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Individual transformation, ownership of the process, engaging the community and transparency - the way to success of communitisation, asserts Rev Chingmak Chang

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‘More governance and less of government’ should be the approach of the Nagaland State government to improve the delivery mechanism at the grass root level, Rev Chingmak Chang, founder of the Eleutheros Christian Society (ECS) underscored on Wednesday.

Addressing the Morung Lecture series on the issue, “A people’s approach to development” at Elim Conference Hall, DABA Dimapur, Rev Chingmak explained that service providers need to invest more time with the community and mobilize them for action, facilitating a bottom up approach. This can be done by following the model of ‘plan together, act together and evaluate together.’

DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 3 (MExN): The ongoing 2nd phase of agitation resumed by the Phom Students’ Conference against the PWD for non resumption of construction of Longleng- Ladigarh NEC Road (Group-c) has been temporarily suspended till February 10. A press note from the PSC President, Hongkham D Ngongyen and General Secretary, Lungchemi Phom informed that this decision was taken after it received a written assurance from the Nagaland PWD for resumption of the same latest by February 10. The PSC cautioned that it would resume agitation if the department fails to implement their assurances in NEW YoRk, FEBRUARY 3 (IANS): A wearable letter and in spirit. device could be an effective tool for preventing bites from the Aedes aegypti mosquito -- the primary vector of Zika, chikunguDIMAPUR, FEBRUARY nya, dengue, and yellow fe3 (MExN): One woman ver, say researchers. was assaulted by miscreThe “OFF! Clip-On” deants at Shamator town on vice repels mosquitoes by February 3, while she was releasing a vapour form of out for shopping. Shama- insecticide through a battor Police informed that an tery-powered fan, formFIR has been registered at ing an insecticide “cloud” Shamator Police Station and that investigation is un- around the wearer of the derway. A press note from device.

In order to test the efthe Tikhir Students’ Union while condemning the in- fectiveness of the device, cident, has urged the Na- Christopher Bibbs and galand state government Rui-De Xue of the Anastato immediately book and sia Mosquito Control Disarrest the culprits involved trict in Florida, US studied and give befitting punish- how the device performed ment. It further appealed for against hungry Aedes aesufficient security “so that gypti mosquitoes.

The study was done no public and the students who are going to appear for outdoors in order to repliexams be disturbed…” cate real-world conditions.

In this, he felt that the Nagaland Communitisation Act 2002, which was enacted as a paradigm change of the government to be in an assistive, monitoring and regulatory role, had not invested much on community development but rather took it as a development issue.

The process of communitisation areas like education, health, power, etc and has been often been portrayed as a success story by the State government and even winning a coveted United Nations Award for Public Service.

However, there are also reports on how communitisation in the State has failed to meet set expectations.

Rev Chingmak observed that the act may have failed because of lack of transparency and most crucially, the community lacked ‘ownership’ of the

Wearable device may offer helpful protection against Zika mosquitoes

Woman assaulted in Shamator town

They found that the OFF! Clip-On caused high mosquito mortality and knockdown rates up to 0.3 metres from the device, enough to protect a single person wearing the device.

The effectiveness of the device came as a pleasant surprise to the researchers.

“In vector control, we see more often than not that tools available for consumers do not work for the intended purpose,” Bibbs said. “Just look at all the bug zappers, repellent bracelets, sonic bug repellents, and other zany creations that wax and wane in popularity. Skepticism is inherent to the trade. But it was nice for a change of pace that one of these devices could actually do some good,” Bibbs noted.

The findings appeared in the Journal of Medical Entomology.

Rev Chingmak Chang addressing the Morung Lecture on ‘A people’s approach to development’ at Elim Conference hall, DABA, Dimapur on February 3. (Morung Photo)

process of communitisation. He said dependency was crippling the creativity of the people.

Not a new concept for Rev Chingmak and wife Phutoli, who through ECS, set up a Primary Health Centre (PHC) at Longpang, initially focusing on drugs and HIV/AIDS intervention through community ownership and on the premise of helping the community to help themselves.

Their attempt to en-

courage people to take ownership in the early years was what inspired the then Chief Secretary of Nagaland to RS Pandey to observe ECS activities and anchor the Communitisation of Public Institutions and Service Act 2002 for the state of Nagaland.

The principle of ECS was to introduce less-engaged members of society to the concept of civil society to promote democratization, civic participation,

and government accountability.

Highlighting on how a cluster of village councils in Tuensang district got together in a critical story of change to define health in their terms in 2008, Rev Chingmak said the success of this ECS initiative titled ‘Weave a Dream’ largely lay on “individual transformation, ownership, handholding and transparency.”

“It was about spending more time engaging with

the community, convincing them, creating awareness, partnering and planning. The implementation part by the community was only 40% of the task,” Rev Chingmak emphasized.

The ECS founder said the communitisation is something that the Nagas can hold on to; just that it is not abused. “There are many loopholes within the act. Policymakers should reevaluate the act,” he said.

Since its inception in 1992, ECS has paved novel ways in initiating a number of ingenious programmes on school education, women’s rights and livelihood generation through involvement of all constituents of the community.

“And that’s the beauty of working with the community-they would enthusiastically take up other issues to tackle like they did with the health issue,” Rev Chingmak pointed out.

The lecture sparked a number of pertinent and interesting queries from the participants- on role of the church in development and peacekeeping, transparency or lack of it on the part of policymakers. Or

whether the community programmes initiated by ECS in Tuensang can be replicated in urban areas like Dimapur or Kohima.

A retired State government official from DUDA during discussion hour said lack of transparency encouraged corruption while citing an instance of how the State government tends to be secretive about work programmes and tenders, when it should actually be put in public domain.

Dr Akum Longchari, Chief Editor of The Morung Express in his concluding remark said personal transformation along with trust and ownership should be the key to development. Also stressing on human development, Dr Longchari felt that development should foremost be about building people.

He informed that the Morung Lectures organized by the Morung for Indigenous Affairs and JustPeace and The Morung Express is an initiative to create critical consciousness and to facilitate space for learning. Today’s lecture by Rev. Chang is the second in the series.

Prolonging solution will create more trouble: cM

kohIMA, FEBRUARY 3 (MExN): Nagaland State Chief Minister, TR Zeliang today called for a quick solution to the Indo-Naga issue. “The sooner we solve this problem the sooner we will have permanent peace,” the CM stated while addressing the inaugural function of the Aboi Town Council.

“But if we prolong I am apprehensive that more armed groups will come up and it will create more trouble,” the Nagaland CM cautioned.

He said that solution to the protracted Indo-Naga political problem is the way to peace and peace is the only way to progress and prosperity of the state. He asserted that as long as gun culture prevails in the state, Nagas will never progress and the only means to put an end to gun culture is to find early solution to the Naga political problem.

Zeliang hopeful NSCN (K) will re-enter into ceasefire with GoI kohIMA, FEBRUARY 3 (MExN): Nagaland State Chief Minister, TR Zeliang today said that he was “happy to learn that the NSCN (K) is going to sign ceasefire agreement with the Myanmar government.” He expressed hope that the NSCN (K) will also re-enter into ceasefire with the Government of India so as to allow peace to prevail in the state. “Gun has not given us any solution for the past six decades therefore, the only way to find permanent solution is through dialogue,” he stated. The CM said that the state government is ready to play any role to facilitate bringing ceasefire between India and NSCN (K) again so that dialogue can continue.

Assuring that the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi is committed to the early settlement of the Naga political issue, Zeliang asked Nagas to grasp the opportunity and collectively work towards it without further creating any imbroglio among the Nagas.

He further clarified that solution to the Naga political issue is “not for a particular faction or tribe but for the benefit of the whole Nagas.”

He added that when

all the sixty legislators of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly, cutting across party lines, have collectively come together to foster the early settlement of the Indo-Naga political issue, people should also render fullest support. The CM said that not only the 60 legislators but “all the tribal hohos, civil societies and NGOs have decided to work collectively for finding early solution.” “Solution is possible only when we work together and this

consensus decision at the highest level must percolate down to the grass root level.”

The Chief Minister also said that the government and public should work together for development. He admitted that the state is going through a fiscal crunch due to change of funding pattern at the Centre with the formation of NITI Ayog. He however expressed confidence that within 2-3 months time, the state’s financial posi-

tion will improve.

Meanwhile, the CM informed that he would soon convene a meeting to settle the 33% women reservation issue. He informed that the said election of Municipal and Town Council could not be held due to a case pending in the Supreme Court and claimed that the state could not avail funds because of this case. He added that there are still many towns which should be accorded Municipal or Town Council status.

The CM finally called upon all legislators to perform better and work hard for the upliftment of the people.

Others who spoke during the occasion included Dr. Shurhozielie, NPF President; Tohanba, Parliamentary Secretary as guest of honour; Eshak Konyak, Nyeiwang Konyak, Ex-Minister and Shakwang Angh.

WHo urges se Asian govts Nagaland govt, judiciary urged to act and deliver justice to tackle preventable cancers NEW DElhI, FEBRUARY 3 (MExN): Every year across the world 8.2 million people die from cancer. The World Health Organisation (WHO) today stated that fact that two-thirds of these deaths occur in low and middle income countries, and that more than 50% of deaths could have been prevented, is a cause for reflection and action.

The WHO, in a press release today said tobacco use – in both smoke and smokeless forms – accounts for 22% of cancer deaths globally, and is a leading cause of the disease in the SouthEast Asia Region. Alcohol use, unhealthy diets and physical inactivity similarly contribute to a burden that has profoundly negative social, economic and developmental implications. “The choices we make significantly affect the risk of cancer,” it stated.

In the South-East Asia Region, occupational hazards and exposure to environmental substances continue to be a source of cancer and premature death.

Whether through laboring in fields without adequate sun protection or exposure to cancercausing chemicals at a factory, workers throughout the region are exposed to risks.

Outdoor air pollution, meanwhile, increases the risk of cancer.

The WHO informed that the region has 14 of the world’s top 20 pollut-

the theme of World Cancer Day 2016-2018 – ‘We can. I can’ – is both welcome and vital.

Increasing awareness means supporting healthy workplaces; encouraging people to get regular check-ups for early detection of cancerous cells for improved chances of recovery; and encouraging people to abstain from tobacco use, avoid alcohol and unhealthy foods, and exercise regularly.

“We need to improve access to cancer treatment and services across the care continuum, and build the capacity of the workforce staffing these services.

We also need to work towards developing and enforcing strong policies to reduce tobacco and alcohol use and reducing exposure to environmental carcinogens,” the WHO advised.

As lifespans increase and the natural ageing process takes its course, these measures, it said will prove invaluable to the fight against cancer, both at an individual and societal level.

8.2 million people die from cancer each year; more than 50% of these deaths could have been prevented

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ed cities, making clear the need for governments to tackle the issue with a sense of urgency. Chronic infections caused by Human papillomavirus (HPV), hepatitis B and C viruses, and Helicobacter pylori are also highly prevalent in the region and important causes of preventable cancers.

To address these issues, both at a systemic and individual level, increased awareness is critical, said the WHO. To this end,

kohIMA, FEBRUARY 3 (MExN): The January 30 rape of a minor with disabilities by a policeman in Kohima is not the first time that such a crime on persons with disabilities has been reported, stated ENABLE, an NGO that works with persons with disabilities.

A press note from ENABLE Chairperson, Neikule Doulo and General Secretary, Dr Asunu Thong, while condemning the January 30 incident as a “most despicable

crime,” asked “what the government has done in the past and will be doing in this case.”

“The loathsome individual who perpetrated the crime has no place in a society like ours and should be given the harshest of punishment possible under the law to set the standard that such criminal acts cannot and should never be repeated again,” ENABLE stated in the press note.

It stated that the government, police, judiciary and

those in position of authority to enforce justice should take this case as a matter of extreme importance. “The fight should not concern just the parents of those children with disability but should include one and all because tomorrow it can be any other child. Today it is about the girl with intellectual disability, tomorrow it could be your daughter, sister, wife or even mother,” it added.

“Such repugnant crimes especially against persons

who cannot fully comprehend the situation or even defend themselves cannot be swept under the carpet and forgotten,” ENABLE stated. It further asked that proper compensation be given to the victim and care be taken to ensure her future protection and wellbeing. “The trauma that the wronged family will be undergoing will never be fully understood by others except for those who may have faced similar situations,” it added.

CO2 from thin air converted directly into clean-burning fuel

NEW YoRk, FEBRUARY 3 (IANS): In a first, researchers including one of Indian origin have directly converted carbon dioxide from thin air into methanol fuel - a discovery that can create a sustainable fuel source from greenhouse gas emissions in the near future.

Methanol is a clean-burning fuel for internal combustion engines, a fuel for fuel cells and a raw material used to produce many petrochemical products.

The work, led by GK Surya Prakash and George Olah from the University of South Caro-

lina (USC) is part of a broader effort to stabilise the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by using renewable energy to transform the greenhouse gas into its combustible cousin. “We need to learn to manage carbon. That is the future,” said Prakash, professor of chemistry and director of the USC Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute.

The researchers bubbled air through an aqueous solution of pentaethylenehexamine (PEHA), adding a catalyst to encourage hydrogen to latch onto

the CO2 under pressure.

They then heated the solution, converting 79 percent of the CO2 into methanol.

“Though mixed with water, the resulting methanol can be easily distilled,” Prakash added in a paper published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. Prakash and Olah hope to refine the process to the point that it could be scaled up for industrial use, though that may be five to 10 years away.

Of course it won’t compete with oil today at around $30 per barrel.

“But right now, we burn fossilised sunshine. We will run out of oil and gas but the Sun will be there for another five billion years. So we need to be better at taking advantage of it as a resource,” Prakash pointed out.

The new system operates at around 125-165 degrees Celsius, minimising the decomposition of the catalyst. In a lab, the researchers demonstrated that they were able to run the process five times with only minimal loss of the effectiveness of the catalyst.

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C-Edge College declared ‘Tobacco Free Zone’ Training on ‘Long lasting Insecticide Net’ held

Members of the CEC Students Forum that took the initiative to declare the college a tobacco free zone.

DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 3 (MExN): C-Edge College was today declared as a tobacco free zone in function held at the college’s Manen Hall.

A press note from the college said that this move was made due to concern for “public domain, economy and health of all,” and with the initiative of the CEC Student’s Forum.

Dr. C. Tetso, Nodal Officer of National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP) and his team attended the event. He stressed on the guidelines

for Tobacco Free in schools/ colleges, and the determinants of health because of tobacco consumption. He mentioned that to make an institution tobacco free is a huge initiative and that tobacco free environment is going to change one’s attitude forever.

The first step towards today’s declaration was made on December 8 with the Tobacco Awareness orientation held with the presence of Dr. C. Tetso. “He has been a major influence with his presence and expertise,” the note added.

DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 3 (MExN): A Training of Trainers on ‘Long lasting Insecticide Net’ (LLIN) was held at District Vector Borne Office on February 2.

Dr S. Marina Yaden was the resource person where she explained in detail the use of medicated bed nets and the process of distribution of the LLIN in the District. Depending upon the prevalence of Malaria the LLIN will be distributed in different villages and Blocks by the ASHAs. The Distribution will start after

the ASHAs are trained and a part of the distribution process there will be a formation of a committee in each Village consisting of Village Council Chairman, HCMC chairman, ANM/ ASHAs, a Pastor and Surveillance workers for distributing the LLIN which will be intimated by their respective SMO/ MO incharge.

The training was attended by Malaria Inspectors, Surveillance workers, District Community Mobiliser, Block ASHA coordinators and staffs from District Vector Borne office.

PGC bid farewell to outgoing principal

PFUtsERo, FEBRUARY 3 (MExN): Pfutsero Government College bid farewell to the outgoing principal, Dr. Stephen Lotha at the college auditorium on February 3.

He is retiring from the service after serving the students’ community for 35 years.

Tavezo Theluo, Assistant Professor chaired the programme, Vethihu Kezo, Assistant Professor and President PGCTA addressed the congregation followed by a special song present by the Pfutsero Government College students. Elika Mero, VP, PGCSTU spoke on behalf of the student. Short speeches were delivered by Neikhwetso Mero, Chairman Parents’ Teacher Association PGCP, Vetanulu Demo, Asstt Professor PGCP and Medozu Mero Asstt Professor PGCP. Lalboi Singsit, Vice Principal

Pfutsero Government College outgoing principal, Dr. Stephen Lotha speaks at the farewell programme held on February 3.

PGCP speaking during the programme said that Dr. Stephen Lotha is one of the first Doctoral Degree holders in Physic among the Naga. Singsit commented that the college is very

fortunate to have him as the Principal who is very simple, dedicated and a true scholar and congratulated Dr. Stephen Lotha for completing his service with many achievements.

In his farewell speech Dr. Stephen Lotha said, “Nothing is stationary, and we will never be in the same position forever we have to keep moving. Therefore, we have to be dedicated to what we do, be the student, teachers and the ministerial staffs.” He also cited that teachers are the blessed group of people who does noble jobs. To get the reward of the noble deed he encouraged the teacher to work sincerely and be dedicated in their profession.

The programme concluded with vote of thank by Neichupe Kapfo, Asstt Professor and Vice President PGCTA, PGCP.

prog GPS Tenyiphe-I A-Khel building inaugurated Awareness held in New Jalukie JAlUkIE, FEBRUARY 3 (MExN): The Village Health Committee of New Jalukie organized an awareness programe on youth drug abuses and others related “social evils” on January 30 at New Jalukie Local Ground. The programme, moderated

by Shangke Gonmei, VDB Secretary, had Dr. Ramheigum and his colleagues as resource persons.

ANSTA Peren unit meeting R. Amongla Jamir, Deputy DEO, Dimapur (third from left) with officials and village leaders during the inauguration of GPS Tenyiphe-I A-Khel building held on February 3.

DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 3 (MExN): The GPS Tenyiphe-I A-Khel building was inaugurated by R. Amongla Jamir, Deputy DEO, Dimapur on February 3 in the presence of officials from the department and the village leaders.

The Deputy DEO Dimapur lauded the unity and sacrifice of the village leaders that made the school building possible.

She also encouraged the teachers and the village leaders to rededicate their

service for the betterment of the society.

Megophilie Noel, Teacher-in-Charge of the school, chaired the program. RazouvolieVimero, Pastor,TBC invoked God’s blessing upon the building and the gathering, while the welcome address was delivered by KhriebuliePeseyie, the village Council Chairman. The Tenyiphe-I Students Union also enthralled the gathering with a special number.

Meanwhile the SMC

PEREN, FEBRUARY 3 (MExN): All the office bearers and executive members of All Nagaland School Teachers' Association (ANSTA), Peren unit have been informed that the first executive meeting of the unit will be held on February 10, 11:00 am at Govt. High School, Tening to discuss the coming general conference. A press release from ANSTA Peren Kailadinbo Nchang has requested all concerned to attend the meeting positively.

chairman gave a brief report on the history and development of the school.

And the note of gratitude was pronounced by Alie Meyase.

The teaching staff and School Management Committee have sincerely thanked the Tenyiphe-I Village Council for sponsoring the meal and organizing the event. This was stated in a press release issued by Megophilie Noel, Teacherin-Charge, GPS Tenyiphe-I kohIMA, FEBUARY 3 A-Khel, Dimapur.

(MExN): The Chakhesang Youth Front (CYF) will hold its first executive meeting on February 6 at 12:00 kohIMA, FEBRUARY 3 (MExN): Directorate of noon at its president resiSoil and Water Conservation organised a farewell pro- dence, Para Medial Colony gramme for its director, T. Imkongmar Aier, on January Kohima. All executive have 31 at the directorate conference hall. According to a press been asked to attend the release, all the staff of the directorate and representatives said meeting. from the district headquarters attended the programme, which was chaired by Peter K Rengma, Project Director.

The outgoing director in his speech encouraged the of- kohIMA, FEBRUARY 3 ficers and staff to initiate work at grassroots level so the (MExN): The Directorate common people can reap the benefits from the activities of School Education has of the department, the release said. Earlier, Tebul Niekha, requested all concerned Registrar, read the bio-data of Imkongmar, Myansao Lo- DEOs/SDEOs to submit tha, DSCO Wokha, delivered a short speech. MM Solo, the the list of all untrained director designate also spoke and wished the outgoing graduate teachers and pridirector a happy retired life. mary teachers both regular and adhoc appointed with below 45%. The same be submitted to the TH 5 DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR BELOVED should Directorate on or before March 20 without fail.

CYF executive meeting

Director of soil & water conservation retires

DoSE informs

Lt. THEMRAY KASAR

4.2.78 - 4.2.2011

“Five years gone by, Yet you live fresh in our hearts.

Your absence a grievous blow, but solace we find that you are with the Lord”.

Loving: Parents, bro, sisters, in-laws, niece and nephews

Govt Hindi teachers in Kohima informed kohIMA, FEBRUARY 3 (MExN): All the government Hindi teachers under Kohima unit have been informed that a general meeting cum picnic will be held on February 13 at Govt. High School ground, Ciechama village at 9:30 am. Transportation will be arranged, according to a press release from ANHTU Kohima unit, Nelson Yhokha. All the government Hindi teachers have been requested to attend the meeting. For transportation and further queries, contact: 9089629973 and 9436204839.

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assam interest 'ignored': speaker bursts out against PM Assam to lose Rs 9,000 crore due to change in Centre's policies GuWAHATI, FEbRuARy 3 (PTI): Assam is likely to lose about Rs 9,000 crore in the financial year 2015-16 due to change in the Centre's economic policies and funding pattern towards the state, the state Assembly was informed today.

Replying to a query by AGP MLA Phani Bhusan Choudhury during Question Hour, state Planning and Development Minister Ajanta Neog said, "The total anticipated loss of Assam will be around Rs 9,000 crore in 2015-16 due to change in central policies." Giving details, she said the state would get Rs 4,051.64 crore less due to delinking of a few central schemes and He also criticised BJP legislature party leader Jadav Chandra Deka for interrupting Planning and Development Minister Ajanta Neog, who said Assam is anticipated to lose around Rs 9,000 crore due to change in central policies.

The Speaker asked

North east Briefs

AP Governor's advisor resignation accepted

NEW DELHI/ITANAGAR, FEbRuARy 3 (PTI): The resignation of Y S Dadwal as an advisor to the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh has been accepted.

Dadwal, appointed as advisor to the Governor J P Rajkhowa after imposition of President's rule in the state, had initially applied for leave due to health ground and it was granted by the Governor. However, Dadwal changed his mind and sent his resignation letter to the Home Ministry and it was accepted by Rajnath Singh, Home Ministry spokesperson K S Dhatwalia said. Earlier, a report from Itanagar said, quoting a statement of Arunachal Pradesh Raj Bhawan, that Dadwal has gone on leave for ten days on health grounds with permission to avail holidays for another four days as requested. Dadwal, a former Commissioner of Delhi Police, was appointed on January 26 as advisor to the Governor. B D Sharma, who recently retired as chief of SSB, has been appointed as advisor to the Governor in place of Dadwal. G S Patnaik, an IAS officer of 1980 batch, who was appointed along with Dadwal, would continue to discharge his duties as advisor to the Governor.

January 2016 coldest in 30 years in Mizoram AIzAWL, FEbRuARy 3 (PTI): This January recorded the coldest month in Mizoram in the past 30 years with average minimum temperature of 6.37 degrees celsius.

The lowest temperature of 3.7 degrees celsius recorded on January 24. The average minimum temperature was just 6.37 degrees celsius, said R K Lallianthanga, Chief Scientific Officer, Directorate of Science and Technology today said. According to the data collected by scientists since 1986, the temperature of the state has been rising gradually during Janurary every year, barring this year. Lalthanpuia and James Lalnunzira Hrahsel, project scientists in State Climate Change Cell said the range of maximum and minimum temperature widened considerably year after year during January. They said though Mizoram has the highest forest cover in the country, climate change has not spared this hilly tiny north eastern state. "The daily average increase in temperature during January was estimated at 0.026 degrees celsius," they said. The State Climate Change Cell was established last year under National Mission for Sustaining Himalayan Eco-system Project.

Manipur CM did nothing for 15 yrs on unemployment: Minister Giriraj ImPHAL, FEbRuARy 3 (IANS): Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh should resign on moral grounds since he has failed to solve the mounting unemployment in the last 15 years, union minister Giriraj Singh said here on Wednesday. The chief minister as well as Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam slammed the remark.

Giriraj Singh, the union minister of state for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, mounted his attack on the state government at the conclusion of his three-day official visit to the state and before leaving for Tripura. During his visit to Manipur, he inspected various centrally sponsored schemes.

Interacting with various sections of people at the house of BJP legislator Thongam Bishajit, Giriraj Singh said Ibobi has been chief minister for 15 years and yet the unemployment figure in Manipur has crossed seven lakh, in a state with a population less than 30 lakh.

Wondering what Ibobi has done for employment generation, Giriraj Singh said the chief minister should resign on moral grounds.

At the function, the BJP's state unit president Thounaojam Chaoba said

the Centre had sanctioned Rs.100 crore long time back for a sports university, but it was yet to be built as the Manipur government was "uncooperative".

Ibobi and Gaikhangam hit back at Giriraj Singh for his remarks during a function at the Congress office held to mark the 10 years of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. "A number of central ministers have been visiting Manipur all these months," Ibobi said, and questioned whether they were coming "for facilitating the abolition of centrally-sponsored schemes".

He said that though the state approached the prime minister and the finance minister with a request not to withdraw central funding for various schemes, from December 2015 onwards, several funds were withdrawn from the northeastern region.

"During the UPA government, the Look East policy was introduced. The NDA government converted it to Act East policy. This may be a ploy to withdraw the funding of the schemes completely to cause more unemployment," he said.

Gaikhangam said several welfare schemes may be withdrawn gradually, and cautioned the people to be watchful of the BJP.

it has to bear an additional burden of Rs 2,951 crore due to change in funding pattern, among others.

"The Plan allocation for 201516 was fixed at Rs 25,406 crore, comprising Rs 20,127.79 crore of central share and rest of the state.

However, only Rs 6,357.94 crore has been released by the Centre till mid-January," Neog said. If the Centre does not release the entire money within the specified fiscal, then it would not not be released in the next year, she said.

The minister said the Centre had released only Rs 12,533.18 crore in 2014-15 out of its share of Rs

Deka not to behave like a "party spokesperson" in the House and he can talk to the media outside as a spokesperson of his party.

When the members enquired options whether they should go and protest in front of the Prime Minister's residence in view of the ignorance, Gogoi said,

17,568.83 crore of the total Plan outlay of Rs 18,000 crore. "So there is no money left from the Centre regarding the last fiscal and we have fully utilised the entire fund," she added.

Neog said earlier the Planning Commission used to give specific guidelines regarding Plan allocation and preparation of the state budget. "Since NITI Aayog was formed, there have been no guidelines and we kept Rs 25,000 crore under Plan section in 2015 in anticipation of getting it. But, delinking of schemes and curtailing of the Special Category status has affected our financial position," she added.

"I am not going to beg with folded hands in front of anyone for our rights.

Deka, please do something if possible by telling your leaders."

Later, the Speaker told PTI in his chamber that Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has given time to meet the all-party dele-

gation on February 15 "but we will not go".

"We have informed the Minister that we will only talk to the Prime Minister on this issue," Gogoi said.

In the House earlier, AGP MLA Phani Bhusan Choudhury raised the issue of reduction in central assistance to the state over

a range of schemes.

"It appears that we will not get our dues from the Centre this fiscal as the model code will be applied after around one month. Our development is getting hampered. So a demand from the House should be sent to the Centre for release of funds," Choudhury said.

He said Modi had not given an appointment to an all-party delegation earlier regarding giving ST status to six communities of the state. "We are being insulted every time" he said.

Supporting the AGP MLA, party colleague Keshab Mahanta said the Centre's decision to delink some schemes has created problems for the state.

"The state released Rs 250 crore during floods, but the Centre has not released its share of Rs 1,200 crore.

We need to take a bold step to save Assam from financial crisis," he said.

SDSA holds sanitation drive’ at District Hospital Senapati DImAPuR, FEbRuARy 3 (mExN): The 50 bedded Senapati District Hospital campus, often left unattended to its own care, was given new look after a recent sanitation drive organised by Senapati District Students’ Association (SDSA), in collaboration with the district administration, district police, medical officials, staff and 98 RCC of 15 BRTF. It was a rare initiative of responding to a collective responsibility and leading from the front to maintain cleanliness and sanitize in vital public places like Hospital, SDSA said in a press note issued by its General Secretary, Newman Polah.

DC Jacinta Lazarus IAS, who also participated the cleaning lauded the SDSA’s efforts to keep clean the hospital and appeal the public to maintain clean hospital, it said adding that Superintendent of Police, K. Kabib IPS

Imphal | February 3

The leadership crisis in belligerent Manipur People’s Party (MPP) is seemed to have deepened as AK Sanaton Singh is not relenting even as N Sovakiran was rechosen as president of one of the oldest regional parties in North East yesterday.

At a press meet at the Manipur Press Club here, AK Sanaton said the matter will be decided only by the court. Choosing Sovakiran as MPP president is ‘unconstitutional,’ he said, adding that until the case pending in the Court of Civil Judge, Senior Division is finished, Sovakiran cannot become president again.

He declared the election of Sovakiran as MPP president null and void and ac-

ImPHAL, FEbRuARy 3 (IANS): The CBI is taking a relook at its investigation into the sensational killing of a housewife and a former insurgent in Imphal in 2009, following a confessional statement by police commando Thounaojam Herojit.

Central Bureau of Investigation's deputy inspector general M. Gogoi, who is incharge of northeast region, and other senior officers are already in Imphal to supervise the fresh investigations.

The probe by the CBI which took over the case in 2010 - comes in the wake of union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's assurance to act on the confessional statement of Manipur Police head constable Herojit last week who said he had gunned down an overpowered and unarmed former insurgent Chungkham Sanjit on July 23, 2009.

Sanjit’s mother Chungkham Taratombi, who lodged a first information report in the case, had peti-

tioned the Guwahati High Court in 2009.

The official line so far has been that the insurgents killed a pregnant woman, Th. Rabina and a few minutes later, Sanjit "armed with a handgun was shot dead in an encounter."

Though Herojit, presently under suspension from service, claimed the then additional superintendent of police Akoijam Jhalajit ordered him to shoot the former insurgent, the latter only issued a terse statement that the confessional statement was "concocted, motivated and baseless".

Meanwhile, Herojit failed to appear before the district and sessions court in Imphal West on Tuesday since he is said to be concerned over his personal safety. The court has fixed February 20 for further hearing in the case. Imphal Free Press, which scooped the confession of Herojit, said it may not be the first staged killing by him and it was clear that some higher-ups might want to silence him.

Corrigendum

Apropos the news item ‘Territorial integrity used to perpetuate oppression & marginalisation’ published in the February 3 issue of this newspaper, it is hereby clarified that the All Naga Students’ Association, Manipur (ANSAM) has registered its protest against the February 6 rally proposed by Imphal-based organisations like AMUCO, UCM, etc., and not as rendered by the newspaper. The ANSAM has questioned the basis of ‘territorial integrity’ widely used by these organisations to question the August 3, 2015 Framework Agreement between the NSCN (IM) and the Government of India. The inadvertent misinterpretation of the ANVolunteers taking part in a Sanitation Drive organised by SDSA are seen cleaning the vicinity SAM press release on the matter is sincerely regretted. of Senapati District Hospital Compound.

also urged the public to ensure cleanliness both inside and outside the hospital.

Keep surroundings clean by keeping the consciousness of cleanliness, NPO President, Moses T Kamba also urged during the drive.

Expressing gratefulness for voluntary participation, SDSA President Pungdi Clelestine noted that it is the beginning of their work and

expressed hope that the initiative will go succesfully a long way, with the sense of ownership.

The sanitation drive was also attended by CMO Dr Loli Mao, Superintendent Dr Yule, police personnel, VDF, fire brigade officials, 98 Bn GREF personnel, Vakho youth and students, SDSA members, SDSA unit leaders and others. SDSA further in-

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cused the latter of weakening the party organisation.

Sanaton demanded that security personnel deployed in and around MPP office be removed by the government. The step was taken following crisis erupted over the party leadership recently.

He also alleged that MPP will die soon if Sovakiran continues to hold the post of president for another three years. He appealed to people to help revive its strength.

Sanaton rejected accusation

by Sovakiran that he along with some of his followers misused party fund and said the treasurer and president only have the power to withdraw and use the fund.

MPP whose political

position is centre-right with a regionalist political ideology and ruled the state for two-term was derecognized as a regional party in March 2013. This decision was arrived at by the Election Commission, as the party did not manage to win a single seat either in the Manipur Assembly elections in 2012 or the Lok Sabha elections in 2009.

formed that dustbins made of bamboo were installed at the hospital premises as simple measure to discourage usages of polythene/plastic bags, etc. and urged the hospital staffs to dispose-off the waste products at the proper site to prevent in scattering of waste around the hospital campus. We intend to conduct the cleanliness drive monthly, SDSA added.

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The Association of Engineers, NPWD is honoured to congratulate its members, Er. Moanaro and Er. Hutoshe Sumi, on being awarded, for their meritorious achievements, the prestigious Governor’s Gold Medal on the occasion of the 67th Republic Day Celebration 2016.

The Association wishes them the very best in all their future endeavours and pray that they will continue to bring laurels to the engineering fraternity and Department.

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The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), after having conducted the third cycle of assessment and accreditation of Patkai Christian College (Autonomous) in November 2015, has accredited the college with A Grade on Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.24 on a four-point scale.

This is a testimony to the academic growth of the college sustained since the first (2004) and second (2010) NAAC assessment and accreditation with B++ Grade and A Grade (CGPA 3.06) respectively.

The unrelenting effort the college has put in towards quality sustenance and enhancement in the field of higher education has paid off with good dividends: Successive NAAC A Grade and the UGC conferred status of an “Autonomous College” and “A College with Potential for Excellence”. Today the college is an epitome of quality yet affordable academic destination with undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and a number of skill-oriented certificate and diploma courses on offer.

On this stupendous achievement, I congratulate the Principal, the faculty and staff and the students – past and present – for promoting the cause of quality higher education. It is my firm belief that the college will keep raising the bar of academic excellence based on its founding principles and in tune with the demands and aspirations of the students.

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GuWAHATI, FEbRuARy 3 (PTI): In a rare political statement from the Chair of the Assembly, Assam Speaker Pranab Kumar Gogoi today said people of the state will give a "befitting" reply to BJP during the forthcoming polls as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ignored the interests of the state.

The Speaker's statement came after members of various parties, Congress, AGP and AIUDF, criticised the Prime Minister for ignoring a request from the House to meet an all-party delegation regarding an unanimous resolution passed by the Assembly over the Central economic policies.

"Seeing today's sentiment in the House, irrespective of party line, I think he (Narendra Modi) will get a befitting reply in coming election," Gogoi said from the Chair.

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to launch first compact sedan in Boeing CEO keen to make in India GM India as part of market share quest

New delhi, February 3 (aGeNcieS): Aircraft maker Boeing is in “conversation” to make F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets in India.

Dennis Muilenburg, who is visiting the country for the first time since becoming chief executive of the $91-billion aerospace company in July last year, was quoted as saying by the Hindustan Times: “The company sees the Super Hornet as an opportunity to do that to tie directly into the ‘Make in India’ strategy.”

“I would not say there is an official offer. This is a conversation we are having with interested parties right now,” he was quoted as saying.

According to an Economic Times report, Muilenburg said: “We are taking a hard look at the opportunity for the F18 fighter jet as an area where

we can build industrial capacity, supply chain partnerships, technical depth, design, and manufacturing capability, in India, providing an operational capability that is useful for Indian defence forces.

‘Make in India’ is an enabler aligned with that strategy.”

Boeing has eyed a potential multi-billion deal with India, one of the world’s biggest mili-

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tary spenders. Earlier, the American aerospace giant had lost out on the Indian government’s medium multi-role fighter aircraft (MMRCA) procurement programme, which seeks to replace the ageing Indian Air Force jets, to French major Dassault Aviation’s Rafale fighter jets. However, given that, the Rafale deal for 36 planes, estimated at $9 billion, has been stuck over price ne-

gotiations, Boeing would be keen on cashing the opportunity.

The F/A-18 Super Hornet is a twin-engine, supersonic, all weather multi-role fighter jet capable of landing and taking off from an aircraft carrier, the company’s website says.

Muilenburg’s comments echo those of his predecessor James McNerney, who had in Octo-

ber said that his company would be happy to make its fighter jet F/A-18 Super Hornet in India if IAF were to buy it. McNerney had last been in India to attend a seminar hosted by Boeing in New Delhi, just after India placed an order for two of its helicopters, Chinook, used for heavy lifting, and Apache, an attack aircraft.

Boeing is also looking for other deals. The Hindustan Times quoted Muilenburg as saying: “We (Boeing and Lockheed Martin) jointly develop the F22 Raptor. Subject to all government-to-government agreements, that is an area of future investment for which we are interested in.”

Similarly, the Economic Times quoted him saying: “We are engaged in a dialogue with them and the new Max (Boeing 737 Max) is a very compelling value proposition.”

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ShaNGhai, February 3 (reuTerS): A Shanghai court has fined three local tech firms for helping spread rumours about Yum Brands Inc’s KFC fast food chain that included doctored photos of deformed chickens and allegations the birds had six wings and eight legs.

In a statement on its official microblog, the Xuhui District People’s Court said Yingchenanzhi Success and Culture Communication, Taiyuan Zero Point Technology and Shanxi Weilukuang Technology had “damaged KFC’s reputation” and “caused it economic losses” by permitting the allegations to be posted on their social messaging accounts.

The companies were ordered to make an official apology and fined a combined 600,000 yuan ($91,191), an amount that fell far short of the 1.5 million yuan ($227,977) Yum had asked each company to pay in damages.

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als for making false statements about the quality of our food and we are pleased with the outcome,” China-based Yum spokeswoman Cindy Wei said in emailed comments sent to Reuters.

Reuters was unable to find contact numbers or websites for the three companies fined by the court.

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the end of 2012. The firm is planning to spin off its China unit by the end of this year.

KFC China brought the suit against the firms in June last year for using ten accounts on Tencent Holdings Ltd’s popular messaging platform WeChat to spread the defamatory posts.

Food safety is a major concern in China, with frequent scandals ranging from recycled “gutter oil” and years-old “zombie meat”, to dairy laced with industrial chemicals.

General Motors India President and Managing Director, Kaher Kazem (L) and Chief Marketing Officer Global Chevrolet, Tim Mahoney pose with a newly launched Beat Activ car at the Indian Auto Expo in Greater Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi on February 3.

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New delhi, February 3 (reuTerS): General Motors Co (GM) on Wednesday said it plans to build and sell its first compact sedan in India in 2017, entering the country’s fastest-growing passenger car segment as part of efforts to double market share by the end of the decade.

The U.S. automaker said the Essentia falls under a strategy involving raising the proportion of parts bought locally as well as cost-cutting, to raise its share of India’s market to around 3.6 percent, even as sales plummeted last year.

GM has struggled to grow in a market dominated by makers of smaller and cheaper cars by the likes of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, Hyundai Motor Co and Honda Motor Co Ltd. Its pace of lineup and dealership expansion has also lagged.

Its India passenger car sales fell 38 percent

in April-December to less than 25,000 vehicles.

In contrast, low interest rates helped the market grow 11.5%, industry data showed, keeping it on track to be the third-largest by 2020 from fifth.

The Essentia “is coming in one of the sweet spots in the market and it will play an important role,” said Stefan Jacoby, GM International president.

Compact sedans are less than four metres in length placing them in a favourable tax category, encouraging automakers to add models in a market long dominated by ultra-

cheap hatchbacks. Volkswagen AG is aiming for late 2016 for its Ameo.

Moreover, GM plans to source locally as much as 80 percent of parts for its new car from a small proportion now for current cars, Jacoby said, bringing GM in line with global rivals which are likewise turning to local parts to reduce production costs.

GM’s plans for the Essentia extend to Africa and Latin America. The automaker aims to more than double annual exports from India to 50,000 cars by the end of this year, from 21,000 last year.

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Orgs condemn rape of minor UBSI of DEF Peren wins award KohiMa, February 3 (Mexn): Various organizations based in Nagaland today condemned the rape of a minor girl with disability in Kohima on January 30 by a police personnel.

In a press release, Association of Gorkha Baptist Churches Nagaland (AGBCN) urged the law enforcing authority that the accused is brought to justice and awarded befitting punishment.

The Sepfuzou Colony Welfare Board and Sepfuzou Youth Organisation in a joint press release demanded that perpetrator of such crime on children with special needs be given exemplary action as per laws so that no per-

son dares to commit such crimes in future.

Meanwhile, Bayavü Area Panchayat in its emergency meeting on February 2 decided to unanimously condemn the rape. A press note issued by Khinyi Woch, Chairman and Kechangulie Kense, General Secretary extended solidarity to the parents of the victim and also extended full support to the NBCC in its fight for justice to the victim. The Panchayat further urged the law enforcing agency not to be lenient in any way, but to thoroughly probe the case and award befitting and exemplary punishment.

In another press note, the Middle Bayavü Colony Board, Kohima expressed

that the crime committed by a police personnel in full uniform has brought utmost shame to the department whose primary duty is to protect and safeguard the people. The board through its Chairman Medo Koza and General Secretary Khriesangulie Belho requested the department concerned, the District Administration, and the Government of Nagaland to give befitting punishment to the accused. It also asked the Panchayat of the colony where the accused is presently residing and his village to deal with the accused sternly.

The Board further extended sympathies to the victim and her family.

Peren, February 3 (Mexn): On the occasion of Army Day on January 15, Pauramswangwi Zeliang, UBSI of DEF Peren, Nagaland Police, was declared as one of the recipients of the prestigious Chief of Army Staff commendation card with medal.

A felicitation programme in this regard was held on February 1 at 18 Assam Rifles HQ Jalukie, where the award was handed over to the UBSI by the DIG (AR) in the presence of District Administration and other dignitaries.

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8 at ADC Planning conference hall, Mokokchung from 11:00 am. All Head of Offices have been asked to attend the meeting without fail.

Kohima Police arrest two with ganja KohiMa, February 3 (Mexn): Kohima Police on February 3 arrested two persons and recovered 180 kg of ganja. A press note from the PRO, Kohima Police informed that the DEF Kohima while conducting surprise checking intercepted a Mahindra Bolero at Pfuchama village and recovered the contraband. The two arrested persons have been identified as Pavei Makho (21) and Winner J (20). In this connection, a regular case vide Khuzama P.S Case No. 004/16 U/S 20 (b) (II) (C) NDPS Act has been registered against the accused for conducting further investigation.

The arrested persons under police custody.

Zeliang, who is a sincere and dedicated officer has had an illustrious career and served in Nagaland Police in various capacities and proved himself to be an officer of distinction,” the SP recognised. In 2015, when he was the Officerin-Charge of Jalukie Police Station, Zeliang carried out several successful operations against political groups and other anti-social elements, it was added.

The Superintendent of Police, Peren along with his staff further lauded Pauramswangwi Zeliang on the special achievement.

Assam Rifles organize health camp Mon, February 3 (Mexn): A medical camp was organized by 9 BIHAR under the aegis of 7 Sector Assam Rifles at Chenloisho village of Mon district on January 23.

According to a press release from Assam Rifles, the aim of the camp was to help the locals residing in remote areas get treatment and free medicines. The medical team of 9 BIHAR comprising of RMO and medical

Officials of District Congress Committee (DCC), Dimapur and NPCC after the celebration of 10 years of MGNREGA at DCC, Dimapur office on February 2.

Superintendent of Police, Peren, V John said that the award is conferred by the highest officer in the Army to officers in recognition of specific acts of bravery or distinguished service or special service.

UBSI Pauramswangwi Zeliang has the distinction of being the only police officer in India to make it to the list of recipients for the year 2015. According to Army sources, he is also the first police officer from the North East India to receive the prestigious award, the release said.

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staff conducted the camp, which was also attended by people from other neighbouring villages.

During the camp, 145 civilians were attended to and free medicines distributed.

The medical officer gave vaccinations and medicines for common ailments to the civilians. The villagers were also briefed on good healthcare practices to be followed to ensure long and disease free life.

Aid provided to villages Commandant of 18 Assam Rifles interacted with the chief and authority of Nchengram and Old Puilwa villages in Peren on January 21. A press release from Assam Rifles informed that the commandant provided three syntax tanks (5000 ltr, 3000 ltr and 2000 ltr) to Nchengram village and 50 CGI sheets to village authority Old Puilwa.

Y. Isawoto Yepthomi, Head GB of Nikhekhu Village under Niuland subdivision on January 30 rescued four Barn Owl fledglings from the village area and sent it to the Nagaland Zoological Park, Rangapahar.

Y. Isawoto Yepthomi is also the president of Western Sumi Hoho.

Legislators requested to attend LFA meeting KohiMa, February 3 (Mexn): There will be an annual general meeting of Legislators’ Forum on AIDS (LFA) on February 8 from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon in the conference hall of Assembly Secretariat, Kohima. Informing that the meeting has the approval of the Chief Minister and Speaker of NLA, Dr. Vinito Chishi, State Consultant, LFA Nagaland has requested all the elected members to attend the important meeting. The programme will be chaired by NLA Speaker and Convenor of LFA; the Chief Minister, who is the chief patron of LFA, will be the guest of honour.

AR apprehend NSCN (K) cadre Zunheboto, February 3 (Mexn): 5 Assam Rifles apprehended an NSCN (K) cadre identified as Wilson H Chishi during a search operation carried out with police representatives on January 16 in Old Town, Zunheboto. According to a press release from Assam Rifles, one .22 Pistol, one improvised explosive device and assorted ammunitions were recovered from Chishi.

In addition, large numbers of extortion notes signed by Wilson as Central Secretary, Western Military Operation addressed to all government officials of Zunheboto were recovered, the release added. The apprehended cadre was handed over to the Zunheboto Police Station.

Fisheries dept to conduct training KohiMa, February 3 (Mexn): The State department of fisheries is conducting two-day training on “Value added product preparation from fresh water fish” from February 4 to 5 at the Directorate of Fisheries, Kohima. The inaugural function will take place from 10:00 am onwards with PB Chetri, Commissioner & Secretary, Fisheries as the chief guest. The training will be conducted by scientists from Central Institute of Fisheries Education (ICAR), Mumbai, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. Zenohol Angami, Director of Fisheries, will deliver inaugural speech while keynote address will be delivered by Dr. AK Balange, Senior Scientist, CIFE, Mumbai. Welcome address will be delivered by Neitho-o Kuotsu, while vote of thanks will be proposed by Ketusielie Angami, Assistant Director.

LSWOK calls prayer meeting KohiMa, February 3 (Mexn): The Lazami Social Welfare Organisation, Kohima (LSWOK) has organised prayer meeting for students and those appearing competitive exams at SABCK on February 6 at 7:00 am.

Therefore, LSWOK General Secretary Lutovi Phucho has requested all the students appearing class 10, class 11 and class 12, and also those appearing competitive exams to attend the said meeting.

State level seminar on spices held KohiMa, February 3 (Mexn): Two days state level seminar on organic farming of important spice crops in Nagaland was conducted at the Directorate of Horticulture from January 28-29.

Organized by the Spices Board of India in association with the Department of Horticulture, Government of Nagaland under MIDH 2015-16, the seminar was attended by more than 200 farmers from 11 districts.

Addressing as chief guest at the inaugural, Watienla Jamir, Director of Horticulture, Nagaland, emphasised on the setting up of a new

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field office in Mokokchung district for easy monitoring and implementation of schemes and insisted the Board to work in collaboration with the department for the benefit of the farming community. She also urged the farmers to come up with collective work in order to have a particular recognized village growing focussed spice crop.

Hoto Yeptho, Addl. Director of Land Resources, Nagaland, urged the farmers to strictly follow the technical know-how delivered by the scientists and resource person.

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sons in the seminar were Pawan Kumar, Jt. Director of Horticulture, Nagaland; Dr. Tikendranath Deka, Scientist-C, Spices Board India; Dr. Pijush Kanti Biswas, Sr. Scientist, KVK, Mokokchung; Dr. Hammylliende Talang, Horti Scientist, ICAR, Nagaland; Senti Longchar (DK), Horti Officer, Nagaland; Vevotalu Rhakho, Field Officer, Spices Board, Nagaland; Esther Dzuvichu, FA, Directorate of Statistics & Economics, Nagaland.

Tavesu Vadeo shared his innovative works and success story to the participants.

RPO extends condolences KohiMa, February 3 (Mexn): Rengma Public Organisation (RPO), Kohima has expressed shock and sadness at the sudden demise of Apana Seb, retired Vehicle Inspector, Transport Department, Civil Secretariat, Nagaland, on February 2 in Kohima. “Late Apana Seb was one of the senior most members of the Rengma community in Kohima. He was a cheerful person loved by both young and old alike,” stated a condolence message from RPO General Secretary Benjamin Lorin and President Khinyi Woch. RPO further extended condolences to the bereaved family and prayed to God to grant them solace and peace.

TBK 75 years celebration KohiMa, February 3 (Mexn): The Tuophezou Baptist Kehouko (TBK) will be celebrating its 75th year from February 6 to 7 at Tuophe Basa. The main speakers of the celebration include Rev. Dr. Rachiilie Vihienuo, Pastor, UBC Kohima; Rev. Riidilhou Rio, Pastor, Baptist Church Botsa, and Dr. V. Atsi Dolie, Executive Director, ABCC.

Donate Blood, Save Life Temjenkaba DIPR feature

Nothing is comparable to the preciousness of human blood which is the most vital component of human beings. Every different product can be manufactured in manmade factory through the advancement of science and technology but blood is the only thing which can’t be produced anywhere. It is only inside the human body where blood can be produced.

Hence for those requiring blood for saving life, blood sharing is the only means to save a life. This is the greatest gift one can do for mankind. If someone really loves oneself and other fellow beings, the only way to show our care and concern is to donate blood which means giving life to someone and it is believed that voluntary blood donors command the highest respect for their sacrifices.

In our state, to increase voluntary blood donation, initiatives have been made by some likeminded donors who have come together to form Voluntary Blood Donors Association (VBDAK).

The VBDAK was formed in 2011 with an intended vision to save life and with action oriented approach

so as to help the people who need blood. Many of the members have donated five to six times and the highest is seventeen.

We think for our future by making various plans but we never know what will happen in the very next minute. Many patients are dying in various hospitals due to shortage of blood while doing operation or in accident cases some people may survive because of the donors through friends or family members but what about the others who don’t have. As a donor when we see the recipient alive we get a sense of satisfaction which we cannot express in words. In a way, blood donors are savers and it is one of the noblest jobs you and I can do for saving a life.

The VBDAK experienced a case where a child suffering from diseases and body disorders that need operation but the child needed to attain 12 years of age as per the guidelines prescribed by doctors but the child needed three to four units of blood every month.

Fortunately, the child’s father came in contact with some members of VBDAK and the Association tried its best to save the child’s life by organizing various blood donating camps

and after attaining the required age the operation was successfully done and the child is now leading a very healthy life. It may be added that blood collected from the donors can be stored only for 45 days in the blood bank thereby the association takes the initiative to maintain ‘line donor’ and many people voluntarily come forward. It is the result of such activities that there is a significant increase in voluntary blood donation across the state. However, this momentum needs to be maintained with the active support from the general mass.

Safe blood transfusion comes under the legal protection as it is life saving and also fatal. Article 21 under part 111 of Indian Constitution spells out

that no person shall be deprived of his life. The Consumer Protection Act of 1986 also covers blood as a commodity and transfusion. The Criteria for blood donors as per the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 states that in order to donate blood the person should be between 18 to 65 years, Body weight 45 kg and above, Pulse rate 60 to 100 per minute and regular Blood Pressure Systolic 100 to l80mm of mercury, Diastolic 50 to 100m of mercury, Haemo globin minimum 12.5gm/100ml of blood and Oral temperature should not exceed 37.50C. Though blood transfusion has saved many lives, this vital fluid also carries the risks of various transmitting diseases. Therefore, it is mandatory to

test every unit of blood collected for the presence or absence of five disease markers (Transfusion transmitted infections), i.e., Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis-B, Hepatitis-C, syphilis and malaria to give the safest blood to the needy patients. It is globally accepted that the best source of blood for transfusion is from voluntary donations and preferably from repeated voluntary donors as blood from voluntary donations are the safest.

As a rule, if a patient needs blood transfusion, a replacement donor from his family or friends can donate. But there are some conditions where blood transfusion is required off and on, sometimes more than 100 units

to a particular patient.

Then how can the family or friends can bring all the required number of replacement donors as such it gives rise to involvement of professional or paid donors disguised as replacement donors.

So it is high time, for every section of society in our state to come together and join hands so as to formulate strategies to achieve 100% voluntary blood donation, so that any patient who needs blood transfusion can get the required blood units from the blood bank centers. But it is not a magic figure to achieve 100% voluntary donation in our state. If 1% of our state’s population donate blood once a year then the blood requirement in our state can be taken care of. The State Blood Transfusion Council which is under the National Blood Transfusion Council is playing an active role to achieve the target.

Inspite of the mass awareness on HIV and AIDS, the general community in Nagaland is still ignorant about the importance of voluntary blood donation and safe blood transfusion. Many people still continue to acquire blood from professional blood donors which leads to the spread of HIV and

AIDS in the state. Thus, the National Voluntary Blood Donation Day is planned to strengthen and expand safe voluntary blood donation programmes and to reinforce local campaigns by mass based awareness from different platforms like colleges, NGOs, Red Cross, churches etc. The celebration of the National Voluntary Blood Donation Day is an occasion to thank all voluntary blood donors and to acknowledge and recognize the unsung heroes, whose selfless deeds save lives every day through their blood donations and improve the health of the people whom they will never meet.

The main goals and objectives of the Voluntary Blood Donor Association are: • To motivate people to donate blood voluntarily • To make people aware of the Safe Blood Transfusion • To conduct blood donation camps throughout the year for Government Blood Banks • To organize training programmes for blood donor motivators • To recruit new donor and create donors of tomorrow through motivational programs

in schools, campuses and youth groups • To publish posters, booklets to promote voluntary blood donation • To help the government and other regulatory bodies to frame policy/ rules/ regulations in relation to voluntary blood donation • To propagate the message of optimum utilization of blood amongst the blood users • To create an atmosphere to make blood available to all in the state collected from non-remunerated voluntary blood donors.

• To co-ordinate and facilitate the relationships between voluntary blood donors and blood donor organization thus promoting Blood Program in Nagaland.

• To create public awareness and disseminate information on voluntary blood donation and safe blood.

The VBDAK is purely a voluntary organization and any person who wants to join the organization can contact Press secretary (VBDAK) on Mobile number, 9436062823 and 9612929134 or send your mail to: temjenlongkumer@yahoo.com.

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THE MORUNG EXPRESS

The Power of Truth

The Morung Express volume Xi issue 32

By Aheli moitra

All for peace

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ohsin Hussainy and family drove their car for 6 days, covering 600Km per day, from Pune in Maharashtra to Dimapur in Nagaland to attend the 2nd National Peace Convention. The Convention was held in Dimapur from January 30-February 1, 2016. The family’s objective was not just to be part of a movement for peace in the sub-continent but also themselves witness a region, and its people, who rarely make it into the positive imagination of the sub-continent.

At the Convention, Ahidur Rahman, a leader of the Muslim community in Dimapur, also the recipient of the Peace Award for his contribution towards peace building in, and after, March 2015, explained to Hussainy how peaceful it is for all communities to live in Nagaland. A picture far removed from the picture of a place teeming with “rebels, insurgents and terrorists” created of the region by the State, and the media that supports such portrayal.

Social activist Tushar Gandhi, the great grandson of MK (Mahatma) Gandhi, requested the gathering at the Convention, from 16 states all over India, to refrain from using terms like “rebels, insurgents and terrorists.” We must have the ability to be sensitive to the Naga struggle, and understand it by the values and virtues it promotes. Moved by the State militarisation of the Naga region, Gandhi said that today, India may be a socialist and secular State but definitely not a non violent one, as envisaged by the Mahatma.

It is, thus, up to us, the people, to change things. A change in our perception towards each other, as Indian and Naga people, can begin to invert the politics of hate to the pursuit of love. Thanks to multi-cultural peace initiatives like the National Peace Convention, the people of India have now come to the Naga people on the subject of peace, making space for each to change our perceptions, of ourselves and each other.

In that, it would have been helpful if the Convention facilitated the participants to visit Naga villages/communities and hear their stories before the Convention began so they could be equipped on the peace initiatives to take up on a people-to-people level in the future.

Peace is a complex idea and needs to be fine tuned as per context. Staying behind closed doors offers little by way of context. It is only through understanding ground realities that people, organisations, communities, movements and the media can work hand-in-hand to make peace a daily reality.

As for the fourth estate, instead of fighting a war for the State, media outlets need to wage peace.

In the Naga case itself, as Dr. Aküm Longchari, Editor of The Morung Express pointed out in a session, the media must stop restricting the peace process to the negotiating table. We, as media persons, must be able to get down to the grassroots, and project the people’s idea of peace, and bring them to the negotiating table for leaders to fine tune these into a politicalsocial-economic solution. What do people scattered over the Naga borderlands want by way of peace? What do Naga women hope for? What are the dreams of the youth?

The path to peace can be traversed through a collaboration of the people and the media in speaking and relaying the truth for the sake of justice.

Peace filled comments can be shared at moitramail@yahoo.com

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Canada- First Nations: Historic deal to protect rainforest from logging

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ritish Columbia on February 1 unveiled a historic agreement to protect a massive swath of rainforest along its coastline, having reached a deal that marries the interests of First Nations, the logging industry and environmentalists after a decade of often-tense negotiations.

Under the agreement, about 85 percent of forest within the Great Bear Rainforest would be protected, with the other 15 percent available for logging under the "most stringent" standards in North America, environmental groups involved in the talks said.

The Great Bear Rainforest is one of the world's largest temperate rainforests and the habitat of the Spirit Bear, a rare subspecies of the black bear with white fur and claws. It is also home to 26 Aboriginal groups, known as First Nations.

"The Great Bear Rainforest, there's no question, it's a jewel in the crown of magnificent landscapes in British Columbia," Premier Christy Clark said at an event on Monday.

She added that the "landmark agreement" would protect more old and second growth forest, while still ensuring economic opportunities for local Aboriginals and communities. The province is expected to enshrine the new measures into law in the spring.

The Great Bear rainforest, which includes forests, waterways and mountains, covers 6.4 million hectares of the province's coast. More than half its surface is forest, including 2.3 million hectares of old growth, which stores high levels of captured carbon.

In the 1990s, frustrated over what they saw as destructive forestry practices on their traditional lands, First Nations partnered with environmentalists to fight back against logging companies, blockading roads and protesting.

By the early 2000s, environmental groups and industry players, including Interfor Corp <IFP.TO>, Western Forest Products Inc <WEF.TO> and Catalyst Paper Corp <CYT. TO>, had started talks. At the same time, the government began negotiating with the Coastal First Nations and Nanwakolas Council.

The final agreements, reached more than a decade later, "will deliver certainty for coastal forests, local communities and jobs for years to come," Rick Jeffery, chief executive of industry advocate Coast Forest Products Association, said in a statement.

The deal would also end of the commercial grizzly bear hunt within Coastal First Nations territories, though other existing tourism-related businesses will not be affected.

"Our leaders understand our wellbeing is connected to the wellbeing of our lands and waters," said Chief Marilyn Slett, president of Coastal First Nations.

"If we use our knowledge and our wisdom to look after our lands and waters and communities, they will look after us into the future."

The announcement comes nearly two years after a landmark Supreme Court decision that granted title to a vast swath of British Columbia's interior to the Tsilhqot'in First Nations, who had gone to court to stop logging in their traditional lands.

That decision has bolstered First Nations across the province, who now have a legal precedent for fighting development on their territories.

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Roberto Savio Inter Press Service

The Lesson from Davos: No Connection to Reality

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he rich and the powerful, who meet every year at the World Economic Forum (WEF), were in a gloomy mood this time. Not only because the day they met close to eight trillion dollars has been wiped off global equity markets by a “correction”. But because no leader could be in a buoyant mood.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is losing ground because of the way she handled the refugee crisis. French President Francois Hollande is facing decline in the polls that are favoring Marine Le Pen. Spanish president Mariano Rajoy practically lost the elections. Italian President Matteo Renzi is facing a very serious crisis in the Italian banking system, which could shatter the third economy of Europe. And the leaders from China, Brazil, India, Nigeria and other economies from the emerging countries (as they are called in economic jargon), are all going through a serious economic slowdown, which is affecting also the economies of the North. The absence of the presidents of Brazil and China was a telling sign.

However the last Davos (20-23 January) will remain in the history of the WEF, as the best example of the growing disconnection between the elites and the citizens. The theme of the Forum was “how to master the fourth revolution,” a thesis that Klaus Schwab the founder and CEO of Davos exposed in a book published few weeks before. The theory is that we are now facing a fusion of all technologies, that will completely change the system of production and work.

The First Industrial Revolution was to replace, at beginning of the 19th century, human power with machines. Then at the end of that century came the Second Industrial Revolution, which was to combine science with industry, with a total change of the system of production. Then came the era of computers, at the middle of last century, making the Third Industrial Revolution, the digital one. And now, according Schwab, we are entering the fourth revolution, where workers will be substituted by robots and mechanization.

The Swiss Bank UBS released in the conference a study in which it reports that the Fourth Revolution will “benefit those holding more.” In other words, the rich will become richer…it is important for the uninitiated to know that the money that goes to the superrich, is not printed for them. In other words, it is money that is sucked from the pockets of people.

Davos created two notable reactions: the first came with the creation of the World Social Forum (WSF), in 1991, where 40,000 social activists convened to denounce as illegitimate the gathering of the rich and powerful in Davos. They said it gave the elite a platform for decision making, without anything being mandated by citizens, and directed mainly to interests of the rich.

The WSF declared that “another world is possible,” in opposition to the Washington Consensus, formulated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and the Treasury of the United States. The consensus declared that since capitalism triumphed over Communism, the path to follow was to dismantle the state as much as possible, privatize, slash social costs which are by definition unproductive, and eliminate any barrier to the free markets. The problem was that, to avoid political contagion, the WSF established rules which reduced the Forums to internal debating and sharing among the participants, without the ability to act on the political institutions. In

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n January 2011, Aaron Swartz was caught downloading millions of journal articles from the JSTOR scholarly database, via a laptop smuggled into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The US Attorney’s Office in Boston indicted him in federal court on four felony charges, later increased to 13, claiming wire fraud and breach of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The maximum prison sentence was 95 years, the maximum fine over $3m. The justice system had decided to make an example of someone opposed to copyright law, who had publicly called for an end to the “private theft of public culture” and the “privatisation of knowledge”. On January 11th 2013, a few months before his trial was due to begin, Aaron Swartz hung himself in his Brooklyn apartment. He was 26 years old. He had told nobody that he was about to take his own life, or why.

Swartz – hacker, programmer, entrepreneur, activist – used technology with a passion and fluency that had set him apart before he was even a teenager, and which earned him intellectual peers decades his senior. Yet, as Justin Peters’ new biography, “The Idealist”, makes clear, Swartz did not live for technology. He wanted to make a difference. Technology was his superpower, his chance to change how things worked. But it also made him vulnerable, colliding the realms of ideals and facts. He was brilliant, young, impatient to fix the inadequacies of actuality. Actuality fought back.

“The Idealist” isn’t a conventional biography, and it doesn’t so much seek to explain as to contextualise Swartz’s story. Its first half is a history of copyright and competing notions of public and private good – a history bookended by two exemplary tales.

2001, Davos did consider Porto Alegre a dangerous alternative; soon it went out of its radar.

At the last Davos, the WSF was not any point of reference. But it was the other actor, the international aid organization Oxfam, which has been presenting at every WEF a report on Global Wealth.

Those reports have been documenting how fast the concentration of wealth at an obscene level is creating a world of inequality not known since the First Industrial Revolution. In 2010, 388 individuals owned the same wealth as 3.6 billion people, half of humankind. In 2014, just 80 people owned as much as 3.8 billion people. And in 2015, the number came down to 62 individuals. And the concentration of wealth is accelerating. In its report of 2015, Oxfam predicted that the wealth of the top 1 per cent would overtake the rest of the population by 2016: in fact, that was reached within ten months. Twenty years ago, the superrich 1 per cent had the equivalent of 62 per cent of the world population.

It would have been logical to expect that those who run the world, looking at the unprecedented phenomena of a fast growing inequality, would have connected Oxfam report with that of UBS, and consider the new and immense challenge that the present economic and political system is facing. Also because the Fourth Revolution foresees the phasing out of workers from whatever function can be taken by machines. According to Schwab, the use of robots in production will go from the present 12 per cent to 55 per cent in 2050. This will cause obviously a dramatic unemployment, in a society where the social safety net is already in a steep decline.

Instead, the WEF largely ignored the issue of inequality, echoing the present level of lack of interest in the political institutions. We are well ahead in the American presidential campaign, and if it were not for one candidate, Bernie Sanders, the issue would have been ignored or sidestepped by the other 14 candidates. There is no reference to inequality in the European political debate either, apart from

ritual declarations: refugees are now a much more pressing issue. It is a sign of the times that the financial institutions, like IMF and the World Bank, are way ahead of political institutions, releasing a number of studies on how inequality is a drag on economic development, and how its social impact has a very negative impact on the central issue of democracy and participation. The United Nations has done of inequality a central issue. Alicia Barcena, the Executive secretary of CEPAL, the Regional Center for Latin America, has also published in time for Davos a very worrying report on the stagnation in which the region is entering, and indicating the issue of inequality as an urgent problem.

But beside inequality, also the very central issue of climate change was largely ignored. All this despite the participants in the Paris Conference on Climate, recognized that the engagements taken by all countries will bring down the temperature of no more than 3.7 degrees, when a safe target would be 1.5 degrees. In spite of this very dangerous failure, the leaders in Paris gave lot of hopeful declarations, stating that the solution will come from the technological development, driven by the markets. It would have been logical to think, that in a large gathering of technological titans, with political leaders, the issue of climate change would have been a clear priority.

So, let us agree on the lesson from Davos. The rich and powerful had all the necessary data for focusing on existential issues for the planet and its inhabitants. Yet they failed to do so. This is a powerful example of the disconnection between the concern of citizens and their elite. The political and financial system is more and more self reverent: but is also fast losing legitimacy in the eyes of many people. Alternative candidates like Donald Trump or Matteo Salvini in Italy, or governments like those of Hungary and Poland, would have never been possible without a massive discontent.

What is increasingly at stage is democracy itself?

Are we entering in a Weimar stage of the world?

The tragedy of Aaron Swartz Tom Chatfield Intelligent Life

He was a hacker, entrepreneur and idealist who killed himself aged 26. An important new book puts his story in context

Aaron Swartz

First, we meet Noah Webster. Born in Connecticut in 1758, Webster’s driving ambition was to give post-revolutionary America its own standards of grammar and spelling (as determined by his somewhat idiosyncratic standards). He worked equally ferociously to protect the proceeds of his lexicographic proselytising, lobbying the powerful and the prominent

for copyright legislation.

Second, some 189 years of expanding copyright empires later, we meet Michael Hart, a dreamer and misfit whose great mission became building an open digital library for all humanity. By the time of his death in 2011 – in relative poverty and obscurity – Hart’s dream had become known as Project Gutenberg, and

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had successfully made available over 37,000 books and historical documents. Like Webster, Hart had devoted his life to a mission with monomaniacal determination. Unlike Webster, he hadn’t found profit or prestige.

What he had helped to do was found the free-culture movement: a calling that spoke to the young Swartz, among others, as a manifesto for what the open Internet might mean.

In Peters’ telling, there is both tragedy and bathos to Swartz’s death: no conspiracy, few villains, just flawed systems grinding out their incentives.

Institutions like MIT looked to their lawyers and sat on their hands; the Attorney’s Office existed to win convictions; the protection of information as if it were property bore the momentum of time, power and cash.

“The Idealist” hefts its burden of research and explanation with flair.

Perhaps the greatest service Peters performs, though, is giving us Swartz’s own voice on page after page: a private soul with a gift for friendship; an idealist but no innocent; restless, precocious, growing and learning.

In July 2009, aged 22, Swartz wrote about something unprecedented: the fact that he had spent the entire previous month offline. “Offline,” he explained, “I felt in control of my own destiny. I felt, yes, serene... Offline, I felt solid and composed. Online, I feel like my brain wants to run off in a million different directions, even when I try to point it forward.” Technology offered so much: a new world, one he had a chance to shape in the company of like minds. The task was to reconcile infinite possibility with actuality, and leave actuality the better. Had he lived, who knows how much the world might have gained.

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Rebranded modern slavery Algeria’s transition to uncertainty fight struggles for definition

Algeria is facing succession scrambles and economic crisis.

Why are the country’s leaders handing the country over to the IMF rather than use its political and economic talent?

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he political turmoil that has engulfed Algeria since the head of the Intelligence and Security Department (DRS), General Mohamed Mediene, was dismissed in September, has no precedent in the recent history of the country.

The bitter fight and unusually public brawling between powerful clans as the succession to an everweaker President Abdelaziz Bouteflika draws closer will probably be the graveyard of many political reputations in Algeria. The fact that it is occurring as the price of oil and gas, Algeria’s exports mainstays, have collapsed, sharpens what is a rather strange affair as the succession could turn a once revolutionary country into one where one family member succeeds another. Not something Houari Boumediene would have condoned, but times change.

Where economic policy is concerned, Prime Minister Abdellatif Sellal appears to have lost his script.

He did not see the fall in prices coming, did not think through the economic and social consequences and seems to be letting his ministers cut budgets right, left and centre with the result that major investment projects are a mess. Confusion is all the greater as projects are being postponed without any publicity, so towns and regions wake up one morning and discover by rumour or stealth that an investment they were counting on has simply vanished.

Sellal has certainly lost control of the government.

His minister of industry openly defies him and recent parliamentary debate on the budget degenerated into fistfights and insults. The secretary-general of the former ruling – but still most important party – the National Liberation Front (FLN) resorted to abusive language towards anybody who dared oppose his views. Meanwhile, senior DRS officers were arrested in a sinister ballet that resembled a battle of shadows.

“It is a dangerous job being an Algerian,” wrote a young writer a few years ago. It certainly feels that way today. The absence of any forward thinking economic policy is fuelling a crisis of confidence, which is illustrated by the fast decline of the dinar on the black market.

Unlike Turkey, Brazil, China or India, Algeria has utterly failed over the past 30 years to gain any traction in international affairs. Its diplomats are smart, welleducated and the Foreign Ministry does weigh in on regional affairs, but an ever-more corrupt and rentier economy deprives it of much influence abroad.

Tens of billions of dollars have been wasted in overpriced, badly built, infrastructure projects.

Funds have been embezzled and moved abroad or lavished on state subsidies – estimated at a staggering 29% of gross domestic product (GDP) – for oil, gas and food. Social peace has been bought at a huge cost, not the least of which is the billions of dollars every year from smuggled petrol into neighbouring countries, especially Morocco and Tunisia.

The average Algerian’s income may have reached $5,000 in 2011 but it is unevenly distributed. Unemployment of young people is much more than the official level of 20% while living standards are impossible to ascertain with any degree of precision in a country where half the non-oil and -gas production is informal.

Capital flight is rife, with Algerian money contributing to the real estate boom in Alicante, Mallorca, Paris and Geneva. Algerian leaders boast the country has no foreign debt but only someone who is economically illiterate would dare utter such words. Rabah Arezki, who heads the commodity unit at the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) research department, explained to a meeting of the National Economic and Social Council in Algiers last September that the country’s oil and gas sectors ran the risk of becoming “obsolete assets” because of the rise in the use of renewable energy, the revolution wrought by US shale oil and Iran’s probable return to the market.

This means trouble for an economy that is little diversified and where too many private businesses

operate within shadowy mafias and yield increasing political influence. Large amounts of informal, not to say dirty, money are seeping into an ossified political system whose members pay little attention to the needs of genuine entrepreneurs – and there are many in Algeria, who crave clear and transparent rules and a less overbearing bureaucracy.

They would also benefit from a banking system not akin to Jurassic Park and a judicial system worthy of the name. Algeria has, economically speaking, gone back in recent years. This inevitably spells trouble.

Forty years ago, 30% of GDP was invested in the industrial sector, give or take a few percentage points.

That figure has fallen to 10% over the past decade. However misguided some of the industrial projects initiated under Boumediene were, they spoke of a noble ambition. For instance, he invested heavily in education.

However, he must be aghast at the utter betrayal of his ambition to make Algeria a modern economy. The Algerian government has given up investing in its youth.

That part of society is seeing no help in setting up small companies or making available financial instruments to help it achieve such ends or helping it become computer literate. Human resources just go to waste.

It has chosen to concentrate large foreign investments in certain regions, not least the west, from where many of its leaders hail, and punish the region of Kabylia, due east of Algiers, for having “rebelled” in 2000 and demanded that its Berber identity – and that of millions of Algerians beyond that region – be respected. It even bans private Algerian investors from making large investments there.

A decade ago, the government sold off most of the country’s commercial fleet to a sulphurous Saudi businessman, Ghaith Pharaon, and it did the same with the steel works at El Hajjar to Indian businessman Lakshmi Mittal, in a deal that were the country run with a modicum of seriousness would have been denounced as a sham. It has outrageously favoured Middle Eastern and Gulf interests that seem to be interested in short-term gains, knowing full well that long-term industrial projects backed by western and Asian companies are far more worthwhile.

In such a climate, Mediene’s attacks against the head of state have a hollow ring. In the 20 years he ran the DRS, he hollowed out the ranks of its most deserving officers. The same process has been at work in the army officer corps. Too many of those who Mediene has supported have milked the cash cow for their own benefit.

Attacking the system that he has done so much to consolidate over two decades rings hollow. He could do worse than to explain the whereabouts of the thousands who “disappeared” during the civil war when the security forces were forced into a dirty war to fight Islamic terrorism.

To denounce an alleged miscarriage of justice is fine but why does he stop at a particular case, be it that of a senior officer? Is no other Algerian who has suffered a miscarriage of justice worthy of his knowledge of the inner workings of the system – and help in shedding light? He could choose to enlighten his

countrymen and international observers of Algeria on the “private” Gulf and Saudi funds that financed the Islamic Armed Group in the 1990s. These funds originated in countries that had no love for a once revolutionary state which, to its eternal honour, backed the Palestinian Liberation Organisation and the African National Congress in their hour of need.

In the recent past, too many Algerian leaders have chosen to bury their heads in the sand, refuse to see the economic forces at work that are changing the world, buy social peace but deny the next generation of Algerians the tools to earn a decent living and stand on their two feet.

There is plenty of sand in Algeria; it is easy to bury your head in it. However, considering the turbulent nature of the region, the speed at which changes are sweeping away economic certainties, which seemed cast in bronze and the lack of forward thinking, it might be worth paying attention to the only prime minister who, a quarter of a century ago, dared usher in bold economic reforms.

In a hard-hitting speech to an audience of veterans of the war of independence, that prime minister, Mouloud Hamrouche, warned of the dire future the country faced. Lest his detractors forget, he is a military officer who joined the National Liberation Army when he was 16.

There are many other officers who could help put Algeria back on its feet but they are probably too old. Many younger officers in the army and security forces feel deeply ashamed and despondent when they watch the pathetic spectacle that passes for politics in Algeria today, but they lack experience and access to the levers of money and power. They understand that if home-grown reforms are not forthcoming, the IMF will ultimately oblige.

The debate about economic reform is far more open and well informed than it was in the 1980s but the government has chosen to be deaf. What has changed is that there are no teams of good economists capable of writing a blueprint for reform, let alone enacting it.

Plenty of good analyses exist, however, and there is no shortage of talent in Algeria. One is left wondering what is left of Algeria’s famous pride when its leaders seem to be handing the country, in slow motion, over to the IMF rather than use the political and economic talent that exists in the country.

Bouteflika was never the slightest bit interested in economics, unlike his illustrious predecessor, but leaving the country in a state of economic ruin will hardly earn a place in the pantheon of Algerian leaders.

Turning into a bateau ivre is not an option for Africa’s largest country. Neither its neighbours, nor Europe nor the United States, desperate to maintain a modicum of stability on southern Mediterranean shores, can relish the sight of a government losing control of the economic and financial situation.

The IMF will intervene, as it did in 1994. Were that to happen, Algerian leaders will, yet again, have demonstrated their extraordinary talent for discarding – some would say spitting out – their most talented sons and daughters.

What sport can learn from classical music

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Ed Smith

HY DO VIOLINISTS have mentors, sportsmen have coaches and doctors (usually) have neither? That was the starting point for Atul Gawande’s examination of his career as an elite surgeon. A similar question inspired a series I made for BBC Radio 3 when I was a professional cricketer. It explored the parallels between athletes and classical musicians. I was struck by how much was shared: the art of concentration, the importance – and dangers – of nerves, the tension between instinct and self-awareness, the pursuit and limits of technical mastery, the balance between professional analysis and escape. Listening to musicians speak – if I swapped over the terminology of our respective disciplines – I heard back my own thoughts as a sportsman.

Yet there is a central difference in the cultural assumptions about how sportsmen and musicians improve. Within classical music, the presumption is that even the most brilliant performers rely on dispassionate and trusted mentors.

They recognise that they don’t hear what the audience hears. So they need the help of distilled feedback from expert listeners. The soprano Renée Fleming refers to mentors as her “outside ears”.

In contrast, the default setting of professional sport (certainly team sport) is that the coach’s primary job is to discipline and instruct his players – an authority which rests on the ultimate sanc-

tion of deselecting them from the team.

When sportsmen do rely on independent mentors outside the formal coaching staff – perhaps a father figure or childhood teacher – they often keep it to themselves, to avoid a potentially hostile reaction from the “official” coach.

Why does professional sport assume that one coach can and should connect – technically and emotionally – with every player, even in a large squad consisting of wildly different characters?

In some individual sports, especially golf and tennis, the coach is employed by the player. In team sports, however, it is still usually the athlete who is employed by the coach. These coaches are tasked with improving the technique and mindset of their players. Yet the same coaches must also choose to concentrate on certain players, and sometimes end careers. Most sports coaches experience blurred and conflicting responsibilities. They must be the private mentor and also the professional selector – sharing the journey one minute, coldly judging performance the next.

It is surprising this arrangement has survived so long. History has played a role.

Right from the beginning, sport celebrated a cult of self-sacrifice. In the late 19th century, when organised sport became a defining characteristic of English public schools, sublimation of individuality was revered. “A boy who is working for a scholarship is working, not wholly, yet mainly, for himself,” argued Reverend J.E.C. Welldon, headmaster of Harrow. “But a

boy who is playing in a match is playing not for himself, but for his house, or for his school. He is always ready to sacrifice himself for the success of his XI or his XV.” “For the team” – the concept remains fundamental to the idea of sport.

But in the age of professional sport, with so much money and glory at stake, that situation is surprisingly rare. Yes, it is true that cycling teams in the Tour de France still rely on the selfless toil of domestiques to serve the needs of star riders. At times, a football manager may insist on a creative player supressing his attacking instincts to serve a wider tactical need. But the vast majority of sportsmen serve the team best by simultaneously promoting their own interests. A defender making a heroic sliding tackle in soccer may be brave, but he is still expressly doing his job.

There is no distinction between his aims and that of his team.

One of the best defenders in the history of modern football rarely made a tackle. Paolo Maldini (pictured), of A.C. Milan and Italy, was so technically proficient and intelligent in his positional play that he averaged only one tackle every 1.8 games. His high level of skill concealed rather than revealed his character.

Yet it remains a standard assumption inside sport – not just among coaches, but also among pundits who judge coaches – that the immediate solution to under-performance is a focusing on effort, usually administered by using

anger as a tool. This explains why some phrases have become the patter of sport: “there will be plenty of strong words in the dressing room after that”; “wouldn’t want to be standing near the manager at half-time”; “they all need a jolly good bollocking.”

This is laughably out-of-date. The era of overweight and work-shy professional sportsmen coasting through their careers, more interested in booze and nightclubs than practice and self-improvement, is long gone. When there is GPS tracking and weekly body-fat tests, why pretend everyone still needs a sergeant-major to whip them into shape?

Yet sport still tends to frame performance in terms of character and effort, as though trying harder is always the solution. But motivation is rarely the problem. Professional sportsmen as often try too hard as too little.

Much of the emphasis on “character” and “effort” in team sport is a displacement activity. The best way to enhance a team is, nearly always, to raise the performance of the individual players. Skill is the ultimate currency. It is also, unfortunately, the hardest thing to improve.

To do so, players – and managers – should think about adopting the musicians’ model. Instead of having to dodge salvoes from angry coaches, professional sportsmen – just like soloists and sopranos – should seek out trusted “outside ears”.

ED SMITHis a former England cricketer and a BBC commentator for “Test Match Special”. His books include “Luck”

Thomson Reuters Foundation

t first glance a foreign domestic worker in Hong Kong, a Rohingya migrant toiling on a fishing boat, a sex worker walking the streets of Mumbai and a child labourer cutting bamboo in a plantation in the Philippines have nothing in common.

But all four could be slaves, trafficked and exploited by criminals and employers profiting from the world's fastest growing illicit industry, estimated by the International Labour Organization (ILO) to be worth $150 billion a year.

In the 15 years since a global treaty to combat human trafficking was adopted, modern slavery has gradually taken over as a catch-all term to describe human trafficking, forced labour, debt bondage, forced marriage and other slave-like exploitation.

The term has helped to ignite outrage among the public, but some experts argue the rebranding of human trafficking as modern slavery over-simplifies the complex reasons why millions have been forced to work in brothels, farms, fisheries, factories and homes. "By applying the modern slavery label to all these abuses, it's easy to pitch it as a problem of good and bad, of innocent victims and evil perpetrators," said Janie Chuang, a professor at the American University Washington College of Law. There is no globally agreed definition of modern slavery. Not all children who are exposed to hazardous work are slaves, and not all workers who are paid unfairly are forced labourers, yet both are often referred to as victims of modern slavery.

LACK OF COORDINATION Legally sound definitions are crucial to improving coordination of national, regional and international efforts to stamp out slavery, experts say.

They also help efforts to collect better data on the number of slaves, a hotly debated issue as estimates range from 21 million to 36 million, depending on the methodology of surveys.

The Walk Free Foundation, creator of the Global Slavery Index, which puts the number of slaves at 36 million, said it took a strategic decision to use the term modern slavery rather than human trafficking.

"For an everyday audience it tends to be pretty well understood whereas with other concepts you need to give a lot more context," said Fiona David, a lawyer and director of global research at the Australian foundation.

"It meant we could work with as many organisations as possible, while also recognising the legal concepts behind human trafficking, forced labour, slavery or slavery-like practices," said David.

RISK OF "EXPLOITATION CREEP" Chuang argues that modern slavery is a term without a legal base, and that its inflationary use undermines prosecutions and trafficked persons' rights to remedy and assistance.

She noted cases in the United States where the use of slavery images by defence lawyers in trafficking prosecutions had raised jurors' expectations of the harm done to victims.

"People will expect that to be a victim of modern slavery you will have been chained and beaten and as a result the less violent abuses are likely to trigger less empathy," said Chuang.

Another risk of such "exploitation creep", as Chuang puts it, is that the reasons for modern slavery are neither recognised nor rectified in a structured manner. "It's a useful distraction for those who would rather not look at the structural reasons behind these issues," she said.

While researchers agree growing inequality in global labour markets has created a fertile ground for human trafficking and exploitation of migrants, there is little evidence of concrete coordinated steps being taken to address the issue. "The critical issues of migration, citizenship and border control are all closely connected to trafficking and forced labour but not many nations are willing to think about it in that way," said Marie Segrave, a criminologist at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.

David said the Walk Free Foundation tried to address the complex reasons for modern slavery by including 37 indicators such as discrimination against immigrants, income inequality and access to financial services in its index. "A stronger evidence base is a critical part of the way forward," she said.

MEASURING CHANGE In the Asia-Pacific region, which has the largest number of forced labourers in the world at 11.7 million, forced labour and trafficking are closely linked to migration of people in search of better lives. "It's acknowledged that this is a problem but there is not enough cooperation and so many different concepts now of what constitutes modern slavery," said Marja Paavilainen, a chief technical adviser at the ILO in Bangkok.

The ILO is leading efforts to create decent work conditions to reduce migrants' vulnerability to being trafficked and getting trapped in jobs where they are abused.

Clear definitions are also necessary to measure changes in the number of modern slaves, as the ILO found in its efforts to monitor child labour.

It took ILO member states, workers' and employers' organisations more than two years to settle on a definition of child labour when they negotiated a new convention to eliminate the worst forms of child labour, passed in 1999.

The convention, ratified by 180 countries, distinguishes between children who are held in slavery, debt bondage, serfdom, are trafficked or subjected to forced labour and those in hazardous work.

An ILO estimate in 2013 found that child labour had decreased by a third to 168 million over 12 years.

"By agreeing that not all child labour is modern slavery we have been able to track this issue much more effectively. It's a good example why definitions matter," said Paavilainen.

Experts said the inclusion of a modern slavery target in new U.N. development goals agreed in September was also a step forward by calling for effective measures to eradicate forced labour and to end modern slavery and human trafficking.

The target also calls for the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including the recruitment and use of child soldiers.

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Pathankot attack effect: Shoot-at-sight orders issued New Delhi, February 3 (pTi): Indian Air Force has issued shoot-at-sight orders against anyone attempting to scale the walls of the bases under sensitive Western Air Command in the backdrop of the terror attack on Pathankot air base in Punjab.

“All bases in the Western Air Command have been put on high alert. Shoot-at-sight orders have been issued against anyone attempting to enter the base by scaling the perimeter wall or through unauthorised access,” a senior IAF officer said.

IAF has also asked the government to strictly impose the ban against construction within 100 metres of any air base and within 900 metres of its ammunition depot.

Describing the Pathankot attack as a “learning experience”, the official said that IAF is in the process of finalising a Rs 8,000-crore comprehensive security proposal for its 54 main flying bases in the country.

That will include smart perimeter intrusion system, CCTVs, motion detectors, quadro drones, among other things. The cost will come to about Rs 100-150 crore per base, he said.

The officer said, “These proposals were already in the pipeline. Because of financial constraints, we are doing it in a phased manner.

Our first focus was to protect the main assets and then move to the perimeter wall.”

He said the government has told IAF that there will be no financial constraints for these works.

“The proposal is being prepared. We hope to get it going as soon as possible,” he said, adding that the IAF is fast-tracking the process.

IAF has completed a special audit of all its 950 flying and non-flying establishments.

He said that two teams from the Directorate of Air Staff carried out the audit of the bases.

“No major weaknesses were found in the audit,” he said, adding that similar audits are conducted every six months.

Ten soldiers missing in Siachen Glacier avalanche Jammu, February 3 (iaNS): Ten soldiers, including an officer, went missing on Wednesday after an avalanche hit them in Siachen Glacier in Jammu and Kashmir's Ladakh region.

"Ten soldiers, including a junior commissioned officer (JCO), are missing after an avalanche hit their patrol at 19,000 feet above the sea level in southern side of the Siachen Glacier early Wednesday," Colonel S.D. Goswami, spokesman of army's Udhampur headquartered northern command, told IANS here.

"A massive rescue operation has been started by the army and the Air Force to trace the missing personnel who are feared buried under the avalanche," he added.

Name and shame countries which support terrorism: India

'26/11, Pathankot airbase attacks signify tectonic shift for India' Jaipur, February 3 (ageNcieS): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday targeted Pakistan for failing to curb export of terror to India.

Speaking at a counter-terrorism conference here, Rajnath said when certain states use terrorism as an instrument of their foreign policy, the challenge to tackle it gets compounded.

“Most of the terrorist attacks in India emanate from Pakistan... it will have to show some sincerity and take concrete steps to rein in various terror groups operating against India from its soil,” Rajnath said without mincing his words.

The Home Minister stated that for India, the November 2008 Mumbai terror attack and the recent strike on Pathankot

airbase have signified a tectonic shift.

“In the recent attack on the Pathankot airbase, there was a conscious effort to target sensitive assets of the country and to cause large-scale casualties. “Our security forces and intelligence agencies not only prevented any damage to our capabilities and assets but achieved it with minimum casualties,” the minister stated.

He, however, added, “If Pakistan takes concrete action against terrorists operating from its territory, it will not only improve bilateral ties between the two countries but also bring peace and stability to the South Asian region.” “India will stand by Pakistan if it takes decisive action against terrorists and their organisations,” Rajnath added.

Rajnath said terrorism has no religion because religions do not allow crimes against humanity. “Terrorism is a crime against humanity,” he told the conference, adding, “I firmly believe that terrorism is a by-product of a perverse mind and this perversion has no love for human beings or humanity”.

Rajnath rued that the world still has not agreed on one definition of terrorism. “Unfortunately, while the world acknowledges the threat of terrorism, there is no consensus even on the definition of terrorism. “They make perverse distinction between good and bad terrorists.

The world must accept the reality without any loss of time that there is no good terrorist,” Rajnath said.

Jaipur, February 3 (pTi): India today said that countries which support terrorism must be named and shamed, asserting the need for united efforts to combat terror. Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar while stating this at a security conference in a veiled reference to Pakistan also said that some countries believe that they can buy peace at home by supporting groups for terror outside, which he said, was "delusional". He did not name any country.

He said India will continue to be in touch with Pakistan with regard to the probe in the terror attack on an IAF base in Pathankot last month. He called for fostering greater international cooperation to fight terrorism while pointing out that even so-called victims of terror do not cooperate on fighting terror on international stage.

Jaishankar said that governments must show solidarity through a united message condemning terror attacks. "Since Pathankot attack happened, we have been in touch with Pakistan. We have been in touch at my level and the NSA level because only by remaining in touch, we can expect them to progress on the basis of information which we have provided to them," he said.

On terrorism in eastern parts of the country, the Foreign Secretary said the Indian government had discussions with Myanmar on fighting terrorism and there is a greater responsiveness to the concerns of India. We had some problems with Myanmar and we have also some discussions with them. Some developments took place in the last few months and possibility of terror attacks occurring in the East from beyond the border would come down," he said.

Indian firm developing vaccine for Zika virus Former Lok Sabha speaker Balram Jakhar passes away hyDerabaD, February 3 (iaNS): Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech is developing world's first vaccine for Zika virus, which has been declared as public health emergency by the World Health Organisation.

The vaccines and bio-therapeutic manufacturer on Wednesday announced that it is working on ZIKAVAC vaccines for Zika infection.

The company, which claims to be working on the vaccine for one-and-half years, has informed both the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the government of India about the status of its project.

Krishna Ella, chairman and managing director, Bharat Biotech, told reporters that the pre-clinical trials for the vaccine will start in a week or two.

The company has filed global patents for both inactivated and recombinant vaccines.

He said the company was ready to partner with Latin American countries like Brazil for the vaccine development. Some Latin American companies have already shown interest in partnering with it for human trials.

"It depends on the regulatory system in the country," he said when asked how long it would take for the vaccine to hit the market in India. Ella said that if the government declares Zika as a national emergency and takes an aggressive stand, the vaccine can be developed in less than two years.

Sumathy, director, research and development, Bharat Biotech, who is heading the vaccine development, said they started the work on this along with the development of vaccine for Chikungunya but the work was progressing at a slow pace.

She said with the virus spreading fast to Latin America and the WHO declaring it public health emergency, they will now speed up the project.

The inactivated vaccine has reached the stage of pre-clinical testing in animals.

The pre-clinical trials may take two to five months while human trials will take another four to five months.

Ella pointed out that Zika is now present in 23 countries. Brazil, the hardest-hit country, has reported around 3,530 cases of the devastating birth defect called microcephaly in 2015 that are strongly suspected to be related to Zika.

The Zika virus is spread by mosquitoes of the Aedes genus, which can breed in a pool of water as small as a bottle cap and usually bite during the day. The mosquitotransmitted infection is related to Dengue, Yellow Fever and West Nile virus.

Bharat Biotech has invested over $150 million since inception to build its portfolio of vaccines including ROTAVAC, the first vaccine from the developing world It has successfully commercialised Typbar TCV, typhoid conjugate vaccine.

Chikungunya Vaccine will be entering phase 1 trials shortly.

New Delhi, February 3 (pTi): Veteran Congress leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker Balram Jakhar passed away on Wednesday. He was 92. Condoling his death, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was a popular leader who enriched Parliamentary democracy.

“Balram Jakhar ji was a popular leader who enriched our Parliamentary democracy in his long political journey. Saddened by his demise. RIP,” he tweeted.

Jakhar served as Speaker of Lok Sabha from 1980 to 1989 during which he contributed to the establishment of Parliament Museum.

He also served as Agriculture Minister in the Cabinet of former Prime Minister Narasimha Rao. Jakhar also served as Governor of Madhya Pradesh from June 30, 2004 to May 30, 2009.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi has expressed grief over the demise of Jakhar.

In her message to the family of Jakhar, Gandhi said, “The Congress Party as indeed the entire nation will forever remember the contributions made by him during the course of his long public life, particularly to the cause of farming community.”

“Be it as Legislator, Parliamentarian, Minister, Speaker or Gov-

ernor, Dr Jakhar forever remained at the forefront in taking up issues concerning agriculture and farmers and his role in modernising the Parliament Secretariat was pioneering.”

Jakhar also served as Deputy Minister Cooperation, Irrigation and Power in Punjab between 1973-77 and then Leader of Opposition in the Assembly between 1977 and 1979.

Jakhar was a four-time MP in Lok Sabha starting from his election in the seventh Lok Sabha in 1980. He was again elected in 1984, 1991 and 1998.

In 1980, he became Lok Sabha Speaker and served till 1989 for two terms during which he was instrumental in automation and computerisation of the House works.

He worked extensively for promotion of Parliament Library, smartening the reference, research and documentation system of the House and streamlining information for the members.

Jakhar headed Business Advisory Committee, Rules Committee; General Purposes Committee; and Standing Committee of the Conference of Presiding Officers of Legislative Bodies in India.

In the party, he became General Secretary All India Congress Committee in 1990 and from 1992

Veteran Congress leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker Balram Jakhar.

(File Photo)

he was member, Congress Working Committee.

The body of Jakhar, who breathed his last at around 7 AM, is being taken to his native village Panjkosi near Abohar in Punjab, where he will be cremated tomorrow morning, his family sources said.

Expressing grief over Jakhar’s demise, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi hailed him as a party stalwart. “Extremely saddened by the passing away of veteran Congress leader Balram Jakharji. In his

passing Congress Party has lost a stalwart.

“His immense contribution to the nation in his long political career as Parliamentarian, Union Minister & Governor will always be remembered,” he tweeted.

Offering his condolences to the Congress leader’s family, BJP veteran LK Advani said, “I am grieved to learn about the sad demise of Balram Jakhar, former Speaker, Lok Sabha, whom I had known very well.”

Diagnosed with cancer? Don't take it lying down World Cancer Day is on February 4 New Delhi, February 3 (iaNS): Being diagnosed with cancer at a prime age with flying dreams and a family to look after can be earth-shattering for most people. But when it comes to facing the stark reality, whom does one blame for the slow but certain decay of cells and tissues in your body.

At a time when health practitioners globally are becoming certain they can cure any form of cancer (depending on the stage of discovery), the real fight for cancer-stricken people is to choose between two realities: Embrace the situation with humility and prepare themselves for the long-drawn medical procedures or give up and let it progress.

"If a person is unfortunate to get cancer, the most important thing is to maintain a positive attitude. Further, he or she should identify people from family or friends who will be standing with him or her throughout the procedures," Dr. Ajit Saxena, consultant urologist and andrologist at the Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals in

the capital, told IANS. "Next is to search for the best oncologist for the particular cancer treatment, depending on the organ affected. Whatever be the situation, it is best to consider things rationally, apply the mind to find the best treatment available and fight it out," Dr Saxena said.

The next stage is to connect with cancer support groups online or offline to prepare yourself for the battle ahead.

"Life is priceless and there should be no option to give it up. Help in one form or the other can be offered to all patients at any stage of cancer. We may enable them to meet realistic goals and lead a better quality of life given the situation they are faced with," Dr. Harit Chaturvedi, chairman, Max Institute of Oncology at Max Hospitals, emphasised.

Fully aware that you have been diagnosed with cancer, do not just go on blaming your fate. While more and more triggers are becoming increasingly known, it is still difficult to pin point one cause for any particu-

Cancer claims 3.5 lakh lives every year in India: ISCR New Delhi, February 3 (pTi): Cancer is the second biggest killer after heart disease in India, with 3.5 lakh people succumbing to the disease every year, a research body said today.

Referring to the WHO World Cancer Report 2015, the Indian Society for Clinical Research (ISCR) said seven lakh new cancer cases emerge every year in the country, killing over 3.5 lakh people and is expected to rise in the next 10-15 years.

"This makes it crucial to focus on new and more effective cancer treatments in addition to the prevention and diagnostics aspects, thus bolstering the momentum of clinical research in our country. lar cancer.

Some of the known associated factors, however, are unhealthy lifestyle, tobacco and alcohol consumption, viral infections, family history and, of course, ageing.

"It is a consequence of interplay of multiple factors such as bad habits, bad lifestyle, ageing, obesity, environmental and genetic mutations," notes Dr Sanjay Dudhat, head of surgical oncology from Nanavati Super Specialty Hospital in Mumbai.

If a patient is diagnosed with

"The demographic distribution of different kinds of cancers also makes it important to invest in local clinical research," ISCR said in a statement on the eve of World Cancer Day. Suneela Thatte, President, ISCR, noted that encouraging more clinical research in cancer can increase patients' access to more effective and affordable treatment.

"ISCR welcomes every development that helps in conducting clinical research in India and is fully committed to the country's quest for newer cancer treatments.

"I believe the recent regulatory amendments in India have led to a more conducive environment for clinical tri-

cancer, the first thing he or she requires is counselling. Proper disclosure of diagnosis, correcting patients' myths about cancer and explaining the proper treatment strategies to the patient and relatives result in better acceptance and also reduces mental trauma.

"Proper treatment along with boosting the morale of the patient will get better results.

So do not ever give up and fight cancer regardless," Dr Dudhat adds.

For those who are healthy

als in the country. This, when combined with our vast pool of scientific talent and resources, presents a wonderful window of opportunity to strengthen clinical research in the country. It will enable every patient to have access to the latest cancer therapies," she said.

Reiterating the need for more clinical research in the country, C S Pramesh, Chief, Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgical Oncology at Tata Memorial Hospital, said "We need to focus our research and resources on finding treatments for the more prevalent cancers in Indiahead and neck, breast, cervical and gall bladder".

and the disease does not run in the family, making simple changes can result in saying goodbye to cancer.

"Screening! Sceening!

Sreening! Early diagnosis of any cancer makes all the difference between life and death," says Dr Saxena, also a pioneer in robotic surgery (urology).

"In the case of prostate cancer, a simple blood test can detect early stages. Whole body scan can pick up early cancer stages.

This is important particularly in cases where there is a family his-

tory of cancer," he advises.

According to Dr Sidarth Sahni from department of surgical oncology at Indraprastha Apollo, woman should be aware of complications in the breast.

"Every woman, irrespective of family history, needs to have a mammogram done every year after age 40 as breast cancer is the fastest growing disease in women in India," he told IANS. In middle age, avoid smoking and tobacco, cut alcohol consumption, hit the gym or join a neighbourhood yoga and

meditation session followed by brisk walk. And do not forget adding fruits and vegetables to your grocery list.

Maintain healthy weight and be physically active, get immunised against Hepatitis B and HPV viruses, have safe and protected sex and opt for regular health check ups, are some of the other steps doctors suggest.

For those diagnosed with cancer, reading "Being Mortal" helps. It's a highly-acclaimed book by Dr Atul Gawande, a New York-based surgeon that carries several moving stories about his family, friends and patients describing how someone could better live with age-related or otherwise serious illnesses.

"Arriving at an acceptance of one's mortality and a clear understanding of the limits and the possibilities of medicine is a process, not an epiphany," he writes. Above all, wear a positive attitude. If cancer has entered your life, give it a tough competition with smile, grit and determination.

"I strongly believe that life is not about waiting for the storm to pass but about learning how to dance in the rain," Dr Chaturvedi of Max Institute says.

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Japan put on alert over NKorea’s planned rocket launch SEOUL/TOKYO, FEbrUarY 3 (rEUTErS): Japan placed its military on alert on Wednesday to shoot down a North Korean rocket if it threatens Japan, while South Korea warned the North will pay a “severe price” if it proceeds with a satellite launch that Seoul considers a missile test.

North Korea should immediately call off the planned launch, which is a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions, the South’s presidential Blue House said in a statement.

Seoul’s warning came after the North notified U.N. agencies on Tuesday of its plan to launch what it called an “earth observation satellite” some time between Feb. 8 and 25.

“North Korea’s notice of the plan to launch a long-range missile, coming at a time when there is a discussion for Security Council sanctions on its fourth nuclear test, is a direct challenge to the international community,” the Blue House said. “We strongly warn that the North will pay a severe price ... if it goes ahead with the long-range missile launch plan,” it said.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would work with the United States and others to

North Korea tells UN it plans satellite launch

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un organizes and guides a combined joint drill of the units under KPA Combined Units 572 and 630 in this undated file photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang November 23, 2014. REUTERS

“strongly demand” that North Korea refrain from what he described as a planned missile launch.

Japan’s Defense Minister Gen Nakatani ordered ballistic missile defense units including Aegis destroyers in the Sea of Japan and Patriot missile batteries onshore to be ready to shoot down any North Korean rocket that threatened Ja-

pan. The rocket is likely to fly over Japan’s southern island of Okinawa in the Pacific Ocean at an altitude of several hundred kilometres. Reports of the planned launch drew fresh U.S. calls for tougher U.N. sanctions that are already under discussion in response to North Korea’s recent nuclear test.

State Department

spokesman John Kirby said the United Nations needed to “send the North Koreans a swift, firm message”. Pyongyang has said it has a sovereign right to pursue a space programme by launching rockets, although the United States and other governments worry that such launches are missile tests in disguise. A spokeswoman for

SEOUL, FEbrUarY 3 (rEUTErS): North Korea notified U.N. agencies on Tuesday that it plans to launch a satellite later this month, which could advance the isolated country’s development of long-range missile technology.

Pyongyang conducted its fourth nuclear test on Jan. 6 in defiance of United Nations sanctions, and last launched a longrange rocket in December 2012, sending an object it described as a communications satellite into orbit. Western and Asian experts have said that launch was part of an effort to build an intercontinental ballistic missile.

North Korea is under U.N. sanctions for its nuclear and missile programmes, and countries including the United States and South Korea are seeking fresh sanctions after Pyongyang’s latest nuclear test last month. “We

the International Maritime Organization, a U.N. agency, said the agency had been told by North Korea it planned to launch the ‘Kwangmyongsong’ satellite. The International Telecommunication Union, another U.N. agency, also told Reuters that North Korea had informed it on Tuesday of plans to launch a satellite with a functional

have received information from DPRK regarding the launch of earth observation satellite ‘Kwangmyongsong’ between 8-25 February,” a spokeswoman for the International Maritime Organization, a U.N. agency, told Reuters by email late on Tuesday.

North Korea is believed to be making preparations for a test launch of a long-range rocket, U.S. officials said last week, after activity at its test site was observed by satellite. Pyongyang has said it has a sovereign right to pursue a space programme by launching rockets, although the United States and other governments worry that such launches are missile tests in disguise. The country has shown off two versions of a ballistic missile resembling a type that could reach the U.S. West Coast.

The North is also seen to be

duration of four years in a non-geostationary orbit.

North Korea said the launch would be conducted in the morning one day during the announced period, and notified the coordinates for the locations where the rocket boosters and the cover for the payload would drop. Those locations are expected to be in the Yellow Sea off the Korean peninsula

working to miniaturise a nuclear warhead to mount on a missile, but many experts say it is some time away from perfecting such technology. The International Telecommunication Union, another U.N. agency, told Reuters that North Korea had informed it on Tuesday of plans to launch a satellite with a functional duration of four years, in a nongeostationary orbit.

It said the information provided by North Korea was incomplete, and that it was seeking further information.

The North detonated a nuclear device on Jan. 6, calling it a successful hydrogen bomb test, although this assertion was met with scepticism by U.S. and South Korean officials and nuclear experts. They said the blast was too small for it to have been a full-fledged hydrogen bomb.

west coast and in the Pacific Ocean to the east of the Philippines, Pyongyang said.

U.S. officials said last week North Korea was believed to be making preparations for a test launch of a long-range rocket, after activity at its test site was observed by satellite.

North Korea last launched a long-range rocket in December 2012,

sending an object it described as a communications satellite into orbit.

North Korea also said last month it had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb but this was met with scepticism by U.S. and South Korean officials and nuclear experts. They said the blast was too small for it to have been a full-fledged hydrogen bomb.

WHO concerned by report of Georgia executes oldest death row inmate for 1979 murder sexual spread of Zika virus GENEVa, FEbrUarY 3 (rEUTErS): The World Health Organization (WHO) voiced concern on Wednesday over a report the Zika virus had been sexually transmitted in the United States and called for further investigation into the mosquito-borne virus.

The first known case of Zika virus transmission in the United States was reported in Dallas, Texas on Tuesday by local health officials, who said it likely was contracted through sex and not a mosquito bite.

“We certainly understand the concern.

This needs to be further investigated to understand the conditions and how often or likely sexual transmission is, and whether or not other body fluids are implicated,” WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl told Reuters.

“This is the only the second mooted case of sexual transmission,” he said, referring to media reports about a case of an American man who returned from Senegal in 2008 and is suspected of having infected his wife. The virus, linked to babies born with abnormally small heads and birth defects in Brazil, is spreading rapidly in the Americas and the WHO declared an international public health emergency on Monday about the condition known as microcephaly.

The United Nations agency, which is leading international coordination on the outbreak, said on Tuesday the virus could

spread to Africa and Asia, which have the world’s highest birth rates, as well as to southern Europe. In a statement on Wednesday to European member states, WHO said the risk of the virus spreading into Europe increases with the onset of spring and summer.

“Now is the time for countries to prepare themselves to reduce the risk to their populations,” WHO’s Europe chief Zsuzsanna Jakab said. “Every European country in which Aedes mosquitoes are present can be at risk for the spread of Zika virus disease.

“A number of travellers infected with Zika have entered Europe, but the disease has not been transmitted further, as the mosquito is still inactive. With the onset of spring and summer, the risk that Zika virus will spread increases.”

The WHO has not recommended travel or trade bans with affected countries, but says that it is drawing up advice to pregnant women. The WHO global response team will discuss the sexual transmission report among other issues at its daily meeting later on Wednesday, Hartl said.

“There are many things we don’t know about Zika,” he said. “Lots of surveillance is needed ... We have our team set up and are sure there will be lots of progress quickly.”

For now, the key in infected areas is to try to control mosquitoes and for people to wear adequate clothing, use insect repellent and sleep under bednets, Hartl said.

OFFICE OF THE

STATE CHILD PROTECTION SOCIETY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE NAGALAND: KOHIMA

SCPS/ADVT-01/2015

Dated Kohima, the 30 of Jan 2016 th

JUVENILE JUSTICE BOARDS (JJB) The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 and its amendment Act 2006 makes it mandatory to establish one Juvenile Justice Boards in every district as the final authority to dispose of cases for the children in conflict with law. The Board shall consist of a Judicial Magistrate First Class, and two social workers of whom at least one shall be a woman, forming a bench.

Interested candidates may apply for the position of two social workers by addressing to the District Child Protection Officer, of their respective District Child Protection Unit on or before 31st of March 2016. Qualification and experience in documentation shall be preferred.

Tenure of the Board The tenure of the social workers shall be of three years and shall be eligible for appointment for a maximum of two consecutive terms.

Qualifications for Members of the Board (i) The social worker to be appointed as a member of the Board shall be a person not less than 35 years of age, who has a post-graduate degree in social work, health, education, psychology, child development or any other social science discipline and has been actively involved and engaged in planning, implementing and administering measures relating to child welfare for at least seven years. (ii) No person shall be considered for selection as a Member of the Board, if he/ she (a) has been convicted under any law; (b) have ever indulged in child abuse or employment of child labour or any other human rights violations or immoral act; (c) is holding such other occupation that does not allow him/her to give necessary time and attention to the work of the Board; (d) does not fulfill the qualification and experience prescribed in the Act and the rules made there under and in such a case the Selection Committee shall after due inquiry and on establishment of such fact, reject his application and recommend the name of the next person from the list of names prepared for filling the vacancies. (iii) Candidates should be a permanent resident of concern district.

Sitting and conveyance allowances The Juvenile Justice Board shall be paid sitting and conveyance allowance as per the Act. (Z. NYUSIETHO NYUTHE) Society Director, State Child Protection Society, Nagaland: Kohima

aTLaNTa, FEbrUarY 3 (rEUTErS): A 72-yearold man convicted of murdering a convenience store manager in a 1979 robbery in Atlanta’s suburbs was executed in Georgia early on Wednesday, corrections officials said.

Brandon Astor Jones, the oldest inmate on the state’s death row, died by lethal injection at 12:46 a.m. at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson.

He accepted a final prayer and recorded a final statement, the Georgia Department of Corrections said in a statement.

Jones’ death was delayed nearly six hours following a flurry of appeals by his attorneys. The U.S. Supreme Court late on Tuesday denied Jones’ request for a stay of execution.

His execution was the fifth this year in the United States, and the first of two scheduled this month in Georgia, according to the Death Penalty Information

Center, which monitors capital punishment nationwide. Texas, Alabama and Florida executed inmates last month, the center said.

The Georgia Supreme Court and the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles rejected his petition to commute his sentence to life without parole.

Jones was the second man executed in the shooting death of Roger Tackett, 35, inside a convenience store in June 1979, according to court testimony.

Jones was arrested in the store, along with co-defendant Van Roosevelt Solomon, by a police officer who heard four gunshots, according to a Georgia Supreme Court case synopsis.

Jones later told another officer, “There is a man in the back - hurt bad,” court records said. Police found a badly wounded Tackett in a locked storeroom.

Solomon, also convicted of murder, was executed in 1985. Jones had spent decades appealing against

his death sentence.

A federal district court overturned his death sentence in 1989 because a trial judge had allowed a Bible in the jury deliberation room, finding it could have improperly influenced jurors to base their decision on scripture instead of the law.

Another jury again sentenced Jones to death in 1997. Jones had continued to appeal the verdict, saying his trial lawyers failed to introduce evidence of his history of mental illness and childhood sexual abuse.

Jones, who declined to request a last meal, was to be offered instead the standard prison menu of chicken and rice, rutabagas, seasoned turnip greens, dry white beans, cornbread, bread pudding and fruit punch, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections.

The execution came about two weeks before the planned execution of convicted murderer Travis Clinton Hittson, set for February 17.

OFFICE OF THE

STATE CHILD PROTECTION SOCIETY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE NAGALAND: KOHIMA

SCPS/ADVT-01/2015

Dated Kohima, the 30th of Jan 2016

CHILD WELFARE COMMITTEES (CWC) The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children)Act, 2000 and its amendment Act 2006 makes it mandatory to establish one Child Welfare Committee (CWC) in each district as the final authority to dispose of cases for children in need of care & protection. The Committee shall consist of a Chairperson and four other members, of whom at least one shall be a woman.

Interested candidates are requested to apply the same by addressing to the District Child Protection Officer (DCPO), of their respective District Child Protection Unit on or before 31st of March 2016. Qualification and experience/s in documentation shall be preferred.

Tenure of the Committee The Chairperson and Members shall have the tenure of three (3) years and shall be eligible for appointment for a maximum tenure of two consecutive terms.

Qualifications for Chairperson and Members of the Committee (i) A person to be selected as a Chairperson or Member of the Committee shall have either of the following qualifications, in addition to a minimum of seven years experience in their respective field: a. a person with post graduate degree in social work, psychology, child development, education, sociology, law, criminology and, where such a person is not available, a person with at least a graduate degree in any of the social science disciplines; b. a teacher, doctor or a social worker who has been involved in work concerning children. (ii) The Chairperson or Member of the Committee shall be a person not less than 35 years of age. (iii) No person shall be considered for Selection as a Chairperson or Member of the Committee, if he/she,A. has a previous conviction record; B. has been involved in any immoral act or in an act of child abuse or employment of child labor; C. is holding such full-time occupation that may not allow him/her to give necessary time and attention to the work of the Committee as per the Act and these rules; (iv) Candidates should be a permanent resident of concern district.

Sitting and conveyance allowances The Chairperson and Members of the Committee shall be paid sitting and conveyance allowance as per the Act. (Z. NYUSIETHO NYUTHE) Society Director, State Child Protection Society, Nagaland: Kohima

Georgia’s oldest death row inmate, 72-year-old Brandon Astor Jones, is shown in this undated handout photo provided by the Georgia Department of Corrections in Jackson, Georgia on February 1. (REUTERS Photo)

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

PERSONNEL & ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS DEPARTMENT (PERSONNEL 'B' BRANCH) CIRCULAR Dated Kohima, the 30th of January, 2016

NO.PAR-B/7/2007 NPSC:: Application are invited from serving officers under the State Government holding analogous post or immediate lower grade pay for filling up of the post of Controller of Examinations on deputation in the Nagaland Public Service Commission in Pay Band `15,600-39,100/plus Grade Pay of `7,600/- per month and all other allowances as admissible under the rules in force in Nagaland.

Eligibility criteria are as follows: a) Post graduate in any discipline having adequate experience in conducting examinations. b) Must already be serving in Pay Band `15,600-39,100/- plus Grade Pay of `7,600/- per month or at least 5 years in the Pay Band `15,600-39,100/- plus Grade Pay of `6,600/- per month. c) Candidate with higher scale will be given pay protection. d) The period of deputation shall be for 3 (three) years. e) All application should be recommended by the respective Controlling Officers of the Department. f) The Application may be addressed to Secretary, Personnel & Administrative Reforms Department, Nagaland Civil Secretariat, Kohima. The last date of receiving applications will be 15-02-2016 Sd/- PANKAJ KUMAR Chief Secretary to the Govt. of Nagaland

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sports

THE MORUNG EXPRESS

prosecutors accuse Neymar, father in tax evasion scheme Henry, Guptill superb as NZ thrash Australia by 159 runs

MAdRId, FEBRUARY 3 (REUTERS): Brazilian prosecutors filed a formal complaint against Neymar and his father on Tuesday for tax evasion and providing false information.

Two former presidents of Spanish club Barcelona, Alexandre Rosell Feliu and Josep Maria Bartomeu Floresta, were also accused by the Prosecution Service in Santos, Neymar's home town.

The prosecution's statement said: "They forged a series of documents between 2006 and 2013 with the intention of reducing the taxes owed to the inland revenue in Brazil. "Neymar's conduct, along with the others accused, caused millions in losses to the public coffers."

A judge must now decide whether the case goes forward.

The allegations refer to image rights contracts from 2006 when a teenaged Neymar was playing for Santos. Prosecutors allege further fraud occurred during negotiations to take him to Barcelona in 2011. He eventually joined the

Catalan side in 2013.

Prosecutors said the schemes involved three companies linked to the striker's family - Neymar Sport e Marketing, N&N Consultoria Esportiva e Empresarial and N&N Administração de Bens, Participações e Investimentos.

Neymar defended himself in a post on his personal website on Monday and said the prosecution

was "seeking the limelight". He invited Prosecutor Thiago Lacerda to visit the offices of NR Sports to see the company for himself.

The prosecution has accused Neymar's father of designing schemes with the Spaniards as they negotiated his son's transfer.

"Between 2006 and 2013, the player's father was the principal mentor and mastermind of a se-

ries of contractual frauds involving Neymar's image rights, mainly through Neymar Sport e Marketing," the statement said.

Neymar signed several contracts with Santos and Barcelona to do publicity work but the money was paid into his father's accounts in order to reduce their tax burden, prosecutors allege.

They also said he provided false information on some contracts.

Earlier on Tuesday, both Neymar and his father – following on from Rosell and Bartomeu – appeared in front of a Spanish judge to give evidence about the alleged irregularities surrounding his transfer to Spain. Rosell resigned as Barcelona chairman to defend himself against accusations that he and the club swindled Spanish tax authorities out of 13 million Euros.

A Sao Paulo judge also ruled last week that Neymar and his father must pay nearly 460,000 reais ($113,000) to Brazil's inland revenue in taxes owed from 2007 and 2008.

Magnussen returns in new-look Renault F1 team

PARIS, FEBRUARY 3 (REUTERS): Renault announced the Formula One comeback of Danish driver Kevin Magnussen at the launch on Wednesday of a new-look team that will put the French carmaker back on the starting grid as a constructor.

Magnussen, whose F1 career appeared to have stalled after he spent last year on the sidelines and then got cast aside by McLaren, has replaced Pastor Maldonado after the Venezuelan's funding dried up.

He will partner British rookie Jolyon Palmer, whose signing was announced last year by the team when they were racing as Lotus F1. Frenchman Frederic Vasseur will run day-to-day operations as racing director.

Renault bought back

the team, which they had sold at the end of 2009 after winning championships with Spaniard Fernando Alonso in 2005 and 2006, last December.

They will now compete under the Renault Sport Formula One name, with Renault branding prominent, along with that of

the Infiniti luxury marque, which is part of the Renault-Nissan alliance.

"We are not here (just) to participate ... we are here to compete at the highest level and eventually win," Renault Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn told reporters at the company's Technocentre at Guyancourt

outside Paris.

"It's not going to happen in 2016 ... it's going to take more time," Ghosn said. He set a target of podium appearances in the next three years.

He said Renault's strategic aim was to integrate Formula One into a new comprehensive motorsport programme to boost the image of the brand and establish clear synergies between sport and road cars. Magnussen, 23, made an impressive debut with McLaren in 2014 when he took second place in his first race in Australia. But he had to drop back to a reserve role in 2015 when double champion Fernando Alonso arrived.

He was let go by McLaren in October, at a time when most teams had set their line-ups. The news

came in an email that Magnussen got on his birthday.

Palmer was the 2014 champion in the GP2 feeder series and a regular in Friday practice as reserve driver last season, but Renault will still have one of the sport's least experienced line-ups when the season starts in Australia on March 20. French youngster Esteban Ocon, winner of last year's GP3 junior series, will be the test and reserve driver. The British-based team, who finished sixth overall in 2015 after struggling financially, also announced a change of livery with the car presented in black and yellow colours. Vasseur, who nurtured the budding talents of drivers like triple champion Lewis Hamilton when he ran the successful ART outfit in GP2, will run the team day to day.

PERTH, FEBRUARY 3 (REUTERS): Matt Henry shrugged off the disappointment of missing out on selection for next month's World Twenty20 with a hostile spell of pace bowling that helped New Zealand ease to a 159-run win over Australia in the first one-day international on Wednesday.

The 24-year-old Henry, who has been regularly overlooked this summer and then brought in as injury cover, took 3-20 in his first four overs at Eden Park as he and Trent Boult reduced the visitors to 41 for six in their pursuit of 308 to win.

They were helped by an lbw decision against David Warner, who was told not to review by partner George Bailey despite the opener's concerns about the height.

Ball tracking suggested

the ball would have gone well over the stumps, causing Warner to slam his bat into his pads as he watched the replay on the big screen.

Wicketkeeper Matthew Wade (37) and all-rounder James Faulkner (36), however, then put on 79 runs to partially resurrect Australia's innings as they chased New Zealand's 307-8.

Once Wade holed out at deep midwicket in the 21st over and Faulkner was bowled by Adam Milne in the 22nd, the match was all but over and they were bowled out for 148 in just 24.2 overs.

Henry finished with 3-41, while Boult had 3-38.

Mitchell Santner bowled just two balls and took the last two wickets.

Martin Guptill top scored for New Zealand with 90, his highest total against Australia and his

29th one-day international half century.

The 29-year-old opener, who hit one of his five sixes onto the roof of the stand at the Auckland venue, shared in partnerships of 79 runs with captain Brendon McCullum (44) and 100 with Henry Nicholls (61).

New Zealand, who were asked to bat by Australia captain Steve Smith, had initially looked on course to set a total well in excess of 320 but lost wickets at critical times when batsmen looked set to push on.

John Hastings was the most economical of the visiting bowlers with 1-39 from 10 overs, while fifth seamer Mitchell Marsh had figures of 2-35 from seven.

The three-match oneday international series moves on to Wellington on Saturday with the sides also scheduled to play two tests.

Hiddink warns Guardiola of tough competition in EPL

London, FEBRUARY 3 (IAnS): Chelsea's interim manager Guus Hiddink has warned Pep Guardiola that he will find it tougher to win trophies at English Premier League (EPL) side Manchester City next season than during his time with FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

The Spaniard will replace Manuel Pellegrini at the Etihad Stadium in the summer, having enjoyed great success as a coach in both La Liga in Spain and the Bundesliga in Germany. Hiddink feels that although Guardiola will take time to adjust to life in Eng-

lish football, he has the experience to cope.

"It is a very attractive league for the younger managers. To work in this league is beautiful. He will face another league to that which he is used to. He has always had domination from the teams he worked with," Hiddink told reporters here on Tuesday.

"This is a little bit different because there is no specific favourite as there is in Spain with Barcelona and Real Madrid, and in Germany where the only one who can be champion is Bayern. But it is not his first year. He is very experi-

enced in his career and he has the Spanish guys who are in Manchester City for many years who know this league," he said.

Outgoing City boss Pellegrini has been linked with a move to Stamford Bridge, and Hiddink responded to questions if the Chilean could replace him.

"That's up to Chelsea to decide. I have not met him or talked to him but I admire the approach of his football and his teams," he said.

"He is a well-balanced manager and I respect him, without having met him," Hiddink concluded.

Sardar Singh denies sexual harassment charge Messi to meet young Afghan famed for shirt made from plastic bag

nEW dELHI, FEBRUARY 3 (PTI): Under-fire India hockey captain Sardar Singh on Wednesday rubbished alleged sexual harassment charges leveled against him by a British hockey player of Indian origin, saying even though he knew her they never got engaged as claimed by the woman.

The 21-year-old woman has filed a written complaint with Ludhiana police, claiming she has been engaged to Sardar for the past four years and alleged that he "mentally, physically and emotionally tortured" her.

"I know her but it's wrong to say that I assaulted her," Sardar said.

She also alleged that Sardar forced her to abort their child last year against her wishes and later refused to marry her. Sardar said these are serious allegations and he will retort

back at an appropriate time as he is presently focusing on the ongoing Hockey India League, where he is captaining the Jaypee Punjab Warriors side.

"Presently my full concentration in on the ongoing HIL. After last night's match, I came to know about the allegations. Tomorrow I have a match again. It is a very serious allegation. I will look at the report ans consult my lawyer. I will answer all questions but I need some time," he said.

Asked whether he got engaged with the complainant, Sardar outrightly denied it, saying: "Nothing like that happened between us." In her complaint to the Ludhiana Police Commissioner P S Umranangal, the woman had accused the veteran midfielder of "mentally, physically and emotionally" tor-

turing her.

The 21-year-old, in a startling revelation, has also claimed that Sardar, whom she met during the London Olympics in 2012 and has been engaged to him for the past four years, also forced her to abort their child in 2015.

"We have been in a fouryear relationship which was known to all in India and abroad. I met him during the London Olympics and he finally proposed to me during the 2014 World Cup in Hague. He then invited me to his native village where Sardar and his family formally initiated the engagement," she alleged.

"After this me and Sardar were expecting our first child in mid-2015. I spoke to him regarding this and he said sorry I don't want to have the child and you must abort it immediately otherwise I won't speak to

you and there will be no contact.

"So under pressure and with him also threatening and blackmailing me physically and emotionally, I aborted our child under the consultation of my parents. After this, Sardar abandoned me," the woman further alleged. he complainant said she filed the FIR to make public Sardar's fraud and the injustice which she has meted on her.

"I filed the FIR because Sardar has resorted to fraudulent means. He lied to me, cheated me, physically, mentally and emotionally abused me," she said. "It has come to the point now that I need justice as a woman. If Sardar has any self-respect, he will call me or contact my lawyers. I have full faith in Five year-old Murtaza Ahmadi, wears Barcelona's star Lionel Messi shirt Indian law and Indian judi- made of a plastic bag , as he plays football at the Afghan Football Federation ciary," she concluded. headquarter in Kabul, Afghanistan February 2. (REUTERS)

KABUL, FEBRUARY 3 (REUTERS): Barcelona star Lionel Messi will meet an Afghan boy who gained Internet fame after a touching series of photographs went viral, showing him playing in a shirt improvised from a plastic bag and bearing the name and playing number of his hero.

Five year-old Murtaza, from a poor family in the Jaghori district in the central province of Ghazni, became an unlikely Internet sensation after the pictures were shared on Facebook and other social media sites.

Unable to get a real Messi shirt, Murtaza's brother had rigged him up a plastic bag in the light blue and white colours of the Argentinian national team, with "Messi" and the number "10" written on it in marker pen. The pictures were shared around the world and the Afghan Football Federation said on its website on Monday it was in contact with representatives of Messi and would arrange for Murtaza to meet the player soon.

Last month, Messi won the Ballon d'Or award for the world's best player for the fifth time.

public discourse

proMoTioN oF NAGAMese A THreAT To NAGA culTure

I

'm not against Nagamese developing as a common or Naga official language.

But I'm also for balancing that with bilingualism - the language of your family and culture to speak at home, and Nagamese to get along in the neighbour outside of that. And then beyond that, as many additional languages as you have the time and resources to learn because multilingual people tend to have a broader view of the world and be more accepting of people who aren't just like them. That's another extremely valuable human trait.

One practical reality we the present Naga generation should question ourselves and be well aware of is the standard of our present cultural life. How do we view our quality cultural life today? How do we evaluate ourselves in line with cultural identity? Do we virtualize our future well with this present trend of cultural life? Which organization will we opt for, present convenient or safeguard

traditional heritage? Whom will we let our children blame for the lost of our Naga cultural life?

Have we ever given a thought of cultural declension and damage, caused by so called unofficial dialect (Nagamese)? I think no one could ever imagine of a greater cultural damage than ever if Nagamese is made official language.

Nagas have deviated from the core reality of Culture. On analyzing such degradation of Naga cultural values and its pessimistic cause on life, I feel we need to revitalize and strengthen Naga cultural life.

The present trend of Naga cultural life is shown below in the table for public awareness.

This language declension has caused us: Loss of cultural information - There may be a lot of interesting and useful cultural information captured by a language's lexicon that is lost when the language dies. For example, a language might make a lexical

Language Survey: Usage of Naga Dialect ( by ICS, accredited body of UNESCO in 2006) Age group

80yr. above 60yr. above 40yr. above 20yr.above 20yr below.

Total in percentage%

Language spoken in Rural area 95% 90% 85% 80% 75% 85%

distinction between two different types of plants that may ultimately have medical benefit.

Ultimately, Language has been called "the DNA of culture."

Loss of cultural identity Language is an important way of establishing and maintaining cultural identity. This may not seem important to you, but to a lot of cultures and peoples, it makes them happy to not assimilate 100% to the dominant culture.

If culture is important to a tribe, then their language must be kept alive. Whether they are endangered or not, all languages carry a people’s identity and are part of their culture. The

Language spoken Who can speak pure in Urban area Naga Lang. Rural 90% 5% 85% 3% 80% 2% 75% 1% 70% 0% 80%

2.2%

threat that faces almost all Naga tribes is that their languages do not have written scripts, hence the likelihood of them becoming extinct with less usage is greater than that of other languages (like the alien languages) where a lot of material on the languages are captured in written form. Knowledge is also trapped in a language – specific knowledge about a people’s environment and their histories. Some of the puzzles of this modern era could possibly be solved with knowledge gleaned from endangered languages' knowledge that is not present in most of the alien languages.

We recognize that language

Who can speak pure Naga Lang. Urban 2% 1% 0.75% 0% 0% 0.75%

is an essential means of transmitting cultural identity and educating future generations about indigenous knowledge and traditions. Yet, a global history of colonialism, racism, and discrimination has led to the extinction of approximately 600 languages in the last century. With 7,000 different speech systems in the world, many nearly killed off with their native speakers, preservation is a beyond-enormous goal. It’s also time sensitive. Experts estimate that 3,054 to 3,176 languages are endangered: That’s 43 to 46 percent of all known languages on earth, in addition to the hundreds that are

already extinct. According to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 90 percent of the world's languages are at risk of disappearing in the next 100 years. With most indigenous knowledge being passed down orally through the generations, and fewer and fewer young people learning linguistic traditions from their elders, the vast archive of traditional knowledge is at risk of being lost forever.

Knowing the fact that no language is greater or lesser than the other we tend to evaluate language irrationally from literary perspective, undermining some and heartening the other as we inclined towards modernization. Cherishing the one that is dominant and convenient in usage while restrain which is not commonly spoken.

Such trend of ignorance in failing to understand distinctiveness of language damages the values and ethos of language especially among the communities of third world countries.

Resulted in the extinction or lost of indigenous dialogue.

Let’s revitalize, standardize and promote our Naga local dialects by strengthening them and take advantage of English international language which is our official language as well, by empowering at the maximum scale through different ways and means. So as to enable us to discourage recognition of Nagamese as official language, a conglomerated language that was fashioned by non Nagas to serve timely purpose of communication with other cultural communities.

Therefore, identifying all the languages and literary problems of the past from particular contextual confrontation, people of present generation should rationally analyze and come up with inclusive and constrictive ideas to preserve and promote diminishing oral literature for the generation to come.

Dr.Hesheto Y.Chishi Director, ICS Nagaland.

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.

Thursday 04•02•2016

Rooney Mara in talks to portray Mary Magdalene in new biopic

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he Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Star Rooney Mara is reportedly in talks to play Mary Magdalene in a new film. The untitled project is slated to begin shooting this summer (16) and is described as an "authentic and humanistic portrait" of the controversial figure who was saved by Jesus Christ. If Mara signs on to the film, she will reunite with Garth Davis - the director of her latest film, Lion.

"Rooney's raw, brave approach to performances, coupled with her deeply magnetic inner life, holds all the dimensions needed to bring to life one of history's most misunderstood woman - Mary Magdalene," Davis says. "Having worked with Rooney on Lion, I know she is a once-in-a-lifetime talent." The movie is scheduled to hit theatres next year. Barbara Hershey and Monica Bellucci have previously portrayed Mary Magdalene on film.

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Gwyneth Paltrow: Ex-husband Chris Martin is ‘like my brother’

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wyneth Paltrow is keeping her friendly ex Chris Martin in the family as her sibling. Hollywood’s most amicable divorced couple has grown so platonic that Paltrow considers the Coldplay frontman “like my brother,” she said in a new profile for Glamour magazine.

“We’re not living together, but he’s more than welcome to be with us whenever he wants. And vice versa: I sleep in his house in Malibu a lot with the kids,” said Paltrow, 43. “We’ll have a week-

Jared Leto executive producing Cult Documentary

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ctor/singer Jared Leto has signed on as an Executive Producer of a New Documentary about a California Cult. Holy Hell, which debuted at last month's (Jan16) Sundance Film Festival and competed for a documentary prize, centres on the Buddha Field community and includes interviews with ex-members, according to Variety.com.

"Holy Hell is relentless, haunting and unforgettable," Leto says.

"This unflinching documentary expose takes us on a beautiful and bizarre journey in search of faith, love and family, but ends up showing us how the business of spirituality, power and corruption are often religion's menage a trois."

"Jared saw an early cut of the film, which I shot over 22 years as the unofficial videographer of the group and responded to the intimacy of our story," director Will Allen adds. "It's an honour to be able to work with an artist that I respect so much, especially for my first feature-length documentary."

Mike Tyson eager to watch Bollywood's 'Saala Khadoos'

end all together; holidays, we’re together. We’re still very much a family, even though we don't have a romantic relationship. He’s like my brother.”

The duo, parents to 9-year-old Moses and 11-year-old Apple, “consciously uncoupled” in March 2014 after a decade of marriage. Paltrow is reportedly now with “Glee” cocreator Brad Falchuk, and Martin is rumored to be dating British actress Annabelle Wallis.

“The idea is to stay married. But if you can’t stay mar-

ried, wouldn’t the ideal be that you could still be a family and you could put aside your own stuff long enough to explore — what is this new family and who am I in it?”

Paltrow said. “And Chris is a great ex-husband ‘cause he's a very, very willing partner in how to do that.” The Goop founder — who launches an organic skin care line this month — also opened up about the “appalling” sexism she faces as critics try to pit her and fellow female entrepreneurs against one another. “The energy could not be more opposite. We

Niall Horan 'puts music career on hold to start golf agency'

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e is an avid sports fans, taking a particular interest in football, tennis and golf.

And reaffirming that fact, One Direction star Niall Horan is set to put his music career on hold in order to launch a new golf agency, according to a new report. The Sun newspaper claims the 22-year-old has set up a firm, entitled Modest Golf Management, in a bid to seek British and Irish talent with the help of 1D’s management, Modest.

The pop sensation who has previously acted as caddie to golfing legend Rory Mcllroy - has reportedly also roped in Mark McDonnel, a former account manager at equipment brand Taylor Made, in the new project. ‘It’s well known Niall loves golf and has been learning from the best out on

tour with Rory,' a source said. 'Now he wants to discover exciting new players and give them his backing. ‘Mark is an absolute legend in the industry and will help him with endorsement. It’s early days but he’s committed.’

Last year, Niall suffered an unfortunate slip as he carried Rory’s golf clubs up a muddy slope during the 2015 Masters Tournament at Augusta National golf club. Meanwhile, fellow bandmate Harry Styles has signed with CAA management's Jeffrey Azoff, fuelling speculation he is trying to launch a solo career in the US. Modest Management, who guided the 1D boys throughout their career, confirmed the news the British heartthrob is now being represented by the top Hollywood agency in a statement.

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egendary boxer Mike Tyson has expressed a desire to watch Bollywood film 'Saala Khadoos', which delves into the story of a boxing coach.

"I'd like to see this boxing film," Tyson, who has also acted in a couple of international films, posted on his Facebook page, along with a link of a review by an Indian publication about 'Saala Khadoos'. Tyson's interest in the movie seems to be natural given that he holds the record of being the youngest boxer to win the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles at 20 years of age.

'Saala Khadoos' has also been made in Tamil titled 'Irudhi Suttru'. It is the story of an aggressive boxing coach who finds a protege in a fisherwoman and pushes her to become a successful boxer. Real life kick boxer Ritika Singh, who's all of 22, has made her acting debut with the film, which is directed by Sudha Kongara Prasad and backed by National Award winning filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani.

help each other; we consult each other,” said the “Mortdecai” star. “But I think we’re in the midst of creating a new archetype of a woman, and we're gonna get there.”

That “new archetype,” she added, includes setting a strong example for the kids.

“When they have a hole in their uniform, I sew it. I make the food; I bathe them,” she said. “And I'm a sexual being and a powerful woman and entrepreneur. ... We now realize that we have permission to be everything.”

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ollywood actress Kangana Ranaut says that she is inactive on social media because of nasty trolls and frustration from different people, but she feels that one of its advantages is that people can use the medium to clarify their stands and dispel rumours.

I am inactive so I don't miss it (social media) but what Idefinitelysee....Certainlyone of the good things about such mediums is that you can actually clarify your stand when you are sort of facing rumours and misunderstood. The bad things is that you are susceptible to all kinds of nasty trolls

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and frustrated people who are just out to show their frustration regardless of whosoever it is and you get subjected to that sort of hatred which is inhuman, Kangana told IANS to a query why she stays away from social media and what are the pros and cons of being there as an actress. She also added that she wants to stay away from negative things in life and this is the reason why she is not active on social media platforms. Recently Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan's tweet made headlines when he indirectly pointed out at the actress on the micro blogging site. There are more chances

of me having had an affair with d Pope and any of the (I’m sure wonderful) women d media has been naming. Thanks but no thanks, he had posted. His reaction came post the Tanu Weds Manu Returns actor's comment that she fails to understand why exes do silly things to get attention. Taking back the words, Kangana sought to end the row by saying that she doesn't want to dig the grave yet again. She contended that on social media, different people take one statement in a thousand different ways and hence it gets difficult to clarify to everyone. The way you per-

ollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has been named one of the 13 presenters at the 88th Academy Awards on February 28, the event's official website said. Priyanka, who has garnered praise for her role in American TV series "Quantico", is one amongst the many global names who will present the much coveted award ceremony. The others include: Steve Carell, Quincy Jones, Byung-hun Lee, Jared Leto, Julianne Moore, Olivia Munn, Margot Robbie, Jason Segel, Andy Serkis, J.K. Simmons, Kerry Washington and Reese Witherspoon. Priyanka, 33, who was also a presenter at the 22nd Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards here and dazzled the stage in a pink lace mesh gown, took to Twitter to express her joy at the honour. "Looking forward @TheAcademy!! This will be an insaaaane night!" Priyanka tweeted on Monday night. The former Miss World, who is currently riding on the success of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus "Bajirao Mastani", is also the first Bollywood personality to be feted with People's Choice Award in January, this year for her international acting debut as FBI agent Alex Parish in the American TV thriller series "Quantico". ceive things is different from what other person feels. It creates certain negative environment. As a person I live only for myself and for those for whom I make movies. I impress myself through my work and that's what I focus on. I don't care about anyone, she retorted. The National award winning actress also says that if she has to clarify something, she believes in releasing an official statement.

Kangana, who was in the capital to launch Big Fish Ventures' table reservation app, called it a cool idea. It's a cool idea and cool app. For me, I think it's great initiative for people like

'It's sheer nepotism'

us who plan on the spot. It's very hand and useful, said the actress, looking glamorous in a pant suit teamed with short hair look, post the launch of the app at the The Junkyard Cafe here. Big Fish Ventures is a Delhi-based startup that also runs other premium dining lounges such as The Vault Cafe, Cafe Public Connection, Indian dhaba restaurant GaramDharam and Bandstand. The app will cater to the 60,000 customer base who frequent these restaurants every month in a better way and plans to serve over 2 lakh customers expected by end of 2016.

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Brooklyn Beckham sparks an angry backlash from experienced snappers after he is hired to shoot Burberry's latest social media campaign

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amela Anderson's son is joining the family business.

Dylan Jagger Lee the famous offspring of the “Baywatch” star and drummer Tommy Lee is the new face of swanky French clothing brand Saint Laurent, the upscale company announced. The 18-year-old budding model stars in a saucy shoot for the brand’s new campaign though it’s not nearly as revealing as some of his parents’ best known work.

Anderson has voiced her support for both Lee and his 19-year-old brother Brandon, telling the "Today" show last year that she wanted them to each choose their own ca-

reer paths instead of forcing them to follow hers.

"They're gonna make their own choices for the rest of their lives," she said.

"It wouldn't be their own choice if we were dragging them down red carpets."

But the 48-year-old model and actress probably isn’t too surprised that Lee did end up following in her footsteps, considering that she said on “Today” that both of her sons are extremely good looking. "I (tell them), 'You're gorgeous, you're talented, you got that down," she said, before adding: "They're genetically loaded. They're perfect gentlemen considering the gene pool."

ost teenagers could at most dream of an internship at a fashion house where the biggest task they would be entrusted with would be making the tea.

So when Brooklyn Beckham, 16, stepped behind the lens this weekend to shoot Burberry's latest social media campaign, it understandably led commentators to question how the teenager managed to land such a prestigious role.

Fashion fans and professional photographers alike took to Twitter to express their unhappiness, claiming 'nepotism' was at play.

Jak BetLoos posted on Twitter, saying: 'It's not what you know, but who you know and it's totally unacceptable.' Jacqui was of the same mind and commented: 'Yep, I guess names really do sell.

Sheer nepotism.' Dani V agreed saying: 'I love the Beckhams but 16-year-old Brooklyn being the photographer for a major Burberry campaign is peak nepotism.'

'Ridiculous,' James Stephen Green declared on Facebook. 'Given how many people he has assisting him on location. One of them will have set the camera up and said "Here you go Brooklyn, just point and press".' Ami Barwell added: 'He's not even holding the camera right.'

Joe Flood replied, conceding that Brooklyn had done a good job, but still didn't support the brand's choice to hire him. 'They are good photos but where's the integrity?' he wrote. 'If he wants to be a photographer that's great, but what boy studying photography in uni gets one

of the biggest and most respected gigs in fashion as his first job?

'Has he even assisted photographers before or does he have an extensive portfolio/website? Most photographers strive their entire lives to try and get an ounce of what Brooklyn Beckham has just achieved.

'No doubt he's a great photographer, and a great footballer, but when you're a "household' name", you're going to have every bit of opportunity and support to heighten your career, and he will never have to go through the struggle and hardships every other artist has gone through to try and prove themselves and become successful.'

Joe was replying to a post from Jake Hold who shared a story about Brooklyn's fashion shoot, saying: 'How insulting to people

who have worked hard their whole lives with real talent to become a professional photographer.'

And many of Jake's friends were in agreement, including Amber James.

'I can't even handle the amount of anger this gives me,' she said. 'I've fought, struggled and worked for what I've achieved while he's handed what would be a dream job for me.'

In a strongly worded post Diego Barrueco said: 'Brooklyn Beckham shooting the last Burberry campaign is the most disrespectful thing to every professional photographer who works hard.'

Kinga Kurek voiced her opinion on Instagram, saying: 'So Brooklyn Beckham is now considered a photographer for taking a picture of flowers. In that case does it mean that my Instagram is an art gallery.'

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Title dream continues for swashbuckling Leicester Manchester City, Spurs progress as lacklustre Arsenal lose further ground

LONDON, FEBRUARY 3 (AgENciES): Manchester City kept pace, the day after Pep Guardiola was announced as their new manager, by winning 1-0 at Sunderland, but Arsenal fell five points below the summit after a disappointing 0-0 draw at home to Southampton.

Manchester United blew off the cobwebs in a 3-0 win over Stoke City, but nothing could overshadow the predatory brilliance of Vardy, whose goals preserved Leicester’s threepoint lead over secondplace Manchester City.

Reports had emerged earlier in the day that Vardy is due to sign a new contract and the 29-year-old England striker delivered a perfectly timed reminder of his talent at the King Power Stadium.

He opened the scoring on the hour with a goal-ofthe-season contender from wide on the right, running onto Riyad Mahrez’s pass from the Leicester half, allowing the ball to bounce and ripping a ferocious, C M Y K

India favourites for World T20, says Tendulkar

NEW DELHi, FEBRUARY 3 (PTi): Sachin Tendulkar feels India have a "very good chance" to win the World T20 at home. "We have a very good chance. In T20 I think the team is well balanced with senior members in the squad, then also youngsters and guys who been around for a while and they all as a package have performed really well," the master blaster told NDTV on Wednesday.

On the team combination, Tendulkar further said : "You see just the way Bumrah (Jaspreet) bowled in Australia was superb and then nice to have someone like Ashish Nehra back, Yuvi back in the squad, Harbhajan is there. All these guys. It's a formidable combination. I would definitely want India to go all the way." Tendulkar felt India whitewashed Australia in the three- match T20 series with "fabulous cricket".

"The way we played T20 I think fabulous cricket and I actually ended up watching the last ball (of the final T20).

I was out somewhere and had just got back, my wife and son were watching. They called me and said last ball to go and two runs to win.

I said there is no doubt we are scoring those two runs and Raina hit that brilliant shot over point," said Tendulkar.

dipping strike over Simon Mignolet from 30 yards.

Eleven minutes later Vardy made the game safe, netting his 18th goal of the campaign from Shinji Okazaki’s deflected shot, as Ranieri’s men produced another stunning performance to bolster their remarkable title bid.

Leicester visit Manchester City on Saturday and Manuel Pellegrini’s men kept themselves within touching distance of the leaders with victory at the Stadium of Light in the Chilean’s 100th league game as manager.

Pellegrini will make way for Guardiola at the season’s end and his hopes of signing off with a league title were kept on track by Sergio Aguero’s 16th-minute strike — his sixth goal in four appearances.

But Arsenal’s title hopes took a blow in a goalless draw with Southampton that left Arsene Wenger’s men in fourth place, five points below Leicester.

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Leicester City's Jamie Vardy takes a shot during their match against Liverpool on February 3.

fans’ disappointment was the sight of arch rivals Tottenham Hotspur stealing above them into third place on goal difference.

Mauricio Pochettino’s men won 3-0 at Norwich City courtesy of a secondminute Dele Alli goal and a Harry Kane double — a 30th-minute penalty, won

by Alli, and a calm one-onone finish late on.

Fifth-place Manchester United remain five points off the Champions League places after putting Stoke to the sword with uncharacteristic verve.

Louis van Gaal’s side had been booed off after losing 1-0 to Southampton in their previous game at Old Trafford, but they were a team transformed in a display that will give the under-fire Dutchman some much-needed breathing space.

Jesse Lingard headed in Cameron Borthwick-Jackson’s cross in the 14th minute before a fine team goal saw Anthony Martial curl home from Wayne Rooney’s

pass after a sweeping move.

Martial returned the favour in the 53rd minute, teeing Rooney up for a tap-in that took the United captain’s tally to seven goals in seven games. West Ham United remain a point behind United in sixth place after a 2-0 win at home to bottom club Aston Villa, who had Jordan Ayew sent off in the 17th minute for a blatant elbow on Aaron Cresswell.

Michail Antonio headed West Ham in front in the 58th minute, with Cheikhou Kouyate adding a late goal on the break.

Salomon Rondon scored a stoppage-time equaliser as West Bromwich Albion rescued a 1-1 draw at home to Swansea City, who had gone ahead in the 64th minute when debutant Alberto Paloschi set up Gylfi Sigurdsson to score.

Meanwhile, Marc Pugh and Benik Afobe scored as Bournemouth came from behind to win 2-1 at Crystal Palace, who had gone ahead through Scott Dann in the 27th minute.

Bryant scores 38 as Lakers snap skid 4th Kohima Town Inter Ward Tourney

Los Angeles Lakers forward Kobe Bryant drives past Minnesota Timberwolves guard Andrew Wiggins during the second half. (AP Photo)

LOS ANgELES, FEBRUARY 3 (AFP): Kobe Bryant scored a season-high 38 points on Tuesday to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 119-115 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves that halted the Lakers' 10game losing streak.

With the victory, the Lakers avoided the humiliation of setting a franchise record for consecutive defeats. Bryant, a five-time NBA champion with the Lakers who will retire after this season, scored 14 of the Lakers' last 18 points. That included six free throws in the final 17 seconds to seal the victory as joyous fans chanted his name.

Bryant hit 10 of 21 shots from the floor, including seven of 11 from threepoint range. Guard Lou Williams scored 20 points,

guard D'Angelo Russell added 18 and guard Jordan Clarkson finished with 16 for the Lakers.

Forward Julius Randle had 15 points and 12 rebounds for Los Angeles.

Guard Andrew Wiggins had 30 points for the Timberwolves before fouling out with 7.5 seconds left in the contest.

It looked like another tough night for the 10-41 Lakers when Minnesota leapt to a quick eight-point lead. But the hosts rallied to lead by as many as 16 before the Timberwolves battled back -- just as they had on opening night when the Lakers gave up a double-digit lead to Minnesota to open the season with a defeat.

The Lakers took a 92-81 lead into the fourth quarter, but a three-pointer and a

layup by Minnesota's Zach LaVine capped a 21-9 Timberwolves scoring run that put the visitors up 102-101 with 5:15 left to play.

Less than a minute later, back-to-back threepointers from Bryant had the Lakers back in front and he drained a jump shot with 26.4 seconds left to make it 113-110.

James Harden scored 26 points and handed out 14 assists as the Houston Rockets also gained a needed victory, 115-102, over the visiting Miami Heat.

Despite the absence of Dwight Howard, suspended one game for smacking the arm of a game official on Saturday, the Rockets halted a three-game losing streak. Forward Josh Smith finished with a seasonhigh 19 points. Forward

Terrence Jones added 11 points and seven rebounds off the bench while reserve guard Marcus Thornton scored 18 points.

But it was Harden who keyed the win, passing out eight of his assists and putting up 17 points in the first half to help the Rockets to a 60-55 halftime lead.

In New York, the Boston Celtics handed the Knicks their sixth defeat in seven games, 97-89.

First-time All-Star Isaiah Thomas scored 20 points and distributed eight assists for a Celtics team who have now won six of their last seven.

Big man Tyler Zeller led a Boston bench that outscored the Knicks reserves 47-27, producing 16 points and 10 rebounds. Guard Arron Afflalo led the Knicks with 18 points -- 11 of them in the first quarter.

Center Robin Lopez added 17 points and 13 rebounds. Forward Carmelo Anthony recorded 16 points and 14 rebounds -but connected on just four of 16 shots from the field.

"We couldn't find a combination of guys that could sustain us on both ends," said Knicks coach Derek Fisher. "We were searching." Nor was there relief for the struggling Phoenix Suns, who fell 10497 to the Toronto Raptors.

Toronto guard Kyle Lowry scored 26 points and guard DeMar DeRozan added 22 as Toronto spoiled Earl Watson's debut as the Suns' interim coach.

The Suns, who sacked head coach Jeff Hornacek on Monday, have now lost five in a row.

Ward no. 11, 16, 14 register wins Our Correspondent Kohima | February 3

Ward no. 11, 16, 14 today registered wins in their respective football matches of the ongoing 4th Kohima Town Inter Ward Tournament 2016 here at Kohima Local Ground under the aegis of NPF 9th Kohima Town A/C with the theme “Unity and Friendship through Sports and Music.”

In the first match, Ward No. 11 defeated Ward No 18 with a margin of 5-1. Velukho Rhakho fetched a hat trick for Ward No. 11 while Kevisekho and Rukovozo Vise netted a goal each. A lone goal for Ward No 18 came through Medoselie.

Ward No 16 defeated Ward No 12 with two goals to nil. Kua Zeliang and Kevinosa Khatso netted a goal each for Ward No 16.

In the last match of the day, Ward no.

14 overpowered Ward No 15 by a solitary

Fixture for February 4 Men's football 1st Match at 10:00 AM Ward No. 8 Vs Ward No. 6 2nd match at 11:40 AM Ward No. 10 Vs Ward No. 11 3rd Match at 1:20 PM Ward No. 1 Vs Ward No. 16 Women's volleyball fixture (4th Feb.) 1st semi final Ward no.14 Vs Ward no. 12 (1:00 pm) 2nd semi final Ward no. 13 Vs Ward no. 15 goal, which came through the booth of Vikhuzo Zhotso.

Meanwhile, the Kohima Inter Women singing competition was held today with Merentoshi Jamir, advisor to CM as Chief Guest.

Ward 7 Daklane stood first & ward 14 Old Minister Hill and Poterlane as 2nd position.

Federer sidelined after undergoing knee surgery

LONDON, FEBRUARY 3 (REUTERS): Roger Federer will be out of action for up to a month after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery in Switzerland to repair a torn meniscus, his agent at TEAM8 Tony Godsick told Reuters on Wednesday.

The 17-times grand slam champion suffered the injury the day after his Australian Open run ended in the semi-finals last week.

Federer has withdrawn from the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam (February 8-21) and the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in Dubai (February 22-27).

"I am so disappointed to have to miss Rotterdam and Dubai as they are two of my favourite tourna-

ments on the ATP World Tour," said Federer, who is the reigning champion in Dubai having won the title for the seventh time last March.

"While this is an unfortunate setback, I feel grateful that up until now I have remained mostly healthy throughout my career," the

34-year-old Swiss added.

"My doctors have ensured me that the surgery was a success and with proper rehabilitation, I will be able to return to the Tour soon."

The world number three has won two Rotterdam trophies among his 88 career titles.

Dhoni doesn't show signs of pressure: Ganguly

NEW DELHi, FEBRUARY 3 (PTi): Former India captain Sourav Ganguly believes that current limited overs captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been on the hot seat for such a long time that he has mastered the art of taking criticism in his stride while staying "calm under pressure."

Asked whether Dhoni at times get unfairly criticised, Ganguly said: "It is part and parcel of the job. MS has been captain for such a long time and he is used to it. We all get used to it. At the same time, when we do well, we are taken up to mountains and the skies." "MS has this fantastic ability to remain calm under any situation. Lot of people have asked me that "you have been with him, so how does he remain calm? I tell them that he doesn't show it. From inside he is different, from outside he is different. That goes around in the dressing room and he gets a lot of respect. We only look at the criticism but amount of respect he gets in India is unbelievable," Ganguly said at an event.

Questioned if he is ready to coach the Indian cricket team at the moment, Ganguly said that his adminis-

trative responsibilities will not allow him to take up the job at the moment even if he is offered.

"I really dont know as I have got another job to do at the moment. I am actually running the cricket (as CAB president). You can't do both at the same time. You have to see where life goes. At the present moment, 'No' (to coaching) as I am an administrator with responsibilities of running the

game," the 'Prince of Kolkata' said.

On his role in the high-profile Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) that is supposed to pick the next coach, Ganguly said: "To be honest, I don't know whether that committee exists at all. I think team is doing well and may be we will have to think about it in future."

He was also asked about the possibilities of becoming the BCCI president but he preferred to remain noncommittal.

"I really don't know. I have just started a career and I don't where it will go and where it will finish. I don't rule out anything in life nor do I look too far forward either. I live for the day and the moment. I am trying to do the job I have at present to the best of my abilities and let's see what happens."

Time is a problem why he is not writing an autobiography as he has to juggle his professional as well as administrative commitments.

"You have got to find time to do it.

I am doing too many jobs at the moment. I do honorary jobs as well as I have to earn my living. May be someday, I will get time to write."

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