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Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow — Plato There must be new developmental model for NE: Modi

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Allegations of pilfering & black marketing of PDs rice surface • NPCC demands high level inquiry to probe allegations • MTLT says this issue might be just the tip of the iceberg

mOKOKChuNG/Dimapur, February 5 (mexN): Alarmed over the recent expose of ‘pilfering and black marketing’ of PDS rice by a Fair Price Shop (FPS) in Mokokchung, the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) and the Mokokchung Town Lanur Telongjem (MTLT) on Friday, through separate press statements have demanded a thorough investigation into the matter.

“This issue might be just the tip of the iceberg,” MTLT in a press statement stated. It informed that Mokokchung Police and District Administration had raided one FPS at Arkong ward and another godown at Tongdentsuyong Ward, where suspected Volcanic lightning is seen at an eruption of Mount sakurajima, in this photo taken from Tarumizu city, Kagoshima pre- pilfered rice was found is huge quanfecture, southwestern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo February 5, 2016. A Japanese volcano about 50 km (30 miles) tity. The owner has been arrested and from a nuclear plant erupted on Friday, Japan’s Meteorological Agency said, sending fountains of lava into the night in police custody. The police and administration, in the presence of the sky. (Mandatory credit REUTERS/Kyodo)

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mOKOKChuNG, February 5 (mexN): Various civil society organisations have called for a 24 hour Mariani bandh on Saturday, February 6. A press note from the Border Peace Coordination Committee (Assam-Nagaland) informed that the bandh has been called to press the need for expanding the town roads in main Mariani town. The bandh, it stated will be enforced by the local units of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU), Assam Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chhatra Parishad (AJYCP), All Assam Tea Tribes Students’ Association (AATTSA) and Mariani Public Forum.

The BPCC has urged travellers from Nagaland not to use this stretch of road during the bandh period.

It will take effect from 5:00 am, February 6 till 5:00 am, February 7.

A two-day national seminar and photographic exhibition on “Eastern Himalayan Domestic Architecture in India’s NorthEast” organized by The Global Open University Nagaland (TGOUN) in collaboration with the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and Society for Cultural Heritage for North-East India, got underway here at Hotel Acacia.

Chancellor, TGOUN, TN Mannen, IAS (retd), the chief guest of the inaugural session in his address said the architecture of indigenous communities of the North-East including Naga tribes is intrinsically linked with their culture and tradition. Mannen said the traditional Naga architecture is marked by creativity and aesthetic beauty.

The chancellor TGOUN noted that with the advent of Christianity, the culture and heritage of Nagas including their architectural designs have been “systematically discouraged”, which he said would prove disastrous to Naga people in the long run.

Stressing on the need to preserve, protect and promote the rich cultural heritage of the indigenous communities of NE including Nagas, Mannen said the diverse cultural heritage can propel the NE region into a major

tourist destination.

Delivering the keynote address, vice chancellor TGOUN, Dr. HN Dutta, said the domestic architecture of North-East India, be it religious or secular, represented a culture of harmonious living and economic sustainability. Dutta said building mediums and materials used were collected from nature and these materials were biodegradable and hence eco-friendly.

He said manufacturing of indigenous clothes, ink and dyes, tools and equipment, furniture, treatment of wood, pro-

and “indigenous” people should replace tribals, at least in academic discourses. Handa also called for a balance between modernity and traditional way of living and added, “presently all our thinking, food and houses have become synthetic.”

Dr. Heidi Tacier from Switzerland also said the NE has remained “unspoiled” so far and said it was a veritable delight to experience the diverse cultures of the region. Heidi also inaugurated the photographic exhibition at Tourist Lodge.

Superintendent archaeologist, ASI, Guwahati, Dr. Milan Chauley, also referred to the nomenclature “tribals” as a remnant of the colonial era and said “westernization has given us many things but also deprived us of many things.” He said the indigenous people should come out of “tribal” mindset as they are inferior to no one in terms of civilization.

He also said the NE with its rich culture heritage and bio-diversity has tremendous scope for adventure and eco-tourism.

Resource persons of the second session included Dr. SS Singh, assistant archaeologist ASI; Ujjwal Jyoti Das, NIT Silchar; Dr. Milan Chauley Kumar; Dr. Tiatoshi, Nagaland University; Dr. Heidi Tacier, Dr. Kripasindu Dey, asst. curator, district museum Bomdila and Dr. Ditamula Vasa, Nagaland University.

National seminar on North East architecture underway curing thatch, nourishing cane and bamboo and selection of site for building houses were all done respecting nature.

“It (NE) is a region where archaeology is not confined to the ossified and fossilized objects, this is a region where the past traditions and practices are still a living reality”, the vice chancellor said.

Dr. OC Handa from Shimla said the nomenclature “tribal” used for indigenous inhabitants of NE is demeaning as NE people are culturally more advanced than many other races and communities. He suggested “natives”

civil society and public, duly sealed two godowns.

NPCC in a separate statement said the exposure of a FPS owner selling PDS items in the open market has brought to light the level of corruption which has riddled the Department of Food and Civil Supplies (F&CS).

Such level of corruption cannot happen unless the district-in-charge and department staffs of F&CS are also involved, the NPCC said. It has demanded the Nagaland Chief Minister, who looks after the department, to initiate action against the culprits and also set up a top level inquiry commission immediately to unearth the scam in the department.

According to MTLT, its officials, besides the Ward Council Members, Ao Kaketshir Mungdang (AKM), DB’s and public leaders – were also witness to the raids conducted by the District Administration and the police on Sunday, January 31, 2016.

The MTLT acknowledged the Inquiry Committee headed by the ADC, Mokokchung, formed by the

Passenger assault case: RPF lodge counter FIR Morung Express news Dimapur | February 5

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has lodged a counter FIR in connection to the assault of a passenger at the Dimapur Railway station on the night of February 3. A RPF personnel was accused of assaulting a passenger during which the victim sustained head injury and lapsed into a state of coma.

He was admitted to a hospital in Guwahati where it was learned that he had sustained hairline fracture on a part of the skull.

According to the Dimapur police, the RPF lodged the FIR subsequent to the aggrieved party filing a police complaint.

Both the complaints were received at the Government Railway Police Station on February 4 with the RPF complaint received late at night, the police informed.

Stating that the police have taken up both the complaints, it was informed that the police have recorded the statement of one RPF personnel, who was accused of involvement in the incident. Necessary legal proceedings will be initiated to arrest the accused, it was added.

Meanwhile, it was learnt that a joint meeting of RPF, Dimapur police, Dimapur Naga Students Union, Rengma Hoho and Kandinu Union Dimapur was held today to discuss on the matter.

Mokokchung DC to probe the scam.

However, it felt that one or two responsible civil society members should be included in the Inquiry Committee since it concerns the public and the main stakeholders are the public themselves.

“Besides, the MTLT also questions why the District Administration is still keeping the culprits’ shops open. The shops must have been sealed by now keeping in view the volatility of the scam,” it stated.

Reminding that ‘PDS rice’ is meant for the needy people in society, it said that pilfering of such goods should be considered as the “lowliest of crimes as it amounts to depriving the needy of their rice generously given by the government.”

Calling for thorough investigation into the matter, the MTLT cautioned that this issue “might be just the tip of the iceberg.”

The NPCC also cautioned that if the issue is not addressed immediately and action taken is not made known to the public, it will go to any extent to expose and deliver justice.

Contempt petition against Nagaland police withdrawn Dimapur, February 5 (mexN): The contempt petition filed against Nagaland police for inaction on corruption in the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) Nagaland which was due for hearing today at the Supreme Court was withdrawn by the petitioners. The petitioners, Dr Rosemary Dzuvichu and Vilanuo Angela Yhome had filed the contempt petition after the police failed to register any FIR and also failed to complete the investigation in the NRHM corruption case. Dr Dzuvichu on Friday told The Morung Express that they decided to withdraw the contempt petition since they have also filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) on the corruption case to which the SC judge had asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Central government to be impleaded. Notice have been issued in this connection and hearing on the SLP is being awaited, Dr Dzuvichu informed. The petitioners are asking the SC for a CBI investigation into the NRHM corruption case.

A case of mistaken identity: Dead body remains unidentified Morung Express news Dimapur | February 5

The body of a woman found dumped in a sack with hands and legs tied from Parda Bagh footpath, Netaji Subhash Marg, New Delhi on Friday morning has turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. Initially the deceased was believed to be from Nagaland. However, Joint commissioner of Delhi, Robin Hibu while speaking to The Morung Express on Friday night clarified that the identity of the deceased woman had not yet been established.

Widespread alarm and condemnation poured in at vari-

ous social networking sites and WhatsApp after the pictures of the deceased were circulated for identification by Delhi police.

The deceased, who had mongoloid features, was initially thought to be of a woman hailing from Mokokchung and currently residing in Jharkhand.

Upon verification, the Delhi police later found out the woman is very much alive and with her husband in Jharkhand. Till the filing of this report, the identity of the woman, suspected to be from the North East, is yet to be ascertained and is kept in a morgue awaiting identification.

A case has been registered at Darya Ganj police station.

Project to treat HiV+ drug addicts in ne to start soon ‘Project Sunrise’ aims to diagnose 90% drug addicts with HIV and treat them by 2020 New Delhi, February 5 (TNN): To tackle the rising HIV prevalence in north-eastern states, especially among people injecting drugs, the government is set to launch a new initiative called ‘Project Sunrise’. The project is aimed to diagnose 90% of such drug addicts with HIV and put them under treatment by 2020.

The project is expected to kick-start from this month itself, an official source said. North-eastern states like Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland

account for highest adult (15-49 years) HIV prevalence in the country, latest government data showed.

Estimates of 2015 show Manipur tops the list with adult HIV prevalence of 1.15%, followed by Mizoram (0.80%), Nagaland (0.78%), Andhra Pradesh & Telangana (0.66%), Karnataka (0.45%), Gujarat (0.42%) and Goa (0.40%). The national average for adult HIV prevalence is estimated at 0.26% in 2015.

Besides these states, Maharashtra, Chandigarh, Tripura and Tamil Nadu have also shown estimated adult HIV prevalence greater than the national prevalence.

However, the government is particularly concerned about the northeastern states because it feels the adult HIV prevalence rate in these states is driven by drug injecting

source: nACCo

people. “The HIV epidemic in the North Eastern (NE) region is primarily driven by injecting drug use and this is compounded by unsafe sexual behaviours.

The porous international borders, hilly terrain, poor road and transport communications, disturbed

law and order situations pose many challenges for NE states in scaling up HIV prevention, care and treatment efforts among key populations and the general population. This has adversely affected the scale and quality of services,” an official note on Project

Sunrise said.

According to the note, the national average for prevalence of HIV among drug addicts is 7.14%, whereas in Manipur it is 12.9% and in Mizoram it is 12%.

The Project Sunrise, steered by National AIDS Control Organisation

(NACO) under the health ministry, will also aim to create more awareness about the disease in these N-E states. The project will be funded under the Centre for Disease Control and will be implemented in coordination with state AIDS control organisations and non-government organisations (NGOs) working in this area. The government also plans to employ consultants privy to local settings in these states who can help improve the outreach of various initiatives planned under the project.

“The Sunrise Project will be implementing a data-driven approach that will strategically focus on geographic areas and populations to ensure that we are doing the right things, in the right places, at the right time to achieve epidemic control among

people who inject drugs,” an official said.

Other initiatives planned under the Project include enhancing capacity of state-level institutions in high burden areas, community mobilization, intervention among females injecting drugs and spouses of such people.

The government also plans to establish a real-time data capturing and program monitoring software solution side by side. This would automate flow of information in near real time at site, district, state and national level, enabling the Centre to timely review the developments and take required action to fill in the gaps.

Latest estimates by NACO estimates around 21.17 lakhs people living with HIV in India in 2015. Of this 6.54% were children below 15 years of age.

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Apoiji and Sitap villages get free solar lamp

Nagaland Power Dept running at loss • Department cautions against nonpayment of bill • Around 1000 crore deposited to central government quarterly on power purchase • Good amount of power lost in leakage • Kiphire is the “nerve centre” of Power department Morung Express News Kiphire | February 5

Villagers with others during the distribution of sun king eco friendly solar lamps to all the households free of cost in Apoiji and Sitap villages.

Tuensang, February 5 (Mexn): The Department of Forest, Tuensang distributed sun king eco friendly solar lamps to all the households free of cost in Apoiji and Sitap villages.

Divisional Forest Officer Tuensang, Dr. Sentitula, IFS in a press release stated that the programme was initiated by the department in collaboration with EcoSolution a Mumbai based charitable NGO founded

by Yatendra Agarwal.

The solar lamps were donated by the NGO that aims to spreads ray of hope

PNTMK general assembly

among the needy villagers.

Apoiji village under ADC Tamlu headquarter, in Sitap Range was recognized in 2012 and the village does not have electricity connection and burns candles and kerosene oil to meet their ends.

The distribution programme was chaired by Ailong Range officer Sitap and solar lamps were given away by the EAC, Tamlu Tokavi V Sumi.

The villagers expressed gratitude to Dr. Sentitula.

IFS, DFO Tuensang for her initiatives of considering

and recognizing the vital need of their village, Ailong Range Officer for his tireless effort to help the villagers and Yatendra Agarwal for donating the lamps.

The villagers conveyed that since the recognition of the village by the government this help provided by the Forest Department is the first activity taken up by the government. The department in collaboration with the NGO is committed to expand its horizon by lighting up every home that does not have electricity under the district.

Minister of Power, C. Kipili Sangtam today inaugurated and upgraded the SDO Electrical to Executive Engineer in presence of the department heads, civil societies, public leaders and the citizens.

Speaking at the inauguration function Minister Power sternly cautioned that “the department will not hesitate to take legal action to those who fail to pay the revenue after consumption the power.” Disclosed that the state is depositing around 1000 crore to the central government quarterly on power purchase, the Minister asked the citizens to “make use of electricity judiciously as

good amount of power is lost in leakage which is the loss of economy.”

Highlighting the activities of the department the minister said that in the last three years the department is doing an enormous job for the welfare of the people. He also said that the up gradation of department from SDO to EE power is the long felt dream of the people of the district which has become a reality today.

Er Khose Sale Superintending Engineer (D&R) O/O Chief Engineer Power who spoke on behalf of the department said Kiphire is the “nerve centre” of the Power department in the state as the district has lot of potential on power sector. He added that the district is connected with 132

Minister of Power, C. Kipili Sangtam with others after the inauguration of the upgraded SDO Electrical to Executive Engineer at Kiphire held on February 5. (Morung Photo)

KV line which makes the district more important.

He also disclosed that of the 90 villages in the district with around 1400 rural household more than 9000 household is being electrified and assure in the next 2 years all the villages and rural household will be electrified.

Stating the department is at loss Er Khose Sale said, even in Kiphire district the expected revenue

is around 3 crores but the department is receiving only 1 crore which is a huge loss for the department. He asked the gathering to discourage power theft and also power conservation.

Deputy Commissioner Kiphire A. Chumremo Odyuo who also spoke on the occasion asked the gathering to take care of the government property as personal property as it is for the welfare of the

people in the district. He also appealed to the leaders to check into land encroachment as there is no land left for government department to go for new construction and even the government quarters is also “vanishing.”

Er Khriechusa Kire Executive Engineer Kiphire electrical division proposed vote of thanks while Er C.Thowchu, SDO (E) chaired the programme.

Origins Spa launched at Hotel Lake Shilloi Joint Investigation Team visitation concludes

KohiMa, Febru ary 5 (Mexn): Poumai Naga Tsüdoumai Me Kohima (PNTMK) (students’ Union) has convened its general assembly cum election on February 6, 1:00 pm at Poumai Catholic Church Nagabazar. A press release issued by PNTMK speaker C.T Romeo has requested all the students, executives, advisors, senior students and well wishers to attend Rev. Dr. Coppe Mero inaugurates the Origins Spa, attached to Hotel Lake Shilloi on February 5. the general assembly.

Morung Express News gins Spa, a professional and IMC Hall at Fellowship colupcoming spa chain run ony, Dimapur, she added.

Dimapur | February 5 and managed by DimapurWhile appreciating Hotel Lake Shilloi has intro- based entrepreneur, Annie Hotel Lake Shilloi for colduced an attractive addi- Mhonjoni Patton, who was laborating with Origins pughoboTo, Feb - tion to the services offered also YouthNet's 'The Entre- Spa, Patton informed that it plans to roll out retail ruary 5 (Dipr): ADC at the hotel. The hotel will preneur' 2014.

According to Patton, the section and venture into & SDPDB Chairman, now have a spa attached to collaboration with Hotel training and placement Pughoboto, Avelu Ruho it, which was inaugurated Lake Shilloi is the second segment by the end of the

by Rev. Dr. Coppe Mero on has informed that SDPDB February 5. venture of Origins Spa since financial year. This besides meeting for the month of Rachel Longchar, gen- its first launch as a hospital- being a business initiative February will be held at its eral manager of the hotel, ity brand in 2012. Origins has the bigger objective of office at 11 am on February informed the introduction Spa, which is a registered promoting skill develop8. Therefore, all the mem- of the spa was the result of trademark, opened its first ment and finding employbers are directed to attend a collaboration between unit in September 2012, ment avenues for the unthe meeting without fail.

Hotel Lake Shilloi and Ori- which is located near the employed, she said.

Pughoboto SDPDB meeting

DiMapur, February 5 (Mexn): Joint Investigation Team headed by Dr. RPS Deswal, Additional Commissioner, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, representatives from ICAR, Jharnapani, CIH Medziphema, officials from Horticulture Department and Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency concluded successfully.

Starting as day one, the team visited the Mushroom Development Centre and Nursery Block at State Horticulture Nursery, Dimapur district and proceeded to Bade Village, Dhansiripar Block Dimapur for vegetable cultivation under RKVY project and to the Bamboo Research Centre.

On day two, the team visited bamboo projects at Phusito village and Jalukie B; pineapple project at Mhainamtsi village; Mango, litchi and pack house at New Peren; Cashewnut plantations and water harvesting structure at Heningkunglwa

The investigation team at Pineapple project, Mhainamtsi Village, Peren

under Peren district. On the way, the team also visited Pineapple project mulched with polythene at Molvom Village, Dimapur. Later, on day three, the team headed to Phek district and inspected large cardamom nursery

and plantations at Kami village. The team also visited the Model Floriculture Centre and vegetable and fruit Cold Storage at Horticulture Research Farm (HRF), Pfutsero and suggested to establish a Hi-tech Nursery at HRF. The

team also visited apple and plum orchard nearby.

A press release stated that the team was satisfied with the activities carried out by the Horticulture Department and the Bamboo Development Agency.

on ‘mainstreaming SBM MIS Application workshop held Conference the north eastern region’

District Level training on February 10

KohiMa, February 5 (Mexn): One day Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) MIS Application workshop cum training programme was held at VC Conference hall in the New Secretariat Complex where Ahola Those, Secretary Urban Development Department, Government of Nagaland was the chef guest.

The meeting was chaired by Kezungulo Medikhru, Technical Director & State Informatics Officer (SIO), NIC, Government of India. The introductory and brief outline of the SBM was given by him and the Secretary (Urban Development) outlined the departmental progress on SBM and the main objecDMC staffs seen cleaning a pond near East Police Station, Dimapur on Friday. The cleanliness tive of SBM. work was carried out under Swachh Bharat Mission. (Morung Photo) The MIS application was explained

PROGRAMME

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING LEGISLATORS’ FORUM ON AIDS Venue

: Conference Hall Assembly Secretariat Kohima - Nagaland th

Date

: 8 February 2016

Time

: 10:00am

Compere

: Ms. Zashekhono Tetso

Chairman

: Shri. Chotisüh Sazo Patron & Convenor – LFA Hon’ble Speaker Nagaland Legislative Assembly.

Guest of Honour : Shri. T.R. Zeliang Chief Patron – LFA Hon’ble Chief Minister Nagaland.

by Sanjay Pandey, Scientist “C”, NIC & OSD, Municipal Affairs Department, Kohima. The meeting was also attended by SMB Mission Directorate Nodal Officer Tarachu Fithu, Deputy Director, Directorate of Urban Development Department and other UD IT officials.

The State Co-ordinator of Common Service Centre (CSC) Akumla Aier and her CSC team also attended. The District Informatics Officers (DIO) who could not attend the meeting physically were linked through Video Conferencing and training was imparted.

TD & SIO, NIC Kezungulo Medikhru has informed in a press release that the District Level training programme will be organized on February 10 the respective NIC District Centres for the Administrator of Urban Local Bodies with the respective Deputy Commissioner as chief guest.

Invocation

: Rev. Dr. Zelhou Keyho General Secretary Nagaland Baptist Church Council

Welcome & Introduction

: Shri. Chotisüh Sazo Patron & Convernor – LFA Hon’ble Speaker, NLA

HIV/AIDS Scenario

: Dr. M. Kire, Project Director Nagaland State AIDS Control Society (NSACS)

(10 mins)

(10 mins)

Call for Church Response : Dr. Vinito L. Chishi, State Consultant – LFA (20 mins) DVD presentation 1. NLFA Documentary 2. Rick Warren of Saddleback Church

Releasing of books

Shri. T. R. Zeliang, Hon’ble Chief Minister – Nagaland & Shri. Chotisüh Sazo, Hon’ble Speaker - NLA Interaction

: Government & Church Leaders

Response by Guest of Honour

: Shri. T. R. Zeliang, Chief Patron – LFA Hon’ble Chief Minister, Nagaland

Benediction

: Rev. Dr. Shiwoto President - NCRC Nagaland.

(20 mins)

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ZSU elects new team

KohiMa, February 5 (Mexn): The Zhavame Students’ Union (ZSU) has recently elected its new office bearers for the tenure 2016-2017: President-Medovi Rhi, Vice PresidentNgakhanyi Movi, General Secy- Derhü Pohena, Asst.

General Secy- Tseili Dukru, Finance Secy- Lucas Dukru, Banker- Thenuchole Movi, Social & Cultural Secy- Thorhü Movi, Games & Sports Secy- Zipa Krocha, Pub. & Info Secy- Bunyi Krocha, Literacy & Magazine Secy- Khemo Domeh, Debate, Symp. & Sem. Secy- Rhavine Krocha, Girls’ Welfare Secy- Lüvi Pohena and Livi Shupao, Representative to CSUJonah Domeh and Sukho Domeh. Assembly Affairs: Speaker- Visapa Movi, Dy. Speaker- Muvi Domeh and Secretary- Joshua Rhi.

KohiMa, February 5 (Dipr): The conference on ‘Mainstreaming The North Eastern Region’ jointly organized by Association of Environment and Development Research (AEDR), New Delhi, PHD (Punjab, Haryana Chamber of Commerce & Industry), Center of WTO studies, Ministry of Commerce GoI and the State government is scheduled to be held on February 12 and 13 in Kohima. The Chief Minister of Nagaland T.R Zeliang has consented to inaugurate the conference on February 12 while Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industry, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti will grace the conference as chief guest.

Ex-Servicemen/Widows meetings DiMapur, February 5 (Mexn): A meeting of Exservicemen/Widows of Dimapur district has been scheduled on February 8, 11 AM at Sainik Bhawan Dimapur. A press note from Zila Sainik Welfare Officer, Dimapur Col TNK Singh (Retd) has informed that the meeting will discuss welfare measures or schemes, vocational training, Self Help Groups, Pension problems and so on. All Exservicemen/Widows are requested to bring along documents pertaining to their service particulars along with two passport photos.

Govt Hindi Teachers Kohima Unit meeting KohiMa, February 5 (Mexn): All Government Hindi Teachers under Kohima Unit that a general meeting cum picnic will be held on February 13 at Government High School ground Ciechama village at 9:30 am, transportation will be arranged.Therefore, all the Government Hindi teachers are requested to attend the meeting, your absence will be treated as disrespect for the Unit. For transportation and Further queries please contact – 9089629973 and 9436204839

National Deworming Day on Feb 10 DiMapur, February 5 (Mexn): The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India will observe National Deworming Day (NDD) on February 10.

Children from 1 to 19 years of age can get a free dose of Deworming medicine (Albendazole). In order to attain a total coverage, medicine will be dispensed through Anganwadi centre and Schools on February 10. It will also be made available on February 15 for those who have missed the dose. The teachers and the Anganwadi workers will administer the medicine from the education and Social Welfare respectively. This medicine which is a must for every individual has no untoward affect on health. Therefore, CMO Mokokchung requests all the parents under Mokokchung district to take active participation in the forthcoming programme.

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There must be new developmental UNC bandh affects normal life model for NE: Prime Minister Modi Our Correspondent Imphal | February 5

lePeTKATA, FebruAry 5 (MexN): Prime Minister Narendra Modi today batted for a new development model for the northeastern states to enable the harnessing of the "collective strength" of the region along with the neighbouring countries as part of the Centre's 'Act East Policy'.

During his visit to Assam, he said that the development of the north-eastern and eastern states of the country is a matter of priority for his government.

"There must be a new development model for north-eastern states so that the collective strength of the region along with the neighbouring countries of Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia can be achieved," PM Modi said after dedicating the Brahmaputra Cracker Polymer Ltd BCPL) and Numaligarh Refinery Ltd's wax plant to the nation.

"There must be balanced and all-round development of the country. It cannot be that the western part of India progresses, but the eastern and north-eastern parts lag behind," he said.

"In that case, the nation's development will remain incomplete," said PM Modi.

Inaugurating the Rs 10,000-crore petrochemical plant that will make raw material for

Mizoram women to fast against wine shops AizAwl, FebruAry 5 (PTi): Mizoram Baptist Kohhran Hmeichhe Pawl (MBKHP) or the women wing of the Baptist Church of Mizoram, has decided to organise prayer and fasting in protest against opening of wine shops in the state.

The MBKHP's decision, taken yesterday at its annual conference attended by 460 delegates at the MizoramBangaldesh border town of Tlabung in Lunglei district, came after the state government allowed opening of wine shops under the newly-legislated Mizoram Liquor Prohibition and Control Act, 2014 since March 16 last year.

The Baptist women body also decided to make a formal appeal to the state government to end the sale of liquor in the state under the new law.

The Mizoram Liquor Total Prohibition Act, 1995 imposed in the state since February 20, 1997 was replaced after being in force in the state for 18 years.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being presented the Jaapi, a traditional Assamese hat, during the 85th Annual Conference of Srimanta Sankaradeva Sangha, at Sibasagar, Assam on February 5. (PIB Photo)

manufacturing plastic and a wax making unit at an oil refinery here in Assam, Modi said his government's priority is to develop Northeast as it believes in "all-round development" of the nation He exhorted the youth of the states to take advantage of these two projects and set up small factories that will add value and gen-

erate wealth for the country "Today two major projects are being inaugurated in Dibrugarh.

This is important because it will lead to value addition of natural resources and generate many employment opportunities for the youth," he said The Prime Minister said that the inauguration of the two proj-

ects would lead to a 'Rashtriya Vikas Yatra' and "bring immense joy to the people of the state as well as to the rest of the country".

"If the then Prime Minister had the opportunity to inaugurate the projects 25 years ago, new industries and employment opportunities would have come up and there would have been all-round development and happiness in the state," he said.

"If the projects had been completed 25 years ago, the second generation of people would have reaped benefits from these units.

An entire generation has lost the benefits of these projects," PM Modi said. He said his government had evolved a new development model for the north-east and strengthening of the railway infrastructure of the region was the first step in that direction.

The Prime Minister said his government has unshackled several stalled projects across the country and he has been personally interacting with state chief secretaries on a monthly basis to monitor progress and remove hurdles. .

"Lack of connectivity has hampered the development of the region. Strengthening of the railway infrastructure will connect Assam and the north-east with the rest of the country," he said.

Over 500 killed in ethnic clashes during Gogoi's rule GuwAhATi, FebruAry 5 (TNN): Eight bloody ethnic clashes in different parts of the state, which ended in the deaths of 535 people, including 45 children and 80 women, form the biggest blot on the unbroken but chequered 15-year Congress rule under chief minister Tarun Gogoi.

As the 'adjournment sine die' of the state assembly on Thursday brought down the curtains on the third consecutive term of Congress, written replies to a series of short notice questions by one of the most active legislators, Phani Bhushan Choudhury of Asom Gana Parishad, provided details on how the Gogoi government fared in the home department in its 15 years in power.

On the positive side, as many as four militant outfits signed peace deals with the government and 13 other outfits, including Ulfa, declared ceasefire and began peace talks.

Since Gogoi's first term from May 2001, militancy

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On the crime chart, a total of 19,821 murder cases, 21,556 rape cases, 43,879 cases of kidnapping, 91,419 cases of crime against women, 158 cases of witch-hunts, 4,816 cases of dacoity and 43,328 cases of suicide were registered between May 2001 and December 2015.

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Raju said one of the perpetrators has been identified as Rakkam, who was directed by Sohan D. Shira, self-styled military wing chief of GNLA. The GNLA, which claims to be fighting for a separate Garoland, is headed by police officerturned-rogue Champion R. Sangma, who is lodged in Shillong jail after being arrested from near the IndiaBangladesh border in 2012.

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The state government informed that 6,658 cases of ethnic clashes were registered. Of these, chargesheets were filed in 159 cases, final reports were submitted in 3,594 cases, 5,353 cases are under investigation, 12 cases were transferred to the CBI and 2,358 cases were amalgamated.

Apart from ethnic clashes within the state, another 36 clashes with neighbouring states also took place in which 87 people were killed and 78 injured.

Life was disrupted in the hill districts of Manipur on Friday due to a 48-hour total shutdown called by the United Naga Council (UNC) to fulfil its demands.

Traffic movement was obstructed along Imphal-Moreh road (National Highway 2) by a large number of volunteers from Chandel Naga Peoples' Organisation (CNPO) which has endorsed the UNC strike that began last midnight. Apart from the highway, the strike affected life in Chandel district.

CNPO volunteers blocked the highway at different sections. But no untoward incidents were reported during the bandh which also crippled normal life in Senapati, Tamenglong and Ukhrul, according to reports.

The UNC said any attempt to sabotage the final Naga political settlement based on ‘unique history of the Nagas’ will never be compromised under any circumstances.

The bandh has been called by the council amidst preparations for a Mass Rally for Common Future of Manipur to be taken out in Imphal tomorrow. The rally is being jointly organised by major social

organisations All Manipur United Clubs’ Organisation (AMUCO), United Committee Manipur (UCM) and Committee of Civil Societies, Kangleipak (CCSK). Thousands of people are expected to take part in the rally.

All Naga Students’ Association, Manipur questioned the ‘motive’ of the February 6 mass rally, saying the proposed rally is grounded on the notion of territorial integrity and a majoritarian creation to perpetuate the oppression of the tribal people in Manipur.

Religious programmes, earthquake related activities, medical, electricity, water supply and media have been exempted from the purview of the 48-hour bandh.

According to UNC, a dual system of administration for the hills and valley came into existence after the British annexed the Meitei kingdom in 1881, saying the tribal areas were administered by the political department of the British Crown.

It said the dual system of administration continued even after 1949 when the Meitei Kingdom was merged with the Indian Union along with tribal areas without their consent, through deception, and under protest of the Nagas and other tribal people.

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YES Bank to install water purifiers at 1,000 railway stations MUMBAI, FEBrUAry 5 (IANs): In a unique public-private-initiative (PPP), YES Bank has collaborated with Indian Railways to provide community water purification systems at 1,000 railway stations across India by 2019, an official said here on Friday.

The project will see the bank install the systems at 100 D and E category railway stations in Maharashtra’s Konkan coastal belt and other parts of the state by next month (March), said Yes Bank Group President and Country Head Namita Vikas.

“It has already been installed at around 50 stations in Konkan region and more are being rolled out at smaller stations with an average footfall of 1,000 pax per day providing them with clean and safe drinking water,” Vikas said.

The project boasts of no reject water and minimal electricity consumption for water purification thus reinforcing the bank’s sustainability focus for the megainitiative, she added.

Explaining the concept, Vikas said the bigger railway stations have water sellers and the passengers or commuters using them are economically better off compared to D and E category stations.

Targetted at the population in the lower strata, YES Bank provided access to safe and clean drinking water to around 62,500 people through household and community purification systems in rural Maharashtra last year, she said.

The initiative is in sync with the Centre’s vision to make safe and clean drinking water available to rail passengers and modernise railway stations.

“Our aim is to aid the existing efforts undertaken by the government and ensure a high socio-economic impact through community-led interventions,” Vikas said.

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Mahindra E-Verito Mahindra has showcased the electric Verito also known as the e-Verito at the ongoing Auto Expo. The Everito was also showcased at the previous two editions of the Auto Expo. It is likely to be powered by the same motor as the Mahindra Reva e20 and will have a range of about 100kms on a single charge.

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Doubting India’s ‘fastest-growing’ GDP statistics, economists devise their own MUMBAI/NEW DELHI, FEBrUAry 5 (rEUtErs): From rural motorbike sales to rail freight, economists and even the central bank are devising their own ways to measure Indian growth.

Their verdict? It’s a good deal weaker than official data showing India to be the world’s most dynamic big economy.

Doubts about the accuracy of India’s gross domestic product figures persist a year after its statisticians unveiled new readings they say better capture value addition down the goods and services supply chain.

Under the new methodology, economists expect India will report GDP growth of 7.3 percent on Monday for the OctoberDecember quarter, according to a Reuters poll.

That’s a touch slower than the previous quarter but comfortably surpasses the 6.8 percent growth posted

by China.

While that number appears strong, the lack of a historical series - still in the works - makes it hard to conclude that Asia’s third-largest economy is doing well at a time when firms report poor sales, bank lending is slow and investment is weak.

“It doesn’t feel like we are growing at 7-8 percent,” said one official familiar with the Reserve

Bank of India’s research methods.

Like other economists, the RBI is now turning to hybrid models that mix elements of the old and new GDP methods to get a better feel for the underlying health of the economy.

The RBI looks at twowheeler sales, car sales, rail freight, and consumer goods sales in rural areas “to get a better understanding of the ground realities”, this official said.

The new data is a headache too for Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who faces tough choices in his Feb. 29 budget over whether to hike borrowing and spending to compensate for the sluggish private sector.

HEAT MAP By its own proprietary measure, Ambit Capital estimates the economy may have grown an annualised 5 to 6 percent in the October-December quarter.

“India is not the fastest growing economy in the world,” said Ritika Mankar Mukherjee, an Ambit economist in Mumbai.

“No matter how you cut it, while there are certain segments of the economy holding up such as IT or e-commerce, large parts of the economy are actually slowing down.”

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The second generation of the Toyota Prius was unveiled in the US in late 2015. Toyota has now showcased this car at its stall in the Auto Expo. The 2nd generation Toyota Prius offers 10 percent more mileage along with 40 percent more thermal efficiency than the previous model. It is also 60 mm longer, 15 mm wider and 20 mm lower than the previous generation Prius.

of expansion. Meanwhile, Citigroup has developed a heat map of 18 economic activities including twowheeler sales, air traffic, and diesel sales.

Downbeat assessments of growth would more closely correspond with trends under the old GDP calculation method that until a year ago showed India experienc-

the state of Maharashtra, who reckons his sales are down more than 20 percent from a year ago.

Ashish Kumar, who recently retired as the head of India’s statistics office, says economists are using the wrong gauges to understand data that measures value addition.

“You have to understand that the new GDP data essentially captures efficiency,” he told Reuters. “Comparing it with volume-based indicators would be a mistake.”

RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has also endorsed the new GDP readings, saying sliding input costs are offsetting shrinking corporate revenues and inflating valueaddition. Put more simply, sales may be slow but profits are rising.

Still, the statistics office is readying tools to better capture services sector data for GDP calculations and supplement it with employment generation data.

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Kuki Inpi Nagaland extends support Dimapur DPDB approves four new GPS to August 3 Framework Agreement Dimapur, February 5 (mexN): The Kuki Inpi Nagaland (KIN) has extended support to the August 3, 2015 Framework Agreement which was signed between the NSCN (IM) and the Government of India based on the unique Naga history.

“It is our hope that through this historic agreement, the six decades old conflict between India and Nagas will come to a lasting peaceful solution to both parties. We pray the Almighty God would grant

wisdom to the collective leadership of the NSCN/ GPRN during this hour of decision making,” read a press statement issued by KIN president Lalkhongam Gangte and general secretary L Asong.

In a separate press note, KIN expressed gratitude to the NSCN (IM) for organizing a consultative meeting on the current Indo-Naga political development for the Kuki community under UT-1 and all frontal organizations of the Kuki community at Horeb Guest House,

Dimapur on Friday.

The press statement informed that NSCN (IM) kilo kilonser RH Raising enlightened the Kuki community on the Naga political issue and the ongoing peace process.

The organization also expressed gratitude to executive members of the steering committee, namely Kilonser Hukavi Yepthomi, Tatar Haolim Kuki, Deputy Kilonsers S Hangsing and Khevishe Achumi for organizing the consultative meeting.

Khekaho Assumi assures better equipments to DPRO office Peren pereN, February 5 (Dipr): Parliamentary Secretary for Information and Public Relations Khekaho Assumi today assured the staff of DPRO office, Peren to enhance their public address system and provide better equipments for videograhpy and filing news through internet. Assumi visited the DPRO office with Pausui Zeliang, Director, Information and Public Relation. During his interaction with the staff of the office, the Parliamentary Secretary also encouraged them to perform their duties and serve the public and make their presence felt

Khekaho Assumi with the Director, Information and Public Relation and officials of DPRO office, Peren. (DIPR Photo)

in the district.

Among others, I. Simon Teilia, DPRO, Peren proposed for opening of a new Information Centre at Jalukie due to the increase

of manifold developmental activities and happenings in the fast growing township. In this, Assumi assured to take up the matter on priority basis.

Dimapur, February 5 (Dipr): The Dimapur District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) has approved opening of four new government primary schools in Rilan Village, Khehoi, Dhansiripar, Chumukedima 'A' Village, and Sabalie Colony ward-8, Chumukedima Town. The approval was made during the monthly meeting of the Board held on February 5 in the DC's conference hall.

The meeting was chaired

by Parliamentary Secretary for Irrigation and Flood Control and Chairman DPDB Dimapur Jacob Zhimomi. Department of Taxes presented a PowerPoint highlighting the activities and achievements of the department.

Jacob lauded the Department of Taxes for generating revenue for the State and exhorted them to go the extra mile, reminding that there are still areas and scopes for increasing revenue. He further en-

couraged other departments to start generating revenue for the State.

On behalf of the Board members, the chairperson also lauded Chief Executive Officer, Fishery Department, Dimapur, Dr. Vimezo Kire for receiving Governor's Commendation Certificate during Republic Day 2016.

The Board entrusted Excise Department to give their departmental presentation in the next meeting.

Former student leader assaulted, unions condemn Dimapur, February 5 (mexN): The Rengma Student’s Union (RSU) has condemned the “brutal” assault on Senenlo Kath, former General Secretary of Rengma Student’s Union and former social & cultural secretary of Dimapur Naga Students’ Union (DNSU), allegedly by personnel of Railway Protection Force (RPF) on February 3 at Railway Station, Dimapur.

A press release issued by RSU President, RN David Mach questioned the RPF personnel whether “they

are employed to ensure safe passage of the passengers or to commit such crimes on the passengers.” Further, the Union urged the State government to issue an urgent directive to investigate the incident at the earliest and bring the personnel responsible to book.

The Dimapur Naga Students’ Union has also expressed pain and condemned the assault on Senenlo Kath. In a press release, the Union also lauded the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Law & Order for

taking up the matter and setting up enquiry into the incident and requested the law enforcing agency to deliver justice to the victim at the earliest. Meanwhile, the release issued

by Daniel Semp, Secretary, Education & Statistical and Mteisuding, Secretary, Info & Publicity appealed to the power department to provide electricity regularly during the upcoming HSLC & HSSLC examination. It also appealed to the public to maintain peaceful environment.

CSM triennial conference underway

Kiphire DC cautions DPDB meeting absentees Morung Express News Kiphire | February 5

Deputy Commissioner and Vice Chairman of District Planning & Development Board (DPDB), Kiphire, A. Chumremo Odyuo, has warned the departments which habitually remain absent from the DPDB meeting that that Board will take necessary action from now on.

Speaking at the monthly DPDB meeting held at the DC conference hall here today, Odyuo expressed that in the district, there are more than 30 subcommittees and if officers are not in station at least a week in one month, the district will not go forward.

Hence, he asked the members present to take note of it seriously.

Meanwhile, the chairman of the Board and Power Minister, C. Kipili Sangtam, asked the members present to be sincere in their responsibilities and be attentive in the DPDB meetings, terming it is one of the most important district meetings on development. He assured the officers to extend all possible help if there is any. He further told the officers to share any grievances and difficulties for the welfare of the citizens. Taking part in the meeting agendas, the Minister also assured to look into the matters

relating to installation of street light in all the key locations in the town.

Er Khose Sale, Superintending Engineer (D&R), Chief Engineer, Power highlighted the overall activities of the State electrical department. He mentioned that of the target of 220 crore revenue, the State is getting only 100 crore. Therefore, he asked the gathering to discourage power theft and also encourage power conservation.

The meeting, attended by officers, civil societies, and HoDs, also set up DPDB verification committee, Agri & Allied department committee for sales day.

MEx FILE KDCC dissolves ACCCs Kohima, February 5 (mexN): Kohima District Congress Committee (KDCC) has dissolved all the 7 Assembly Constituency Congress Committees (ACCCs) with immediate effect for re-organisation of the party in all the ACCCs of the district. This has been done in pursuance of the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) letter NPCC/Admin-13/15 dated February 3, 2016, according to a press release from Kevi Vizo, President, KDCC.

Parliamentary Secretaries attend annual ICAR meeting in Delhi Kohima, February 5 (mexN): Parliamentary Secretary for Veterinary and Animal Husbandry, S. Chuba Longkumer and Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Dr. Benjongliba along with Commissioner and Secretary MK Mero attended the 87th annual general meeting of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) on February 4 at AP Shinde Symposium Hall, NASC Complex, New Delhi. The meeting was addressed

by Radha Mohan Singh, Union Minister for Agricultural Farmer’s Welfare and President, ICAR.

TSUK appeals to apprehend assaulters Kohima, February 5 (mexN): The Tikhir Students’ Union Kohima (TSUK) has appealed to the State government and law enforcing agencies to apprehend at the earliest the people who assaulted a Tikhir woman in Shamator Town recently and award befitting punishment as per the law. A press note from TSUK President James Khiungjumong and General Secretary Akam P further condemned the incident and expressed shock that the incident happened despite security personnel being deployed for the security of the public.

Western Yimchunger Hoho meeting Dimapur, February 5 (mexN): Western Yimchunger Hoho has convened an emergency meeting on February 10, 9:00 am at its office (Treasure) at Old Showuba, Dimapur. Therefore, all the office bearers of Western Yimchunger Hoho and pastors along with two deacons (under Western Yimchunger Jurisdiction) have been directed to attend the meeting positively.

Feb 2 killing condemned CSM, Mokokchung unit presenting a traditional song on the first night of the 72th Changkikong Senso Mungdang triennial conference at Waromung on February 5.

(Photo/IA-Alongkima)

moKoKchuNg, February 5 (mexN): The 72th triennial conference of Changkikong Senso Mungdang (Changkikong Citizens’ Union) started February 5 evening at Waromung community hall with representatives from all the villages and units affiliated to CSM. Former candidate and retired IAS, Dr K Aochuba challenged the delegates to be more united and have fraternity for more devel-

opment in Changkikong range, according to a press release received here. He maintained that if all the villages unite together, overall development of the range, including the much needed improvement of the about 60 km stretch of road along the Changkikong range, can be brought about in a resolute manner.

On the first night of the conference, different committees presented their reports like the general

report, audit report, CSM Corpus Fund report and the CSM Platinum Jubilee Resolution Implementation Committee Report.

The main programme will be held on February 6 with the Chairman of DAN & NBRM Dr Longri as the chief guest. The CSM triennial conference is expected to come up with some resolutions on Saturday, which will have far reaching impact on the range, the release added.

Dimapur, February 5 (mexN): Garo Students’ Union, Nagaland Zone (GSUNZ) has condemned the killing of Seitinlen Hangsing (Charlie) by some unidentified persons on February 2 at Burma Camp, Dimapur.

In a press release issued by its president, Cliff Sangma, the Union has appealed to the State government to expedite in apprehending the people involved in the crime. It also appealed to the right thinking and peace loving citizens of Nagaland to condemn such act. The GSUNZ further conveyed condolences and prayed to God to give comfort to the bereaved family

to overcome the sorrow.

In a separate press note, the Youth Association of Nagaland (YAN) also condemned the brutal killing of Charlie Hangsing and the rape of a differently abled minor girl by a police personnel on January 30 in Kohima. Takatemjen, Vice President and Alise Sangtam, Spokesperson, appealed to the authority concerned to apprehend all the people involved in both the crimes and punish them according to the rule of the law. YAN also urged all the concerned citizens to act against the evolving crimes and help in building and safeguarding the moral essence of our society.

Transformation Crusade underway in Phek Town ESIC to give 40 lakh annually to dispensary in Dimapur

Young people at the Transformation Crusade being held in Phek Town from February 4-7.

pheK, February 5 (mexN): The first Transformation Crusade in Phek is being held at Phek Town local ground with the theme ‘Arise and Shine’. The crusade, organized by Phek Town Churches Pastors Fellowship, began on

February 4 and will conclude on February 7 (Sunday).

According to a press release received here, Rev. Zotuo Kiewhuo, the main speaker of the crusade, shared on the topic “Looking Unto Jesus”.

Dwelling on Hebrews 12: 1-2,

he asked the congregation, “Don’t think of yourself, your problems, your sickness, etc. but look unto God, and you will be free of all your troubles.”

He maintained that when one praises God, one receives breakthrough in life. Rev.

Kiewhuo further exhorted that to be a good player in faith, one has to give up and be free from all sins. He added, “If you make a new agreement with God then your life will change.

Jesus do not accuse you, He is still waiting for you.”

Dimapur, February 5 (mexN): Michael Dias, member of Employee's State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) during his visit to Dimapur on February 3 announced that ESIC will be giving an amount of Rs. 40 lakh annually for the operation of the ESI (Scheme) dispensary in Dimapur.

Dias met State officials of Labour Department, Nungshiyanger Aier, Labour Commissioner, Avile Vitso, Assistant Labour Commissioner, Kohima, and Imlisashi Jamir, Assistant Labour Commissioner, Dimapur along with other stakeholders of the Corporation.

Detail discussion was held with regard to the improvement of ESI services in Dimapur, according to a press release received here.

Dr. Z. Kheshito Zhimo, AMO,

Free coaching for HSLC 2016 students concludes in Wokha WoKha, February 5 (mexN): The one month long 2nd edition of Late.

Azao free coaching for HSLC-2016 candidates officially came to a close on February 4 at Mount Sinai School, Wokha. The closing ceremony was graced

by Joint Director, School Education, Aremo Ezung as chief guest.

A press release from Mhabemo Charlie, Coaching Convenor informed that Ezung instructed the students to prepare based what they have learnt from their teachers at school and coaching class and also

study their lessons according to the syllabus.

He further encouraged and lauded the young teaching staffs for their benevolent jobs done for the students.

Thavaseelan Karunahidi, SDO (Civil) Wokha in his message read out by Ekonthung Yanthan said, “Life is full of surprises. At one moment, you could be at the top of the world.

The other you could be low in the doldrums. The key is to learn to treat both failure and success alike.”

Konthunglo Ezung, wife of Lt. Azao Ezung invoked God’s bless-

ings upon the students.

Thungchibemo Humtsoe, Headmaster, Mt. Sinai School informed the students on OMR sheet marking.

The coaching teachers were Mhathung Ovung, BE (Electric & Electronic), Myingthunglo Ovung, M.Sc (Maths), Ekonthung Yanthan, MA (Sociology), Wobyonthung Ngullie, M.Sc (Maths), and Nchumbemo Ezung, Subject Teacher (English).

Altogether, fifty eight students from various government and private schools attended the one month long coaching.

informed that the State government has approved the proposal for appointment of staffs at the dispensary. He mentioned that the ESIC was implemented in Dimapur on March 1, 2008. It was attached to the District Hospital Dimapur and 8 beds were reserved for IPs and their beneficiaries. Subsequently, in August 2012, the dispensary was shifted to 4th Mile and in November 2015, tie-up arrangements were made with Dimapur Hospital & Research Centre for Primary and Secondary Care. The total number of IPs till date is1463 and the number of OPD patients who have attended the dispensary till date is 930, he added.

Dr. Hareshwar Meeitei, Sr. State Medical Commissioner, Guwahati said that some medical re-imbursement payments

are pending with him. He assured to expedite clearance of the payments in the next few weeks.

Nungshiyanger Aier, Labour Commissioner, requested the Corporation for expansion of the scheme to Chumukedima area, where large numbers of industries, shops and establishments, schools, and construction companies are established.

He also requested the Regional Office, Guwahati to conduct regular awareness programmes and also to provide information regarding ESI services brouchers and programmes.

Stakeholders were advised to contact the branch office representative N. Martin Thangeo for any information and clarification with regard to the ESI Scheme.

District review meeting in Peren

A one day workshop was organized by the Clark Centre for Peace Research and Action, Clark Theological College, Aolijen, Mokokchung on February 5 with Sentilong Ozukum, EAC, Monyakshu Mon as the resource person.

The workshop was held under the theme 'Peace Within'. Every year, the Centre organizes a workshop on the same theme for the graduating students pursuing Bachelor of Divinity and Masters of Theology. Seen in the picture is the resource person for the workshop, Sentilong Ozukum. (Morung Photo)

pereN, February 5 (mexN): The Chief Medical Office, Peren held its monthly district review meeting cum training of trainers for ASHAs on LLIN at CMO conference hall on February 5.

The meeting, attended

by District Programme Officers, Medical Officers, nurses, pharmacist, District and Block Program Management Unit Staff NHM, had Dr. Limatula, District Vector Borne Officer, NVBDCP as the resource person.

A press release informed that during the meeting, Dr. Tiala, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Peren highlighted the last month’s Intensified Pulse Polio performance and

asked the low performing area and units to improve their performance. She also lauded all the health workers for the success of the healthy lifestyle camp held in Jalukie. She urged all health workers to work sincerely for the upcoming IPPI and briefed the members on the importance of Vaccine Vial Monitor.

Dr. Khrielasanuo, DPO, RCH/UIP highlighted about the final report on Mission Indradhanush of all the 4 rounds. She informed about the Deworming Day, which will be held on February 10 and mop-up on February 15. She said that all school going children (both govt. and private) will be covered by the Department of School Education. The

school children till the age of 19 years will be covered by the Department of Social Welfare helped by the ASHAs. She appealed to all health workers to give their full cooperation and support and to work sincerely.

She also explained about the dosage of medicines Albendazole: children from 1 to below 2 years – half tablet (200mg), 2-19 years – one tablet (400mg). Meanwhile, training of trainers for ASHAs for Long lasting Insecticides Treated Bed Nets (LLIN) under NVBDCP was conducted by Dr. Limatula, DVBO (NVBDCP). The training was attended by the Block program Managers, ASHA Coordinators of the 4 blocks under Peren district and Medical Officers.

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THE MORUNG EXPRESS

The Power of the Isolated Vocal Track Amanda Petrusich

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The New Yorker

n early 2010, audio of Kurt Cobain wincing through “Smells Like Teen Spirit”— Nirvana’s first charting hit, from 1991, and a foundational text for the next few decades of punkrock bands—suddenly appeared online. Someone had divorced the singing parts from the non-singing parts. The unaccompanied vocal quickly darted about the Web, where it was received, eagerly, as an ad-hoc corrective to the plumper and more orderly voices then pervading pop radio. Listening now, it occasionally feels as if Cobain were straining to excise something, to discharge a foreign body from his flesh by force of will alone. It’s a brutal performance, and beautiful.

He doesn’t start singing until thirty-eight seconds into the song, but the track was uploaded to YouTube as a real-time expression—meaning it opens with thirty-eight consecutive seconds of vast and ghostly silence. Then you pop out of your chair.

Experiments like this have become oddly omnipresent in recent years.

Following David Bowie’s death, an isolated vocal from “Under Pressure,” a duet that Bowie performed with Queen, in

1981, was resurrected as yet another example of Bowie’s extraordinary singularity and vision. While trying to imbue the tracks themselves with significance is futile—it would be like plucking a carrot medallion from a pot of stew and evaluating it as a meal—the act of segregating a vocal melody does feel germane to our cultural moment, in which decontextualization has practically become its own practice.

This is true, in part, because separating a single moment from a flow of moments often makes for a pretty good gag. Take, for example, that endlessly circulating GIF of Donald Trump, from one of the early Republican debates.

His face appears pink and rubbery, contorting into a series of insane-seeming yet hilarious expressions: He mimes a disbelieving grin. He blinks and exaggeratedly jumps his eyebrows, twice. He opens his mouth as if he were slurping up some algae from the bottom of a fish tank. Perhaps we do not know or cannot recall what external stimulus he was responding to. And so we snicker with even more gusto.

Indeed, the impulse to detach a vocal from its song is not always admiring. When the isolated track is wonky and unflattering (which can happen

if it’s been surreptitiously plucked from a live feed, like the audio released afterMariah Carey performed a somewhat strangled version of “All I Want for Christmas” at Rockefeller Center, in 2014), a hearty dose of schadenfreude is baked in.

It becomes a way of publicly shaming artists we have already forced to wear jazzy ensembles and dance in place for our amusement.

Even before the jilted had a platform like the Web— where, of course, anyone can promptly express outsized disappointment— people still found a way to guffaw at anybody unlucky enough to be busted caterwauling off-key. An isolated live track of Linda McCartney providing backing vo-

cals to “Hey Jude,” purportedly collected by sound engineers at a Paul McCartney concert in Knebworth, England, in 1990, was passed around the industry for decades, broadcast and rebroadcast with a kind of “Look at this joker!” glee. (Paul McCartney later released video footage of the show as an explanation of sorts; in it, Linda is seen dancing, moving in a possessed way, clearly working from a place where perfect pitch likely felt like a dumb concern.)

These discarnate tracks do not usually come with extensive origin stories, although, if we are lining them up to be judged, it seems worth acknowledging the difference between

a true, unedited live performance—a voice flapping nude in the breeze— and a studio track that’s merely had all other components stripped away. If the person isolating the vocal is working from a label-issued recording, that voice has probably already been aggressively filtered, or perhaps meticulously pieced together from disparate takes, sometimes even syllable by syllable.

The same goes for any musical performance, instrumental or otherwise, that has been rendered in a proper studio—although, interestingly, with just a handful of exceptions, the isolated-track wormhole echoes only with disembodied human voices. It

is far less common to see a bass line or a guitar riff tugged from context and trotted out with zeal as an Example of Something.

But why pull one string and not another? What’s in a voice, alone? What’s in a voice, ever?

A lot, if you are prone to reading music criticism.

Anyone would be right to indict contemporary critics for their overreliance on lyrics for polemical fodder; writers tend to bore down on words (and their delivery) in part because it’s widely presumed that scribbled-and-sung lyrics are where the real humanity lurks. Trained to sniff out emotional breaches like a German shepherd in a K-9 vest, stalking a kilo of weed at the airport, critics use those revelations to build meaning, to make internal sense of art.

(There is also the problem of relaying theory on the page in a way that doesn’t feel tedious, or willfully obtuse.) The accompanying instrumentation is not incidental, exactly, but its role is often diminished.

Sometimes, with some artists, this is fair. Other times, it’s less fair.

Proponents of instrumental genres will and should guffaw at the notion that parsing sung or spoken language is the only or best way to do serious critical work, and at the presupposition that

Plague of insensitivity is sweeping the planet Nury Vittachi

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y friend watched the dinosaur movie "Jurassic World" in front of her pet bird so that the creature could remember when his kind ruled the earth. She was trying to be nice but I thought it was really insensitive.

The same friend once told me that she thought I was as "dumb as a box of rocks" while we were walking through an ornamental park. "Shh," I said, moving us away from the rockery. "They can hear you."

But, of course, there

are no people on earth as insensitive as children.

Child: "Can we have a bee hive on the balcony?" Me: "No. Mum's allergic to bee stings."

Child: "Can we have one when she's dead?" Me: "I guess."

Now a question: if someone is two hours late for dinner and then complains that the food is overcooked, is it justifiable to dice him into cubes and lightly flashfry him with cilantro as an extra meat dish?

I knew you'd say yes.

I do this sort of thing a lot these days (identify acts of thoughtlessness, not flash-fry friends).

Because it is clear that a massive epidemic of insensitivity is spreading around the world.

The most astonishing example came from a reader in China. A funeral company touting for business set up hundreds of fake gravestones bearing the names of (living) local residents in gold letters, the press there reported. Sales staff would show residents their names, saying: "Look!

That could be you."

Residents were unimpressed to the point of apoplexy. The hard-sell morticians at the China Dragon Garden graveyard in the Beijing sub-

urbs were eventually persuaded that their venture, though creative, scored 8.9 on the Richter insensitivity scale. Especially in a community where omens are taken as scientifically verified proof.

Doctor: "You have three months to live." Patient: "My test results were that bad?" Doctor: "Your test results were fine, but you picked waiting ticket 44 and sat in the Unlucky Chair."

If you think about it, most disputes are due to thoughtlessness. In the paper was a story about a bid by organizers of a UK vegetable growing contest to attract more en-

tries by allowing people to enter veggies bought at the local supermarket.

They never thought about the vegetable growers, who were outraged. A cynical colleague reading over my shoulder (go away) said that everyone had probably been entering vegetables bought from supermarkets for years anyway.

He maintained that people today were overconsiderate, and offered an example. Earlier this year, a university in the US state of Connecticut said it was promoting inclusiveness and invited applications from the "LBTTQQFAGPBDSM"

communities. This apparently refers to every possible sexual preference, and caused much head-scratching. Please do not write in and tell me what each letter stands for. I treasure my innocence. Let children be children.

I concede that it may be possible to be too politically correct, but I still think it's good to be thoughtful. On the afternoon before writing this, my bird-owning friend declined an offer of ice cream because she said her teeth "were extremely sensitive these days".

I replied: "Shh. They can hear you."

non-verbal compositions are somehow less narrative or revealing. They are not: anyone who has ever listened to an enduring instrumental piece like, say, Beethoven’s Ninth understands it as inherently communicative, regardless of circumstance or socialization. It has lasted in this way and on this scale because it plainly—though not simply— transmits a story that resonates, and is useful for us to hear. Anyone who has ever listened to “Mingus Ah Um,” or to the guitar figures of John Fahey, or to Santo and Johnny’s “Sleep Walk,” or to any number of devastating instrumental recordings, understands this on some level. Likewise, anyone who has watched someone else’s face collapse wordlessly— or felt her own face crumple, felled by some airless punch—understands it, too. Without words, big things still get imparted.

But the meaning of language is preordained and theoretically immovable; even at their most arcane and nonsensical, lyrics are often the less ambiguous tool. Melody can very efficiently relay blunt feelings—the simplest example being a song written in a major key (happy) versus a minor key (sad)—but a raw vocal track almost inevitably contains multitudes.

So what do we learn, hearing all those words and breaths and gurgles, unencumbered? The voice is our most primordial and valuable instrument, and we respond to it more fully, in both spiritual and physiological ways, than almost any other organic sound. For millennia, our brains have evolved to perceive minute variations in the volume and cadence of a human voice.

Those micro-adjustments can be staggering, and are worth listening for. Who among us does not have a friend or lover capable of announcing some seismic shift in the shared dynamic via a barely perceptible change in tone?

And while “Let’s find the blood and bones in this magic, and make sense of it that way” is perhaps a generous take on the trend of the isolated vocal, I like to think that it’s just one of countless ways listeners find to mediate the experience of music—to dissect it as a way of understanding it, of understanding anything at all about being alive, like a sixth grader taking a scalpel to a frog’s undercarriage. Or, I don’t know, maybe it’s just funny, hearing Kurt Cobain holler a nasal “Haaay!” apropos of no apparent impetus. Maybe it just brings him a little bit closer, a pure signal through the haze.

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Medicine in the Fourth Dimension

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In light of circadian research, prescriptions like “Take Once Daily” are terrifyingly vague.

Jessa Gamble

n the early fifteenth century, a new artistic tool spread rapidly throughout Western Europe. Single-point linear perspective—a geometric technique that involves a rectangular grid stretching toward a central vanishing point—was a coup in the quest to represent threedimensional objects on two-dimensional surfaces. Art had never looked so realistic, and the technique was ubiquitous for hundreds of years thereafter.

A similar embrace of dimensionality awaits in medicine, where decades of evidence collide with established clinical practice. It's all about time of day. Set to rival the personalized medicine “revolution” in the breadth of its implications, the incorporation of circadian rhythms into our health care systems will require re-orientation on a paradigmatic scale.

The idea is that biological rhythms, daily oscillations in physiological processes, make the morning body a functionally different creature from the same body at night. There are peak times of day for each organ’s cell division and metabolism, as well as core temperature and gene expression. Moreover, our illnesses are rhythmic, and our pathogens have body clocks. It makes for a major strategic

advantage over disease, and the current resistance in the medical field—a misconception that timing effects are somehow minor—is no longer tenable.

Oncology is forever chasing ways to separate the enemy within from its surrounding tissue and reduce ghastly treatment side effects. Just as each of our cells has a circadian cycle, tumor growth is rhythmic. Some lymphomas see a peak in cell division late in the evening, whereas gut lining divides 23 times as much in the early morning as it does at night. In this case, chemotherapy in the evening targets the tumor while doing away with excruciating effects on healthy tissue.

The point is that distance between healthy and diseased tissue does not have to be spatial if you can separate them in time.

These are large differ-

ences in toxicity and efficacy, applying to more than 30 common anticancer agents, as well as radiotherapy, and varying by more than 50 percent as a function of dosing time.

Colorectal cancer and ovarian cancer patients with well-timed meds can tolerate much higher dosages of whole-body drugs like 5-FU and oxaliplatin, and still have lower side effects. As expected,survival rates reflect the change over conventional delivery.

To get this size of an effect—near doubling of anti-tumor activity and five-fold decreases in some adverse events—it's not enough to prescribe a generic time to everyone.

Timing can vary among people by several hours; rather, the patient's circadian rhythms are measured and monitored to hit their individual treatment efficacy peaks.

The world expert on timed medicine—variously known as chronomodulated therapy or, more simply, chronotherapy— is French oncologist Francis Lévi. To avoid opening chemo clinics at all hours of night, Lévi enlisted a biomedical company to develop a new technology that could improve quality of life for anyone currently trudging into a clinic for treatment. Programmable-in-time pumps deliver drugs on a schedule at a patient's home, with no need for hospitalization.

During late-stage cancer, though, circadian rhythms fall apart. At this point, quality of life deteriorates and chronomodulated therapy is not as effective.

“At the beginning, even the notion of circadian rhythms was considered to be astrology—the whole field!” remembers Lévi.

“Now we have identified

genes and proteins, and we know how they work, which has given the field a major credibility it did not have when I started.”

There is a surprisingly long lag time, however, between that scientific credibility and adoption by the medical community, particularly when the implications are so inconvenient. It's more than that, though. In over a decade of reporting on circadian rhythms, I've seen the language evolve—everyone loves the word “circadian,” for example, but to a medical ear, despite prevalence in cardiology, "rhythms" sounds a bit woo.

Messaging is going to be every bit as important as evidence in coming days. Because it’s not just cancer treatment that would have to be adjusted to get out of our static, 3-D mentality. The dosage of any drug is wildly approximate without a prescribed hour of administration, because all drugs undergo absorption, metabolism and elimination. And all of these processes are controlled by the circadian system—at the cellular level, the organ level, and in the body as a whole.

Even Paracetomol (Tylenol) is profoundly rhythmic in its bioactivity,

and its liver toxicity. The practical limitation comes in identifying the optimal time for each patient, which may not be feasible for acute treatment but becomes critical in chronic diseases. In this light, the common prescription “Take Once Daily” becomes terrifyingly vague.

By now, it is clear that most diagnostic assays are at best imprecise—and at worst, meaningless—without a time stamp. Test for grip strength in the early afternoon and you'll underestimate the severity of an arthritis case. Test for allergies in the morning and you’ll miss the milder histamine responses. Even a basic thermometer reading could mean a fever in the morning but not at night.

These changes, when they come, will encroach on the territory of the general physician and the everyday clinical lab. Rheumatology, psychiatry, cardiology—no discipline is exempt.

Medical solutions, like any other kind, arise from asking the right questions.

Added to the age-old questions—What is going wrong in this body? What intervention can counteract it?—doctors will soon be tackling the fourth dimension of both problems: When?

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Arunava Sinha

here is a good reason that Facebook (FB) is spending serious money and management time to push through Free Basics (FB) in India. If its plan succeeds, Facebook could control a large portion of internet traffic in India.

Free Basics is a service that will let anyone in India with a Reliance Telecom mobile connection access certain websites on their phones free.

Which websites? Facebook, of course. And others? Well, Facebook will decide.

Facebook says any website can join, but it will still retain control over whom it admits to this garden of free sites. So, this isn't free access to the entire internet, but only to those websites that Facebook approves.

Still, isn't some internet better than no internet, especially for the huge section of India's population that cannot afford to be online? Not always, and this is why.

First, when one organization controls which website users can access free of cost, it can keep people away from online services that would be really useful. For instance, despite the government pushing through its Digital India plan, none of its offerings might be available on Free Basics.

Worse, even if people are allowed to, for instance, access their bank accounts, it will be through Facebook's servers. So Facebook will get critical personal information about every Indian who uses Free Basics.

Finally, this violates the principle of Net Neutrality, which demands that those who connect you to the internet-your Internet Service Provider or your mobile operator-do not make it easier or harder to access certain websites. Free Basics will obviously do just that.

Of course, without Free Basics, users may not be able to afford access to these websites anyway. And that's why Free Basics needs to be replaced by a service that will enable anyone who cannot afford it to access the entire internet-any website-free.

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Glamorous lives of '80s Indian air hostesses Aarefa Johari

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ome people called them "glorified ayahs”, while they were patronisingly referred to in Hindi as hawayi sundaris. Yet, in the 1970s and ’80s, Indian air hostesses were also envied as glamourous, elite women who looked like film stars, jet-setted across the world and enjoyed exotic holidays that few others could afford.

In September 1986, when 23-year-old Neerja Bhanot died trying to save passengers of the illfated Pan Am Flight 73 from the bullets of hijackers, Indians saw – perhaps for the first time – that an air hostess could also be a hero.

The Mumbai-New York Pan Am flight was hijacked during a lay-over in Karachi by Palestinian militants from the Abu Nidal Organisation. In the 17 hours that followed, Bhanot took charge as the head purser, saving scores of lives by hiding the passports of American citizens, helping passengers escape through an emergency exit and, eventually, shielding three children from a rain of bullets. After her death, she became the youngest Indian to be awarded the Ashok Chakra for bravery.

Now, 30 years later, filmmaker Ram Madhvani is reviving Bhanot’s story for a new generation with his biopic Neerja. The film, starring Sonam Kapoor as Bhanot, will be released on February 19. “Whether in 1986 or today, a whole bunch of flight attendants do their duty so that we can do ours – and we rarely show gratitude for that,” Madhvani said. “In some ways, the film is a tribute to them.”

But being an air hostess in the ’80s was, in many ways, vastly different from being a flight attendant today. It was an era of fewer airlines, more luxury and greater glamour.

Despite the alarming number of aircraft attacks and hijackings taking place through the ’70s and ’80s, it was an age far less obsessed with security than the post-9/11 world.

‘We had to know our wine and cheese’ "When I started out, we were trained to focus on service, not safety and security,” said Elfin Fernand, a Mumbai resident who joined Air India as a hostess in 1974 at the age of 21 and retired in 2009. “We had to know our wines and cheese and how to look after the passenger’s comfort. Today’s flight attendants have to be constantly alert, so even while talking to a passenger their eyes dart all over the place.”

Fernand’s career took off at a time when the perception of air hostesses had rapidly begun to change in India. Earlier, the women almost always came from Anglo-Indian, Catholic or Parsi families. In the rest of Indian society, flying, serving passengers and working with men was not looked upon as a respectable profession for a young woman.

“Many of the Hindu girls who came for air hostess interviews in the ’60s and early ’70s either had to fight with their parents or lie to them,” said Mahrukh Chikliwala, a veteran Air India flight attendant who flew from 1969 to 2009 and retired as a trainer for younger staff.

“But many people also envied our work, because it didn’t need a lot of educational qualifications but paid

Alarming rise of school drop-outs in Nagaland very well.”

By the time women like Neerja Bhanot – who came from an educated Punjabi family in Mumbai – joined the field, young girls across India were dreaming of a life as an air hostess. One of them was Suneeta Sodhi-Kanga, who wanted to be an air hostess since she was six and was actively encouraged by her family.

“I was always fascinated with the glamour of flying – the elegance and charm of the well-groomed hostesses, their confidence and the prospect of travelling the world,” said Kanga, who worked with Air India from 1988 to 1996 and now trains corporate professionals in grooming, etiquette, fine dining and wine appreciation. In 1989, after Kanga won the Miss World Airline pageant held in Paris, she became the face of Air India at various cultural and publicity events.

No WeIght gAIN, No ACNe, No glASSeS The attention that air hostesses received for their grooming and beauty, however, came with a heavy dose of gender discrimination. Male flight attendants were hardly ever spoken about, but air hostesses were objects of fascination, and their looks a subject of much discussion.

In 1971, the Illustrated Weekly of India did a cover story on air hostesses that featured a telling classification of the women employed with the three main airlines operating in the country: “BOAC [British Overseas Airways Corporation] lays stress on the healthy, nurse-like mantronly look...

Air-India goes in for youth and glamour and patronises both the campus and the harem look. Indian Airlines goes in for the ‘desi’ demeanour – in the India-can-do-it fervour...Glamour with a campus touch and a come-hither look is a general characteristic of the Air-India hostess.”

“We women could be taken off cabin duty if we put on weight, wore glasses or developed acne, but this did not apply to male attendants,” Chikliwala said. “The men had no restrictions on marriage, but when I joined, air hostesses were not allowed to marry. Even divorcees were a problem.”

In 1979, after taking their case to court, Air India’s women cabin crew won the right to marry without losing their jobs or being grounded to do off-flight duties. They had to fight further to be allowed at least two children, but many other battles had to continue.

As an employee of Pan Am, an American airline, Bhanot was able

to climb from the post of a cabin attendant to a head purser – the senior-most cabin manager – within just a year of flying. Had she been working for an Indian airline, Bhanot would never have been even a junior purser, simply because she was a woman.

At Air India, right up to the mid2000s, only male flight attendants were allowed to take on positions requiring management and supervision in an aircraft. “The men were called pursers and the women were hostesses,” said Francis Monteiro, a retired Air India flight attendant from Mumbai who flew with the airline from 1977 to 2011. “The senior pursers could work in the galley and supervise, but hostesses worked only in the cabin. They were the face of the airline.”

Most air hostesses, says Monteiro, joined the field by the time they were 18. Most men joined at the age of 21. “Often, this meant that men would be supervising women their own age even though the women were more experienced,” he said.

This, too, was a battle that Air India’s hostesses had to fight in court, and victory came rather late in the day. “In 2006, I became the first woman to be made a flight incharge, three years before I retired,” said Mahrukh Chikliwala.

Along with Elfin Fernand, Chikliwala was among the women who also fought for parity with male cabin crew in the case of retirement age. While men could retire at 58, women had to retire at 35 in the 1970s and ’80s – a figure that Air India raised to 45 in 1990 and 50 in 1993. By the time the women’s retirement age was raised to 58, it was already 2003, 14 years after Indian Airlines, the government’s domestic carrier, implemented the same decision.

DANgeRouS tImeS? While battling gender disparities in a field that inherently sexualises women, flight attendants of the time also had to grapple with the dangers of flying. The ‘70s and ‘80s saw a peak in aircraft explosions and hijackings, particularly because of the political instability in the Middle East and Cuba. Closer to home, Sikh militants from the Khalistan movement made at least four attempts to attack or hijack flights during those two decades.

In 1985, a year before Bhanot was killed by Palestinian hijackers, a Sikh militant group bombed Air India’s Emperor Kanishka flight en route from Canada to London. The plane exploded over the Atlantic

Ocean at 31,000 feet, killing all 329 people on board.

“That was incredibly scary because it could easily have been me on that flight,” said Francis Monteiro, who had been on the staff of the same flight during its FrankfurtToronto leg a week before the attack. “I lost several colleagues and two batch-mates in that explosion.”

RuDe, RomANtIC Keeping calm during emergency situations, however, is something almost all flight attendants imbibe during their training and years of experience. Often, cabin crew members found it harder to remain calm while dealing with insolent passengers – something that has not changed much in all these years.

“Indian passengers are particularly rude – many of them treat flight attendants like their domestic servants,” said Tehmi Ghadialy, who served as an Indian Airlines hostess from 1968 to 1988 and now works as a Japanese interpreter and tourist guide in Mumbai. “I’ve told off some Bollywood celebrities and ministers for being rude to the cabin crew.”

Despite the flipside, though, retired flight attendants are clear that they loved their jobs more than anything else, because the field had so much excitement to offer. Flight frequencies were lower in the ‘80s, so after a long international flight, crew members got up to a week’s break in different parts of the world, with five-star accommodation and opportunities to travel for free.

“It was quite a fashionable life.

I had my favourite places to shop everywhere, from Cairo to Mauritius to Beirut,” said Elfin Fernand. A huge rock music fan, Fernand often requested for specific flights based on the schedules of major rock concerts. “I’ve seen every major band perform live around the world, including Led Zeppelin.”

Of course, for flight attendants, romance was also often “in the air”.

Francis Monteiro fell in love with his wife, an air hostess and junior colleague, while at work in the ‘80s, and the couple now have two grown daughters. More famously, Parmeshwar Godrej and Maureen Wadia – wives of business tycoons Adi Godrej and Nusli Wadia respectively – were once Air India hostesses who are said to have met their spouses while hosting them on flights.

“Oh, there are many cases of air hostesses marrying first-class passengers,” said Monteiro. Such hitching, however, was not really a two-way street. “Which first-class woman passenger would pay attention to male pursers?”

Beware! Less sleep puts you at risk of compulsive Facebook use

Poetry

Random thoughts etc Lea

I wonder if I could Run away From me, leave me Behind to carry on with This fruitless, endless Drudgery Donkey tied to The mill.

I could go To this corner of A lovely world Peace and quiet Every lovely minute Mine to savour Drifting on a piece Of cloud, maybe Never worrying About which step Of the daily grind I have missed No guilt for Stolen minutes Here and there.

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The only movement it hopes to stir is the one raised by the voices of the Nagas every step of the way, amassing perhaps to mass consciousness one day. www.facebook.com/groups/thenagablog

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ong spells of bad night sleep do not only put you at the risk of developing day-long tiredness, crankiness or distraction but also lead to compulsive Facebook checking too, find researchers.

The team from University of California-Irvine demonstrated that lack of sleep - in addition to affecting busy college students' moods and productivity - leads to more frequent online activities such as browsing Facebook.

“When you get less sleep, you're more prone to distraction. If you're being distracted, what do you do?

You go to Facebook. It's lightweight, it's easy, and you're tired,” said lead researcher and informatics professor Gloria Mark.

She and her colleagues collected data from 76 undergraduates 34 males and 42 females - for seven days.

The study controlled for students' gender, age and course load and relied on sensors to objectively gauge their behaviour, activities and stress levels.

Students' computers and smartphones were equipped with logging software and time stamps recorded when participants switched

from one application window to another and when they spoke on the phone or texted.

They were asked to fill out a sleep survey each morning and an end-of-day survey at night.

The findings show a direct connection among chronic lack of sleep, worsening mood and greater reliance on Facebook browsing.

Mark also found that the less sleep people have, the more frequently their attention shifts among different computer screens, suggesting heightened distractibility.

Sleep deprivation can cause

workplace mishaps and make drivers fall asleep at the wheel.

Experts in the field of humancomputer interaction want to know how sleep loss impacts people so they can design better technologies and products.

“There have been lots of studies on how information technology affects sleep. We did the opposite: We looked at how sleep duration influences IT usage," said Mark, who will present the findings at a leading computer-human interaction conference in May. (Source: IANS)

Richard Belho: Bad education system and policy will set us back by another 30 years. I am sure the Department will cry foul instead of taking the blame. However, I would suggest that the Government look into this issue seriously. Much talk has been on for success of VDBs, Community and Church projects in various front but how about education sector? When Student Unions approach me for advice, I tell them just as much as it is the union's duty to felicitate meritorious students, it is a bigger issue to address the School dropouts. Find out the root of the problem. Nagaland has maximum number of employed school teachers and believe me, they are some of the most intelligent and smart people around. But maybe, just maybe, something is falling short in the delivery. Whatever the reason, the number is there for all to see. If the dropout issue is a social problem, I suggest that every community establish community farms where the kids can be trained early in life for other skills instead of wasting their time waiting for the next academic year. Society must come together on this issue which is much greater than all issues put together since our future hinges on this.

Aaron Assumi: Nagas need to adopt the culture of sending their children to government institutions whether rich or poor and see how government institutions will run. When their bosses’ children are in their school, there will be a natural change.

Thaam Chuba Thai: Apart from some sincere and hardworking government school teachers, many highly qualified, brilliant teachers consider their job as a stop gap while they search for better posts, so tend to have a lackadaisical attitude towards the welfare and future of their innocent students. Many govt teachers with graduate/ post graduate degrees who are posted in rural/ interior areas hire people who are just matric passed to teach in their place while they stay in towns searching for better prospects.

I have one appeal to make, please stop transfers with posts from interior areas to urban places like Kohima and Dimapur!

There is a post graduate teacher who did B.Ed as an in service teacher, as soon as that person completed the degree, placed a class 12 drop out as proxy teacher at the upper primary school and enjoying the Kohima city hawa this year! What shocked me most is the place of posting happens to be that teacher's birth place and village in the interior areas. Wonder on what terms the village education committee let the teacher keep a half cooked proxy! No offence meant here against anyone in particular, but the prevalent trend these days seems to be that many local teachers in the interior areas prefer to transfer their posts to Kohima or Dimapur and if they couldn't, they just hire a proxy and take a looong vacation searching for greener pastures or just lolling around in cities. Those teachers must realise that the future generations of their own tribes are losing educationally and economically because of their callous attitudes towards their professions.

Very unethical and heartless!

Agreed that the teachers are over qualified for primary or high school so doesn't want to stay at their places of posting, so why did they apply for the same in the first place? They should be grateful that they got a chance to teach their own brothers and sisters in their own village/tribal area, contributing to uplift of one’s own society, because a teacher is the foundation pillar of future generations Wapang Kichu: I strongly believe the system of education that we have adopted is also one of the main reasons behind this school dropout problem.

To support my statement, here is some situation we need to look closely.

1. Suppose you are presented with a situation where the system doesn't give a damn whether you go to your office or not... But it is mandatory that every employee will get their salary regularly...!!!??? How many Nagas will go to office and work honestly??? I will not bother to go to my office... This same situation is given to our children today. (No detention policy) I am not against this policy. It’s just that I think we are not yet ready for this system.

2. After following this non detention policy from classes 1-8, the students are directed to take a different kind of examination (back to old system), where majority of students are detained... Because they don't know anything (that's what the system has produced so far...

NOTHING!!! It has just made the Nagas more lazier than before.

Hence NO.1 Position in school dropout (this is the result of wrong education policy).

Now, the consequences of this human resource experiment will not lead to anything good...I am not God so, I cannot tell how we have created a generation of --------I don't have the right word to say it... Just do the math and be prepared to face the social menace in double dose...

Goodbye Chief Guest: A change in paradigm Peter Rutsa: An organisation needed to 'break the ice'. Thank you Dimapur Ao Senso Telongjem for the decision to discourage inviting chief guest to various functions within the district and amongst member units.

Community resolutions like this not only take time for successful adherence but also have the potential to bring forth disagreement and cause strained relationships between members in the course of abolition and its implementation. Taking this decision is proof of bold leadership and wisdom. For the desired outcome of such a resolution can only be achieved when a community is united and the officiating leadership is honest and steadfast.

This path breaking resolution discouraging and prohibiting 'chief guest' culture by ASTD/AUD should be supported and followed up by every other similar organisation in Nagaland and the apex tribal bodies. Nagas should not harbour any reservation in emulating each other’s positive aspects!

Community activities and resolutions such as these do justice to the 'pioneers' tag associated with the Ao tribe.

Let us do away with Chief Guest culture or at least exclude the money that is expected to arrive along with it!

Let us also realise that a Chief Guest doesn't always have to be a politician!

Wewakhro Khape: People don’t bother about his/her speech but wonder and guess how much amount he/she will give as Chief Guest. We need to change our mindset.

Rokovizo Kuotsu Angami Naga: The people have been following the practice of creating images, CM's name or the other politicians for the past many years at any ceremony. Now, one should put an end to this, following the footstep of ASTD. Aye, a chief guest doesn't always have to be politicians. When I was in my village celebrating 50 years anniversary, the chief guest was a politician, of a highly corrupt, politically influencing, one of the top leaders of prominent party, and renowned face of State (mostly as bad image). When he started giving speech, I was trying to pretend that I am not hearing, and finally when he ended his speech, I was just regretting and searching for a wall near me so that I can hit my head with the wall. You know why? Because the theme in his speech was, "How to live honesty with trueness". Trying a speech to address the future parents, revealing to them how much it is important for parents, a life in their hands, he forgot how he's been playing with thousands and thousands of lives in many ways his whole life. Hats off to ASTD!!!

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'Political breakthrough needed to normalise Pakistan, India ties' iSlaMabaD, February 5 (iaNS): Political breakthrough is required to normalise ties between Pakistan and India, said a Pakistani daily on Friday.

An editorial "Visa woes" in the News International said that the evergreen issue of the Pakistan-India visa regime hit the headlines again after Indian actor Anupam Kher alleged that he was denied a visa to attend the Karachi Literature Festival.

"Kher recently targeted and led rallies against those like actor Aamir Khan who spoke out against the rise of intolerance in India. Why someone who represents fascism would be invited to a festival meant to promote tolerance is mystifying in the first place," said the daily.

The daily noted that "what is undeniable is that the two countries have made it unreasonably difficult to facilitate cross-border visits".

Last month 75 pilgrims were denied a visa and "our blind cricket team also faced innumerable problems in obtaining their visas for the Asia Cup".

"Pakistan is still being

At least 36 dead as Gujarat state transport bus plunges into river

Kashmir issue test for India, Pakistan leadership: Sharif MuzaFFarab aD (paKiSTaN), February 5 (iaNS:) Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday said Pakistan wants peace in the region and does not want confrontation with India, and reiterated that the Kashmir issue "be resolved" through dialogue.

Sharif was addressing a joint sitting of the legislature of the Pakistani side of Jammu and Kashmir on Kashmir Day. "It is not possible that one part of the region should be prosperous and the other part in trouble (Indian side of Jammu and Kashmir). Peaceful solution of Kashmir is indispensable."

"We want peace in the region. We are prepared to do each and every thing to this effect. We donÂ’t want confrontation with India. Kashmir issue (should) be resolved through kept out of the IPL and India seems in no mood to resume bilateral sporting ties," it said.

The editorial went on to say that the continued visa problems highlight the failure of Track-II diplomacy.

"At a time when political ties are all but suspended, the occasional overture from (Prime Minister

talks," Sharif said.

The Kashmir issue is a test for current leadership of India, Pakistan and people of both the countries cannot prosper and progress until the lingering issue is resolved, the prime minister said.

"Difference of opinion between two countries is not unheard of," Sharif said, referring to Pakistan's differences with India over Kashmir.

"What is unusual is that for 6-7 decades, we have not been able to get rid of these differences," he told the joint session.

"Unless we sit together and talk about these issues, they won't be resolved," Sharif said, expressing hope that the Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue between Pakistan and India would see progress in days to come.

Nawaz) Sharif and (Indian Prime Minister Narendra) Modi notwithstanding, the purpose of TrackII diplomacy was to foster an atmosphere of understanding and cooperation through person-to-person contact.

"Instead, all such exchanges mainly take place in third countries like Thai-

He said Pakistan has assured Indian leadership of cooperation on every issue, including terrorism.

"Pakistan is most affected by terrorism. Who wants eradication of terrorism more than Pakistan?"

Welcoming Nawaz Sharif, Speaker of assembly Ghulam Sadiq said the visit of prime minister of Pakistan to express solidarity with the people of Kashmir will further strengthen "our struggle against Indian occupation".

Speaking on the occasion, 'azad' Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Chaudhary Abdul Majid lauded Sharif for taking a clear stance on Kashmir in the UN. Sharif also announced assistance of 250 million Pakistani rupees (nearly $2.4 million) for development of the Pakistani side of Kashmir.

land." The daily said that diplomacy, no matter which track it is traversing, still requires governments that will allow people access to each other.

"Seventeen of the 18 Indians invited to the Karachi Literature Festival have received their visas and we will get to hear Indian voices. That, however,

does not mean that ties are anywhere near being normalised.

"For that to happen, we will need more than artists and sportspersons meeting each other. Political breakthroughs will be required and the power to achieve that lies in the hands of the political actors in both countries."

SuraT, February 5 (ageNcieS): A Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation bus carrying over 65 passengers from Navsari to Ukai in Tapi district, South Gujarat fell into Purna river on Friday, killing at least 36 people and injuring several others.

The passengers included students, employees working in different private and government offices, who were on their way to Ukai from Navsari State transport depot. The accident happened just before the Gurukul Supa bridge on Purna river. The driver lost control and the bus broke the railing and fell from a height of 60 feet height into the river.

Navsari District collector Remaya Mohan said, “We have started rescue operations and are at the spot with all the staffers. At present over 36 passengers are been declared dead and they are in Mulla hospital and Civil hospital, while many passengers are severely injured and they are undergoing treatment in other hospitals.

The identification of the passengers will be carried later, first preference is being given to give timely treatment to those patients who are severely injured.”

The fire department and health department officials, and police rushed to the spot and started the rescue operation.

The injured have been admitted in different hospitals in Navsari.

Sources said that the incident came to light when a passerby spotted the wreckage and informed Navsari police. The Navsari collector and Superintendent of police and other top officials reached the spot along with medical teams and official from the fire department. Residents of Supa village also rushed to the spot after learning about the incident. On instructions of collector Remaya Mohan, over a dozen ambulances were rushed to the site, along with services of private cranes to pull the bus up. Local villagers dived into the river to rescue and retrieve bodies.

Jet Airways suspends cabin crew Indian trucks cross freely into Nepal for first time in 4 months of Bihar, had cleared tents leader said residents on the Nepali Prime Minister K.P. February malayan nation. for Sonu Nigam's in-flight singing KaTHMaNDu, A prolonged blockade pitched on the bridge by Indian side of the border re- Oli has appeared increasingly 5 (reuTerS): Residents and

MuMbai, February 5 (iaNS): Airline major Jet Airways said on Friday that it has suspended the five-member cabin crew of its January 4 Jodhpur-Mumbai flight for allowing celebrated singer Sonu Nigam to use the in-flight announcement system to entertain his fellow passengers.

"All cabin crew on the flight have been taken off from flight duty for enquiry and corrective training to reinforce strict adherence to operating procedures," said a Jet Airways spokesperson.

According to aviation safety experts, the unauthorised use of any aircraft system by passengers is a recipe for disaster.

"This is a vital information system, which is used by the crew to alert and inform passengers about major safety related procedures, weather and issuing of turbulence warnings," Kanu Gohain, safety expert and ex-director general of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) told IANS. "If an emergency would have occurred at that time, then the crew would have lost valuable time in informing passengers.

This (concert) also diverts the attention of the crew from other duties," elaborated Gohain, who

was the DGCA Chief from April 2006 till 2008.

Sources in the aviation watchdog said an enquiry has been initiated into the event.

"There has been a lapse in discharging of crew duty. If found guilty then there (cabin crew's) licenses can be repealed and they would not be eligible to work with any airlines," Gohain added.

Cabin crew have to take a DGCA examination which is partly based on safety and emergency procedures (SEPs) and inflight operation guidelines.

Online videos uploaded by some passengers show Sonu, dressed casually in a t-shirt and jeans, leaning against a bulkhead as he sings two of his popular songs from the films "Veer Zaara" and "Refugee". Sonu has termed as "real intolerance" the Jet Airways' decision.

"I have witnessed an elaborate fashion show in an aircraft.

I have heard of small concerts happening in an aircraft. I have seen pilots and crew members cracking humorous jokes to loosen up passengers in other countries, which is so cool," Sonu told IANS via a text message.

“To suspend crew members for asking me to sing on the address system, when the seat belt signs were off, and no announcements were to be made, is nothing less than punishing someone for spreading happiness.

“Pity there's no one to question such harshness except the media perhaps. Indians, need to loosen up. This act of lack of common Sense, according to me, is real intolerance.”

traders in southern Nepal on Friday dismantled tents and roadblocks set up by protesters at a key border crossing, allowing trucks to cross freely from neighbouring India for the first time in four months.

More than 50 people have died in an agitation against Nepal's first republican constitution led by minority Madhesis, who say the charter ignores their demands for a united homeland and greater say in the running of the Hi-

mounted by southern lowlanders on the "Friendship Bridge" linking the Nepali town of Birgunj with Raxaul in India had caused acute fuel shortages and spurred smuggling along the porous border.

"Trucks are moving smoothly," Nepali police official Habendra Bahadur Bogati told Reuters. "We hope that it will be normal. But we can't say if this will continue."

People in Birgunj and Raxaul, in India's eastern state

protesters from the Madhesi minority, added Raju Babu Shrestha, a second police official.

Twenty container trucks rolled into Nepal for the first time since the blockade started in September, said customs official Mitralal Regmi.

In November, police forcibly removed protesters from the bridge, leading to clashes with protesters that killed one Indian citizen.

On Friday, one protest

moved the barriers and sent trucks into Nepal at a time when there were no protesters on the bridge.

"We have asked our supporters to stop the flow of traffic without resorting to violence," said Sarbendra Nath Shukla of the Tarai Madesh Loktantrik Party, a part of the Madhesi Front that is leading the protests.

"Confrontation will not solve the problem. We want to resolve it peacefully."

isolated by the protests and faced criticism from India over the tough line taken by the authorities against them . The lifting of the blockade may signal the stand-off is easing.

Nepal's finance minister is due to visit India this weekend, paving the way for a possible trip by Oli, who has said he will visit New Delhi only after an end to the blockade, which Kathmandu has blamed on India.

In West Bengal, shut tea gardens force girls to resort to prostitution birpara, February 5 (TNN): The shutting of several tea estates in north Bengal has forced many young girls - aged between 16 and 18 - into prostitution in order to feed their families.

With no income coming from the tea estates, many of them have reportedly dropped out of school to become sex workers and earn money.

Duncan's Birpara tea estate is the worst example of the sorry plight with customers commonly seen bargaining with girls here.

The girls are seen wearing provocative dresses to catch attention of men. Although the state government is providing rice at two rupees a kilo, the assistance is proving to be woefully inadequate. "How long can we surIndian naval helicopers take part in the final rehearsal of the International Fleet review in Vishakapat- vive on government's mercy? We nam. President Pranab Mukherjee will review a fleet of nearly 70 naval ships including several from need many more things to survive than just rice," said a girl who did foreign countries. (PTI Photo)

not want to be identified. "Now at least my family can have food everyday, we have good clothes to wear and even have some spare money."

The girls are mostly seen around dhabas on National Highway 31 and say their customers are mostly truck drivers. "Some nights we even earn 500 rupees.

The pimps take a portion of this but the rest is all ours. Who would have given us this money?" says another girl when asked why she resorted to becoming a sex worker.

The unfortunate situation is acknowledged by tea workers union's RSP leader Gopal Pradhan. "We are ashamed but we are helpless. This is a shame," he said.

With no clarity on when the tea estates would reopen, the future prospects for the girls here remain bleak.

Why India has the world's most stillborn babies Nagapura, February 5 (iaNS/iNDiaSpeND): Her pale, yellow eyes stood out against her dusky skin, and the grief was visible on the face of the young woman from a tribe of traditional honey gatherers living on the edge of south Karnataka’s Nagarhole National Park.

Shanta (she uses only one name) recounted how her baby, a boy, was born dead. When she felt labour pains, she travelled by autorickshaw 20 km to the nearest district hospital at Hunsur, where they told her the baby had died in her womb, two days ago.

Shanta – in her mid 20s – was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, a condition that endangers the baby if the mother is not diagnosed and treated.

Such deaths are common in Nagapura, whose women report more than 50 deaths over a decade,

although there are no records. A bony woman called Ambika, also in her mid 20s, saw her baby born dead – a stillbirth in medical parlance – as a midwife and her mother-in-law attended to her.

When Bhavna Niranjankumar, a doctor with Mysore’s Public Health Research Institute of India (PHRII), an NGO, asked Ambika why she didn’t go to the hospital for the delivery, she replied: “It happened very quickly.”

Ambika and Shanta are Jenu Korubas (literally, honey shepherds). Like Ambika, most women of the tribe give birth at home.

Their dead-at-birth babies are part of the 592,000 stillborns in India, the largest of any country in 2015, according to research published last month by the Lancet a global medical journal.

A stillbirth is a “baby

born with no signs of life at or after 28 weeks’ gestation”, according to the World Health Organisation.

Worldwide, the rate of stillbirths decreased to 18.4 per 1,000 births in 2015 from 24.7 in 2000. In India, the stillbirth rate fell from 33.3 to 23 over the same period, the same as Uganda, Ghana and Mozambique, all poorer countries.

The global average annual rate of reduction of stillbirths at two percent is slower than either maternal (three percent) or post-neonatal mortality of children younger than five years (4.5 percent). In India too, the annual rate of reduction for maternal (5.7 percent) and neo-natal mortality (4.6 percent) was better than that of stillbirths (2.4 percent) Among the risk factors: Lack of timely and quality antenatal monitoring and

care; non-communicable diseases, such as hypertension and diabetes; nutritional factors, such as maternal anemia; biomedical factors, such as congenital abnormalities, infections, and lifestyle; environmental factors, such as drinking and smoking; and social determinants, including poverty, transportation and general living conditions.

Disadvantaged women are twice at risk of having stillbirths, the Lancet study said, a factor evident in Nagapura and across India.

Physicians who refuse to touch tribal women – and other reasons for poor health Among the reasons that makes Jenu Koruba women shy away from organised healthcare is – they complained – the discrimination they feel at health clinics, both government and NGO. They are made to

wait for hours, and physicians often refuse to touch them, they said.

“When I went to the district hospital for the 20-week scan, no one attended to me,” Shanta told IndiaSpend. “I waited for more than two hours, no one called me and so I came back without getting a scan.”

For a people without public transportation, traveling to a hospital 20 km away is not easy, and to make the journey, they rely on husbands, who are often away at work in the neighbouring hill district of Kodagu, where they work as daily wage labourers on coffee plantations.

Most people in Nagapura are illiterate, unaware of health needs – yet, Shanta made the journey to Hunsur – and many of them, having earlier lived inside forests, rely on traditional medicine.

Over the last few years, NGOS, such as PHRII, and government workers have run health camps for pregnant and post-natal women and infants, handing out information on maternal and child health, and have encouraged tribal women to be regularly checked at primary health centres. They don’t come though, and when they do, the discrimination does not help.

The women are also highly anaemic, said Niranjankumar, but they do not take the iron supplements given to them. Asked why, the women smiled sheepishly. Doctors speculate they are not used to taking tablets.

Stillbirths are reducing across India, but there are still too many.

States that pay attention to maternal health reduce chances of stillbirths The “Every Newborn

Action Plan”, explained in the Lancet study, aims to bring the global stillbirth rate to 12 or lower per 1,000 births by 2030 (India in 2014 adopted the India Newborn Action Plan with the aim to reach a single-digit stillbirth target). That will require empowered women, better healthcare and progress checks.

The dividends are obvious.

Indian states that focused on maternal healthcare also had healthier children, IndiaSpend recently reported. Programmes such as the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), launched in 2005 to ensure safe motherhood, successfully offer cash incentives to encourage institutional deliveries, the rate of which–to all deliveries–increased from 56.7 percent in 2006-07 to 78.5 percent in 2010-11, accord-

ing to government data.

Karnataka had 94 percent institutional deliveries according to data released recently by the National Family Health Sur vey. Uttarakhand and Meghalaya were the worst, with 61 percent and 58.4 percent respectively. The rest were home deliveries, most without trained-health-worker supervision and possibly in unhygienic conditions.

The reported reasons for home delivery were convenience, fear of stitches, unavailability of transportation and the inability to afford hospitals.

JSY beneficiaries, since it launched a decade ago, increased from 0.74 million to 10.4 million in 2014-15. But this government review revealed that only 15 percent of JSY institutions were equipped to deal with institutional deliveries.

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‘Assange should go free from embassy & be compensated’ LONDON, February 5 (reuters): WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be allowed to go free from the Ecuadorian embassy in London and be awarded compensation for what amounts to a threeand-a-half-year arbitrary detention, a U.N. panel ruled on Friday.

Assange, a computer hacker who enraged the United States by publishing hundreds of thousands of secret U.S. diplomatic cables, has been holed up in the embassy since June 2012 to avoid a rape investigation in Sweden.

Both Britain and Sweden denied that Assange was being deprived of freedom, noting he had entered the embassy voluntarily.

Britain said it could contest the decision and that Assange would be arrested if he left the embassy.

Assange, an Australian, appealed to the U.N. panel, whose decision is not binding, saying he was a political refugee whose rights had been infringed by being unable to take up asylum in Ecuador.

It ruled in his favour, although the decision was not unanimous. Three of the five members on the panel supported a decision in Assange’s favour,

Britain to challenge UN panel opinion LONDON, February 5 (reuters): Britain on Friday said it would contest a United Nations panel opinion that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was a victim of arbitrary detention and said the computer hacker would be arrested if he left the embassy.

“This changes nothing. We completely reject any claim that Julian Assange is a victim of arbitrary detention. The UK has already made clear to the UN that we will formally contest the working group’s opinion,” a government spokesman said.

“He is, in fact, voluntarily avoiding lawful arrest by choosing to remain in the Ecuadorean embassy,” the spokesman said. “An allegation of rape is still outstanding and a European Arrest Warrant in place, so the UK continues to have a legal obligation to extradite him to Sweden.”

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appears on screen via video link during a news conference at the Frontline Club in London, Britain February 5, 2016. REUTERS

with one dissenter and one recusing herself.

“The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention considers that the various forms of deprivation of liberty to which Julian Assange has been subjected constitute a form of arbitrary detention,” the group’s head, Seong-Phil Hong, said in a statement. “(It) maintains that the arbitrary detention of Mr

Assange should be brought to an end, that his physical integrity and freedom of movement be respected, and that he should be entitled to an enforceable right to compensation.”

Assange, 44, denies allegations of a 2010 rape in Sweden, saying the charge is a ploy that would eventually take him to the United States where a criminal investigation into the ac-

tivities of WikiLeaks is still open.

Sweden said it has no such plans.

Assange had said that if he lost the appeal then he would leave his cramped quarters at the embassy in the Knightsbridge area of London, though Britain said he would be arrested and extradited to Sweden as soon as he stepped outside.

UK Foreign Secretary calls UN Assange report “ridiculous” British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond poured scorn on a U.N. working group report on Julian Assange, calling it ridiculous, and said the Wikileaks founder was a fugitive from justice.

“I reject the decision of this working group,” Hammond told ITV news on Friday. “It is a group made up of lay people and not lawyers.

Julian Assange is a fugitive from justice. He is hiding from justice in the Ecuadorian embassy. “He can come out any time he chooses...

But he will have to face justice in Sweden if he chooses to do so. This is frankly a ridiculous finding by the working group and we reject it.”

NO CHANGE The decision in his favour marks the latest twist in a tumultuous journey for Assange since he incensed Washington with leaks that laid bare often highly critical U.S. appraisals of world leaders from Vladimir Putin to the Saudi royal family.

In 2010, the group released over 90,000 secret documents on the U.S.led military campaign in

Afghanistan, followed by almost 400,000 U.S. military reports detailing operations in Iraq. Those disclosures were followed by release of millions of diplomatic cables dating back to 1973.

The U.N. Working Group does not have the authority to order the release of a detainee - and Friday’s ruling in unlikely to change the legal issues

facing Assange - but it has considered many highprofile cases and its backing carries a moral weight that puts pressure on governments.

Recent high-profile cases submitted to the U.N. panel include that of jailed former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed and of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, an IranianAmerican jailed in Iran

until a prisoner swap last month.

But governments have frequently brushed aside its findings such as a ruling on Myanmar’s house arrest of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in 2008, a call in 2006 for the Iraqi government not to hang former dictator Saddam Hussein, and frequent pleas for the closure of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay. “This changes nothing.

We completely reject any claim that Julian Assange is a victim of arbitrary detention. The UK has already made clear to the UN that we will formally contest the working group’s opinion,” a British government spokesman said.

“He is, in fact, voluntarily avoiding lawful arrest by choosing to remain in the Ecuadorean embassy,” the spokesman said. “An allegation of rape is still outstanding and a European Arrest Warrant in place, so the UK continues to have a legal obligation to extradite him to Sweden.”

Swedish prosecutors said the U.N. decision had no formal impact on the rape investigation under Swedish law. A U.S. Grand Jury investigation into WikiLeaks is ongoing.

BMI a wrong European Parliament calls for release Zimbabwe: President Mugabe declares measure of of Hong Kong booksellers detained in China disaster in drought-stricken areas KONG, February 5 (re- had sparked fears they may have been Harare, February tonnes this year to avert ing in some regions. health: Study HONG ing food aid had risen to uters): The European Parliament taken by Chinese agents. has called for the immediate release of five Hong Kong booksellers detained in China, in a case that has grabbed global headlines and rattled the diplomatic and business community in the Asia financial centre.

The disappearances have prompted fears that mainland Chinese authorities may be using shadowy tactics that erode the “one country, two systems” formula under which Hong Kong has been governed since its return to China from British rule in 1997.

Chinese police confirmed for the first time on Thursday that three of the five Hong Kong booksellers who went missing were being investigated for “illegal activities” in China.

The booksellers specialize in selling and publishing gossipy political books on China’s Communist Party leaders.

The news came two weeks after their colleague, Swedish national Gui Minhai, who disappeared from Thailand in October, appeared on Chinese state television and made a tearful confession to a drink-driving offence more than a decade ago.

Shortly after, Chinese authorities confirmed that Lee Bo, 65, one of the other missing booksellers and a British passport holder, was in China after he vanished from Hong Kong weeks earlier.

Their mysterious disappearances

“The resolution calls for their immediate safe release. It also calls for the immediate release of all other persons arbitrarily arrested for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and publication in Hong Kong,” the European Parliament said in a statement.

So far, Chinese authorities have not made any substantial statements explaining Beijing’s role in the disappearances, nor how the men ended up in China.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said this week that Chinese law enforcers always abide by the law.

Beijing said its law enforcement officials would never do anything illegal, especially not overseas, and that Hong Kong was China’s domestic affair and no “foreign country has the right to interfere” in this matter.

The “one country, two systems” formula accords Hong Kong a degree of autonomy and freedoms not enjoyed in mainland China, including freedom of speech.

The British government is still waiting for responses to its diplomatic requests for information and access to Lee. Authorities including in the European Union and the United States have expressed concerns over the disappearances.

Myanmar: Former general to head key advisory panel

Shwe Mann speaker of the Union Parliament talks to reporters during his news conference after the last day of the Union Parliament session in Naypyitaw on January 29. (REUTERS Photo)

yaNGON, February 5 (reuters): Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party on Friday nominated Shwe Mann, one of the country’s most powerful politicians, to head a prominent legal advisory panel, as the freshly-elected parliament prepares to choose a new president.

Shwe Mann, the No.3 in the junta that ran Myanmar for half a century before giving way to a semi-civilian government in 2011, grew closer to Suu Kyi in the

legislature’s last term, becoming a key adviser since her massive election win in November.

The elections, in which Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) won 80 percent of the elected seats, kicked off a lengthy transition that will end on April 1, when the new government officially begins its term.

The NLD-dominated parliament started its term this week. The appointment of Shwe Mann, a former speaker of parliament,

will allow Suu Kyi to draw on his deep understanding of the army and the outgoing government to boost her firepower in the assembly.

Shwe Mann, who lost to an NLD candidate in last year’s elections and is not a member of parliament, will lead a panel on legal affairs consisting MPs, technocrats and members of the military, who advise on legislation.

“Its duty is giving advice to the parliament, through the speaker, on legal and special matters,” said prominent writer and political analyst Pe Myint.

Parliament television broadcast live images of the vote on the appointment.

The panel, formally known as the Legal Affairs and Examination of Special Matters Commission, is one Shwe Mann himself set up in 2011, to tackle parliament’s lack of resources.

It contributed to getting 149 laws approved, state media have said, before its term ran out in January.

Shwe Mann’s continued presence in parliament could be vital for Suu Kyi in the next two months as the chamber decides who will

run the country.

The parliament is divided between the NLD majority and the military, which is guaranteed a quarter of the seats under the junta-drafted constitution.

The constitution is the bone of contention between the army and the NLD, as it bars Suu Kyi from becoming president because her children are foreign citizens.

The NLD leader has vowed to defy the constitution and lead the government from “above the president”.

Suu Kyi’s party has held transition talks with the military, but has not revealed its presidential candidate.

It is unclear whether a constitutional amendment that would allow Suu Kyi to become the president, but which is vehemently opposed by the military, is also on the negotiating table.

The 2008 charter forces the NLD and the army to essentially share power, by giving the army control over three security ministries that dominate much of the administration.

5 (reuters): Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has declared a state of disaster in most rural parts of the country severely hit by a drought, with 26 percent of the population said to be in need of food aid, the government has said in a statement.

Declaring a state of disaster allows international donors to raise money quickly to provide food aid to Zimbabwe, which has said it will step up imports of the staple maize by buying up to 700,000

hunger.

The southern African nation is still struggling to overcome a steep 19992008 recession that saw its economy contract by nearly 50 percent. The worst drought in a quarter of a century is expected to exacerbate its problems.

Saviour Kasukuwere, the local government minister, said in a statement late on Thursday the former British colony had received below 75 percent of normal rains, with up to three quarters of crops fail-

He also said dam levels were falling, and were at an average capacity of 51 percent. Zimbabwe’s biggest hydro power plant, Kariba, has cut back electricity generation by 62 percent.

“Given the foregoing ...

His Excellency, the President has declared a state of disaster to severely affected areas in communal and resettlement lands of Zimbabwe effective from Feb. 2, 2016,” Kasukuwere said.

Kasukuwere said the number of people requir-

2.44 million, which is 26 percent of the population.

The El Nino weather pattern has brought poor rains to already-parched southern Africa, hitting crops, including in South Africa, the region’s biggest maize grower.

Zimbabwe has forecast that the economy would expand by 2.7 percent this year but the World Bank said on Wednesday the drought and weak global commodity prices would see growth of 1.5 percent, the same as last year.

RECRUITMENT OF CONSTABLE (TECHNICAL/ TRADESMEN) IN CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE

Help line No. 0385-2436140 (DIGP, Group Centre, CRPF, Langjing, Imphal [Manipur])

Closing Date: 10/03/2016

The, North Eastern Sector, Central Reserve Police Force is conducting recruitment for the post of CT (Technical & Tradesmen).

Applications are invited from Male/Female Candidates who are ordinarily residents of Nagaland State. Candidates can apply for only one post (multiple applications for more than one post are liable to be rejected) ONLINE through website www.crpfindia.com.

VACANCIES NOTIFIED FOR MALE/FEMALE CANDIDATES: NAME OF POST/TEADE Genl Genl.- Ex. S OBC OBC- Ex. S SC SC Ex. S ST ST Ex. S TOTAL CT/DRIVER (MALE) 22 2 16 2 42 CT/FITTER (MALE) 7 6 13 CT/BUGLER (MALE) 5 4 9 CT/TAILOR(MALE) 5 5 10 CT/COBBLER (MALE) 2 2 4 CT/GARDENER (MALE) 1 1 CT/PAINTER (MALE) 1 1 2 CT/BRASS BAND(MALE) 5 4 9 CT/COOK (MALE) 5 3 8 CT/WASHER (MALE) 1 1 CT/SAFAI KARAMCHARI (MALE) 1 1 2 CT/BARBER (MALE) 4 3 7 CT/COOK (FEMALE) 1 1 TOTAL 60 2 45 2 109 Note: The numbers of Vacancies given above are tentative and may increase or decrease at any time/stage of recruitment process, due to administrative reasons.

Pay Band —I Rs 5200-20200 + Grade Pay Rs 2000/- & other allowances admissible to Central Pay Scale Govt. employees from time to time under the Rules.

CT/DVR Between 21 to 27 years as on 01.01.2016.

Other Post Between 18 to 23 years as on 01.01.2016.

Age limit Note: There will be relaxation in age for SC/ST/OBC, Ex Servicemen and other categories of persons in accordance with the Government orders Matriculation /Xth class pass or equivalent from a recognized Board, or university recognized by Education Qualification the Central or State Govt.

CT/DVR Should possess 'Transport Vehicle" driving license CT/FTR Should possess 02 years Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) certificate in Technical Qualification Mechanic Motor Vehicle and one year practical experience in the field of concerned trade.

Other Trades Must be proficient and worked in respective trades Height Male candidate – 162.5 Cms (ST-160 cms), Female candidates -152.5 Cms (ST-147.5 cms) Chest 77 Cms (ST-76 cms) for male candidate only and minimum expansion Physical Standard 5 Cms Weight Proportionate to height and age as per medical standards.

Note: Relaxation in height and chest will be applicable as per Government order.

The candidate should be medically fit in all respect at the time of recruitment process. He will be Medical Standard medically examined as existing new medical guidelines.

The application must be submitted through ONLINE mode. Off-line applications will not be enterHow to apply tained and will be rejected summarily. Candidates can submit their application through website www.crpfindia.com.

A sum of Rs. 50/- is required to be paid as application fee which will be paid through State Bank of India either in the form of Challan or Online payment through Net Banking/Credit and Debit cards.

Application Fee Similarly, facility for e-Payment of application fee through postal authority will be available. Women candidates and candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled tribe and Ex-Servicemen are exempted from paying fee.

1 See full details of notification published in weekly Employment News paper on 13/02/2016 Note and also available in CRPF website i.e. www.crpf.nic.in.

2 Detailed instructions/guidelines & procedure regarding submission of application through online are available in website www.crpfindia.com.

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New yOrK, February 5 (IaNs): Using body mass index (BMI) to gauge health is a wrong practice as it is a deeply flawed measure, reveals a study while adding that BMI should not be the primary goal for maintaining good health.

BMI incorrectly labelled more than 30% of those with in the “normal” range -- about 20.7 million people -- as healthy whereas they were actually unhealthy based on their other health data, the study said.

Also, more than two million people who are considered “very obese” by virtue of having a BMI of 35 or higher are actually healthy. That’s about 15%t who are classified as very obese. “The data shows there are tens of millions of people who are overweight and obese and are perfectly healthy,” said A. Janet Tomiyama, assistant professor at University Of California, Los Angeles.

There are people who are healthy and are penalized based on a faulty health measure, while the unhealthy ones of normal weight are flying under the radar of BMI, she added.

The study recommends that people should focus on eating a healthy diet and exercise regularly, rather than obsess about their weight, and strongly opposes stigmatising people who are overweight, the researchers elucidated, in the study published online in the International Journal of Obesity.

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India gamble on paceman Players, fans concerned as Shami for World Twenty20 European clubs flex muscles

NeW DeLHI, FebRUaRy 5 (ReUteRs): India have gambled on the fitness of Mohammed Shami by including the injuryprone paceman in the 15man squad named on Friday for next month's World Twenty20 tournament on home soil.

The 25-year-old Shami has not played international cricket since finishing as India's second most successful bowler at last year's 50-over World Cup in Australia and New Zealand with 17 wickets.

Shami underwent surgery on his injured knee after returning from that tournament last March and was named in the squad for the limited-overs series in Australia earlier this year, only to be ruled out with a hamstring problem.

India, who recently completed a 3-0 Twenty20 series sweep in Australia, will use the same squad for the T20 format Asia Cup against other countries from the region later this month.

"We have 30 days before we start the T20 World Cup," chairman of selectors Sandeep Patil told reporters. "We have good time before taking a call on Shami.

Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami speaks during a news conference in Mumbai, India January 5, 2016. (REUTERS file)

"He's been one of our best bowlers. He has recovered, he has started bowling. That's all I can say at the moment."

While batsman Yuvraj Singh and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh were picked for their experience, uncapped 23-yearold Pawan Negi was also included for his up-tempo left-arm spin bowling and power hitting capabilities lower down the order.

India have been pooled alongside Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan and a

Liverpool fans plan walkout protest over ticket prices

yet-to-be-decided qualifier in Group 2 of the Super 10 stage of the March 8-April 3 tournament.

They open their campaign against New Zealand in Nagpur on March 15.

Squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh, Jasprit Bumrah, Ashish Nehra, Pawan Negi, Mohammed Shami, Hardik Pandya

ZURICH, FebRUaRy 5 (ReUteRs): Europe's biggest soccer clubs have been flexing their muscles with talk of a so-called European Super League and criticism of the international calendar ahead of the general assembly of their umbrella group ECA in Paris next week.

The ECA meeting on Monday and Tuesday could show whether the elite clubs are seriously considering a power grab, or have merely been posturing to pressure European soccer's body UEFA into granting them a larger slice of the proceeds from their lucrative competitions.

Last month, ECA chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, whose association represents more than 200 clubs including all the major ones such as Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus and Bayern Munich, said a European League could be created in the next few years. He said it could be organised with or without UEFA. The idea was also discussed in private in European Club Association meetings in Switzerland in

January, sources close to the clubs said.

Another idea that was floated was to create captive places in the UEFA Champions League for the biggest clubs.

This would mean that the richest clubs would take part in the competition no matter where they finished in their domestic league, avoiding a scenario where teams such as AC Milan and Liverpool miss out because of a poor season.

The idea alarmed the world players' union, FIFPro. "The clubs are acting through pure self interest, supported by governing bodies who do their utmost to limit the influence of players and fans in how the game is run," it said in a statement to Reuters.

"We want as many players and fans as possible to enjoy competitions such as the UEFA Champions League. Access must not to be restricted to the fans of a small oligarchy of clubs."

"Commercial interests are threatening football's rich history."

Proposals for a socalled European Super League have come and

gone over the years - but with world governing body FIFA in disarray over multiple corruption investigations that have hollowed out a slew of top officials, clubs may see an opportunity to exercise their power and press for change again.

In 1998, Milan-based sports marketing company Media Partners held talks with leading clubs including AC Milan and Manchester United as they sought to build support for a breakaway league.

Then FIFA threatened national associations, clubs and players with suspension if they linked up with the proposed Super League and UEFA finally killed the plan by expanding the Champions League and upping prize money.

INTERNATIONAL CALENDAR Meanwhile, Juventus president Andrea Agnelli, who sits on the ECA board, has complained about the amount of time players spend with national teams for international matches.

National team competitions depend on a calendar, agreed between FIFA and the clubs, that obliges

Sachin, Virat join Yuvraj's cancer campaign

lised to give scholarships to 100 children for their priLIveRPooL, FebRUaRy 5 (ReUteRs): Liverpool mary and higher education. could suffer the embarrassment of a mass exodus on The idea behind the Saturday with supporters' groups calling on fans to leave initiative is to support the their seats during the Premier League match against Suneducation of these young derland at Anfield to protest a rise in ticket prices. Two cancer patients and surprominent groups have urged spectators to walk out in vivors who belong to the the 77th minute to express discontent at the club's deciunderprivileged section of sion to charge 77 pounds ($112.09) for the most expensive our society and help them ticket in Anfield's redeveloped main stand next season, in securing their future. up from 59 pounds. Liverpool also announced this week "Out of all my centuthat some season tickets for the 2016-17 campaign would ries I feel the most proud be priced at more than 1,000 pounds for the first time. A in sponsoring education group representing fans' interests has been in talks with of 100 cancer affected kids. the club over ticket prices for more than a year and exJoin me in batting against pressed disappointment earlier this week at Liverpool's cancer and let's give wings failure "to lead in a fairer approach to ticket prices". "LFC to survivors and contribute thinks its acceptable to make more money than ever beon Together We Can Camfore from supporters... Let's make sure the owners know paign," Yuvraj said in a rethis is unacceptable. On 77 minutes, leave your seat and walk out," the supporters' group Spion Kop 1906 said in a FILE - Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar with Yuvraj Singh and Virat Kohli at the launch lease on Thursday. of Yuvraj's autobiography "The Test of My Life: From Cricket to Cancer and Back" in New "As a mother, I whole statement on Twitter.

Delhi on March 19, 2013. (Getty Images) heartedly give my support The cricketer has to patients and their famNeW DeLHI, FebRU- funds to educate 100 cancerpledged his support to ily members. I am blessed aRy 5 (IaNs): Indian crick- affected kids.

On the occasion of World raising money through to be able to provide scholet icons Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Cancer Day on Thursday, the crowd-funding initia- arships to cancer survivors HUa HIN, FebRUaRy 5 (IaNs): Tennis star Sania Zaheer Khan have pledged Yuvraj announced "Togeth- tive; the money raised will and making them believe Mirza suffered a shock defeat in the women's doubles their support for Yuvraj er We Can" -- a crowd-fund- be used for the education that anything is possible," as India went down 1-2 to Japan in their second match Singh's campaign which will ing initiative on Desired- of young cancer survivors. Yuvraj's mother Shabnam Money raised will be uti- Singh said. of the Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I at the True help in raising awareness and Wings.com.

Arena Hua Hin here. In the opening singles match in Pool A, World No.206 Eri Hozumi defeated 523th ranked Prarthana G. Thombare of India 6-2, 6-1 on Thursday. In the next singles match, No.307 Ankita Raina stunned No.56 Nao Hibino 6-3, 6-1 to level things up 1-1. India had a great chance to beat Japan with doubles's World No.1 Sa- DIMaPUR, FebRUaRy nia in their team. But in the final encounter, Sania and 5 (DIPR): The 8th Sumi Prarthana lost 5-7, 3-6 to the pairing of Shuko Aoyama Hoho tournament held at and Hozumi to hand over the match to Japan. India, who local ground Pughoboto lost to hosts Thailand 0-3 on Wednesday and are out of the Town under the theme reckoning for the play-offs for the World Group II. India “Unity & Integrity” conwill take on Uzbekistan in their last Group engagement cluded on February 4. later on Friday. In the other Pool A match, Thailand beat Western Sumi Hoho PresiUzbekistan 3-0 while in Pool B China defeated Korea Re- dent Hokiye K. Yeptho was public 2-1 and Chinese Taipei defeated Kazakhstan 2-1. the guest of honour at the closing ceremony.

Kuhuboto team defeated Aqhato 4-1 in the final football match. Kato and Aben scored a goal ADC Pughoboto Avelu Ruho gives away the winner's trophy. (DIPR Photo) beIJING, FebRUaRy 5 (aP): The IAAF is investigat- each and Daniel scored ing the authenticity of a letter published in Chinese me- two goals through penalty ciation received Rs. 10000 Sumi people who stayed to- for their livelihoods. He gether at one point of time lauded the administrators/ dia that suggests state-sanctioned doping in the 1990s, for Kuhuboto. Atoka scored each.

Sumi Aphuyemi won are presently scattered in officers in different departand casts doubt on the longstanding world records set by the lone goal for Aqhato.

Wang Junxia in the women's 3,000- and 10,000-meters.

The champions walked the Women Volleyball different places. He said ments headed by ADC for Chinese website Tencent reported that Wang wrote a let- away with cash prize of Rs. championship 2016 and that the Sumi people gath- giving co-operation and ter, signed by nine other members of Ma Junren's training 100000 along with certifi- pocketed Rs. 30,000 along ered during the 8th Sumi witnessing the week- long program, in 1995 to journalist Zhao Yu allegedly revealing cates and medals. The run- with certificates and med- Hoho events at Pughoboto tournament. that athletes were forced to take banned substances and ners up were awarded Rs. als. The runners up Atoizu was not for ‘politics’ but The prizes were given Ma injected athletes himself. The IAAF issued a statement 50,000 along with certifi- Area were awarded Rs. to strengthen their ‘unity’ away by the ADC Pughoon Friday saying it only became aware of the allegations cates and medals. Both the 20000 along with medals and also to give encour- boto, Avelu Ruho, EAC when contacted by Chinese media, and has asked the losing football semifinal- and certificate. agement to the youngsters. Ghatashi, T. Sulangthung, Chinese Athletics Association to assist with an investiga- ists, Niuland Area Sports Guest of honour, Ho- He called upon the partici- EAC HQ, Selemla, 8th NAP tion to verify if the letter - which is written in Chinese and Association and Sumi kiye Yeptho, speaking at pants to give up bad habits Coy. Commander Pholoswhich Zhao provided to Tencent this week - is genuine. Aphuyemi Sports Asso- the closing event said that and inculcate good things ing Sangtam among others.

Sania Mirza loses, Japan beat India in Fed Cup

8th Sumi Hoho tourney concludes

IAAF looking into claims of statesanctioned doping in China

clubs to release players to play for their countries on certain dates.

The calendar has been agreed until 2024 and if the clubs, were to pull out, it could throw international football into chaos.

It would be an extreme move but cannot be ruled out after ECA, angry at being left out of discussions over how to reform FIFA, said in December they were "leaving all options open".

Criminal investigations into FIFA are under way in Switzerland and the United States, where 41 individuals and entities have been indicted.

FIFA's own Ethics Committee has banned officials including outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter and UEFA boss Michel Platini, barred for eight years each.

Both deny wrongdoing.

The ECA did not comment on Agnelli's idea but said it was "something to be possibly brought up next week in Paris as part of a wider discussion".

Simon Chadwick, professor of sports enterprise at Salford University in England, suggested the clubs might be sabre-rattling.

"My view is that there will always be a negotiated route forwards and that clubs, national associations and international governing bodies will reach some form of consensus," he said. "Failure to do so would create a schism in the world game that would be counterproductive to its own health."

He said that Rummenigge's comments were part of "posturing" by European clubs "in response to uncertainties in their own operation environments".

Daniela Wurbs, spokeswoman for the Football Supporters Europe, a network of football fan groups, took a similar view and criticised the clubs seeking more prize money.

"The idea of a European Super League has come up several times in recent years and it usually ended with UEFA providing the big clubs with more money," she said.

"From the perspective of many football fans ... there is nothing healthy in a onesided development leading to big clubs getting more and more money whilst the smaller clubs lose out."

News about Michael Schumacher "not good"

MILaN, FebRUaRy 5 (ReUteRs): The latest news about the health of seven-times Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher is not good, his former Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo said on Thursday. The German is still receiving intensive treatment far from the public eye at his home in Switzerland following severe head injuries that he suffered in a skiing accident in France in December 2013. "I have news and unfortunately it is not good," Montezemolo told reporters without giving any further details.

"Life is strange. He was a fantastic driver and only had one accident with Ferrari in 1999", the former Ferrari chairman said. Schumacher's long-time manager Sabine Kehm, who has been steadfast in refusing to comment on rumours or speculation about the 47-year-old's condition, had nothing to say when contacted by Reuters.

Selected players for North East Sports Meet DIMaPUR, FebRUaRy 5 (MexN): The State Athletic Team led by Athletic Coaches B Awala Walling and Khriezeitounou will be participating in the in the upcoming North East Sports Meet from March 2 to 7 at Imphal.

Selected players have been requested to report to their concerned coaches on February 9 for a 20 day coaching camp, a press release received here informed.

The following are the names of the selected players who will represent the state: Men: Rongsenmeren, Nekhoto Tunye, Senti Ao, Lokdeep Kabiraj, Khriesito, Monsao, Vimetsito Kuotsu, Seluokulie Kire, Khrielasakuo, Khrietsizo, Khrukutu, Pache Khiam Women: Khrieno, Tsuchoi, Avitsuju Nyuthe, Tsujen, Aungkali Kiho, Dusuhulu, Amenla Ao, Peiheiteile, Songmo, Veluno Shijoh, Kuvelu, Sorila.

Rosicky injury could end Arsenal career

BCCI to discuss Lodha panel report at Special GBM

NeW DeLHI, FebRUaRy 5 (IaNs): The Indian cricket board on Friday announced that it will convene a Special General Body Meeting (SGM) in the third week of this month to discuss the recommendations of the Supreme Courtappointed Justice R.M. Lodha Committee on restructuring.

The Supreme Court this week asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to let it know by March 3 whether it would implement the recommendations of the three-member panel.

The apex court-appointed Justice R.M. Lodha Committee has made a host of far-reaching

recommendations for improving cricket administration in the country. The panel suggested limited period term for BCCI office-bearers with a cooling off period, and separate governing bodies for the BCCI and the Indian Premier League (IPL).

It also recommended the BCCI be brought under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, betting be legalised, uniformity in structure of state associations, and a one-stateone-member (vote) pattern for the board's governing body.

BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur said that the every state association has been asked to look into the Lodha panel recom-

mendations and make suggestions. He added that the board's legal committee will meet again on February 7 and an SGBM has been called in the third week of February to discuss the report.

"The BCCI is not looking for an escape route. We believe in transparency and accountability. In the last nine months, we have done things which would indicate that we are in the right direction]," he said.

"The Lodha Committee has recommended many things but every member has the right to look into the recommendations," Thakur said at a press conference where he also announced the squads for the

Asia Cup and World T20.

He said the BCCI is one of the best sports bodies across the world and its good work must not be discounted.

"When India won the 1983 World Cup, we (BCCI) did not have any money to pay our champion team. But now it is different. It is not that everything that has happened in the last 3040 years in the BCCI has been all wrong. So while taking any step, that should also be taken into account," Thakur reasoned.

Thakur, the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Member of Parliament from Himachal Pradesh, admitted that the board is paying

the price for the wrong policies under former boss N. Srinivasan, under whose reign, the allegations of tweaking the BCCI consitution, financial wrong-doings in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and illegal betting and spot-fixing were made.

"We are paying the price for the mistakes made in the past.

What happened was loss of face and credibility. Lack of decisionmaking during that regime also hurt the image of the board," Thakur reasoned.

"But in the last nine months, we have tried to restore the image of the board. Everyone knows who caused damage and who restored the image."

LoNDoN, FebRUaRy 5 (aFP): Tomas Rosicky's latest injury setback, a torn thigh tendon, leaves him in a race against time if he is to play for Arsenal again with his Gunners contract due to expire in June. The 35-year-old missed the first half of the current campaign with a knee injury and coach Arsene Wenger confirmed on Friday the Czech midfielder would now be out a further three months. Asked if Rosicky had played his last game for Arsenal, Wenger said: "I hope not, but the injury is quite a serious one. He will not need surgery." Rosicky signed for Arsenal from Borussia Dortmund after a fine showing at the 2006 World Cup and has been a regular feature on Arsenal's left-midfield ever since.

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EntErtainmEnt

David Beckham sends message to terminally ill fan

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ormer soccer star David Beckham has sent a touching video message to a 19-year-old Cystic Fibrosis sufferer, who has just two years to live. Chloe Hopkins wrote on her bucket list that she would love to meet the former Manchester United star and the team's current players after she was given just two years to live, reported Femalefirst. "I heard from my friend Chris that you're not very well so I just want to send all of my best wishes and all of my love," Beckham said. "I hope you get out of hospital soon and I hope you feel better soon. Lots of love. Bye bye."

Chloe - who has been on the waiting list for a double lung transplant since 2015 - says her "life would feel complete" if she got to meet all of the Manchester United squad.

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rammy-award winning pop star Taylor Swift is making her first foray into the world of mobile gaming by partnering with Glu Mobile Inc to develop a new game, the company said on Wednesday.

Glu Mobile did not provide further details on the game or Swift’s involvement, except that the game was slated for release in late-2016 and that it was a “multi-year partnership.”

Glu Mobile, the company behind the popular “Kim Kardashian: Hollywood game”, has focused on signing up global stars with a large social media following to make personalized mobile games.

Swift has nearly 71 million followers on Twitter, while more than 74 million people ‘like’ the “Blank Space” singer’s Facebook page.

“We realize that Taylor and her global fan base expect a new and highly differentiated mobile gaming experience,” Niccolo de Masi, Glu Mobile’s chief executive, said in a statement.

Glu Mobile’s list of celebrities include “Anaconda” rapper Nicki Minaj and action star Jason Statham. Last month, the company signed up celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay.

Glu Mobile’s shares rose 22 percent to $2.52 in extended trading on Wednesday after the company also reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue.

When Irrfan Khan rejected a Steven Spielberg film!

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rrfan Khan, one of the most sought after Indian actors in the west, has revealed he turned down Oscar-winning Steven Spielberg’s project with Scarlett Johansson as he did not feel the character offered him “much scope.”

Irrfan’s small but shining Hollywood filmography includes films like The Name-

'Artist boys are crazy'

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rom their co-ordinating outfits to their matching smiles, Fifth Harmony always look perfectly composed. But behind the scenes the girlband have suffered their share of heartbreak, something they open up about as they cover Seventeen. ‘We want to share real stuff that's been happening in our lives,’ band member Dinah Jane Hansen told the magazine. ‘Over the past year, we've experienced love and heartbreak, and it's taken a toll on us. You can't always show that you are confident because that's not the truth.’

Ally Brooke, Camila Cabello, Normani Hamilton, Dinah Jane Hansen and Lauren Jauregui, each auditioned for the show as individuals before becoming a group. When asked where they see themselves in 10 years, Lauren said she didn’t think they would still be a girl band. ‘I don't see us still doing this, but by then I hoped we'll have toured the world

and won a couple of Grammys for songs we are really passionate about,’ she said.

The magazine asked Camila to set the record straight about whether she and Shawn Mendes are just friends or something more. Rumours had swirled after the pair released the duet I Know What You Did Last Summer in November. ‘Shawn and I are great friends,’ she told the magazine. ‘That's why we write so well together we have fun!’ 'We literally just wrote a song backstage, and it ended up becoming something awesome. It wasn't a career move that I carefully planned out.'

Camilla seemed skeptical about finding the perfect relationship. 'If you meet somebody who you really like and they're in the entertainment industry, you wouldn't be like, "Oh, well, this might not turn out well,"' she said. 'The thing is, artist boys are crazy.' The March 2016 Seventeen issue will hit newsstands on February 9.

Deepika Padukone, Vin Diesel dazzle in new 'xXx...' photos C M Y K

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ollywood star Vin Diesel has shared some stunning photographs of his with Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone from their shooting schedule for the film "xXx: The Return of Xander Cage".

Diesel on Thursday took to Instagram and Facebook to share the photographs with Deepika, reports aceshowbiz.com.

The hunky actor is seen shirtless, showing off his tattoo-covered abs in the Facebook image, while

Deepika is wearing a bold black leather outfit which not just shows her washboard abs but also some temporary tattoos for a power-packed look.

Meanwhile, in the other photograph, he stands behind Deepika as he wraps his arms around her.

"First day of filming...

Xander and Serena... P.s.

17 million beautiful souls.

Thanks for the love," he captioned the Instagram image.

The new film will follow Diesel's Xander Cage who returns to the National Security Agency after an eight-year absence.

In "xXx: The Return of Xander Cage", Samuel L. Jackson is back as Augustus Gibbons, with Ruby Rose, Nina Dobrev, Jet Li, Conor McGregor and Tony Jaa joining the cast.

D.J. Caruso is taking the director's seat, and F. Scott Frazier has written the script. No official release date is set for the movie yet.

Getting fame was painful: David Schwimmer

Fifth Harmony open up about dating in the spotlight as they cover Seventeen magazine

sake, Life of Pi and Jurassic World and the 49-year-old actor will be next seen with Tom Hanks in Inferno.

“I didn’t feel the character offered to me gave me much scope. So I said ‘No’; though Scarlett Johansson is an actor I would have loved to share screen space with,” Irrfan mentioned in an interview to NDTV.

Director Ron Howard’s Inferno is an adaptation of 2013 mystery thriller novel

by American author Dan Brown.

The film is the sequel to Angels & Demons, and stars Hanks, reprising his role as Robert Langdon, along with Felicity Jones, Omar Sy, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Ben Foster.

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ormer "Friends" star David Schwimmer says it was "painful" for him to find fame as he didn't understand why people were treating him "special".

"I didn't understand why people were treating me as if I were special, and I found that painful because I hadn't changed, and I didn't like the idea of it. I didn't like the idea that someone could suddenly get special treatment for doing nothing other than being on TV. I just didn't like the idea of it," Schwimmer said in a statement.

Schwimmer is playing the character of American attorney and businessman Robert Kardashian in the American true crime anthology television series series "The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story".

Robert, who died due to esophageal cancer in 2003, was the father of reality TV personalities Kourtney, Kim, Khloé and Rob Kardashian.

The 10-episode series will explore the chaotic behind-the-scenes dealings and manoeuvring on both sides of the court, and how a combination of prosecution overconfidence, defence shrewdness and the Los Angeles Police Department history with the city's African-American community gave a jury what it needed: reasonable doubt.

Along with Schwimmer, the show features a star-studded cast with Cuba Gooding Jr. as O.J. Simpson, John Travolta as Robert Shapiro, Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark, Selma Blair as Kris Jenner, Billy Magnussen as Kato Kaelin and Courtney B Vance as Johnnie Cochran.

"The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story" will go on air in India on Star World Premiere HD on Monday.

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e previously got a look at the Gal Gadot Wonder Woman and Ben Affleck Batman Barbie figures for Batman Vs. Superman. Now check out the Henry Cavill Superman version below.

These are part of the Barbie "Black Label" line and cost $39.99 and ship March 1st.

Revered savior, or alien menace? The world is divided about Superman in this new movie. This fully articulated Man of Steel is inspired in sculpt and costume by his silver screen counterpart. He may be faster than a speeding bullet, but he comes with a stand to keep him in one place on your shelf!

"Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" has a March 25, 2016 release starring Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Laurence Fishburne as Perry White, Diane Lane as Martha Kent, Jeremy Irons as Alfred, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Ray Fisher as Cyborg with Callan Mulvey, Holly Hunter as Senator Finch and Tao Okamoto as Mercy Graves. Justice League is to follow directed

by Zack Snyder as well.

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Lakers down Pelicans Koeman, Aguero win monthly English Premier League awards for second straight win

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Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers drives to the basket against the New Orleans Pelicans on February 4, 2016 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Getty Images)

Los AngeLes, FebruAry 5 (AFP): With a lead slipping away again, Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant showed his younger teammates how to put away an NBA game.

Bryant, 37 and heading into retirement after this season, drained three threepointers in the final 6:07, scoring 27 points and grabbing 12 rebounds to lead the Lakers to a 99-96 victory over the Pelicans in New Orleans.

Although the shots sounded the death-knell for the Pelicans, they were

greeted by cheers from fans, who like their counterparts around the country have greeted Bryant like one of their own during a season that has turned into a farewell tour.

Bryant, who scored a season-high 38 in a win at Minnesota on Tuesday, has lately given those adoring fans a glimpse of past glories. "He's on a nice little roll," said Lakers coach Byron Scott.

"Our young guys are still so young they don't understand when you've

got a double-digit lead you can't relax," Scott said. "Not in this league."

The Lakers led 85-73 with 8:32 to play, but the Pelicans scored six straight points to trim the deficit.

Bryant's three-pointer with 5:40 to play rebuilt the Lakers lead to 88-79 and they were up 95-86 with 2:50 remaining -- helped

by Pelicans forward Anthony Davis's miss of a wide-open dunk.

New Orleans had pulled within 95-92 when Bryant nailed a three-pointer with

just under a minute left to make it 98-92. Once more the Pelicans cut the deficit to two points, but Bryant made a last free-throw to complete the scoring.

"Obviously, Kobe's leading by example -- how to step on people's necks when you have a chance to," Scott said.

Pistons prevail Point guard Reggie Jackson was the hero for Detroit, draining two threepointers and handing out a key assist to help the Pistons -- who squandered a 27-point lead -- hang on for a 111-105 victory over the New York Knicks.

Jackson also made three free throws in the waning seconds as the Pistons out-scored the Knicks 16-8 in the final 1:47.

Jackson's strong finish came on a night when he was just four-of-14 from the field before his late heroics.

"I don't really worry," he said. "I just trust all the work I put in and my teammates were behind me.

They kept telling me to just go out there and be myself and bring us home."

In Phoenix, Houston Rockets forward Corey Brewer scored a season high 24 points, making two three-pointers in the final two minutes as the visitors downed the Suns 111-105.

Brewer's efforts helped the Rockets overcome a poor shooting night from guard James Harden, who finished connected on just four of 19 shots from the floor en route to 19 points -- well below the average of 27.9 he took into the contest.

Houston center Dwight Howard, back from a onegame suspension for swatting the arm of a referee on Saturday, had five points and 16 rebounds.

London, FebruAry 5 (reuters): Southampton's Ronald Koeman has been named Premier League manager of the month for January, becoming the first Saints manager to receive the award on three separate occasions, while Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero won the players' award.

Koeman steered the Saints to three Premier League wins out of a possible four in January, beating Watford, West Bromwich Albion and Manchester United. Their only defeat came against Norwich City on Jan. 2.

"I'm very pleased because it's always nice to win awards," said Koe-

(LEFT) Sergio Aguero (RIGHT) Ronald Koeman (Action Images)

man, who fended off competition from Manchester City counterpart Manuel Pellegrini, Tottenham Hotspur's Mauricio Pochettino and West Ham United's Slaven Bilic.

"It's of course a personal prize but it's great for the whole technical staff, all the players, the people in the club and the fans that we win again."

Aguero also wins the

award for the third time in his career, after scoring five of City's eight Premier League goals in January and registering one assist as City took eight league points out of a possible 12.

Kohima Inter Ward Tourney grand finale today

K. Kire, IPS (Retd.) former DGP of Nagaland, Match patron in the Men’s football semifinal matches along with officials and players before the match on February 5. (Morung Photo) Our Correspondent Kohima | February 5

Registering wins in their respective matches, Ward No. 14 and Ward No. 16 today entered the men’s football final in the ongoing 4th Kohima Town Inter Ward Tournament 2016 here at Kohima Local Ground.

In the first semifinals played here to nil. Wanghe Konyak scored in the today, Ward no. 14 defeated Ward No. 65th minute to get the only goal of 11 by 5 goals through a tiebreaker. the match.

The match ended with a goal apiece at the end of regulation time. Velukho February 6 Fixture scored for Ward No. 11 while Vikhosa Men's football final (2:00 PM) Dul scored for Ward No. 14.

Ward No. 14 vs Ward No. 16 In the second semi finals, Ward Women's volleyball final (1:00 PM) Ward No. 14 Vs Ward No. 15 No. 16 edged Ward No. 8 by a goal

Chinese Super League overtake South Asian Games off to a colourful start EPL in transfer window spending

guWAHAtI, FebruAry 5 (PtI): The rich and diverse culture of India's Northeast was on display in all its splendour as curtains went up on the 12th South Asian Games in a colourful opening ceremony with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a host of other dignitaries in attendance.

Modi declared the Games open at the Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium to mark the formal beginning of the 12-day event to be competed by more than 2600 athletes.

Eight countries -- Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, besides India -- will be vying for the top honours in the Games to be cohosted by Shillong.

"I declare the 12th South Asian Games open," Modi said amid cheers from a capacity crowd at the stadium.

Present on the occasion were governors of Assam and Meghalaya, chief ministers of the two states, besides Union Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and IOA president N Ramachandran among others.

Postponed several times due to various reasons, the much -delayed but the biggest ever South Asian Games being held under the aegis of South Asian Olympics Council begins after a delay of four years.

The 'Gender Equal Games' will have 23 disciplines and 228 events, with all the sports having both men and women's sections for the first time, making this edition the biggest ever sporting spectacle in South Asia. There will be 228 gold, 228 silver and 308 bronze medals on offer this time. The two North Eastern cities will play host to 3,333 athletes and officials.

India, who had topped the medal tally in all the editions so far, have the largest number of participants with 521 athletes (245 women).

The ceremony began with the athletes' march past alongside the Games mascot 'Tikhor' leading it.

Afghanistan led the march past with hosts India coming in the last.

Each country's contingent had two children -- one boy and one girl -- in front holding the waters from a river from their country.

beIjIng, FebruAry 5 (AFP): China's Jiangsu Suning have signed Brazilian Alex Teixeira for €50 million euro (S$78 million), the club said on Friday, a new national record that pushed current Chinese Super League (CSL) spending past England's Premier League. The monster move - the second time the record was broken in just three days - comes as China invests heavily in trying to build itself into a world-class football power.

According to the transfermarkt website, which tracks commercial dealings in

the sport, clubs in the increasingly wealthy CSL have so far spent €258.9 million in China's current transfer window, which runs until February 26. Premier League clubs spent €247.3 million in the European window, which closed earlier this week.

On Wednesday, Chinese side Guangzhou Evergrande signed Atletico Madrid's Colombian striker Jackson Martinez for €42 million. The purchase broke a weekold Chinese record fee of €28 million, paid

by Jiangsu Suning to acquire Brazilian midfielder Ramires from Chelsea.

Pakistan athletes and officials march during the opening ceremony of the 12th South Asian Games 2016 at Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati on February 5, 2016. Eight countries; Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, besides hosts India will take part in the games. (AFP PHOTO)

Games an opportunity for prosperity: Modi

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rime Minister Narendra Modi today said the 12th South Asian Games being held here are not just a sporting platform but also a "springboard for bringing peace and prosperity in the region through business".

Declaring the Games open in a colourful ceremony here this evening, Modi said the Games would help form lasting bonds between the participating athletes.

"Let these Games become a springboard for bringing peace

and prosperity in the region through business, interaction and sporting activities," Modi said in his address in front of a packed Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium.

"The friendships you would form over these 12 days and the memories you take back will last you a lifetime...On the sports field, we can forget what separates us and we can truly connect with each other in the spirit of sportsmanship and adventure," he added.

Modi said the Games are an

opportunity for the region to explore opportunities of growth.

"All South Asian countries are partners in our journey towards development...My vision for South Asia is same as my vision for India -- Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas," he said.

"This meet celebrates togetherness of all South Asian Nations.

This sports meet is perfect blend of three Ts - Teamwork, togetherness and talent."

(PTI)

The waters from Kabul (Afghanistan), Sindhu (Pakistan), Indian Ocean (Maldives as it has no river), Mahaweli (Sri Lanka), Padma (Bangladesh), Kosi (Nepal), Manas (Bhutan) and Brahmaputra (India) were later mixed as one to show oneness of South Asia and then taken to be immersed in Brahmaputra.

Understandably, the Indian contingent led by flagbearer and squash player Sourav Ghosal got the loudest cheer though the athletes from Pakistan and Nepal also

got a big round of applause from the crowd.

Ghosal later took the oath on behalf of all the athletes to play in fair manner under rules and regulations. The highlight of the sports section -- the other being cultural section -- was the digital lighting of the Games' flag with former India football captain Bhaichung Bhutia doing the honours.

Sikkimese Bhutia, who was Indian football's poster boy for many years before his retirement in 2011, took the Games torch from

Gagan Narang, Monalisa Baruah, Bhogeshwar Barua, Rani Rampal, Krishna Poonoia and Anju Booby George.

Just as Bhutia touched a spot at the central platform of the stadium, the digital fire spread in two concentric circles with the inner ring showing a burning fire before the actual one was lit atop the stadium stand opposite the VIP podium. This was followed by fireworks and show of laser lights in the ceremony which lasted two hours and 45 minutes.

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