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All stakeholders must be united for peaceful, fruitful negotiations: APO DImApUR, FEBRUARy 22 (mExN): The Angami Public Organisation (APO) today stated that peaceful and fruitful negotiations can only be possible if all the Naga Political Groups (NPGs) and stakeholders are united. “All NPGs should be at the negotiating table united on one side and then decide the fate of the Naga people,” APO maintained in a press statement issued by its President Dr. Vilhousa Seleyi and Secretary Info & Publicity Neisakholie Ziephrü. It further stated that “APO strongly believes that until and unless there is a united Nagaland there will be no fruitful negotiations and one or the other stakeholder will suffer in such a peace agreement.”

In this context, APO requested the PWC to analyze the present situation and find out ways to bring all the NPGs to the negotiating table and present a united Naga stand.

Meanwhile, the APO extended its appreciation and support to the initiative done ‘Parliamentary Working Committee (PWC) of the Nagaland Joint Legislator’s Forum (JLF) on Naga Political Issue’ led by NLA Speaker Chotisuh Sazo and Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang who has been meeting with various important and key personalities regarding the Naga political issue. The delegation so far has meet NSCN (I-M) General Secretary Th. Muivah, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders regarding the Naga political issue.

Referring to these meetings of the PWC, the APO pointed out that it “believes and hope that these steps will be constructive in solving the Naga political issue and also smoothen the transition of peace initiatives talks between the Government of India and NSCN(I-M) into reality.”

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Dimapur Traffic regulations The Old Dhansiri Bridge will be open to two way traffic w.e.f February 22, 2016, as per the following timings:

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• 06:00 AM to 02:00 PM for UP vehicles (exiting Town area).

• 02:00 PM to 08:00 PM for DOWN vehicles (entering Town area).

• These arrangements will not apply on Wednesdays. Only UP vehicles will be allowed to take the route on Wednesdays.

• These arrangements are only for the Light Vehicles on both ways. Heavy Vehicles are restricted in the route at all times.

Addl. Dy Commissioner of Police/PRO, Dimapur

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‘We debate :: We dissent :: We Argue’

Nagaland expresses solidarity with the rest of the sub-continent Morung Express News Dimapur | February 22

“What saddens me more is the silence of our intellectuals, thinkers, writers and poets, who should have analyzed what is happening to JNU as a microcosm of what is happening across the country, particularly what is happening.”

This thought was projected by the Editor of Nagaland Page, Monalisa Changkija today, wishing that “our intellectuals, thinkers, writers and poets” had led the alumni and students community from Nagaland to direct Naga society and State to write a “new civil literature,” a phrase she borrowed from Kekhrie Yhome.

But with or without this leading, alumni of various central universities—particularly Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Hyderabad Central University (HCU)—in Nagaland today came out in a show of solidarity, along with other likeminded people, through a walk and a sit-in program here for the students/faculty of various central universities currently being hounded by the State.

With lettering on placards reading ‘Justice for Rohit Vemula’, standing by the right to ‘debate, dissent, argue,’ or against oppression of free and critical thinking and arbitrary attacks on the media, Nagaland’s community of alumni exemplified how Nagas today are ready to show solidarity, and walk with, the rest of the world on issues affecting all of

Alumni, students and other concerned persons from Nagaland held a solidarity walk and sit-in program on Monday, February 22, against the shrinking space for debate and dissent in the Indian sub-continent. (Morung Photo)

us—Against curtailment of Freedom of Speech and Expression, Against growing intolerance in the country, Against attack on Media Freedom.

The event was organised in the backdrop of the events that transpired at JNU and HCU recently.

The sit-in program, held at a parking lot next to SETAM’s campus (Nagaland University), was attended by the alumni as well as other well wishers, old and young. Dimapur Police and administrative officers also attended the program in fair numbers, including women police officers.

“The sight of Kalashnikovs frightens me but we must talk about freedom in this country,” said alumni of JNU, Obee Rose. There

are revolutions today in technology, media, fashion etc but people have forgotten about social revolutions, he said.

“We believe in an India where protests can happen without guns,” he reiterated. Reading out a few lines from a book touted to be the “RSS bible,” he called for the gathering to stand for “equality and fraternity”—a society without discrimination along primordial lines.

Alumni of HCU, Chingmai Konyak, reminded that discrimination starts “within us and among us.”

“Let us do away with the culture of negative nationalism at least in Nagaland,” he said, enumerating how this culture, propagated by the BJP at the centre, will spread to Nagaland State

NSCN-R Leaders meet Gen. Khole

DImApUR, FEBRUARy 22 (mExN): The Collective Leadership of the NSCN – Reformation led by President Y. Wangtin Naga and Ato Kilonser, P. Tikhak, met Gen. Khole Konyak, president of the GPRN/NSCN, the NSCN-R MIP informed through a press statement.

While informing of the meeting that took place on February 17 at Tobu, the release described it as “more of an emotional and family meeting rather than political.” According to the release, the two lead-

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ers took the opportunity to pay their respects to Gen. Khole and how the veteran has been a “guiding force and mentor” to them.

“We are just following (in) your footstep according to the foundation you have laid down. It is from you we learnt inspiration and dedication for the Naga political cause,” they were quoted in the statement.

It further stated that Gen. Khole adviced the two leaders to work vigorously for the unity of the Naga people and quoted the vet-

eran as stating, “Without unity there will be no actual peace. Unity alone can salvage the people from any given situation.” Khole further asserted his wish for Naga unity and strongly gave his endorsement for Naga peace and reconciliation, the release said.

Gen. Khole also advised Wangtin and asserted that the “Konyaks should stand united against all odds and destructive forces and to stand firmly under one able leadership.”

NSCN (IM) re-urges GoI to call back CFMG Chairman

DImApUR, FEBRUARy 22 (mExN): The NSCN (IM) today has once again urged the Government of India (GoI) to call back Lt. Gen. (Retd.) NK Singh, the Chairman of the Cease Fire Monitoring Group (CFMG), immediately “in the interest of both the parties for smooth sailing of honorable solution.”

“His claim of having a mandate from the Ceasefire agreement has virtually let him vitiate healthy atmosphere that has been prevailing on the ground,” read a press statement from K. Chawang, Convenor of the Cease Fire Monitoring Cell (CFMC), NSCN (IM).

Maintaining that the “primary responsibility” of the CFMG is to “create conducive atmosphere on the ground and pave the way for successful political negotiation,” the Convenor alleged that the CFMG Chairman “undermines political issue and deals everything from the Indian law and order perspective.”

Being bilateral in nature, the CFMC found unacceptable the imposition of any unilateral decision taken on account of the ceasefire. “The Agreed Ground Rules are framed considering the principle of

two Entities, acceptance of uniqueness of Naga history and situation, existence of GPRN as de facto government,” stated the Convenor of the CFMC. Yet, for the current Chairman of the CFMG, “the Conduct of Affairs of the Government of the People’s Republic of Nagalim (GPRN) are all illegal,” noted Chawang.

Holding NK Singh responsible for any “untoward incident affecting the fate of the ceasefire,” the CFMC affirmed that there are ten designated camps of NSCN “duly approved” in the CFMG meeting. “If there is any problem relating to the designated camp, it should be discussed and resolved by CFMG. The NSCN is not in a position to accept the dictatorial decision of denotification of the designated camps,” the CFMC stated.

Informing that NSCN (IM) has repeatedly requested the officials of the GoI to “honour and apply” the Agreed Ceasefire Ground Rules, the CFMC Convenor noted that “the Ground Rules are extraordinary laws from Indian Law and Naga Law” and that the NSCN (IM) “never dishonors the mutually Agreed Ground Rules.”

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too, through universities, colleges and the media.

Which is why, this event should be used as a “reflection” on the threat to the “democratic and secular systems” of the country through attacks on the “powerhouses of the society,” its universities, said alumni of JNU, Dr. Lanusangla Tzüdir. Our solidarity, she said, should not be in just words but also in action.

Having studied at Delhi University, Monalisa Changkija observed, “What we have been witness to across the country, in the form of biases, prejudices, intolerance, racism, communalism, corruption, nepotism, injustice, discriminations, etc., are things that have no place in a democracy but nobody thinks of them as unpa-

triotic, anti-national and against humanity. Today, these have become our culture, eclipsing the essence, the ethos and the values of democracy.”

Without a doubt, these “dark forces” are also “alive, alert and active” in Nagaland, she maintained.

Asserting that it is now time to “speak up” against these, she also stated that “if today our political and economic life stands stagnate, it is because of the not-so-subtle subversion of democracy and democratic values, to which we have all contributed to by our silence.” (Full speech on page 10) “JNU has taught us the culture of tolerance and debate, which is why we are here today,” noted alumni of JNU, AG Samuel. Articulating on larger debates of the region, Samuel put to perspective how the Naga people fit into (or not) the “processes of homogenisation” (imposition of Hindi, beef ban etc.) that have gripped the sub-continent.

Reiterating that “solidarity with JNU” is equivalent to “solidarity with democracy,” Samuel stated that the current “either you are with us or against us” attitude of the State will lead to an untoward pushing of the Hindutva and intolerance agenda over the next three years.

Meanwhile, Naga civil society bodies remained conspicuously absent from the event, perhaps in a telling marker that the revolution of, and through, solidarities has gone by them. Times, though, are achanging.

Dist Hospital, Mon project in shambles KU to seek legal action for unfinished work and inferior medical equipment mON, FEBRUARy 22 (mExN): The Konyak Union (KU) has asserted that it will be compelled to seek legal redress as regards work related to the District Hospital, Mon (DHM) upgradation project. While the KU expressing dissatisfaction at the way the DHM project has taken shape has not been the first, the Union this time asserted that it would move the Vigilance & Anti-Corruption Commission Nagaland to initiate corruption proceedings against the firms tied to the project.

A visibly unhappy KU stated in a press release that the firm, which supplied equipments for the hospital, is yet to honour the “undertaking” to replace “damaged & inferior” equipments.

As per the “undertaking” jointly appended by the Hospital Management Committee, the supplier (firm) and the “inspection team”, the KU stated that the firm was to complete replacement within a month. That deadline has expired on October 29, 2015 with no sign of

any equipment replacement, added the KU. According to the KU, a Dimapur based supplying firm was awarded the contract to supply hospital equipment during 2013-14. The supply order was worth Rs.149.96 lakhs.

However, the KU lamented that during inspection it was discovered the hospital was supplied with inferior products while several were found damaged.

An undertaking for replacement was subsequently signed.

Further, the KU said that the contract to drill a tube well at the hospital is still to be executed.

The work contract was awarded to a contractor during 2010-11 and a sum amounting to Rs.32,77,700 was accordingly sanctioned, the KU said, adding that it was to be completed in six months time.

While stating that the contractor is still to honour the contract, the KU expressed surprise that the money for the work has been already drawn.

In this regard, KU questioned the Directorate of Health & Family Welfare on what grounds the money was released.

Maintaining that its repeated appeals have gone unheard, the KU asserted that it will not remain silent anymore and would approach the authorities to investigate the lapses.

Deal reached to end Jat protests Jats call off protests after winning jobs promise BAHADURGARH/NEW DELHI, FEBRUARy 22 (REUtERs): Leaders of the Jat community reached a deal late on Monday to end protests that paralysed Haryana and cut water supplies to Delhi’s 20 million residents, after winning a pledge of more government jobs.

Days of rioting and looting across Haryana by the Jat community had challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promise of better days for Indians who elected him in 2014 with the largest majority in three decades.

A Jat leader said protesters had reached a deal with state and central government leaders to end their mobilisation, in which 16 people have been killed and more than 150 injured.

“The government has promised to meet our demands and we have promised our full cooperation,” Ramesh Dalal, convener of the Jat Arakshan Andolan (Jat Reservation Movement), told Reuters.

Disruption has been huge, with 850 trains cancelled, 500 factories closed and business losses estimated at as much as $5 billion by one regional lobby group. Dalal said he had appealed to the entire Jat community, which makes up a quarter of the population of Haryana, to return home. A senior officer said state police still faced a

Demonstrators from the Jat community shout slogans as they block the Delhi-Haryana national highway during a protest at Sampla village in Haryana on February 22. (REUTERS)

challenge to maintain law and order.

The army earlier on Monday retook control of a canal that supplies threefifths of the capital’s water. Delhi’s chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, said the army had reopened the sluice gates of the Munak canal to the north of the city. Water was expected to reach the metropolis by early Tuesday.

ORDER SLOWLY RETURNS The Haryana government put the death toll at 16 while police said earlier that there were tensions in some towns as Jats tried to prevent other communities from reopening their shops.

Many Jats, who number more than 80 million across north India, are farmers whose livelihoods

have suffered as families divide farms among their children.

Their demands for government jobs and student places are based on affirmative action policies that are typically reserved for deprived groups.

The Supreme Court has previously struck down an attempt to classify the Jats as an Other Backward Caste, or OBC, which would formally entitle them to a quota of jobs and student places.

“There is a constitutional barrier in giving Jats OBC status but we will find a way to fulfil their demands,” junior agriculture minister Sanjeev Balyan told Reuters. The Jats predominantly voted for BJP in the 2014 general election, when he won the biggest parliamentary majority in

three decades. Months later the BJP won an outright majority in Haryana for the first time.

Although many of the state’s chief ministers have been Jats, the current minister is not. Commentators have faulted him and other BJP leaders for failing to read the social mood and devoting too much attention to issues like cow protection that are a core part of the party’s agenda.

In a familiar pattern, Modi completely ignored the protests, instead launching a broadside on Sunday against unnamed conspirators he accused of trying to undermine his government. “They are now hatching conspiracies every day to finish and defame me,” he told farmers in a speech in Odisha.

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Acharya calls for dissemination of mother tongues

Kohima, February 22 (mexN): On occasion of the ‘International Mother Tongue Day,’ which is observed on February 21 every year to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism, governor of Nagaland PB Acharya said, “Languages are the most powerful instruments of preserving and developing our tangible and intangible heritage.

Mother Tongue is the first and foremost identity of each person.”

The Governor said that all efforts to promote the dissemination of mother tongues will serve not only to encourage linguistic diversity and multilingual education but also to develop fuller awareness of linguistic and cultural traditions throughout the world and to inspire solidarity based on understanding, tolerance and dialogue.

“One should be proud of their mother language. It is through the mother language one learns the basic things and attains the wisdom.

Hence, we should promote and preserve our mother language in order to keep our tradition and heritage alive,” the Governor added.

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Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals office inaugurated Morung Express News Dimapur | February 22

The office of Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in Dimapur district was formally launched on Monday at the office of the chief veterinary officer, Burma Camp.

The message of the chief guest, chief editor, Nagaland Post, Geoffrey Yaden, who could not attend the programme was read out in absentia by director, Nagaland Post, Aochuba Yaden.

Geoffrey Yaden in his message said the Constitution of India through Article 51 (g) ensures protection of animals and calls for inculcating compassion for all living creatures.

“One very important aspect of impacting the principles of SPCA is to establish a hospital for animals in

order to ensure that they are provided with adequate treatment. In a state that is largely meat eating or non-vegetarian, it is quite understandable that animals are generally taken for granted and at times not well treated as they should be,” he said.

Geoffrey said with rise in number of domestic animals, the need for awareness about the objectives and activities of SPCA is very much needed. “As economic progress and way of life changes, today many homes have pets and it may not be incorrect to assume that even in Dimapur we could have several hundred pet animals and a few thousand cattle and pigs,” he said.

The senior journalist also said that even slaughter of animals has to be done in a scientific and humane manner and added India has some of the finest provisions to safeguard

animals in the world.

“It is also heartening to note that the Animal Welfare Board of India, the first of its kind to be established by any Government in the world, was set up in 1962, in accordance with Section 4 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Acts 1960 (No.59 of 1960).The government of India is taking the issue of animal welfare seriously and for us here in Nagaland, it is imperative to educate ourselves against ill treatment of animals so as to make ourselves more sensitive to the issue,” he said.

Vice president, SPCA, Joseph Lemtur, and SDO (C), Dimapur, James Swu, also spoke on the occasion. The inaugural programme was chaired by executive secretary, SPCA, Marian Rao. Chief veterinary officer, Dimapur, Dr. Temsu Ozukum pro- (Left) A child walks carrying a basket woven with bamboo (Right) while two young girl shares a light moment as they fetch water at Chohha village in Mon. Photo Courtesy: Bongtao Lunglee posed vote of thanks.

Interactive session on B. Ed new syllabus conducted Dimapur, February 22 (mexN): A day-long interaction programme on new syllabus of B.Ed course for 2015-17 academic session was conducted at Unity College of Teacher Education, Dimapur on February 20.

The programme was chaired by Tialila Longchar followed by invocation

by Mrs. Paulina Whuorie, Vice-Principal, UCTE, words of welcome was given by Dr. Yolila Sangtam Principal, UCTE, while vote

of thanks was offered by Fr. Sabu, Principal, BCTE. The programme included two sessions focusing on new syllabus of B.Ed courses.

Altogether 47 Teacher Educators along with the Principals of all the B.Ed colleges in Nagaland attended the programme.

The programme was a success in which various agendas in improving and smooth carrying out of the new syllabus was discussed and concluded.

Participants and resource persons during the seminar cum

workshop organised by Disaster Management Committee Participants at the day-long interaction programme on new KROS College on February 19. syllabus for B.Ed conducted at Unity College of Teacher EduKohima, February 22 (mexN): The Disaster Mancation, Dimapur on February 20.

NSCW condemns Feb 6 incident Longleng dist govt employees conduct cleanliness drive

Dimapur, February 22 (mexN): The Nagaland State Commission for Women (NSCW) has strongly condemned the brutal and inhuman murder of a helpless woman and her innocent husband on February 6, near Yayi Bridge.

While condemning the incident, NSCW Chairperson, Dr. Temsula Ao said that the perpetrators of this heinous crime must be apprehended without further delay and the maximum punishment under the law should be meted out to them.

The Commission added that the aftermath of this incident is equally

KROS College Disaster Management Committee workshop held

condemnable because the victims on both sides are under tremendous duress both physically and mentally. “Unless peace is restored soon in the affected areas the hostilities may spread to other areas also.

Different Naga communities have lived amicably for centuries with respect for each other’s cultures & traditions,” it added.

Therefore, NSCW appeal to all right thinking and peace loving Nagas to “come together to help the effected people to find it in their hearts to forgive each other and desist from following the path of revenge for the greater good of all Naga people.”

LoNgLeNg, February 22 (mexN): As part of the ongoing 12 days Induction Training Programme (ITP) for Group ‘B’ & ‘C’ Government employees of Longleng district, one day cleanliness drive under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan was carried out at Longleng town starting from the DC Office Complex and ending at Tuensang Junction.

The cleanliness drive was carried out in collaboration with District Administration lead by Japheth Woch, SDO (C) HQ, Zhoi Lohe EAC HQ and I. Changsang EAC, Yongnyah along with the trainees of ITP, lead by Dr. Alem W. Longchar, Course Coordinator ITP for Longleng District.

Activities carried out during the drive included cleaning of the DC Office Complex, market areas including the drainage Volunteers after the cleanliness drive under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan carried were also cleaned during the drive. out at Longleng town.

agement Committee, KROS College organised a seminar cum workshop in collaboration with Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority NSDMA) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) on February 19. The resource persons from NSDMA were Jonjibemo, State Relief & Rehabilitation Officer; Khrolo Lohe, State Training & Capacity Building Officer; Kekhrie Zhavi, Senior Geologist; and eight resource persons from the SDRF lead by Platoon commander, Vingutuo.

The programme was chaired by I. Temjemtoshi Ozukum, Asst Prof, Dept of Education, Disaster Management Committee KROS College. The programme started with invocation by Chubatoshi, Asst Prof, Dept of History. A song was presented by Thayam and Yaopa of 6th Semester The resource persons from NSDMA gave power point on Basic concept and set up on disaster Management in Nagaland- Jongjibemo, State Relief and Rehabilitation Officer; Safety tips- Khrolo Lohe, Satae Training and Capacity Building Officer; Technical aspects related to Disaster Management –Kekhrie Zhavi, Senior Geologist. The SDRF enthralled the audience with demonstrations on emergency rescue methods, emergency first aid methods and splinting. The programme culminated with the evacuation drill in the presence of the SDRF & NSDMA officials.

DNSU presidential meeting today

Dimapur, February 22 (mexN): All the unit presidents of the Dimapur Naga Students’ Union (DNSU) are informed that there will be an emergency presidential meeting on February 23 at 2:00 pm at DNSU Office.

Therefore, all unit presidents are requested to attend the meeting without fail.

IPPI conducted in Mon

moN, February 22 (mexN): Along with the rest of the country, Mon district conducted the Second Phase of Intensified Pulse Polio Immunization (IPPI) for the year 2016, on Sunday, February 21. While informing that the IPPI was successfully implemented with a total of 27747 children being immunized across Mon district, the District Immunization Officer (DIO), Dr Supongmenla Walling, conveyed her gratitude to all the medical staff, NGOs, KBCM Youths and district administration for actively participating in the programme.

ANSTA general meeting

Kohima, February 22 (mexN): The All Nagaland Teachers Association has convened a General Meeting on 24th Feb’ 2016 at CANSSEA Hall Kohima at 10:00 a.m. to discuss pressing issues of the Association. All the executives of Central ANSTA, District and Sub-Divisional Units Officer Bearers and Advisors of the Association are requested to attend the meeting positively.

Army recruitment rally at Kohima

moN, February 22 (Dipr): The Army Recruiting Office Rangapahar will be conducting a recruitment rally at Indira Gandhi Stadium, Kohima from April 5 to 7, exclusively for all districts of Nagaland for enrollment of male candidates in soldier general duty, soldier technical, soldier tradesmen and soldier clerk/ SKT/IM category.

Therefore, publicity posters with important instructions to candidate's eligibility, documents require and procedure for online registrations are placed at DPRO's office, State Bank of India, private Bus stand and other important public places of Mon town. For those candidates who have no internet facility can avail the service of the NIC, at DC office, Mon for online registration.

Ashaa Village Council meeting

WoKha, February 22 (mexN): The Ashaa Village Council has convened a general Public meeting on February 27 at Government Primary School compound Ashaa Village. All responsible and villagers are requested to attain without failed.

DC Mon informs on arms license

moN, February 22 (Dipr): The Deputy Commissioner Mon has informed to all the Arms License holder under Mon district that the verification of Arms Licenses for creation of Unique Number for all existing and new licenses is extended by the Ministry of Home Affairs till March 31. Therefore, all Arms license holders are directed to submit their license for verification under the ongoing National Database of Arms License (NDAL) exercise on or before March 31.

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Can 'dismiss' new arunachal Rongmei delegation conducts interactive tour in Manipur government, says sC new Delhi, February 22 (Tnn): Although dissident Congress leader Kalikho Pul was sworn in as chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh with the support of 18 rebel Congress MLAs and 11 BJP legislators, clouds of uncertainty still hover over the new government with the Supreme Court on Monday hinting that the new government would have to be dismissed if the governor's decision to advance the assembly session was declared unconstitutional.

A five-judge constitution bench of Justices J S Khehar, Dipak Misra, Madan B Lokur, P C Ghose and N V Ramana said that the court had the power to set the clock back when the advocates appearing for former chief minister Nabam Tuki sought the court's urgent intervention against "illegal" swearingin of Paul as the ninth chief minister of the state.

Senior advocates Fali S Nariman and Kapil Sibal pleaded for immediate intervention contending that it would be difficult for the court to put the clock back with the new government taking charge in the state. The bench, however, asserted that the court had the "strength" to put the clock back and the apex court had done it earlier as well.

The top court made it clear that if the bench declared governor's decision to advance the assembly

Arunachal media houses not to entertain government news, ads iTanagar, February 22 (PTi): Expressing displeasure over non-release of four-year long pending advertisement bills, the media houses in Arunachal Pradesh have threatened not to entertain government news and advertisement till they are cleared by February 29. The decision was taken in an emergency meeting held on Sunday at Arunachal Press Club attended by representatives of different media associations like Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalists and Arunachal Electronic Media Association and newspaper owners.

Nabam Tuki aide joins Pul’s camp iTanagar, February 22 (PTi): Few days after swearing-in of Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul, a close aide of former Chief Minister Nabam Tuki today shifted his allegiance to Pul. Likha Saaya has joined my team of legislators, Pul said in a statement. With this, the Pul camp has 20 legislators including himself with two Independents and 11 BJP MLAs supporting it from outside in the 60-member house.

The Chief Minister claimed that 12 more MLAs were expected to support him for a strong and stable government in the state. Some more MLAs were kept under pressure, he said. On Tuki’s allegations that his government was unconstitutional, Pul said “The government can never be unconstitutional. One who has the required magic number forms the government.” Dissident Congress leader Pul (46) was sworn in as the 9th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh on February 19 with the support of 18 rebel Congress MLAs and two Independents and 11 BJP MLAs giving outside support. His swearing-in came a day after the Supreme Court vacated its interim order to maintain status quo in the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly. session from January 14 to December 16 as unconstitutional and illegal, then all exercise and subsequent developments after December 16 would also go.

Senior advocate T R Andhyarujina, appearing for governor J P Rjkhowa,

also admitted that the removal of the speaker and the chief minister would not stand the test of law if the decision to advance the session was declared unconstitutional.

The bench said that it would conclude the hear-

ing and pass its verdict very soon on whether the governor had discretionary power to advance the assembly session on his own and without consulting the government of the day.

It said that if the removal of the chief minister was quashed, then the swearing-in of new chief minister might stand null.

"It is a very important issue. Although the issue has come from a small state of Arunachal, it would have a wider implications and our order is going to affect all other states," the bench said.

Sibal said that there was no "constitutional morality" in the governor's decision to appoint the new government when the matter was being heard by the apex court. He said that a new kind of experiment was being done in Arunachal, which was against the constitution.

Pul, 46, was sworn in as the ninth Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh on Friday with the support of 18 rebel Congress MLAs, and two Independents and 11 BJP MLAs who gave outside support.

The new government was formed after the President's rule was revoked in the state by Centre on the recommendation of the governor. The Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee, however, claimed that Pul and 18 other dissidents were no longer its members.

DimaPur, February 22 (mexn): A joint team of Rongmei Naga People’s Organisation (RNPO) and Rongmei Council Nagaland (RCN) undertook a five-day long tour of Manipur from February 15 and interacted with various sections of people at Imphal and Tamenglong district.

According to a press note from RCN President Chingkhiulung informed that, among other places, the team visited Luangkao village, the birth place of freedom fighter Rani Gaidinliu in Tamenglong on February 16 where they were accorded a warm welcome by the villager. The team also observed the 23rd death anniversary of Rani Gaidinliu at the village.

During the function, public figures from Assam, Nagaland and Manipur including ADC and Naga national leaders were present to observe the Death Anniversary of Rani Gaidinliu, it informed.

Addressing the gathering, RNPO

Team visits Rani Gaidinliu’s birthplace and proposes setting up development committee under RNPO which will take up the cudgels for the development of the area

President G Namgai focused on the importance of preserving and promoting the rich cultural heritage of ‘our forefathers’ verbally passed down to their progeny.

RCN President Chingkhiulung Gonmei also expressed dismay at the lackadaisical attitude and negligence of the Centre and concerned state government who despite 23 years of Gaidinliu’s death, left the birth place unattended without basic amenities and deliberately ignored development of rural roads in the area while residents continue to remain in abject poverty for long.

Adivasi agitation for ST status disrupts railway services guwahaTi, February 22 (hT): Nearly 5,000 Adivasis staged a rail blockade at the Kokrajhar railway station in western Assam to demand their inclusion in the scheduled tribe (ST) category on Monday morning, disrupting the movement of trains in the state.

The agitation was held under the aegis of the Adivasi National Convention Committee (ANCC), a conglomerate of 13 Adivasi organisations.

The rail blockade, which began at 8 am, affected the

movement of several trains in the Northeast Frontier (NF) section, including the Dibrugarh-New Delhi Brahmaputra Mail and the Tinsukia-New Delhi Avadh Assam Express. “We had to divert many trains due to the agitation. Another agitation at the New Cooch Behar railway station in West Bengal, which has been going on for the last two days, also caused inconvenience to travellers,” said NF Railway spokesperson N Bhattacharyya.

Security personnel were also deployed in and

CCTV cameras of exam centre damaged ANTA calls for road restoration Our Correspondent Imphal | February 22

Unidentified persons damaged 14 CCTV cameras at a Class XII examination centre here on Monday following which the police are now in search of the miscreants.

Out of 18 CCTV cameras being fitted at Sawombung Birmangol College, 14 were found broken just before the examination conducted by Council of Higher Secondary Education, Manipur (COHSEM) was to begin. The installation of CCTVs was taken up by the council to prevent mass copying by students.

An official team from COHSEM took stock of the situation and condemned the incident. A complaint has been lodged with Sawombung Police Station regarding the incident and police are now in search of the miscreants.

A few days back, there were reports protesting against the installation of as many as 18 CCTV cameras at Sawombung Birmangol College for the Class XII examination which began today.

Altogether 27,238 students are appearing in the council exam at 68 centres spread across the state. The number of students from the arts stream appearing in

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New CJ of Meghalaya to be sworn in on Feb 24

Shillong, February 22 (PTi): Justice Dinesh Maheshwari, a senior judge of the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court, will be sworn in as Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court on Wednesday. Governor V Shanmuganathan will administer the oath of office to Justice Maheshwari at 10 AM at the Raj Bhavan here, officials said today. Chief Justice Uma Nath Singh of the court retired on January 14 last. Since then the lone judge at the High Court, Justice S R Sen has been discharging as the Acting Chief Justice.

'Concerned' M'laya CM meets Prez Shillong, February 22 (Tnn): In the wake of the political developments in Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya chief minister Mukul Sangma, Shillong MP Vincent Pala and several other senior Congress leaders called on President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi on Saturday night to express their apprehensions of a similar "experiment" by BJP to oust elected governments in other northeastern states. The move came following the swearing-in of Kalikho Pul as chief minister of Arunchal Pradesh. The lone Rajya Sabha member from Meghalaya, Wansuk Syiem of Congress, Thokchom Meinya (Manipur), former Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Nabam Tuki and Congress general secretary in-charge of Northeast V Narayanasamy were among the Congress leaders who met the President and expressed apprehension that attempts were being made to a "create communal divide" and implicate leaders from the northeastern states in "false" cases.

15 endangered loggerhead sea turtles seized Shillong, February 22 (PTi): Fifteen endangered loggerhead turtles which were being smuggled out to Bangladesh through Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district, have been seized by BSF. The turtles were found today in a bag left by the smugglers at the side of a road at Dumnikora area of the district during a chase by the force personnel, BSF spokesperson said.

The BSF personnel, who were deployed in the area, got suspicious and chased two motorcycle-borne persons who were carrying the bag this morning and were proceeding from Baghmara to Gasuapara on NH-62.

The spokesperson said when the two were asked by the BSF to stop, they revved up speed and fled dropping the bag containing the turtles, which were being smuggled to Bangladesh. The loggerhead turtles are protected under schedule I and IV of Indian Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 and have a huge demand in the international market for their medicinal value.

the examination this year is 6,681 while in science stream and commerce, the number of students is 19,968 and 589 respectively.

Cheating during such examinations by students is often reported from several centres in Manipur. In view of such disturbances, the authorities have clamped prohibitory orders under section 144 of CrPC in and around all the examination centres.

Separate teams from several student bodies are also visiting the examination centres to ensure effectiveness and efficiency to COHSEM in overseeing the conduct of the Class XII examination.

DimaPur, February 22 (mexn): The Anal Naga Tangpi (ANTA) today expressed its deep shock to learn about the depilated Bailey Bridge at Liwa Sarie over Pallel-Chandel.

The road stretching around 17 Km, connecting Thoubal District and Imphal-Moreh NH, serve as a lifeline for different section of the people but have remained unrepaired since 2004, ANTA President Kohring Victor informed in a press note.

“Who is going to repair the bridge, PWD or BRTF?” ANTA posed adding that the public

want to know the same. In this regard, ANTA urged the concerned contractor to resume the construction work as the rainy season is approaching.

ANTA expressed belief in peace and development of Chandel District and stated that restoration of the road will particularly enhance the same. The public are facing severe hardship for want of good work since 2004, it maintained.

ANTA further urged the civil societies in Chandel District and public to solve this matter before everything goes “against our wishes.”

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guwahaTi, February 22 (PTi): Assam Governor P B Acharya today took strong exception to the state Congress chief's statement alleging delay of ratification of the appointment NCHAC chief executive member and said he always acted in a neutral manner.

"The Raj Bhawan takes exception to the stated views of the state Congress President and clarifies that the Hon'ble Governor has always acted in a neutral manner befitting the position held by him," a Raj Bhawan release said.

A news item in a section of the media recently stated that the state Congress President Anjan Dutta has criticised the Governor for allegedly delaying the ratification of the appointment of North Cacher Hills Autonomous Council's Chief Executive Member.

"If Dita has indeed made such statements, they are nothing but baseless aspersions cast on the Governor who holds the highest office in the state," the release said.

"A false and baseless accusation to even think that the Governor has acted in any manner which is tantamount to showing any favour to anybody," it said.

"The Governor has as always acted in a neutral manner within the powers bestowed upon him as per the 6th Schedule of the Constitution and has not shown any favour to anybody or hindered anybody's interests," it said.

agarTala, February 22 (ianS): Congress leaders in Tripura are sharply divided over a possible alliance the party may forge with the Left parties in the West Bengal assembly elections. Tripura Congress president Birajit Sinha and some others say they will abide by any decision of the central leaders but opposition leader Sudip Roy Barman of the Congress and his fathercum-former chief minister Samir Ranjan Barman are strongly opposed to any alliance with the Left.

"We will abide by whatever decision the central leadership takes over the issue," Tripura Pradesh Congress chief Birajit Sinha said on Monday.

"The CPI-M (Com-

munist Party of IndiaMarxist) is a policy-less party, it has no principles.

People threw it out from power. Now it is again keen to return to power riding on the shoulder of Congress," Samir Ranjan Barman told reporters.

Sudip Roy Barman had sent a note to Congress president Sonia Gandhi arguing against the alliance with the Left in West Bengal, saying it will prove "harmful" to the Congress.

"Let us not forget that about 50,000 committed workers and leaders of the Congress were killed mercilessly by the CPI-M during their 34 years rule in West Bengal," Sudip Roy Barman said. His note, made available to IANS, said: "The CPI-M had al-

ways tried to tarnish the image of Rajiv Gandhi and Indira Gandhi and always put Communism higher than patriotism."

But another senior Congress leader, Tapas Dey, said that it was due to the wrongdoing of the Barmans that the Congress was dislodged from power in 1993 in Tripura.

The ruling CPI-M ridiculed the comments of Congress leaders. "The CPI-M has urged all democratic and secular parties to forge an alliance in West Bengal," CPI-M central committee member Gautam Das told reporters. He accused Tripura Congress leaders of having propped up terrorist outfits in a bid to oust the Left Front government in Tripura in 1988.

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The visiting team and the village authority held a meeting and proposed to set up a development committee under RNPO who will take up the cudgels for the development of the areas through various initiatives, the press note further informed.

On the return journey, the team halted a day at Longmai sector to attend a revival crusade being held at Longmai Baptist Church Part-I and also held a meeting at Noney to discuss on better co-ordination and communication amongst the members of concerned councils of Manipur, Assam and Nagaland.

The team also held a meeting at Noney to discuss better co-ordination and communication amongst the members of concerned councils of Manipur, Assam and Nagaland for which another meeting has been scheduled to be held at Imphal on February 26. The team also visited the sites where railway tunnels are being constructed, the release informed.

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The Centre has been considering according the ST status to six tribal communities in Assam, including the Adivasis, Koch Rajbongshis, Chutiyas, Morans, Motoks and Tai Ahoms. Though talks are being held between the state and central governments and representatives of the six communities in this regard, the matter is stuck at the Register General of India’s office.

“Adivasis fall in the ST

category in other states of the country but not in Assam. Both the BJP and the Congress have issued promise after promise for according us the ST status, but the situation continues to remain the same,” said Bir Singh Munda, a member of the ANCC. The Adivasi community comprises various sub-tribes, including the Mundas, Kharias, Orangs and Bheels. Many of them were brought to the region during the British Raj to work in the state’s tea plantations.

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No. HC(K)12/2014/REG/226-227/ This is for general information that pursuant to the decision given by the National Legal Services Authority, a National Lok Adalat shall be held on 29th February, 2016 at 1:00 P.M. in the premises of the Gauhati High Court Kohima Bench at Kohima for disposal of the MAC cases. The concerned parties i.e. the Insurance Companies, the State Govt. and the claimants or authorized representatives are requested to be present so that the cases can be disposed of on settlement between the parties. All concerned are requested to make the National Lok Adalat as success.

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2. That I am the wife of Late Hopongkiu was serving as Constable DEF, Tuensang Nagaland now expired as such I am competent to swear this affidavit.

3. That the contains of the statement made by my Late husband Hopongkiu Yimchunger and sworn in before Magistrate, Chessore dated 05.06.85, regarding change of his name from KUMTSU to Hopongkiu Yimchunger is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

4. That this affidavit shall stand as a piece of evidence and that it shall be kept in records for any future rectification/ correction if any complication that may arise with regard to my Late Husband’s name and herein it shall be used for all my future records, correspondence and official purposes.

5. That the above statements made are true to the best of my knowledge and no material has been concealed herein and I signed this affidavit before the competent authority on 22nd Feb. 2016.

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opens largest India Post rides e-commerce wave Adidas centralised facility as villagers turn online shoppers of sporting goods ALWAR, FEBRUARY 22 (AgEnciEs): With his rickety bicycle and sackcloth mail bag, 62-yearold postman Chet Ram does not look like a worker at the vanguard of an ecommerce revolution delivering everything from mobile phones to cow manure.

He pedals miles each day in rural Rajasthan, ferrying packages and taking payments in cash because most of his customers do not have bank accounts, let alone credit cards.

The dawn of online shopping is changing the lives of people in rural areas — and is breathing new life into the ailing India Post, which has struggled with a huge deficit for years.

In the past two years the 160-year-old postal giant has tied up with 400 e-commerce companies, including Amazon and Flipkart to deliver a range of goods.

It deploys its vast network of about 460,000 employees across 155,000

$800 million (about ₹5,500 crore) average annual deficit and improve profitability at its 140,000 rural post offices.

Indian postman Ratan Lal handles parcels for delivery at a post office of a village in the Rajasthan district of Neemrana.

post offices to take goods to customers in remote areas.

Government clerk Surinder Singh Yadav from rural Ula Hedi village in Neemrana district says the dawn of e-commerce has transformed shopping for his family, who now nudge him to order products they see advertised on televi-

sion.

“These companies give us a variety we don’t get in our local markets, quality at competitive rates and a doorstep delivery,” said Yadav, as he accepted delivery of a spray paint machine.

India Post, founded under colonial rule in 1854, hopes the huge

growth of e-commerce will enable it to reverse its financial situation.

The value of cash-ondelivery parcels handled by the postal department is expected to register a 300 percent increase by the end of this financial year compared with last year, India Post said.

It hopes to slash its

the region’s bigger post offices. Many rural people are new to the Internet and wary of e-commerce, preferring to hand over money only after receiving the goods.

Part of the firms’ success has been driven by giving customers the chance to pay cash on delivery — although it takes up to two days to find out if a parcel was accepted by a distant recipient.

“It has given a sense of empowerment to customers,” said KC Verma, an assistant superintendent at a post office in Behror, near Neemrana. One such customer is Sudesh Yadav, a farmer’s wife in Daulat Singh Pura village in Neemrana who refused to accept her parcel of a car cleaning kit.

“The company has sent the order almost a week late,” she told the postman who had cycled to her home on a cold January morning. “We have already purchased it from a nearby town. Take it back,” she said.

Online cOmmerce The absence of reliable private delivery companies outside the big cities led India Post to step in to fill the gap.

“Until recently, people in these rural areas had aspirations but no means to access the market,” Kavery Banerjee, secretary of India Post, told AFP. “Now we are delivering women’s clothes and electronic gadgets even in remote regions like Leh and Ladakh,” she added.

It has been a huge success, with parcel deliveries increasing 15-fold to 75,000 daily deliveries in the past two years.

But the rural terrain, where roads can be poor and infrastructure patchy, poses challenges. Most small post offices, like the one in Neemrana, depend on unreliable public transport to collect parcels from

Income Tax department to mine PAN data, trace fund flow trail nEW DELhi, FEBRUARY 22 (FinAnciAL ExpREss): Kept closely under wraps, a new project being readied by the Income Tax Department ahead of the upcoming Budget could provide fresh ammunition to the NDA government’s fight against domestic black money. Code named ‘Project Insight’, the scheme is focused on extensive data mining and the processing of the details available about the country’s 22.94 crore PAN (permanent account number) allottees, with the specific intention of monitoring fund flows across identities and accounts. The aim is to generate an actionable audit trail of high value transactions by way of sequenced transaction history of an individual or entity, where a PAN number has been quoted, in any part of the country.

Project Insight, according to

officials involved in the exercise, is to be implemented in a phased manner during the three-year period spanning 2016-18. The upcoming Budget is likely to spell out details of the first phase of this project, which is likely to rank tax assesses based on the chain of transactions and the value undertaken by them on the basis of the quoted PAN number, so that the authorities could focus their efforts on going after the highest value targets first.

“The project will build on the capacity of the Income Tax Department to access information and apply technology driven-analytical tools to expose evasion, besides improving its ability to detect large cash withdrawals, or large cash transactions that enter the system.

Project Insight aims to comprehensively mine the data collat-

ed,” an official said.

The finance ministry had last year floated a tender worth over Rs 150 crore to select a managed service provider for developing a data warehousing and business intelligence back end for implementation of ‘Project Insight’.

This involved buying data analytics software and the peripheral infrastructure accompanying it.

The PAN is the unique identifier which is used by the tax department to link and analyse various transactions relating to the taxpayers and the income tax law mandates quoting of PAN for specified transactions above a threshold including purchase of immovable and movable property, bank deposits and financial assets.

The Finance Act 1998 made quoting of PAN compulsory for a number of transactions such as

opening of bank account and deposit exceeding Rs 50,000. As a result, Section 139A of the Income Tax Act, read with rules 114B and 114C, makes quoting of PAN compulsory for certain transactions.

The idea is that these transactions will contain PAN which can then be matched with the declarations made by the taxpayers.

However, the rules allow for persons not having PAN to file form no. 60 and those having agricultural income to file form no.

61. The CAG 2011 report found widespread misuse of this facility and even companies that are compulsorily required to file returns of income used these forms.

According to the a March 2015 report of the Tax Research Cell of the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, a major part of the information remained unutilised and there was no uniform

Duolingo launches app in Hindi l e i s u r e nEW DELhi, FEBRUARY 22 (iAns): Online language education platform Duolingo on Monday launched in India the Duolingo app in Hindi so that the natives can learn English and other languages easily.

“In developing markets like India, learning English is crucial to people’s professional development and can double or triple their income potential. Our goal is to give everyone in India the best possible language education money can buy, but for free,” Duolingo’s cofounder and CEO, said in a statement.

The new app is has been completely customised for Hindi speakers.

Hindi speakers can learn English with Duolingo, while Indian natives who already speak English can choose from 16 other languages. According to the Duolingo, it is the most downloaded education app worldwide for Android, iOS and Windows Phone devices.

‘5G, IoT & cloud will disrupt every industry in 2016’ BARcELonA, FEBRUARY 22 (iAns): Digital disruption will come to every industry in 2016, Ericsson president and CEO Hans Vestberg said at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) here on Monday and made announcements regarding 5G, Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing. “Digital disruption will come to every industry in 2016. Today’s announcements -- together with the hundreds of demonstrations we will show at MWC -- clearly demonstrate the strength of our portfolio and our capabilities as an Information And Communications Technology (ICT) transformation partner,” Vestberg said in a statement.

“Our portfolio is constantly evolving to keep pace with customer demands. Now, with industries and even whole societies being disrupted by mobility, broadband and cloud, we are accelerating our own transformation,” he added. At the event, Vestberg identified 5G, IoT and cloud as the hottest topics in the ICT industry -- and made major announcements in each area.

He said that Ericsson, being a leading researcher for 5G pre-standardisation, has agreements with 20 major operators around the world to work together on 5G -- more than any other vendor. 5G radio test-bed field trials will start in 2016 and Ericsson is active in aligning industry time plans to assure the commercial launch of 5G in 2020.

Vestberg announced that Ericsson is collaborating with AT&T to bring the operator’s Digital Life solution -which uses IoT technology to transform home security and automation -- to service providers outside the US. IoT, for a laymen, is a futuristic system where you can control almost everything -- from TV to refrigerator, from air-cooling to coffee machine -- with your smartphone. Ericsson also announced plans to form a global business, technology and services alliance with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to accelerate cloud transformation for telecom service providers.

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GMS l Khel, Kohima village Governor proposes to award common 1st govt school to launch NaGc people excelling in various fields Kohima, February 22 (DiPr): Nagaland State Social Welfare Board (NSSWB) officially launched the Nagaland Adolescent Girls’ Club (NAGC) at Government Middle School L. Khel, Kohima village in the presence of its Chairperson, Bano Vinito Chishi on February 22.

During the launching ceremony, Bano highlighted that NAGC is a platform where many issues confronting our society, particularly regarding girl children, can be voiced and addressed. Maintaining that “when we learn we are in power”, she asked all the members to relate and get well acquainted with their fellow friends. She also acknowledged it is a privi-

lege to be part and parcel of the club and further appealed to all the affiliated members to make the best use of it and be an agent of change.

Secretary NSSWB, Daisy Mezhür spoke on the motto, ‘Live the promise’, where she said that the school is the first government school to have officially launched the NAGC. Stating that many times we make promises and break it again, she urged the people present to form a habit of firm determination to come back and live the promise. In light of the high sexual abuses happening in the schools, the NSSWB has come up with its own emergency phone outreach service #Dial 1098 for children in need of care

and protection, she added.

She also emphasized on the importance of ‘Dignity of labour’ irrespective of gender and having prayer meetings at home so as to develop a sense of closeness which she felt is the need of the hour.

Ruovinuo Kiewhuo, who gave the introduction of NAGC, said that NSSWB was formed in May 2008.

She also informed that so far, NAGC has been introduced in six schools in Kohima, two in Wokha and two in Jalukie.

Interacting with IPR personnel, Head Teacher, K. Celine said that as of now the school has enrolled 267 students, but the number is expected to increase as the admission of new students is still going on.

Kohima, February 22 (DiPr): In an effort to empower the common people, Governor of Nagaland & Assam PB Acharya has asked to identify the common people who are proponent and have excelled in indigenous fields such as agriculture, herbal medicines, and indigenous games. He said this while interacting with the representatives of various institutions and agencies such as Nagaland University, The Global Open University Nagaland, ICFAI, India Red Cross Society (IRCS), Raja Sanik Board (RSB), and Bharat Scouts and Guides (BSG) at Raj Bhavan on February 22.

The Governor, who is also the Chairman/ Rector/, Visitor of the above

organizations, said implementation of the Centre and State welfare flagship schemes like Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jeeva Jyoti Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojna, Pradhan Mantri Sukanya Samriddhi Account, Pradhan Mantri Atal Pension Yojna, Swachh Bharat, Krishi Ambani Bima Yojna etc, is not only the responsibility of the Government agencies but also the responsibility of the empowered agencies/ autonomous bodies.

During the meeting, it was also decided that a committee of ten members each from Indian Red Cross Society, Rajya Sainik Board, and Bharat Scouts and Guides in each district will work on

reaching the above mentioned welfare flagship programmes to the common people. Meanwhile, the other above institutes and agencies will also implement in their concerned areas.

Acharya also directed them to submit monthly report on the implementation of the above schemes.

He further asked the agencies to identify the achievers in various fields like agriculture/ fisheries, voluntarily providing treatment to the people with indigenous herbal medicine, industry & commerce, social workers and proponent of indigenous games etc, to confer awards. The Governor has proposed to introduce Acharya awards for those who have excelled in the above fields.

Watsu Mungdang organizes essay contest to celebrate Women’s Day Students asked to be Para Legal Volunteers moKoKchuNg, February 22 (mexN): The Watsu Mungdang is organizing a college level essay competition to commemorate International Women's Day on March 8, 2016. The topic of the competition is "Value of women is not merely that of a birth machine", which is excerpted from a prize winning essay entitled "If I were a king" by Luke Sasong while studying B.A at Calcutta University, a press release from Watsu Mungdang President, Mo-

achila and Secretary, Toshimenla Walling informed.

The modalities for the competition are: • Maximum word limit - 1500 words • Essays to be collected by the respective institution at their convenient date and submitted to the Watsü Mungdang Office latest by March 4, 2016.

• Prizes will be cash award and certificates: 1st Prize – Rs. 5,000/-, 2nd Prize – Rs. 3,000/-, 3rd Prize – Rs 2,000/-; Consolation

Prizes – Rs 500/- each.

• Participants may be both boys and girls.

• The essay can be written either in Ao or English.

• All participants must submit the following particulars along with their essay - Name and Class of Student; Institution in which he/she is studying; Contact number.

For further details, contact: email - Watsumungdang@gmail.com, mobile phone - 9436006936/ 9856542619.

DimaPur, February 22 (mexN): The Dimapur District Legal Services Authority (DDLSA) organized a legal awareness programme for students of Saku Mission College, Dimapur on February 22.

A press release received here informed that the vice principal of the college in the welcome speech stated that there is a need for such kind of legal seminars and awareness programmes for students to make the people aware of their legal

rights and fundamental duties. In today’s society, there is rampant corruption taking place and it is necessary for every individual to know their basic legal right, the vice principal stated.

Meanwhile, speaking as resource persons, Panel Lawyers of DDLSA, Esther K Aye and Limasenla Longkumer, covered topics on Consumer Protection Act, Functions of DLSA and Role of PLVs, Cyber Crimes, RTI and Immoral Traffick-

MEx FILE CANSSEA meeting on Feb 26 Kohima, February 22 (mexN): As per the decision during the General Conference of CANSSEA on May 22, 2015 regarding formation of Kohima District CANSSEA unit, a meeting will be held with all Head of Offices of Kohima district on February 26 at Central CANSSEA Office at 3:00 pm. The meeting will discuss on formation of Kohima District CANSSEA unit and election of new office bearers for the same, a press release from CANSSEA President, Takatoba Aier and General Secretary, Dr. R. Elithung Lotha informed. All concerned have been requested to attend the meeting.

Governor Acharya to grace Discover North East Yatra Kohima, February 22 (DiPr): Department of Art and Culture in collaboration with NEZCC Dimapur is organizing ‘Discover North East Yatra 2016’ on February 23 at State Academy Hall, Kohima. Governor of Nagaland PB Acharya will grace the occasion as the chief guest. The programme will be attended by artists from different parts of the country. In the programme, Director of Art and Culture, Kohima, Vevo Sapuh will deliver the welcome address, while NEZCC official will give the introductory speech.

NSF on birth certificates issue Kohima, February 22 (mexN): The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) while sharing its concern regarding the recent issue on birth certificates issued by the Government of Nagaland to residents of Assam has appealed to the Government of Nagaland to expedite the clarification process of the documents. In a press statement, NSF Secretary Education and Editor Müphatho Nyuthe impressed upon the Nagaland government to thoroughly investigate and strictly examine the documents received from the Government of Assam and authenticate every single document and nullify/ cancel any forged or illicitly procured documents. The Federation further stated that it will monitor the issue and will not allow any individual or agency to obtain such important document through illegal means.

ing Prevention Act. The students were asked to contribute their services as Para Legal Volunteers to enable free legal aid. The students can act as a bridge between the court and the marginalized section of the society, it was stated. They were also encouraged to use RTI (Right to Information) as a weapon to check on corruptions in the society.

The programme was Angami Sekrenyi festival at Tuophema attended by students, Kohima, February 22 (mexN): Angami Sekrenyi principal and faculty of (Phousanyi) festival 2016 will be celebrated from Februthe college. ary 26 to 27 in Tuophema village, about 41 km away from state capital Kohima. MLA Namri Nchang will grace the occasion as the chief guest. The inaugural function, commencing 10:00 am, will be chaired by Kechangulie Kense. Tuophema Village Council chairman Pfuduolhou Kense will deliver welcome address. Day one (February 26) of the event will be marked by folk tune, folk dance, folk song and mass Tuophema folk dance. Day two (February 27) will be marked by folk song competition, traditional yelling competition, indigenous games competition, top spinning, indigenous catapult, muzzle loading gun shooting and spear kicking. All competitions will have cash awards for the first and second winners. Indigenous games competition is open to both national and international tourists, while entry fee of Rs. 500 will have to be paid for each competition.

KPA students offer condolences Transformation Crusade to begin Feb 24 in Kohima ZuNheboto, February 22 (mexN): The 2009-2012 batch of Khelhoshe Polytechnic Atoizu (KPA), Zunheboto has expressed condolences to the bereaved family of Er. Imti, who passed away on February 20 at KPA. Er. Imti was a lecturer in the Electrical Engineering branch at KPA. A condolence message from Aga Rengma on behalf of the KPA ’09-’12 Batch Forum said, “Per-

sonally, he was not my branch lecturer but he was always a good friend with the patience to listen to his students’ grievances.

He was also behind most of the activities of the students encouraging and as advisor that brought about some changes to the lone Engineering institute in the state.” He shall be remembered as one of the patrons to the students’ community, the note added.

ZAPO general session on Feb 27 Kohima, February 22 (mexN): The 43rd general session of Zuketsa Area Public Organization (ZAPO) will be held on February 27 at ZAPO Hall, Zuketsa town in Phek. Senowekha K. Kenye, Director, Geology & Min-

ing will be the main speaker.

ZAPO has invited all Kuzha Netho Ketshü Gazetted officers, retired gazetted officers, office bearers of ZAPO town units and leaders of various organizations to attend the session.

PMEGP beneficiaries informed

Kohima, February 22 (mexN): All the beneficiaries of PMEGP for the year 2015-2016 under Zunheboto district have been informed that there will be an emergency meeting on February 26, 10:00 am at District In-

dustries office premises.

All the beneficiaries have been requested to attend the said meeting without fail to discuss the matter relating to non-sanction of loan. Those who fail to attend the meeting will be liable to a fine of Rs. 500.

Morung Express News Kohima | February 22

With the theme "Arise and Shine", the Transformation Crusade 2016 will begin on February 24 in Kohima at Khuochiezie (Local Ground). The Crusade, to be held at 4:30 pm every evening, will continue till March 6.

In a press conference on February 21 at Khuochiezie, the organisers informed that the Crusade which began in 2013 was initiated through a "vision" to bring revival in Nagaland which will lead to total transformation to the people. It is an interdenominational crusade where believers from various denominations in Nagaland participate.

Khotuo Yaotsu, Chairman, Transformation Crusade reminisced the revival in the 60s and 70s which had greatly impacted Naga society, however, he also regretted that the revival could not sustain for long.

With a desire to witness another crusade again, Yaotsu also cited some factors that have led to the extinction of the revival – “failure to fully grasp God's word, commu-

DC Kohima notifies on arms license

Organisers of Transformation Crusade 2016 during the press conference in Kohima on February 22.

nication gap, wrong concept of beliefs etc.”

The organisers also claimed that the Transformation Crusade has seen testimonies of various “Satanic worshippers” who had been transformed after the Crusade. The organisers also stated that traditional churches today are not able to tackle problems such as “Satanic worshipping which leads to mental delusion, depression, loneliness, insomnia among youths.”

The Crusade will focus

on various religious themes such as "Causes to devil worship and doorways to demons", "Symptoms and dangers of devil worship and demon possession", "Inner healing of the soul and emotions", "Spiritual nurture and growth".

The Crusade will include 40-50 Counsellors, including a special counselling for alcoholics. The focus of the crusade is youth; however, it is open for all citizens in Kohima.

The speakers for the Crusade are Rev. Zotuo

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as “Aa ba ki po” and even brought out the Holy Bible in Tenyidie (Ketholeshü).

Tenyidie in use today is the colloquial language of the people of Kohima and surrounding villages. I, being from Viswema village; though Angami, speaks “chokri” type of language and so learning the modern “Tenyidie” needed some efforts initially as there are many differences such as Dog is called “Tepfii” in Tenyidie while in Viswedzii it is called “Ohi”. During my school days at the then Baptist English School, Kohima, I became the laughing stock many times while making some mistakes in the pronunciation in Tenyidie (which our called “Kewhidzü” meaning language of the Kewhimia or language of Kohima village); which made me cautious and a bit reluctant to speak in that language at that time. Similarly, we laugh at the slight mistakes in pronunciations made by those

who are trying to speak English and thereby discourage him/ her not to learn the English language and made it difficult to make it into the Lingua Franca in our state.

However, since it is the official language and is taught in schools and colleges, our youth have an advantage in competitive exams and adapting to work places outside our state; while some youths from some other states who study in their vernacular medium have to go through the process of learning English to compete or adapt.

In the 1950-80’s in Kohima town; Angami (Tenyiedie) language was widely used and even those who migrated from other parts of Nagaland and other states could speak “Angami”. Even today, we find some Rajasthani old man who can converse in Angami/Tenyidie. But towards the end; it became reduced to “Zutho ba me?” only. This trend has since changed

with the new found lingua franca “Nagamese”. I am not saying we should not learn Nagamese or for that matter any other language; but just that, some Angami families have become more convenient conversing in Nagamese and their children are not able to speak their own mother tongue. Tenyidie is now in the Universities. However, for a language to survive, a population should speak or converse in that language.

And what is a language without people to converse with? These days our children call us as “Papa”/ “Apa” and “Mummy”/ “Ama” instead of “Apuo” and “Azuo” and we have accepted it, which may be one of the many factors for the UNESCO’s Language Vitality and Endangerment Framework, to put Angami language at the level of “vulnerable” category.

“Hoi nah no hoi’?

Rusovil John Viswema rusoviljohn@yahoo.co.in

Workshop by ASU & Path Finders Kohima, February 22 (mexN): Angami Students’ Union (ASU) in collaboration with Path Finders will be holding the 7th series of workshop under the one year project "The Morung: Heart of listening and back to one's roots" at ASU office in Kohima on February 27 at 10:30am. The speaker for the series is Visier Sanyü Meyasetsu, who will speak on the topic "Rethinking of a New Angami Identity". The ASU has invited elders, intellectuals and student representatives for the talk.

Interested participants can contact and confirm their presence through these numbers: 9402816910 or 9612678999, informed Tsiu Seyie, Education Secretary, ASU.

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Angami: The “Vulnerable” Language of Nagaland

nder the UNESCO’s Language Vitality and Endangerment Framework, Angami language has been kept at the level of “vulnerable” meaning that it is still spoken by most children but “may be restricted to certain domains.” In 2001, there is an estimate of 125,000 first language (L1) Angami speakers (Angami language, Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia). Besides English, Nagamese has become the lingua franca among the Nagas. Angami is a tribe in Nagaland and Manipur (Govt. of Manipur web).

The language spoken by this tribe is called “Angami”/ “Tenyidie”. It is interesting to note that though outsiders call the language “Angami” there are many variations from village to village. With modern education; the Angami language developed and came to be known as Tenyidie (Language of the Tenyimi people) such

Kiewhuo, Pastor, Koinonia Baptist Church and Principal of Kohima College; Velavoyi Keyho, Pastor, Phezoucha Nagamese Baptist Church Kohima; Rev. Dr Zelhou Keyho, General Secretary, NBCC; Rev. Moa Longchari, Senior Pastor, Baptist Mission Church; Mezhüsevi Zütso, Lecturer, Kohima Bible College; Rev. Neivotso Neikha, Mission Director, North East India Christian Revival Church; and Rokopra Mekro, Asst.

Pastor, Koinonia Baptist Church

Kohima, February 22 (DiPr): The Deputy Commissioner of Kohima, Rovilatuo Mor, has notified to all the defaulting arms license holders to produce their license and furnish required particulars in prescribed format latest by March 18, 2016 alongwith a photo copy of the arms license and one recent passport size photo of the license holder (scanned photo not accepted). Forms can be collected and submitted in the office of Deputy Commissioner, Kohima and office of ADC Tseminyu and Chiephobozou. The DC has also informed that the NDAL Project for digitization of the records of arms license and issue of Unique Identification Number (UIN) to all the licenses has been extended till March 31, 2016. Arms license without the UIN will become invalid after March 31, 2016.

North-East expectations from upcoming Union Budget 2016-17 for sustaining long-term growth

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he upcoming Union Budget 2016-17 will likely come good on FM Arun Jaitley’s promise to continue the government’s public spending push in North-East India and the Budget will strengthen the growth boosters in this region.

The one sector that needs special attention is agriculture. This is dependent on public investment.

Public spending on irrigation and agricultural research and technology are critical for long term growth of the sector. Spending on agricultural extension system will enhance productivity in rural areas where most of the poor reside.

The budget needs to address the needs of farmers and give the agricultural

sector top priority. Yields from farming have to be improved to provide for future generations of NorthEast region. We need to get better at employment generation, for this, private investment, too has to be encouraged.

Infrastructure is a major issue in the NE region.

Investments in infrastructure are essential to maintain growth momentum.

The coming Budget needs to focus on development of infrastructure to push the acceleration of economic growth in NE region. I expect greater outlays for infrastructure projects in this region which will not only enhance the standard of the NE region’s infrastructure but also provide large scale employment oppor-

tunities to our youths.

The Budget for infrastructure development should be allocated appropriately to ensure that the amazing ‘Make in India’ campaign can turn into reality in this region sooner rather than later.

Some of the projects that should be given emphasis are- roads, rail, port facilities, power plants- hydroelectricity and solar, electricity, improved accessibility to potable water, improved facilities at hospitals, development of educational infrastructure, promote start-up and entrepreneurial ventures in the North-East region.

The government has been dwelling on social issues such as upliftment of the rural sector, mitigation

of adverse weather effects on agriculture. Increased spending on health and education are imperative for sustaining long term growth in this region. The health sector should be given a substantial allocation in the budget and students of NE region encouraged studying medicine. To this effect, the cost of pursuing medical studies should be moderated.

At last, the government could also look at innovative schemes and incentivise private sector employment generation. This way, we could better harness the demographic dividend of the NE region and manufacturing should be given boost.

Prof Mithilesh Kumar Sinha Finance Officer, Nagaland University, Lumami

The Morung Express “Public Space” is to provide space for the opinions of the people to be expressed and heard through this newspaper. Nonetheless, The Morung Express points out that the opinions expressed in the contents published in the “Public Space” do not reflect the views and position of the newspaper or the editor.

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express volume Xi issue 51

Revisiting the Naga Heart

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t a time when Nagas are faced with pockets of internal strife, blatant corruption, violence and impunity, complacency and indifference, and the few voices of dissent are being stifled, and the civil society organizations that are meant to stand up for the public good are being co-opted by the powers that it, there is a pressing need to revisit the Naga heart.

The Naga heart is the pulse, the heart beat and the life blood of the people’s existence. It is the thread that runs through the Naga peoples’ future, past and present. It is the unifying factor and the critical solidarity in their search for realization of their aspirations to be fully human. But the Nagas first need to acknowledge that the Naga heart has been hurt, that it is in pain, and has been traumatized. It is by acknowledging how profoundly the Naga Heart has been hurt that the process of reviving the Naga heart is made possible.

The Naga heart needs to rediscover the idea of being a Naga which was founded on shared desire and aspiration, a common history, the circle of inter-dependence and allegiance, and the Naga character. Reviving the Naga heart means rediscovering its capacity to embrace and transcend the identities that shapes their existential realities of the present times.

In other words, the core of it implies, defining who they are. It raises the issue of self-definition.

The Naga heart transcends all colonial constructs. It begins with defining the name Naga from a Naga perspective. Hence, the Naga is a generic term that represents the self-conscious collective political identity of sovereign “village-states.” While each of these ‘village-state’ has their own language, culture and social system, they have by way of historical forces been consciously representing their “common public character” through an active self, namely, the Naga.

Therefore, having a common past and historical inheritance, the Naga “cultural community” by virtue of exercising their right to decide their own future, is transformed into a “political community.” The Nagas as a “political community testifies to the existence of a common project for the future.” which is reflected in the struggle to freely determine their own political status, as well as pursue their social, economic and cultural future.

Furthermore, the Naga heart embodies mindfulness. It resonates with the truth, to work for the common good, and implies speaking truth to power and upholding the values of justice. The Naga heart recognizes that a shared future is sustainable when the values of a shared humanity are upheld.

It begins with the understanding that the notion of “Right” means “Right Relationship,” since this form of relationship best determines the future of a shared humanity.

In this way, the Naga heart can be revived through critical consciousness, by embracing the other, through transcending identities, overcoming notions of Right and replacing it with the idea of Justice. The Naga shared future is like a web which comprises many strands that weaves their future, past and present into one. At the core lies the Naga heart and its ability to redefine and shape Right relationships with the other.

The Naga heart is currently informing the Naga people that a reconciled and shared Naga aspiration is the best opportunity for the people to claim their rightful place in the history of humanity. It means dreaming dreams. Therefore, as Paulo Freire would say, the dream is a demand, a condition that becomes ongoing in the history that we make and that makes and remakes us. The dream becomes a necessity in creating and embracing a shared imagination because only the Naga people can weave the future of their dream.

lEfT WING |

Lindsey Weedston Yes Magazine

Meet the Indigenous Ecofeminists of the Amazon

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or episode two of A Woman’s Place, Kassidy Brown and Allison Rapson traveled to Ecuador and ventured deep into the Amazon rainforest. There, issues of indigenous rights and the rights of women intersect in many ways. Corporate exploitation of indigenous land directly affects women who rely on natural resources for important aspects of their culture and daily lives.

This is one reason why Brown and Rapson sought out Nina Gualinga, a member of the Ecuadorian Kichwa tribe, internationally known for her indigenous rights activism. “In every episode we tried to address a different angle of feminism and a different way that it could be expressed,” Rapson said. For Brown and Rapson, Gualinga represented the power of eco-feminism, which combines environmentalism with feminist theory.

“We were struck by lots of things, but really it was just understanding her relationship to Mother Earth,” Rapson explained. “It’s a very personal relationship, and fighting for the planet, for them, is like fighting for a really powerful woman who needs their protection.”

The episode explains how, after oil companies began exploiting their land for fossil fuels, the Kichwa people protested, sued the government, and convinced the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to force oil companies out of Kichwa territory. But even though Kichwa women stood up to Big Oil and won, they still have to be vigilant. For Gualinga, and other Ecuadorian women interviewed for this episode, the capitalist system that threatens their land is also a key element of the modern patriarchy.

“It’s the kind of capitalism where big oil is coming in with a very masculine approach,” said Brown. “With the worst form of masculinity—aggressive, not listening to the community leaders, and not hearing what the people want.”

“All people have both feminine and masculine attributes.

It’s not that all men are bad and it’s not that all masculine expression is bad,” Rapson said. “It’s that we are living with the remnants of an outdated and antiquated system.”

Gualinga says another obstacle indigenous women face is the stereotype that their communities are “primitive.” So when she brought Brown and Rapson to her village of Sarayaku, Gualinga showed them how Kichwa people have mixed modern technology with ancient traditions. The village uses solar panels for electricity—and Rapson explained that they even have their own “tech center”—while things like traditional teas and beauty products are still made by hand.

“It’s incredible to walk around the forest with Nina. She would pull this flower and tell us about how this oil would clear up your skin,” said Brown. “Then she would pull another thing that I would never recognize out of the rest of the foliage and say ‘This is great for your hair, it will make it longer and stronger.’ They have what they need there.”

This is part of the reason protecting their land is so important to the Kichwa.“It’s kind of like someone coming into your town and saying ‘I’m going to destroy your grocery store and your bank and your beauty salon,’” explained Rapson. “‘I’m going to literally take every aspect of your life—everything involved in how you live every day-to-day moment—and I’m going to get rid of all of that.’” Because when Gualinga and her fellow tribe members talk about protecting their environment, it’s more than just land. It’s protecting their history, their traditions, and their culture.

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Dale Hess Waging Nonviolence

Uncovering the secret 50-year history of struggle in West Papua

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lthough West Papua is less than 80 miles from Boigu Island, Australia’s northern point, very few Australians know much about it. It is a beautiful land, but it is shrouded in secrecy. Part of the secrecy arises because it is currently under militarily occupation by Indonesia. The Indonesian government has enforced a policy to keep foreign journalists out of West Papua in an effort to prevent stories of human rights abuses, economic exploitation, and lack of health and educational services, which are being experienced by indigenous Papuans, from reaching the outside world. The Indonesian authorities do not want others to know of Papuan struggles to achieve merdeka — a word in the Indonesian and Malay language for independence, liberation, identity, human dignity, self-reliance, material and spiritual satisfaction.

Jason MacLeod, a Quaker educator, organizer and researcher, has written an astounding book — “Merdeka and the Morning Star: Civil Resistance in West Papua” — in which he gives an in-depth analysis of this struggle, the most protracted violent conflict in the Pacific. He writes from both an academic and a practitioner viewpoint. He tells that as a 19year old he dropped out of university and traveled to Papua New Guinea in search of adventure. In a remote area on the Keram River he collapsed with cerebral malaria, and it was only because of the efforts of two Papuan health workers that his life was spared. This experience led him to a life’s journey of solidarity with the Papuan people. His research is based on 14 years of interviews with over 150 groups and individuals, participant observation and dialogue, and the facilitation of skill-building community workshops on strategic nonviolent action with over 450 Papuan activists. Crucially, it is also informed by current theory of civil resistance.

He begins by relating the historical and political background to the conflict. Belatedly, in 1961, the Dutch created a Papuan national legislature and the Morning Star flag was adopted by the Papuans as their symbol. These events led to an invasion of West Papua by Indonesia, and in 1962 the Kennedy administration brokered the New York Agreement, which gave Indonesia administrative control of West Papua. The Papuans were not involved, nor consulted, in this process. Under the New York Agreement, a referendum for self-determination was to be carried out, but instead of allowing universal adult suffrage, Indonesian authorities handpicked 1,025 participants. Then the military terrorized villagers and executed those who dissented — declaring, at that point, that Papuans were 100 percent in favor of integration with Indonesia. The result was not challenged at the time or later. The Indonesian government interprets their control of West Papua as being sanctioned by the United Nations, while the overwhelming majority of Papuans feel the process was a sham and they have not been given a chance to choose whether or not they wish to be part of Indonesia.

Resolution of the problem is very complex.

Aside from the denial of self-determination, the issues of racism, state violence (over 100,000 Papuans are estimated to have been killed), economic exploitation (e.g. large-scale projects like the Freeport-McMoRan/Rio Tinto mine, and logging) and migration (estimated to reduce the Papuan population from 96 percent in 1971 to just 29 percent by 2020) add interactive layers of direct, structural and cultural violence. MacLeod quotes research by Erica Chenoweth and Maria Stephan’s 2011 book Why Civil Resistance Works, showing that nonviolent campaigns are more than twice as effective than violent campaigns in achieving national liberation, democracy and equal rights. But secession struggles against occupation are more difficult, and the chances of fully achieving success for either violent

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his year’s World Economic Forum opened with a dire warning for girls and women. According to a new report by the forum’s organizers, women’s employment and economic prospects—which have been improving globally, but still lag behind men’s—risk suffering a major setback in the decades to come.

The culprit? Experts predict that the next industrial revolution, sometimes referred to as the “fourth” or “robot” revolution, will see staple jobs and businesses uprooted by automated technologies. In the new economy, girls and women face a double-edged sword: they will be overrepresented in routine roles at risk for displacement by automation, and underrepresented in the professions that will gain in value—including science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

This warning does not have to be our fate. It’s a wake-up call of what could happen if we stand back and allow technological trends to shape the future in undesirable ways. Instead, we can proactively design an economy that opens doors for girls and women and, ultimately, drives economic progress and global security for everyone.

While World Economic Forum experts are right to encourage measures to boost women’s participation in STEM education and STEM jobs, a narrow focus on this approach risks overlooking the root of the problem. Women are less likely to work in the most respected fields because of the broader gender gaps that persist in health, education and political and economic rights, par-

or nonviolent campaigns fall dramatically.

After exploring the dimensions of problem, MacLeod outlines the sources of Indonesian power in West Papua and the strategies employed to maintain state control. This perceptive analysis of the root causes of the conflict, the opponent’s sources of power and their strategies of rule provides essential information to develop civil resistance strategy.

Papuan civil resistance has a long, largely unknown history stretching back to the 1850s. Making these stories known, stories that give a collective identity to Papuans and strengthen civil resistance, was a prime reason why MacLeod wrote this book. He provides a critical analysis of the strategies, as well as the successes and failures of case studies, missed opportunities and the evolution from sporadic protests to unified campaigns. Over time there has been a transition from armed struggle in the mountains or jungles of the interior towards unarmed resistance in urban areas, carried out by younger Papuans. MacLeod provides an analysis of the dynamics, which has led to these shifts, a transition that is still going on.

In his last chapter MacLeod offers a framework for nonviolent liberation. He argues that success hinges on increased movement participation, enhanced strategic skillfulness, greater unity, the ability to attract greater support from within Indonesia and also internationally, and taking advantage of political opportunities. He admits the immense difficulty of the task, but affirms that civil resistance has already achieved some notable advances. For example, Papuans launched a widespread and successful campaign to sink plans for a third province; Papuan women market-sellers’ launched a campaign to establish their own marketplace in Jayapura, the capital; and Papuan landowners and environmentalists ousted BHP Billiton and its plans to build a nickel smelter on Gag Island in Raja Ampat, the world’s most diverse marine environment. In 2007, there was a massive strike by Freeport mine workers, which saw the formation of the first independent trade union in West Papua and brought 40 percent participation — including highlanders, islanders and migrant workers — to win a 98 percent wage increase for the lowest paid mine workers. Another successful strike in 2011 had 52 percent participation

and increased the number of international allies.

Finally, and most recently, MacLeod captures the drama and excitement of events leading up to the 2015 United Liberation Movement of West Papua’s application for membership to the Melanesian Spearhead Group, or MSG [read about this case in a published excerpt]. This action represents the internationalizing of the West Papuan issue, which is exactly what Jakarta was trying to avoid.

“Merdeka and the Morning Star” gives a discerning overview of the current situation in West Papua and provides a vision of the potential of nonviolent civil resistance. It lifts the veil of secrecy of the injustice and violence inflicted on the Papuan people in this troubled land, and allows us to hear their cry for merdeka. But the struggle will be long and difficult, more difficult than bringing down a dictator, because it must be waged in three places simultaneously — within West Papua, within the centers of power and the society of Indonesia, and internationally. It is further complicated by the immense wealth of West Papua, which brings in entrenched interests of the Indonesian government, the Indonesian military and intelligence services, and transnational corporations. The struggle must also confront the underlying issue, which is the basis of occupation: the issue of racism.

MacLeod offers hope to Papuans in their struggle by giving a strategic framework to understand how civil resistance works and what needs to be done to achieve success. It does this by pushing our thinking about the elements of waging nonviolence in secessionist or self-determination contexts; bringing together insights from community organizing and civil resistance mobilizing in the context of an anti-colonial struggle; integrating insights from theories on revolution; and articulating a methodology for participatory action research of civil resistance struggles.

It should also be of help to people waging anticolonial struggles in places such as Palestine, Tibet, Kanaky, Maohi Nui, Nagaland, Western Sahara and elsewhere. It also encourages outsiders to become involved in the movement and to explore what it might mean to accompany West Papuans and others, living under occupation, in their nonviolent struggle for peace and justice.

Strong economies start with girls and women — not robots Katja iversen ticularly in the developing world.

Put differently, girls and women will compete ably in the new economy if they are given the chance to become educated not child brides or teenage mothers.

Fortunately, we are well aware of the investments that set girls and women up for success: Access to essential health services throughout the course of her life, so that she can stay healthy, decide if and when to become pregnant and set goals for her future.

Quality and comprehensive education, so that she can discover her passion and master 21st century skills. Laws and rights that provide the foundation for a life free of violence and discrimination.

These and other investments in girls’ and women’s wellbeing are effective, are affordable and produce a huge positive ripple effect. They are investments that society has a collective, vested interest in prioritizing. Because women deliver—much more than babies.

Ensuring bright employment and economic prospects for girls and women benefits everyone. Strong,

healthy and educated girls and women are the bedrock of a thriving economy. When there is no limit to what a girl can achieve in her lifetime— no boundaries preventing her from reaching her full potential—communities thrive, economies grow and nations become more resilient. A 2015 report estimated that advancing gender equality would add US$12 trillion to global GDP in one decade. Achieving it would add $37 trillion.

Rather than fearing new technologies, it is important to look for opportunities to harness technology to supplement and accelerate investments in girls’ and women’s health, education and rights. Historically, technology has been man-made and man-owned. For example, despite women constituting the majority of the agricultural work force, men are often the primary designers and adopters of agricultural innovations. Men are also far more likely than women to have access to new communications technologies such as the Internet and mobile phones, which grant privileged access to expanded networks and information.

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More innovations designed by women, for women, could be transformative for key sectors like agriculture, energy, communications and transportation. To meet the challenges of the 21st century head on, women’s creative, intellectual and entrepreneurial potential must be fully engaged, and girls and women should benefit equally from groundbreaking technologies.

The “robot” revolution is not the first disruption to the job market, and it will not be the last. A sustainable response is to ensure that whenever the rules of the economy may change, girls and women will be standing on solid and equal footing alongside their male counterparts, instead of racing to catch up. Investments in girls’ and women’s health, rights and wellbeing will pave the way.

It is comforting that world influencers like Bill and Melinda Gates used the platform in Davos to pledge to prioritize girls and women’s health, rights and empowerment, and many others are following suit. At the Women Deliver 2016 Conference in Copenhagen this May, advocates and leaders from around the world will focus on solutions and how to make the new Sustainable Development Goals matter for girls and women. But they don’t have to wait until May for this vital conversation, because Davos is a great place to start it.

The next industrial revolution can be a leap forward for women and for everyone. We can’t afford otherwise.

Katja Iversen is CEO of Women Deliver, a leading global advocate for girls’ and women’s health, rights, and wellbeing.

Women Deliver believes that when the world invests in girls and women, everybody wins.

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How Far Can We Get Without Flying?

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’m a climate scientist who doesn’t fly.

I try to avoid burning fossil fuels, because it’s clear that doing so causes real harm to humans and to nonhumans, today and far into the future. I don’t like harming others, so I don’t fly. Back in 2010, though, I was awash in cognitive dissonance. My awareness of global warming had risen to a fever pitch, but I hadn’t yet made real changes to my daily life. This disconnect made me feel panicked and disempowered.

Then one evening in 2011, I gathered my utility bills and did some Internet research.

I looked up the amounts of carbon dioxide emitted by burning a gallon of gasoline and a therm (about 100 cubic feet) of natural gas, I found an estimate for emissions from producing the food for a typical American diet and an estimate for generating a kilowatt-hour of electricity in California, and I averaged the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Environmental Protection Agency estimates for CO2 emissions per mile from flying. With these data, I made a basic pie chart of my personal greenhouse gas emissions for 2010.

This picture came as a surprise. I’d assumed that electricity and driving were my largest sources of emissions. Instead, it turned out that the 50,000 miles I’d flown that year (two international and half a dozen domestic flights, typical for postdocs in the sciences who are expected to attend conferences and meetings) utterly dominated my emissions.

Hour for hour, there’s no better way to warm the planet than to fly in a plane. If you fly coach from Los Angeles to Paris and back, you’ve just emitted 3 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere, 10 times what an average

Kenyan emits in an entire year. Flying first class doubles these numbers.

However, the total climate impact of planes is likely two to three times greater than the impact from the CO2 emissions alone.

This is because planes emit mono-nitrogen oxides into the upper troposphere, form contrails, and seed cirrus clouds with aerosols from fuel combustion. These three effects enhance warming in the short term. (Note that the charts in this article exclude these effects.)

Given the high climate impact, why is it that so many environmentalists still choose to fly so much? I know climate activists who fly a hundred thousand miles per year. I know scientists who fly about as much but “just don’t think about it.” I even have a friend who blogged on the importance of bringing reusable water bottles on flights in order to pre-empt the miniature disposable bottles of water the attendants hand out. Although she saved around 0.04 kilograms of CO2 by refusing the disposable bottle, her flight to Asia emitted more than 4,000 kilograms, equivalent to some 100,000 bottles. I suspect that most people simply don’t know the huge impact of their flying—but I also suspect that many of us are addicted to it. We’ve come to see flying as an inalienable right, a benefit of 21st-century living that we take for granted.

The quantitative estimates of my emissions guided me as I set about resolving the dissonance between my principles and my actions. I began to change my daily life. I began to change myself.

My first change was to start bicycling. I began by biking the 6 miles to work, which turned out to be much more fun than driving (and about as fast). It felt like flying.

When a climate scientist decided to stop flying to cut his carbon emissions, he caught a glimpse of the post-oil future Peter Kalmus Yes Magazine Those extra few pounds melted off. Statistically speaking, I can expect biking to add a year to my life through reduced risk of cardiovascular disease.

Other moves away from fossil fuels turned out to be satisfying as well. I began growing food, first in the backyard and then in the front, and I discovered that homegrown food tastes far better than anything you can buy. I began composting, an honest and philosophical practice. I tried vegetarianism and found that I prefer it to eating meat; I have more energy, and food somehow tastes better. I began keeping bees and chickens, planting fruit trees, rescuing discarded food, reusing greywater, and helping others in my community do the same.

I stopped taking food, water, air, fuel, electricity, clothing, community, and biodiversity for granted. I became grateful for every moment and more aware of how my thoughts and actions in this moment con-

nect to other moments and to other beings.

I began to experience that everyday things are miracles: an avocado, a frame of honeycomb crowded with bees, a conversation with my son. Now, I feel more connected to the world around me, and I see that fossil fuels actually stood in the way of realizing those connections. If you take one idea from this article, let it be this: Life without fossil fuels is fun and satisfying, and this is the best reason to change.

But none of these changes had the quantitative impact of quitting flying. By 2013, my annual emissions had fallen well below the global mean.

I experienced a lot of social pressure to fly, so it took me three years to quit. Not flying for vacations was relatively easy. I live in California, and my wife and I love backpacking. We drive on waste vegetable oil, but even normal cars are better than flying. Four people on a plane produce 10 to 20 times as much CO2 as those same people driving a 25 to 50 mpg car the same distance.

My wife and I drive 2,000 veggie oil miles to Illinois each year to visit our parents.

Along the way, we sleep under the stars in the Utah wilderness. This is adventure travel, the opposite of fast travel, and it has deepened my relationship with my parents.

After such a journey, I more easily see how precious my time with them is.

Not flying is an ongoing challenge as I progress in my scientific career, but I’m finding that I can thrive by doing good work and making the most of regional conferences and teleconferencing. Not flying does hold back my career to some extent, but I accept this, and I expect the social climate

to change as more scientists stop flying.

In today’s world, we’re still socially rewarded for burning fossil fuels. We equate frequent flying with success; we rack up our “miles.” This is backward: Burning fossil fuels does real harm to the biosphere, to our children, and to countless generations— and it should, therefore, be regarded as socially unacceptable.

In the post-carbon future, it’s unlikely that there will be commercial plane travel on today’s scale. Biofuel is currently the only petroleum substitute suitable for commercial flight. In practice, this means waste vegetable oil, but there isn’t enough to go around. In 2010, the world produced 216 million gallons of jet fuel per day but only about half as much vegetable oil, much of which is eaten; leftover oil from fryers is already in high demand. This suggests that even if we were to squander our limited biofuel on planes, only the ultrarich would be able to afford them.

Instead, chances are that we’ll live nearer to our friends and loved ones, and we won’t be expected to travel so far for work.

Those both seem like good things to me.

With the world population approaching 8 billion, my reduction obviously can’t solve global warming. But by changing ourselves in more than merely incremental ways, I believe we contribute to opening social and political space for large-scale change. We tell a new story by changing how we live.

Dr. Peter Kalmus wrote this article for Life After Oil, the Spring 2016 issue of YES! Magazine. Peter is an atmospheric scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (speaking on his own behalf) and a contributing editor for YES! Magazine.

The Bravest Response to Fear

Jeremy Adam Smith was riding the commuter train in September with my 11-year-old son. As we pulled into our station, a man followed us off the train and tried to throw me onto the tracks in front of an incoming train.

I was not seriously hurt, but my son was traumatized. In the weeks that followed, he had stomachaches and headaches. To this day, when he sees someone who seems homeless or schizophrenic—an everyday sight where we live—he gives them a wide berth, clings to me, hides.

This is what violence does: It burns fear into our brains, and the fear shapes our behavior.

I’ve thought about this a great deal in the wake of the terrorist attacks during the past few months in places like Paris, Beirut, San Bernardino, and Baghdad. The political responses to Paris and San Bernardino, in particular, have revealed a profound fissure in American life, one defined by fear.

On one side of the divide stand 31 governors who immediately said they would refuse to accept refugees from Syria, fearing that some may be terrorists. One GOP candidate, Donald Trump, has even called for systematically spying on mosques and issuing special IDs to Muslims. On the other side stand leaders like President Obama and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who have both called for compassion for the refugees and alliances with Muslims.

This is not surprising. Fear of outsiders is a thread that runs through the history of this nation of immigrants, and it’s a fear we’ve seen growing since the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001.

But what is new is the degree to which the fear is spreading over social media, with many people vicariously traumatized by pictures and video of the violence in Paris being shared and discussed, over and over again, on their Facebook walls. The terrorists themselves have fueled this fear by posting grisly, sharable videos and pictures online. Fear is always contagious, but what makes this fear especially resilient is the way it is becoming part of our online identities.

On a deep visceral level, images of violence in our Facebook feeds trigger raw physical fear for one’s own safety, which involves a fight-orflight response. This I understand very well.

When I was attacked, my body mobilized all its resources to survive, to which all other, more principled considerations took a back seat. If I could have shifted my weight to throw my attacker onto the tracks as he tried to push me off the platform, I would have done it, morality be damned.

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But when we see images of political violence, we can add to this animal desire to live a special kind of fear—fear of out-groups, in this case Muslims of Middle Eastern origin. Just as my son’s fear is based in reality, so this fear is not without justification. Real people died in Paris and San Bernardino, killed by terrorists who called themselves (however wrongly) Muslims.

Indeed, fear exists for a very good evolutionary reason: It helps us to avoid threats. In the case of out-groups, we imagine that might entail the threat of disease or competition for resources, in addition to the kind of intergroup violence we’re seeing on social media and TV. No one in his or her right mind wants any of that coming home.

The trouble is that we have a natural tendency to exaggerate threats, a hard-wired psychological propensity called negativity bias. In experiments by researchers like Princeton’s Susan Fiske and NYU’s David Amodio, fear of out-groups specifically activates evolutionarily ancient brain areas like the amygdala. This is the most animal part of our brains, primarily concerned with our own selfish survival. This is the part of me that fought back on the train platform, the part that cared not a bit about right and wrong.

What happens when that amoral animal urge takes over groups? Susan Fiske once told me that human beings are extremely social animals who are very dependent on our group membership for food, shelter and security. As a result, “We care deeply about our in-groups.

But the downside is that you’re then excluding people who are not in the in-group.”

This might have been necessary when our ancestors lived in small huddled bands of fewer than 300 people. But in a global civilization bound together by mass migration and worldwide communication networks, an unchecked in-group lens can distort reality, driving people apart who should be working together to reach common goals like stopping terrorism.

Research by C. Daryl Cameron and others finds that people will switch off their natural compassion and empathy when they feel threatened by the out-group. This is the mechanism that makes them seem less human—and permits us to refuse to provide help when it is needed.

Conservatives like the ones who are calling for mosques to be closed often do believe in compassion, charity, and generosity. In fact, their rates of charitable giving can be high relative to other groups. However, conservatives tend to conserve their compassion for ingroups, while liberals try to extend compassion and empathy to out-groups as well.

This brand of fear-based reasoning leads to huge distortions in public policy: The GOP mounted a campaign to bar 10,000 Syrian ref-

ugees from the United States because of the perceived terrorist threat. In a House vote last month, 242 Republicans voted to suspend the program allowing Syrian and Iraqi refugees into the United States; 47 Democrats joined them. At the same time, this GOP has defeated any efforts to control the flow of guns in the United States. As CNN reported in October, gun violence has killed more than 400,000 Americans since 2001, while terrorist attacks have killed just 3,380. This is a textbook example of how fear of out-groups can cause us to address the wrong problems.

Fear doesn’t just hurt the targets. Decades of research show that chronically feeling fear and stress is terrible for our physical and mental health. When media and politicians constantly fan fear, they may actually inflict profound harm on their audiences.

So how to overcome fear? The first step is to correctly identify it and to observe the fear without judgment. It’s perfectly normal to try to avoid threats. But human beings move toward threats every day, sometimes to defend the lives of other people. This is what we call courage— and courage very much depends on what you consider to be a worthy, meaningful goal.

Does courage consist of defying “political correctness” and attacking Muslims as a group?

Or is it courageous to try to help refugees from war in the Middle East, even at a risk to ourselves? We’ll deem helping other people as brave if we are willing to see them as members of the human family. This is exactly what Obama tried to do in a speech at the G20 Summit.

“The people who are fleeing Syria are the most harmed by terrorism, they are the most vulnerable as a consequence of civil war and strife,” he said. “They are parents, they are children, they are orphans, and it is very important ... that we do not close our hearts to these victims of such violence.”

He added: “When I hear folks say that, well, maybe we should just admit the Christians but not the Muslims, when I hear political leaders suggesting that there would be a religious test for which person who’s fleeing from a war-torn country is admitted ... that’s shameful. That’s not American, it’s not who we are. We don’t have religious tests to our compassion.”

That is courage, in my view, and it echoes what I have tried to tell my son about the troubled street people we encounter every day: that they were children once, just like him, who were often afflicted by disease and abuse. I tell my son that most of them pose no danger to us.

In fact, they need our help—and sometimes, giving people help is the bravest thing you can do.

This article originally appeared in UC Berkeley's Greater Good

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Technology and Changing Society: A Critical View Seyiekhotuo Chücha Asst. Prof. (Dept. of Sociology) St. Joseph’s College Jakhama

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echnology is the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems. It is also defined as the application of knowledge and usage of tools and techniques to control one’s environment. Technological advancement has made the world a great and a convenient place to live in. There is no denying of the fact that technology makes lives better and easier.

We are living in an era of technological advancement, especially that of the information technology, where at a press of a button on your handset everything is displayed on your screen. We get the latest news and information about the happenings around us. Technology has no doubt helped us in many ways for instance in education, it give easy access to information, social networking, improved communication system etc.

However there are many areas that we have overlooked. For instance information technology has improved the communication system but we have become strangers to the person living next door.

We are witnessing a rapid change in the interaction and relation of human with fellow being. We are alienated from our own being in many respects.

Allow me to share some personal experiences. As I grew up, side by side, there was also tremendous advancement in technology but this technology has segregated us from one another.

I still can recall the fond memories of my childhood days. When I was young I spend time with my parents listening to them, their advices, their stories etc.

I still remember the times I spent with friends in the neighbourhood (those were the days before technology overtook). Today, what we see is totally a different picture, children’s don’t have time

to sit with their parents instead they are too busy with their gadgets and children think it’s a waste of time sitting with their parents and elders and listening to them.

During our college days we are not much exposed to technology and therefore whenever there are any assignments we made use of the college library books to finish our assignments. Now students rush for internet for their assignments, I don’t deny the helpfulness of the internet but my point is- the habit of reading is declining and moreover the authenticity and creditability of the materials we get from the internet can be questioned.

Recreation in those days involves physical strength which keeps the body active and healthy. Today recreation is of different types however it involves less physical strength (e.g. computer games) and therefore is prone to attract different health related problems.

There is an adverse affect on the culture too. Many of the cultural values are also degrading. When we were young, our parent always tells us that it is the obligation of the younger one to greet the elders first however this practice is declining. In early days, if a younger one is being first greeted by an elder then it is considered to be a shame. There are many other cultural values and practices that have also been affected by technology.

Men are being alienated from one another. The values of the society are degrading in many ways. Technology also affects the environment in various ways.

There can also be many other anti-social elements which can be associated with the use of technology. Proper socialisation at early age is the need of the hour.

We should spend more time with family and friends. I am not against the use of technology, in fact technology has helped us in various ways, but there should be a balance and it should be used in a positive way. Parents and elders can play an important role by regulating the use of gadgets by the younger ones.

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Pampore gunfight ends after 48 hrs, 3 militants killed srINAGAr, FEbruAry 22 (IANs): The 48-hour long gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Pampore town in which six people, including five security personnel, were killed so far ended on Monday evening with security forces saying they had killed three guerrillas hiding in the JKEDI complex.

"Security forces have killed three militants in the JKEDI (Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute) complex in Pampore town and their bodies have been recovered.

"Firing exchanges have stopped and roomto-room searches of the multi-storeyed building where the militants were hiding are going on," a senior police officer told IANS here.

The 48-hour long gunfight between a group of heavily-armed guerrillas and security forces had started on Saturday when guerrillas attacked a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) bus at Sempora (Pampore) on the SrinagarJammu national highway.

Two CRPF troopers identified as head constable Bhola Prasad and driver constable R.K.Rana had died in that attack, and the

Kashmir institute attacked by terrorists had declined security

Indian army soldiers take their positions near the site of a gunbattle on the outskirts of Srinagar on February 22. (REUTERS Photo)

assailants had fled to the nearby JKEDI complex for shelter.

Security forces immediately surrounded the complex, but the operation against the guerrillas was started only after around 120 trainees and staff members were safely evacuated from the complex.

The army took over the operation against the guerrillas, believed to belong to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit, with a group of spe-

cially-trained para commandos being brought in to flush them out.

However, two officers of the elite Para Regiment - Capt. Pawan Kumar of 10 Para and Capt. Tushar Mahajan of 9 Para regiment who were leading from the front were killed in the operation after they entered the multi-storeyed building which guerrillas were using as a fortified bunker.

Captain Kumar belonged to Haryana's Jind

district in Haryana while Captain Mahajan belonged to Udhampur town in the Jammu region.

Another commando identified as Lance Naik Om Prakash was injured in the operation and succumbed in hospital on Sunday.

A civilian, Abdul Gani Mir of Gundipora village in Pulwama district, who worked as a gardener at the institute was also killed in the gunfight.

As may as 15 other security personnel including an assistant commandant of the CRPF have been injured in the gunfight and are being treated in hospital.

At least 15 protesters were injured in Pampore town on Monday in clashes with security forces.

The protesters had defied curfew-like restrictions and were trying to carry out a march towards the site of the gunfight.

srINAGAr, FEbruAry 22 (IANs): Authorities had in the past proposed that the sprawling Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute (JKEDI) campus located on a strategic arterial road be guarded by police or paramilitary troopers, months before one of the longest gunfights in the history of Kashmir militancy began on Saturday, officials said on Monday.

But the idea was shot down by the institute administration who viewed the presence of security forces as a hurdle for young people, both men and women, who visit the campus to be trained and financed as entrepreneurs in Jammu and Kashmir, particularly Kashmir valley, the officials, who did not want to be named, told IANS. The 3.5 acre campus, housing three large buildings, is located near the saffronproducing town of Pampore, some 12 km from here on the strategic Srinagar-Jammu National Highway - the only surface link that connects the winter and summer capitals of the terror-ravaged state.

The road that also links the summer capital with south Kashmir is the lifeline not only for local supplies but is the only all-weather route used by the army to reach the Srinagar-based 15 Corps headquarters of the Indian Army that is the nerve centre of the fight against militancy in the state. Army convoys keep moving on the road stretch throughout day and night.

"Keeping in view the sensitivity of the area, the police had in the past wanted that the JKEDI complex may be guarded," said

a top official of JKEDI, not wishing to be named.

The official said that he was privy to the proposal mooted by the Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) but the institute management turned it down on the plea that the presence of security forces would deter many young men and women from coming to the institute. "We were not expecting this...it was unforeseeable," the official told IANS, referring to the gunfight between suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba militants and government forces, which has claimed six lives -- a civilian, three soldiers and two paramilitary troopers. The gunfight was still raging.

Another official said that the government wanted security presence at JKEDI because it could have given extra cover to an already highly secured compound housing medium and shortwave radio transmitters of Radio Kashmir, located on the left of the campus. "I think it was not prudent on part of the institute management to refuse the security cover. We didn't even allow a police van to park near the gates of the institute," he said.

The government-funded autonomously-run institute trains and finances young men and women of the jobstarved state to be entrepreneurs. It has so far trained more than 13,000 aspiring entrepreneurs and financed some 5,000 of them with soft loans. The institute has disbursed some Rs.220 crore as seed money and loan amounts to its beneficiaries across the state.

Find solutions to climate Rescued bonded labourers in Time for law to protect men change,energy crisis: PM India to get more compensation from false rape cases: court VArANAsI, FEbruAry 22 (PTI): Citing global problems of climate change, energy crisis and deadly diseases, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked the Indian students to take up the challenge of finding solutions to these through innovation and research instead of merely doing "cut-paste" work.

Addressing the convocation ceremony of the Benares Hindu University (BHU) here, he asked students to "keep the mind receptive and eager to fresh knowledge" even after their formal education was complete.

"I want to throw this challenge before young men and women of this country. Come up with innovations that may help the world in bringing down temperatures a bit, help the humanity overcome the grave energy crisis it is likely to face if renewable and sustainable alternative sources are not found", Modi told the gathering of BHU scholars and academics.

He said students should dream of finding solutions to the problems that are being faced by the country and the world. "Innovation is most important for us... New research, not just to obtain PhDs through cut-paste...," he said.

In the context of energy crisis, he said a solution could emerge through research on how ethanol could be effectively used as a fuel, which would benefit sugarcane farmers as well. He said research is also needed in making renewable energy increasingly viable. .

Pollution in India higher than China: Greenpeace NEw dElHI, FEbruAry 22 (PTI): India has overtaken China’s air pollution levels in 2015 and the average particulate matter exposure was higher for the first time in the 21st century, a Greenpeace analysis of NASA satellite data has shown. “For the first time this century, the average particulate matter exposure was higher for Indian citizens than that of Chinese people.

“China’s strong measures to curb pollution have contributed to the biggest year-on-year air quality improvement on record while in contrast, India’s pollution levels continued a decade-long increase to reach the highest level on record,” Greenpeace India said in a statement.

It said as per World Health Organization (WHO), India is home to 13 out of 20 most polluted cities in the world with deteriorating air pollution levels in the past decade, particularly in North India.

Greenpeace, in its National Air Quality Index (NAQI) ranking report, had earlier said that as many as 15 out of 17 Indian cities with NAQI stations showed levels of air pollution that far exceeded the prescribed Indian standards.

The report had also revealed that 23 of the 32 stations across India are showing more than 70 per cent exceedance of the national standards, putting public health at risk. Greenpeace observed that the most important aspect to fight air pollution is a robust system to curb air pollution in public domain that empowers people to take action to safeguard their health and the government to issue red alerts during bad air days and take policy decisions in the long term.

Jailed actor Sanjay Dutt to walk free on Thursday PuNE, FEbruAry 22 (IANs): Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt is all set to be released from the Yerawada Central Jail here in Maharashtra on Thursday morning, an official source said on Monday. The 56-year-old celebrity prisoner will be released after serving the remainder of his five-year sentence for possession of illegal arms in the March 12, 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case.

Dutt is scheduled to step out of the jail around 9 a.m. on February 25 and will be received by his wife Manyata, children and other family members. The jail authorities have rejected a request for a small 'welcome ceremony' planned by the family on security grounds, in view of a large number of the actor's fans and media contingent expected there, said the official requesting anonymity.

Of the five-year sentence, Dutt has served more than 50 months in two installments, excluding the parole and furlough he was granted at various times on different grounds.

Almost 36 million people are enslaved worldwide, trafficked into brothels, forced into manual labour, stuck in debt bondage or born into servitude, according to the 2014 Global Slavery Index. Nearly half are in India CHENNAI, FEbruAry 22 (THomsoN rEuTErs FouNdATIoN): The government plans a five-fold increase in compensation given to rescued bonded labourers, but campaigners said more must be done to ensure vulnerable people receive the money soon after being rescued, so they can start new lives.

The revised guidelines, awaiting final approval from the Ministry of Labour and Employment, would increase compensation to a minimum of 100,000 rupees from 20,000 rupees, a senior ministry official said.

The first revision of the scheme since 1999 also creates special categories to compensate young children, including orphans, disabled people and girls rescued from begging rings and brothels.

A category for transgenders,

who often end up begging on the streets, has also been created and they will be provided with the maximum compensation of 300,000 rupees. Almost 36 million people are enslaved worldwide, trafficked into brothels, forced into manual labour, stuck in debt bondage or born into servitude, according to the 2014 Global Slavery Index.

Nearly half - 16 million - are in India. Many are lured from poor, rural areas with the promise of good jobs or marriage, but then sold into domestic work, prostitution, brick kilns or textile industries. Most are unpaid or held in debt bondage.

More than a quarter of a million bonded labourers have been compensated since the scheme was put in place in 1978, according to government figures. Until now, each identified bonded labourer is given 2,000 rupees immediately after being rescued and sent back to their home with the promise of an additional 20,000 rupees.

"It's too little and often comes too late," said S. Vasanthi, member of the Thiruvallur district Released Bonded Labour Association in Tamil Nadu.

"Some of us have waited for nearly two years for this amount, which doesn't really help us. How can anyone start

afresh with just 20,000 rupees?"

Between 1978 and 2015, the union and state governments in India have collectively spent nearly 2 billion rupees on rehabilitation assistance for those rescued from bonded labour. But with only 18 of 29 Indian states following the scheme, a substantial proportion of funds are unspent.

The ministry official, who declined to be identified by name, said the central government would take over the scheme to ensure payments were made swiftly. Part of the funds would be put in an annuity scheme for rescued workers to provide a monthly income.

State governments would continue to provide shelter and livelihood options, he said.

T. Kuralmuthan of the nonprofit organisation International Justice Mission said the slow moving wheels of Indian justice were also hampering efforts to help victims. "The release of compensation is linked to the registering of an official complaint and the following police investigations," he said.

"In Tamil Nadu for instance, our case studies show that it takes an average two years for a case of bonded labour to reach the courts." In most cases, full compensation is only released only after this process is completed.

NEw dElHI, FEbruAry 22 (PTI): It is time now to have laws to protect and restore the dignity of men charged with false rape cases as everyone is just fighting to protect the honour of women, a Delhi court has said.

“While laws are being made for protection of women, some of whom may misuse them, nobody talks about the dignity and honour of a man,” Additional Sessions Judge Nivedita Anil Sharma said while acquitting a man of charges of raping a woman known to him in Uttam Nagar area of West Delhi in 2013.

“It may not be possible to restore the dignity and honour of the accused nor compensate him for the humiliation, misery, distress and monetary loss. However, his acquittal may give him some solace. He may also file any case for damages against the prosecutrix, if advised.

“No one discusses about the dignity and honour of a man as all are only fighting for the rights, honour and dignity of women. Laws for protection of women are being made, which may be misused by a woman, but where is the law to protect a man from such a woman where he is being persecuted and implicated in false cases, as in the present case.

Perhaps, now it is the time to take a stand for a man,” the judge said.

a person acquitted of rape charges be considered as a “rape survivor.” The court has said it cannot be ignored that due to this case, the man has suffered humiliation, distress and misery besides litigation expenses.

“His plight may also continue after his acquittal as his implication may have caused an uproar in society but his acquittal may not even be noticed. He would continue to suffer the stigma of being a rape case accused. He has remained in custody for a considerable period,” it noted.

the Case According to the prosecution, the woman had alleged she was raped by the man in October 2013 and also sexually assaulted her oneand-a-half years ago and in that case he was acquitted by a Saket court.

During trial, the man claimed he was innocent and said he knew the woman for five years and she was trying to extort money from him. He had also said that the physical relations between them were consensual.

While acquitting the man, the court held that there were several contradictions in the woman’s statements, which were also not reliable.

It noted that the woman had also filed an affidavit stating she “Can there be a had established physical relations rape survivor?”

The court also pondered whether with the accused on her own will.

Jats protest despite deal; Delhi water restored bAHAdurGArH /dElHI, FEbruAry 22 (rEuTErs): Rural protesters paralysed Haryana on Monday despite a deal giving them more government jobs, but there was relief for New Delhi's 20 million residents as the army retook control of their main water source.

Days of rioting and looting across Haryana by the Jat rural caste have killed at least 16 people and threaten to undermine Prime Minister Narendra Modi's promise of better days for Indians who elected him in 2014 with the largest majority in three decades.

Thousands of troops have been deployed to quell protests, which flared again on Monday near Sonipat as protesters set fire to a freight train. In neighbouring Rajasthan, Jats attacked and burned buses.

A compromise with the Jats brokered by Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday failed to get protesters to clear highway roadblocks. Further talks to end the crisis were set for Monday evening.

Disruption has been huge, with 850 trains can-

celled, 500 factories closed and business losses estimated at $2.9 billion.

"We will continue the protests. The government thinks we will succumb to their pressure tactics but they are making a big mistake by ignoring us," Ramesh Dalal, convenor of the Jat Arakshan Andolan (Jat Reservation Movement), told Reuters.

The army retook control of a canal that supplies threefifths of the capital's water.

Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the army had reopened the sluice gates of the Munak canal to the north of the city. Water was expected to reach the metropolis by early Tuesday. roaDbLoCKs intaCt The Haryana government put the death toll at 16 while police said that, while order was slowly being restored, there were still tensions in some towns as Jats tried to prevent other communities from reopening their shops.

In Bahadurgarh, to the west of Delhi, Jat protesters were out in force, expressing their anger against Modi and demanding writ-

ten assurances of more jobs for their community, which makes up a quarter of Haryana's population.

Many Jats, who number more than 80 million across north India, are farmers whose livelihoods have suffered as families divide farms among their children while two years of drought have harmed their crops.

As a social group they are experiencing downward mobility and missing out on urban job opportunities, explaining their demand for government jobs and student places under affirmative action policies that are typically reserved for deprived groups.

Ramcharan Dekhara, a 52-year-old father of four, has sold his land to pay for his daughter's marriage and now runs a tea shop near National Highway 10. "I am fighting for my sons' future.

The boys are sitting at home and there is nothing they can do at the tea shop," Dekhara told Reuters. "They studied hard to make a new life but now they are wasting time and watching TV all day."

The gulf is most striking on the frontier of Gurgaon, one of Delhi's burgeoning

Residents with their empty containers crowd around a municipal tanker to fetch water in New Delhi on February 22. (REUTERS Photo)

satellite cities, where offices, factories and residential apartments give way suddenly to farmers' fields – many of them tilled by Jats.

The Jats predominantly voted for Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2014 general election, when he won the biggest parliamentary majority in three decades. Months later the BJP won an outright majority in Haryana for the first time.

Although many of the

state's chief ministers have been Jats, the current minister is not. Commentators have faulted him and other BJP leaders for failing to read the social mood and devoting too much attention to issues like cow protection that are a core part of the party's pro-Hindu agenda.

In a familiar pattern, Modi completely ignored the protests, instead launching a broadside on Sunday against unnamed conspira-

tors he accused of trying to undermine his government.

Playing on his own humble origins as the son of a tea seller, or chaiwallah, Modi said: "Some people are not able to digest my prime ministership. They can't digest that a chaiwallah has become PM. "They are now hatching conspiracies every day to finish and defame me," he told farmers in a speech in Odisha.

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‘Feed and Read’ offers alternative to Boko Haram for Nigerian boys YOLA (NigeriA), FebruArY 22 (ThOmsON reuTers FOuNdATiON): For the first time in his life, 17-year-old Muhammed Sani can identify the letters of the English alphabet, read simple sentences in English, such as: “I want to eat” and “I want to go home”.

He can also work out simple mathematical sums.

All this he has learnt over the past six months of attending the “Feed and Read” programme of the American University of Nigeria (AUN) in the northeastern Nigerian city of Yola.

“They also teach us how to be clean and neat,” he said.

Before joining the programme, launched last year, Muhammed divided his time between attending Koranic school and begging for alms on the streets of Yola.

He is one of northern Nigeria’s “almajiri”, young boys who are seen as vulnerable to recruitment by Boko Haram militants, whose six-year insurgency in northern Nigeria has killed thousands and displaced more than two mil-

faced opposition.

“The rumour went round that I was trying to convert the boys to Christianity,” she said, leading her to abandon plans for the university to offer the almajiri some form of free education.

But with the rise of the Boko Haram insurgency and the university’s involvement in caring for those displaced by the conflict, Ensign once again felt a strong need to help the boys. This time, she decided to do things differently.

“We invited the Imams and Malams to campus and explained what we wanted to do,” she said.

In this July 25, 2012 photo, children sit with their slates outside a Koranic school in Bichi village, on the outskirt of Nigeria’s northern city of Kano. (REUTERS File Photo)

lion people.

Almajiri is the Arabic term for someone who leaves home in search of knowledge in Islam. The ancient tradition sees families send their sons thousands of miles from home to boarding schools across

northern Nigeria, where they are left in the care of an Islamic scholar or “Malam”.

Over time, the system became overwhelmed and neglected. Unable to cope, many Malams began sending their wards onto the streets to beg for their up-

keep, leaving them vulnerable to destitution, trafficking and other abuse.

They are also ideal recruits for the Islamist armed group Boko Haram.

According to Nigerian government estimates, there are at least 10 million alma-

jiri children in the northern region.

A few years ago, when AUN President Margee Ensign decided to do more than give money and food to the many young boys who thronged around her at the university’s gates, she

“FEED AND READ” The “Feed and Read” programme is careful not to interfere in any way with the children’s religion or study of the Koran.

The boys attend koranic classes in the daytime, then meet under canopies at the university’s car park in the evenings, for their lessons in basic English and mathematics.

They are also taught vocational and trade skills.

Whenever it is time for prayers, everything stops and the children pray. They

are also fed nutritious meals after each day’s lessons.

The Malams, meanwhile, are given a regular stipend, so they do not suffer any loss of income from the boys not begging on the streets. “At the beginning, the Malams actually came with their boys to ensure they knew exactly what we were doing,” Ensign said.

The 200 boys in the scheme are grouped according to age and time of enrolment, with the curriculum expanding as the boys advance. AUN students teach the classes, as part of their own assessment.

“The reason why we have been successful in this programme is because we work directly with the Malams,” said Joseph Oladimeji, the programme’s coordinator.

One of the aims of the programme is to encourage people to stop referring to the boys as almajiri, a word that tends to have negative connotations.

“We want them to be known as just boys,” he said.

The boys themselves are encouraged to stop seeing themselves as misfits.

Instead of the typical plastic alms bowl given

to them by their Malams, which, says Oladimeji, is a symbol of their itinerant beggar lifestyle, they are given shiny new bowls and cutlery which they leave behind after eating their free meals.

The boys are also taught the basics of personal hygiene. They are regularly issued bars of soap, and any child who arrives unwashed or with dirty clothes is denied his food ration for the day.

“We want to remove that beggar mentality from them,” he said.

At first Ensign provided funds for “Feed and Read” from her own pocket, but as the programme has expanded, the university has begun appealing to international donors through the AUN Foundation, a non-profit based in the United States.

Recently, the university received funding from the Irish government, with which it launched a “Feed and Read” programme for girls in February 2016.

This will target girls who are increasingly taking to the streets, having been orphaned or displaced from their homes by Boko Haram violence.

Death toll from Fiji cyclone mounts China research highlights country’s excess use of antibiotics sYdNeY, FebruArY 22 (reuTers): Fiji began a massive cleanup on Monday after one of the most powerful storms recorded in the southern hemisphere tore through the Pacific island nation, killing 21 people, flattening remote villages and cutting off communications.

Aid agencies warned of a widespread health crisis, particularly in low-lying areas where thousands of Fiji’s 900,000 people live in tin shacks, after crops were wiped out and fresh water supplies blocked.

The Fiji Broadcasting Corp, quoting the country’s National Disaster Management Office, said 21 people had died and four were still missing at sea.

Almost 8,000 people remained hunkered down in hundreds of evacuation centres across Fiji where they had headed before tropical cyclone Winston hit late on Saturday with winds of up to 325 kph (200 mph).

“The death toll from Cyclone Winston continues to rise and reports of widespread damage are coming in from across Fiji,” said New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully. “It is clear that Fiji faces a major cleanup and recovery

operation.”

McCully said a New Zealand Defence Force C-130 would leave for the Fijian capital, Suva, later on Monday with relief supplies and an emergency response team.

The majority of the fatalities were along the western coast and were caused mainly by flying debris and drowning in storm surges, authorities said.

A 36-hour curfew was lifted early on Monday, allowing the Fijian military to ramp up efforts to reach the more remote parts of the archipelago of about 300 islands.

“The Fijians are desperately trying to repair severed lines of communication, but they hold grave fears that the news waiting for them will be dire,” said Raijeli Nicole, Pacific regional director of aid group Oxfam.

“Given the intensity of the storm and the images we have seen so far, there are strong concerns that the death toll won’t stop climbing today and that hundreds of people will have seen their homes and livelihoods completely destroyed.”

Aerial footage of outlying islands taken by the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and posted on the Fiji government’s official website, showed whole villages flattened and flooded.

Nepal suggested to adopt ‘Green Economy’ policy KAThmANdu, FebruArY 22 (iANs): International experts on Monday suggested that Nepal should promote and implement “Green economy” in the country to graduate from a Least Developed Countries (LDC) to a Developing Country. Experts from China, Japan, India and Nepal believed that the implementation of Green Economy will provide a momentous opportunity for the country, which faced a devastating earthquake in 2015 with an economic loss of around $7 billion.

The experts were taking part in a two-day international seminar on Make Nepal Green that kicked off in Kathmandu on Monday, Xinhua reported. “This seminar can bring out successful and practical solutions from the laureates of Alternative Nobel Prize for Green Economy based on the principles of sustainable development,” Monika Griefahn, a German politician and chairperson of Right Livelihood Award Foundation, told the seminar.

Nepal has a target to graduate to the status of a developing country by 2022. Since the majority of the production resources are already available in Nepal, entrepreneurs in the seminar claimed that the implementation of Green Economy will undertake low costing.

Among different elements of the entire Green Economy, organic agriculture and renewable energy is regarded as fully suitable for this Himalayan country.

Huang Ming, founder of Hi-MIN solar in China said: “It is difficult for the developed countries to adopt new changes but the countries like Nepal have a good fortune for solar technology. It is practical and suitable for Nepal.”

At a time when solar energy in Nepal has the potential to generate up to 17 percent of the world’s entire consumption needs, Huang said the solar pathway can lead to a green economy with huge benefits for Nepal.

The two-day seminar is being organised by Support Activities for Poor Producers of Nepal (SAPPROS-Nepal) and Right Livelihood Award Foundation.

Aid agencies were told at a meeting of Fiji’s National Emergency Operations Centre on Monday of potential “catastrophic” damage to Koro Island, Fiji’s seventh-largest island.

“The aerial survey suggested the runway looks OK so they are going to land on this later this afternoon with emergency personal and some supplies,” said Anna Cowley of CARE Australia. Fiji also reopened its main airport at Nadi.

Food and water supplies are a growing concern, even for areas such as Suva that did not suffer as much damage as the more remote regions.

The Consumer Council of Fiji has urged traders not to sell food and other perishable items that have gone bad due to the effects of the cyclone.

The Council’s chief executive Premila Kumar said supermarkets and other food stores should destroy such items.

Survivors spoke of the horror of the cyclone, while aid workers scrambled to help victims. “The noise was deafening. At one point, I turned to my partner and questioned whether we would actually survive,” Sarah Bingham, an Australian on holiday on Tokoriki Island, told Reuters by telephone.

shANghAi, FebruArY 22 (reuTers): Children in China’s eastern Jiangsu province are being widely exposed to antibiotics from tainted food and drinking water, potentially harming long-term health, local media reported on Monday, citing research from Shanghai’s Fudan University.

The study, which tested for 21 common antibiotics, including those used for animals, found traces of at least one type in 80 percent of a pool of 505 schoolchildren in Shanghai, China’s modern business hub with a population over 20 million.

China suffers from serious overuse of

antibiotics, with doctors prescribing them to half of all outpatients, far above recommended levels, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

A WHO report in November found that nearly two-thirds of Chinese believed antibiotics should be used to treat colds and flu, while one-third thought antibiotics were effective against headaches.

Misuse of antibiotics is becoming a global risk, making the drugs much less effective at treating common infections.

“Beyond the health system, the economic costs of antibiotic resistance are

formidable – in China, one prediction estimates the loss of up to a million lives a year by 2050,” the WHO said in the report.

The study from Fudan, one of China’s top universities, included both human and veterinary antibiotics. Some individual antibiotics, including those normally used in farming, were detected in nearly one-third of children tested. In 2013, China used 162,000 tons of antibiotics, around half of the world’s total use, state-backed news website ThePaper.cn said. It added that more than 50,000 tons of antibiotics were discharged into China’s waterways and soil.

‘One in five British girls sexually harassed in school’ LONdON, FebruArY 22 (ThOmsON reuTers FOuNdATiON): At least one in five British women experienced unwanted sexual contact while they were in school, a children’s charity reported on Monday, and of that number, nearly half said the abuse was frequent. After surveying more than 2,000 women in Britain, Plan UK found that 22 percent had experienced sexual touching, groping, flashing or rape during their school years.

Around 60 percent of women who said they were sexually harassed as a child have never reported the incident. “School should be a completely safe

space. When sexual harassment happens in schools, it dramatically reduces girls’ ability to engage in all of their opportunities,” Lucy Russell, Plan UK campaign manager, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

“It can deeply affect somebody’s confidence. Obviously it can have serious physical harm, depending on the act. And that means perhaps they’ll start dropping out [of school]. It can have long-term knock on effects for their education.” One in three British women between 18 and 24 said they had experienced unwanted sexual contact as a schoolgirl, while one in 10 women over 65 had similar experiences.

Russell said that including older women in the survey showed that sexual harassment was not a new phenomenon, rather it is deeply entrenched in society and largely tolerated by women regardless of their age. “This is a behaviour that girls have been told to expect. They’re being told... you should just put up with it.

“It also means that we may have grandmothers and mothers who also haven’t reported what was going on. So you’ve got a really extensive scale of hidden violence and sexual assault that’s not being talked about.

“It’s happened for generations.

But this is the generation where it needs to stop.” But with the

prevalence of digital platforms and mobile messaging apps, Russell said preventing sexual abuse is increasingly difficult.

While the survey did not factor in harassment through social media and text messaging, this is a major concern for young girls, she said, as many are being pressured into distributing sexual photos of themselves by peers or boyfriends.

She added that school-based sexual abuse is one of the reasons why globally 66 million girls do not attend school. In some countries, girls are more susceptible to harassment on their way to and from school, or when using school toilets.

Infant refugee becomes face of Australia’s tough asylum seeker policies sYdNeY, FebruArY 22 (reuTers): The significant sympathy generated by the detention and likely deportation of a baby girl born in Australia to Nepalese parents could be a watershed in public opinion about the country’s harsh asylum seeker policies.

The infant, known only by the pseudonym Asha, Nepalese for “hope”, has humanised hundreds of anonymous asylum seekers who are faced with deportation from Australia to a detention camp on the South Pacific island of Nauru.

The outpouring of public support, including an overnight blockade at a Brisbane hospital where she was treated for severe burns, has been likened by some to the shocking images last year of a young Syrian asylum seeker dead on a Greek beach.

Supporters credited the week-long protest at the hospital with forcing the hand of Immigration Minister Peter Dutton, who on Monday had Baby Asha and her family moved to a local community detention facility, which allows some

freedom of movement.

“What is resonating is that a lot of people are looking at that baby and thinking that could be my baby,” said Kon Karapanagiotidis, chief executive officer of the Asylum Seeker Resource Center.

People at the blockade carried posters with the pixilated face of the baby girl and the hashtag #BabyAsha was Twitter’s fourth highest trending topic worldwide over the weekend when the hospital stand-off reached its climax.

The number of asylum seekers trying to reach Australia is small compared with those arriving in Europe, but border security has long been a hot-button political issue.

The coalition government led by the conservative Liberal Party came to power in 2013 on a campaign to “Stop the Boats”, adopting tough measures as a deterrent. Everyone who arrives by boat is detained and sent to Nauru or Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island. The government also conducts tow-

backs, or turning a boat back to its origin.

The policies have been widely criticized by international human rights groups and the United Nations. Medical groups have been particularly critical of detaining children in the offshore camps, where abuse has been frequently reported. Doctors at the Brisbane hospital had refused to release Asha.

LEGAL CHALLENGE REJECTED Still, Australia’s High Court this month rejected a legal challenge to the country’s right to deport 267 refugee children and their families brought to Australia from Nauru for medical treatment.

Asha, the first baby born in immigration detention in Australia to be transferred to Nauru, was flown back to Australia last month for medical treatment after she scalded herself with boiling water while learning to walk in a tent at the detention center.

“In terms of a dramatic shift in community attitudes, there is no going

A banner calling for Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to allow the infant children of asylum seekers to remain in Australia and not in offshore detention centers is shown during a demonstration in Melbourne on February 19. (REUTERS Photo)

back from this one,” Ian Rintoul, coordinator of the Refugee Action Coalition, said of the public support for Asha. “I think for a large number of people this has been a turning point.”

However, others said any public shift in attitude was unlikely to impact government policy. Immigra-

tion Minister Peter Dutton strongly hinted at that when he said on Monday that Asha and her family would be returned to Nauru at a later date.

“We are not going to allow people smugglers to get out a message that if you seek assistance in an Australian hospital, that

somehow that is your formula to becoming an Australian citizen,” Dutton told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.

“I couldn’t be any clearer - once the medical assistance has been provided and the legal issues resolved, people will go back to Nauru.”

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Ronaldo misses penalty as Madrid teams falter “A new civil literature”

Spain, February 22 (reuTerS): Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty as Real Madrid and neighbours Atletico were held to draws on Sunday leaving Barcelona with an eightpoint lead at the top of La Liga and 13 matches left.

Third-placed Real, who took the lead with a Ronaldo header, were pegged back in a 1-1 draw at Malaga and are nine points adrift in the race to try and halt Barca's progress towards a second successive title and sixth in eight seasons.

Atletico, one point closer to Barcelona in second spot, could only manage a dour 0-0 draw at home to Villarreal.

Barcelona, who won 2-1 at Las Palmas on Saturday, have 63 points to Atletico's 55 and 54 for Real before the Madrid derby at the Bernabeu next Saturday.

Spanish media headlines sounded the death knell for Real's title hopes,

saying they had kissed the La Liga crown goodbye.

Ronaldo put Real ahead when he rose unmarked but in an offside position to head a Toni Kroos free kick over Carlos Kameni in the 33rd minute for his 22nd league goal this season.

He was denied a second goal three minutes later as Kameni dived to his left to save Ronaldo's spot kick after the Portuguese forward was brought down by Weligton.

Malaga scored a deserved equaliser in the 66th minute when central defender Raul Albentosa, unmarked in the middle of the box, volleyed home a cross from the left.

"Malaga are a great team, they made it tactically difficult. Today we failed but we won't surrender, we'll fight to the end," Real left back Marcelo said. "The draw tastes like a defeat."

The home side would not have been flattered with a victory as Real were

indebted to goalkeeper Keylor Navas who twice denied Charles, Juanpi and Duje Cop. Kameni also made saves from Sergio Ramos and Jese but Malaga were the more cohesive team and Real missed the thrust of a centre forward with Karim Benzema absent through injury.

The only consolation for visiting coach Zinedine Zidane was that the draw at least extended his unbeaten run in his new job to eight matches in both La Liga and the Champions League. "We did a good job, you can see teams find it hard to score against us," said Albentosa, who is on loan at Malaga from English Championship (second-tier) side Derby County.

"Our objective is still survival (in the top flight), fight in all our matches and get all the points we can."

Malaga are 12th on 31 points, 10 above the relegation zone but have been

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Cristiano Ronaldo reacts after missing another chance in Real Madrid’s draw with Malaga. (Photo/EPA)

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who opened the scoring, as he included Thursday's 6-0 Europa League rout of Rapid Vienna.

Barcelona continue title MCA to move SC on Lodha defence at old foes Arsenal panel recommendations

Barcelona's Lionel Messi reacts during match. (REUTERS)

LOnDOn, February 22 (reuTerS): Barcelona take a 32-match unbeaten run to Arsenal for the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie on Tuesday as the Catalans continue their bid to become the first team to retain the trophy in 26 years.

No team has won backto-back titles in the Champions League era, with Arrigo Sacchi's all-conquering AC Milan side the last to claim consecutive European Cups in 1989 and 1990.

Unbeaten since a 2-1 defeat to Sevilla in October, Luis Enrique's side look wellplaced to repeat the feat.

They come into the match at the Emirates buoyed by a 2-1 win at Las Palmas on Saturday that has kept their closest challengers in La Liga at bay, while they boast arguably Europe's premier marksman in the 41-goal Luis Suarez. Arsenal's copybook

was blotted on Saturday as they ended a 14-match winning streak in the FA Cup with a disappointing 0-0 draw at home to second tier Hull City.

Luis Enrique said Barcelona must iron out some defensive issues that were posed by a creative Las Palmas side, who might have snatched a late equaliser.

The coach will be boosted, however, by the return of defender Gerard Pique, who was rested at the weekend, and defensive midfielder Sergio Busquets from suspension.

“At some moment, due to attacking, we suffered more counter-attacks than usual and the last 10 minutes were more down to our rivals’ need to equalise,” Luis Enrique said.

The onus will be on Arsenal to get a good home leg result against opponents they have only beaten once in seven Champi-

ons League meetings.

To do so, they will have to shackle Uruguay striker Suarez, who opened the scoring against Las Palmas to take his La Liga tally to 25 and 41 in all competitions, while rediscovering their cutting edge. "On Tuesday night, we'll need great solidarity because we'll need to defend well, and make the maximum of our possession," Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger told the club's website. Arsenal rotated their squad for the clash with Hull, leaving out Mesut Ozil who was suffering with an illness and restricting former Barca forward Alexis Sanchez to a late cameo.

German playmaker Ozil will return on Tuesday, as will Aaron Ramsey, and Arsenal will need their big guns in form as their only victory against Barcelona came in 2011 when goals from Robin van Persie and Andrei Arshavin gave them a 2-1 victory in the first leg of their last-16 tie.

That victory ultimately proved futile, however, as Lionel Messi, who had scored four times to knock out Arsenal in the 2010 quarterfinals, struck twice in the second leg to secure a 4-3 aggregate win. The two sides also met in the 2006 Champions League final, with Barcelona scoring twice late in the second half to win 2-1.

MuMbai, February 22 (pTi): Mumbai Cricket Association, headed by former BCCI President Sharad Pawar, would file an intervention application before the Supreme Court to highlight the difficulties in implementing Justice R.M. (retired) Lodha Committee’s recommendations to restructure the Board.

This was decided at a meeting of the MCA’s Managing Committee, said a media release on Monday from the association’s joint secretaries, P.V. Shetty and Unmesh Khanvilkar. “In a meeting of the Managing Committee of the Mumbai Cricket Association to discuss the far ranging consequences of the Lodha Committee’s recommendations, it was unanimously decided that the Mumbai Cricket Association would file an intervention application before the Supreme Court and highlight the difficulties and inconsistencies in the report,” the media release said.

“Accordingly, the members unanimously authorised Joint Honorary Secretaries and Vice President Ashish Shelar to seek appropriate legal advice and file necessary applications before the Court,” the release added.

One of the recommendations of the Lodha panel of “one state, one vote” will specifically affect MCA as there are four units affiliated to the BCCI from the state of Maharashtra — MCA, Pune-headquartered Maharashtra Cricket Association, Nagpur-headquartered Vidarbha CA and the Mumbai-based Cricket Club of India.

Another reform suggested by the Lodha panel is that none above the age of 70 can be an office-bearer in the BCCI, which will affect MCA as Pawar is 75 years old. The BCCI had convened a Special General Meeting on February 19 here to discuss the Lodha panel recommendations of sweeping reforms in the Cricket Board and then decided to file an affidavit

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in the apex court, pointing out the “anomalies and difficulties” in implementing the Justice Lodha Committee recommendations on the restructuring of the cricket board. It was decided in the SGM that secretary Anurag Thakur will file an affidavit on behalf of the BCCI in the apex court.

The Justice Lodha Committee has recommended wide-ranging sweeping reforms in the BCCI, including having only one vote per state, age cap of its officials, no simultaneous posts in state and national body along with restrictions on advertisements in televised cricket matches.

“The members authorised the Honorary Secretary BCCI to file an affidavit in the Supreme Court on behalf of the BCCI pointing out the anomalies and difficulties encountered in implementation of Justice Lodha Committee’s recommendations,” the BCCI said in a release after the meeting.

It has been learnt that the BCCI has told the state associations that they can file affidavits separately on the difficulties they faced due to the recommendations. Saurashtra Cricket Association has already decided to move the apex court. “We will be filing an affidavit in Supreme Court,” SCA supremo Niranjan Shah said after attending the AGM.

NSCN (IM) responds to CFMG Chairman

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he CFMG Chairman Lt. Gen (retd.) NK. Singh has conveniently interpreted and undermined the essence of Agreed CF ground rules to suit his personal interest. He finds fault only on the NSCN but justifies every action of the Assam Rifles as doing their job according to their own inputs.

His claim of having a mandate from the Ceasefire agreement has virtually let him vitiate healthy atmosphere that has been prevailing on the ground. As per Agreed Ground Rules, all cases of violations of ground rules are to be referred to Monitoring Group Meeting, so that reasons for violation are identified and steps to prevent such violations in future are suggested. On the contrary, NK. Singh accuses the NSCN of violating ground rules and takes unilateral decision without following proper mechanism and verification.

Ceasefire does not end in itself. But, it is a means to bring about negotiated settlement to the long drawn Indo-Naga political conflict. The primary responsibility of the Ceasefire Monitoring Group (CFMG) is to create conducive atmosphere on the ground and pave the way for successful political negotiation. The spirit of CF is objectively for resolving political issue that has lingered for decades between India and Nagas. However, the Chairman undermines political issue and deals everything from the Indian law and order perspective.

NK. Singh has acted as Indian constitutional administrative agent rather than the Chairman of Monitoring Mechanism for implementation of Agreed Ground Rules of the Indo-Naga Ceasefire. He has been writing several letters to the Convenor of CFMC/NSCN with reference to the cases IPC/Cr.PC etc. under NIA/Police summoning top NSCN functionaries including its Chairman and General Sec-

retary. He did not even spare the Convenor of CFMC/NSCN, and ordered him to appear before the NIA against the matter which was already resolved by his predecessor, Maj. Gen (retd.) N. George and Gen VS. Atem.

The hard fact of the reality is that, the CF is bilateral which means the contending parties should work and resolve their problem amicably through negotiation.

Imposition of any unilateral decision on the other party is not acceptable.

The Chairman should be answerable to the Naga people on: a. Did the Naga people ever become part of Indian Union? b. If so, when? How? Was it by conquest, consent or by agreement?

The Agreed Ground Rules are framed considering the principle of two Entities, acceptance of uniqueness of Naga history and situation, existence of GPRN as de facto government (as also declared by several prominent Indian officials.)

He has been accusing the NSCN of violating Ground Rules on the pretext of extortion against our legitimate tax, kidnapping against arrest of law defaulter, illegal detention against the imprisonment of law breaker and also alleging the NSCN of encroaching upon the Indian Judicial system against customary law of the Nagas. These are his attitudes against the reality of two Entities. To him, the Conduct of Affairs of the Government of the People’s Republic of Nagalim (GPRN) are all illegal.

There are ten designated camps of NSCN duly approved in the CFMG meeting. If there is any problem relating to the designated camp, it should be discussed and resolved by CFMG. The NSCN is not in a position to accept the dictatorial decision of denotification of the designated

camps. The Chairman shall be held responsible for any untoward incident affecting the fate of the ceasefire.

The NSCN is prepared to sacrifice anything for an honorable solution, peace and development. All these years we have encountered various anti-people forces internally and externally. Yet we have stood firm upholding the principle of people’s mandate. Lt. Gen (retd.) N.K. Singh is not the first Chairman of CFMG. Most of his predecessors had maintained neutrality in implementing the Agreed Ceasefire Ground Rules. However, Lt .Gen (retd.)

N.K. Singh has been one-sided from day one of assuming his office, and not a single incident/problem has been resolved duly so far, and it is not expected in the days to come either.

It should be noted that the Indians were the encroachers and wagers of armed confrontations upon the Nagas which had been resisted with arms for their political rights and survival. Because of this reason, NSCN is in possession of arms for self-defense from adversaries. Having realized the futility of military means to resolve the conflict, GoI and NSCN entered into a ceasefire and ground rules were framed.

The Agreed Ground Rules state that NSCN would not parade/display arms in the Towns and Villages but do not prohibit it from possession of arms.

On many occasions the NSCN had requested the concerned officials of India government to honor and apply the Agreed Ceasefire Ground Rules as the Bhagavat Gita, the Quran and the Bible.

But our request has not been taken seriously. This is one of the reasons why the NSCN questions the sincerity of GoI visà-vis the implementation of mutually Agreed Ground Rules.

Chairman of CFMG is appointed by the Government of India in consultation with

the NSCN. The Ground Rules are extraordinary laws from Indian Law and Naga Law. Chairman’s responsibility is to implement the Agreed Ground Rules in letter and spirit impartially. However, he interprets them for his convenience and sidelines the NSCN. Anything that is not resolvable in the CFMG meeting is usually referred to the Ground Rules Review Committee at Delhi which is headed by Secretary or Special Secretary of Internal Security, GoI. But, the present Chairman does not practice it for reasons best known to him.

The NSCN never dishonors the mutually Agreed Ground Rules. Whenever a ground rule is violated stringent actions are initiated upon the erring cadres.

The Chairman may be reminded of the hard reality of what the Indian military generals had said about the seriousness of Indo-Naga political problem: Lt. Gen J. M. (Johnny) Mukherjee, the former head of Eastern Command in Kolkata that supervises the army structure and operations throughout Eastern India (including the Northeast), as well as a former Chief of army staff (India), General Shankar Roy-Chowdhury, , had publicly declared the need for political solutions to the Naga problem, saying that there political solutions to the Naga problem, saying that there cannot be a military resolution.

The NSCN does not write anything baseless, unfounded, or misleading.

Whatever is written or said is based on official documents and record, and it is available in CFMC Office for any reference.

Having understood the problem and impending danger the NSCN urges the Government of India to call NK. Singh back immediately in the interest of both the parties for smooth sailing of honorable solution.

K. Chawang, Convener Ceasefire Monitoring Cell NSCN (IM)

n the occasion of the National Press Day on November 16, 2015, I said: “But there comes a time in the life of an individual, as much as in the life of a society when we must do or die, or die doing, because only a few of us are blessed with the courage of conviction to live beyond and above our own selves”. Today, I rephrase that: “But there comes a time in the life of an individual, as much as in the life of a society when we must speak up or die, or die speaking, because only a few of us are blessed with the courage of conviction to live beyond and above our own selves”.

And so today we must speak up about things that are happening in the country that should have never happened in the world’s largest democracy, in an ancient civilization such as ours and in an aspiring and emergent India, which is counted as one of the foremost leaders of the Knowledge Era. What we have been witness to across the country, in the form of biases, prejudices, intolerance, racism, communalism, corruption, nepotism, injustice, discriminations, etc., are things that have no place in a democracy but nobody thinks of them as unpatriotic, anti-national and against humanity. Today, these have become our culture, eclipsing the essence, the ethos and the values of democracy. It is time to speak up against this culture that goes against the very grain of humanity.

Having said that, let us also be unambiguous that none of us here condone any anti-national slogans, much less anti-national activities. So, if there are some who think, believe or misconstrue that we are gathered here today in support of the alleged anti-national sloganeering allegedly by JNU students, let me assert that that is not the case. I don’t need to tell you what has been happening at Delhi since February 9 and I consider it a privilege to be here with you today to stand up and speak out against the damage that is being done to the country in the name of caste, colour, creed, culture, traditions and religion. I also consider it my privilege to stand up and speak out against the deliberate insidious ways in which the essence, the ethos and the values of democracy have been eroded, which have resonated in and have adversely affected almost all our democratic institutions paralyzing democracy and making governance impotent to the point that our farmers are committing suicide, our students are targeted as Fifth Columns, our women and children raped and murdered ~ the list is not exhausted. Mind you, if today our political and economic life stands stagnate, it is because of the not-so-subtle subversion of democracy and democratic values, to which we have all contributed to by our silence. Dark forces that seek to denigrate and destroy are not powerful but we make them powerful by our silence. Today, let us resolve to break our silence thereby break the back of dark forces that seek to shackle us with their agenda, policies and programmes of oppression, suppression and repression by subverting the rule of law.

Have no doubts that these dark forces are also very alive, alert and active in Nagaland too. Look at the state of our structural and development infrastructure, including institutions, particularly in the field of education. Look at the way the space for dissent and debate has been narrowed in our state Assembly. Look at the way our women are suppressed and repressed ~ all in the name of culture, customs, traditions and religion; and don’t forget the impunity with which crimes against women and children are committed. Look at the way our society and state have made our physically and mentally-Disabled, and our politically, economically, socially and culturally Displaced invisible. Look at the way political ideologies and politics have silenced contrarian views and negated differing narratives in an attempt to shove down the so-called mainstream narrative down everyone’s throat ~ even silencing dissent, disagreements and differences in the name of “unity”, sometimes through violence that has cost lives and limbs.

You know, it is so pathetic that here in Nagaland we do not hear about our Central and other Universities being the seat of learning, much less temple of ideas and ideating. They are more like production units churning out graduates and post-graduates, who have shown great propensity to reiterate past thinking. And then, nothing can be more wretched than the state of primary and secondary education in Nagaland. What saddens me more is the silence of our so-called intellectuals, thinkers, writers and poets, who should have analyzed what is happening to JNU as a microcosm of what is happening across the country, particularly what is happening in Nagaland thereby directing our people to logicality. I wish that today our intellectuals, thinkers, writers and poets had led the HCU and JNU Alumni and the students here in this Solidarity Walk and Sit-In programme to direct Naga society and state to write a “new civil literature”, to borrow a phrase from Kekhrie Yhome.

But you see what is happening in the rest of the country, which is now being played out in HCU, JNU and other universities earlier, is exactly what has been happening in Nagaland too ~ even if under different guises. But we, who have had the privilege to have our minds open in universities across the country, however reviled we were and still continue to be, in our tribal, culture, tradition and customary-bound society and state, stand with Rohith Vemula, who had no choice but to speak with the price of his life; we stand with Kanhaiya Kumar, who reportedly said: “Real democracy, real freedom, everyone’s freedom is what we want to establish in this country. That freedom will come and it will come with the Constitution, Parliament and democracy... We have to safeguard our freedom of expression, our Constitution, our country. We have to stay united to keep the country together, to counter the divisive forces …” And of course, to stand with the thousands of students, men and women, who are sacrificing and suffering and have even died safeguarding the same ideals. That is basically why we are gathered here ~ and the hope that what is happening across the country today, not least in Nagaland, will make us mull over issues of patriotism, nationalism, democracy, freedoms, liberty, justice and fraternity to enable us to write “a new civil literature”.

Once again, let us remind ourselves of this prayer:

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free; Where the world had not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls; Where words come out from the depth of truth; Where tireless striving stretches it arms towards perfection; Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit; Where the mind is led forward by Thee into ever-widening thought and action – Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

Thank You.

Readers may please note that the contents of the articles, letters and opinions published do not reflect the outlook of this paper nor of the Editor in any form.

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into the Calais migrant camp Olly Murs sensationally QuITs his X Factor presenting role

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lly Murs has sensationally quit his presenting role on X Factor.

In an interview with The Sun, he said that he made the decision last month, adding: 'My heart belongs to music.'

The 31-year-old also told the paper: 'This was an incredibly hard decision to make and one I didn’t take lightly as I’ve really enjoyed co-hosting The X Factor.

'It’s been one big adventure and I loved every minute of it. But my heart belongs to music and I want to concentrate 100 per cent on making my next album and getting back to performing.

He also said: 'Last November I was doing the show, promoting a new single and I felt increasingly like the music side of things had to be shoehorned into the TV schedule.'

The X Factor has already lost Nick Grimshaw as a judge, and his co-host Caroline Flack has reportedly been given the axe.

Earlier reports claimed that Olly was given the chance to 'walk before he was pushed' from the ITV talent series.

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ritish millionaire trying to get into Britain for also been signed by Steve Jude Law has vis- a better life.

Coogan, Jemima Khan and ited the 'Jungle' Ministers have resisted Richard Curtis, calls on Damigrant camp in calls to take more migrants vid Cameron to ‘intervene northern France to high- from the continent – for fear as a matter of urgency in the light the plight of child ref- it will encourage others to refugee crisis in Calais and ugees facing eviction. The risk their lives trying to get Dunkirk’. Mr Law said earactor was one of 145 luv- to Europe. So far more than lier this week: 'These are invies, including Stephen Fry 96,000 people have signed nocent, vulnerable children and Colin Firth, to put his the petition. caught up in red tape with name to a letter demandAmong the raft of fa- the frightening prospect of ing that David Cameron let mous faces to lend their the demolition of the Jungle the hundreds of children name to the letter was Bene- hanging over them. living in the camp to come dict Cumberbatch, who The Talented Mr Ripley to the UK. stunned theatregoers late star appeared at the camp The letter is a response last year with his political with Toby Jones, who stars to impending moves by the rants at the end of his per- in the new Dad's Army film French authorities to de- formance in Hamlet at Lon- and veteran playwright molish the southern part of don's Barbican Theatre.

Tom Stoppard. Singer Tom the infamous Jungle camp, The old Harrovian actor Odell and comedian Shapwhich critics claim is made made repeated pleas to the pi Khorsandi were also up of economic migrants. audience on behalf of Syr- there. They have called for Charities working in the ian refugees, in which he the demolition of the camp Source: Mailonline camps say this will destroy blasted the ‘utter disgrace to be postponed - it could the homes of 3,000 people, of the British government’ start as early as Tuesday. including hundreds of chil- for not doing enough to The group read out letters dren. It would, they claim, ease the crisis. It came from famous historical fig‘uproot again those who just four months after the ures in front of 200 people have already had to aban- Sherlock star was awarded at the campsite in an event don their homes due to war a CBE – just one rung be- organised by Letters Live. and persecution’. low a knighthood – in the Figures from charity But opponents point Queen’s Birthday Honours Help Refugees show that Led by Sri M, the Walk out that many of those liv- list usually approved by there are 440 children living in the southern section of of Hope was flagged off on ing in the Calais jungle are Downing Street.

The letter, which has the camp, 291 of whom are January 12, 2015, the birth economic migrants simply anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. Starting from the Gandhi Memorial Mandapam in Kanyakumari, covering 11 states and concluding in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, this initiative aims to reach out to 10 million fellow Indians. inger Demi tion," Demi wrote on that women The Delhi leg of Walk of Lovato has Twitter, reports eon- e m p o w Hope, that started on Feberment expressed her line.com. ruary 17 and goes on up to views about "Happens way too is "using till March 3, is a 16-month women empower- often. I'm ready for your voice long affair.

“The hope is to erase dis- ment, saying that she women to be taken to help the parities arising from a mis- wants women to be just as seriously as voiceless women be heard." understanding of our di- taken "just as serious- men," she added.

"Women emly as men".

She also called verse culture and religions, "Frustrating to upon feminists to powerment is thus uniting the humanity of taking action India through a spiritual ap- see women come for- "start speaking out".

"Someone tell me now, not when proach proving people can ward with their past live together despite all dif- only to be shot down, why anyone would it's convenient. ferences,” says Sri M, found- not believed and dis- ever feel brave enough Women empowerer Manav Ekta Mission. respected for their to come forward if ment is leading othSource: IANS bravery in taking ac- they are most likely er women to make to be ignored or actual changes in called a liar? I'm our society. Women also ready for empowerment is self-proclaimed tweeting at 2:30 am feminists to start knowing the conspeaking out or sequences of these taking action for tweets and not givwomen's rights," ing a single f**k," the singer added.

Demi added.

She also said Source: IANS

Indian Ocean to perform at Walk of Hope concert

unaccompanied. Around 3,700 people in total live in the camp.

The demolition by French authorities is part of efforts to discourage migrants from trying to smuggle themselves to Britain via the ferries or the tunnel under the Channel. The celebrities' letter read: 'This is a humanitarian crisis that needs to be acknowledged as such and it is imperative that we do everything we can to help these innocent and highly vulnerable refugees, especially the minors, as swiftly as is humanly possible. 'Such an enforced move would uproot again those who have already had to abandon their homes due to war and persecution.'

The signatories say the eviction threatens ‘community facilities’ such as three mosques, a library and a theatre. Other signatories of the letter are actress Helena Bonham Carter, presenter Gary Lineker and actors Idris Elba.

Source; Mailonline

Demi Lovato talks about women empowerment

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usion rock band Indian Ocean has joined hands with the Walk of Hope, an ongoing 'padayatra' (march), to support the efforts of the social reformer and spiritual guide Sri M in a bid to promote inter-faith harmony.

The band will perform at Nehru Park in New Delhi on February 27, read a statement.

Bollywood celebrities like Sonam Kapoor, Shabana Azmi and Himesh Reshammiya have extended their support to the march along with Delhi

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Shashi Tharoor among others.

The Walk of Hope is a 7,500-km journey by foot from Kanyakumari to Kashmir that spans over 500 days to spread the message of peace and harmony by the Manav Ekta Mission.

Marvel Comics releasing 'star Wars: The Force Awakens'

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fter the huge success of 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens,' Marvel has got hold of the characters for a brand new comic series.

The comic will run as a five-issue series and will be penned by Chuck Wendig with art from Luke Ross, which debuted exclusively on Comic Book Resources, reported Digital Spy. "The Force Awakens knocked our socks off from the very first time we saw it, and we could not wait to start being able to play with these new, awesome characters," editor Jordan D White said.

"Now, we get to bring all of them to the pages of our comics with an adaptation of the film we loved so much. We're all fans first, so it's all love that is bringing these pages to life."

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Trabzonspor's Salih Dursun (R) shows a red card to referee Deniz Ates Bitnel (L) after team-mate Luis Cavanda had been dismissed during the Turkish Super League match between Galatasaray and Trabzonspor in IstanbuL, February 21. (EPA)

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ISTaNbUL, FebRUaRy 22 (aFP): Turkish football faced new questions over the credibility of the game Monday after an anarchic clash between Galatasaray and Trabzonspor ended with just seven footballers from the Black Sea side on the pitch and one of its players showing the referee the red card. The Sunday night Super Lig clash between Galatasaray of Istanbul and Trabzonspor of Trabzon -- one of the most venemous rivalries in the Turkish game -- was marked by a litany of penalties, ill discipline and poor refereeing. Trabzonspor had already had two players sent off by referee Deniz Ates Bitnel when Belgian defender Luis Cavanda was deemed to have brought down Umut Bulut in the penalty box in the 86th minute and was himself dismissed. Trabzonspor players remonstrated with the referee and in the fracas Trabzonspor defender Salih Dursun pinched the referee's card red and brandished it in front of Bitnel. Bitnel then recovered the card, using it to send Dursun off and Selcuk Inan stepped up to score the penalty, winning the game 2-1 to Galatasaray. "A card that was 100 percent right," headlined the Fanatik sports daily above a picture of Dursun showing the red card and listing six major errors the referee made in the game.

25th CWA tourney concludes KOHIma, FebRUaRy 22 (mexN): The 25th wrestling tournament of the Chakhesang Wrestling Association (CWA) successfully culminated on February 19 last at Pfutsero Sports complex. Phek Deputy Commissioner Murohu Chotso graced the closing ceremony as the guest of honour and gave away prizes to the winners during the closing ceremony. Meanwhile, in an official communiqué, CWA informed that a 10 days long wrestling coaching camp for the selected wrestlers both Naga Style and Free style wrestling will be held at Indira Gandhi Stadium, Kohima from February 24 to March 4. All the selected wrestlers have been asked to report to the said venue positively. Meanwhile, the CWA thanked ESPOIR & LIGHTWAY Society, Pfutsero for rendering free voluntary service in providing first aid during the tournament.

Freestyle wrestling results: MEN: Below 57 Kg: 1st - Lucas Dukru, 2nd - Vemutu Venuh Below 61 Kg: 1st - Mudokho Rhakho, 2nd - Zetshewe Lohe Below 65 Kg: 1st - Kudeto, 2nd - Vezota Khesoh Below 70 Kg: 1st - Khüthayi, 2nd - Nuzosa Nyekha Below 74 Kg: 1st - Kadalo Kapfo, 2nd - Külüveto Venuh Below 97 Kg: 1st - Niekhozo Keroh, 2nd - Yozoto Tetseo Below 125 Kg: 1st - Vechita Khesoh WOMEN: Below 48 Kg: 1st - Munuvolü Vadeo Below 53 Kg: 1st - Khrunezolü Rhakho Below 55 Kg: 1st - Neiko-ü Lasushe Below 58 Kg: 1st - Rukulü Veswu Below 69 Kg: 1st - Rukuvelü Venyo JUNIOR BOYS: Below 57 Kg: 1st - Terhotsho Mero, 2nd - Pfukhozo Chüzho JUNIOR GIRLS: Below 60 Kg: 1st - Shetsolü Khesoh, 2nd - Thujokholü Venuh

Vezuhu Keyho to head CWA new team KOHIma, FebRUaRy 22 (mexN): The Chakhesang Wrestling Association (CWA) has announced its new team of office bearers for the tenure 2016-2020. The new team will be headed by Vezuhu Keyho as president with Vezhohu Khesoh and Tsolhi Wetsah as vice presidents, and Küveo Cükhamu as general secretary. Zachita Tetseo and Kewetso Marhu- joint secretary, Mapo Swuro- finance secretary, Thepuchiyi Nyekhapress secretary, Kunezo Puro- treasurer, Huvesu Puro- technical secretary and Mesulo Khalo as property secretary. Representative to NWA- Vekhosa Ruho and Deo Movi.

Audit Committee- Vekupa Venuh, Kope Kronu and Thupuvezo Curha.

CWA announce qualify wrestlers for NWA 25th wrestling meet KOHIma, FebRUaRy 22 (mexN): The Chakhesang Wrestling Association (CWA) has announced 22 wrestlers to represent the CWA at the forthcoming NWA 25th tournament anniversary scheduled to be held at Khuochiezie (Kohima Local Ground) from March 10 to 11. The qualified wrestlers includes Vechita Khesoh, Venuzo Dawhuo, Vekutho Soho, Küku-o Getsa, Vezhopa Chüzho, Besuhvo Vadeo, Vekuzo Vezhü, Surhoneyi Soho, Vetazo Veswu, Venuzo Vadeo, Rukusü Lohe, Zanuo Vadeo, Vecüta Cükhamu, Putuzo Keyho, Vekuzo Vero, Vekhosazo Dozo, Külüveto Venuh, Vekhriyi Chüzho, Vevohü Swuro, Reka Mero, Besuhveto Chüzho, and Wekhrote Kapfo (as reserved).

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Brendon McCullum captain of New Zealand walks from the field for the last time for New Zealand after being caught during day three of the second cricket Test match between New Zealand and Australia at the Hagley Park in Christchurch on February 22. (AFP PHOTO)

Australia won the first test and needs only a draw to reclaim the top ranking from India among testmatch nations.

CHRISTCHURCH, FebRUaRy 22 (aP): Brendon McCullum was out for 25 on Monday in his last international innings as New Zealand slipped toward a series defeat on the third day of the second cricket test against Australia.

After making the fastest century in test history, from 54 balls, to lift New Zealand from 32-3 to 370 in its first innings, McCullum was again called on to play a matchsaving role in the 176th and last test innings of his international career.

Kane Williamson, left to hold

the New Zealand innings together, was 45 not out, while Corey Anderson was 9.

Australia won the first test at Wellington by an innings and 52 runs and needs only a draw at Hagley Oval to win the two-match series and to reclaim the top ranking from India among test-match nations.

McCullum is retiring after 101 tests, 260 one-dayers and 71 Twenty20 internationals. His final innings lasted all of 36 minutes and was full of the excitement and drama that has been a feature of his long career.

It also reflected the importance Australia placed on McCullum’s wicket. McCullum needed a few balls to settle in and appraise the threat posed by Pattinson, who was able to get the ball to swing back

late at right-handed batsmen. He hit three fours over or wide of the slip cordon and a six, pulled off the front foot, into the crowd beyond the square mid-wicket boundary.

But McCullum was out on next ball, caught by David Warner at short mid-wicket from the bowling of Josh Hazlewood.

New Zealand had previously lost Martin Guptill for 0, Tom Latham for 39 and Henry Nicholls for 2 as Australia’s bowlers dominated the hosts and edged closer to victory.

Earlier, New Zealand paceman Neil Wagner returned career-best figures of 6-106 to try to prevent the visitors from running up a huge first innings lead. He also claimed to vital wicket of Adam Voges for 60, ending his run of three straight centuries in his last three test innings.

Wagner had dismissed Steve Smith for 138 and Joe Burns for 170 late on the second day, which ended with Australia just seven runs behind New Zealand. He used a barrage of short-pitched balls through the first two sessions on Monday to remove Voges, Mitchell Marsh (18), Peter Nevill (13) and Hazlewood (13).

“As a kid growing up you dream of taking a five wicket bag against Australia,” Wagner said. “Probably not the way I took it; you dream of bowling guys out and getting guys out more conventionally. But you do dream of it and it’s a dream that came true for me.”

McCullum also had two catches to assist in Australia’s dismissal and bowled four overs, including two maidens, at a cost of three runs.

Bulls beat Lakers to spoil Kobe's Chicago farewell

CHICaGO, FebRUaRy 22 (aP): Pau Gasol said it was special to face Kobe Bryant one last time on Sunday night. And even better to win the final matchup against his former teammate.

“Without a question,” Gasol said. “It's always better to win.” Derrick Rose and E'Twaun Moore had 24 points apiece to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 126-115 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Bryant's final game at the United Center.

Moore, who was 10 for 14 from the field, tied his career high. Gasol had 21 points, Mike Dunleavy and Bobby Portis each scored 17 and Doug McDermott added 16 as the Bulls won their second straight.

Bryant finished with 22 points on 8-for-20 shooting in 27 minutes.

“Not many players have played 20 years in this league, especially as aggressive as he plays every

night,” Gasol said. The Bulls played a video tribute to Bryant as the Lakers' starters were introduced. Rose referred to Bryant as his generation's Michael Jordan, and the salute ended with Gasol introducing his former Los Angeles teammate. Bryant received a standing ovation and the crowd broke into a “Kobe!

Kobe!” chant.

He has received similar tributes in other cities during his farewell tour, but said this one was different because it's where Jordan, his idol, played for so long.

“It's always been different from the first time I played here,” Bryant said.

“There's such an air. You can feel the electricity in the building, to feel the championships and the history.”

Early in the third quarter, Bryant hit back-to-back jumpers to tie the score at 66. Gasol answered with a 3-pointer to spark a string of eight straight points for

a 74-66 Chicago lead. The Bulls had a 98-81 lead at the end of the third quarter and stretched it to 100-81 in the opening minute of the fourth. Bryant started the period on the bench and the United Center fans - sensing he might not return - chanted his name on a few occasions.

Before Bryant returned, Los Angeles made a run, cutting the lead to 108-105 on Nick Young's 3-pointer midway through the fourth. The Lakers, though, couldn't get any closer.

Bryant returned with 3:08 remaining and the score 117-110. He left with 45.3 seconds left and the Bulls up 124-113. After the game, Bryant said it was strange watching Gasol introduce him because he thought they would retire together on the same team.

“That's the last time I'm going to face him,” Bryant said. “That's weird ... unless Pau Gasol of the Chicago Bulls and Kobe Bryant of the Los we play pick-up ball in Bar- Angeles Lakers smile and chat as they await a free-throw at the celona somewhere.”

United Center on February 21, in Chicago, Illinois. (Getty Images)

Five-goal Chelsea punish Pellegrini's selection gamble

Bertrand Traore of Chelsea celebrates after scoring to make it 5-1 with Oscar and Willian of Chelsea during the Emirates FA Cup match between Chelsea and Manchester City at Stamford Bridge on February 21 in London, England. (Getty Image)

LONDON, FebRUaRy 22 (aFP): Chelsea punished Manuel Pellegrini's controversial decision to field a remarkably inexperienced team as Eden Hazard inspired a 5-1 demolition of Manchester City in the FA Cup fifth round on Sunday.

With City due to make the long flight to the Ukraine on Monday ahead of their Champions League last 16 first leg tie at Dynamo Kiev on Wednesday, Pellegrini had pleaded with the FA not to bow to demands from television networks to move the Chelsea game from its original Saturday date.

But Pellegrini's request was ignored and, concerned that injury-hit City were in danger of being stretched to breaking point, the Chilean boss prioritised European success and next weekend's League Cup final against Liverpool, admitting that he didn't consider the Stamford Bridge showdown "a real game".

Pellegrini had warned fans

they wouldn't get value for money because he would rest stars like Sergio Aguero and Yaya Toure and he was true to his word as he fielded an unrecognisable starting line-up featuring six teenagers, five of whom were making their full debuts.

In contrast, Guus Hiddink, with the luxury of having played in the Champions League already this week, named his strongest available side and it was men against boys as they swept into the quarter-finals thanks to a pair of assists and a goal from Hazard. Diego Costa put Chelsea ahead and, although David Faupala equalised for the visitors, second half goals from Willian, Gary Cahill, Hazard and Bertrand Traore handed City a third successive defeat.

Pellegrini will face accusations of disrespecting the FA Cup, but he won't care about that if City can take a step towards the Champions League quarter-finals and win the League Cup this week.

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