN Aier. A condolence message issued by Lima Jamir, Press Secretary to Dr. Benjongliba said that the deceased was the founder of Japukong Upper Primary School established in 1945, the first school under 30th Alongtaki A/C. He served as the headmaster in the school till April 6, 1956. In the year 1963, he was also the headmaster of Clark Memorial School at Impur. Late JN Aier was also a fatherly figure to Japukong Kaketshir Mungdang (JKM); he was a founding member of JKM, the note added. Stating that in his demise, the people of 30th Alongtaki A /C in particular have lost a great teacher and educationist, the condolence message stated that throughout his life, he lived his life in order to make others’ lives more meaningful.
Special cleanliness drive in govt healthcare facilities Kohima, February 13 (mexN): As part of Swachh Bharat Mission, Department of Health & Family Welfare, Nagaland is launching a special cleanliness drive in government hospitals in the State from February15 to 28. It includes the district hospitals, Community Health Centre, Primary Health Centre, Mental Hospital, TB Hospital and Nursing Institute, informed a press release from Dr. Thanghoi Lam, Nodal Officer, Quality Assurance, Department of Health & Family Welfare. The release added that the objective of the special cleanliness drive is to promote cleanliness, hygiene, and infection control practices in public healthcare facilities.
TSUD condemns Dimapur, February 13 (mexN): Tenyimi Students' Union Dimapur (TSUD) has condemned the action of the personnel of Railway Protection Force in assaulting and “maiming” its member Senenlo Kath. In a press statement, TSUD appealed to the law enforcing agencies to leave no stone unturned in booking the culprits and ensuring justice to the victim.
Sainik School students represent state in RD Parade
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The sovereign birthright of our nation is inalienable • The Ear-boring Halfworn Mongoloid people who were discriminately called "Naka" by the Burmese and "Nunga" by the Assamese are peculiarly known as the Naga/s. • The "Land" which permanently belongs to the Nagas is called "Nagaland". • By tradition, we Nagas are a sovereign independent people and a free Nation. Therefore our forebears have legitimately laid all the foundation stones of our Nation under the farsighted leadership of the mandated Naga National Council (NNC) with the evolution of the modem world. Thus our people
have solemnly acknowledged in the Preamble of the Yehzabo (Constitution) of our Nation in the name of Almighty God. The Preamble reads: We, the people of Nagaland, solemnly acknowledging that the sovereignty over this earth and the entire universe belongs to almighty God alone, and the authority of the people to be exercised on the territory is a sacred trust from God, who sustained our forefathers, the national workers and our people through the years of trial, and Having our attach-
ment to the truth of popular sovereignty as declared on 22nd March 1956 and the articles contained in the provisional Yehzabo of 1962, to establish national institutions based on the common ideals of democracy, justice, liberty, equality and fraternity among the people composing it, Do hereby adopt in our national assembly the amended Yehzabo of Nagaland this twenty fifth day of July in the year of our lord nineteenth hundred and sixty eight. God has given us a blessed land with the sovereign Birthright of a Nation. This Birthright of ours
is inalienable and nothing is more precious than this right in the world. Therefore, we always resist and exist it by sacrificing our lives and our all. We are a nation. We have nothing to be worried at all and it is unnecessary to go into details. We Nagas are not Indian, no never. The 69 years old Indo-Naga war/conflict is purely a conflict of invasion by India against Nagaland. Hence, a logical solution is inevitable. But we must be vigilant and wise at this critical juncture. And we must keep this, in our deepest heart, that: • A Christian who ex-
pects salvation from Satan will automatically go to hell. • A plaintiff who expects right decree from the defendant is a stupidest plaintiff. • In the same way, if we expect a logical solution from India, the aggressor, our nation will be the heaviest loser among the nations in the world. So it is the world to settle the 69 years old Indo-Naga conflict. Fellow Nagas let us once again assemble in the original home. So that no one can stop us... Capt. (Retd) Yirei Lungleng Kilonser, Rali Wali, Federal Government of Nagaland
Moasunep Jamir and Oyinsem Tzudir with the principal, OC, ANOs and PI staff of NL(I) Sainik School Coy NCC .
pereN, February 13 (mexN): Two students of Sainik School Punglwa Moasunep Jamir, Class IX, Adm No 527 and Oyinsem Tzudir, Class IX, Adm No 559 - represented Nagaland State in the NCC contingent
in the 67th Republic Day Parade in New Delhi. The cadets also attended Prime Minister’s Rally during the camp. The two were welcomed back to the school on February 9 by the principal, cadets and staff of
the school. A press release informed that Gp Capt Sanjay Gaekwad, principal of the school, complimented and congratulated the two cadets and also expressed his delight for making the school proud.
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The Chalkboard
SunDAY 14•02•2016
THE MORUNG EXPRESS
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group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:
Being Special She sent her burger back because it's “broken” so the server did this
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"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love." Rebecca - age 8 "Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other." Karl - age 5
e i n g d i f f e rent has never been easy. All of the wonderful things that a person can offer — their skills, talents, humor — can go unnoticed or misunderstood because it doesn't arrive in a form most people recognize. People who live with autism are constantly misunderstood, and yet they want the same things everyone wants: love and acceptance. This is a story about how one amazing Chili's server, Lauren, proved that you can make anyone's day by opening your mind and heart to what most people don't understand.
Anna Kaye MacLean knows autism personally Her sister Arianna is seven years old and was born with autism. To give their mother a bit of time to herself, the girls often go on little "sister dates." These outings are always fun for the pair, but things do have to happen a certain way. Arianna needs order and routine to feel safe and happy. Autism is still not very well understood Autism is finally something most people have heard of because loving families of children with autism are bringing awareness to the complex condition. Her autism
doesn't stop Arianna from having a happy and complete life, but understanding can be hard to come by. When Arianna makes requests at restaurants, Anna has come to expect all sorts of confused reactions. They went out to eat with burgers on the brain On this day, these "ladies who lunch" decided to stop by a Chili's in their hometown of Midvale, Utah. When Arianna's burger got to the table, it was not what she was expecting. The burger was cut in half, a distinctive deviation from their usual routine. Arianna piped up, “It’s broken. I need anoth-
"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs." Chrissy - age 6
er one that’s fixed.” Anna apologized to the server and requested another, uncut burger. "I knew it sounded silly, but if we could just order an additional one we will gladly pay for it because there was nothing wrong with the one that was originally brought out,” the big sister requested. “I brought you a broken cheeseburger?! You know what, I’ll have them cook you a new one!” “A couple of minutes later, Lauren arrived back at our table with cheeseburger #2. Arianna said, ‘OH FANK YOU! You fixed my cheeseburger!’ When Lauren walked away, Arianna just sat there for a sec-
ond and looked at her new burger. She looked like so deep in thought….just staring at it….then she let out a big ‘OH I missed you!!’ and started kissing the burger over and over again."
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"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired." Terri - age 4 “Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK." Danny - age 7
The Monkey and the Dolphin
"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate," Nikka - age 6 "There are two kinds of love. Our love. God's love. But God makes both kinds of them." Jenny - age 8 "Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it every day." Noelle - age 7 "Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well." Tommy - age 6 "During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore," Cindy - age 8 "Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken." Elaine -age 5 "Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford." Chris - age 7 "When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." Karen - age 7 "You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget," Jessica - age 8 Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child. The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, "Nothing, I just helped him cry."
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"Children are like wet cement whatever falls on them makes an impression." — Haim Ginott, child psychologist
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ne day long ago, some sailors set out to sea in their sailing ship. One of them brought his pet monkey along for the long journey. When they were far out at sea, a terrible storm overturned their ship. Everyone fell into the sea, and the monkey was sure that he would drown. Suddenly a dolphin appeared and picked him up. They soon reached the island and the monkey came down from the dolphin’s back. The dolphin asked the monkey, “Do you know this place?” The monkey replied, “Yes, I do. In fact, the king of the island is my best friend. Do you know that I am actually a prince?” Knowing that no one lived on the island, the dolphin said, “Well, well, so you are a prince! Now you can be a king!” The monkey asked, “How can I be a king?” As the dolphin started swimming away, he answered, “That is easy. As you are the only creature on this island, you will naturally be the king!” Those who lie and boast may end up in trouble.
Felt Needle Case
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he needle case in the by colour, decorations and photo has been cre- the amount of help given ated for Valentine's to suit all ages of children. Day, but you could obviously adapt this craft for Instructions: other times of the year. Measure, mark and cut a rectangular piece of felt You will need: for the cover of the needle • Scraps of felt case. Our rectangle mea• Scraps of wool (yarn) sures 10cm x 20cm. Older or embroidery thread children may like to try and appropriate nee- rounding the corners. dle Measure, mark and • PVA (white) glue cut a second, smaller rect• Embellishments as angle of felt (perhaps in a required contrasting colour). Ours measures 6cm x 14cm. This simple needle case was made in less than 30 Put the two rectangles minutes by an 8-year-old together and pin in the cenwith almost no adult help. tre where the row of stitchThe craft can be adapted ing will be. You can draw
a light pencil line or use a disappearing marking pen to mark the stitching line if you like, but don't be too worried about accuracy you can always trim the needle case later and the more work the children do on their own, the more thrilled with the finished product they will be! Thread your needle with wool or embroidery thread and put a knot in the end. Take the knot in between the two rectangles so that it doesn't show, and then, using a running stitch, join the two rectangles together. Finish off by going over the same stitch 2 or 3 times.
FAITH LEAF
SunDAY 14•02•2016
THE MORUNG EXPRESS
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verybody has a fear which is a part of our human emotion. Every person has his or her own fear, the young and old irrespective of all age and gender. As we walk our life’s path this year, how do we walk in faith? Many parents have legitimate concern for their family and children. Many young people, who are studying and unemployed youth are facing some of the depressing situation. As long as we live and walk we will face many unpleasant situations in our life. This year as we take our walk, how do we plan to walk? Straight or uneven it all depends on our perspective. Our mind is one of the powerful organs that can be either direction for our good or for worst. If we see only fear as our focal point, what we visualize or internalize we absorb and reflect it outward. So how do we prepare our mind in to best possible way to live a balance Christian life in God’s given space and time for us? I want to draw us to four ‘Looking’ perspectives!
INSPIRATIONAL STORIES, MESSAGES, POEMS & SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES
What Do You See?
Fear wake us up or push us down low. Reaffirming yesterday’s time is never a loss of time if it’s for our learning today. Being human it is certain we will encounter fear but let us be reminded that the One who is within us is greater than the one who is against us. When we remember what God did in our past it will give us confidence for us to walk, with our head held high today. The consequences of looking at our own direction without listening to God’s direction are always filled with terrible fear. Fear paralyzes even the healthy men and women, make active into passive and shifts our focus. Fear may exist but when we walk in God’s divine shadow then we experience the great difference of being with and without God. Many people see only Egyptian Army not God’s army that is greater than any army in the world. In I Samuel 17 readI. Looking Back ! ing, Israel armies were threatened just by The Bible says in Exodus 14:10 “The chilone giant and the whole army was psychodren of Israel lifted their eyes and behold logically defeated even before one shot of an the Egyptians marched after them.” The arrow. Bible says when they turned their eyes on their back, right or left side they saw clouds II. Looking Confused ! of dust who were powerful army behind “Then they said to Moses, because there them, who were trained to face their ene- were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us mies fiercely. However the people of Israel away to die in the wilderness? Is this not the saw the great deliverance and witnessed ten word that we told you in Egypt …” (NKJV. Explagues sent from heaven against Egyptian. odus 14 :11- 12).Israel people begin to take They were the witness in Egypt about the hold of their legitimate right which was apgreat God who was actively working in their propriate thing for them to do at that momidst. When they look back instead of walk- ment. But the question of legitimacy doesn’t ing ahead, they saw people who have been all the time proof beneficial for collective their cruel master back then. good. Israelite people’s scrutiny may be Many people today desire to see only the reasonable but they failed to look beyond. bigger actions of life. We grumble that we We ought to choose the best in the midst of are too weak to walk ahead; we are unable to plenty options. If we are always falling into walk because we are handicapped; or com- the same pit again and again we are not libplain that we are not like them. Many young erated people. If we have lots of whys, lots brothers and sisters are walking in their own of questions like the Israelite did, aren’t we low self as been condemned by the devil in- expressing we are not matured enough. side their own mind. This New Year must be Instead of questioning for everything and a year that we walk further not in the same question God’s wisdom it is far better to pace like last previous years. Many families trust and obey. Job had lots of questions are willing to see and observe only the pow- but the story concludes and he finally said erful and affluence of the society and belit- “I repent in dust and ashes.” (Job 42: 6). As tle themselves thinking how small they are someone said, “God is God and we are not.” , pitying over and many other silly excuses. What are the questions that you think are le-
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Purana Bazar, Dimapur gitimate in your life today?. Let us wait for Him who knows us wholly and fully well. A little more patience today will make our feet stronger to walk further. As Moses was questioned by Israelites, today many people are unthinkably hasty to question God’s leadership? Asking and questioning is different, it is better to ask his will than question why he does the things he is doing. God might be leading us in the business of liberating us in harder ways and if we question his wisdom, we may shatter God’s good plan for us and bring our own downfall. We better listen to him. Confused people will always have confusion as their conclusion and it will even pollute the mind of their neighbor too.
III. Looking Attentively ! Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand still” (Exodus 14: 13). In the midst of our entire jumpy situation we have to ‘stand still’ and not rush here and there like the restless wave. Being attentive is one of the best solutions for us to see a path when there seem to be no exit. There is a path when all hope is gone from the human mathematical calculation. We should allow God to do his will in us. God cannot enter into a person’s life when he or she is full of himself or herself. Moses stood and shouted authoritatively but used the words of encouragement to people. These prophetic words need to herald and echo in the hills of Naga and North East States of India too. “Do not be afraid, Standstill, and see the salvation of the Lord.” Halting is never late in our time rather it is time to refresh our hectic and hasty generation. Today’s WhatsApp and facebook generation need to heed God’s voice. Today if you see insufficiency in your personal aspects, focus on God who is actively intervening in every spheres of life. Many young people are so attentive to their own peers and friends’ IV. Looking Upward ! advice and suggestions but rarely to elders And the Lord said to Moses, “why do and to God. They embrace and welcome it you cry to me? Tell the children of Israel to as one of the best in the world but often do go forward.”(Exodus 14:15). To go forward in
Taming that Tongue
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Jonathan Santiago
f you've ever said anything you regret keep reading. Here's what James (via the Holy Spirit) says about the tongue: Indeed, we put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body. Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles! James 3:3-4 NKJV Having control over something as mighty as a ship or horse is a good thing. And having control over something as potent as our tongue allows us to be highly effective Disciples of Christ. It allows us to speak life into others, edify, comfort, exhort, all while binding those things that are not of God. That's the good news. The bad news is that James goes on to say that no one can tame the tongue! If no human can tame his or her tongue, what hope is there? The hope, as you probably guessed, is in Jesus Christ. When we are spiritually reborn, we are born with the ability to call on the power of the Holy Spirit to give us wisdom and temperance. OK, so if you're like me you've
never said anything you've regretted once you were a born again believer, correct? Ha, of course not. As I was reading this passage I was seeking how I can more effectually bridle my tongue and use if for edification. Lo and behold, James offers the solution a few verses down in the chapter. James first lets us know what is clearly not of God: But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. This wisdom does not descend from above, but [is] earthly, sensual, demonic. For where envy and self-seeking [exist], confusion and every evil thing [are] there. James 3:14-16 NKJV Envy and self-seeking are mentioned twice. Whether praying for someone or sharing a scripture, if there is any envy or self-seeking in what we are saying, it is not of God. We must not lie against this truth. I basically imagine God saying, "Who are you kidding? You know I wouldn't have you say something that is envious or self-seeking in my name." We cannot judge what we speak merely by the words themselves, but by the spiritual wisdom from which the words are spoken. James uses some pretty powerful terms to describe the wisdom that is self-seeking – demonic and evil are just two of them.
When we are about to speak we would do well to stop and ask: 1. Is what I'm about to say based on envy? 2. Am I self-seeking right now? If we answer yes to any of these we should wait to speak. James gave us the qualities to judge bad wisdom by, but he also gave us the qualities to know good wisdom by! Let's continue on in the chapter. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. James 3:17-18 NKJV Before we speak, we should also ask ourselves the following - Is what I'm about to say: 1. Pure (or is there confusion or uncertainty)? 2. Peaceable? 3. Gentle? 4. Willing to yield (be compliant or obeying)? 5. Merciful? 6. Free from partiality and hypocrisy? These are two checklists God gives us. The wisdom behind list one can cause a destructive fire that wreaks havoc. The wisdom behind list two will edify and yield righteous fruit.
The God of a Second Chance
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Terry Meeuwsen
began working in television in Milwaukee in 1978. While I'd never set out to do talk TV, I felt at home from the beginning, and being in the public eye gave me many opportunities to share my faith. Because it was fairly common knowledge in the community that I was a Christian, the publicity of going through a divorce was difficult. That winter, I went home at the end of each day to a cold, silent house. Emotionally depressed and grieved, I would then climb into bed with my hat, coat, and boots still on and sleep till morning. I'm not sure when that heavy veil of grief and emptiness began to lift. But sometime that spring, I became aware of the sweet smell of the wet earth beginning to thaw, the songs of promise that were being sung with such abandon from every nest and perch. I began to move on. I had no intention of dating and no interest in pursuing a new relationship. Though I loved children, I had accepted that there would be none in my first marriage. I was in my thirties, and the prospect of marriage and a family seemed remote and unlikely. Yet God had other plans. I met Andy Friedrich at a retirement celebration for a coworker. He had gone through a divorce a number of years before that, and after much floundering and searching, a friend had led him to Christ. But no one had discipled him, so he had little knowledge of the Scriptures and wasn't in a church or study group of any kind. Initially we met to talk about the Lord. In time, I grudgingly conceded to a date, but not without apprehension. Even though Andy was ready for a relationship, I was still gun-shy -- so he simply waited. With tenderness and kindness and an incredible amount of patience, he broke down any barriers I'd put up. He was faithful, trustworthy, and committed to the Lord and
not realize it is one of the Pandora box later. Many young people in our Naga context assume their parents and elders as less knowledgeable especially in their teens and later discover that parents know much more than them. Attentive listening helps us to discern the way out. Though situations seems impossible one thing we have and can do is trust God. “But those who wait on the Lord will renew their strength”.( Isaiah 40: 31). Isaiah 64: 4 tell about God as one “Who acts for those who waits for him” Leadership in any context needs to wait upon God and thus see his hands moving in our affair because he is interested even in our smallest matter. Church Leadership in Nagaland also must listen to God in such hour as this when young and old are seeking God’s will desperately but many churches are run by Deacon Board and committees. All schedules need disciplined planning but events calendar of churches are leading many churches. Have we pushed out God’s spirit from our churches? In every new incoming month, do we look up only to events calendar? No doubt we need various committees but the greatest necessity of the church is the leading of God’s Spirit. If churches are run by the elite and retired Naga government officials there are possibilities that churches will become institutions not family. Sadly Naga churches are not as it should be because many confused esteem Board and Committee are taking decision of the church affairs. Let us look up to God and lead the church of God. Naga people are in need of shepherd that can lead the church and say this is the way to walk upon. Confused people will scatter anywhere in the wilderness and will be a victim at the end. Moses said, “The Lord will fight for you.”(Exodus 14: 15, Deut 1 : 29-30). Any battle of life we should be willing to surrender to God. If we only know that it is the Lord battle we will not make blunder after blunder in life.
to me. We were married a little more than a year after we'd begun dating. The Lord used Andy in many ways to help heal old wounds in me. He offered both of us a new beginning, a clean slate, a hope, and a future. And I'm now a mom -- not one, not two, but seven children, each a precious, unique gift from the Lord. God has surely given me more than I could hope for or ask. The story of Joseph in the book of Genesis is one of my favorites. Sold by his brothers into slavery, taken to a foreign land, unfairly accused and imprisoned, and with little hope or expectation of ever seeing his family again, Joseph was in what seemed an impossible situation. Despite all that, the Bible says, "The Lord was with him." God allowed the testing to build character in Joseph. Joseph went through years of waiting and suffering before he saw God's plan in it all. God used Joseph to save Egypt, the surrounding nations, and Joseph's own family. God's plans and purposes are so much bigger and greater than our own. At the end of his story, Joseph says, "You meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day" (Genesis 50:20). That same truth is reconfirmed in the book of Romans in the New Testament. "All things work together for good to those who love God" (Romans 8:28). God is indeed, the God of second chances. Thank You, Lord for the constant message of restoration that runs throughout Your Word. Thank You for the glimpse of Your handiwork that is so much bigger and more beautiful than I could have imagined. Help me to be faithful in times of testing. Align my life with Your will. Spirit of the living God, fall fresh on me. Excerpted from Near to the Heart of God, by Terry Meeuwsen ©1998
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to the red sea is not sensibly right. It is not a marathon race rather a question of faith. Crying is not the solution but to cry out in prayer is the solution. Crying does not help us to move forward in life but it makes us unmovable. Today when you look up, solution drop down! When you look down, problems grow up. We better look up, walk up and live up not look down, walk down and live down. Moses obeyed and his mere rod that he has been using for many years as shepherd which did not perform miracles in the past but this time God ask him to raise his rod, a mere rod. He strikes and the sea open the way, the natural become supernatural. Let us also look upon God for his intervention not for performance or for entertainments purpose but to glorify God. God has his solution for us in our context as well in any part of this whole wide world. We are called to raise our staff in God’s name. There are more than 7000 promises in God’s word. When we log in to the Word of God in our life there is victory in his name. Let us live and act out, by raising God’s Word above that have been trampled down in our society. The word “obedient” does not have any alternative meaning or option when God command us to do unnatural thing. Let us obey fully so that God can erase fully ‘IM’ from the word ‘impossible’ to make it possible for us in our impossible situation this year. “For God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power and love and of sound mind.”( II Tim 1: 7) Any situation in our life may threaten us with fear and shake our faith yet it does not end there. Best part of life sprout from those offshoots. Better days are coming on our path though situation seems so grim and bleak. We better be still by looking upward for him to intervene. If we fear to go ahead, what we fear will consume us. Israelite feared to die in the wilderness so after 40 years all of them who were above 20 years died in the wilderness without proper burial (Numbers 14: 29-30). There may be sea on our path but there will be a boat somewhere to take us on the other side of the shore. Let us not stare at the big sea and its tempest but let us look up to God who made that sea. May God usher us in the path of hope in this world filled with uncertainties. Fear or Hope! The choice is yours!
Teaching sound biblical doctrine Selie Visa Introduction: Doctrinal differences exist not only between cults and denomination or between denominations and denominations. Differences also exist within the same group or the same denominations. A person may think that his or her belief is right even though it is biblically wrong. Complications arise when such people try to impose their views on others without bothering to make any effort to find out the truth as revealed in the word of God. With so many new doctrines making their way into our theological colleges and churches, and bombarded by false teachings of televangelists on many television channels, it is much more imperative for us than ever to go back to the Bible to find the truth for our own good and also to counter all such false doctrines. Turning away from truth to myths: 2 Timothy 4:2-4 “Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage--with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.” Preachers are not to air their own opinions but to proclaim God's eternal, authoritative Word of truth as contained in the Scriptures. The minister has to be on duty constantly, ready for any emergency at any time. In addition to preaching the Word, Timothy is to "correct" or reprove, "rebuke" or admonish, and "encourage" or comfort and exhort. That is, both the positive and the negative must be included. But preachers must do these things with great patience and careful instruction. Paul also warns Timothy that the time will come when people will not be able to tolerate "sound doctrine". Timothy's major task in Ephesus is to defend and proclaim doctrines in accord with the truth of God's Word. He must do this constantly, since the time will come when people will not listen to the truth. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them many teachers who will say what they want them to say, in order to gratify their self-willed hearts. People like this will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to senseless "myths".
ductive work. They belong to that class of people who are ruining whole households, disturbing and turning upside down the faith of entire families. They achieve these disastrous results by teaching things that simply must not be presented as Christian truth. "For the sake of dishonest gain" unveils their materialistic motives, the desire to enrich themselves at the expense of the spiritual welfare of their victims. These Cretan false teachers were all the more dangerous because of the known nature of the people on whom they preyed upon. As evidence, Paul quotes a line from Epimenides who was a 6th-5th century B.C. Cretan poet and religious reformer. This man had intimate knowledge of his own people and was esteemed by them as a "prophet." Paul was willing to accept this evaluation in order to underline the authority of his own judgment. The quotation establishes the picture without exposing Paul to the charge of being anti-Cretan. It put the Cretans on the horns of a dilemma. They must either admit the truthfulness of his verdict concerning them or deny the charge and brand their own prophet a liar. The triple charge that Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons is supported by other writers. So notorious was their reputation for falsehood that the Greek word kretizo (to Crete-ize) meant "to lie." "Evil brutes" stigmatizes them as having sunk to the level of beasts, unrestrained in their brutality. "Lazy gluttons" underlines their greed as idle sensualists who desired to be filled without exerting any personal effort to earn an honest living.
The person behind the teaching: 1 Timothy 4:16 “Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.” The first thing that every Christian worker must watch is his or her own life-- not only one's outward life but also one's inner thoughts and feelings. No matter how straight people may be in their doctrine or how effective they may be in their teaching, if there is a flaw in their inner or outer lives, it will ruin them. This is where many ministers have failed tragically. While watching over others, pastors must keep an eye on themselves. To "persevere" means to persist in doing something. Paul is instructing Timothy to keep on doing the things he has been writing about. By so doing, he will save Teaching for dishonest gains: both himself and his hearers. For a soul-winner to save Titus 1:10-12 For there are many rebellious people, others and lose his or her own soul is an unmitigated mere talkers and deceivers, especially those of the cir- tragedy. To save one's own soul and have one's hearers cumcision group. They must be silenced, because they lost is no less tragic. are ruining whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach-- and that for the sake of dishonest Doctrinal fitness to correct false teachings: Titus 1:9 “He must hold firmly to the trustworthy mesgain. Even one of their own prophets has said, "Cretans sage as it has been taught, so that he can encourage othare always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.” ers by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.” "There are many rebellious people" is a general stateDoctrinal fitness is necessary to the overseers of a ment of the external danger facing the Cretan churches. These false teachers, most likely Cretans by birth, are ap- church. They must be known to hold firmly to the trustparently gnosticizing Judaists who as professed Chris- worthy message, clinging to it despite the winds of false tians seek to infiltrate the churches with their misguided teaching and open opposition. "Trustworthy" underteaching. They try to fasten onto Christianity various as- lines that the Christian Gospel is perfectly reliable and pects of Judaism and to present the hybrid as a teaching completely worthy of one's confidence. Overseers must adhere to the Word as it has been taught and be in accontaining higher philosophical insights. Three terms describe these "many" false teachers: cord with the teaching of the apostles. Unfaithfulness to the biblical revelation disqualifies They are (1) rebellious, refusing to subordinate themselves to any authority and rejecting the demands of the people from leadership in God's church. On the other Gospel on them; (2) mere talkers, fluent and impressive hand, doctrinal fidelity enables them to perform a twoin speech that accomplishes nothing constructive; and fold task: (1) They can appeal to others to adhere to and ad(3) deceivers, those whose glib tongues exercise a fascination over the minds of their dupes and lead them vance in their Christian faith. This can be done by proastray. "Those of the circumcision group" were the most claiming sound doctrine-- teaching that is biblically active offenders. correct and promotes spiritual health-- in contrast to Paul demands that these people be silenced. The of- the unhealthy false teaching. fenders must be refused opportunity to spread their teach(2) Their work also demands that they refute those ings in the churches. Silencing the offenders also includes who oppose the true Gospel and speak against it as the silencing them by a logical refutation of their views. advocates of error. They must expose the errors of othTheir suppression is necessary because of their se- ers and try to convince them that they are wrong.
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Modi woos global investors at 'Make in India' week; no retrospective taxation MuMbai, February 13 (iaNS): Unfolding the red carpet for domestic and foreign investors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the "Make in India Week" here on Saturday, showcased as the largest event of its kind in the country to project it as the preferred global hub for manufacturing. The prime minister also listed a number of initiatives taken by his government to make it easier for doing business in India, along with enabling policy decisions and corrections. "I repeat, we also decided there will be no retrospective taxation," he said at the inaugural. "Make in India has become the biggest brand India ever created. It has captured the imagination of people, business, institutions, political leaders and media," he said at the National Sports Club of India's indoor stadium that was packed beyond its 5,000 capacity. Modi said the efforts were showing. "Our foreign direct investment inflow has gone by 48 percent since the day my government came into office," the prime minister said. He also said concerns over intellectual property and bankruptcy laws were also being addressed. "Almost on a daily basis we are trying to remove the bottlenecks that were affecting business," he said. It was, therefore, not surprising that a host of mul-
tilateral institutions have said India will log even better growth that the present 7.5 percent in the coming years, he added. "In 2014-15, India contributed 12.5 percent to global growth. It's contribution to to the global growth is 68 percent higher than its share of world economy," he said, amid applause from the audience, which included chief ministers, ambassadors, industrialists and policy-makers. Modi said India was particularly keen on scaling up investments in infrastructure -- from roads and railways to digital networks and clean energy. Towards this, he said, interest-free bonds were the next on the agenda. "Do not wait. Do not relax. You should take advantage of the immense opportunities in India." The event also saw the Time India award conferred on Tata Steel for best in class manufacturing, Hero MotoCorp for innovator of the year and Yogesh and Rajesh Agarwal of Ajanta Pharma for young maker of the year. India ready as a global manufacturing hub Earlier, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said India was ready as a global manufacturing hub. "The idea of the Make in India plan was to make the environment in the country from the regulated to a facilitator," said Sitharaman,
Divisive politics return as Modi eyes make-or-break state vote
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing at the Inauguration of Make in India Week in Mumbai on February 13. (PIB Photo)
adding this has resulted in a vast improvement in ease of doing business in the country. "This is a moment India is cherishing." In his maiden Independence Day address on August 15, 2014, the prime minister had said India must become a global manufacturing hub, with "zero defect" in product quality and "zero affect" in its impact on environment. The "Make in India" campaign was launched a month later on September 25. Earlier, Modi inaugurated the Make In India Centre at the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority Grounds with his Swedish and Finnish counterparts, Kjell Stefan Lofven and Juha Petri Sipila, respectively. The two dignitaries also addressed the inaugural event.
Themed on innovation, design and sustainability, the centre showcases some of the country's most trendsetting products and manufacturing processes before the world for the first time after the global launch of the Make In India initiative 17 months ago, commerce ministry officials said. Those showcasing their respective strengths include corporate houses like the Tatas and Reliance groups, four top oil companies, as also institutions like the Indian Space Research Organisation and the Defence Research and Development Organisation. Make in India Centre includes sector-specific pavilions showcasing 11 focus sectors of the six-day event, 17 state exhibitions and several country pavilions. The area covered is
MuZaFFarNaGar, February 13 (reuterS): At a campaign rally in a north Indian city, a visibly drunk election worker from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nationalist party climbs unsteadily onto the stage after being called to speak. Swaying, he unzips his leather jacket, drops a saffron party flag and declares: "I want to teach Muslims a lesson; a lesson that will prove Hindu unity and protect our religion from Islam." A year before Uttar Pradesh holds a state election that could make or break Modi's chances of a second term, political opponents, analysts and commentators say his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is retesting a divisive formula at a by-election on Saturday in a troubled corner of India's most populous state. It was here in Muzaffarnagar, in 2013, that at least 65 people were killed in communal clashes between Hindus and Muslims. Around 12,000 people were driven from their homes in the surrounding villages where farmers grow sugarcane. The following year, the BJP won 71 of 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh in a general election, handing Modi India's biggest parliamentary majority in three decades. Despite two major state poll defeats since, the BJP recently re-appointed Amit Shah as its campaign manager, counting on him to win again in the 2017 regional vote. Shah, who holds the rank of party president, was banned by the Election Commission of India from campaigning in 2014 for statements promoting "hatred and ill will" between religions.
some 220,000 square metres and accommodates 27 halls for 190 companies to show their prowess. Officials said the Make in India Week is an enabling event to showcase India and attract investment, while also providing opportunities to the states. Also planned are some 20 sector-specific seminars in areas like policy, business climate and intellectual property. The programmes will see the participation of central and state ministers, chief ministers, senior government officials, top industrialists and businesspeople from India and overseas, and several government and business delegations from abroad. Government delegations from 49 nations and business teams from 68 countries have ALL-OUT ATTEMPT converged here. At the BJP rally in Muzaffarnagar, a
town of 300,000 people, a businessman chants a Hindu prayer and, to cheers, says girls should not fall for Muslim boys waging a "Love Jihad" against his community. As the party worker totters off the wobbly podium, he gets a pat on the back from Sanjeev Balyan, the union agriculture minister who was elected as the local member of parliament in the 2014 landslide. Balyan, 42, is being tried in a Muzaffarnagar court for rioting, disturbing the peace and unlawful assembly during the 2013 clashes, his lawyer said. He spent 12 days in prison before being granted bail. Further hearings are pending, and Balyan has pleaded his innocence. With this reporter present, Balyan gives no speech; only expressing gratitude to his voters. Asked later by Reuters about the broader significance of the Muzaffarnagar by-election for Hindu unity and for Uttar Pradesh, he described it as a prelude to "an all-out final attempt to protect Hindus." BIGGEST PRIZE Modi must win in Uttar Pradesh, India's biggest electoral prize, to sustain his hope of one day gaining full control of parliament, where he lacks a majority in the Rajya Sabha that represents the states. A victory there would help the 65-yearold leader advance his development agenda by passing land, tax and labour reforms that have been thwarted by the opposition. Defeat could turn his government into a lame duck ahead of the 2019 general election. Hindus make up nearly 80 percent of India's 1.3 billion people. Uttar Pradesh, home to one in six of the population, is also predominantly Hindu. But, in the west of the state, Muslims are in a slight majority.
Opposition comes together against JNU crackdown, hits out at Modi govt India criticises UN plan to combat extremism New deLhi, February 13 (iaNS): The Congress, CPI-M, CPI and JD-U on Saturday came together to participate in a protest meet against the arrest of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar in a sedition case. Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi accused the Narendra Modi government of trying to crush students' voices in university campuses by ordering police crackdowns. Speaking at the protest meet held in the JNU campus here, Gandhi said: "They (government) do not understand that by crushing you (students) they are making you stronger." He was referring to Friday's police action at the JNU campus and the arrest of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar in a sedition case on Friday. The students' union declared a strike in the university from Monday onwards. At the end of the protest, senior Congress leader and former Union minister Anand Sharma was attacked by an assailant allegedly linked to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). The protest was held in a volatile atmosphere with the ABVP activists constantly shouting slogans against what they called "anti-India sloganeering" by students at a commemorative function held at the campus to mark the death
Protest Meeting in JNU outside the administration block. (Image courtesy: Sarfaraz Hamid/Facebook).
of Afzal Guru who was hanged in the Parliament attack case. Gandhi was received by the ABVP activists with black flags and cries of "go back". Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken, Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary Sitaram Yechury, Communist Party of India national secretary D. Raja, senior Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist leader Kavita Krishnan and others also joined the protest attended by a 2,000-strong gathering of students and teachers. Gandhi drew comparisons with the Hyderabad university controversy involving students linked to ABVP and Ambedkar Students' Association (ASA) and consequent suicide of a Dalit student activist, Ro-
hit Vemula, following his suspension from the university. "I was in Hyderabad a few days back. A youngster there expressed himself and the government says that he is an anti-national. What did he do? Later the minister turns around and says that he was not even a Dalit," said Gandhi referring to the NDA government's reaction to the suicide of Vemula of the ASA who was suspended after an ABVP activist accused him of physically assaulting him. Earlier in the day, Yechury, who was himself a JNUSU leader, met union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and demanded the release of the JNUSU leader. "We apprised home minister that whatever is happening is worse than that happened during the
CPI-M politburo to take final call on tie-up with Cong KoLKata, February 13 (iaNS): With the Left Front having given its approval, the CPI-M at the end of its two-day session on Saturday said its politburo will take a final call on the issue of forming an alliance with the Congress for the upcoming West Bengal assembly polls. Chaired by veteran Marxist leader Biman Bose in the presence of general secretary Sitaram Yechury and his predecessor Prakash Karat, the two-day session saw the party discussing its strategy for the crucial assembly polls. "Discussion with parties outside the Left Front are on, and at the session, members also discussed the issue of talks with the Congress. The state com-
mittee's views on the poll strategy will be put forth before the politburo. The politburo and the central committee will take a final call on the issue," the party said in a statement. The CPI-M central committee is scheduled to hold a three-day session from February 16. On Thursday, the Marxists led Left Front -- the state's main opposition -gave the stamp of approval on holding alliance talks with the Congress, but put the ball in the Congress's court, saying it has to approach the combine first with the proposal. With the motto "Oust Trinamool Congress and save Bengal" and "Oust BJP to save India", the party said it will undertake a se-
ries of movements across the state to "save Bengal from anarchy, preserve communal harmony and re-establish democracy". Calling on workers to strengthen the party organisation to take on the Mamata Banerjee government over a host of issues, the party also stressed the need to stand up against communal forces. "Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat is slated to undertake several programmes in the state during February 18-22. Going by the RSS' character, attempts can be made to disrupt the communal harmony in the state. We need to be on our guard and endeavour to preserve communal harmony," the party said.
Emergency. It should be proved that the 20 people, who are being targeted, are at fault," he told reporters after the meeting. "Home minister guaranteed us that action won't be carried out on any innocent person. We demanded him to release the arrested student leader... which he assured us to look into the matter," Yechuri added. A delegation comprising Yechury, Raja and Janata Dal-United secretary general K.C. Tyagi also met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and requested him to launch an independent probe to establish the authenticity of the evidence provided in the JNU campus incident. Kejriwal later ordered a magisterial inquiry. Kanhaiya Kumar's parents who
live in Bihar also asserted that their son was being victimised for his opposition to Hindutva politics and was not an anti-national. "My son is not anti-national. There is no question of his following an ideology of anti-nationalism. He is a nationalist like hundreds of thousands of youths of his age," said Jaishankar Singh, Kumar's paralysed father. Kumar's mother, Meena Devi, said her son is a nationalist, but not a supporter of RSS-BJP's Hindutva politics. Bharatiya Janata Party national vicepresident Dinesh Sharma however hit out at the CPIM and Congress. "Both Congress and CPI-M who are supporting such antinational elements, should drop India from their party names because they are pursuing anti-national politics. They are as guilty as the protesters," he said. Meanwhile, a group of retired servicemen of the June 1978 batch of the National Defence Academy, who are recipients of the Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Arts degrees from JNU have written a letter to the varsity vice chancellor and said they are unhappy at the ongoing antinational activities like celebration of Afzal Guru inside the campus. "We have told JNU vice chancellor that if such anti-national activity will continue then we are constrained to return our degrees," said Brig. Rakesh Chhibber (retd.) of the batch.
uNited NatioNS, February 13 (iaNS): India has criticised a UN plan to combat violent extremism saying it lacked sufficient options for international cooperation and a unified UN mechanism to tackle the modern-day plague. The Assembly did not adopt the plan Friday and instead opted to give it "further consideration" because of strong differences among nations. The differences centered on whether issues like "foreign occupation" and "self-determination" should be included in it. "The current architecture at the United Nations is not sufficient to tackle this virus (of violent extremism) that threatens us collectively," India's Permanent Representative Syed Akbaruddin told the General Assembly Friday. As an example of the flaws in Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's plan of ac-
tion for fighting violent extremism, Akabaruddin cited the lack of a single contact point to assist countries seeking UN help. Making the case for more international cooperation to deal with the terrorist threat, Akbaruddin said, "What we are tackling is not merely a local problem that can be addressed unilaterally; it is a global contagion. Global links, franchise relations, home-grown terrorism and use of cyberspace for recruitment and propaganda, all these present a new level of threat." The main disagreement that stalled the plan's adoption centered on what Saudi Arabia's Permanent Representative Abdallah Y. AlMouallimi, who spoke on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), described as "foreign occupation" and "denial of selfdetermination." These were not addressed in Ban's plan.
Pakistan's Permanent Representative Maleeha Lodhi joined in asserting that violent extremists exploited injustices done to people under foreign occupation, the denial of the right to selfdetermination, and longfestering and unresolved international disputes were being exploited by violent extremists. She avoided being more specific in the statement that appeared to provide justification for some acts of terrorism. Ban's seven-point plan of action called for dialogue to prevent conflicts; strengthening good governance; promoting human rights and the rule of law; engaging communities; empowering youth; ensuring gender equality and empowering women; improving education and increasing jobs, and strategic communications that also harnesses Internet and social media.
Two soldiers, five militants killed in Kashmir gunfight SriNaGar, February 13 (iaNS): Two soldiers and five militants of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were killed, while four army men, including a major, were injured in a gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. The bodies of five militants were found in Marsari village of Kupwara district, a police official told IANS. Security forces were looking for the bodies of several more guerrillas, believed to have been killed, in the debris of the house that was destroyed in the gunfight that began on Friday evening,
the official said. Personnel from the Indian Army's counter-insurgency Rashtriya Rifles, special operations group (SOG) of police and the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Friday surrounded an abandoned house in Marsari village following information that a group of guerrillas was hiding inside. When the security forces moved close to the house, the militants opened fire at them. In the gunfight that ensued, the house which the guerrillas used as a fortified bunker was destroyed.
Delhi's trafficked sex slaves face "sad" and "horrible" life
SiLiGuri, February 13 (thoMSoN reuterS FouNdatioN): Girls and women trafficked from the poorest states in India and sold for sexual exploitation to brothels in the Indian capital face a sad and horrible life with little hope of escaping, a senior Delhi government official said on Friday. Swati Maliwal, head of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), said she had recently visited the city's red light district of Garstin Bastion Road, popularly known as G.B. Road, where she was shocked by the lack of support given to sex workers. "Every day, girls and women are being brought there. They are bought and sold there for between 5,000 rupees and 100,000 rupees ($75 to $1,500) depending on whether they are virgins or not," Maliwal told an anti-trafficking event in the eastern town of Siliguri.
"They are forced to sleep with up to 30 men daily. Most of the time, they are not given any money as most of it goes to the pimp. It is extremely sad and cannot be justified in independent India. It's just horrible." Almost 36 million people are enslaved worldwide -- trafficked into brothels, forced into manual labour, victims of debt bondage or even born into servitude, says the 2014 Global Slavery Index. Almost half - 16 million - are in India. Many are from poor rural regions and are lured with the promise good jobs or marriage, but end up sold into domestic work, prostitution, or industries such as brick kilns or textile units. Maliwal, who was appointed in July as chairperson of the DCW - a government body which focuses on implementing the safeguards provided for women under the
constitution - said little had been done in the past to protect trafficked sex workers. Despite a committee being set up in 2012 to look into anti-trafficking measures and rehabilitation in Delhi, she said, the committee had not met once until October last year when she had pushed for it. "I really don't understand how the highest levels of the government could do something like that. We had a meeting in October and some good decisions have now come out of it," Maliwal told the gathering of civil society organisations, lawyers, judges and government officials. "Delhi doesn't have a rehabilitation policy, there is no restoration policy for victims and now after this committee met, we are trying to work on it," she added. The DCW is also starting a pilot project where it will partner with
the private sector and select up to 50 rescued women and girls to provide them with training and jobs as well as set up residential schools for the children of sex workers. Maliwal said she also found many other problems faced by the 5,000 sex workers residing in G.B. Road which she said could be easily resolved. Despite an estimated 600,000 condoms being used monthly, none had been distributed by the government for five months due a "technical glitch," she said. "This is very strange and very sorry. You can imagine that if 600,000 condoms are normally being used there, and then there are none, the kind of infection that might spread. It is almost like an epidemic that we are creating," said Maliwal. "We have now issued a notice and ensured that condoms are being distributed."
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After 1,000-year of split, pope and Russian patriarch embrace in Cuba
HAVANA, FebruAry 13 (reuters): Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill embraced and kissed on Friday in a historic meeting, uniting to issue a global appeal for the protection of Christians under assault in the Middle East. Nearly 1,000 years after the Eastern and Western branches of Christianity split apart, the meeting at an airport terminal in Cuba was the first ever between a Roman Catholic pope and a Russian Orthodox patriarch. "In many countries of the Middle East and North Africa whole families, villages and cities of our brothers and sisters in Christ are being completely exterminated," they said in a joint declaration in apparent reference to violence by militant groups such as Islamic State. "Their churches are being barbarously ravaged and looted, their sacred objects profaned, their monuments destroyed." They also said largescale humanitarian aid was required to tend to refugees fleeing Syria and Iraq, lamenting the "massive exodus of Christians." Cuban President Raul Castro stood to the side during the ceremony, enjoying another moment in the international limelight after receiving Francis last year and restoring diplomatic relations with the United States recently, meeting President Barack Obama in Panama in April. Cuba is also sponsoring peace talks between the Colombian government
Pope Francis urges peace in Mexico’s poor, violent corners
MeXICO CIty, FebruAry 13 (reuters): From the U.S. border to the indigenous south, Pope Francis will visit some of the poorest and most violent corners of Mexico on his five-day trip and celebrates Mass on Saturday before an image of the country's patroness, the Virgin of Guadalupe. Chronic violence and corruption will be themes of his visit to the world's second most populous Roman Catholic country, and he will address the plight of migrants trying to reach the United States with a service at the northern border next week. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to join the pope on Saturday afternoon at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, where pilgrims flock from all over Latin America. "Don't be afraid, that is what she tells me," Pope Francis said ahead of his visit, adding that he wanted to reflect silently in front of her image. The pope earlier this month urged Mexicans to fight against corruption and grisly drug gang violence. Some Mexicans are looking to him to take that even further while he's here. "We want him to demand that the president kick out all the corrupt people," said Marbella Vargas, whose son Edgar was one of 43 students abducted and apparently massacred in 2014, a grisly case that hammered the government's reputation. Mexico has been ravaged by drug vioPope Francis (L) and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill hug each other after signing agreements in Havana on Februlence over the past decade, and President ary 12, 2016. (Reuters Photo) and leftist rebels seeking to end a 50-year war. "If it continues this way, Cuba will be the capital of unity," Francis said. "Now what's left is Colombia," Castro told reporters after the pope boarded his plane for Mexico, where Francis arrived on Friday evening for a five-day visit to some of the poorest and most violent corners of the country.
Dissidents in Cuba's one-party political system have remarked on the government's willingness to promote dialogue for foreigners while dismissing political opponents as mercenaries doing the bidding of the United States.
government, came together only a week after the encounter was announced. Such a meeting had eluded their predecessor, but Francis had issued a standing invitation to meet anytime, anywhere. The moment came while Kirill was visiting "FINALLY" the Caribbean island and The two religious lead- Francis added a brief stop ers, guests of a Communist on his way from Rome to
a long-scheduled visit to Mexico. "Finally," Francis said as he and Kirill entered through doors on opposite sides of a room at Havana airport. "We are brothers." Francis, dressed in white with a skullcap, and Kirill, wearing a tall, domed hat that dangled a white stole over black robes, joined arms and kissed on both cheeks. "It is very clear that this is the will
of God," Francis said. Their meeting carried political overtones, coming at a time of Russian disagreements with the West over Syria and Ukraine. The Russian Orthodox Church is closely aligned with the Kremlin, which is in turn an ally of Cuba. The Argentine pontiff helped the rapprochement between the United
Enrique Pena Nieto has been unable to fulfill his promises to put an end to it. Francis flew into Mexico City on Friday evening for his first visit as leader of the Catholic Church, greeted by cheering crowds, a mariachi band and Pena Nieto. During his visit, the pope will say Mass with indigenous communities in Mexico's poorest state Chiapas, and speak with young people in Morelia, the capital of Michoacan state that has been plagued by violence between drug gangs and armed vigilante groups. More than 100,000 people have been killed in Mexico's drug violence over the last decade and some 26,000 are missing. The pope's trip will end with a prison visit and Mass in the notorious northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, where he will meet relatives of victims of violence. In a reminder of Mexico's corruption and violence, 49 people were killed in a fight between rival gangs in a prison just days before the pope's arrival. There has been speculation that the pope might also meet with relatives of the 43 missing students. Francis has won plaudits for his leadership of the Church over the last three years but in Mexico he may struggle to match the lasting appeal of Pope John Paul II, who made multiple visits to the country. More than half of those polled by newspaper Reforma last month said they identified most with John Paul II, versus 14 percent for Francis.
States and Cuba after more than five decades of estrangement. The pope, leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, is seeking to repair a much longer rupture. Eastern Orthodoxy split with Rome in 1054. The declaration called for Europe to remain faithful to its Christian roots and restated several traditional
Christian teachings such as opposition to abortion and marriage being reserved for a man and a woman. The Russian Orthodox Church takes a stronger stand on these issues in public than Pope Francis, who supports these teachings but often speaks of other issues such as poverty and protecting the environment, which were also mentioned in the text.
NKorea to halt search Myanmar army chief to get extension as talks with Suu Kyi go on for Japanese abductees tOKyO, FebruAry 13 (reuters): North Korea has declared void an agreement to reopen a probe into the fate of abducted Japanese citizens after Japan imposed sanctions in the wake of Pyongyang’s rocket launch, according to North Korea’s official KCNA news agency. North Korea planned to disband a committee set up in 2014 to look into the whereabouts of Japanese abductees, KCNA said, adding that Japan’s “provocative acts of hostility” toward North Korea would ensure further countermeasures. “The Abe regime has to hold full responsibility for causing such a grave con-
sequence,” it said. Japan said on Wednesday it was imposing sanctions on North Korea after a satellite launch seen by Washington and allies, including Tokyo, as cover for development of ballistic missile technology that could be used to deliver a nuclear weapon. Pyongyang admitted in 2002 to kidnapping 13 Japanese citizens decades ago. Five abductees and their families later returned to Japan but Tokyo wants to know the fate of the remaining eight, who Pyongyang has said are dead, and others that Japan believes were also kidnapped. The government of
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lobal health officials have said that the Zika virus, which has been linked to severe birth defects in thousands of babies in Brazil, is rapidly spreading in the Americas and could infect up to 4 million people. The race is on to develop a Zika vaccine. The following are some questions and answers about the virus and the current outbreak. How do people become infected? The virus is transmitted to people through the bite of infected female Aedes mosquitoes, the same type of mosquito that spreads dengue, chikungunya and yellow fever. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said Aedes mosquitoes are found in all countries in the Americas except Canada and continental Chile, and the virus will likely reach all countries and territories of the region where Aedes mosquitoes are found.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has made resolving the emotive abductees issues a signature pledge of his political career, had stressed it hoped to keep the door to dialogue open. Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday it was deplorable for North Korea to unilaterally disband the committee, Kyodo news agency reported. He also said Japan was not going to scrap the agreement made by the two countries. Japan eased some sanctions on North Korea in July 2014 in return for the North reopening its probe into the status of the abduction issues, but little progress has been made.
yANGON, FebruAry 13 (reuters): Myanmar's powerful army chief Min Aung Hlaing and his deputy are slated to extend their terms for another five years, a local newspaper said on Saturday, as the military and democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi negotiate the terms of transition. The move means Min Aung Hlaing has consolidated his power base among the military leadership and would allow the army to avoid a top-level reshuffle at this sensitive period. It will also boost Min Aung Hlaing's position in talks with Suu Kyi. Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) defeated armybacked Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) in the November election, kicking off a lengthy transition that will
end on April 1 when the new government's term begins. The NLD's massive election win means it will be able to push through its presidential candidate during a vote in parliament on March 17. Still, it has to deal with the military, which is guaranteed 25 percent of seats in parliament and three security ministries under the junta-drafted constitution. Details of the talks between the NLD and the army remain murky. "Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who is turning 60 soon, will take the duty of the commander-inchief for five more years," said the Voice newspaper, citing a military source based in the country's capital Naypyitaw. It added that Min Aung Hlaing's deputy, Soe Win, will also get a five year extension. "The decisions were
Why the Zika virus is causing alarm Source: Reuters
Myanmar’s Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing (L) and National League for Democracy (NLD) party leader Aung San Suu Kyi shake hands after their meeting in Naypyitaw on December 2, 2015. (Reuters Photo)
announced at the recent quarterly meeting of toplevel military officials," said the paper citing the same source. The Voice is typically correct when it comes to news on Myanmar's military. Military sources contacted by Reuters were not
What is the history of the Zika virus? The Zika virus is found in tropical locales with large mosquito populations. Outbreaks of Zika virus disease have been recorded in Africa, the Americas, Southern Asia and the Western Pacific. The virus was first identified in Uganda in 1947 in rhesus monkeys and was first identified in people in 1952 in Uganda and Tanzania, according to the World Health Organization.
Can Zika be transmitted through sexual contact? Two cases of possible person-to-person sexual transmission has been described, but the PAHO said more evidence is needed to confirm whether sexual contact is a means of Zika transmission. British health officials reported Zika was found in a man's semen two months after being infected, suggesting the virus may linger in semen long after infection symptoms fade. The WHO has advised women, particularly pregnant women, to use condoms. The PAHO also said Zika can be transmitted through blood, but A Brazilian Army soldier shows a pamphlet which will be distributed in the city, after this is an infrequent transmission mechaa ceremony to mark the graduation from training on how to combat the Aedes aegypti nism. There is no evidence the virus can be mosquito in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on February 12, 2016. The pamphlet reads, “A mos- transmitted to babies through breast milk.
How do you treat Zika infection? There is no treatment or vaccine available for Zika infection. Companies and scientists are racing to develop a safe and effective vaccine for Zika, but the World Health Organization said it would take at least 18 months to start large-scale clinical quito is not stronger then an entire country”. (Reuters Photo) trials of potential preventative shots. How is Zika related to microcephaly? vitis, muscle and joint pain and fatigue that How dangerous is it? Much remains unknown about Zika, can last for two to seven days. But as many The PAHO said there is no evidence including whether the virus actually causes as 80 percent of people infected never develthat Zika can cause death, but some cas- microcephaly. Brazil is investigating the op symptoms. The symptoms are similar to es have been reported with more serious potential link between Zika infections and those of dengue or chikungunya, which are complications in patients with pre-ex- more than 4,300 suspected cases of micro- transmitted by the same type of mosquito. isting medical conditions. The virus has cephaly, a condition marked by abnormally been linked to microcephaly, a condition small head size that can result in develop- How can Zika be contained? Efforts to control the spread of the virus in newborns marked by abnormally small mental problems. Researchers have conheads and brains that have not developed firmed more than 460 of these cases as mi- focus on eliminating mosquito breeding properly. It also has been associated with crocephaly and identified evidence of Zika sites and taking precautions against mosGuillain-Barre syndrome, a rare disorder infection in 41 of these cases, but have not quito bites such as using insect repellent and mosquito nets. U.S. and internationin which the body's immune system at- proven that Zika can cause microcephaly. al health officials have advised pregnant tacks part of the nervous system. The suspected link between the Zika virus and What are the symptoms of Zika infection? women to avoid travel to Latin American People who get Zika virus disease typi- and Caribbean countries where they may the two birth defects could be confirmed cally have a mild fever, skin rash, conjuncti- be exposed to Zika. within weeks, the WHO said.
What other complications are associated with Zika? The WHO says because no big Zika outbreaks were recorded before 2007, little is known about complications caused by infection. During an outbreak of Zika from 2013-2014 in French Polynesia, national health authorities reported an unusual increase in Guillain-Barre syndrome. Health authorities in Brazil have also reported an increase in Guillain-Barre syndrome. Long-term health consequences of Zika infection remain unclear. Other uncertainties surround the incubation period of the virus and how Zika interacts with other viruses that are transmitted by mosquitoes such as dengue.
immediately available for comment. The newspaper did not clarify the legal basis for the move and it did not explain whether the decision would require an approval by the president. Myanmar's opaque
and imprecise constitution has confused lawmakers and experts over whether the army chief would need permission from the president, or a change of law, to obtain an extension. Current regulations stipulate that the army chief has to retire at 60. On Thursday, Myanmar's outgoing President Thein Sein has at the last minute cancelled plans to attend the U.S.-ASEAN summit in California next week, giving no reasons for the decision. After two busy weeks after the NLD-dominated parliament opened on Feb.1, Myanmar's lawmakers are in for a quieter week from Monday, as they undergo induction and training organised by the parliament and international organizations supporting the development of democracy in Myanmar.
Taiwan building collapse death toll reaches 114 tAIPeI, FebruAry 13 (reuters): The death toll at a building that collapsed from a strong earthquake in southern Taiwan reached 114 as rescue efforts came to an end on Saturday, a week after the temblor hit. "The search and rescue has come to an end," said Tainan Mayor William Lai, in remarks carried live on local television, identifying the last individual to be pulled out from the rubble as Hsieh Chen-yu, who was part of the fallen building's management committee. All of those believed missing in the building have now been accounted for, city officials said. The 6.4-magnitude quake struck at early dawn on February 6 at the beginning of the Lunar New Year holiday, with almost all of the dead found in Tainan's toppled Wei-guan Golden Dragon Building. Two other people died elsewhere in the city. Rescue work has focused on the wreckage of the 17-storey building. The building had 256 reg-
istered residents but when more than that number were pulled out in the initial days after the quake, it became clear more people were in the building when it toppled. Of a total 289 people pulled out, 175 were alive with 96 of them taken to the hospital, Lai said. No survivors had been brought out since Monday evening, when more than 100 were still reported missing. The Wei-guan was the only major high-rise building in the city of two million people to have completely collapsed. Its lower storeys, filled with arcades of shops, pancaked on top of each other before the entire U-shaped complex toppled in on itself. Local authorities are investigating the reasons for the building's collapse and earlier this week took into custody three individuals, including the developer of the Wei-guan Golden Dragon Building, on suspicion of professional negligent homicide. No one has yet been formally charged.
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SPORTS
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LaVine shines as US beat World chris Morris magic helps in NBA Rising Stars Challenge south Africa level series
MONTREAl, FEBRUARy 13 (AFP): Minnesota forward Zach LaVine scored 30 points and pulled down seven rebounds to lead the United States to a 157-154 victory over the world team in the NBA's Rising Stars Challenge in Toronto. LaVine was named Most Valuable Player of the contest featuring many of the NBA's top rookies and second-year players, which launched the festivities of All-Star weekend. Sunday's All-Star Game will cap the action at Air Canada Centre, but before then LaVine will defend the title he won last year in Saturday's Slam Dunk contest. He limbered up for that event -- in which he'll hope to join Michael Jordan (1987-88), Jason Richardson (2002-03) and Nate Robinson (2009-10) as the only back-to-back winners -- by leading the squad of US-born rising stars against a World team featuring his Timberwolves teammate Andrew Wiggins of Canada, the Knicks' Latvian rookie Kristaps Porzingis, and the Denver Nuggets' Congolese guard Emmanuel Mudiay. Both Porzingis and Mudiay scored 30 points in the game played in 20-minute halves. Wiggins, last season's Rookie of the Year, added 29 points for the World -- to
Zach LaVine of the Minnesota Timberwolves and the United States team holds up his MVP trophy after defeating the World team at the NBARising Stars Challenge in Toronto on February 12. (AFP Photo)
the delight of the Canadian crowd. It was the second straight year that the contest featured a USA v World format, rather than the old first-year v second-year showdown. The talent and athleticism of the league's young players was on full display with a bevy of dunks, but there was little in the way of defense to be seen.
LaVine admitted that he wanted to take it to Timberwolves teammate Wiggins in front of the Canadian's home fans. But he was already looking ahead to his Dunk title defense. "I'm excited for tomorrow," LaVine said. "I'm going to try to put on a show." Wiggins, who was named MVP after leading the World to the Rising
Stars win in New York last year, said he didn't mind that LaVine earned MVP honors this time around. He was just happy to put on a show in Toronto. "It felt great," Wiggins said. "I got to play in front of a lot of people I haven't seen in a long time. My family and friends got to watch it. It's great being back home and playing for my hometown."
JOHANNESBURG, FEBRUARy 13 (REUTERS): A swashbuckling halfcentury by Chris Morris hauled South Africa back from the brink of defeat as they scraped past England by one wicket on Friday to level the one-day series at 2-2 with one match left. The all-rounder, batting at number eight, bludgeoned his way to 62 off 38 balls to help South Africa reach their target of 263 with 16 deliveries to spare after Joe Root had made his second successive century for the tourists. L e g -s p i n n e r Ad i l Rashid clean-bowled Morris with a googly with the scores level but number 11 Imran Tahir struck the next ball for four to the relief of a capacity crowd of 22,000. However, it could have been a different story for South Africa had Morris not been dropped by Rashid when he was on 14. "We have put in a lot of work on my batting so I'm really happy I can contribute," Morris told the presentation ceremony. "I'm very grateful to all the coaches that have thrown balls for me. "When (number seven) Dave Wiese got out I thought we were in strife. It was tense and luckily they dropped me." Earlier, Root made 109 as England were bowled
South Africa's Chris Morris scores the match levelling run as England's Ben Stokes reacts. (Getty Images)
out for 262 in 47.5 overs. The Yorkshireman, who struck an ODI-best 125 in a losing cause in Pretoria on Tuesday, saved Eoin Morgan's side after they had slumped to 108 for six. Opener Alex Hales contributed 50 but it was a 95run partnership for the seventh wicket between Root and Chris Woakes (33) that helped England, who won the test series 2-1, post a defendable tally.
Rashid also chipped in with a quickfire 39 off 26 balls while paceman Kagiso Rabada took the last three wickets to finish with four for 45. Hashim Amla was clean bowled for a duck by the recalled Stuart Broad in South Africa's first over and the home team looked in trouble when captain AB de Villiers was run out for 36 by the quick-thinking Woakes.
South Africa were then left teetering on the brink on 210 for eight before Morris came to their rescue. "We were 30 or 40 runs short even though Joe Root was magnificent," said England captain Morgan. "It was our game to win at the end. The bowlers bowled out of their skin and the most disappointing thing is we had chances." The last game of the series is in Cape Town on Sunday.
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In defence of my alma mater: ‘Anti-National Imlong Chang O.B.E. And His G.I. friends & Secessionist’ JNU student speaks out
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ou are not leftist, just anti national elements. Admit your game is up, you are simply secessionist. All of you are caught here,” pronounced Arnab Goswami with an air of superiority to the panel of students from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) at the Times Now ‘Newshour Debate’ on February 10, damning and tagging us in one stroke as: anti-nationalist, secessionist, shallow, semiliterate et cetera. The mood of the self-appointed conscious keeper of the Nation was incensed by actions of a group of individuals who organised a cultural evening on 9 February 2016, entitled ‘A Country without a Post Office’ the protesting the “judicial killing of Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat”. Since then, the controversy erupted into a full-fledged attack on everything that is JNU. Earlier, the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) had condemned the event, both the “divisive slogans” as well as the way the entire incident is being used to malign JNU students. Police swooped down on the campus and arrested JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar, charging him with sedition. So far eight other students have been debarred from academic activities by JNU pending a disciplinary enquiry into the event. Home Minister Rajnath Singh and HRD Minister Smriti Irani asserted that strict action will be taken against the demonstrators and ‘anti-national’ elements will not be tolerated. Media was buzzing with notes on nationalism and ideas of “ideal students.” Social media had a field day; rightwing sympathizers launched their latest mission to disgrace JNU and #ShutDownJNU has been trending on top. “Terrorist and anti-nationalist” At the Newshour Debate, when the students (including a former JNUSU President and two others) rebutted the charges stating that their “principle stand” is against all forms of death penalty, Arnab thundered, “Forget your principle stand (on death penalty)” accusing them of providing “Wishy-wishy arguments.” They were not allowed to complete a sentence through the show. He accused them of wasting tax payer’s money. A similar sentiment implied by many commentators across the media. Obviously, beck-and-call, not conscientious students, are the ideal milieu in their academic curriculum. When the students cited growing instances of intolerance for dissent in academic institutions, taking recent Rohit Vemula episode in Hyderabad Central University as a case point, Goswami accused them of generalising the issue and making analogous reasoning. And then, he asked, “Would any American university allow a cultural event that celebrates the life of Osama Bin Laden and call him a hero?” Obviously he had forgotten to read about recurring civic unrest in college campuses
throughout the 1960s over African-American civil rights, women's liberation, and anti-Vietnam War movements. Democratic protest and dissent are part of campus culture. “Bunch of people consisting of out of work lawyer (Katju et al), champagne sipping and cocktail glitterati (Shobhaa De et al?), a five star has-been author (Arundhati Roy) with a single book agenda” and group of anti-national elements cannot dictate the nation, he implied. Toeing the line, an Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) member on February 11 updated his status, “#JNU4Nationalism march in JNU Campus today and it will continue till JNU become a nationalist institution...” JNU legacy As a young graduate, when I joined JNU in 2005, it was unlike any other university starting with the admission process, where instead of ragging, you are assisted by dedicated volunteers of different organisations on campus. You soon discover that there are huge gaps between various theories and praxis that we learn through our educational system. Our worldview opens up to different possibilities and is considerably enhanced. In essence, it teaches: That it is all right to question, debate and offer alternatives to grand narratives; that no single theory is applicable to all human circumstances. It enabled someone like me, from one of the remotest corners of India, to study here. Students from diverse backgrounds and socio-economic realities converge and mingle here adding vibrancy one would sorely miss in other universities. It made us cynical, conscientious, proactive, making our minds inquisitive. No thought-control here! Each entity, no matter their ideological proclivities, is given ample space to voice their concerns. It is the only place where you can be what you want to be. Those who do not have opportunity to study at the University would be certainly envious of its democratic and liberal atmosphere. Some are affronted by the questioning of existing narratives and the hierarchal status quo. The ABVP’s failure at JNU has made it raise the cudgel of ‘anti-nationalism’ to exact its revenge. Their brand of majoritarian politics based on belligerent jingoistic fervour and religious dogmatism does not hold water here. In an election year in many important states, it is sowing time for the right-wing ABVP. Closet supporters are coming out in throngs now that they know that “power that be” are in their side. The University is often accused of engendering ‘rebellious’ and radical interpretation of different issues and questioning of the mainstream narrative. But the very essence of the University is to enable such possibilities. A university that does not allow dissent is a prison, as argued by the student in the Newshour. If ABC...and 123 is the only fact of life we were to learn through education, we might as well have stopped our schooling at nursery level.
Defending democratic ethos Questioning the anti-nationalist tag, a JNU student’s Facebook status read, “As far as nationalism goes (and I certainly want it to end for good) that is the best form of responsibility a citizen can undertake. It has never been a question of the death of a soldier versus that of a farmer or a student. It is a question of policies and agendas of state machinery that while being responsible for killing them all, makes martyrs of some and invisibilizes others to further its interests.” Another former student updated, “A culture of healthy debates and engagement with dissent is any day a better usage of 'tax payer’s money' and goes in the long term interest of the republic in a real sense than suppression of debates and silencing of dissents in the name of nationalism...” Others talked about its academic achievement that produces best academicians, journalists, activists, civil servants, policy makers and many other playing key roles in the progress of the nation. Defending the democratic ethos of JNU, a large crowd of students along with the Jawaharlal Nehru University Teacher Association who hit the road on February 12 condemning the arrest of JNUSU president and the steps to malign the institution and declared, “No you were wrong, you try to bury us but you didn't know we were seeds.....” For all the arm-chair bandwagon bent on tagging JNU into varied disgraceful jargon without even setting foot or experiencing an iota of life in this magnificent institution, stay inside the campus for one week. ABVP members must be most willing to accommodate you. I assure you, by the end of your stay, you would change your position. Charges of wasting tax payer’s money are a joke fired as a last desperate salvo when all other attempt fails. The JNU legacy justifies it more than anything else. Away from the maddening crowd, life goes on, as reflected aptly by a Facebook update by a JNU researcher as the media goes ballistic over the incident: I’ll tell you what’s happening in JNU @ this very night: “Someone is waiting for the geyser water to heat up, Someone is on the phone, walking in the corridor, engaging in a heated argument, Someone is sharing cigarette puff with someone, someone is in Ganga Dhaba sipping lemon tea, Someone is in library, slogging for UPSC, someone is being kissed for the first time, Someone is bitching about his/her professor, someone is complaining about the hostel food, Someone is trying her roommate’s clothes in her absence, someone is fighting insomnia, Someone right wing guy is thinking about the left wing girl whom he has secret king size crush on, Someone knows that differences are healthy when some third person doesn’t interfere and blow it out of proportion.” -Hence, everything is fine, all is well with and in JNU Long Live JNU.
G
. I. (Abbreviation used for enlisted soldier in the United States of America Armed Forces, esp. the Army) During the Second World War several G. Is. were stationed in the following villages in Naga Hills, a small District of Assam State. They were stationed to observe the Japanese movement when they crossed the Burma border and entered Naga Hills attempting to capture Kohima, the seat of the British Administration. These G. Is. were stationed in Himpo Village, Helipong Village, Yaongyemti village and Mokokchung (my home town). The deadliest snipping duals and gruesome hand-to-hand combats were fought at this very location. The Cemetery is meticulously maintained by the Commonwealth War Grave Commission with its Headquarters in London, England. There is a memorial cross with the following inscription; “Here around the Tennis Court of the Deputy Commissioner, lie men who fought the Battle of Kohima in which they and their comrades finally halted the invasion of India by the Japanese in April 1944. Another memorial to the 2nd Division stands at the lower end of the cemetery as a gateway to the capital city of Kohima, a monolith stands with a cross at the top and bronze plaque that reads" "WHEN YOU GO HOME, TELL THEM OF US AND SAY FOR YOUR TOMORROW WE GIVE OUR TODAY.” In this battle, some 2484 soldiers died and for them has been raised the above mentioned Cemetery. There are 1421 Christian soldiers' graves laid in beautifully arranged plots. The identities of the soldiers are engraved on bronze plates. There is a list of 917 soldiers of other religions who were cremated and there are graves of 146 soldiers whose remains could not be identified. Some of the soldiers were only 15 years old. Our home known as the "Rosy Villa," the main floor of the home was used as a store — Rosy Villa was the meeting place of many friends and visitors from many parts of the world. Even now this custom prevails. Those young American soldiers often brought records to play in the old gramophone that my parents had. They would spent hours listening to records, reading life magazine, Illustrated Weekly of London, Newspapers, books, etc. and sipping fresh homemade lemonade on warm summer days or drinking hot fresh coffee or tea on winter afternoons. Whenever the planes dropped their regular rations, they would bring sacks of flour and sugar rations, and say to my mother, "Mrs. Imlong, your cake is the best in town, wouldn't you please bake some cake for us?" During Christmas time, my parents used to invite these new friends for Christmas Tea Party. How they enjoyed it! Those lonely youngmen far away from home on Christmas Day! They must have enjoyed it more than anyone can imagine, to be invited to a home full of fun, laughter and food. On long and warm summer afternoons the cooks used to visit the fish pond down by the big house without realizing that the fish pond was Imlong's private fish pond. They would sit there with fishing rods and buckets all day until it was time to return to the camp to prepare dinner. I am very sure the cooks
must have served delicious fresh fish. The pond is still there but slightly larger with more variety of fish than those GI friends would remember. One afternoon a couple of them brought a "new friend" who had just arrived from America. He was introduced as James, brother of Eric, the special friend of Imlong. They shook hands and were duly entertained according to Naga custom. However, they could hardly keep their faces straight; because, Imlong totally believed them without a moment of doubt. Finally they broke into hilarious laughter and disclosed the true identity of the "New Friend", he was no other than Mr. Eric who had shaven the heavy beard and looked lot younger. One special occasion my father often talked about was "the rescue team." It was on August 2, 1943, a plane load of American soldiers en route to Chungking on a special mission crash landed on "no man's land" between Naga Hills (a district of Assam State) and Myanmar (Burma) "The special cargo" included Second Secretary of the American Embassy in Chungking, William Scanton of the U.S. Office of Economic Warfare, John Davies, Second Secretary of the American Embassy in Chungking, Captain 'Duncan Lee, two Chinese Colonels and Eric Sevareid, who wrote an article about the plane crash under the title "OUR GOOD FRIENDS, THE HEAD HUNTERS" in the Reader's Digest. Imlong had arranged to send advance message of warning to the villager that the white people who landed in their territory were his friends and they must be protected, no harm must be done; anyone who disobeyed this order would be punished. He himself was or his way to rescue them. A relay team of runners were dispatched to his righthand-man, Sangba, who could speak the local language. Imlong also arranged to drop tons of salt by airplane as gifts to the natives as a sign of friendship and goodwill. Thus, Mr. P. F. Adams, S. D. 0., Mokokchung and Imlong marched with Assam Rifles for two weeks to rescue the American Officials. This was the first time Imlong and Eric Sevareid CBS Commentator, who was posted to Chungking as the war correspondent met and became friends. When I came to New York World's Fair in 1965 as Assistant Director of the India Pavilion, my father requested me to visit Eric Sevareid, so I went to visit him in Washington, D. C and took his picture to show to my father. The United states of America Govt. recognized Imlong's service by presenting him with the CBI (China Burma India) ribbon with a promise to present the actual medal later. However, the Japanese attack on the Allied Forces at the battle of Kohima brought an end to this promise. Imlong often remembered his G. I. friends, specially on Christmas Days. He used to entertained his grandchildren by singing "Imlong Chang, Imlong Chang from the Mokokchung" to the tune of "Jingle Bells" when they came to our house for Christmas Tea Party, they used to sing this song in unison, wowl it sounded so wonderful! Achilla Imlong Erdican Duncan Road, Dimapur
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Sunday 14•02•2016
EntErtainmEnt
From Germany, with love For many underprivileged children, education is a luxury they cannot afford. Meet Katrin whose presence has made a real impact in the lives of many little children in Nagaland. She seeks to provide education to underprivileged kids here who are indisposed when it comes to having even a basic sense of learning because their parents are too poor to afford school fees and learning materials Akangchila Longchar
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ou will never find children in Germany this excited to receive school uniforms,” Katrin remarked during a press conference held post ‘The Joy of Giving’concert. She was making a reference to how children could barely contain their happiness and joy when they received school uniforms bought through the first fundraiser. The concert held this month was the second such fundraiser organised by Katrin and a group of like-minded Naga people who want to create a difference in the lives of underprivileged children.
Nagaland is blessed to have social workers like Katrin who are not from here but have so much love and concern for its people. It all started four years back when Katrin travelled thousands of miles from Germany to Nagaland because she wanted to visit the place. She had enrolled in a training course to prepare herself to go abroad and to commit to work in a social organisation. She always had the desire to invest her life for the poor and underprivileged people. In the year 2011, for the first time in her life, she met a Naga person who
shared stories about Nagaland. Katrin said she was inspired and touched. She then started to pray for Nagaland. She found herself filled with thoughts of visiting Nagaland which grew stronger with each passing day. Finally, along with some other people who trained with her, Katrin took a short trip to Nagaland. As she narrates this story, Katrin says, “Immediately I knew that this was the right place and I fell in love with the people and country”. And fall in love she did! Katrin is now engaged to Akihito, with whom she started an open air café called “The Garden” in Super Market, Dimapur. The place is wellknown for its delicious food, friendly ambience and is considered a hotspot for musicians. But no matter what wonderful things were happening in Katrin’s life, it was her heart’s desire to help the poor and un-
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derprivileged people. As she went about running the café, she saw children roaming around the neighbourhood during the day and even at night. These children also started loitering around the café. “Everyone knows that the Dimapur Super Market area is quite tough and not a good environment for children to grow up in a healthy manner. We saw the condition of the kids and we started visiting their homes, meeting the parents or relatives. Almost all the kids are Nagas, and are living in the second hand shops and bus stand. Many of the parents are running booze joints. I felt the passion to invest in the lives of the children. I want to build a good relationship with them, consider their needs and teach them simple things, like basic hygiene, manners, values etc. I want to let them experience the love of God as well,” she shares her vision. This was how ‘The Kids Garden’ program came to life. Katrin meets with the children from the neighbourhood twice every week, on Tuesday and Saturday. She is also helped by a family from Germany, Ben and Steffi, who are here in Nagaland along with their kids, and together with Katrin are influencing the lives of the children. But that alone is not enough, feels Katrin. She wants to give the children a proper chance in life and for their future, and to achieve this, she states, they need good education. This is where ‘The Joy of Giving’, a charity event to raise funds for the children’s school education comes in. She happily states that because of many generous people, 23 children are being enrolled
“That moment when they are getting their uniforms and they are so happy and joyful about it. That moment when we give them food and we can see they are hungry, and happy to fill their stomachs…”
in a private school this year. Katrin’s support for the children does not stop here. Not wanting to take away the responsibilities of the parents of these children, she meets them regularly and encourages them to be more aware of their responsibilities towards their child’s future. Katrin says that she is most satisfied when she sees the children happy. "When I visit them at home, they will shout “Miss Katrin!” from afar. They are so happy and thankful to join The Kids Garden program and to go to school." She adds, “That moment when they are getting their uniforms and they are so happy and joyful about it. That moment when we give them food and we can see they are hungry, and happy to fill their stomachs. Food like meat, potatoes and vegetables are precious to them. If I can be part of the movement to make some lives more beautiful and
to see positive changes in the children's lives, then I'm the happiest person.” Katrin admits that to deal with poverty is challenging work. She explains, “It’s a very slow work! Sometimes I wish to see changes faster but I have
to be patient and it takes a lot of strength, endurance and effort to guide the children for a long time. And of course fundraising for the school expenses is challenging too, though there are many generous and supportive people in Nagaland.” Offering advice to
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our days of Choral music and Christian leadership seminar from February 14-17 at Dimapur Ao Baptist Arogo will be led by a team of 35 members led by Rev Diana Adour (daughter of Late & Mrs D. Haralu) from the Church of the Revelation, New York, USA. The seminar is being organized by a team of interdenominational Church leaders in the state headed by Rev Moses Murry as the Convenor. Rev. Diana Adour was born and raised in Nagaland, India. Presently, Diana serves as Associate Pastor, and her husband Tim, as the Senior Pastor of Church of the Revelation in the Bronx. Thousands have accepted the Lord and
many drug rehab centers, bible schools and home for prostitutes have been built as a result. Diana's passion is to start the very first Crisis Pregnancy Center in the Bronx. Rev. Robert Kirk was born and raised in a Pastor's home in Cooperstown, New York and was called to
the ministry at a young age. His ministry with youth has also taken him to minister through some missions trips abroad. Currently Rob is a Campus Pastor in Richmond, Virginia. His passion is developing leaders for the next generation. Rob is married to Krista Adour. Krista Adour Kirk was
born and raised in Syracuse, New York. She is the daughter of Tim and Diana Adour and is proud of her Naga roots. Currently she is a doctoral student at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, and also serves as Teaching Assistant for the University teaching masters and doctoral level
courses. Krista is married to Rev. Rob Kirk who is a campus site pastor in Richmond Virginia. Audrey Soto was called by the Lord to serve Him eighteen years ago. She currently serves as one of the Women Ministry Leaders at Church of the Revelation. Audrey's passion is to encourage
believers to have a stronger, deeper and intimate relationship with the Lord so that we can lift each other up as the Body of Christ. Audrey presently works for the New York City Department of Education. John Spencer was born and raised at Elim Bible College where his grandfather founded the college and his father was the President. For 33 years, his main ministry has been with youth and college students. He founded and led an oncampus college ministry for 20 years. After retiring from his work at a College campus, John has been involved with summer outreach to international students, participated in multi-church outreach to house the homeless and food distribution, and tutoring students who are struggling academically.
Luisa Maysonet was born in Puerto Rico. She worked as a chaplain in New York visiting andpreaching the Gospel in many correctional facilities and prisons. Currently, she is one of the leaders in the choir, leads a small group and volunteers at a youth juvenile home. "Pichy" as she is called, is a science teacher in Manhattan. Her passion is found in directing, leading, teaching, and praying for those who do not know Jesus Christ. Annabel Santana was born and raised in a Christian home in New York. Presently, she serves as a discipleship teacher, member of the audiovisual ministry, adult choir and the council of elders at Church of the Revelation. In her secular work, Annabel serves as the Assistant Dean for Educational Affairs at a medical school in New York City.
young Nagas interested to make a difference, she states, “If I love God, love myself and love others, I'll be eager to use my life to make a change and difference. But it's necessary to really live it in our daily lives and not use only nice words, by being active and practical. Hard work, love, accountability, reliability, endurance and taking up responsibilities are the key to changes and success.” “But wanting to make a difference is not enough”, Katrin states. She says that endurance is very important because it doesn't help to start something only to give up when it gets difficult. We have to face the challenges and go through it with patience and endurance. Katrin even admits that sometimes she finds herself lazy or not in the mood to work, but she reminds herself of the responsibility and commitment she has undertaken. And no doubt, Katrin finds life in Nagaland to be very different. She shares that she had to learn the culture and adapt to the lifestyle. I had my struggles, but so far, I’m having a great time. I'm enjoying my life in Nagaland. “I came with a calling to Nagaland, and when I see people being happy and getting support through my work, it inspires me and keeps me motivated,” says this humble lady who traveled all the way from Germany to share her love.
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DDVFA win Veteran Football C’ship
DimaPur, February 13 (mexn): Dimapur District Veteran Football Association (DDVFA) emerged as champions of the Inter-District Veteran Football Championship which was held at Wokha from February 2 to 5. Mokokchung district were runners-up at the championship which was organised by the All Nagaland Veteran Football Association. Meanwhile, a meeting of the DDVFA will be held on February 16 at 3 p.m. at DDSC Stadium.
Dhoni is first captain to win 30 T20 matches neW Delhi, February 13 (agenCieS): After leading India to a series reviving win over Sri Lanka on Friday, Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the first captain to win 30 Twenty20 International matches. The 34-yearold has led India 56 times in the shortest format of the games, winning 30 games, with a success rate of 55.45%. Besides the 24 defeats, there were a No Result and a Tie too. Dhoni also holds the record for most matches as captain. Ireland captain William Porterfield has 43 matches with 23 wins in the second place, ahead of West Indian Darren Sammy, with 41 matches and 22 wins.
I'm 2-0 up in battle against cancer, says Cruyff
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amSterDam, February 13 (reuterS): Dutch soccer great Johan Cruyff says he is "2-0 up in the first half" of his fight against lung cancer and confident of winning the battle. A former smoker who had heart surgery in 1991, the 68-year-old former Barcelona coach was diagnosed with cancer in October. "After several medical treatments I can say the results have been very positive, thanks to the excellent work of the doctors, the affection of the people and my positive mentality," triple Ballon d'Or winner Cruyff said in a statement. "Right now I have the feeling I am 2-0 up in the first half of a match that has not finished yet. But I am sure I will end up winning." Considered one of football's all-time greats, Cruyff helped Ajax Amsterdam win three European Cups from 1971-73 and was named European Footballer of the Year in 1971, 1973 and 1974. He joined Barcelona for a then-world record transfer fee of $2 million and it was the Catalan club that defined his coaching career as he helped them win their first La Liga title in 15 years in 1974. Cruyff famously wore the number 14 jersey throughout his sparkling playing career with Ajax, Barcelona, Feyenoord and the Dutch national team beaten by West Germany in the 1974 World Cup final.
Mourinho talks would be a blow, admits Van Gaal
lonDon, February 13 (aFP): Louis van Gaal says he would be upset if it is true that Manchester United have approached Jose Mourinho behind his back. United have refused to deny reports they have spoken to Mourinho in recent weeks following their team's slump and the former Chelsea boss is said to have made it clear he is ready to replace van Gaal if the Dutchman is sacked or departs at the end of the season. Van Gaal concedes it is plausible the club have made contact with Mourinho in secret, but he is hoping that is not the case. "Then I shall be disappointed (if contact has been made)," he said. "Because that is the consequence of what I have said. In a football world that is possible, I know, but I do not think that. "I have a relationship with (executive vice chairman) Ed (Woodward) and the Glazers, they (would) tell me I think."
Leicester will drop me if I don't track back – Mahrez
lonDon, February 13 (reuterS): Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri would have no qualms about dropping Riyad Mahrez if the playmaker did not augment his sublime attacking skills with equally good defensive work, the Algerian said on Saturday. Mahrez has become the first Premier League player to reach double figures in goals (14) and assists (10) as leaders Leicester, 5,000-1 outsiders at the start of the season, have staged an unlikely climb to the summit. The former Le Havre winger knows, however, that he cannot sit on his laurels as the club try to win the top-flight title for the first time in their history. "We are together, very compact," Mahrez told the BBC on the eve of Sunday's crunch match at third-placed Arsenal. "We do a lot of work defensively. Me, for example, if I don't work, I don't play. "Two times this year he (Ranieri) put me on the bench because I didn't defend. I know if I don't work for the team he will drop me," said Mahrez, one of the bargains of the season after joining Leicester for 400,000 pounds ($580,320).
Umpire Asad Rauf slams BCCI
iSlamabaD, February 13 (agenCieS): Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf slammed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Saturday questioning what authority they had to ban him. “What authority does the BCCI or IPL have to ban me when the court in Mumbai told the police they had no evidence against me?” questioned Rauf, a day after the Indian board banned him for five years. Rauf was nominated as an ‘accused wanted’ by the Mumbai Police in the 2013 Indian Premier League (IPL) corruption probe. However, Rauf hit back at the BCCI saying that the case presented against him was flawed. The International Cricket Coucil (ICC) has earlier published a press release soon after the news emerged that Rauf was wanted by police for questioning. ICC stated in the press release that they had stopped Rauf from umpiring in the ICC Champions Trophy in England. Moreover, he was also dropped from the Elite Panel of Umpires but the ICC clarified that it was not because of the corruption scandal.
Suarez 'would only return to Liverpool'
lonDon, February 13 (aFP): Barcelona striker Luis Suarez would only return to the English Premier League if it was to rejoin former club Liverpool, he revealed in a British newspaper interview published on Saturday. "I'd prefer to stay here (Barcelona) for many more years," he told the Daily Mail. "I know it doesn't always turn out that way. But if I had to return to the Premier League, I would only go to Liverpool. "I wouldn't go to another team. It wouldn't be a move for money. I'd also love to play again for Ajax as they allowed me to develop as a player in Europe." Suarez, 29, scored 82 goals for Liverpool in a three-and-a-half-year spell and almost inspired the team to Premier League glory in 2014 before leaving for Barcelona. "In the Premier League you never really know what is going to happen," he said. "There is very little between the teams. Here, three or four teams aside, there is a difference with the smaller teams. "In the Premier League, you never know what is going to happen and that is something I miss."
Pollard, Narine pull out of World T20 St. John’S, February 13 (aP): Allrounder Kieron Pollard and offspinner Sunil Narine have withdrawn from the West Indies squad for the World Twenty20 starting next month in India. The West Indies Cricket Board says Pollard, who has been replaced in the 15man squad by Carlos Brathwaite, pulled out “citing a lack of sufficient progress in his rehabilitative work” following a knee injury sustained in December. Narine is currently banned from bowling after the International Cricket Council deemed in November that his action was illegal, because all variations of his deliveries exceeded the 15 degrees level of tolerance permitted under regulations. A replacement for Narine has not yet been named. The West Indies open the World T20 against England on March 16 in Mumbai, before further group games against Sri Lanka, South Africa and a qualifier.
Sunderland win dents Man Utd's top-four bid
SunDerlanD, February 13 (aP): A late own goal by goalkeeper David de Gea consigned Manchester United to a 2-1 loss at relegation-threatened Sunderland in the Premier League on Saturday, dealing another blow to the team's ambitions of finishing in the Champions League qualification places. Anthony Martial, who had equalized for United, cleared a header from Lamine Kone off the goal line but the ball ricocheted off De Gea's back and went into the net in the 82nd minute. Wahbi Khazri put Sunderland ahead in the third minute when his curling free kick eluded everyone in the penalty area and bounced into the net. Martial made it 1-1 with a closerange finish in the 39th. United's first ever loss at the Stadium of Light piles the pressure on its manager Louis van Gaal, whose team is fifth - six points off the top four having played a game more. ''It will be very difficult now,'' Van Gaal said of United's chances of qualifying for the Champions League
Manchester United’s David de Gea is unable to stop Sunderland’s Wahbi Khazri’s free kick from getting into the net. (Shutterstock)
through its league placing. ''It's too much at this time. ''I think after this match, (winning the Europa League) is the best route but that's not so easy. There are many very good teams participating in this event.'' Asked about his own future, the Dutchman said: ''I have to do my work and I do my work to my utmost best
and I cannot do more.'' His team had 66 percent of the possession but managed only half as many shots as a Sunderland side that remains in the drop zone. United, which - with 41 points - has its lowest points haul in a Premier League campaign after 26 games, was outplayed and outfought in the second half
after coming back into the game late in the first half. ''I think Sunderland had more aggression than us and we could not cope with that aggression,'' Van Gaal said. We don't keep the ball too much in our possession.'' Van Gaal, who has spent $375 million in his 1 1/2-year tenure, finished the game with 21-year-old Premier
League debutant Donald Love and striker Will Keane - making his second Premier League appearance and first since the 2010-11 season - in the team. ScoRES:
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Bradman-esque Voges puts Australia in command
Wellington, February 13 (aFP): Adam Voges boosted his Test average to more than 100 on Saturday as he and Usman Khawaja scored centuries to set Australia up for a huge lead in the first Test against New Zealand. Australia were 463-6, heading New Zealand by 280 on the first innings at stumps on the second day. Khawaja was out for a classic 140 and Voges, given a life on seven, was unbeaten on 176. The 36-year-old Voges, in his 19th Test innings, saw his Test average rise to more than 100, bettering Don Bradman's 99.94 from an 80-innings career. Voges has scored centuries in his last three innings, posting 269 runs not out and an unbeaten 106 against the West Indies in December. The combined total of 551 overtakes the previous record of 497 runs between dismissals held by Sachin Tendulkar. For his part, since his recall to the Australian side last year Khawaja has averaged 128.80 from six innings which include four centuries. The single highlight of the day was a stunning caught and bowled by Trent Boult to dismiss Mitchell Marsh, but that occupied a split
New Zealand's Trent Boult (R) bowls to Australia's Adam Voges during day two of the first Test in Wellington on February 13. (AFP Photo)
second on a day where the bat otherwise dominated. Voges and Khawaja's firm grip on the game in a 168-run stand for the fourth wicket left New Zealand with few moments to relish on a day of toil under the baking sun. It was a sublime partnership that lasted 50 overs and offered few chances. Moment of luck BJ Watling missed a stumping
opportunity when Khawaja was on 34 and Mark Craig was confident with an lbw appeal that was turned down when Khawaja was on 104. A review showed the ball would have grazed the outside of leg stump and the umpire's original not out decision remained. Voges had his moment of luck in the last over on day one when he was bowled by Doug Bracewell, only for umpire Richard Illing-
worth to wrongly call the delivery a no ball. Since then, Voges has added 169 runs in an innings that has lasted 286 deliveries and includes 26 boundaries. Boult hinted a fightback for New Zealand was possible with two wickets in three balls during the middle session on Saturday to remove Khawaja and Marsh and have Australia 299-5. But the euphoria in the New Zealand camp quickly disappeared as they laboured through another 27 overs and 96 runs before Peter Nevill was the next wicket to fall. Boult outsmarted Khawaja by bowling wide of the crease and as the left-handed batsman shaped to turn the ball to the onside it straightened and slammed into the back pad. Marsh was out to a spectacular catch off the second ball he faced when he drove hard at a Boult delivery, and the left-arm paceman flung himself high to his right to snare the ball in his right hand. Boult's reaction time was measured at 0.594 of a second. Australia had resumed the day on 147-3 and added 91, 92 and 133 in each of the three sessions on a flattening pitch.
Ronaldo scores twice to lead Madrid win over Bilbao barCelona, February 13 (aP): Cristiano Ronaldo scored two goals to lead Real Madrid to a 4-2 win over Athletic Bilbao on Saturday, provisionally lifting it into second place in the Spanish league. Ronaldo opened the scoring in the third minute before Javier Eraso quickly leveled for the Basques in an attractive, back-and-forth first half at the Santiago Bernabeu that finished with James Rodriguez and Toni Kroos giving Madrid a 3-1 lead at halftime. Madrid lost Raphael Varane, whose error led to Eraso's goal, to a second booking in the 83rd. Despite being a man down, Ronaldo found the net again in the 87th to move past Barcelona's Luis Suarez as the competition's leading scorer with 21 goals this season. Gorka Elustondo The Nagaland Sepaktakraw team won 3 bronze medals at the 26th Senior National Sepakheaded in Bilbao's second goal in the 90th. takraw Championship held from February 2 to 5 at Margaon, Goa.
India adds to SAG medal tally guWahati, February 13 (Pti): The Indian juggernaut rolled on unabated as the star-studded boxing squad joined the shooters, triathlon and taekwondo players in what is turning out to be an outing of unprecedented dominance by the host country at the 12th South Asian Games here on Saturday. Indian shooters grabbed all the six gold on offer while triathlon players joined the party by winning both the gold and two silver as the hosts swept aside the challenge from other countries. India stood atop with 268 medals (156 gold, 85 silver and 27 bronze), way ahead of second placed Sri Lanka 163 (25, 55, 83). Pakistan were at third with 81 medals (9, 27, 45).
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