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Miscreants attempt to vandalise Murgi Patti Morung Express News Dimapur | July 3

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Unidentified persons on Friday evening attempted to disrupt business at Murgi Patti, a wholesale market in Dimapur. The disruptive act was suspected to be in retaliation to the July 1 incident when a Naga farmer was reportedly assaulted by a group of traders and labourers at the vegetable wholesale market. The incident occurred at around 6:30 pm. According to the police, around 6-7 people arrived in a car and vandalised a shop before speeding away. The vandals destroyed some tomatoes and escaped when a police patrol stationed nearby responded to the scene. Following the incident, police cordoned off the entire Murgi Patti area, while no arrests could be made. There was no report of injury to any person. Sources informed that anticipating retaliatory violence in response to the July 1 incident; businesses at Murgi Patti were advised to shut shop earlier than usual.

NSCN (K) cadre killed in Tamenlong Our Correspondent Imphal | July 3

One suspected NSCN (K) cadre was killed during an encounter with the 21 Para Troop of the Indian Army in Mukti Khullen area under Nungba Police Station of Tamenglong district on Friday, July 3. The encounter reportedly occurred at around 5:00am. According to reports, exchange of fire ensued between a group of heavily armed NSCN (K) cadres and the Indian Army in the area located about 20 km from Nungba Police Station. The slain cadre has been identified as Sath (40) hailing from Tongta village of Tamenglong.

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Signal woes: Bad road triggers health crisis Imti Longchar Dimapur | July 3

Residents of Signal Basti, Dimapur face a severe health crisis if quick measures are not undertaken to repair the dusty and crumbling cavities that blights Signal’s road, which has not seen maintenance or repair since 2003. From Dobhi Nulla point to Thakekhu village at one end and Signal Angami village on the other, the road which literally resembles a dried riverbed is an everyday nightmare of backbreaking, bumpy and treacherous experience for the hapless commuters and vehicle owners. Medical experts have warned of severe health problems for people travelling in such road conditions every day. “People are prone to get respiratory problems. Conditions of patients with asthma and allergies will worsen. It is best to avoid travelling in such roads,” Dr N Yanger Aier of Jain Clinic cautioned. It is a well documented fact that numerous respiratory diseases are attributed to high levels of fugitive dust. The prolonged inhalation of road dust can result in respiratory ailments and the aggravation of existing health problems, especially if the dust particles are combined with contaminants. Nagaland Pollution Control Board (NPCB) recently revealed how the content of Respirable Suspended Particulate Matter (RSPM) percentage at Dobhi Nullah was well above permissible limit and at a critical level. “Maximum concentration of air pollution comes from road dust along with vehicular emission,” a scientist from NPCB revealed, adding that the high concentration of air pollution at Dobhi Nullah may well be because of the Signal dusty road factor. Health problems are not only confined to the respiratory tract. Travelling everyday on such bumpy and rickety road condition also affects the back and neck (cervical problem) and par-

• Dusty road: Medical expert warns of respiratory issue • Bumpy road: Cervical problems and incidences of miscarriage • No assurance of maintenance in sight

The dusty and bumpy Signal Basti road has raised serious health concerns for commuters.

ticularly for old people, Dr Yanger said. Problem of pain in the neck and back is already a health issue for many auto-rickshaws drivers who travel at least half-a-dozen times on the road every day ferrying passengers. “It has become difficult to even sleep at night due to severe body ache and pain on the back,” James, an auto driver who ferries passenger from Dobhi Nullah told this reporter. He is yet to visit a doctor. James said a number of his friends are afflicted with the same health problem. “Passengers also complain of stomach ache due to constant travelling on the Signal road,” he added. Anyone who is exposed to high levels of dust may be affected – the longer you breathe in the dust, then the greater the chance that it will affect your health.

And children are more susceptible,” Dr Yanger informed. This means high risk to the hundreds of school going children from Signal area exposed to mouthing airborne dust churned by the road every day. A more serious casualty resulting from the bumpy Signal road - reports of miscarriage experienced by a number of women commuting daily on the Signal road have emerged. Yanthungo, an auto driver recalled how a three month old pregnant woman from Signal Angami had a miscarriage while travelling on the Signal road. Another woman was reported to have given birth midway along the Signal road while on the way to hospital for delivery. Temjen (name changed on request) a resident of Signal Basti reveals how his sister suffered a miscarriage, evidently

because of commuting daily along the treacherous Signal road. “I know we don’t have evidence to directly blame the bad road condition as the result of miscarriage, but it’s pretty obvious, isn’t it,” Temjen said. According to him, the doctor had also warned her against travelling in such road. “But what could she do? She had to go to work every day.” Dr Sangpanger, another health professional pointed out that travelling on bumpy road is not good especially during the initial and last months of pregnancy. “Definitely one bumpy ride may not affect the baby but if it’s on a regular basis, it is highly unsafe,” Dr Sangpanger said. Exposure to dusty road is also prone to trigger Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), he added.

No assurance, no respite

Amidst the suffering, the worsening road condition and pleas from citizens to repair and maintain the Signal road, no positive response has been forthcoming from the department (s). AccordingtoamemberofJointAction Committee (JAC) for Dhobinala-Signal Angami-Thahekhu-Rangapahar Road, they were reportedly told by the high officials of Road & Bridges department that there is no fund to repair the said road. “We also met the road & bridges minister. He assured us that the road would be repaired, but didn’t specify time of when it would be repaired,” the JAC member stated. The Dobhi Nullah-Signal road hadn’t seen any repair since 2003, for reasons unknown to residents. Fed up with the apathy of the concerned department, citizens and colonies have time and again pooled resources together to level the cavities and craters along the roads which continue to grow larger every day. Even the auto rickshaw drivers, in their own capacity, carried out works of filling up the potholes with gravels and mud. “We are even being forced to consider the possibility that this utter disregard for Signal road may be a political vendetta by the ruling government,” the JAC member stated. Signal Basti area falls under Dimapur-II constituency and has been a stronghold of Congress party, which had been in the opposition for more than a decade. A police official from Sub-Urban police station termed the Signal road as a “road to hell.” Owner of a bakery shop, opposite to the police station revealed how she has to wipe the counter and shelf of dust every hour. “We can’t bear this anymore. We might as well as contribute some money among our self (citizens) if it can at least put some repair on the road,” the bakery owner stated.

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NSCN (IM) asserts it has ‘every right to collect tax’ NMC begins registration

DIMAPUR, JULY 3 (MExN): cient, incorruptible and as real litical entities in a prolonged execute accordingly.” It also termed “equally crimThe NSCN (IM) today asserted as they are with their land that dialogue now culminating to that, “as the legitimate revolu- is not disputable even as the a coherent and honorably ac- inal” to involve in abetting tax tionary government represent- Government of India finds no ceptable conclusion,” it added. evasion, instigating non compliThe NSCN (IM) further ance and obstructing taxation. ing the Naga cause within and difficulty to accept the fact that outside,” it has “every right to the sustained and vexed con- termed it as an “affront to the “It is the inherent right of every collect taxes within her territo- flict between the Union gov- spirit of Naga nationalism, an- government of the world to imry.” Such legitimacy, a press note ernment of India and the Naga tagonism to the political move- pose and collect revenue and from the MIP of the NSCN (IM), is not domestic or law and order ment to evade tax.” Exploiting thus in Nagalim, it is the Govthe land and resources for indi- ernment of the People’s Repubsaid is “natural as the torch bear- issue,” it stated. The NSCN (IM) further vidual profit without the “return lic of Nagalim (GPRN) rights to er of Naga political legacy, the people and its land and resourc- claimed that these “truths tax” is a crime in every country, implement taxation. Therefore, es.” It was informed that a joint stand witness to the conflict in it said, and added that “nobody any organization, group or indicouncil meeting of the NSCN the past, today and to the future shall take advantage of the vola- vidual found indulging in chal(IM) was held on July 2 to arrive till an honorable political treaty tile environment created by the lenging the political authority at this position of the NSCN (IM) between the two separate po- adversary and their agents by of NSCN/GPRN in any manner litical bodies takes place.” “It is evading taxation.” It cautioned shall not be spared but be given on the issue of taxation. LONDON, JULY 3 (AP): “Naga’s right to decide their this nature of the case that has that from now on “NSCN will exemplarity punishment,” the A bizarre plan to relocate future is legitimate and as an- engaged the two accepted po- pursue any such defaulter and NSCN (IM) warned. the entire population of Hong Kong to Northern Ireland was considered an option in the uncertain years before Britain handed back the former British colony to Chinese NEw YORk, JULY 3 (IANS): A rule, formerly classified vaccine regimen that first primes women and children, making Nagaland one DIMAPUR, JULY 3 (MExN): The Naga government files showed. the immune system and then Britain’s National Archives Mothers Association (NMA) has raised se- of the states with the highest number of war boosts it to increase the response widows in the country, ” it stated. rious concern over the prevailing situation on Friday released a 1983 Further, the NMA demanded the State could ultimately prove to be the on the Ceasefire abrogation by the NSCN government file called, (K) and the incidents of violence, killings government to immediately bring back all strategy for protecting against the which showed British offi- and build-up of increasing militarization in the Naga IRB forces posted in different parts global human immunodeficiency cials discussing a proposal Naga areas. of the country including Kashmir, West Ben- virus (HIV-1) infection, new reto settle 5.5 million Hong In a memorandum addressed to Naga- gal and Delhi, to maintain law and order and search suggests. The study showed Kong people in a newly land Chief Minister TR security in the state. It also that the investigational “primebuilt “city state” between Zeliang, who is also the • Bring NSCN (K) back recommended withdrawal boost” vaccine regimen provided Coleraine and Londonder- chairman of Joint Legisof all Armed and paramili- complete protection to non-huinto ceasefire ry. George Fergusson, an lators Forum (JLF), the tary forces from the state of man primates from becoming inofficial at the Northern Ire- NMA on Friday urged • Recommends repeal of Nagaland. fected with simian immunodefiNMA contented ciency virus (SIV), a virus similar land office, was inspired by the chief minister and AFSPA from Nagaland thatThe the State has thousands JLF to take cognizance a university lecturer’s proto HIV that infects the primates. posal to “transplant” Hong of the necessity to have • Recall Naga IRB forces of trained police forces and These results have now encourIRBs who can maintain law a sustainable peace and posted outside Kong to Northern Ireland and order and the security aged scientists to study the effica— a move that would sup- therefore work for bringof its citizens without the heavy presence of cy of the vaccine on a human study ing the NSCN (K) into a Ceasefire with the posedly revitalize the local that is currently enrolling 400 voleconomy as well as save Government of India, in the interest of peace both Indian armed and paramilitary forces, unteers in the US and Rwanda, who also have suffered for decades and lost and security of the people. Hong Kong. Though outThe NMA also reiterated its long standing many lives being posted here, because of AF- with sites in South Africa, Uganda landish, the idea illustrated demand for the repeal of the Armed Forces SPA which justified their presence. and Thailand opening soon. “We anxieties at the time about Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from Nagaland “To bring about a sustainable peace, the are very encouraged by the results the future of Hong Kong. and urged the State government to recom- NMA feels this is one of the mechanisms, of this preclinical HIV vaccine Prime Minister Margaret mend for repeal of this draconian law at the that must be implemented at the earliest, study, and the findings lead to a Thatcher began talks with earliest in order to ensure a peaceful, demo- which will bring down escalation of militari- clear path forward for evaluating China on the topic in 1982. cratic atmosphere and an end to continuing zation and further provocations of violence,” this HIV vaccine candidate in huTwo years later, the two militarization and conflict. it stated. The mothers’ association said they mans,” said lead author Dan Basides agreed that the city “The decades of unwarranted militariza- echo the voices and cries of every family that rouch, professor of medicine at the would return to Chinese tion, violence and killings and immunity, un- has suffered in the longest decades of pro- Harvard Medical School. der AFSPA have brought its heaviest toll on longed conflict. rule in 1997.

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of Doctors in Nagaland Our Correspondent Kohima | July 3

In consonance with Nagaland Medical Council Act of 2014, the Nagaland Medical Council (NMC) has started the process of registering both government and private doctors with July 31 as the last date for registration with the council. In this, the council solicited all doctors to register, as it is required to be sent to the Medical Council of India (MCI). So far 144 Doctors have registered. “With the constitution of NMC every allopathic practitioner should register in the council by law. It is illegal to practice modern medicine without registration in the state council,” NMC President Dr LM Murry said while address a press conference here today. Stating that government may not appoint any unregistered medical practitioner in government service, he said “Those who are already in government service will have to register in the Council as early as possible.” Dr. Murry informed that the basic degree to register is MBBS recognized by MCI under Scheduled I. Recognized post-graduate degrees are under Scheduled II and foreign degrees under Schedule III. The Council has been established under law to maintain high standard of medical education and register doctors to practice in the state, and to protect and promote health care service and ensure safety of the public. Conduct of Continuous Medical Education (CME) will also be one of the activities. Dr. Murry lamented that in the absence of medical council in the state during the last 52 years of statehood, medical practice was

free for all without any rules and regulations. In 2014, the Nagaland Legislative Assembly passed the Nagaland Medical Council Act. He said any research institution must have ICMR permission of a particular subject and require ICMR approval. NMC Vice President, Dr Sashi assured that the Council has not been established to control the doctors but rather improve healthcare. NMC member, Dr Kezha informed that the Council would ensure ethics, transparency and accountability, while exercising the rules and regulations under the Act. “We are here to fight for the rights of doctors also.” It was further informed that holding any kind of medical camp by outside institutions/organizations including the army/police beyond their camps need registration with the council. He said the council would also see that proper medical care reaches every parts of the state. The NMC aims to maintain a live register and to provide for the registration of medical practitioners; prescribe a code of ethics for regulating professional conduct of practitioners; lend advice to the state government on matters relating to the medical education and practice in medicine; receive complaints from public (including patients and their relatives) against misconduct or negligence by a medical practitioner; proceed for inquest, take a decision on the merits of the case and to initiate disciplinary action or award compensation and similarly to take action against frivolous complaints; provide protection to its members in discharging professional duties; and ensure that no unqualified person practices modern scientific system of medicines.

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Village Guards (VG) on road opening patrol along Meluri sub division of Phek district during VVIPs visit recently. The VG Organization was formally raised with 300 Nagas on 1st March, 1957 and now on the eve of the completion of 50 years it stands at 9571 VG Personnel, 10 assistant commandants, 2 deputy commandants, 53 JCOs from the rank of Jamadar to Subedar Majors, and 1 Commandant, deputed from the Nagaland Police Service. Today the role of village guards is not restricted to the defense of village but covers a wider range of duties, though priority is still on the maintenance of law and order. Other duties include providing security cover during elections, road opening party, VIP duties, routine patrolling, and other hazardous duties. Village Guards (VGs) operate in five districts – Mon, Tuensang, Kiphire, Phek and Longleng. Photo by Chizokho Vero

MEx File Power dept informs on ‘jungle clearing’ Kohima, July 3 (mExN): In view of the forth coming Nagaland Legislative Assembly Session commencing from July 21, the power department will be carrying out jungle clearing along the Transmission line around Civil Secretariat in order to provide uninterrupted power supply, stated a press note issued by the Sub-divisional Officer, Electrical Sub-division no.1. The owners are requested to cooperate with the department in trimming of the trees along the said transmission line that is between High School Junction and Secretariat.

AHODs and HODs meeting on July 10

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Kohima, July 3 (DiPR): A meeting of all Administrative Heads of Departments and Heads of Departments shall be held on July 10 at 11 a.m. in the Secretariat Conference Hall. The Home Commissioner, Neihu C. Thur IAS, notified this in a circular. The following agenda items will be discussed in the meeting : Review of Minutes of 7/4/2015 meeting. Presentation by Department on Salient Activities/New Initiatives during 2015-16. (a) Motor Vehicle (b) Transport (c) PHE, Advisory issued by Justice & Law Department, Nepal Relief Report, New Secretariat Complex Garbage Disposal Truck Report, Video-Conference with DCs and District Heads of Offices, Preparation for Budget Session.

Craft Bazar from July 15 to 24

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DimaPuR, July 3 (mExN): The Nagaland Handloom & Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd Dimapur, is organizing Craft Bazar at All Golaghat District Student Union Ground, Golaghat town from July 15 to 24, sponsored by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, New Delhi. Interested Co-operative Societies, NGO’s, Apex Societies, SHG’s, etc. may apply to the Project Cell, NHHDC Ltd., Half Nagarjan, Dimapur, on or before 10th July 2015 during the office hour. The application of the participants from the same family/relatives shall not be entertained. The stall shall be provided free of cost with daily allowances to each stall. This was informed in a press release issued by Managing Director Mhabeni Merry.

IGNOU counselling for MARD Kohima, July 3 (mExN): The study centre-2001 IGNOU Modern College Kohima will be organising counselling session for its learners on dissertation project under Master of Arts in Rural Development (MARD) on July 11 at 11 a.m. at Modern College Auditorium. All the learners enrolled (MARD only) are requested to attend the counselling session. For more details, contact IGNOU Regional Centre or Study Centre-2001.

Meeting for graduate teacher’s seniority DimaPuR, July 3 (mExN): As per the directive of Hon’ble High Court Dated 11-12-14 passed in WP(C) No. 243 (K) 2014, the seniority list of Graduate Teacher is to be rectified with an immediate effect. A press note stated that in connection to this, an emergency meeting is hereby convened on July 10 at CANSSEA Office Kohima at 10:00 AM for all those regularized Graduate Teachers whose service Seniority had been counted from the following dates: 16-01-2004, 14-05-2007, 3011-2010, 01-10-2012 and thereafter if any. All the concern Graduate Teachers whose service seniority had been counted from the mentioned date are therefore, compulsory to attend the meeting along with first appointment Order and required court fee failing which, the name of defaulter (s) shall not be included in the Seniority list. Further information if any may contact@ 9615149796/ 9436215297/ 9436650749/ 8014889277

Dimapur, July 3 (DIPR): Additional Director IPR, Limawati visited DPRO office, Dimapur on July 3 as part of the IPR officer’s tour to the district offices and held a meeting with the DPRO Dimapur staffs. Interacting on the occasion, Limawati said that IPR officials are touring the district offices across the State to enable the department to compile and submit the reports to the government. He said that his visit was to get first hand information about the grievances of the district office and also to generate

Kohima, July 3 (DiPR): Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang attended the e-Marathon flag off programme organized by the Department of Information Technology & Communication Government of Nagaland at Nagaland Civil Secretariat on July 3. The Digital India is an initiative of the government of India to integrate the government departments and the people of India. Its aim is to ensure that the government services are made available to citizens electronically by reducing paperwork. Prime Minister, Modi on July 1 in New Delhi, officially launched the digital India week programme. The e-marathon event was organized by the Department of Information Technology & Communications, Government of Nagaland to mark the Digital India week programme which is from 1st July to 8th July 2015 at the State capital. Speaking at the program the Chief Minister said that digital India programme launched in Nagaland along with mainland Indian States indicates that the Government of India is now serious in bringing inclusive development even in far flung areas like Naga-

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Nagaland, he added. He also advised the staff for proper file routing system to ensure smooth functioning of the Dimapur district office, reminding them that with Dimapur being accorded district status more responsibilities to shoulder arises. Observing that of late the services of IPR department is being given more importance by the government and bureaucrats, he called upon the staff of DPRO Dimapur to efficiently shoulder the responsibilities placed upon the department.

Chief Minister TR Zeliang flags off the e-Marathon flag at Nagaland Civil Secretariat on July 3. (DIPR Photo)

land. He said that e-marathon event organized by IT&C Department is more to do with ‘e’ part which is to promote electronic media or e-governance in the country. He encouraged the Department to bring e-governance in the State no matter how tiresome and difficult it may be. He also urged the citizen of Nagaland to embrace the benefits and opportunity which comes along with large e-governance initiatives in the form of digital India programme. The Chief Minister further said that the driving

force behind the fast changing world is technology and therefore to be active and become useful citizen one must embrace all forms of technologies including etechnology. He added that a not far from now a person will be considered illiterate if one does not know how to use computer. Therefore, he urged all to adopt all friendly technologies so that we will stand out as winners in the race of mankind of the 21st century. He also said the Digital India programme came at the opportune time for the people and we must not

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He appreciated DPRO staff Dimapur for sharing the grievances and placing the requirements stating that it show a positive note of staff to work more. He assured that grievances/ requirements would definitely be looked into. DPRO Dimapur, Lolano P.Khuvung and Cinema Operator Bendangmeren appraised the visiting officer about the requirements faced by the office of DPRO Dimapur. DPRO Dimapur Lonao P. Khuvung chaired the program and also proposed the vote of thanks.

miss this golden opportunity to put our people in par with the rest of the world. The Chief Minister congratulated the winners of the e-marathon, participants and organizers and said that such event will result in transforming the lives of our people and usher in a new era of development, peace and prosperity. Also speaking at the programme Minister for IT&C, Paiwang Konyak said the e-marathon will herald the arrival of digital India programme and massive transformation initiatives to the State of

Nagaland. He also said that the programme will bring digital revolution in the country to effectively deal with problems of corruption and also bring transparency and efficiency in governance. He appealed to the people of Nagaland specially the youths to seize this opportunity of digital India to transform our state into modern developed State. Paiwang Konyak also added that his department is making comprehensive technical plans to put the State of Nagaland on top position in IT sector. “Due

to poor internet connectivity and power supply in that State the progress of IT related activity is hampered and so in future the transformation programme will extend to BSNL and Power department “ he said. He called on the youths of Nagaland to play a bigger role in socio-economic development through proper use of information technology and said that none will be deprived of the benefits of various transformation programmes launched by Modi government. Earlier, the Chief Minister flagged off the e- marathon race at the Secretariat junction. Key note address was given by Commissioner & Secretary (IT&C), KD Vizo and vote of thanks was pronounced by DC Kohima Rovilatuo Mor IAS who also chaired the programme. Prizes and certificates were given to the winners by the chief guest at the programme. Winners of girl’s marathon race were Vekuvolu Lohe, Nuduvolu and Vetavolu and boys 1st, 2nd and 3rd were N.Buchong Khiam, Keneisao Theunuo and Neica Beituo Shuya. The programme was attended by Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries, Heads of Department and other officials.

IPR officer visits Longleng Creating assets by sharing liabilities Bookkeeping for members of Joint Liability Groups training held

Visiting team from the DIPR along with DPRO Longleng and staff on July 2. (DIPR Photo)

loNglENg, July 3 (DiPR): Deputy Director, IPR, Er Kevizayieno visited DPRO Office Longleng on July 2 as part of the Officer’s tour to districts. Briefing about her visit she said that the Government has been getting pressure from the public against the officers and staff not present in their posting place. Therefore she urged the Officer & Staff to be sincere in their duties and when even they need to leave the station they should take permission from the authority concerned. She also emphasised on the human performance aspects. In order to run the department smoothly the performance of the existing work force should be improved. She stated that her visit was to get first hand information about the available infrastructure and equipment of various sections. While interacting with them the accounts section were advised to streamline for proper maintenance of all account related records. DPRO Longleng who also proposed vote of thanks chaired the programme.

Kohima, July 3 (mExN): One-day training on bookkeeping for members of twelve Joint Liability Groups (JLGs) from Jotsoma and Sechu-Zubza villages was conducted on June 2 in the Council Hall of Sechu-Zubza village. A press note stated that the training programme was supported by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Nagaland Regional Office, Dimapur. The JLGs practicing the principle of ‘creating assets by sharing liabilities’ through substitution of collateral security by social security were formed during the year 2014-15 and are now engaged in income generating activities with credit support from Nagaland State Cooperative Bank (NStCB), Main

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Resource persons and participants during the training on bookkeeping for members of twelve Joint Liability Groups (JLGs) from Jotsoma and Sechu-Zubza villages conducted on June 2.

branch, Kohima. Resource persons from Nagaland State Rural Livelihood Mission (NSRLM) SelabeituoTheünuo and Vitsizo spoke on the importance and benefit of bookkeeping including the vari-

ous steps involved. Petevi Meyase and Mhasikhotuo, Chairman, SechuZubza village chaired the meeting and welcomed the participants respectively. During the programme, S/Shri LanutekaImchen,

Chief Manager, SBI and Lead District Manager (LDM) of Kohima district, Dusuzo, Assistant Branch Manager, NStCB, Main branch, Kohima and Bendang Aier, AGM, NABARD also spoke on the occasion.

ATMA Jakhama block inaugurates farm school

NLA Speaker convenes meeting Kohima, July 3 (DiPR): Speaker Nagaland Legislative Assembly, Chotisuh Sazo, who is also the Chairman of Business Advisory Committee, has convened a meeting on July 9 at 11:00 a.m. in the Assembly Committee Room to finalise the Provisional Programme for the ensuing Ninth Session of the Twelfth Assembly to commence from July 21. Chotisuh Sazo in a press release informed all the BAC Members to attend the meeting without fail.

awareness and have closer bonding with the district office. Limawati reminded the DPRO Dimapur staff that the concept of public relation is to construct a positive image about the government of Nagaland to the public and to circulate and disseminate the schemes carried out by the government for ensuring public participation and successful implementation of government schemes. Public Relation is meant for highlighting the grievances of the public to the government of

TR Zeliang flags off e-marathon in Kohima

Grace Society office at Changtongya ChaNgtoNgya, July 3 (DiPR): Community based rehabilitation forum, Grace Society office at Changtongya town was inaugurated on July 3. Ajungla, Supervisor Grace Society who also delivered the welcome speech, chaired the programme. Short speeches were delivered by Meyisusu Jamir, APRO and Merenyanger Secretary all Ward Union Changtongya town respectively while introduction speech by R. Gonmai, Director Grace Society. All Wards Union Chairmen, GBs NGOs and church leaders under Changtongya town attended the inaugural programme.

DPRO staff reminded on importance of public relations

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Rotary Club of Dimapur in association with the Model Blood Bank, District Hospital, Dimapur organised a Voluntary Blood Donation Camp as part of Mass Voluntary Blood Donation programme of Rotary International District 3240 on July 1 at Rotary Centre, Midland, Dimapur. A press release from Rotary Club of Dimapur informed that a total of 31 units of blood were collected during the blood donation drive. The club has meanwhile expressed appreciation to doctors and staff of Model Blood Bank District Hospital and also to Red Ribbon Club, Unity College, for participating and donating blood during the camp.

Ja K h a m a , J u ly 3 (mExN): ATMA Jakhama Block inaugurated a Kiwi Farm School at Shürho View Point, Kigwema Village and appointed a progressive Kiwi Farmer Neiphrezo Thorie as Farm School Teacher. During the inaugural programme, resource person, Khriesezolie Kire SMS (Jr.), DAO Kohima spoke on the origin of Kiwi plant, which was initially called Chinese gooseberry. The farmers were encouraged to cultivate more Kiwi plants and challenged to motivate other fellow farmers in the field of sustainable agricultural crops. The keynote address was delivered by BTT convener, T. Wabang Longkumer, who highlighted the concept of farm school and its objectives,

role of Farm School Teacher and the basic concept on the functioning of ATMA scheme with the aligned departments. Farm School Teacher Neiphrezo Thorie shared on his Kiwi plantation and thanked ATMA and the resource person for looking into the matter at the right season.

Training on application of biochemical fertilizer held

Training on the application of biochemical fertilizer on soya bean was also conducted. Resource person Myanthung Patton, AO (II) gave a detailed method on the preparation and application of biochemical fertilizer paste for soya bean. The importance of bio-fer-

tilizers without any side effects was highlighted where different microbes used for making biochemical fertilizers, which are most suitable for different crops, were also explained. Farmers were also encouraged to inquire and collect necessary bio-fertilizers from the right department and put into practice for successful yield. During the programme, an interaction with the farmers was also conducted where the farmers inquired about their needs and also commented on the activities. The farmers gave a feedback that the activities conducted so far were resourceful and encouraging as expected. They further requested ATMA to deliver maximum information available at the earliest applicable season.

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Dhaka to open more diplomatic missions in NE AGARTALA, JuLy 3 (IANS): Bangladesh will expand its diplomatic presence in India's northeast to improve trade, people-topeople contacts and cultural ties with the eight states in the region, of which four share a common border with it. Dhaka now has a diplomatic mission in Tripura's capital Agartala. "New Delhi has accepted Dhaka's proposal to open a new Bangladesh deputy high commission in Guwahati in Assam," a Bangladesh foreign ministry official told IANS. The official, who requested not to be named, said the Agartala mission would also be upgraded as an assistant high commission. "The proposed deputy high commission

in Guwahati will have consular jurisdiction over Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh," the official said. The new deputy high commission in Guwahati was likely to open next year. According to the official, the process for upgrading the mission in Agartala would be completed by September. Bangladesh already has diplomatic missions in New Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai. In return, Dhaka has allowed New Delhi to open assistant high commissions in Khulna and Sylhet, the official added. "Extension and upgradation of the Bangladesh missions in northeast India will boost trade and economy, people-to-people

contact and cultural relations between Bangladesh and the northeastern region," the official said. Tripura and other states in the northeast are keen to improve trade and business with Bangladesh. According to Tripura's commerce minister Tapan Chakraborty, trade between Dhaka and Agartala alone has increased from Rs.164 crore during 200910 to over Rs.300 crore in the last financial year. In the current fiscal (2015-16), it is expected to cross Rs 400 crore, an official told IANS. India and Bangladesh had earlier decided to upgrade the existing 27 custom stations in Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya and Mizoram. "With the opening of more Bangladesh diplo-

matic missions in northeast India, trade and business will further improve," Tripura Chambers of Commerce and Industries president M L Debnath told IANS. Prime Ministers Narendra Modi of India and Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh discussed possible improvement in trade and economic activities when the former visited Dhaka on June 6-7. India and Bangladesh have so far set up four "border haats" or markets — two each in Meghalaya and Tripura frontiers — to boost trade in local produce on both sides of the border. Tripura (856km), Meghalaya (443km), Mizoram (318km) and Assam (263km) share an 1,880-km border with Bangladesh.

NEFIS condemns Manipur govt.’s move to close school New DeLhI, JuLy 3 (MexN): North-East Forum for International Solidarity (NEFIS) today condemned the move of Manipur government to abolish Bengali High School, a government school in Bapupura, Imphal. “This move of the Manipur government is going to seriously affect students coming from economically and socially most backward section of society,” stated a press note issued by NEFIS media coordinator Hem Chandra Brahma.

Alleging that Manipur government has been continuously trying to close government schools and promoting private schools, the release said, private schools are flourishing in Manipur and they are out of reach for majority of students in Manipur. “Such attempts at closing government school is going to restrict the access of education,” it added. The release also stated that policies of Manipur government are going to increase the bridge of social and economic inequality within the

state. “There should be an equal opportunity and access to education for all. Commercialisation of education should be stopped immediately. Education should be a fundamental right and it is the onus of the state to provide it not of profit making businessmen.” If the government does not withdraw its abolishment of the school, NEFIS warmed that it will raise this issue at national level and a nationwide mass protest would be held by different units of NEFIS in different states.

BJP seeks probe into relief scam in Arunachal ITANAGAR, JuLy 3 (TNN): The Arunachal Pradesh unit of BJP, in a fresh memorandum to the Union home minister Rajnath Singh, has reiterated its demand for instituting a high-level inquiry through central agencies preferably by CBI or CVC to probe the financial mismanagement to the tune of Rs 333.29 crore released by the Centre under National Disaster Relief Fund (NDRF) and State Disaster Relief Fund (SDRF) for the financial years 2011-2012 to 20142015. Opposition leader Tamiyo Taga, accompanied by party's Jan Andolon Committee (JAC) chairman Tame Phassang and member Tayek Goi, met Rajnath in Delhi on June 26 and submitted a memo-

randum which, in a way, is related to its earlier memorandum submitted to the ministry by 11 party MLAs on April 9 last. The memorandum, a copy of which was made available to the media, said the state government, during the financial years starting from 2011 to 2015, had received Rs 571.84 crore from the Centre which included the state matching share. "The total funds utilized, as per RT1 information furnished by the government, is only Rs 238.55 crore. A substantial amount, to the tune of Rs 333.29 crore, has been kept undisclosed by the state government," the memorandum alleged. The memorandum stated that when one senior party legislature, Japu

Boys fight poverty to crack IIT exam GuwAhATI, JuLy 3 (TNN): Nandeswar Kramsa is one of the 20 students of the Oil India Limited (OIL)-sponsored Super 30 who cracked this year's IIT entrance. Having battled poverty all his life, he is uncertain if he will be able to carry on his studies. The Super 30 is a tutorial center that helps meritorious underprivileged students crack the entrance exam of IIT and other engineering institutes. Kramsa's is a tragic tale. Hailing from a remote corner of Sonitpur, he has fought abject poverty since childhood. "I have dreams, but I don't know where I will end up. I'm thankful to my uncle for bearing the expenses of my studies. Now, it has become difficult for him, too, to carry on," Kramsa, who ranked 682nd in the ST category, told TOI. Kramsa's father is mentally unstable and unable to work. He lost his mother at a tender age. "The Super 30 helped me dream," said Kramsa, who wants to study chemical engineering. Kramsa is not alone in his fight to crack the IIT entrance, considered to be the toughest in the country. Ganesh Chandra Boro, another student from Udalguri district, passed the test with a rank of 282. "We are poor. My father is a petty farmer who cannot afford quality coaching for me,

but Super 30 made it possible for me to qualify the test," he said. Since 2010, 220 out of 240 students from Super 30's three centres in Assam have cracked the entrance tests of IIT and other engineering institutes. Encouraged, it is planing to set up a branch in Itanagar.

Deru, questioned the state on the floor of the assembly regarding funds received by the state government under relief and rehabilitation and disaster management from the Centre during the period, the government replied that, "for furnishing documents to substantiate response to the queries, information has to be sought from districts which have to be compiled. It has not been possible to submit in-

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A group of vendors from Mao in Manipur’s Senapati district today offered a range of local products at Nagamapal near Imphal city’s main market Kwairamband Keithel. The development comes after a market shed was made at Nagamapal for Mao vendors to sell their locally produced commodities. The initiative was taken by Mao Council in collaboration with various civil societies after the Southern Angami Public Organisation (SAPO)

and Southern Angami Youth Organisation (SAYO) imposed a ban on Mao community. The ban has prevented the Moa people from passing through the Southern Angami jurisdiction towards Nagaland. Mao Council and SAPO have suffered bad relations in recent times over the Dzükou Valley stalemate. On June 24, a large number of volunteers from SAPO and SAYO ransacked two clothing shops belonging to Mao community in Kohima and Mao Union Kohima unit president was also assaulted. Mao Council general secretary A

Kholi told newspersons at the market shed that more vendors from Mao will be marketing varieties of vegetables, fruits and flowers in Imphal. He expressed satisfaction at the response of buyers at the market shed. Rice, maize, potato, cabbage and cereals are the major produces of Senapati. Agriculture is the main occupation of the people who generally practice terrace cultivation. Senapati is located in the northern part of the State. It is bounded in the north by Phek district of Nagaland.

Sikkim cut off, Army joins rescue effort KOLKATA, JuLy 3 (TNN): National Highway 10 — the lifeline to Sikkim — has been breached in three sections, cutting off the Himalayan state from the rest of the country. With stocks of essential supplies dwindling, rationing may be enforced in two-three days. At Seti Jhora, 7km from Coronation Bridge that joins Darjeeling with Jalpaiguri, a 200m stretch of the highway has vanished. The landslide has buried an excavator under a mountain of stones and mud. Another area 3km closer to the bridge is also affected. Border Roads Organization says it will take two more days to clear just one flank. Heavy equipment has been brought from Gangtok. "It will be difficult to meet the deadline if it rains heavily," said a BRO official. With the roads blocked, scores of tourists are stranded in Sikkim. Although, heavy-rain warnings were issued a few days back, tourists kept coming. Sikkim tourism minister Ugyen T Gyatso said some tourists are taking the Rohini route to reach Siliguri.

"Some of them have availed of the helicopter services from Gangtok," he said. There are three routes apart from NH10 that

and relief in landslide-hit Darjeeling and flood-ravaged Jalpaiguri. On Thursday, Eastern Command announced that two task

Lifeline to Sikkim breached in three sections. Fuel, food and other essentials are in short supply link Gangtok with the plains — via lava, RohiniKurseong-Lopchu and via Pankhabari. While the route through Lava takes very long, the Rohini route has become unstable due to landslides. The only route left for supplies to reach Gangtok is via Pankhabari-KurseongLopchu, which takes more than six hours in the best of times. Sikkim is already feeling the pinch. Fuel, food and other essentials are in short supply because the state is completely dependent on supplies hauled in by trucks from the plains. There is no airport or rail head to bail out Sikkim. Local residents are praying for a quick repair of the NH10 breaches. The Army has moved in to add muscle to rescue

forces — four teams of 60 soldiers each — have been deployed since Wednesday evening at Matia Char in Mainaguri block, Uttar Padmavati and Mal subdivision. Each team has medics, engineers and signalers. A team of 45 Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel

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MEDZIPHEMA, JULY 3 (MExn): State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute (SAMETI) Nagaland organised a three-day training programme on ‘Climate Resilient Agriculture: Approaches and Practices’ for ATMA functionaries from June 29 to July 1. In his welcome address, Director SAMETI, Nguzonyi Wetsah stated that the training programme was “need based” as climate change is affecting people all over the world, particularly the farming community. Being change agents, he encouraged all the participants, to take

the training seriously and implement what has been learned both in letter and spirit to bring about desirable sustainable changes in their respective districts. Detailed participatory lectures with respect to environment and crop perspectives such as issues relating to change and measures to be adopted; and combating climate change and its impact on Horticultural crop production were imparted by Dr. KK Jha and Dr. CS Maiti, Associate Professors, Department of Agricultural Extension and Horticulture, SASRD respectively. Dr. T. Gohain, Assistant Pro-

fessor, Department of Agronomy, SASRD spoke on Climate change associated with temperature stress and impact on crop productivity while J. Akato Chishi, Senior Technical Assistant, gave a lecture on Impact of climate change on crop-pest scenario. During the valedictory function, Kunoto Y. Chishi, DPD ATMA- Tuensang, and Chubanaro, BTM, ATMA-Longleng gave feedback on behalf of trainees. SAMETI Director, in his valedictory speech encouraged the trainees to uphold the values of hard work, sincerity and dedication while carrying out their respec-

tive duties so as to bring about desirable changes in the lives of the farming community. He reminded all participants to submit success stories of their respective district and submit the report along with newspaper clip to the undersigned as early as possible for further compilation to publish ATMA success storybook. Furthermore, he instructed all districts to send nomination letters of trainees to SAMETI office from next training onwards. The training programme concluded with distribution of certificates to the participants by Director SAMETI.

MMC enhances rates of fresh fish MokokcHUng, JULY 3 (DIPr): ADC & Administrator Mokokchung Municipal Council, Bendanglila, has informed that in view of the present based market rates under mentioned fresh fishes rates are hereby enhanced with immediate effect for the time being. Rates shall be reviewed as and when the floods situation in Assam and based markets are improved. Pankaj - Rs. 130/- Per Kg; Rohu Fish - Rs. 130/- Per Kg; Merika - Rs. 140/- Per Kg; Merika (Grass Grab) Rs. 180/- Per Kg; Magor- Rs. 140/- Per Kg; Konghshia - Rs. 350/- Per Kg; Premlet - Rs. 150/- Per Kg; Shingi Puti (Assam) - Rs. 180/- Per Kg; Small Shingi Puti (Assam Local)- Rs. 160/- Per Kg. Revises rate of loading/unloading of goods/materials ADC and Administrator Mokokchung Municipal Council, Bendanglila has informed that, basing on the resolution of MMC and Mokokchung Chamber of Commerce and Industries (MCCI) officials Co-ordination meeting on 29th June 2015, the existing rate of Loading/Unloading of Goods/Materials and Rate of Head Load from Police Point area to different wards/ locations have been revised with immediate effect.

Deputy Commissioner Mokokchung, Sushil Kumar (IAS) inaugurated the IDBI Bank ATM near Customary Court DC Hill Mokokchung on July 3. Delivering the inaugural speech, the Deputy Commissioner lauded the IDBI Bank for their commitment and dedications towards the people of Mokokchung since the inception of the bank. He also added that since the new ATM is installed in the best location in the town, many departments including the District Administration could avail the facility. Zulusenla, Branch Head, delivered welcome address and MB Longkumer delivered a short speech. (DIPR Photo)

KVK NU Kisan Mela at VK Town KVK Tuensang conducts DIMAPUr, JULY 3 (MExn): A new technology like new breeds of need-based training day long Kisan Mela was organised animals and the latest varieties of crops for maximum profit. The deputy registrar of NU, Otova Deputy also urged the farming community to go for integrated approach in agricultural sector as well as large-scale production of cash crops, which would result in better market and income. He also visited the stalls and interacted with the farmers. The resource persons were Visakho Shunyu (SMS, Agronomy), Wapangtoshi Longkumer (SMS, Plant Protection), Dr. Z. Nongothung Ezung (SMS, Animal Science), Sentimenla (SMS, Soil Science) and Narola Anichari (Programme Assistant, Home Science). A press note from Programme Coordinator KVK: Zunheboto, Nagaland University further expressed gratitude to all the farmers for making the programme a grand success.

by Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Nagaland University at V K Town, Zunheboto district on June 30 with active participation of farmers from 4 villages - Littami New, Phisumi, Sastami and Maromi. Apart from organising an animal, plant and soil health camp, the mela also provided a platform to the farmers to discuss various problems faced by them in the field of animals, plants, and soil and provided them with the required solutions. KVK also put-up and displayed the location specific technologies available with them in agriculture and allied field. In the inaugural session, Programme Coordinator, Dr. Rakesh Kumar Chaurasia apart from welcoming the participants, stressed and urged the farmers to take up

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ension is an essential source of income after retirement for senior citizens. It supports them financially during emergency and helps them look after their needs at this stage of life. It is estimated that presently, approximately 50 lakh individuals draw pension from the Central Government alone. A similar number draw pension from State and Union Territory Governments. Several PSUs also provide pension benefits. Over 25 lakh retired personnel draw pension from the Armed Forces. Jeevan Pramaan scheme seeks to ease the verification of pensioners so that they do not need to run from one office to another in order to get their pensions and having to submit a physical Life Certificate in November each year, in order to ensure continuity of pension being credited into their account. This Digital Life Certificate will certainly reduce undue hardship caused to senior citizens in producing a Life Certificate every year. This very requirement of personally being present in front of disbursing agency or getting a life certificate often becomes a major hurdle in the process of seamless transfer of pension amount to the pensioner. It was noted that it causes a lot of hardship and unnecessary inconvenience particularly for the aged and infirm pensioners who cannot always be in a position to present them in front of the particular authority to secure their life certificate. In addition to this a lot of government employees post their retirement choose to move to different location either to be with their family or other reasons, hence causing a huge logistical issue when it comes to accessing their rightful pension amount. Jeevan Pramaan is an Aadhar based Digital Life Certificate for Pensioners developed by the Department of Electronics and IT, Government of India. It was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10th November 2014 and the Scheme is aimed to benefit over one crore pensioners. Jeevan Pramaan uses the Aadhaar platform for biometric authentication of the pensioner. The Department of Electronics and IT has developed a software application which will enable the recording of the pensioner’s Aadhar number and biometric details from his mobile device or computer, by plugging in a biometric reading device. Key details of the pensioner, including date, time, and biometric information will be uploaded to a central database on realtime basis. A successful authentication shall generate the Digital Life Certificate which immediately gets stored in the Life Certificate Repository and the Pension Disbursing Agencies can access the certificate on-line. This will conclusively establish that the pensioner was alive at the time of authentication. The software application is available freely at Jeevan Pramaan Website . It can be operated on a personal computer or a smartphone, along with an inexpensive biometric reading device. Those not having access to a computer/mobile can visit Jeevan Pramaan Centres operated by Common Service Centres (CSCs)/Nodal Centre to enrol themselves. The idea of this Digital Life Certificate is to make the whole process trouble-free for

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TUEnsAng, JULY 3 (MExn): KVK, Tuensang conducted a two-day training programme covering need based topics for the farmers of Hakchang village and Noklak block on June 30 and July 1. SMS (Soil Conservation) Imtilemla spoke on awareness of soil and water conservation. She also stressed on maintaining soil fertility saying that though soil is fertile, productivity is low which can be attributed to the acidic nature of the soil and for which maintenance of soil acidity and soil test programme need to be taken up for optimizing production. Other topic included using Azolla in Terrace rice cultivation which can benefit farmers not only by improving soil fertility but also increase in the production as well. SMS (Animal Husbandry) Sarendi Walling spoke on the management of Rabbit which has a lot of scope in the district. The covered topics include housing, feeding management, breeding management and disease management. SMS (Agronomy) Tokiho Achumi trained the farmers exclusively on SRI technology right from the seed selection to harvesting stage. He encouraged the farmers to take up the technology by explaining how the SRI technology can be a boon if they put effort wholeheartedly citing the Longra example. Altogether 54 trainees attended the programme including staffs of the ECS and extension worker of Agriculture department.

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LOCAL 5 More orgs condemn assault on local farmer Appeals to resolve impasse ACAUT, BAN demand Vegetable Trading Center outlet between government & NSNA Saturday

The Morung Express

Dimapur, July 3 (mExN): More organisations have come forward to condemn the July 1 assault at Murgi patti in Dimapur.

4 July 2015

Dimapur, July 3 (mExN): ACAUT Nagaland and Business Association of Nagas (BAN) have also condemned the incident where a local farmer, Sanyi Dukru, was grievously injured and hospitalised during a scuffle with wholesale traders and labourers at Murgi patti, Dimapur. “The incident is uncalled for and the ACAUT Nagaland demands that the law enforcing agencies get into the depth of the issue and punish the guilty,” a press release from the Media cell ACAUT Nagaland stated. ACAUT reminded that it had earlier raised the issue of the plight of local farmers, especially cabbage farmers from Phek District, “who are, at most times, forced to sell at loss by market monopolist or syndicate traders who arbitrarily set the buying price at their whims and fancies.” “This gross exploitation of the poor local farmers has only escalated tensions among the business community and the latest fracas is a direct result of this,” ACAUT stated. ACAUT, however, requested all the parties to maintain calm for the sake of farmers who require a peaceful atmosphere to sell their produce. In the interest of the local farming and entrepreneurial community, ACAUT reiterated its earlier

CSU: The Chakhesang Students’ Union "vehemently condemned" the July 1 assault in which Sanyi Dukru, of Zhavame village was "brutally assaulted and manhandled for no fault of his by the Non Local Traders and left in a semi conscious state.” “It was unfortunate for him to have been the victim as the assault occurred just because he enquired the rate of the vegetables in the market and any other civilians could have ended up being victims,” a press release from CSU stated. Further questioning if it was wrong for businessmen or any concern citizens to enquire and negotiate the rate of the products in the market, CSU maintained that such incidences have occurred in the past and may continue to do so. The Union urged the concern authority to take this and all related incidents in all earnest and bring those guilty to justice. It also appealed to all concerned citizen to stand together to fight against tempt to murder and addthese atrocities. ed that it was a direct insult and challenge to Naga PSTTU: The Pungro businessmen. “The intenSub-Division Timber Trad- tion of the non-local trader’s Union has also con- ers in assaulting the life of demned the assault. Naga businessmen cannot PSTTU in a press re- be accepted or tolerated,” lease outrightly con- RPOK added. demned the brutal physiRPOK appealed to the cal assault meted out to law enforcement agencies Sanyi Dukru, Treasurer of to book all the culprits and Nagaland Timber Trader’s demanded stringent action Union (NTTU) and Presi- and severe punishment to dent of Phek District Tim- the culprits. ber Association (PDTA). “Such act of physical asNPF Phek: The NPF sault and harassment on Phek Division has stated innocent citizen is totally that it is deeply perturbed uncivilised,” the union at the assault of Sanyi Dukstated. PSTTU further ap- ru, President, Phek Farmpealed to the concern au- ers Union NPF, on July 1 at thority to expedite the in- Murgi patti, Dimapur. “We vestigation process so that vehemently condemn the justice is delivered. brutal attack meted to him for no fault of his as it is RPOK: The Razeba Pub- legitimate to ask and get lic Organisation, Kohima any reasonable rate before has also vehemently con- commencement of any demned the “brutal assault”. business,” a press release RPOK in a press release from the NPF Phek Dividescribed the act as an at- sion stated.

demand from the Government of Nagaland to form a Cabinet SubCommittee on Economic Affairs with the sole view to uplift the local entrepreneurial and farming community of the State and duly assisted by at least 5 to 6 members picked from the business and entrepreneurial community as Consultants. ACAUT also demanded the formation of “Saabzi mandis” or Vegetable Trading Center outlet in Dimapur so that the local farmers are protected from poachers in the form of vegetable syndicates. “This is the first step to acquiring self-sufficiency and becoming economically reliant,” ACAUT stated. “This incident is reflective of the frustration of the local farming community and unless the government takes up the interest of the local farmers on a war-footing, social unrest and law and order problem will get compounded,” ACAUT maintained. Meanwhile, Business Association of Nagas (BAN) also strongly condemning the incident urged the investigating agencies to leave no stone unturned to book the culprits. “The incident is extremely unfortunate as the victim being a responsible citizen and a public leader who was enquiring the prevailing market prices and been fighting

Calling Dukru an exemplary farmer and leader, NPF Phek stated “His farm which grows organic vegetables, fruits and medicinal plants is perhaps the biggest private farm in Phek district. He has passion and dedication to walk his talk and has diligently raised his farm.” “Sanyi is also alive to the fact that production should be complemented with good marketing strategies without which farmers get demoralized. Thus he has been exploring marketing avenues for the farmers,” NPF Phek stated. It added that on the fateful night he had gone to the market to assess the rate of cabbage. “His only fault was to protect the farmer to get a reasonable price from the unscrupulous traders,” the NPF Phek Division stated. NPF Phek called upon the authorities to penalise “such unscrupulous traders whose only motive is to profit by robbing away the

against market monopoly and syndicate system, the local farmers are completely at the mercy of the traders and the syndicate system who fix prices on take or leave it policy such indignity and humiliation are faced by the local farmers because of the governments apathy to the needs of its people,” a statement from the BAN Media Cell stated. BAN cautioned that such incidences are bound to occur in the future, unless the government of Nagaland takes stringent measures. BAN also recommended setting up Sabji Mandi/vegetable Trading Center as in other parts of the country where all farmers can bring their produce and auction off their produce with prices fixed as per the demand and supply of the market. In this regard, BAN urged the state government allocate the area in Agri expo, 4th mile to BAN to set up Sabji Mandi/vegetable Trading Center as it also has a cold storage facility which is lying vacant. However, as a short term solution to the immediate crisis, BAN urged the Dimapur Municipal Council to facilitate the sale of cabbage from Phek district and elsewhere, by fixing the minimum buying rate of cabbage immediately for this peak season so that local farmers do not incur loss.

hard earned labour of the farmers.” It also called upon the authorities to award befitting action to the traders and accomplices involved in the assault. The NPF Phek Division further urged the authorities to protect the interest of the farmers, “as many of them are forced to sell their products to the unscrupulous traders at throw away prices.” PDTA: The Phek District Timber Association (PDTA) has vehemently condemned the “heinous and barbaric attack” on their association president, Sanyi Dukrü. “The attack on our president was unwarranted as Sanyi only came for the welfare of vegetable farmers,” a press release from the timber association stated. “Because of his vast experience and concern for the welfare of farmers, he is the right leader to negotiate the price of vegetable wholesale

dealers. It was with this intention that he went to Murgipatti on that fateful night,” PDTA stated. However, his good intention was taken otherwise and was instead assaulted, it added. PDTA further expressed shock at rumours that Dukru came with the intention to threaten the vegetable traders and resorted to physical assault. “Such rumour and allegation are utterly baseless. If he [had] such intention, he would not have come alone in the presence of so many nonlocal traders,” it stated. Demanding that the administration and police take swift and prompt action to arrest all those involved in the assault on our president, PDTA stated that the incident will likely have wide ramifications if not handled properly. “In the event of failing to deliver justice at the earliest, PDTA will be compelled to take its own course of action,” it warned.

Dimapur

Dimapur, July 3 (mExN): Organisations have appealed for an early resolution to the current impasse between the state government and the Nagaland Staff Nurses Association (NSNA) .

KNSK/Ku/KSu: “The ongoing impasse between the State government and Nagaland Staff Nurses Association (NSNA) has rendered much inconvenience to the public seeking service at government run healthcare facilities in Nagaland,” a press release from the Konyak Nyupuh Shekho Khong (KNSK) stated. It stated that the agitation called by NSNA has had an adverse effect, "especially in rural areas where there are no private healthcare facilities." “Therefore, keeping in view the interest of the public of the State, the Konyak Nyupuh Shekho Khong (KNSK), Konyak Union (KU), and Konyak Students’ Union (KSU) would like to request both the parties to listen to each other and find a reasonable agreement,” the release stated. KNSK appealed that the State government consider the demands and grievances of the nurses seriously and sincerely implement the laid down service rules. It also appealed to the staff nurses to be patient and urged that the agitation be discontinued.

As part of the agitation led by Unemployed Trained Nurses Association (UTNA) Nagaland, the UTNA Tuensang Unit also participated in the 'Poster Campaign' held on July 2. The campaign was concluded without any untoward incident with support of NGOs from different tribes, administration and individuals within the district. The UTNA Tuensang Unit urged the state Government to immediately look into the matter and fulfill its demands.

Health and Family Welfare to implement the demands of the aggrieved nurses. NCD in a press release stated that it was of the strong view that the grievances of NSNA should be resolved at the earliest by the Government, both for the sake of the aggrieved nurses and the patients. “It is imperative that the grievances of government employees, especially in the services sector like health care and teaching are not kept pending under any circumstances by the Government,” the NCD statement maintained. The release further informed that a team comprising NCD members and Naga Women Hoho Dimapur (NWHD) visited Civil NCD: The Naga Coun- hospital, Dimapur on June cil Dimapur has strongly 30 and interacted with the urged the Department of CMO, Medical Superinten-

dent and staff and enquired about the emergency arrangements in the hospital in the light of the agitation by NSNA. Earlier on June 29, the team had interacted with the agitating staff nurses of NSNA at Naga Council Office. NIDA: The Nagaland In Service Doctors Association (NIDA) has appealed to both NSNA and the State Government to arrive at a solution amicably at the earliest possible time keeping in mind the interest of the patients and the department. NIDA, in a press release, stated that it understands the grievances and sympathize with NSNA and further expressed happiness to know that the Government is also taking all measures to address their grievances.

Nachama Village Council excommunicates Kohima, July 3 (mExN): The family of a man accused in a murder has been excommunicated by a village council for seven years. The family of Vilalhoulie Rupreo – one of the three accused involved in the murder of Meciebo Lcho of Viswema Village on March 29 – was excommunicated by Nachama Village, in Kohima District. A press release from the village council while clarifying that Rupreo was a

member of the village stated, “Since the culprit has committed a very heinous crime which cannot be accepted in the society, the village council therefore has excommunicated the family members for 7 years w.e.f. July 3, 2015 as per the customary practices.” Condemning the murder, the village council further appealed the concern department to punish the trio “according to the law.”

Nagaland Rotary Clubs elated over Nagaland BJP unit organises ‘Thanksgiving’ programme July 3 BJP legislator in the cabi- NAP, DEF and administra- est policy and programme human resources developmember’s election as Dist Guv of RI Dimapur, (mExN): Nagaland State net rank, the party thanked tions, the State President makers of the State government, a press release from Dimapur, July 3 (mExN): It was a proud moment for Rotary Clubs of Nagaland when one of its senior and active member, Chandu Agarwal from Rotary Club of Dimapur was elected District Governor of Rotary International District 3240. According to a press release from the club, this is the first time in the 43 year long history of the clubs that someone from Nagaland has been appointed as District Governor, who would be looking after eight Northeastern states, including Sikkim, besides eight revenue districts of West Bengal. Assuming charge as District Governor on July 1, Agarwal expressed de-

BJP unit attended a “Thanks Giving Programme” held in honour of P Paiwang Konyak, who was elevated to the rank of cabinet minister, in Tizit on June 29. While expressing sincere gratitude to Chief Minister TR Zeliang and DAN Chairman Shurhozelie for accommodating the

termination to take up the tasks and challenges lying ahead of him in his tenure of one year. Agarwal appealed to the members to take up the challenge to act and serve as per the theme “Be a Gift to the World”.

It may be mentioned that Nagaland has three Rotary Clubs—at Dimapur, established in 1972; Mokokchung, established in 1976; and Kohima, established in 2003. There are 79 Club in Rotary 3240 with 2900 Rotarians.

Skill Development Programme on DTP concludes moKoKchuNg, July 3 (mExN): The valedictory function for Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Programme on “Desk Top Publishing (DTP)” was held on July 3 at OngpangkongSalang, Mokokchung. Managing Director, Alaphra Group, Ricky Ozukum, chairing the programme, highlighted the importance of the training. He encour-

aged the students to push for self-employment by starting up their own enterprise and stated that it has more income potential. Speaking on the occasion, BendangkumbaJamir - General Secretary, AKM who graced the function as chief guest, encouraged the trainees to avail the free trainings. He also thanked the organisers on behalf of

the Union for conducting such trainings in Mokokchung district and offered their support for future programmes and activities. The training was sponsored by Small Industrial Development Bank of India and conducted by Alaphra Group. Altogether 30 students took part in the 2 month long course, which was imparted free of cost.

NGSEF consultative meeting on July 7 Kohima, July 3 (mExN): The Nagaland Government Senior Employees’ Forum (NGSEF) will hold a consultative meeting on July 7 at The Heritage, Old DC bungalow, Officers’ Hill, Raj Bhavan Road, Kohima at 3 p.m. The meeting will brief on the 2009 Retirement Act which the forum has

taken up with the Government since June, 2013 for review and amendment of the said Act. The meeting will also deliberate on the necessary steps to be taken to pursue the matter, a press release received here informed. Therefore, all the State Government employees irrespective of status from

various service Associations who are retiring in the next 3 (three) years on attaining 35 years length of service under the said Act are requested to attend the same by bringing positive views and suggestions so as to provide a good governance as well as to save the State Exchequer to some extent.

the supporters and wellwishers of Tizit A/C for the collective support and prayers. Addressing a gathering of 500 people comprising various Anghs, Village council representatives, NGOs, party workers from BJP, NPF, Congress and NCP, officials from Assam Rifles,

Dr. Chuba Ao said that in a special message, Union Minister Rajnath Singh had earnestly appealed to all sections of people of Nagaland to be united and work for peace and solution. Meanwhile, P. Paiwang Konyak thanked God for blessing the people of Tizit to be a part of the high-

Statistics Day observed in Kohima Kohima, July 3 (mExN): The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Field Operations Division (FOD), Regional Office, Kohima celebrated the 9th Statistics Day along with the rest of the country on June 29 at the office. A press release from the director of the regional office MM Singh informed

that the day is celebrated all over the country coinciding with the birth anniversary of Late. Professor PC Mahalanobis. The theme for this year’s celebration was “Social Development: health, education, poverty, employment, social backwardness, housing and environment”. One of the highlights of

the celebration was a brief speech by the director focussing on the theme of the day. The programme was conducted by Ashiho Pfozi, Junior Senior Statistical Officer, while welcome address was delivered by Orenthung Patton, Senior Statistical Officer. Vote of thanks was delivered by R. Mhabemo.

Bethesda organises ‘Spiritual Awakening Programme’ Dimapur, July 3 (mExN): Spiritual and moral aspects being an integral part of its tradition, Bethesda Higher Secondary School organised Spiritual awakening programme for different categories of students from June 16 to 22 under the theme, “I am special for I am fearfully and wonderfully made — Psalm 139:14”. The theme song for the programme was “I am not forgotten, He knows my name”. A press release from the school stated that it was interesting to notice children involving in extra-curricular/known scholastic activities happily after the hectic 4th Quarterly/Mid-Term Examinations. Children participated enthusiastically in known academic activities

ment. He said that his success is the achievement for the people of Tizit in particular. Therefore, he appealed to all, irrespective of party colours, to come forward with the deserving issues and be a part of the development. As committed in the past, his main vision and priority is towards

BJP informed. In other economic area of development like electricity, water, road, rail and Airfield etc, the Tizit A/C is also coming up with positive progress, it added. After the above programme, the State president also inaugurated the 41 Tizit A/C BJP Mandal Office at Tizit Village.

MEx FILE Naga Market today Dimapur, July 3 (mExN): Survival Nagaland, in collaboration with the District Administration, Dimapur, Developmental Authority of Nagaland and Dept. of Handloom & Handicraft will be organising its weekly Naga Market on July 4 behind The Garden at Supermarket, Dimapur from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. A press release from SN welcoming people informed that food stalls/fun games/vegetable stall etc. will be opened by upcoming entrepreneurs.

NNC CEC meeting on July 8 Dimapur, July 3 (mExN): The NNC Central has informed all the Central Executive Council Members, Senior Members, Women Members and all concerned to attend the Central Executive Council Meeting on July 8 to deliberate National issues, NNC internal issues and immediate matters of relevance. A press release from the Information & Publicity Wing asked all concern to contact the Central Office for necessary information about official venue and related matters.

NAYO lauds Kohima Police

like Praise & Worship, Bible games, songs, workshop on creativity and sharing of word of God, the release stated. Young children listening to relevant Bible stories with great curiosity was one of the additional activities during this year's programme. A good number of ex-students fully motivated the children by assisting in various activities throughout the pro-

gramme, it further informed. Esther Murry, Administrator of the school led and guided the children in all activities, while Rev. Moses Murry, Chairman, Bethesda Hr. Sec. School shared word of God for all groups of children at the end of each day's session. The children of different levels were highly enlightened spiritually and blessed.

Kohima, July 3 (mExN): The Northern Angami Youth Organisation (NAYO) has lauded Kohima Police for nabbing the 3 accused in the murder case of Late Meciebo Lcho on March 29. A press release from NAYO expressed hope that, once proven guilty, the severest of punishment will be awarded to all the murder accused “who are habitual offenders with criminal records in the past.” Meanwhile, NAYO urged the Police to speed up their investigation of the case involving the Bomb Blast inside the stationery City Bus on the evening of June 25 at Themezie, High School Road Kohima. While reiterating that allowing such perpetrators to roam freely in the state will only create more law and order problem at the same time instilling fear psychosis among the public, the organisation requested that the investigation be accorded top priority and the guilty booked at the earliest.

People, life, etc... Saturday | 4 july, 2015

In Praise of the Unhinged Protest Song New albums from Neil Young and Desaparecidos show the difference between music that takes apathy for granted and music that doesn’t Spencer Kornhaber

eil Young has made an album taking aim at huge corporations and powerful politicians, but he knows that his mission of changing the world faces an even more formidable enemy: listeners. “People want to hear about love,” he sings over and over again on the third track of his new record The Monsanto Years. “Don't talk about the Chevron millions going to the pipeline politicians … don’t say Citizens United has killed democracy … don’t say pesticides are causing autistic children,” and so on. What is Mr. “Let’s Impeach the President” doing declaring political music futile? Is he attention-policing, like those folks who lamented how #TheDress distracted people from caring about global warming, except instead of a meme he’s talking about love itself? Is he challenging the audience to prove him wrong? Is he just imitating the squares in record-label offices? Maybe it’s all of that. But he’s also probably sending out a signal to a certain kind of listener, the kind who already has plenty of firmly held opinions about Chevron, Citizens United, pesticides, and music’s role in fighting them. “People” just want silly love songs, but you, Neil Young diehard and possible signer of petitions against Starbucks, are better than “people.” The arrival of The Mon-

santo Years, Young’s 36th album, resurrects the eternal question of whether music can successfully play politics. Contrary to some Dylan-worshippers’ complaints, protest songs haven’t died—hiphop’s taking up the banner of Black Lives Matter, Muse just put out an album about drones, and Young has blasted at least three Republican presidents over the decades. But across genres and performer demographics, it’s hard to find examples of politicians who’ve changed their votes because of a song, or even citizens who have. What music can do is help solidify political identities and offer a rallying call for causes: As Michael Barthel wrote at Salon in 2012, “‘protest music’ doesn’t mean music that gets us to protest, but music that is frequently heard at protests.” If preaching to the converted is its sole ambition, The Monsanto Years might just succeed, giving marchers against genetically modified foods and agribusiness something to play on the loudspeakers. Backed by his band, The Promise of the Real, the album’s packed with crisp, crunchy classic rock, and the 69-year-old makes smart use of the sorrowful twinge in his voice. It didn’t help me figure out whether Monsanto is actually sending humanity to extinction or if its bad rap from Greenpeace is overblown, but it did teach

me just how fun its name is to say. Young sings the syllables a bit like the witch’s guards in Wizard of Oz might: Mahn sannn, tohhh… For the most part though, to anyone who’s not already in the market for an audio bumper sticker against GMOs, The Monsanto Years will inspire only groans. Young sounds like he’s playing liberal-pundit bingo, serving up phrases like “too big to fail” without attempting to make them sound

anything other than hack- blog post? The laziness of neyed. See if you want to the writing on verses like sing along to this: this is enough to make you hear the wounded idealWhen the people of ism of “People Want to Vermont wanted to label Hear About Love” as alfood with GMOs most sinister. Young makes So that they could find it sound like political subout what was in what the ject matter alienates listenfarmer grows ers from songs, but on The Monsanto and Star- Monsanto Years the greatbucks through the Grocery er danger seems to be that Manufacturers Alliance political subject matter They sued the state of alienates songwriters from Vermont to overturn the their talents. people's will It doesn’t have to be this way. The dreary pedAre those lyrics or a antry of The Monsan-

Am I Having a Stroke?

7 Signs of Stroke You Might Be Ignoring

troke is the fifth-leading cause of death nationwide. Brain damage from strokes can be minimized if they are treated promptly, but it’s common to mistake signs of a stroke for other health problems, which delays treatment. In each minute of a stroke, your brain loses an estimated 1.9 million cells. Each hour a stroke goes untreated ages your brain the equivalent of three and a half years. The longer a stroke lasts or a patient doesn’t receive treatment, the greater chance of lingering speech difficulties, memory loss, or behavioral changes. The earlier a stroke is caught, the better the treatment options, which can minimize damage and improve the odds of a fuller recovery. “Stroke is scary. Denial is the biggest factor in delaying treatment. When I ask stroke patients in the ER why they waited to call 911, the most common response is that they wanted to see if it would go away,” says Carolyn Brockington, MD, director of the Mount Sinai Stroke Center in New York City. There are two kinds of stroke. An ischemic stroke means blocked blood vessels cause a reduction in blood flow in the brain. A hemorrhagic stroke means a ruptured blood vessel is leaking blood in the brain. Symptoms for both kinds of stroke can be the same. It’s important to call 911 as soon as you notice any potential signs of trouble.

ing double, blurriness, or loss of sight in one eye can be a sign of a stroke, but many people blame this on old age or tiredness. “Seeing two images is very unusual for just being tired or reading too much,” Dr. Brockington says. A blocked blood vessel can reduce the amount of ox-

ygen getting to the eye, which causes vision issues that may not be accompanied by any other signs of stroke.

you might be having a stroke and should seek help immediately, he says. You assume alcohol is behind your wobbliness “People think they’re having balance issues because they had a drink, but see if that makes sense,” says Dr. Brockington. “You won’t have delayed balance problems, so a drink from earlier in the day probably isn’t to blame. It could be from a decrease in blood flow to the brain.” If you suddenly start to stumble, can’t walk straight, or experience sudden dizziness, don’t wait for it to pass; call 911 right away. You think that"it's on the tip of my tongue" feeling is due to being tired When people have trouble thinking of the right words or lose their train of thought, they figure they're tired or foggy, says Dr. Brockington. But sudden cognitive deficits are a common sign of stroke. “You might struggle to think of a word every once in awhile, but there shouldn’t be a long period of time where you can’t think of anything to say or be unable to speak,” says Dr. Brockington. In some cases, stroke patients won’t be aware that anything is wrong, so people around them should raise the alarm. “The part of the brain that isn’t working well impairs the stroke patient’s perception and the ability to think,” says Dr. Sacco.

You think your arm is numb because it "just fell asleep" If you wake up from a nap and your arm or leg is numb, it’s easy to assume it's due to a compressed nerve. “Don’t feel like a hypochondriac. If your arm is suddenly numb or weak, and it doesn’t go away in a few minutes, call 911,” says Ralph Sacco, MD, professor of neurology at University of Miami North School of Medicine. Decreased blood flow through the arteries that run up your spine to the back of your head causes numbness or weakness on one side You chalk that blinding headache up to a migraine of the body. It might just be a migraine, but if you’re not prone You blame slurred speech on your medications to them, it could be a stroke. “Some medicines, like “Migraine headaches can painkillers, can cause slurred masquerade as a stroke bespeech and people often chalk cause they have the same up speech issues to their drugs neurological symptoms,” says as opposed to stroke,” says Dr. Sacco. “I tell people to treat it You think exhaustion is Sacco. But if that’s not a side like a stroke and call for help; making you see double Vision problems like see- effect you usually experience, let us figure it out.”

to Years only becomes starker when compared to some other politically tinged works lately—Kendrick Lamar’s transportive head trip of To Pimp a Butterfly, or Against Me!’s empathy bomb Transgender Dysphoria Blues. One especially relevant companion-by-contrast piece to Young’s album came out this month, from Desaparecidos, the long-dormant pop-punk band fronted by Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes. The record, called Payola, is as brazenly po-

litical and unsubtle as The Monsanto Years is, blasting Wall Street, the NSA, health insurance providers, the record industry, and all sorts of other bogeymen for Occupy types. But it’s also sublime and funny and scathing, the kind of thing that might rope in the apathetic through sheer rock-androll energy—and then, just maybe, radicalize them. Oberst is working in the punk tradition of rebellion as an aesthetic value rather than a purely political one, and it’s not clear how earnest he’s being when, for example, he opens the album calling for people to chain themselves to ATMs. But the weeping-sad singing style he’s built an audience with as an indie songwriter proves useful here—even if the words aren’t totally serious, the rage behind them is. The eminently replayable second song, “Underground Man,” builds momentum with each line that he spits, aimed at an undefined-because-it-doesn’tneed-to-be-defined they. “They made activism trite!” he screams, though the ferocious and catchy music makes activism sound anything but. Elsewhere, the targets, the heroes, and the solutions are more defined. “Te Amo Camila Vallejo” should introduce a large swath of rock fans to the work of the Chilean student-politician of its title, and “Slacktivist” mockingly praises the first-world mentality that says you can fight injustice by donating

a dollar with your coffee cup. And Oberst puts all of Young’s cut-and-paste anti-capitalism to shame with “Golden Parachutes,” a song-length ad hominem attack against Wall Street, with Oberst memorably labeling a banker “a bloated Dillinger / a spraytanned Jesse James.” Most chillingly, “MariKKKopa” offers a nightmarish vision of what might happen if anti-immigrant sentiments ratchet any higher in parts of the Southwest, closing with a clip of Sheriff Joe Arpaio saying it’s an honor to be compared to the KKK. Even Arpaio’s biggest haters might agree that the sound bite is taken a bit out of context, and others might hear the song and worry that Oberst is squeezing a little too much mosh material out of the horrifying idea of modernday lynching. But sensitivity and proportion aren’t the point on a record like this. Inciting is. By contrast, the most moving thing on The Monsanto Years is the mournful, ambiguous album-closing jam “If I Don’t Know.” Young’s back to questioning the value of political songs: “If the melodies stay pretty, and the songs are not too long, I'll try to find a way to get them back to you,” he sings, with them presumably being the various messages of the album. He’s on the right track— music has to work at music. But if music’s also going to work as politics, it’d better have some bite, too.

In China: use a texting app without sending a text

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tep on a Beijing subway and you’ll see people barking into their phones intermittently, as if they’re using walkie-talkies. On WeChat, the popular Chinese messaging app with over 500 million monthly users, the average chat window looks something like the image on the Picture. Note the absence of text blurbs. In theory, voice messaging (also known as “pushto-talk”) should be popular everywhere. Rather than fumbling with a tiny pixelated keyboard, users simply press a button and speak. Typos are an impossibility, because the recipient gets a recording, not text. You can free up your other hand, and watch where you’re going—much safer than texting while you walk (or drive). Push-to-talk messages that you send and receive are more intimate, more nuanced and more sophisticated than the typical poorly-spelled, hastilywritten text. You can be flirtatious more easily, or sincere. Funny messages can be replayed over and over again, and you feel much closer after hearing someone’s voice than you would after reading their text. Yet push-to-talk messaging remains a seldom-used feature in most countries—a cousin to old-school voicemail and answering machines. Why are the Chinese gaga over push-to-talk, then? Most Chinese will say it’s because the language is notoriously hard to type. Inputting Chinese script on a computer or phone requires typing in pinyin, or roman script, and then selecting one of multiple characters with analogous pronunciations. For example, after inputting the letters Y-OU, a user will then choose one of many characters. It’s a pain to be sure, and many of China’s leading internet giants earned their popularity through third-par-

ty keyboards boasting better predictive technology than the default options on computers. But the pain of typing is only part of the story. In Taiwan, Mandarin is also the lingua franca, yet consumers there seldom use push-to-talk on Line, the nation’s chat app of choice. Instead, they type using an equally clumsy input method, or use handwritingrecognition software to manually draw out each character. “If someone sent me a voice message, I probably wouldn’t listen to it,” one Taiwanese Line user told Quartz. “I’d be afraid that the people around me could hear it. It’d be weird.” Chinese people have less of an aversion to speaking

loudly in public than other cultures, partly due to an appreciation for all things renao, or “loud and lively.” While Taiwan tends to keep renao confined to restaurants and parties, in mainland China nearly every public place is a designated “Renao Zone.” Acting boisterous is a sign of confidence and importance. While some Chinese mightdeny it, the culture’s enthusiasm for being loud in public has made push-to-talk acceptable. “Chinese and Taiwanese express themselves very differently,” Thomas Luo, founder of Pingwest, one of China’s leading tech blogs, told Quartz. “For me, I always speak loudly, even in my office. But Taiwanese people are more quiet.” Beyond culture, China’s internet users have long been ac-

customed to talking to each other online. In the mid2000s, when the nation’s internet cafes weren’t struggling like they are today, online gamers would scheme with one another late into the night. But instead of communicating in text, they would use YY, an online service that let them communicate via voice messages. “There [was] no time for them to type or text. When they play games they are very concentrated, so they are very busy with their hands,” a YY executive told NPR in a 2015 interview. YY later evolved into a karaoke-centric social network, earning healthy margins on virtual goods and eventually going public in the US. But Luo said the company’s lasting legacy lies in popularizing voice chat: “People already had these kinds of habits on desktop PCs. So when they shifted

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to mobile, they just kept them.” Much like informal rules have evolved for best texting practices, there are do’s and don’ts for voice messaging in China. In some cases, one’s educational background will even dictate how to send voice messages. “People that aren’t very well-educated will use voice messages no matter what, whether the sentences are long or only one second,” says Luo. “But middle-class or welleducated people will send voice messages if they want to say something that is informal but also complicated. If it’s simple, they’ll just type.” Culture, language, and internet history partially explain push-to-talk’s popularity in China. But why it takes off or fails in other countries is sometimes a puzzle. Like China, India is home to many dialects and scripts, and a large population of lesseducated people. WhatsApp has over 70 million users there, but most of them cling to text messages. In Argentina, on the other hand, push-to-talk hassupplanted text messaging for its WhatsApp-addicted youth—even though Spanish is relatively simple to type out. There’s no reason why push-to-talk shouldn’t catch on in cultures where people are already talking on their phones, loudly and publicly. If you want to try if for yourself, here’s how: On Facebook Messenger, open a chat and push the microphone icon towards the bottom right of the screen. Push the red record button, hold, and release. On WhatsApp, push and hold the microphone icon on the bottom right area next to the keyboard. You won’t hate it. It’s not like an answering machine. It’s not like talking to yourself—it is just like speaking into your phone (or your headphones with microphone if you use those). No, no one is looking at you funny. Now, go on and enjoy the freedom and convenience of this new form of communication. And leave the texting behind.

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4 June, 2015

How to make your home green Shiny Varghese

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e it 300sq ft or 10, space isn’t a constraint to make your home green. All you need is love. Yes, beetles too. And good soil, light and controlled water works. In Bangalore, Delhi and Pune, home-owners, architects and green evangelists share ideas on turning rooftops and balcony gardens into islands of green. Black Gold in Your Dustbin Where there’s a home, there’s bound to be waste. In every urban home, it can be divided into four categories: organic, such as kitchen and garden waste; recyclable or dry, such as plastic, paper, metal and glass; electronic and sanitary waste and unrecyclable ones such as old commodes or crockery. Organic waste can be used to make compost, which is excellent manure for your plants since it’s a combination of multiple nutrients. Daily Dump, a Bangalore-based organisation that promotes composting, makes terracotta-perforated containers called khambas which come with a remix powder to reduce bad odour. Poonam Kasturi, founder, says composting can be done in a pit in your garden if you have space and earthworms. “Waste such as fruit and vegetable peels, cooked food, flowers, coffee decoction, tea leaves, tea bags, tamarind pulp and egg shells make for a good compost pile. But it begins with finding a right spot, segregating well, using the product daily and involving family. You can add some microbes and other natural substances to speed it up. The ready compost is black and smells like fresh earth. But make sure that excess water does not get in, which can lead to a smelly rancid mess. So cover properly. In about 4560 days, you should have your compost ready,” she says. Hanging Gardens Owners Manjiri Mahajan and Sameer Duraphe of SAMA Landscape Architects have their office on the fifth floor in Baner, Pune, a growing development hub of residential and

corporate buildings, with little green cover. Their 300 sq ft balcony space was almost doubled by installing an 8-ft green pergola (an arched structure covered with climbing or trailing plants.) “We wanted to create a room with vines hanging down and with grass under our feet,” says Mahajan. The 14-ft high balcony is visually divided by the pergola. A pinewood deck below the pergola becomes a dining area or a work station when required. Modular trays on the balcony floor can be removed or rearranged according to need. These hold grass, gravel and stepping stones, which layer the landscaped patch. The architects ensured that the drain points were channelised and waterproofing done. Planting in these trays is done on hydrophilic foam, a soil substitute, which is water insoluble and lighter than soil. Drip line irrigation is used in this garden island, which softens the edges in this arid neighbourhood. Primary Colours My Sunny Balcony (MSB) is a team of young enthusiasts in Bangalore, who customise home gardens in the city. In a rather uninspired backyard, MSB arrived to transform the garden. They began with painting the wall blue. When they left, this house was transformed into a Zen space with bamboo trellises and a water body. With limited space on the

ground, they hung terracotta pots on the wall, allowing perennials to blossom. They planted ferns, monsteras and caladiums, all hardy plants, creating an easy-maintenance garden with minimal landscaping interventions. Balcony View “Don’t go for the exotic,” warns Komal Malhotra. This Gulmohar Park resident has been winning the best balcony award for numerous years in Delhi and she surely knows her onions. Start with easy plants such as ladies finger, brinjal, tomato and palm. Her P-shaped balcony hosts flowers, fruits, herbs and vegetables, grouped and gathered for effective cross-pollination. A maker of terrariums (mini-indoor gardens in glass containers) and tray gardens, she has created micro-ecosystems which bring in birds, bees and butterflies. While she grows her salad greens in hanging baskets in the winters, in the summers, she shields her herbs behind chiks. A tray garden doubles up as a bird bath for thirsty avians. Her favourite is the paan creeper, “which I eat daily” she says. Can’t fault her. Not only has it survived winter and summer, but its sharp taste hits the right notes. On Top of Things Kapil Mandawewala started Sajeev Fresh in 2010 to grow healthy nutritious food in cities. Currently managing his business in Delhi, he’s

been busy creating rooftop gardens. He has some pointers for the amateur gardener: Soil: Invest in good potting soil. Over time, in confined pots and containers, soil loses its softness. To make it fluffy, you will need to add vermiculite (mountain mineral), coco peat, or vermicompost. Watering: Twice daily during summers and once during winters. Mulching: Littered leaves are the best resource for the soil. It not only retains moisture but also provides nutrients for the plants. Ensure that leaves cover the soil fully. This can be done all through the year. Seeds and planting: It’s best to opt for open pollinated seeds rather than a hybrid variety. Rotate your crop and don’t repeat them to break the pest cycle, if any. If you have grown legumes this season in a planter, next season grow brinjal or tomato. Opt for companion plants. They help replenish the soil and help each other grow. Some examples are tomato and basil; corn, bean and squash; okra and black-eyed beans (lobia) and okra and chaulia. Pest control and fertilisers: Since vegetables are usually grown in pots, plants would need both liquid and solid fertilisers. Kitchen compost is not only the best option, but also helps close the circle. Neem and cow dung are excellent crop protectors. And as you do in life, pull out the weeds while they are still tiny and manageable to avoid complications later. Sunken Pleasures Architects Cyrus Patell and Eliza Higgins of Collective Project transformed a 750 sq ft unused extension of a house into a densely planted garden. On Sadashivnagar Road, Bangalore, the space is a secluded retreat with a tiny library that doubles as a performance area for family get-togethers. The architects excavated the ground to make a sunken path using local black granite. A semi-enclosed pod made from strips of locally reclaimed wood is the nucleus of this landscaped garden. Depending on the occasion, it becomes a reading area, a lounge and a covered stage.

Beauty routine you should be following, but aren't

e've all heard about how sleep is important for the overall functioning of our body. In fact we're all testimony to why sleep is important. Look at the amount of stress you've accumulated, your face says it all. A full 8 hours of sleep is what is the need of the hour to keep the body

fit, happy and healthy. As it turns out, the 8-hour sleep formula has a similar effect on the skin. Just as we settle down to sleep, the skin is waking up for a busy night of repair jobs- damage repair, cell renewal/regeneration, and of course prepping for the next day's battle. "While you sleep, the skin is working its hardest to repair itself," says Teresa Stenzel, the director of education for Bioelements. So to lessen the burden and optimize the repairing, it is advised to take care of your skin with a good night care routine before hitting the bed. But how? It is common knowledge that going to bed without washing your face is bad for the skin, but it's not clear as to what else should be followed after that. Should we scrub? Put a face pack? When should we put on the eye cream? Can we simply apply an extra layer of lotion at night? Argghhhh.... In order to fight that frustration and bring light to what constitutes a legit night-time skin care routine, we spoke to Dr. Jamuna Pai,

India's leading skin expert.

ensure that there isn't an unsightly residue left over How important is a nightthe next morning. time skin care routine? - A repair agent essential for At night your skin is natunight regime: Start night rally regenerating, repairing repair as early as possible and restoring itself. Rejuvebecause the younger you nation is at its peak as cell start, the longer you delay turnover increases at night the onset of ageing. While which makes the night-time the difference between beauty routine an extremely the cell turnover rate in your teens to the time you are in your fifties is large, there are still ways you can speed up the turnover rate as you age. It is vital that your night cream has Retinol, Retinyl Palmitate and Peptides. The rest of the ingredients can depend on your existing skin condition and the problem area you want to target. - Layer it with a moisturiser/night cream: While the active ingredients work wonderfully on your skin as you sleep, it can leave your skin dry. To prevent indispensable part of skin this, use a moisturiser or care. a night cream before you retire for the day. This will How do we create a nighthelp repair your skin as time routine? well as hydrate it. - Cleanse your face: During the course of the day, What is the crucial differyour skin collects excess se- ence in a day-time and bum (oil), dead skin cells night-time skin care rouand pollution. Not to men- tine? tion make-up. A cleanser Morning and day care helps emulsify all of these is about protecting and deand remove them from the fending your skin from the surface of your skin. environment you are sub- Ensure all makeup has jecting it to. While night care come off: Sleeping with is about rejuvenating your your make-up on blocks skin and reversing the damthe natural exfoliating age done to it during the day. process, which can leave In other words, if day care is your skin looking dull. about defence, night care is Clogged pores caused by about attack. stale make-up can lead Cleansing, exfoliating, to oily skin and occa- moisturizing and sun prosional break outs. Under- tection are a must in a daystandably, late nights may time skincare regime. The cause you to go to bed first step after morning wash without removing your is the application of protecmake-up once in a while. tive ingredients like - sunBut it is extremely im- block, antioxidants or AHA. portant to follow a strict Then moisturize after the cleansing routine on a sunblock. regular basis. For the eyes, While for night care an oil- based eye make-up cleansing is most important, remover used on a cotton repair agent is another esswab is the most effective sential part and then moisand it is a fool proof way to turiser/night cream.

What night-time skin care product should I use? To help boost collagen production and promote skin elasticity, a night cream might contain various collagen-stimulating proteins such as soy protein, advanced peptide complexes such as Matrixyl 3000 and strong antioxidants such as Vitamin A/Retinol. It is vital that your night cream has Retinol, Retinyl Palmitate and the trendy new kid on the block, Peptides. The rest of the ingredients can depend on your existing skin condition and the problem area you want to target. For example, if you want to sort out your pigmentation problems, maybe you could choose a night cream with Kojic Acid. So your chosen brand will now have Retinol, Retinyl Palmitate, Peptides and Kojic Acid in it. Intensive hydration is a must for night creams. What does your personal night-time beauty routine look like? My night routine is as follows: - I cleanse eye make-up with eye makeup remover. Soak the cotton pad, place it over the eye round, hold for 5 seconds, wipe the lashes downwards. Then turn the cotton wool around and wipe the upper and lower eyelid margin. Repeat the same for the other eye. - I follow with face wash and pat dry - This is followed by application of a repair cream. I use a combination of azelaic acid, glycerin, arbutin, retinyl palmitate, citric acid, ascorbic acid and allantoin. I do a mix and match at times. From these, I feel the retinyl palmitate works the best. - Finally I top it up with a rich moisturising cream. Any beauty product you swear by? Adhering to medical ethics, I cannot endorse a beauty product, but if you ask me

one active ingredient being used a lot today which I swear by is retinol. This one ingredient can help regenerate and repair the skin beautifully. (It should be used under medical supervision) What is the most fascinating beauty routine you've ever heard? "Dracula therapy", the names itself suggests why I include it in one of the most fascinating beauty treatments. But it is a treatment to rejuvenate the skin. It is known as Platelet rich plasma therapy where the plasma, rich in growth factors, is separated from the blood cells and is infused back in the skin. In many skin clinics, it is used as an add-on with the facial therapy after the micro-needling of the skin. In our clinics, I prefer to use this exclusive treatment not along with facials but as a stand alone Any routine you've borrowed from grandma's kitchen? I have inherited dry skin from my father's side of family so right from childhood a ritual that I follow is coconut oil massage regularly. It helps my skin remain hydrated and supple. I make a pack mixing a pinch of turmeric powder with few drops of honey and 2 tsp of fresh cream (malai). Apply this on my face and neck for 15 minutes and rinse it off with cold water. It instantly rejuvenates my skin. What would be your words of beau-dom for those who are yet to experience the outcome of a night-time beauty routine. "For those who do not follow a night skin care routine, I would advice that even if you aren't looking for an anti-ageing solution, night care is still one of the easiest and best things you can do for your skin." (Source: TNN)

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MY TRYST WITH NAGALAND ROADS A Anato Swu: My name is MOTOR VEHICLE. I have my origin even before you were conceived. My life’s journey in your hallowed land with’ Halloween roads’ has been awfully miserable and depressing. I curse the day destiny took me away from my makers to land my wheels on your potholed serpentine roads. There’s no denying the fact that every twist and turn provides me with a picturesque view of a god-gifted nature, but, seldom do I and the people I carry have moment to appreciate the scenic beauty which gets blurred in our jerky, backbreaking rides. Even my super cousin lunar models have had a better experience on the craters of moon. At least they have the liberty and space to negotiate around any crater-obstacle, whereas I have to face it and take it head-on as it comes. My sufferings of bodily pain and physical torment I go through every time I hit your roads is only aggravated by the mental agony of witnessing the untimely demise of my kinds in great numbers. I’ve also been afflicted with pre-mature symptoms of an early degradation. I somehow survive because my master fixes my appointment with my doctor who gleefully fixes my complaints with multi-transplantations of spares and unwarranted quick repairs. But I know my days are counted even as I continue to transport your goods and people to their destinations through your godforsaken roads- if the watery pools and uneven muddy tracks or dusty, bumpy potholes could be called roads! Few stretches of your highways are just about ok, but what use is a mile of good road to me when the rest 99 miles are of the worst and “betterleft-untraveled” kind! Sometimes, I wonder how you could be so ignorant of your losses, economically, physically (mine and yours too!), mentally... Leaving my fate alone at the mercy of your potholed roads only compels you to make my pre-scheduled appointment with my doctors. Also, my prehastened disposal in the LOHA-TINA graveyard as a consequence of your unrepaired roads is an unsubscribed guarantee. Above all, the precious lives of your people lost or handicapped due to your roads is too great to be ignored and should instil fear and concern for your own safety and life too... Some of your people, your leaders have taken the money allocated for road repairs to purchase my cousins...and more of my kinds and worldly estates. They don’t have any sense of respect for us and even for their wealth (ill-gotten). They’ll get a new one if one of us gets scratched, or indisposed. But, mind you, some of my better model cousins have ferried them across distant lands for their appointment with their own doctors. I don’t know if that has anything to do with their corrupt practices, for you. But, for me and my kinds, we just echo in one accord “SERVES THEM RIGHT FOR WHAT THEY DO TO US DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY”. I hope your present leaders learn some lessons from them and mend their ways...and mend the roads. Till they do so, my tryst with your roads will be one sad story which I’ll take with me to my grave. Wish you realize that, as much as you need a good companion to live a responsible life, I also need good roads, which is my sole companion, in order to serve you properly with all my parts. Take care of your roads properly to let me take care of your ‘safe and sound’ travel! Supong Arep Lkr: NSCN IM are no more fighting for Our Naga sovereignty.... In fact they are fighting for Greater Nagaland.... comprising of Manipur, Arunachal, Assam and I don't know maybe Myanmar too??? So that they can tax more and be the rulers???? What happened to their patriotism towards their Nation and their own People!!! Have they lost faith??? What was that all about fighting for sovereignty during the 80's and now demanding for greater Nagaland under Indian territory!!!!!! Joke naki??? Our Soldiers back then, shed their blood for SOVEREIGNITY not for some selfish motives called Greater Nagaland!!! They died defending our Motherland and now if we look at our present situation it looks like their blood was in vain like they know That Nagaland will never gain sovereignty so they held a meeting and arose a agenda called Greater Nagaland under India territory!!! Why??? People respected you sheltered and mercy you on the past but look at now I guess people respect you out of fear sheltered you out of fear and forget about mercy it has erased from the peoples heart because of your actions you have done to your own people and your motherland!!! I hardly believe that there is any leader in them who wants to see a sovereign state coz they are so carried away by the thing called... MONEY!!!! All they fight for is for money and to avenge their own personal matters!!! Has money so blinded them??? That they forgot about our sovereignty who once talk and fight and died for sovereignty!!! I'm so saddened to see our present Nagaland situation by the actions and doings of our Naga Leaders This words is coming out from a 22 years old who is very much a concern citizen of Nagaland and waiting for an early solution For the Nagas!!! And this post relies to every faction in Nagaland!!! God bless Nagaland and our people!!! Victor Thuu: Yes true and well said. The Naga Nation Movement began with full of love and respect in the name of the Almight God and the formation of Naga National Council(NNC) was based on clear identity ground of God creation of the Naga race, history, tradition and culture. Term "Nagaland" is coined by Naga National Workers which covers all Naga inhabited areas, therefore, there is no Nagalim nor greater neither smaller Nagaland. Nagas are already Federated/ Integrated in 1956, 22 March. We want unity and we must be unified. Faction is not nation politics but manmade policy. Therefore, if we love the Nation as Nationalists it will not be difficult to come together, compromise and forgive each other and if we united and back to where the Nagas are started then this is the only way for the Naga to settle soon. KUKNALIM. Zhoku Rhakho: If we speak this truth, unity will take its own course. The truth is, 'NNC is the one and only mandated organisation form by the Naga people and this organisation alone hold legitimacy as far as naga politic is concern.' It's a historical fact that at no point of time in history, Nagas ever consented to form new faction. they were just formed by self vested interest person for their own gratification and in no way represent the naga people because of the simple fact that nagas never gave mandate to them. this is the only antidote to factionalism. Aaron Keishing: Is NNC active like IM or K? Who are the main leaders? I only heard IM and K actively working for Naga's solution. Where have this NNC been hiding so far? Ren Tungoe: Yes, you are right NNC is not active anymore in terms of extortion, kidnapping, threatening its citizen. It is the NSCN IM that is over active in this field. Yet, we are dreaming of a sovereign country. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are the views of the individual and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of The Naga Blog.

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Saturday 4 July 2015

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In bulk of rural India, Rs.5,000 is highest monthly wage

new delhi, july 3 (ians): For nearly 75 percent of the 17.9 crore (nearly 180 million) households in rural India, the monthly income of a highest-earning member is less than Rs.5,000 ($83), even as 40 percent are landless, toiling as manual casual labourers, as per latest official data. This is the finding of the Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 for Rural India released on Friday that also shows that nearly 25 percent of the rural households still do not own a phone despite India boasting a telecom subscriber base of around a billion. The survey, for the first time since 1931, gives a glimpse into the livestyles in rural India in terms of how many households own a phone, a refrigerator, automobiles or land, what percentage of such population pays direct taxes, the kind of jobs they pursue and their literacy rates. As per the Census, among the the fortunate families that actually own land, the dependence on rains for their crops is rather high, with 25 percent having no access to irrigation, as per the Census released by Finance Minister

'Over 35% rural Indians still illiterate'

Highlights of the Socio-Economic & Caste Census 2011 for Rural India • In 75% of 17.9 crore households in rural India, the monthly income of the highest-earning member is less than Rs.5,000 • Nearly 40% are landless and work as manual casual labourers • 25% of the rural households still do not own a phone • 25% rural households have no access to irrigation • Only 8.29% of rural households have a member earning over Rs.10,000 per month • 10.69 crore rural families, or 60%, qualify for "deprivation" • Of these over 100 million deprived households, 21.5% belong to scheduled castes or tribes. • This census takes caste into account for the first time in any such exercise since 1931. Arun Jaitley. Only 8.29 percent of the rural households reported a member who was drawing more than Rs.10,000 per month, while for 17.18 percent others the monthly earning was between Rs.5,000 and Rs.10,000 per month. And 180,657 people still do manual scavenging despite this being illegal. The latest Census covered all the 640 districts in the country in a paperless manner, using some 640,000 electronic handheld devices. The govern-

Daily wage workers sleep out in the open in Allahabad on Friday, July 3. India has released new socio-economic and caste census data on Friday that covers the period between 2011 and 2013 to show the wealth, living conditions and other details of the country's 1.2 billion people. (AP Photo)

ment on Friday released only the provisional data of the socio-economic Census for rural India. The Census seeks to provide useful data on households on various aspects of their socio-economic status -- housing, land-holding, education, women, the differently able, occupation, possession of assets, and members of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes. In a bid to target government schemes better and ensure they benefit

the intended beneficiaries alone, it also provides for automatic exclusion of families on the basis of 14 parameters as also automatic inclusion on the basis of five criteria. "The progress which households in India have made, who are the ones who have qualitatively moved up in terms of quality of life -- a document of these will be an important input for all policy makers, both at the centre and in the states," Jaitley said while releasing the Census.

"I am sure that with the enormity of the schemes and their reaches that all governments have, this document will form the basis of helping us to target groups to support in terms of policy planning," he added. Based on 14 parameters for families -- which include criteria such owing a vehicle, possessing a kisan credit card, having a serving government member, drawing an income of Rs.10,000 per month, or owing a refrigerator -- only

Congress asks PM, BJP for apology over IC-814 hijacking new delhi, july 3 (ians): Targeting the then NDA government over former RAW chief A.S. Dulat's revelations, the Congress on Friday demanded an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP over the release of terrorists during the IC-814 hijacking in 1999. "If the BJP still does not accept that the NDA government was blissfully soft on terror, then the people of India will never judge them kindly. The BJP has an ingrained habit of brazening out their own misdeeds, which they are again repeating in this (Narendra)

Modi sarkar," Congress spokesperson Tom Vadakkan told the media here. "The Congress demands that the prime minister and the BJP apologise unconditionally to the nation for having aided, abetted and favoured antiIndia elements, terrorists and criminals. They should apologise for having ensured that terrorists were released and flown to safe havens in Pakistan so that they continue to bleed India," he said. Former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief A.S. Dulat on Thursday said no clear instructions

were given to police on December 24, 1999, when the hijacked Indian Airlines plane landed in Amritsar, because of which the hijackers took the plane to Kandahar in Afghanistan. "Dulat's revelations are a severe indictment of the then BJP government (led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee) and establishes that selfstyled nationalism of the BJP is guided by extension of help to terrorists and criminals on humanitarian grounds," the Congress spokesperson said. He added: "All these instances vindicate the stand of the Indian National Con-

gress. All these instances have been in the public domain but the BJP refuse to acknowledge them. They now stand thoroughly exposed by an inside account." Another Congress spokesperson, Ajoy Kumar told the media that Dulat's comments revealed "disturbing facts". "They (the BJP) have compromised the interests of the country whenever they have been in power. Who was behind these decisions," he asked. Dulat's book 'Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years' is slated for release shortly. The opposition party

also raked up the postGodhra riots issue. "Dulat says that former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee believed that he lost the 2004 general elections in view of the Gujarat riots...Bharat Ratna Vajpayee has clearly condemned...the shameful incidents of 2002," Ajoy Kumar said. He said it was Vajpayee who reminded Chief Minster Modi to "follow raj dharma". "Will Narendra Modi respect the words of the Bharat Ratna awardee and apologise to the country for 2002 (Gujarat riots)," the Congress leader asked.

7.05 crore families (39.39 percent) stand to be excluded. Similarly, based on five parameters -- households without shelter, those living on alms, manual scavengers, primitive tribals and legally released bonded labourers -- 16.50 lakh families are eligible for automatic inclusion. At the same time, 10.69 crore (over 100 million) of rural families, or 60 percent, qualify for "deprivation" based on seven criteria -- which include those

He emphasised that there was no possibility of China creating a 'string of pearls' around India. He said one need only to refer to China's white paper on military strategy to realise that china only believes in a defensive approach and had no intention of expanding its military influence to other countries. He said the visit to Pakistan has been noted in India with concern. But China, he added, had an enhanced level of cooperation with India too. "Looked at another way, should we reduce our visits to Pakistan and increase them to India. In such a case will Pakistan fear our cooperation with India?" he asked. He said the relations with the two countries were only on a bilateral basis. He said in the past four ships from India had visited the Shang-

hai base together and he "always looks forward" to Indian ships visiting there. He said he did not have much information on the status of China's aircraft carrier. It was in Qindao region for training purpose. In any case, he said the carrier was not under the jurisdiction of East China Sea Fleet which was his area of operation. Wei said one of his mandates in Shanghai was to act as antiterrorism force and ensure peace and tranquillity in the region, including the area's coastal cities. He said they had not come under any terrorism-related attack, but they study such action around the world to gain information on how to react. He was responding to a question whether they feared an attack of the kind that happened in Mumbai in 2008 when terrorists came in boats from Karachi.

with one room, kuccha walls, no member in 18-59 age group, no literate adult above 25 years and landless households. Among them, while 21.5 percent are Dalits or tribals, 23.5 percent are without a literate adult above 25 years of age. This apart, 30 percent are landless households deriving a major part of their income from manual labour. In terms of education, the Census suggests that 35.73 percent of the rural folk are illiterate, with

Rajasthan at the bottom with 47 percent and Lakshwadeep at the top with 9.3 percent. Also, 45 percent of the people still live in “kuccha” houses made of thatch, stones and mud. Nonetheless, every 10th household owns a refigerator -- with such population constituting nearly 70 percent in Goa and Lakshwadeep and 66 percent in Punjab, but only 2.6 percent in Bihar, 3.3 percent in Chhattisgarh, 4.1 percent in Madhya Pradesh and 4.4 percent in Meghalaya.

'Molested' Stephen's student demands principal's resignation

new delhi, july 3 (ians): A 27-year-old research scholar who has accused a St. Stephen's lecturer of molesting her said on Friday that college principal must resign if she has to get justice. "Valson Thampu must resign. He has no right to continue being the principal of St. Stephen's. If he stays, students in the future might suffer the way I am suffering," the victim told IANS. In the FIR lodged on June 19, the doctoral student said Satish Kumar, also the college's bursar, "sexually assaulted" her on October 15, 2013, inside a laboratory. The demand was echoed by the Association of Old Stephanians which said Thampu "instead of supporting the victim tried to hush up the matter". "Valson Thampu is as culpable as Satish Kumar. We hope Delhi Police takes criminal action against Thampu as well. We demand that college supreme council and governing body to sack him with immediate effect," the association said in a letter. The victim has also released audio The visiting journalists were taken on a rare tour of a guided clips wherein Thampu is allegedly asking missile frigate Tongling docked at Shanghai and shown its fighting capabilities, including its antisubmarine and anti-air attack capacity. Talking of Indian navy's presence in South China Sea, which the country, deems to be its region, Wei said that he did not know what the "strategic intention" of India was in the region. Indian ships had entered the sea a few years ago when Indian public sector companies were invited to explore oil in Vietnamese waters. On Diaoyu islands disputed between China and Japan, Wei said they were "part of" the Chinese territory and it was responsibility of the navy to protect its "sovereign areas". He said it was "legal for china to patrol the seas around the island in order to ensure peace".

No intention to surround India in 'string of pearl' bases: China shanGhai, july 3 (ians): It's not possible for China to surround India in a 'string of pearls' bases as has been stated by some commentators, according to a top PLA naval official. Senior Captain Wei Xiao Dong, chief of staff at the Shanghai Naval Garrison said that there was no reason for India to "show concern or worry about" Chinese navy vessels, including submarines, visiting countries like Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh or others. "China does not have a policy of hegemony or is playing to be a military power in the region," Wei told a group of visiting Indian journalists. "Our policy is defensive in nature," he said. He said such visits were not as common as was sometimes made out. "I have been in the navy since 1987 and I have not sailed in a warship to the Indian Ocean."

new delhi, july 3 (ians): Over 35% of Indians in rural areas are illiterate, with Rajasthan home to 47.58% of the unlettered, Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) data released on Friday said. Rajasthan is followed by Madhya Pradesh with 44.19%. Bihar and Telangana, with 43.85 and 40.42%, hold the third and fourth place respectively in the tally, reveals the data released by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Graduates form only 3.45% of the rural population, with Delhi leading at 9.62%. Goa, Puducherry and Kerala with 9.62, 9.48 and 7.75% respectively have the largest numbers of highly-educated people. Gujarat leads the country in housing the largest number of people with primary education, the data said. In this segment, Gujarat is followed by Tripura, Dadra and Nagar Haveli with 25.93 and 24.32% of people respectively with primary education. The figure at the national level for primary education stands at 17.78%. According to the data, Delhi and Goa have the largest number of people with higher secondary education. The figure for the same at national level stood at 5.41%, it added.

her to withdraw her complaint."I have recorded the conversations on my personal phone and have handed over the phone to the police," she said. A human resource ministry official told IANS that it would not intervene saying the issue was being handled by the college's Internal Complaints Committee as per the guidelines of the apex court. However, the Delhi High Court put on hold till August 17 the arrest of Satish Kumar. Justice Indermeet Kaur asked Delhi Police not to arrest Satish Kumar after he filed an anticipatory bail plea apprehending arrest. The court asked police to file a status report on the investigation in the case. Demanding action against the culprits, Delhi University's Executive Council member Abha Dev Habib said there should be a time-bound inquiry in to the matter. "As per the recording, Thampu has been adding to the victimization of the girl. We do not want institution to be headed by such a person," she said. Despite several attempts, Thampu was not available for a comment.

A gust of wind bends the umbrella of a street vendor crossing the road during a heavy downpour in the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar on Friday, July 3. (AP Photo)

India's push to save its cows starves Bangladesh of beef GhojadanGa/dhaka, july 3 (ReuteRs): Some 30,000 Indian soldiers guarding the border with Bangladesh have a new mandate under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government this year - stop cattle from crossing illegally into the Muslim-majority neighbour. Roughly every other night, troops armed with bamboo sticks and ropes wade through jute and paddy fields and swim across ponds to chase ageing bovines, and smugglers, headed for markets in Bangladesh. The crackdown is one of the clearest signs yet of how Indian policies, increasingly influenced by Hindu nationalist ideology, are having an economic impact on neighbouring countries as well as the sizeable Muslim minority at home. About 2 million head of cattle are smuggled into

a Hindu girl or destroying a Hindu temple," said Jishnu Basu, an RSS spokesman in West Bengal, which shares a 2,216 km (1,375 miles) border with Bangladesh.

An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier patrols as trucks wait to cross the India-Bangladesh check-post in West Bengal, June 20, 2015. (REUTERS Photo)

Bangladesh annually from India. The $600 million-ayear trade has flourished over the past four decades and is considered legal by Dhaka. Modi's government, which came to power with

the help of the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), wants to put an end to it. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh travelled this spring to the frontier with Bangladesh, calling on

the Border Security Force (BSF) to halt cattle smuggling completely so that the "people of Bangladesh give up eating beef", media reported at the time. "Killing or smuggling a cow is equivalent to raping

Beef Prices Up, Exports Down So far this year, BSF soldiers have seized 90,000 cattle and caught 400 Indian and Bangladeshi smugglers. Bangladeshi traders who operate auctions to facilitate the sale of cattle to slaughter houses, beef processing units, tanneries and bone crushing factories estimate the industry contributed 3 percent to the country's $190 billion economy. The hit to GDP from India's policies is not yet known. But H.T. Imam, a political adviser to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said there was "absolutely no doubt" that the

beef trade and leather industry were suffering. Syed Hasan Habib of Bengal Meat, Bangladesh's top beef exporter, said it had to cut international orders by 75 percent. The company exports 125 tonnes of beef a year to Gulf countries. He said the price of cows had gone up by 40 percent over the past six months because of India's move, and they had been forced to close two processing units. Habib plans to import cows from Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar to meet domestic demand, but he said Indian cows had better quality meat and raw hide. Bangladesh Tanners Association president Shaheen Ahmed said 30 of 190 tanneries had suspended work due to lack of hides, and about 4,000 workers were jobless. A senior official in In-

dia's home ministry said Bangladesh should find new sources of beef because India would stick to its stance. Cow Protection Force India is home to 300 million cattle and is the world's largest beef exporter and fifth-biggest consumer. But since Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is closely linked to the RSS, came to power last year, the rhetoric on cow protection and the beef ban has increased. Critics say tougher anti-beef laws discriminate against Muslims, Christians and lower-caste Hindus who rely on the cheap meat for protein. Butchers and cattle traders, many of them Muslim, say the push threatens thousands of jobs. The rhetoric has also emboldened vigilante cow protectors. "I was chained to

a tree and beaten by members of the cow protection force. They forced me to recite a Hindu prayer," said Mohammed Tarafdar, who was caught smuggling two calves near the Bangladesh border in April. "My religion permits me to eat and sell beef, so why should Hindus have a problem?" said Tarafdar, sitting in a crammed prison cell in Basirhat district. Some BSF soldiers said they could not understand why they were chasing cows. Some animals are caught and auctioned by the BSF, only to be bought and smuggled again. Two soldiers were killed by a gang of Bangladeshi smugglers, while three dozen have been injured by the animals. "It is a wild chase, but not of a kind a soldier appreciates," said Vivek Tyagi, a BSF commander at the Ghojadanga check post.

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Root of tattered US-Russia ties date back decades

WASHINGTON, July 3 (AP): The stumbles, blunders and policy chaos that have sent increasingly frosty U.S.-Russia relations into what many now call a new Cold War might have been inevitable. The fundamental hopes and fears lurk, sometimes subconsciously, in the collective minds of the Russian and American nations despite the collapse of the Soviet Union nearly a quarter century ago. That puts their world views at odds and on a collision course, with the crisis over Ukraine the latest and biggest confrontation. That dismal relationship more often than not can be linked to the eastward expansion of the NATO alliance and Moscow’s refusal to believe America’s promises that it does not threaten Russia. There’s also Russian President Vladimir Putin’s seething anger over his country’s loss of superpower status. Back in friendlier days, after agreement on the NATO-Russia Founding Act in 1997, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said she saw the trouble brewing. Albright, writing in Foreign Policy about the late

In this July 27, 1997 file photo, then-Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov talks with then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in Kuala Lumpur. The stumbles, blunders, and policy chaos that have sent increasingly frosty U.S.-Russia relations into what many now call a new Cold War began might have been inevitable. The fundamental hopes and fears lurk, sometimes subconsciously, in the collective minds of the Russian and American nations despite the collapse of the Soviet Union nearly a quarter century ago. That puts their world views at odds and on a collision course, with the crisis over Ukraine the latest and biggest confrontation. (AP File Photo)

former Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov, recalled her friend as a flexible realist, but she also cited differences already evident soon after the NA-

TO-Russia deal was agreed. “From the first time we sat at the same table at a NATO meeting, it became clear that no matter what was signed, we would see

that key agreement differently,” Albright wrote. The Russians were understandably concerned about NATO. The U.S.-led Western alliance was cre-

ated in 1949 to blunt feared Soviet expansionism in Europe. Russia, its Soviet empire vanished, feared that Washington would push alliance boundaries right to the Russian border. The Kremlin, rightly, put no faith in what it claims were Washington assurances to the contrary. Russia is now virtually surrounded on its western and southern borders by NATO member nations. “The Russian sense of having been played falsely, not just once, not just twice, but on a number of occasions is fairly deep,” said Wayne Merry, of the American Foreign Policy Council and a former U.S. diplomat in Moscow. During and after World War II, Soviet troops occupied countries of Eastern and Central Europe and made them Soviet republics or Soviet dominated satellites in the Warsaw Pact. Despite Josef Stalin’s accumulation of empire, he was acting out of the centuries-old Russian fear of invasion. The countries of the Warsaw pact and those incorporated into the Soviet Union were designed as a buffer against a repeat of being over-run. Germany already had done it twice in the 20th century.

Those countries, newly independent once the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, obviously were looking for protection from a repeat of their own history and eventually scrambled for NATO membership. The enticement? The promise that every alliance member would come to the aid of any other member that was attacked. But that was deeply unsettling to a Russia that had seen its Soviet empire vanish, and increasingly to Putin after he took over the Russian leadership from Boris Yeltsin in 2000. After pro-Russian Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych was forced to flee the country following relentless street protests, Putin responded by annexing Ukraine’s strategic Crimean peninsula, where the population is largely Russian. The Kremlin also fomented, the United States and its Western allies assert joined, an armed uprising by the largely Russian population in eastern Ukraine in an attempt to break away from Kiev. The region is Ukraine’s industrial heartland and the crisis has badly hurt the country’s terrible economy. The United States and the European hit Moscow

with punishing economic and travel sanctions in response, and, so far, fighting between Ukrainian forces and rebel forces continues at a simmer despite two cease-fire agreements. NATO is stationing heavy armor in the Baltic states and has send hundreds of military trainers to Ukraine. To this point, Washington has dispatched no arms for the Ukrainian army. Putin has shown no sign of backing down. He has repeatedly said the United States was trying to subjugate Russia, blamed the West for the overthrow of Yanukovych and accused Washington of stoking protests against him, Putin, in the winter of 2011-12. “I don’t think the United States ever fully appreciated how deeply the Russians believe the color revolutions were instigated by the United States,” said Jessica Matthews, distinguished fellow and former president of the Carnegie Endowment. She was referring to the Rose Revolution in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia and the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, uprisings that respectively ousted former Soviet Foreign Minister and Georgian

President Eduard Shevardnadze and the pro-Russian Yanukovych for a first time in Ukraine. The Kremlin likewise saw America’s hand in Yanukovych’s second ouster. While Russia’s behavior in Ukraine, Crimea and a 2008 war with Georgia has earned the Kremlin western outrage, Putin’s motives are built of a deep Russian suspicion of the world around it. And Putin, like his Soviet forbearers, is using his anti-Western propaganda to distract his people from the increasing breakdown of the social contract. Still, Putin called Obama at the end of June for the first time in four months. The White House said they discussed the Iran nuclear negotiations, the civil war in Syria and efforts to counter Islamic State. Moscow has been helpful in U.S.-Iranian nuclear negotiations. And Matthews said there needs to be much more communication between Washington and Moscow. “I think what could turn it around is clarity about NATO’s intentions about Ukraine, and I think those can only be delivered in person, and personally and quietly,” she said.

SE Asia to set up fund Boko Haram guns down 97 people praying in mosques New Pluto images puzzle scientists MAIDuGuRI, July 3 (AP): to give information to reporters. opened fire on the men and WASHINGTON, July 3 in the colours and appearance of to help boat people Gava said his group’s fighters boys, witnesses said. Boko Haram extremists gunned (IANS): NASA’s New Horizon Pluto compared to its darker and

kuAlA luMPuR, July 3 (AP): Southeast Asian countries will establish a humanitarian fund to help boatloads of Rohingya Muslim and Bangladeshi immigrants who have recently landed in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand, a Malaysian minister said Thursday. Singapore has pledged $200,000 to the fund, Malaysian Home Affairs Minister Zahid Hamidi told a news conference after chairing a special regional meeting on the refugee crisis. Since early May, more than 4,600 boat people from Myanmar and Bangladesh have come ashore in Southeast Asian waters, after human smugglers abandoned their boats amid a regional crackdown. Some are Bangladeshis who left their impoverished homeland in hope of finding jobs abroad. But many are Rohingya Muslims who have fled persecution in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, which has denied them basic rights, including citizenship, and confined more than 100,000 to camps. There are more than 1 million Rohingyas living in the country formerly known as Burma. The meeting in Kuala Lumpur was a follow-up to an emergency conference on the boat people in Bangkok in May that drew 17 regional countries. In a statement, Malaysia said the trust fund will be administered by the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations secretariat based in Jakarta. The statement said the fund will be open to voluntary contributions from ASEAN states and members of the international community to “support the humanitarian and relief efforts involved in dealing with challenges” from the refugee crisis. Zahid said the regional countries alone should not carry the burden of the refugees. He said he had proposed that each Southeast Asian nation contribute $100,000 to the fund. Myanmar, who was represented by Deputy Home Affairs Minister Kyaw Kyaw Tun, pledged to work with neighboring countries to bust human trafficking syndicates, Zahid said. However, he said that the treatment of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar wasn’t discussed at the meeting. “We shouldn’t be involved in their domestic matters,” he said.

Novel human antibody can stop dengue WASHINGTON, July 3 (IANS): In a pioneering discovery, researchers have determined that a human antibody strongly neutralises a type of lethal dengue virus in animals. The result can lead to the first effective therapies and vaccines against dengue, a complex of four distinct but related mosquito-borne viruses that infect about 390 million people a year globally. “This human antibody not only kills dengue virus but also prevents enhanced dengue disease,” said James Crowe Jr, co-corresponding author from Vanderbilt University situated in Tennessee. The researchers previously generated human antibodies in the lab against a complex antigenic portion of the viral envelope. They froze samples at very low temperatures so they could visualise antibody-antigen binding almost down to the atomic level. The team was able to identify a human monoclonal antibody against dengue virus type 2 (DENV2) that “locked” across an array of envelope proteins. In a mouse model, this prevented the virus from fusing to its target cell, thus it prevents infection. The antibody has a second major function - it blocks the binding of the other class of antibodies that otherwise would enhance infection. “It is a potential target for the development of dengue vaccines and therapeutics,” the researchers said. The four “serotypes” of dengue are distinguished by different antigens or proteins on the viral envelope that elicit immune responses. What makes dengue so challenging and so dangerous is that antibodies generated against one “serotype” do not protect against the others. In fact, they actually can enhance infection by a second serotype. Sequential infections increase the risk for dengue hemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome, characterised by fever, vomiting, internal bleeding and potentially fatal circulatory collapse. The paper appeared in the journal Science.

down nearly 100 Muslims praying in mosques in a northeast Nigerian town during the holy month of Ramadan, a government official and a self-defense fighter said Thursday. The attack Wednesday night on the town of Kukawa came the day after the Islamic extremist group attacked a village 35 kilometers (22 miles) away and killed another 48 men and boys, according to witnesses who counted the dead. The people of Kukawa were in several mosques, praying ahead of breaking their daylong fast, when the extremists attacked. They killed 97 people, mainly men, said self-defense spokesman Abbas Gava and a senior government official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized

in Kukawa said some militants also broke into people’s homes, killing women and children as they prepared the evening meal. Kukawa is 180 kilometers (110 miles) northeast of Maiduguri, the biggest city in northeast Nigeria and the birthplace of Boko Haram. Nigeria’s homegrown extremist group often defiles mosques where it believes clerics espouse too moderate a form of Islam. Wednesday’s attack follows a directive from the Islamic State group for fighters to increase attacks during Ramadan. Boko Haram this year became the IS group’s West African franchise. On Tuesday night, the extremists invaded the village of Mussaram, ordered men and women to separate and then

“A total of 48 males died on the spot while 17 others escaped with serious injuries,” said Maidugu Bida, a self-defense official? based in nearby Monguno who helped bury the dead. On Monday, two suicide bombers blew themselves up prematurely in a village outside Maiduguri just an hour before the arrival of Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbanjo. He visited some of the hundreds of thousands of people displaced by the 5-year-old Islamic uprising that has killed more than 13,000 people and driven 1.5 million from their homes. Some of those killed in attacks in the past month had only just returned to rebuild towns and villages recaptured this year from Boko Haram by a multinational army.

spacecraft has captured stunning coloured images of Pluto as it gets ready for a close flyby of the mysterious planet system on July 14. The images show two very different faces of the mysterious dwarf planet, one with a series of intriguing spots along the equator that are evenly-spaced. Each of the spots is about 480 km in diameter, with a surface area that is roughly the size of the state of Missouri, the US space agency said in a statement. Scientists have yet to see anything quite like the dark spots. “It’s a real puzzle -- we don’t know what the spots are and we cannot wait to find out,” said New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern. Also puzzling is the longstanding and dramatic difference

greyer moon Charon. While the origin of the spots is a mystery for now, the answer may be revealed as the spacecraft continues its approach to the mysterious planet system. If Pluto has clouds, New Horizon can detect them. “If we find clouds, their presence will allow us to track the speeds and directions of Pluto’s winds,” added Kelsi Singer of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder. For more than two decades, planetary scientists have raced to get a spacecraft to Pluto against predictions that its atmosphere would disappear -- literally freezing onto the surface -- before it could be explored. “Pluto’s atmosphere is alive and well, and has not frozen out on the surface,” noted New Horizons deputy project scientist Leslie Young.

Read online comments by readers France rejects asylum request of to build better news organisations WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange NeW yORk, July 3 (IANS): Paying attention to the comments that readers leave on news websites can help editors and owners of news organisations better serve their consumers and also strengthen the brand, says a study. Leaders of news outlets should be aware of how their organisations are being judged by readers, said Timothy Vos, associate professor at University of Missouri School of Journalism. “News organisations, are seeking to establish and build their identities. In doing so, it is important to know how people view their brand and what standards they hold for you,” Vos said. Readers value different journalistic traits and reading their comments may offer insights into their expectations for journalists. “Although news organisations do not necessarily need to readjust what ideals they find important, they should at least understand what their readers

value, not only to serve them better, but also to maintain viability.” For this study, the researchers examined thousands of reader comments on ombudsman columns of three national online news publications: The New York Times, Washington Post and National Public Radio (NPR). They found reoccurring comments calling for journalistic ideals outside of traditional values, such as transparency. Readers often hold journalism outlets to basic social standards that are better applied to individuals rather than corporate entities. They found multiple occurrences of such adjectives as sanctimonious, self-absorbed, judgmental, inhumane, and lazy to describe entire news outlets. “News leaders need to understand how readers are anthropomorphising their organisations by applying human adjectives to non-human entities,” the author said.

PARIS , July 3 (IANS): France on Friday rejected a request for asylum, or more exactly of “protection”, made by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a letter to French President Francois Hollande, according to a statement from Elysee Palace. “France has received the letter from Mr. Assange. After a thorough examination of the legal elements and the material situation of Mr. Assange, France cannot act on his request,” said the French presidency in a statement. “The situation of Mr. Assange poses no immediate danger. It is also the subject of a European arrest warrant,” the document concluded. In a six-page letter sent on Thursday to Francois Hollande, As-

sange asked France to grant him political asylum, Xinhua news agency reported. Assange, 44, has been reportedly living for three years in the Ecuador embassy in London as a refugee. French newspaper Le Monde said what “prevented Mr. Assange to leave the em-

bassy” was his failure to present himself before the Swedish court that wishes “to hear as a witness” after “complaints in Sweden by two women, who accused him of rape and sexual assault”. It is for this reason that Assange is the subject of a European arrest warrant.

Regional autonomy in Tibet fully guaranteed: Top Chinese official lHASA (TIbeT), July 3 (IANS): Regional autonomy has been fully guaranteed in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR), which has grown economically with the aspirations of the people of all the ethnic groups in the area, a top Chinese official has said. “Politically speaking, regional autonomy has been granted fully in the TAR,” Wu Yinggjie, the first deputy secretary of the Communist Party of China’s TAR committee, told IANS in an interview here on Thursday. Countering the claims of the Tibetan government-in-exile based in the north Indian hill station of Dharamsala, which is de-

manding more autonomy for the people in Tibet within the Chinese constitution, he said Tibet has been an integral part of China since ancient times. “Prior to the 1950s, Tibet was a society of feudal serfdom under theocratic rule. Government officials, aristocrats and monasteries collectively maintained tight control over Tibet’s resources and wealth.” Half a century later, Tibet is totally different from its “old world” before the 1950s, Wu added. “Tibet has been one of the five autonomous regions of China and the Tibetans have been one communal member of the Chinese nation,” he said. He said

before 1950 Tibet was totally backward. “In 1959 (the year in which Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, fled Tibet and took refuge in India), Tibet carried out the democratic process and in 1965 the TAR was established. This year (2015) marks the 50th anniversary celebrations of TAR’s formation.” Wu said: “The millions of people ruled by the serfs have now become the masters of their own fate.” “The people of Tibet have gained freedom, equality and dignity. They are working hard in unison towards building a united, affluent, culturally and ethically advanced society in the TAR.”

“Today we can say Tibet has leapt from a feudal serfdom society into a modern society. The development of Tibet has been a process in which people are gaining more and more freedom,” he said. “We believe in transformation from ‘deity’ first to people first.” Economic growth and the improvement of people’s livelihood are the top-most priorities of the TAR, the official said. “The economy of Tibet has now shifted from an agrarian society to a modern society. The gross domestic product (GDP) of Tibet in 2013 increased to 80.7 billion yuan ($13 billion/Rs.83,000 crore) and the per capita

income of the farmers and the herdsmen was 6,578 yuan. A majority of Tibetans have now come out of poverty and are enjoying a relatively comfortable life,” the official said. “Tibet now presents a picture of mixing traditional and modern elements, featuring mainly economic, cultural prosperity and harmony. Of course, people’s freedom of religion is fully respected.” Justifying his claims, he said the central government has pumped in 648 billion yuan from 1952 to 2014 in the TAR. “The central government has planned to complete 226 major projects in Tibet from 2011 to 2015 in

sectors ranging from infrastructure to industrial projects, all improvement to day-to-day lives of the locals,” Wu said. “Tibet’s development can’t be separated from the concentrated efforts of all the ethnic groups in India,” he added. On promoting TAR, famous for the Potala Palace, the storehouse of the Tibetan ancient culture in Lhasa, as the tourist destination, he said last year 14 million tourists, both from China and abroad, came to TAR. “We are going to promote TAR as a big tourist destination, provided more infrastructures are improved for the tourists,” he added.

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Badminton C'ship postponed DIMAPUR, JULY 3 (MExN): The 39th Inter District & State Open Badminton Championship 2015 slated to be held at Zunheboto from July 28 to 31 has been has to August 4-7. All concerned have been requested to take note of the rescheduled dates. For any query contact Seyievizo, Honorary Secretary, Nagaland Badminton Association.

29th Mkg Dist. Badminton Some of the saddest own goals in soccer Open Championships concludes game of inches," FC Dallas coach Schellas Hyndman said. "It's a deflection goal. It goes in and you say 'How did that happen?'"

MDBA Mon to organise badminton tourney DIMAPUR, JULY 3 (MExN): The MDBA Mon is organising a district badminton tournament with effect from July 9 to 11 at MDBA indoor stadium, Mon. A press note informed that interested players in different categories are requested to register their names in the MDBA office on or before July 8. Players for the forthcoming state tournament will be selected from this tournament. For more details contact Y Pongba, President at 9612348268 or Y Tamung, General Secretary at 9612111007/ 9402697131. It was further informed that the MDBA Mon, on June 26 elected new office bearers for the tenure 2015 to 2019.

2nd all Nagaland veteran & sub veteran badminton tourney KohIMA, JULY 3 (MExN): The Evening Club Kohima, under the flagship of Nagaland Badminton Association is organizing the 2nd All Nagaland Veteran & sub veteran badminton tournament under the theme “Health & fitness is the new fashion.” It will take place from July 10 to 11 at the Indoor Badminton Stadium, Officers’ Hill Kohima. The tournament will be held under two categories: veteran 45+ years and sub veteran 35+ years. No two present or ex-district or state players can team for the said tournament. For more information, participants can contact 9436830111, 9774035643.

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bia vs. United States, 1994) In perhaps the most tragic episode in World Cup history, the Colombia defender — known as the "Gentleman of the Field" — diverted the ball past his own goalkeeper for the opening goal in a 2-1 loss to the United States in the 1994 World Cup. The result eliminated Colombia from the tournament and, 10 days later, the 27-yearold Escobar was shot dead in a Medellin parking lot. On the day of his death, Escobar had gone out with friends to a disco to take his mind off the own goal but was harassed and ended up being shot six times. It came at a time when professional soccer in Colombia was rife with drug money.

aura Bassett bent over, pulled her soccer jersey over her face and sobbed. Her teammates gathered around her, but nothing they said could make it better. Minutes earlier, the England defender had stretched out her leg to intercept a through ball in the last seconds of a Women's World Cup semifinal against Japan. The ball deflected off her boot, past the England goalkeeper and into the goal off the crossbar. It consigned England to a 2-1 loss Wednesday in the biggest match of its women's team's history. Own goals haven't just lost soccer matches, they have wrecked reputations Andoni Zubizarreta (Spain vs. Nigeria, 1998) and even cost lives. For the Spain goalkeepHere are a selection of the ing great, the 1998 World Cup in France was his insaddest own goals: ternational swansong that Andres Escobar (Colom-

will be remembered for a bad mistake rather than a great save. Spain was leading 2-1 in its opening group game against Nigeria when the 36-year-old Zubizarreta, playing his 124th international, palmed a harmless cross from Garba Lawal into his own net. Spain lost the match 3-2 and was out at the group stage within two weeks. George John (Dallas vs. Colorado, 2010) It was the first own goal to decide a game in the MLS Cup — and unfortunately for the FC Dallas defender, it happened in the final. Less than two minutes into the second period of extra time, Macoumba Kandji struck the ball across the face of the Dallas goal and it hit the left thigh of John, before spinning over goalkeeper Kevin Hartman and into the net. John kneeled down and put his head in his hands. "It's a

Marcelo (Brazil vs. Croatia, 2014) Considering how Brazil's campaign at its home World Cup ended, with a 7-1 loss to Germany in the semifinals and a 3-0 defeat to the Netherlands in the third-place playoff, it was perhaps fitting that it started with a moment of embarrassment. After the razzmatazz of the opening ceremony, jubilant Brazil fans were hushed 11 minutes into the first game in Sao Paulo when left back Marcelo diverted a cross from the left wing into his own net. It was Brazil's first-ever own goal at a World Cup.

Winners and organizers of the 29th Mokokchung District Badminton Open Championship organised by the Mokokchung District Badminton organizationn at Indoor Badminton Stadium, Mokokchung.

MoKKchUNg, JULY 3 (MExN): little things that we do will bring the The 29th Mokokchung District Bad- change. “If not us who will, if not minton Open Championships con- now, then when” he quoted. He also cluded at Indoor Stadium Mokok- congratulated the MDBA for orgachung. The two day tournament nizing such tournaments and for organized by the Mokokchung Dis- giving the platform for young talents trict Badminton Association wit- to improve and excel in their skills. The welcome address was given nessed 121 matches under various categories. Imnalensa, IPS, SDPO, by Er. Imlisunep while the TournaMokokchung graced the valedictory ment synopsis was read by the Chief programme as the Chief Guest. Im- Refree, Temsuyanger. A special nalensa encouraged the young bud- number was presented by Arenchila ding talents to preserve and work & Imnukla while the vote of thanks Laura Bassett hard and to start from basics. He also was given by Lipokonen Jamir, Presi(England vs. Japan, 2015) urged the crowd to be the change as dent MDBA. Bassett had been one of England's star players in Canada, playing the best soccer of her life. But instead of the crucial goalsaving challenges and interceptions she produced, her tournament will be widely remembered for the own goal. When she stuck her leg out, the ball might have gone anywhere — to the goalkeeper, for a corner or a throw-in. It wound up hitting the underside of the crossbar and bouncing over Winners with organizers of the 13th Late Imtitemjen Open Table Tennis Tournathe line. "Laura is in a hard ment at Multi-purpose Sports Complex Mokokchung. place, she really is," said MoKoKchUNg, JULY 3 (MExN): The 13th Late Imtitemjen MemoEngland manager Mark rial Open Table Tennis tournament concluded on 3 July at Multi-purpose Sampson, who added that Sports Complex, Mokokchung. The tournament organized by the Mo"when she comes home, kokchung District Table Tennis Association ended with participants from she will be seen as a hero." Kohima District bagging the most wins.

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public discourse

Nagaland needs good civic governance How world handles it traffic woes

ndia, the largest constitutional democracy in the world, is suffering from political mayhem and corruption. Without much dissimilarity with other Indian states, Nagaland is also experiencing the same degree of popular turmoil’s against corruption, unemployment, poverty, suppression, unenergetic development, etc. Nagas’ political economy is characterized by discordant development and how to bring this society an ultimate change in overall development with a touch of a magic wand is a challenge Naga’s progressive leaders must seriously re-examine in the wake of this highly competitive environment. If it is not a sin to remind us of the wretched and miserable present state of affairs of Nagaland, let me brief some of them slowly. Nagaland has a population of nearly about 2 million people, out of which 68 per cent of the total population depends on agriculture using century old methods of farming. Nagaland has a very high literacy rate (80.11%), but unemployment in Nagaland is found to be over four times the all India average ranking top in the list. Despite huge central fund (91% of Nagaland fund) being poured into Nagaland there are still over 40% of population living under poverty. We proudly proclaimed that 90% of population is Christian (75% Baptists) but on the contrary Nagaland is known for the most corrupt state among small Indian states. It should definitely be a joke that we pompously say English is our offi-

cial language but we hardly heard any English speaking individual in and around the towns. In terms of hydroelectricity, the state generates 87.98 MU compared to a demand for 242.88 MU, and as a result every household has an irregular electricity connection; Nagaland State has five national highways (each being very congested single lane) covering distance equal to 1,094.5 km but absence of potholes in every 2 minutes drive is a surprise to many. The Nagaland government has 34 different departments engaged in the work of administering and managing the state government but proved failure in its effective functioning. The state govt. organizes Hornbill Festival every year in order to display the rich heritage and cultures of every Nagaland Naga tribes under one roof but some few tribes still remain alienated. The citizens realized that the expenses incurred for the festival were too great to compare with the few foreigners visited the Kisama. Land of festivals or land of corruptions? Nagaland for Christ or Nagaland for Money? This is not funny. The centre allocated 10% of national budget to the northeast people as a financial assistance that constitute 5% of the total population of India. Since 1963 Naga politicians have been enjoying this fund without being done much for the state development till today. When we look and compare Nagaland with other NE states regarding development in infrastructure, health, education, etc. we find the later ten

steps ahead towards economic independence than the former. We cannot avoid the fact that a lot of our problems in Nagaland arise from bad governance. I believe that we need to improve governance in every sections and departments in order to enable our people to build real freedom and real development. Our past political and economic policy mistakes must examine and see how we can improve the management of our affairs as we grope together towards the twenty one inch screen generation. If Nagaland is to surface from its exaggerating quandary and follow the lane to stability, security, and democratic development, it needs if not a prudent leader like Gandhi then at least Modi, whose personal interest is second to none. The Naga politicians and also the younger generation must free from the mental hang-overs of corruption and manipulation, and must grasp the opportunity to learn from the mistakes and the successes of our precursors. I am confident that Nagaland, individually and in cooperation with one another, can step by step and in an ordered fashion, move towards real development in a very fast rate. But without good governance, we cannot eradicate poverty nor bring development; for no corrupt government has concerned for the society. Nor in saying this am I asking readers to admit the common belief that Nagas are more corrupt, tyrannical, and power-hungry elites, than have other communities or tribes either now or histori-

cally. While avoiding the living and unfolding the dead, it is surely a lesson to learned, in the past 60 years or earlier, our forefathers had magnanimously sacrificed and earned this sanctified legacy that we proudly have today. We must move onward from where we are now by tackling the vital issue of building and strengthening the institutional structure of our government and its departments. Development may not come by chanting but the masses will have to come forward and fight and protest against the ever mounting corruption which has entered each and every department, system and organization. Students and concerned citizens have to play a crucial role, criticize, suggest and involve to ensure that all the policies and programmes are executed in an appropriate way. Leaders and politicians should transform their vision and mission and work as a team to make Nagaland a corruption-free progressed state. Nagas project of diversity-in-unity must be more than a slogan. Last but not the least, there is no hope of establishing this 90% of Christian state-Nagaland a more Christian social order except through the service, sacrifice and labour of those in whom the spirit of Christ is active, and the first necessity for progress is more and better Christian’s taking full responsibility as citizens for the political, social and economic system under which they and their fellow lives. God bless Nagaland. Paul Panmei, New Jalukie

Inculcating the Reading Habits to our Present Generation

he old adage “The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read” (Mark Twain) still holds true. The ability to read and write marked the difference between us and our forefather’s age. Through them our whole outlook on life deepened and broadened all because we learned the meaning of twenty-six little letters and their combinations. In a day and age like ours, the booming of various technologies, cell phones, tablets, etc., has opened our eyes and ears to so many stuffs that we could not avail a decade ago. Although the trend of reading books online is taking over the printed notes, the latter is not to be overlooked. We are proud of the fact that NE states have the best reading habits (Eastern Mirror: July 1 2015). As we grow up, we begin to realize that learning our lesson course is not enough to compete with the fast changing world. So in order to pace up with it, spending quality time in reading becomes a necessity. But for the present kids who are budding right now, there is a need to encourage them to take on this habit of reading from their early years so that they are not left behind stranded on an island. Hence, this article is specially written to spur the young minds to develop the habit of reading from their early age. I have to admit that I am not one of those who had the habit of reading from my early years; only in recent years have I come to grasp the importance of reading, but that do not disqualify me to tell others the value of reading. I am inspired by reading through the biographies of several great

authors and leaders of the past who devoted their lives to the reading of books from their very young years. At an early age, Jane Austen, the novel writer of Pride and Prejudice, read books from her father’s library ranging from all kind of literatures of their day. She wrote that she and her family were “great novel readers, and not ashamed of being so.” Another novelist named Virginia Woolf, who wrote To the Lighthouse, imbibed her enthusiasm and love for literature from her father. The atmosphere of her house also was intellectually stimulating to such an extent that she naturally developed an instinct for writing. She read books so voraciously that her father remarked: “Gracious, child, how you gobble.” David Livingstone, the famous explorer and a missionary to the African land, at the age of ten was put into the local cotton mill, working from six in the morning to eight o’ clock at night. He had an unquenchable thirst for education, and after work attended the company’s evening school from eight to ten pm and then continued his reading at home until midnight, unless his mother took the book out of his hands. He read books on science, travel and classical authors. It was said of him that he memorised the entire Psalm 119 before turning 10. William Tyndale, who translated the English Bible from original Hebrew and Greek, was singularly addicted to the reading of the Scriptures from an early age. Another person who is well-known as the Prince of preachers, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, at the age of six read The Pilgrim’s Progress and went on to read it over 100 times. Later on in his life,

he would typically read 6 books per week along with the schedules of preaching assignment every week. Today, many homes are packed with toys, dolls, etc., for their kids. Most kids are very well informed on the latest shows on TV and computer games but when it comes to books and learning materials, it proves otherwise. Our children need to be surrounded with books and literatures so that they can grasp a hand on them easily. Only when a child begins to love reading will he/she be able to appreciate the value of education.Through reading, a child glances through several phases of life ahead and are readily able to fit in with any given situations. Our society can be drastically changed only if the present generation kids start indulging themselves not with toys and games but with books. Studies have shown that children who were read to as new born have a larger vocabulary, as well as more advanced mathematical skills, than other kids of their age and scored higher on standard tests when they reached age 3 than children whose parents weren’t as verbal. Many studies show that students who love learning and do well in school were exposed to reading before preschool. When the kids grow up, they take reading and learning a pleasure rather than a chore.Give them books into their hands and when they grow up; they will understand that we have given them the most valuable thing on earth. Napoleon Bonaparte stated, “Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who moved the world.” Vebu Khamo, Kohima Bible College

t is said the world is frustrated because people spent most of their time in traffic jams ,says an expert in vehicular transport system. Experts says traffic jams effect happiness, productivity and progress. It also effect much on our economy and burn holes in our pockets by ways of fuel consumption, delays and set-back in our daily affairs ranging from personal to official. Business houses to have to shell out more of their revenues because of this stoppages which results in much hindrances in their income. Traffic jams is now one of the main factors for being unpunctual in almost every or trivial or crucial events of our lives like schools, colleges, offices, meetings, weddings, appointments, worship places, conferences etc. Everywhere around the world the problem of traffic jams, congestions and road rage have become a part of everyday life. People dies on the way to hospitals stuck in traffic jams. With India’s vehicle population growing at the rate of 10-15% every year, it is said re-allocation of spaces is the only way out because space is finite. Let’s look at the cities around the world how they deal with this necessary menace if it may give us some new thoughts or ideas. Bangkok: Downtown Bangkok has 5 million people vehicles in a space that can accommodate only 2 millions. Skyways, express-ways, flyways and a 23 kilometre transit system have reduced jams by 40%. But with no restriction of new vehicles everyday on the roads, traffic problem still hasn’t sobered down. Beijing: Legendary traffic woes have reduced by two hours per day post 2011 when the choked city restricted annual car registrations, introduced congestion tax and odd-even licence plate for some areas. Pollution too has reduced greatly. London: Charges daily congestion tax of 11.50 pounds for driving a vehicle within a charging zone. Greater London is a low emission zone throughout the year, encouraging diesel trucks and buses. Yes, parking is expensive. Los Angeles: Has the worst traffic in the United States but the city is a classic example of using traffic technology solutions and sensors to control traffic. State is planning congestion pricing in express-lanes but LA’s infamous sub-ways remains clogged. Mexico City: The BRT(Bus Rapid Transport) system in Mexico has helped reduce traffic blocks considerably as has paid, metered parking and targeted closures. Bike lanes have added to normal roads. Moscow: Traffic in the Russian capital makes an average journey 66% longer during peak hours. Despite increasing the number of parking lots, developing public transport and road construction, Moscow has the worst traffic jams in the world. New York City: Parking in New York is prohibitive, typically 550 dollars a month. Parking related fines are very high and strictly enforced. A greater reliance on mass transit and recession has led to a drop in traffic. Paris: In 2002 Paris launched Quartier Verts – higher parking rates, lower onstreet parking and the elimination of free parking altogether. The city tied these reforms to the introduction of residential

parking permits, available for a nominal yearly fee. Rio De Janeiro: The even-odd licence plate system has been effective in reducing mad congestions. Several parts of Rio have also been made auto free zones. Running out of gas is an infraction of the law, whether the immobilised vehicle is an obstacle for other traffic or not. Singapore: The city-state follows vehicle quota system. A person buying a new car has to pay tax to the extent of 140% of the market value. Also has levied congestion charges for certain roads. But it’s Singapore you know. To speak about new flyovers, skyways, metro-rails or ring-roads in our state seem only state next to impossible when we cannot even maintain our existing roads inspite of huge funds sent from the central government. The last fly-over we built took us a decade and to built new ones in a town like Dimapur which seem to be bursting from it seam is just a matter of time how long will the little town sustain? Top on the list of the Union Transport Minister, Nitin Gadkari is studying transport systems across the world to spruce up our own in India. Among the things he is working on is providing driving licences online to curtail time and corruption in our country and amending the Motor Vehicles Act. With Nagaland having a record of highest growth of vehicle in among the states in our country the town of Dimapur and Kohima now has a chronic traffic congestion during the rush hour which only seems to be getting worse. Absence of decent proper public transport system discourages commuters to use them as the last times city-buses introduce were also had to be dropped for myriad reasons. Acute shortage of parking spaces seems to be rising together with number of rising vehicle population. In Dimapur there is not even a single junction which has not been made into an auto-parking space. Some parking lots of autos have stretches running even into quarter of a kilometre. More sort of a nuisance it has become rather than a means of public convenience as there seems to be no limit in the issuance of permits. With the introduction of the new traffic system after the introduction the Police Commissionerate of Dimapur, things seem to have improved a lot and our people also seems to be improving their civic sense too because of the new system. Even the unruly drivers are now following the traffic rules, thanks to the new system. But again the question of congestion remains that for how long will it be because human population density together with our vehicular population will be ever increasing while our spaces and our narrow roads only seem to be getting narrower and the pedestrians’ difficulty in walking in the little shoddy footpaths seems to be getting more of a harrowing session. R.C. Bhargava , Chairman of the Maruti India Suzuki limited stated that we have Motor Vehicles Act which is 30 Years behind time and when our neighbours like Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia also have improved their transport system while we have not yet. Time we also ponder seriously to solve this everyday menace which no one can seem to escape from because congestion hampers productivity, happiness and progress. Jonah Achumi

Readers may please note that the contents of the articles, letters and opinions published do not reflect the outlook of this paper nor of the Editor in any form.

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Billy Joel

bests Elton John, sets new record

illy Joel has set a record for most performances by a single artist at Madison Square Garden with his 65th show, besting Elton John. The Piano Man performed for more than two hours before a sold-out crowd in New York City on Wednesday night. He sang hits like “Uptown Girl,” “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me” and “Only the Good Die Young.” The 66-year-old played piano for most of the night, but also rocked on the guitar and harmonica. Joel has been performing at MSG once a month since last year. John has performed at MSG 64 times. Joel sang John’s “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” at the show. Joel described John as “a good man and a good friend” before dedicating the song to him.

ara’s mission to distinguish herself as a serious actress is complete: the 22-year-old is no longer represented by a modelling agency but by an acting agent. Delevingne, who is currently filming her part in David Ayer’s Suicide Squad, is set to grace cinema screens in Paper Towns, Pan, Kids in Love, London Fields and Tulip Fever this year alone. The Londoner was scouted by Sarah Doukas, the same Storm Models executive who spotted supermodel Kate Moss, while she was still at secondary school. Delevingne started modelling for ASOS but was quickly welcomed into the Burberry family by its boss Christopher Bailey and her star quickly ascended: she’s since been booked for campaigns by Chanel, Burberry, Fendi, Pepe Jeans, La Perla, Balmain, Topshop and was invited to collaborate on collections for DKNY and Mulberry. But modelling was never her ambition, it was simply a post-school job which snowballed and distracted her for several years, mainly thanks to her vivacious energy backstage and huge presence on Instagram. She’s not been shy in shooting down her experience as a model, either. She recently told the Wall Street

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Journal that modelling left her feeling “a bit empty”, explaining how: “Fashion is about what's on the outside, and that's it. There's no searching, it's just creating pretty things." She also went on the record saying: "It's horrible living in a world where I'll get a call from someone saying, so-and-so says you were partying a lot and you were looking this way and you need to lose weight. It makes me so angry. If you don't want to hire me, don't hire me." The bushy-browed star is the current Vogue cover girl in America and told her interviewer that “The thrill of acting is making a character real. Modeling is the opposite of real. It’s being fake in front of the camera.” With that out in the open, she’s no longer on Storm’s books and is instead being represented by top American acting agency, William Morris. But she still can’t shake off her former profession entirely; she’s still gracing make-up counters across the world as the face of Yves Saint Laurent’s beauty line and cosying up to Kate Moss in a trench coat for as the ambassador of the My Burberry fragrance. The pair are also set to star together in Spanish retailer Mango’s campaign this autumn.

Cara Delevingne cuts ties with modelling agency

Drew Barrymore on putting family before her career

alancing a career and parenting is a constant struggle for some mothers, but as a successful actress with over 50 movie credits to her name, Drew Barrymore has the luxury of taking time off to focus on being with her kids - and she's happy to take advantage of it. Posing on the cover of Hamptons magazine’s Fourth of July issue, Drew, 40, dished on her decision to lighten her filming load and focus more of her energy on entrepreneurial projects. The mother of daughters Frankie, one, and Olive, two, with husband Will Kopelman, said that while she'll only be putting out a new film every few years, she also often works from

home on her beauty brand, Flower, and wine label, Barrymore by Carmel Road. 'I don’t work in films and movies so much anymore,' she told the magazine, explaining why her upcoming flick, Miss You Already, will be her only 2015 release. 'I can’t. It would take me away from my kids too much, and I’m not willing to do that. '[Acting will be] every few years at best, and then I’ll just see how that goes. I’ve done two films in five years. And even those, I was like, "Wow, I just don’t know how to do this right now with kids."' Instead of signing major movie deals, which can involve being on set for long days, Drew has found 'a tremendous amount of happiness' work-

Miranda Kerr dating Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel

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umours are that top Australian model Miranda Kerr has a new man in her life, in the form of Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel. The 32-year-old mother of one was spotted with the tech guru in a restaurant in the Venice area of California according to Us Weekly. “They sat at the bar and were making out,” said the observer, adding: “they were really into each other.” At just 25, Spiegel has been dubbed by Forbes magazine as the world’s youngest billionaire with a

self-made fortune of $1.5 billion. In February this year, his video messaging company reportedly received offers that would value it at $19 billion. Having spent years coding in the company of Snapchat cofounder Bobby Murphy, Miranda’s love of all things spiritual, yoga and coconut-oil based must be like a breath of fresh air. Kerr, the face of Wonderbra, Reebok and Swarovski, has been linked to several wealthy bachelors since splitting from British actor Orlando Bloom in 2013

after three years of marriage. She was rumoured to be dating fellow Australian, billionaire businessman James Packer (while Bloom was thought to be seeing Packer's ex-wife), and Steve Bing, the father of Liz Hurley’s son Damian. She remains on good terms with Bloom, with whom she has a four-year-old son, Flynn, and who was pictured firmly moving on at the weekend as he wined and dined Brazilian actress Luisa Moraes in Malibu.

ing on her own companies, which often allows her to do business from home. 'I’m being the mom that I want to be,' she said. 'So that for me is everything.” Of course, running three businesses - she also has a production company, Flower Films, which she started in 1995 - isn't exactly a piece of cake, either. Drew said that though she always puts her children first and makes it a point to serve them dinner, bathe them, and put them to bed at night, juggling all of the projects on her very-full plate can still be difficult. 'Sometimes it does seem overwhelming, but you just prioritize,' she explained. 'You know you can’t do everything. You choose your battles. 'If you’re being the kind of person you want to be - which for me is a parent first - then you get excited about stepping away here and there and focusing on some other things. All of these businesses, as time consuming as they are, they let me be the kind of parent I want to be.'

Jim Carrey issues apology after tweeting photo of autistic teen

im Carrey's recent antivaccine Twitter rants against California government resulted in a serious problem. The 53-yearold actor issued an apology on Thursday, July 2 after a family slammed him for using their autistic son's picture in the rant without permission. "I'd like to apologize to the Echols family and others for posting a pic of their kids w/o permission. I didn't mean to cause them distress," so Carrey wrote on his account. On Tuesday, June 30, Carrey launched a series of Twitter rants ex-

pressing his disapproval of California's new policy requiring all school children in the state to get vaccinated. One of the tweets included a photo of a teen with autism having a breakdown, implying that vaccine caused intellectual disorder. It turned out that the boy is 14-year-old Alex Echols Carrey of Eugene, Ore. Immediately after the family learned of the image, the ailing boy's mother tweeted the actor and asked him to delete the snap. "@ JimCarrey Please remove this photo of my son. You do

‘Terminator’ as a TV series soon!

Priyanka Chopra talks about anemia prevention in adolescents

Holding onto the stern trunk framework of the tree, Justin Bieber was seen doing his best to maintain his balance as fans on the ground viewed the celebrity spectacle in awe. The pop star was seen wearing a red and black checkered hooded jacket for the fourth day of the five-day conference. He teamed it was a black top and matching skinny jeans, while making a statement as per usual, this time with a bold hat.

ctress Priyanka Chopra, who is UNICEF's goodwill ambassador, engaged with adolescents in Bhopal to highlight the importance of anemia prevention and discuss important issues affecting them including nutrition. Speaking about adolescents, she said, "Anaemia is a key health concern facing young girls and boys across the country but it is something that has a simple, workable solution." Priyanka also said that the only thing necessary a blue iron Folic Acid (IFA) tablet once a week and deworming tablets every six months. "We need to create awareness about how these simple steps have a huge and long lasting impact on this generation of girls and boys and the generations to come," she said. Moving focus back to the topic, she said India has the largest number of young people aged between 10 and 19 years in the world. This age group referred to as "adolescents" comprise one-fourth of India's population and are key drivers of India's future economic growth. However, 56 per cent of girls and 30 per cent of boys in the age group between 15 years and 19 years in India suffer

T from anemia. The majority of them are also stunted, she said. Priyanka, who did her research on the same said that the problem could be effectively addressed by consuming nutritious food and becoming aware about it. Later, she interacted with reporters on the issue. When she was asked whether Bollywood actors would continue to endorse junk food, the actress said, "If I come to know that the product is bad, definitely I won't do it. But actors can't be held responsible for it because it was approved by the government"."When we sign any contract to endorse any product, it is the responsibility of the company to ensure that whatever information is given about it is true as well as legal in all aspects. Actors can't be blamed for it since the government has approved it and given license to these companies," Priyanka told reporters.

h e Te r m i nat o r, which is returning to theatres in “Terminator Genisys” next month, could be hitting our TV screens soon too. Skydance Productions CEO David Ellison has confirmed that production on a TV adaption set within the films’ universe is underway, reported Collider. “It’s something that we’re developing as we

speak. The dream for us would be to be able to obviously make films, television shows, we have a video game with Glu, comic books, and they all should be standalone experiences. If you just watch the movies or if you just watch a television show, it’s a complete experience,” Ellison said. When questioned if the TV series would tie in with the movies, Ellison add-

ed, “Anything we do along those lines, it will absolutely have connective tissue. It would be a mistake and a little old-fashioned to have a television show and a movie, both based on something that actually don’t cross over in any way, shape, or form.” He also said the plan would likely be a 13-episode series along the lines of JJ Abrams’ “Alias”.

not have permission to use his image," so she wrote. The teen's aunt later took to Instagram to share how upset she was regarding the use of her nephew's photo. "I'm very disgusted and sickened that a celebrity would use a photo like this that was used in the first place to spread awareness of Tuberous Sclerosis to mock him and and my sister for vaccinations," she wrote. She added that her nephew had been suffering from autism and tuberous sclerosis long before he was vaccinated. Carrey deleted the photo shortly after.

Kids for Fame S-5 final audition

ids for Fame Season 5 Final audition will be held on July 4, at Pheto Music Association, Padumpukhri, National Highway, Dimapur from 4 pm onwards. PMA has informed that those who have missed the Dimapur & Kohima audition can come for the direct final auditions for the upcoming promotional singing contest in Nagaland. The ultimate winner will walk away with the prize money of Rs 3 lakhs along with one year free music course. For further information call: 9436405817

Ben Affleck 'devastated' over split

ctor Ben Affleck is reportedly "devastated" following his split from Jennifer Garner and battled to try to save their 10 year marriage. The 42-year-old star, who announced he is divorcing the actress after 10 years of marriage in a joint statement on Tuesday, battled to try to save their relationship for the sake of their three children, Violet, nine, Seraphina, six, and Samuel, three. "He's devastated. Nobody intends to go down this path. They both battled, and he really battled to try and save the marriage but ultimately it was the best thing for the kids and for him and Jen. "These are two people who really tried to save their marriage and worked real-

ly hard at it. Ultimately they had grown apart and they did what was best for their kids," a source close to the "Gone Girl" star told people.com. The Oscar winner, who has been staying in hotels for the past few months, is now building a separate bachelor pad on the grounds of their Pacific Palisades home in California so he can continue to be a hands-on father, and the duo have hired a mediator to help them divide their vast fortune. The insider added: "These are things that they have consciously done because they want to make sure that this is as easy as they can make it on the kids."

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Falcao officially joins Chelsea on loan

Chelsea have signed Monaco striker Radamel Falcao on a seasonlong loan deal, with the option to make the deal permanent. The 29-year-old Colombia international spent last season on loan at Manchester United, scoring four goals in 29 games. He links up with former Atletico Madrid team-mates Thibaut Courtois, Filipe Luis and Diego Costa. "I am very happy to be joining Chelsea and can't wait to start training," Falcao said. The striker scored 72 goals in two seasons for FC Porto between 2009 and 2011, before joining Atletico Madrid. After 70 goals in two prolific seasons with the Spanish side, Monaco signed him for £50m in 2013. He suffered anterior cruciate ligament damage in January 2014 and joined United on loan that summer but had a disappointing time at Old Trafford. Source: Associated Press

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Atletico target Cazorla

Atletico Madrid are targeting Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla as a potential replacement for Arda Turan. Source: The Times

Vandeweghe, Wawrinka advance in Wimbledon

WIMBlEDON, JulY 3 (AP): Coco Vandeweghe of the U.S. is into the second week at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. The 47th-ranked Vandeweghe, the niece of former NBA player and executive Kiki, beat 2011 U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur, who was seeded 22nd at Wimbledon, 6-2, 6-0 in the third round Friday. It took only an hour. Stosur, who also lost to Vandeweghe at the Australian Open in January, has never had much success at the All England Club, never making it to the fourth round. This was only the third time in 13 appearances she even got as far as the third round. French Open champion Stan Wawrinka is also into the fourth round of Wimbledon after beating Fernando Verdasco in straight sets. The fourthseeded Wawrinka won 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 in less than two hours on Court 1. Belinda Bencic of Switzerland ended Bethanie Mattek-Sands' run at Wimbledon, knocking out the 158thranked American in straight sets in the third round. Bencic won 7-5, 7-5 in a match that saw 10 breaks of serve and lasted 1 hour, 49 minutes on Court 18. Mattek-Sands had to go through qualifying just to make the main draw and was the lowest-ranked woman left in the tournament. She was one of six American women to reach the third round, the highest total since 2005. Nick Kyrgios came from a

Nadal loss sends shockwaves

Coco Vandeweghe of the United States returns a ball to Samantha Stosur of Australia during their singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London on July 3. (AP Photo)

set down to beat Milos Raonic 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (3), 6-3 on Friday in the third round at Wimbledon. The Australian doublefaulted three times in the final game of the first set but rode his big serve the rest of the way, finishing with 34 aces to beat the Canadian on Court No. 2. As always, Kyrgios put on quite a show along the way. He received a code violation

Copa America Final: Argentina, Chile trying to end title drought Vicente L. Panetta

Associated Press

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Six players on Arsenal's exit list

Lukas Podolski, David Ospina, Joel Campbell, Yaya Sanogo, Mathieu Flamini and Carl Jenkinson are all set to leave Arsenal this summer. Source: The Sun

Bayern in talks for Di Maria

Bayern Munich are in talks with Manchester United over a move for Angel Di Maria but the Argentine's €50 million (£35m) valuation is too high for the Bundesliga champions. Source: Bild

De Bruyne wants to talk to PSG and Manchester City

Kevin De Bruyne will hold talks with Wolfsburg next week. The midfielder wants to discuss his future at the club and also wants the opportunity to talk to PSG and Manchester City. Source: Daily Telegraph

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United propose Evans Coleman swap

Manchester United are hoping to convince Everton to part ways with Seamus Coleman this summer by offering Jonny Evans as part of any deal for the Irish right-back. Source: Daily Mirror

for throwing his racket so hard to the ground that it bounced into the crowd, and was told to turn his Wimbledon headband inside out because the greenand-purple stripes on it were too colorful. Kyrgios is best known for beating Rafael Nadal here in the fourth round last year at the age of 19. He will next play Richard Gasquet of France.

The South American title won't be the only thing at stake when Argentina and Chile meet in Saturday's Copa America final. The regional rivals have a chance to put years of disappointment behind them with triumph at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago. Host Chile has never won the continental title, while Argentina has gone 22 years without lifting a major trophy. The winner will celebrate a historic achievement. The loser will be left wondering how much longer the title drought will last. Victory would also be extra special for Lionel Messi, who has thrived with Barcelona for years but is yet to give his national team much reason to celebrate. If Messi can finally lead his nation to the title, he will be silencing many of the critics who say that he has never played as well with the national team as he does with his club. Argentina hasn't won a significant trophy since the 1993 Copa America, when Messi was only 6 years old. Since then, it failed to succeed in seven Copa Americas and six World

Cups, with Messi playing in five of those tournaments. The playmaker helped Argentina's Under-23s win the Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Games in Beijing, but he still has nothing to show for when it comes to the senior squad. Argentina came close to breaking through for a major title when it reached the World Cup final in Brazil last year, losing 1-0 to Germany in extra time. It had been eliminated in the quarterfinals both in 2006 and 2010. The Argentines lost consecutive Copa America finals to Brazil in 2004 and 2007. In the 2011 tournament at home, Argentina didn't make it past the quarterfinals. "We are stubborn," Argentina defensive midfielder Javier Mascherano said. "We keep trying to win one of these championships. Hopefully it will finally happen on Saturday." If it does happen, Argentina will win its 15th Copa America title, tying Uruguay as the tournament's most successful nation. Argentina will be brimming with confidence after trouncing Paraguay 6-1 in the semifinals, when Messi didn't score but helped set up five goals, a performance reminiscent of the ones he constantly pulls off with Barcelona.

Meanwhile, Richard Gasquet of France improved to 5-0 against Grigor Dimitrov by beating the 11th-seeded Bulgarian 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 on Centre Court to make it to the second week of Wimbledon for the first time since 2012. The 21st-seeded Gasquet needed five match points in the final game before closing out the win.

lONDON, JulY 3 (REutERs): The untroubled advance of the heavy hitters at Wimbledon was spectacularly halted on Thursday when twice champion Rafa Nadal was bundled out by German qualifier Dustin Brown who played the match of his life. Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Petra Kvitova all cruised into the third round with straight-sets victories as the tournament meandered serenely through its fourth balmy day. But the calm was shattered by the final match on Centre Court when Brown, a man until now best known for his unconventional approach and dread-locks, brought back memories of the golden summer Wimbledon evenings of wooden rackets as he combined relentless power with brave and ambitious creativity. Brown came out swinging and even when Nadal dug deep to level the match at one set all he did not hold back, going for his shots and harrying his illustrious opponent at every opportunity. Along with the power there was finesse which had the Centre Court

crowd roaring their approval and Brown rattled through the final set to secure a fully deserved victory. "You have to play your A game against him," said Brown, who also beat Nadal in their only previous meeting in Halle last year. "I'm fortunate I played him twice on grass, which is my favourite surface -- I wouldn't want to play him anywhere else. My game makes him not play his game. He doesn't get in a rhythm." Defeat continued Nadal's wretched run at Wimbledon since he lost the 2011 final to Novak Djokovic. In successive years he has lost to players ranked 100, 135, 144 and now 102 without getting past the fourth round -- a stunning decline for the 14-times grand slam winner who triumphed at Wimbledon in 2008 and 2010 and has been runner-up three times. "My motivation is to be back to that level but I don't know if I can," 10th seed Nadal said. "But I've played on the last day here five days and had the trophy back home twice, so it's not bad."

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UEFA lifts sanctions on Man City, PSG

NYON, JulY 3 (AP): UEFA has lifted key Financial Fair Play sanctions from Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain after both clubs met spending limits imposed last year. UEFA's decision announced on Friday lets both clubs spend more on player transfers and wages. Both clubs also avoided being fined 20 million euros ($22.2 million) of Champions League prize money they earned last season. Fines would have been triggered for further overspending. Man City and PSG can now select from Champions League squads of 25 senior players. Both had only 21 eligible last season as part of initial sanctions imposed by UEFA in May 2014. Then, both clubs forfeited 20 million euros ($22.2 million) of Champions League prize money. UEFA says Man City and PSG stay "under strict monitoring," and are "subject to some limitations in 2016."

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Aussies the big favorite going into Ashes Steve Douglas

AP Sports Writer

One of sport's great rivalries looks lopsided heading into the third Ashes series in two years. Even the most optimistic, one-eyed England cricket fan would struggle to pick holes in the Australia squad that arrived in Britain two weeks, seeking to retain the urn won back so convincingly in a 5-0 whitewash Down Under 18 months ago. The Australians have the world's top-ranked batsman in Steven Smith, a hostile and deep bowling attack led by the menacing — if mercurial — Mitchell Johnson, and a settled side at ease under the easygoing stewardship of coach Darren Lehmann. Throw in the recent series victory in West Indies that capped a near-perfect run of results since the last Ashes, and everything points to the men in the baggy green keeping hold of the urn for another 2½ years. Well, almost everything. Australia hasn't won a test series in England since 2001 and no member of the current squad is an Ashes winner abroad. English conditions can provide a unique examination in test cricket, and series wins aren't easy to come by. So maybe the next seven weeks will be a closer-run thing than anticipated, starting with the first test in Cardiff on Wednesday. "From where we have been," England captain

Alastair Cook said, "if we did win the Ashes, it would be a remarkable achievement." That's because while the Australians have been virtually at the top of their game ever since losing the 2013 Ashes in England 3-0, it's been nothing but turbulence for their old foes. The Ashes whitewash led to the break-up of a successful England test team. Graeme Swann quit cricket, star batsman Kevin Pietersen was dumped and has failed to earn a reprieve despite a relentless PR campaign, and steady No. 3 Jonathan Trott's comeback from a stress-related condition hasn't worked out. English cricket is in a transitional phase, with new players brought in and a new philosophy — adventure instead of conservatism — being implemented. Adding to the chaos is a series of coaching and administrative changes that has resulted in England going into the Ashes with a new overseeing supremo in former test captain Andrew Strauss and a new coach in Trevor Bayliss — an Australian, no less. Bayliss knows the Australians better than the England team, many of whom he met for the first time last weekend on a bonding trip to Spain. It's hardly the ideal preparation for an Ashes series, but Bayliss arrives with a strong reputation from his time with Sri Lanka and in domestic cricket in Australia and India. His style is to create a relaxed envi-

ronment for players to thrive in, much like Lehmann. "To be successful against Australia, it's certainly not going to be by taking a backward step or allowing the Australians just to dictate terms," England's first Australian coach said Wednesday. "You've got to get out and fight fire with fire, be positive and aggressive and individuals have to play their own natural game." England is also on something of a high after winning a thrilling one-day series against New Zealand. Test cricket, though, is a different animal. "England have obviously turned things around a bit and we've seen the flair they've started to play with in one-day cricket," Australia allrounder Shane Watson said. "It's good to see that they've moved with the times with how cricket is being played these days, and they're going to have to do the same in test cricket as well." There are question marks hanging over England's lineup. Gary Ballance and Ian Bell are struggling for runs at Nos. 3 and 4, Moeen Ali isn't convincing as the team's spinner, and the bowling attack lacks variety without a leftarm seamer to complement Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad. England also has seven lefthanded batsmen in its team, which could play into the hands of offspinner Nathan Lyon. Johnson, in particular, will relish playing England again after taking 37 wickets in the last Ashes series.

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