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Unpaid for seven months, NACP TI workers protest DIMAPUR, JULY 8 (MExN): In protest against non-payment of salaries, employees under National AIDS Control Programme’s (NACP) Targeted Intervention (TI) project are agitating since July 1, 2016. The employees have been wearing black ribbons to “signify that the HIV/ AIDS program in the state is dead,” a press release issued by a forum of the aggrieved employees informed. This is their first phase of agitation, which was launched following the failure of the Nagaland State AIDS Control Society (NSACS) to respond on the issue. The forum said it had submitted a representation addressed to the Chairman of NSACS on June 21, 2016 through email (NSACS email) requesting release of their salaries for seven months from December 2015 to June 2016 before June 30. The representation was forwarded with appended signatures from 495 employees from all the eleven districts where TI project under NACP is being implemented. However, the concerned authorities chose not to reciprocate, the forum stated. Highlighting their grievances, the forum lamented that the non-release of salaries has led to untold misery of the employees, whereby they are forced to “beg and borrow to sustain their livelihood.” This has also greatly decreased the commitment level of the TI employees while some of the most efficient and trained staffs have resigned from the office, it added. The forum cautioned that the employees under NACP TI project would continue to wear the black ribbon for the next ten days, after which the forum will launch its 2nd phase of agitation.
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Kohima: Improper address hampers delivery services
SC to hear disqualification case on July 18: NPCC says DIMAPUR, JULY 8 (MExN): The NPCC today said that the Supreme Court of India is slated to hear the case involving the disqualification of 8 erstwhile Congress MLAs from Nagaland on July 18. The case was heard by a bench headed by Justice Anil L Dave and L Nageshwara Rao today (July 8) where the defendants’ plea for shifting the matter to the Guwahati High Court was rejected, NPCC President K Therie maintained in a press statement. Since the Speaker of Nagaland had delivered his judgment based on Guwahati High Court, the bench replied that even if the matter is sent back there, it would simply revert back again to the apex court, it added. Sr. Advocate Salman Khurshid, who represented the petitioner (NPCC) said that “this is exactly what I have been pleading,” NPCC said. “It would be nothing more than a waste of time.” The case pertains to a special leave petition in the Supreme Court filed by the NPCC in February challenging NLA Speaker’s rejection of the disqualification petition against eight Congress MLAs.
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A cultural troupe perform a traditional dance during the celebration of Tuluni, a post harvest festival of the Sumi community at NER Agri Expose site, Dimapur on Friday. The celebration was organized by the Highway Area Sumi Public Organization. (Photo: Manen Aier) (Related stories on page 2)
Army can’t use excessive force in NE likely to have Disturbed Areas: Supreme Court its own new airline
NEw DELhI, JULY 8 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday said the army cannot use excessive force in its counter-insurgency operations in areas declared disturbed under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act. The court held that criminal courts do have the jurisdiction to look into cases of alleged excesses by the armed forces in areas declared disturbed. A bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, however, reserved its verdict on the question of ordering a probe by a special investigation team (SIT) into more than 1,500 cases of allegedly staged shootouts in Manipur. The ruling is a setback to the Cen-
tre and the army which had argued that the Army Act gives immunity to armed forces personnel from being prosecuted by criminal courts. The court verdict came on a petition by the associations of the families of the people who were allegedly killed by the armed forces in Manipur since 1978. The petitioner associations had sought an SIT probe into 1528 such killings. The court, taking note of the submission by the National Human Rights Commission that it was a toothless body, sought the government’s response as to whether it was bound by the recommendations that the rights body makes. The court said that it will examine the issue.
DIMAPUR, JULY 8 (MExN): A brand new airline based out of Guwahati and connecting all capitals of the North East states is likely to be introduced very soon. According to a report on the Business Insider India, this is for the first time that the Indian government has decided to launch a subsidiary to provide connectivity within the Northeastern part of the country, many areas of which lose out on potential tourism revenue because of lesser air connectivity. The to-be launched airlines will be a subsidiary of Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd, and would most likely start its operations with a fleet of 6 fixed-wing planes and 5 helicopters. The planned subsidiary will have an equity base of Rs 150 crore, with 51% of its shares owned by Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd while the North Eastern Council (NEC) will own the rest 49%. “It was during a meeting of all state chief ministers from the North East and Department of North Eastern Region minister Jitendra Singh that the decision to start this airline was taken,” the Business Insider India reported. “A proposal has come to the aviation ministry and has also been sent to NEC for approval,” the report quoted a government official as saying.
At a time when the state capital of Nagaland is intently contending to figure in the list of India’s ambitious project on Smart Cities, the urban dwellers of Kohima does not even have a proper address system. This challenge of improper address system or the lack of a proper formal address is also stifling the uptake of electronic commerce in the Nagaland capital. In the wake of ‘online shopping’, the use of courier and delivery services such as India Post, Blue Dart, and DTDC etc has increased manifold. While the use of mobile phones may have reduced correspondence to a large extent, parcel delivery has increased 3-4 folds as per the record of the Kohima Head Post Office. However, the lack of clear residential markings by local authorities is making it difficult for courier services to locating residential units to deliver parcels, forcing the recipients to pick up goods from the courier service office itself. Speed Post Manager of Kohima Head Post Office, Kekhriezetuo Solo expressed concern on the random house numbering in several pockets of Kohima. He observed that some citizens have 2-3 house numbers including those given by their respective department (citing the instance of a government quarter number), colony or the number provided as per the Census. “Citizens themselves are confused with their house number,” he pointed out. While house numbering
are not done serially, he said there is further confusion in the case a new building crop up in between two existing houses. “In such cases, the post man will not be able to locate the house of the addressee”,he maintained. Communication wise, he felt that Nagas do not know how to use their postal addresses. In addition to the lack of systematic house numbering, he said the addressees are still very ignorant, and urged upon using landmarks, which, he said is very essential. “We need landmarks,” he emphasized. He cited the instance of a person whose address simply read the person’s name, followed by “Blue Dart, Kohima.” The recipient in this particular context was apparently of the understanding that his article would come through Blue Dart Courier whereas the dispatcher had chosen the service of India Post to dispatch the parcel. Postmaster of Kohima Head Post Office, Kekhrieletso Kelio substantiated by stating that many people also provide fake contact numbers which further hamper the process of delivery. On lack of awareness amongst citizens in providing proper addresses, R.M
Patel, Director Postal Services, Nagaland who took charge a couple of months back, proposed that awareness programmes can be conducted by the department in this connection. Administrator of Kohima Municipal Council (KMC), Kovi Meyase while expressing concern on the absence of uniformity in house numbering, also pointed fault to the various number of lanes and localities that have names, but not known in officially capacity. Towards this end, he suggested that the government should officially give recognition to such names and places. He felt that a policy or a formula should be worked out at the highest level while also pointing to the lack of basic social needs and issues in many areas. It is also learnt that house mapping and other data collections for water, electricity, number of household, educational institute & health facilities, was previously undertaken by an agency called SIPMIU (State Investment Program Management Implementing Unit), a cell under Urban Development, and financially aided by ADB. The outcome of this project could not be ascertained at the time of filing this report.
ACAUT Nagaland urges SVC to NSCN (R) questions GoI’s dual policy towards the Nagas investigate siphoning of SK Oil DIMAPUR, JULY 8 (MExN): Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation (ACAUT), Nagaland has demanded that the State Vigilance Commission (SVC) take suo moto cognizance of the fuel adulteration case and investigate the connection between the fuel adulteration kingpins and the Food and Civil Supplies (F&CS) Department since the core issue involves siphoning off of SK OIL. “The 6 fuel adulteration units, as jointly busted by the Dimapur police, the district administration and the ACAUT on June 27 should have grabbed the immediate attention of the SVC. It will be extreme dereliction of duty if the Commission, instead of taking up the case suo moto should wait for the complainants, in this case the ACAUT, to file FIR before it,” Media Cell ACAUT stated on Friday. Alleging that the past record of the SVC in solving cases has been nothing short of discouraging, ACAUT cited a few instances. In 2014, when ACAUT detected anomalies in procedures of the Excise Department with 30 lakh worth of seized IMFL missing, the SVC only recommended suspension of a few constables and lower ranked officers to cover-up the case of such magnitude by making the lower cadres scapegoats in order to “protect the top fishes in the Excise Department.” In 2015, ACAUT filed a complaint regarding the backdoor appointment of 36 BDOs. However, it alleged that the “sons and daughters of top bureaucrats and politicians inserted as BDOs probably stopped the Commission from pursuing the issue.”
Again, in the earlier part of 2016, ACAUT said it filed a case regarding the misappropriation of Rs 402 crore in the F&CS department as per the CAG Report. The complaint also mentioned specific cases of siphoning of PDS items yet the case seems to have met its dead end without even starting, it alleged. Taking these instances into account, ACAUT stressed that if one has to go by precedence, and knowing that the “under par Commission is not known to have solved high profile cases/issues involving powerful politicians and bigwig bureaucrats,” and the issue of “fuel adulteration” being precisely this, then the outcome and handling of the case by the SVC seem obvious. “Therefore, the question which begets the Naga public is, shouldn’t the SVC be declared defunct and powerless department? Therefore, scrapped in the interest of the public on the grounds of it becoming a liability to the state finance and wasting public money? It so far appears to be serving only as a decorative arm for the state.” Stating that the criminal aspect of the case is already under investigation by the Dimapur police, ACAUT said the SVC should aid the investigation by probing “why” several lakh litres of SK Oil meant for the poor people should be diverted into the adulteration business with the knowledge of the F&CS department. “If the SVC cannot take up this case for whatever reasons, the staff and members should honorably resign instead of bringing this body into disrepute time and again,” ACAUT has advised.
DIMAPUR, JULY 8 (MExN): Following the killing of four of its cadres by the 16 Assam Rifles (AR) at Kethi village under Tirap district, the NSCN (R) on Friday questioned the Government of India’s “dual policy towards the Naga people wherein on the one hand they talk about peace and resolving the issue through negotiation and on the other hand engage in killing the Nagas through her forces and scuttle the Naga voice.” The AR had claimed that
one of their columns during an operation “neutralized” four cadres during a gunfight, which ensued after the NSCN (R) cadres fired at them. While condemning the killing of its four cadres, the NSCN (R) in a MIP release countered the AR claim. Clarifying that two of the deceased were civilians, the MIP stated that the other two had recently joined them from NSCN (K) in the quest for peace after the latter abrogated the ceasefire.
It alleged that the AR cordoned off the NSCN (R) camp in the wee hours and captured the four alive. The MIP accused the AR for committing atrocities before they were killed. Asking the AR to “stop cooking stories of always being fired upon by national workers and killing them during their retaliatory action,” the NSCN (R) said the whole world cannot be fooled since it already knows the tactics the AR apply to cover up their actions.
It stated that the AR through this act has proved that it wants “to suppress the Naga people through brutal force in spite of all our good will and efforts to understand each other’s political situation.” Meanwhile, the collective leadership of NSCN (R) condoled the death of its cadres from Arunachal Unit with prayer for the departed souls and for strength to the bereaved families during this hour of grief.
Recommendations to reduce disaster risk Our Correspondent Kohima | July 8
A number of recommendations and suggestions have emerged after brainstorming sessions on different issues concerning disaster risk reduction at the two-day interactive workshop on “Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in the context of Climate Change” which concluded on Friday at Capital Convention Centre, Kohima. Thematic group-1: The topic “Opportunities for community centred strategies in Nagaland” recommended formation of Village Disaster Management Agency (VDMA) in all villages on the ground across Nagaland state. It suggested that 4% of VDB funds should be set aside for disaster management and DRR. It also called for awareness creation, building risk profile of the community, identification of risk hotspots, community risk management planning and participatory community risk assessment. Thematic group-2: The topic “Towards urban risk re-
duction in Nagaland” underlined earthquake, landslide, fire, high-speed wind, cloudbursts, and accidents as hazards in urban areas in Nagaland. The vulnerable group includes poor, sick people, children below five years, old people, person with disabilities and unpreparedness. It recommended strict implementation of building byelaws. This group also suggested setting up of urban disaster management cells, proper disposal of waste, need for continued capacity building. Thematic group-3: The topic “Data/information and knowledge information on DRR” suggested that apart from nodal department- soil & water conservation, other departments like forest, rural development, land resources, agriculture, ICAR, planning and coordination, GIS cell and geology & mining must also be incorporated. It suggested that department of soil and water conservation should collect data and give it to NSDMA for further
analysis and dissemination of the data. Thematic group-4: The topic “Emergency mass disaster response strategy and Standard Operation Procedure(SOP) for departments and agencies vis-à-vis DRR” stressed on the need to build better response capabilities by improving the victims’ reaction to disaster. It called for awareness creation through church platform. It recommended introduction of a chapter on DRR Post Trauma awareness in school syllabus. Other recommendations include: ear-marking safe zones, blood- profiling in the district, inter department SOPs to be streamlined, integrated risk assessment plans and risk mapping be drafted by multi agencies, field assessments to be made first to devise local response plans. Nagaland Chief Secretary, Pankaj Kumar in his closing remarks said the government has taken note of the various suggestions and inputs that emerged from this workshop and would see that disaster
preparedness is done in a better way. Also stating that community involvement is essential, he stressed on the need to sit and interact with them. Sushil Ramola from IMI and Amba Jamir (SDFN) highlighted the reflections of workshop recommendations and ways forward. Later in the evening, as a follow up to the discussions held during the workshop, Chief Minister TR Zeliang held another discussion at his residence with the participants and stakeholders attending the workshop. A press statement from Media Cell, CMO said the discussions centered on the need to take forward issues of risk financing and insurance. While an appropriate model needs to be worked out to cover all the villages in the State, it was decided that with the support of the State Government and involvement of NECTAR and Micro Finance Academy, a small pilot project could be taken up which could be up scaled further to include other areas.
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Post-harvest festival of the Sumis – Tuluni celebrated Sumi community in Wokha celebrate
(LEFT) Sumi youth perform traditional dance during Tuluni celebration at Agri Expo Site, Dimapur on July 8 (Photo by Manen Aier). (RIGHT) Sumi men celebrate Tuluni in Dimapur on July 8 (Photo by Caisii Mao). Morung Express News Dimapur | July 8
Harvested crops of maize, cucumber, tomatoes and other vegetables adorned the stage and its base at NER Agri Expo Site, Dimapur on July 8 signifying the post-harvest festival of the Sumis – Tuluni. Organized by the Highway Area Sumi Public Or-
ganization (HASPO), the venue was thronged with multitude of people and a galaxy of Sumi leaders and officers in Dimapur to celebrate the premier festival. Tuluni Papuh (Tuluni Father), Dr. Kuhoi Zhimomi, former Information Commissioner called upon the people to let the festival be a unifying fac-
tor, make peace from any past discords and to forgive each other. He encouraged the people to carry on the tradition of such festivities preserving one’s own culture and tradition. Speaking about the significance of the festival, Dr. H. Hotokhu Chishi, Joint Director, Health & Family Welfare said Tuluni was a time
to feed the poor and needy by the well-to-dos besides spreading peace and unity. Various cultural performances were presented by Purana Bazaar Sumi Council, East Dimapur, Mhesho Sutsa, Sumi Communities of Padumpukhuri, Chekiye, Dubagaon, Ekranipathar, Eralibil, Toluvi, Ikishe, Diphupar, Bamanpukhuri
– 1 and Unity Village. During the programme, different villages competed in traditional games such as spear kicking, top spinning, fire-making etc. Friday’s Tuluni programme was the first mega festival organized by the HASPO whose jurisdiction is from Chumukedima to Kushiabill.
Wo k h a , J u ly 8 (MExN): Sumi community in Wokha, numbering about 40 households, today celebrated Tuluni with gaiety and fervour at the residence of Er. Vihuto, Executive Engineer, PHE Wokha. Expounding the meaning of Tuluni, Mughai Awomi, Pastor, Sumi Baptist Church said right from the days of the ancestors, Tuluni was a festival of love, forgiveness. Lots of traditional games used to be played and exhibited during the festival along with expression of appreciation and joy to the in-laws, he added. Tokavi Achumi, Additional Superintend of Police, Wokha exhorted the gathering for oneness, unity and progress. The celebration began with a prayer by Avikha Achumi, Pastor followed by a welcome song presented by Sulimi Lejo and friends.
Sumi women present song during the Tuluni celebration in Wokha on July 8.
A special number in original Sumi traditional tune was presented by Kaviholi, Akheli and their friends. Meanwhile, Sumi member Khekiho brought lighter
moments on the sunny day with his jokes. The vote of thanks was pronounced by Yetovi Achumi, while benediction prayer was said by Vilikali, women leader.
Battle of Kohima: Commemoration ANGPTA becomes official as GPF statement by Assam Rifles gets underway lone govt Primary Teachers' body to be issued Our Correspondent Kohima | July 8
Commemoration of the Battle of Kohima by 3 (Naga Hills) Assam Rifles unit of Inspector General Assam Rifles (North) commenced here this morning at the 2nd World War Cemetery. It will go on till July 10. The inaugural function started with remembering the soldiers who had given supreme sacrifice for the defence of Kohima. Maj Gen MS Jaswal, YSM, SM, IGAR (N), Brig M S Bains, SC, YSM, SM, Cdr 5 Sector Assam Rifles and Col Jagdeep Bhogal, SM,Comdt 3 (Naga Hills) Bn Assam Rifles laid the wreath to recognize the sacrifice of soldiers with the motto“ We Don’t Know Them All But We Owe Them All”. The Battalion displayed historical artifacts of the World War II, particularly the weapons captured from
Maj Gen MS Jaswal, YSM, SM, IGAR (N) felicitates war veteran Meaken Soba. (Morung Photo)
Japanese forces during the War alongwith other items on the occasion. 94-year-old war veteran Meaken Soba (No 32605 Ex Subedar of 3 (NH) Assam Rifles), who fought the Battle of Kohima voluntarily joined the event to relive his 39 years of association with the Battalion as well as the location of the battle
(present day Kohima War Cemetery). He was felicitated by Maj Gen MS Jaswal, YSM, SM, IGAR (N) and Rovilato Mor, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Kohima. The event was graced by civil dignitaries as well as local populace and media personnel along with Assam Rifles officials.
kohiMa, July 8 (MExN): The All Nagaland Government Primary Teachers' Association (ANGPTA) was officially formed at a general meeting held at CANSSEA building, Kohima on July 6, 2016. The body was officially formed based on the overwhelming support and the mandate received from every district through consultations and meetings with all categories of Primary Teachers, according to a press release from ANGPTA General Secretary, Hoshika H. Sumi and President, A Bendang Lkr. The meeting decided that the All Nagaland Government Primary Teachers' Association covering all categories of Primary Teachers, irrespective of qualifications/nature of appointment etc., will be the only Primary Teachers’ association under the Directorate of School Education.
Health education through multimedia in Tuensang
T u E N s a N g, J u ly 8 (MExN): To let the children have fun while learning, the class 4 and 5 students of Government Primary School, DC Garage, Tuensang were given health education through the medium they love most - cartoon films and singing. The programme was conducted by the IEC staff of Chief Medical Officer’s Office, Tuensang with resource persons comprising of Mass Education and Information Officer, Block Extension Educator, and Family Welfare Assistant on July 7. Sweets and lyric sheets on Malaria Song were distributed and all the students sang the song a couple of times. A cartoon film on personal hygiene was also screened.
It was also resolved that the association, basing on the universal law of "the right to self-determination", will function independently from all other associations and will work for the protection of the rights and the welfare of all the Primary Teachers. If any individual or group claims to represent the Primary Teachers without the mandate of all concerned, they shall be treated as “self style/bogus” and the claimant shall be held responsible for any eventuality, the house decided, according to the release. The house also duly approved the drafted constitution for the smooth functioning of the association. The meeting further resolved to take up and pursue the following matters: Amendment of the Departmental Service Rules to incorporate relevant rules to accommodate the Primary
Registration of 342 non-functioning societies to be canceled
kohiMa, July 8 (Dipr): The Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Nagaland has earmarked 342 non-functioning societies for cancellation of registration from the Cooperative fold. This has been done in compliance with the Cabinet approval vide O.M.No.CAB-2/2008, dated 8th September 2010 and in exercise of the power conferred to the Registrar of Cooperative Society under Proviso 95 of Assam Cooperative Rules 1950 and Sec 65(2) of Assam Cooperative Society Act 1949, which is enforced in the state of Nagaland. The 342 societies are those which did not commence work or ceased to work or have ceased to comply materially with any condition as Students listen to resource person during the health education programme to the registration in the Act, Rules or Byeheld at Government Primary School, DC Garage, Tuensang on July 7. Laws. All non-functioning/non-audited After the singing and screening plained on malaria and personal societies may contact their respective district offices for further clarification. session, the resource persons ex- hygiene to the children.
Seminar held on Income Declaration Scheme
DiMapur, July 8 (MExN): A seminar on “Income Declaration Scheme 2016” was held on July 8 at Lion’s Club Hall, Midland, Dimapur. Organized by the office of the Additional Commissioner of Income-Tax, Range- Dimapur, the seminar was attended by many prominent businessmen, Income Tax practitioners, members of Tax Bar Association, Dimapur Chamber of Commerce & Industries, and Lion’s Club Dimapur. The Income Declaration Scheme, 2016 was introduced by the Government of India in the Finance Act, 2016, a press release from the organizers informed. The scheme provides an opportunity to those who have not paid full taxes or declared their income in the past to come forward and declare their undisclosed income and pay tax, surcharge and penalty totaling in all to
Under the scheme, people who have not paid full taxes or declared their income in the past can declare their undisclosed income without penalty
Officials of Income Tax during the seminar on Income Declaration Scheme held at Lion's Club Hall, Dimapur on July 8.
45 percent of such undisclosed income declared. The scheme is open for four months from June 1 to September 30. The biggest advantage of the scheme is that once an assessee declares income under this scheme, he will get immunity from penalty or prosecution proceedings
under the Income-tax Act and Wealth-tax Act related to such income. No scrutiny or enquiry will also be done by the department in respect of the income declared under the scheme. P. Lokho, Deputy Commissioner of Income-tax, Circle-Dimapur inaugurated the seminar with
welcoming the participants. He emphasized on the necessity of giving wide publicity of the scheme so that it reaches to a large number of people. He also stated that giving awareness to the public is very important to attract those who are willing to declare their undisclosed income.
S. Sachidananda Singh, Income-tax Officer, Ward2, Dimapur presented a PowerPoint on the Acts & Laws binding the Income Declaration Scheme, 2016. He elaborated on the scheme with special reference to the procedure of declaration of undisclosed Income. Meanwhile, IK Zhimomi, Addl. Commissioner of Income-tax, Range-Dimapur and Nodal Officer IDS, NER delivered a speech on the Income Declaration Scheme, 2016 highlighting the importance and necessity of the scheme. He stated that the Government of India has introduced the scheme to bring all the black money under tax net so that more revenue will be collected for the nation. Handouts with complete details of the Income Declaration Scheme were distributed to all the participants of the seminar and an open discussion was held.
Teachers; Streamlining of Elementary Teachers Cadre for Primary Teachers serving in Primary and Upper Primary schools; To press the department to finalise the Cadre Review at the earliest. Meanwhile, the meeting acknowledged the members of All Nagaland Graduate Primary Teachers’ Association for taking the initiative to highlight the genuine problems of Primary Teachers with the government and their spirit of inclusiveness to take along all categories of Primary Teachers under the banner of the All Nagaland Government Primary Teachers’ Association. The house also expressed sorrow and grief to the family of late Temjenwati, Mokokchung unit President, over his untimely death and observed a moment of silence in respect of the departed soul.
kohiMa, July 8 (MExN): Office of the Accountant General (A&E) has informed all Heads of Department of Government of Nagaland that the annual GPF statement for the financial year 201516 will be issued from the Accountant General (AG) office as per the following schedule: July 12 - AIS, Jails, CPF, Stationary, Industry, Agri and Forest; July 13 - Veterinary, Medical & General Administration; July 14 - Police and miscellaneous; July 15 - Civil works and education. All Heads of Department have been requested to send their respective nodal officers along with a letter of authority under the seal and signature of the Head of the Department to collect the same on the assigned dates. A press release from
Sr. Accounts Officer, GPF Wing further informed all GPF subscribers that the entire expenditure for printing of the GPF statements is borne by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and is freely disbursed. Therefore, subscribers/ Government employees have been requested not to make any payment for issue of GPF statement by the departments. In case of any doubt or clarifications, one can write to the Deputy Accountant General (A&E) Kahoto J Yepthomi at email kahoto_j@yahoo. co.in or agaenagaland@ cag.gov.in . It was also informed that due to closure of GPF account and disbursement of GPF statements, no public interview regarding GPF will be entertained from July 11 to 15.
Summer camp organised for old people
Participants of the old age summer camp organized by Tribal Old Age Centre (TOACC) at Youth Oasis Centre, Eralibill, Dimapur.
DiMapur, July 8 (MExN): About 79 old people from 18 different churches attended the old age summer camp organized by Tribal Old Age Centre (TOACC) at Youth Oasis Centre, Eralibill, Dimapur from July 4 to 6. Sungit, Missionary was the speaker, while Temsula, M. Ritsala, and S. Ayangla Jamir were the counsellors. A press release from TOACC Director, Imli Amri informed that the campers, 60 years of age and above, were given practical teachings on living a victorious
Christian life, certain do’s and don’ts for a healthy relationship, and guides on adjusting with and understanding their children and grandchildren. “Counselling sessions were a rush with almost all the campers wanting counselling and special prayers,” the release said. The campers were divided into four groups and given opportunities to draw and explain their work. They were also given clay to mould it into various shapes in retrospection of their childhood days dur-
ing the activities time, while group discussions and testimony sharing were a major part of the programme. Candle lit service and feet washing service were held on the last evening. According to the release, it was a first summer camp for most of the participants. It quoted one woman participant as saying that coming to the camp was the best decision and that she was immensely blessed. The oldest camper was an 87-year-old grandfather, followed by an 85-year-old grandmother.
DC Dimapur informs on compensation DiMapur, July 8 (MExN): Deputy Commissioner of Dimapur has informed all the landowners and beneficiaries of the villages affected by the proposed Dimapur bypass 4 lane road from Chumukedima/Patkai Bridge to Kushiabill village that the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) has sanctioned the 2nd installment of the compensation amount. Accordingly, the second phase payment of compensation for land,
building and other items will be made at the office of the Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur as scheduled: Seithekiema villages (Plat No. 23 to Plot No. 75) on July 13 from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm; Seithekiema villages (Plot No.76 to Plot No 118) and Chumukedima Block-1 (Plot No.1) on July 13 from 1:30 pm onwards. Therefore, the affected landowners/beneficiaries concerned of the above villages have been directed to come in person to collect their respective cheques at the specified time and
date. Meanwhile, Head GBs/Chairmen, a member of the village councils concerned were informed to be physically present for identification of landowners and beneficiaries during disbursal of cheques of their respective village. Failing which, payment will be withheld. The mandatory documents required to be furnished by the beneficiaries are: ID Proof, Bank Passbook, passport photos (5 copies), original land documents (Jamabandi/patta passbook etc).
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Refrain from creating situation in Employment generating units in NE to get subsidy Namthanjang: RNYO cautions ZYF Rongmei Youth volunteers deputed to the village Dimapur, July 8 (mExN): The Rongmei Naga Youth Organization (RNYO) has cautioned the Zeliangrong Youth Front (ZYF) from creating any situation in Namthanjang Village, and instead, comply with the process of settling the matter by the competent customary authority. A press release from RNYO Secretary General Kanpatlung Pamei stated that the organisation along with the Rongmei Naga Students’ Organization
(RNSO) had undertaken a joint mission to study/verify the issue of the internal conflict of Namthanjang Village under Senapati District. Claiming that the internal conflict has been complicated with the involvement of ZYF, the RNYO expressed its resentment over the alleged act of “violence and intimidations” committed by ZYF to the villagers, “executing laws by their own hands”, and creating a volatile and adverse situation. RNYO stated that during the course of their verification, it had found that the cause and nature of the
conflict was a “leadership crisis within”. This has affected the peace and normal activity of the students and villagers since its eruption, it stated and informed that Rongmei youth volunteers have been deputed to the village as “security measure” to maintain the situation till amicable solution and settlement is arrived. In this regard, RNYO also flayed the Government for failing to provide necessary security to the villagers and stated that this has put the whole villagers in an insecure condition. Observing that ZYF is
“over-exercising” their role as youth front, RNYO stated, “They are not the authorized or competent authority to execute judgment or take up [such] cases.” Such matters should be tackled by the apex body according to the Rongmei customary arbitration or civil authority under the concerned Government, the youth organisation reasoned. Expressing objections and also denouncing the actions of the ZYF “in toto”, the RNYO stated that it will intervene with security measures to let the right and competent customary authority to settle the case.
Tributes paid to Robinhood on first death anniversary Newmai News Network Imphal | July 8
Thousands paid rich tributes to “student martyr” Sapam Robinhood who was killed during a police crackdown on Inner Line Permit (ILP) movement here last year. Floral tributes were paid to the 17-year-old at Awa Ching, the foothills of Baruni hill in Imphal East where his mortal remains are buried on his first death anniversary. Robinhood, a class 12 student, was given the title of “Lamjing Meira” or pioneering light after he lost his life during police excesses on the fateful day on
Assam security forces in search of 5 terror suspects guwahaTi, July 8 (ET): Suspected entry of five persons from Bangladesh through Meghalaya to Assam has sent the security agencies into a tizzy. Assam police have issued high alert and asked the districts bordering Bangladesh to step up vigil. Bangladesh is witnessing repeated attacks from jehadi elements. "Meghalaya police have shared information with us about five persons from Bangladesh entering Assam. Given the present situation we are verifying if these people are jehadi operatives," a senior Assam Police officer told ET. Hesaidthatalerthasbeen sounded and security forces, including the army, have been put on alert. "Those districts which are sharing border with Bangladesh and Meghalaya are asked to take all precautions. We are trying to trace these people." Security at Guwahati airport and Kamakhya temple has also been beefed up. Assam Director General of Police Mukesh Sahay said that the police have been put on alert across the state, particularly after the recent terror attacks in Bangladesh.
NDFB cadre involved in Assam violence convicted for life NEw DElhi, July 8 (aNi): National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) cadre Pradip Brahma, who was involved in a massacre of eight persons in Gosaigaon Police Station of Kokrajhar district of Assam was today convicted for life by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court in Guwahati. He was earlier arrested and chargesheeted by the NIA. The Bodos are an indigenous tribe in Assam. It is about 10 percent its population of 44 million people. In 2012, violence between Bodo tribal people and Muslims resulted in 108 deaths.
July 8, 2015. Leaders from Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System (JCILPS), civil societies and people from different parts of the state took part in the function. Thang-Ta artistes gave salute to the late student on the occasion where members of Robinhood Foundation and Robinhood’s family members and relatives were also present. JCILPS convenor in charge Bijoy Kumar Moirangcha said the drafting of the new ILP was nearing completion and expressed confidence that the bill will be introduced in the state
assembly soon. Among three ILP related bills passed by the state assembly last year, the Protection of Manipur Peoples Bill, 2015 was recently rejected by the President. The Manipur government has already announced to table the new bill in the upcoming assembly session to be held in July. The joint committee demands that a regulation similar to Inner Line Permit System be enforced in the state to curb illegal inrush of migrants into Manipur. BK Moirangcha said a series of agitations will resume in the next two-three days to demand introduc-
tion of ILP in the state. “The public will be informed soon about the planned series of agitations,” he added. “Justice has not been done yet till date. The government has not been showing concern for justice for the killing of my son,” said Robinhood’s father Sapam Romesh Singh with tears in his eyes. Schools across the valley were closed as students paid respects to late Robinhood on the occasion. Student union of Ananda Singh Higher Secondary Academy, Imphal where Robinhood was studying also marked the day.
NEw DElhi, July 8 (agENciEs): Ministry of Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER) has decided to offer subsidy as incentive to industrial and other units which generate employment in Northeast. Dr. Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State DoNER, announced this yesterday after the meeting of DoNER. He said that, as a policy, the Ministry will encourage such entrepreneurship and business establishments which generate employment for the youth in the region. For this purpose, he said, the assistance to North Eastern Development Finance Corporation (NEDFI) would incorporate a component of higher interest subsidy for such units which give more employment. DoNER Ministry is coordinating
with Union Ministry of Finance in region. This it is believed, will help this regard, he added. in expediting the projects and also avoid discrepancies. The action plan: Also all the eight States of NorthSpelling out the action plan for east region have agreed to cooperate the year to come, Dr. Jitendra Singh in carrying out geo-tagging by givgave details of Venture capital funds ing GPS details of various ongoing as another incentive for those un- schemes in the respective States. dertaking "Startup" initiatives in the North-Eastern region. Ministry's other initiatives: This will be an added attractive DoNER Ministry will also take feature for youth from all over In- up waste management project undia who wish to avail the benefit der North East Rural Livelihood of Prime Minister's "Startup India, Project (NERLP) and North Eastern Standup India" programme by set- Region Community Resource Manting up an establishment in North- agement Project (NERCORMP). east. The Ministry would study the It has already been decided with other tried models of waste manthe North Eastern Space Applica- agement including the Tamil Nadu tions Centre (NESAC) to carry out model under the Capacity Building satellite based survey for planning &. Technical Assistance (CB&TA) and monitoring of projects in the scheme.
Tripura gov in hot water again over Bangladesh attack tweets
agarTala, July 8 (hT): Tripura’s governor Tathagata Roy has triggered a controversy yet again, with recent tweets where he appeared to criticise Muslims for not condemning the recent attacks in Bangladesh. He reminded “Bengali Hindus” about Philosopher George Santayana’s famous quote: Those who didn’t learn from history are doomed to repeat the same. Following the deadly attack in Bangladesh last Saturday, Roy tweeted,
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Imports soar as Indian kitchens demand oil but production declines Sukanya Bhattacharyya IANS/IndiaSpend
Pushed by the rising use of oil as a medium for cooking in rural areas and the falling production of oilseeds, India’s edible oil imports more than doubled in the decade to 2015, according to ministry of consumer affairs data. Consumption in rural households rose 40 per cent and urban 29 per cent between 2004 and 2012, and oilseed production declined seven per cent between 2005 and 2012, according to a August 2015 report from the ministry’s department of food and public distribution. Indian use of edible oil has varied based on prices and availability, but demand appears uninterrupted, a likely consequence or rising population and growing prosperity. “Growth has also been driven by government policies relating to oilseeds production, domestic processing and imports, all of
A man loads empty containers of edible oil onto a tricycle at a roadside in kolkata. India’s edible oil imports more than doubled in the decade to 2015, according to ministry of consumer affairs data. (REUTERS File Photo)
which have affected the edible oil price and demand in the country,” said a May 2016 report by management consultancy ICRA. “With India’s population increasing from 541 million in 1971 to 1.02 billion in 2001, and to 1.28 billion at present; and per
capita income growth rising throughout the last three decades, consumption growth in India has been almost uninterrupted till recently. Consumption growth has been variable in recent years, primarily because of sharply higher product prices,” the report added.
Indian oilseed production cannot cope Edible oil is produced from oilseeds, and the department of food and public distribution report suggests that their production fell by a million tonnes over a decade ending 2015. Some reasons prof-
fered for stagnant production of oilseeds: * Erratic rainfall is the main reason, according to the government * Farmers are losing interest in oilseeds; yield not worth the cost * Farms producing oilseeds have moved to rice and wheat, according to November 2014 report from the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad. As demand rises, imports are taxed to protect domestic manufacturers The government hiked import duties on edible oils to protect the domestic industry, the Times of India reported in September 2015, from 7.5 per cent to 12.5 per cent on crude edible oil and from 15 per cent to 20 per cent in 2014-2015 on refined oil. Imports now account for two-thirds of the India’s edible oil demand, which is unlikely to reduce as the population grows and incomes continue to increase. The consumer is likely to pay for taxes imposed on imports.
In a first, Kerala imposes Volkswagen to pay $86 million in 14.5% ‘fat tax’ on junk food penalties to California over emissions MuMbai, July 8 (agencies): In a first-of-its-kind move in the country, Kerala has introduced a ‘fat tax’ on the consumption of junk food items like pizzas and burgers sold through branded restaurants. The newly-elected LDF government imposed 14.5% tax on branded restaurants selling items like tacos, pizzas, burgers, sandwiches, among others. The announcement was made by state finance minister Thomas Isaac as a part of the newly-elected LDF government’s first State Budget presentation after being elected to power. Multi-national fast food chains like McDonalds, Pizza etc. are set to be hit on the back of the new tax imposition. Meanwhile, the state government has also made consumption of ready-to-eat chapatis dearer with the introduction of 5% tax on wheat products in packets. Along with this, 5% tax has been imposed on packaged basmati rice and coconut oil. Disposable glasses made out of plastic are set to be taxed at a whopping 20%. The introduction of fat tax, as a measure to curb the consumption of junk food among people, has been a matter of global debate. Some countries like Denmark and Hungary even implemented it. Denmark, however, scrapped it later.
california, July 8 (reuTers): Volkswagen AG will pay an additional $86 million in penalties to California over its emissions scandal, on top of a settlement of $14.7 billion the automaker reached with U.S. officials last week, state Attorney General Kamala Harris said in a statement on Thursday. The office of Harris, a Democrat, said the $86 million in civil penalties resolved certain claims California officials made against Volkswagen under the state’s unfair competition law as well as under federal law. “We must conserve and protect our environment for future generations and deliver swift and certain consequences to those who break the law and pollute our air,” said Harris, who is running for a seat in the U.S. Senate. The scandal has disrupted Volkswagen’s global business and sullied its reputation. The latest settlement between officials
Milagrow launches India’s first robotic vacuum cleaner l e i s u r e new Delhi, July 8 (ians): Indian consumer robot maker Milagrow on Friday launched the country’s first full wet mopping and dry cleaning, floor vacuuming robot with the world’s largest smart mop to suit Indian household requirements. Named AguaBot 5.0, the Rs 31,990 robot comes with a water reservoir and smart mop (350x210mm) attachment. The water tank and smart mop have been made in such a way that only the front portion of the mop will do the wet mopping while the back portion, which is kept dry would wipe the floor dry, the company said in a statement. AguaBot 5.0 has been built with Milagrow’s 5th generation robotic software and comes with dual-suction control. The maximum suction can go up to 45 watt. The dual-suction control gets activated when the AguaBot senses extra dirt or when the consumer chooses the turbo suction on the remote control. The normal mode saves battery while the turbo mode provides the extra power needed to suck up tough dirt. The AguaBot 5.0 also has a brushless cleaning mechanism which is especially good for carpets. The robot weighs 2.5 kg and increasing the speed of the robot gives it a coverage of almost 3,500 sq feet in about 120 minutes on a single battery charge. The robotic vacuum cleaner comes with a twoyear warranty.
for Volkswagen and California, the nation’s most populous state, provides for $76 million to be paid to Harris’ office to defray costs relating to investigation and litigation of the emissions scandal, according to court documents. The other $10 million will be dedicated to grants for government agencies and universities, to be used in part to study technology that can help detect so-called “defeat devices,” which on Volkswagen cars produced false results during diesel emissions tests, Harris’ office said.Volkswagen, the world’s second-biggest automaker, has admitted it used sophisticated secret software to cheat exhaust emissions tests, deceiving regulators and customers about pollution from its diesel engines. The company had previously said it would pay $603 million to resolve litigation with most U.S. states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, on top of the $14.7 billion settlement with federal officials.
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Strategic divestment in PSUs within 6 months’ new Delhi, July 8 (PTi): Government is expected to go ahead with the strategic divestment in public sector units (PSUs) within the next six months besides closing down sick firms that are beyond revival, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Arvind Panagariya said. “On strategic divestment, you will see action in the next six months I would say, meaning that the process is on, but you will see some action happening in the next six months or less,” Panagariya said. NITI Aayog has been tasked by the government to identify central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) for strategic disinvestment. The task also involves advising on the mode of sale, percentage of shares to be sold of the CPSE and method for valuation of the unit. Panagariya said NITI Aayog has also done a report on identifying the units that are sick and may need to be closed down. As per the disinvestment process, the Core Group of Secretaries on Disinvestment are to consider recommendations of NITI Aayog to facilitate decision making by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA). Government has targeted to garner about Rs 56,500 crore through selling its stake in PSUs in the current fiscal, in accordance with the Budget 2016-17 announcement. Of the total budgeted proceeds, Rs 36,000 crore is estimated to come from minority stake sale in PSUs while the remaining Rs 20,500 crore is planned to be generated from strategic sale in both profit and loss-making companies.
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Your smartwatch can reveal your ATM PIN new york, July 8(ians): Cyber criminals can easily exploit wearable devices such as smartwatches and fitness trackers to steal sensitive information like your ATM PIN or passwords for electronic door locks, warns a new study. “Wearable devices can be exploited. Attackers can reproduce the trajectories of the user’s hand and recover secret key entries to ATM cash machines, electronic door locks and keypad-controlled enterprise servers,” said Yan Wang from Binghamton University in the US. The researchers combined data from embedded sensors in wearable technologies such as smartwatches and fitness trackers, along with a computer algorithm to crack private PINs and passwords with 80 per cent accuracy on the first try and more than 90 per cent accuracy after three efforts. The team conducted 5,000 key-entry tests on three key-based security systems, including an ATM, with 20 adults wearing a variety of technolo-
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BJP Nagaland responds to NPCC Dimapur, July 8 (mExN): The BJP Nagaland State unit today stated it has taken serious note of the NPCC President’s statement that “Lotus (BJP) will not grow in the North East.” NPCC President, K Therie’s statement appeared on July 6 issue of this paper. A rejoinder from M Yanghose Sangtam, Spokesperson, BJP Nagaland unit reminded the general public that in the Assam Assembly election this year, the people of the State gave a huge mandate to BJP to run a transparent and corruption free government. “The state of Assam among the North Eastern states is the most advance and hence the right thinking people of Assam is showing the way to the other north east states by allowing the Lotus to be planted in their home soil,” it stated. “Now it is only a matter of time before the other states like Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and so on follow suit and allow the Lotus to grow and flourish in the entire North East.” The BJP State unit further clarified on NPCC Working President, Ayang Aonok’s allegation that the NDA government allocated only 350 crores as a yearly budget for the state of Nagaland in 2003. The BJP maintained that the BJP led NDA Government under Prime Minister Vajpyee had not only waived off the state deficit of Rs. 350 crores but also allocated additional package of Rs. 1050 crores for the state of Nagaland. “This clearly proves that BJP is pro Nagaland and is concerned for the welfare and the future of Naga People,” the rejoinder added.
NAGALAND & AppointMents Nagaland to observe Intensified Meetings DAN Legislature Party meeting Diarrhoea Control Fortnight Kohima, July 8 (mExN): Nagaland along with the rest of the country will observe Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF) from July 11 to 23. The fortnight is being observed with a goal to attain zero child deaths due to childhood diarrhea. The objective is to ensure high coverage of ORS and Zinc use rates in children with diarrhea prevention and management of under-five children with emphasis on the high priority areas and vulnerable communities. The activity is being intensified in the country because to the fact that diarrhoeal mortality in India still remains high in under-five children, especially those under 24 months of age, and ORS and Zinc usage rate remains low in many states and districts. The Department of Health & Family Welfare (H&FW) in convergence with allied departments of PHED, Social Welfare, Education, Indian Association of Pediatric Nagaland Branch (IAP-NL) and CBOs/ NGOs like Naga Mothers Association (NMA) will implement the activities in the
schools to ensure proper hand washing techniques, Anganwadi Centers for ORS depot, and identifying children under five years of age and those suffering from diahorrea through the anganwadis. The Department has also appealed to the PHED on ensuring clean and safe drinking water in schools, Anganwadi Centers and health units. The NMA will also give directive to its women organization branches in the districts for creating awareness and sensitization and community participation in the district and block level. This was discussed and decided during a State Level Steering Committee on IDCF meeting on June 24 at the Commissioner & Secretary, H&FW’s conference hall, Nagaland Civil Secretariat. This year, IDCF approaches will be on: Improved availability and use of ORS and Zinc at the community; Facility level strengthening to manage cases of dehydration; and Enhanced advocacy and communication on prevention and control of diarrhea through IEC campaign.
A press release from Dr. Yankho Lotha, Mission Director, National Health Mission, Nagaland informed that reduction of childhood mortality is one of the prime goals of National Health Mission and childhood diarrhoeal disease continues to be one of the major killers among under five children in many states contributing to 10% of under five deaths in the country. Around 1.2 lakh children die due to diarrhoea annually in the country. Almost all the deaths due to diarrhoea can be averted by preventing and treating dehydration by the use of ORS (Oral Rehydration Solution) and administration of Zinc tablets along with adequate nutritional intake by the child during diarrhea, he added. During the fortnight, a set of activities will be implemented in an intensified manner for prevention and control of death due to dehydration caused by diarrhoea across the country which are- intensification of advocacy activities, awareness generation activities for diarrhoea management, strengthening service provision for
A meeting of the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) Legislature Party and Naga People's Front (NPF) will be diarrhoea case management, held at the State Banquet Hall at 11am on July 11. The establishing ORS- Zinc cor- meeting is convened to discuss business matters relating ners, distribution of ORS and to the Twelfth Session of the Twelfth Nagaland Legislative Zinc by ASHA to household Assembly, a press release from the Media Cell of the Chief with under-five years of age Ministers Office informed and requested all members to children and awareness gen- attend the meeting. eration activities for sanitation and hygiene. Directorate of School Last year, a total of one lakh ORS and 91,500 Zinc tablets Education meeting were distributed in the State. A meeting of all the DEO, DDEO and SDEO has been With an estimate of more than 2 lakh under 5 years of age ac- convened at the Directorate of School Education on July cording to 2011 census, Na- 14 at 1:30pm to discuss issues on better governance of tional Health Mission aims to education in the state. Therefore all DEOs, DDEOs and reach to all the children under 5 SDEOs are directed to attend the meeting along with the years of age in the State this year data operators without fail. through medical practitioners, frontline workers like ASHAs Special prayer meeting and Anganwadi Workers. National Health Mission, for Chakhesang leaders Nagaland has appealed to The Council of Chakhesang Christian Revival Churches every household having chil- has convened a special prayer meeting for Chakhesang dren under five years of age leaders from July 15 to 17 at Mission & Prayer Centre, to avail the services which are Chetheba. A press note issued by Rev. Vevozo Khamo, provided for free during the fortnight, i.e., a packet of ORS Executive Secretary and Ngoswüyi Lohe, Chairman for all household with chil- has invited all the frontal organisations, leaders to atdren under five years of age tend the same without fail, namely political leaders, and ORS and Zinc for house- Speaker, Parliamentary Secretaries, MLAs, national hold with children suffering workers of all ranks, Chakhesang Public Organisafrom diarrhoea. One can also tion, Chakhesang Students' Union, Chakhesang Youth contact their nearest health Front, Chakhesang Wrestling Association, Chakhesang units or ASHA for more infor- Mothers Association, all denomination leaders and, all prayer houses/centres representatives. mation.
Peren, Kiphire DPDB meetings held pErEN, July 8 (Dipr): The Peren District Planning & Development Board meeting for the month of July was held at DC Conference hall on July 7. The meeting reviewed the last meeting minutes and discussed the following agendas and decided to forward it to the department for further necessary action: Upgradation of subcentre to Primary Health Centre at Samziuram, Registration of Jalukie Pumling Nko society and construction of waiting shed at Tri Junction Ngaulong. The board also discussed Nagaland Badminton Association tournament which will be held in Peren district from August 24 where Deputy CommisParliamentary Secretary for IPR, Kekaho Assumi in- sioner of Peren Zarenthung spects the new office building of DPRO, Mokokchung on Ezung will be the Convener for the tournament. July 4, 2016. (DIPR Photo)
Kiphire: The monthly meeting of Kiphire District Planning & Development Board was held July 5 at DC’s Conference Hall, Kiphire under the Chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner & Vice Chairman DPDB Kiphire, Sedevikho Khro. The Board gave away the prizes to the meritorious students who secured the highest marks in Mathematics and Science amongst the students studying under Kiphire district in the HSLC Examination 2016. Daniel Y. Rongli from Loyola Higher Secondary School Kiphire scored 94 in Mathematics, Yokhumcha from Little Flower School, Pungro scored 86 in Science. The Board discussed on repairing of damaged roof
of GPS, Phisami which was submitted by SDEO Kiphire. The Board decided to forward the matter to the Government for necessary action. Proposal for transfer of Longtsunger Village to Pungro Administration is received from the villagers. Presently the village is under the administration of EAC Kiusam. The board discussed and felt that the matter needs more information from the administrative officer of the area, hence decided to write to the EAC Kiusamto present his views and observation in the next meeting. Cooperation department made its presentation and PWD(R&B) department was asked to make departmental presentation in the next meeting.
Siblings 'expelled' from Kohima Village
Workshop on Kuki language and culture
The proposal of the Reorganisation of RD Block i.e. Jalukie Sangtam under Peren to Jalukie block was differed to next DPDB meeting. The DC in a notification said submission of staff list should be completed at the earliest as directed by the CEO. It was also decided that the forthcoming Independence Day program will be held at Multidisciplinary Outdoor sport complex (MDOSC) for which more inputs and co-operation are required from HoDs. The Department of Medical gave their departmental presentation highlighting the basic on HIV and AIDS. DRDA and Sericulture departments have been asked to highlight departmental activities in the next DPDB meeting.
Kohima, July 8 (mExN): The Tsütuonuomia Youth Organisation (TYO) has “expelled” two brothers from the Kohima Village jurisdiction with immediate effect. According to a press release from the TYO, one of the brothers, identified as Khone Lohe, was “found guilty” of stealing computers at GPS Lerümedi, A crash course on Church Music was organized by the Assemblies of God of East T. Khel Model village, on India from July 5 to 9 at Bethesda Higher Secondary School, Dimapur with Mhathung July 1. The “culprit” had Odyuo, Sentituba Süngratsü and Aosenla Jamir as Resource Persons. 36 participants been residing with his elincluding young boys from Nagaland, Assam and Meghalaya attended the Seminar. der brother at D. Khel. The two brothers were asked to attend a meeting to settle the robbery case at T. Khel Community Hall on July 7 at 7 am but the accused and his brother failed to attend the meet-
ing, the TYO press release informed. “The lack and response to attend the said meeting by the culprits have greatly hurt the sentiments of T. Khel community, Kohima village,” it stated. Thus, TYO with the consent and support of Kohima Village Youth Organisation (KVYO) on behalf of the T. Khel community and Kohima village “expelled” the two brothers from Kohima village jurisdiction, the release stated. “If they are found within Kohima village jurisdiction and any unfortunate thing that may befall upon will not be our concern,” the youth organisation warned.
Pharmacists' Meeting The Executive Body Meeting of the Nagaland Pharmacists' Association will be held on July 19, 11am at the NIHESW Conference Hall, opp. commissioner's office, Near D.C's office main town Kohima. All office bearers, Executives and President / General Secretary of the District Unions are requested to attend the meeting positively.
MEx FILE NRMSATA Phek unit supports Kohima, July 8 (mExN): The Nagaland Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan Teachers Association (NRMSATA) 2015-16, Phek Unit held a meeting on July 7 at Pfutsero. The meeting extended fullest support to the stand of NRMSATA 2015-16 Central Forum which served a 7-day ultimatum to the Department of School Education (RMSA) to release the pending five months’ salary from February to June 2016. The meeting further urged the state Government to pay attention to the demand of NRMSATA Central Forum and fulfill the same at the earliest.
Training on hazards of tobacco Kohima, July 8 (Dipr): Training on hazards of tobacco and COTPA 2003 for all the Enforcement Officers and Flying Squad Officials on tobacco control will be held at Conclave Conference Hall, L.C.S Building near Ao Church Kohima on July 12 at 11am. All the members concerned have been requested to attend the training positively. This was informed by the District Nodal Officer (NTCP) Kohima, Dr. Arenla Walling.
Dimapur, July 8 (mExN): Seminar cum workshop on Kuki language and culture organized by Kuki Literature board Nagaland and sponsored by Kuki Students union Chumukedima is scheduled on July 12 and 13 at Mount Mary Higher Secondary school Chumukedima. Resource persons are LL Kuki, Rev. T Hangsing, Hatjaphal, Haokam Singsit, Satlun Hangsing, L Chongloi and Thangkhokai Gangte. KSU Chumukedima has requested all members to attend the programme. The Union also invited students from various unions under KSO Nagaland, seniors, for Urban Development Department, SI Jamir parents and well-wishers Advisor called upon the new Union Minister for State (MoS) for to attend the workshop. Finance Santosh Gangwar at New Delhi on Friday.
DLSU 2nd Academic Excellency Award
‘Ukrü Dze’, a book on orally passed knowledge of the Jakhama people was released and dedicated on July 2 by Rev. Zapovil Sophie, Pastor, Jakhama Baptist Church. The book is authored by Pukoho Rolnu and co-authored by Dr. Nolesel Zhotso. They commented that the book is brought out with the sole purpose of preserving the vast wisdom of the ancestors for the younger generation.
Dimapur, July 8 (mExN): The Dimapur Lotha Students’ Union (DLSU) will be organising its 2nd Academic Excellency Award for the successful students of HSLC and HSSLC in all the streams for NBSE, CBSE etc. result
2016. The award has been constituted in memory of late Nyamo Lotha, late Sanchisao Lotha and late Rhanlamo Lotha who were the first settlers and pioneers among the Lothas in Dimapur.
In this regard, a press release from the union has informed the Lotha community students from all over Nagaland and securing 80% and above in grand total to submit a photo copy of their marksheet on or before July 30 at the
DLSU Office, Lotha Hoho ki, near the DC Court Junction, Dimapur. Further information can be availed through the DLSU Education & Statistical Secretary, Yiben Lotha @ 9862130474, 9862530532, and 8730875218.
ATMA Ghathashi conducts training
ZuNhEboto, July 8 (mExN): ATMA Ghathashi Block, Zunheboto district conducted district level training on Integrated Pest management (IPM) and demonstration on SRI (System of Rice Intensification) at Kichilimi village on June 17. Resource person Toivi SDAO, Pughoboto gave a detailed lecture on the To inculcate the importance and value of keeping the surrounding clean, the NSS of Salesian College of Higher Education (SCHE), Dimapur conducted a social work in and different insects that were around the college campus on July 6. About 90 members participated in the social work. considered as pests and
others being farmer friendly. SRI technique was demonstrated by Hutoka BTM. A total of 28 farmers attended the training programme. Demonstration programme on value addition and processing of agricultural products was also held on June 20 at SDAO office, Pughoboto. The programme was initiated by Hutoka BTM Ghathashi block.
During the programme keynote address was made by Toivi SDAO, Pughoboto. Resource person Tiarenla Jamir SMS demonstrated the making of chilly and lemon pickle, she also discussed about the importance of food preservation and value addition of agricultural crops. Altogether 25 women belonging to 5 group of SHG’s attended and par-
ticipated in the demonstration programme. SRI demonstration was also held at Mukalimi village on June 23. Resource person Toivi SDAO, Pughoboto demonstrated on the SRI technique by involving the farmers in the demonstration, he also explained the benefits of SRI to the farmers. A total of 15 farmers attended the demonstration programme.
Condemnation The Sekruzu Area Union of Phek District, Dimapur unit has strongly condemned the tragic and mysterious death of Sepoy late Vezota Vasa on June 23 at Jat Regimental Centre, Bareilly Army Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh. Late Vasa left behind all his dear ones and went far away from home obeying the command of the authorities, the union stated. Alleging conspiracy, the union in a press release, stated that his death within the Sepoy Barracks pointed to hatred and jealousy towards the tribal people. Strongly condemning the “treacherous act”, the union requested the authorities concerned not to conceal the truth but to deliver justice at the earliest.
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Nigeria's music scene becomes a cultural export
Bisola, who works on music video sets, is seen during the music video shoot for Sound Sultan's song "Hello Baale" directed by Kemi Adetiba in the Festac district of Lagos, Ni- Singer Temi Dollface works in her studio in the Ikeja district geria, May 20, 2016. (Reuters Photo/Joe Penney) of Lagos, Nigeria, May 18, 2016. (Reuters Photo/Joe Penney)
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CULTURAL EXPORT But the new wave of artists -- such as D'Banj, Tiwa Savage and P-Square -- have developed a broad fan base that has made music a major cultural export for the West African country. "With the advent of social media the music is more readily available outside, beyond the shores of the country," said Deji Awokoya, general manager of Megaletrics Ltd which operates three Lagos radio stations and set up another in Britain's capital, London, four months ago. This cross-cultural appeal also means artists raised overseas have collaborated with Nigerian artists or, like singer Temi Dollface, chosen to join the legion of thousands of "repats" who relocate to their country of origin each year. "I wanted to incorporate Nigerian history and folklore into what I'm doing - something that I didn't do as much when I was growing up," said the Nigerian-born artist, real name Temitope Phil-Ebosie, whose sound blends soul, jazz and pop. Some argue that, if properly harnessed, money raised from Nigeria's burgeoning music scene could be used to address the nation's economic difficulties. Nigeria overtook South Africa as the continent's biggest economy in 2014 - giving it an annual output of around $500 billion - after a GDP rebasing exercise factored in certain sectors such as the entertainment industry.
ach night as darkness descends on Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital, sweat-drenched young men and women descend on the megacity's numerous nightclubs to dance to the latest hit songs. Much like the famous "Nollywood" film industry, music is now big business in Africa's most populous nation. The music industry's revenue from music sales was $56 million in 2015 and is forecast to grow to $88 million in 2019, auditing firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) reported last year. It said the country's entertainment and media industry had an estimated total revenue of $4.8 billion in 2015 and is likely to grow to some $8.1 billion in 2019, making it "the fastest-expanding major market globally". As in many Nigerian cities, music is inescapable in Lagos, whose 21 million inhabitants can hear popular songs in the form of mobile phone ringtones or blaring out of speakers on the private transit buses, known as danfos, that are ubiquitous. Artists who sing and rap over electronic backing tracks, in a genre known as Afrobeats, have seen their popularity in Nigeria spill over into record sales and sold-out concerts across Africa and in both Britain and the United States. In May, Wizkid -- one of Nigeria's most popular artists -- reached the top of the U.S. singles chart in a collaboration with Canadian rapper Drake. It is not the first time Nigerian music has found popularity overseas. Singer Fela Kuti established a cult ECONOMIC CRISIS Two years later, Nigeria is going through its worst following in the 1970s among fans of his high-octane economic crisis in decades, with the economy contractsound fusing brass instruments, organs and guitars.
Singer Temi Dollface poses for a picture in the compound where she works from, in the Ikeja district of Lagos, Nigeria, May 18, 2016. (Reuters Photo/Joe Penney)
ing by 0.4 percent in the first quarter and a recession seemingly imminent. The Nigerian arts, entertainment and recreation sector bucked the downward trend in the wider economy, growing in real terms by 8.41 percent year-on-year in the first three months of 2016, according to National Bureau of Statistics figures. But there is room for growth, since the sector only contributed 0.26 percent to real GDP in the first quarter of this year, the statistics office said. "Once the government understands that they can make money, they can generate revenues from this... I think they will help to protect [the industry]," Asa, one of Nigeria's most internationally successful singersongwriters, told Reuters. Music sales could provide a much needed revenue source if the industry were properly regulated and boot-
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3. Sneakers: If the tomboy in you is scared to try those stilettoes, then go in for a pair of trendy sneakers that help you stay comfortable through the wretched heat. They could be your favorite sneakers and when paired with boyfriend jeans you'll be all set to go! or indo-western look. Keep it we recommend you try a pair light while keeping it elegant of neon wedges! and subtle. 7. Espadrilles: If laces don't 6. Multi-color wedges: Wedg- work for you, cross them off es are the friendliest heels. your list and add to it a pair They are very comfortable and of Espadrilles. Easy to slip on they comfortably do the job of for that impromptu late night heels. So if you want to experi- drive and so comfy when it ment with heels this summers, comes to long shopping dates
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Jason Wu on making it in fashion Genevra Leek “Nothing in life is easy” Want to know what it takes to forge a successful career in the cutthroat world of fashion? Celebrated New York-based designer Jason Wu – founder of the eponymous label favoured by Michelle Obama and its new sister line, Grey, and art director of womenswear at Hugo Boss – is in Australia this week, judging the prestigious International Woolmark Prize award for the Australia and New Zealand Region. After ten years spent building his brand in one of the most competitive cities in the world, we figure he’s qualified to pass judgement on emerging design. So, who better to share their wisdom when it comes to the dos and don’ts of making it big? As a designer, what stands out for you? First of all, what I was pleasantly surprised at was that the [Interntaional Woolmark Prize nominees] were not only creative but they were business savvy. I would say more often than not it is difficult for a designer or a creative person to sustain a business. And I was delighted to see that when we asked the difficult questions about business – price points, margins, availability, distribution – almost all of the contestants had something meaningful to say. To be honest with Designer Jason Wu Judging the Australian/New Zealand Award for the International Woolmark Prize. you, when I was at this stage of my career, I didn’t ments. I love what I do. And I love, love my craft. And How do you get noticed? know half as much. at no point, now or ever, would I be very comfortable By being you. That’s the best shot you’ve got. and I think that’s ok. There are no guarantees in this life, but the one guarHow did you learn? anteed thing is that you are an individual who is unI learned the hard way, making tonnes of misBecause you’d lose your edge? like anyone else in the world, and if you can’t repretakes. Still do. And being a student all the time. You know what my mum told me? 'There’s al- sent that it’s difficult to succeed. ways somebody better, prettier and more talented What is a lesson you found out than you around the corner.' How do you fit it all in? early on in your own career? I absolutely adore what I do – I can’t live withDon’t be cocky. Don’t think you know it all, beout it. I’m obsessed. And I work with literally some of cause you never do. And when you think you’ve What’s the secret to longevity the most talented people in the world through every made it, you didn’t. And I don’t even feel that quali- in today’s fashion industry? Keep it smart; always look around every facet single team and they make that possible. I can’t do it fied as a judge, because I don’t think I made it. Whenever you’re too comfortable, that’s a sure way of the business, not just one. It’s great to have good alone, it’s impossible. And I’m not doing it alone. I’ve press but where are your stores? It’s great to have got to give credit to a lot of people I am around. It’s to go downhill. good stores but where’s your press? How do you been an honour to be a good leader throughout difmarket to your customers? How do you stand out? ferent projects, but the most educating experience. Do you celebrate the successes? Source: Elle Yes, I cherish the successes. I cherish the mo- Those are the questions you’ve got to ask every day.
legging curbed, Asa -- whose folk-inflected acoustic sound contrasts with the upbeat Afrobeats genre -- said ahead of a concert in Lagos. "Artists can pay taxes. Taxes would help with building roads, creating electricity," she said. "We need to establish a collecting society so that when radio [stations] play the songs, they pay. And then something goes to you, as the government, to help build a good country." Collecting tax revenues is difficult in most sectors in a country where around 80 percent of the work force are part of the informal economy. However, in the last few years, the majority of Nigerian music industry earnings have come from telecommunications firms, for the use of mobile ringtones, and from other corporations through brand endorsements, as well as music downloads. Source: Reuters
Ayeshea Perera BBC Delhi
hink Indian food, and chances are you're probably picturing a butter chicken, some naan bread, and spicy vegetable curry. Or, a masala dosa. But dig a little deeper and you will find that India is really a land with cuisines as diverse as its people. Indians themselves are not always aware of the variety of food around them. Craving "ghar ka khana" or "home food" just like mother makes it, they tend not to experiment too much in terms of what they cook and eat. A standing local joke, in fact, is about the Indians that travel the world, but take their own chefs with them, so they don't have to eat the foreign food. But in India's cities at least, this seems to be changing. Home cooks, aided by social media, online delivery platforms, and a growing willingness to experiment, are finding larger appetites for their food. It has been a gastronomically pleasing pairing of individuals who have grabbed the opportunity to enter India's growing start-up space, and home cooks who are eager to chase the "food dream". And many of them are finding success by highlighting cuisines that are not "stereotypical". One of the biggest success stories in this space has been The Bohri Kitchen or TBK, run by the three-member Kapadia family from their home in south Mumbai. Traditional Bohri Muslim food is not found on most Indian menus, and is hardly eaten outside the community. But every weekend, the Kapadias host around 15 "guests" who pay around 1,500 rupees ($22; £17) for an authentic meal featuring food such as mutton keema samosa (a deep fried patty stuffed with smoked minced mutton, green onions and coriander eaten with lime and mint chutney) or chicken rosht (Chicken cooked in a fried onion and curd gravy, complimented with boiled eggs and fried potatoes), all made by Nafisa Kapadia. Her son Munaf, who has quit his job at Google to run TBK full time, says what started as an experiment for a few friends has now expanded to around 15 people per meal and seats sell out a week in advance. Events are announced on Facebook and people have to sign up after giving out a little more information about themselves in line with what Mr Kapadia calls his "no serial killer policy". Among their guests, Mr Kapadia told the BBC, are "celebrities, senior government officials, diplomats and MNC guys". 'Brand' home chef Another Mumbai home chef, Gitika Saikia, runs a one-person operation called Gitika's PakGhor, where she makes Assamese tribal food, catering to what she calls "evolved foodies". Items on her menu include, but are not limited to, red ant eggs, pigeon meat, silkworm pupa and pork with jute leaves. "I am also trying to conserve traditional Assamese tribal recipes. These are not written down anywhere and the diversity even from tribe to tribe is staggering," she told the BBC. However, despite the interest, home chefs themselves are not profiting much yet. There have been a number of services, like Bite club and Trekurious, which have attempted to connect home chefs with customers, but these have not translated into profitability for home chefs. Both Bite Club and Trekurious have since shut down. Munaf Kapadia (L) quit his job at Google to run TBK, which features food cooked by his mother Nafisa (R) Pritha Sen, a Delhi-based home cook who worked with Bite club when it was operational, said she severed her association with them early on. "As competition increased, they started ordering less portions and increased their cut. Whether I cook seven plates or 12 plates the effort I put in remains the same," she told the BBC. Mr Kapadia agreed that profitability was a problem. "Currently we do it because we love it, but these models are not scalable, because it's a lot of work and margins are low," he told the BBC. So he is trying to galvanise his peers into creating more income opportunities, gathering them into a loose consortium he calls a "Home chef revolution". Mr Kapadia himself has recently launched a TBK home delivery service, which he says is attracting a lot of interest. "This is an idea whose time has come. There is money in the eco-system, there is support and there is interest. It just needs a little planning and time."
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Fading hope: why the youth of the Arab Spring are still unemployed Heath J. Prince
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he 2011 Arab Spring was a clear signal to governments and ruling parties that the time had come for reform, if not revolution. People in the Middle East and North Africa were demanding nothing less than sweeping political, social and economic change. The upheaval was prompted by economic stagnation and a slow unraveling of social safety nets, borne disproportionately by the working class. Protesters made it clear that change would come not from autocrats or international financial institutions, but from the people themselves. As is the case in Sub-Saharan Africa, economic growth has not translated into employment for large segments of the Middle East and North Africa populations. Recent analyses of post-Arab Spring policies demonstrate that state-level efforts to address one of the root causes of the Arab Spring, youth unemployment, are at best, a mixed bag and, at worst, represent a return to a pre-Arab Spring status quo. Failure to address this most fundamental grievance could lay the groundwork for a renewed revolt and enYouth in Tunisia where protests broke out in January. (Reuters Photo/Zohra Bensemra) suing disorder. When asked what sort of change he expected to see They demanded not the overthrow of their leaders – at response to renewed uprisings across the country. Protesters were met with teargas. in five years, one young man who had been active in the least not at first – but jobs. The IMF’s market-oriented policies maintain that There are increasing numbers of young adults enter2011 revolt, answered, “Nothing – the same as today. economic growth is dependent, in part, on human cap- ing the labor market each year and simply not enough Nothing has changed. Nothing will.” ital development – an educated and skilled workforce. jobs to employ them. The situation is even more grim The idea is this growth will lead to employment and, when one considers that, across the region, upwards of Prelude to a revolt Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, interna- eventually, reduce poverty. To some observers, howev- 40 percent of youth are neither in employment, educational financial institutions, led by the International er, the Arab Spring protesters' call for jobs signaled the tion or training, so are not included in the official unMonetary Fund, pushed for market-oriented policies failure of human capital development alone to provide employment statistics. Long-term unemployment and weak employment in what they considered “middle-income” Middle East- progress out of poverty. Decades of relatively high eduern and North African countries. These policies includ- cational attainment and increasing literacy rates have prospects can only further fuel social unrest and a tendency toward radicalization. The sentiment expressed ed trade openness, tax reform, “flexible” labor markets done little to improve well-being. And, more importantly, decades of improvement in by a Jordanian protester recently is common in simiand smaller governments. They asserted this approach would generate the proverbial rising tide to lift all boats. educational attainment have failed to instill much faith lar protests across the region: “We have no political deWhen economic growth failed to produce meaning- that hard work is rewarded with increased opportunity. mands, other than improving our dire conditions.” ful employment opportunities, people in the region, A renewed role for the state particularly better-educated youth with high expecta- Little has changed Five years later, the region continues to struggle with Why did nothing change? tions for their governments, took to the streets. They For one, the IMF still pushes the same neoliberal looked to the early success of Tunisia’s Arab Spring, the youth unemployment. In January, the Tunisian governso-called Jasmine Revolution of 2011, as an example. ment declared a nationwide curfew for several days in policies that led to high rates of youth unemployment.
Peace is not a commodity
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t’s too easy for us today to say this word, Peace. It feels to me that just about anyone can now stand up and say that they are working for peace even when their actions are furthest from it. It’s not right that peace should be so cheapened. When people bandy that word about, it makes me picture factory villages with women sweating over big fires as they manufacture peace by the truckloads to be taken down to the plains or to the hills as the demand might be. “Peace is a message to be conveyed to others from the core of the heart,” writes Bijoykumar, a Manipuri poet. What is the core of our heart saying? The core of the Naga heart? Is it continuing to judge and find fault with others? Then there is not much peace there. If peace is a message from the core of the heart, then whatever else is found in the heart, if it does not bring comfort and solace, it is definitely not peace.
Peace is not a call to take up arms, or to establish one group over another group. Nor can we bring peace by force and coercion. Certainly not by violence. The Prince of Peace came as the most harmless and most vulnerable of creatures: a new born child. Peace is by nature vulnerable. It risks being broken and being cast out, trampled on the ground. It risks being misinterpreted and being thought cowardly. But real peace will make its enemies weep in remorse. Real peace will bring change of heart and renewal of the human spirit. In the absence of that, we will end up with constructed peace, seminars and conferences on peace and debates that lead nowhere. And while efforts to construct peace by enacting meetings between former enemies are all very good, it is also hard because peace-building has so much to do with the spirit that it does not happen when it is solicited.
Peace is spiritual, and therefore materialistic approaches towards bringing peace are going to be doomed to failure. It can’t be concocted up. Its chief quality is to attract others to itself. People see when you have peace in your mind and heart. They are drawn to you because they want what you have, and though you cannot give it to them, you can show them how to get it. “My peace I give to you,” – it is peace in the midst of, not peace after something has happened, not peace when the perpetrators of violence have finished their work and gone away. That kind of peace is not real, because you would always be living in dread and expectation of the next violent event to happen which robs you of your peace. Real peace is the sustaining power for your spirit. It is the part of you that will keep repeating, like a record stuck in a groove, and going on,“It will be allright, everything will be fine.” That is real peace; it is empowering and transcendental. It is the peace that passes human understanding. The peace that carries us over. No, peace is not a commodity. It is something that comes to take up residence in our hearts, and teaches us to be more concerned about others than ourselves. It teaches us to love our enemies, to do good to those who hate us and to return good for evil. It’s nearly impossible to fulfill, but peace is not possible if we think in terms of activity. We don’t do peace: we can only choose to live peace, but that is the only way by which real peace can come, and that is the real form of peace.
Here’s why people with anger problems Latest scholarship opportunities tend to misunderstand others more
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eople with anger issues tend to misunderstand the intentions of other people and they also do not take in all the data from a social interaction, such as body language, because of decreased connectivity between regions of the brain that process a social situation, a study says. People with intermittent explosive disorder (IED), or impulsive aggression, have a weakened connection between regions of the brain associated with sensory input, language processing and social interaction, the findings showed. In a new study published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, the scientists show e d that white matter in a region of the brain called the superior longitudinal fasciculus (SLF) has less integrity and density in people with anger issues than in healthy individuals and those with other psychiatric disorders. The SLF connects the brain’s frontal lobe – responsible for decision-making, emotion and understanding consequences of actions – with the parietal lobe, which
processes language and sensory input. “It’s like an information superhighway connecting the frontal cortex to the parietal lobes,” said lead author of the study Royce Lee, Associate Professor at University of Chicago in the US. “We think that points to social cognition as an important area to think about for people with anger problems,” Lee said. Lee and his colleagues, including senior author Emil Coccaro, MD, Ellen C. Manning Professor and Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at Chicago. For the study, the researchers used diffusion tensor imaging, a form of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that measures the volume and density of white matter connective tissue in the brain. Connectivity is a critical issue because the brains of people with psychiatric disorders usually show very few physical differences from healthy individuals. “It’s not so much how the brain is structured, but the way these regions are connected to each other,” Lee said. (Source: IANS)
Sussex India Scholarships The University of Sussex, U.K., is offering scholarships to all overseas students from India admitted for an eligible master’s course in September. Eligibility: Self-financing students who are interested in any master’s programme (such as M.A., M.Sc., LLM. M.Res., excluding few courses) at the University of Sussex. Application: Online only. Prizes and rewards: £3,000 will be awarded. Deadline: August 1 Website: http://www.b4s.in/plus/SIS331 JM Sethia Merit Scholarship To provide financial assistance to meritorious students belonging to economically weaker sections of society, so that they can complete their education. Eligibility: Class IX to XII, graduation, postgraduation students. Application: Online Prizes and rewards: Total 50 scholarships of Rs. 400 to 700 per month for two to three years. Deadline: July 31 Website: http://www.b4s.in/plus/JSM515 Charles Wallace India Trust Long-Term Scholarship CWIT offers mid-career practitioners a chance to gain wider exposure in the fields of art and heritage conservation such as visual arts, performance, film industry, photography, design, curating, art history, conservation architecture, landscape, materials, and so on, from the U.K. Eligibility: Graduate, diploma holders or working professionals; aged between 25-38 years. Application: Application to be submitted at any British Council centre in hardcopy. Prizes and rewards: Accommodation expenses, education fees and international air fares for courses prolonging two months to a year, given to 10 candidates. Deadline: November 30 Website: http://www.b4s.in/plus/CWI610 Courtesy: www.buddy4study.com
The premise of this approach is that if you grow the economy, the rest will sort itself out. This has proven not to be enough. In a hopeful sign of reconsideration of its support for neoliberalism, the IMF recently stated that their market-oriented approach may have failed to deliver all it promised. Yet, few new ideas have been proposed since 2011, either at the international financial institution level, or at the national level. Missing from the mix of international financial institution policy prescriptions are calls for a more active role for the state in not only ensuring that every citizen gets the education and training needed in order, to paraphrase Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen, to live a life of their own choosing, but also in terms of providing employment opportunities when the market fails, which it inevitably does. For example, regional governments could create public works programs focused on the many pressing human development needs in the region. To be of any real good for youth, these would need to be decent-paying jobs that come with benefits and some sense of security. However, this would mean breaking ranks with the IMF and increasing the state’s presence in managing the labor market. Morocco has gone the furthest toward significant reforms using traditional active labor market policies – vocational training, apprenticeships, employment subsidies and labor exchanges. The kingdom has expanded labor exchange offices throughout the country, and adopted constitutional reforms that promise greater voice for youth in the economy and in governance. Morocco has also embarked upon a high-profile effort to institutionalize a substantial set of labor market reforms aimed at increasing youth employment — bringing young people into the formal economy, opening access to public sector jobs, or supporting entrepreneurship. These steps may, in the end, establish Morocco as the lone exemplar to emerge out of the Arab Spring. Disillusionment runs deep among the region’s youth. Action at the policy level on youth unemployment in the region will need to come soon, or the region risks more upheaval of the sort witnessed in 2011.
Why your hair isn’t growing longer than a certain length
Source: POPxo here are some women who are blessed with lush, long hair that grows way beyond their waist while there are others for whom growing out their locks is pretty damn impossible. Do you feel like your hair just isn’t growing any longer? Well, then read on to know why your hair isn’t growing past a certain length. This will certainly help solve the mystery! 1. Avoiding Haircuts It’s so common to want to hang onto your hair length and avoid going for a haircut, but that’s actually one of the reasons why your strands may not be growing any longer. It’s essential to get regular trims to get grow out your locks. Split ends, if not cut off, spread up the hair shaft causing damage and preventing further growth in length. You could try and prevent split ends as much as possible by cutting down heat styling and using a thermal protection spray when you do heat style. Also, using a nourishing hair mask regularly will help repair and strengthen the strands. 2. All About Your Growth Cycle Let’s get into the science of things. There are in general 3 phases of your hair’s growth cycle – the growth phase, the resting phase and the shedding phase. The growth phase can last anywhere between 1 to 7 years, depending from person to person. This determines the maximum length it achieves. Girls whose growth phases lasts for a few years are able to grow their locks super long, while others who have a shorter growth phase are those whose hair doesn’t grow past a certain length. 3. Stress Makes A Difference Certain events and stressful periods can "shock" the hair and affect the period of growth. Plus, stress can increase hair loss. Stagnant length and extra hair fall is a common side effect of stress that can last for a few months. 4. Break Up With Breakage Your hair could be breaking once it reaches a certain length, which could make it seem like it’s not growing. Brushing too much, rough-handling, using elastic rubber bands and too many chemical treatments can all be blamed for brittleness and dryness. If your rate of growth is about the same as the rate of breakage, your length won’t increase much. 5. A Diet To End The Drama Vitamin deficiencies can be the reason behind your hair drama. Adequate amounts of zinc, Vitamin B12, iron and protein are necessary for healthy and strong hair growth and their levels can better the quality of hair. Lack of these can cause more shedding and weakness. Eating a high protein diet with plenty of iron and zinc can seriously boost hair growth, so you may want to change up your diet if you’re trying to grow out your locks. 6. Scalp Conditions Inflammation and other scalp conditions could be two other speed bumps on the way to your long hair dreams. Conditions like chronic dandruff, psoriasis and fungal infections are common culprits. Definitely see a doctor for treatment. 7. Change Your Mane Routine Your hair not growing longer is a sign that you need to step up your hair care. Don’t make it worse by styling and colouring and cut down on the heat. Decrease the damage and increase the repair with hydrating masks twice a week, regular trims and weekly champi sessions.
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Modi calls for industry-to-industry ties with S Africa Pretoria, July 8 (ians): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday laid emphasis on industryto-industry ties between India and South Africa for greater economic gains while thanking South African President Jacob Zuma for extending support to India's bid for membership in the Nuclear Suppliers Group. “I am convinced that industry-to-industry ties not only can bring rich economic gains to our societies, they can give a new shape to our partnership, and drive it to new levels,” Modi said in a joint press statement with Zuma following delegation-level talks between the two sides. “And, in the process, also help both our nations to play a more robust regional and global role,” he stated. Modi said that in the last two decades, the relationship between the two countries has been a story of strong advances and concrete achievements. “Two-way trade has grown by over 300 per cent in the last 10 years. Indian companies hold strong business interests in South Africa,” he said. The Prime Minister said that one-fourth of India's investments in Africa were in South Africa. “And there is potential to expand our business and in-
India, Cambodia to boost bilateral trade neW Delhi, July 8 (ians): India and Cambodia on Friday agreed to boost bilateral trade and economic cooperation at the second meeting of the India-Cambodia Joint Commission held here after a gap of 10 years. Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh chaired the Indian side while the Cambodian side was headed by Long Visalo, Secretary of State in the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. “The two sides reviewed the full gamut of bilateral cooperation which covers areas of agriculture, water management, energy, education and skill development, defence and security, culture and conservation and restoration of temples in Cambodia,” an External Affairs Ministry statement said. “Both sides identified tourism and civil aviation as a new area of cooperation and also agreed to strengthen bilateral trade and economic cooperation including facilitation of Indian investments in Cambodia,” it said. According to the statement, Cambodia reiterated its support for India's permanent membership in an expanded UN Security Council.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (3rd L) inspects a guard of honour during his state visit at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa on July 8. (REUTERS Photo)
vestment ties further, especially in the areas of mineral and mining, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, high technology manufacturing and information and communication technology,” he said. Modi said that given the nature of the two countries' developing economies, both should also focus on improving human capital.
Delhi court bails out Kejriwal in defamation case neW Delhi, July 8 (ians): A court here on Friday granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a defamation case filed by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ramesh Bidhuri. Metropolitan Magistrate Harvinder Singh granted bail to Kejriwal after he appeared in the court in pursuance of the summons issued to him earlier. The court directed the Aam Aadmi Party leader to furnish a personal bond of Rs 10,000 and a surety of the like amount. The court was hearing a defamation complaint filed by BJP leader Bidhuri, who said Kejriwal made defamatory statements against him, terming him a criminal, in an interview to a private channel on July 17 last year.
'Digital revolution will be built on Common Service Centres' neW Delhi, July 8 (ians): Union Minister for Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday said India's digital revolution will be routed through the Common Service Centres (CSCs), which are playing a greater role in Aadhaar registrations. "The foundation of India's digital revolution will be built through these CSCs," Prasad said at an event. Out of a total of 103 crore Aadhaar registrations completed till date, as much as 12 per cent have been achieved through the CSCs, he said. With about two lakh CSCs across the country, these units provide a host of other services related to banking and digital literacy.
The Prime Minister said the two countries could also partner in the field of defence and security. “Both, at the level of industry and for our strategic and security needs. In India, this is one of the sectors witnessing a complete transformation,” he said. Modi said, during Friday's talks he and Zuma
agreed on the need to work more closely on international issues and emerging global challenges. “I thanked the President for South Africa's support to India's membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group,” he said. “We know that we can count on the active support of our friends, like South Af-
rica,” he stated, adding that climate change was another issue of shared concern. He said that both sides agreed to “cooperate actively to combat terrorism, both in our region and in the world”. He welcomed South Africa's chairmanship of the Indian Ocean Rim Association and said that it has emerged as a key platform
of engagement for the maritime neighbours connected by the Indian Ocean. On a personal note, Modi said the visit has given him the opportunity to pay homage to the two great souls, Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela. In his remarks, President Zuma said that over 100 Indian companies were operating in South Africa and these were playing a “significant role” in the country's economy and job creation. “We are looking to diversify South Africa's exports to India,” he said. Zuma cited the defence sector, deep mining and renewable energy as areas of bilateral cooperation. According to him, water management, pharmaceuticals and infrastructure
Drug trafficking poses serious threat to global security: Rajnath neW Delhi, July 8 (ians): Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said drug trafficking poses a serious threat to global security and called upon the BRICS nations to come together to collectively fight against the menace. "The drug business today generates the highest illegal fund flows and leads to narco-terrorism, which poses a serious threat to global security and endangers peace, health and stability across regions," Singh said at the inauguration of the second anti-drug working group meeting of Heads of Drug Control Agencies of BRICS in the national capital. The Home Minister said the problems of drug trafficking and abuse have taken their toll on valuable human lives and vulnerability of nations to drugs and crime remains a grave concern.
Govt examining Zakir Naik's speeches: HM neW Delhi, July 8 (ians): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that speeches of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik were being examined by the government and appropriate action will be taken. Naik is under the scanner following revelations that 2 of the 5 young militants who massacred 20 hostages at a popular cafe in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on July 1, drew their inspiration from his speeches. "We have taken cognisance of Zakir Naik's speeches and necessary instructions have been issued in this regard. His speeches/CDs are being examined and whatever is justified will be done," Singh told the media here. "As far as the government of India is concerned, we will not compromise on terrorism at any cost." Naik, founder of Mumbai-based Islamic Research Foundation, is banned in Britain and Canada. He said a BRICS AntiDrug Working Group was created following a ministerial meeting at Moscow in April last year and the first meeting was held on November. The work-
ing group was established with an aim to address illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, he said. The Minister said India has taken over the chair-
manship of BRICS this year and it will hold a series of meetings on the problem concerning drug abuse. "All the five member countries of BRICS are distinguished by their large and fast-growing economies, having significant political influence on the world and regional affairs and all five are G-20 Members," he added. He said that the BRICS countries -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- represent over 42 percent of the world population having a combined GDP of approximately 20 percent of the gross world product. He called upon nations to re-affirm their shared responsibility through a renewed commitment to multilateralism, international cooperation, increased technical assistance and provision of financial resources in the fight against the drug menace.
development are areas that hold potential in the future. The President also called tourism promotion for improving people-to-people ties. Following Friday's talks, both sides signed three memorandums of understanding - on information and communication technology, tourism, and grass root innovation in the science and technology - and a programme of cooperation in arts and culture. After a lunch hosted by Zuma, South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa called on the visiting dignitary. Modi and Zuma are scheduled to attend an India-South Africa business summit later on Friday. The Prime Minister will
then visit the Constitution Hill and the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg. In the evening, he will address an Indian diaspora rally in Johannesburg before departing for Durban where his engagements are scheduled for Saturday. Modi arrived in South Africa from Mozambique on Thursday night on the second leg of his four-nation tour of Africa. This is his first visit to mainland Africa and is also the first prime ministerial visit from India to South Africa since the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in 2013 for the G20 summit in Durban. Apart from Mozambique and South Africa, Modi will also visit Tanzania and Kenya.
Kerala to be declared open defecation-free state in Nov thiruvananthaPuram, July 8 (ians): Kerala will be declared an open defecation-free state on November 1 this year, state Finance Minister Thomas Issac said on Friday. November 1 is celebrated as Kerala Piravi (formation) Day every year as Kerala came into being on this day in 1956. Presenting the first budget of the new Pinarayi Vijayan-led government, Issac said they aim to make Kerala the cleanest state in the country. "We will be declaring Kerala an open defecation-free state on November 1 and for that all homes in Kerala which do not have a toilet will be provided one with the local self-government (bodies) stepping in for that," said Issac.
No NSG team going to Dhaka: MEA neW Delhi/Dhaka, July 8 (ians): The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday dismissed rumours of India sending a team of elite NSG bomb experts to Bangladesh to help investigate the two recent terror attacks in that country.External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said that reports of a National Security Guards team travelling to Bangladesh are not true. Media reports said an NSG team of experts in post-blast analysis and counter-terror operations was visiting Dhaka to study the July 1 Dhaka cafe terror attack in and also to analyse Thursday’s bombing and gunfire at an Eid congregation in Kishoreganj area in Bangladesh. The Indian High Commission in Dhaka had also refuted the reports as untrue.
Divorcing' husband over Will thrash him if he doesn't perform: Minister's mom Hardik Patel gets bail in sedition cases toilet, says newly-wed in Bihar mumbai, July 8 (ians): "Mam- nonagenarian's unexpected "tweak denly went into labour on April 19, ahmeDabaD, July 8 (ians): The Gujarat High Court on Friday granted bail to Patidar agitation spearhead Hardik Patel in two sedition cases on the condition that he will stay outside the state for six months. The 23-year-old, behind bars for well over 200 days, will however not come out soon since he faces other cases where he has not been given bail. There are cases against him in Visnagar, Padadhari and other places. He got bail on Friday in the sedition cases registered against him in Surat and Ahmedabad. In the last hearing, Hardik Patel gave an undertaking to the High Court that he was ready to be away from the state for 6 months if granted bail in the sedition cases. These case were filed in connection with the violence during the quota agitation.
ma" will keep a close watch over her son and Rashtriya Samaj Paksh (RSP) President Mahadeo Jankar, who was sworn-in as a cabinet minister in Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' ministry here on Friday. Shortly after the oath-taking, when media-persons approached her for reactions, 91-year-old Gunabai Jankar warmly blessed the 49-year old Jankar and lauded him for his achievement. And then without warning, she shot back: "But, if he doesn't perform well, then I shall thrash him...!" The
Latest Hepatitis C treatment coming to India Washington, July 8 (Pti): A latest breakthrough treatment for the deadly Hepatitis C virus could soon be available in India as 11 Indian firms have been given licenses by its American manufacturer following an approval from US authorities. The drug called Epclusa which is developed to treat all genotypes of the Hepatitis C virus by Gilead Sciences in its latest breakthrough treatment was last week approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The deadly Hepatitis C virus afflicts as many as 150 million people worldwide and possibly 12 million in India. This pan-genotypic treatment does not require genetype testing, eliminating the need for costly gene-type diagnostics, allowing doctors and specialists the ability to prescribe the medicine to anyone who tests positive for Hepatitis C, by taking one pill a day for 8-12 weeks before a cure is achieved. “The approval of Epclusa represents an important step forward in the global effort to control and potentially eliminate HCV as it provides a safe, simple and effective cure for the majority of HCV-infected patients, regardless of genotype,” said Ira Ja-
cobson, MD, chairman of the Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York and a principal investigator in the Epclusa clinical trials. “Building on the established backbone of sofosbuvir, Epclusa demonstrated consistently high cure rates across all genotypes, including among patients with genotype 2 and 3, who traditionally have required ribavirin or other multi-pill regimens,” he said. As part of its effort to make it an affordable treatment, Gilead Sciences, together with its 11 partners in India, are pioneering a Voluntary Licensing model that transfers technology and Intellectual Property for latest treatments and cures for viral Hepatitis and HIV. Gilead, in 2014, licensed its newlyapproved HCV regimens to 11 of India's pharmaceutical companies, including the prospective Epclusa, which had not yet been cleared by the US FDA. “This forward thinking strategy opened for these Indian companies the market across all of India for generic versions of these drugs, plus the market for 100 other countries,” an industry source said.
in the ear" remark took the media and the august gathering by surprise and they guffawed and nodded in approval as an embarrassed Jankar looked down. Later, he assured that he would work sincerely towards the uplift of the poor, downtrodden and marginalised sections of society, from which he hails. Jankar has come a long way since he was born in a scorching field in Wadhe village in Satara district, where his father was tending sheep when his young wife Gunabai sud-
1968, at the height of summer. Jankar qualified as an engineer and at the age of 22 took a vow: "I will remain unmarried and will not make money or wealth for myself during my lifetime and shall strive for bringing political awareness and power to shepherds and equivalent deprived communities of India." Till date, he has stuck to his vow and remains unmarried, a man of simple means, residing in a ramshackle single-room tenement in south Mumbai.
Patna, July 8 (ians): A newly-wed woman in a village in Bihar has declared she is "divorcing" her husband for not getting a toilet constructed at their house, and making her suffer the humiliation of going out into the open to relieve herself. Archana Gautam told a gathering of Khothawa village panchayat in West Champaran district on Thursday that her husband Bablu Kumar has been ignoring her repeated appeals that they must have a pucca toilet at home. "I have been forced to make way to an open field every day under the cover of darkness to relieve myself. The owner of the land repeatedly insults me," she said. "Ask your parents to get the toilet built," Bablu has been telling her, Archana said. "I am fed up with him and forced to leave him," she reportedly told the village panchayat.
'Volcanic eruptions in India linked to dinosaur extinction'
Washington July 8 (Pti): Combined impacts of volcanic eruptions in India and the impact of an asteroid in Mexico brought about one of the Earth’s biggest mass extinctions of dinosaurs 66 million years ago, a new study has confirmed. Andrea Dutton from University of Florida and colleagues from University of Michigan in the United States utilised a new technique of analysis to reconstruct Antarctic Ocean temperatures that support the idea that the combined impacts of volcanic eruptions and an asteroid impact brought about one of the biggest mass extinctions.
Recently developed technique Researchers used a recently developed technique called the carbonate clumped isotope paleothermometer to analyse the chemical composition of fossil shells in the Antarctic Ocean. This analysis shows that ocean temperatures rose approximately 14 degrees Fahrenheit, and links these findings to two previously documented warming events that occurred near the end of the Cretaceous Period, researchers said. India and Mexico link One event was related to volcanic eruptions in India, and the other, tied to the impact of an asteroid or
comet on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, they said. To create their new temperature record, which spans 3.5 million years at the end of the Cretaceous and the start of the Paleogene Period, researchers analysed the isotopic composition of 29 remarkably well-preserved shells of clam-like bivalves collected on Antarctica’s Seymour Island. The Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary is widely associated with the mass extinction of dinosaurs. It is actually a physical boundary usually marked by a thin band of rock found in geological structures all around the world, researchers said.
It was the asteroid Scientists have shown that the K-Pg boundary contains iridium, also found in asteroids, meteorites and comets, bolstering the theory that an asteroid killed most of the creatures of the Cretaceous Period. Researchers studied the fossilised remains of Seymour Island bivalves with the hope of reconstructing past climate change across this critical interval of time. However, the only experimental evidence available at the time showed a combined signal of temperature and salinity of the coastal waters, without being able to isolate the temperature signal on its own. Researchers looked at the clumping of oxygen iso-
topes rather than the relative amount of oxygen isotopes in the shell, and this helped them re-interpret the data.
Temperature spikes The data show two significant temperature spikes. The first corresponds to the eruption of the Deccan traps flood basalts, researchers said. The other lines up exactly with the asteroid impact, which, in turn, may have sparked a renewed phase of volcanism in India, they said. Both events are associated with extinction events of nearly equal magnitude on Seymour Island, Antarctica, researchers said. The findings were published in the journal Nature Communications.
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Britain’s May & Leadsom in all-women race to be new PM LONDON, JULY 8 (ReUteRs): Interior minister Theresa May and eurosceptic rival Andrea Leadsom emerged on Thursday as the two candidates who will battle to become Britain’s next prime minister and lead the country out of the European Union. May won 199 votes and Leadsom 84 in a second ballot of lawmakers of the governing Conservative party. Justice Secretary Michael Gove took just 46 votes and was eliminated from the race. Around 150,000 grassroots Conservatives across the country will now vote to decide whether May or Leadsom becomes Britain’s first woman prime minister since Margaret Thatcher was forced from office in 1990. The result of the contest is expected by Sept. 9, meaning businesses and investors must endure two more months of uncertainty over who will lead the huge task of disentangling Britain’s economy from the EU while trying to safeguard trade and investment. Prime Minister David Cameron said last month he was stepping down after voters, many of them
The two remaining candidates in the Conservative party leadership contest, Theresa May (L) and Andrea Leadsom, are seen in this combination of two photographs, released in London on July 7. (REUTERS Photo)
swayed by concerns over high immigration and a desire to reclaim ‘independence’ from Brussels, rejected his entreaties to keep Britain in the EU and his warnings that leaving would spell economic disaster. “This vote shows that the Conservative Party can come together, and under my leadership it will,” May told supporters after the results were announced. Until a couple of weeks ago Leadsom, a junior en-
ergy minister, was barely known to most Britons, but as one of the leading voices in the successful Leave campaign she has dramatically emerged as a serious challenger as better-known rivals have been felled by political intrigue. “She’s the future. What you want is someone who’s not been in the Westminster bubble, she’s had a real job in the real world and that’s what people are looking for. I think they’re fed up with the political elite,”
said Leadsom backer Peter Bone. Bookmakers William Hill made May the 1/5 favourite to win, implying an 83 percent chance, while Leadsom was quoted at 7/2, or 22 percent. INVESTOR CONCERNS Investor concerns about the impact of the ‘Brexit’ referendum have mounted in recent days, with asset managers suspending trading in commercial property funds
worth billions of pounds after too many people rushed to withdraw their money at once. The pound sterling has sunk below $1.30 for the first time in more than three decades as investors anticipate a slowdown in growth in Britain in the wake of the vote. Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser to Europe’s largest insurer Allianz, which has around 1.3 trillion euros ($1.4 trillion) under management, said the pound could sink towards parity with the dollar unless politicians got a grip. “After the Brexit referendum, the UK has to urgently get its political act together,” El-Erian told Reuters in a telephone interview. “’Plan B’ depends on the politicians in London and across the Channel, but so far they have not stepped up to their economic governance responsibilities.” The Bank of England, which warned before the referendum that a Brexit vote would push Britain into a “material” economic slowdown, could cut interest rates as soon as next Thursday. Interior minister May,
59, has served for the past six years in one of the toughest portfolios in government. Leadsom has never been a member of the cabinet. But despite her strong lead in Thursday’s vote, May is far from assured of winning the race for Downing Street. During the referendum campaign she took a low-key stance in favour of Britain remaining in the EU - unlike Leadsom, who fought on the winning side. GRASSROOTS MEMBERS Grassroots party members have strong eurosceptic leanings, a factor that could favour Leadsom. She also said on Thursday she did not like the gay marriage law brought in by Cameron, and would be committed to overturning a ban on fox hunting, both issues which resonate with traditional Conservatives. “I would have preferred for civil partnerships to be available to heterosexual and gay couples and for marriage to have remained as a Christian service for men and women who wanted to commit in the eyes of God,” she told ITV news. The 53-year-old, who entered parliament only six
years ago, said on Thursday her top priority would be to guarantee tariff-free trade with the EU after leaving. But the EU is likely to insist that this would only be feasible if Britain continued to allow other EU nationals to live and work freely in Britain, an arrangement that has pushed immigration to record levels and was a powerful factor behind the success of the Leave side in the referendum. Supporters of each candidate were quick to start making their pitches to the wider membership. May backer Chris Grayling described the MPs’ vote as ‘overwhelming’ and said “I hope members will be looking carefully.” Leadsom supporter Owen Paterson said: “It’s quite remarkable to come from absolutely nowhere to a strong second. I’m really confident that she’s in tune with the members. She’s got this tremendously optimistic view of where this country is going.” Leadsom has put her 25 years’ experience working in financial services at the centre of her leadership bid, having worked at Barclays Bank and fund manager Inves-
co Perpetual. But some of her career credentials have been called into doubt. Reuters spoke to five former Invesco colleagues, including four in senior management positions, who said Leadsom did not have a prominent role or manage client money. She told the BBC that questions about her career record were “ridiculous” and her CV was “all absolutely true”. Justice minister Gove told reporters: “Whoever the next prime minister of this country will be, it will be a female prime minister and a female prime minister who has formidable skills.” Gove shocked his party colleagues last week by abruptly withdrawing his support for former London mayor Boris Johnson, previously seen as the frontrunner, and effectively forcing him from the race. Some viewed that as an act of treachery that damaged Gove’s own prospects. A Gove aide was also criticised for urging May supporters to vote tactically and lend him support to keep Leadsom from advancing to the final run-off.
Super typhoon Nepartak hits Taiwan North Korea warns of tough response after U.S. blacklist WA s H I N Gt O N / s e O U L , JULY 8 (ReUteRs): North Korea warned on Thursday it is planning its toughest response to what it deemed a “declaration of war” by the United States after Washington blacklisted the nuclear-armed country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, for human rights abuses. Pyongyang described the sanctioning of Kim as a “hideous crime,” according to North Korea’s official KCNA news agency. “... the U.S. dared challenge the dignity of (North Korea) supreme leadership, an act reminiscent of a new-born puppy knowing no fear A fishermen uses a makeshift pump to remove water on his boat as he stay near the shore, due to bad weather brought by typhoon Nepartak in Manila Bay, Philippines on July 8. (REUTERS Photo)
tAIPeI, JULY 8 (ReUteRs): Super typhoon Nepartak hit Taiwan on Friday, driving thousands of people from their homes, disrupting power supply and forcing the cancellation of more than 600 flights, emergency authorities said. Television showed images of tippedover motorcycles and large signboards being ripped from buildings and swept across roads in southeastern Taiwan, where the year’s first typhoon made landfall. By afternoon, the typhoon moved into the Taiwan Strait, weakening as it headed towards China’s southeastern province of Fujian, but flooding and strong winds continued to lash the island’s central and southern areas. More than 15,400 people were evacuated from homes, and nearly 432,000 households suffered power outages, emergency officials said. “The wind is very strong,” said a resident of Taitung, the eastern Taiwan city where the typhoon landed.
“Many hut roofs and signs on the street have been blown off,” the resident, who gave only her surname, Cheng, told Reuters. Two deaths and 72 injuries were reported, with bullet train services suspended, and more than 300 international and 300 domestic flights cancelled, an emergency services website showed. The typhoon threat halted work in most of Taiwan, but there were no reports of damage at semiconductor plants in the south. Tropical Storm Risk had rated the typhoon as category 5, at the top of its ranking, but it is now weakening and should be a tropical storm by the time it hits Fujian on Saturday morning. More than 4,000 people working on coastal fish farms in Fujian have already been evacuated, and fishing boats recalled to port, the official China News Service said. The storm is expected to worsen already severe flooding in parts of central and eastern China, particularly in the major city of Wuhan.
of a tiger,” the statement said. “This is the worst hostility and an open declaration of war against (North Korea) as it has gone far beyond the confrontation over the human rights issue.” In response, the U.S. government urged Pyongyang to refrain from statements and actions that raise tensions in the region. The United States imposed its first sanctions targeting any North Koreans for rights abuses on Wednesday, blacklisting Kim along with 10 other people and five government ministries and departments. The action affects assets within U.S. jurisdiction.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, hopes China will urge its ally North Korea to cooperate internationally on human rights, his spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, said on Thursday in New York. Dujarric said that Ban, who is currently visiting China, “believes that discussion of human rights concerns allows for a more comprehensive assessment and action when addressing security and stability concerns on the Korean Peninsula.” China’s foreign ministry, when asked about the U.S. decision, said it opposed the use of unilateral sanctions. North Korea has been under
U.N. sanctions since 2006. In March, the Security Council imposed harsh new sanctions on the country in response to North Korea’s fourth nuclear test in January and the launch of a long-range rocket in February. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said last month that the United States would seek to identify people and entities linked to a series of recent ballistic missile tests by Pyongyang, in violation of a U.N. ban, who could be sanctioned by the U.N. Security Council. The cooperation of China and Russia would be needed for any further designations.
In Asia, US country rankings on human trafficking raise eyebrows MANILA/HONG KONG, JULY 8 (ReUteRs): When the U.S. government last week raised the Philippines to its highest ranking in a report that assesses how much countries are battling human trafficking, putting it alongside the likes of Britain, Switzerland and Australia, the decision was questioned by aid workers in the Asian nation. They said they weren’t convinced it was justified given that the Philippines has a huge sex industry spreading online, and many of the 10 million Filipinos working overseas - often as domestic workers - remain at risk of slavery as they attempt to flee poverty at home.
“In a nutshell, the fight to end human trafficking and modern slavery is far from over,” said Maria Cecilia Flores-Oebanda, executive director of the Visayan Forum Foundation, a nongovernment organisation helping victims of human trafficking in the Philippines. The U.S. State Department’s 2016 “Trafficking in Persons” (TIP) report said the Philippines government “fully met” minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, although it noted that forced labour and sex trafficking “remains a significant problem”. The Philippines is one of Washington’s key allies in Asia. Darlene Pajarito, executive
director of the Philippine government’s Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT), said the upgrading of the Philippines was a recognition of the work it had done to combat trafficking over the years. HONG KONG DOWNGRADED The U.S. also last week downgraded the Chinese territory of Hong Kong, one of the most affluent cities in Asia, to a Tier 2 “watchlist” alongside countries like Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, meaning it did not meet minimum standards in protecting victims of trafficking. The Hong Kong gov-
ernment said it rejected the State Department’s grading. China is also on the Tier 2 watchlist. The report has been criticised in the past for being politicised but Secretary of State John Kerry said ranking decisions were not influenced by politics or other factors. The U.S. consul-general in Hong Kong, Clifford Hart, said the territory had a strong tradition of the rule of law but its standards on preventing trafficking needed to be brought up to international level. CYBER SEX DENS In Manila, the Visayan Foundation runs a halfway house for victims of trafficking in an eastern suburb.
When Reuters visited the house this week, 46 minors rescued from prostitution and cyber-sex dens were living in the house. Among them was a 12-year-old who was rescued in a joint operation by Philippine police and U.S. authorities in March this year. Her mother was selling her to a Japanese man who was caught because U.S. agents were monitoring his e-mails. The man hanged himself in custody, local officials said. “As long as you have an internet connection and webcam, you can easily operate cyber-sex dens,” said Karen Nebara, a social worker at the halfway house.
Snipers kill five Dallas police; Obama calls it ‘despicable’ attack DALLAs, JULY 8 (ReUteRs): Snipers operating from rooftops in Dallas killed five police officers and wounded six more in a coordinated attack during one of several protests across the country against the killing of two black men by police this week. Police described Thursday night’s ambush as carefully planned and executed and said they had taken three people into custody before a fourth died. Dallas-based media said the suspect died from a selfinflicted gunshot wound after a standoff that extended into Friday morning. The fourth suspect exchanged gunfire with police during the standoff at a downtown garage and warned of placing bombs throughout the city. Police have not yet confirmed his death. The attack took place as a protest in Dallas that included a police presence was winding down. It was one of the worst mass shootings of police in U.S. history. No motive has been given for the shootings at the downtown protest, one of many held in major cities across the United
States on Thursday. New York police made more than a dozen arrests on Thursday night, while protesters briefly shut down one of Chicago’s main arteries. One of the dead officers was identified as Brent Thompson, 43. He was the first officer killed in the line of duty since Dallas Area Rapid Transit formed a police department in 1989, DART said on its website. Thompson joined DART in 2009. Dallas Police Chief David Brown said the shooters, some in elevated positions, used sniper rifles to fire at the officers in what appeared to be a coordinated attack. “(They were) working together with rifles, triangulating at elevated positions in different points in the downtown area where the march ended up going,” Brown told a news conference, adding a civilian was also wounded. “It has been a devastating night. We are sad to report a fifth officer has died,” Dallas police said on Twitter. The shooting turned the city’s downtown into a sprawling crime scene, unfolding along streets that house major corporations, restaurants and
government offices. President Barack Obama, who was traveling in Poland, spoke to Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings and expressed his “deepest condolences” on behalf of the American people. “I believe I speak for every single American when I say that we are horrified over these events and we are united with the people and police department in Dallas,” he said. Obama said the FBI was in contact with Dallas police and that the federal government would provide assistance. “We still don’t know all of the facts. What we do know is that there has been a vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law enforcement,” he said. “WORST NIGHTMARE” The shooting, which erupted shortly before 9 p.m. CDT (0100 GMT), occurred near a busy area of downtown Dallas filled with restaurants, hotels and government buildings. Footage on social media showed terrified protesters running through the streets, gunshots ringing out in the background, and police offi-
cers and emergency vehicles swarming the area. “Our worst nightmare has happened,” Mayor Rawlings said. “It is a heartbreaking moment for the city of Dallas.” The Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area is one of the nation’s most populous and is home to more than 7 million
people. The Dallas shooting happened as otherwise largely peaceful protests unfolded around the United States after the shooting of Philando Castile, 32, by police near St. Paul, Minnesota, late Wednesday. His girlfriend posted live video on the internet of the bloody
scene minutes afterward, which was widely viewed. ‘THE END IS COMING” The suspect in the Dallas standoff had told police “the end is coming” and that more police were going to be hurt and killed. Police chief Brown said the suspect also told police “there are
bombs all over the place in this garage and downtown”. Police said they were questioning two occupants of a Mercedes they had pulled over after the vehicle sped off on a downtown street with a man who threw a camouflaged bag inside the back of the car. A woman was also taken into custody near the garage where the standoff was taking place. “We are leaving every motive on the table on why this happened and how this happened,” Brown said. Mayor Rawlings visited the wounded at Parkland hospital, the same hospital where President John F. Kennedy was taken after he was shot in Dallas in November 1963. “Dallas had a tragedy when President Kennedy was shot here in the 60s and this is as close to that feeling I think as the city has had in decades,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told CNN. “This is going to have a profound effect on Dallas and the people of north Texas for a long time to come.” Outside, officers stood in formation and saluted as bodies of the officers were about to be transported.
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US sports stars call for end to gun violence
Los AngeLes, JuLy 8 (AFP): The US sports world reacted with shock to Thursday's deadly shootings that killed four police officers and wounded seven others in Dallas, with some describing it as a nightmare with seemingly no end in sight. "Hurting for Dallas right now," said Alex Morgan, a member of the US national women's soccer team. "It seems like we wake up or go to sleep reading more tragedies than not. I want to wake up from this nightmare." NBA star LeBron James took to Twitter to tell his 31.5 million social media followers that violence won't solve anything.
"We are all hurting tonight," James tweeted. "More violence is not the answer. #StoptheViolence." The American athletes were reacting to chaotic scenes of gun attacks during what was supposed to be a peaceful protest in downtown Dallas, Texas, against perceived police brutality and racial bias. Police said at least two snipers opened fire ambush style on officers who were on duty for the protest march. "I want to hope this is all a bad dream...it ain't," two-time Major League Baseball World Series champion Shane Victorino tweeted. Chris Iannetta, catcher for the Seattle Mar-
iners, called for an end to shootings on both sides. "People. Please end the violence. Enough is enough. We are all humans. We all deserve the right to live happily!" he wrote. Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish has played four seasons with the Texas Rangers and lives in Dallas. "Pray for my hometown. #prayforDallas," he tweeted. Darvish comes from Japan, which has some of the strictest guns laws in the world. In 2008, there were just 11 firearm-related homicides in Japan. That compares to over 12,000 in America, which has one of the highest gun-related
murder rates in the world. "Praying for this world my kids gotta grow up in...I'll die for them, won't let the streets or the (social) media raise them. That's on God," tweeted Oklahoma City Thunder player Anthony Morrow. Spencer Dinwiddie, who played 12 games with the Detroit Pistons this past season, said the killings seem so senseless. "Whole lotta hate out here...and in the grand scheme of things it's for no reason," he tweeted. The Dallas Stars NHL club tweeted: "Deepest sympathies to all those affected in Dallas tonight. Our thoughts and prayers are with DART PD and Dallas PD."
Serena targets Grand Slam history at Wimbledon
LonDon, JuLy 8 (AFP): Serena Williams has history in her sights as the defending champion plots to avenge one of the most painful defeats of her career by beating Angelique Kerber in Saturday's Wimbledon final. Williams suffered a stunning loss against Kerber in the Australian Open final in January and the rivals will face off for the first time since then when they slug it out for the Wimbledon title. There was further frustration for Serena when she lost the French Open final to Garbine Muguruza last month. But the 34-year-old has been revitalised at the All England Club and, after taking just over 48 minutes to crush Elena Vesnina in Wimbledon's quickest ever semi-final, she has the chance to finally equal Steffi Graf's Open era record of 22 major titles by lifting the Venus Rosewater Dish for a seventh time. Making history at Kerber's ex-
pense would be especially sweet, even more so after the fourth seed defeated Serena's sister Venus in the semi-finals, and Williams says she has learnt the lessons of Australia. "Obviously it's significant that she beat me in Australia because that's the last time we played," Serena said. "I made a lot of errors. She made little to no unforced errors. I felt like she played great. She was fearless." Since failing to complete a calender Grand Slam last year, Serena has repeatedly had her hunger for more success questioned. But, having reached a ninth Wimbledon final and 28th in Grand Slams, Williams insists she is still motivated. "Yeah, I have no hunger anymore. Yeah, right," Serena said in a defiant press conference after her demolition of Vesnina. "I mean, I think for anyone else in this whole planet, reaching the final would be a wonderful accomplishment. "For me, it's not enough. But I
Blatter gets August appeal date to fight FIFA ban
LAusAnne, JuLy 8 (AP): Sepp Blatter will go to sport's highest court on Aug. 25 to challenge his six-year ban from football for approving a $2 million FIFA payment to Michel Platini. The Court of Arbitration for Sport set the former FIFA president's appeal hearing date on Friday to be held at its headquarters in Lausanne. Blatter's day in court will come more than three months after CAS imposed a fouryear ban on Platini for conflict of interest. A different CAS panel in Platini's case said it was ''not convinced by the legitimacy'' of the payment to Platini. The money was uncontracted extra salary for working as Blatter's presidential adviser from 1999-2002. Both were banned for eight years by FIFA's ethics committee last December. FIFA's appeal committee cut two years off their sanctions.
Ferrari retain Raikkonen for 2017
sILVeRsTone, JuLy 8 (ReuTeRs): Former world champion Kimi Raikkonen will stay at Ferrari next season, the Italian Formula One team announced on Friday. "The driver line-up for the 2017 racing season will still consist of the Finnish driver and Sebastian Vettel," a Ferrari statement said. Raikkonen, who won his title with Ferrari in 2007, is currently level on points with team mate Vettel ahead of this weekend's British Grand Prix, behind Lewis Hamilton and leader Nico Rosberg. The Finn, who will be 37 in October, is the oldest driver on the starting grid but also one of the most popular among fans who admire his no-nonsense attitude and focus on racing. Ferrari have yet to win this season but are the closest team to champions Mercedes and hoping to fight for the title next season when the sport undergoes an overhaul of the technical rules. Vettel, a four times world champion with Red Bull before joining Ferrari last year, gets on well with Raikkonen and had made clear he wanted the partnership to continue. "It's easy to work with him because you don't need to worry about any tricks or games or whatever that are potentially a distraction to getting the job done," the German told reporters last month. The Ferrari seat is one of the most sought after, even if not currently the most competitive, with the team the most glamorous and successful in Formula One history. Ferrari had seemed to be running out of top level alternatives to the 'Iceman', however, with triple world champion Lewis Hamilton contracted to Mercedes until 2018 and team mate Nico Rosberg making clear he wants to stay. Red Bull recently confirmed they had Australian Daniel Ricciardo, who has Italian citizenship and is a known Ferrari target, and Dutch teenager Max Verstappen locked in on long-term contracts. Raikkonen's extension also rules out any immediate move for Frenchman Romain Grosjean, at Haas, and Mexican Sergio Perez at Force India. The pair had been linked to Maranello on the paddock grapevine, with Perez a former Ferrari academy driver. Ferrari's move should speed up Rosberg's talks with Mercedes now that there are no more attractive possibilities remaining. The focus of the driver market will now switch to McLaren's 2009 champion Jenson Button, who is out of contract at the end of the year and likely to be replaced by Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne. Button has also been linked to a return to Williams.
think that's what makes me different. That's what makes me Serena. In combative mood with the media, Serena was quick to quash suggestions the pressure of trying to make history had been responsible for her failure to win a Grand Slam since last year's Wimbledon. "My goal has never been 22. I don't talk about that anymore," she snapped. Fortunately for fans hoping for a drama-filled final, Kerber isn't the type to back down in the face of Serena's aggression. The 28-year-old, in her first Wimbledon final and second major title match, couldn't be in better form as she tries to become the first German woman to win Wimbledon since her idol Graf in 1996. After sweeping to the final without dropping a set, Kerber is guaranteed to reach a career-high second in the rankings next week.
Durant finalizes twoyear deal with Warriors
oAKLAnD, JuLy 8 (AP): Kevin Durant wanted to look MVP Stephen Curry in the eye, meet Klay Thompson face to face, and find out for himself whether they truly wanted him as a teammate. The All-Star shooting tandem made it clear during a meeting last weekend that he would be a perfect fit with the Warriors. “When I met these guys, I felt as comfortable as I've ever felt. It was organic, it was authentic, it was real,” Durant said. “It was feelings I couldn't ignore.” Splash! Golden State had a superstar cast. The Warriors formally announced the signing of the seven-time All-Star and four-time scoring champion on Thursday and introduced him with fanfare during a news conference at the team's downtown Oakland practice facility, where screens read, “WELCOME KD TO DUB NATION.” So, what's next? Seventy-four wins and a title? Golden State's record-setting season with the best wins total ever of 73 ended without back-to-back championships. “I haven't made the decision yet, but he might start,” NBA Coach of the Year Steve Kerr joked, sitting next to a smiling Durant. “We lost in the Finals. We want to get better. We
Kevin Durant speaks to the media during the press conference where he was introduced as a member of the Golden State Warriors after they signed him as a free agent on July 7 in Oakland, California. (Getty Images)
want to be better. You can't do any better than adding KD to the current crew.” Kerr won't change his team's style with the addition of KD, whom the coach will count on as a “brilliant passer” and someone who can cut and do it all. “We've got as many or more playmakers on the floor as anybody,” said Kerr, already planning his training camp strategy on the court and how to prepare his players for even further scrutiny. Durant might be able to match his coach's wit, too. When asked about Thompson being part of the pitch meeting, Durant quipped about receiving a text message from him: “I didn't know he had a phone.” Of Warriors assistant coach and former member
of the Thunder staff Ron Adams, he said, “Ron Adams was the only reason I came.” They shared a big hug before Thursday's festivities. Durant announced his decision Monday in a story on “The Players' Tribune,” then Thursday marked the first day free agents could sign their deals. He joins the NBA runner-up Warriors - who rallied from a 3-1 deficit to beat Durant's former Oklahoma City Thunder in a thrilling seven-game Western Conference Finals before losing the finals in seven games to Cleveland - on a two-year contract worth more than $54 million. There is a player option after the first year. Not that Durant plans to skip town after one season. He's here to win a championship.
“You never expect to get this much better,” general manager Bob Myers said. “I've admired Kevin as a basketball fan. ... I'm just excited to watch you play. I'm honored you're here, I'm honored you chose us. It's a wonderful feeling.” Durant even spoke to Hall of Famer Jerry West along the way to help him weigh his choice. “I know it's Jerry West and I know he's the 'Logo,' and you're expecting a sexier conversation, but it was more so about the team and how I could fit in and how great the coaching staff was,” Durant said. Still, Durant went to bed Sunday “torn” and still uncertain about his choice, and he told his father and representatives he needed a night to sleep on it. Then he woke up first thing Monday with more clarity. He knew it would have been “easy to go back to something you're comfortable with.” This, he said, is the harder route - “It was time for me to try something new, try a new challenge. No better place to do it than here.” Durant said former teammate Russell Westbrook took it hard. “That call to Oklahoma City was the hardest thing I've had to do in my life. Tears were shed. I trusted my gut,” Durant said.
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Salvage Naga Cause in Hunt of "OGOT" - The last glimpse Extended: the Good, the bad and the Ugly
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n conjunction to my previous write-up pertaining the same topic, published on 24th June 2016, I would like to reiterate that I mentioned, 'I shall get to brass tacks of it' hence, I felt the need to resume to get to the edge of the issue for better cognizance of our people. To begin with, let me relate the status quo of our national workers versus the general public over the years by citing few of my observations thereof; after the suspension of counter insurgency operations by Indian army against the NPG(s) following ceasefire agreement between NSCN-IM and GoI on August 1, 1997 and subsequent ceasefire agreements with other groups, I had always been apprehensive about many foul-play of national workers in the name of national movement. I observed that some of the high ranking NPGs' officers were getting so rich almost unnoticed over a short span of time. They acquired multiple plots in towns and cities in no time, built classy homes, drive brand new cars and enjoy luxurious lives blatantly. I pondered and presumed that, the GoI has started to lure NPG(s) to buy our movement off, but it was when I realized that they were ill gotten wealth through unwarranted acts, I developed skepticism and bitter intuition about NPG(s). Henceforth, I started to despise them all, and it hardly bothered me whether they were fighting and dying amongst themselves as my apprehension was settled with the notion that they no longer work for the cause of our nation but their own groups', tribes', families' and personal interests. I started gossiping and cursing them with emotionally chargedimpulsive rebuttals out of my aggravatedwild mind. I would belief in anything bad I heard of them from frustrated and irate people, and I took great pleasure in criticizing, mocking and demeaning them. I could never appreciate them no matter whatever good they may have been doing, because all my confidence, dreams and hopes has shattered and overshadowed, I could spare no room in me for factionalism. Later on, much against my hatred and hangovers of factional NPG(s), I met a quiet, well mannered and obedient young boy who would not hesitate to do anything on the orders of his superiors. Most of the time, he would even become a bullet proof vest of his master daring any kind of bullet that would be fired at. When he gets wounded and hospitalized, or apprehended by the security forces, and would be fighting with extreme pain, facing the brunt of torture; a hell like treatment in the prison, his only hope was his family and relatives. When he is healed or bailout by his family members, he would show no displeasure over his Org. / master but just go back to serve again with no remorse. He toiled, crawled and ran here and there throughout the seasonal changes year in and year out in the thick jungles away from his loved ones back home. Often time he had no food, had no cloth to cover himself in the rain and cold, but he doesn't
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seemed to bother much about them, all he care about is the love he had for his motherland and it keeps him going... When he got a short leave by chance after many years, he comes home empty handed yet happily. He don't have a penny in his pocket but he enjoys his short stay at home and goes back greeting everyone with smile, because in his heart, he believed that he have got a mission to accomplished. This poor boy's life story I witnessed myself got the better of me, and I had to reconsider my stance upon NPG(s). This time, I did some analyses without presumption nor reservation on my mind and much to my surprise, I found out that those who made me hate our NPG(s) turned out to be the master and superiors of this boy who made his life miserable. Who made our brothers fight and killed each other for their selfish motive and egocentric mindset. Eventually, I realized that this poor boy, not only was he taking the bullets of his master but all the blame, hate speech and spit of condemners quietly, but I could feel the pain inside him; he was hurt, desperate and confused, nevertheless he doesn't seems to get demoralized. Furthermore, it piqued my curiosity to know more of our NPGs' setup but that would not be possible for a layman like me. Hence, I had to come up with my own hypothetical concept, for which I urge people not to be misconstrued rather decipher the core concept. I have segregated NPGs' members into three (3) cluster with the name tagged; The Good, The Bad and The Ugly to elaborate my concept respectively: The Good: These are the ones who suffers most, like the boy whose story I just narrated. They are mostly deployed in camps and in the jungles, they don't get the chance to venture out for years. These boys err too, but mostly at the behest of their superiors and they are the scapegoats! And comes our diplomatic Leaders who selflessly work for the cause of our movement all their lives. They work neither for wealth nor reward or fame, they just took it up as their responsibility with dedication and commitment to fight for our rights from being robbed by our adversary and they never retire no matter how heavy their backpacks are and how tough the adversities... Of course they are not perfect as no one really is, except God! This subgroup are the Knights of our national cause and they constitutes at least 60% of NPGs. The Bad: Top brass leaders who serves in the military or civil fronts; somehow honest, committed and does not involve in black deeds personally or wittingly. However, they are like AK-47 with a sealed firing-pin; just good enough for display or drill but powerless. Inefficient and ineffective as they are, they couldn't take decisive or corrective actions over those odds (the ugly) who are making the whole bunch looks black from afar, detrimental for their organization and ultimately our movement. This group made up approximately 10% of NPG(s). The Ugly: These people are mixture of
all rank and file, I called them narcissists or opportunists who leave no stone unturned when it comes to filling their pocket. They are normally uneducated, uncultured and self-centered either acquired or inherited behaviour. They are the ones who made our NPG(s) enlisted in the infamous book of the world. These people are like virus spreading amongst them. These infected people needs to be treated somehow although we are yet to find the cure. This virus has claimed at least 30% of our NPGs and still on the go! Logic & discernment: Evidently, the dispensation of justice system to uphold social control, deter and mitigate anti social behaviors and the absence of sanctions to those who violate (the set rules on fundamental rights and duties of the Org. if any) with justified penalties gave leniency to engage in extortion and criminal acts for the cited sub-group 'The Ugly' in NPGs' set-up, leading to the culmination of strained relations and impasse between National workers and some of the civil societies beside other facets of unpleasant situations devised by some individuals from the civil societies for their vested interest. Otherwise, NPG is a composition of diverse people from different tribes of Naga societies which constitutes an Org. in which we find the good, the bad and the ugly, thus we cannot earmark them all in the same category. Identifying who is what is imperative; we have to be rationally and pragmatically judgmental if we must get involved. We must admit the fact that every society or Org. consists of builders and destroyers, it is for us or the concerned to infer and give ideal judgment, lest we become destroyers! Recognizing and appreciating the builders would mean encouraging the good to prevail and ultimately minimizing the destroyers as a result, else the moral values of good became null and void. As far as taking the corrective measures or actions against "the ugly" in our NPGs' folds is concern, there has to be some sort of pragmatic sanctions by way of; civil contempt, sequestration, rehabilitation in prison, etc. within NPGs' immediate court or our customary proceedings not at our adversary's court as ours is a national movement. It would be illsuited of me to give the verdict as I am not a legal expert, however it is my honest perspective that, it should not be a snap judgment or retributive justice in a bullheaded manner. I suppose many of our patriotic national workers don't deserve to be treated like the way we do today, do they? I still believed that the number of good and committed national workers are still on the higher side, but we see the whole bunch contaminated because, the gravity of bad is always stronger than the good. When you do good things, they hardly get noticed or recognized but when you do bad thing, the whole world will talk about it. We live in a world where people will complaint for the one thing you don't do forgetting the ten things you have done and this is a universal truth! V Luikham , New Delhi
Dedicated to the fallen heroes of Blue Bird Operation, 9th July 1987 The land so beloved Our motherland Get a last glimpse My comrades Turn your back Turn your eyes The misty hills Our birthplace Get a last glimpse This could be But a final glimpse Until we view View from above After our last breathe Passing over To a new home Of eternal joy Where we will Suffer no more Where we will Cry no more Where we will Shed no more tears Where we will Be freed From tormentors From clutches Of cruelty Inhumanity Bestiality Insanity Then we shall Ask but of Justice For our innocence blood shed For our lives Taken without basis Eliminated us Not enough with that Labeled us as ‘rebels’ We were but civilians Sacrificed our beings For the land we love For the people we love For the cause of truth For the cause of conscience We didn’t attempt escape Boldly, painfully We endured We suffered The cruelties Of the enemies To save our folks From such torment Which was But horrific Humiliating Agonizing We view from Heaven Yet the justice is not given We are above death But Justice must be given How long will justice be denied?
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rt forms are a powerful approach to tell stories about culture, people, and are even considered as a force for social change. And when combined with storytelling, it has always been the foundation of good design with many believing that ‘You’re a good designer if you’re also a good storyteller’. One name that often comes to mind is Menuolhoulie Kire who is a multidisciplinary designer. A product and furniture designer based out of Nagaland who holds a Masters in Design from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, his pet project “Kharu Designs”, a design studio has been merging stories with an alternative approach. ‘Kharu’ he explained, is the traditional gate found in Angami villages, hence, Kharu Designs is the gateway between contemporary world and old craft and culture of our Nagaland. “We take inspirations from the crafts and the culture around us and try to bring contemporary products,” he adds. Donning many hats, he is one of the top photographers in the State and also freelances as a Graphic Designer. But most impor-
‘You’re a good designer if you’re also a good storyteller’
tantly, Kire is a storyteller at heart- an outcome of the different things he has done in his career. “When I was studying designing, I wanted to be a car designer. That was my main focus but later on I realized furniture designing is one area where we can tell stories and where we have lots of stories to tell,” he said. He was inspired by his Grandfather who was into carpentry and used to build houses and other things, adding “When I was 4 or 5 years old I used to follow him to work. Maybe I got inspired and that’s how I got into all this…” Sharing his thoughts on design narratives, he said he became interested in furniture and product design during college. “For my final thesis I created furniture that was inspired from the craft and culture of Nagaland. Under that, I made a piece called ThejaBa. Theja means blessing and Ba means seat. We had the base made out of wood with engravings similar to those found on traditional Kharu gate which has different meanings like blessings of health, longevity, wealth, prosperity etc. When I was doing my research, I found out that the idea of the gate is when you pass through the gate you get blessed. So I build the concept that when you sit
Menuolhoulie Kire on the chair with all the engravings, you get blessed. These are the stories I want to tell through my work,” he said. What makes Kharu different? “Our products will be different from the ergonomics because we study them and design accordingly, and also the finishing. Our products are not purely functional or artistic also. It marries form and function together. In design, the rule is that form should follow function but we try to marry them to-
gether and do side by side. Adding to this, he admits that the expense factor is always there when it comes to designing but I always try to play around it,” Kire explained. On being part of the present entrepreneurialdesign scene in Nagaland, he said, “It’s a privilege to be able to do something that you love and be in a place where you can take so much inspiration from. I’m in a new market where you are one of the early movers. The problems are many but
then the opportunities are also many.” To aspiring young people he offers this advice: “It’s a great way to express your creativity and to learn a lot about our craft and culture and get benefits from it. You have to be very stubborn and persistent in whatever you are doing because the market will bring you lots of frustrations but you have to believe in yourself and push forward to achieve what you dream of.” Art and design has so much potential in Nagaland and it is important to target the younger generation to get excited about its endless possibilities. Menuohlhoulie Kire is truly an inspiration who is willing to explore this exciting field. Check out design stories at www.kharudesign.com or search “Kharu Design” on Instagram and Facebook.
Beyonce's powerful message says end 'War on Minorities'
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op superstar Beyonce pleaded on Thursday for an end to the "war" on minorities in the United States after another two contentious killings by police of African-Americans. The singer, who has been increasingly outspoken on police brutality, provided a link to her legions of fans to contact US legislators to protest the deaths of motorist Philando Castile in Minnesota and Alton Sterling in Louisiana. "This is not a plea to all police officers but toward any human being who fails to value human life. The war on people of colour and all minorities needs to be over," Beyonce wrote in an open letter on her website and to her more than 77 million followers on Instagram. Beyonce voiced fear that the killings, the latest in a series of racially charged shootings in the United States, would make minorities feel "helpless and hopeless." "But we have to believe that we are fighting for the rights of the next generation, for the next young men and women who believe in good," she wrote. "This is a human fight. No matter your
race, gender or sexual orientation. This is a fight for anyone who feels marginalized, who is struggling for freedom and human rights," she added. Beyonce, who rose to stardom with catchy but largely apolitical hits such as Crazy in Love and Single Ladies, aligned herself with the Black Lives Matter movement in a video earlier this year for her song Formation. The video, shot in New Orleans, features police officers with their hands in the air as if being arrested. She performed the song at the Super Bowl, the most watched US television event of the year, leading to criticism from some conservative commentators but also wide praise from activists. Beyonce's sister, fellow singer Solange, also raised her voice after the latest killings. Saying she wanted comfort when faced with the "images of slain black bodies," she released a raw video of herself on Instagram singing Black Maybe, the 1972 song by Motown singer Syreeta written by her ex-husband Stevie Wonder.
Models display traditional wears during The Planners’ “Tall & Slender” event at Hotel Acacia, Dimapur, July 8. (Caisii Mao Photos)
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Salman Khan’s Sultan to enter Rs 100 crore club in 3 days Hillstar
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f Sultan’s opening day box office collection was called gigantic, the Salman Khan film’s second day BO performance is even better. With Eid being celebrated on Thursday, a day after the release, Sultan is expected to have added anything between Rs 38-40 crore to its day 1 business of Rs 36.54 crore. According to trade, the film is galloping towards Rs 100 crore club. It is expected to reach it within three days. Sultan on day 2 saw packed houses all across. Trade analysts are predicting that Salman’s Sultan will reach the magic Rs 100-crore mark on BO within three days of release. The film released on 4500 screens in India. Sultan and its huge opening this Eid is nothing surprising. Every time Salman Khan has released his film on the festive ocassion of Eid, records have fallen like a house of cards, producers have earned money
and paying audience has gone home happy. With Sultan he has another ace up his sleeve — a film which is unlike a typical Salman film, a tight script, rousing drama and excellent performances all around, especially from Anushka Sharma. So, will Salman go one-up on his past Eid record, which happens to be impeccable? If it was Bajrangi Bhaijaan in 2015, the year before that was Kick. Both the films made multiple crores and earned their place in Bollywood’s blockbuster gallery. It is for nothing that Eid weekend is so coveted that Bollywood’s two Khans — Salman and Shah Rukh — were vying for it in 2016. Salman and his producers Yash Raj Films prevailed and Shah Rukh shifted the release of his next, Raees. Given the over Rs 36.54 crore debut of Sultan, will Shah Rukh be ruing his decision? Well, he simply should have looked at BO successes in
the last five years. Ever since 2010, Salman has prevailed at the BO this time of the year with a string of superhits — Dabbang, Bodyguard, Ek Tha Tiger, Kick and Bajrangi Bhaijaan. The only year Shah Rukh managed to rain on Bhai’s parade was in 2013 with Chennai Express. For a mid-week release, Sultan’s collections at Rs 36.54 crore are stupendous. The fact that this is the money the film made on a day which was not even Eid (the festival was shifted to July 7) is even more exemplary. Prior to this, the star’s Ek Tha Tiger held the record for mid-week release with over Rs 32 crore in ticket sales. In terms of biggest first-day openings, Shah Rukh Khan’s Chennai Express with Rs 44.9 crore is the biggest. It is followed by Salman’s Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo with Rs 40 crore.Expect records to tumble. Source: The Indian Express
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ctor Salman Khan failed to appear before the National Commission for Women (NCW) on Friday over his "raped woman" simile and filed a response to the commission's notice through his lawyers, the NCW said. “The Commission had summoned Salman Khan to appear in person on July 8, 2016, at the Commission's office to give a satisfactory explanation on the matter. It may be noted that today Khan or his legal team has not appeared before the Commission,” NCW Chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam said in a statement. “However, the Commission has received a response from his legal team, which is currently being examined by the Commission,” she added. The NCW had summoned Khan in connection with the actor's remark where he compared his condition after shooting for a gruelling wrestling scene in his recently released movie “Sultan” to that of a "raped woman". Taking suo motu notice, the Commission on June 21 sent a notice to the actor asking him to apologise. Khan filed a response through his lawyers, which the NCW did not find satisfactory and asked him to appear before it in person on July 8. Source: IANS
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Griezmann double sends France to Euro 2016 final; to face Portugal
CSA executive meeting
CHÜMuKeDiMa, July 8 (MexN): The Chakhroma Sports Association will be convening its second executive meeting for the tenure 2016-20 on July 9 at 11am at CPO Hall Chümukedima. A press release from the CSA has requested all the office bearers of CSA, representatives of Group-A, representatives of Group-B, representatives of Group-C and representatives of Group-D to attend the Marseille, July 8 meeting without fail. (aFP): Antoine Griezmann took up the mantle as challenger-in-chief to Cristiano Ronaldo with two goals that crushed world champions Germany and saw France into Sunday's Euro 2016 filas Vegas, July 8 (reuters): Brazilian Anderson nal against Portugal. Silva will replace interim UFC light heavyweight champiA penalty awarded on Jon Jones in Saturday's bout against title holder Daniel seconds before half-time Cormier in Las Vegas, the Ultimate Fighting Championship said. The bout will be a three-round non-title light caused turmoil in the Gerheavyweight fight, while the heavyweight fight between man camp. Griezmann Brock Lesnar and Mark Hunt will be the main event at took his chance and added UFC 200. Jones was pulled from his bout having tested a second strike to extend his positive in an out-of-competition sample collection lead as the tournament's by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency on June 16. "I've gone top scorer and become through a lot of phases in my UFC career, and no one's France's new football hero. "He's our little Mr Exbeen able to beat everything that I've done," Silva told tra," said fellow striker Olthe UFC website. "So I really feel like I'm a blessed guy." ivier Giroud after the dramatic win before 65,000 spectators on a hot Thursday night in Marseille. France's first victory lONDON, July 8 (reuters): Manager Juergen over their rivals in a maKlopp has extended his contract with Liverpool, less than a year since joining the club, the English Premier jor tournament since 1958 League side announced on Friday. While no details of the came out of a controversial contract were disclosed, British media reported that the penalty decision at the end German has signed a six-year deal. "We are very much at of the first half. Italian referee Nicola the beginning of our journey, but to already have the connection we have with this very special place is incredible," Rizzoli saw that German captain Bastian SchweinKlopp said on the club's website. steiger handled the ball in an aerial challenge with Patrice Evra. German players were lONDON, July 8 (aFP): Controversial British world furious but Griezmann sent heavyweight champion Tyson Fury claimed Thursday his goalkeeper Manuel Neuer postponed rematch against Wladimir Klitschko, who he the wrong way with his spot sensationally beat last November, will take place on Oc- kick. The 2014 World Cup tober 29. The 27-year-old -- who has regularly sparked a winners had dominated furore over his comments on women, paedophiles and ho- possession and German mosexuality -- tweeted that his WBA, WBO and IBO belts, coach Joachim Loew said which previously belonged to Klitschko, will be on the line he had to "calm the players when he faces up to the veteran Ukrainian in Manchester. down" in the dressing room "Sixteen weeks Saturday 'till I blast Klitschko spark out," at half-time because of the Fury tweeted. Klitschko, who had not lost in 11 years before penalty. his defeat to the British pugilist, made no secret of his disGermany renewed dain for Fury and his habit of making disparaging remarks. their control of the ball in "I'm going to bash his (Fury) face in for all his anti-semitic, the second half but Griezsexist and homophobic comments, which he regularly mann rattled them again likes to come out with," he told German magazine Stern. with a 72nd minute goal.
Clattenburg to referee Euro 2016 final
Silva to replace Jones in UFC 200 bout against Cormier
Paris, July 8 (aFP): English referee Mark Clattenburg was on Friday named as the man in charge of Sunday's Euro 2016 final between France and Portugal. European football's governing body UEFA have called on the 41-year-old's experience for the championship decider at the Stade de France. A former electrician, Clattenburg became a professional referee in 2007. He has already overseen three matches at the tournament - the first round games between Belgium v Italy, and the Czech Republic v Croatia, and the last-16 clash between Switzerland v Poland. In May, Clattenburg refereed the Champions League final between Real and Atletico Madrid. He becomes only the second referee after Pedro Proenca in 2012 to officiate at both the Champions League and European championships finals. On Sunday he will be assisted by two English assistants, Simon Beck and Jake Collin.
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Bats not to blame for bowlers' plight: Warner syDNey, July 8 (reuters): Australia opener David Warner says flat pitches rather than bats with thicker edges are the reason batsmen have the upper hand in test cricket. Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting recently raised concerns about the rising imbalance between bat and ball and called for restrictions to be imposed on the willow sizes in the longest format of the game. Ponting said he would raise the issue at the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) world cricket committee meeting at Lord's next week and found support from Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood, who wants the advantage for batsmen to be negated. "If we look around the country, I think the wickets are pretty much dictating the test cricket arena at the moment," Warner told reporters in Sydney on Friday. "A lot of batsmen are scoring a lot of runs, there have been a lot of runs scored in the last 12 to 18 months; you can't specifically come out and say it is the big bats, because everyone around the country and around the world is scoring a lot of runs. "It is a credit to the bat maker. He's told he can use one cleft of wood. If he can use his brains and technology to make a bat light and large, then it's credit to them." Warner, whose bat sports one of the thickest edges in world cricket, said he actually used a smaller bat in tests unless they were playing in the subcontinent.
A report commissioned by the MCC in 2014 found the thickness of bats had marginally increased in the last century and that edges had broadened by 300 percent, meaning mistimed shots could still find the boundary. As yet, however, there have been no restrictions imposed. According to Warner, bats with thick edges were not always an advantage. "If you go back to the Ashes and have a look at my leading edges, I think it probably didn't help me," Warner said, breaking into a laugh. "So there's pros and cons." The 29-year-old was in fine form before he fractured his left index finger during the ODI tri-series in the Caribbean last month and was subsequently sent back home. The attacking left-hander is unlikely to be fit for Australia's first warm-up game but is expected to partner Joe Burns at the top of the innings when the first test against Sri Lanka starts on July 26 in Pallekele. "He probably won't play the two-day game but should play the first-class game the tour game before we play the first test," coach Darren Lehmann told Fairfax Media. "Even if he didn't, I am not too worried about that. "He is one of these guys who picks up a bat quite quickly. He has had broken fingers and injuries before and we have just plugged him back into test cricket and he is fine."
France players celebrate their win over Germany. (Getty Images)
Paul Pogba's cross from the left was cleared by Neuer into the Atletico Madrid star's path to fire home through the legs of the goalkeeper who had only conceded one other goal in regulation time at the tournament. Germany desperately pushed forward. Joshua Kimmich hit the crossbar with one shot and other efforts went narrowly wide. But France held firm for a famous and thrilling victory. - Never give up Sunday's final will pit Griezmann against Ronaldo and a team from a nation of 11 million people against one of Europe's giants, who won the World Cup in 1998 at the same venue and the
European title in 1984. French coach Didier Deschamps hailed Germany as a "a great team." "We found it tough but we didn't give up," he said praising his own players' determination. France's recent years have been clouded by defeats and scandal, including a player strike at the 2010 World Cup. Now the country appears to be behind them again. "I've always believed in my players," said Deschamps. "The ones I chose to form this squad have repaid me handsomely. This is their story, their victory." Griezmann's goals took him to within three of the record nine scored in one
Mourinho unveils United coaching team lONDON, July 8 (aFP): Faithful lieutenant Rui Faria will be Jose Mourinho's assistant manager at Manchester United a role that club icon Ryan Giggs had hoped in vain to retain for the upcoming season. Faria, who has followed Mourinho from Barcelona when the 'special one' was the late Bobby Robson's interpreter in 1996 to all his subsequent clubs, is joined by others who have experience of working with the United boss. Coaches Silvino Louro, who has been with Mourinho for more than a decade having started out as his goalkeeping coach, Ricardo Formosinho and Carlos Lalin -- who also have previous experience working with the Portuguese -- and Emilio Alvarez have all been confirmed as members of the coaching staff along with analyst Giovanni Cerra. Mourinho, who will be hoping to make United title contenders again after losing their way in the past three seasons under firstly David Moyes and then Louis van Gaal, claimed contentiously on Tuesday Giggs had left the club after 29 years of service as a player and then assistant manager because he wanted his job. However, it is widely believed it was only when the 44-year-old Wales great learnt he would not be assistant manager that he decided to end his association with the only club he ever served.
tournament by French legend Michel Platini in 1984. He was particularly relieved to have scored the penalty, having missed one when Atletico Madrid played in the Champions League final against Ronaldo's Real Madrid in May. "I wanted to take a penalty again in an important moment and I'm happy I did, and happy I scored," he said. "For the second goal I was hanging back to wait for an error from the goalkeeper. "I am happy with the goals but I am still a long way from Platini," said Griezmann who was rejected as too small by French clubs and made his name in Spain.
On top of the joy of reaching the Euro final, French players were also elated to have finally beaten Germany again in a competitive match. Evra said the team had been told so many stories about the last time France beat Germany in a major tournament, at the 1958 World Cup. The psychological barrier was broken with victory in the November 13 friendly which was soon forgotten when suicide bombers detonated explosives outside the Stade de France at the start of a series of deadly attacks in Paris. "As soon as we beat them in a friendly, it gave us a lift," Evra said.
"Of course they were strong, of course they were the favourites and they had good ball possession. "But we told each other we would never give up." German coach Loew said his team had been the better of the two. Goalkeeper Neuer said the result was undeserved. "We have played well at these European Championship finals, but we're out. That's very bitter," said Neuer. "It's a semi-final and there is not a more stupid moment (to go out) and it's not a fair result." Loew refused to say whether he would extend his time as Germany's manager beyond the campaign for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Raonic upsets Federer to reach first slam final
lONDON, July 8 (aP): Roger Federer's bid for a record eighth Wimbledon title was cut short in the semifinals Friday by Milos Raonic, a big-serving Canadian who came from two sets to one down to win in five and reach his first Grand Slam final. Raonic beat the seventime champion 6-3, 6-7 (3), 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 on Centre Court, handing the Swiss great his first loss ever in the Wimbledon semifinals after 10 straight wins. The 25-year-old Raonic became the first Canadian man in history to advance to the final of a Grand Slam tournament. The only other Canadian to get this far was Eugenie Bouchard, the women's runner-up at Wimbledon in 2014. Raonic avenged a Wimbledon semifinal loss to Federer in straight sets two
Milos Raonic of Canada celebrates a point against Roger Federer of Switzerland during their men's semifinal singles match on day twelve of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Friday, July 8. (AP Photo)
years ago. In Sunday's final, 2013 champion Andy Murhe'll face the winner of the ray and 2010 runner-up Tosemifinal match between mas Berdych.
Alvarez obliterates dos Anjos in first round to claim UFC Lightweight title
las Vegas, July 8 (ageNCies): Eddie Alvarez needed less than four minutes to stun Rafael dos Anjos and rip the UFC lightweight title from the Brazilian. After the champion had edged the opening exchanges, Alvarez rocked his opponent with a crushing right hand. And while Dos Anjos was able to partially recover his senses, he was soon rocked again and this time Alvarez finished the job. Alvarez said: 'Rafael was the champion for a reason. Rafael is resilient. I had him hurt, so I had to empty the gas tank and let it all out.' Dos Anjos was entering the Octagon for the first time since last December when he defeated Donald Cerrone. He had been scheduled to defend his title against Conor McGregor three months later but was ruled out through injury. Alvarez earned his shot at the title with a split-decision victory over Anthony Pettis at the turn of the year. Thursday night was only the fourth time he had fought with the promotion and he becomes the first to win titles with both Bellator
The two fighters exchange punches during their fight on Thursday night, which led to an Alvarez win. (Getty Images)
and the UFC. Dos Anjos, who was making the second defence of his title, was immediately in trouble from Alvarez's straight right hand. Although he attempted to weather the storm, including during a brief spell on the canvas, his reign was heading for an abrupt end. Having clambered back to his feet, Dos Anjos was rescued from further punishment by referee
Herb Dean following a final flurry. The deposed champion admitted: 'I have no excuses, I was in the best shape of my life. Credit to Eddie, he did a great job.' In the co-main event, Derrick Lewis earned a split-decision victory over Sin City native Roy Nelson in a fight that beforehand had all the hallmarks of an early finish. But for large parts of the opening round, Nelson frustrated Lewis by holding on against the cage.
Twice referee John McCarthy re-started the action and on both occasions it was Lewis whose stand-up proved more dangerous as he landed a succession of knees. Nelson did respond with two takedowns, the first of which must have shaken the MGM Grand to its foundations. Slightly the lighter man, Nelson repeated the trick in the second stanza as he effectively snuffed out Lewis’ striking, albeit failing to take advantage of his positional dominance. The third and final round followed a similar pattern but Lewis finished the stronger to take the decision, even if a swinging haymaker somehow failed to stop Nelson in the dying seconds. There were also main card victories for Joe Duffy over Mitch Clarke and Alan Jouban over Belal Muhammad. Duffy was particularly impressive as he rebounded from a first UFC defeat by Dustin Poirier to submit Clarke with a rear-naked choke after just 25 seconds of the first round. The Irishman holds a 2010 victory over Conor McGregor in Cage Warriors.
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