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Disturbed Area Act extended in entire nagaland naga civil society questions Goi’s sincerity following DAA extension • A complete contradiction from GoI: NPMHR • Proof of insincerity of central leaders: Naga Hoho • Total violation of democratic rights: NMA • Such hostility from the GoI: NTC Morung Express News
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Dimapur | July 1
Petrol, diesel rates cut NEW DELHI, JULY 1 (IANS): State-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has cut the price of transport fuel effective on Friday by under a rupee each, of petrol by 89 paise a litre and of diesel by 49 paise, both at Delhi with corresponding decrease in other states.
ULFA (I) condoles DIMAPUR, JULY 1 (MExN): The United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) today condoled the passing away of NSCN (IM) Chairman, Isak Chishi Swu. A press note from the Chairman of the ULFA (I), Dr Abhizeet Asom called Swu as a “tower of a man in politics of the Naga peoples as a whole. “A deeply religious man with an amiable personality which was a great asset for his group in bringing unity between tribes and taking forward the Naga cause with fortitude which will be given any revolutionary inspiration to fight on,” he stated. “With his mature skill and statesmanship he tried to undo the shackles of the 1975 Shillong Accord. Due to his infirmity, he unfortunately had to leave this world his work unfinished, but, nevertheless undefeated at the hands of the treacherous Indian establishment, with the laurel on his head as a Naga National hero,” the ULFA (I) Chairman added.
File photo of Assam Rifles jawans in Kohima. (Morung Photo)
NEW DELHI, JULY 1 (PTI): The Centre has renewed for six months its “disturbed area” notification on the entire state of Nagaland, allowing the armed forces power to search, raid and arrest without a warrant under Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA). In its notification, the Home Ministry said that it is of the opinion that the area comprising the whole of Nagaland “is in such a disturbed and dangerous condition” that the use of armed forces in aid of the civil power is necessary. “Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3 of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, the central government hereby declares that whole of the said state to be a ‘disturbed area’ for a period of six months with effect from June 30, 2016 for the purpose of that Act,” the notification said yesterday. The announcement came three days after the demise of Isak Chishi Swu, Chairman of Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM), at a hospital here fol-
lowing multi-organ failure. Though the notification did not specify the reasons for declaring the entire Nagaland as “disturbed area”, officials said it is continuation of an order issued years ago and is based on the assessment of the prevailing situation in the northeastern state, which has continued to be “critical.” Killings, extortion, factional clashes and other subversive activities have been going on in different parts of Nagaland at the behest of a few insurgent groups, they said. Even though NSCN-IM has been engaged in a peace dialogue with the central government, another faction led by SS Khaplang continues to attack security forces both in Nagaland and in Manipur, the officials said. Many groups in the northeast and Jammu and Kashmir have demanded scrapping of AFSPA terming it as “draconian”. However, the armed forces are opposed to any move to dilute the Act on the ground that it protects the security forces from “unnecessary harassment.”
Naga civil society groups on Friday reacted strongly to the extension of the Disturb Area Act for another 6 months and termed it as an insult to the Naga people and a contradiction to the peace process and the ongoing political negotiation. “When everybody is talking big and positive, particularly from the Government of India side on the ongoing political negotiation, this comes as a complete contradiction and goes on to show that the GoI is not sincere with the peace process,” secretary general to the Naga Peoples’ Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) Neingulo Krome told The Morung Express on Friday. Krome said Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) and DAA have no room in the peace process and therefore the extension of the same is an insult to the intelligence of the Naga people. He also questioned the justification for the extension of the DAA when “in fact, Nagaland is the most peaceful state in the whole of North
East India at present.” “There seem to be a contradiction between the Government of India and the Ministry of Home Affairs, there is lack of coalition between the two,” Krome noted. Naga Hoho president Chuba Ozukum said the extension of the DAA is once again a proof of the insincerity of the top rung political leaders at the centre at a time, “when Naga people keeps on appealing for withdrawal of AFSPA and DAA, when Nagaland is enjoying a peaceful atmosphere and keeping in mind the seriousness of the peace process.” “Such hostility from the Government of India,” Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) secretary, Information & Publicity, Theja Therieh reacted on the extension of DAA in entire Nagaland. “I don’t know in what way Nagaland is disturbed and dangerous. On one side, there is the ongoing peace process and political negotiation and on the other such hostility from the GoI.” Therieh also asserted that there are no anti-terror activities in Nagaland, while killing, extortion and kidnapping, if considered as a justifi-
cation for imposition of the Act takes place everywhere. “We don’t need an anti-terror Act to tackle such issues, these are State law and order problem,” he maintained. The NTC secretary also pointed out that imposition of such act is one reason why North East people feel alienated and is made to believe that they are given the step motherly treatment. Advisor to Naga Mothers’ Association (NMA), Dr Rosemary Dzüvichu said it is highly questionable that the home ministry seems bent on taking contradictory stand as far as Nagaland is concerned. “We have strongly opposed the imposition of the AFSPA and the DAA in the midst of the peace process and ongoing peace initiatives and talks. And to extend this Act for another six months proves beyond doubt the insincerity of the central government in ushering peace,” Dr Rosemary said. As mothers and women who have borne the brunt of militarization, violence and killings through the Act, the NMA advisor condemned the undemocratic extension of the Act and urged the GoI to “help us build peace and not escalate tensions and another era of militarization for the Nagas who years for peace and an end to violence.” “Allowing further militarization when the state is peaceful is in total violation of our democratic right to peace and security,” Dr Rosemary stated.
Excess smoking, narcotics use cause infertility 21-gun salute at cHQ Hebron
NEW DELHI, JULY 1 (IANS): Excess smoking and use of other narcotic substances, including marijuana, can cause infertility in both males and females, doctors have said. They said while cigarettes do not necessarily cause infertility, they can have an adverse effect on a couple’s ability to conceive. The problem exists in men as much as in females, the doctors said. “One should avoid using tobacco (cigarettes) and marijuana. They reduce fertility, especially by reducing sperm counts. Smoking damages sperm, making them less likely to fertilise eggs. The embryos they create are less likely to
survive,” said Nupur Gupta, associated with the Well Women Clinic. According to Gupta, women who smoke tobacco, marijuana and several other narcotic products may have early menopause. Studies have also revealed that compared to non-smokers, active smokers were 14 per cent more likely to be infertile and 26 per cent more likely to have early menopause. World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that as of 2015, India with 12 per cent of world’s tobacco users, has 108 million smokers. Parbeen Mehta, a gynaecologist at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospi-
tal, said human sperm cells carry two tiny, highly charged proteins called protamine 1 and protamine 2, which are in a perfectly balanced one-to-one relationship. “However, sperms of the smokers carry very little protamine, which makes them highly vulnerable to DNA damage,” said Mehta. She said passive smoking may also affect male fertility. “Male smokers can suffer decreased sperm quality with lower mobility and it boots numbers of abnormally shaped sperms. Also, if one is a chain smoker then it might also decrease the sperm’s ability to fertilise eggs,” said Mehta. NSCN (IM) cadres carry the coffin of their Chairman Isak Chi-
NSCN (IM) holds State Funeral Service for Swu
Braving rain, Kohima bids farewell to Isak Swu Our Correspondent Kohima | July 1
Braving heavy rainfall, hundreds of people today gathered here at Old MLA Hostel Junction to pay their homage and last respects to Isak Chishi Swu, Chairman NSCN (IM) as the entourage accompanying the mortal remains of the veteran leader passed through the land of the Angamis. A public reception programme was organized by the Angami Public Organization (APO). APO President, Dr Vilhusa Seleyi said the demise of Isak Chishi Swu comes as shocking news. Dr Seleyi said: “The Angami Public Organization solemnly mourns the passing away of a great patriot who has made outstanding sacrifice for the Naga cause...In this fight against a giant nation for decades together, there may have been some controversies in his ideology. The APO however, earnestly appeals to the general public and the leaders in particular, to realize the value of reconciliation and to reaffirm the Naga unity while paying tribute to our leader who has worked to this end till his last breath.” Niketu Iralu, in a solidarity speech said as Chairman Isak Swu played his political leadership role, he held on with evangelical fervour and zeal to his Christian faith which he had inherited from his pioneering father. Many have stressed this
Kohima citizens braved the Friday downpour to wait for the entourage carrying the mortal remains of the Naga veteran leader Isak Chishi Swu. (Morung Photo)
quality in their tributes to him. “I believe it can be said to his credit that Isak Swu never let go Christ’s imperishable injunction- ‘To give unto Caesar what belonged to Caesar and to God what belonged to God.’ In the leadership he sought to give, there can be no doubt about the place he gave to his command, from above the battlefield of politics and life. I believe it will turn out that it made a crucial difference in our crisis, and it will be remembered with gratitude as his special contribution. Nagas will pray that the legacy of his commitment to his faith will be brought to bear on the tough issues still to be resolved in the common journey ahead of all of us,” Iralu added. He further expressed hope that the Nagas will rise to meet
the need for change that will enable Nagas as a people to win together that the departed leader yearned for. He called for the forging of a solidarity that will be sustainable and productive because we will decide to “go beyond seeing only where others have hurt us, and be ready to see where we too may have provoked them to hurt us, so that forgiving and being forgiven will become possible.” Iralu added: “Kohima was a very small town when Isak Swu came to study in the Government High School. He made lasting friendships with individuals and families here who value him and his family. There is poignancy and grief in the thought that this will be his last earthly passage through the Kohima he grew up in.” Kohima Village Council
Chairman, Medoselhou Keretsii said: “We have gathered here to pay our homage and respect to this great soul because somewhere somehow we have been touched by his life.” “Here is a man who gave his whole life for our national cause, his demise has shaken our nation, but let me take this platform to urge my brothers and sisters to stand together united, let us be one. I am sure he had this dream,” Keretsii said. Earlier, the programme was chaired by Vipralhou Kesiezie, Advisory Board Chairman, APO; while Rev. Fr. Alex Vizo, Parish Priest, SFS Kohima pronounced benediction. Several organizations and individuals laid wreaths. A tribute song entitled “Ara Kezievi” was sung by the Angami Students’ Union.
shi Swu during the state funeral service at Camp Hebron on Friday. Photo by Caisii Mao
Morung Express News Dimapur | July 1
Three rounds of a 21-gun salute, the highest military honour accorded at a State Funeral, were dedicated today to Late Isak Chishi Swu (19292016) at the State Funeral Service by the Naga Army of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN). The gun-salute was not just by way of a State farewell to the ex-Chairman of the NSCN (IM) but its disciplined precision was a sign of the commitment that the workers of the NSCN (IM) had strengthened under the leadership of the Late Yaruiwo, Isak Chishi Swu. Held at the Council Headquarters, Hebron, from 8:00am to well after noon, the State Funeral Service also saw the acknowledgement of values and strategies of revolutionary struggle that the NSCN (IM) under the leadership of Swu, and Thuingaleng Muivah, had brought to North East India, North West Burma region and far beyond. “He will be remembered as the father of the suppressed and oppressed people of the region,” noted Anjali Daimary of the Bodo Women’s Justice Forum. Similar messages from the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB),
NDFB (Progressive), the United Peoples’ Front, Zomi Reunification Organisation, Meitei National Front and even the Maharaja of Manipur focussed on how Swu had become a “source of inspiration for peoples’ struggles.” The inspiration spread to Swaraj Kaushal, a former interlocutor for the Government of India (GoI) in the Indo-Naga peace process. In his condolence message on the demise of Swu, Kaushal noted that the GoI should have negotiated with AZ Phizo when he had gone to meet Morarji Desai. Remembering Swu to be a “silent, serene, dignified” soul, Kaushal maintained that the Naga issue must be solved with the “fathers of the nation” or “we could be too late.” Today’s tribute was as much emotional as formal. Many soldiers of the Naga Army stayed up all night, after Swu’s mortal remains arrived at Hebron Camp on the night of June 30, mourning the loss of their leader who passed away on June 28. NSCN (IM) General Secretary, Th. Muivah, found only tears as he laid a wreath on the coffin of his friend, philosopher and guide of 52 years, for whom it became “too much” to part with Swu. Gen. (retd) VS Atem, Member, Collective Leadership, broke down as he gave
his condolence message. Capt. (retd) Singyaola Zimik, Chairperson of the National Socialist Women’s Organisation of Nagalim wept uncontrollably before giving her message. Qhevihe Chishi Swu, Convener, Steering Committee, Rh. Raising, Kilo Kilonser, Lt. Gen. Phungthing Shimrang, Longvibu, Naga Army and Mingthingla, Chairperson, Naga Freedom Fighters’ Widow’s Welfare Fund— all gave stirring speeches in recognition of Swu’s contributions to the Naga national cause. Eustar Chishi Swu reminisced their life together of 40 years through starvation and struggle, with a single minded focus on the Naga nation and God. For Rev. Dr. Tuisem Shishak, an old friend of Chairman Swu’s, Isak was the spirituality for Muivah’s brain power which made them an “inseparable pie;” one cannot be without the other, he noted.
Legacy of Naga independence
“We thank him for leaving us with the legacy of Naga independence,” said Gen. (retd) Kholi Konyak, Vice Chairman of the NSCN (IM) in his condolence message, and his first speech at Camp Hebron. “All future generations will bless him for it.” Acknowledging that Late Isak Chishi Swu and he have worked together “from the beginning” with a few years’ gap due to “misunderstanding,” Gen. (retd) Kholi stated that he will never forget his years of work with Swu. “There are many educated people today but none as sacrificing as them,” he stated, referring to Swu and Muivah. It is time now to “forward the work they have done till date.” “It is the sunset of our life— time has brought us up till here. It is now up to the new generation to happily, and with strength, try to follow what we have given and bless those who have left us,” he said.
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NAGALAND
THE MORUNG EXPRESS
Dist Hospital Mon observes Doctor’s Day Tsuthu Village get solar lamps
Mon, July 1 (MExn): For the first time in the history of District Hospital Mon, Doctor’s Day was observed with Superintendent of Police, Mon Yangba Konyak as the chief guest on July 1 at the OPD Complex DHM. On behalf of the NGOs of the District the KNSK felicitated the doctors of Mon. SP Mon, Yangba Konyak congratulated the doctors and staffs of DHM for bagging the Kayalap Award. He appealed all to rededicate their noble service while observing the day to provide better health care to the people. He asserted that the profession of both the Police force and the Doctors are correlated providing 24X7 services to provide security and carter better health service to the people. Lamenting that people come to the hospital in the last moment with little hope of surviving after visiting prayer houses and local medication, Yangba suggested to change the mindset of the ignorant people through awareness campaign. He was optimistic that with the consolidate efforts of the hospital staffs,
CMO Dr UK Konyak, MS Dr. Wungyong and Dr. Yingnei displaying the Kayaklap certificate and Cheque to the gathering during the function held on July 1. (DIPR Photo)
NGOs and other Government departments the scenario of the hospital and its service would transform from better to best. Dr UK Konyak, CMO, Mon shared his life testimony as a doctor in Mon district. He said like the security force the doctors also provide and protect the lives of the people from various diseases and urged his colleagues to render best medical service for the people of the district.
Asserting that DHM was awarded the Kayalap for the best hospital with 85% marks in the state level competition he appealed all concern to strive harder to increase it to 91% of marks to make DHM the most cleanliness hospital in the country. The president KNSK, Lomei Konyak while felicitating the doctors of Mon thanked them for rendering their noble service for the people of Mon. She
urged the doctors to continue their selfless service in saving the lives of the people. Earlier, Dr. Wungyong, SMO & MS Incharge DHM gave a brief power point presentation on the significance of the day. He said the day is observed to create awareness campaign on the roles, responsibilities and the importance of doctors as well as promote medical professionals to come closer and follow
Awareness prog held at C Khel Tuensang Village
TuEnsAng, July 1 (MExn): A one day awareness programme on two years achievement of the Government was organized at C Khel Tuensang Village by the Directorate of Field Publicity, Government of India on June 30. Speaking on the occasion as resource person, Pradeep Sen Gupta, Postal Service, Nagaland Division, Government of India emphasized on Sukanya Smirdhi Yojana or Account and other insurance Lerie Youth Organisation, Kohima volunteers repairing the drainage system in the colony schemes. Somba, resource person from the Medical with support from the panchayat and voluntary contributions made by colony residents. Department stressed on the importance of immunization. Thokchom Anthony, Unit in Charge, DFP Tuensang explained the need of financial inclusion of every citizen of the country and Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (G). Tocshi Chang, Chairman, Village Council, was the chief guest. A public rally was organized in connection with the awareness programme. Quiz contest and slogan writing competition was also organized and prizes distributed. Pelong Chingmak Chang won the first prize of the quiz competition. Talon and Asek were the prize winners of the competitions. A photo exhibition was also held at Outgoing PCCF & HoFF M Lokeswara Rao speaking during the farewell function held in the venue.
PCCF & HoFF M Lokeswara Rao retires
PCCF & HoFF office conference hall on June 30.
KoHIMA, July 1 (MExn): PCCF & HoFF M Lokeswara Rao retired on June 30 on completing 33 years of successful service. A farewell function was held in PCCF & HoFF office conference hall. A press note stated that while highlighting his achievement, the young officers said the Rao has made the department number one in the state and his tenure was the ‘golden period.’ He is responsible for approval of the department’s logo, got ration allowance to Nagaland forest Protection force and started conservation movement in Nagaland with the Amur Falcon and made Nagaland as ‘Falcon Capital of the World.’ Rao and communities have received awards like Royal Bank of Scotland and Balipara Foundation award. Rao was confirmed the Tigerland Biodiversity Award. Old Jalukie village received Biodiversity Award 2014. For the first time in India, satellite tagging of Amur falcon was done during his tenure. A special cover with the help of postal department has been released on the occasion of completing of satellite tagging of Amur Falcon, Naga and Pangti. Also he encouraged frontline staff and many received Gover-
nors golden medal. During his tenure three documentaries were made “Flying free,” “Roam Free,” “Nagaland is changing.... but,” which got the best film award in National Science Film Festival Mumbai in 2015. He conceptualise the idea of adoption of animal scheme, so that people will donate funds for the welfare of the animals in Nagaland Zoological Park. He is responsible for rolling out the policy on Community Conservation Areas for giving support to the communities. GEFSatoyama of Sukhai village in Zunheboto was inaugurated for capacity building of communities. The mega JICA external aided project has been submitted for funding to government of India during his tenure. Panger Jamir IFS while addressing stated that Rao has brought laurels both nationally and internationally to the Nagaland, particularly to the Department. He is well known painter and his painting were exhibited in national and international exhibitions, Jamir added. Neihu C. Thur, Commissioner and Secretary Department of Environment, Forests and Climate Change appreciated the tremendous conservation work done by Rao in
Nagaland. IPS Officer Association represented by IGF Rancho has appreciated the work done by Rao. Kevin representing the Nagaland Civil Services Association appreciated Rao. IFS Association represented by Supong appreciated the initiative taken by PCCF & HoFF. Different association like NFES, Ministerial staff etc spoke on the occasion. While delivering his farewell speech Rao, informed that it is exactly 33 years and 20 days journey and added that the best moments of his life are during his tenure as Conservator of Forests (NTC) and he toured all over Nagaland for monitoring of FDAS. The second best moment is the last 3 years one month tenure as PCCF & HoFF, Rao added. Rao acknowledged the people of Nagaland for their love and affection and I cherished the fond memories during my tenure in Nagaland. “I look forward to visit Nagaland when ever my services are required. Thanks to every one for giving grand and tearful fare well,” Rao said while congratulating I. Panger Jamir who has been appointed as PCCF & HoFF by the Government. Temjenyabang, Conservator of Forests (PUB) gave the vote of thanks.
the responsibilities of their profession very dedicatedly. He also briefed on the biography of Dr. BC Roy a legendary physician whose birth anniversary is celebrated as doctor’s day. Kaikho, District Statistical Officer, DHM presented the overall statistics of the hospital under OPD, ER, and IPD from January 2016 – June 2016. He also briefed on deliveries and minor & major operations done during the 6 month period starting from January 2016. Presenting a power point on oral health, Dr. Chingo Wallim, Dental Officer DHM spoke on tobacco habits prevalent in the state of Nagaland and India. He also briefed on pre-cancer, causes of oral cancer and fate of oral cancer for the awareness of the mass. Dr. Yingnei MO DHM who chaired the program proposed the welcome address while Dr. Yanang MO DHM pronounced the vote of thanks. Liang and Amei honored the doctors with their special number “you raise me up”. The programme was attended by the Government officers, NGOs and other civil societies of Mon town.
Villagers with the representatives from the department of Forest and others during the distribution of solar lamps to Tsuthu Village held on June 30. (Morung Photo) Morung Express News Kiphire | July 1
The Department of Forest distributed solar lamps to Tsuthu Village on June 30. Tsuthu village under Kiphire district is a newly recognized village which does not have electricity connectivity. The Forest Range Officer, Tsangli Tikhir during the distribution event stated that the solar lamps will help the villagers to great
extent. He highlighted that the villagers go to the forest to collect firewood and the only alternative is kerosene lamps or candles. Therefore, the free distribution of solar lamps will also help the villagers to go for promotion of non-conventional source of energy. The FRO also said that the success of the distribution of solar lamps to Tsuthu village is due to the initiative of Dr Sentitula
IFS, DFO Tuensang and he acknowledge NGO based at Mumbai the Eco solution for extending help. Chairman of Tsuthu village while acknowledging the department for extending help to address the suffering of the villagers also appreciated Tsangli Tikhir, FRO attached to DFO, Tuensang and Dr Sentitula and Yatendra Agarwal Founder of Mumbai based Ngo Eco solution for extending help.
NSRLM staff undergoes multi-thematic training
KoHIMA, July 1 (MExn): In line with the strategic objective of developing pool of resource persons from within cutting edge staff, the Nagaland State Rural Livelihoods Mission (NSRLM) conducted a three day multithematic training at RD conference hall, Kohima held from June 28-30. The objective of the training is to develop 2030 State Resource Persons (SRPs) in each of the 9 Resource Blocks to provide capacity building support towards enhancing programme quality of the Mission. NSRLM believes in developing enough human resource capital to address issues of poverty both within the State as well as outside, during the Mission period. District and Block staff from the 9 NSRLM districts and staff of the State Mission Management Unit underwent intensive
NSRLM trainers and staff interact with a VLO of Kigwema Village during field implementation as part of 3 day multi-thematic training of NSRLM staff.
classroom lectures and interactive sessions on the thematic topics of social inclusion and social mobilization; gender & convergence, capacity building management, financial inclusion & finance management and livelihoods. The training was conducted by 9 NSRLM staff who had recently undergone ToT at NIRD, Guwahati. As a follow-up, the district/block level trainings will be organized to achieve the target.
Athel O. Lotha, Jt. Secretary RD & Mission Director NSRLM encouraged the staff for continued ownership of the program as development professionals and to translate learning to actions also at the community level. M. Rollan Lotha, COO (Programs) chaired and facilitated the training sessions and reiterated on the overall goal of NRLM in the country, and how state specific objectives and results contribute towards
national goals through a Results Framework analysis. The program concluded with a field visit to Kigwema Village, Kohima District where Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and Participatory Rural Appraisals (PRA) were conducted along with members of Self Help Groups (SHGs) and Village Level Organization (VLO) from the village. Transect walk, social and resource mapping were also done by trainees.
Urban Primary Health Centre conduct free medical camps DIMApur, July 1 (MExn): As part of National Urban Health Mission (NUHM), the Urban Primary Health Centre, Burma Camp and Duncan Bosti, Dimapur conducted free medical camps at Notun Bosti, Zeliangrong Village, Lhomithi, Kevijau
and Chukaizu colony during the month of May and June respectively. The initiative was headed by the MO i/c UPHC, Burma Camp, MO i/c Duncan Bosti, Urban Consultant, GNMs, ANMs along with other NUHM staffs of both the UPHCs supported
by the Urban ASHA. A total of 703 patients including elderly people and children availed the free health services and free medicines were distributed to the patients. Counseling on health information, proper nutrition, timely ANC checkup
etc were also provided by the nurses. It is to be noted that NUHM has a coverage of 23 wards in Urban Dimapur and both UPHC I & UPHC II conducts two free health camps every month within its respective jurisdiction.
‘Expressinglife’ through 12th century art Morung Express News Dimapur | July 1
When Tasang Imchen decided to take a break after a hectic season of planning and organising weddings, little did she know that her life was heading towards a whole new direction. A wedding planner by profession, Imchen decided to invest her much needed break in art and craft making. She packed her bags for three months and headed for Thailand where she ultimately found a new passion- Decoupage artistry. Decoupage is a specialised kind of craft and work technique of decorating a surface with shapes or illustrations. It is thought to have originated in East Siberia during the 12th century. Although it was used by Nomadic tribes to decorate the tombs of the deceased, in the 17th century it became popular among nobles and aristocrats. It eventually found its way to the Far East where it became very popular in countries like Japan and China. Imchen’s skill in craft making is not entirely new. As a wedding planner, she already has a creative side to her. Her new production
house named “Expressionlife” illustrates her passion for this work art and many of her products are an expression of her choice and personality. Imchen said that her intent to specialise in decoupage was by chance. “I went to Thailand specifically to train in clay and pottery making but landed up specialising in Decoupage,” she said. She was trained under a professional decoupage artist and received a certificate in advanced technique on decoupage from Thailand. Her training consisted of one months of intensive training on decoupage and two months on jewellery making and stroke painting. Back home, Imchen
started working at home with the help of a few friends and family members. She then started showcasing her products online where one company, NEBuzz, took notice and gave her space to exhibit her products at ‘Makers Market’ in the month of May. There she received very good feedbacks and her products were sold out. She also started receiving orders and enquiries about her products. Imchen’s products range from bags, baskets, vases, cutlery and key-holders to napkins and frames. Her products are made out of wood, tins, glass, water reeds, paper, cloth, fibre
and other recycled materials. And though decoupage is an expensive form of craft making, she has priced her products keeping in mind the market in Nagaland.
Most of her products are below Rs.1000. Imchen will launch her craft house officially on June 2. Her products will also be available online.
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‘Development funds actually a means to Doctors display black badges in Mizoram siphon off funds and not for public works’ ZYF meets Manipur Chief Secretary; Discusses issues relating to Tamenglong-Khongshang Road and Non Relocation of District Secretariat
Imphal, July 1 (mExN): A team of Zeliangrong Youth Front (ZYF) led by its President, Titus Kamei, met with Manipur State Chief Secretary Nabakishore Singh and discussed issues relating to the Tamenglong-Khongshang road and non relocation of District Secretariat. According to a press release from the ZYF, the restoration of the Tamenglong-Khongshang road was flagged off by the district ADM after necessary funds amounting to Rs.13 crores was sanctioned by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highway in 2014 entrusting the task to National Highway Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) where Woodhills is executing agency. “But the concern execution agency failed to be-
gin the work till date by giving different reasons,” the ZYF revealed further ruing that the State Government failed “miserably” to commence the restoration work of the said road. The State Government, for reasons best known to itself is trying to blame the people of the district by stating that the people of the district prefer BRO to execute work. This is an attempt to justify their misdeed with intention to mislead the public, the ZYF contended. “It is the State Govt. that gave obstacles and hindrances to the overall development of the district by exhausting development fund with all works abandoned without fully completion and adopting delaying tactics for the last many years,” the ZYF maintained.
Deriding the Manipur Government, the Zeliangrong Youth Front stated that development funds sanctioned for Tamenglong district is actually a means to siphon off fund and not for execution of public works. This, it contended, is evident by the “incompletion and abandonment” of many works including district secretariat. ZYF stated that it has been pressing the State Govt. to relocate the office of Deputy Commissioner and all district level offices to the district Secretariat which was already inaugurated on November 3, 2011 by P. Chidambaram, the then Union Home Minister, in the presence of State Chief Minister, Cabinet Ministers, MLAs and other top Government functionaries. ZYF also mentioned that it had, in a meeting
with the Government of Manipur on February 28, 2016, discussed the matter at the Chief Minister Secretariat with Manipur Chief Minister O. Ibobi Singh, and other Minister and MLAs, during which both parties agreed that the district secretariat shall function from the first week of May, 2016. “However till date the State Govt. failed to fulfill the assurance,” the youth front stated and pointed out that this indicated the evident “lack of commitment”. Further stating that the State Government in order to justify the “abandonment and incompletion” of the district secretariat despite the fact of inauguration five years ago has “started giving excuse that the site selection of district secretariat is wrong”. “Why not the State
Govt. look for more appropriate and suitable site prior to commencement of work and before all the money are withdrawn if the site is wrong?” the ZYF questioned and disclosed that the site selection and foundation stone was laid in 2005 by Chief Minister Ibobi in the presence of Gaikhangam and other Ministers and MLAs. Similarly, the Zeliangrong Youth Front stated that the restoration of Khongshang-Tamnglong road is yet to commence till date “with some excuse which is hard to believe although fund has been sanctioned by the MoRTH in 2014”. In this regard, the front demanded the intervention of the Central Government into the matter in order to alleviate the hardships of the common people at the earliest.
aIzawl, July 1 (ptI): Doctors working under the government in Mizoram today displayed black badges at their respective working places in response to a call by the All India Federation of Government Doctors' Associations (AIFGDA). A press statement issued by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) Mizoram State Branch, the
AIFGDA submitted their three-point demands to Prime Minister Narendra Modi which included constitution of Medical Grant Commission and implementation of 'same work, same pay' by regulating salaries of government doctors in all the states. The doctors objected to the recommendations of the Seventh central Pay
Commission to decrease the Non-Practising Allowance by 20 per cent and separate the NPA from the basic pay while the Javed Choudhury Committee, constituted by the Parliament recommended hike in NPA by 30 per cent. They also demanded better working place, equipment and security while on duty.
Agartala civic body to demolish Trinamool Congress headquarters agartala, July 1 (IaNS): Agartala Municipal Corporation has decided to demolish the Trinamool Congress headquarters building here as it was "illegally constructed", Mayor Prafulla Jit Sinha has said. "The building, where Trinamool headquarter has been set up, was constructed illegally at a children's park violating the civic rules. We have ordered demolition of the building," Sinha told reporters here on Thursday night. "Several notices were served earlier to stop construction of the building. Trinamool leader Ashish Saha and others were asked to explain their position. In a letter Saha had informed that they were just renovating the building which was damaged
due to earthquake," the Mayor added. But Saha's claim was incorrect as there was no report of earthquake-related damage of any building in the area, Sinha said. Meanwhile, Trinamool Vice President Mukul Roy, who had inaugurated the party headquarters on Thursday, said the building would remain at the present site. "The Communist Party of India-Marxist is afraid of the Trinamool Congress which is now the main opposition force in Tripura," Roy told reporters before leaving for Kolkata. Trinamool state unit chairman Ratan Chakraborty and party leader Sudip Roy Barman had also said the party would not give up the building and were ready to protect it.
Ten killed in Arunachal landslide Incessant rains, landslides in Manipur, 1 drowns M'laya top cop's
ItaNagar, July 1 (mExN): At least 10 people, including women and children, were killed after a landslide hit West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh on Friday morning, IANS reported. Police said five bodies were recovered and a search was on for the other bodies. Several houses were buried in the landslide trapping several other people, a PTI report stated.
Arunachal Pradesh Governor J.P. Rajkhowa announced ex gratia of Rs 1 lakh to the kin of each victim. West Kameng district superintendent of police A Koan said the landslide occurred when a small hillock near the Old Inspection Bungalow caved in and buried several houses. The SP said torrential rains in the past couple of days has triggered flood-like situation in the town bordering Assam.
Imphal, July 1 (IaNS): Incessant rains and landslides along the mountainous National Highway (NH) No.37 have claimed one life and blocked supplies of food and medicines in Tamenglong district of Manipur. More rainfall is forecast over the next two days. A tribal, identified as Manchudai Gangmei, 45, drowned in the swollen Izei river in Tamenglong district on Thursday. His body was recovered on Friday. The roads have been flooded or blocked, disrupting the transport of food, medicines and other essential commodities from Imphal and Silchar in Assam to the district. Officials fear that rains may also have caused landslides along NH 2, a mountainous highway which snakes through Nagaland. Some of the empty trucks moving from Imphal have returned since it would not be possible for them to proceed towards other states for some days for fetching consumer items and fuel.
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The goods-laden trucks and other vehicles bound for Imphal also are stranded on way. The drivers and passengers of the stranded vehicles are buying anything eatable from the nearby tribal areas. Being poor, the people in villages do not have much by way of eatables to sell to the stranded persons. As water levels are increasing, the chances of the suspension and bai-
MNF participates in BJP Manipur raises questions over appointment of Parliamentary Secretaries ‘State funeral’ of Swu Imphal, July 1 (NNN): Manipur BJP today raised questions over the appointment of Parliamentary Secretaries by "violating" the Constitution. Addressing the media at its party office, Election Management convenor of the party Thounaojam Chaoba Singh said his party will approach the Supreme Court after consulting the Central leadership over the matter. “The Congress government headed by Okram Ibobi Singh had violated the provision under Article 164 of the Constitu-
tion while appointing five Parliamentary Secretaries back in 2012,” Chaoba said. After inducting 12 cabinet ministers, the Ibobi ministry appointed five more legislators as Parliamentary Secretaries when he became the thirdtime Chief Minister of the state. As per the gazette notification, a Parliamentary Secretary enjoys the same status entitled to a minister with regard to salary and rank. “The appointment violated the Constitution. We’ll take up the matter with the Central leadership and then approach
the apex court,” he said. “After due amendment was taken place in 2003, the Article 164 says the total number of ministers, including the Chief Minister, in the council of ministers, shall not exceed 15 percent of the total number of members in the legislative assembly,: Chaoba said. He said, “In the case of Manipur which is a smaller state, the number of ministers, including the Chief Minister, is entitled to 12 only in the 60-memer assembly, according to the 91st Amendment of the Constitution.”
DImapur, July 1 (NNN): Meetei National Front (MNF) participated in the "state funeral" of NSCN Chairman Isak Chishi Swu at Camp Hebron on Friday. The MNF was represented by its president Chingsubam Wangambi Leima and the organisation advisor N Tomba. His Highness Leishemba Sanajaoba, the titular king of Manipur also conveyed his condolence message. The message of the titular king was read out by MNF advisor N Tomba at the funeral service. Two "Leirum Phee" (traditional shawl), each by MNFand the titular king, were presented to honour the late Naga leader. It can be noted here that MNF is one organisation struggling to promote the ties between the hills and the valley communities in Manipur. It was founded by Ojha Chingsubam Akaba Meetei in 1974.
ley bridges being swept away by the strong currents of the mountainous rivers are high, officials say. In the recent past some such bridges have been washed away. In view of the weak and wobbly bridges the authorities have restricted the quantum of goods trucks can transport over them. NH 37 and NH 2 are the only two lifelines of Manipur.
NEw DElhI, July 1 (ptI): The Centre has declined extension in service of Director General of Meghalaya Police Rajiv Mehta. The state government had written to Union Home Ministry seeking extension for Mehta and cited his efforts related to anti-insurgency operations started by it in Garo Hills, official sources said. The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has declined the proposal of Home Ministry for extension of his tenure for a period of three months, beyond his superannuation, an order issued by Department of Personnel and Training said. Mehta, an IPS officer of 1981 batch belonging to Assam Meghalaya cadre, retired yesterday. Senior IPS officer S K Jain has been given additional charge of the post of DGP.
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aIzawl, July 1 (ptI): A high-level meeting today approved the Roadmap 'V' for the repatriation of Brus from the six relief camps in Tripura to Mizoram in November this year. The meeting was attended among others by Mizoram Chief Secretary Lalmalsawma and Satyendra Garg, Joint Secretary (North East), Union Home Ministry here, Additional Secretary for the state home department Lalbiakzama said. The state home department had earlier submitted to the Centre the Roadmap 'V' -a detail plan for repatriation of 20,700 Brus belonging to 3,455 families on May 17 last, a fortnight before the expiry of the dateline set by the Union Home Ministry for submission of the plan, he said. Though the Roadmap 'IV' for repatriation of Brus failed miserably in 2015, the Union Home Ministry has insisted that another attempt be made to ensure that Brus in the relief camps return to Mizoram. The effort to repatriate 3,500 Bru families during June to September in 2015 failed as not a single Bru came forward in their respective relief camps before the Mizoram officials, to be identified as bona fide residents of Mizoram. Thousands of Bru families fled Mizoram and migrated to Tripura due to ethnic tension in 1997.
1. The Educational qualification for the post of Research Associate (Psychology) Item No 6. under SCERT, may be read as “MA. in Psychology/Diploma in Guidance and Counseling, 50% relaxable by 5% for ST/SC candidates with B.Ed”(Diploma Candidates will opt Psychology as an elective subject). 2. The name of post for Item No. 15 shall be TRA (Education/Sociology/ Public Administration). The Educational qualification may be read as “MA. in Education/ Sociology/ Public Administration/Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Planning and Administration, 50% relaxable by 5% for ST/SC candidates with B.Ed”(PG. Diploma Candidates may opt either Education or Sociology or Public Administration as an elective subject). 3. The name of post for Item No. 19 shall be TRA (Political Science/ History/Economics). The Educational qualification may be read as “MA. in Political Science/History /Economics, 50% relaxable by 5% for ST/SC candidates with B.Ed” 4. The Educational qualification for the post of Technician Item No 20. under SCERT, may be read as “MA. in Linguistics/English, 50% relaxable by 5% for ST/SC candidates with B.Ed” 5. Eligible candidates who have already submitted their Application forms may write an application addressed to Secretary, NPSC clearly indicating the order of preference and submit the same before the closing date. 6. All other terms and conditions remain the same.
Imphal, July 1 (NNN): The Manipur State Commission for Women (MSCW) has announced that it will initiate a massive awareness campaign to help promote gender-based discrimination and end violence against females in the state. “The commission will soon focus on massive awareness-raising and community mobilization campaign to help tackle violence against women (VAW) in the state. We’ll launch it in Bishnupur district first,” MSCW chairperson Dr K Sobita Devi told media here today. She said the planned campaign will cover all hill districts of the state. Dr Sobita said that out of 543 cases, 500 have been disposed of so far, that the
pending cases will be resolved soon. Dr Sobita also highlighted the need for opening a women helpline centre to be made operational across the state to prevent crime against women and child. “We also need to take up security measures to help reduce such crimes. Women should be self-reliant too,” she said. Violence against women in the state has been growing up in recent years, but conviction rate continues to remain at zero. The violent-stricken state registered over 400 cases of rape between 1999 and 2013 and there were over 2000 cases of crime against women.
Leaders adopt resolution demanding peace talks aIzawl, July 1 (ptI): A resolution has been adopted today by the leaders of village council, NGOs and political parties, demanding immediate commencement of peace talks between the state government and Hmar People's Convention (Democratic) militants. The resolution was adopted at a function, held at Vanbawng village to celebrate the 30th anniversary of sign-
ing of the historic Mizo Peace Accord yesterday, a press release issued by the village council said. The meeting deliberated on the quest for peace in the insurgency-hit Sinlung Hill Development Council area in the north-eastern part of the state adjoining Manipur. They also demanded the state government and the HPC(D) to reach amicable so-
lution to Hmar problem. Negotiations between the state government and HPC(D) leadership fizzled out after a deadlock was reached on the issue of extension of the period of suspension of operations in August 2013. The outfit has been demanding a separate autonomous district council comprising the north-eastern part of Mizoram adjoining Manipur.
Dated Kohima, the 1st July,2016
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With reference to the Advertisement No.NPSC-1/2016 dated 20.06.2016 the following addendum/corrigendum shall be made as per the Department’s letter vide No. DSE/ Requisition/33/2011/81 dt.29.6.2016.
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Jet fuel prices hiked 5.5%, Freedom 251 now ringing alarm bells over workers’ conditions non-subsidised LPG cut Rs 11 New Delhi, July 1 (ReuteRs): The Indian makers of a $4 smartphone hope its low price will allow millions of the poorest people to own a mobile phone in a market with only 10 percent penetration. But labour rights campaigners worry that push to churn out cheap handsets and tablets may lead to greater abuse of workers’ rights in India, the world’s fastest-growing smartphone market. Ringing Bells’ Freedom 251 smartphone, whose launch in February crashed the company’s website, is priced at Rs. 251 - possibly the cheapest Android smartphone in the world. On Thursday, the company’s chief executive Mohit Goel said the first shipment of about 200,000 handsets was due next week. Ringing Bells pays fair wages to its workers and its pricier models will help offset the cost of the $4 phone, he added. “Our vision is to make mobile phones more affordable to the millions of poor Indians who do not own one,” Goel told the Thomson Re-
uters Foundation. India sold 103 million handsets last year, an increase of 29 percent on the year before. With only one in 10 Indians owning a mobile phone, there is enormous potential - much of it at the lower end of the market where dozens of local and foreign brands are vying for customers with some handsets selling for less than $25 (roughly Rs.
1,600). However, the pressure to keep costs low is pushing manufacturers to pay low wages, rely on cheaper contract labour and insist on unpaid overtime, activists say. “Responsibility of the supply chain and workers lies with brand companies,” said Gopinath Parakuni, general secretary at Cividep, a workers’ rights campaign group.
“Our regulations simply aren’t strong enough to ensure workers in the electronics industry are taken care of,” he said. ‘Who pays the price?’ Last month Cividep and Amsterdam-based GoodElectronics issued a report on Samsung Electronics, the leader in India’s mobile market, which found that Samsung workers were poorly paid with no way to effectively have
their grievances addressed. A Samsung India spokesman said the company complies by all relevant labour laws and regulations wherever it operates. “Fairness and respect for all are the values that form the foundation of our business,” the spokesman said in a statement. While most of the 100odd phone companies in India largely import from China and Taiwan, companies are increasingly heeding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to “Make in India”, an initiative launched in 2014 to emulate China’s export miracle. Chinese phone maker Xiaomi rolled out its first locally made smartphones last year from a facility in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The “Make in India” drive to boost manufacturing is aimed at luring more investment, raising economic growth and creating jobs in industries such as electronics and apparel. But these efforts lack sufficient checks and balances for millions of work-
ers who face archaic labour laws, low wages, few benefits and little job security in businesses that often flout laws on safety or underage workers, activists say. In India’s electronics industry, working conditions are “among the worst”, according to a 2013 report by Hong Kong-based labour rights non-profit Asia Monitor Resource Centre. Not all efforts to produce cheap electronics have been successful. In 2008, the Indian government unveiled a $10 (roughly Rs. 675) laptop that ended up costing more than $100 (roughly Rs. 6,745), while a $20 (roughly Rs. 1,350) Android tablet sold through a subsidy scheme failed to capture significant market share. “Companies like to say cheap phones and computers is about digital empowerment and democracy,” said Raphel Jose at the Centre for Responsible Business in New Delhi. “But we must stop and ask, ‘what is the real cost of these cheap devices? Who pays the price?’ Cheap is not always good,” he said.
FB shuts Paper newsreading app Myntra lets users preview its End of Reason Sale New yoRk, July 1 (iANs): Social networking giant, Facebook has decided to shut Paper -- a newsreading app that provides customised news spanning politics, technology, food and other fields. The users who visited the app received a message saying the app would no longer function from July 29, The Verge reported on Friday. “Our goal with Paper was to explore new immersive, interactive design elements for reading and interacting with content on Facebook, and we learned how important these elements are in giving people an engaging experience,” the Facebook message read. According to research firm App Annie, Paper has not been among the 1,500 most-downloaded apps since December 2014. “It never came to Android, and the iOS version was last updated in March 2015,” the report added. Introduced in January 2014, Paper heralded a new design era at Facebook. Paper has given way to
Instant Articles that will give users a better and faster reading experience -- whether it is news, views or opinion pieces. “To date, we have been working with a few hundred publishers around the world to build an incredibly fast and immersive reading experience for people on Facebook,” Josh Roberts, product manager (Facebook), said in a statement recently. With Instant Articles, publishers around the world can have full control over the look of their stories as well as data and ads. They will have the ability to bring their own direct-sold ads and keep 100 per cent of the revenue, and track data on the ads served through their existing ad measurement systems or they can monetise their content through the Facebook Audience Network. Additionally, the publishers can use their existing web-based analytics systems to track article traffic or use third-party providers.
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BeNgAluRu, July 1 (iANs): Myntra has come up with a unique step for all the shopaholics. With hours to go for its End of Reason Sale (EORS), the e-commerce platform has enabled customers to take a preview of the products and prices available during the sale. This is said to be a first-of-its-kind action by any e-commerce company in the country. On Friday, visitors to Myntra’s App, Desktop or mobile site get to check prices of the products they wish to purchase during the sale and also create a wish list from where they can shop as soon as the sale opens at midnight. Myntra has introduced this special format for the fourth edition of EORS in order to provide transparency to its cus-
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ception. We continue to focus on providing our customers with the best shopping experience and the current edition of EORS has allowed us to introduce a hitherto unheard of phenomenon -- a preview of the sale and a price reveal of products on discount, a day before the sale. “This results in transparency and allows customers to choose their products and undertake purchase decisions at
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New Delhi, July 1 (iANs): Making their monthly price revisions, state-run oil marketing companies on Friday hiked the price of Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) by 5.5% but cut that of non-subsidised LPG by Rs 11 per cylinder in the wake of lower global prices. The price of ATF, or jet fuel, in Delhi was increased by Rs 2,557.7 per kilolitre (kl) -- or 5.47% -- to Rs 49,287.18. ATF rates vary at different airports because of differential local taxes. The previous increase in jet fuel prices came on June 1, when these were hiked by a steep 9.2%, or Rs 3,945.47, to Rs 46,729.48 per kl. In 5 increases over successive months, ATF rates have gone up by 25%t. Instead, the oil marketing companies on Friday cut prices of non-subsidised LPG (cooking gas), which consumers buy after exhausting their quota of subsidised LPG, by Rs 11 to Rs 537.50 per 14.2 kg cylinder in Delhi. A consumer gets 12 subsidised LPG cylinders in year. A subsidised LPG cylinder is currently available for Rs 421.16 in Delhi. The oil marketing companies have also cut the price of other transport fuels from Friday by under a rupee each, of petrol by 89 paise a litre and of diesel by 49 paise, both at Delhi with corresponding decrease in other states. .
Panasonic launches full-HD wedding camcorder BANgAloRe, July 1 (iANs): Panasonic on Friday launched a new full-HD professional camcorder specifically designed to shoot events like weddings, parties and conferences. The new palm-type HC-PV100 camera was unveiled globally by Yosuke Yamane, Head-Imaging Business Group, Panasonic. “Indian weddings represents the colourful culture of India and deserves to be captured in the most beautiful way. Hence, there was no better place to globally launch our new wedding camera,” Yamane said in a statement. Especially suited for night-time parties, the new camcorder has a built-in LED video light. It also makes enhanced and low-light shooting possible with a hand-held type camcorder. The device is equipped with three manual rings, and 2-Channel XLR audio input terminals enabling connection to everything, including microphones requiring a phantom power supply, and audio equipment with +4 dB output. The 2-Channel XLR audio input terminals enables the use of professional-specification and high-performance microphones for recording high-quality sound. It is also loaded with features like two filters, dual SD card slot and 20x zoom.
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to function KU declares zero tolerance against ‘renegades’ Businesses normally today: DCCI
Dimapur, July 1 (mExN): The Konyak Union (KU) today stated that it will uphold and safeguard the standing aspiration of the Konyaks under “One code” and stern actions will be taken against those “Konyak renegades” who go against it. This was decided at a Konyak conclave held under the aegis of the KU in Mon Town on June 30, where discussion was centered on issues pertaining to the June 27 midnight incident over Sovereign Republic of Freeland’s (SRF) general conference scheduled to be held in Mon Town on June 28. The conclave attended by all the Konyak frontal organisations and all units under the KU deliberated on the incident and decided the same, informed a press statement from KU President, Manlip Konyak and General Secretary, Honang Konyak. Earlier, the KU had banned the proposed conference of the SRF and the district administration escorted the SRF delegates out from Konyak soil “after seeing the rising temperament of the furious mobs gathered for action.” “Disturbances from such renegades/traitors within Konyak society had been observed for the first time in the history of the
Konyaks… On the contrary, the conclave itself was driven out with utmost feelings of patriotism and a sense of responsibility in safeguarding the integrity of the Konyaks. Such force had compelled the Konyak Union to resolve for any extreme action,” the statement maintained. The meeting also discussed the ill consequences caused by “injecting a virus of division” and seriously noted the same with utmost regrets and discontentment, it added. The statement informed that KU had also resolved to initiate “stern and extreme action” against SRF activists Hejei Konyak of Chen Moho and Panglei Konyak of T/Chingkho Village. Both were summoned on February 23 by KU office and a fine of Rs. 15000 each was imposed for diluting the “traditional & Institutional code of the Konyaks”. They were warned against any activities undermining the institution, failing which, they will be fined Rs. 5,00,000,/penalty or may even be “socially ex-communicated”. The KU expressed surprise that they continued their “instigative and provocative activities” whereby even initiating to host
the so-called SRF general conference in Mon Town on June 28. The Union described it as a “direct challenge.” During the conclave, the councils of Chen Moho and T/ Chingkho had paid Rs. 50000/- to the Konyak Union as they failed to produce the two SRF activists but the KU resolved to initiate following actions.
Resolution As resolved, the ward union concerned has seized the properties belonging to the two “renegades” in Mon Town and they remain under KU’s custody. It was also resolved that both Chen Moho and T/Chingkho should “socially ex-communicate” the two renegades until such time the Konyaks decide to accommodate them into the traditional institution of the Konyaks. It also decided to rebel the influence of SRF on Konyak soil in any form and outrightly declared that any individual/ party/ group/ State Government if found accommodating/ entertaining/ acknowledging the "cruel plea" from those Konyak “renegades” shall not be tolerated and will consider as a direct challenge to the very institution
of the Konyaks. The KU also warned the community currently enrolled under SRF to immediately denounce its membership by surrendering its ID card to the office of the Konyak Union on or July 20. “In case of non compliance to its directive, the Konyak public shall not be held responsible for any untoward incident that may inflict upon you,” it added. KU also questioned the other tribes as to or on what condition they are sheltering and protecting those SRF that had entered into Konyak’s soil and expressed anticipation that the remaining tribes will immediately take up stern action so as to avoid further confusion within.
executives/councils to refrain from any vested political /individualistic interest that display failures and fears as today.
Dimapur, July 1 (mExN): The Dimapur Chamber of Commerce and Industries (DCCI) has informed that there will be no closure of business establishments in Dimapur on July 2 and all businesses will function norNPGs warned mally. A press note from the DCCI further informed that The statement also warned it had not issued any directive nor appealed for business that if any Naga Political Groups closure on July 1 which had hampered normal life of (NPG) if found accommodating the public. “For further information, public can contact such Konyak “renegades” with- 9436004447/9089617896,” the DCCI informed. in its fold or safeguarding them, Konyaks will not hesitate in declaring that very NPG as the very enemy of the Konyaks.
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Appeal The Konyak people appealed to all individuals/party concerned and even the state Government to adhere and respect the institutional resolution of the Konyaks so as to maintain peaceENPO questioned ful co-existence based on mutual Meanwhile, the KU ques- trust and respect. tioned the lukewarm stand of the Eastern Naga Peoples’ Organ- Final appeal to two ‘renegades’ isation (ENPO) on the SRF issue In spite of all the harsh acwithin Eastern Nagaland. “The tion inflicted upon the two “reninstitution such as ENPO is the egades”, the Konyak Union said it mandated organization by the 6 still reserves an honorable place tribes of Eastern Nagaland; how- for them provided they are willever, the chaos & confusion that ing to repent. “The social Konyak had arisen today is no doubt but institution is for all Konyaks proa clear sign of its weaknesses,” vided we remain as Konyak adit said. The Konyak Union (KU) hering to the very code of the once again appealed to the ENPO Konyaks, it added.
CPO and CGO meet deferred
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kohima, July 1 (Dipr): SDO (C) Phek, Nukutulu S. Venuh has informed that the Chakhesang Public Organisation functionaries’ meeting with the Chakhesang Gazetted Officers, which was scheduled on July 2, 2016 in the conference hall of DPDB at 11:00 am, has been postponed due to unavoidable circumstances. Therefore, all concerned officers have been requested don Bosco higher secondary school has organised a summer camp for scouts and Guides of various schools to take note of it. and institutions. It was attended by scouts & Guides from around 8 schools in nagaland and arunachal Pradesh.
Kiphire DPDB Kiphire DPDB meeting will be held on July 5, 11:00 am in the DC's conference hall. All members have been requested to attend the meeting positively.
ENPUD The Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Union Dimapur (ENPUD) will hold its 22nd Executive Session on July 2 at Hotel Saramati, Dimapur from 10:00 am. The union will also induct new team of office bearers for the tenure 2016–18 during the session. ENPUD has requested all concerned to attend the session without fail.
KUM appeals for early finding into student’s death mokokchuNg, July 1 (mExN): The Khiamniungan Union Mokokchung (MUK) has appealed to the Mokokchung district Police authority for early result in the case of the death of late Ledang, who was found dead in Dilong ward on June 26, 2016. A press release from KUM President, K Sangsa and General Secretary, T. Shingnyoh mentioned that Ledang was found dead on the road in Dilong ward, Mokokchung with several wounds on his body and spinal cord severely fractured. The deceased was a class 5 student in Salangtem Govt. Primary School Mokokchung. The union further appealed to the authority concerned to carry out effective investigation to trace the cause of the death at the earliest. The union also assured that it will give its full cooperation during the period of investigation.
Committee visits landslide area in Noklak Noklak, July 1 (Dipr): The Kiam Landslide Committee of Noklak on June 26 visited the areas adversely affected by landslide led by its Chairman, K. Langkhio. The committee informed that 22.575 Sq.m area of land has been destroyed affecting around 600 residential buildings/ houses, including government and private properties/schools. Above 40 residents have been shifted from the landslide damaged areas. The committee urged the Government to support the affected people.
Hukavi Zhimomi condoles kohima, July 1 (mExN): Parliamentary Secretary for Jails, Science & Technology, S Hukavi Zhimomi has expressed pain and sorrow at the death of Visheli, wife of late Ikhevi, founder and proprietor of Seven Home School, Zunheboto on June 28. In a condolence message, Hukavi mentioned that late Visheli was God fearing and religious and also a woman of word who always stood uprightly for the uplift of the society. “She is also a prominent mother of Zunheboto who had contributed lots in many fields,” Hukavi said. On behalf of his family and people of Zunheboto, the Parliamentary Secretary further conveyed deepest sympathy and condolence to the bereaved family members.
More condolences for Isak chIshI swu aIffso: All India Freedom Fighter & Successors Organization, Nagaland said Late Isak Swu had relentlessly worked to bring solution to the Naga political issue and sacrificed and spent his lifetime for the national cause. “He will always remain as an inspiration to us for our future endeavour,” it added. ancsu: All Nagaland College Students’ Union expressed belief that the dedication and sacrifice of Isak Chishi Swu for the cause of Nagas will continue to inspire the younger Naga generation. “We also hope that his legacy will evolve into a long lasting peace and reconciliation of the Nagas.” BJYM: The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), Dimapur district recollected that Isak Chishi Swu was a true patriot and a selfless leader who devoted his entire life for the rights of the Naga people. Acknowledging that a true and great visionary leader like him is scarce in our society today, BJYM prayed that his immense sacrifices for the Nagas may not go in vain. It also stated that the legacy left behind by Isak Chishi Swu will always be remembered. BJP Minority: BJP Minority Morcha State stated that Swu’s passing away has left a deep void and an irreplaceable vacuum. It further described him as one of the tallest Naga leaders who had dedicated all his life for the cause of Naga aspiration. cBcc: Paying its tribute to the departed leader, the Chakhesang Baptist Church Council described Swu as a “political liberator” and also ascribed him as “a genuine Godfearing leader and a man of prayer who walks in the direction of the Holy Spirit and proclaims the message of peace and salvation.” ccfM: The Concerned Citizen's Forum Mokokchung condoled Swu’s demise stating that in the history of the Naga national struggle, the Naga people saw and cherished his visionary leadership. “Our leader has left a legacy of a true Naga patriot.” cMa: The Chakhesang Mothers' Association (CMA) said Swu died as one of the tallest potential Naga leaders who sacrificed his entire life for the cause of Naga freedom struggle. His sacrificial deeds shall always stand as a gateway for the Naga sovereignty, it added. cl John: Minister CL John stated Isak Chishi Swu was rightly known as a true national freedom fighter who was honest, committed and God fearing and dedicated leader of the State and beyond. Regretting the death of a visionary leader, he said it will be very difficult to fill the vacuum caused by his death but his service to the people of Nagaland and beyond will heartily be remembered by the citizens. cna: Council of Naga Affairs said in Swu’s demise, Nagas have lost a great and inspiring leader in the freedom movement. In the midst of hardships and difficulties, CNA said, Swu shouldered responsibility at different levels for the cause of the Naga people and he will be missed dearly as a great visionary leader of the Naga people. cnPo: Condoling Swu’s demise, the nine
Naga tribes in Chandel district – Anal, Aimol, Khoibu, Lamkang, Maring, Monsang, Moyon, Tarao – under the umbrella of Chandel Naga People’s Organisation (CNPO) stated that Swu has been “a father-like figure and inspirational to them and earned the “Framework Agreement” in recent times. Swu lived and died as Naga hero and freedom fighter through his supreme sacrifice and dedicated service, it said. csna: The Central Nagaland Students’ Association (CNSA) remembered Swu for his selfless sacrifice and contributions throughout his life towards the Naga political issue. “The legacy of Eno Isak Chishi Swu would forever be etched in the annals of the Naga history and his name would be forever remembered.” dBa: The Dimapur Bar Association described Swu as the driving force in the hearts and minds of all the Nagas in the pursuit of self determination. His legacy will continue to inspire generations to come in the common hope for self determination and his exemplary and extraordinary life is worthy of commendation beyond the ordinary and that his sacrifice towards the cause is beyond all measure for which the Naga people from all walks of life will remain forever indebted, the Association stated. dBJ: Dimapur Bangali Samaj offered condolences on the demise of Isak Chishi Swu and prayed to God to grant eternal peace to the soul of the deceased. dcc Zunheboto: The DCC Zunheboto said that in Isak Chishi Swu’s death, Nagas have lost a leader who had selflessly sacrificed his whole life in the service of the nation. ensa: Eastern Naga Students' Association (ENSA) described Swu as a veteran leader, who worked immensely and earnestly for the Nagas' right and freedom throughout his life. "Late Isak Chishi Swu was a great source of inspiration and will always be one to stand firm and courageously for our sovereignty.” ensf: The Eastern Naga Students’ Federation (ENSF) said that Swu was a “dynamic soul blessed upon the Nagas” who had sacrificed and had served for the Naga Cause. Nothing but his utmost reverend deeds remains and he is a symbol of “Peace” amongst all his comrades, it stated. “A jewel as such deserves an honourable seat in thy throne.” GBuPsd, PfPsd: GBs Union Pungro Sub-Division (GBUPSD) and Public Forum Pungro Sub-Division (PFPSD) expressed sadness that Isak Chishi Swu’s life came to an end at a time when Naga peace process achieved its heights never like before. He also had the godly legacy inherited from his father Late Kushe Chishi Swu who was the first ever preacher of gospel to Yimchung tribe, the organizations said. hasPo: Highway Area Sumi Public Organisation (HASPO) said the NSCN (IM) Chairman’s death is a tragic loss for the entire Nagas as his selfless sacrifice for the Nagas will be very hard to emulate in the days to come. “Among the pantheon of great Naga
leaders, his name will also be etched forever and his legacy will live amongst us in the days to come.” Justice hk sema: Justice HK Sema in his condolence said the best tribute to Late Swu is to take pledge for the unity of the Nagas. “When we bid goodbye to the departed soul, we must also preserve Swu’s vision and mission,” he said, adding that he lost an elderly respectable friend and Nagas have lost a bold God fearing leader. kIn: The Kuki Inpi Nagaland said it was too early for the Naga leader to leave “us” before completing the political journey he walked. krn: Khonoma Ruffuno Nagaland recognized that Isak Swu gave the prime years of his life for the Naga national cause. “His sacrifice for the cause and devotion to his Christian faith defined his leadership,” it said. kssu: The Kohima Sumi Students' Union stated Swu was a visionary man, a patriot who sacrificed his whole life for our better today and tomorrow. “The nation has lost a father, a true warrior and a dedicated leader.” ku: The Konyak Union (KU) said Swu was not only a nationalist leader, but a pioneer of education far beyond the border and also a true missionary in winning many souls to Christ. He had left the Nagas with a lesson on “Faithfulness, Commitment and Devotion,” KU added. lVa: The Liwachangning Village Authority of Chandel, Manipur stated that Isak Chishi Swu sacrificed his life for the future of the Naga people “for which his name shall be indelibly etched in the heart of every Naga people and on the page of Naga history. MVc: Matikhrü Village Council described the NSCN (IM) Chairman as a champion of peace and a true patriot who abandoned bitterness throughout his life. The village council said that the Matikhrü villagers will always remember Swu’s fatherly care and love during the period of the tragic incident on September 6, 1960 when the Indian army killed the men in the village. “Thank you Asu Isak, your benevolence, loving care at Sathi Camp, which will be indebted and your name will continue to live in our hearts for generation to come,” MVC stated. MccI: Condoling Swu’s demise on behalf of the business community, the Mokokchung Chamber of Commerce and Industries stated that he was a man of high ideals who lived by his life principles without compromise. He was a bold and courageous leader and it will be difficult to fill the void left by his departure at this crucial juncture of Naga history, it added. Mksu: Mech Kachari Students’ Union, Nagaland recollected that Isak Chishi Swu was a great leader who selflessly spent all his life for the cause of the Nagas and one who emphasized on unity. Acknowledging that his demise is a great loss for the society, the union said that the sacrifice he made will always be remembered by the generation to come.
Mnun: The Maram Naga Union Nagaland said Swu proved himself to be honest, visionary and a true patriot. No amount of words can satisfy the pain of losing a dearly beloved leader, it added. Mwak: Mao Welfare Association Kolkata condoled Swu’s death saying Naga people have lost a great and ideal leader of all times who left everything behind and painstakingly fought for the cause of Naga throughout his life with dedication. Through his herculean efforts, he braved against all odds and set example for every Nagas in this long walk to freedom. For long, he will be remembered as a rare leader among the rarest, it added. nBPf Manipur: Naga Baptist Pastors Forum, Manipur acknowledged that Isak Chishi Swu’s death is a great loss to the nation. “His entire services rendered for the Nagas will remain as milestone in the history of Naga.” nPf arunachal Pradesh: Mourning the death of the Naga national leader, the Arunachal Pradesh State unit of NPF said that today all Naga brothers and sisters living in Nagaland and elsewhere have lost one of the few visionary and truly patriotic leaders who had dedicated himself completely for the noble cause of the motherland. nwa: The Nagaland Wrestling Association stated that in Swu’s death, Nagas have lost a great leader who sacrificed his entire life for the cause of the Nagas' Independence. ona: Describing Isak Chishi Swu as one of the most prominent Naga national leaders, the Overseas Naga Association said that Swu’s place in modern Naga history belongs among the very top patriotic leaders. “His unflinching determination and lifelong dedication to the cause of Naga freedom and dignity won him almost universal admiration, but the means NSCN (IM) sometimes adopted to reach that goal was questionable and won him staunch enemies. So he leaves behind an admirable personal story and a controversial public legacy.” The Association joined the Naga people in honoring and emulating the better part of Swu’s life and legacy. PBcc: The Pochury Baptist Church Council lamented that Isak Chishi Swu, a great Naga leader who loved the people of Pochury, is gone. It expressed deepest sorrow and condolence at his death. rsu: Rengma Students’ Union stated that in Isak Swu's death, Naga have lost a patriot and a pioneer who gave his everything for the Nagas. His death is a great loss for the Nagas, but his legacy of being great leader will live on forever, it asserted. rYon: The Rongmei Youth Organisation Nagaland (RYON) saluted the departed Isak Chishi Swu and expressed dismay and grief at the loss of such Naga leader. scZd: The Senior Citizens of Zunheboto district maintained that Swu’s legacy will be imprinted in the history of Nagas for generations to come. sd Jain samaj: The president and members of SD Jain Samaj, Dimapur expressed that rare are the times when great patriots
with religious fervor like Late Isak Chishi Swu are born. “Nagalim will forever remember his immense contribution for a better future for the coming generations,” the Samaj said. snuns: Remembering Swu as a truly outstanding Naga leader, South Nagas’ Union of Nagaland State stated that his leadership for Naga nationalism, religion, and fraternity will ever remain in the hearts and hearths of every Naga family. Tnsa: The Tangshang Naga (Pangmi Naga) Students’ Association (TNSA) said Swu was truly a legendary God fearing leader in Naga national political history whose heart was filled with sense of justice and who revolutionized Naga people both politically and spiritually. It further highlighted Tangshang Naga soil was made a place of the origin of the NSCN and their souls began to dawn in Christ, education, social enlightenment and a patriotic hearted by most respected leaders Isak Swu (President), SS Khaplang (Vice President) and Th. Muivah (General Secretary) during the undivided NSCN. “Isak Swu was not only a political leader but also a spiritual leader to the Nagas,” it said. Tuk: The Tangkhul Union Kohima (TUK) said that Swu was known by every revolutionary patriot and the Nagas as sincere, dedicated, religious, patriotic, prayerful, visionary, humble etc. during his long service to the nation in the struggle for freedom, peace and reconciliation. “The whole Nagas will remember him down to generations after generations for his long-life sacrifices for the political destiny of the Naga nation.” uklf: The United Kuki Liberation Front stated that Isak Chishi Swu was one of the exemplary pioneering leaders who inspired many revolutionary leaders in the northeast to visualize greater visions for their respective community and causes. “A revolutionary leader always works hard behind the scene and suffers many sorrows, sacrificing their own personal pleasures for which the public is usually unaware. Isak Chishi Swu was such a man striving hard silently for the greater good of the Nagas in particular, for which the fruit of his labour was manifested with the signing of the Naga Peace Accord; which has brought hope and pride in the hearts of Nagas after a long wait of almost two decades,” the Front said. “This has brought hope not just to the Nagas but to other similar revolutionaries in the northeast to press on until a feasible political settlement is achieved and not to give up.” UKFL further hoped the NSCN-IM will find a suitable leader to replace the great void he has left behind. ZBn: The Zeliangrong Baudi Nagaland stated that the entire Zeliangrong people are shocked at the loss of a committed, dedicated and God fearing Naga leader, Isak Chishi Swu, who over the years had become a visionary statesman and championed the cause of Nagas. The sweat and tears shed by him in struggling for the right of Nagas and the nation shall be imprinted in the hearts of Zeliangrong people for time to come, it stated.
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MUSCLE UP YOUR IMMUNITY The link between immunity and longevity is getting stronger. Here are some expertrecommended secrets that will keep you strong and healthy
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or most of us, a strong immune system implies fewer sick leaves and being able to avoid seasonal colds, stomach bugs or just about any infection. But research shows that a ramped up immune system goes much further: it helps us age better and live longer. Each of us age differently, some fast, others like a giant tortoise. According to Dr Mark Liponis, author, Ultra-Longevity: The Seven-Step Program for a Younger, Healthier You, the symptoms of ageing (retarded function of the skin, bones, heart, nerves, lungs, kidneys and all other organs) are 'caused by an immune system that is far more active than it should be'. When your immune system is at its peak capacity 'it turns on and off at precise times to eradicate pathogens, while not causing chronic inflammation that can lead to cardiovascular disease and diabetes', says Dr Richard Stanton, senior lecturer in microbiology, Cardiff University School of Medi-cine, in his research paper Immune Boosting Strategy for Longevity. Stanton goes on to say, 'Serious infections, cancers and inflammatory diseases are amongst the leading causes of premature death in older adults. These disorders all arise from a common cause: the ageing of the immune system also known as immune senescence.'Why? Because immune senescence affects both our innate immunity at birth, the first line of defence, as well as our adaptive immunity, which we develop over time
You may eat healthy, sleep eight hours and exercise daily, but researchers have discovered a much simpler way to boost immunity, and it's as easy as watching a sunrise. A study in Emotion, a journal published by the American Psychological Association found that positive emotionsespecially awe, the feeling you get seeing the wonders of nature, art and spiritualityare linked to markers of good health. Other positive emotions like pride, joy and contentment also help boost immunity, the study found. Explore the great outdoors. Look for reasons to feel lucky every day. Make time for a favourite activity, or simply help another person-it will bring a smile to your face. Oh, and don't forget sex. Loving and feeling loved revs immunity. Now that's the kind of Rx that sounds easy!
as our body is exposed to and builds a memory of the kind of bugs it has encountered. 'Because of deficits in the first, older adults find it difficult to fend off new, unseen threats such as an emerging virus or developing cancer cells. Seniors may experience a recurrence of infections their bodies have encountered previously and respond poorly to vaccines,'explains Dr Sandeep Budhiraja, director of internal medicine, Max Healthcare, Delhi. Budhiraja adds that immune senescence is not dependent on our biological age.'Your lifestyle plays a crucial role in the proper functioning of your immune system.' These nine pointers will help you change your lifestyle and strengthen your immunity. Guard Against Stress Chronic stress, such as prolonged job insecurity or a difficult marriage, takes a toll on many aspects of your health, including immunity. There's compelling evidence that this kind of stress (as opposed to the intermittent bad day at work), causes a measurable decline in the immune system's ability to fight infections. Periods of extreme stress can result in a lower natural killer cell count, sluggish killer T-cells and diminished macrophage activity that can amplify the immune response. In fact, a 2013 study by Harvard researchers showed that people who had lost their partners had an increased chance of dying in the first three months after their spouse passed away. Try activities that relax you-yoga, meditation, trekking, volunteering or learning a new skill. Kick the Butt Smoking speeds up ageing. Noticed the tell-tale dry, wrinkled skin of smokers? Smoking also takes up the risk of heart disease by clogging arteries, causes respiratory disorders as well as cancer. It also over stimulates the immune system, marked by elevated CRP levels (C-reactive protein, a protein in our blood that rises in response to inflammation) and higher levels of white blood cells, according to a study in the Ameri-
can Heart Journal. A newer study indicates smoking intensity is associated only with increased WBC count, not CRP levels. However, it's best you quit now. Avoid second-hand smoke as much as you can-stay away from friends who smoke. Avoid public spaces and enclosed places where smoking is permitted. The effects of smoking begin to reverse almost as soon as you kick the butt, say experts. Exercise Regularly The more physically fit and active you are, the less likely you are to fall ill. When researchers compared sedentary people with those who walked briskly almost every day, they found that the inactive group took twice as many sick leaves in four months. "Exercise helps flush out toxins, increases the circulation of the body's immune system cells and prevents pathogens from growing due to the associated temperature rise," says Punebased Reebok master trainer NishaVarma. A report in the American Journal of Cardiology showed that exercise also lowered CRP. Another article in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that overweight people were almost eight to 10 times more
likely to have a hyperactive immune system-with high levels of CRP than those with a of healthy weight. Need more reasons to lace up? Studies have linked impaired breathing to immune activation. Why? Because when you don't breathe deeply, your system senses a threat and signals its forces to gear up for battle. In fact, a University of Buffalo health study, which involved following up on participants for 29 years, showed that pulmonary function and breathing capacity were excellent predictors of longevity. Keep moving! Aim for at least 30 minutes each day, says Varma. If you are overweight, work with a fitness expert and dietician to shed the kilos. Try yoga and pranayama that focus on deep breathing, adds Varma.
weight. Pack in lean protein in the form of lentils, chicken, eggs and low-fat dairy. Fill your plate with fruits and vegetables, especially purple, blue, green, red, orange and yellow veggies that are rich in antioxidants. Opt for organic foods as far as possible to lower your exposure to harmful toxins. Steer Clear of Antibiotics 'The misuse of antibiotics can weaken your immune system,' says Dr Prasad RaoVoleti, director, department of internal medicine and geriatrics, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon. Researchers found that certain patients taking antibiotics had reduced levels of cytokines, the hormone messengers of the immune system. When your immune system is suppressed, you are more likely to develop bacterial resistance or become sick in the future. 'Anti-biotics also destroy healthy bacteria in the gut, which weakens your defences,' adds Dr Ajay Kumar, head, department of gastroenterology, at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi. Take antibiotics only for bacterial infections and only when prescribed. Remember to complete the course.
Watch What You Eat A nutritionally balanced diet is key for a strong immunity. Eat out too often and chances are that you are not getting all the nutrients you need. Eat fresh, home-cooked food. 'Pay particular attention to protein (a recent study found 80 per cent Indians are protein deficient),' says Chennai-based nutritionist Dharini Krishnan. You need 0.8-1 gram of protein per kilogram of body Look at the Bright Side
Get Company Grabbing a quick sandwich at your desk? Try socializing with the lunch crowd in the cafeteria instead. Psychologist Dr Sheldon Cohen, who monitored 276 people between the ages of 18 and 55, found that those who had six or more connections were four times better at fighting off the viruses that cause colds than those with fewer friends. Don't let a jam-packed workday or hectic schedule get in the way of your friendships. Stop by a co-worker's office for a quick catch-up and call a different friend each day during your daily commute! Breathe Easy Chronic exposure to pollution, specifically fine particulate matter (PM), can cause inflammation. Besides putting you at a higher risk for asthma and other respiratory diseases, breathing polluted air over a long time can damage your immune system. Research shows that two classes of common pollutants, aromatic hydrocarbons and phthalates, are particularly disruptive to immune B-cells. Hydrocarbons are produced every time something organic is burnt (car fuel, power plants); while phthalates are leached from hundreds of products containing plasticiz-
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Texas and 34 million+ Google results (in 2003 this was 400,000), so people are clearly reading, but where are they? As the world's fifth largest publisher of books, with a 2014 international report claiming our citizens read a winning 10 hours and 42 minutes a week (the British clocked 5.18 hours/week), why India doesn't have anything as big or recognizable as Oprah's Book Club or Richard and Judy is beyond me. To bridge the gap, my friends Mihika and Diya started a small book club and called it, rather deliciously, Between The Covers. Once upon a time I thought of book clubs as a cheesy, 'mom' thing to do-now I find it's the only way to meet like-minded people. It's been a wonderful thing to be a part of. Together we've managed four books over eight months, linking people in at least five different countries. Individually we've read a lot more, and finally have an identifiable group to share those stories with. But it's a small tribe. Our Facebook page has 30 people; our last Skype meeting had three. Some members aren't even managing to finish the required reading-a book every two months. The most common excuse I hear for not reading is: "I would if I had more time." It always interests me, because the truth is no one has time. But the trick isn't having it or finding it. It's making it. You have to make time like a clay pot, and then you fill it. You can fill it with Facebook or repeats of a television show you don't really care for, a game on your phone involving fruits or talking to a friend. Or you can fill it with reading. And like with anything, reading well takes practice. While visiting a friend recently, I noticed her living room had the most beautiful bookshelves, going all the way up to the ceiling. 'You've read all of them?' I asked. She's an avid reader, but no, she hadn't. In fact, she said, the books were not even hers. They belonged to the father of the man who owned the apartment, who had recently passed away. 'So what happens to them?' I asked, waving my hand at the books. Everyone in the room shrugged. These are people who love books. They read them and own
Mind the Zs Scrimping on sleep has a seriously detrimental effect on immunity. 'Our body needs seven to eight hours of sleep daily to function at an optimal level,' says Voleti.'Sleep deprivation can suppress the immune system, leaving you more prone to infections.' During sleep, the immune system releases proteins called cytokines, some of which promote sleep while others are required to fight an infection or inflammation. Sleep deprivation reduces the production of these, other infection-fighting cells and antibodies. Most adults need uninterrupted sleep every night (getting seven or eight hours is recommended), but how you feel in the morning and throughout the day may be a better gauge. If you're tired when you wake up in the morning, you're not clocking enough hours or compromising on the quality of sleep. For those of you who work night shifts, make sure you are getting enough sleep during the day. FOODS FOR IMMUNITY DR ISSAC MATHAI, SOUKYA International Holistic Health Centre, Bengaluru, recommends: Yoghurt: Rich in good bacteria, it helps to balance the gut flora. Combine it with prebiotics like flaxseeds, legumes and garlic to get best benefits. Mushrooms : A super source of zinc, crucial for maintaining the number of immune fighters, T-cells. Nuts and seeds: A great source of omega-3s and selenium; both tackle immune hyperactivity. Also eat: Amla, tulsi and turmeric Source: Prevention India
Mineral Water: Secret To Better Vegetables And More
NILANJAN DAS
give people books like they're going out of style. Actually, I give people books because they're going out of style. I've made 'book-giving' a sort of personal crusade. I don't simply give to friends who read with hunger, I give them to everyone. I give people books in the hope that they will come over to the dark side. I gift books with the confident knowledge that if they read the book that made me think of them, their lives (even if already perfect) will be just that tiny bit better. Because that's what books do for me. I'm like the annoying old aunt who gives you what she wants for Christmas, no matter what you asked for. I strive to make it something you will enjoy-magical short stories for my sister, Dalai Lama biographies for the spiritual, Japanese fiction for the quirky-but it is always a book. I no longer buy books online. I know it's cheaper and it's easier too, but I actually like going to a bookstore. I like the pilgrimage: You pick a day, ask a friend, drive there, enter the cool, silent space, run your hands over spines, settle in for an hour or two, nodding to old friends ("Oh, hello there, Lolita new edition!") and making some new ones along the way. Perhaps you find my crusade extreme, but let me spell out Delhi's literary losses over the last few years: It started with the closing of The Bookworm in Connaught Place and Yodakin in Hauz Khas Village. Then, last year, it was Fact & Fiction, Spell & Bound, Timeless Arts Book Studio and ED Galgotia & Sons. You can't blame me for feeling it is the end of an era. Not simply the era of booksellers and patient old fools, but the end of The Age of Reading itself. I wonder if words will eventually be lost; whole words, paragraphs, textsgone forever from collective memory. Because if we stop reading them, they cease to exist. Words are given life only by being read. Else, books become nothing but sacrificed forests where ink makes its final grave. Books need people, and I am not the only one who feels this way. If you look up 'book club', you come up with names like The Pulpwood Queens from East
ers (plastic bags, cosmetics), and both of these are ubiquitous in our environment. The obvious solution is moving to an area that is less polluted. But that may not be an option. Plan outdoor activities early in the morning or late evening as air pollution is highest during rush hours. Use the recycled air option on your air conditioner to cut down fumes while driving, and cover your nose and mouth with a handkerchief while outdoors.
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them and understand them. We all sat in silence then someone poured a little wine. The next time I visited her I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw the bookshelves. "Did you rearrange the books by colour?' I asked. 'You noticed!' she exclaimed. 'It was for a film my housemate was shooting.' I wonder how all those books felt about being shuffled about that way, little orphans. Perhaps they felt relevant again-'Oh hey, we're being dusted off, fancy that!' Perhaps they were annoyed at being de-slumbered. Maybe A Midsummer Night's Dream was edgy at being placed by The Bonfire of the Vanities. Maybe Sartre appeared next to Camus again and said, 'Now, finally, back to that old debate.' Maybe this is what will become of books upon bookshelves eventually. They will become the exquisite art of once-literate families. Over the years, books, the actual pages, are going to cease to matter. Ironically, while we still fight for global literacy, the literate use less and less the tools that make them literate. And if they do, it is in electronic format. Our children will have no use for writing, except to sign their names at the bottom of cheques, on forms and files. 'Handwritten' will become an antique term, a rare concept. And over the years,
people will struggle to decipher the curls and curves of their ancestors' love letters, and an entire way of loving will be forgotten. Tsundoku is a Japanese word for buying books when you already have enough unread ones, and then letting them pile up amorously along your shelves. I am guilty of tsundoku not just because I love books, but because I am deeply, pathetically in love with bookshops and booksellers. I cannot walk into a bookshop and leave empty-handed. When I heard this word, two things happened. For starters, I was reassured (I'm not alone, it's a condition!). And then, I made peace with the fact that when I die I will most likely have a small blossom of books at my bedside, unread. I have no shame in admitting this. If I did, it would mean I have given up hope altogether. Once upon a time, I treasured the idea that I would someday finish every book I owned, and simply begin reading them all over again. But exasperatingly and ever so thankfully, I know now that there will always be another book to read. Even if all the writers in the world stopped their pens right this moment forevermore, I would still not be able to finish reading all the things I want to. AND THAT IS THE MAGIC OF IT. SO YOU'D BEST BEGIN RIGHT AWAY.
Vegetables For bright green broccoli and vividly orange carrots, cook them in sparkling mineral water. "Boil vegetables in sparkling water to preserve color and vitamins. Mineral water decreases oxidation and the loss of chlorophyll and carotenoid pigments, and keeps vegetable's bright colors," says Rino Mini, CEO of Galvanina natural spring water, renowned since ancient Roman times. "Sparkling mineral water also softens vegetables so you can reduce cooking time, better preserving the vegetable's vitamins and nutrients. It lets you skip the step of plunging cooked vegetables in ice-cold water to retain their color." Tempura and fritters Use sparkling water for better batter. Simply mix flour with sparkling water, dip your favorite vegetables, seafood or fish in the batter and then lightly fry. The sparkling water will make anything you fry extra crunchy. Sparkling iced drinks Instead of buying sodas, make your own. Sparkling water creates festive thirst-quenchers but without the added calories of bottled drinks. Combine sparkling water with lemon or other fruit juice for your own homemade natural fruit drinks. Add it to your favorite brewed tea or coffee for natural sparkling iced tea or coffee. "Use sparkling water in your coffee-brewing machine. Not only will it make chemical-free espresso or coffee but it has the delightful added advantage of keeping your machine from building unpleasant residue," says Mini. Cake, waffles, crepes and pancakes Add sparkling mineral water instead of water or other liquids in cake recipes or cake mixes. The sparkling water makes it rise nicely and results in a fluffier texture. Great too with waffles: substitute one part of the milk for the water and follow the recipe as you normally would. Try it in your favorite crepe and pancake recipes. Replace half of the milk in the recipe for fizzy spring water for a improved texture. You'll be thrilled with the delicious light and airy crunch.
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Say adieu to ‘he' and 'she', hello to 'ze' and ‘Mx’
Get in-tune with gender-neutral terms Moa Jamir
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anguage changes with the times, and when it comes to our conceptions of gender, the times are most certainly changing, wrote John McWhorter in CNN.com last October, adding the idea that binary conceptions of gender are unnecessarily rigid and do not correspond to the self-image of a great many people. In this new world, a bland opposition between "he" and "she" seems increasingly antique, and even insulting, to many but it feels natural to add them, he added. But such changes take time. Previous attempts to fashion gender-neutral pronouns haven't caught on, said McWhorter. “English speakers have been using ‘they’ in the singular for eons,” he added. However, times are changing. In a first, the NALSAR Law University in Hyderabad has last year issued a gender-neutral graduation certificate to a student who did not wish to be identified with honorific Mr or Ms but with "Mx." ‘They’- Word of the year of 2015 Likewise ‘they’ as a singular word was declared as the Word of the Year for 2015 in January, 2016, by the American Dialect Society beating out enticing words like 'ammosexual,’ (firearm enthusiast) or 'ghost' (abruptly ending a relationship by cutting off communication, in person or online). Here ‘they’ refer to a gender-neutral singular pronoun for a known person, genderneutral singular pronoun for a known person, particularly as a non-binary identifier*. This year (2015) marks a new language shift in how English speakers use pronouns, Gretchen McCulloch wrote in Quartz in December but argued that the usage of ‘they’ to refer to a single person isn’t new and written citation dates back to 1300s. Even Chaucer (Pardoner’s Prologue), Shakespeare (Comedy of Errors) and Jane Austen (Pride & Prejudice (1813) used the same, but late 18th Century grammarians with a serious case of “Latin-envy” decided that when you didn’t know the gender of someone you were referring to, the best option was to use “he,” McCulloch maintained. Although lots of well-regarded writers (Dickens, Eliot, Wilde, and many others) kept using singular “they,” the proposed alternative—ostensibly the un-gendered “he”—did become relatively common, he said.
Trends in Universities In the United States, colleges and universities are introducing gender-neutral pronouns options like "ze" into their registrars instead of just "he" and "she". As early as 2009, schools like the University of Vermont were letting students pick their gender pronouns where students can choose from "he," “she,” "they," and "ze," as
Some of the UNESCO Guidelines on Gender-Neutral Language cleaning lady cameraman caveman chairman craftsman craftsmanship draughtsman fellow countryman fireman foreman gentleman’s agreement landlord layman ombudsman policeman/men salesman/girl spokesman sportsman statesman statesmanship workmanlike manpower man-made brotherhood of man brotherly man and wife businessman man, mankind man’s achievements headmaster/headmistress
office cleaner photographer, camera operator; (pl.) camera crew cave dweller chairperson, chair, president, presiding officer craft worker, artisan, craftsperson; (pl.) craftspeople craft, craft skills designer compatriot fire-fighter; (pl.) fire crew, fire brigade supervisor, superintendent honourable agreement owner, proprietor layperson, non-specialist, non-professional, novice mediator police officer or (pl.) just police. shop assistant, sales assistant, shop worker; (pl.) sales staff spokesperson, representative, official. athlete, sportsman/sportswoman political leader, stateswoman (where appropriate), public servant statecraft workmanlike serviceable, well-made, well executed, skilful staff, labour, work force, employees, personnel, workers, human resources, human power, human energy artificial, synthetic, manufactured, of human. The appropriate term will depend on the construction, of human origin, human- induced, machine-made (avoid man-made unless males alone are involved). human fellowship, human kinship, solidarity, comradely, friendly, co-operative husband and wife, wife and husband business manager, executive, head of firm, agent, representative, business traveller; (pl.) business community, business people people, humanity, human beings, humankind, the human species, the human race, we, ourselves, men and women, homo sapiens, one, the public, society, the self, human nature human achievements, achievements of the human species, achievements of our ancestors director, principal
Gender Neutral Pronoun Usage: (mit.edu) Female Male Gender Neutral
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well as "name only" - meaning they don't want to be referred to by any third-person pronoun, only their name, according to a BBC article. But the trend gained most prominence when the prestigious Ivy League Institution, Harvard University made an official change in 2015 allowing its undergraduate students various gender-neutral terms during registration. The Boston Globe reported that time that Harvard for the first time is allowing students to choose their preferred gender pronoun from a list including such gender-neutral identifiers as “ze, hir, and hirs,” a move aimed at increasing inclusion in the campus. Students may also choose to be referred to as “they, them, or theirs,” officials told the Globe. Harvard isn't the first college to embrace gender-neutral pronouns, but it is among a wave of major institutions that are widen-
Object Her Him Hir
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ing their policies and pronouns to acknowledge those students, who do not identify as male or female, Associated Press reported. University of Missouri-Vanderbilt University, University of California, MIT, Cornell University, University of Wisconsin, MIT among others has similarly pushed for such moves. In India, the progressive Jawaharlal Nehru University introduced an option of ‘third gender’ in the nomination forms of students’ union elections for 2014-15 session after the Supreme Court had acknowledged transgender as the ‘third gender.’ JNU had also introduced the transgender option in the gender column of its admission forms too and proposed that five extra points be awarded to the students seeking admission under the category from this year. "Deprivation points" are given to selected number of categories like females,
Kashmiri migrants and applicants from the Defence category or backward quartile from a state during entrance tests. The Delhi University also for the first time included “transgender” as a gender option alongside male and female in application forms this year for those applying for the post-graduate degree course and faculty positions. The Telegraph Kolkata reported Jamia Millia would “soon” follow suit and Calcutta University and Jadavpur University hope to introduce the option next year. DU’s move came after a UGC notification to all universities to identify and accept transgender following the Supreme Court ruling. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in April 2015 had also directed all the banks to include ‘third gender’ in its application forms. Gender Neutrality in Daily life Greville G. Corbett of Max Planck Insti-
tute for Evolutionary Anthropology in “The World Atlas of Language Structures Online” wrote that globally gender is evident in almost every phrase in some language, while in other languages it is absent. In terms of numbers of speakers, he said the major gender family would be IndoEuropean, which includes English, French, German, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, each with many millions of speakers. On the other, the non-gender side would be Sino-Tibetan, in which Mandarin and Cantonese alone account for a substantial proportion of the world’s population. Writing in the Time Magazine, Katy Steinmetz argued that a gender-neutral word could replace ‘Mr’ and ‘Ms’ and this neutral honorific is in a new batch of words being added to Dictionary.com. If you don’t feel like labeling yourself a Mr. or a Ms. and would rather leave your gender unknown or undeclared, “Mx.” (pronounced like mix) is a gender-neutral option. The honorifichappy New York Times has started publishing stories that respected sources’ preference. Apart from ushering inclusiveness, the drive towards gender neutral terms is seen as a move toward debunking stereotypes and doing away with outdated ‘male-centric’ terms or sexist language. In Guardian and Observer Style Guide, Stella Gibbons argued that use of language reflects our values, as well as changes in society and advised readers to avoid terms such as businessmen, housewives, male nurse, woman driver, woman (lady!) doctor etc, which reinforce outdated stereotypes. Never say “his” to cover men and women: use his or her, or a different construction; in sentences such as “a teacher who beats his/her pupils is not fit to do the job”, there is usually a way round the problem – in this case, “teachers who beat their pupils ...” Gibbons stressed. As early as 2007, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) came out with a manual UNESCO in order to ensure justice and to the avoidance of discrimination in its fields of competence, notably in the area of education (See table) after representatives of Canada and the Nordic countries raised the issue of sexist language for the first time at the 24th session of the Geneva Conference (1987). The General Conference adopted a resolution in subsequent meetings dealing with this issue. Gender-neutral language has gained support from major textbook publishers and professional and academic groups such as the American Psychological Association and the Associated Press. Newspapers such as the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal use gender-neutral language. Many law journals, psychology journals, and literature journals will only print articles or papers that use gender-inclusive language. Are we ready to embrace gender neutrality? * Non – Binary - Denoting or relating to a gender or sexual identity that is not defined in terms of traditional binary oppositions such as male and female or homosexual and heterosexual (Oxford)
The value of intellectual humility Why some of us should never follow our dreams Usha Raman
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very year, dozens of books are written about how to succeed in the workplace or how to get hired by the top corporations, and many of these books race their way into the non-fiction bestseller lists. These books feed our anxieties about our own success, our doubts about which routes to take and what we need to do as we move along a chosen path. Most juggle the same themes and present them in different combinations, and we take the formula that seems to work for us at a particular time. They talk about domain knowledge (a good grasp of our subject), problem-solving and analytical abilities, communication skills, and leadership qualities, among other things. But the book Work Rules! by Laszlo Bock, Google’s head of People Operations (Google-speak for Human Resources), mentions one other factor that makes one a promising candidate — intellectual humility. We all know what humility is — the acceptance of human limitations, the sense that we are not, and can never be, perfect. Intellectual humility, similarly, is about the acceptance of the limitations of one’s own knowledge, and the willingness to learn from others. To paraphrase Bock, it is also about not attributing success solely to one’s own brilliance, and failure to others’ stupidity. Many scholars who have studied this characteristic say that someone who is intellectually humble is a better learner, because she/he is always curious and willing to ask questions and seek further explanation. In other words, being intellectually humble means you are conscious that there is so much more to learn than you may have been exposed to so far. Willingness to change We are generally taught that it is good to be sure about something, to have firm ideas about work, life and ourselves. Intellectual humility, on the other hand, makes us less certain. Drawing from Socrates, scholar Richard Paul suggests that there are two things that make up intellectual humility: the first is the acceptance of the limits of one’s knowledge and the second is the awareness of one’s own biases, prejudices and mental habits. Those who have the trait will be more likely to accept mistakes and learn from them. So, instead of sticking to a particular point or belief, if they are presented with evidence to the contrary, they are willing to change their minds. Those who are intellectually humble will have no problem accepting they were wrong, or that they have changed their mind about
something, because they begin with the assumption that they don’t always have to be right. At the same time, it does not mean that you are uncertain or doubtful about everything. Paul and others say that it is about holding on to a belief or an idea with “as much firmness as the thing demands.” There are certain things that you can be very firm about — such as the number of vertebrae in the spinal column, or the name of the editor of a particular newspaper. But there are other things for which knowledge is constantly evolving through a process of questioning, answering, examining the answer, and then questioning again. And there are others where perspective or viewpoint makes all the difference — someone who has experienced something would have insights that another person may not. The value of intellectual humility is best seen in team work, or in addressing problems that demand complex and multi-disciplinary solutions. It allows you to listen to different points of view, respect others’ expertise and knowledge, and recognise the gaps in your own, so that you can work together to arrive at that solution. How do we cultivate intellectual humility? Is it at all possible? In a culture that places a premium on “being right,” how do we get comfortable with the idea that we can be wrong, or, more appropriately, that being right draws on more knowledge than it is possible for one person to have at any given point? Clearly, it is not easy, particularly because of the competitive nature of so much of our education — we are constantly focused on proving that we know more and know it better than our peers. Instead, what if we told ourselves that it is really about understanding concepts rather than performing to a certain standard? That would remove the competitive pressure and allow us instead to focus on learning rather than doing. Suppose we told ourselves that it is about addressing the problem rather than proving we are correct? Then we focus on the solution rather than our contribution to it. Of course, if we have examples of such an attitude, it makes all the difference — so a teacher who is not afraid of making mistakes, in fact one who acknowledges the mistake and discusses it, is a good example of intellectual humility. It is a challenge to try to develop a characteristic that is valued in the workplace but not really in the classroom. But then, so much of our journey outside school and college ends up being a process of unlearning the attitudes we have unconsciously acquired. Knowing this, maybe we can start that process a little earlier?
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he car window winds down and new age author Paolo Coelho asks for directions to the expressway. "Here, have this map," I reply, handing him a folded piece of paper with "Follow Your Dream" on it. Okay, that hasn't happened yet, but scientists say we live in an infinite multiverse which means that it is statistically guaranteed to happen somewhere at some point. It worries me that so many young writers and filmmakers I meet think "Follow Your Dream" is the most profound idea ever. My question is: Which dream? The one where I'm chained naked to Goofy at a Disneyland parade? The one where Kylo Ren is fondling his light sabre and looking at me in a creepy manner? Or one of the disturbing ones? A colleague offered advice. "I think they mean follow your daydream, not the weird dreams you have at night, thanks to your strange eating habits," he said, as if other people didn't eat late-
night basins of mac 'n' cheese with jalapeno chillis. Following my daydreams makes it worse. How do I arrange for Taylor Swift and Emma Watson to fight over me? Or have a group of novitiate nuns chase me with tickling sticks? The phrase needs a disclaimer: "Follow your dream unless it's kind of obvious that you shouldn't." Ambition can be a bad thing. In my crime reporter days, I recall a one-legged petty thief in Indonesia who decided to follow his dream by graduating to bagsnatching. He was quickly caught by police who said he'd made a poor career choice. It strikes me that what many people really mean by the phrase is that they want to be famous. To achieve this, forget your dream and just have a startlingly original idea. Here's evidence for that from the news media. Ketan Kumar, 24, stole a train for his girlfriend. He thought she would be impressed with a gift, the newspapers reported. She wasn't, and nor were the police. Ketan, buddy, you need to think about how girls work. Big, ugly steam-
ing lump of metal? Perfect for guys. For girls, think romance and fancy dinners. Ketan did get into the press but ideally one should find an idea that is eyebrow-raising enough to get media attention without getting you locked up. A good example is the pair of student scientists in Indonesia who created a dung-flavored air freshener. They collected cow poop, fermented it for several days to maximize the, er, fragrance, and then found a way to put it into a handy spray-top container. The result was instant news media fame. Personally, cow poop is not my top choice for house fragrances, but others disagree. Karuna Menon, a reader with Indian and Malaysian roots, remarked: "The smell of cow dung reminds me of summer vacations, playing with cousins, gulmohar flowers, and reading novels in the court yard under the shade of a mango tree." It takes all sorts, Karuna. The comments put me in the mood for a relaxing daydreamy doze. I close my eyes and Taylor and Emma approach, looking daggers at each other and growling.
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India abstains from LGBT vote in UN
neW DelHI, June 1 (Ie/anI): The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday said India abstained from the LGBT vote in the United Nations as the case is subjudice and the Supreme Court is yet to pronounce its verdict. In a statement, MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup said, “Issue of LGBT rights in India is a matter being considered by SC, court is yet to pronounce on this issue.” India’s response on the LGBT vote in the UN comes hours after LGBT community members expressed disappointment over its move to help protect the rights of homosexuals and transgenders worldwide. The LGBT community members today demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his silence and speak about “inclusive society”. Expressing disappointment over India’s move to abstain from voting in the UN Human Rights Council to appoint an independent investigator to help protect the rights of homosexuals and transgenders worldwide, the LGBT community members today demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his silence and speak about “inclusive society”. Throwing light on the fact that the Private Member Bill brought by Congressleader Shashi Tharoor was unanimously rejected by the Parliament, Transgender activist Akkai Padmashali said it reflected ‘intolerance’ on the government’s part. “That is very disappointing. When the United Nations Human Rights Council had a special session on sexual orientation and gender identity, India took a strange stand, which is very disappointing. This is not the first time. When Mr. Shashi Tharoor of the Congress presented a Private Member Bill in the Parliament on 377, the Parliament unanimously
For transgenders in India, getting a shelter home is an uphill battle
Member of India’s LGBT (Lesbians Gays Bisexuals Transgenders) community shout slogans during a parade in Gurgaon on the outskirts of New Delhi on June 25, 2016. (AP Photo)
rejected it. That shows intolerance,” Padmashali told ANI. “India not supporting it in UN shows you are homophobic and a biphobic. I demand the Prime Minister to break his silence to speak about inclusive society. Any kind of fundamentalism and criminalism is unacceptable,” Padmashali added. Rajesh Umabharti of the Sangama Orgaisation for LGBT said the government’s stand in this regard was not surprising as it reflected the ‘fascist’ mindset. “It is really not surprising. It is the second time it has happened. With the present government, it is not at all
surprising. This government is antiminority; it comes from a fascist kind of mindset. Prime Minister doesn’t take a stand on LGBT matters. It is stupendously stupid on part of this government to abstain from the issue,” Umabharti told ANI. After a heated debate lasting almost four hours, the 47-member state forum overcame strong objections by Saudi Arabia and Muslim countries to adopt a Western-backed resolution by a vote of 23 states in favour and 18 against with six abstentions. The United States and major European countries backed the resolution, while China, Russia and 16
PM, CMs to review NITI Aayog's progress in preparing 15-yr vision neW DelHI, July 1 (IanS): The governing council of the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and comprising chief ministers, is likely to meet this month to review the progress in preparing the much-awaited 15-year vision document aimed to eradicate poverty in the country. The high-level meeting headed by Prime Minister and comprising among others Chief Ministers and key central ministers like Radha Mohan Singh (Agriculture) and Arun Jaitley (Finance) will also take stock of the NITI Aayog's works on a separate seven-year strategy paper from 2017-18 to 2023-24 to convert "the long term vision document into implementable policy". A senior official involved in the exercise said the Prime Minister is keen to involve the Chief Ministers for the process as the 15-year document will essentially signal a "paradigm shift" in the very planning process marking the virtual end of the Nehruvian "five year planning system" followed in the country for last six decades since 1950s. Unlike the five-year plan visions drawn earlier, the new 15-year ling term vision plan would also focus on sectors like infrastructure, commerce, education and
health, the source said. The long-term plan paper will also seek to address issues raised in the Sustainable Development Goals as a policy matter and enuntiated by the central government and the NITI Aayog. "NITI Aayog will monitor, coordinate and ensure implementation of the globally accepted Sustainable Development Goals," the source said adding NITI Aayog will be the "nodal body that will bring the 17 development goals into action across India". The Sustainable Development Goals also seeks to eradicate poverty. "Besides focusing on overall development of the economy as a whole, the main objective of the 15-year vision will be poverty eradication," the source said. The second governing council meeting after formation of NITI Aayog was held in July 2015. Last year West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had slammed the central government for disbanding the Planning Commission and also the National Development Council (NDC) where the chief ministers used to get a common platform. In the meeting later this month, Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya is also likely to make a presentation on the approach taken by the institution.
RJD says abstention sends negative message Meanwhile, the Rashtriya Janata Dal too on Friday criticised the NDA government’s move to abstain from voting in the UN Human Rights Council to appoint an independent investigator to help protect the rights of homosexuals and transgenders worldwide, saying that it would send a ‘negative’ message from India on a ‘progressive issue’.
it will be placed before Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur. In 2014, the Supreme Court had ordered that transgenders be treated as the "third gender" and be given reservations on the lines of those for OBCs (other backward classes). Last Novmeber, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called for treating transgenders with greater sensitivity. "We need to amend and make new laws for transgenders," he had said. Like several others fighting for their rights, Fida said that the trust has been battling for the last five to six years to get permission for the ashram but owing to political issues, they are yet to get this. "We have been fighting to get this ashram for the last five to six years. We have asked for an ashram in Thane," Fida told IANS on the phone from Mumbai. "Now people know our sixmember band, but who knows the thousands of people in our community? Who will be our voice? I want to take the opportunity to play in the band to express the desires of our community in front of the public," she said. Due to the lack of an ashram, Fida rued that the already marginalised transgender community of India is forced to beg on the streets or work at bars. "Those who are rotting on the street are still suffering, those who are working in beer bars are still stuck there. We have been ignored. We will die on the streets. The government is not giving attention to us," she said. The ostracism for transgenders in the country is so heightened, says Fida, that members of the community even find it difficult to live in rented houses.
Torrential rains wreck havoc in Uttarakhand DeHraDun, July 1 (PTI): Twelve persons were killed and 25 others were missing as torrential rains and landslides hit Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh and Chamoli districts in the wee hours of Friday, burying villages in sludge with many residents trapped under the debris. While eight persons were killed in cloudburst in Pithoragarh district, four lives were claimed by heavy rains in Chamoli district. Two persons were swept away by the muddy waters and debris rushing down the slopes into Siron village in Chamoli. One person was killed in Ghat block and another in Sithel village in similar circumstances, SDM Chamoli S.K. Barnwal said, adding eight persons trapped in the debris have been rescued in the district so far. The cloudburst in Singhali area of Pithorgarh district early on Friday morn-
Tejas, India's indigenous stealth fighter, inducted after 33-yr delay Bengaluru, July 1 (IanS): The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday inducted indigenously-built Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas that boosts its weakening operational capability, 33 years after the project to develop the multi-role stealth fighter was cleared. The single-engine supersonic delta-wing aircraft is capable of carrying four tonnes of weapons and firing air-to-air missiles and precision-guided munitions like laser-guided bombs -- to attack enemy fighters and hit ground targets at a speed of more than 1,300 km per hour. The aircraft developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) is fitted with Israeli multimode radar, the Elta 2032, which is suitable for air-to-air and air-to-surface modes. It is capable of lowering its radar signature that makes it harder to be detected early. The aircraft is also equipped with a helmet-mounted display and has a distinctive 'glass cockpit' in which information is displayed real-time to the pilot. In more ways than one, the fourth generation-plus advanced fly-by-wire Tejas is comparable to the French-built Mirage 2000 and is expected to replace the IAF’s MIG squadrons being decommissioned from service. It is also considered far
African and predominantly Muslim states rejected it. India, South Africa and the Philippines were among the abstainers.
neW DelHI, July 1 (IanS): They are ostracised, humiliated and sneered at, and yet India's transgender community continues to battle for their rights amid all opposition. Fida, a member of India's first transgender group -- 6 Pack Band - says the community in the Mumbai region aspires for an "ashram" of its own, but they have yet not been able to get the land for it. According to Fida, an organistion called the Kinnar Maa Samajik Sanstha Trust had requested for a separate ashram for the transgenders in Mumbai, but they are yet to get the work done. "There are a lot of handicapped kinnars (transgenders) who are either homeless, or who have faced acid attacks. Some of them have sustained injuries after being thrown from trains while begging. There are old age ashrams, but there is nothing for the transgenders," she added. Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) criminalises homosexuality and activists of the country's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) community have been fighting a legal battle asking for the law to be revoked on grounds that it violates their human rights. The Delhi High Court had struck down Section 377 in 2009 but the Supreme Court reversed this in 2013. It heard the matter again earlier this year but stood by its previous judgement. Thereafter, a group of celebrities, including celebrity chef Ritu Dalmia, approached the apex court to quash the penal provision. The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to examine the fresh petition, saying
ing brought over 100 mm rains in two hours in a region of 50 sq. km, flattening homes in over seven villages, according to officials. “We have recovered five bodies from Singhali area while three bodies have been recovered from Thal village. The search for others is on by rescue parties consisting of army and paramilitary personnel,”
Pithoragarh District Magistrate H.C. Semwal said. “25 persons, missing from over seven villages of Singhali area in Didiihat sub division of Pithoragarh district, are being traced with the help of ITBP, SSB and Pithoragarh district police,” said district disaster management officer R.S. Rana who was on the spot.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat, who is in New Delhi, expressed grief at the loss of lives and announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each to the families of the victims. “Many people are still trapped under tonnes of debris brought by the heavy rains. ITBP, SDRF and paramilitary personnel are involved in rescue
work,” he said. “I am personally monitoring the situation from here. Chief Secretary too is keeping tab...we will give them (kin of victims) immediate compensation of Rs. 2 lakh as per norms,” he said in New Delhi. According to disaster management office sources, the cloudburst occurred in the villages of Singhali, Patthakot, Ogla and Thal villages which are under heavy debris with many people feared trapped under it. The rescuers are trying their best to locate the people, Rana said. The Met department in Dehradun had on Thursday warned of heavy rains in isolated places in Uttarakhand especially Nainital, Udhamsingh Nagar and Champawat districts over the 72 hours starting Friday morning. Light to moderate rains are also likely to occur at most places during the period, it had said.
Modi to embark on four-nation African tour neW DelHI, July 1 (IanS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a four-nation tour of Africa from July 7, it was announced on Friday. Modi will be visiting Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Kenya from July 7 to 11, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup said in his weekly media briefing here. The Prime Minister will first visit Mozambique on
July 7, where he will hold bilateral discussions with President Filipe Nyusi to strengthen bilateral ties and enhance development cooperation. Modi will be in South Africa on July 8 and 9 where he will have meetings with President Jacob Zuma and other senior leaders to further enhance India's historical relations with that country, according to Swarup. “With South Africa, we cooperate and work close-
ly... also in multilateral fora like BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), IBSA (India, Brazil, South Africa), G-20 and BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India, China),” the Spokesperson said, adding that the Prime Minister was also scheduled to visit Johannesburg, Pietermaritzburg and Durban. Modi will be Tanzania on July 10 and will have meetings with President John Pombe Joseph Ma-
gufuli “to further enhance mutual cooperation and understanding on major issues of common interest”. On July 11, Prime Minister Modi will be in Kenya and have bilateral discussions with President Uhuru Kenyatta. He will also address students in the University of Nairobi during the visit. “The visit of the PM reflects India’s desire to strengthen and reinvigorate bilateral ties with our African partners,” Swarup said.
'IDS last chance for people to declare black money' A Hindu priest waits to perform prayers next to Tejas, India's first locally-built Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), before its induction into the Indian Air Force on July 1. (REUTERS Photo)
more advanced than the JF-17 fighter jointly built by China and Pakistan. The induction of the fighter gives a major boost to the IAF’s fighting capability. The IAF’s fighter aircraft fleet of approximately 600 Russian, British and French jets is currently at only 33 squadrons, against its requirement of 45 in a case of a two-front war with Pakistan and China. The IAF has a sanctioned strength of 42 squadrons. The IAF was earlier reluctant to have the Tejas in its fleet because the force had argued previously that after three decades of gestation period it
would become obsolete by the time the aircraft entered the squadron service. Officials said it was only after Prime Minister Narendra Modi intervened and promised a more powerful fighter to be developed indigenously in the near future that the IAF agreed to induct the first version of Tejas. And on Friday when the jet finally made it into the IAF's 45 Squadron, the "Flying Daggers", air force officers cracked open coconuts as offerings to Hindu deities as priests held multifaith ceremonies to mark the induction process with two planes.
MuMBaI, July 1 (IanS): Union Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia on Friday reiterated that the fourmonth window under the income declaration scheme (IDS 2016) was the last chance for people to come clean on their unaccounted income as the scheme will not be extended, an official statement said. "Adhia made it amply clear that this is a one-time opportunity and the window will not be extended beyond the four-month period, ending on September 30. He said this is a last chance for people to declare their unaccounted income, following which, the income tax department would initiate its own action,” said a finance ministry statement. The revenue secretary was briefing the media here on the Income
Declaration Scheme 2016, which started from June 1. The government has assured complete confidentiality to those declaring their income under the scheme. “No source will be asked and no further proceedings will be initiated against those availing of the opportunity to declare their hitherto undisclosed income under the scheme,” Adhia said reassuring that the information contained in the declaration will not be shared with any other law enforcement agency. The IDS 2016 was announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Union Budget 2016-17. It provides a compliance window for people to come clean by paying tax, penalty and surcharge of 45 per cent of fair
market value latest by November 30, 2016. Adhia said the government has received suggestions to extend the deadline for paying tax and provision to pay tax in instalments. “These suggestions are being examined by the government and an appropriate decision would be taken in due course of time,” he said. Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has posted a fresh set of FAQs (frequently asked questions) on the disclosure scheme on its website. To a query on whether undisclosed income can be passed on as current income and tax paid at a lower 33 per cent rate, he said that it would amount to false verification and the assessee would be required to explain the source of income.
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Chinese President Xi warns on graft, security BEIJING, July 1 (REutERs): Chinese President Xi Jinping warned on Friday that the biggest threat to the ruling Communist Party is corruption, as he used the party’s 95th birthday to also warn against any threats to China’s security and Taiwan independence. Since Xi took power more than three years ago, he has mounted a sweeping campaign against deeprooted graft, warning like others before him it could threaten the party’s rule, and taken a muscular approach to protecting China’s sovereignty, including its contested claims in the South China Sea. In a wide-ranging speech in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, Xi said that history had chosen the Communist Party to lead China, but that if they did not manage the party properly and listen to the people, then history would discard them. “As the ruling party, the biggest danger we face is corruption,” Xi told party members, in comments carried live on state television. “We must have a staunch will, not let up on our zero tolerance attitude, investigate all cases and punish those who are corrupt, to give corrupt elements no place to hide in the party,” he added. Dozens of senior officials have been jailed in Xi’s anti-graft battle, including powerful former domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang. But China faces external challenges too. Beijing has been infuriated by a case lodged by the
Protest in Hong Kong as China tensions simmer over booksellers
Chinese President Xi Jinping makes a speech at the celebration of the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on July 1. (REUTERS Photo)
Philippines at an international arbitration court over the South China Sea, vowing neither to participate in the case nor accept the ruling, which is due July 12. Without making direct reference to the South China Sea, Xi said that while China was not a trouble maker, no foreign country should think China would trade away its core interests. “Do not expect that we will swallow the bitter fruit of damage to our sovereignty, security and
development interests,” he said to an audience including military officers, model workers and ethnic minorities. Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also have South China Sea claims. A further headache for Xi this year has been January’s election in self-ruled and democratic Taiwan of a president from the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party, Tsai Ing-wen. “We will resolutely oppose Tai-
wan independence splitist forces,” Xi said, again without a direct mention of Tsai or her party. “The 1.3 billion of China and the entire Chinese race will never agree to any person, at any time, using any method to carry out activities to split the country.” China views Taiwan as a wayward province and has never renounced the use of force to bring its under Beijing’s control. Tsai has vowed to maintain peace with China.
HONG KONG, July 1 (REutERs): Thousands of Hong Kong residents marched in protest on the 19th anniversary of the financial hub’s return to Chinese rule on Friday as tensions simmer against Chinese authorities over the abductions of several Hong Kong booksellers. Some waved banners criticising Beijing for the cross-border abductions as acts of a “totalitarian” regime, as well as calling for the release of leading dissidents. “This is a very grave threat to the safety of Hong Kong residents that an unknown force is spying on people,” said pro-democracy lawmaker Cyd Ho at the rally. “The Hong Kong government has to follow up with the central government on what’s really happening behind the scenes.” The city has been unnerved over the past year by the disappearances of five booksellers who specialised in works critical of Chinese leaders. One of the men, Lam Wing-kee, who was detained for eight months by Chinese agents and released last month, criticised Beijing for “violating Hong Kong’s rights” through illegal crossborder enforcement operations. The tactics have raised fears of Communist Party rulers in Beijing eroding the so-called “one country, two systems” formula, granting Hong Kong a high degree of freedom and autonomy since its 1997 return from British to Chinese rule. China has denied wrongdoing. Lam, who had been due to lead the
July 1 march that each year draws thousands, pulled out, citing safety concerns after being followed by two unknown strangers, a lawmaker said. “He feels increasingly concerned about his own personal safety,” said prodemocracy lawmaker Albert Ho. A senior Chinese official, Wang Guangya, who heads the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office in Beijing, said the booksellers had “destroyed” the one country, two systems formula by publishing banned books in mainland China. Chinese President Xi Jinping, however, said in a speech on Friday that “no matter what the difficulties and challenges, our confidence and determination towards one country, two systems will not waver”. Xi added Hong Kong would continue to enjoy a high degree of autonomy and Beijing would strictly adhere to the law. The July 1 protests are considered a barometer of public sentiment towards Beijing ahead of citywide legislative elections in September. A group of activists who advocate Hong Kong independence from China are planning an evening “black mask” protest outside China’s main representative “Liaison Office”. A 79-day “umbrella revolution” in late 2014 demanding Beijing allow full democracy in Hong Kong brought chaos to the streets.
Gene that determines Myanmar: Leader Hindu priest hacked to death in Bangladesh maleness in malaria mosquitoes ‘Saffron Revolution’ freed from jail DHAKA, July 1 (REutERs): A Hindu priest was hacked to death on Friday at a temple in Bangladesh, police and senior administrative officials said. Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority nation of 160 million people, has seen a surge in violent attacks in few months on liberal activists, members of minority Muslim sects and other
religious groups by Islamist extremists. Police said they did not know the motive behind the killing of the Hindu priest and no one had been arrested. Shaymanonda Das, 45, was hacked to death in front of a temple in Jhinaidah district headquarter, 300 kms (188 miles) south west from the capital Dhaka.
“He was preparing morning prayers with flowers at the temple early in the morning and that time three young people came by a motor bike and killed him with machetes and fled away,” said Mahbubur Rahman, the chief of Jhenaidah district administration. “The nature of killing was similar with the local
militants, but we can not say more at the moment,” Mahbubur told Reuters by telephone. Islamic State has claimed responsibility for some of the recent killings although the government denies the Sunni militant group has a presence in the country, saying homegrown extremists are behind the attacks.
Vietnamese scoff at bike-ban plan as motorcycles engulf capital HANOI, July 1 (REutERs): World famous for its endless swarms of motorcycles, Vietnam is considering banning bikes in the capital over fears its leafy streets will become overrun as the population swells and its middle class buys up cars in record numbers. Hanoi is forecast to have seven million motorcycles on its roads in the next two years - almost the same as its current population - leaving city bigwigs with a crisis on their hands as cars, buses and bikes jostle and petrified pedestrians run the gauntlet crossing streets. The Communist Party’s Hanoi chapter started polling on Monday ahead of a new urban plan and cenNyi Nyi Lwin, also known as Shin Gambira, leader of tral to that is making the capital’s mothe All-Burmese Monks Alliance, talks to supporters in torcycles extinct by 2025, according the state committee of Sangha Maha Nayaka in Yangon, Myanmar. (REUTERS File Photo)
yANGON, July 1 (REutERs): A former monk and influential leader of Myanmar’s 2007 anti-junta uprising has been freed from jail and charges against him dropped, his lawyer said on Friday, just a day after new charges were levelled against him. Nyi Nyi Lwin, better known by his ordination name, Gambira, was arrested in January for allegedly entering Myanmar illegally from neighbouring Thailand. He had been set to be freed on Friday, but on both Tuesday and Thursday new charges stemming from alleged trespassing in 2012 were brought against him in two separate Yangon townships. Robert San Aung, his lawyer, said on Friday that these charges had been dropped and that Gambira was now free. “They (the judge) just said the he was freed completely after cancelling all the charges against,” he said. Gambira told Reuters by phone that he was happy with the decision and would now focus on his health. “I’m very happy to be free again. At the moment I have to receive medical treatment for my mental illness and post traumatic stress disorder,” he said. The additional charges this week were brought against Gambira for allegedly breaking into monasteries in 2012 that had been sealed by the government. In 2007, Gambira emerged as a leading figure in a mass protest over living conditions and the oppressive rule of then-dictator Than Shwe that was dubbed the Saffron Revolution. The government cracked down harshly in response, opening fire on protesters and sweeping up those who took part. A report from the United Nations found that at least 31 people were killed by security forces and thousands arrested. Gambira was arrested in 2007 and his sentence of 68 years for his role in the protest turned him into one of Myanmar’s most prominent political prisoners. He was released in 2012. Following his release, he said that he had been tortured while in jail, suffering through solitary confinement, beatings and sleep deprivation. Amnesty International has said that he suffers from “serious mental health issues” due to time and treatment behind bars. The group said it was concerned that the additional charges brought this week were “politically motivated” and related to his actions during the Saffron Revolution.
to Voice of Vietnam radio. But it hasn’t gone down well with bikers, who say the economy would grind to a halt if Hanoians were denied a mode of transport they’ve grown up with and use to ferry around anything from beer crates and cooking gas tanks to rice sacks and small families. “It’s impossible. It will cause difficulties for bureaucrats, employers, students and traders,” said Pham Van Chinh, a motor-taxi driver. Street vendor Ho Huu Chat called for a U-turn on the idea. “This should be reconsidered,” he said. “Businesses will be affected.” Vietnam’s rapid economic growth has seen household incomes quadruple since the turn of the century,
with one in every two of its 90 million people owning a motorcycle, and car sales surging 55 percent last year, Southeast Asia’s fastest rate. That’s exacerbating the chaos in the “Paris of Asia”, known as much for its cacophonic horns and snarl-ups as it is for its French colonial architecture, ubiquitous lakes and tree-lined boulevards. Though construction of elevated rail and metro systems are under way, they won’t be ready anytime soon and some Hanoians think the bikes trend is irreversible. “The number of vehicles is so huge now,” said motorcycle repair man Ngo Van Thanh. “People cannot agree with the ban.”
lONDON, July 1 (IANs): In a major step towards developing effective genetic strategies to control mosquitoes, scientists have isolated a gene that determines maleness in the species of mosquito that is responsible for transmitting malaria. The researchers found that this gene, named Yob by the authors, could be lethal for the female population of the mosquito species which is primarily responsible for malaria transmission. “Our research may have far-reaching implications for the control of malaria,” said lead researcher Jaroslaw Krzywinski, Head of the Vector Molecular Biology group at The Pirbright Institute in Britain. The research, published in the journal Science, describes identification and characterisation of Yob which determines the male sex in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae. To identify Yob, the researchers used highthroughput sequencing to sample all transcripts (genetic messages) produced in the Anopheles gambiae male and female embryos. After comparison of the sequencing data, they found, exclusively in males, fragments of transcripts corresponding to Yob. Further research showed that Yob is encoded on the Y chromosome, and that activity of Yob was limited to males. Unexpectedly, Yob transcripts are highly detrimental to females. When injected into mixed-sex early embryos of Anopheles gambiae, Yob kills females before they hatch from eggs, but leaves male development unaffected. Conversely, silencing normal embryonic Yob activity is lethal to males. These results indicate that, apart from determining maleness, Yob is pivotal for the control of another fundamental developmental process, called dosage compensation, which balances levels of transcripts from genes located on the single X chromosome in males and on two X chromosomes in females. “The female-killing property of Yob gives us an invaluable tool for the engineering of male-only Anopheles strains suitable for malaria control in the future,” Krzywinski said.
Israel should stop building settlements, denying Palestinian development: draft Quartet report uNItED NAtIONs, July 1 (REutERs): Israel should stop building settlements, denying Palestinian development and designating land for exclusive Israeli use that Palestinians seek for a future state, the Middle East peace “Quartet” recommended in a draft of an eagerly awaited report seen by Reuters. The draft report by the Quartet countries sponsoring the stalled Middle East peace process - the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations - said the Israeli policy “is steadily eroding the viability of the 2 state solution.” “This raises legitimate questions about Israel’s long term intentions which are compounded by the statements of some Israeli ministers that there should never be a Palestinian state,” according to the draft report. The day before Israeli elections in March 2015, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there would never be a Palestinian state on his watch, only to reverse himself days later
Palestinian schoolgirls walk with a donkey as the West Bank Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim, near Jerusalem, is seen in the background. (REUTERS File Photo)
and recommit to the objective of a two-state solution. U.N. Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov briefed the U.N. Security Council on Thursday on the Quartet report, which he told reporters had been submitted to the Quartet members for final approval and was likely to be released on Friday. Diplomatic sources said the report carries significant political weight as it has the backing of
close Israeli ally the United States, which has struggled to revive Middle East peace talks amid a fraught relationship between Netanyahu and U.S. President Barack Obama. The relationship between the right-wing Israeli leader and the Democratic U.S. president has yet to recover from deep differences over last year’s U.S.-led international nuclear deal with Israel’s foe Iran.
The draft report said Israel had taken for its exclusive use some 70 percent of Area C, which makes up 60 percent of the occupied West Bank and includes the majority of agricultural lands, natural resources and land reserves. “The transfer of greater powers and responsibilities to Palestinian civil authority in Area C, contemplated by commitments in prior agreements, has effectively
been stopped and in some ways reversed and should be resumed to advance the two state solution and prevent a one state reality from taking hold,” the draft Quartet report said. The draft report said that at least 570,000 Israelis are living in settlements. The United Nations and most countries consider the settlements illegal. “Israel should cease the policy of settlement construction and expansion, designating land for exclusive Israeli use and denying Palestinian development,” the draft Quartet report recommends. It said that only one permit for Palestinian housing construction in Area C was reportedly approved in 2014, while there did not appear to have been any approved in 2015. The Palestinians want an independent state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, areas Israel captured in a 1967 war. The last round of peace talks broke down in April 2014, and Israeli-Palestinian violence has surged in recent months. A Palestinian fatally
stabbed a 13-year-old Israeli girl, who had U.S. citizenship, in her bedroom in a settlement in the West Bank on Thursday. “The Palestinian authority should act decisively and take all steps within its capacity to cease incitement to violence and strengthen ongoing efforts to combat terrorism, including by clearly condemning all acts of terrorism,” the draft Quartet report said. Mladenov told the Security Council on Thursday the Quartet report outlines a “reasonable set of steps” that could be taken to put Israel and the Palestinians on the path to peace. He said the report concluded that continuing violence, terrorism and incitement; Israeli settlement expansion and a lack of control of Gaza by the Palestinian Authority “severely undermine hope for peace.” The Palestinian Authority headed by President Mahmoud Abbas is based in the West Bank, while Islamist group Hamas has been in control of Gaza since 2007.
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he immediate reaction of the Naga public and the Indian media to the death of Isak Chishi Swu, the 87-yearold Chairman of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) was that it could have an adverse affect on the peace process. But I was surprised at the depth of my own feeling of personal loss. It was like losing a father – a father who looks after you and protects you even when you are grown up and have a family of your own. The presence of the father is a source of constant comfort and reassurance and as long as Swu was alive, even when he was in the hospital lying in a precarious condition, there was a feeling that we were somehow safe and things would somehow work out. It was with this feeling of personal loss that I accepted the invitation to speak at the Condolence meeting held at the Nagaland House in New Delhi the day after Isak Swu died. The I of the I-M The most powerful and moving testimony was from Thuingaleng Muivah, the General Secretary of the NSCN-IM - the M in the IM – and considered the prime minister of the Government of the People’s Republic of Nagalim. He reminded those present that he and Isak Swu had been in the movement since the 1950s when they joined the Naga National Council under the leadership of Angami Zapu Phizo. Swu was appointed the foreign secretary by the Naga Federal Government – he participated in the peace process in 1964 in that capacity. The peace talks failed and it was then that the two leaders made contact with China. Swu had led batches of Nagas through the thick wet jungles that separate Burma from India – an area called by the Naga insurgents as Eastern Nagaland. In an interview some years ago with Swu’s wife, I heard the account of how they walked though the jungles, crossing streams and being pursued by both the Indian and Burmese armies. At the end of the day, they would find their clothes full of leaches and spend an hour killing them and getting ready for the next day’s march, often without food. On one occasion, they came across a wild boar – he came sniffing around but went away. I asked why the boar had not attacked them and Swu replied with a twinkle in his eyes: “We smelt of the jungle.”
Swu was welcomed by the Chinese and took arms training from the People’s Liberation Army but he did not give up his deeply held Christian faith and persuaded the Chinese to build a church for the Naga insurgents. Armed and trained by the Chinese, the Naga army took on the might of the Indian army and thus began the Indo-Naga conflict. The Indians thought they would be able to suppress the Naga movement with military might. Naga villages were burnt down, men tortured and women raped. The intolerable conditions led to a section of the Naga National Council signing a peace accord during the emergency in 1975. Swu and Muivah condemned the Shillong Accord and by 1980 they decided to split from the Naga National Council and form the National Socialist Council of Nagaland. By Nagaland they meant all the Naga inhabited areas in India and in Burma. In India, the Naga inhabited areas included the entire state of Nagaland, four districts of Manipur, parts of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. In 1982, the NSCN had their first major ambush in Namthilok in Ukhrul district of Manipur when they blew up a convoy of the Indian army in which many soldiers lost their lives. From then to 1995, the two leaders had to face many challenges – from the Indian army, Indian intelligence agencies and within their own organisation. It was remarkable that the two, Swu and Muivah stuck together and faced each challenge without compromising their values or objective of having an independent, sovereign Nagalim. Then in 1995, the Indian government under PV Narasimha Rao sent feelers to the NSCN leaders and finally Rao met the two leaders in Paris where he said India was prepared to see the problem as a political problem and was ready for peace talks. It was the political maturity of the two Naga leaders that they accepted the invitation and by 1997 the talks began in right earnest. Muivah retraced much of this history and paid tribute to his comrade of more than five decades. He said Swu, older by several years, had always understood him and they had never had any occasion to differ politically.
‘Calm and patient’ Several men from the Indian intelligence community were present to offer their condolences. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval offered a wreath, while former Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and Interlocutor in the Indo-Naga talks, RN Ravi, praised Swu for his statesmanship and patience and said he hoped the peace process would soon conclude with an Accord. Swaraj Kaushal, advocate, who was involved in the peace process in the early stages, said that when he was first asked to negotiate he had found Muivah much more inclined to get angry and they had so many fights that they became friends. But it was the calm and patient Swu who helped establish trust. He said a solution could not just emerge from a microwave but it was also not something that we could put in the deep freeze and forget about. Messages of condolence have been pouring in from political leaders such as Sonia Gandhi to the chief minister of Nagaland and bureaucrats involved in the peace talks, such as RS Pande and K Padmnabhaiah. Bharat Bhushan, the journalist who had interviewed the two Naga leaders at the time
of the ceasefire in 1997, recalled that Swu said that the peace process was not only about politics but had a higher spiritual significance. Swu told Bhushan that he believed that Indians were not born to kill Nagas. They would have to be friends and he deeply believed in the peace process. Every single speaker remembered Swu as a kind, gentle person, a “perfect gentleman” was how MP Neiphiu Rio described him. N Ravi said he felt he was in the presence of a deeply spiritual being when he talked to the Chairman of NSCN.
Uncle Isak Swu’s eldest son spoke on behalf of the family. He said since both his parents had been fighting in the jungles, all the four children were brought up in Eastern Nagaland – that is, Burma. The only time they had all come together was in 2000 when the entire family met and lived together. I remember Swu had told me in an interview that he got news of the birth of his son while he was imprisoned by a rival Naga faction with a death sentence hanging over his head. He had got a secret message coded in Biblical language from his wife. But he had not told me that he never met his children till they were grown up. He would never speak of his personal problems or pain. I met Swu on many occasions to interview him. But it was only later that I got to know him more – and he became Uncle Isak. That was the time when the Indian intelligence agencies played their dirty tricks and arrested Muivah when he was coming for the talks. It was said the arrest was a result of the rivalry between the different agencies. I had gone to Bangkok in my capacity as a lawyer to represent Muivah. My dearest memory is when my husband Sebastian [Hongray] and I shared a meal with Uncle Isak and Uncle Muivah in a Bangkok mall. They took us to their favourite restaurant where they served the Mongolian Pot – wide variety of fish and meat with vegetables being brought raw so that we could choose what we wanted and put it in the boiling soup in front of us. The problem was that the morsels had to be deftly picked up with chopsticks and I did not know how to use the chopsticks. To save me embarrassment, Uncle Isak picked up pieces of meat and fish and cooked and served the dish to me. It was rather like a mother hen feeding her chick! The thing is I did not feel at all awkward. In 2011, Sebastian and I set off to travel all over the North East and we had gone to tell Uncle Isak and Uncle Muivah about our intentions. Uncle Isak immediately said he would say a prayer for us. I remember telling Sebastian that despite being such a vehemently agnostic person, I felt his prayers had kept us safe throughout the 15,000 kms drive. On one occasion Uncle Isak’s guard said that he had escorted him to church while they were in Thailand. He was horrified to see that he had signed the register with his large, generous handwriting – his full name and his designation as Chairman of the NSCN. We had smiled at Uncle’s naivety. But looking back it was a reflection of a man who was always himself – true to his political and religious beliefs. It was just a simple reflection of his enormous integrity. It is his moral and spiritual authority which the NSCN or the Naga national movement will find hard to replace.
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omeone once said, “Every man dies but not every man really lives.” Today we are gathered here to celebrate the life of man who lived life fully, with dignity and while displaying great amount of wisdom. Isak Chishi Swu’s life was dignity, wisdom and statesmanship personified. I knew him as a proud Naga nationalist who knew when to pick up the gun and equally, when to put it down to negotiate peace with a nation as big and as powerful as India. He will always be remembered as a peerless leader who steered his people successfully and with a steady hand through turbulent times. He may not be there when the detailed Naga peace arrangement is put in place but he must have died happy knowing that he had laid a solid foundation for it. Isak Swu not only taught the Nagas the importance of pursuing peace, he also had a lesson in leadership for the Indian political class. He taught his Indian counterparts the importance of wisdom, farsightedness and patience in peace negotiations. The organization he helped found, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland, is today re-negotiating the federal structure of India. This would have been unthinkable only a decade ago and speaks volumes for the wisdom of Naga leaders like Isak Swu. I have no doubt that a lasting and peaceful Naga solution that will eventually come about through the ongoing negotiations. It will be a stellar example for future generations of how mature democracies ought to deal with the nationalist aspirations of their people. I think this is greatest contribution that Isak Swu’s leadership. I met this remarkable Naga leader for the first time in September 1997 in a suburb of Bangkok, along with my friend Deepak Diwan. He was, and he remained till his passing away, the Chairman of the NSCN (IM) and the President of the ‘Government of the Peoples’ Republic of Nagaland (GPRN)’. He had agreed to be interviewed along with Mr. Thuingaleng Muivah, the General Secretary of the organisation and the Prime Minister of the underground government. I met them with great trepidation as both were legendary figures among the Nagas, having spent the better part of their lives fighting for the Naga cause. However, I need not have worried. I was quickly put at ease by the manner of the two Naga leaders. What struck me most about Isak Swu was that not only was he gentle and soft spoken but that he always carried a Bible with him. I asked him why he did that. He explained that like his father, who was a preacher, he
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he responsibility APO has given me to speak on this occasion today has touched me as much as it has challenged me. It has touched me as I am given the opportunity to personally mourn the passing of my closest college class friend when we were setting out on our respective journeys through life. We discussed and asked intense questions. And we eventually went on to answer them with the fullest commitment of our lives. Our paths in life took us in different directions. But I was always conscious that whenever we met the deep friendship of our college years had never dimmed. I have always valued this in Isak. But I am challenged in even greater measure because, though I am keenly conscious of my limitations, today I am giving expression to Angami recognition of and respect for the sacrifice of a Naga leader who went all-out to proclaim and defend the political cause of our people, as understood by him. On this occasion I am conscious of what I know other tribes have felt about our tendency to value our sacrifices and contributions more than we value those of others. This seems to be almost a propensity in many of us others see and feel so clearly and we do not. We are beginning to recognize it.
I should add that I have said this not on behalf of APO, but out of my own conviction that we need the help of others to see where we need to be different. As Chairman Isak Swu played his political leadership role, he held on with evangelical fervour and zeal to his Christian faith which he had inherited from his pioneering father. Many have stressed this quality in their tributes to him. I believe it can be said to his credit that Isak Swu never let go Christ’s imperishable injunction –“To give unto Caesar what belonged to Caesar and to God what belonged to God.” In the leadership he sought to give, there can be no doubt about the place he gave to this command, from above the battlefield of politics and life. I believe it will turn out that it made a crucial difference in our crisis, and it will be remembered with gratitude as his special contribution. Nagas will pray that the legacy of his commitment to his faith will be brought to bear on the tough issues still to be resolved in the common journey ahead of all of us. No matter what has gone wrong thus far that has fragmented us and weakened us, we have a common foundation which is our priceless asset. And that is the struggle for our aspirations to be a people and a nation. The extremely high price paid by our national workers across the board, for the past seven
decades, to defend our story and position has gifted us the struggle we have today. Let us not underestimate what the struggle from the start to today has achieved for the Naga people. It is the foundation on which the present generation will be able to build their future. What was obviously Isak Swu’s deepest concern and vision as he breathed his last has been well expressed by Chairman of GPRN/NSCN Gen. Neokpao Konyak –“ Whether we are prepared to build on a legacy of peace and reconciliation strongly advocated by our leader Isak Chishi Swu, or whether we will again be tempted to pursue a tempestuous route of self-destruction in the name of freedom, …As we prepare to take this legacy forward, I hope and pray that his absence from our midst shall result in a rebirth of Naga consciousness, a sprouting of fresh thinking, a shower of unmeasured unity within our family.” I have been announced in the programme as giving “Solidarity Speech”. On this historic and precious moment, as we bid farewell to Chairman Isak Swu, I want to fervently call for the forging of a solidarity that will be sustainable and productive because we will decide to “go beyond seeing only where others have hurt us, and be ready to see where we too may have provoked them to hurt us, so that forgiving and being forgiven
will become possible.” This was the powerful pledge the Presidents of the different Naga tribes jointly read out at the launching of the Naga National Reconciliation Process in Kohima on December 20, 2001. If we Nagas will be wise enough to rise to this level of truthfulness, responsibility and realism, reconciliation and unity that the departed leader repeatedly called for will be achieved as a matter of course. If we will not, we will continue to go down the road to “self destruction in the name of freedom,” because “Hurts not transformed are always transferred”. Kohima was a very small town when Isak Swu came to study in the Government High School. He made lasting friendships with individuals and families here who value him and his family. There is poignancy and grief in the thought that this will be his last earthly passage through the Kohima he grew up in. ISAK, through this public occasion, Angami people of “Ara Kezievi” bid you our respectful farewell. Be assured Nagas will rise to meet the need for change that will enable Nagas as a people to win together that you yearned for. The urgent question is which leader, party, group or tribe will show truthfulness. Niketu Iralu’s speech at the APO public reception and farewell for Isak Chishi Swu
rubber stamp etc. in desperate moments! But at the end of the day, Asu's rare quality that had pricked the impatient and his faithfulness towards his creator has not only won the complicated hearts of the Nagas, but even his worst enemies and foes alike. A man ordained by God to be called, "Dreaded Guerrilla," a contradictory tag to his very nature, yet designated, Asu Isak Chishi Swu has lived a life not his own... Zhekheli Zhimomi
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also preached. He prayed before every meeting with Indian officials. “Even in the talks with the Indian Prime Minister, we begin with a prayer,” he told me. Clutching his Bible, he said, “We believe that God did not create Indians to kill the Nagas. God wants India to glorify His name. India is one of the greatest democracies in the world. And just as He created all of us for a special eternal purpose, so it is the case with India. If the Indian leadership believes in the power of force, then it would be acting against God.” His words that “God did not create Indians to kill the Nagas” have always reminded me that he saw a larger purpose in seeking peace with India. He believed that he was doing God’s work in helping India recognize that the Naga issue was a political one and not a law and order problem; that it could not be solved by using the armed forces or the police but by dialogue. He argued that the continuation of the Naga problem did not profit anyone and that the Nagas, even as the “aggrieved people” understood that “the eternal friendship between the Nagas and the Indian people is a must”. Neither could change geography, he said, “We have to continue living together – we can’t shift out of where we are and nor can India.” While giving me a crash course in Naga history, Isak Swu, claimed that nearly 150,000 Nagas had died because of the wrong policies of India. However, what is important is what Swu said after that. He said that the Nagas felt no bitterness towards India or Indians. He explained this by saying, “The Indian people did not know us. They simply knew us as head-hunters, that we are halfnaked people and that we are dog-eaters. In this way we were belittled. It is with kind of ill-informed attitude that our Indian friends approached us” He wanted to change this perception of the Nagas among Indians and in India. And he managed to do that through his pursuit of peace, through continuous dialogue with Indian officials and Indian civil society organisations and, of course, through his personal example. In the end, we all know that death is inevitable. Nobody lives forever. However, what great leaders do in their lifetime lives on after them. Isak Chishi Swu will live on in the memory of the Nagas and other Indians because he led by example – by choosing peace over conflict, morality over opportunism, wisdom over ignorance and love over hate. I salute this great Naga leader and statesman. I feel privileged that I had the opportunity to know such a wise man.
n this write up I am going to broach on a very sensitive issue. Before I proceed further let us look at Jesus. He was beaten, spat upon and finally crucified. After going humiliations and pain he was crucified on the Cross but still he forgave those who crucified Him. Assassinations and fratricidal killings have taken on all sides in the quest for Sovereignty in Nagalim (All Naga inhabited areas). In our quest for sovereignty, people have lost fathers, brothers, uncles and sons. Forgiveness is very hard and it takes superhuman strength to forgive. It takes Love and courage to forgive. My appeal to all Nagas who are fighting for sovereignty or those who believe in sovereignty is that if Jesus, himself God could forgive. Let us Forgive keeping the
bigger picture in mind. I know it is very hard to forgive but I know some people who have forgiven. It brings out the true Christian spirit in you. Nagas are Christians. Once forgiveness starts, healing of our Lim (land) will be unstoppable. There is especially hatred and enmity between Southern Nagas (Manipur) and Nagaland Nagas. It has to end. Our enemies are sitting and happily watching the slugfest. And young people, please don't sow divisions among the Nagas with your ISM, ignorant and misinformed posts and comments in different Naga facebook pages. You are killing the Naga Spirit of unity by doing that. When elders are trying so hard to unite the Naga family don't be a pest. Nagas let us UNITE!!! Kevitho Kera
Tribute to Eno Isak Chishi Swu “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.” (Job 1:21)
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e all know Isak Chishi Swu was a God fearing man and I truly believe that he will want us to thank God for his life rather than to mourn over his death. I have known Eno Isak for a long time and for all our differences, personal or ideological; I cannot help but to admire his commitment to the cause of the Naga people and his unflinching faith in God. He sincerely gave his all for us. And that matters more than anything else. When such a leader is taken away from us, one cannot help but feel a great vacuum in our quest for freedom, as if a ray of light has been overshadowed by a passing dark cloud. It saddens me to think that before we all could see the light at the end of the tunnel, before we could shake hands together in our tri-
umphant smiles; our dear Swu is leaving us for his eternal home to be with his Maker. It is humbling to recall how even a sacrificial and visionary leader like him will have to say goodbye, when the appointed time comes by, to his dream and his beloved people without a glimpse of the nation that he has fought for all through his life. His tragic death reminds me of the Exodus journey of the Israelites out of the Egyptian bondage through the wilderness before finally entering the Promised Land. Even Moses, the great man of God, and many other leaders were denied entry into Canaan. It is my hope and prayer that God himself will anoint and raise leaders like Joshua and Caleb, in the place of those leaders who could not make it to the end, to finish the journey of hope and freedom they envisioned for us. I on behalf of NNC, extend heartfelt condolence to his wife Ennoli Eustar (Khulu) and all his loved ones. May the good Lord grant you peace and hope in this moment of pain and sadness. Gen. (Retd) Thinoselie M. Keyho, President, Naga National Council/NNC
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know and he kept experimenting till he got the sounds he wanted. VITZ’s new hybrid trap single ‘Meow Bomb’ was released on indihut on June 4. Taking his music to new heights by maintaining his signature sounds yet introducing trap elements with new tricks up his sleeve as the young producer conceivably matures towards culminating the hippest genres into a sublime offering of fresh, punchy music with an impressive feat of a tasty and addictive track. He never thought he would end up where he is today. To him it has
been a whirlwind of experiences and moments, all culminating to him about being who he is right now. VITZ always preferred being incognito, that’s why he loved playing the drums. But then again, he was always interested in producing, and he sort of got the gist of what it was all about, but he never thought he would get so into it. He says it has been so liberating, the freedom to express himself in the beats, the melodies, the drops, every song is a part of him, and he consider it as his safe haven.
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irector A R Murugadoss is impressed with the way Sonakshi Sinha, lead actress of his upcoming film "Akira, has performed the action sequences in the movie. The 29-year-old actress has trained for 120 days to be fighting fit in "Akira". According to the makers, in the film she will be seen doing action that none of the Bollywood actresses have attempted till now. "Sonakshi has impressed me with her action skills. She has trained extensively before the
shoot as well as when the shooting was on and it just shows in the film. She has surpassed my expectation with her action stunts. Sonakshi is the action girl of Bollywood," Murugadoss said in a statement. Produced by Fox Star Studios, "Akira" is the Hindi remake of the 2011 Tamil hit "Mounaguru," and also stars Konkona Sen Sharma, Anurag Kashyap, Shatrughan Sinha . Produced by Fox Star Studios, the film will releases on September 2.
One Direction set to scoop best live act
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hey never fail to whip their fans into a frenzy when performing their energetic live shows. And while One Direction may be on hiatus, they are still set to scoop the best live act prize at the 201602 Silver Clef Awards. It's the second time the quartet have won the gong, which is voted for by fans, and this year they have beat the likes of Adele, Ed Sheeran and Florence and the Machine to name but a few. On their win, One DiSource: PTI rection said: 'Thank you to
all our fans for voting. Our live show is so important and it is amazing for this to be recognised by winning the Ticketmaster best live act award for the second time.' The band - whose most recent album, Made in the A.M., was released in November - played their final gigs on The X Factor in mid-December, and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2016. Speaking about the upcoming awards ceremony, David Munns, chairman of the Nordoff Robbins Fun-
draising Committee, The Nordoff Robbins O2 Silver Clef Awards recognise outstanding talent across the industry, and are an opportunity for us to give something back to the music industry who support us so generously throughout the year.' Lionel Richie is expected to be the centre of attention at the ceremony in London, where he will be presented with the O2 Silver Clef Award. All the winners have been announced in advance and include singer
Hozier, who will win the international award, and Patti Smith, who will be given the outstanding achievement award. Massive Attack will be crowned best band, singer Jess Glynne will be named best newcomer, while Olly Murs will be named live best male and Florence Welch will be best female. Craig David will take home the innovation award and Jeff Lynne will be given the icon award. Andre Rieu will win the classical award. Source: Mail Online
ita Ora is to host 'America's Next Top Model'. The 25-year-old singer - who quit the British version of 'The X Factor' earlier this year to concentrate on her music career - will replace supermodel Tyra Banks on the iconic US TV show. A source told The Sun newspaper: "Rita is in a dream world as she's landed the ultimate gig. She'll be mixing her two passions of fashion and music and taking over from a TV institution in Tyra."Next Top Model' bosses wanted to inject some freshness back into the format and they see Rita as the ideal new face. She is releasing a new single later this year to coincide with it." 'America's Next Top Model' ran for 22 series over the space of 12 years before the CW Network pulled it last year. But it has been picked up again by VH1 and former host Tyra will remain as an executive producer. The 42-year-old-beauty was responsible for finding her successor and earlier this year spoke of her excitement about doing it. She said: "I'm pumped to identify that person and bring back the show. "Top Model' fans, you demanded that the show come back and VH1 answered the call. Get ready for a fierce-a-fied rebirth!" In the series a number of aspiring models compete for the title of 'America's Next Top Model', with the winner being given providing them with an opportunity to begin their career. Rita's news comes the day after she was hospitalised for exhaustion. The 'Body on Me' hitmaker took to Instagram to reveal she was being treated with an IV drip and getting some rest after a "tough" day. And sources claim she checked herself into hospital after "working and partying too much". One told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "She's completely exhausted, she hasn't had a break in months. She has been working solidly for the past few months then she parties whenever she gets the chance. She works hard and plays hard." Source: femalefirst
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uperstars Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan are giving serious friendship goals to their fans across the world. The two actors have posed on bicycles together giving out a message of how to say no to pollution. Shah Rukh took to Twitter to share the photograph of their 'bhai' moment with his fans and followers. “Bhai bhai on bike bike. No pollution…bhai says 'Michael Lal Cylcle Lal',” SRK captioned it. In the photograph, Shah Rukh is seen wearing a white shirt, pants and a waistcoat, while Salman, who is awaiting release of “Sultan”, opted for casual wear. He is seen wearing a black shirt and jeans and also flaunts his new hairdo. The image not only shares a
glimpse of the strong bond that the two Khans of Bollywood share, but also has a subtle message attached to it. It seems that the actors are trying to promote use of bicycles to curb pollution level. SRK and Salman's bond hit a rough patch at one point of time, but all seems well now. They have shared the frame in films like "Karan Arjun", "Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam" and "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai". The much-anticipated sports drama film “Sultan” will release on July 6 on the occasion of Eid. Produced by Aditya Chopra and written-directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, “Sultan” features Salman and Anushka Sharma as wrestlers.
The Violin Player wins top award in Durban Film Festival
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fter Bollywood actor Gulshan Grover, actress Parineeti Chopra has joined the voice cast of Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg's "The BFG". They will lend their voice to characters in the dubbed Hindi version of the fantasy adventure film, set to release in India on
July 15. Parineeti will voice the female protagonist of the movie. She has dubbed for Sophie, played by 12-yearold Ruby Barnhill in "The BFG" aka "The Big Friendly Giant", read a statement. The actress decided to take up the part as she loved the character and it will be her first Hollywood project.
Parineeti will also be seen in Homi Adjania’s next film "Takadum", which will see her star opposite her "Shuddh Desi Romance" co-star Sushant Singh Rajput. Parineeti had tweeted: “So excited about this one! My next film 'Takadum' with the amazing Homi Adajania.” Source: IANS
auddhayan Mukherjis second feature film "The Violin Player" has won the best feature film award at the 37th Durban International Film Festival. Starring Adil Hussain and Bengali actor Ritwick Chakraborty of "Shabdo" fame, the movie was the only Indian feature in the competition section of the recently held festival. The jury described the film as "a seductive and mysterious tale of a violin players mundane life, and an interesting take on how chance encounters are almost predestined," the director said quoting the award citation note from the festival committee. "The Violin Player" is the one day story in the life of a Bollywood session violinist, who finds expression to his dreams at an unlikely place. The day then unfolds to reveal startling truths about music, art, life and survival. After having its World Premiere at MAMI (Mumbai Academy of Moving Image) as part of India Gold, the film also opened the International Film Festival of Thrissur earlier this year and was the only Hindi movie in the International Competition at the IFFK, Kerala. The film has been selected in competition in the upcoming Stuttgart Indian Film Festival. It has also has been picked up by Alpha Violet, one of Frances leading sales agents which marked their first ever Indian acquisition. Source: PTI
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Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro hits a return to Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka during their second round match at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships on July 1. (AFP Photo)
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LONdON, JuLy 1 (AFP): Juan Martin del Potro admitted he felt alive again after the injury-plagued former US Open champion sent Swiss fourth seed Stan Wawrinka crashing out of Wimbledon on Friday. On a day when rain caused a fourhour delay on the outside courts, forcing organisers to consider playing on the middle Sunday for the first time since 2004, the giant Del Potro shone beneath the Centre Court roof. His 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/2), 6-3 second round victory over Wawrinka brought back memories of his stunning US Open win in 2009 before a series of wrist injuries pushed him to the brink of retirement. The world number 165 from Argentina, who was a semi-finalist in 2013 in what was his last appearance at Wimbledon, next faces either French 32nd seed Lucas Pouille or Donald Young of the United States. Del Potro is playing in his first major since the Australian Open in 2014 after undergoing three wrist surgeries. "It feels amazing, it's a great sensation," said the 27-year-old.
"I enjoyed the crowd. It's an incredible feeling, that's why my hands are still shaking. "I feel alive again. After sitting at home for two years, this feels like a second or third career," added the former world number four. Wawrinka, a quarter-finalist in 2014 and 2015, fired 47 winners past Del Potro but was undone by 48 unforced errors. Meanwhile, Wimbledon suffered a third day of rain delays. Only one minute of action was possible on the outside courts in the first four hours while most players didn't get beyond warming up. The tournament already had a backlog of 16 second round ties and with more rain expected Saturday, organisers admitted that play may take place on Sunday for the first time since 2004 and only the third time overall. "Sunday play is being considered but a decision won't be made until tomorrow," a spokesman told AFP. All men's second round doubles matches were reduced to best of three sets rather than five.
Jeremy Lin headed to Brooklyn Nets
NEw yORK, JuLy 1 (AP): Jeremy Lin is heading back to the city where ''Linsanity'' was born. Lin agreed to a three-year, $36 million contract Friday with the Brooklyn Nets, a person with knowledge of the details told The Associated Press. Lin tweeted earlier that he was headed to Brooklyn, posting a photo of himself dribbling the ball in a Nets uniform in front of the team's logo and writing: “The journey continues ... thankful for the next chapter!! (hash)Godisgood.” The person confirmed the details of the contract on condition of anonymity because the deal cannot be signed un-
til July 7. Lin's breakout in the NBA came in New York - with the Knicks - during the 2011-12 season. The undrafted point guard from Harvard came off the bench to spark the Knicks to a victory over the then-New Jersey Nets and scored at least 20 points nine times in a 10-game span as Linsanity briefly became the biggest story in basketball. Lin left after that season for Houston and later played for the Los Angeles Lakers before having a solid season in Charlotte last year. He averaged 11.7 points in helping the Hornets reach the playoffs, where they lost to Miami in seven games in the first round.
Portugal's Rui Patricio saves from Poland's Jakub Blaszczykowski during the penalty shootout. (REUTERS)
MARSEILLE, JuLy 1 (REutERS): Portugal substitute Ricardo Quaresma, keeper Rui Patricio and 18-year-old midfield sensation Renato Sanches were the heroes as Portugal beat Poland 5-3 on penalties after a 1-1 draw to reach the Euro 2016 semi-finals on Thursday. Patricio dived full length to block Jakub Blaszczykowski's penalty, Poland's fourth, allowing substitute Quaresma, whose goal late in extra-time beat Croatia in the round of 16, to bang in Portugal's fifth in the shootout. Two hours earlier Robert Lewandowski put Poland ahead with a second minute strike only for teenager Sanches to equalise with a superb shot 33 minutes into his first international start. Precious little happened from then on but Portugal, beaten on penalties by Spain in the semi-finals four years ago, will not care as they advance to the last four at the Euros for the fourth time in five tournaments to face Belgium or Wales. "(The goal) was an amazing
moment. I'm happy to be man of the match again, but the individual comes after the team," said Sanches, who also scored the second shootout penalty. Cristiano Ronaldo, who four years ago did not get to take his planned spot kick when he was fifth in line as Portugal lost to eventual winners Spain, went first this time. Joao Moutinho and Nani also scored confidently from the spot before Patricio swung things Portugal's way with his fine save and Quaresma applied the coup de grace. Poland had converted all five of their penalties in knocking out Switzerland in the last round, also after a 1-1 draw, but could not repeat the feat. "The players put a lot of heart into this match and played bravely throughout this tournament and this defeat hurts," said Poland coach Adam Nawalka. "We haven't lost a match at the tournament - we were knocked out on penalties. We've moved forward - this tournament has proved that. We played some very good football
but this defeat hurts." DEFENSIVE MISJUDGEMENT It was a somewhat strange encounter, with an all-action first half followed by 75 minutes of inaction. Poland went ahead when Portugal defender Cedric’s misjudgement allowed a long ball to bounce over his head to Kamil Grosicki. He drove on down the left and squared for Lewandowski to guide the ball in. It was the striker's first goal of the tournament and, at one minute 40 seconds, the second-fastest in European Championship history after Dmitri Kirichenko's for Russia against Greece after 65 seconds in 2004. Poland looked the more confident team for the next 20 minutes but failed to press home their advantage as Portugal settled and began to make inroads. The Portuguese levelled when Sanches, due to join Lewandowski at Bayern Munich after the Euros, played a neat 1-2 with Nani and found time to shift the ball onto his
left foot at the edge of the box and smash it past Lukasz Fabianski. Both sides came out for the second half seemingly under instruction to slow things down and the life bled from the game. The only clear chance of the half came in the 85th when substitute Moutinho lobbed a clever pass for Ronaldo who, having taken the time to glance at the keeper’s positioning, failed to make any contact on the dropping ball with the goal gaping. Little changed in the additional 30 minutes, with the near-64,000 crowd drugged into a drowsy-near silence, seemingly knowing what was afoot almost from the restart. Portugal have failed to win any of their five games here in 90 minutes, having drawn three group matches and beaten Croatia in extra time but midfielder Sanches, on the greatest day of his fledgling career, was in no mood to apologise. "It takes a lot of hard work to be this lucky," he said. "People criticise us but we don't care because in the end we are in the semis."
sign Townsend and Manchester City rope in Spanish forward Nolito Palace sell Gayle to Newcastle
MANCHEStER, JuLy 1 (IANS): English football giants Manchester City on Friday announced the signing of Spanish forward Nolito on a four-year deal from La Liga side Celta Vigo. The 29-year-old has spent the last three seasons with Celta, scoring 39 goals in 103 appearances. He had a release clause of around $18.3 million. "I'll try to bring as much as I possibly can. I'll do everything that the manager asks of me, try my absolute best and do everything I
can to try to repeat the form I've shown throughout my career at various clubs," Nolito was quoted as saying by the City website. "It's just about trying to play my normal game and let's hope that I can help Manchester City to win games. "I think that Pep Guardiola is one of the best managers in the world. He knows a lot about the game and he's going to help me progress as a player and I'm sure he'll get the best out of me." He becomes City's second signing un-
der Guardiola this summer -- the first being German midfielder Ilkay Gundogan from Borussia Dortmund. Nolito also plied his
Chelsea release Falcao, Pato LONdON, JuLy 1 (REutERS): Chelsea have opted against renewing contracts for strikers Radamel Falcao and Alexandre Pato, and goalkeeper Marco Amelia, the Premier League club said on its website (www.chelseafc.com) on Friday. Colombia's Falcao, who signed on a season-long loan from Monaco last July, netted just once in 12 appearances last season and was sidelined through much of the campaign with a thigh injury. Brazilian forward Pato joined on loan in January from Corinthians until the end of last season and will leave the club after scoring once in two games. Italian 34-yearold Amelia, who has never featured for the first team, ends his stay at the club after joining in October 2015 on a free transfer. All three contracts expired on June 30.
trade under Guardiola during his time at Barcelona B. He was with the Catalans’ B side from 2008 to 2011. The Spaniard can also
play as a winger and began his career with Écija Balompié. He later moved to Barcelona B who who had just been promoted to the second tier of La Liga. During his stay at Barcelona B he scored 29 goals in 106 appearances before being promoted to the senior team under Guardiola, making five appearances in the 2010/11 campaign. He joined Benfica next where he enjoyed two seasons with the Portuguese giants. He scored 16 goals from 63 starts. Nolito was loaned
to Granada for six months during the 2012/13 campaign before joining Celta Vigo on a permanent deal. He was consistently one of the best players in Celta Vigo which earned him his first international call-up at any level aged 28, playing in Spain’s 0-1 defeat to Germany. He fared well in the build up to the Euro and also started all three of Spain’s group matches in the quadrennial event and also the Round of 16 defeat against Italy. Nolito will wear the No.9 shirt at City this season.
Angling competition underway in Mkg
LONdON, JuLy 1 (REutERS): Crystal Palace and Newcastle United traded players on Friday, with winger Andros Townesend moving to London for £13 million ($17.30 million) and striker Dwight Gayle joining the recently relegated club for £10 million. Townsend, who only just missed out on inclusion in England's 23-man squad for Euro 2016, has signed a five-year deal at Selhurst Park, the London club confirmed. The 25-year-old former Tottenham Hospur winger only signed for Newcastle last January in a bid to secure regular firstteam football and save the club from relegation from the Premier League. Townsend scored four
goals in his 13 appearances at St James' Park. Gayle, 25, has signed a five-year deal. He has been Palace's top scorer for the past three seasons, netting 25 times despite finding his first-team opportunities restricted at Selhurst Park. He is Rafa Benitez's second signing this summer, following the arrival of Gent goalkeeper Matz Sels. Veteran manager Barry Fry, who gave Gayle his break at Peterborough United, acclaimed the signing. "It’s a brilliant buy for Newcastle – honestly, the fans should be made up (very happy)," said Fry, who is Peterborough's director of football. "He's the most natural striker of the ball I've ever seen – right foot, left foot, good in the air, he's got the lot."
Shastri resigns from ICC post NEw dELHI, JuLy 1 (PtI): Former India captain and Team Director Ravi Shastri has resigned from his post as media representative in ICC's prestigious Cricket Committee. Incidentally, the chairman of ICC Cricket Committee is current Team India coach Anil Kumble, who pipped Shastri to the job after getting nod from high profile Cricket Advisory Committee. "I have already submitted my resignation. There are personal commitments and I have been there for six years," Shastri told PTI on Friday without further elaborating anything. The official reason is his busy media commitments as commentator, TV expert and columnist, but there is intense speculation that the former all-rounder may have resigned as he is yet to come to terms with rejection that led to a widely publicised spat with Cricket Advisory Committee member Sourav Ganguly. "Since he became a media representative as BCCI nominee, probably, he is not willing to continue in that post. Also with Kumble expressing his opinion to continue as chairman, it might just be uncomfortable for both of them to sit in a meeting," a BCCI source told PTI today. "Also media representative is more of a decorative post in ICC Cricket Committee."
Members of the Chuchuyimpang Village Council, Anglers Association of Nagaland, SP Mokokchung Aotemsu and Angling Association Mokokchung District officers at Amoklushi Lake.
MOKOKCHuNG, JuLy 1 (MExN): The angling season at the largest natural lake in Mokokchung district, Amoklushi Lake, Chuchuyimpang village got underway this morning in the presence of special representatives from the Anglers Association of Nagaland (AAN) with Mokokchung Superintendent of Police, Aotemsu as special guest who also sponsored the winner’s cash
prize in the angling competition. Organized under the auspices of Chuchuyimpang Village Council, the day also marked the formal launching of the Angling Association Mokokchung District. The first day of the season was competition day for the ‘biggest catch’ while the season would go on till “August last” every Friday and Saturday. The winner of the competi-
tion, Temsumanen and runnersup Chubatemjen were awarded certificates and cash prize of Rs.15000 and 10000 respectively. A total of 210 enthusiastic anglers turned up to compete at the competition today. Meanwhile, the Er.Toshikaba was appointed the president of the newly launched Angling Association Mokokchung District with I.Shilu Lemtur as secretary.
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