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Art- a medium to understand and develop children’s skill

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Nagaland State government spends Rs 164.11 lakh For the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Festival Vibi Yokha Kohima | July 29

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Nagaland helicopter service suspended

diMAPur, July 29 (MExN): The office of the General Manager, Nagaland State Transport today informed that the state helicopter service has been temporarily suspended as of July 28. A press note from Senti Pongener, General Manager, NST informed that the suspension of service has been necessitated due to non availability of ATF/Jet A-1 fuel in Dimapur airport.

DNSU calls of 19th General Conference diMAPur, July 29 (MExN): The Dimapur Naga Students’ Union (DNSU) has informed that its 19th General Conference has been called off. A press note from the DNSU’s Tribunal General, Medovoi Medeo informed that the union had conducted a series of meetings after some of its units had called for a boycott of the DNSU election and General Conference. It further stated that the meetings “failed to sort out the matter in an amicable manner” thereby prompting the calling off of the general conference. The DNSU has informed all its constituent units “to refrain from giving out press statements” related to the matter.

Canada's Brianne Theisen-Eaton jumps during the Women's Heptathlon jumping competition at Hampden Park Stadium during the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday July 29. (AP Photo)

Two Andhra engineers kidnapped in Nagaland NEw dElhi/ViJAywAdA, July 29 (ANi): Two engineers, who were abducted by suspected militants in Nagaland, were released on today after their company paid the ransom money.

The engineers Pratish Chandra from Vijayawada and Raghu from Nuzivid in Andhra Pradesh - were reportedly kidnapped from Dimapur on July 27. They were working for Prudhvi Construction in Nagaland.

The special representative of Andhra Pradesh government, K. Ram Mohan Rao, confirmed that the engineers have been released. “Ultimately the construction company has come for-

ward and paid the money. Now they are already released. So according to my information they were kidnapped only to get money. Once they got, so they released them,” said Rao. Rao also thanked the Nagaland government for their cooperation.

The family of the two engineers came to know about the incident when they were called by them but later their mobile phones were switched off. It is believed the militants were only demanding money as the engineers were immediately released as soon as they received the ransom. Reportedly, the third friend travelling with the other two engineers is still missing.

Andhra govt representative confirms release of engineers after ransom was paid

The Nagaland state government has spent Rs 164.11 lakhs for 50 Naga participants in the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo Festival (REMT) 2014 to be held from August 1 to 23 at Edinburgh, Scotland. The REMT is a yearly series of military tattoos (military drum performances) showcased

by British Armed Forces, Commonwealth and international military bands, including cultural performances by artists from all over the world. The main purpose of the tour, as stated by Nagaland Chief Minister, TR Zeliang during a question raised by C. Apok Jamir, MLA at the recently held NLA, is “to promote Nagaland at the seat of the Commonwealth in the UK through the exposure of our talented youth.”

But was it worth spending Rs 164.11 lakhs when Nagaland is running on a deficit budget? Is it worth investing outside when many government employees in Nagaland are deprived of their salary for months?

“It’s important to showcase our culture but we should have spent the money more wisely,” says Lezo Putsure, YouthNet Strate-

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20 lakh for artists’ training 17 lakh for wardrobe for performing artistes 12.50 lakh for Honorarium 2 lakh for office overheads 65.11 lakh for travel 4 lakh for cargo 5.50 lakh as visa charges 3 lakh for transit stay 7.50 lakh as medical insurance 22.50 lakh for documentation and archiving 3 lakh for contingency 2 lakh for publicity and promotion.

gist, who feels that the government should have done more for the music industry in Nagaland. Rather than 50 participants, he holds the view that the government should have focused on 5 to 10 participants, which would have reduced the costs.

For Honang Jessuhu, General Secretary, Eastern Naga Students Federation (ENSF), the present financial crunch in Nagaland is purely artificial, and questioned why the government is in a deficit when the people who run it are in surplus. “In regard to expenditure, investment should be taken into priority. When our children stay hungry in the school for not receiving Mid Day Meal (basic example), such fascinating and glamorous initiatives like the REMT should be directly booked

under dishonest acts,” adds Honang.

“If we are going through good times in the economy, definitely we should encourage tourism. However under present circumstances, we cannot afford.

We have nothing to present to the outside world. At this juncture, we have to spend every penny judiciously,” adds Peter Rutsa.

During the NLA session, the CM further stated, “Juxtaposing the investment in our contingent and the larger residual benefits that would eventually accrue, we get to promote brand Nagaland to the international community, riding on the exposure platform provided by the Tattoo. The spillover, can impact tourism at levels difficult to immediately quantify, yet, positively supplement the Govern-

ment’s efforts to induce a sustainable tourism industry in the long run, and Nagaland’s emerging opportunities from the government of India’s Look East Policy.”

Meijing, General Secretary, Zeliangrong Baudi is of the view that promoting tourism should be concentrated in Nagaland and not abroad. At a time of deficit, the government should have planned thoroughly before spending.

This, according to Meijing, will have a chain of reaction and instead of resolving the deficit; Nagaland can anticipate more deficit in the coming years.

“When we do not have enough infrastructures and when the state is running at a huge deficit, the government should have reduced the cost,” says Kenneth Mao, Human Rights Activist. While acknowledging that exposures like the REMT will certainly generate interest, he emphasized on the need to focus first at home and that tourism should be emphasized holistically.

It remains to be seen whether the investment made by the Nagaland state government for participation in the REMT will generate equal revenue or tangible benefits.

NLTP Act has become a farce: Naga Hoho North East boundary

diMAPur, July 29 (MExN): The Naga Hoho today stated that the Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition (NLTP) Act has become a “farce” and asserted that the state government should “solemnly affirm whether to uphold or review the Act.” A press note from the Naga Hoho welcomed the decision of the Nagaland state government to convene a Special Session of the NLA, “after consultation with the people of the state,” with regard to the NLTP Act, 1989. Stating that the Act has “failed miserably in its implementation,” the Naga Hoho expressed its willingness to participate and share its opinions on certain sections of the Act. It cited Chapter 2 of the act as stating that “No person shall transport, import, posses, sell, buy, consume, manufacture liquor or use or keep any material, utensil, im-

plement or apparatus whatsoever for manufacture of liquor.” It urged upon the Nagaland state government to ensure that “not only changes are made to sections containing in Chapter II of the Act but also in the subsequent chapters.” I called for a “refurbish” of the said Act “for the benefit of the people.”

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bate on the Act and to “keep a reality check in its implementations.” “The word ‘Act’ itself won’t be active unless stakeholders promote and accept it,” it added. The Naga Hoho expressed hope that certain sub-sections of the Act would be changed “for the benefit of the people” and that modalities “should be in tune with what is practical and can be managed by the state’s agencies, rather than passing an Act in the Assembly and leaving it to various enthusiastic NGOs to check that the Act is absolutely implemented.”

The Naga Hoho further appealed to all stakeholders in the state to participate in discussions and share their opinions on this issue “as a responsible individual, unions, NGOs etc to make this Act realistic, applicable and beneficial for the state of Nagaland.”

Calls for discussion to make the Act ‘realistic, applicable and beneficial’ edged that “Nagaland is a Christian dominated state with the Churches possessing a huge influence over the people and the state’s policies.” However it viewed that the said sections of the act “have been a big failure and cannot be implemented by the state’s agencies or even with the assistance of the NGOs and churches alike.”

It stressed on the need for de-

CM urged to address ‘pertinent issues’

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Projected expenditure for REMT 2014

diMAPur, July 29 (MExN): The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) today met Nagaland state Chief Minister, TR Zeliang at his official residence in Kohima and apprised him of some “pertinent issues” presently confronting Naga society.

A press note from NSF President, Tongpang Ozukum and General Secretary, Esther Rakho informed that the federation made its stand clear with regard to the issue of oil extraction in the state. NSF asserted that “oil exploitation by the ONGC should not be repeated” and that “exploiting the entire resources in the name of oil extraction cannot be tolerated anymore.”

On the proposal to set up Nagaland Special Development Zones (NSDZs), NSF urged the state government to first initiate thorough deliberation with

the respective tribal Hohos, land owners, apex civil society organizations and Naga intellectuals.

The NSF also highlighted the “breach” in agreements made between Nagaland and Assam states concerning the border issue. The federation

such, it urged the Nagaland state government to “either abrogate the standing agreement or implement in letter and spirit by both the sides.”

The NSF further called upon the Nagaland CM to work towards revival of the Nagaland

NSF says exploiting the entire resources in the name of oil extraction cannot be tolerated anymore

lamented that while Nagaland has “judiciously honored the Interim Agreement, Assam government has rather taken undue advantage of the agreements to strengthen their state forces along the border.” As

Pulp & Paper Corporation Ltd (NPPC) and urged the government to pursue the NPPC Ltd revival process at the earliest.

The federation officials also informed the CM of the NSF’s meeting with the Advisor to the

Department of Disinvestment (DoD), Kumar V Pratap on June 5, at his official chamber in Delhi, with regard to the press statement given by the Department of Disinvestment (DoD) on possible disinvestment in NPPC Ltd. With regard to the proposal tabled by a Punjab based trust - Dhayan Chand Trust for establishing a private university in Nagaland by the name of Aaron University, the NSF cautioned the concerned department and the state government against taking any hasty decision. It demanded that that the authorities “thoroughly scrutinize and authenticate the trust, board of trustees and their experience in the field of education and more importantly the fulfillment of criteria laid down by the United Grants Commission (UGC).”

squabbles to be resolved

A g A r tA l A / A i z Aw l , July 29 (iANS): The Modi government has taken the initiative to resolve the long pending boundary disputes between the northeastern states, officials said.

“Survey of India (SoI) officials at the behest of the union government have started talks with the officials of the northeastern states to solve the border disputes among the northeastern states,” an SoI official told IANS. The official, refusing to disclose his identity, said: “Based on our toposheet, we would talk to the officials of northeastern states. Our officials accompanied by concerned officials of these states, if necessary, would conduct a joint survey along the disputed borders.”

‘Toposheet’ or ‘Topographic sheet’ essentially contains information about an area like roads, railways, settlements, canals, rivers, electric poles, various offices and installations.

Survey of India (SoI), India’s national survey and mapping organisation under the department of Science and Technology, maintains the toposheet.

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland and Manipur share disputed borders with one another and occasionally villagers, officials and security forces have engaged in skirmishes over this long pending issue. Officials of Tripura and Mizoram in the presence of SoI officials met in Silchar, the main town of southern Assam, last week and discussed the border issues between the two states.

“The Mizoram government has been claiming the Bethling hill at Fulldangsai village (along Tripura-Mizoram border) is their territory under the 1933 Assam government gazette notification. We strongly rejected the claim,” Tripura revenue department secretary Swapan

Nagaland Governor says NE borders are in danger

MANgAlOrE, July 29 (thE hiNdu): The Governor of Nagaland Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya said here on Monday that the States in the north east are in danger due to illegal migration from neighbouring countries. The need of the hour is to maintain national integrity and ensure that those States remain a part of the country.

Addressing a gathering at Sanghanikethan, Mannagudda at a public felicitation programme to him and his wife Kavitha Acharya, he expressed concern that the illegal migrants, especially from Bangladesh, are “participating in elections” in Assam.

He said that the borders of the north east with eight gateways to neighbouring countries were in danger. The nation under the “dynamic and able leadership” of Prime Minister

Narendra Modi and “with a philosophy of Hindutva” had a very special priority for the overall development of north eastern States. The Union government had its own visions to strengthen security in the borders.

Acharya, a native of Udupi, said that people in other parts of the country had the onus to infuse the “we feeling” among people of the north east to make them remain in the mainstream of the country. The Governor expressed concern over incidents of attacks on some people from the north east in some parts of the country. Interacting with students from north east in the city he asked them to cultivate friendships with local people.

“Be friends with your Kannadiga classmates and take part in their family celebrations. All of you must have local guardians here,” he told students.

Saha told IANS. Saha, who led the Tripura delegation in the Silchar meeting, said: “In the toposheet of SoI, the strategically located hill falls in the Tripura territory. Around 50 Mizo families, residing in the hill, are not only Tripura residents, their names have been enrolled in various Tripura government documents, including electoral lists, for many decades.” SoI director S.K. Singh told the officials of Mizoram and Tripura that they would again meet after a few months and, if necessary, a joint visit would be conducted in the disputed site.

Tripura shares 109 km borders with Mizoram and 53 km borders with Assam. Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla has also sought union Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s intervention

to resolve the Assam-Mizoram boundary dispute. “The chief minister recently (June 28) met the union home minister in New Delhi and requested him to intervene in the long pending boundary dispute with Assam,” said an official of the Mizoram government, speaking on condition of anonymity.

He told IANS: “Rajnath Singh (who was president of the Bharatiya Janata Party during an election campaign before the 2013 assembly poll in Mizoram) said the border dispute would be resolved if the BJP came to power at the Centre.” Occasionally, the border disputes between northern Mizoram and southern Assam have flared up among the people of the two northeastern states, forcing the authorities and security forces to intervene.

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The Radiant Educational Society (RES), Kohima has successfully conducted its 2nd art competition under the theme “Experiencing children’s world through art” here today at Multipurpose Hall, Rüzhükhrie GHSS, Kohima.

Gracing the event as the chief guest, Dr. Menuosietuo Tsiekha, District Project Officer, Land Resources, Kohima said that creating art expands a child’s ability to interact with the world around them and provide a new set of skills for self expression and communication. “Not only does art help to develop the right side of the brain it also helps to developed. It also cultivates important skills that benefit a child development,” he said.

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WINNERS Ist: Wilson Kikon, Minister’s Hill Baptist Higher Secondary School 2nd: Imtili Side, Northfield 3rd: Neiphrezo Ezung- Nagabazar Baptist School 4th: Keneitseinuo Vizo- Fernwood School 5th: Kedukho K, Schola Lojes School ued that art helps children come to term with themselves and the control they have over their efforts. Through art they also practice sharing and taking turns as well as appreciating one another’s effort, he said adding that art fosters positive mental health by allowing a child to show individual uniqueness as well as success and accomplishment, all part of a positive self concept.

“Art in fact teaches us a very democratic truth as to how we share in common while also celebration the diversity amongst us, the

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MEx File ASU informs

Dimapur, July 29 (mExN): As per the usual norm of monitoring and detecting the illegal immigrants, the Angami Students' Union (ASU) is extending the verification process for a period of ten days effective from July 31 to of August 9, 2014. This was informed in a press note issued by Visako Rino & Viraseto Nyikha, ILP Monitoring cell the note also directed all verification card holders to report with their cards and register their documents at the office. Fresh applicants are informed to bring along all necessary documents.

The office shall remain open from 8.30 am to 3.30 pm.

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Chief guest Dr. Menuosietuo Tsiekha addressing the 2nd art competition in Kohima on July 29. (Morung Photo)

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Dimapur, July 29 (mExN): The Chumukedima Village Council (CVC) land registration for Chumukedima Town Ward 5 & 6 is in progress and that Ward 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 will also be done as per schedule published earlier in local dailies. This was informed in a press note issued by Razouvotuo Chatsu, Chairman CVC . The CVC also requested the plot holders under Chumukedima to register their land within the scheduled period as no further land registration patta shall be issued under any circumstances after the expiry of the registration period. The CVC further informs that Old Land registration patta issued prior to June 2, 2014 shall be deemed invalid/canceled after the expiry of the Land registration drive (September 12, 2014).

Therefore the CVC has requested all concern officers/ institution/individuals not to entertain any patta issued before June 2, 2014. As there has been fictitious/ duplicates and forged pattas issued by vested interested individual(s). This notification should be treated as final as not further notification shall be issued by the village council on this matter.

things that makes each of us different, distinctive and unique.” He said that every painting is an important reflection as it does the very essence of the person who created it and that is why the work and the creative genius it represents, is so personal yet exceptional and irreplaceable.’

He appreciated the organizer for organizing such competition which provided opportunities to children to express their creative skills and imitation to concrete reality.

KES Kohima chairman Menuokhrietuo Marcus

said the objective of the competition is to promote our youngsters to the role of art as one of the critical ingredient in the definition of their world and identity and to showcase their inborn talents. He asserted that art helps children to develop a sense of their own individually, a sense of self respect, and an appreciation for other’s work.

Earlier, welcome address was delivered by Müdohü Kezo while Melekho proposed vote of thanks.

Judges for the competition included Lepden Jamir and Kethoselie Khubve.

Meanwhile, the Society acknowledged Seyielhoukho, Kekhrielenuo,Atou Dzüvichü, Kevi Vizo, Kehovi, Kevezo Z. Chuzho, Gobin Pradhan and Kelhouziengu Dzüvichü for extending help and support towards the success of the event.

moN, July 29 (mExN): The Confederation of Tribal People in Development (COTPID) held its Annual General Meeting cum Consultation on Food Security from July 23 to 25, 2014 at Mission Centre, Mon. A press note issued by Peihwang Wangsa, General Secretary, COTPID stated that COTPID is a state network of voluntary organizations of Nagaland which consists of four organizations namely Hills Area Development Organization (HADO) in Mon district, Regional Rural Development Agency (RRDA) in Samator of Tuensang district, Social Welfare Society for Rural Development in Meluri of Phek district, and Rural Area Development Society (RADS) in Jalukie of Peren district.

The resource person for the program L. Meru, Senior Coordinator, Church’s Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA) Guwahati, enlightened the participants with the core issues of Food Insecurity and the need to ensure that the ‘National Food Security Scheme’ is properly implemented in Nagaland.

The special guest for the formal program was Angau I Thou, IAS Deputy Commissioner Mon, who appreciated the work of CASA in taking keen interest in the welfare of the Nagas especially the four districts i.e. Mon, Tuensang, Peren and Phek districts. She also encouraged the people of the four districts to fight

Kolkata | July 29

What has tourism got to do with theology? Does mass commercial tourism truly alleviate poverty and generate employment in countries of the Global South (Third World)? Is tourism a blessing, as some claim? Should it grow the way it is growing without scrutiny?

A much needed contribution, Deconstructing Tourism: Who Benefits? A Theological Reading from the Global South engages with such questions and challenges from the perspective of those who experience tourism’s impact.

A first of its kind, the book is an anthology of 15 essays on tourism from various angles written by scholars and theologians from different countries through the lens of theology. This is a must-read for

theologians, theological students and anyone interested in an enquiry of profit-oriented mass tourism prevailing in the societies and communities of the global South.

An industry that is one of the largest on earth and whose defining feature is its market-driven systematic approach of objectifying people and nature for mere utilitarian ends calls to be critically analysed within the framework of contextual theology in the South.

Mass tourism does not respect life, culture and environment rooted as it is in making profits to benefit a few. There is a widespread misconception spread by the media, government, market and other actors that tourism is an universal blessing. A large section of the people, including churches, do not seem to realise that mass tourism as it is structured today threatens and abuses God’s cre-

against the backward tag with education and hard work. She emphasized on how Government, NGOs, and Church should work hand in hand to change the mindset of the people in different fields and to maintain transparency and accountability at all levels of work. She also challenged the participants to sensitize and tackle the issue of Global Warming and Climate Change which affects food productivity and health of the people.

The second session focused on Food security with special focus on The Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS). Tongpang Ao, ADS, Civil Supplies, Mon presented the objectives and concepts of the Targeted Public Dis-

ation. Tourism leads to injustice, thereby denying the right to live in dignity, especially to the poor and the marginalised, and contradicting the testimonies of the Bible.

All these considerations make it an ethical, theological and missiological concern for serious introspection.

It has become an imperative for theological communities, civil society and faith-based movements to investigate and critique the present paradigm of tourism and to articulate alternatives.

This book is a culmination of several initiatives over the years.

It has been brought out as a tool towards building a theological curriculum on tourism. It is hoped that the book will serve as a seed that will sow a harvest of theological writings and subjects to explore for ministerial students, scholars and research-

tribution System. It was followed by an interaction of the concerned Departments and Community based organizations on TPDS and adopted the Resolutions as follow: People’s Forum on Food Security in Mon District to be re-enforced for follow up action. Director HADO is entrusted to convene the Meeting of member organizations such as Konyak Union (KU), Konyak Student Union (KSU), Konyak Nyupuh Sheko Khong (KNSK), Konyak Village Council Union (KVCU), G.Bs’ Association, Mon, Hills Area Development Organization (HADO), World Vision, ADP Mon. The meet also resolved to appeal the District Administration and Civil Sup-

ers which can critique profit-oriented mass tourism, and make people and churches aware of the negative impact of tourism.

The chapters in the book traverse areas of linkage between tourism and development and marginalisation, as well as indicate parameters for responding by the church and the theological community. Justice perspectives, gender, sub-altern communities, commodification of culture and indigenous communities, climate change, pilgrimage, ecumenical responses are some of the foci in the book. It provides the content, helps articulate objectives, and point to possible directions for study and praxis, among others, to assist theological institutions across the globe to build a tourism curriculum, and help theological and ministerial students and teachers to comprehend and

Children in traditional Naga attire during a Folkdance research programme cum 15 days Children Folk dance Training Course organized by the Indigenous Arts School of Indigenous Cultural Society Dimapur Nagaland, under the aegis of UNESCO cultural safeguarding measures programme.

The training programme culminated with Children artist scholarship interview of Center for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT. Ministry of Culture GoI) on July 26.

MSU first assembly on Aug 2

pfutsEro, July 29 (mExN): The first Union Assembly of Mesulumi Students' Union (MSU) will be held on August 2 at the residence of Wengulhi Thele in Pfutsero. A press note issued by Mesezu Venuh, Union Assembly Speaker, stated that the union will discuss important issues regarding students’ fraternity and the village as well. Therefore, all the executives have been requested to attend the Assembly without fail.

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Deputy Commissioner, Mon Agau I Thou speaking at the COTPID Annual General Meeting cum Consultation on Food Security at Mission Centre, Mon.

plies Department to have regular meeting of the District Level Vigilance Committee and expedite formation of the Village Level Vigilance Committee in all villages in Mon district.

Also, it was stated that as per the reports of different organizations presented during this consultation, the TPDS implementation in Nagaland, particularly in four districts (Mon, Tuensang, Phek and Peren) is not satisfactory. It also observed that many Districts are likely to suffer a drought like situation.

In this connection, the participants felt that the Government of Nagaland takes necessary measure as to declare Nagaland as Drought Affected State in current year.

A theological reader on tourism released Wati Longchar

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take a stand on the issues. In fact, two chapters specifically focus on developing a theological curriculum on tourism.

Deconstructing Tourism: Who Benefits? resonates with today’s global South environment, and enriches discussions within contextual theology.

Edited by Caesar D’Mello, Wati Longchar and Philip Mathew, the book is published by the Programme for Theology and Cultures in Asia of Chang Jung Christian University (396 Chang Jung Rd. Sec. 1, Kway Jen, Tainan 71101, Taiwan), and the Serampore Centre on Pastoral Theology and Research –SCEPTRE, Shrachi Centre (74B, A.J.C. Bose Road, Kolkata-700 016, West Bengal, India.) The book is being made available at bookstores, theological institutes and libraries, and online.

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ANIDJFA resolves to hold ‘fasting prayer’ Dimapur, July 29 (mExN): The All Nagaland Inter Department Joint Forum Association (ANIDJFA), the Central Office bearers decided and unanimously resolved for two days fasting prayer on July 31to August 1, 2014 all the W/C and casual Employees from their respective churches without fail, as the government of Nagaland taking our demand matter seriously. The following are the prayer points: from work charge to regularization, for ROP revise of pay, for the fix pay to scale pay, pension

benefit for the WC employees who have terminated empty handed. Hence, all the W/C and causal employees need to take this progress seriously and think it necessary and co-operate with association for the following programme. Therefore, the Association requests the government of Nagaland to respond soon as possible for which we demanded. This was stated in a press note issued by N.Zhekugha Assumi, Seasonal Chairman ANIDFJA and Atovi K.Awomi, Seasonal Secretary ANIDJFA.

Eid-ul-Fitr celebration brings message of peace and unity

Eid-Ul-Fitr Namz in Kohima Our Correspondent Kohima | July 29

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Eid-Ul-Fitr Namz was held here today at 19th Assam Rifles Ground, Kohima. The Pesh Imam in Kohima Masjid, Moulana Belal Ahmed conducted the Namaz. In this blissful moment, Kohima Muslim Community urged the Imam to pray for peace, harmony and brotherhood to prevail among the different communities of Nagaland.

It also conveyed how Eid-Ul- Fitr came in to existence on this blessed earth. Eid-Ul-Fitr is celebrated all over the world.

The word Eid-Ul-Fitr derives from the Greek word

(LEFT) Kohima Muslim Community prays on the eve of Eid-Mubarak. (RIGHT) Officials of Dimapur Muslim Public Forum (DMPF) celebrating idd festival with inmates of Central Jail Dimapur and Mother Teresa Orphanage.

Eid meaning ‘festival’ and ‘Fitr’ means ‘breaking the fast’. So the word Eid-UlFitr means ‘feast of breaking the fast’.

This festival is celebrated after the completion of 30 days fasting, a time interval where one can ask forgiveness to Almighty Allah.

This is the day where friends and foes get together into the commandment of Allah (Saw) and celebrate the festivals without discrimination between them. It is the day of harmony and peace.

It is one of the two most important festivals of Muslims and all the Muslims of the

world are encouraged to celebrate it with full enthusiasm.

The Muslim community greeted every citizen and inhabitants across the state of Nagaland irrespective of castes, race and religion on the eve of Eid-Mubarak.

It also extended grati-

tude to Angami Students’ Union (ASU), Naga Students’ Federation (NSF), Kohima Village Youth Organisation (KVYO), the Deputy Commissioner of Kohima, the Superintendent of Police (SDPO) and OC of the North and South Police Station for the secu-

rity they have provided.

DMPF celebrates The officials of Dimapur Muslim Public Forum (DMPF) celebrated the festival of idd in a very unique way this year by offering idd namaz at Central Jail Dimapur with the inmates of Jail.

Around 30 Muslim inmates of Central jail along with officials of DMPF offered the namaz inside the jail where Imam from IDGAH madrassa conducted the prayer and after that 250 packets of sweet were distributed for all the inmates and officials of Central Jail.

the team was lead by Mukibur Rahman, general secretary DMPF. The Youth wing of DMPF also celebrated the IDD festival with the inmates of Mother Teresa Orphanage where they donated Rs 4850/ and distributed 120 packets of sweets and prayed along with them.

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REgional 3 PLA ‘embarrass’ Indian army 13 affected with encephalitis in Arunachal chief with questions on Arunachal Japanese Encephalitis, Acute Encephalitis Wednesday

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New Delhi, July 29 (DNa): Army chief General Bikram Singh faced some embarrassing questions from officers of the People's Liberation Army during his recent visit to Beijing to deliver a guest lecture at China's prestigious National Defence University. General Singh, who visited China from July2 to 5, was the first Indian army chief to address PLA's premier defence university.

Following General Singh's lecture to the cadets at the University, a woman Colonel from the audience asked him to explain the Indian Army's stand on Arunachal Pradesh. The next question was on Tibet and the activities of Tibetan refugees in India.

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tions well enough, he was taken aback by the set of 'unexpected and embarrassing questions'. On Arunachal Pradesh, the army chief said that "Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India." While ontheactivitiesofTibetansliving in India, he simply reiteratedIndiangovernment'sstand that "India does not allow any foreignpoliticalactivitiesfrom its soil." The development has raised the hackles of the defence establishment which is seeing it as a deliberate attempt by China to discomfit the Indian army chief.

Visiting dignitaries do face tough questions on sensitive issues but most of them come from journalists in forums like press conferences and background briefings, and not serving government offi-

cials of a much junior rank.

"India and China have established diplomatic channels to tackle issues related to the boundary dispute. This was certainly not the forum for it," said an official who is privy to the developments in the matter.

General Singh, who was the first Indian Army chief to visit China in nine years, interacted with the PLA cadets discussing India-China relations and the ties between the two militaries.

According to officials, the army chief spoke on strategic military leadership challenges in the 21st century, without making any direct reference to Sino-India ties. He later answered questions on the bilateral ties and relations between the two militaries.

itaNaGar, July 29 (Pti): A total 13 people afflicted with encephalitis are undergoing treatment in Arunachal Pradesh, where a ten-year-old girl succumbed to the killer disease last week.

State epidemiologist L Jampa said today seven of those afflicted have tested positive for Japanese Encephalitis (JE) at Arunachal State Hospital (ASH) between July 20 and July 27.

Reports were, however, yet to arrive from the interior districts of the noumtain state. The girl who succumbed to the disease hailed from Upper Subansiri.

To contain the spread of the disease, the health department launched fogging operation in and around the state capital during the day. The fogging operation

Syndrome toll in Assam rises to 295

Guwahati, July 29 (Pti): Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) has claimed 295 lives and affected 1,727 persons so far this year in Assam, a senior Health department official said on Tuesday. JE claimed 88 lives and affected 470 persons, while 207 people died due to AES and 1,257 were hit by the disease, Joint Director Health Services-Malaria Dr B K Barua said.

Twenty-four of the 27 districts of the state have been affected by the killer disease with Barpeta, Nalbari, Darrang, Kamrup (Rural) and Kamrup (Metro) in Lower Assam being the worst affected, while the Upper Assam districts of Tinsukia, North Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Dhemaji and Golaghat also hit by the disease, health department sources said. Measures to combat the disease were continuing with fogging, regular supply of vaccines and medicines to hospitals, district hospitals and other health centres, besides awareness campaigns at all administrative levels, including the local panchayats, the sources said. would be carried out at various sectors and colonies of Naharlagun, Nirjuli and Itanagar, he said.

An emergency meeting was convened by the health department yesterday in which doctors present

stressed on putting controlling measures in place as quickly as possible. The meeting also emphasised on an immediate ban on import of pigs and poultry from Assam, since these are intermediate hosts of

JE virus, Jampa said.

JE vaccines available in private dispensaries generally provide about 96per cent protection after a month's time and its role is minimal in times of outbreaks and epidem-

Assam militants abduct construction firm manager Guwahati, July 29 (iaNS): Suspected militants Tuesday abducted the manager of a construction firm engaged in the four-lane highway project in Assam's Dima Hasao district, police said. A group of armed men abducted 48-year-old Niron Kumar Mahajan at gun point around 11.30 a.m., police said. Mahajan works for Simplex Constructions, engaged in the highway project between Hatikhuli and Mandadisa. Police officials have rushed to the area and a rescue operation has been launched.

'Child, forced marriage of girls prevalent in Arunachal' itaNaGar, July 29 (Pti): Incidence of child and forced marriage of girls has come down in Arunachal Pradesh, but not to the desired level, the State Commission for Women has said. "Even though there is massive intervention to stop such marriages, these cases have not dropped to a desirable level in the state," the commission's chairperson, Gumri Ringu, said here yesterday. The maximum cases of child and forced marriages were reported in the Kurung Kumey and East Kameng districts, she said. The commission has settled 118 cases between September 2011 and July 17 of this year, most of them related to child and forced marriage, polygamy and domestic violence, she added.

A young Indian Muslim boy looks at the camera as he offers prayers with elders on Eid al-Fitr in Guwahati, Assam on Tuesday, July 29. Millions of Muslims across the world are celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the month-long fast of Ramadan. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)

iMPhal, July 29 (NNN): A truck carrying 34 migrant labourers heading to attend Id-ul-Fitr was set on fire by miscreants in the outskirt of Imphal this afternoon.

However, no one was hurt in the incident. According to the police source, 34 non-local labourers are engaged in the construction in the Indira Gandhi National Tribal University (IGNTU), Manipur Campus at Makhan in Senapati district. The truck was stopped at Koirengei Bazar in the north of Imphal by women folk enforcing the protest demanding Inner Line Permit (ILP) implementation in Manipur. The truck driver, on being enquired, had told the protestors that the labourers were headed to participate in Id-ul-Fitr. In doing so, some miscreants torched the truck. The Heingang police of Imphal East district later picked up the labourers and the driver.

Scrap dealer dies as defunct bomb goes off in Tawang itaNaGar, July 29 (Pti): A man was killed while trying to extract lead from a discarded bomb, earlier used by the forces, at Mandaling village, near Tawang district in Arunachal. Dorjee Tsering, a scrap dealer was trying to extract lead from the discarded object, probably believing it a defunct bomb, with a hammer when the object went off, Tawang police station officer in charge S Monpa informed today. The object, suspected to be a misfired bomb from the firing range of Indian Army, was spotted from a nearby jungle where scrap pickers often go to collect discarded ammunition of the forces, the officer said.

ics, doctors attending the meeting claimed. JE vaccine provided by the Centre is being given free of cost in Lohit and Changlang districts since last year following reports of JE outbreak in those districts, Jampa, who attended the meeting, said. The National Health Mission has been requested to provide free JE vaccines in Papum Pare, Upper Subansiri, Lower Subansiri, West Kameng, East Kameng, East Siang and Lower Dibang Valley districts from where cases have been reported, he added.

Deputy director, National Vector Borne Disease Control Programe, K T Mulung, ASH epidemiologist Tana Takum and its medical superintendent D Raina besides Jampa were present at the meeting.

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BJP central team to submit report on Tripura to PM aGartala, July 29 (iaNS): A BJP central team Tuesday said it would submit to the prime minister its report on the situation in Tripura following attacks on party supporters by cadres of the ruling CPI-M, and seek suitable action.

The three-member team, led

by Bharatiya Janata Party's national vice president s.S. Ahluwalia, visited Tripura Monday-Tuesday and asked the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) to stop the "terror and attacks" on opposition party supporters.

Ahluwalia, accompanied by parliamentarians Tarun Vijay and Satyanarayan Jatia, said the team would submit the copies of its report also to Home Minister Rajnath Singh and party president Amit Shah for appropriate action.

The team visited some rural areas of Tripura Monday where clashes took place after the July 15

panchayat polls, and warned CPIM that the opposition party supporters would not remain silent or mute spectators.

A CPI-M leader, however, rejected the BJP's allegation of attacks by the CPI-M cadre, saying it was not only false but also "imaginary".

Ahluwalia said that after returning to New Delhi, the team would submit reports to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP president Amit Shah, explaining the Tripura situation and asking them to take appropriate steps.

"After the panchayat elections, CPI-M supporters unleashed a reign of terror and attacked opposition party supporters in various parts of the state," Ahluwalia told reporters Tuesday before leaving for New Delhi.

"The CPI-M cadres did not even spare physically challenged

people. For supporting the BJP, poor tea stall or vegetable vendors were attacked, power and water supply of BJP supporters' families are being disconnected, and ponds are being polluted with bad intention," he said.

Ahluwalia, who is in charge of the party affairs in the northeast, said: "Since people's support is increasing for the BJP in Tripura, the CPI-M is getting scared. This is the reason why they started attacking people supporting the BJP. This will further increase our support base."

"Their (CPI-M) days are numbered in Tripura and thus they are very scared," he said.

Ahluwalia said that in the panchayat polls, the elderly, youths and even the minority Muslim community came out to support the BJP in large numbers.

"The Muslims, whom they (Left Front) consider their vote bank, are

not only supporting the BJP but are also contesting elections as our candidates. This is the reason for the Left parties to be scared."

CPI-M leader Gautam Das rubbished the BJP allegations.

"Democracy in Tripura is more open and transparent for all, especially for those who support opposition parties. That's why in every election, 85-93 percent voters cast their votes and majority of them go in favour of the Left parties," Das told reporters.

"There is no value and truth in the allegations by the BJP leaders.

Majority in Tripura support the CPI-M and the Left parties. The CPI-M never believes or supports any kind of vindictiveness."

In a significant political development, the BJP - for the first time secured majority in five gram panchayats and won 141 seats in the local bodies' elections.

iMPhal, July 29 (the hiNDu): There was a respite on Tuesday in the Inner Line Permit system agitation in Manipur. The activists had suspended the agitation for the day so that the Muslims in the state could celebrate Eid in a befitting manner.

Muslim organisations had appealed to the organisers to suspend the agitation so as not to dampen the spirit of Eid. They, however, voiced their support for Inner Line Permit.

The organisers took serious note of the appeal.

However, reports say that the women activists in many parts of the state are planning to take out torch light processions on Tuesday night. Talking to reporters, activists of the Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System said that though the budget session was adjourned sine die on Monday evening, they shall continue the agitations.

Referring to the statement of the Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh that since the House had already adopted two resolutions on the Inner Line Permit it is considered superfluous to take yet another resolution the activists said that the 60 MLAs are not taking the matter seriously.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Ibobi attended Eid prayer on Tuesday at the mosque at Babupara.

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iMPhal, July 29 (Pti): Construction of the world's tallest railway bridge from the point of pillar height has begun in Manipur by the Northeast Frontier Railway Construction Organisation.

The proposed bridge near Noney with pillar height up to 141 metres is slated to become the tallest in the world from the point of pillar height surpassing the existing tallest of Mala-Rijeka viaduct on Belgrade-Bar railway line in Europe where the height of pillars is 139 metre, said an N-F Railway spokesman.

The bridge in Manipur is part of the 111 km-long Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal railway line to connect the capital of Manipur with the broad gauge network of the country, the spokesman said. The alignment of the railway line passes through steep rolling hills of Patkai region, eastern trail of the Himalayas, he said.

While Jiribam, a small town of Manipur near Assam-Manipur border, is situated 37 metres above mean sea level (MSL), Imphal is situated at 780 metres above MSL. The alignment has to traverse through not only a number of deep gorges but over several rivers flowing at low ground levels necessitating construction of 46 tunnels measuring a total 54.5 km in length and tall bridges to maintain a suitable gradient for efficient operation of railway, he said.

The longest tunnel will be 4.9 km long between Jiribam-Tupul and 10.75 km between

Tupul-Imphal section. While the high mountains are penetrated by constructing tunnels, the deep river gorges between the mountain ridges are connected by tall bridges.

The tallest of such bridges near Noney spans over a gorge with an overall length of about 700 metres, he said, adding, Railway had constituted an expert group to study the possible alternative span arrangements of such tall bridges considering parameters like the length of span, type of span, location of the piers, constructibility, serviceability, geological features, possible tectonic movement.

Based on the recommendations of the expert group, it was decided that main superstructures will be steel open web through type girders of 103.5 metre span (centre to centre of bearings).

The pillars are of reinforced cement concrete (RCC) hollow type with the tallest pillar being 141 metre high, while the height of other piers of this bridge vary from 50 metres to 90 metres. The first phase of the project from Jiribam to Tupul (84 km), which includes this bridge, is slated for completion by March 2016, the spokesman said.

An arch-type railway bridge under construction on Chenab river in JammuKashmir line bridging a gorge of about 360 metre depth from bed of river to the rail level is being considered as the highest railway bridge in the world, he informed.

S h i l l o N G, J u ly 29 (iaNS): Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, was Tuesday celebrated across Meghalaya, a predominantly Christian state, with prayers for peace in strife-torn Gaza.

People prayed for peace in the world, particularly in Gaza. They offered special prayers for the victims of the Israeli bombings in Gaza.

"We are sad about the situation in Gaza, whose people are being bombarded. Allah will listen to our prayers for peace, stability, development and happiness in the world, particularly in Gaza," Shillong Muslim Union general secretary Sayeedulah Nongrum said.

Thousands of men and children clad in new clothes and wearing skull caps offered namaz in Eidgahs and mosques in Shillong, Dawki, Nong-

poh, Lad Rymbai, Byrnihat and in the Garo Hills region.

The biggest congregation was at the Eidgah of India's first glass mosque - Madina Masjid - in Shillong where over 7,000 people offered prayers.

Imam Uddin Khan led the prayers there.

"The festival celebrates the culmination of 30 days of dawn-to-sunset fasting during the entire month of Ramadan," Khan said.

Before offering prayers, every Muslim family paid charity (fixed at Rs.60 this year) on behalf of each member as per Islamic rules so that the poor can also celebrate the festival.

After the prayers, Muslims visited the houses of relatives and friends to offer greetings.

Governor K.K. Paul and Chief Minister Mukul Sangma greeted the people on the occasion.

Paul hoped "the festi-

val which marks the end of the holy Ramadan, will promote universally cherished values of mutual respect, brotherhood and compassion in our society". He greeted the people of the state with the traditional "Eid Mubarak".

Chief Minister Sangma said: "Peace, forgiveness and unity are the heart of Eid and so let us resolve to strengthen these bonds of community spirits."

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eduction of childhood mortality is one of the prime goals of National Health Mission and millennium Development Goals. Childhood diarrhoeal disease continues to be one of the major killers among under five children in many states contributing to 11 percent of under five deaths in the country.

Around 2 lakh children die due to diarrhoea annually in the country. Diarrhoeal deaths are usually clustered in summer and monsoon month. The worst affected are malnourished children and children under two years of age.

Almost all the deaths due to diarrhoea can be averted by preventing and treating dehydration by use of ORS (Oral Rehydration Solution), administration of Zinc tablets along with adequate nutritional intake by the child. Diarrhoea can be prevented with safe drinking water, sanitation, breastfeeding/ appropriate nutrition and hand-washing.

Diarrhoea is common and more severe in children with malnutrition. Repeated diarrhoeal episodes result in weight loss and malnutrition in children who were previously well nourished. There is thus a close relationship between diarrhoea and malnutrition. Age appropriate infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices are key to prevention of malnutrition.

As the effect of diarrhoeal mortality is highest in children, hence special campaign to prevent and control childhood diarrhoeal deaths is undertaken every year for three months from April to June.

Besides this it has been decided to organise an Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF) this year from 28th July to 8th August 2014, with the ultimate aim of ‘Zero Child Death due to Childhood Diarrhoea’. This Nation wide campaign will be launched on 28th July by the Honourable Union Minister of Health Dr. Harsh Vardhan at New Delhi and the campaign will be observed in all the States and UTs across India

8. What are the side effects of Zinc supplementation?

The only reported side effect of Zinc supplementation is vomiting. Zinc at the low recommended dose of 10-20 mg usually does not induce vomiting. Good manufactured supplements mask the metallic taste of Zinc and the standard Zinc supplements are well tolerated and rarely cause vomiting.

Vomiting is not reported often and when reported is typically very minimal.

Children with diarrhoea often experience vomiting with or without receiving a Zinc supplement.

9. I think tablets are bad for babies, what do I do?

Zinc is not given to the babies as a tablet as such.

It is a disposable tablet and should be dissolved in breast milk, ORS, or clean water. When you do that, you will make a liquid solution syrup to give it to your baby. Babies like this very much, especially in breast milk.

10. What if my child takes more than one tablet?

You should keep the tablets away from children in a safe place in your house to prevent this situation. If your child takes too many tablets she will probably vomit them up. Your child should take one tablet per day. One or two extra taken by mistake will likely not hurt your child, but you should come to the clinic and discuss what happened with a healthcare worker for seeking his/her advice.

11. I give a multivitamin to my child; can I give zinc on top of that?

Zinc is a safe drug. Yes, your child is losing a lot of zinc in stools if her / she is having diarrhoea, so giving more than usual zinc is good while he/she is sick.

After the diarrhoea is over it will help replace lost nutrients. You can continue to give the multivitamin and give the Zinc as diarrhoea treatment for the full 14 days. This will not harm your child.

12. If a child is already eating zinc fortified food as a regular part of his/ her diet, is there a risk of a Zinc overdose with 1020 mg of zinc as a supple-

vent and treat dehydration.

Zinc helps to decrease the duration and severity of the diarrhoea, but does not prevent or treat dehydration. The combination of ORS and Zinc supplementation in conjunction with continued feeding can prevent and treat dehydration, shorten the duration of the episode, and prevent diarrhoea induced malnutrition.

5. Why are Zinc tablets recommended after the diarrhoea episode has stopped?

Zinc supplements are recommended for the complete dosing regimen, 14 days, because Zinc not only treats the diarrhoea episode at hand, it also helps to repair the depletion gut mucosa and enhances overall immune function. The recommendation of 14 days has been made to ensure that recovery from the diarrhoea episode is complete and to improve the health of the child in the following 2-3 months. It helps decreases the number of days of diarrhoea, decreases the severity of the diarrhoea, helps the child fight off new episodes of diarrhoea and pneumonia in the 2-3 months following the full treatment and in that time may help your child grow better and improve appetite.

6. If my child vomits the Zinc should I give another one?

Yes, try to give the child one more tablet, if child vomits within half an hour.

Wait until he/she is calm again and vomiting stops.

Make sure your child is taking ORS. When he/she takes ORS with no problems, give the next Znc tablet. If he/she vomits after the second tablet, do not give any more on that day; wait to give the next tablet until the next day. Give Zinc again the next day and daily until there are no more tablets in the pack.

7. If my child is vomiting other food and liquids, like ORS, should I try to give the child Zinc?

No, if your child is vomiting ORS and all food and other liquids you should bring him/her to the health centre.

Zinc Supplements are a new treatment for diarrhoea to be given always in addition to ORS. Both healthcare workers and care givers may have questions regarding this treatment. Below are series of questions that has arisen in the field experience of promoting this new treatment to date.

1. Can I give Zinc and ORS at the same time?

Yes, Zinc and ORS can be given at the same time while your child has diarrhoea. Zinc is given once a day and can be given along with ORS. ORS should be continued as long as diarrhoea lasts. Give the Zinc at a time of day that is easy for you to remember and repeat every day until all Zinc tablets are consumed. ORS needs to be given throughout the day while your child after each loose stools.

2. Can Zinc be added directly to the ORS? Will this work as well?

It is better to give Zinc dissolved in mother’s milk especially for breastfed children. For other children it can be given in any fluid including plain water and ORS. The Zinc tablet will not be harmed by the ORS and can easily be dispersed in a small amount of ORS after it has been prepared.. Zinc should not be added to a large amount of ORS because it is then uncertain if the child will be able to finish the desired quantity to get the full Zinc dose per day.

3. Should I give less ORS since I am giving Zinc?

No, you should continue to give plenty of ORS, as recommended, even though you are giving Zinc.

ORS will help to replace fluids lost during diarrhoea.

Zinc will speed up recovery, and will help the child fight off new episodes of diarrhoea in the 2-3 months following treatment. Zinc will also improve appetite and growth.

4. Can Zinc be promoted instead of ORS? Zinc should never be used instead of ORS for the treatment of diarrhoea.

Zinc supplementation is an addition to the diarrhoea treatment guidelines, not a replacement for ORS. ORS is vital to pre-

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Zinc fortified foods are becoming more and more available around the world. Although zinc fortified foods may enhance the overall Zinc content of the diet, it is rare that Zinc fortification would provide more than the Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) of Zinc. In addition, during diarrhoea Zinc is lost at much higher rates than normal in the excess stools, thus more Zinc is needed during a diarrhoea episode. The recommended Zinc dose of 10-20 mg per day is two times the RDA and is meant to be a treatment dose for a short period of time. Because of the increased loss during diarrhoea and the short 14 day dose, the risk of overdosing because of fortified foods and an added Zinc supplement is very small.

Zinc supplementation should be recommended to all children with diarrhoea even if the child is consuming Zinc-fortified foods.

13. Is Zinc supplementation safe in populations where children may be infected with HIV? Available data indicate that Zinc supplementation is safe for persons with HIV. Although there have been only a few small studies of Zinc supplementation in HIV positive persons, none have reported adverse effects and in fact, some benefits were noted including improved weight gain and resistance to opportunistic infections. There are no reasons to believe that 14 days of Zinc therapy for the treatment of diarrhoea in children who are HIV positive could cause any adverse effects. All children with diarrhoea, regardless of HIV status, should be given Zinc supplements for 14 days.

14. Can Zinc be given with other medicines?

Yes, you can give Zinc with other medicines. Only give your child medicines that are prescribed at the clinic or by a healthcare worker like ANM or doctor.

15. Should I get an antibiotic for the diarrhoea?

The only specific clinical indications for use of antimicrobial agents are:

• Cholera • Bloody diarrhoea • Associated non-gastrointestinal infections e.g. pneumonia, septicaemia, meningitis, urinary tract infection, etc.

If your child has not been given any at this time, your child does not need one. If you start to see blood in your child’s stool, bring him/her to a health centre for further treatment.

16. What do I do if my child does not get better? Could this be because of the Zinc?

Even if your child does not improve, continue to give Zinc. If your child does not get better that is not because of the Zinc, but for some other reason. If he/ she does not improve in 3-5 days, come back to the health centre. Also, come to the health centre at any time should he/she show any danger sign.

17. Can I give Zinc if my child has blood in the stools?

Yes, Zinc can be given if your child has bloody stools. If your child develops bloody stools, you should come back to the health centre for more medicine. Your child will need an antibiotic in addition to ORS and Zinc.

18. Should I feed my child as usual?

Yes, continue to feed your child and offer an extra meal each day. If your child will eat more than usual, allow him/her to do that. Increased foods will help him / her. Do not restrict eating.

19. Should I give breast milk?

Yes, allow your baby to breastfeed as much as he/ she wants. This might be more than usual and that is good. Allow him/her to eat as many times as he / she wants for as long as the wants. As breast milk is one key component in prevention of Diarrhoea in infants.

20. Does breast milk cause diarrhoea?

No, breast milk is not the cause of diarrhoea.

Keep breastfeeding your child. Exclusive breastfeeding can even prevent diarrhoea. Babies under 6 months of age should get only breast milk to prevent diarrhoea.

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21. Can I still give my child milk?

Yes, if your child already drinks animal milk, you can keep giving this to him/her.

Be sure to also give plenty of ORS and plain clean water as well.

Preparation of Zinc • Take a clean spoon, place 1 tablet (child >6 months) on the spoon.

• Pour water carefully on the tablet taking care that the water does not reach the brim. Never dip the spoon with tablet into the water container.

• If the child is <6 months and breastfed mothers can express milk first in the spoon and then add ½ tablet, discard the other ½. Be careful, while breaking the tablet into half, put pressure with your thumb on the groove in the tablet. If two halves are not equal, break off the extra bit from the larger half. Discard the remaining half.

• Shake the spoon slowly till the tablet dissolves completely. Take care that the solution does not overflow. Do not use fingertip or any other material to dissolve the tablet. Tell the mother to hold the child comfortably and ask her to feed the solution to the child.

• If there is any powder remaining in the spoon, let the child lick it or add little more water or breast milk to dissolve it and then ask the mother to give it again.

Zinc should be given for 14 days as it will replenish the zinc lost through stools, Improves appetite and weight gain, Prevents diarrhoea and pneumonia over the next 2 months and Acts as a tonic after recovery from diarrhoea.

One of the best remedy in preventing Diarrhoea in a newborn is mother’s milk/breast milk. It is the natural complete foods for the baby as it contain all the nutrients for optimal growth and development.

Breastfeeding should be initiated within one hour of birth and exclusively for six months. The first thick yel-

lowish milk (colostrums) protects the newborn from diseases. Avoid feeding any fluid before the first breastfeed as it increases the risk of infection. The baby should be breastfeed frequently during the first seven days (at least 8-10 times in 24 hours) and only when the child starts urinating frequently (more than 6 times in 24 hours) and start gaining weight that the baby can be fed on demand. It is unnecessary to feed baby with traditional items like balguti, gripe water, multivitamin/ mineral preparation etc.. as it may cause frequent infections. Proper complementary food should start at the end of six months.

It is not necessary for a mother to stop breastfeeding even if she is suffering from fever/cold/cough/ vomiting/diarrhoea/and many other common illnesses and infections.

Since the mother and the child live in the same environment and are in close contact, the child is usually infected by the time mother shows the symptoms.

The child may have a shorter illness because it gets the antibodies (immunity) produced in the mother’s body through breast milk.

When it comes to enforcing dietary restrictions on mother with the fear that some food substances can affect baby’s health, Breast milk is produced from blood. Composition of blood remains unchanged irrespective of what mother eats and so does composition of breastmilk. However it is necessary that the mother takes a balanced diet and also eats some extra food to support lactation. Routine tradition of giving ghee enriched sweet preparations to a breastfeeding mother would stand to reason only if she is undernourished, or else this would only contribute to making mother more obese. The mother should avoid eating outside food due to the risk of contracting an infection.

CLASSIFY DIARRHOEA Here is the classification table for diarrhoea Two of the following signs: SEVERE • Refer URGENTLY to hospital with • Lethargic or unconscious DEHYDRATION mother giving frequent sips of ORS • Sunken eyes on the way.

• Not able to drink or drinking poorly • Skin pinch goes back very slowly.

Two of the following signs: • Give fluid, zinc supplements and food for some dehydration (Plan B).

• Restless, irritable SOME • Sunken eyes DEHYDRATION • Follow-up in 2 days if not improving • Drinks eagerly, thirsty • Skin pinch goes back slowly.

NO Not enough signs to classify as some • Give fluid, zinc supplements and DEHYDRATION or severe dehydration. food to treat diarrhoea at home (Plan A).

• Follow-up in 2 days if not improving.

SEVERE • Diarrhoea for 14 days or more • Refer to hospital PERSISTENT DIARRHOEA DYSENTERY • Blood in the stool.

• Give drugs for dysentery • Follow-up in 2 days.

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New Delhi, July 29 (AgeNcies): e-Commerce giant Flipkart announced raising $1 billion from new and existing investors. Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC is the new investor, which has participated in the fresh round of funding. The company has raised $760 million in the past seven years. With the latest round of fund raising the company is currently valued at about $5 billion, according to industry estimates.

The company will shape the market and ecosystem for e-commerce in India. “We will build our supply chain in villages and towns and acquire new talent. A lot of people from Silicon Valley will be coming back to join us,” said Sachin Bansal, CEO, Flipkart.com. The company is also looking out for ‘strategic partnerships and acquisitions’. Payment and building seller ecosystem will be another key focus area.

Bansal said that an initial public offer is a long term option and the private investors are in no hurry for it. “We will only go for an IPO once we are stable and our business model has stopped evolving,” said Bansal. The company may take up to ten years to go for an IPO, he hinted.

Commenting on the threat of Amazon, Bansal said that the company is not worried about the competition and the latest fun-raising is all about building an ecosystem for e-commerce in India. We will hire about 1,000 more engineers this year, said Bansal.

The company has raised the largest round of funds ever to be raised by any e-commerce company in India.

The company crossed the annual one billion gross merchandise mark in February this year and acquired fashion portal Myntra in a $300 million cash and stock deal.

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State govt. urged to initiate CL John, Eshak grace KSUK freshers’ meet programs for hepatitis C Our Correspondent Kohima | July 29

Our Correspondent Kohima | July 29

Abou Mere, President, Indian Drug Users Forum & Director, Kripa Foundation Nagaland on Monday said Hepatitis C is a virus that can cause liver disease, and if untreated, can be fatal.

“Chronic Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a ‘silent killer’ as usually people do not have any symptoms until they have serious liver damage,” said Mere during World Hepatitis Day here at Hotel Japfu. “In India, Hep-C is a ‘hidden epidemic’.”

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are about 12 million people chronically infected with Hep-C in India, the majority of who do not know their status.

World Hepatitis Day is an annual event on July 28 that provides international focus for patient groups and people living with viral hepatitis. It is an opportunity to raise awareness and influence real change in disease prevention and access to testing and treatment.

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galand, though not much independent studies are available, data of Integrated Bio Behavioral Assessment (IBBA) study among injecting drug users from two districts of Phek and Wokha showed prevalence rates of 8.7 and 20.8 % respectively, Mere said.

Unfortunately, in spite of having such data for more than a decade now, nothing substantial has been done as yet by the state government, to provide treatment or improve services relating to HCV, he added.

With high cost of pegylated interferon, people who have HCV and co-infection (HIV and HCV) are not able to afford treatment, he stated, adding that people are dying from complications related to a curable disease (HCV) rather than HIV, which is currently an incurable disease.

“HCV is not our state govt. health priority, “THINK AGAIN” Should HCV be our state health priority?” he asked.

Asserting that it is the state Government's obli-

gation and responsibility to facilitate and promote health, he said, “Government must provide HCV prevention and treatment.”

“No one should die with a treatable/ curable disease due to being unable to afford treatment or get infection, which is preventable,” he affirmed. “The state government should initiate programmes for prevention, care and treatment of hepatitis C virus in Nagaland with prior importance and urgency in order to prevent the complications of HCV-related liver disease, including fibrosis, cirrhosis, cancer and death.”

Appreciating the work of Nagaland Legislative Forum for AIDS (NLFA) in creating HIV/AIDS awareness and reducing stigma and discrimination, he questioned whether they have done anything substantial on HCV. He further stated that elected MLAs and ministers can play a vital role in HCV awareness and prevention. “With your political will and right leadership HCV can be eradicated from Nagaland.”

Mongchon P laid to rest with full military honours at native village

Minister for rural development & REPA C.L. John today stressed on the need to acquire quality and practical education to cope with the competitive world. The minister advocated that quality education will take the students forward and fit them into various opportunities both within and outside the state.

Addressing the 31st freshers’ meet of the Konyak Students’ Union Kohima (KSUK) here at the State Academy Hall, he also reminded the gathering that the state government has notified “No Work No Pay” upon the government employees in the State.

Stating that everyone has to work to get daily bread, he said a time has come to adopt “No Work No Food” and at the same time challenged the students to work hard and excel in their respective academic career. He also congratulated all the successful

CL John speaking during the freshers’ meet of Konyak Students’ Union Kohima on July 29.

candidates of HSLC and HSSLC and wished them a bright future.

Also speaking on the occasion as the guest of honour, MLA Eshak Konyak urged upon the students to be sincere and work hard to achieve their desired goal. He called upon the students to climb extra mile to succeed in life. Further, Eshak encouraged the students to update themselves with the global scenario as well as the latest happenings by develop-

ing a habit of reading daily newspapers and watching TV news channel.

Earlier, KSUK president A.B. Phaiba delivered presidential address. Leepo Laolymn and Khiam spoke on behalf of freshers and senior students respectively. Vote of thanks was proposed by KSUK general secretary Methna Konyak.

Meanwhile, session II witnessed drama, group song, declaration of Mr & Miss Freshers, fashion show, dance etc.

lage Council. It cautioned that if any tenant(s) is/are found/ caught indulging in any criminal activity, the houseowner will be held responsible and the Village Council will penalise both the houseowner and the tenant(s).

“Any villager(s) or inhabitant(s) in the village jurisdiction found using poison/love charms or selling such substances shall be expelled from the village jurisdiction,” it added. “And any person(s) who has/have a record of being expelled from other area/village/ towns for the above mentioned reasons shall not be allowed/entry or settlement

present, informed a press release received here.

According to the release, on July 26 noon, mortal remains of the martyr reached Dimapur Airport by Air India flight AI 705 and a special Army convoy brought it to his native village.

Full military honour was provided to the soldier by guard from 23 Assam Rifles. Wreaths on behalf of General Officer

AMEUW opens CMO office in Wokha

UBC Thahekhu Block III celebrates 25 years the church premises. Rev. L. Hevuto Awomi, executive secretary, United Baptist Churches Association North East India (UBCANEI), who was one of the speakers of the jubilee, un-

veiled the jubilee monolith.

Rev. Dr. Yehevi Jimo, pastor of Thahekhu village Baptist Church was the other speaker.

Delivering a message, Rev. Hevuto quoted

Hepatitis awareness prog for Church leaders at Zion Hospital Dimapur, July 29 (mExN): The Zion Hospital & Research Centre Dimapur conducted an awareness programme on chronic Hepatitis for church leaders of Dimapur.

More than 40 members of Baptist Pastors’ Fellowship and other church leaders attended the programme

DC directs inter-state vehicles to shift to ISBT

DC Peren implements ban on collection of cash at check gates & highways pErEN, July 29 (mExN): The Peren District Voluntary Consumers’ Organization (PDVCO) has informed that the Deputy Commissioner of Peren has implemented the common judgment and order dated 03.06.14 passed by Justice PK Saikia, Gauhati High Court, Kohima Bench to completely stop illegal collection of cash at the check gates and on highways by individuals, organizations, associations, federations, or any government departments. PDVCO has appreciated the DC for judiciously taking the right decision. According to the organization, Nagaland Voluntary Consumers’ Organization (NVCO) had submitted a representation regarding implementation of the same judgment to the DC on July 10.

Nagaland to launch intensified diarrhea control fortnight Kohima, July 29 (mExN): The launching programme of Intensified Diarrhea Control Fortnight (IDCF) will take place on July 30 at 11:00 AM at the IDSP Conference Hall, Directorate of Health & Family Welfare, Kohima. The fortnight is being observed from July 28 to August 8 to promote control of childhood diarrheal diseases and also to promote Infant & Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices. Dr. G. Kemp, principal director (Health & FW) and chairman State Level IDCF Steering Committee will formally launch the fortnight’s activities. Representatives from the departments of health & family welfare, school education, women development, PHE, social welfare and Naga Mothers’ Association will also speak on the occasion. The function will be compered by Dr. Obangjungla, deputy director, RCH while welcome address will be delivered

by Dr. Neikietuo Chiesotsu, Mission Director (NHM).

Vote of thanks will be proposed by Dr. Limaakum Jamir, SPO, NHM.

IDEA showroom inauguration in Kohima

Commanding 3 Corps, Director General Assam Rifles, Inspector General Assam Rifles (North) and Commander 7 Sector Assam Rifles were also laid in Youths of Muslim Council Dimapur pose for lens with doctor and nurses of Civil Hoshonour of the martyr, the pital Dimapur before distributing fruits and food items to the patients as a part of the celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr on July 28. release added.

Dimapur, July 29 (mExN): United Baptist Church, Block III Thahekhu village celebrated its silver jubilee on July 27. Hundreds attended the celebration held in

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in the village jurisdiction.”

Further, the notice asserted that culprit(s) of theft or stealing of any form in the village Jurisdiction shall be severely punished according to the customary laws/practices.

It also stated that all establishments, such as educational institutions, churches, NGOs etc within Chumukedima Village jurisdiction should take permission from the Village Council authority before C&SS Mokokchung establishing. It is also man- conducts TB awareness prog datory for the already established/existing institutions moKoKchuNg, July 29 (mExN): Care and Supto obtain permission if they port Society (C&SS), Mokokchung organized TB awarehave not done yet, it added. ness program in commemoration of 71st Foundation Day of CHAI (Catholic Health Association of India) on July 28 with 31 Assam Rifles jawans at Prasidhan Hall, supported by project Axshaya. Resource person was Imchawati Kichu, Managing Director, C&SS, informed a press release received here.

Assam Rifles provided full military honours to Naik Mongchon P during his last rites at Anyakshu village under Noklak sub-division on July 26.

TuENsaNg, July 29 (mExN): Last rites of late Naik Mongchon P, who lost his life on July 22 in trans Line of Control firing in Jammu & Kashmir was performed on July 26 with complete military honours at his native village Anyakshu under Tuensang district. Troops and officers of Assam Rifles, relatives of the deceased and people of Noklak sub division were

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Dimapur, July 29 (mExN): As per the Regional Transport Authority board resolution passed on July 28, 2014, all the inter-state passenger vehicles have been directed to shift to Inter State Bus Terminal (ISBT), Purana Bazaar, Dimapur for the convenience of all the passengers and in the interest of the public to ease traffic congestion. Deputy Commissioner & Chairperson, Regional Transport Authority, Dimapur has informed that the order will come into immediate effect.

CVC council to uphold customary laws Dimapur, July 29 (mExN): The Chumoukedima Village Council (CVC) has resolved to reaffirm customary laws/practices and resolutions of the village that have been in force since its inception, stated Head GB of the village Zeno Kire and chairman of the village council Razouvotuo Chatsu in a public notice.

The notice which was released to the media stated that selling of liquor or any intoxicated drinks, alcohol beverages in the village jurisdiction is strictly prohibited.

Offender will be strictly punished as per the laws and customary practices of the Vil-

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that was organized in commemoration of World Hepatitis Day, in the conference hall of Zion Hospital on July 29.

Speaking on the occasion, resource person Dr. Tali Longkumer said viral Hepatitis has become a major health concern of the country. He was of the

view that church could play major role in creating awareness in the society.

On behalf of the church leaders who attended the programme, Rev. Dr. W. Lohe, president, Baptist Pastors’ Fellowship thanked Zion Hospital & Research Centre for organizing the programme.

a scripture, “This stone shall be witness unto us generation to generation (Joshua 24:27)” and stated jubilee is the time for forgiveness and reconciliation and renew and keep the covenant made with God in order to receive his blessing.

In the afternoon service, Rev. Dr. Yehevi Jimo spoke on the topic “oh Lord give us the blessing”. Rev. Khashito Aye, president, UBCA-NEI dedicated the jubilee souvenir.

Sumi Baptist Church, Thahekhu Block VII, Gorkha Baptist Theological Institute, Khehokhu village, Mission India Bible College and Timothy Bible College presented special songs.

Kohima, July 29 (mExN): The People’s Connection - IDEA distributor of Kohima is inaugurating IDEA Point showroom in Lower Jail Colony, near Assamese Church, Kohima on July 30 at 9:30 AM. This was stated in a release issued by Renben Kikon, Manager, IDEA distributor, Kohima.

Farewell prog for I&FC chief engineer Kohima, July 29 (mExN): The State’s irrigation & flood control department (IFCD) is organizing a farewell programme for the outgoing chief engineer Er. Echongbemo Lotha on July 31 at 2:00 pm at the conference hall of chief engineer’s office, IFCD, New Capital Complex, Kohima. Parliamentary secretary for irrigation & flood control Y. Vikheho Swu and IFCD secretary T. Nungsang Ao will also address the occasion. Short speech will also be delivered by Er. Z. Ghukhui Zhimomi, executive engineer, Dimapur division; M. Koza, registrar; Er. S. Kughaho Sema, president, IDEA; and Er. Dikhalo Lasushe. Felicitation speech will be made by Er. Njilo Kemp, additional chief engineer on behalf of the department. Vote of thanks will be proposed by Er. Tsuktinungsang, executive engineer.

SOUK condemns threat Kohima, July 29 (mExN): The Shena Old Union Kohima (SOUK) has strongly condemned the threat meted out to Jonah Achumi, a bonafide member of Shena Old allegedly by one Salekh Arkham alias Salehk Bosozokhu “an alleged Illegal Bangladeshi immigrant (IBI).” The Union Chairman Yekhevi Achumi and General Secretary Husheto Assumi in a press release stated that the Union viewed the threat very seriously and cautioned that any harm to its bonafide member at any point of time will not be tolerated. SOUK further demanded that Salekh Arkham immediately withdraws the threat.

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Office of the Chief Medical Office Wokha reopened on July 28.

WoKha, July 29 (mExN): The Aggrieved Medical Employees’ Union Wokha (AMEUW) has opened the office of the Chief Medical Officer Wokha after two months and ten days on July 28.

“Though the government has not given any positive reply even after such a long time, yet at the sincere request made by the CMO Wokha Dr. Nrithing Lotha, Dy. CMO Dr. Zuben Kikon

and the staffs and also due to the sufferings the public/patients are facing, the AMEUW opened the main grill/door of the office,” stated president of the union Thungjanbeni Lotha in a press release.

“We want to give a clear message that opening the office door does not mean that we have given up our quest for Justice and we will continue to strive till justice is given to us.”

Kohima, July 29 (mExN): In view of its State executive meeting on July 31, the Nagaland State Bharat Scouts and Guides Association has released the list of its Executive Committee. Following are the State executive members for 2013 – 2016: Khyomo Lotha, Ex.MP – State Chief Commissioner; Atuo Mezhür Sekhose – State Commissioner (Scout); Thejazeü Khruomo – State Commissioner (Guide); John Tochimong – State Secretary (Officiating); K. Neibou Sekhose – State Treasurer; Er. Samuel – Asstt. State Commissioner (Scout); Viheli Kiba – Asstt. State Commissioner (Guide);

John Tochimong - State Org. Commissioner(S); Vimezhonu R. Paphino – State Org. Commissioner(G); Albert Solo – State Training Commissioner (S); I. Amenla Soyah – State Training Commissioner (G); Visezhü – Headquarter Commissioner Rovers; Supongla Jamir – Headquarter Commissioner Rangers; R.Apollos –Headquarter Commissioner Scouts; Nengneichong Haokip – Headquarter Commissioner Guides; Omprakash Gupta – Headquarter Commissioner Cubs; Ruokuozeno – Headquarter Commissioner Bulbuls; Medokül Sophie – Life Members’ Representative; Nungsan-

glemba ALT (C) – Trainers representative(S); Kevileno Haikam Pre-ALT(G) – Trainers representative(G); V.K.Shah – Institutional representative; V.M.Pienyü - Co-opted Member; Vikrosa – Co-opted Member; Arun Ch. Patar – Asstt. Director NER; Meiros Yanthan DEO Wokha – Dist. Chief Commissioner BSG, Wokha; Ruovihulie Angami DEO Khm – Dist. Chief Commissioner BSG, Kohima; Mansa Chang – District Commissioner (G) Tuensang; Asekho Tali, DSO Kiphire –District Commissioner(S) Kiphire; R. Narola – District Commissioner(G) Mokokchung; Nihoshe – Dimapur Naga Students’ Union (DNSU) installed welcome sign board each at Dillai District Commissioner(S) Gate and New Field Check Gate on July 28. Seen here are DNSU officials during the installation programme.

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express WEDnEsDAy 30 July 2014 volumE IX IssuE 207

Sociocracy!

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n the search for a composite answer to the diverse challenges of life, the Naga people need to creatively explore different forms of organizing and decision making processes. The existing structures in the Naga context are proving to be exclusive and are preventing ordinary people from actively participating in making informed decisions affecting their lives.

Democracy is an overrated concept in situations where its values and rights have been reduced to nothing more than a form of the state itself with occasional electoral voting. This situation is further compromised when majority of the people leading impoverished lives sell their votes to meet basic needs. This is ironic because in a democracy, power vests in the “demos” – the population. However in situations of conflict and poverty, we find that the majority of the “demos” is actually dependent on the minority.

Hence, political power which should be residing in the majority of the “demos” is actually held by the minority.

It is an upside down tyranny of the majority. In this way, rather than enabling harmony and co-existence, democracy has only resulted in creating more conflict.

By contrast, in sociocracy, power vest in the “socius” – companion, the people who not only interact regularly with each other but are also united by common aims. The word sociocracy is derived from the Latin and Greek words “socius (companion) and kratein (to govern).” Sociocracy is a form of governing that is reflected by distributed leadership, shared responsibilities, higher levels of creativity and commitment and a structure that is not hierarchical. The principles and practices of this form of decision making and organizing are based on values of “equivalence, effectiveness, and transparency” which is designed to respect and support unity of the group as well as the distinctiveness of the individual. Power, in sociocracy, implies that each person has the power and responsibility to make decisions. In this way the principle of consent governs the decision making process.

The present form of State governance and political decision making is only complicating and hindering the processes of democratization in the Naga context. This condition makes it all the more necessary for civil society organizations to think-out-of the box and explore alternative forms of organizing where power resides in the people to provide informed consent and make meaningful decisions that affect their lives. Perhaps, the model of sociocracy is a good starting point to initiate a public debate in the search for alternative paradigms.

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Deirdre Fulton CommonDreams

Global Safety Net in Danger Gap between Rich and Poor Widen

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dvances in human development risk being erased without a renewed global commitment to eradicating inequality, tackling climate change, and providing basic services, according to the UN's 2014 Human Development Report, Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Enhancing Resilience, released on July 24 in Tokyo, Japan.

While poverty is shown to be in overall decline and gains have been made in health and nutrition, the report states that the 85 richest people in the world have as much wealth as the 3.5 billion poorest, and that 1.2 billion people live on less than $1.25 a day. It also found that more than 2.2 billion people are living in or near poverty and close to half of all workers are in informal or insecure employment.

"There is also a widespread sense of precariousness in the world today — in livelihoods, in personal security, in the environment and in global politics," the report notes. "There is evidence that the overall rate of progress is slowing across all human development groups. It is critical to deal with vulnerability now to secure gains and prevent disruptions to continuing progress."

Such vulnerability, according to the authors, stems from increasing income inequality, food insecurity, natural disasters, regional conflicts, and political corruption, among other causes. To combat these factors and boost what the report refers to as "human resilience," the UN recommends "universal provision of basic social services," such as education, water supply, health care, and promotion of full employment. It also highlights the importance of social protection — unemployment insurance, pensions, and labor market regulations — in a world where 80 percent of the population lacks such safety net programs.

The report refutes the idea that only wealthy countries can implement policies like the ones recommended by the UN: One commonly held misconception is that only wealthy countries can afford social protection or universal basic services. As the Report documents, the evidence is to the contrary. Except for societies undergoing violent strife and turmoil, most societies can — and many have — put in place basic services and social protection. And they have found that an initial investment, of just a small percentage of GDP, brings benefits that far outweigh the initial outlay.

UN report reveals 'widespread sense of precariousness in the world today'

Narrowing the gender gap could have a positive effect on human development, said Khalid Malik, director of the UN Development Program's Human Development Report Office and lead author of the report. Malik told the Guardian: "Mothers influence the population of future countries, and this report shows that educating mothers helps eliminate poverty."

A country's place on the overall Human Development Index (HDI) — based on life expectancy, level of education, and gross national income per capita — is not necessarily a reflection of its level of inequality. For example, the U.S. ranks fifth on the HDI (after Norway, Australia, Switzerland, and the Netherlands), but falls to 28th on the Inequality-Adjusted HDI, which takes into account health, education, and income disparities across populations.

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Hillary Margolis Foreign Policy In Focus

Women and the War In Syria

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rom the initial uprisings against the government of Bashar al-Assad in spring 2011, women in Syria have organized and participated in peaceful demonstrations and provided vital humanitarian assistance to those in need. Like their male counterparts, Syrian women who take part in protests or provide aid are targets of abuse, harassment, detention, and even torture by government forces and some armed groups opposed to the government.

At the same time, general insecurity and discriminatory restrictions imposed by some armed groups opposed to the government have curtailed women’s dress and freedom of movement. Many women have become de facto household heads, both inside Syria and in refugee settings, when male family members have been killed, detained, forcibly disappeared, injured, disabled, or unable to find steady employment.

Recognizing women’s multiple and significant roles—and their experiences as both participants and victims—is critical to developing appropriate responses to women’s needs inside Syria and in refugee communities. It is also important to ensuring their ongoing and meaningful participation in determining Syria’s future. These women are not only bearing the burden of conflict but persevering in spite of it, often at great personal risk.

The women profiled below are identified by their first names or a pseudonym for their security.

Maisa In early 2012, Maisa, a 30-year-old intensive care nurse from Damascus, joined a group of young doctors and medical students treating the wounded at makeshift field hospitals.

“I felt like my life was threatened all the time because the regime didn’t permit anyone to treat people from the opposition,” she said. Government forces searched for her repeatedly: “They would say, ‘We are keeping our eyes on you.’”

She started a small organization to support women’s rights and local political participation. She soon began interviewing activists on a pro-opposition satellite TV station. “I hid my face under a veil and used a different name so the regime wouldn’t know it was me,” she said.

But she said another activist revealed her identity under torture, and government security forces detained her at a Damascus cafe. They beat her during the night with a thick, green hose: “They slapped me on the face. They pulled me by my hair.

They hit me on my feet, on my back, all over.”

They eventually took her to a police station, where men in police uniforms sexually harassed and tortured other female detainees. She saw one woman, handcuffed and naked, alone in a cell. “Once they brought her to our cell and made her beat the other women. Her body was defaced. It was all blue,” Maisa said. She was held there for four months.

“I never got to talk to anyone in my family. I never got a lawyer,” she said, and laughed at the suggestion that it would have been a possibility. Maisa said that at one detention facility, the security forces fed criminal detainees but not political ones. “To get food or make phone calls, some women would have sex with the policemen,” Maisa said.

After five months, Maisa was taken to counterterrorism court, where the judge upheld her detention. A month later she was freed in a prisoner swap.

Maisa resumed her activism, but when government forces arrested fellow activists and started following her again, she made her way to Turkey.

Upon her release, she learned that members of ISIS had detained her sister, Samar, in Aleppo. “My mother is still searching for her daughter,” Maisa said.

Maha “For three months, I had a feeling that one of us was going to die,” said Maha, now 28, a former first grade teacher from Aleppo. She and her new husband, Mustafa, 30, were part of a young activist group promoting peaceful change and democracy.

In November 2012, they went to a Friday demonstration; Maha (left, with sister Nuha) said the participants were civilian activists and community members. Afterward, as she and her friends stood chatting in front of the mosque, government forces shelled the

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hen Laura Bates was followed home one night by a man from her bus, she didn't think much of it. Incidents like that just seemed to be part of living in London.

But the writer said several other similar situations followed within days: One stranger shouted obscenities at her out of a car window. Another propositioned her forcefully in a cafe. A third groped her on the bus, and commuters looked away when she spoke up. She was startled not so much by the incidents — but how accustomed she had become to brushing such behavior aside and not taking action.

"I started talking to other women, and I couldn't believe how many stories they had. I think many of us just think 'maybe I'm unlucky,'" said Bates, 27, in an interview. "Just like me, so many of them said 'until you asked me, I've never talked to anyone about this.'"

Those conversations triggered the birth of the Everyday Sexism project, a website that Bates set up for women to share their experiences of sexism and harassment in their daily lives — in the office, on the train, in school or on the street. Two years on, what started as a simple idea has become a movement that is steadily gaining momentum, galvanizing support from politicians, police and thousands of women and men from Britain and beyond.

The project has collected 70,000 posts from some 20 countries, describing a wide range of unwelcome behavior and offenses from a colleague's casual comment to unreported rapes.

Many tell of assault, threats of violence

Meet five women who are bearing the burden of conflict in Syria and persevering in spite of it

area.“I felt something falling above me and I started to run. I turned back and saw dust,” Maha said. “I looked for Mustafa. … I couldn’t find him.”

“I went to the hospital. I saw a child without legs. I saw every kind of injury.” Eventually doctors told her that Mustafa died during surgery, one of 13 who died that day.

Maha left Syria three weeks later, feeling shocked and hopeless, and has only returned once. Her brother Hussein, a well-known human rights blogger, was arrested with his colleagues Mazen Darwish and Hani Al-Zaytani at the Syria Center for Media and Freedom of Expression in February 2012 and is still in detention. Maha’s sister Nuha was detained for 23 days in August 2012 by pro-government militia members, who tried to use her as leverage for a prisoner exchange with an opposition group.

For now, Maha works from Turkey for the group she and her friends founded. She says such grassroots organizations formed the backbone of the uprisings in Syria, but violence and chaos has subsequently overshadowed their work and message.

“On the news you only see blood and destruction,” she said. “You don’t see that behind it, there are civilian groups doing things peacefully.”

Amal “My only remaining child is my son,” said Amal, 44, pointing to the 10-year-old sitting by her side. Her four other children—ages 4, 7, 14, and 17—were at home in Aleppo a year ago when a barrel bomb hit.

Amal, her husband, and one son were a kilometer away. “I said to my husband, ‘God help those who have been bombed,’” she said. “Then I found out it was my house and I’d lost my children.”

Until then, Amal’s family had felt relatively safe.

Their neighborhood was under government control and, she said, no armed groups were near their home.

“We saw the helicopter. We saw when the barrel was thrown out,” she said. “At first I thought they were throwing food to the regime troops.”

Shortly after the bombing, Amal’s husband, a shopkeeper, suffered a heart attack and stroke that left him partially paralyzed. The family had moved to the opposition-controlled area of Aleppo and medical care was inaccessible. “I wash him, feed him, and take him to the bathroom,” Amal said.

They left for Turkey in March to seek physical therapy and healthcare for Amal’s husband. At the

hospital in Kilis, Turkey, doctors said her husband’s heart problem would require specialized care.

When she told them she had no money, “They said, ‘Then there is nothing we can do.’” The family was sleeping in an open park and relying on a restaurant that provides free meals to Syrian refugees.

Nayla Nayla, 52, a teacher from Daraa, and a male friend were transporting a military defector to Damascus when government soldiers searched the car at a checkpoint. Discovering the defector, they seized Nayla’s identification and car keys and seized the men. “I had another car key with me so I drove away. They followed me and started to shoot,” Nayla said. “All the wheels went flat. I couldn’t control the car. They took me and started to beat me.”

The soldiers took all three to a detention facility in Damascus, where they blindfolded Nayla and tied her hands behind her back. They forced her to sit inside a car tire and placed a dowel through the gap between her knees and the tire to lock her in a position so that she could not defend herself from beatings.

“When they turned me onto my face my feet were up in the air. They beat me with a green plastic stick.”

After two hours, the officers took Nayla to a solitary cell, approximately 1 by 1.5 meters. For two days, she was interrogated and denied food and water.

“There were insects like you can’t imagine,” she said.

“I started to scratch myself until my skin bled.”

On the third day, officers brought Nayla to a cell with other women and girls. Through a small window in the door, Nayla saw men who she said appeared to have been tortured. She saw a young man crawling on the floor, his feet so blue and swollen from beatings that he could not walk.

“You can’t imagine—day and night, the screaming, the crying, the beating,” she said.

After nearly seven months in detention, Nayla went before a military court on charges of assisting activists, anti-government fighters, and foreign governments. The judge found her innocent but referred her to a civilian court, where a judge released her. She said of her imprisonment and subsequent release: “You feel you will never be free again—that you will never see your family, never go to [a proper] toilet.”

Berivan “When the revolution started, it was what we had been waiting for,” said Berivan, 24. An English literature student at Damascus University and a member of the Kurdish minority, which has faced longtime government persecution, she was eager for change. She joined peaceful protests.

In November 2012, as the conflict grew, she moved to the Yarmouk refugee camp in south Damascus, which was soon under siege by government forces. Berivan and her friends opened a free pharmacy using medicines left behind by pharmacists and abandoned clinics. They also trained civilians in emergency medical care.

But after nearly a year, in September 2013, extremist armed opposition groups expanded their presence in the camp. Members of the group Liwa’ al-Islam detained Berivan, accusing her of providing medical treatment to men, not wearing a headscarf, and being a government spy. They called her kafir, a derogatory term used by Muslims for a nonbeliever. After several days, the group admitted they had no evidence against Berivan but continued to detain her. They freed her after 10 days, most of which she spent on a hunger strike.

Wearing a headscarf as a precaution, she reopened the pharmacy in Yarmouk. But then fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) forced her to close it, threatening her because she wasn’t wearing a full-length abaya. “If we ever see you in this area, we will hang you,” they told her.

Wanted by both the armed Islamist groups and by government forces for providing humanitarian assistance in the camp, she fled to Turkey in February.

For Berivan, being in Yarmouk was a choice. “The problem is there are lots of people still there and it is not their decision,” she said of those trapped in besieged areas. She emphasized the strength of women in the community. “They are strong, and they are fighting. They are suffering. They don’t want to leave.”

'Everyday sexism' project seeks to change behavior sylvia Hui Associated Press and verbal abuse in public places. Others report seemingly innocuous behavior and comments: One woman tells how a sales assistant handed back her change to her male friend, after she had paid for the goods.

Some are disturbing because those posting are so young: A 12-year-old wrote to tell how she was told to "get back in the kitchen" by her male classmates when she raised her hand to say something, and numerous preteens say they are harassed daily by men who shout at or touch them on the way to school.

The outpouring on Bates' website, and the attention it has garnered, has translated into some successes offline. Bates has addressed a United Nations-hosted forum and worked with British politicians, schools and businesses, and she and other activist groups have collaborated with British Transport Police to help reduce sexual assault and unwanted sexual behavior on subway trains and buses.

"The greatest problem is a high degree of underreporting," said Inspector Ricky Twyford, who oversees the force's awareness campaign. That

has improved in the past year or so, he said. "Definitely there has been a shift in the confidence and awareness of people who either experienced or witnessed it to come forward."

The force says reporting rates have increased by 36 percent, while arrests were up 22 percent compared to the year before.

Bates said she was surprised that despite perceived equality in the workplace, sexism in the office remains the most commonly voiced concern on her website.

"There were men in their office printing off pictures of female applicants and rating them out of ten. Other women say their colleagues went to strip clubs at lunch time with clients and they just missed out on these deals," she said.

Many such incidents go unreported largely because women are afraid of losing their jobs, she said.

The popularity of social media has been key in sparking interest and debate in women's rights campaigns like Bates'. When a disturbed young man who had professed hostility to women went on a shooting rampage in Cali-

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fornia in May, hundreds of thousands of women worldwide turned to Twitter to reflect on the misogyny they experience in their own daily lives, using the hashtag YesAllWomen.

Bates said the online community has encouraged women to speak out against sexism even if they have been ridiculed or told "not to make a fuss about it" elsewhere.

"That doesn't work anymore because suddenly 50,000 people are saying the same thing. The social media age has enabled a sort of collective action and made people feel courageous," she said.

Not all the reactions have been positive. Critics have argued that the focus is too trivial and distract from more important women's issues.

Others say some of the behavior described in the entries does not count as sexism, or claim the women are being overly sensitive.

Bates has plans to expand the project's reach to places from Mexico to Serbia to India, and says there is still much to be done at home. Sexualized images of women are still everywhere, she said, a major influence on how women are treated from day to day.

This week, when Prime Minister David Cameron announced a government shakeup to promote more women to the Cabinet, British tabloids chose to focus on what the female politicians wore and how they styled their hair.

"People say sexism doesn't exist anymore," Bates said. "But it really is one of those things where once you see it, you can't stop seeing it all around you."

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PERSPECTIVE NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE

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Myanmar's Last Front S

Philip Heijmans Foreign Policy

han, a 53-year-old farmer, wears a blueand-white button-down shirt over her patterned longyi, a traditional Burmese wrap.

She sits quietly with her family, next to the few belongings they were able to carry when they were forced from their home in April.

Shan, who gave only her first name, is one of nearly 1,000 villagers from Myanmar's northern Kachin state who have settled in an abandoned school in the small town of Namkham, in neighboring Shan state. The school is a temporary refuge set up by the Kachin Baptist Convention -- a locally based Baptist denominational body whose mission is to provide aid in Myanmar's ethnic-minority areas -- for people displaced by renewed fighting between Myanmar's army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), an armed ethnic group. The school has 20 or so classrooms, which now house droves of families -- with about 30 people packing tightly into each room for shelter, marking their respective spots on the ground with a few blankets.

Nearly 200 other people occupy the concrete grounds of a dilapidated activities hall, where chairs and tables have been pushed to the side to make space.

The displaced fled amid a Myanmar army offensive intended to target KIA strongholds. But, according to Shan, only civilians were under bombardment.

"There were no [rebel] soldiers, but they attacked our villages," Shan says. "The government troops shelled our villages." The displaced Kachin state civilians in Namkham join approximately 120,000 others who have been living in camps in northern Myanmar since 2011, when a 17-year-old cease-fire between the government and the KIA collapsed. Since then, the government has staged a series of offensives against the rebels, most recently in June.

The KIA is just one of myriad ethnic rebel groups that have taken up arms against the government, which has long been dominated by the country's ethnic Burman majority since Myanmar (then Burma) gained independence in 1948. Fueled by ongoing demands for greater political autonomy and the military's brutal tactics throughout the conflict, the rebellions have been waged for decades. Yet in recent years, most of the insurgent armies have agreed to cease-fires with the government. Today, Kachin is something of a last front in what is often called the world's longest-running civil war -- one that continues to place civilians at risk.

An emergency aid worker with the Kachin Baptist Convention who requested anonymity said the army ramped up operations in Mansi Township on April 10, searching the forests for KIA guerrilla bases and chasing away civilians by firing mortar rounds.

"The people [at the school] are from the villages," he said, adding that civilians fled their homes on foot and hid until aid workers brought them to Namkham. "Fifty are still hiding in the forest."

Since Myanmar's 2010 elections -- the country's first in 20 years -- the government has instituted a series of noteworthy political and economic reforms.

Yet the optimism that emerged with the dissolution of the military regime is fading. The government has largely failed to protect Myanmar's Muslim minority from ongoing sectarian attacks, progress on media freedom is backsliding, and efforts to reform the constitution, which still grants significant political privileges to the military, has stalled.

Meanwhile, the military continues to be implicated in serious human rights abuses in Kachin as it seeks to root out the KIA once and for all. Two young Kachin men, Sang, 20, and Goon, 21, were among sev-

A good friend is a connection to life- a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world. - Lois Wyse.

On 3rd August 2014 the world will be celebrating Friendship Day which is held on the first Sunday of August every year .

True friendship makes everything much more fun and better whether its having a meal, playing games, studying or simply chatting about the latest movies or trends.

3 is not always a crowd Temsukumla Ao Head of Department of Sociology

Internally Displaced Kachins

eral plucked from in and around the state's Bamuyang and Dingga villages after the military shelled their homes. Standing among the others displaced on the school grounds, they explain how they were forced to porter for government troops, guiding a battalion through forested mountains to rebel positions. "First they forced us to walk ahead along the path between the farmlands because the army was afraid of land mines. Later, when we reached the front line, the fighting started," says Sang. Goon recalls taking cover with the Myanmar army soldiers in a village during fighting. "We were so scared that we would die," he says.

The two men were released after one day when a local Kachin church intervened by presenting the battalion with a letter petitioning for their release. The young men eventually found their way to the school in Namkham. Their story is not unique. On June 9, Fortify Rights, a human rights organization based in Southeast Asia, released a report documenting abuses of Kachin civilians by government forces over the past two years, including indiscriminate shelling, forced labor, torture, beatings, rape, and murder. "Most of the torture we documented appeared to occur with the knowledge and consent of commanding officers, in similar ways and in disparate locations, indicating the abuses are being carried out as a matter of state policy," says Matt Smith, executive director of Fortify Rights, adding that the president's office in Myanmar flatly denied the report's findings.

Such allegations, however, are not limited to the military. The KIA has also been cited for abuses. A 2012 report by Human Rights Watch, for instance, implicated the rebel army in the use of child soldiers, as well as the use of unconventional weapons, such as land mines, over the years.

Wartime abuses are compounded by the dire humanitarian situation in Kachin, particularly for those displaced within KIA-controlled territory. In June 2013, the government allowed the United Nations to deliver aid to those displaced in rebel-held areas -- the first time in nearly a year. But despite the official easing of aid restrictions, in practice government checkpoints continue to largely restrict access to Kachin villages affected heavily by conflict. Thus local organizations, as opposed to international

ones, play a significant role in documenting abuses and providing aid to the displaced. The Kachin Baptist Convention, for instance, relies on informal relationships with personnel on both sides of the conflict in order to anticipate when skirmishes will take place and to either help deliver supplies or escort villagers out of the area. Despite its efforts -alongside those of several other smaller aid groups -- there is an undersupply of provisions to support the ever-increasing number of displaced civilians.

The government has upheld its pledge to hold talks on a nationwide cease-fire with an alliance of ethnic groups. Yet agreement with the KIA and the Ta'ang (Palaung) National Liberation Army, a rebel group in northern Shan state, have proved elusive.

And the April clashes between government forces and the KIA, which together reportedly killed at least two dozen soldiers and rebels, could undermine the government's hopes for a nationwide truce that would bring all civil conflict to an end. (It's uncertain how many civilians were killed in the attacks.)

The government and the KIA did meet in May and June for bilateral negotiations, and the two sides established a peace-monitoring commission intended to help prevent further clashes. And a government advisor involved in Myanmar's peace process said he is confident tensions are going to recede. "Whatever the current situation is in Kachin state, both the government and KIA are committed to the peace process. Nothing is big enough to derail it," said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Yet there is little evidence to support his optimism. The bilateral negotiations have not brokered any lasting de-escalation in hostilities, and there is no real timetable for the conclusion of talks. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of civilians remain uprooted from their homes, with little hope of returning anytime soon. For the displaced, the prospect of future peace is overshadowed by the reality of what they have already lost.

Standing at the school in Namkham, Shan recollects how several people living near her have gone missing since the government shelled her township.

"Four persons are still missing. We don't know if they are still alive of dead," she says. "We need to find out."

We need more humans, not more heroes

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Robert Holtom

nce upon a time, James Lovelock was a hero. In 2007 Time Magazine lauded him for his work on the Gaia Hypothesis, which described the earth and its inhabitants as a selfregulating system that maintains the conditions for all life. He also predicted extreme rises in atmospheric temperature during the 21st century.

Lovelock’s theories foresaw the mass extinction of humanity as a result of catastrophic climate change, but now he says that his predictions were “alarmist,” so designing public policy around hypothetical future temperatures makes no sense. Despite all the evidence, the large-scale destruction of the planet’s ecosystems is not a product of human industrialization, he concludes, it’s “no more than the constructive chaos that always attends the installation of a new infrastructure.”

This new infrastructure, claims Lovelock, will be geared to living comfortably in mega-cities, rather than trying to “save the Earth.” Therefore, he recommends that the UK should strengthen its defenses and retreat into sustainable isolation. In the process, the environmental hero has become much more conservative, someone who wants others to adopt a similar pessimism and stop asking challenging questions. It’s shocking to see Lovelock taking such a laissez faire approach to ecocide: the large-scale destruction of the earth and its human and non-human inhabitants.

No wonder some people might feel betrayed, but that’s partly because Lovelock had been turned into a guru, a prophet for our times, someone in whose light everyone could bask - a position that made it easier to accept his doctrines without asking hard questions about his thinking. Lovelock’s expertise is primarily in chemistry and earth science, not sociology and economics, so the personal and political implications of the Gaia hypothesis – and of his new suggestions about mega-cities – haven’t been interrogated.

Heroes, just like the rest of us, can be misguided, but the implications are so much greater. They can inspire, but they can also lead social movements in

the wrong direction. Heroes can motivate, but hero-worship takes energy and attention away from the hard realities of collective action. Preventing large-scale social, ecological and economic degradation requires all of us to act and place less faith in the celebrities of the struggle.

Calling anyone a hero creates a lens through which they and their teachings are viewed. We see their ‘greatness’ and admire them for the ‘great’ things that they do, but we ignore their failings, their inaccuracies and their misbehavior. We edit out the bits of information about them that we do not want to hear, and paste the rest into a hero’s quest-type narrative that places them on a pedestal. They become images on a screen rather than real people, less human and therefore less authentic. And in the process they become less useful as interlocutors or movement-builders because there’s too much distance between them and the realities of everybody else.

These traits are exaggerated by the culture of celebrity that consumes increasing parts of the struggle for social change. Images of heroes and heroism can be edited and manipulated more easily in this culture. The value of the individual change-maker is promoted over the necessity of mass action. Superficial ideas are celebrated and complexity is banished. Hero worship increasingly becomes the norm.

The exemplar of these trends is TED, the stylish idea-spreading organisation that focuses on technology, entertainment and design. TED presents the public with glossy, well-rehearsed talks that promise so much: transcending pain, finding more personal satisfaction, and inventing the next ‘silver bullet’ for deep-rooted social problems, all in one seductive mix. This is the ‘fast food’ of social transformation, easily consumed but a swiftly passing pleasure.

TED talks encourage the image of the individualized hero by presenting one speaker as the focus of attention rather than a team or a movement, as if all their ideas and achievements were the product of their own doing rather than a myriad of other factors and contributors.

Take, for example, Brené Brown’s brilliant TED talk on the power of vulnerability. Brown has a PhD in social work and talks of her love for quantification, and how she tried to study emotions like love and shame by enumerating them and putting them into boxes. She tells the audience how this led to a psychological and emotional breakdown when she realized there was more to human experience than statistics, and how she coped with this breakdown by opening up to the highs and lows of life.

It’s a great talk, but Brown is presented as a guru who touts her own unique contribution to the self-help world. This makes her message sound temptingly simple, even though she admits it took at least a year of therapy after her breakdown before she was ready to “embrace vulnerability.” But here the task is made to sound easy - to be fitted in somewhere between breakfast and cleaning your teeth. Little is said of the complex and powerful forces that make deep, human connection so difficult in contemporary societies: the ubiquitous presence of marketing, for example, that’s designed to make us feel insecure, and the social atomization that makes interacting with others so difficult.

The format of the talk reinforces the relationship of a preacher to their congregation. Brown speaks at people for twenty minutes, unopposed and unquestioned, and the audience sits and watches, as people so often do in the classroom, in front of the television or the boss at work. Their roles are reduced to those of actors or consumers instead of active participants and co-creators. Furthermore, Brown must follow the TED commandments: ‘thou shalt dream a great dream, or show forth a wondrous new thing.’ So, it’s got to be big, and it’s got to be bold, and it’s got to impress. No ‘small’ stories please.

Admittedly, ‘thou shalt not flaunt thine ego, be vulnerable or speak of thy failure’ comes a little further down the list. Failures, if they are admitted to at all, are presented as part of a narrative that is always and ultimately successful. This is a prerequisite for being invited to speak at TED, but it’s a hopelessly-inaccurate description of what

it’s like to work for transformation, and that’s the most important problem with this kind of hero worship: it takes away from our own potential as agents of deep-rooted social change.

Looking for heroes is understandable. In a world of moral ambiguities and suffering, most people want figures they can look up to and emulate. We need such figures to give meaning and inspiration to our lives, or so we often think. But in doing so we risk rendering ourselves perpetually mediocre, incapable of acts of ‘heroism’ however large or small they might appear. We cast ourselves as mere bit-part players in the far grander lives of other characters. However, none of us are bit-part players - we are all capable of heroism.

To encourage these more expansive and inclusive feelings I don’t want patronizing platitudes and stories of endless success. I want real human beings who are capable of incredible acts of bravery, intelligence, and boldness - and who can be irritating, thoughtless, and annoying. People who tell bad jokes, make mistakes and occasionally fart in public. Human beings who fail a lot, but keep going. Authentic people I can relate to, because that gives me the strength and confidence to be heroic myself. I want stories that show the struggles, hardship, teamwork and tears of striving to create positive change, as well as the laughter, celebrations and triumphs.

I want a real story, not an airbrushed fantasy of assumptions and generalities.

Lovelock and Brown are experts in their fields but they’re not heroes, just people who are doing what they believe is right. Heroes inhabit fictional worlds with tightly structured narratives of beginnings, middles and ends; well paced plot devices and limited character traits.

But social transformation is not a carefully composed story, neither black nor white but always told in shades of grey, whether the story is one of climate change or vulnerability or any of the other myriad of complex and hard-fought issues that occupy our imaginations. To make real progress, those are the stories we need to hear and participate in creating.

Ultimately, heroes are fictitious; humans are not. Let’s keep it that way.

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riendship is a relationship of mutual affection and intimacy between two or more people. It is a stronger form of interpersonal bond. Friendship can be found in many types and characteristics like affection, mutual understanding, honesty, sympathy, compassion and trust. They share many things in common. A friend can be anyone; he or she may be your parents, family members, brothers, sisters or other human beings or even your pet animals. Having a good friend is an asset in all areas of life. Friends can help you reinforce individual willpower. Have you ever imagined your life without a friend? I guess none of us have thought about that.

Our life without a friend would be meaningless, boring, and not worth living. “A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.” (Douglas Pagels) Many songs and stories have been written on the importance of friendship. Like the song in the Airtel advertisement says- Har ek friend zaroori hota hai-- Chai ke Liye jaise toast hota hai--Vaise har ek friend zaroori hota hai Koi subah paanch baje neend se jagaye Koi raat ko teen baje jaan bachaye Ek teri kadki mein sharing kare Aur Ek tere budget mein sneak in kare Koi nature se guest koi host hota hai Par har ek friend zaroori hota hai (Every friend is necessary, like there is a toast for tea, like that every friend is necessary, some wakes you up at five from sleep, some saves life at three in the night, one shares in your bankruptcy, while others sneaks in to your budget). Friendship is really necessary in everybody’s life; it makes life more fun and interesting. Bruno Mars- Count on Me and Don Williams- You are my best friend, are some meaningful songs based on friendship. Friendship is considered as a shelter, an anchor and someone whom we can count on. “Friendship is a sheltering tree”- Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

The highly popular television series, Friends, focuses on close knit friendship filled with humour and bittersweet emotion. And in the “Big Bang Theory” the friendship between Leonard and Sheldon takes the form of toleration of each other idiosyncrasies and stay friends for so long. We have such types of friends whom we simply cannot stand sometimes and tolerate and still remain good friends. As E.W. Howe has rightly quoted- “Probably no man ever had a friend that he did not dislike a little.” One of the greatest strength in Sherlock Holmes series is also the great friendship that lies at the heart of them (Sherlock and Dr. Watson). Apart from solving cases and investigation they do share a great bond of friendship between them. They share a friendship of trust, virtue and honesty. The Greek philosopher Aristotle writes “Without friends, no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.” One of the popular sitcom- “How I Met Your Mother” is another series where we get to see the unique friendship between Barney and Lily, strong and stable friendship of Marshall and Ted, and the crazy stubborn Barney Stinson with all his madness and challenges to create crazy situations and bet games. Like the quote rightly says: “Most of us don’t need a psychiatric therapist as much as a friend to be silly with.”

(Robert Brault). On the one hand, “Sex and the City” is really about the strength of friendship, representing women to different personalities in four of them. The urgency we felt in our life sometimes, where we need to have a few minute analyses with our friend over a phone and all our problems and pain seems to fade away. Everyone connects to these characters in one way or the other and it helps us to relate it to our own lives.

I really like Shelley Emling’s Article- “The 5 Types of Friends Everyone Should Have”, where she brings to us five types of friendship worth keeping for: 1) Friends who make effort, 2) Friends who are genuinely happy for me when something good happens, 3) Friends who are upbeat, 4) Friends who are up for anything and 5) Friends who are authentic. Going through her article and analysing it, I realise how fortunate I amto have friends who fall under each type. Under the first type of friendship I have friends like Moasen and Temsuchila, who make every little effort to call or text me a simple- “Hi”, in spite of their busy schedule, career and childcare duties. I truly appreciate their friendship. Under the second type, I have quite a few friends who would be sincerely and genuinely happy for me when something good happens. In the third type, I have friends like Ngutoli, and Jongpongchila who are optimistic, positive and motivated - they are worth hanging on to. The fourth ones are the carefree and willing ones who are up for anything. Anung, Zucha, Thungde and Mhabe, glad to have friends like you ladies. Finally, the fifth one would not be complete without friends like Sentimen and Akok, who are authentic and steadfast and to whom I can be my own self. I take this time to say how grateful I am to have them in my life.

Even though life and times keep on changing we are not too old to celebrate this Friendship Day. Friendship has no boundaries of age, time, place or relations. A friend reduces one’s sadness by his sympathy and help, and also increases one’s joy by sharing it. Friendship is both good and necessary so one needs to select friends very carefully. Today, many youngsters face or create problems in society because they fall into the wrong company and make bad friends. Therefore, one needs to choose friends carefully and wisely. Good friends exercise good influence.

Though real good friends are hard to find, a friendship with a good person is a precious gift for a lifetime.

“Degree of Thought is a weekly community column initiated by Tetso College in partnership with The Morung Express. Degree of Thought will delve into the social, cultural, political and educational issues around us. The views expressed here do not reflect the opinion of the institution. Tetso College is a NAAC Accredited UGC recognised Commerce and Arts College.

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US voices support for Modi vision ahead of Kerry’s visit

Secretary of State John Kerry. (AP File Photo)

wAShington, july 29 (iAnS): The US will seek to establish top level contact with the new Indian government as US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in India Wednesday on a visit that is expected to lay the groundwork for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s much-awaited September visit to the US. Ahead of visiting India, Kerry, in a major speech, stressed that the US and

India have the potential to become indispensable partners for the 21st century and said Washington wants to support the Modi government’s vision of “sabka saath, sabka vikas (together with all, development for all)”.

Kerry in his address at the Center for American Progress (CAP), a major US think-tank, said Monday evening that he would be “emphasizing the oppor-

tunities” in which the US and India can become indispensable partners when he touches base with the new Indian government.

Kerry will co-chair the fifth annual India-US Strategic Dialogue July 31 along with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

Kerry, who mentioned Modi’s name 11 times in his address, said: “The new Indian government’s plan, ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’, together with all, development for all - that’s a concept, a vision that we want to support. “We believe it’s a great vision, and our private sector is eager to be a catalyst in India’s economic revitalization.”

Kerry will be accompanied by Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker on the visit. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is to visit next month as part of preparations for the meeting between Modi and President Barack Obama in Washington. State Department Spokesperson Jennifer Psaki said in a statement that in addition to holding the Strategic Dialogue, Kerry will meet Prime Minister Modi, “the first cabinet-level meeting with a US official since the inauguration of the new Indian government”.

She added that discussion will cover “the full range of bilateral issues,

including expanding bilateral trade, tackling climate change, improving India’s energy security through cooperation in clean energy and energy access, and expanding our already robust people-to-people ties”.

The visit of the US’ top diplomat “underscores the importance of the US-India partnership, and will lay the groundwork for Prime Minister Modi’s September visit to the United States”. In his speech at CAP, Kerry touched on Modi’s invite to South Asian leaders for his swearing-in May 26.

“Now clearly, Prime Minister Modi understands the opportunities that regional connectivity provides for India and for a more stable, prosperous region. “And by inviting leaders from around the region to his swearing-in, and by bringing them together to speak about connecting their economies as one of his first orders of business, he is eager for India to play a leading role. And guess what? So are we.”

Touching on IndiaPakistan relations, Kerry said Modi’s invite to his counterpart Nawaz Sharif for his inauguration was an important first step in improving cross-border trade and ties. He said both Modi and Sharif “are businessminded leaders who want to create opportunity for

their people”.

Kerry said the US was committed to do everything to encourage India and Pakistan to work together and improve ties.

He pushed for India and the US increasing bilateral trade from $100 billion to $500 billion and said it was in their “mutual interest” to address the “obstacles that kind of raise their head here and there as you go along”.

Kerry said both sides needed to build on the USIndia Civil Nuclear Agreement “so that American companies can start building and can start providing clean power to millions in India”. The present moment could be a time “where our destinies actually do converge”, he said, calling for both sides to harness their capacities, deepen their partnership and make smart choices.

“That is why I leave for Delhi tomorrow (July 29) night, and that is why the president will welcome Prime Minister Modi to Washington in September.

“Because this is the moment to transform our strategic relationship into an historic partnership that honours our place as great powers and great democracies. “We intend to leave not an instant behind us.

We are going to get to work now.”

The Morung Express

Indian nurses now caught in Libyan conflict new Delhi, july 29 (iAnS): In a near replay of the incidents in Iraq, large numbers of Indian nurses are caught in spiralling violence in Libya, where rival militant groups seek to control the capital’s international airport, and have approached the Indian mission for help and even evacuation.

Over the last two weeks, the north African country has plunged into chaos following deadly clashes between government forces and Islamist militants in the capital Tripoli and Benghazi where more than 150 people, most of them civilians, have been killed.

Taking note of the fighting, Indian Ambassador in Libya, Azar A. H. Khan, met the nurses in the Tripoli hospitals and assured them of their safety.

“Everybody is safe here. We are in constant touch with the nurses,” Khan told IANS over phone from Tripoli.

The ambassador, however, said that only some Indian nationals, mostly nurses, have approached the embassy for help in leaving the country.

“It is only in some places around the airport where fighting is raging... rest of the places are fine,” he said.

Panic gripped the Indian nationals after incessant shelling rocked the area around Tripoli airport and elsewhere, in a two week-long battle since mid-July.

However, of the 430 Indian nurses based in two hospitals in Tripoli, only 88 have sought help from the Indian mission.

A total of 365 nurses are based in Tripoli Medical Centre (TMC), while 71 medical staff members, comprising technicians, paramedics and nurses, are based in Tripoli’s Al Khadra hospital, an embassy official said. Nearly 74 out of 365 in TMC have shown their inclination to leave the country, added the envoy.

The embassy has been arranging for passports and other travel documents for all those who want to exit Libya by road.

Also, some 350 nurses are located in Benghazi, another restive city in eastern Libya, but only a few have wished to leave

their place.

Ambassador Khan said the number of those wanting to leave the country keeps fluctuating as people have financial issues, apart from their own safety.

Libya has around 6,000 Indians, including 1,500 unregistered workers, who are based in Tripoli and nearby towns.

Most are from Kerala.

Meanwhile, following the closure of Tripoli airport, the Libyan civil aviation ministry has announced resumption of limited air operations from Mitiga airport in Tripoli and Misurata airport (200 km from Tripoli) by Al Afriqiya and Libyan Airlines.

“Tripoli’s military airport can take a few people out of the country, while the main exit route that we advise is through the check points on Libyan-Tunisian and Libyan-Egyptian borders,” the ambassador said.

The embassy said Indians have been advised to cross the Libyan border in small batches into safer countries like neighbouring Tunisia.

The embassy has appointed area coordinators in regions across the country, to update the mission on concerns of its nationals residing there.

The country witnessed a major evacuation of over 18,000 Indian nationals during the NATO-led military intervention and the fall of the Colonel Gaddafi regime in March 2011.

The external affairs ministry said Tuesday that the Indian government has begun making arrangements to facilitate the return of the around 4,500 Indian nationals, including 750 nurses, working in Libya.

A day after issuing an advisory to Indian nationals to avoid conflict zones in Libya and use all available means to exit the country, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj reviewed the security situation impacting on Indian nationals in Libya, said the ministry spokesperson. The problems for Indian nurses in Libya come close on the heels of the rescue of 46 Indian nurses from Iraq.

UPSC protest on, govt advises protestors to stay calm

new Delhi, july 29 (iAnS): UPSC aspirants Tuesday continued their protest here demanding scrapping of Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) from the entrance examination. The government, however, advised them to maintain calm.

The protestors gathered outside the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) office in central Delhi and raised slogans against the former Congress government for implementing CSAT in the examination pattern.

Policemen deployed out-

side the office used mild force to disperse them when they tried to cross the barricades.

A few protestors were detained and taken to police station, police said. Minister of State for Personnel and Public Grievances Jitendra Singh said the students should have some patience as the government is concerned about the issue.

“We need to be concerned about them and, in turn, they should also exercise restraint and have some patience as the government is already at it,” he said.

“The youngsters should be

advised not to cause any physical or mental agony or harm to themselves because the government is very much seized of the matter,” he added.

Monday, 40 protesting aspirants were detained from near the same place after police used water cannons to control them. The aspirants are continuing their protests at Mukherjee Nagar, a residential area in north Delhi near Delhi University. It is popular with students who pour into Delhi from other states to prepare for the civil services examination.

The CSAT-II paper carries questions on comprehension, interpersonal skills, including communication skills, logical reasoning and analytical ability, decisionmaking and problem-solving, general mental ability, basic numeracy, and English language comprehension skills (of Class 10 level).

The aspirants have been objecting against the aptitude test and English language questions asked in the CSAT-II paper, claiming those were much above the standard prescribed for the examination.

21 killed as bus falls into Himachal gorge

‘The bus was giving way to another vehicle when the road, where the ill-fated bus was stationed, collapsed..’

ShimlA, july 29 (iAnS): At least 21 passengers were killed and five others injured when a state roadways bus Tuesday rolled down into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla district, police said.

The Himachal Road Transport Corporation bus was on way from Shimla to Savera Khad in Kumarsain area of the district when the accident occurred near Kadhar Ghat in Basantpur area, around 60 km from here. Superintendent of Police D.W. Negi told IANS that the bus fell into a 400 m deep gorge. He said the cause of the accident is yet to

be ascertained.

The driver of the bus jumped out of the vehicle, Negi added. Locals said the accident spot has been experiencing continuous rainfall for the past many days. “The bus was giving way to another vehicle when the road, where the illfated bus was stationed, collapsed,” said a witness.

The injured have been taken to the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital in Shimla. Eyewitnesses said the administration had a tough time extricating the victims from the badly-mangled bus.

They said the condition of the road, alternate to the National Highway 22, where the accident occurred is good as it is maintained by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), an organisation under the defence ministry.

People in the area began rescue opera-

tions even before the district authorities reached the spot. It took hours for rescuers and police to climb down the mountain and bring up the bodies. The rainfall in the region hampered the rescue operation, police officials said.

Most of the victims were from Shimla district. Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh expressed shock and grief over the accident and directed the district administration to take all possible measures to rescue the victims and provide them adequate relief.

Earlier in the day, a major bus accident was averted when another state roadways bus carrying over 60 passengers got trapped in the mud owing to landslide and skidded off the road in Balsan area on the Theog-Chopal road.

Police said 48 passengers got minor injuries.

A street vendor’s umbrella and chair lie damaged on the ground as Indian security forces use tear gas shells to disperse Kashmiri Muslims protesting against Israel’s attack on Gaza after Eid al-Fitr prayers in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, July 29, 2014. (AP Photo

‘India’s app downloads at 9 billion by 2015’ new Delhi, july 29 (iAnS): The number of app downloads in India is expected to grow from 1.56 billion per annum in 2012 to 9 billion by 2015, says a new study.

The joint-study by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) and Deloitte said it will be a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 75%, the chamber said Tuesday announcing the results of the study.

The study revealed that most of the apps are downloaded by people in the age group of 16 and 30 years.

The joint study - Digitisation and Mobility - said the paradigm shift was brought by social media campaign during the 2014 Lok Sabha

election, where 29 million people made 227 million interactions on Facebook. It said about 60 million tweets were posted from the day the polls were announced to the day balloting ended.

The share of video in internet data traffic is expected to rise from 41% in 2011-12 to 64% in 201617. The growing adoption of mobility devices is prompting pay-TV and internet TV providers to offer a wider choice of content via smartphones, tablets and phablets.

However, the study said India being a price sensitive society, people are still reluctant to pay for mobile games and downloading large filesized games or apps despite cheap gaming rates and mobile internet plans.

‘Cleanliness, punctuality Modi’s mantra’

Beijing, july 29 (iAnS): New vigour is sweeping through Indian government offices after Narendra Modi became the prime minister with ministers conducting surprise checks to see if bureaucrats are in their seats in time and offices being kept clean and tidy to give an air of efficiency, a Chinese daily said Tuesday.

“Ministers are conducting surprise checks in the morning to see if bureaucrats are in their seats, offices are being thoroughly cleaned and all old furniture thrown away, senior officials are under orders not to keep files pending, and ministers are clearing files, including many left over from the previous government, in a jiffy,” the New Delhi-datelined article, headlined “Indian bureaucracy shaken up, more transparent after election win” in the Global Times stated.

It noted how Modi was putting in an 18-hour work day from 5.30 a.m. till after 1 a.m.

“Government officials have been ordered to clock in at 9 a.m. everyday, and are expected to sit beyond 6 p.m. - when the day is supposed to end - to clear any extra work. Saturdays are no longer holidays and the officials frequently take work back home. Senior bureaucrats, like the secretary of any department, have to ensure that the precincts of the office are spic and span no dust, no old furniture lying around, no paper files piled up on desks, no betel leaf-stained corners,” said the newspaper, an English-language publication from the People’s Daily, the official organ of the Chinese Communist Party.

Chinese media has been paying a lot of attention to the new Indian government and chronicling its various moves and policies.

“The prime minister has also directed that officials should take to the electronic way to clear files. Tech savvy Modi, 63, has directed that of-

ficials should not have piles of files littering their desks and everything should be computerised.”

The longish article particularly highlighted Modi’s fetish for cleanliness. “All offices were sent a letter via Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth asking officials to keep their offices clean, papers neat, and corridors unblocked,” it said.

Modi himself has been keeping tabs on office cleanliness, it said, adding: “During his (Modi’s) initial days in office he took rounds of the Prime Minister’s Office, walking the corridors and looking into every room - something that his predecessors are not known to have done.”

Modi reportedly frowned at the unkempt corners, the piles of dirty tea cups and plates, and loitering officials. The Chinese themselves have a fetish for cleanlineness and Chinese visitors to India are struck by the squalor and litter of public

spaces in Indian cities.

It pointed out how “lowerlevel bureaucrats and their aides under the previous regimes were notorious for their long breaks”.

“During winters, the sprawling lawns near the central government offices in Delhi would be filled with government officials - chatting, eating, and napping - during the prolonged lunch time, while senior officials would be off to exclusive clubs or golf clubs.”

As for officers getting to office in time, it cited the example of Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu reaching office early and finding many offices empty.

“Last month, Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu reached his ministry office in Nirman Bhawan at 9 a.m. and found the offices of many officials empty.”

“The minister found electric wires dangling in the corridor and expressed his unhappiness

at the shabbiness of the premises. Meanwhile, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar arrived at his ministry office in Shastri Bhavan at 9.15 a.m. late last month to find many vacant chairs,” the newspaper noted.

“A circular was also issued to officials warning them that disciplinary action would be taken against them if they are late again,” it said.

“Under the previous government, most officials would arrive at 11 a.m. or even later and be off by 6.30 p.m. They would never work on Saturdays, unless necessary. Now, everyone is in office on the dot in the morning. The senior officials stay till 8 p.m. and work regularly on Saturdays and, if required, even on Sundays,” the article quoted a senior bureaucrat as saying on the condition of anonymity.

“Everything is moving fast under the new government files are being cleared in min-

utes, decisions taken fast. The top officials are inspecting their offices, even the toilets, to ensure everything is neat and clean. Under the previous government, no one seemed to work. Most of the officials are welcoming about the new work culture,” another official said.

According to Minister of State for Home Kirren Rijiju, all these do not mean that India’s new prime minister was trying to centralise power.

“Some people might be saying that Modiji is trying to centralise power, it’s totally wrong,” the article quoted Rijiju as saying.

“Discipline and close coordination within a system cannot be termed as dictatorial in any manner. We are trying to bring some discipline in our working system, everything is being streamlined. It has to be seen from this perspective,” he said.

The daily also highlighted how French Foreign Minister

Laurent Fabius remarked on the perceived efficiency of the new government.

“Fabius, voicing keenness that the new Indian government should conclude a multi-billion dollar deal for fighter aircraft that has stalled for two years, said France shared the ‘notion of efficiency in the new government’s approach’,” it stated.

It also noted that “Modi’s government is far more visible than previous governments”.

“He has two Twitter accounts -@narendramodi, from when he was chief minister of Gujarat, which has over 5 million followers, and @PMOIndia, after he became prime minister, which has nearly 2 million followers,” the daily noted.

“The two handles are constantly updated and are a constant source of information to the public. Most of his ministers have also opened Twitter accounts to keep the public updated,” the article concluded.

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Israel hits symbols of Hamas power in Gaza war GAZA CITY, JulY 29 (AP): Israel escalated its military campaign against Hamas on Tuesday, striking symbols of the group’s control in Gaza and firing tank shells that shut down the strip’s only power plant in the heaviest bombardment in the fighting so far.

Flares turned the sky over Gaza City orange overnight and by daybreak, as the conflict entered its fourth week, heavy clouds of dust hovered over the territory. A thick column of black smoke rose from a burning fuel tank at the power plant.

The pounding came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday warned of a “prolonged” campaign against Hamas. It was not clear if this meant Israel has decided to go beyond the initial objectives of decimating Hamas’ ability to fire rockets and demolishing the group’s military tunnels under the Gaza-Israel border.

Already, the intensity and the scope of the current Gaza operation is on par with an invasion five years ago, which ended with a unilateral Israeli withdrawal after hitting Hamas hard.

In Tuesday’s strikes, Israeli warplanes carried out dozens of attacks, leveling the home of the top Hamas leader in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, and damag-

Palestinian and Islamic flags and a portrait of the top Hamas leader in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, are placed on the rubble of his house hit by a pre-dawn Israeli strike, in Gaza City, northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday July 29. Early Tuesday, Israel warplanes struck a series of targets in Gaza City, including Haniyeh’s house and government offices, while Gaza’s border area with Israel was hit by heavy tank shelling. (AP Photo)

ing the offices of the movement’s Al-Aqsa satellite TV station, a central mosque in Gaza City and government offices.

Haniyeh, whose house was turned into a mountain of rubble by a predawn airstrike, said in a statement Tuesday that “destroying stones will not break our determination.” No one was hurt in

Haniyeh’s home. Since the start of the war, Israel has targeted several homes of Hamas leaders but none was killed presumably as they appear to have gone into hiding.

Gaza’s power plant was forced to shut down after two tank shells hit one of three fuel tanks, said Jamal Dardasawi, a spokesman for Gaza’s electricity

‘Russia violated 1987 nuclear missile treaty’

WASHINGTON, JulY 29 (AP): In an escalation of tensions, the Obama administration accused Russia of conducting tests in violation of a 1987 nuclear missile treaty, calling the breach “a very serious matter” and going public with allegations that have simmered for some time.

The treaty confrontation comes at a highly strained time between President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin over Russia’s intervention in Ukraine and Putin’s grant of asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.

An administration official said Obama notified Putin of the U.S. determination in a letter Monday. The finding will be included in a State Department annual report on compliance with arms control treaties that will be released Tuesday.

The U.S. says Russia tested a new ground-launched cruise missile, breaking the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty that President Ronald Reagan signed with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Russian officials say they have looked into the allegations and consider the matter closed.

The Obama administration has expressed its concern over possible violations before, but this is the first time that the administration has formally accused Russia of violating the treaty. It comes in the wake of the downed Malaysian airliner in Ukraine and as the U.S. and the European Union seek to ramp up sanctions against Russia, offering the administration a convenient time to release the report which had been due to come out in April.

Two officials said the U.S. is prepared to hold high-level discussions on the issue immediately and want assurances that Russia will comply with the treaty require-

ments going forward. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the sensitive issue publicly by name ahead of Tuesday’s report.

The New York Times first reported the U.S. move Monday evening In raising the issue now, the U.S. appears to be placing increased pressure on Russia and trying to further isolate it from the international community. The European Union and the United States plan to announce new sanctions against Russia this week in the face of U.S. evidence that Russia has continued to assist separatist forces in Ukraine.

The formal finding comes in the wake of congressional pressure on the White House to confront Russia over the allegations of cheating on the treaty. The treaty banned all U.S. and Russian land-based ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges between 300 miles (480 kilometers) and 3,400 miles (5,470 kilometers).

The officials said the Obama administration has informed Congress and U.S. allies of its decision to seek Russian compliance.

Indeed Obama, who has made nuclear disarmament a key foreign policy aim, has little interest in having Russia pull out of the treaty altogether.

Obama won Senate ratification of a New START treaty, which took effect in February 2011 and requires the U.S. and Russia to reduce the number of their strategic nuclear weapons to no more than 1,550 by February 2018.

Obama last year announced that he wants to cut the number of U.S. nuclear arms by another third and that he would “seek negotiated cuts” with Russia, a goal now complicated by the accusation of a missile treaty violation.

distribution company. The shelling sparked a large fire and a huge column of smoke was seen rising from the site. Dardasawi said 15 workers were trapped inside by the fire and that the damage would take months to repair. There was no immediate word on casualties.

Even before the shutdown, Gaza residents only

had electricity for about three hours a day because fighting had damaged power lines. Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, an Israeli military spokesman, did not comment on the explosion at the plant, but told The Associated Press that Israel’s latest strikes signal “a gradual increase in the pressure” on Hamas. “Israel is “determined to strike this

organization and relieve us of this threat,” Lerner said.

International calls for an unconditional ceasefire have been mounting in recent days, as the extent of the destruction in Gaza became more apparent. More than 1,110 Palestinians have been killed and more than 6,500 wounded since July 8, according to Ashraf al-Kidra, a Gaza health official. The U.N. has estimated that 75 percent of those killed are civilians.

At least 26 Palestinians were killed early Tuesday in the airstrikes and tank shelling on four homes, according to the Red Crescent. The house of the mayor of the Bureij in central Gaza was hit in an airstrike, and five bodies were pulled from the rubble, the Red Crescent said. Those killed included the mayor, 50-year-old Anas Abu Shamaleh, his 70-year-old father and three relatives.

In the southern town of Rafah, seven members of one family were killed in an airstrike and seven members of a second family were killed when tank shells hit their home, according to the Rafah office of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, which keeps a casualty count. In central Gaza, seven people, including five members of one family, where killed by tank shelling on a home, the Red Crescent said.

Israel has lost 53 sol-

diers, along with two civilians and a Thai worker.

Tens of thousands of Gazans have been displaced by fighting in the border areas, which have come under heavy tank fire. Late Monday, Israel urged residents of three large neighborhoods in northeastern Gaza to leave their homes and immediate head to Gaza City.

Despite appeals for a cease-fire, both sides have been holding out for bigger gains. Hamas has said it will not stop fighting until it wins international guarantees that a crippling border blockade of Gaza will be lifted. Israel and Egypt had imposed the closure after Hamas seized Gaza in 2007, defeating forces loyal to their political rival, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Over the past year, Egypt has further tightened restrictions, shutting down hundreds of smuggling tunnels under the Egypt-Gaza border that had provide crucial tax income to Hamas. The closure of the tunnels drove Hamas into a severe financial crisis.

Israel has said it is defending its citizens against attack from Gaza by hitting Hamas rocket launchers, weapons storage sites and military tunnels under the Gaza-Israel border. Israel said its troops will not leave Gaza until they have demolished the tunnels

which have been used by Hamas to sneak into Israel to try to carry out attacks.

On Monday, Gaza militants infiltrated through one of the tunnels and killed five soldiers in a firefight. One of the assailants was also killed. Separately, four Israeli soldiers were killed by mortar shells from Gaza that hit southern Israel.

Israel media have said the army has destroyed close to 20 of 31 identified tunnels, but that 10 more tunnels are believed to be in areas of Gaza still outside Israeli control. After the deaths of the soldiers, Netanyahu signaled that Israel is intensifying its airand ground campaign.

“We will continue to act aggressively and responsibly until the mission is completed to protect our citizens, soldiers and children.”

Overnight, Israel carried out about 70 airstrikes, the military said. Haniyeh’s house, located in a narrow alley of the Shati refugee camp, was reduced to rubble. Residents placed a large framed portrait of Haniyeh atop the rubble, and draped Hamas flags and Palestinian national banners over the debris.

Neighbor Imhane Abu Ghaliyeh, 60, who lives 50 meters (yards) from Haniyeh’s home, said area residents fled after apparent warning missiles were fired.

5 things to know about Ebola outbreak Simple blood test can now detect cancer This photo provided by the CDC shows an ebola Virus.

U.S. health officials are monitoring the Ebola outbreak in Africa but say the risk of the deadly germ spreading to the United States is remote. (AP Photo)

DAKAR, JulY 29 (AP): There has been panic and fear about the deadly Ebola disease spreading ever since Nigerian health officials reported Friday that a Liberian man sick with the disease had traveled to Togo and then Nigeria before dying. Here are five things to know about Ebola and how it is spread: 1. THE WEST AFRICA EBOLA OUTBREAK IS NOW THE LARGEST IN HISTORY. The World Health Organization says more than 672 people have died from Ebola. A total of 1,201 cases had been reported as of last week in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. In addition, one Liberian man has died in Nigeria.

2. BUT SOME PEOPLE HAVE SURVIVED EBOLA. While the fatality rate for Ebola can be as high as 90 percent, health officials in the three countries

say people have recovered from the virus and the current death rate is about 70 percent. Those who fared best sought immediate medical attention and got supportive care to prevent dehydration even though there is no specific treatment for Ebola itself.

ola virus is not airborne, so people would have to come into contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person. These include blood, sweat, vomit, feces, urine, saliva or semen — making transmission through casual contact in a public setting unlikely.

3. EBOLA CAN LOOK A LOT LIKE OTHER DISEASES. The early symptoms of an Ebola infection include fever, headache, muscle aches and sore throat, according to the World Health Organization. It can be difficult to distinguish between Ebola and the symptoms of malaria, typhoid fever or cholera. Only in later stages do people with Ebola begin bleeding both internally and externally, often through the nose and ears.

5. FEAR AND MISINFORMATION THOUGH IS MAKING THINGS WORSE. In each of the affected countries, health workers and clinics have come under attack from panicked residents who mistakenly blame foreign doctors and nurses for bringing the virus to remote communities. Family members also have removed sick Ebola patients from hospitals, including one woman in Sierra Leone’s capital who later died. Police had to use tear 4. EBOLA IS ONLY gas to disperse others who SPRE AD THROUGH attacked a hospital in the BODILY FLUIDS. The Eb- country.

lONDON, JulY 29 (IANS): In a first, British researchers have devised a simple blood test that can be used to diagnose whether people have cancer or not. Early results have shown the new test gives a high degree of accuracy in diagnosing cancer and pre-cancerous conditions from the blood of patients with melanoma, colon cancer and lung cancer.

The test will enable doctors to rule out cancer in patients presenting with certain symptoms, saving time and preventing costly and unnecessary invasive procedures, researchers said. “We found that people with cancer have DNA which is more easily damaged by ultraviolet light than other people, so the test shows the sensitivity to damage of all the DNA -- the genome -- in a cell,” explained professor Diana Anderson from the University of Bradford’s School of Life Sciences.

White blood cells are part of the body’s natural defence system. They go under stress when they are fighting cancer or other diseases. The Lymphocyte Genome Sensitivity (LGS) test looks at white blood cells and measures the damage caused to their DNA when subjected to different intensities of ultraviolet light (UVA), which is known to damage DNA. “The results of the empirical study show a clear distinction between the damage to the white blood cells from patients with cancer, with pre-cancerous conditions and from healthy patients,” Anderson noted. The study looked at blood samples taken from 208 individuals. The samples were coded, anonymised, randomised and then exposed to UVA light through five different depths of agar.

The UVA damage was observed in the form of pieces of DNA being pulled in an electric field towards the positive end of the field, causing a comet-like tail. In the new blood test, the longer the tail the more DNA damage, and the measurements correlated to those patients who were ultimately diagnosed with cancer (58), those with pre-cancerous conditions (56) and those who were healthy (94).

“If the LGS proves to be a useful cancer diagnostic test, it would be a highly valuable addition to the more traditional investigative procedures for detecting cancer,” Anderson believed. The research has been published online in FASEB Journal.

China: Ex-security czar Zhou under investigation

BEIJING, JulY 29 (AP): China’s ruling Communist Party announced an investigation into a feared ex-security chief on Tuesday, demonstrating President Xi Jinping’s grip on power and breaking a longstanding taboo against publicly targeting the country’s topmost leaders.

The party’s anti-graft watchdog, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, said on its website that it is investigating Zhou Yongkang for serious violations of party discipline, but gave no details. Such an announcement typically paves the way for the official to be ousted from the party and face prosecution.

Until his retirement in 2012, Zhou was one of nine leaders in the party’s ruling inner circle — the Politburo Standing Committee — whose incumbent and retired members had been considered off-limits for prosecution in an unwritten rule aimed at preserving party unity.

However, Xi, the party leader and president, has vowed to target A diver performs with sardines as part of summer vacation events at the Coex Aquar- both low- and high-level officials in his campaign to purge the party ium in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 29, 2014. (AP Photo

of corruption and other wrongdoing that has undermined its legitimacy in the public eye.

The announcement is a “powerful demonstration” that Xi and his graft-fighting right-hand man, fellow Standing Committee member Wang Qishan, are “really in control,” said Ding Xueliang, an expert on Chinese politics at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

“This is a huge, huge success for them. It is really remarkable,” Ding said. “For the broadly-defined party state system, which has many millions of members, now they have to face the new reality. That is: You are not immune to punishment.”

By targeting Zhou, who had commanded China’s massive domestic security apparatus before his retirement, Xi demonstrates the considerable power he has amassed since he took the helm of the party in November 2012.

By dismantling Zhou’s spheres of influence, Xi also has freed up important positions in strategic areas of the government, security apparatus and state enterprises that he

In this photo taken Friday, March 9, 2012, Zhou Yongkang, then Chinese Communist Party Politburo Standing Committee member in charge of security, attends a plenary session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (AP File Photo)

can fill with his own allies.

The announcement ended months of speculation over Zhou’s fate that had built up as several high-ranking officials and businesspeople and dozens of other known associates came under investigation. One after another, they disappeared into the custody of party investigators, foreshadowing the problems that lay ahead for Zhou.

In order to launch an investi-

gation into Zhou, Xi would likely have had to overcome opposition from high-level party officials and retired leaders concerned about how it would hurt the party’s image. By breaking the unwritten rule of not targeting leaders of that level, the move against Zhou also raises the questions of whether more top leaders will be implicated. Xi has made his drive to clean up the party the hallmark of his leadership.

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Former stars unlikely to shine in ISL

NEW DELHI, JULY 29 (Reuters): Robert Pires and Joan Capdevila will add a modicum of star quality to India's new franchisebased soccer league but critics believe the presence of such European veterans is unlikely to help develop the sport in the country.

Pires became the latest big overseas name to sign up for the tournament on Monday when the former France international joined ex-Arsenal team mate Freddie Ljungberg in the eight-team Indian Super League (ISL) scheduled from Oct. 12 to Dec. 20.

While the 40-year-old Pires has yet to be confirmed on the roster of a specific team, Spanish World Cup-winner Capdevila agreed to join North East United on July 16.

Capdevila's compatriot Luis Garcia will represent the Kolkata franchise, coowned by Atletico Madrid, while the former Liverpool and England goalkeeper David James has also committed to playing in the league.

"I am very happy to be part of the new league when passion for football in India is on the rise," ISL's official Tweeter feed (@ IndSuperLeague) quoted Pires as saying.

"It will be great to play in front of enthusiastic Indian fans as well as share my knowledge with my team mates," the former Arsenal midfielder added.

However, not everyone is convinced that the marquee players, all well past their prime, can impress upon either the fans or lo-

how do you sustain the interests of fans who have sampled top class soccer?

They are likely to feel disappointed.

"I still believe the organisers should have roped in current players from Europe or Latin America, even if it's not a (Lionel) Messi.

"It's a new effort and I welcome it. But I'm not sure having retired footballers as your marquee player is a great idea," said Chatterjee, who played 15 consecutive years at Mohun Bagan until 2000 and briefly coached the club as well.

Soccer writer Jaydeep Basu felt ISL, modelled on the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament, was a natural destination for the ageing players.

"They are done with top Last month, Premier League MUMBAi, JULY 29 (PTi): For- to play in front of the enthusiastic class soccer and the space mer Arsenal winger Robert Pires Indian fans as well as share all my chief executive Richard Scudamore is shrinking for them. Good has become the second World Cup knowledge with my team-mates. I confirmed a strategic partnership money and the comparawinner to confirm his participation am sure the League will be a huge with the Indian Super League, tively brief duration of the success and I am delighted to be which is sponsored by motorcycle in this year’s inaugural Indian Sutournament make ISL a manufacturer Hero and will be per League. The 10-week inter-city part of it.” natural choice for them," Pires, who provided the assist broadcast on the Star India televileague commencing on October 12, Basu said. "We should have features eight franchises and is the for David Trezeguet’s winning goal sion network. reasonable expectations La Liga champions Atletico Mabrainchild of the All India Football against Italy in the Euro 2000 final, from them. Football is not will also join his former Arsenal drid, Serie A side Fiorentina and Federation and its marketing parta place for a one-man revteam-mate Freddie Ljungberg in Dutch Eredivisie outfit Feeyenoord ner IMG-Reliance. olution. They can't lift the Earlier this month, Spain’s 2010 the league. The pair won two titles have also entered into alliances with standard of the game here, together in north London and were different ISL teams World Cup winner Joan Capdevila which depends on so many Co-owners of franchises particiwas signed up as one of eight mar- part of Arsene Wenger’s ‘Invinother factors." quee footballers to play in the ISL cibles’ side which went unbeaten pating in the league include former Cricket is firmly estaband 1998 winner Pires is delighted in 49 consecutive Premier League India Test captain Sourav Ganguly lished as India's number to have joined him. "I am very hap- matches. Champions League win- and the highest run scorer in history one sport while the counner Luis Garcia has also been penSachin Tendulkar. py to be part of the new league when try of 1.2 billion languishBollywood stars Salman Khan passion for football in India is on the cilled in to play in the ISL along with es 151st in the latest FIFA rise,” said the former Marseille and another former Liverpool player and John Abrahams also hold stakes world rankings. "Even the in different sides.

Villarreal winger. “It will be great David James.

ISL seems beset with teething problems. They already cal players. told Reuters. won't settle for anything of India's best attacking have had three postpone"It's a good marketing "Young fans want good less. midfielders. ments and beyond their strategy but in the end, it all football and they've grown "I don't think over-themarketing drive, they are boils down to the standard up watching the English hill players can dish out NOVELTY FACTOR yet to establish a concrete of football," former India Premier League, La Liga that kind of football," said "The first season will structure with technical player Satyajit Chatterjee and the Bundesliga. They Chatterjee, considered one have a novelty factor but personnel," Basu lamented.

Former Arsenal winger Pires joins ISL

Cole wins 100 meters at Commonwealth Games

GLASGOw, JULY 29 (AP): Kemar Bailey-Cole did his best Usain Bolt imitation on Monday at the Commonwealth Games.

It wasn't quite to the standard of his Jamaican teammate and training partner — world record holder and double Olympic sprint champion Bolt — but close enough for the 40,000-plus enraptured spectators at Hampden Park. And a British sprinter — Englishman Adam Gemili — took the silver to add to the occasion.

Bailey-Cole won the 100 meters in a time of 10 seconds flat, well outside Bolt's world record of 9.58 set in Berlin nearly five years ago.

Gemili finished second in 10.10, with Nickel Ashmeade of Jamaica taking the bronze. "It feels very good to have the spotlight on me once," Bailey-Cole said.

Bolt, meanwhile, is in the area. He tweeted a few

pictures of himself training in Glasgow earlier in the day and is expected to race for the first time in 4x100-meter relay qualifying Friday ahead of Saturday's final. He couldn't race in Glasgow in his individual 100 and 200-meter sprints in which he holds the world records because a left foot injury has kept him idle most of this season.

Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria won the women's 100, Sultana Frizell of Canada took gold in the women's hammer throw and O'Dayne Richards won the men's shot put. On the second-last night of swimming, Olympic 200-meter butterfly champion Chad le Clos added the 100 to his earlier 200 at Glasgow, while countryman Cameron van der Burgh won the 50 breaststroke. Sisters Cate and Bronte Campbell and Emma McKeon were 1-2-3 for Australia in the women's 100 freestyle.

Players in action during the 27th Nagaland State Taekwon-do Championship which started on July 29 at the State Indoor Badminton Stadium, Dimapur. A total of 180 competitors (boys and girls) are participating in the two-day long championship which will conclude on Thursday evening. Parliamentary Secretary for Youth Resources & Sports, Khriehu Liezietsu will grace the closing function as guest of honour. (Morung Photo)

2nd Altrura Open Football Tournament, Chumukedima JULY 29 MATCHES RESULTS *HQ.IGAR North- 2 vs SSA-1 *Falcon FC -4 vs NTHSS-2 *Aoyimkum FC-2 vs Junior Medziphema- 1 *United Brotherhood -1 vs Lotha's Student Union Seithekema-2 *Chumukedima village YS-2 vs Neighbours SC-0

JULY 30 FIXTURES 7:30 AM- Acolytes Seithekema 'C' vs Naga Hunters 9:00 AM- Emporia FC vs Jharnapani YO 1:00 PM- Scholastic Fc vs Nallong Fc 2:30 PM-Seitheke Basa YO vs Rural Legend Medziphema 4:00 PM- Tsiepama Student's Union vs Molvong FC

Kevin Pietersen signs for Melbourne in Big Bash League SYdNEY, JULY 29 (AFP): England outcast Kevin Pietersen will make a long-awaited appearance in this season`s Big Bash League in Australia after signing a two-year deal with the Melbourne Stars. The 34-yearold batsman, controversially axed by England following the team`s 5-0 Ashes series loss in Australia this year, is the highest-profile signing for the new domestic Twenty20 season, which starts in December. "Joining the Melbourne Stars was an easy choice for me when you look at the players we have ... and don`t forget our home ground, the MCG," he said in a statement late Monday. The prolific run-scorer will join Australian stars Glenn Maxwell and James Faulkner in the team, along with Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga. Captain Cameron White said his good friend Pietersen was a great signing.

"He`s a tremendous addition to the squad and will fit in really well, and he`ll hopefully provide us the edge to go deeper into the tournament this year," he said.

The Melbourne Stars were beaten semi-finalists in the first three editions of the Big Bash League.

Serena Williams says woozy Wimbledon finish due to virus

NEw dELhi, JULY 29 (AFP): Top-ranked Serena Williams, in her first tournament since looking weak in a disturbing Wimbledon exit, said her weariness was caused by a virus that had her bed-ridden for three days. Williams, who will make her return Wednesday in a WTA event at Stanford University, said she is fine now and ready to begin working toward a third consecutive US Open crown and 18th Grand Slam singles title. "I feel very good," she said. "I feel very happy to be here, so it`s good." But Williams admitted she was fearful herself after a bizarre end to her women`s doubles match with sister Venus at Wimbledon, which began with trainers examining Serena before the match.

She struggled to bounce or toss the ball on serves, double faulting four times in a row in the third game before the match was stopped. "They just said I was really ill, and really under the weather and I just wasn`t doing very well," Williams said. "I was really scared after because I didn`t realize how I felt until later and it`s just, you know, `Serena, keep your time, you will have the rest of your life to keep playing tennis hopefully."

Williams said she had no idea her struggles had people worried, in part because by the time she learned of it she had put the event behind her.

"I heard a lot of the response weeks and weeks later because I didn`t leave my house or my bed for a few days," Williams said. "But by the time that happened when I read or heard about it from other people I was just like, `Oh really, I already moved on.` I was working out and starting to try to play again."

Williams also made the most of three weeks off with a vacation to help her recover from the virus. "After Wimbledon I stayed around in Europe because I was gonna play in Bastad, and I feel so bad about not being able to play there," she said. "I ended up going on what I called `vacation,` which is like when you have fun in the sun but you practice in the day, in the morning. I tried to practice very early so I can have fun later." Williams, who has won at least two majors in four of the past five years, has not won one this season. The 32-year-old American made a fourth-round exit at the Australian Open, was ousted in the second round of the French Open and lost in the third round at Wimbledon. Williams` older sister Venus suffers from Sjogren`s syndrome, an autoimmune disorder that can cause weakness.

Judge okays record-setting $2B sale of Clippers CWG: 16 year old Nigerian

LOS ANGELES, JULY 29 (AP): Embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling lost his attempt to block the $2 billion sale of the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

In allowing the deal to go forward, Superior Court Judge Michael Levanas sided Monday with Sterling's estranged wife, Shelly Sterling, who negotiated the record sale after the NBA banned the 80-year-old billionaire for making offensive remarks about blacks.

Shelly Sterling sought the probate judge's approval to ink the deal after taking away her husband's control of the family trust that owned the team because doctors found he had signs of Alzheimer's disease and couldn't manage his affairs.

The judge said Shelly Sterling had negotiated a good deal and that her removal of her husband as a co-trustee was in good faith and not part of a secret plan to seize the team.

Shelly Sterling hugged her lawyer and wept after the judge explained his ruling from the bench. "I can't believe it's over," she said.

"This is the best thing."

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Shelly Sterling, left, greets Max Blecher, attorney for her estranged husband Donald Sterling, after a judge ruled in her favor and against her husband in his attempt to block the $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers, outside Los Angeles Superior Court Monday, July 28. (AP Photo)

of the ruling bars Donald Sterling from seeking a court-ordered delay of the sale as he appeals. His lawyers plan to seek permission from an appellate court to file an appeal.

Sterling was not in court for the ruling. Bobby Samini, one of his lawyers, said Sterling reacted calmly to the news and told his lawyers they had to keep battling on other fronts. Sterling testified during the case that he would fight the NBA until his death.

With lawsuits pending in state and federal courts, the ruling in Los Angeles County Superior Court is unlikely to put an end to the bizarre saga that began in April when a recording surfaced of Sterling scolding his young girlfriend for bringing black men to Clippers games. The NBA moved quickly to ban Sterling for life and fined him $2.5 million.

Sterling was apologetic after the audio recording went viral, but his

mea culpa backfired when he criticized Lakers great Magic Johnson, who had been photographed with Sterling's girlfriend, as a bad role model for kids because he had HIV. Sterling was roundly condemned from locker rooms to the Oval Office, where President Barack Obama called Sterling's remarks "incredibly offensive racist statements."

With the NBA threatening to seize the team and auction it, Sterling initially

gave his wife of 58 years permission to negotiate a sale but then refused to sign the $2 billion Ballmer deal, which would be a record price for an NBA team.

He said he would sue the league instead and then revoked the trust, which his lawyers said effectively killed the deal. The nonjury trial held over several weeks focused mainly on whether Shelly Sterling properly removed her husband as a trustee and whether her actions carried any weight after he revoked the trust.

Donald Sterling claimed his wife had deceived him about the medical exams. His lawyers argued Monday that Shelly Sterling's lawyers were in cahoots with the doctors who examined him and that his wife conspired with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to remove him from the trust. "There's no evidence, I'll repeat that as loudly as you allow," attorney Maxwell Blecher said during closing arguments, his voice rising. "There's no evidence that Mr. Sterling was incapable of carrying out his duties as a co-trustee." Levanas said there was no credible evidence that Sterling was defrauded.

weightlifter fails drug test

Chika Amalaha (AP Photo)

GLASGOw, JULY 29 (AP): A 16-year-old Nigerian weightlifter failed a doping test after becoming the youngest ever female to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal in the sport, organizers said Tuesday. Chika Amalaha has been provisionally suspended from the games after testing positive for diuretics and masking agents after winning the 53-kilogram (117-pound) division last Friday.

Amalaha's "A'' sample contained amiloride and hydrochlorothiazide, which are both banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Amalaha asked for the backup "B'' sample to be tested, which will happen in London on Wednesday. "It shows we have a very robust antidoping program in place," Commonwealth Games Federation chief executive Mike Hooper said. "It sends a strong message to anybody in any sport that if you go down the path of doping, any substance to enhance performance, they will be caught ... it's an ongoing battle."

Amalaha would be stripped of the gold medal if the "B'' sample also comes back positive.

Amalaha set Common-

wealth Games records in her weight category with a total of 196 kilograms (432 pounds), breaking the previous mark of 188 kilograms (414 pounds).

Dika Toua of Papua New Guinea won silver and Santoshi Matsa of India earned the bronze. Amalaha said last week that she took up weightlifting despite opposition at home. "I started at the age of 12, but my family were strongly against me doing the sport at first," she said. "They kept me telling to stop doing it, but I persuaded them by getting a female coach.

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n Monday the Evanescence singer, who is married to Josh Hartzler, shared a photo on Instagram of her little boy. The 32-yearold performer captioned the snap, 'Our little cub, Jack Lion Hartzler, is here.' This is a first child for the Lost In Paradise singer.

In the photo the beauty is seen still in her hospital bed with her gown partially undone. The baby, who has a cotton cap on his head, is sleeping on her chest. Lee appears to be makeup free and her dark locks are casually pulled back while some tendrils are loose on her white pillow. 'I have never known the depths of my heart till now. The world just exploded into Technicolor,' Amy added on her account.

Lee tied the knot with Hartzler in 2007. He works as a therapist. In January the two announced they were going to have a child. 'Josh and I are expecting! I’m so happy!' she tweeted.

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umbai Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt has warned his fans against a fake Facebook account created under his name and says that he will approach the police.

“WARNING Someone is running a fake Facebook Account under my name and misleading people. I am reporting the matter to Mumbai Police,” tweeted the director of “Zakhm”.

A few months back, his daughter Alia Bhatt, who made her acting debut in 2012 with Karan Johar’s “Student of the Year”, had to also go through the trouble of clarifying that she has no account on Facebook.

Mahesh Bhatt might not have an account on the popular social networking site, but he actively shares his opinions on Twitter and is followed by celebrities like Juhi Chawla, Sudhir Mishra and Madhur Bhandarkar.

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'No one gives me a second look' Shotgun victim who had the most ambitious face I transplant ever performed hits the cover

n the world of medical journals, Richard Norris is Mick Jagger. Horribly disfigured after a shotgun accident blew off half his face, the 39-year-old underwent one of the most complex face transplants in history, receiving teeth, a jaw and even a tongue from a donor.

The 36-hour hour operation was extremely controversial - it was elective surgery, and Norris only had a 50 percent chance of survival - but the result was not only a new life for him, but a groundbreaking new study for doctors learning to treat soldiers and other victims of severe facial injuries.

'A drop of hope can create an ocean, but a bucket of faith can create an entire world,' Norris tells GQ, which he is on the cover of next month. Norris said he is proud to be a 'lab rat' and happy to spend the rest of his life in and out of hospitals being evaluated by surgeons.

The doctor that performed the operation at the University of Maryland Medical Center, Dr Eduardo Rodriguez, said when Norris opted to undergo the intense procedure, he was agreeing to take on an enormous responsibility. 'He never really thought about himself in all of this,' Rodriguez told the magazine.

'He's always thought about helping the wounded warriors and the other people, and providing hope. He's a remarkable man.'

Norris was 22 when his face 'exploded'. He had arrived home drunk and was arguing with his mother when he took a shotgun from his gun cabinet and told his mom he was going to shoot himself. He racked a shell into the chamber and the gun went off. There was human flesh, bone and teeth on all four walls of Norris' bedroom and all over his mother.

Each day became a living nightmare for Norris as he faced cruelty from strangers whenever he ventured outdoors, fought addiction and contemplated suicide. The accident

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left Norris with no teeth, no nose and only part of his tongue. He was still able to taste but could not smell.

When he went out in public, usually at night, he hid behind a hat and mask.

Norris had dozens of surgeries to repair his face, but eventually reached the limits of what conventional surgery could do for him, said Dr. Rodriguez. Some parts of the anatomy, such as eyelids and lips, are just too complex to recreate, he noted.

'You can create a semblance of something, but I can guarantee you it's not normal by any means.' Once Rodriguez began, there was no turning back, and if the transplant didn't take to Norris, there would have been nothing left of his face and he would have died.

The team carefully lays out all of the dangers for patients: Norris' mother, Sandra, remembers Rodriguez saying there was a 50-50 chance her son would survive the surgery.

'We looked at Richard and we told him we loved him the way he was and it didn't matter to us, but it was his life,' she said. 'That was what he wanted to do and we supported him.'

Norris' 36-hour transplant operation is still considered the most extensive

ever conducted because it included transplantation of the teeth, upper and lower jaw, a portion of the tongue and all of the tissue from the scalp to the base of the neck, Rodriguez said.

For Norris, who makes daily visual checks, the risk of rejection is never far from his mind. 'Every day I wake up with that fear: Is this the day? The day I'm going to go into a state of rejection that is going to be so bad that the doctors can't change it?' 'Unfortunately, with severe facial disfigurement, people recoil and make comments they would never make to someone in a wheelchair,' he said. 'When I look in the mirror, I see Richard Norris.

Dr Rodriguez said: 'We always think that there is going to be a facial identity crisis. That’s the worry of people with normal faces.

We think how we’d feel if this happened to us. 'But for people with disfigurements — these people have lived lives concealed from society. That’s a very different and difficult recovery.'

Before the transplant, Norris rarely left his home.

In addition to wearing a surgical mask and baseball cap on his infrequent trips out in public, he did his shopping at night so he

wouldn’t have to face the stares of as many people.

'I am now able to walk past people and no one even gives me a second look,' he wrote.

After years of going out of his way to avoid people, Norris is surprisingly comfortable socializing now, Rodriguez said. While Norris’s results are 'extraordinary,' Rodriguez said the full recovery will take more time. There’s the challenge of teaching Norris, who has not eaten or spoken properly for 15 years, to use his fully functional face.

Dr Rodriguez looks with hope to earlier face transplants. The world’s first full face transplant took place in Spain in 2010 and is aging well two years later. The first partial transplant was done in France in 2005, and Rodriguez said its longevity is promising. 'I’d like to hit that 10year mark with Richard,' he said. 'Of course, we can’t promise anything, but 10 years would be great.'

In the meantime, Norris said he is excited to fish, golf and spend time with his family and friends. 'My friends have moved on with their lives, starting families and careers,' he said. 'I can now start working on the life given back to me.'

'Kiefer Sutherland is the most The Expendables 3 leaks online, theatres to lose money unprofessional dude in the world’

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hree weeks ahead of its U.S. premiere, a high-quality DVD screener quality print of The Expendables 3 has leaked online. And the damage has begun. The action-packed Wesley Snipes, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jet-Li starrer has over 27, 000 seeders on Pirate Bay and 31, 000 on Kickass Torrents, two of the internet's most popular Torrent sites. At the time of going to the press, the film had been downloaded via piracy sites nearly 1,90,000 times.

The exhibition circuit is in a tizzy. Anand Vishal, Head of Operations, Fun Cinemas, sighing over the unfortunate incident told Mirror, We will now need to sit down and re-evaluate

how many screens to give the film in our chain now.

Manoj Desai, owner of Gaiety, Galaxy and Maratha Mandir, has already decided to curtail its screening in his theatres. I am shocked and have yet to get over the fact that such a big film is now available to us in our living rooms, well before it theatrical release.

In my cinemas alone, business will be down by at least 50 per cent, he says.

Trade analyst Amod Mehra shudders over the idea of something like this happening with a Bollywood biggie, Happy New Year or P.K.. We should not take this lightly. Big stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan should come out and do something about this,

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Trade analyst Komal Nahata agrees with Amod that piracy can upset the applecart but argues that in the case of The Expendables 3 the leak will not

have a major impact here.

It's a larger-than-life film which our janta would like to watch in the theatres, he points out.

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reddie Prinze Jr says he 'hated every minute' of starring in 24 and considered quitting acting. He appeared in every episode of the eighth season of Kiefer Sutherland hit TV series 24. But it seems the experience was enough to turn Freddie Prinze Jr off acting for good. 'I did 24, it was terrible. I hated every moment of it,' he told ABC News this weekend. 'I just wanted to quit the business after that.

So, I just sort of stopped.'

The 38-year-old star said he had found working with Kiefer particularly difficult. 'Kiefer was the most unprofessional dude in the world,' said Freddie. 'That's not me talking trash, I'd say

it to his face. I think everyone that's worked with him has said that.' Speaking at Comic Con in San Diego, where he was promoting his new Disney XD series Star Wars Rebels, the actor went on to further poke jibes at Kiefer.

'I went and worked for [CEO and promoter] Vince McMahon at the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), for Christ's sake. 'But, at least he was cool and tall. I didn't have to take my shoes off to do scenes with him, which they made me do [at 24].

'Just put the guy on an apple box or don't hire me next time. You know I'm 6 feet and he's 5ft 4ins. Incidentally, recorded heights

for Sutherland range from 5ft 8ins to 5ft 9ins tall.

Keifer's spokesperson responded to the comments on Monday, telling TMZ: 'Kiefer worked with Freddie Prinze, Jr. more than 5 years ago, and this is the first he has heard of Freddie's grievances. 'Kiefer enjoyed working with Freddie and wishes him the best.'

A spokesperson for Fox insisted Kiefter was 'nothing but professional during the run of the show and is beloved by cast and crew. It's so out of left field, 5 years later.' 'We wouldn't have done another '24' if Kiefer were anything like Freddie described.'

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ne Direction star Zayn Malik has been bombarded with death threats by outraged Israelis after posting a #FreePalestine message on Twitter. The 21-yearold, who was brought up a Muslim in Bradford, Yorkshire, shared the #FreePalestine hashtag earlier today to his 13million followers, who retweeted it 140,000 times.

However, moments after the post appeared, Zayn began receiving messages telling him to 'kill himself' and one even read: 'Let me kill you'.

Some fans said the comment would result in him losing a fanbase in Israel.

One wrote: 'U have fans in

#Israel. It broke me that one of my idols wand me to die @benwinstone @ harry_styles @onedirection [sic].'

Zayn's mother Trisha Malik was born in Bradford to a white British working class family. Her

parents ran a pub in the city, but her life changed when she met and married a British Pakistani, Yasser, and converted to Islam. She told the BBC in December last year: 'I've always tried to learn as much as I can about

my husband's religion and culture. 'I made sure the children went to the mosque. Zayn has read the Koran three times.'

Trisha also worked as a halal chef in the kitchen of a local primary school, making meals for Muslim children.

Zayn, who is engaged to Little Mix singer Perrie Edwards, is not the first celebrity to wade into the conflict in Gaza. Pop singer Rihanna posted a message only a few weeks ago to her 36.4million followers in support of Palestine.

The message was removed within eight minutes but it had already been retweeted thousands of times. Shortly after she

then tweeted: 'Let's pray for peace and a swift end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict! Is there any hope?...'

Zayn's message will no doubt upset Syco boss Simon Cowell who donated £90,000 to the Friends of the Israel Defence Forces at a fundraiser last year. Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) was established in 1981 by a group of Holocaust survivors to provide for education and wellbeing of the men and women who serve in the Israel Defense Forces. However, Cowell also faced backlash on Twitter at the time from Palestinian supporters.

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Vinesh of India, left, wrestles with Yana Rattigan of England in the FS 48kg gold medal wrestling match at the Scottish Exhibition Conference Centre during the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday July 29. (AP Photo)

Indian wrestlers Sushil, Amit & Vinesh bag gold medals

GlasGow, July 29 (IaNs): Indian wrestlers put on a stunning show with two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar, Amit Kumar and teenager Vinesh Phogat bagging three gold medals in their respective categories at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) here Tuesday.

India are also expecting another gold from wrestling as Rajeev Tomar will be up against Canadian Korey Jarvis in the final of the men's 125kg freestyle final.

Sushil, who has Olympic bronze and silver medals, took just 107 seconds to beat Pakistan's Qamar Abbas to win the gold medal in the men's freestyle 74kg category wrestling final.

Former World Champion Sushil, who had won the gold in the 66kg category in 2010, was leading 6-2 in the first period when referee V. Keelan decided to give it in favour of the Indian, who managed to pin down Abbas.

It was the third gold for India after Amit Kumar and Vinesh Phogat's triumph in their respective categories.

Amit won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 57kg category beating Nigerian

Indian shooters dominate

Amit Kumar Amit of India kisses his medal after winning gold against Ebikweminomo Welson of Nigeria during their FS 57kg gold medal wrestling match at the Scottish Exhibition Conference Centre during the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland, Tuesday July 29. (AP Photo)

Ebikweminomo Welson.

Amit won the bout 3-1 on classification points. Amit won six points in the two periods while Welson got two. Indian teenager Vinesh Phogat then made it a double delight as she registered a thrilling 11-8 win over England's Yana Rattigan to clinch the gold medal in the women's freestyle 48kg wrestling competition. It was the second gold medal

for India from wrestling after Amit Kumar's triumph in the 57kg category.

Vinesh, 19, is the cousin of Geeta Phogat, who had won the first gold medal for India in women's wrestling in the 2010 Delhi Games.

Vinesh had beaten Canadian Jasmine Mian in the semi-finals of the women's 48kg freestyle category and Nigerian Rosemary Nweke in the quarter-finals.

G l a s G o w, J u ly 29 (PTI): Unheralded Harpreet Singh clinched silver while the seasoned Manavjit Sandhu claimed a bronze as Indian shooters continued to make an impact by adding two more medals to India's collection on the sixth day of competitions in the 20th Commonwealth Games here today.

While Harpreet and Manavjit stole the limelight with their medal winning feats, Olympic silver medallist Vijay Kumar turned out to be a disappointment by making a shock exit in the men's 25 m rapid fire pistole event.

Harpreet survived two rounds of nerve-wrecking shoot-off and brushed aside a penalty point docked on him to claim silver in the men's 25m rapid fire pistol event on a day when the Indian grapplers also assured themselves of at least three silver medals.

T h e 3 3 - y e a r- o l d Harpreet from Haryana, who topped the qualification round, hit 21 times on the target in the six-shooter final which had eight rounds of five shots each.

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Gold Silver Bronze Total gold in 2010 Commmon32 25 34 91 wealth Games in Delhi 29 26 25 80 -- 25m center fire pistol 13 8 12 33 singles and 25m center fire 11 5 13 29 pistol pairs events.

With the addition of two 10 14 9 33 more medals, india's overall medals tally swelled to 28 with seven gold, 13 silver and eight bronze so far but they slipped to seventh position in the medal's standing. Australia maintained their position on top of the table with 89 medals, which includes 31 gold, 25 silver and 33 bronze medals. They are followed by England (27-24-24), hosts Scotland (13-8-12), Canada (10-412), South Africa (9-7-8) and New Zealand (8-8-11).

Manavjit bagged a bronze in the men's trap event as shooters continued to do the bulk of the medal shopping at the Games with a tally of 13.

Manavjit finished third in the semifinals after hitting 13 of the 15 targets. He then beat Michael Diamond of Australia in the bronze medal match. The other Indian in the fray, Mansher Singh was sixth and last in Efe Ajagba of Nigeria, right, throws a punch at Paul Schafer of South Africa during their superthe semifinals as he hit just heavyweight boxing bout at the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014, in Glasgow on July, 29.

11 of the 15 targets.

The bout was stopped due to the injury on Schafer's face. (AP Photo)

Jadeja departs as India lose seventh wicket

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souTHaMPToN, July 29 (aFP): Moeen Ali turned the spotlight onto his bowling rather than his personal opinions by taking a wicket to strengthen England's position in the third Test against India at Southampton. Ali, primarily a batsman, saw his occasional off-spin snare Rohit Sharma shortly before tea on Tuesday's third day.

James Aanderson strikes as he removes Jadeja for 31 runs trapping him Leg Before Wicket India lost Rahane immediately after tea-break as Moeen Ali got his second wicket when Ajinkya Rahane mistimed a pull.

Before play started, Birmingham-born Ali, a practising Muslim, was warned by the International Cricket Council not to repeat his "political" protest that saw him wearing wristbands bearing the words 'Save Gaza' and 'Free Palestine' while batting.

India were 214 for five at tea in reply to England's imposing 569 for seven declared, a deficit of 355 runs, and needing a further 156 to avoid the follow-on.

Ajinkya Rahane was 52 not out following his excellent hundred in India's 95-run win in the second Test at Lord's that put the tourists 1-0 up in the five-match

Moeen Ali banned from wearing political messages

India's Virat Kohli holds his bat up to his face as he reacts in frustration whilst walking off the field of play after losing his wicket off the bowling of England's James Anderson during the third day of the third cricket test match of the series between England and India at The Ageas Bowl in Southampton, England, Tuesday, July 29. (AP Photo)

souTHaMPToN, July 29 (aP): England allrounder Moeen Ali was banned from displaying political messages on the field by the International Cricket Council, after wearing wristbands supporting Palestinians during the third test. Ali wore wristbands with "Save Gaza" and "Free Palestine" while batting against India on Monday at the Rose Bowl. Match referee David Boon told Ali, a Muslim, to not wear the wristbands anymore, an ICC release said on Tuesday. Ali was not cited. "Whilst he is free to express his views on such causes away from the cricket field, he is not permitted to wear the wristbands on the field of play, and warned not to wear the bands again during an international match," the statement said. ICC clothing rules do not allow displays of messages relating to political, religious or racial activities during internationals.

The England and Wales Cricket Board didn't believe Ali was committing an offence for his act of solidarity with Gaza's Palestinians, who are in an ongoing war with Israel.

Meanwhile, England players on Tuesday commemorated cricketers who gave their lives in World War I by wearing on their shirts the logo of Help for Heroes, a charity helping military personnel wounded in conflict. They also stood for a minute's silence before the start of play on day three.

series. India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was two not out. England had seen Ian Bell (167) end a run of 20 innings without a Test hundred and Gary Ballance (156) make his Testbest score on Monday.

Meanwhile, England debutant wicketkeeper Jos Buttler, who might have out for a duck and gave two oth-

silence Tuesday to commemorate cricketers who were killed during the First World War, a hundred years on from the start of that conflict, India resumed on 25 for one. Murali Vijay, averaging 90 in the series, was 11 not out and Chesteshwar Pujara four not out. England, without a victory in their previous 10 Tests, knew

er chances, rode his luck to complete a typically quickfire 85. Things got even better for under-pressure England captain Alastair Cook, who had earlier ended a run of low scores with a morale-boosting 95, when he caught Shikhar Dhawan at first slip off James Anderson before Monday's close.

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they had to 'win' Tuesday's play if they were to have a realistic chance of drawing level in this match. Stuart Broad, one of several England bowlers appreciably quicker than those playing for India in the absence of the injured Ishant Sharma, the seven-wicket hero of the tourists' Lord's win, enjoyed an early double strike.

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