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India won’t resort to burden of retrospective tax: Jaitley

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Renowned AIDS researchers and activists on board MH17

Dimapur | July 18

Thank you, thank you lord, for protecting the beacon light.

Govt directs release of salary for Hindi teachers

New discovery brings HIV vaccine a step closer

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London, JuLy 18 (IAnS): The vaccine for HIV being developed by the Norwegian vaccine company Bionor Pharma could soon be a reality as researchers have found that median HIV viral load reduction more than doubled among participants with high anti-C5/ gp41732-744 antibody levels. Further analysis of a Phase II study of therapeutic HIV vaccine candidate Vacc-4x revealed a potential biomarker associated with participants who experienced a more profound viral load reduction after receiving the vaccine. If confirmed, the biomarker may be able to predict which patients will benefit most from the therapeutic HIV vaccine candidate Vacc-4x. “In spite of very effective drugs against HIV, these need to be taken daily and have significant side-effects,” said professor Angus Dalgleish, of St George’s, University of London in Britain. “The ability to replace this daily medication with a vaccine that allows several months of being off-medication, not to mention the enormous financial gains that would be delivered to health services, is a step closer with these preliminary results,” Dalgleish added. Bionor Pharma has developed a peptide (C5/ gp41732-744) that can be used to detect antibodies against a part of the HIV envelope glycoprotein. The presence of antibodies to this part of HIV has been associated with slowed disease progression in the absence of combination antiretroviral therapy (ART).

The results of this analysis were announced at the AIDS 2014 Conference in Melbourne, Australia.

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MH 17: Who is to blame? nscn (K) appeals for end to violence Morung Express News

KoHIMA, JuLy 18 (MExn): The Nagaland state government has directed the Principal Director of Treasuries and Accounts to release salaries for the months of April and May 2014 for Hindi teachers (Centrally Sponsored Scheme), under the Nagaland School Education department. Secretary to the Nagaland government, Y Kikheto Sema, in a notice to the Principal Director stated that payment for the two months should be made as per the DDO wise salary statement by the Nagaland state Finance Department, Budget and Monitoring Cell. “No further payment is to be made beyond the stated period till further information,” it added.

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People arrange candles to offer prayers for the victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, at a shopping mall in Petaling Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, July 18. The Malaysia Airlines jetliner was carrying 298 people when it was shot down over eastern Ukraine on Thursday in eastern Ukraine, sending shockwaves around the world from Malaysia to the Netherlands. (AP Photo)

London, JuLy 18 (AP): To figure out why a Malaysian jetliner fell from the sky, investigators will use the wreckage of any missile found to determine where it came from and who fired it, experts said Friday. That may be easier said than done in the middle of a war zone.

Investigators face formidable obstacles in deciphering a disaster scene spread over 20 square kilometers of contested ground in eastern Ukraine — amid a conflict in which both sides have interests that may outweigh a desire to uncover the truth.

“We are in a country that is at war, and that is in a war of communication,” aviation analyst Gerard Feldzer said in Paris. “Everyone is pushing a pawn.”

All 283 passengers and 15 crew members aboard

UNSC calls for “a full, thorough and independent international investigation” the Amsterdam-to-Kuala Lumpur flight were killed in Thursday’s crash. U.S authorities and aviation experts say the Boeing 777 was likely brought down by a ground-to-air missile, but so far there is no proof of who fired it. Ukraine and the insurgents blame each other.

The U.N. Security Council called Friday for “a full, thorough and independent international investigation” into the downing of the plane, but that is a complicated proposition.

Under international civil aviation rules, Ukraine should take the lead in investigating an airline acci-

dent on its territory. Anton Gerashenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister, told The Associated Press that the investigation would be carried out by the Interior Ministry and the Security Services of Ukraine, who would work alongside international observers. It was unclear what access either group would have to the crash site.

Defense experts said the plane was likely shot down by a missile fired from a Buk system, Sovietera equipment that is in the arsenals of both Russia and Ukraine. Feldzer, the air-accident expert, said investigators’ goal would

be to “find the debris of the missile in question and determine the trajectory.”

Charles Heyman, editor of “Armed Forces of the EU,” said missile casings could help establish who had supplied the weapons that brought down the plane. But he said it was likely that the rebels — if they fired the missile — would have removed any missile-casing debris from the scene.

Heyman said the missile launcher would bear ID numbers that could establish whether it was recently supplied by Russia or came from Ukrainian forces. But he said if rebels mistakenly targeted a commercial airliner, thinking it was a Ukrainian military plane, they may have subsequently fled and taken the missile launcher into Russia.

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Discussions regarding issues of taxation, and carrying of arms by cadres dominated proceedings of the Ceasefire review meeting held between representatives of the Government of India (GoI) and the NSCN (K). The meeting was held at the Police Complex, Chumukedima on Friday.

Emerging from the hour-long meeting, Chairman of the Ceasefire Monitoring Group (CFMG) and the Ceasefire Supervisory Board (CFSB), Maj Gen (Retd), NK Singh stated that the latest Ceasefire review meeting between the two sides was held after a gap of 17 months. He added that the discussions were held on a wide range of issues, including taxation and carrying of arms

by NSCN (K) cadres.

According to the CFSB chairman, the Government of India representatives insisted that NSCN (K) desist from “extortion” activities and also restrict movement of armed cadres in public places. He maintained that these actions are against the Ceasefire Ground Rules and also vitiates the peaceful atmosphere.

The GoI representatives further urged the NSCN (K) not to extend material or logistic support to other North East insurgent groups taking shelter in Maynmar. The raiding of NSCN (K) office in Mon district by the Assam Rifles in 2012 was also discussed in the meeting, Singh added.

CFSB supervisor of the NSCN (K), Wangtin Naga, stated that the two sides had

Taxation and carrying of arms by cadres discussed in Ceasefire review meeting between NSCN (K) and GoI

a “big fight” over the issue of “Naga tax” or alleged “extortion” and carrying of arms

by NSCN (K) cadres. On the issue of taxation, Wangtin said that the GoI representatives were branding “Naga tax” collected by the insurgent group as “extortion”. The NSCN (K) leader also said carrying of arms, to some extent, was necessitated as a self-defense measure against threat to life from other groups.

Insisting that Naga groups should stop violence against each other, Wangtin said internecine killings only goes to prove that Nagas have become tools in the hands of agencies in Delhi who are bent on pitching Nagas against each other. Asked if the group was willing to have peace talks with the GoI, Wangtin replied in the affirmative but added that the invitation should first come from the GoI. On NSCN (K) Chairman, SS Khaplang’s earlier statement that the NSCN (K) would try to form a common front of all North East insurgent groups, the NSCN (K) CF supervisor stated that a common front was needed for North East people to jointly fight the injustices meted out to them by mainland India.

Wangtin further asserted that if Delhi solves the Naga problem, then most

of the insurgency problems in the region would fall in line. “It will be like GoI killing many birds with one stone”, he said.

According to Newmai News Network (NNN), the NSCN (K), CF Supervisor, Wangtin Naga also stated that “it will never accept the outcome of the ongoing talks between the Government of India and NSCN (IM).” He further stated, as per NNN, that if the NSCN (K) does engage with the Government of India in formal peace talks, then Naga churches, Naga civil society organizations, the students’ organizations, Naga intellectuals, Naga women organizations and equal representatives from all Naga National groups “will be taken along to the negotiating table.” “If such things can happen then only we can call it the Naga peace talks,” he added.

Besides the CFSB chairman, GoI representatives in the CF review meeting included IGAR (N), Maj Gen MM Naravane; IGP (R), PPF Zeliang; DIG, CRPF, Amit Tanya; Col Rajesh Gupta, HQ IGAR; Lt Col RS Gujar (IGAR); CFSB member GS Rengma and CFMG member Shokum Yim. The NSCN (K) was represented Wangtin Naga, Khekaho Rochill, Col Isak Sumi, Akavi Awomi and Lhovito Tuccu.

nrHM employees demand Union Minister assures sanction for release of pending salaries four National Highways in Nagaland Morung Express News Kohima | July 18

“We have even borrowed money to come here,” said an employee of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), who came all the way from Longleng to Kohima to demand the payment of NRHM salaries, which have not been released for the past four months.

NRHM employees gathered at the Directorate of Health and Family Welfare, Kohima on July 18 to submit a representation to the Mission Director, NRHM to address the nonpayment of their salaries. “The NRHM staff depends entirely on their salary. Many of us had to borrow money for 4 months and pay interest too.

All NRHM staffs are very sincere. The Government of Nagaland should know that the Nagaland health service is functioning because of NRHM,” said Dr. Wati. He further informed that this was not the first time that salary of NRHM employees is being delayed.

“We came to the Directorate last year.

They are repeating the same thing again,” he added.

A memorandum was submitted to the Mission Director of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) which stated that “due to non-payment of salary to the sincere and dedicated NRHM employees since march 2014, the employees are undergoing harrowing financial constraints even to perform daily duties and make ends meet, despite tightening their belts for the welfare of the people and the department.” It further added that, “the salaries of NRHM employees working in the Directorate were paid till June 2014, whereas NRHM employees posted at far flung and difficult areas without salary for so many months are least both-

ered by the department, which is discriminatory and needs to be justified.”

It demanded that the authority release the pending salary, justify as to why NRHM employees working in the Directorate were paid and appealed for the monthly salaries of all employees be disbursed before the 10th of every month.

For some employees, who are the sole breadwinners, their entire families depend on the NRHM salary.

“These days, if we don’t pay the fees on time, our children are not allowed to give exams,” says another employee, who further adds that NRHM workers have to spend extra money on food during duty and that the scenario is worse for people posted outside their hometown and do not have relatives to seek help from.

“We are fed up borrowing money and people are also fed up of lending money to us,” says another. The rate of interest for loans taken ranges from 10 per cent to 20 percent. By the time, they receive their salary, it is not enough to cover the interests. The case is worse for the NRHM employees whose salaries differ depending on their postings and whose salaries are never raised.

“Our work is more hectic from the regular staff. We have to do a lot of paperwork and send reports too. We work harder, and hardly get leave. Yet, we are strictly dealt with,” added a nurse from Pughoboto. Another lamented that Nagaland state has many trained unemployed nurses despite numerous vacancies in the state.

Four months without their salary, NRHM employees continue to serve the state and its people. One employee cautioned, “Next time, we don’t know, we might be eating stones or throwing stones.”

Our Correspondent Kohima | July 18

Nagaland Minister for Soil and Water Conservation, Nuklutoshi today informed that the Union Minister for Road, Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari has assured to provide sanction for construction of four National Highways in Nagaland state. Disclosing this to media persons at his office chamber, the minister termed such development as “good news” for the people of Nagaland state. He informed

that the government will soon submit the Detailed Project Report to the Ministry for development of such National Highways in the state.

“We have money. We will provide you the best road but you must give me clear land acquisition clearance and environmental clearance. If you can provide there is no problem to sanction for any road,” the Union Minister was quoted as saying. According to Nukltoshi, the Union Minister stated that land for the roads should be given free

of cost for which good roads will be provided free of cost.

The new National Highways declared for the state of Nagaland include NH 702, NH 702A, NH 102C and NH 702B. NH 702 will starting from the NH 2 junction near Changtongya, connecting Longleng, Longching, Mon, Lapa and Tizit in the state of Nagaland and Sonari in Assam; and terminate at its junction with new NH No 215 near Sapekhati in the state of Assam. NH 702A will start from the NH 2 junction near

Mokokchung connecting Zunheboto and Phek in the state of Nagaland and terminating at Jessami near new NH 29 in the state of Manipur.

NH 102C will start from the NH 2 junction near Maram in the state of Manipur, connecting Peren, Jaluki, Pimla, Razaphe Junction and terminate at NH 29 near Dimapur in the state of Nagaland. NH 702B will start from the new NH 702 junction near Longleng and terminate at its junction with NH 202 at Tuensang in the state of Nagaland.

nsDZ: nagaland govt failed on its duty to obtain ‘prior and informed consent’

dIMAPur, JuLy 18 (MExn): The Central Nagaland Tribes Council (CNTC) has opposed the move of the Nagaland state government to create Special Development Zones along the state’s foothills. Envisaged to provide impetus to Nagaland’s industrial ambition, the initiative, which was resolved by the State Assembly in March this year, has faced opposition from the Nagaland Tribes Council, the Western Sumi Hoho and now the CNTC. The CNTC made the decision to oppose the NSDZ initiative at a consultative meet held on July 18 at its office in Dimapur. “(The CNTC) resolved to oppose the proposed NSDZ by the Government of Nagaland in its existing form and fully resolved to question the State Government for infringing upon the provision of Article 371A of the constitution on the ownership and transfer of

land and its resources,” read an excerpt of a statement issued after the consultative meet. The Assembly Resolution on NSDZ, the CNTC stated “is in contravention with the obligations under the constitutional provision.”

The statement objected to the government’s move to relax Inner Line Permit(s) of the Bengal Eastern Frontal Regulation Act of 1873 and the bid to restructure the existing land tenure system to allow settlement of “non-Nagas and other investors” in the NSDZs. According to the CNTC, such a move would disturb the traditional land-holding system.

While stating that the government failed on its duty to obtain “prior and informed consent” from land-owners, it added that developmental activities can be implemented without infringing on Article 371(A). It appealed for the government “to initiate the process of con-

sultation, public debate, benefit sharing, and dispute resolution measures, before any final decision” and to uphold the principle and provisions of the Article stating that Central Acts passed after December 1, 1963 remain subject to the Constitutional provision.

“We’re not against the government’s initiative for development as such, it is the modalities of the NSDZ resolution which is worrying,” commented CNTC’s publicity & information secretary Longshi Ezung.

Commenting on the government’s stand that the Assembly resolution is open to debate, Ezung held that such a possibility is very unlikely. He further queried as to how a wide ranging public debate can be facilitated when the Assembly has already passed it and is to be tabled in the upcoming Assembly session barely a week away.

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BaNGalorE, July 18 (TNN): The year was 2012.

Amur Falcons, the longdistance, trans-equatorial migratory birds that cover up to 22,000 km a year, were being silently massacred in Nagaland.

Cut to 2013. They are flying free. Thousands of these winged visitors literally vanished from the menus of Nagaland, thanks to an unprecedented mobilization led by Bangalorebased NGO, Conservation India. The bird migrates all the way from Eastern Asia to Southern Africa and back, with transits in several places, including Nagaland.

In October 2012, Ramki Sreenivasan, head of Conservation India, and his asThe Chakhesang Students’ Union (CSU) organized a tree plantation drive on July 17 at Centre Chakhesang Area sociates at the , discovered covering Porba, Sakraba, Gedimi, Pholami, Upper Khomi, Middle Khomi and Lower Khomi where the road expan- the prevalence of such sion has completed. The office of Divisional Forest Officer, Phek and the Nehru Yuva Kendra Phek extended support mass hunting and documented the massacre. "Not towards the tree plantation drive.

How they are doing it Besides the awareness, livelihood opportunities are being enhanced.

• A low-impact eco-tourism model is being pioneered in these villages for everyone to witness the fantastic spectacle of tens of thousands of migrating Amur Falcons • The model is likely to create simple homestays and involve hunters as guides, homestay owners, boat-men etc., so that they are incentivized to conserve the annual visitors and not hunt them down.

one but tens of thousands of Amur Falcons were being hunted down along the Doyang reservoir. We learnt that this was going on for the past several years, and it seemed to coincide with the construction of Doyang dam in the early 2000s," said Ramki.

According to estimates, during the peak migration season (mid to late October), the birds were hunted every day for local consumption and commercial

sale. Figures revealed that 120,000 to 140,000 of these birds were being killed every year during their passage through Nagaland.

The video went viral and managed to grab eyeballs globally. "It was only after this that the conservation effort was launched.

The government too took note and did the right things. We collaborated with a local body to educate the masses," said Ramki.

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galand government which prepared itself for the 2013 season. The forest department along with the district administration, local NGOs and police, set up ground patrols and checks in local markets. The church also pitched in by conducting special services on Sundays to spread the word on conservation.

Said Bano Haralu, managing trustee, NWBCT: "Local communities respond better when the youth are educated, and this can happen only through intensive grassroots education."

"This year too, the Nagaland government is keeping a close watch and may set up camps manned by volunteers at key zones," said Ramki.

Add to that education programmes (setting up of Eco Clubs in schools etc) which will run parallelly.

AR and IMDH organizes blood donation camp at Mkg Our Correspondent

Mokokchung | July 18

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The 31st Assam Rifles under the aegis of IGAR (North) in collaboration with the Imkongliba Memorial District Hospital (IMDH) conducted a blood donation camp at the unit hospital here today.

More than a hundred Assam Rifles personnel led by its Commanding Officer Col Sudesh Bhangra volunteered to donate their blood to the IMDH Blood Bank. This camp is considered as one of the biggest blood donation camps in the district judging by the huge number of the volunteers, said Medi-

31 Assam Rifles, IMDH and AKM officials and others during the blood donation camp organized by the 31 AR in collaboration with the IMDH Blood Bank at the AR Unit Hospital on Friday, July 18, 2014. (Morung Photo)

cal Officer Blood Bank The Ao Students’ Con- Donors Association mem(IMDH), Dr Chubala who ference (AKM) officials, bers and 31 Assam Rifles supervised the camp.

Nagaland Voluntary Blood medical team assisted the

IMDH Blood Bank team in conducting the blood donation camp successfully.

However, despite the heavy turnout of volunteers, the IMDH blood bank could take only fifty units because of storage problem. It is learnt from various sources, that though the IMDH Blood Bank has enough storage capacity, but due to erratic and frequent power load shedding, the bank cannot afford to store large number of blood units, lest it go to waste.

Assam Rifles officials told media persons that the 31 Assam Rifles will always be ready to donate blood to the needy in the days to come too.

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Chairperson, NSCW Dr. Temsula Ao giving the introductory remarks during the seminar on marriage, divorce & inheritance organized by Nagaland State Commission for Women in collaboration with National Commission for Women, New Delhi was held at the Purana Bazaar Council Hall, Dimapur on July 18. President, ADMKCO Bhaputi Mech, Vice President, KTCN Ramesh Hasnu, GB Bamun Pukhuri ‘A’ Village Bimal Jigdung spoke on the topic ‘Marriage, Divorce and Inheritance.’(DIPR Photo)

IMPCC Nagaland Chapter meet conducted KVK Dimapur distributes ‘Smart Farmer Certificate’

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Kohima, July 18 (Dipr): The Inter-Media Publicity Coordination Committee (IMPCC) Nagaland Chapter for the month of July was held on July 18 under the theme ‘Right to Information’ at the Officer’s Conference hall, Directorate of Information & Public Relations, Kohima.

An introduction session was first held led by Additional Director, IPR, Pausui Zeliang. The Chairman, Asst. Director (P) AIR, Robinson Sanate welcomed and thanked all the members for attending the meeting and reviewed the activities and programmes carried out since the last meeting.

Joint Director, IPR, Limawati Ao gave a brief report on the departmental activities where he stated that the assignments of IPR department is not confined to a particular activity. Being the nodal department in disseminating news and events

happening around the State, the department has given out documentaries to news agencies for broadcasting particularly on the 50 years of Statehood celebration, he said. He also said that all the district offices have now been equipped with Audio Visual Mobile Publicity Unit to disseminate/demonstrate the activities in Institutions and rural areas.

Transmission Executive, AIR, Moamar Imsong presented a report on the various activities and programmes carried out by the All India Radio till the first half of the month. In a nutshell, he highlighted the important topics which the department had broadcasted including Role of a mother in combating social evils, health programme, resources of youth, highlights of FIFA World Cup2014, National Green Crops (BGM)- (Fram & Home), Threat to Bio-diversity

(RB), Prevention of blindness, Interview with Amen Aier on the topic Entrepreneur in regard to baking & catering (Morning echoes), Cyber Crime (RB)-Kevino, Interview with Director NRE, Er. TS Angami etc DDK, PEX (Co), HK Chishi also highlighted the programmes telecast like TV report on 1st Nagaland Govt.

Teacher’s Conference-2014, Interview with Chairman NPSC and sports and news programmes like Nagaland State Aids Control Society (NSACS), first Press meeting of the Chief Minister, TR Zeliang, Press Conference by eminent lawyers and social activist, S. Bose, Tuluni festival, Kohima etc.

“Rainwater Harvesting” has been adopted as the theme for the month of August-2014. The next IMPCC meeting is scheduled to be held on August 28 at All India Radio (AIR) at 12:00 noon.

PGC students attend seminar on ‘Investors Awareness’

Organizers and resource persons of the seminar on ‘Investor Awareness’ held at Pfutsero Government College, Pfutsero (PGCP) on July 17.

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phEK, July 18 (mExN): A one-day seminar on “Investor Awareness” was organized by Nehru Yuva Kendra, Phek in collaboration with the Department of Economics, Pfütsero Government College, Pfutsero (PGCP) on July 17, 2014 at the college auditorium.

Basudev Mandal, Joint Organiser with NYK, introduced the resource persons for the seminar and gave a brief introduction as to why the seminar was organized. The resource persons for the seminar were Jagannath Das, Assistant General Manager, SEBI, Guwahati and Beswadip Roy, Assistant Manager,

National Stock Exchange (NSE), Kolkata.

Das, highlighting on the role of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) mentioned that SEBI was one of the regulators of finance in India. He explained the role of regulators, SEBI’s functions and roles, benefits of investment and different options available for investment in different bonds, shares, securities etc. He also mentioned that investors should be aware of various ‘Ponzi schemes’ which are circulating in the market today.

Roy, who also spoke on the second session explained on what is Shares is

stock market, how and investor can trade in shares. He highlighted the difference of saving and investment in stock market, the options and avenue available in the market, the involvement of risk and returns, age tolerance and risk.

Teithuvina Nukhu, Assistany Professor, Department of Economics chaired the programme, Dr. Watijungshi Jamir, Principal, PGCP delivered Welcome Address, folk tunes presented by Nukhozolu and friend and Neiko Ritse, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, PGCP, delivered the vote of thanks.

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ANGPTA formed

Dimapur, July 18 (mExN): The first general meeting of graduate/post graduate teachers serving as PT teacher was held on July 17 and resolved to form the All Nagaland Graduate Primary Teachers Association (ANGPTA). The Association urged the district-wise teachers to form their own sub-units before August 2 and submit the names of their concern representatives. For further details contact: 9862927267 9862817481/9436210708/ 9856768625

Excise Department seize IMFL

The farmers along with guest and KVK and ICAR staff during the Smart Farmer Certificate distribution convened by KVK Dimapur, ICAR-RC for NEH Region, Nagaland Centre, Jharnapani on July 16.

JharNapaNi, July 18 (mExN): The Smart Farmer Certificate distribution was convened under the chairmanship of Dr. Ebibeni Ngullie (SMS A Sc), KVK Dimapur, ICAR-RC for NEH Region, Nagaland Centre, Jharnapani on July 16 at KVK training hall.

Guest of honour, Zhothisa Dawhuo, ADC, Medziphema in his remark congratulated the smart farmers for their contributions in the field of agriculture and livestock towards mitigating climate change, also encouraged the farmers to toil harder in order to achieve State as well as

National and International award in near future.

Chief guest of the programme Dr. C. Rajkhowa Director NRC on Mithun in his address highlighted about the achievement of ICAR and mentioned that since 1950-51, the food grains has been increased by 4 fold, horticulture crops by 6 fold, fish by 9 fold, milk by 6 fold and eggs by 20 fold.

The programme started with welcome address

by Dr. Anamika Sharma, PC, KVK Dimapur. During her welcome address, she highlighted about the inception of ICAR. Z. James Kikon (SMS, Soil Sc) dis-

cussed about the selection of Smart Farmers from NICRA adapted village and gave a brief about NICRA Project (TDC). Dr. M K Patra, Scientist, animal reproduction and Joint Director I/c sensitised the farmers about climate change and its impact on crops and livestock.

The programme ended with feedback from farmers, distribution of smart farmer certificates by chief guest and guest of honour and vote of thanks by HD Singh (SMS, Horticulture). Altogether 56 farmers along with KVK and ICAR staff attended the programme.

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Dimapur, July 18 (mExN): The Excise Department ( Mobile squad) led by Inspectors Kakiho Yeptho and Hevito Zhimomi conducted a raid on July 17, 2014 at Nagarjan junction area and Purana Bazaar area and seized 254 bottles of assorted IMFL in 10 different offences. This was informed in a press note received here. The note also stated that the accused persons were arrested and penalised under the relevant section of the NLTP Act'89. The seized articles were kept in the MS Malkhana for further destruction. The Superintendent of Excise (MS) Ghokiho Yeptho in the note further said that strict vigilance is maintained in and around Dimapur for any case of bootlegging.

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Vety. & AH invites entry for dept logo Kohima, July 18 (mExN): The directorate of veterinary & animal husbandry informed all the interested participants that the department is inviting logo competitors from individuals with clear interpretation on the description of the logo. The logo should be submitted in both hard and soft copy preferably in HD format. The logo should depict year of establishment 1964 and clarity of the picture of the logo in 1” dia size. The last date of acceptance of logo is on or before August 5 to the Extension Wing, Directorate of Veterinary & Animal Husbandry, Nagaland Kohima on any working days. The best competitor shall be awarded with cash prize of Rs. 30,000. The decision of the panel of judges shall be final and binding. This was stated in a release issued by Dr. Aomangyang Walling, joint director, veterinary & animal husbandry, Nagaland; Kohima.

Observation Home at Zunheboto inaugurated ZuNhEBoTo, July 18 (Dipr): Parliamentary Secretary Cooperation and Sericulture, Pukhayi Assumi inaugurated the Observation Home at Zunheboto as the chief guest. The inaugural programme was organised by State Child Protection Society Nagaland.

In his short speech, Pukhayi Assumi thanked the society for coming up with such an observation home which is the (8) eight home in the State and further encouraged the NGOs, Churches, Hohos to support the society in running the observation home.

The programme was Parliamentary Secretary Pukhayi Assumi inaugurates the Observation Home at Zunhechaired by Probation Of- boto. (DIPR Photo)

ficer Observation Home, Zunheboto, Janet P. Swu while Pastor, ZTSBC, Aizuto, Dr. Daniel Chishi, offered prayer for observation home and welcome address was delivered by Superintendent Observation Home, Juvily Kitho.

Alino Achumi presented special song while vote of thanks was given by House father, observation home, Atoshe and benediction was said by Vechulo L. Doulo, Pastor Tenyimia Baptist Church, Zunheboto. Parliamentary Secretary Jail & Home Guards, Er Picto, Deputy Commissioner Zunheboto, L. Akato Sema and host of invitees accompanied the chief guest.

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UNC demands revocation of 144CrPC in Ukhrul

SENAPATI, JUly 18 (MExN): The United Naga Council has written to the Prime Minister of India asking that the GoI expedite the process of intervention with an alternative arrangement, outside the GoI pending settlement of the Indo-Naga issue.

“The Nagas have upheld the Indo-Naga peace process in their prayers and spirit all through the 17 long years of cease-fire and political talks. But at every available opportunity, the GoM spares no efforts to derail the IndoNaga peace process in the name of maintaining law and order. The willful violation of the Cease-fire ground rules in the Ukhrul instance, when a cease-fire monitoring mechanism is in place, speaks volumes of the malafide content of the GoM’s action. A limb of the

Union of India arrogantly undermines the Indo-Naga peace process, which recognizes the unique history and situation of the Naga people,” stated the UNC, in a press note.

It demanded that the GoI intervention for “revocation of the vitiating 144 Cr PC, removal of the communal state forces – Police Commandos and Manipur IRB from Naga areas and for ensuring that the GoM observe the ground rules of the Cease-Fire in letter and spirit.”

The UNC informed the PM that a 24 hour peaceful total bandh in Naga areas of Manipur was observed with effect from the midnight July 15 in protest against the “highly vitiated situation brought about by the Government of Manipur(GoM) after promulgating Section 144 of Cr. PC in Ukhrul district

Meiteis) businessmen have under the very nose of the are routine and even the times.” In sharp contrast Act has been conveniently been killed and maimed by Chief Minister of Manipur. Chief Minister’s official res- to the Naga areas, it stated lifted from 7 Assembly segvalley based undergrounds Bombings and shootings idence has been attacked 3 that the “Disturbed Area ments of greater Imphal.”

NSCN (IM) unleashing crimes: Gaikhangam (IM) has been unleashing crimes against the people, and that the outfit has been killing innocent people. concern at the Government On Ukhrul situation, of Manipur’s (GoM) action Gaikhangam said police of sending a host of Indian commandos, IRB and MaReserve Battalion (IRB) nipur Rifles personnel have and Commandos to Ukh- been deploying in UKhrul rul town stating it “vitiates by the Government to procommunal disharmony in tect the life and properthe state besides, bringing ties of the people, besides a sense of fear and insecu- maintaining peace and inrity to innocent and peace tegrity of the state.

Gaikhangam told the loving public.” TSA further House that Section 144 urged GoM to restrain itself CrPC has been clamped and be more sensitive in in UKhrul to maintain law dealing with such issues. and order in the district in the aftermath of the death committed 400 crimes in the of former Ukhrul ADC Vice state in the past 15 years. Gai- Chairman Ngalangzar Malkhangam also said the NSCN ue (60) of Nongman village

Tangkhul scholars condemn ADC killing DIMAPUr, JUly 18 (MExN): The Tangkhul Scholars’ Association (TSA) has expressed serious concern at the barbaric assassination of Nagalangzar Malue, Ex-Vice Chairman of ADC Ukhrul, on July 12.

Malue was on his way to visit his aged ailing mother.

A press release received here from the association’s President A. S. Yaruingam and Gen-

eral Secretary Tuisem Ngakang stated that TSA did not believe in violence and bloodshed and added that indulging in it would not bring solution to any problem. TSA condemning the assassination of Malue in the “strongest possible terms” urged the person(s) or party involved to desist from committing such act in future.

TSA also expressed

IMPHAl, JUly 18 (NNN): khangam has informed the Manipur Deputy Chief Min- assembly today that the Naga ister and Home minister Gai- outfit NSCN (IM) has so far

Saturday or on Monday next we will announce our next course of action.”

Rongpi added, “The high command must come forward to resolve the various issues so that we can function properly as one for the remaining of the two years before next Assembly elections and gain the confidence of people”.

The dissidents claim that 55 of the 77 Congress MLAs had demanded a change in the leadership.

The dissident camp feels that high command had enough time to take stock of Assam situation and now there is inordinate delay.

GUWAHATI, JUly 18 (TNN): Since the beginning of June, 31 people have succumbed to Japanese Encephalitis Virus (JEV) in various parts of the state following the onset of the monsoon. Epidemiologists and officials cite a recent increase in the swine population to be a major reason for the rapid spread of JE in the region.

Of 27 districts in Assam, 22 are experiencing the JEV outbreak. Lower Assam is the worst affected and Barpeta accounts for 41 positive cases and a death toll of five already. JE is a disease with a high mortality rate.

In JEV awareness programmes organized by the health department, officials also explain that piggeries should be located at

least four kilometres away from human habitation.

However, owners of such enterprises often ignore these safeguards because of the fear of theft, and most of them do not even cover the piggeries with nets.

As per a study conducted by a team of three researchers from the Regional Medical Research Centre at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in the recent past, pigs are considered to be amplifying hosts of JEV. States in the northeast revealed that JEV was detected in the same month in both pigs and mosquitoes, and the rate of conversion in pigs from negative to positive were preceded by one or two months of peak infection in vectors

(mosquitoes).

“Along with pigs, birds are amplifying hosts as well. It is also to be noticed that the pattern of JEV transmissions within hosts and vectors and the source of amplification within its host is indistinguishable for this region,” said P Dutta, one of the researchers from ICMR, Northeast. Diagnosis of this disease in rural areas of Assam is difficult because only 13 districts out of 27 have proper laboratory facilities required to detect the virus.

The Darrang district has recorded four deaths out of 16 cases of JEV infected patients, Kamrup (rural) has detected four deaths of 31 cases, Sivasagar reported three deaths, Nalbari found four deaths out of 18 con-

firmed cases, and Kokrajhar reported two deaths out of four confirmed cases. However, Kamrup (metro) has recorded 30 cases of JEV infected people with no casualty as of now. “People do not heed to what we try to make them aware of,” said an official at the health department.

“Lately, there have been schemes that allow the opening of piggeries with government sanctioned loans. This is a good employment generating opportunities but people should also try to take precautionary measures,” he added.

The total reported number of people with Japanese Encephalitis in Assam is 224 out of which 31 have succumbed to the fatal disease.

ZYF slams pace of developmental works

IMPHAl, JUly 18 (MExN): The Zeliangrong Youth Front (Assam, Manipur & Nagaland) has slammed the pace of developmental works being carried out in Tamenglong district.

This comes after a ZYF team conducted spot inspection of some important and major developmental works undertaken in Tamenglong disrict and found works incomplete.

A press statement from the Publicity Wing received here informed.

ZYF alleged that the District Secretariat complex, which was inaugurated on November 3, 2011 by the then Union Minister P. Chidambaram in the presence of the State Chief Minister and other cabinet ministers and MLAs, remained incomplete and failed to serve the intended purpose. It alleged that even after about 3 years, there was no sign of immediate completion and further added that it found no one executing necessary work. Only the outer appearance of the Secretariat complex from a distance looked complete, ZYF stated but added that on closer examination, it found that fitting of sanitation/toilet wares, bathrooms tiles,

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Meanwhile, the deputy chief minister today appealed to the political party Naga People’s Front (NPF) to stop making ‘unethical and unsubstantiated’ comments on the tense situation in Ukhrul district of Manipur.

Gaikhangam told Manipur assembly today that the NPF has been making communal statements by accusing the state government of imposing military rule in Ukhrul. Gaikhangam said that it is his desire that NPF works as a responsible party.

Alliance Air to resume Japanese Encephalitis grips Shillong, Tezpur services Assam, kills 31

Assam Congress dissidents set deadline for high command GUWAHATI, JUly 18 (ET BUrEAU): Rebellion in Assam congress is entering decisive phase with the dissident leaders setting Saturday as the deadline for the congress High command to take a decision on the going impasse.

Dissident leaders, who are seeking ouster of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, on Thursday indicted that time is running out and it is time now to take a decision.

A leader of dissident camp, Man Singh Rongpi said, “We are awaiting the decision of High command as this cannot linger on for long time. We will wait till

headquarters in the wake of the killing of one Ngalangzar Malue by unidentified person on July 12.” “The sentiment of the Naga people on the militarization of Ukhrul town with the deployment of Manipur Police Commandos and the IRBs who are well known for their notoriety, indiscipline and disregard for human lives and Rights was demonstrated loud and clear,” it added. The UNC lamented that even after lapse of 5 days, “the siege of Ukhrul by the communal state forces continues, disrupting normal life, social functions and church programmes, and creating a war like situation and undermining the democratic rights of the people.”

It stated that in the four Imphal valley districts, “hundreds of innocent mainland Indian (non-

flooring, electrification etc. remained undone.

ZYF, taking a dig at the state government, suggested it propose the Tamenglong District Secretariat for inclusion in the “Genius Book of World Record” in order to earn worldwide

recognition for negligence.

ZYF further informed that it conducted inspection on the Road construction work on Kangpokpi-Tamei-Tamenglong under North Eastern Council (NEC) and stated that it was still far from comple-

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SHIlloNG, JUly 18 (IANS): Alliance Air will resume its services between Kolkata and Shillong in Meghalaya besides Tezpur and Lilabari in Assam from Aug 1, an official said Friday.

Alliance Air, a subsidiary of national carrier Air India, stopped its services June 1 due to irregular payment of the viability gap funding by the North Eastern Council (NEC).

“The Alliance Air (officials) has informed us it will resume its air service between Kolkata and the three airports - Shillong, Tezpur and Lilabari - from Aug 1,” NEC Advisor (Transport and Communication) P.H.K. Singh said.

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“The Alliance Air has notified the resumption of air services on its website and the bookings have commenced,” the NEC official said.

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No. NSeGS/eDistrict-5/2013 :: Persuant to the Pre-Bid Meeting for Selection of Nagaland eDistrict System Integrator held on 8th July 2014 at the Directorate of Information Technology & Communication, accepted changes to the RFP Clauses are as follows:1. Bid Schedule, RFP Volume I, Para 2: Revised with new dates for the bidding process. Bidders will also have to make a Technical Presentation on their solutions as scheduled.

2. Key Requirements of the Bid, RFP Volume I, Para 5.4: Revised from Manual Process to Online Process. Online Payment for Tender Document Fees has been included. Subsequently the Price Bid Templates have also been modified to suit online bidding.

3. E-District Functional Modules, RFP Volume II, Para 4.3.2.2: Scope of Work of SI pertaining to Enterprise Monitoring System (EMS), e-Forms and SSDG Connectors has been modified as per bidders recommendation.

4. Network Connectivity, RFP Volume II, Para 4.3.5: Changes as recommended by bidders under Network connectivity has been incorporated.

5. Bill of Material (Software), RFP Volume II, Para. 6.7.1: The Number of Licenses as indicated in the Software Bill of Material has been modified as per Bidders recommendations to enable them to submit their solutions based on Number of Users.

6. Technical Specifications, RFP Volume II, Para 6.7.4 : The configuration of Desktops, Laptops, Blade Servers, Access Switch—L3, UPS, Router etc has been modified as per Bidders recommendation to include new available technology. The use of Open Source Databases have also been included in relevant clauses pertaining to Database, eDistrict Manpower Qualifications etc.

7. Site Preparation Requirements, Para 6.4, RFP Volume II (Annexures): Supply of furnitures has been removed and scope of electrical wiring has been revised as per bidders recommendation.

In light of the above modifications, the revised RFP Volumes I, II and III has been prepared and Bickers are requested to refer to the revised RFP for bid submission. Any bids that are submitted in reference to earlier RFP shall be summarily rejected. Bidders may download the revised RFP from any of the following websites:1. www.nagaland.gov.in 2. www.itngl.nic.in 3. www.nagalandtenders.gov.in On account of Technical Security Issues with the NIC e- Tendering portal, the key tender dates have also been revised as follows:Sl.No Particulars Date & Time 1 Bid Submission Start Date 1st August 2014, 1000 Hrs (Server Time) 2 Last date for online bid submission (DEADLINE) 20th August 2014,1500 Hrs (Server Time) All other dates are as per the Bid Schedule in revised RFP Volume I. The bidding process will be carried out through e-Tendering at www.nagalandtenders.gov.in. Uploading of documents in the specified website and submission of the same along with CD (Read only) (for Pre-Qualification and Technical Proposals only) is mandatory and the bid will stand rejected if only offline bid documents are submitted.

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A New Life in a New World

The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armour of light.

Romans 13:12

NEW DELHI, JULY 18 (FE): Finnish smartphone company Jolla and e-commerce marketplace Snapdeal today announced an exclusive partnership to launch the Jolla smartphone in India.

Jolla is a new Finnish smartphone running its independent operating system, Sailfish OS. Based on the heritage of Meego, an open source operating system formerly developed by Nokia among others.

The Jolla smartphone

with its distinct button-less design, Sailfish OS gesturebased user experience, and Google Android application compatibility will be available in India exclusively on Snapdeal within a month, the company said in a statement.

“India is the rising smartphone market of the world and we look forward to welcoming many new Jolla fans across the country,: said Sami Pienimäki, co-founder and CMO of Jolla, which was founded in 2011.

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er & CEO, Snapdeal, said: “Indian market offers few choices in terms of mobile operating systems. Jolla with its innovative Sailfish OS introduces an entirely new user experience to consumers and a unique smartphone experience both in terms of hardware and software.”

The Jolla smartphone was introduced in Finland in late-November 2013. Currently Jolla smartphones are available all over Europe, and soon in India.

Kerala Tourism bags top honours THIrUvaNaNTHapUram, JULY 18 (IaNS): Kerala Tourism bagged two top honours at the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Awards 2014.

The state tourism department's "Responsible Tourism" initiative in Kumarakom and its hugely popular online newsletter have won the PATA Gold awards, said an announcement Friday from the Macau Government Tourism Office, which supports and sponsors the awards.

Kumarakom Responsible Tourism Project won in the Corporate Social Responsibility category, while Kerala Tourism E-Newsletter received the recogni-

tion in the Marketing Media section.

This is the second consecutive PATA Gold award for the Kerala Tourism ENewsletter.

"Through the Kumarakom model, we have shown the world that it is possible to successfully link the local community with the hospitality industry and various government departments for empowering the people and developing an area, while sustaining eco-friendly tourism," said State Tourism Minister A.P. Anilkumar.

The awards will be presented Sep 19 at the Diamond Island City Hall in Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh.

Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes hailed Kerala Tourism's achievements as a "breath of fresh air to the Asia-Pacific region".

Kerala Tourism ENewsletter, has a worldwide subscription of over 90,000. The PATA Awards are the latest in a string of honours for Kerala Tourism this year. After the UNWTO Ulysses Prize in January, Kerala Tourism won four top prizes at the National Tourism Awards 2012-13 in February, besides winning the Golden City Gate award, the world's leading travel and tourism fair ITBBerlin's top award, dubbed the "Tourism Oscar", in March this year.

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The end which had long been prophesied is now about to come and we know not when but the signs of it clearly awakens us to the reality of the era of destruction and desolation. It will come in the period when the ways of lawless men and women are at its worst and the destruction which follows will bring about death and miseries to the people of the world. This tragedy will befall upon all men and woman of sin and upon all the sons and daughters of satan.

The truths of these revelations are being revealed that the sons and daughters of God may protect themselves from the sins of these godless men and women.

The evil cultures of the world will only continue to rise as long as the filth of sins remains in the world.

In view of this the Word of God says “ Let him who does wrong continue to do wrong; let him who is vile continue to be vile; let him

who does right continue to do right; and let him who is holy continue to be holy ( Revelation 22:11 ). The revelation of this is that the wicked will only become more evil while the righteous will continue to grow in grace and purity. The godlessness of these days are the fulfilled prophecies of the last days. Sinners enjoys the sinful acts of sin by indulging in sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery which further breeds the filth of sin in the lives of their partners and their mates. It is clear that no sinner will enter the place of rest. Hell is not where you should be.

The acts of intercourse with sin will be as disastrous as death is to sinners. The consequences of these sins will only lead people to hell and the ones who still continues to sin may end up in the place where many dreads to be in. the Book of Revelation reveals that the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars-their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulphur.

This is the second death (Revelation 21:8). This is

what the fate of sinners are to be and if we (sinners) remain as we are we may never be able to see the light of the day in the age that is to come. The written prophecies of the Word are being fulfilled and the days of persecutions are also as close as sin is to us.

Since the day of the Lord is at hand, the Word warns us to be on guard against the sins of the men and women of this sinful generation lest we partake with them and be destroyed along with them. The sins that we commit now will become the memories for the future and if we die with the guilt of the sinful memories, the memories of it will torment us even in hell. God desires none to perish but for all to come to repentance. Paul’s letter to the Romans states “ And do this understanding the present time. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armour of light. Let us behave decently, as in

the day time, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Rather clothe yourself with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the sinful nature ( Romans 13:11-14 ).

In the past while we had lived in sin and ignorance, we fornicated our lives with the world but since we now belong to Christ, God wants us to out aside our deeds of darkness and out on the armour of light. The gift of decency is what God likes and if we do not have it in us, the gift of salvation may never be ours. The evils of the world will only continue to breed evil but God wants us to stay away from these people of sin that we may not be stained by the filth of their sins. A new life is what God wants us to live and the promises of it are as great as the virtue is. In regard to this the scripture states “ If anyone is in Christ he is a new creation; the old has gone and the new has come ( 2nd Corinthians 5:17 ). The new life which Christ offers is the result of His death and resurrec-

tion. If we think not about sin, we shall not gratify the desires of the sinful nature but if we clothe ourselves with our Lord Jesus Christ, the righteousness of God will be realized in us. a new lease of life is what God offers and the blessings of it will be what we receive when we embrace it. This era is an era of preparation for the next life and we shall have it if we cling on to the grace of salvation. This new life is a way for the redeemed.

God expects so much of us that we may receive the best of all that He has for us. The gift of this new life will be ours when we continually renew our lives and confess our sins every day. The God who is faithful is always with us and the ones who are reading this should make it to the next life. This may be your last chance and we don’t want you to miss it. Put on the armour of light and be alive in God in righteousness. The One who is holy will make you holy. This is the gift of life which comes through the new life. Embrace it and make it yours today.

Ambrose.J.Chakre Founder President Ambrose Foundation in Christ Ministries Kohima Nagaland

Airfares may go up as cost of operations for airlines rise NEW DELHI, JULY 18 (BL): The crash of a scheduled Malaysia Airlines flight between Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur has the potential to change the scope of commercial aviation.

The area where the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 went down on the Ukraine Russia border is a busy flight path which is frequently used by global airlines while flying between Europe and Asia.

After the loss of the Malaysia Airlines aircraft, Air India and several other global airlines have decid-

ed against flying over the region and have changed their flight routes. Besides Air India, Jet Airways too operates flights to Europe from India.

This will not only make the flights between Europe and Asia longer but it will also see the cost of operations going up as every additional minute spent in the air means burning more aviation fuel.

With aviation fuel being at an all time high due to the crisis in Iraq which is one of the largest producers of oil, the deviation from a well laid down flight

path is likely to bruise the re-insure its fleet. At the profitability of the global moment insurance comairline industry. panies are hedging their bets on the impact of the Premium payout crash although some feel It could also lead to air- that the premium payout fares moving northwards is likely to go up not only as airlines might decide to for Air India but most othpass on the increased cost er airlines as well. This inof operating flights to pas- crease in what the airlines sengers. will have to pay as premiThen there is also the is- um may also be passed on sue of the insurance of air- to flyers leading to higher craft. The premiums that priced flight tickets. global airlines will have This is also something to pay for insuring their which happened after the fleets are also likely to go horrific incidents of 9/11 up. This could be a major when commercial planes worry for Air India which crashed into the Twin Towis in the market seeking to ers in New York. The crash

in far away New York in September 2001 had an immediate financial impact in Airlines House, the headquarters of then Indian Airlines.

The Indian Airlines top brass had barely touched down from London after successfully renegotiating the insurance premium at a lower rate, when following the New York incident, they were informed that the insurance cover had been withdrawn and they were summoned back to London to renegotiate the insurance cover at a higher rate.

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WAPO demands19 AR to apologize publicly Kohima, July 18 (mExN): With regard to the raid conducted by 19 Assam Rifles at the residence of Ketusielie Kuotsu at Officer’s Hill, Kohima, the Western Angami Public Organisation (WAPO) has stated that it waited for a week observing and hoping that some solutions will come about.

But, so far, no such solution is initiated from any quarter for which it has been compelled to appeal to all right thinking citizens to condemn such a

shameful act.

WAPO in a press statement expressed shock and anger over the “unscrupulous act” and attitude of 19 Assam Rifles upon Ketusielie Kuotsu, member of WAPO and his family in the wee hours of July 12. “We seek protection from the law enforcing agencies but not in the manner of the 19th Assam Rifles posted at Kohima and more so even after proving one's identity by showing the Nagaland Government ID card.”

The statement added, “It is not only causing trauma to the family alone, but also causing fear psychosis among the neighbourhood and also insulting the Government of Nagaland by not accepting the ID Card of Ketusielie Kuotsu who is an employee of the Government of Nagaland.”

The WAPO has demanded from 19 Assam Rifles posted in Kohima to either apologize publicly or justify by giving authentic proof.

Pungro village leaders support ENPO resolutoin puNgro, July 18 (mExN): Public Forum Pungro Sub-Division organised village leaders’ coordination meeting at GA Rest House, Pungro HQs on July 16. A press note stated that the house resolved to stand firm supporting the ENPO resolution No. 3 (Vii) of ‘One Government One Tax’ and urged the council to cooperate for meaning-

ful implementation. It called upon the department concerned to drop the materials issuing under BRGF/MGNREGA for both Pungro and Khongsa blocks at Pungro HQs. The Village leaders also urged the State government for the early release of Hindi Teachers’ salary and resume the classes.

Musumong, President, GBs’ Union Pungro

Sub-Division exhorted the leaders. NERC booklet (Yimchunger dialect) and ENPO resolution were also distributed.

All together 261 members from 45 villages attended the meeting. S. Kiusumew, President, Public Forum Pungro SubDivision, chaired the programme and Pensokiu, Vice President, PFPS said the vote of thanks.

Saturday

YAA clarifies on assault incident in Salomi village TuENsaNg, July 18 (mExN): In response to NSCN (IM)’s statement on July 17 regarding assault of one person by NSCN (IM) cadre (now terminated) at Salomi village, the Yimchunger Akheru Arih-ako (YAA) has stated that, being a student organization, it does not have any “awful intention” to NSCM (IM) or any other individual, but against those errant. YAA asserted, “It is our responsibility to protect educational institutions as far as concerned of YAA at any cost. YAA will aggressively fight against unwanted situation within its legitimate jurisdiction.”

In a press statement, YAA president Akiuba and speaker Mosa recounted the “fact sequence” of the incident and said that the very incident took place at Salomi village which falls under the legitimate jurisdiction of Yimchunger. The victim was a carpenter at Govt. High School, Salomi village.

The victim T. Sepenchu

Sangtam was assaulted by former NSCN (IM) Corporal T. Imkong, who was under the influence of alcohol. The family members of the victim had informed the officials of Pungro SubDivision Public Forum as well as Pungro GB’s Union/ YAA office bearers through telephone that very instant, YAA said. As soon as YAA received the information, its officials rushed to the spot, but the victim was taken to Public Health Centre PHC, Pungro for first aid, it claimed. Later, the YAA team spoke with the victim at the health centre.

According to YAA, the victim had lodged FIR against T. Imkong after the incident happened. Accordingly, YAA also served ultimatum to the competent authority of NSCN (IM) as mark of resentment in order to deliver right justice, the statement said.

YAA further stated that on July 15, it organized peace rally at local ground Pungro along with the stu-

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dents and teachers. After the program, it submitted “ultimatum” to the ADC, Pungro for necessary step with regard to issue it highlighted in the local media on July 16, whereas the copy of FIR was withdrawn on July 16 evening through OC Pungro.

YAA has questioned why both the parties did not compromise right after the incident or on the next day in presence of the YAA representatives if both the parties desired to compromise. “But when YAA official served legal notice to authority concerned for justice, on that very moment accused and the victim compromised without the knowledge of YAA. Where is the dignity of YAA initiatives?”

It further appealed to all the various sections of Naga Political Groups to maintain peace and follow the ground rules of cease fire as people were longing for long cherished dreams of Nagas.

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MEx FILE Open discussion for church leaders on July 22 Dimapur, July 18 (mExN): The Baptist Pastors’ Fellowship Dimapur (BPFD) is organizing an open discussion on corruption in “our” society for church leaders on July 22 from 8:00 am to 10:00 am at Nepali Baptist Church, Duncan. Therefore, all the pastors and associate pastors have been requested to attend the said programme. For further information, contact Rev. Dr. Weyiete Lohe, President of BPFD at 9436066536.

AYLA condemns killing Dimapur, July 18 (mExN): The Aniwuzahlim Yimchungru Liberu Arih-Ako (AYLA) has strongly condemned the action of NSCN (IM) in killing Maj. Athong Yimchunger of GPRN/NSCN. In a press statement, AYLA stated, “We are not happy with the actions of killing among Naga brothers this kind of practices inviting the obstacle situation in Naga society as well peace process.” Further, it appealed to all the leaders of various factions to refrain themselves from all sorts of factional killings.

Children summer music crash course held

Dimapur, July 18 (mExN): The Indigenous Arts School of Indigenous Cultural Society (accredited to UNESCO) under personality development programme conducted children summer music crash course from July 14-18. Culmination & certificate awarding programme was held on July 16 at 12:00 noon. V. Chelladurai, General Manager/OIC, NBARD awarded the certificate as chief guest. A press release from director, Indigenous Cultural Society Dr. Hesheto Y Chishi informed that Areni Murry chaired the programme, Esther Phucho pronounced invocation, and students displayed instrumental piece. All together 30 students Myingthungo Ngullie SDO participated in the following - Vocal, Violin, Piano, Gui(III) gave a presentation on tar, and Drums. the Village Electricity Management Board (VEMB) NPF Legislature Party and said that under SPM meeting on July 21 programme, the VEMBs would benefit financially in Kohima, July 18 (mExN): A meeting of the memthe form of 20% rebate for bers of the Legislature Party of Naga People’s Front every unit of energy sold. Dr. (NPF) will be held at the State Banquet Hall on July 21 Khrievilhou also highlight- at 10:00 am to discuss the agenda before the Legislative ed on the basic powers and Assembly Session and other related matters. The Fifth function of health commit- Session of the Twelfth NLA will begin from July 22. This tees. He said that the system was informed in a press release issued by Parliamentary of communitisation which Affairs Minister Kuzholuzo Azo. was introduced in Nagaland by the former Chief Liquor seized Secretary AM. Gokhale in Dimapur, July 18 (mExN): The Excise Nar2002 is wanting in many arcotic Cell duty party at excise check gate Chumukeeas, particularly in terms of dima intercepted two Maruti Alto bearing Regd No. ownership of the welfare service and institutions that WBO2T 9492 and WBO2X 0895 and recovered 21 casare provided for the good of es of beer (650 ml). In this regard, Putsuru Angami, the community. He added resident of New Secretariat area Kohima was arrestthat much of the failure of ed. According to the Deputy Commission of Excise government initiatives have (NC) Dimapur, as per the provisions of the NLTP Act 1989, necessary punitive action was taken against the been due to this lacuna.

The programme was at- offender and the seized liquor has been kept for lattended by IAS probationer er destruction. Tiameren AIE, Yekuto H/c, Sutsung, 2013 batch, Sachin, heads Bisemong, Shikaho, Kupto, Vitsathing, Pongyong, of offices from Kohima, of- Ajungla, Mungnyu (all constables), led by Pitongse ficers under Chiephobo- Sangtam were the duty party. zou sub-division, public and others.

Capacity building for village functionaries under Chiephobozou C h i E p h o b o z o u, July 18 (Dipr): A oneday capacity building for village functionaries under Chiephobozou subdivision, Kohima district organised by district administration and DPDB Kohima was held at Town Hall, Chiephobozou on July 17.

ADC Chiephobozou, Bodeno S. Colo welcomed the participating Village Council Chairmen, DBs, GBs, VDBs Secretary and members, VEC, VEMB, VHC and others from 25 villages. She expressed her gratitude to all the de-

partments concerned for organizing such an effective programme for sensitizing the functions and rules of different village functionaries.

Briefing on the Village Council Act 1978, SDO Civil (Sadar) Kohima, Wennyie Konyak said that the Village Council should not always depend on the district administration but VC has to maintain law and order while grievances prevail. He asked them to be more vigil during tense situation and take stock of the matter.

Referring to the Na-

galand Village and Area Council Act 1978 (Nagaland Act No. 1 of 1979), Wennyei Konyak said that the state government has added one section for the removal of Village Council Chairmen which was passed in 2010. While highlighting on the village council duties and responsibilities, he also directed the VC members not to give the no objection certificate while selling plots within their respective jurisdiction to outside citizens in order to avoid problem that may arise in the future.

SDO (C) Kohima,

Interaction essential between village leaders & communitized departments TsEmiNyu, July 18 (Dipr): Orientation on capacity building for village functionaries under Kohima district was organised by Kohima district administration and DPDB Kohima at Tseminyu town hall on July 16. DC Kohima, W. Honje Konyak while speaking on the aims, objectives and effective policy implementation of communitisation stated that if the village leaders do not know the government’s policy that empowers them through the unique

programme of communitisation, effective and practical implementation and administrating of policies will not be possible. He opined that creating awareness and updating knowledge through free and frank interaction between different village leaders and the various communitised departments from time to time is essential to deliver the best service.

He further stressed that all the communitised departments should function under the supervision of

Farm trial on new soybean variety in Wokha district

New variety (JS 97–52) soybean field at Mungya village in Wokha district.

WoKha, July 18 (mExN): To assess the performance and attributed characters of recent released variety of soybean (JS 97-52), Bendangla Imsong, Subject Matter Specialist (Plant Breeding), KVK Wokha, ICAR, Nagaland centre has undertaken On Farm Trial programme in three villages of Wokha district - Yanthamo, Tsungiki and Mungya.

A press release informed that the soybean variety, JS 97-52 is a recent released variety from JNKV, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. It has wide adaptability, suitable for Central Zone and North Eastern Zone and getting popular across the country. It is of medium duration, provides high yields

in varied ecoadaphic situations. It is first multiple resistant variety showing resistance to major diseases and insect pests.

It has been found tolerant to excessive moisture drought conditions as well as multiple adverse environments. It is excellent regarding germinability, field emergence and longevity, it stated.

Recent field visits have shown healthy growth of the crop and satisfactory data, the release added.

“Even though some of the data such as number of seeds per pod, test weight and yield is yet to be recorded and is too early to say that this is a good variety, it is expected that this variety of soybean can prove to be a boon to the farmers.”

the Village Council as mentioned in the guidelines of the communitisation programme and policy through which education, electricity, water, medicine, money etc is channelized to the rural population. Resource persons from DRDA Kohima spoke on VDB model rules, MGNREGA, IAY, GIA and other VDB matters.

ADC Tseminyu, Vikhweno M. Meratsu observed that no society or government can run by itself, but by a set of rules to guide and lead for its own welfare and in the safe way. The communitisation programme is a policy of the department to include the committee to work together sharing responsibility to manage and administer the public institution and services to benefit the villages with certain rules to observe and exercise, she said.

Village chairmen, secretaries, village council members, VDB members, GBs, communitised department officials, head of offices and host of public leaders attended the programme.

Neilezo Tep spoke on the role of GBs where he said that together with village council, the GBs should also assist the administration officers in the overall village administration.

DPO, DRDA Kohima, Siku Bizo in his briefing on VDB model rules, MGNREGA, IAY, GIA and other VDB matters said that village council is an important institution when we see the social factor structure. He said that VDBs is under the Council Act and urged upon the VDB members to take up the developmental activities in their areas with permission from the village councils.

He said that women members should be included in the VDB management committee and should not be less than ¼ of the total numbers of members of the committee.

Chegeseng Kath and Rushulo Khing under DEO and RMSA elaborated on the VEC roles and function,

SSA and RMSA respectively.

During their deliberation, one VEC member acknowledged that VEC and organizations such as churches, student bodies and others are giving attention to the teachers and also cooperating in the construction of schools and other extended students and welfare amenities.

Further, Er. Mezivil Kikhi underlined on WATSAN matters. He apprised the participants on the role to be played by WATSAN committee on Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) earlier known as Total Sanitation with its objectives to bring about an improvement in the general quality of life in the rural areas, accelerate sanitation coverage in rural areas to achieve the visions of Nirmal Bharat (Clean India) by 2019 where all villages in the country would attain Nirmal (Clean) status.

Resource person from the Department of Power, Er

ICIT Mokokchung website launched PubliC sPaCe Two children found

Kohima, July 18 (mExN): The website for Institute of Communication and Information Technology (ICIT), Mokokchung, under the Department of Technical Education was officially launched on July 18 by the Director of Technical Education, Athili Kathipri, in the Directorate Office of Technical Education, Kohima. The website was designed by Er. Viketol Thol, Lecturer in Computer Engineering, informed a press release.

The website address is www.icitnagaland.org. in. The students can view important information in the site for examination, results, curriculum and activities of the institute.

Particulars of the children: 1. Name: Anamika Nag Age : 13yrs Sex : Female Community : Adivasi F/name : Suliman Nag M/name : Onida Nag Add : Hatoka Bosti, Karbi Anglong Assam

Director of Technical Education launching the website of ICIT Mokokchung on July 18.

On July 11, a pilot project scheme called Community College based on National Vocational Education Qualification Framework (NVEQF) was also launched. This par-

AYLA Aniwuzahlim Yimchungru Liberu Arih-Ako (AYLA) has mourned the demise of KM Kaming Yimchungru. AYLA in a condolence message stated that late Kaming was a true

and dedicated leader who sacrificed/ contributed for the welfare of Yimchungru community during his life. “His death signifies the feelings of broken back bone of the body,” it said, adding it would be difficult to fill in his place. It also prayed to almighty God to grant comfort to the bereaved family and eternal rest to the departed soul.

PACSU Pungro Area College Students’ Union (PACSU) has also expressed pain over the untimely demise of KM Kaming Yimchunger, former YTC president and founder of 1st NAP. Lt. KM Kaming served the society with utmost dedication in various capacities. His death is a great loss particularly to the Yimchungers, stated PACSU general secretary Achung R in a condolence message. In his death, the note said, Yimchungers have lost one of its tall public figures and a pioneer. “His selfless services and im-

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CondolenCes for KM KaMing YiMChunger T Torechu Parliamentary secretary for Excise and Housing, T Torechu, has expressed shock at the demise of former president of Yimchungru Tribal Council (YTC), KM Kaming on July 15. The parliamentary secretary in a condolence message said that late Kaming was a dedicated public leader who devoted most of his time for the welfare of society at large. Torechu said late Kaming was also the man behind the establishment of 1st NAP way back in 1964. Terming Kaming’s demise as a great loss to society, especially the Yimchungru community, Torechu conveyed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members.

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Jotsoma Village Council on July 11 assault

mense contributions rendered to the community shall be cherished even in the future days.” The Union furhe Jotsoma Village ther conveyed its deepest sympathy Council is shocked to the bereaved family members and to have learnt that prayed to God to grant solace to the a certain Kevizhasielie departed soul.

Nagi and Vidilhoulie Nagi has perpetrated a heinous JD(U) 58th Shamator-Chessore Janata Dal (United) 58th Shamator- crime by torturing KevChessore has also mourned the demise ilenuo on the night of July of its leader KM Kaming Yimchunger, 11, 2014 through the news Central Council Member JD(U). A item carried in local dailies message from JD(U) general secretary on July 17, 2014. Whatever of 58th Shamator-Chessore stated that the reason may be for takthe deceased was one of the tall leaders ing such an extreme action, and pioneers among the Yimchunger it is condemnable and the community in every aspect. “His self- Jotsoma Village Council less service rendered for the uplift of through this release conour society and the party in particular demns the action in the was incredible which will be always strongest term. Such action cherished. His demise was a great loss against a helpless woman to the party and will find hard to fill it.” is never the custom or traThe party further conveyed condolenc- dition of Jotsoma people. es to the bereaved family and prayed Through this barbaric the image of not only the vilfor the departed soul to rest in peace.

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lage but the whole state has been tarnished for which we express our deepest regrets and appeal the concerned authorities to take necessary action against the perpetrators. Further, the Village Council viewed the committing of the crime within the jurisdiction of the village as an insult to the whole village.

Further, through this release, the Jotsoma Village Council conveys its sincere apology to the victim and her family members and wishes her speedy recovery.

The Morung Express is introducing “Public Space” as part of our intention to provide deliberate space for the opinions of the people to be expressed and heard through this newspaper.

Nonetheless, The Morung Express points out that the opinions expressed in the contents published in the “Public Space” do not reflect the views and position of the newspaper or the editor.

Krukiebi Semo Vice Chairman, Jotsoma Village Council Seyielhouzo Medozo Secretary, Jotsoma Village Council

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People, life, etc...

Saturday | 19 july, 2014

Implications of climate change to Shirui Lily Rev Somi Kasomwoshi, Pastor, ukhrul town Baptist Church,

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BOUT SHIRUI LILY: Shirui Lily locally known as Shirui Kashongwon is a rare flower. It loves to grow on the Shirui peak alone, Ukhrul District, Manipur.

It is the rare and endangered state flower of Manipur. It is also known as Himalayan flower. It is recorded in the Red Data book of Indian plants volume 1 that the abode of the Lily, Shirui Kashong is located at 25˚ 13 c N latitude and 94˚ 25c E longitude at an elevation of 1730-2590m (5,680-8,500 ft) above sea level (1).

Legendary tells that Lily is the daughter of goddess Philava who resides and protects the hills of Shirui.

The flower is light pinkish white in color. The leaves are longish narrow like most lilies. Lungrei Shangh states in “ A Tourist Guide to Shirui Lily” that the peak season of its blooming begins from last week of April, but it’s heaviest bloom is from 20 May to 10 June (2). Its beauty lies in its bell shape petals in bowing position like a modest girl. The height of plant is between 1 to 3 ft and 1 to 7 flowers per plant. In former years one could see its beauty standing between1 to 5 ft and could see up to12 flowers per plant. This shows that the unique Lily seems unfit to grow on the soil of Kashong peak as her home.

It is sad to note that Shirui Kashong, an unspoiled forest habitat for many rare plants, animals and birds is not befriending with lily anymore due to climate change and human’s manipulative attitude.

In 1946, Dr Frank Kingdon Ward, British botanist and his wife (daughter of Bombay high court judge) Jean Macklin came to Hao Tangkhul hills to collect botanical specimens and discovered the rare Shirui Lily on earth. It bagged to prestigious merit prize in the 1948 Royal Horticultural Society Flower in London. And Shirui Kashongwon was named

after his wife’s name “Lilium macklineae Sealy.”

In commemoration of unique flower, a postal stamp was issued by the Indian Postal department.

But unfortunately it becomes endangered species. And Shirui hills, a hotspot of biodiversity of Ukhrul District is under serious threats by climate change, global warming, illegal felling of tree, mindless burning forest, uncontrolled plucking and uprooting, manipulative attitude and alien plants intrusion.

1. IMPLICATION FROM DEFORESTATION AND SOIL EROSION: Large scale deforestation of Shirui Kashong for logging and felling of virgin mother trees of Kashong in the name of development, and installation of saw mill at the foothill for the sake of exports has caused great threat for many years to Princess Lily.

It is noticed that along the rampant deforestation and frequent burning forest, the top layer of the Kashong peak is rapidly wearing away. Since the fertility soil in high organic matter of flower is bored, the rare lily has no or very little chance to grow and live on in the near future.

Because the role of Forests playing in indispensable cycling of climate, nutrients, maintaining watersheds, and preventing high temperature, and soil erosion is no more home to a beautiful species of lily.

What are the possible responses of the churches nese soldiers, the alien plant began invading a place in a large group and taking control of deforested lands permanently into the soil of Lily.

3.IMPLICATION FROM GREENHOUSE GASES It is reported that evaporation of carbon dioxide (CO2) generated mostly from the combustion oil, coal and fossil gases as by product of everyday energy consumption in Bengal, Orissa, Bihar, U.P. becomes a matter of life or death. These gases are discharged with water vapor, sunlight, and oxygen transforming into acid droplets seem falling on North East as dry particles or as rain or snow. There is no exception, but all habitats including Lily are facing peril of acid rain and air pollution.

cred for Indigenous Tangkhul. Land is older than human. Forests carried the memories of forefathers. They used land and forest with the permission of God. They paid great respect to living beings and non-living beings. They had filial relationship of intimacy with buffalo, bear, cat and nature. They regarded land as mother, forest and animals as brothers and sisters. So, 4.IMPLICATION FROM there was no disconnectSCARCITY OF RAIN edness between human The life of Princess and nature (3). lily is threatened by the changes in rainfall pat- i. CHRISTIANS ARE REterns, unkind seasonality, SPONSIBLE hard soil moisture regimes Tangkhul Christian and increased storms. The Community is responsible decrease of rainfall due to for current flower disaster. global warming, rampant As Lynn White, an Amerideforestation never com- can historian pointed out pensates for the minimum in 1967 to Christian reneeds of abundant rain in sponsible for the ecologiorder to survive Princess cal crisis, Tangkhul Chrislily. Precisely, the effect of tians are responsible for scarcity of rain endangers lily and forest disaster for lily species to extinction. the followings.

5.IMPLICATION FROM GLOBAL WARMING The rises of global temperature is harmfully affecting the reproductive parts of lily. The lily species are very close to their biological limit with respect to moisture and cold temperature. When the life of lily experiences the warmest temperature, it will definitely stop existing. Thus, princess lily is on the verge of extinction due to global warming.

2.IMPLICATION FROM JAPANESE PLANT The invasion of Japanese plant poses a serious threat to the survival of Lily and indigenous plants.

This alien plant known as Japan khawo in local dialect is filling in a space, an area wherever indigenous plants and trees are burnt down. The alien plant without exception soil and barren began intruding the Tangkhul lands and occupying swiftly the footWHO IS TO BE hill of princess Lily homeBLAMED? town since war world II. Somi Kasomwoshi With the coming of Japa- pointed out that land is sa-

neglect the connectedness of human and nature. And they are eventually engaged a dualism of human and nature, that leads to disconnectedness and subjugation.

i.c. LACK OF OWNING RESPONSIBILITY Tangkhuls have forgotten the owning responsibility to conserve mother Shirui Kashong and sister Lily. Tangkhuls have forgotten the lifeline of sacred mountain given freely to a separate people for building up a priestly community. This is the holy mountain of God for saving life of Tangkhuls. Tangkhuls receive scarcity of rain as the wages of sin of irresponsibility from years of neglect.

God has given Tangkhuls a glorious responsibility to take care of it. And Tangkhuls are accountable and answerable to the aspiration and dream of God. If they care not, who will take care of it? If they manage i.a. LACK OF THEOLOGI- not, who will manage it?

Will Kuki/Meetei/Mayang CAL IMAGINATION Lack of theological care for it? imagination to understand the eco-justice min- ii. RE THINKING OF SAListries as part of redemp- VATION Neither Govt. of Mative act of God initiated in and through Christ who nipur nor National workdied for groaning creation. ers nor Churches nor loThis lack of theological vi- cal community are not sion led Tangkhul Chris- prepared to shoulder the tians to have dominion calling of God for alternaand subjugation over cre- tive re- imagination and rethinking of salvation ation. informed to us to save i.b.ONE SIDED BELIEF Shirui Kashong and its resources in a good time, SYSTEM Heaven bound un- lest we all perish due to derstanding of salvation lack of oxygen, water. The inspires superstitious instance of deforestation Tangkhul Christians to and extinction of lily spe-

cies of Shirui Kashong is an issue of life and death.

Let us check and monitor the uprooting, plucking and burning of Shirui mt. and plant sapling to save beautiful, and the holy mountain. Tangkhuls must work out their own salvation of ecological truth with fear before God. Dr.George Zachariah states in “Bible and the ecological crisis,” p.21, “Salvation is an ecological truth, a celebration of God’s reign where the values of neighborly concern, love and kinship are extolled..”(4). This is Biblical vision of cosmic. Bible believers ought to realize the ecological truth in protecting and saving nature.

THE RESPONSE:

man cannot create a new forest, a new lily. But with submission to God’s reign, Churches ought to pray for a new Kashong and a new Lily. Remember God still seeks to rescue lily through Church service.

R.L.Sarkar suggests, “Church members in responsible position must work for change, by improving communication in the press, by broadcasting, by teaching in schools, by working in government posts, and by influencing policy decisions in commercial companies”(5).

3.REAFFIRMATION It is a time to reaffirm that responsible Tangkhul Christians are caretakers, stewards, priests, co creators and friends of lily.

They are commanded to keep the Kashong fertile and productive. They are responsible to God Himself. They are ultimate responsible, answerable and accountable for their decisions, actions of taking care to the Lord God of hosts. They are entrusted with God’s mysteries to take care of it. Faith Community needs to be self reflex on inseparable link between human and nature and embrace to World Council of Churches’ words of enhancing life, “we are, but one species.”

1. REPENTANCE Responsible Tangkhul Christians must repent from an utter greed of exploitation over lily and its mother forest. Exploitation over good sister lily and forest is a heinous crime and is a real sin against the will of God. But if we delay to say “sorry” and “repent” in a good time from an utter greed of dominion over nature, someday future generations may not forgive our 4.DEINSTALLATION OF SAW MILL unethical care of sin.

Immediate de installa2 . P R AY E R F U L A N D tion of Sawmill from cutPROPAGATING CHURCH ting ancient trees in the Responsible Tangkhul name of development and Churches ought to pray for the sake of exports at God for Shirui Kashong the foothill of Kashong Green. And they ought and imposition of Meiyan to commit unto Him the (customary laws of burngroaning and wearing ing of fire) towards a wild away Kashong to recre- life sanctuary. ate a New Shirui Kashong and a new Lily. The Re- 5. ECO TOURISM SPOT Develop Eco Tournewal of Kashong comes in response of Church ism Spot in a manner in submission to the mighty which it benefits the lohand of God who keeps on cal community directly, making new heaven and and conserve the virgin new earth (Rev.21.1). The Kashong forest from belimited knowledge and ing destroyed and make strength of human cannot sure for carbon link forest. resist against the power This eco-tourism spot may of air, against the unseen help to eradicate poverty, power of darkness. And make end unemployment, the limited power of hu- create new skills, enhance

the status of woman, Preserve cultural heritage and encourage crafts.

6. ROLE MODEL FOR CONSERVATION K.C.Abraham states 3 models of Church life for conservation of nature.

They are: i. Ascetic, monastic model: Greed organized as manipulative structure, selfish capitalism, market-led economy is the root cause of ecological crisis. To suppress greed, the Church is to adopt a simple life style in order to live together with nature harmoniously. This model asserts that “the earth is Lord’s,” (Ps.24.1) and nature is not to be used to satisfy human need. ii. Sacramental model of Church life: “Life and all its relationships are brought to the worshipful presence of God and they are constantly renewed….The Lord’s super cup is offered, blessed and shared,” says K.C.Abraham. The body broken is taken for sharing. Scientists say, “The volume of each atom is the volume of each universe.”

All this show that God’s people are together with all creation praise God. All are God’s gifts, therefore they are to be shared. iii.Liberative solidarity model: The Church is in solidarity with the whole creation. “The work of the Spirit extends to the total renewal of creation” from its bondage to decay into the glories freedom of the children of God (Rom 8.19-23). The Church is in the search for liberation of all aspects of life, histories, cultures, including demonic powers (6).

PRAYER: “God of all heavens and earth, Grant us a sense of being joined to one another, a sense of being joined to you and in you to your nature and to your people everywhere.

In Jesus name we pray” Amen – Anonymous believer’s prayer

double disasters taint Malaysia airlines ‘Where were you when I walked on moon?’

Stephen Wright and Kelvin Chan aP Business Writers

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it by two astonishing tragedies in quick succession, the Malaysia Airlines brand may become the airline industry's equivalent of asbestos or News of the World: toxic to the public and, experts say, impossible to redeem.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed over eastern Ukraine on Thursday with 298 people aboard by what American intelligence authorities believe was a surface-to-air missile. Just four months earlier, a Malaysia Airlines jetliner carrying 239 people disappeared about an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur. The jet has still not been found, a source of profound unease for travelers and the aviation industry.

"I can't comprehend of anything they can do to save themselves," said Mohshin Aziz, an aviation analyst at Maybank in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

"Perception-wise it really hits home," Aziz said.

"It's very difficult to fight against negative perception."

Even before the Flight 370 mystery, state-owned Malaysia Airlines was in serious financial trouble. In an industry infamous for impoverishing shareholders and irking customers, Malaysia Airlines had long stood out for its years of restructurings and losses.

The Flight 370 disaster

along with the often erratic response of Malaysia Airlines and the Malaysian government deeply scarred the carrier. Now, the once proud national airline is facing the unthinkable again.

University student Dayne Rodgers, waiting for a flight to Brisbane, Australia at Incheon International Airport in South Korea, said even very cheap fares might not convince him to fly with Malaysia Airlines.

"I don't know if my Mum would let me," he said.

Already losing about $1.6 million a day, there will be "no miracles" for Malaysia Airlines, said Aziz, the Maybank analyst.

Before the Ukrainian disaster, his opinion was the airline didn't have the capacity to survive beyond a year.

The airline's share price plummeted 11 percent Friday. Ukraine has accused pro-Russian separatists of shooting down the plane flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. The rebels denied it.

Unlike Flight 370, the responsibility for which is pinned with Malaysia Airlines, the second disaster appears largely beyond the airline's control. It may, however, face questions about why it continued with flight paths over eastern Ukraine, which is the heart of a violent rebellion against Kiev, when some airlines were circumventing the country.

The flight route was declared safe by the International Civil Aviation Orga-

nization.

For air travelers in Asia, who have a multitude of options thanks to a budget airline boom, the latest incident will make the Malaysian carrier even less attractive. Its brand in the rest of the world, where it became known largely because of the Flight 370 mystery, is now even more closely associated with the worst fears of fliers.

Josh Gokul, a 25-yearold Australian student on a layover at Incheon, said he had flown with Malaysian Airlines before and its service was "fantastic."

But he is now "very hesistant" about using the airline. "Flying is scary enough."

Within Malaysia, the shock is palpably raw.

"I was stunned," said 48-year-old shopkeeper Reezal Mohamed. "It's unbelievable."

Malaysia Airlines has been in the red for the last three years. Last year, its losses ballooned to 1.17 billion ringgit ($363 million), nearly three times larger than its 433 million ringgit loss in 2012.

As a state-owned flag carrier, it is required to fly unprofitable domestic routes, and its strong union has resisted operational changes. Nimbler discount rivals such as Air Asia have expanded rapidly, while Malaysia Airlines has been like a supertanker, slow to change direction.

For some travelers, the airline's poor financial health is more concerning for the future than the two

disasters.

"Last time I saw them, the plane was almost empty and so I suspect, probably losing a lot of money," said tourist Ricky Leong as he checked in for a Malaysia Airlines flight from Hong Kong to Kuala Lumpur. "They're not going to maintain their fleet and there's going to be issues in the future."

After the disappearance of Flight 370, the biggest backlash emanated from China because its nationals were the majority of passengers on the flight.

Hopes for a recovery in that crucial market might now be set back.

Tongcheng Network Technology, which operates the Chinese ticket booking website ly.com, suspended all flight ticketing and hotel bookings involving Malaysia Airlines after Flight 370 vanished.

"Now there's this plane crash, we would be very unlikely to consider resuming it in the future," said the manager of its public relations department, who only gave her surname, Zhang.

Crisis and risk management expert Kuniyoshi Shirai at A.C.E. Consulting in Tokyo said Malaysia Airlines must take dramatic steps such as replacing top executives in response to the disaster, which he blamed partly on the airline for flying over war-torn eastern Ukraine.

"Otherwise, you cannot regain the trust of either consumers or investors," he said.

Marcia Dunn aP aerospace Writer

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n July 20, 1969, Buzz Aldrin was "out of town" when the world united and rejoiced in a way never seen before or since.

He and Neil Armstrong were on the moon. They missed the whole celebration 45 years ago this Sunday. So did Michael Collins, orbiting solo around the moon in the mother ship.

Now, on this Apollo 11 milestone — just five years shy of the golden anniversary — Aldrin is asking everyone to remember where they were when he and Armstrong became the first humans to step onto another heavenly body, and to share their memories online.

Too young? You can also share how the moonwalkers inspired you. Celebrities, public figures, and other astronauts and scientists are happily obliging with videos.

"What a day that was," said actor Tom Hanks, sipping from an Apollo 11 commemorative cup. He starred in the 1995 film "Apollo 13," another gripping moon story. "Going to space is a big deal.

Walking on the moon is, literally, walking on the moon," said singer-songwriter Pharrell Williams, born four years afterward.

And from London Mayor Boris Johnson, who watched the event unfold on an a little black-and-

white TV at an English farmhouse: "I knew immediately it was the most exciting thing that I'd ever seen. I was only 5 at the time. And it still is just about the most exciting thing I've ever seen."

In all, 12 men explored the moon in six landings through 1972. But that first moonwalk, by Armstrong and Aldrin, is what clinched America's place as space leader supreme following a string of crushing losses to the Soviet Union, which claimed title to first satellite, first spaceman, first spacewoman and first spacewalker.

"U.S. 1, Sputnik nothing," actor Louis Gossett Jr. said with a laugh in his video. It's the first big anniversary of man's first moon landing without Armstrong, whose "one small step ... one giant leap" immortalized the moment.

Armstrong, long known for his reticence, died in 2012 at age 82. As Apollo 11's commander, Armstrong was first out the lunar module, Eagle, onto the dusty surface of Tranquility Base. Aldrin followed.

Collins, now 83, the command module pilot who stayed behind in lunar orbit as the gatekeeper, also spent decades sidestepping the spotlight.

He's making an exception for the 45th anniversary — he plans to take part in a NASA ceremony at Kennedy Space Center on Mon-

day to add Armstrong's name to the historic Operations and Checkout Building.

That leaves Aldrin, 84, as the perennial spokesman for Apollo 11. He will also be at Monday's ceremony. "I consider myself a global statesman for space," Aldrin says in a YouTube video. "So I spend most of my time traveling the country and the world to remind people what NASA and our space program have accomplished, and what is still in our future at Mars.

I feel we need to remind the world about the Apollo missions and that we can still do impossible things.

"The whole world celebrated our moon landing. But we missed the whole thing because we were out of town. So now I invite you to share with me — and the world — your story or your family's story of where you were on July 20th, 1969. Or feel free to tell me how the Apollo missions inspired you."

Aldrin used to keep a little black book to list people's whereabouts on July 20, 1969. Everyone wanted to share that with him. Now he's using social media and asking people to post a video to YouTube using the hashtag #Apollo45.

And the stories are pouring in.

Peter Alyward, a selfprofessed space geek from Melbourne, Australia, recalls his parents waking him to see the Saturn

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V launch from what then was called Cape Kennedy, Florida, on July 16, 1969 — 45 years ago Wednesday — around the middle of the night Down Under.

It's the first major Apollo 11 anniversary— one divisible by five — that actually falls on the days of the week that the events occurred. Liftoff was, indeed, on a Wednesday, Eastern time; the moon landing was on a Sunday, Eastern time.

"More than any other time in history, with the technology that became available then, all the people of the world truly did experience it and were able to share it. Not just as an American feat, but as a really global event," said Aylward, 56, a business developer for a software company.

Actor Tim Allen watched the moon landing from his boyhood Michigan home. "To this day, it's the most exciting thing in my life, just to think what you saw and what you experienced ... " Allen said.

Some of videos urge a return to the moon.

President Barack Obama scrapped that idea in 2010 in favor of sending astronauts to an asteroid and then Mars. "From one frontier to another, let's go back," Alaska's lieutenant governor, Mead Treadwell, said in his video. "Well done, Buzz Aldrin," added Johnson, London's mayor.

"And about time we got back up there, huh?"

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19 July, 2014

Five Young Palestinians on What It’s Like to Live and Die in Gaza

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Dean Obeidallah The Daily Beast

f someone asked you “What are your hopes for the future?,” I bet you would offer a fairly standard list, ranging from the practical to the lofty.

But when I put that question to Yousef Abdelraheem Nateel, a 26-year-old Palestinian living in the Al-Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza, his response wasn’t very standard at all: “To survive the coming bombing raid.”

Nateel is one of five young Palestinians living in Gaza that I interviewed via email over the past few days. These five, who range from 16 to 26 years old, have no connection to Hamas and, for the most part, are not involved in politics. They’re like so many of the other 1.8 million Palestinians crammed into the densely populated Gaza Strip and who now find themselves caught in the cross fire of another battle between Hamas and the Israeli military.

The story of these five is truly not political. But who am I kidding? Nothing involving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict could ever be apolitical. Emotions run feverishly high on both sides, as can be seen daily on social media. But there, the only missiles being launched are of the 140-character variety on Twitter that, at worst, will cause anger.

In the Middle East, the danger is much more real and lethal. Hamas has unleashed missile attacks on a daily basis that has left one Israeli dead and caused scattered property damage.

In Gaza, meanwhile, the Israeli military bombs targets on average every five minutes. Consequently, nearly 200 Palestinian have been killed, 80 percent of whom are civilians. These civilian deaths include eight Palestinians watching the World Cup in a beachside cafe that was bombed because the Israeli military claimed that one person in the venue was an alleged terrorist. Just yesterday,four Palestinians reportedly under the age of 15 were killed while playing on the beach by the Israeli military. On top of that, 869 Palestinian homes have been destroyed, transforming thousands of people from homeowners to

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stood behind my father as he gathered with the other tribesman of my village to witness carnage of what were the remains of a cow.

There had been reports of many cows being hunted down and eaten by a strange creature in the night, and my uncle's cow had been the latest victim.

Cows were the main source of his daily income as he was a daily wage farmer, who got financial aid from the cow's milk, and he was sad indeed.

He tried his best to give an account of the creature that had killed his cow: "It was a big hairy creature. The size of a full grown wolf which stood upright," He said.

"And the most surprising part; it shifted its shape just when I got near it.

It was night and I couldn't see clearly, but I swear, I saw it transform into a human being."

"Ha!" an elder scoffed at him. "You must have been drinking again. You and your bottle seem to be in a very serious relationship these days."

Others joined in laughter, but my uncle was adamant in his disposition: "No. I know what I saw. It was a shape shifter, I tell you. You won't be laughing if it comes and attacks your cattle some day."

I knew he was my uncle, but I myself was finding it hard to believe that a werewolf had come and slaughtered his cattle.

He continued: "I took my chance and shot him with my dart gun. I saw the red-colored feather dart hit and stick to his back but it seemed unfazed at all. The red-colored feathered dart was still hanging from his back when he was running away back into the forest."

The other villagers started to go back to their own work as my uncle and aunty, along with their children cleaned up the carnage of the carcass.

I went back with my friends and we went to my place to get the catapults to hunt for animals in the forest.

We hunted a few and got back to our place.

I had my dinner of the cooked birds that I had hunted with my friends and went to bed.

As I got on my bed and slept, I felt a sharp pain in my back when it touched the bed.

I got up, took off my shirt, and looked in the mirror.

IT WAS A RED COLOURED FEATHERED DART. . .

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refugees in the blink of a blast.

A day in the life of a typical Palestinian in Gaza quickly alternates between moments of sheer terror and abject boredom. All five I interviewed pass their time the same way: sitting in their house. Their days are most aptly described as: wait for the bombs to fall, hope they don’t hit you, repeat.

Despite being homebound, a few have become self-appointed war correspondents. Mariam Alaa Abuamer, a 21-year-old residing in the northwest portion of the Gaza Strip, lives on the 10th floor of an apartment building that offers a clear vantage point of the Israeli military campaign. Mariam photographs the Israeli bombs, posting them on Facebook and Twitter.

But, she explained, “Sometimes I simply can’t photograph all the explosions when there are 10 at the same time in different areas.”

And 16-year-old Farah Fasil Baker told me, “I tweet everything about the situation on Twitter. And I also record the sounds of shelling and upload it on Internet.” Obviously, far different from what most 16-year-olds spend their time doing. But in Gaza, you grow up quickly, which is far better than the fate for some there of not growing up at all.

Indeed, four of the five knew a person who had been killed or injured in the current fight. Seba Majed Jaafarawy, a 23-year-old living in Gaza City, explained how a friend died of smoke inhalation after an Israeli missile struck a nearby building. Baker said that a young friend and his father were “injured from shrapnel while they were sitting in the street, and warplanes targeted a car near them.”

They also related the impact that this war is having on young children.

Mariam noted that the kids of Gaza “can't be normal human beings after those hard days… they pee on themselves, they can't sleep at night, they sleep next to their parents so they can sort of feel safe.”

She also told me something that I initially found surprising. Her younger brother is actually most terrified when it’s calm and the bombs aren’t raining down. You see, the real terror isn’t from the bombs that have already exploded, it’s from the fear caused by the bombs that have yet to reach its target.

And then Mariam, in a display of raw candor, admitted that fear wasn’t just for the young: “Let me tell you a secret, I myself feel the same, I keep pretending I'm not afraid, but deep in-

side, I am. Adults feel the same.” Fear knows no age boundaries.

Will there be peace? Unfortunately, none were optimistic. “We can’t trust the Israeli government anymore,” said Mariam—a sentiment that I have heard from many Palestinians. (And I’m sure many Israelis feel the same about Hamas.)

The future for these five young people, the other Palestinians, and the people of Israel are all intertwined. They are bound together like Siamese twins who keep fighting each other, not knowing or simply ignoring that with each blow, they are hurting the prospects that either will survive.

I won’t even offer some trite solution to ending this conflict. It’s far too complex. But I do see two obvious steps. Hamas has to renounce the use of terrorism and the targeting of civilians. And Israel’s conservative Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu needs to realize that when the region’s most lethal and sophisticated military drops bombs in Gaza, the civilians they kill are not acceptable “collateral damage,” but rather human beings whose family members then likely become sworn enemies.

Until that day comes, it would be cruel to even dream of peace.

THE BEAST Bolivia on verge of legalizing work from age 10 Vizolie “Stitchface” Khatsü

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licia weaves through El Alto's stalled traffic under a blazing sun, hawking colorful woven flowers to grumpy drivers and lovers.

With luck, the 12-year-old and her mother will together muster $18 by day's end, all the while keeping watch over her younger brother and sister, ages 8 and 6.

"It is difficult for my mother to sell alone because she has to look after my brothers," said Alicia, who normally goes to school in the afternoon but is using her vacation to help her mother by working the entire day. As her brothers sleep, her mother knits the flowers that Alicia sells.

While most of the world is trying to diminish child labor, Bolivia is on the verge of becoming the first nation to legalize it from age 10. Congress has approved the proposal and all that's now required is President Evo Morales' signature.

The bill's sponsors say lowering the minimum work age from 14 simply acknowledges a reality: Many poor families in Bolivia have no other choice than for their kids to work.

The bill offers working children safeguards, they say.

"Child labor already exists in Bolivia and it's difficult to fight it. Rather than persecute it, we want to protect the rights and guarantee the labor security of children," said Sen. Adolfo Mendoza, one of the bill's sponsors.

Under the legislation, 10-yearolds will be able to work as long as they are under parental supervision and also attend school. It sets 12 as the minimum age for a child to work under contract. They also would have to attend school.

"To eliminate work for boys and girls would be like eliminating people's social conscience," Morales said in December in support of unionized young workers who marched on Congress to prevent it from ratifying a bottom-end work age of 14.

"The president gave us his support. He also worked as a boy, herding llamas," Rodrigo Medrano, head of the Union of Boy, Girl and Adolescent Workers, told The Associated Press. He said there is no alternative in a society where half the population is poor.

Peter Rutsa: Few days back an Assam Rifle Captain is said to have walked into a shop in one of our towns and demanded to know from the few salesmen present, if an underground tax collection was going on at the shop!

With the shop owner away the ignorant shopkeepers are said to have responded in the negative.

While more questions were being asked an unsuspecting friend of the owner who happen to be a former municipal counselor is said to have walked inside the shop. This prompted the Assam Rifle officer who was accompanied by AK weilding sepoys aptly named, Friends of the hill people.. to aggressively and rudely ask, 'who are you?' The response he received caught him off balance according to eye witness, for the counselor himself asked back, 'and who are you?'

People watching the drama have shared that an argument ensued filled with intense drama, tension and COMEDY! And when the visitor introduced himself as a municipal councelor.

The AR officer remarked that.. he the counselor was talking like the CHAIRMAN. Well the counselor who happens to be a no nonsense fellow also retorted by saying. 'You are also behaving like a general!' Bystanders and people watching the face off have reported that what followed was a sight to see and hear! Luckily someone called the concern area trade representatives who appeared at the scene and cooled things down. But not before the AR captain gave them a lecture on ACAUT movement. Well the lecture coming from a person whom the counselor felt should mind his own business irked him once more prompting him to remark.. 'We are asking for freedom and it’s our wish whether we donate money to undergrounds or not' and walked away!

Story here is not about who is right or wrong! Question is, how many of us Naga youths claiming to be of a warrior stock with a head hunting heritage can stand out with our heads held high, proudly standing our ground in front of such behaviour!?

Vimezhz Z Naga: Can you imagine an Army officer addressing a Municipal Counselor who is elected by his denizens through a democratic election as someone inferior than him? And I believe it is not the protocol for Army officers to Fight for ACAUT. I support the Prime Minister supporting our cause in fact that's what we all want but it is no big deal for the Nagas that an Army officer of his stature involving in the matters of ACAUT for mere publicity, I believe ACAUT can fight on their own with the support of The Naga public and not an Army officer.

Mhatsomo W Yanthan: "Story here is not about who is right or wrong! Question is, how many of us Naga youths claiming to be of a warrior stock with a head hunting heritage can stand out with our heads held high, proudly standing our ground in front of such behaviour!?"

The question for you guys, I too had a problem with an army personal co-passenger, a drunk jawan whose head would, while pretending to be falling asleep, lean towards a Naga lady copassenger(An employee at SBI Wokha, married, beautiful and young). It was on 10th May, on my way to Kohima from Wokha to meet some bloggers for my research fieldwork. We had to switch seats and I sat next to him. Inside the packed taxi, I told him to be silent when he started acting oversmart, singing and swearing in that inebriated condition. I told him that once we reach Kohima, I would drag him out and gave him a good trashing before sending handing him to a police (I have never done a thing like that and cannot even imagine such situation). Somehow things settled down, but somehow halfway, when he tried to reason with me, I told his friend a fellow Naga brethen who travelling together with him, to control him. Told our fellow Naga friend that he too would be responsible for his friend's actions as they look like friends. Our Naga friend promptly did scold his drunk soldier friend, he was cool with me. My Hindi sounded funny but I had to speak in front of the other co passengers while engaging with the drunk soldier. Point is sometimes, we have to check even among ourselves, because once we are united, disrespectful outsiders would know their place in Nagaland.

Have we become Beggars?

In this July 9, 2014 photo, Kevin, 8, sells pirated music compact discs on a street in El Alto, Bolivia. Bolivia is on the verge of becoming the first nation legalize child labor from age 10. It will set 12 as the minimum age children can work under contract. (AP Photo)

Jo Becker, the children's rights advocacy director at New York-based Human Rights Watch, disagrees.

"Bolivia's move is out of step with the rest of the world," she said. "Child labor may be seen as a short-term solution to economic hardship, but is actually a cause of poverty."

Becker said people who start work as children end up with less education and lower earnings as adults. They are then more likely to send their own children to work, perpetuating the cycle of poverty.

Bolivia should instead invest in ways to lift families out of poverty, she said. It already does in a limited way, paying a per-child subsidy of $28 a year to families whose children attend school.

Carmen Moreno, an International Labor Organization official working to reduce child labor, said Bolivia's law contravenes a U.N. convention designating 14 as the minimum work age.

It also runs against the regional current. Mexico has set age 15 as the minimum and Chile age 16, Moreno said.

The U.N. agency says child labor is down one-third globally since 2000, with Latin America and the Caribbean together accounting now for just 13

million of the planet's estimated 168 million working children.

A 2008 study done by the ILO and Bolivian government found that 850,000 children ages 5 to 17 were working in Bolivia, roughly half in the countryside and half in the cities.

Nearly nine in 10 were in the worst kinds of jobs, including sugar cane harvesting and underground mining, a proven life-shortener.

More recent statistics are lacking, but it's estimated that 1 million Bolivian children work regularly, accounting for 15 percent of the workforce.

They toil in textiles, on farms and as street vendors, coca leaf pickers and porters at markets.

One in three don't attend school, studies show.

For Alicia, a childhood of play and leisure is not an option, especially since her father died two years ago.

She says some days she is so tired from standing constantly that studying is difficult.

"There are days when I want to go out and have fun like those children I see go to the movie theater, but I see the effort my mother makes and I forget about all that," she said. "How can I rest when she doesn't?"

Huzo Meru: Nagas are a dignified people. We want to remain as a free people without being subjugated by outsiders. That’s the essence of Naga Freedom Movement. The statehood was a betrayal to the Naga cause being hijacked by a few Naga opportunists. Despite a special Constitutional provision that the Centre (Delhi) will meet the entire financial need of the state, Nagaland has been completely sidelined, discriminated and reduced to beggar’s status. Is this not deceit and an insult? Regularly we see in media our Ministers go to Delhi with begging bowls in the form of Naga jackets, daos and spears, etc. to beg for money from the PM and various Union Ministers. Is this not embarrassing and shameful? It looks like we have completely lost our self-esteem. If Delhi does not care and honor its commitment, why don’t denounce statehood and go back to prestatehood situation and fight for our rightful place as a dignified nation? Or should Nagas continue to beg for their subsistence? This begging is alien to Naga culture and detrimental to formation of a healthy society. Your comment, please.

Rozelle Mero: The inability to transform what we receive to be used for our own economic growth and the inability to use our resources wisely is obviously why we are in a state of doldrums. Every single person in Nagaland today needs to introspect and get our act together and quit begging, quit complaining and just work together and show people who think we are just a begging society that we are more than that and can be quite resourceful if we put our mind and self to it. The problem is decision makers, executers and the community itself just wants a lazy man's survival and that is what is killing us. No amount of money being poured in will change the vast gap that has widened between a few people of dubious wealth and the larger group of people who are living with tightened belts.

We need to make our people accountable as much as we need the government accountable! This is the revolution we need.

Inoka Yepthomi: The lone working SugarMill Factory was shut down few years back at Dimapur. Tuli PaperMill and Wezaho Cement Factory have been granted the best fitted title, 'Sick'. Apart from these revenue generating Factory, the state Transportations, Excise, Forest, Hotels etc contribute less than what they earn to the state Exchequers. The Revenue we get is less than 2% of what we spend. The whole system is corrupted from Peon to Director, keeping in view the percentage being swallowed by the Legislators. What else does our Ministers do then go Begging when we cannot sustain with our bleak Revenue? The Govt should look forward to invite investors in the Petroleum Sectors, Hydro Electricity Projects, Minings etc.

(The Naga Blog was created in 2008 by Yanpvuo Kikon. This column in The Morung Express will be a weekly feature every Saturday)

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‘India won’t resort to bur- India Monsoon den of retrospective tax’ ‘Action has started on Indian black money abroad’ New Delhi, July 18 (iANS): The Indian government has started proceedings against citizens who have stashed away ill-gotten money abroad, with a Special Investigating Team (SIT) looking at how to get it back, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in parliament Friday.

“We are in the process of communicating to the Swiss authorities. Whatever is possible within the parametres of law, we will do,” the finance minister said in the Lok Sabha, the lower house, during question hour.

“Tax proceedings have begun,” he said, replying to a question posed by Anurag Thakur, a fellow lawmaker of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He said the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi had nothing to hide on this.

He said the accounts in question had been opened overseas without seeking any permission from the Reserve Bank of India. “There is a difference between legal and illegal foreign accounts. It is in regard to these accounts, which are being illegally kept, that we are seeking cooperation,” Jaitley said referring to exchange of information with the Swiss authorities.

“Evidence will come only with the cooperation of countries where the accounts are kept,” he said, adding that India was alerted about such accounts by the French government.

New Delhi, July 18 (iANS): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Friday said India will not levy any tax with retrospective effect that creates additional burden and existing anomalies in this regard would be corrected.

“They had got a list of names of people who have accounts in the Swiss bank. This data didn’t reach the French government through any official route. This data was taken by someone from the HSBC Bank and handed over to the French government,” he said.

“As far as the Swiss account money is concerned, whatever information our government has got we are investing all those,” he said and added that a Special Investigating Team has been set up to look into the matter, as required by the Supreme Court in July 2011.

“SIT has been provided all the details it wanted. There was a media report that Swiss authority is eager to share other names in the matter as well. We wrote on June 23 to the Swiss authorities but they said the media report was unauthorised,” Jaitley said.

“As far as the present government is concerned, there is nothing to hide. This issue has been on for some time. We have taken it with some intensity. The Swiss law is important on this. We are keeping a close watch on changes being discussed in that country.”

Although there are no official estimates of the ill-gotten money stashed away by Indian citizens in tax havens overseas, various studies, including the one cited by a senior BJP leader, value it at between $462 billion and $1.4 trillion.

“One thing we have made very clear: No retrospective tax creating fresh liabilities will be imposed,” Jaitley told the Lok Sabha, the lower house of parliament, in his reply to the debate on the national budget for the current fiscal.

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disappearance: Kin approach Modi for probe

KolKATA, July 18 (iANS): Family members of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose have approached Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking an SIT to probe the “disappearance mystery” of the nationalist leader. Subhash Chandra Bose was declared killed in an air crash over Taipei, Chinese Taipei (formerly Formosa) Aug 18, 1945. But, many people doubted his death and though numerous commissions were set up, nothing could be found about his whereabouts.

The Open Platform for Netaji comprising a host of descendants of the nationalist leader and researchers who have been steadfastly campaigning for declassification of secret Netaji files, Thursday wrote to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), also seeking rectification of “distorted written history” concerning Bose and the freedom movement.

“The prime minister has asked for a proposal from us regarding what the central government can do as regards our declassification campaign. Accordingly, we now have sent out a detailed proposal which includes formation of an SIT (Special Investigation Team) to probe his disappearance,” PlatformconvenerandNetajigrandnephewChandraKumar Bose Friday told IANS. He said the SIT to be headed by a leading Supreme Court judge should have historians, researchers andofficialsfromrelevantcentraldepartmentsandagencies, including the Intelligence Bureau, Central Bureau of Intelligence and the External Affairs Ministry. n“The SIT will scrutinise all the declassified documents and interview, cross-examine witnesses and people concerned,” he said.

“The existing distortions in the written history of the Indian freedom struggle should be rectified. A fuller and accurate history of India’s freedom struggle, the role of revolutionaries like Netaji, Rashbehari Bose, Bhagat Singh, Jatin Das among others should be well documented in school and college text books,” he added. nThe Platform has also asked for setting up of a central research centre with the objective of conducting research on Netaji and the freedom movement of India, as well as renaming the National Defence Academy after Netaji.

UK lauds India’s efforts to reduce poverty, stress on growth loNDoN, July 18 (PTi): The British government has appreciated India’s fast movement towards reduction of poverty with “inclusiveness” and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stress on investment in growth and infrastructure was “encouraging”. Applauding India’s efforts to alleviate poverty, Baroness Northover, government’s spokesperson on international development, told the House of Lords yesterday that British history showed that poverty alleviation in this country was a slow process but in the past decade the number of Indians living in extreme poverty had come down from 37 per cent to 22 per cent.

There was a spate of questions on poverty in India during question time in the house, prompting an Indian-origin peer Lord Swraj Paul to ask whether the government was more interested in seeing poverty eradicated in India than in strengthening the market for sales of the UK military hardware. The Indian Prime Minister was very much aware that the people had voted for him to remove poverty, Paul emphasised. Baroness Northover told him that India was an important bilateral partner and her department was strongly engaged to try to ensure that poverty was eliminated. She pointed out that development through good governance was a central plank of Modi’s election campaign.

He blamed the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government of creating such an anomaly and said the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi was trying to rectify it.

“Retrospective tax was created by you. This mess of tax terrorism was yours and we are trying to bring civility back by clearing it,” said the finance minister, referring to the capital gains tax of 2012 that was imposed with effect from 2007.

Retrospective taxation has evoked much criticism from domestic and overseas investors, notably Britain-based global telecom major Vodafone. In his budget speech earlier this month, Jaitley had assured that India will not resort to it randomly.

“The sovereign right of the government to undertake any retrospective legislation is unquestionable,” the finance minister had said during the course of his two-hour-long budget speech.

“However, this power has to be exercised with extreme caution and judiciousness, keeping in mind the impact of each such measure on the economy and the overall investment climate,” he said. “This government will not ordinarily bring about any change retrospectively which creates a fresh liability.”

The finance minister acknowledged that after some amendments to the Income Tax Act of 1961, carried out in 2012 with a retrospective effect, a few cases had come up in various courts and other legal arenas, which are awaiting verdicts.

“At this juncture I would

like to convey to this august house and also the investors community at large that we are committed to provide a stable and predictable taxation regime that would be investor friendly and spur growth.”

He said all fresh cases of retrospective amendments in indirect transfers and coming to the notice of the assessing officers will be scrutinised by a high level tax committee before any action is initiated in such cases.

“I hope the investor community both within India and abroad would repose confidence on our stated position and participate in the Indian growth story with renewed vigour.”

Vodafone, which was slapped with a Rs.20,000 crore retrospective capital gains tax after it acquired the telecom assets of an Indian company in 2007, has maintained that it will continue with the ongoing international arbitration to resolve the dispute.

“We note the finance minister’s announcement that existing cases arising from the 2012 retrospective tax law should follow the lawful process in which they are currently being adjudicated,” the company had said in a statement after Jaitley’s budget speech.

“Vodafone will, therefore, continue the process of international arbitration initiated under the IndiaNetherlands Bilateral Investment Treaty.”

Dhoti controversy: Do clubs need a dress code?

CheNNAi, July 18 (iANS): Clubs in Tamil Nadu are waiting for a law by the state government that would make it illegal to ban the entry of dhoti-clad people in such places. But club officials say it is not just about perpetuation of a colonial-era rule but being prudent about potentially “embarrassing” situations when “members can easily lose their dhoti” after consuming too much alcohol.

After the issue became a major public debate, state Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa had Wednesday announced in the assembly that the government would come out with a law preventing clubs from insulting Tamil culture and tradition.

The issue cropped up after Justice D. Hariparanthaman of the Madras High

Court and two senior advocates were denied entry by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) Club for wearing dhotis. The three had gone to the club on an invitation to attend a book release function.

The chief minister condemned the TNCA Club over the incident and said the act of denying entry to people wearing dhotis was demeaning to Tamil culture and civilisation. “It is a sartorial despotism,” she said. Jayalalithaa said a notice would be issued to the TNCA Club on the issue.

“We are waiting for the law,” a TNCA official told IANS, but was not willing to say whether the club has received the notice from the government.

TNCA president N. Srinivasan said the club would abide by the law.

An official of another high-profile club in the city said the managing committee will meet and take a decision on the issue.

“However, this is a topic of discussion at most of the tables in the club,” he said, preferring anonymity for himself and the club.

“Such a law may not stand in court. It is a tricky issue and the law has to be carefully drafted because every organisation, including temples, has a dress code,” an industrialist told IANS preferring anonymity. He said the rule should not be looked as a “vestige” of the colonial rule as club members do consume alcohol.

“The rule is basically to avoid embarrassing situations like a member losing his dhoti in an inebriated condition,” he said.

An Indian boy plays in a waterlogged street in Allahabad in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on July 18, 2014. Several areas of the state have been receiving rainfall since Thursday evening, coming as a relief to farmers. (AP Photo)

Odisha’s most wanted Maoist held

BhuBANeSwAR, July 18 (iANS): Odisha’s most wanted Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda was arrested Friday in the state’s Ganjam district. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik congratulated the police and reiterated his appeal to the rebels to shun violence.

“Sabyasachi Panda was involved in a number of cases like the Nayagarh and R. Udayagiri armoury loots, killing Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, abduction of two Italian nationals and in many other cases, leading to the killing of 25 security personnel and 34 civilians,” Patnaik told reporters. “I congratulate the Odisha Police and particularly the intelligence wing and Berhampur police who participated in this operation,” he said.

“I also appeal to the Maoists to shed violence and join the mainstream,” he added. Panda was wanted in more than 50 criminal cases, including the mur-

der of Swami Laxamananda Saraswati and four of his aides at his ashram in Kandhamal district in 2008 that had triggered communal violence in the region.

At least 38 people were killed and more than 25,000 Christians were forced to flee their homes after their houses were attacked by mobs, who accused Christians of killing Saraswati, although police blamed the Maoists for the ashram killings.

Police raided a Maoist hideout in Ganjam district on the basis of intelligence inputs and nabbed Sabyasachi Panda from Berhampur town, 179 km from state capital Bhubaneswar, Director General of Police Sanjeev Marik told IANS. “It was an intelligence based operation under Amitabha Thakur, deputy inspector general of police at Berhampur. There was a raid at a specific area and he was arrested,” Marik

said. “More than 40-50 cases are pending against him, among them are Nayagarh armoury loot, killing of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and the kidnapping of two Italians,” Marik said. Two Italians were kidnapped by his group in Kandhamal district in 2012. They released the Italians days after the state government promised to fulfil their demands.

Panda led the group that had earlier raided police establishments and government armoury in the district headquarters town of Nayagarh in 2008 and looted thousands of arms.

Nine people were killed in this attack, Marik said. “The state government had announced a reward of Rs.5 lakh on him,” Marik said Panda continued rebel activities by forming his own group after the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist expelled him about two years ago.

Goa police complaint against Swamy for anti-Church comments PANAJi, July 18 (iANS): A police complaint was filed Friday accusing BJP leader Subramanian Swamy of “attempting to create and promote enmity against the Catholic Church” by posting on his Facebook page that the Church in Goa does not love HIV positive children.

The complaint was filed

by Congress spokesperson Durgadas Kamat.

“The said person has put up a post on his page June 17, 2014, and tried to give a communal and political twist to a very sensitive issue by trying to portray the Church in Goa as not sensitive towards HIV+ve orphans,” Kamat said in his complaint.

The conflict between the Parents-Teachers Association (PTA) and the management of the Fatima

High School in Rivona village, located 55 km south of Panaji, over admissions to 13 HIV+ve children and 23 suspected HIV+ve children has grabbed the attention of the state.

While the Church-run school under pressure from the PTA had transferred 13 HIV+ve students to another school last month, the school authorities have now stood behind

23 other students, whom the parents want dropped from school claiming they too are HIV infected.

The Church has claimed that the 23 students are not HIV+ve. Both the 13 HIV+ve students and the 23 non-HIV students live in a Church-run orphanage also located in Rivona village.

A poster allegedly uploaded on Swamy’s page,

which was submitted as evidence by the Congress to the police, says: “In Goa, the Church loves everyone except HIV+ve kids.” It also says: “Church-run school in Goa expels 13 HIV+ve orphans.”

While accusing Swamy of allegedly giving the issue a communal twist, the Congress has defended the Church. “We would like to bring to your notice that the

Arundhati Roy ThiRuVANANThAPuRAM, July 18 (TNN): Booker prize-winning author Arundhati Roy, who has criticized Mahatma Gandhi for his “casteist tendencies” in the past, on Thursday went a step further saying it was time institutions named after the Father of the Nation were renamed.

Roy said the process could begin with renaming universities, a reference perhaps to Mahatma Gandhi University, one of Kerala’s leading institutions, while delivering the Mahatma Ayyankali address — in memory of the state’s renowned dalit leader — at the Kerala University.

Roy cited an essay by

Gandhi in 1936 titled “The Ideal Bhangi”, in which he advises manual scavengers to convert urine and night soil into manure as proof of his patronising attitude towards Harijans and how it helped reinforce caste hierarchies.

Refuting Roy, JM Rahim, coordinator for Centre for Gandhian Studies, drew attention to Gandhi’s autobiography “My Experiments with Truth” in which he narrates how he fought bitterly with his wife Kasturba as he wanted her to clean the latrine, refusing to allow a bhangi to do it. “When his wife protested, he did the job himself,” Rahim said.

“To quote Gandhi out of context and say he was

orphanages where these kids are being taken care of are also run by the Church,” the complaint says.

A police spokesperson confirmed receipt of the complaint and said that preliminary investigation has started.

“An FIR has not been registered yet. We will commence a preliminary investigation into the complaint soon,” the official said.

‘Mahatma Gandhi was a casteist’

casteist is not only superficial but also shows Roy hasn’t understood his philosophy. In South Africa, for instance, a Tamil Dalit family afflicted with leprosy stayed in his ashram despite the objections of the inmates,” Rahim said.

Making a connection with BJP’s “casteist” politics, Roy recalled Prime Minister Narendra Modi too had said that balmikis (bhangis) have scavenged for centuries for society and are therefore now spiritually cleansed.

In her lecture, Roy also claimed that while in South Africa Gandhi had branded black prisoners “kafirs” who were uncivilized, liars and had no scruples. Dr MS

John, professor and director of School of Gandhian Thought and Development Studies at Mahatma Gandhi University, said it was a mistake to view Gandhi as someone who emerged fully formed.

“The early Gandhi was not a radical personality.

He evolved. The comment that he made about black prisoners was due to his own experience of threat of sodomy by inmates while he was jail,” he said.

“Gandhi knew the culture and roots of India in all its depth and it is unfortunate that Arundhati Roy has made this statement for cheap publicity,” said poet and activist Sugathakumari.

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World leaders demand answers Why airlines didn’t avoid the risky Ukraine airspace David Koenig and Scott Mayerowitz AP Airlines Writers

The possibility that the civilian jetliner downed over war-torn eastern Ukraine with nearly 300 people onboard was hit by a missile could have profound consequences for the world’s airlines. Airlines might have to be more vigilant about avoiding trouble spots, making flights longer and causing them to burn more costly fuel. They may even be forced to reconsider many international routes.

In the hours after Thursday’s disaster involving a Malaysia Airlines jet, carriers around the globe began rerouting flights to avoid Ukraine. Some had been circumventing the country for weeks. Experts questioned the airline’s decision to fly near the fighting, even as Malaysia’s prime minister said that the plane’s route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was declared safe by international aviation authorities.

“I find it pretty remarkable that a civil airline company — if this aircraft was on the flight plan — that they are flight-planning over an area like that,” said Robert Francis, a former vice chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board. “You wonder a little bit about Malaysia Airlines, if that’s true.”

Violence in Ukraine between government forces and pro-Russia rebels in the country’s east erupted a month after Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in March. Earlier this week, the rebels claimed responsibility for hitting a Ukrainian military jet with a portable surfaceto-air missile; the pilot was able to land safely. And the government charged that a military transport plane was shot down by a missile fired from Russian territory.

In April, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration cautioned airlines that Russia’s claim to the airspace over Ukraine’s Crimea could lead to conflicting air traffic control instructions. A few weeks later, the FAA issued a tougher warning, telling pilots not to fly over the area, and the U.N.’s International Civil Aviation Organization told governments to warn their airlines. Thursday’s crash, however, occurred outside the warning areas.

Thomas Routh, an aviation attorney in Chicago, said it would be unusual for an airline to ignore such warnings, but he said it’s up to airlines to decide whether a flight will be safe for crew and passengers. “There are airlines flying through Afghanistan airspace every day,” Routh said.

John Cox, a former airline pilot and accident in-

vestigator, said despite the cautions, the airspace was not closed. The Malaysia Airlines crew filed a flight plan and “Russia and the Ukraine both accepted the airplane into their airspace,” he said.

Rerouting planes around war zones costs airlines money, as the planes burn more expensive jet fuel. Aviation expert Norman Shanks said many airlines continued to fly over Ukraine despite warnings because it offered a shorter route that saved money on fuel. Greg Raiff, an aviation consultant in New Hampshire, said that if airlines must avoid flying over all the world’s hot spots, flight times would be extended, requiring extra fuel and pilots. That might make some routes uneconomical, forcing airlines to abandon them. Airlines quickly changed some routes. Snapshots from flight-tracking services showed dense traffic to the west, light traffic to the east, but very few planes over Ukraine.

Emirates airlines said that one of its jets bound for Ukraine’s capital of Kiev turned around and returned to Dubai. The airline suspended all flights to Kiev indefinitely. It emphasized that flights to and from the U.S. and other European destinations don’t fly over the area where the

Renowned AIDS researchers and activists on board MH17

syDNEy, July 18 (AP): A large number of worldrenowned AIDS researchers and activists heading to an international AIDS conference in Australia were on board a Malaysian jetliner that was shot down over Ukraine, officials said Friday, as news of their deaths sparked an outpouring of grief across the global scientific community.

There have been unconfirmed reports that up to 100 people on board the Boeing 777 were en route to the Victoria state capital of Melbourne to attend the 20th International AIDS conference, which starts Sunday, Victoria Premier Denis Napthine said, though he hastened to add that reports were conflicting and it was far too premature to give a precise figure.

“There’s been confirmed a number of senior people who were coming out here who were researchers, who were medical scientists, doctors, people who’ve been to the forefront of dealing with AIDS across the world,” Napthine told reporters in Melbourne. “The exact number is not yet known, but there is no doubt it’s a substantial number.

The plane, which was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, crashed Thursday with 298 people on board. American intelligence authorities believe a surface-to-air missile brought the aircraft down but it was not yet clear who fired it.

At least 27 Australians

were confirmed to be on board the plane, which was scheduled to continue flying to Australia after stopping in Kuala Lumpur, Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop told reporters in Brisbane.

Among the passengers was former president of the International AIDS Society Joep Lange, a well-known HIV researcher from the Netherlands, opposition leader Bill Shorten said in parliament. “There are Australians who would have planned to be at the airport tomorrow night to greet friends and family — amongst them, some of the world’s leading AIDS experts,” Shorten said. “The cost of this will be felt in many parts of the world.”

Chris Beyrer, presidentelect of the International AIDS Society, said if reports of Lange’s death were true, “then the HIV/AIDS movement has truly lost a giant.”

Nobel laureate Dr. Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, co-discoverer of the AIDS virus and president of the International AIDS Society, paid tribute to Lange in a speech in the Australian capital, Canberra. “Joep was a wonderful person — a great professional ... but more than that, a wonderful human being,” she said.

“If it is confirmed, it will be a terrible loss for all of us.

I have no words, really, to try to express my sadness. I feel totally devastated.” She later told reporters the conference would continue out of respect for the lives lost: “Because we know that it’s

really what they would like us to do.”

Lange had been working on HIV since the earliest years of the epidemic, participating in clinical trials and research across the world, Barre-Sinoussi said.

He had dedicated his life, she said, to “the benefit of mankind.”

Sharon Lewin, co-chair of the conference, called Lange a true renaissance man, who also had a keen interest in arts and literature. “He was passionate about his job and passionate about global health and improving people’s lives in low-income countries,” Lewin said. “He was quite visionary actually, I think since the very early days of the epidemic and could see what the challenges were that lay ahead.”

The World Health Organization’s Genevabased spokesman Glenn Thomas, who was en route to the conference, was also among the dead, said Christian Lindmeier, spokesman for WHO’s Western Pacific region.

“Everybody’s devastated,” Lindmeier said. “It’s a real blow.”

The International AIDS Society issued a statement expressing its grief over the news that several of its colleagues and friends were on board. “At this incredibly sad and sensitive time the IAS stands with our international family and sends condolences to the loved ones of those who have been lost to this tragedy,” the group said.

Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 crashed.

Germany’s Lufthansa immediately rerouted all overflights to avoid eastern Ukraine, although flights to Kiev and Odessa were not affected. Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines said that none of its flights operated over the portion of Ukraine covered by the FAA security advisory, but added that it would stop routing flights over any part of the country. India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation said Air India and Jet Airways would divert flights away from Ukraine.

Airlines don’t always risk flying over conflict areas.Australia’s Qantas stopped flying over Ukraine several months ago and shifted its LondonDubai route 645 kilometers (400 miles) to the south. A spokeswoman declined to explain the change. Korean Air Line said it had rerouted cargo and passenger flights in early March amid the worsening situation over the Crimean peninsula.

Emirates stopped flying over parts of Syria as a civil war there expanded. Some airlines have curtailed service in Iraq, where violence has escalated between the government and a jihadist militant group. Some of the other places that the FAA also currently warns pilots to avoid parts of include Iran, Yemen, the Sinai peninsula and North Korea.

HRABOVE, July 18 (REutERs): World leaders demanded an international investigation into the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner with 298 people on board over eastern Ukraine in a tragedy that could mark a pivotal moment in the worst crisis between Russia and the West since the Cold War. Two U.S. officials said Washington strongly suspected the Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 was downed by a sophisticated surface-to-air missile fired

by Ukrainian separatists backed by Moscow. There were no survivors from Thursday’s crash, which left wreckage and bodies scattered across miles of rebelheld territory near the border with Russia. Makeshift white flags marked where bodies lay in corn fields and among the debris.

Others, stripped bare by the force of the crash, had been covered by polythene sheeting weighed down by stones, one marked with a flower in remembrance.

The scale of the disaster could prove a turning point for international pressure to resolve the crisis in Ukraine, which has killed hundreds since pro-Western protests toppled the Moscow-backed president in Kiev in February and Russia annexed the Crimea peninsula a month later.

While the West has imposed sanctions on Russia over Ukraine, the United States has been more aggressive than the European Union. Analysts say the response of Germany and other EU powers to the incident - possibly imposing more sanctions - could be crucial in deciding the next phase of the standoff with Moscow.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in an initial response, said it was too early to decide on fur-

ther sanctions before it was known exactly what had happened to the plane.

Kiev and Moscow immediately blamed each other for the disaster, triggering a new phase in their propaganda war.

Crash Site The plane crashed about 40 km (25 miles) from the border with Russia near the regional capital of Donetsk, an area that is a stronghold of rebels who have been fighting Ukrainian government forces and have brought down military aircraft.

Leaders of the rebels’ self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic denied any involvement and said a Ukrainian air force jet had brought down the intercontinental flight.

Russia’s Defence Ministry later pointed the finger at Ukrainian ground forces, saying said it had picked up radar activity from a Ukrainian missile system south of Donetsk when the airliner was brought down, Russian media reported.

The Ukrainian security council said no missiles had been fired from the armouries of its armed forces.

The Ukrainian government released recordings it said were of Russian intelligence officers discussing the shooting down of a civilian airliner by rebels who may have mistaken it for a Ukrainian military plane.

The United States called for a ceasefire to allow access to the crash site, as did Merkel. “There are many indications that the plane was shot down, so we have to take things very seriously,” the German leader said.

Separatists told the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), a security and rights agency, they would ensure safe access to the scene for international experts.

The plane’s two black boxes - voice and data recorders - were quickly recovered, but since the crash site was in rebel hands it was unclear who would analyse them and whether they could in any case determine who fired the missile.

Further complicating any investigation, local people were seen removing pieces of wreckage as souvenirs. The condition of the metal can indicate if it has been struck by a missile.

Ukraine has closed air space over the east of the country. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said it appeared the downing of the jetliner was not an accident and that it apparently was “blown out of the sky”. “While we do not yet have all the facts, we do know that this incident occurred in the context of a crisis in Ukraine that is fuelled by Russian support for the separatists, including through arms, materiel, and training,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said in a statement.

More than half of the dead, 173 people, were Dutch. Forty-four were Malaysian, 27 Australian, 12 Indonesian, nine British, four German, four Belgian, three Filipino and one each from Canada, New Zealand and Romania. All 15 crew were Malaysian. Nationalities of the others aboard were unclear.

“Tragic day, tragic year” The loss of MH17 is the second devastating blow for Malaysia Airlines this year, following the mysterious disappearance of Flight MH370 in March, which vanished with 239 passengers and crew on board on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. In Malaysia, there was a sense of disbelief that another airline disaster could strike so soon.

“If it transpires that the plane was indeed shot down, we insist that the perpetrators must swiftly be brought to justice,” Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak told a pre-dawn news conference in Kuala Lumpur. “This is a tragic day, in what has already been a tragic year, for Malaysia.” The Netherlands declared a day of national mourning.

Trading Blame Ukraine accused proMoscow militants, aided

by Russian military intelligence officers, of firing a long-range, Soviet-era SA11 ground-to-air missile.

Russian President Vladimir Putin - accused by the West of backing the rebels in Ukraine - blamed Kiev for renewing its offensive against rebels two weeks ago after a ceasefire failed to hold. The Kremlin leader called it a “tragedy” but did not say who brought the Boeing 777 down. He later called for a “thorough and unbiased” investigation.

U.S. President Barack Obama said evidence from the crash must remain in Ukraine so international investigators have a chance to look at all of it, officials said. The OSCE said a “contact group” of senior representatives from Ukraine, Russia and the OSCE had held a video conference with the separatists, who pledged to cooperate with Ukrainian authorities in the investigation.

Kiev complained that separatists prevented Ukrainian officials from reaching the site, where pro-Russian separatists said they had found one of the “black box” recorders.

Rescue workers recovered a second recorder on Friday. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also called for a transparent international investigation.

People inspect the crash site of a passenger plane near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine on July 17.

Ukraine said a passenger plane carrying 295 people was shot down Thursday as it flew over the country, and both the government and the pro-Russia separatists fighting in the region denied any responsibility for downing the plane. (AP Photo)

Jetliner did not make distress call

KuAlA luMPuR, July 18 (AP): The Malaysia Airlines jetliner that went down in war-torn Ukraine did not make any distress call, Malaysia’s prime minister said Friday, adding that its flight route had been declared safe by the global civil aviation body.

Najib Razak, who addressed a middle-of-the-night news conference after speaking with leaders of

Ukraine and the Netherlands, and to President Barack Obama, said “no stone will be left unturned” in finding out what happened to Flight 17 and the 298 people on board. It is the second tragedy to hit Malaysia Airlines this year. Its Flight 370 disappeared March 8 while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. It has not been found, but the search has been concentrated in the Indian Ocean west of Australia. “This is a tragic day in what has already been a tragic year for Malaysia,” Najib said.

In both tragedies, the planes were the wide-bodied Boeing 777200. Najib said that Ukrainian authorities believe Flight 17, which was on its way from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 283 passengers and 15 crew, was shot down Thursday. Among the passengers were three infants. A U.S. official said American intelligence authorities believe a surface-to-air missile took down the plane, but it is not clear who fired it. He said it appears unlikely the Ukrainian government, which has denied re-

sponsibility, shot down the plane because it doesn’t have the capabilities. Pro-Russia separatists fighting the government have also denied any responsibility.

“At this stage, however, Malaysia is unable to verify the cause of this tragedy but we must, and we will, find out precisely what happened to this flight,” Najib said.

“If it transpires that the plane was indeed shot down we insist that the perpetrators must swiftly be brought to justice,” he said.

At least 27 of the victims were Australian, and Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Friday that authorities owed it to the families of the dead to find out what happened. “As things stand, this looks less like an accident than a crime.

And if so, the perpetrators must be brought to justice,” Abbott told parliament. Abbott said he thought Russia was behind the shooting down of the plane. “This is a grim day for our country and it’s a grim day for our world,” he said. “Malaysia Airlines MH17 has been shot down over the eastern Ukraine it

seems by Russian-backed rebels.”

Najib said the aircraft flight route was declared safe by the International Civil Aviation Organization.

The International Air Transportation Association had also stated that the air space that the aircraft was traversing was not subject to restrictions, he said. Besides, “Malaysia Airlines has confirmed that the aircraft did not make a distress call.” Still, a former head of airports security group BAA suggested that many airlines including Malaysia Airlines had continued to use the route despite warnings because it was shorter and cheaper.

“It is a busy aviation route and there have been suggestions that a notice was given to aviators telling airlines to avoid that particular area,” said Norman Shanks, who is a professor of aviation security at Coventry University in England. “But Malaysia Airlines, like a number of other carriers, have been continuing to use it because it is a shorter route, which means less fuel and therefore less money,” he told The Associated Press.

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Five-wicket Steyn rips through Sri Lanka

Galle, July 18 (aFP): Speed bowler Dale Steyn took five wickets as South Africa seized control on the third day of the first Test against Sri Lanka on Friday. Steyn, 31, unleashed some fiery bowling without much help from a dry and flat track to finish with figures of 5-50, his 23rd five-wicket haul in Tests.

At stumps, Sri Lanka were 283-9, still trailing the visitors by 172 runs with just one wicket in hand.

Sri Lankan skipper Angelo Mathews fought back valiantly with an 89run knock before being bowled by leg-spinner Imran Tahir.

Mathews, who missed scoring his third Test ton on the trot, also shared 71 runs with Rangana Herath for the eighth wicket, the highest partnership of the innings.

His effort was especially commendable since

Sri Lanka`s two big hitters -- Mahela Jayawardene (three) and Kumar Sangakkara (24) -- failed with the bat.

Steyn struck early in the final session, removing Lahiru Thirimanne (38) with an away-moving delivery which the batsman edged behind to wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock.

The lanky fast bowler struck again soon to dismiss Dinesh Chandimal and Dilruwan Perera off his consecutive overs to cap a fiery three-wicket burst. Chandimal (six) was caught at midwicket while Perera snicked to de Kock without opening his account.

Mathews tried to hit back, smacking Morne Morkel (2-45) for five fours in one over to race to his fifties but that was a rare show of dominance on an otherwise disappointing day for the home team. South African bowler Dale Steyn displays five fingers after taking his fifth wicket during the third day of the first test cricket Earlier, Tharanga, mak- match between Sri Lanka and South Africa in Galle, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 18. (AP Photo)

2nd Altrura open football tournament

KOHIMa, July 18 (Mexn): The Altrura Society would conduct its 2nd Altrura Open Football tournament from July 26 at Chumukedima Local Ground.

Different teams from all the districts of the state are expected to participate in the tournament.

A total prize money of Rs. 1.20 lakh is set for this tournament. The champion will walk home with Rs. 50,000 and trophy and the runners up of Rs. 30,000 and trophy. Cash awards and citations will be awarded for the best discipline team, best goal keeper, best defender, highest goal scorer, best player, first hattrick of the tournament etc. The Society

informed that the forms will be available at M/S Easy System opp. Medziphema Local Ground-Medziphema, Akholie Bakery, 2nd gate Chumukedima, Xceed Printers, Aviu Complex, near Urban station - 6th mile, C.M Bazar- 4th mile Diphupar and Kiran Sports Dimapur .

The society further informed that the entry fee will be Rs. 3500 and last date of submission is on July 21 during the office hour at Chumukedima Ward No.4, Opposite Saturday Weekly Bazaar.

Meanwhile, the fixture will be drawn on July 22 at office premises.

For further information, contact @ 8575127849; 9615264166, 8575661006.

Six Aussies nabbed from 'tennis match-fixing ring'

Canberra, July 18 (IanS): Six Australians, some of them tennis players, were Friday arrested in connection with an alleged international tennis match-fixing ring. It is believed the syndicate was based in Victoria and bet on matches in Australia and overseas, with the outcome of the game pre-determined by at least one of the players involved, reports Xinhua. The men were arrested in Melbourne and regional Victorian towns by detectives from the Purana Taskforce, which investigates organised crime syndicates. The allegations of match fixing involve players at state, national and international levels.

The anti-organised crime taskforce Friday morning swooped on eight properties across the state, including houses in the Melbourne suburbs of Port Melbourne, Brighton, Daylesford, Bonbeach, Sandhurst, Black Rock and Cheltenham. The arrests came as part of an investigation into an alleged betting syndicate with links reaching as high as international tennis matches, police said.

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ever, the allegations did not involve matches played at the Australian Open, the first grand slam tournament of the year. Investigators from the Sporting Integrity Intelligence Unit and Criminal Proceeds Squad were involved in the investigation. A release from the Victorian police Friday stated the six men will be "interviewed in relation to match fixing contrary to the Crimes Amendment (Integrity in Sports) Act", including the use of corrupt conduct information for betting purposes. "A 27-year-old from Brighton, 40-year-old from Daylesford, 28- year-old from Bonbeach, 29-yearold from Sandhurst, 27-year-old from Black Rock and a 26-year-old from Cheltenham are assisting police with their enquiries," the statement said.

Fairfax Media reported that tennis players were among those taken into custody. The sport's peak organisation, Tennis Australia, released a statement Friday afternoon, stating that it took the allegations seriously and was "committed to upholding the integrity of the sport".

Rio Ferdinand signs for QPR lOnDOn, July 18 (aGenCIeS): While Louis van Gaal was being unveiled, Manchester United old boy Rio Ferdinand put thoughts of Old Trafford behind him.

The England defender, released by United at the end of the season, wrapped up his move to Queens Park Rangers, signing a 12 month contract. Ferdinand was looking forward to resuming his Premier League career with Harry Redknapp’s side after putting pen to paper on a deal worth up to £70,000-per-week. After completing a medical in the afternoon, Ferdinand arrived at Loftus Road to sign the contract and conduct in-house media duties. Ferdinand, 35, arrived back in England earlier this week following his stint working for the BBC as a World Cup pundit.

The veteran defender has, however, been topping up his fitness over the summer in preparation for pre-season at QPR. The move reunites Ferdinand with Redknapp, who gave the former England star his senior debut at West Ham in 1995. Ferdinand said: 'I used to sit in the Loft – my Dad used bring me here as a young boy. QPR was the first professional club to ever sign me. 'There are great memories for me here – for my family.

'Anton had nothing but good things to say about QPR and I watched Les here as a boy, with the likes of Ray Wilkins, Clive Wilson, David Bardsley and Alan McDonald.' Ferdinand, who has been involved in deals worth close to £50million, was one of Redknapp’s top targets

as soon as promotion was assured via the play-offs in May. And despite reluctance from certain members of the Rangers hierarchy to rubber-stamp the deal given his age, Redknapp has got his man. Ferdinand brings a wealth of toplevel experience with him having spent 12 years at Old Trafford.

He helped United to 11 trophies, including six league titles, one Champions League, one FIFA World Club Cup

and an FA Cup. But his target next season will be much different as he looks to keep Rangers in the top-flight following their promotion. Redknapp hopes Ferdinand’s capture will be the catalyst for several more purchases ahead of his side’s season-opener against Hull City on August 16. The Rangers boss is hoping to land Ajax striker Kolbeinn Sigthorsson after having a £4.8million offered accepted by the Dutch giants.

They are also interested in Cardiff central-defender Steven Caulker, who is also wanted by Crystal Palace and Southampton.

ing a Test comeback after more than six years, stood out with his doughty 83run innings that contained 14 fours and a six.

Tharanga defied the hostile fast bowling for some three hours but he was finally undone by part-time spinner JeanPaul Duminy who had him stumped by de Kock.

Steyn tasted the first success in the morning session when he got rid of opener Kaushal Silva (eight). Silva tried to hook a bouncer from Steyn but edged it to long leg where Vernon Philander dived forward and plucked the ball inches off the ground to complete a spectacular catch.

His dismissal brought in Sangakkara, coming into the match on the back of a record seven successive fifty-plus scores.

The left-hander looked his normal poised self, pulling and driving Steyn for two fours in an over,

which included his trademark cover drive.

Tharanga provided solid support to his more famous partner, reaching his fourth half-century with a four off Duminy.

Tharanga dished out similar treatment to Tahir, the only specialist spinner in the South African squad, whacking him around for two boundaries is his consecutive overs.

Sudden rain close to the lunch break held up the game briefly. And just as the match resumed, Sangakkara paid the price for losing his concentration, inside edging Morkel on to his stumps.

Jayawardene, who has announced that he will retire in August, was trapped leg before by Steyn while trying to defend against a stinging yorker from the bowler. The former skipper asked for a review but replays vindicated the onfield umpire`s call.

German GP: Hamilton fastest in 2nd practice

HOCKenHeIM, July 18 (aP): Lewis Hamilton beat teammate Nico Rosberg to the fastest time in the second practice session at the German Grand Prix as Mercedes set the pace on Friday.

Hamilton completed his best lap on the Hockenheimring in 1 minute, 18.341 seconds, edging Rosberg by 0.024 seconds.

"A really good start but risky not to get too much oversteer," Rosberg said.

The German had been leading but he went off track on the second turn and Hamilton then topped the leaderboard for the first time. Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo was third, 0.078 behind Rosberg, followed by Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen and McLaren's Kevin Magnussen.

Felipe Massa of Williams and Jensen Button of McLaren were sixth and seventh, respectively, followed by Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, Williams' Valtteri Bottas, Sauber's Adrian Sutil, and Toro Ros-

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain races during the second free practice session of the German Formula One Grand Prix in Hockenheim, Germany, Friday, July 18. The German Grand Prix will be held on Sunday. (AP Photo)

so's Daniil Kvyat, who was within half a second of Raikkonen in fourth.

Track temperatures hit 58 degrees (C) during the afternoon session. Rosberg's brakes were smoking as he waited for Hamilton's

tires to be changed.

The forecast is for more of the same on Saturday, while rain and summer storms could arrive on Sunday. Mercedes also finished 1-2 in the opening practice, with Rosberg

beating Hamilton by 0.065.

Rosberg leads his British teammate by just four points going into Sunday's race at the halfway stage of the season.

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Van Gaal needs time to impose philosophy at Manchester United Rob Harris AP Sports Writer

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hile avoiding starting his Manchester United reign with any bold predictions or statements of intent, Louis van Gaal still projected an aura of authority and conviction in his ability to take on one of the biggest jobs in football. There was none of the uneasiness at Thursday's official presentation that was evident last July when the ill-fated David Moyes appeared overwhelmed at the task of succeeding Alex Ferguson after 26 years.

It's little wonder. Moyes arrived at Old Trafford from Everton without a major trophy to his name. Van Gaal is a proven winner as a manager, collecting titles at Ajax, Barcelona and Bayern Munich before leading the Netherlands to an unexpected third-place finish at the World Cup on Saturday. The 62-year-old Van Gaal is so self-assured that he felt confident enough — on just his second official day in the United job — to question the main training pitch and flag up the club's focus on money-making.

"It's the biggest club of the world," Van Gaal said at Old Trafford. "Within two days I know already how important Manchester United is but also how important the sponsors are."

Just this week, United signed a 10-year kit deal with Adidas that will be worth at least $1.3 billion, and then added Japanese noodle maker Nissin to its ever-ex-

Carrick injured, out for 12 weeks

lOnDOn, July 18 (reuterS): Manchester United's Michael Carrick will miss the start of season after undergoing surgery on a serious ankle injury, the club confirmed on Thursday. The 32-year-old England midfielder sustained an ankle ligament injury in training earlier this week and underwent an operation on Thursday morning, ruling him out of action for between 10 to 12 weeks. "Michael Carrick was injured in the last day or the day before," Louis van Gaal, speaking at his first press conference as United's new manager, told reporters. "So that is, in my opinion, a big blow because he is an experienced player." Asked how long it could take for Carrick to recover, the former Netherlands coach said: "Much too long for me." panding collection of global sponsors. "This club is ... guided in a commercial way and we have to fulfill that," Van Gaal said. "It's not always possible to fulfill the commercial expectations (and) the football expectations. That is my big challenge after two days." What Van Gaal will be judged on is returning United to the Champions League. Under Moyes, United went from winning a 20th English title in Ferguson's final act as manager to seventh-place finishers, even missing out on Europa League qualification.

"I cannot give predictions because you never

know," he said. "There's a lot of expectation but it's also a great challenge because of that." A challenge that requires time to overhaul a team that went into an alarming slump under Moyes. "I have to see how the players perform my philosophy and how quick they can pick up this philosophy," Van Gaal said. "For me the challenge is always first — not fourth — but ... it's dependable on the lock between the players and the coach."

Defender Luke Shaw and midfielder Ander Herrera have already been added to the squad with his approval, but there are

no immediate plans for further recruits in the summer transfer window. "I want to see the first three, four weeks what (the squad) can do and then maybe I shall buy other players," Van Gaal said.

What the first training session on Wednesday showed Van Gaal was not about the condition of the players but the pitch itself.

"The facility needs a little more intimacy," he said.

"I have asked already because now it's an open field but there is always wind.

And wind is not always the friend of the players. It's not always the friend of the ball, and so we have to do something about that."

With a reputation for possessing a large ego, Van Gaal presented himself as a more rounded character to a media pack so used to dealing with the fiery Ferguson. "I'm a democratic and empathetic human being," he said. "Of course I have a strong personality but the other characteristics are more important.

"The media wants to show (the autocratic) part of the personality but that part is (very small). When it is repeated always then everybody thinks like that.

Autocratic and a strong personality is not the same."

Van Gaal could add workaholic to that, having taken just two days off between returning to the Netherlands from Brazil and starting his first job in England. "When there is a challenge like this, I never let it go," he said. "This is a holiday for me. I like the way I can work."

Ricciardo and Vettel posted very similar lap times to Hamilton on their respective longer runs in the afternoon. Caterham endured a frustrating afternoon.

Marcus Ericsson stopped on the track early in the session before teammate Kamui Kobayashi had to pull up with smoke coming from his bodywork.

Kobayashi jumped out of the cockpit and ran across the track for an extinguisher, before running back to put out the fire with the aid of marshals.

The Japanese driver reported problems with his brakes before that.

Earlier, turns 1 and 8 proved the most problematic on a morning of minor errors. Alonso was among a number of drivers to run off the track at the eighth turn.

The drivers had to adjust to the removal of the front and rear interconnected suspension from their cars after FIA said the system could be illegal. All teams opted to remove the system rather than run the risk of docked points.

Schumacher's wife offers hope for future HOCKenHeIM, July 18 (reuterS): Michael Schumacher's wife Corinna has thanked fans of the Formula One great for their support through the dark days of his fight for life after a skiing accident and offered hope for his future recovery.

"The German Grand Prix gives me the perfect opportunity to cordially thank you all for the good wishes and positive energies you keep sending to Michael," she said in a message published in the programme for Sunday's race. "I have to say your sympathies blew us all away. Good to know that together we made it through the hardest time.

"Now we are facing a phase which will presumably take a long time. We trust that - as for so many years in F1 - time will be Michael's ally in the fight."

Schumacher, the most successful Formula One driver in the history of the sport, won his home race four times.

The seven time world champion suffered severe head injuries when he slammed against a rock in a ski accident in the French Alps last December and is currently in hospital in Lausanne, near his Swiss home, after spending months in a coma.

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indsay Lohan collected the Biggest Comeback Award at the Ischia Global FIlm & Music Festival earlier this week and was at the event to accept her prize. The ‘Liz & Dick’ actress collected the prize at the Ischia Global Film & Music Festival in Italy earlier this week and she was on hand to accept the trophy. However, the 28-year-old star - whose most recent major acting role was ‘The Canyons’ in 2013 - suf-

fered an embarrassing moment when she stumbled at the annual gala.

The award is a step in the right direction for Lindsay, who is preparing to make her West End theatre debut in ‘Speed-the-Plow’ and wants to bring her focus back to her acting career. The ‘Mean Girls’ actress recently claimed she wanted her ‘’talents’’ to be recognised again, instead of being known for her controversial and well-documented personal issues. She said ‘’I want to be known for my talents and my work that I create, rather than a tabloid sensation. ‘’However long it does take,

I’m willing to do it. I’m willing to work for it.’’

Lindsay has insisted her wild days are behind her now, despite friends reportedly worrying about her move to London after she ‘’cut ties’’ with her ‘’sobriety circle’’. An insider previously claimed ‘’Everyone thinks Lindsay moved to London because she knows that she can get away with things there that she cannot get away with here. ‘’She’s cut ties with everyone back in the States ... You can only give someone so many chances. She’s not answering phone calls from her sober friends. It’s frustrating.’’

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angna Ranaut, who walked the ramp for Anju Modi on Day 2 of Shree Raj Mahal Jewellers India Couture Week, tells us how people were in denial about her character in Revolver Rani because they didn’t want to believe that Queen was a ‘lie’, how she met working girls while travelling alone in the US after watching the film, and why she never does endorsements.

Initially, when I came in, I wanted to do all these advertisements and be seen on TV, but with time, I am beginning to feel that I really don’t want to do all that. Because most things are instilling bad values in our youth and pulling our country back - like fairness is such a big deal. Making people feel that you don’t get a job or your parents are stressed because you’re darker, and you go find a tube and then you turn all fair.

There were other issues I had with endorsements - it’s just about lying. Most things don’t contain what they say, like this fruit or that fruit. I really can’t sell a lie. Why would I tell girls that it’s important for them to be a certain way and do a Queen?

I’d much rather do a Queen, and at this stage, take responsibility for what I do. When I step out of my country, people laugh at us for selling fairness creams ‘we can’t believe that in this time and age, you Indians do this to your own race. You bring yourself down’.

When a white guy sees that, we tell them that you guys are superior, and we want to be like you all. Black people don’t do that, no one does that. So it’s bringing our race

down, and I’ve rejected many offers, because everything in India... it’s hard to actually believe that even an acne cream has fairness in it, soap has fairness in it, and bleach and... all these brands I have rejected because nothing sells without fairness.

These people come to me, and they say, ‘Don’t talk to us like we’re the villains because it’s the market.’ I said, ‘I’m not saying I’m gonna change the world, or that even one person will stop buying fairness creams after reading my interview. But I can sleep at night knowing that I’m happy with myself and doing my bit.’ That’s why I’m not doing things I don’t believe in.

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e is known to his fans as Goldenballs. But David Beckham was dripping in golden goo after he was slimed at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Sports Awards in Los Angeles on Thursday. The 39-year-old was unceremoniously covered in the sticky substance as he took part in a skit onstage with his boys Romeo and Cruz. And ever the old pro, the jolly former LA Galaxy star still managed to raise a smile after being covered in the unsavory liquid.

And while he always seems to come out of everything smelling of roses, this was the one occasion where the England star’s luck ran out. While he was able to grin and bear it, his nine-year-old son Cruz looked rather devastated his snazzy T-shirt had been ruined in the incident.

The retired midfielder was one boy short as he attended the popular children’s event at the UCLA Pauley Pavilion.

It was the perfect opportunity for a boys only night out, with Romeo, 11, and Cruz seemingly having a great time as they hammed it up with their old man oin the red carpet. But his 15-year-old son Brooklyn was conspicuous buy his absence as the power trio posed up in front of adoring fans. But David and his boys were not the only big names in attendance at the star-studded event.

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But now the latest news is that he will get married to Ginni by the end of this year. If the rumours stand true then Kapil, who has a huge fan following, is bound to break the hearts of many female admirers. Well, let`s wait and watch for the ace comedian to come out in public about it. Whether he will actually take the big step or not, only time will tell.

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Stan Lee confirms cameo in ‘Avengers Age of Ultron’#E32014 Disney sees Infinity game’s sales hitting $1 billion. From tech freaks to aliens, who is your favourite superhero Movie on Gambit is happening Channing Tatum. Marvel comics, who has announced a new Captain America, has revealed that he will now be a black man.

Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada announced on The Colbert Report that Sam Wilson, also known as The Falcon, will take over Captain America’s shield in Captain America no.21, the New York Post reported.

Captain America writer Rick Remender told Marvel.com that according to him different characters across the Marvel Universe were going to respond to Wilson’s appointment in different ways, but he was not a beginner in his long history as the Falcon and he earned a reputation for integrity and honesty and backbone that most of the super hero community have a respect for. In the comic series, the starspangled superhero had suffered a brutal defeat at the hands of the newly minted villain Iron Nail and lost his special powers that gave him super-strength and youth last month.

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Needless to say, one particular scene from the promo has grabbed everyone’s attention. The engaging shot that sees Salman heroically walk across a railway track as a speeding train is barely seconds away from hitting him, has won his fans’ hearts. Incidentally, this scene in the trailer is right after the superstar’s chase sequence on a bicycle, which is rumouredly the longest chase sequence in Bollywood.

The scene was shot at Safdarjung station in the Capital by Sajid in real-time movement.

Such has been its impact that it has been dubbed the most stylish action shot ever and the film promises many such adrenalinepumping sequences.

One is not surprised to hear that Salman’s fans are so impressed with this shot that many have recreated their own versions of it.

Several of them have even uploaded their versions of the scene on various digital platforms.

It is already known that the trailer of Kick has re- Dimapur based rock band Polar Lights have announced that they will be releasing a new single very soon. While not specifying the date of release, the band has come up with the ceived more than 10 million views online and has artwork for their upcoming single, courtesy Alem Jamir Creative. created the record of having maximum number of views in the shortest span of time.

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Dimapur, July 18 (mExN): Auditioning for the Gospel Voice Hunt Nagaland began here at Anaki Building, Khermahal, today. The voice hunt held is being organised by the Youth for Christ Kingdom Ministry.

Dr. Iketo, MS at Nikos Hospital and Proprietor of Honda Showroom, Dimapur, was the chief guest at the occasion and shared the nuances of singing while performing. Asking participants to be wary of being enticed by secular music, Dr. Iketo

asked them to give their all for God. Earlier, Rev Puduhu Khusoh, FNR and Naga Shisha Hoho member, shared a short speech and pronounced the invocation.

The judge for today’s auditioning was Inakha Aye. The selected participants from the auditioning would go through to the next level of competition where they will be judged based on their performances by judges and audiences via voting cards. The winner of the voice hunt will pocket a prize money of Rs. 1,00,000.

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Switzerland’s champion tennis player Roger Federer and US champion ski racer Lindsey Vonn played an exhibition tennis match on the Aletsch Glacier below the Sphinx Summit to celebrate the opening of the LINDT Swiss Chocolate Heaven, a shop at 3,454 metres above sea level on Jungfraujoch, Switzerland. The themed chocolate shop, which offers a wide range of the finest LINDT chocolate and the adjacent Master Chocolatiers parlor gives visitors a insight into how chocolate is made, was opened by Roger Federer and is collaboration between Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Sprüngli and Jungfrau Railway Holding AG. (AP Photo)

Saina pulls out of Glasgow CWG HYDERABAD, JULY 18 (TNN): In a major setback to Indian badminton hopes at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, ace shuttler Saina Nehwal is learnt to have pulled out of the event. Saina, who shot to fame by winning the gold medal for India at the Delhi Games in 2010, has reportedly expressed her inability to join the team set to leave for Glasgow on Friday.

Though Saina's ticket has reached the city, it is reliably learnt that the shuttler will not fly to Europe.

After her unexpected triumph at the Australian Open Super Series last month, Saina was a favourite to win gold in Glasgow.

But the shuttler, who sustained blister injuries on both her feet, took some time to recover and was not able to practise properly. In fact, she did not hit the court for about a week after her return from Australia. It is also learnt that she is suffering from a knee

problem. Neither Saina nor her coach Pullela Gopichand were available for comment. A source in the Badminton Association of

India (BAI) told TOI that president Akhilesh Das Gupta and some members of the coaching staff are persuading her to go

to Glasgow. However, till Thursday, their efforts had not borne fruit.

"For the last three days we have been trying to convince her. If she goes even with 50% of fitness she can win a gold for us. Apart from Saina there are no big players among the Commonwealth countries. So far she has not agreed to be part of the squad. I don't think she will change her mind," the BAI official said.

In 2010, Saina defeated Malaysia's Wong Mew Choo in a nailbiting final to win the women's singles gold. India won four medals then. Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa clinched gold in the women's doubles while Kashyap secured bronze in men's singles.

India had also won silver in the team event. With Saina's likely to stay home, Indian hopes will hinge of PV Sindu and the pair of Jwala and Ashwini in the women's section.

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MUNICH, JULY 18 (AGENCIES): Philipp Lahm has retired from international football, less than a week after winning the World Cup. The Germany captain led his side to victory over Argentina in last Sunday's final in Rio de Janeiro as Mario Gotze scored an extra-time winner. The 30-year-old hangs up his boots having won 113 caps for his country, according to reports in Germany.

Lahm started the World Cup in midfield but reverted to right back as Germany thrashed hosts Brazil 7-1 in the last four before Mario Gotze's extra-time winner against Argentina. Germany returned home to a heroes welcome as almost 500,000 fans flocked to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Tuesday morning.

And Lahm played to the crowd as part off a hilarious routine. Thomas Muller, Mats Hummels, Erik Durm and Christoph Kramer looked to be striding out on to the podium alone, but Lahm was behind them, unseen.

Their captain crouched and revealed the shimmering World Cup as the other four fell to the ground in a move to draw huge cheers.

The German newspaper Bild said that Lahm had already informed the national coach that he wants to stand down. “I told Jogi Löw on Monday already that I am retiring from international football,” he said.

“The decision developed during last season.”

The president of the German FA, the DFB, Wolfgang Niersbach said: “Philipp has called me this morning and informed me personally about this decision. In the conversation I very quickly realised that it was futile to want to talk him out of it. He was in his 10 years playing for the national team not only an outstanding player, but always an absolute role model.

I thanked him for everything he has done for the DFB.” Lahm, now 30, began the World Cup in midfield where Löw has preferred him recently, but was moved to his natural position of right-back as Germany clicked into gear.

He made his international debut in 2004 and went on to play 113 times for Germany. He will continue to play for the German champions Bayern who he also captains.

LONDON, JULY 18 (AGENCIES): Ravindra Jadeja struck late in the second session to put India on top against England on the second day of the second Test at Lord's on Friday.

Jadeja trapped Joe Root lbw for 13 as England reached tea at 125 for 4 in reply to India's 295.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar also added one more wicket to his two in the first session.

The medium pacer broke a 43-run stand between Gary Ballance and Ian Bell when the latter looked to leave a delivery from Bhuvneshwar but it kicked up unexpectedly to brush his gloves and reached into the safe hands of Jadeja at third slip. Bell made 16.

Gary Ballance (51 off 117 balls) and the bearded Moeen Ali, who slog-swept Jadeja for a four off the first ball he faced, closed out the session for the hosts. Ballance completed his fifty in the penultimate over before tea with a single off Murali Vijay on the offside. Ali was unbeaten on 6 off 25 balls.

Earlier, Bhuvneshwar reduced the hosts to 51 for 2 at lunch. However, Mohammed Shami could have been the first to be among the wickets had Ajinkya Rahane not dropped Sam Robson for 8 in the 10th over of the innings.

Bhuvneshwar, who made a dogged 36 in India's score, first removed out-of-form England captain Alastair Cook for 10 off the first ball of the the next over as the left-hander edged one away-going delivery straight through to MS Dhoni behind the wickets. Four overs later, Bhuvneshear struck again as Robson edged a delivery

India's Virat Kohli, left, and Bhuvneshwar Kumar celebrate taking the wicket of England's captain Alastair Cook during the second day of the second test match between England and India at Lord's cricket ground in London, Friday, July 18. (AP Photo)

that bounced a little more than expected, giving Dhoni his second catch. Robson made 17.

On a partial pitch to fast bowlers, India's medium pacers plied their trade with great discipline, giving the home batsmen no breathing space.

India's last-wicket stand lasted just 10 balls into the day when Ben

Stokes had Shami (19) caught by Cook. The tourists just added five runs to their overnight score. Ishant Sharma remained unbeaten on his overnight score of 12 as Cook took his 100th Test catch.

India resumed the day on 290 for 4. Shami picked up a four through a lemon cut in the first over of the day bowled by James An-

derson, who was just one wicket away from his 16th five-for. Anderson eventually finished with 4 for 64.

Stokes and Stuart Broad took two wickets each.

India's record at the hallowed ground is poor, wining just one game, losing 11 and drawing four.

With the wicket assisting fast bowlers here, they have a big chance to improve it.

Debuchy replaces Sagna at Arsenal

LONDON, JULY 18 (AGENCIES): France international Mathieu Debuchy has joined Arsenal Football Club on a long-term contract for an undisclosed fee.

The 28-year-old right back has just returned from the World Cup in Brazil, where he helped France reach the quarter-finals.

An experienced defender, Debuchy arrives from Newcastle United, where he featured 46 times during an 18-month spell. He spent the first nine years of his senior career with French side Lille, where he made 233 Ligue 1 appearances for his boyhood club and a further 18 in the Uefa Champions League.

Debuchy helped Lille to a league and Coupe de France double in 2010/11 and in the following season his contribution was recognised by being named in the 2011/12 Ligue 1 Team of the Season. His performances also earned him his international debut against Albania in October 2011, and he

now has 25 caps for France.

Arsène Wenger said: “We are delighted to welcome Mathieu Debuchy to Arsenal Football Club. He has shown he can perform at the highest level with his club sides and also for France.

He is a quality defender who has good Premier League experience and I’m confident he will fit in very well with us.”

Debuchy will join up with his new team-mates soon for pre-season preparations and is expected to make his debut at the Emirates Cup in the first weekend of August.

He said: “I’m very proud to be joining a great club like Arsenal and to wear its colours, it’s one of the biggest clubs in the whole world.

I’m looking forward to working with Arsène Wenger and to helping the team build on last season’s FA Cup success. Playing again in the Champions League is a big excitement for me and I will do my best to help Arsenal compete for trophies.”

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