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Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes

SKorea and WHO downplay pandemic potential of MERS [ PAGE 9]

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—Ralph Waldo Emerson

Appeal to shift SBI Draw looms after more original DGM Office rain in Bangladesh from Jorhat to Dimapur [ PAGE 2]

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Bridging mineral and trade routes

reflections

By Sandemo Ngullie

Tizu & Chizuti bridges on mineral link road to facilitate border trade Our Correspondent Laluri (Phek) | June 13

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Can’t wait to hear what our pastor has to say about.. about digital photography and Victory signs.

Gov appeals citizens to cooperate with Army

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Dimapur, June 13 (mexn): Governor of Nagaland & Assam PB Acharya, on Saturday appealed all peace loving citizens of Nagaland in particular and the North East in general to maintain peace and cooperate with the Army. A press release from Raj Bhavan, Kohima observed that the action of the Government of India and the Army to “curb and annihilate insurgency activities with covert and direct support from North East outfits camping outside and in Myanmar, is the beginning of permanent peace in the North East.” The Governor congratulated the brave soldiers who meticulously and successfully carried out the operation in this regard in Myanmar with the latter’s support. He also congratulated the Central government for its strong will to act in the right direction to contain the extremist activities.

You can include pork in recipe to lower BP

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Washington, June 13 (ians): If you are following a diet to lower blood pressure, you may expand your protein options to include lean, unprocessed pork, new research suggests. The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet is recommended to reduce blood pressure and is focused on the increased consumption of fruits and vegetables, whole-grains, low-fat dairy products, nuts, poultry and fish, while reducing fats, red meats, including pork, and added sugars. “If people have to rely only on fish and chicken their diet choices can be limited and our results support that lean pork may be a viable option for people who are consuming a DASH diet without compromising the effectiveness of the diet plan,” said co-author Drew Sayer, doctoral student in nutrition science at Purdue University in the US. The study that appeared in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition compared lean, unprocessed pork with chicken and fish as the predominant protein source in a DASH-style diet. “This study supports that the DASH diet can include lean and unprocessed red meats in the appropriate serving sizes,” Wayne Campbell, professor of nutrition science at Purdue University, said.

A farmer tends to his field as Mount Sinabung releases pyroclastic flows in Tiga Pancur, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Saturday, June 13. The volcano, which was put on it highest alert level last week, has sporadically erupted since 2010 after being dormant for 400 years. (AP Photo)

Widows of naga freedom fighters’ plea to PM Modi

Dimapur, June 13 (mexn): “Do not miss the finest moment available to us for solution,” widows of Naga freedom fighters, who had given their lives during the 6 decade old Indo-Naga struggle, appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today. This fervent plea expressed by the Naga Freedom Fighter’s Widow’s Welfare Federation (NFFWWF) in a memorandum appended by Mingthingla Khamrang, chairperson and Ramyola Duidang, vice chairperson, NFFWWF and addressed to the Prime Minister also called for intervention from the country’s premier to prevent further occurrence of violence in Naga country. “Unfortunately, although the tragedy and loss of lives cannot be reverted but certainly the honourable Prime Minister..., is in a position to avert further occurrence of violence in Naga country that would greatly contribute to regional peace and make a better place for all to live with dignity and respect,” the memorandum read.

Also highlighting the genesis of the federation, the NFFWWF said it was formed by widows of those killed in Indo-Naga political conflict with primary objective of offering our self as “prayer warriors” and to visit and comfort the aggrieved families and spread awareness on human tragedy caused by conflict. It stated that the more than 6 decades old Indo-Naga political conflict have killed more than thousands of lives, and great number of wives widowed, and children orphaned and have left many parents without children who are now living a life of misery. “And we have reasons to believe that the conflict has left its stains and humanitarian situation on Indian side too,” the federation said. The widows’ federation further expressed firm belief that the Government of India under Narendra Modi would bring permanent settlement to the protracted conflict through peaceful means honourable and acceptable to both the parties.

AAsA sound cautions to nagaland & ne students Dimapur, June 13 (mexn): The All Assam Students Association (AASA), in an advisory released to the media has informed students from Nagaland and North East in general to desist from taking admission in any of the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana colleges, particularly Guntur district’s engineering colleges and Ranga Reddy district’s engineering colleges. A press release issued by AASA president Milon Choudhury, alleged that these engineering colleges were run without any facilities and proper infrastructures and also did not maintain norms of the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE). The fact about the colleges of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana is that there are no proper qualified faculties, no prober laboratories (computers, mechanical labs, all core labs), no proper infrastructure, no placements and no library with required number of books, the AASA informed. The student body also informed that since these colleges were not maintaining AICTE norms, their respective state government has decided to cancel the college’s affiliations. It said inspections were underway with regard to affiliations and this may affect the career of students taking admission in any of the engineering colleges in the two states. It also informed that the Telangana Government in 2014 canceled affiliations to a number of engineering colleges that

violated norms prescribed by AICTE. There are more than 700 engineering colleges in united Andhra Pradesh. With the state government planning to cut off affiliation to around 500 colleges from the 700, the student body said it was still not clear as to how many colleges would be getting affiliation. Revealing that many of the colleges approached the high court and Supreme Court in 2014, but failed to obtain permission, a consequence of which, during 2014-15, all 174 colleges were with 0 admissions. This current year, the remaining 121 colleges are also in trouble with the government mulling to retain affiliation to only about 70 colleges, it stated. The student body also disclosed that even local Andhra & Telangana state students were refusing to take admission in their state engineering colleges for low quality education. Keeping this in view, the AASA has advised students from North East to take admission in TS / AP colleges only after confirming the affiliation letter from University as well as the government. It also cautioned the students to be cautious of fake assurances given by the college authorities. The AASA further stated that the fate of those students who are already studying in the second, third and fourth years in these colleges is also uncertain as they will not be able to write the end-semester examinations conducted by the affiliating university.

NPCC blames BJP for CF abrogation and violence

Dimapur, June 13 (mexn): The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) on Saturday held the BJP responsible for the abrogation of ceasefire with the NSCN (K) and the renewed violence which has led to death of many. With over 55 lives lost and many more injured in two month time, NPCC president K Therie, in a press statement, cautioned that it will be a “long drawn guerrilla warfare if the BJP fails to change their approach and mindset.” Therie blamed Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijiju for aggravating the situation further with his ‘callous remark’ on May 4 in the media that “NSCN (K) has nothing to do with the Naga issue. He said such ignorance of the BJP leaders about Naga political problems does not qualify them to make senseless and insensitive statements. Pointing out that BJPs approach is in total contrast to the Congress who believes in “dialogue to solve the problem and not in confrontation,” the NPCC president asserted that the endeavour of the Congress is to solve the political problem through peaceful and constitutional means.

Two significant bridges linking to the mineral link roads which connect to the biggest limestone deposits in Nagaland State and Myanmar, at Nimi area, opened on Saturday. Tizu and Chizuti RCC Bridge, which falls under the Nimi (Kiphire district)Laruri (Phek District) mineral link road was inaugurated by minister for school education & SCERT Yitachu and minister for rural development & REPA CL John. “These two bridges on mineral link road will facilitate border trade with Myanmar and business and trade activities will flourish with Southeast Asian countries,” Yitachu announced while highlighting the international trade importance of the two bridges in the border area of Phek and Kiphire district. Yitachu said the Meluri Sub Division of Phek district and Kiphire district stand on the threshold of becoming the highest revenue contributor to the state, provided that the rich mineral resources are properly utilized. He pointed out that the two districts have the potential to become the richest business activity region and sustain the Naga economy. Expressing happiness over construction of the bridges, CL John stressed on the need to make the best use of it and develop the mineral resources in

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Minister for school education & SCERT Yitachu and minister for rural development & REPA CL John with others during the inauguration of Tizu & Chizuti Bridge on June 12. (Morung Photo)

the area. He was optimistic that the mineral link roads will felicitate economic prosperity. John pointed out that at present most people prefer Kohima and Dimapur for commercial activities, however, 10 years from now on, people would move towards the eastern side for business and trade activities since it possesses rich mineral resources. The two bridges was constructed by Nagaland State Mineral Development Corporation Ltd (NSMDC), while the project was funded by the Ministry of Development of North East Region (DoNER) and the state government in the ratio of 90:10. The contractor of the bridges was Viu Angami. According to NSMDC, the need to construct link roads to mineral deposit areas was first recognized by the Government of India, Ministry of Mines vide the “Report of the Task Force for Development of Mineral Industry in the North Eastern States” (1977), which recommended that approach road/link roads to mineral deposits should form a priority work for the region. Thus, two roadsAkhego to Phokhungri passing through Wazeho,

Zipu, Washelo, Shilloi Lake in one loop and from Wazeho to Shilloi via Phor & Laluri in another loop covering a distance of 138 km and Pungro to Nimi via Salumi covering distance of 70km were constructed by the BRTF. Since these were arterial roads; other shorter road linking the mineral deposits in order of importance had to be constructed in order to access the deposits. Therefore, a network of mineral link roads connecting the important and economically viable mineral deposits from these two arterial roads were proposed and so far three such link roads has been sanctioned by the Ministry of DoNER as in May 2008. Tizu Bridge (overall span of 111.50 metres) and Chizuti Bridge (overall span of 32.20 metres) have been constructed for double lane capacity keeping future expansion in mind. Parliamentary secretary for youth resources & sports, music task force and state lotteries Khriehu Liezietsu, parliamentary secretary for art & culture Eshak Konyak, MLA Torechu, MLA from Myanmar, Phek DC Murohu Chotso and several others were present on the occasion.

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‘live, Dream and experience life’ Longrangty Longchar Mokokchung | June 13

For thirty-year-old Limaonen Imchen from Aliba village, life is about a dream, focusing on it, and living it as an experience. A theologian with a Master of Divinity degree from Bangalore, Limaonen has engaged in a lot of social activities; the most notable one being with the indigenous peoples of the Amazon rainforest area in Brazil during 2012-2013 while at ‘Youth With A Mission’ (YWAM) ministry. He volunteered to work under some of the most challenging conditions in different parts of the world at YWAM. Back home, Limaonen and some of his friends undertook a charity mission to a village near the Indo-Myanmar border and distributed medicines, clothes and other essential commodities to the villagers. During an informal interaction with The Morung Express, Limaonen said he was the leader of a team of 13 international YWAM members selected to work with the indigenous peoples of the Amazon rainforest. “There are lots of similarities between us (Nagas) and the Amazon indigenous people. In the interior places, the people are still uncivilized or semi-civilized. No cameras are allowed there. But it was such a great experience.” His team, which comprised of YWAM members from different countries, was engaged in education, conducting singing classes, constructing playgrounds etc. He is presently a motivational speaker and talks at youth programmes in different colleges, schools and churches. Besides, he has already authored and published a book titled ‘From Nobody to Somebody,’ where he narrates stories of

Limaonen Imchen stands in front of Jesus the redeemer Statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This image was taken when he was working with the indigenous peoples of the Amazon Rainforest area in Brazil.

some young people who achieved something in life through talent and sheer determination. “If we use what God has given us, then we can achieve with whatever talent we have,” said Limaonen, while encouraging young people to identify their talents. He lamented that most Nagas have an ‘inferiority complex,’ which hampers them from moving ahead in life. Further, citing an example of a Naga friend who was highly respected by his landlord while studying in Germany, Limaonen said, “It is not from where you come from but it is your personality which determines whether people respect you or

condemn you.” He recounted that he dreamt of going to Germany when he was nine years old. And the dream finally came true in 2012 when he actually landed in Germany and even travelled most of Europe. “When you dream and focus on it; of course, challenges also do come, but if you don’t give up, dreams do come true,” said Limaonen with a sense of satisfaction. However, travelling for Limaonen was not without a hurdle. The biggest problem he faced was ‘identity crisis’ at the immigration offices in the different countries. “The immigration officers would look at me again and again and ask me whether I am really an Indian,” said Limonen with a glee. “They could not accept that I was an Indian because obviously I look so different (from the mainland Indians). So during our training graduation in Germany, they called out my name as Limaonen from Nagaland.” He also narrated about the presence of wild animals like jaguars and anacondas in the Amazon rainforest where they camped, besides ants and insects, which gave them a hard time. “Mosquitoes were the least of our problems. The bite from the ants and insects would give us skin inflammations and…but whatever the hardships, I took everything as an experience and took every challenge positively thinking to myself that this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to do something worthwhile,” he stated. The young theologian is married to Hanna Brown, an Irish citizen and also a YWAM member, who is a trained teacher for children with special needs. (Interview with Hanna Brown about children with special needs in Naga society from a global perspective in the coming issue of The Morung Express)

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CBCC initiates road construction Appeal to shift SBI original DGM Office from Jorhat to Dimapur

Phek, June 13 (Mexn): In an attempt to ensure the holistic mission of the church, the Chakhesang Baptist Church Council has taken the initiative to construct a village road between Tehephu and Khutsokhuno village in Phek District. Executive Secretary, CBCC Rev. Dr. Vezopa Tetseo in a press release stated that under the patronage of the CBCC, the construction works have begun recently by employing one JCB excavator. The local church and village authorities are giving their best co-operation in executing the construction work. The length of the proposed road construction spans 5 kilometers that will connect the two villages located in Tizu Region. Tizu region, which covers some of the Chakhesang villages, falls under Meluri Constituency. CBCC Executive Secretary adds, “The region is considered the most economically backward under Phek district. Until recently, this region is yet to see

Workers engaged in the road construction initiated by Chakhesang Baptist Church Council between Tehephu and Khutsokhuno village in Phek District.

the fruits of modern development due to lack of road connectivity.” The CBCC appeals to all concerned to extend all possible help and cooperation to execute this construction works in due

time. With the support, cooperation of the village authority, NGOs, and the Government, the CBCC looks forward to complete the construction works by the year-end. It is to be noted that

some fifteen years ago, under the patronage of CBCC, the road construction in this region was successfully completed between Sohomi Village and Kizari Village covering some 20 Kilometers.

DiMaPur, June 13 (Mexn): The SBI Jorhat South Module, which is under care of Regional Business Office Dimapur, has written to the Chief Minister of Nagaland with the request for shifting of SBI original DGM office from Jorhat to Dimapur in the interest of public services. Highlighting about the office, the request note stated State Bank of India has been functioning in Nagaland for the last 54 years in order to administer the branches, deliver faster services and ensure that co-operation with the State Government is maintained at the optimum; the Local Regional Office was opened at Dimapur in 1986. This was subsequently upgraded to Zonal Office, headed by a Deputy General Manager in 1991. A Lolly Moses, deputy general secretary, SBI Jorhat South Module and Ramesh Hasnu, assistant general secretary, SBI

Jorhat South Module, in the request note to the CM said that during the reorganisation exercise, all positions of DGM Zone Office was removed temporarily and subsequently restored. However, for Nagaland, the Deputy General Manager at Jorhat South was made to look after Dimapur Module. In order to legitimize the acts of the Bank Management, a new Module called Jorhat South was created on February 1, 2013, which includes the districts of Jorhat, Nogaon, Karbi Anglong and Golaghat in Assam and entire state of Nagaland with headquarters at Jorhat as South Jorhat. Appealing for the shift, the note stated, “By functioning from Jorhat, the module head is not going to improve administration, communication, cooperation, business etc. Rather, it will create undue harassment and problems to the Government of Na-

galand and General Public as they have to visit Jorhat for all matters that cannot be tackled by a junior level officer of the rank of AGM at Dimapur.” Out of the 136 branches of Jorhat (South) Zonal Office, 64 are from Nagaland State and most of the other 34 branches under Nogaon Region will have to pass through Dimapur centre on road or train to reach Jorhat Zonal Office. Secondly, for another 37 branches of Imphal region presently placed in Shillong Zonal Office. Dimapur is the nearest centre hardly 130 km from State Capital. Creation of the second SBI Zonal Office at Jorhat namely Jorhat South is not in the better interest of the Bank or its staff. Rather it will put the Bank in bad light in the eyes of the public of the North East in general and the people of Nagaland in particular. “This act on the part of the SBI Management is to-

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tally biased as it has compared the entire state of Nagaland to just four districts of Assam. While for Nagaland, the Bank is interacting with the highest levels of Bureaucracy. In Assam, the Jorhat South Module deals only with the District Level Officials. It is not possible for the people of Nagaland and the Staffs particularly to travel to Jorhat due to frequent bandhs in Assam particularly in districts bordering Nagaland.” On the availability of infrastructural facilities, the Government of Nagaland has allotted land to the SBI to build their Offices and Staff quarters at Dimapur and Kohima, which is not in the case of Assam. On the cited reasons, the CM is requested to intervene into the matter to instruct the Chairman of SBI to shift the Office of the DGM, S31 Jorhat South from Jorhat to Dimapur in Nagaland in the interest of all concerned.

Home commissioner inaugurates KYS building Our Correspondent Kohima | June 13

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Jubilation was doing the round within the camp of Kitsubozou Youth Society (KYS), Kohima as its building was formally inaugurated by Nagaland’s home commissioner Niehu C. Thur here today. Speaking on the occasion, Thur encouraged the youth be an exemplary body for the rest of the wards and colonies in Kohima. Acknowledging the contribution of the pioneers in maintaining peaceful atmosphere and tranquility within the col-

MLA Vikho-o Yhoshü, home commissioner Niehu C. Thur and others during the inauguration of Kitsubozou Youth Society (KYS) building in Kohima on June 13. (Morung Photo)

ony, he urged upon the He also called upon the youth to continue to give youth to lead a purposeits best effort and take the ful life in this competitive colony forward. world. Also exhorting the

gathering, Dr. Kezevituo Keditsu challenged the KYS to propagate hygienic sanitary practices and create

awareness on civic sense amongst the denizens of the colony. Short speech was also delivered by Kitsubozou Panchayat chairman Mezhüvilie Bio. The function was chaired by Neivizo C. Angami while KYS president Khoto Tetseo delivered welcome address. KYS secretary Aziebu Theyo gave the secretary report while building committee convenor Kezhosel Rhütso proposed vote of thanks. Among others, MLA Vikho-o Yhoshü and youth leaders of D. Block colony also attended the inaugural function.

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Kids living in the vicinities of Naga Shopping Arcade, Supermarket Dimapur participates in various activities at ‘The Garden’. Organised by Kids for the Kingdom, an organisation involved in child ministry, the activities are conducted twice a week at The Garden where the children participates in different games and creative activities as well as study their lessons. (Morung Photo)

ACAUT holds public meet Awareness on urban disaster risk mitigation held on taxation and corruption Our Correspondent

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DiMaPur, June 13 (Mexn): ACAUT public meeting was held on June 12 on the issue of taxation and corruption, which was attended by around 300 grassroot leaders. The GBs, Chairmen and elders of Dimapur district, from Dillai Gate to Medziphema and beyond and ACAUT Nagaland resolved that the peaceful atmosphere in Dimapur and Nagaland should not be vitiated by the Army and the NPGs both but peace should be given a chance to take hold permanently. The office of the Dimapur Police Commissioner should introduce 24 hours telephone Helpline to receive complains of taxation and extortion from the general public and government servants both and prompt action taken. The Helpline should keep the

identity of the complainants secret. The GBs, Chairmen and elders of Dimapur district resolved that, they being part of ACAUT Nagaland, reiterated to stand for the cause of ACAUT Nagaland as it is the will of the people. Issued by Media Cell, ACAUT Nagaland in a press release said that despite the negative connotations of the NPGs against the ACAUT Movement, it was heartening to witness almost 300 grassroot leaders attending ACAUT Public meeting. “At this juncture, it is time for Nagas to introspect and not engage in negative propaganda detrimental to Naga cause. The need of the hour is national unity and this can only be achieved by respecting each other and not by casting aspersions on the other’s motives,” the media cell added.

5 students receive Rev. Dr. Neiliezhü Üsou’s Memorial Award for Music

Kohima | June 13

A one-day awareness programme on urban disaster risk mitigation under the aegis of Bayavii Ward Adoption Committee, DPDB Kohima was held here today at Indoor Stadium, Bayavii Hill. Talking on the topic “Community participation on formulation of risk mitigation plan,” Khrolouii Koza Lohe, training and capacity building officer, NSDMA stressed on the need to form community disaster management committee at the ward level and work out mitigating disaster programme. She also suggested the need to set up community emergency operation centre, search & rescue team and first aid team. She also said that water & sanitation team is needed to maintain proper drainage system and prevent landslide. Building inspection team is also needed to check unsafe buildings,

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Parliamentary secretary Khriehu Liezietsu and others during a one-day awareness programme on urban disaster risk mitigation in Kohima on June 13. (Morung Photo)

narrow passages and drainages, and to liaison with KMC in the implementation of building bye laws. She also stated that women coordination team is need to look after the issues relating to women and child. She assured that NSDMA will extend necessary training to the ward members to carry out such activities. Also stating that plan should be flexible, she said, “A community must review and revise an existing plan to reflect changes in development and pogress.” Also speaking on the

topic “Urban Risk Mitigation,” Kezhochole Rhetso, assistant director, Directorate of Municipal Affairs called upon the people to come forward and put united efforts to contain disaster. “It is not too late to save our city,” she said. She said that unscientific waste management invites disaster and called upon the people to be vigilant to protect our city. “We need mitigation strategy,” she said adding that a comprehensive master plan is needed to stay safe from any eventuality. Kenny Khing, RO,

Directorate of Fire & Emergenc y S er vices talked on “Fire hazard mitigation /preparedness” while Kekhriezavi Lia, geologist NSDMA talked on the topic “Landslide risk mitigation.” Kevileno Solo, assistant director Directorate of Urban Development dwelt on “Structure safety measures and development control rules available.” Mulai Lamniah, Deputy Controller, Civil Defence & District Commandant Home Guards highlighted on safety drills during

earthquake NSDMA and department of fire services. Earlier, the function was chaired by Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) administrator and Bayavii Ward Adoption Committee member Kovi Meyase while brief introduction of the programme was given by Kethosituo Sekhose, SDO ( C ) Kohima and member Bayavii Ward Adoption Committee. Parliamentary secretary for youth resources & sports, music task force and state lotteries Khriehu Liezietsu was also present at the closing function.

Seminar on ‘How to crack civil services exam’ held Our Correspondent

Kohima | June 13 Naiba Konyak gives away the Rev. Dr. Neiliezhü Üsou’s Memorial Award for Music during the A one day seminar on “How to ceremony held on June 13. (Morung Photo) Morung Express News pa, Headmaster, MHBHSS. prayer by Rev. Pelhousehu crack civil services exam” with Kohima | June 13

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The Rev. Dr. Neiliezhü Üsou’s Memorial Award for Music giving away ceremony was held on June 13 at Ministers’ Hill Baptist Church, Kohima where five students were awarded. Naiba Konyak, Advisor, Nagaland Bamboo Development Agency graced the award ceremony as the chief guest. Naiba Konyak spoke on the art of Japanese management and the importance of music in a growing society, which is crucial for peace and cooperation. “Within a few years, music has grown so much that one day we may conquer the world,” said Konyak. A tribute to the late Rev. Dr. was paid by Samir Tha-

In his speech, Samir Thapa stated that Üsou was a gifted musician, spiritual leader and social activist whose immense love for music and Christ influenced and touched many lives and who propagated progressive ideas to Naga society. Vivikali K Yeptho, Immanuel School Zunheboto who gave the acceptance speech on behalf of the awardees appealed to the government to create more jobs for music teachers in the government and education sectors as music in Nagaland is gaining more avenue where it is not just taken for entertainment but more youth are opting it as a profession. The programme was chaired by Thejangulie Zao while Bible reading and

Belho, Pastor, Khedi Baptist Church. Aleu Usou conducted the presentation of awards. Words of encouragement were delivered by Dziesevolie Tsürho, Academic Officer, NBSE. The award was initiated in 2009 with six former recipients, is organized by the Rev. Dr. Neiliezhü üsou’s Memorial Society for Music Excellence. This year five students have received the award namely Neizelhounuo Suokhrie, Northfield, Khikha, Petenei Tacü, The Vineyard School, Kohima, Vivikali K Yeptho, Immanuel School, Zunheboto, Atounuo Rutsa, Christian Hr. Secondary School, Dimapur and Pelelhounuo Kuotsu, Christian Higher Secondary School, Dimapur.

Manish Gautam as resource person took place here today at de Oriental Grand under the aegis of ETEN- IAS in association with ALS and Pearson, Kohima Centre. ETEN- IAS is the India’s largest IAS coaching network. Speaking on the occasion, Gautam said civil services exam is one of the easiest exams if one is committed accompanied by a good strategy. He said the first batch of coaching for civil services exam aspirants will start from July 10 at Kohima Centre. He termed the opening of ETEN-IAS Kohima Centre as “wonderful opportunity” for many who cannot afford to go to Delhi for coaching purpose. Assuring that ETEN-IAS is ready to help and support the aspirants in all possible manners, he however said, “If you are not committed then we cannot do anything” and further called upon them to be pro-active and develop

Parliamentary secretary for youth resources & sports, music task force and state lotteries Khriehu Liezietsu with Manish Gautam and others during a seminar on “How to crack civil services exam” in Kohima on June 13. (Morung Photo)

a positive road map to excel. Parliamentary secretary for youth resources & sports, music task force and state lotteries Khriehu Liezietsu initiated ETEN-IAS Kohima Centre. The Centre aims to push forward the students in various competitive exams. One can now enroll into Kohima Centre, which is located above Vuto Motors, New Secretariat Road, Sanuorii, Kohima. Gautam asked the aspiring candidates to be sincere in their

daily schedule, attitude and approach, which, he said, is essential component to get through the civil services exam. He also stated that consistency is the key to success. He also stressed on the need to understand the needs and the requirements of the exam and asked them to look into syllabus and previous year questions. Also stating that the pattern of exam is witnessing a sea change, he said ‘reproduction with understanding’ is also an essential com-

ponent where candidates need to pay special attention to it. Also stating that book alone is not going to help in getting through the exam, Gautam told the aspirants to browse internet and government website and also read the journals and newspapers. He also stressed on the need to upgrade communication and writing skills. Saying that the aspirants need to study a lot,” he also asked them to read number of times rather than reading number of books.

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Kom 'Govt will carry on with Three militants arrested in Manipur Mary rubbishes state welfare schemes' NSCN (R) rejects police claim media report GuwAHATI, June 13 (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today said his government is committed to carry on the existing welfare projects and implement all "pro-poor and procommon men" schemes in spite of the NDA government's new policy in allocating funds to the state. In a statement, the Chief Minister said "Whatever situation may arise for Centre's reluctance in giving funds, the state government will continue the implementation of all the existing welfare schemes. "The State Government will also implement the budget declarations and new pro-poor and pro-common men schemes will be taken for the benefits of the people," he said. Gogoi asked the Chief Secretary to prepare an ac-

No consent for Middle Siang hydel project: Gogoi

GuwAHATI, June 13 (IAnS):AssamChiefMinisterTarun GogoionSaturdayreiteratedthathisgovernmenthasnotgiven consentforconstructionoftheMiddleSianghydelproject."The Assam government has not given any go ahead for the Middle Siang project," Gogoi said in a statement. The chief minister said that in spite of the state government's denial, Union Water ResourcesMinisterUmaBharticontinuestosaythattheCentre has got the state's consent for the project. "Her repeated assertion of receiving the state government's consent for the project is nothing but an attempt to hoodwink the people, which is an inherent character of the NDA government," Gogoi said. Uma Bharti had recently said the central government was planning two projects on the Brahmaputra -- which would also help control floods in Assam as well as produce electricity. "The solution to Brahmaputra's perennial flow lies in middle Siang... Siang is the answer to floods in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam," the minister had said. tion plan to continue the implementation of all existing welfare projects and new schemes even if there is any constraint because of the

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NDFB (S) militant nabbed in Assam

GuwAHATI, June 13 (PTI): A hardcore militant of the NDFB (Songbijit) has been apprehended in a joint operation by Army, Assam Police and CRPF's COBRA in Chirang Reserve Forest. The joint team had carried out the operation yesterday that resulted in the apprehension despite the cadre making an attempt to flee, a defence spokesman said today. Identified as Amin Rabha, the nabbed ultra is an active member of NDFB(S) and was involved in a large number of extortion and recruitment activities in Kokrajhar District, he said. A 7.65 mm pistol, one rifle, two 7.65 mm live rounds and one grenade were recovered from him.

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Centre's new policy in allocating funds. He also assured that the state government employees would continue to get their salaries regularly.

IMPHAL, June 13 (PTI): In the aftermath of the June 4 ambush on an Army convoy in which 18 soldiers were killed, three militants, including two NSCN(K) insurgents, have been arrested in Manipur. A self-styled 'chairman' of NSCN(K)'s 'Amamchat region', Khumlo Abi Anal, was nabbed by Imphal West district police commandos during a search operation in a super market under Lamphel police station on June 11 last, a press release issued by the Manipur police said. He hails from Lambung village of Chandel district, the release said. The police commandos also arrested another NSCN(K) activist Pammei Kakilong alias Kaling 9310 of Chingkhulong village of Tamenglong district while conducting frisking

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The NSCN (R) of AMAMMCHT Region (Chandel district) has clarified that Abi, also known as Ambison Anal, who was arrested by security forces on June 11 at Lamphel Super Market in Imphal West, in no way has link with NSCN-K. Publicity and information secretary of the outfit’s AMAMMCHT Region stated in a statement on Saturday that the claim by security forces that Abi belongs to NSCN (K) is totally false and baseless. It said Abi is currently undergoing medical treatment and he is the chairman of NSCN (R), AMAMMCHT Region which was formed recently and merged with NSCN (Reformation) group led by Wangting Naga and P Tikhak, which is at Sagolband Salam Leikai in Imphal West district on June 11, the release said. In another search operation conducted joint-

presently under ceasefire with the Government of India. The police had yesterday claimed that on June 11, one active member of NSCN (K) from Sagolband Salam Leikai Lairembi in Imphal West was nabbed. The police identified him as Panmei Kalingong alias Kaling of Chingkhoulong village. The same day, a team of Imphal West District Police Commandos claimed to have arrested one "Region Chairman" of NSCN (K) AMAMMCHT Region, Chandel District at Lamphel Super Market. The police identified him as Khumlo Abi Anal alias Ambison, 40, resident of Lambung village in Chandel. The police also said incriminating articles were seized from him.

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Muslim bodies see ‘political Sangma, Shah discuss NDA agenda’ behind yoga move expansion in North East GuwAHATI, June 13 (Tnn): Even as the Centre has climbed down from its stand of making 'surya namaskar' mandatory on International Yoga Day, Muslim organizations in the state have alleged that there is a 'political agenda of BJP' behind the move. The fear of Muslim organizations is not unfounded as BJP MP Yogi Adityanath had recently said that those opposing yoga and 'surya namaskar' should leave India. The state unit of Jamiat Ulema-E-Hind feels Sangh Parivar politics may creep into Assam through this exercise. "India is a secular and democratic country. This is

BenGALuru, June 13 (PTI): In a joint operation, the state internal security division and Assam Police arrested four wanted suspected Bodo militants from a house here in the wee hours today. The suspected militants, identified as Sandan Basumatri, Naseen Basumatri, Jibal Nursey and Tomar Basumatri, and aged in their twenties, were working in a factory at Peenya Industrial area here and hiding in the city for the past one year, police said. They would be produced before the magistrate for transit to Assam, police added. Rajgopalnagar police have registered a case and are investigating. Earlier, in January the city police had arrested top Bodo militant, Bikhang Basumatri, who was allegedly involved in the December violence in Assam. Basumatri was linked to the killing of eight Adivasis at Lungsung on December 23 last year and six Hindispeaking persons at Serfanguri in Kokrajhar district on GuwAHATI, June 13 January 16, 2013. (AGenCIeS): Flood situation in Assam has worsened with over 3 lakh people being affected. After ITAnAGAr, June 13 (unI): Continuing his effort for Brahmaputra and several the cause of the state, Arunachal Pradesh Governor J P Ra- of its tributaries covered jkhowa called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at New fresh areas in Assam, more Delhi today. Rajkhowa apprised the Prime Minister on im- than 700 villages in 15 disportant issues of the state, Rajbhawan sources informed tricts have been affected. here. During the meeting, the Governor emphasised on According to media strengthening the border areas, harnessing the natural re- reports, the most affected sources of the state and expediting road, railways and air areas were Lakhimpur, connectivity projects. He also stressed on human resource Barpeta, Sonitpur and development through skill development initiative. Dhemaji districts. More than one lakh people have been affected In Barpeta AIzAwL, June 13 (PTI): Mizoram joint director district alone. The death (Food and Drugs Administration) of the state health de- toll remained at two, one partment Lalsawma today said officials were conduct- each in Lakhimpur and ing verification of the recalling process of "Maggi" noo- Bongaigaon districts. In the last 24 hours dles on a daily basis. "Our officials have found that those (Maggi noodles packets) dispatched to the remote vil- from 8:30 am on Friday, lages were taken back by the company," Lalsawma told North Lakhmipur received PTI. He said officials were also sent to Assam to seek 55.4 mm of rain, Tezpur permission for using the Assam Public Health Labora- (11.8 mm), Dibrugarh tory for testing the Maggi instant noodle samples from (19 mm), Jorhat (13 mm), Mizoram, which does not have its own food testing lab- Guwahati (4.2 mm), and oratory. He hoped that Mizoram would soon be able to Dhubri (3.4 mm). Heavy send samples of Maggi noodles and other food items rain has not only been obto the Assam Public Health Laboratory for testing. "The served in Assam , but othFood Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) er parts of Northeast India had instructed the Nestle company on Friday last to have also received good stop manufacturing of Maggi instant noodles and recall amounts of rain. Cherraall the stocks," Lalsawma said. FSSAI had asked all state punji recorded 254.6 mm governments to test samples of Maggi in their respective of rain. Also, Shillong oberstates and send the results to it after which a concrete rved 12.9 mm of rain. decision would be taken, he added.

a country of different faiths. We have no problem with yoga so far it is confined to physical exercise. But the way the government (BJP) is going ahead with yoga, it smacks of political agenda," said Abdul Rashid, the general secretary of Jamiat's state unit. Muslims comprise about 30 percent of the state's population. Rashid said the community's apprehension is more with the ideology propagated by the constituents of Sangh Parivar. "Today, the secular fabric of our society is threatened by communal forces. Our concern is to prevent communal forces from destroy-

ing society," added Rashid. Assam State Jamiat Ulema (ASJU), headed by All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Badruddin Ajmal, said though it welcomed the move of not making 'surya namaskar' compulsory, the exercise should not be forced on schools or individuals. "We are not against yoga. So far it is a physical exercise, it is okay. Our demand is that it should not be associated with any religion. Even in the upcoming event (International Yoga Day), religious symbols should be avoided," said ASJU general secretary Fazlul Karim Quasimi.

new DeLHI, June 13 (PTI): Former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma today met BJP president Amit Shah and held discussions with him on strengthening the NDA base in the northeastern region. Sources said the ninetime Lok Sabha MP and former Meghalaya chief minister, whose National People's Party is part of the NDA, held wide-ranging discussions with Shah on the northeast states and sought to expand the NDA base there. Sangma was NDA's joint candidate for the Presidential poll and was defeated by incumbent Pranab Mukherjee. He was one of the leaders who formed the National-

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AGArTALA, June 13 (unI): Altogether four people were sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for 15 years and 10 years respectively for raping minor in two separate incidents in Tripura. The District and Sessions Judge of Dharmanagar in North Tripura yesterday sentenced Md Abdul Ali of Uttar Gandhitilla of Kanchanpur along Tripura-Mizoram border to 15 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl in June 2013. According to police report, the victim had gone to attend nature's call when accused Md Abdul Ali kidnapped and took her away to nearby jungle and raped her. He also threatened the victim of severe consequences if she revealed the incident. However, she disclosed the incident immediately and the family registered a case with police under Section 376 of IPC. The accused was arrested and based on the deposition of the victim and witnesses, the court sentenced Ali to 15 years rigorous imprisonment for the crime. In another judgment, Additional District and Sessions Judge, Khowai in West Tripura, has convicted three people Dasuranjan Debbarma, Infren Debbarma and Anup Debbarma of Ratanpur for 10 years rigorous imprisonment for raping a 16-year-old girl of the village in 2010. Police said the victim along with her cousin and brother in-law were returning home after attending a community festival at night in the village, when the trio attacked them. The locals later recovered the girl from the nearby rubber garden. After a long hearing, the court sentenced them to 15 years imprisonment.

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A SPECIAL PRAYER FOR ALL PEOPLE A flood affected villager with his sheep on a boat tries to move towards a higher region at Bamuna village about 120 kilometers (75 miles) west of Guwahati. (AP Photo)

The tributaries of the Brahmaputra River washed away bridges and embankments in many districts of the state. Assam continues to receive heavy to very heavy rain and floods have been affecting the areas of Tinsukia, Sonitpur, Dibrugarh, Goalpara

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Peace in NE focus of Army ops: GoC-in-C

IMPHAL, June 13 (Tnn): In the aftermath of the deadly ambush on soldiers of the 6 Dogra Regiment in Manipur's Chandel district and the Army's subsequent strike on rebel camps along the India-Myanmar border, the GOC-in-C of the Eastern Command, Lt Gen MMS Rai, visited the state on Thursday and reviewed the security situation here. During his two-day visit, Lt Gen Rai praised the troops for their 'well-executed' operations along the Myanmar border. The senior military officer, who commands troops deployed in the eastern part of the country, met local

ist Congress Party (NCP) headed by Sharad Pawar, after quitting Congress. Sangma is keen on development of northeast sector and had last month led an all-party delegation of northeast MPs to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He also handed over a memorandum to Modi, who is taking personal interest in development of northeastern region. BJP is seeking to capture power in north-eastern states, many of which are ruled by Congress and regional parties.

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Ali (22), an activist of outlawed Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP-MC) outfit, was arrested, the release said.

new DeLHI, June 13 (PTI): Olympic medallist woman boxer MC Mary Mom on Friday rubbished reports that she was contemplating leaving Manipur in the wake of rise in insurgency in her home state. Mary Kom said she was misquoted by a national daily as saying that she was planning to leave her home state following the brutal killing of 18 Indian Army personnel earlier this month by North-East terror outfits. "Dear friends, with reference to the article on Indian Express as published, I humbly and sincerely declare that my statement about the insurgency situation in Manipur has been misquoted," the London Olympic bronze medallist pugilist said in a statement. "I have not expressed or commented on any plans to ever shift from Manipur. I belong to Manipur and will always maintain this and I am proud to be an Indian at heart," Mary Kom said. "Being the proud brand ambassador of North Easten region, I would never think of stating such an irresponsible comment. It is my duty to live up to the role which the country has entrusted me."

Army commanders and discussed strategy and future operations, a defence statement said. Senior IAF officers also attended the discussion, it added. "Lt Gen Rai explained the need for protective measures to prevent attacks by insurgent groups, which are likely to increase. At the same time, he emphasized people-friendly operations to ensure minimum hardship for locals," the statement said. The senior military officer asked troops to follow the rules of engagement, the statement said and added that efforts must be made to neutralize insurgent groups through intel-

ligence-based operations. People must realize that security forces will protect them and bring about peace and tranquility in Manipur, said the statement issued by the public relations officer (PRO), defence wing, Imphal. "Lt Gen Rai reiterated that people are, and will, remain our focus. Our concern for their well-being is paramount. We must not allow insurgents to vitiate the peaceful environment of Manipur," added the statement. Lieutenant General Rai explained the need for protective measures to prevent attacks by insurgent groups, which are likely to increase.

Due to heavy rain in Arunachal Pradesh, water levels in Siang, Lohit, Subansiri and Dibang, have also risen. In the world's largest river island Majuli, almost all the major roads have been damaged by flood waters of Brahmaputra.

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MuMBAi, JuNe 13 ( R e u t e R S ) : India plans to set up a regulator to oversee the country's $4 billion medical device industry, according to a draft policy released this month, the country's first effort to regulate an industry that covers everything from thermometers to prostheses. The policy document, welcomed by many in the industry despite concerns over a lack of detail, also outlines plans to boost local manufacturing and reduce reliance on imports. While India is the world's third-largest pharmaceutical market, its share of the medical devices market is way be-

hind. More than 70 percent of medical equipment sold in the country is imported, mostly from the United States. The draft policy issued by the central Department of Pharmaceuticals proposes an autonomous National Medical Device Authority tasked with promoting the local industry and ensuring adherence to safety standards. It also proposes price controls for devices including surgical instruments, implants and diagnostic equipment -- a step that raised some eyebrows among manufacturers, as the country's pharmaceutical industry

is already in a legal wrangle with the government over price caps on drugs. Many industry groups welcomed the overall policy, however, though local makers pressed the government to do more to discourage imports. "It's like we are imp or ting Audis and Mercedes for our big hospitals, when the consumer needs Maruti Suzukis and Tata Nanos as well," said Rajiv Nath of the Association of Indian Medical Device Industry (AIMED), which represents most local firms. Most Indian medical device makers are small and medium-cap firms, making basic, often dis-

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Indian medical devices market could touch $50 billion by 2025, driven by a burgeoning middle class in need of more and better hospitals and clinics, which would require more medical devices. The government has taken some steps this year to realise that potential. In January, it allowed 100 percent foreign direct investment into the sector. The government also plans to set up medical device industrial parks in the states of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. Stakeholders in the industry have six weeks to respond to the draft policy before final regulations are issued.

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New Delhi, JuNe 13 (ReuteRS): India will start to directly transfer subsidy on retail sale of kerosene to bank accounts of some consumers by March 31, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan told Reuters on Friday, as the country seeks to better target federal doles to the poor. Pradhan said his ministry was in talks with state governments to launch the scheme in 25 districts. India has saved 100 billion rupees ($1.56 billion) subsidy outgo

on cooking gas through a similar scheme, which the government says has knocked off about 40 million illegal consumers from the system. "The objective is not to stop the use of kerosene but to make it available to the targeted and poor audience," Pradhan said in an interview. Pradhan also said his government was encouraging companies to buy more oil from the spot market instead of long-term contracts to take advantage of lower prices.

Interest Rate Futures: Reserve Bank issues final guidelines MuMBAi, JuNe 13 (AgeNcieS): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Friday, released its final guidelines for 6-year and 13-year cash-settled Interest Rate Futures (IRF) on Government of India Securities with residual maturity of 4-8 years and 11-15 years, respectively. The present notification amends the Interest Rate Futures (Reserve Bank) Directions, 2013. Besides, the RBI has

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Canon unveils its range of highest resolution cameras EOS 5DS, EOS 5DSR and XC10 4K hybrid cameras promise to deliver life-like picture quality New Delhi, JuNe 13 (BS): Canon, the Japanese giant in imaging technologies, on Tuesday, launched “world’s highest resolution full-frame DSLR cameras”, EOS 5DS and EOS 5DSR and a DSLRcamcorder hybrid, professional video camera XC10 4K. Kazutada Kobayashi, president and chief executive officer of Canon India Private Limited said, while introducing the camera series, “With the introduction of the world’s highest resolution full frame camera, Canon has unveiled cutting-edge technology in the camera industry”. Kobayashi, while addressing the media, added that with the launch of these products, they plan to achieve a market share of 50 per cent in the DSLR segment. One of the aims of the company is to have rapid retail expansion, especially in Tier 2 and 3 cities. In doing so, they aim to increase their current number of Canon Image Squares (CIS) to 200 by the end of 2015. With ultra-high resolution, the provision of large-format printing and

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wAShiNgtoN, JuNe 13 (ANi): A new study has revealed that most admired companies have room for social media improvement. According to Penn State researchers, not all of America's most admired companies are killing it on social media, in fact, some are almost flat lining. Several firms on Fortune Magazine's list of America's most admired companies are failing to achieve basic social media standards, let alone best practices, said Marcia DiStaso, associate professor of public relations.

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AhMeDABAD, JuNe 13 (BuSiNeSSliNe): As the nation acquires more skilled workers to realise its “Make in India” dream, the largest employing sector of agriculture is expected to lose about 2.5 crore skilled farmers by 2022, while beauty and wellness sector is expected to witness the maximum growth in the next seven years, in terms of skilled workforce. Overall, India Inc will need nearly 12 crore skilled workforce across 24 sectors and another 46 crore people will need up-skilling or re-skilling, according to a recent survey conducted by the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). The employment base in these 24 sectors in 2013 was 45.94 crore, which is projected to increase to 57.86 crore in 2022. Thus there will be an incremental human resource requirement of 11.91 crore in the 2013-22 period, Dilip Chenoy, Managing Director and CEO, NSDC, told BusinessLine. According to NSDC, skilled workforce in beauty and wellness sector would grow thrice as

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Sunday 14 June 2015

A step towards weekly local bazaar ‘Collective work will bring changes’ Dimapur | June 13

People buying snacks at a stall at ‘Naga Market’ on June 13.

over, due to lack of publicity and late approval for the location, many cancelled their participation at the last moment, they informed. Initially, around 20 entities registered for participation. Nevertheless, those who came participated with honest intentions. There was a group of faculties from Salt Christian College manning a stall selling local made food stuffs as well as handcrafts; Miqlat Ministry represented with their food delicacy as well as kitchen ware products. A group of local mothers were also manning a stall selling local preservatives as well as household products. They will sell vegetables too from next week, the mothers informed. Other stalls were also mainly selling food stuffs and homemade products

serving the objective of the event – to sell local products by locals. SN members, who voluntarily came for the event, further informed of their intention to organise this event on a weekly basis in different locations across Dimapur and hoped that the trend will certainly spread and lead to more sellers and customers. While only locals are allowed to open stalls now, Indian traders will also be allowed to participate in the near future, SN maintained. Ultimately the aim is to create a legitimate and free space for earnest entrepreneurs to market products unhindered and instil a sense of pride amongst them, a Survival Nagaland member told The Morung Express at the sideline of the event.

(Dipr): Minister for Roads & Bridges Vikheho Swu visited Zunheboto district on June 12 and held a departmental meeting with the officers and staff of PWD (R&B) Zunheboto. Addressing the meeting, the minister urged, “We should change ourselves to change Nagaland,” adding “It is the collective work that will bring changes.” He said the politicians might come and go, but the government servants have a definite vision of how many years they are going to be in service so they should give their best to the government as they themselves have chosen to serve the government. He asserted that 50 years have passed since statehood and this is the time to change and improve the system. Stating that the government is facing lack of revenue, the minister said, “We should wake up to the reality and do our part for the government like paying timely electricity bills.” The main focus for R&B department, he stated, should be manpower management, which, ac-

Kohima police seize drugs Modern Institute of Teacher Education, Kohima, organised a field trip to Dzüleke (Khonoma) on June 12 as part of their B.Ed curriculum. Neikedolie Hiekha, Managing Director, Eastern Green Tours, guided the team to various important spots and highlighted their significance.

PHED officials and staff with resource person Dr. Hovithal Sothu, State Coordinator, ATI, Kohima during a sensitisation programme on 'The Nagaland Servants Conduct Rules, 1968 & The Nagaland Services (Discipline & Appeal) Rules, 1967 at the PHED Directorate, Kohima on June 12.

Kohima, June 13 (mexn): Kohima police recovered drugs worth Rs. 15.84 lakh in the black market from a Manipur bound passenger bus bearing registration number MN-042677 at Phesama check gate on June 12 around 8:00 am. The drugs included 76,000 capsules of banned Spasmo Proxyvon and 20,600 tablets of banned Nitrozepam drugs, according to a press release issued by SDPO/PRO, Kohima police. The drugs were found concealed inside flour packaging bags, the release added. In this connection, one person identified as Md. Azmal Khan (23) was arrested and a regular case vide Kohima South PS Case No. 0065/2015, U/S 21 (c) NDPS Act was registered against him for conducting further investigation.

159th church under ABAM inaugurated in Mkg Morung Express News Mokokchung | June 13

A solemn and dignified dedicatory service was held on Saturday night consecrating the newly constructed church building of Alempang Baptist Arogo (ABA) in the presence of Ao Baptist Arogo Mungdang (ABAM) Executive Secretary Rev. Dr. Mar Atsongchanger and a host of pastors from various Baptist churches in and around Mokokchung town. The church building, now the newest among the 159 churches under ABAM, measuring 13,975 square feet was constructed at a cost of little more than 4.44 crore rupees and has a sitting capacity of 1,400. The consecration of the new church building began with an introductory and welcome speech by the church’s pastor, Rev. Temsu S which was followed by a dedicatory prayer pronounced by Rev. Ponen Longchar, pastor of Mokokchung Town Baptist Church. The youth department of ABA then presented a special number before the ABAM Executive Secretary pronounced the consecratory prayer and unlatched the main entrance door of the new church building. The consecratory service was held under the theme of Romans 5:2 of the Holy Bible. The Executive Secretary congratulated the congregation on the inau-

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Minister Vikheho Swu exhorts staff of PWD R&B Zunheboto Dimapur DC informs VCC/GBs not to collect tax Zunheboto, June 13

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A platform called ‘Naga Market’ aimed at enabling local entrepreneurs and businesses to sell their products debuted at the premises of Super Market, Dimapur today. The noble initiative was undertaken by Survival Nagaland, in collaboration with the District Administration, Dimapur, Developmental Authority of Nagaland and Dept. of Handloom & Handicraft. The timing was from 3PM to 9PM. According to the organisers, the initiative is purely a non-profit endeavour with the sole objective of giving a platform for locals to promote their products as well as engendering business acumen to them. The stalls were given free of cost while the SN and collaborators arranged amenities like tents, lightings and space for displaying products. While organised with earnest intention, the turn up at today’s event did not live up to the expectations of the organisers. But, SN members stated that the numbers was still encouraging and will, hopefully, increase in future. More-

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guration of the new building and added that all members of ABAM celebrate in their success. The Reverend also encouraged the congregation of ABA to continue to “keep the faith” with which they have built the church so that God would bless them more. “Let this house of prayer be a place to revive your life forever to come, where you meet God,” he added. He also counseled that “God will be displeased if the Lord’s temple remained empty.” Citing the Ark of Noah, the Tabernacle of Moses, the Tabernacle of David at Mt. Zion and the Temple of Solomon as points of reference, the Executive Secretary also delved into the history and significance of building places of worship in the Christian faith. The service was chaired by Rev. O.Yashi, pastor of Süngkomen Baptist Arogo. Pastor of Kümlong Baptist Arogo, Rev. Lima recited verses from the Holy Bible along with pronouncing the invocatory. This was followed by the convenor of the Church Building Committee, Dr.Meyiwati presenting the committee’s report, presentation of special number by the church choir, vote of thanks by ABA Deacon S.Wati Ozüküm, consecratory sermon by Rev.Dr.Mar Atsongchanger and benediction by Mayang, pastor of Mokokchung Compound Baptist Arogo.

Dimapur, June 13 (mexn): In pursuance of the decision taken by District Planning & Development Board (DPDB) on July 5, 2014, deputy commissioner of Dimapur has directed all the village council chairmen/ GBs under Dimapur district not to collect any taxes on behalf of any Naga Political Group (NPG) from the residents of the village/ colony or deduct from the government fund provided for village development as “it is illegal and in total violation of the government rules.” Any Minister Vikheho Swu addressing the PWD (R&B) staff in village council chairman/GB found violating the order Zunheboto on June 12. (DIPR Photo) shall be dealt with as per the provisions of the law, DC cording to him, is lacking partment heads should be Kesonyu Yhome warned. at the moment. He further regular in their office and called upon the PWD R&B requested the NGOs of CHSS welcome new students Zunheboto to improve the Zunheboto to help in monassets they have stating he itoring the departmental Dimapur, June 13 (mexn): Christian Higher Secwants to change and devel- works, especially the cen- ondary School, Dimapur welcomed its freshers (class op the department. trally sponsored schemes 11) at a colorful programme held at Covenant on June The minister also said so that quality works are 13. Hito V. Assumi and Juli Sumi were crowned the Mr and Miss Fresher 2015 respectively. Earlier, welcomthat in one week’s time done. some developmental works The three divisions of ing the freshers, CHSS Principal S. Moatemsu Walling would start at Zunheboto PWD R&B Zunheboto, in- encouraged the students to aim high and actively partown, for which, he sought cluding Zunheboto divi- ticipate in the society. He also announced the plan to cooperation from the Sumi sion, Atoizu division and introduce Model United Nations and Taekwondo Club Hoho, Senior Citizens, Ad- Aghunato division present- in the School. ministration and ZTYO. ed PowerPoint. Later, the Minister surPWD department offi- NCP 6th national convention held veyed the roads and sinking cials from all the divisions areas in Zunheboto town of Zunheboto, Sumi Hoho, Dimapur, June 13 (mexn): During the 6th naand the newly constructed ZTYO, Administration, po- tional convention of Nationalist Congress Party held in badminton stadium. litical parties and former Patna, Bihar, the Nagaland NCP team asked the party Parliamentary Sec- ZTC members also attend- National leaders to urge the GOI for an early solution to retary for Information & ed the meeting. Parliamen- the Naga political problem “since this would not only Public Relations, Khekaho tary Secretary IPR, former be in the interest of Nagaland but also the neighboring Assumi also spoke at the Parliamentary Secretary states and the whole country.” A press note informed meeting, where he said that Dr. Nihoshe Additional CE that the State team also discussed the organizational the policy of the govern- PWD R&B Kohima and matters relating to Nagaland. The convention held on ment is inclusive growth. Mokokchung accompa- June 9 and 10 also saw the re-election of Sharad Pawar as the National President. The Nagaland NCP team was He also stated that the denied the minister. led by Vice President and State-in-Charge Er TL Semdok with general secretary (Administration) Miathou Krose and Vanthungo.

Western Yimchunger Hoho meeting today Dimapur, June 13 (mexn): The Western Yimchunger Hoho has convened an emergency meeting of office bearers at its treasurer’s residence at Old Showuba village on June 14 (Sunday) at 1:30 pm. Therefore, the hoho’s information & publicity secretary has requested all the office bearers to attend the meeting positively.

ZSUN informs members Kohima, June 13 (mexn): The Zeliangrong Students’ Union Kohima (N) has informed all concerned students who passed their HSLC and HSSLC exams in 2015 with 60 % or above marks to submit two photocopies of their marksheets along with contact number for the ZSUN felicitation program. The members have been requested to submit on or before June 18 and Reacting to the recent leaked photos of politicians, contact the following mobile numbers for submissionwhich have gone viral in the social media, some public 943673353, 9436673485. This was informed in a release have displayed these posters on shops and buildings in issued by the general secretary of the union. and around Dimapur town.

Holy Cross Hr Sec School welcomes ‘freshers’ Dimapur, June 13 (mexn): Holy Cross Higher Secondary School Dimapur welcomed Class 11 students to the family of Holy Cross in a programme held on June 12 at the school auditorium. Welcoming the “freshers” on the occasion, the principal of the school, Rev. Fr. Philip Magh, congratulated the students for their achievement and encouraged the students to realise one’s own dreams. He assured the students that the staff and administration of the school would give their best to provide an atmosphere to realise their goal. However, he added, at the end of the day, students are the ones to be honoured and appre-

ciated for realising their dreams or to be blamed for failing to achieve their aim. He called upon the students to grab every opportunity to fulfil their dreams and not be let down by the challenges and hurdles that lie ahead. During the Freshers’ Day programme, Alex and Erenbeni Humtsoe were crowed as Mister and Miss Fresher respectively. The newcomers were welcomed with various special songs, dance, cultural dance and instrumental pieces presented by Class 12 students of the school. The chairman Mister and Miss Fresher along with other participants, principal and headmistress of Holy Cross Hr. Sec. of the school Rev. Fr. PJ School, Dimapur during the Freshers’ Day programme Thomas was also present during the function. on June 12.

TGOUN steps up in the field of elderly care

The newly constructed church building of Alempang Baptist Arogo, Mokokchung.

Alempang Baptist Arogo, one of the youngest churches under ABAM, remained a fellowship under Mokokchung Town Baptist Arogo before it became a full-fledged independent church in the year 1992. The construction of the new building was supervised by a 7-member committee and two technical consultants. The cost of the construction was initially estimated at rupees 5 crores and was

completed in a period of three and half years at the cost of Rs.4,44,26,560/-. The church building measures 215 feet in length and 65 feet in width, has a balcony measuring 20 feet in length and 65 feet in width, and has utility rooms in the basement along with two halls measuring 1170 square feet and 780 square feet respectively. Alempang Baptist Arogo is due to celebrate its Silver Jubilee in the year 2017.

Dimapur, June 13 (mexn): With a view to strengthen the Department of Geriatric and Elderly Care in TGOUN and to help the elderly rural women in Nagaland as well as other North East States, registrar of The Global Open University Nagaland (TGOUN) Dr. Imotemsu Ao today highlighted the health and other issues of elderly women. In a release issued by TGOUN planning officer Martoshi, Dr. Imotemsu pointed out that women and men age differently and the problems of elderly women are exacerbated by a lifetime of gender based discrimination. He added that patriarchal hierarchy and access to property rights are also discriminatory towards women. “Burdened with household chores for a longer span of time compared to older men, the older women do not have time for leisure or recreational activities,” he said.

Elaborating on the health of women, he said they experience proportionately higher rates of chronic illness and disabilities in old age compared to men and they also suffer greater non-communicable diseases and experience lower social and mental health status, especially if they are single or widowed. Over 50% of women over the age of 80 years in Nagaland are widows, he informed. The Department of Geriatric and Elderly Care was commissioned on the United Nations International Day for the Elderly on October 1, 2006 with a view to research on social, psychological, cognitive and biological aspects of aging, the registrar said. He also shared about updating the international panel of experts in the area at the university by inviting researchers and practitioners in the fields

of biology, nursing, medicine, criminology, dentistry, social work, physical and occupational therapy, psychology, psychiatry, sociology, economics, political science, architecture, geography, pharmacy, public health, housing, and anthropology. Meanwhile, the university chancellor TN Mannen said that geriatric care management integrates health care as well as psychological care with other needed services such as housing home care services, nutritional services, assistance with activities of daily living, specialized programmes as well as financial planning including banking and philanthropic/ charitable services. He also highlighted the “outstanding contribution” of the Founder Chancellor of the University Dr. PR Trivedi, who published 10 Volume World Encyclopedia of Geriatric Care.

According to the release, the main idea behind strengthening the department is to cooperate with the Government of India to prepare competent young professionals to help individuals, families and other care givers adjust and cope with the challenges of aging. The caregivers can cope by conducting care planning assessment to identify needs, problems and eligibility for assistance; screening; arranging and monitoring in-home help; reviewing medical issues; offering referrals to specialists to avoid further problems, providing crises intervention; acting as a liaison to families at a distance; making sure things are going well and alerting families of problems; assisting with moving the elderly persons from one place to another or rehabilitation centre; providing advocacy and offering counselling.

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Kathrina Lewis

Plan Your Garden A complete plan to plant a healthy garden will save you a lot of time and energy later. Everything is important, from selecting the right place for a garden to choosing what you can grow according to the season. Seeds are usually sown in spring, while fall is favorable for planting trees, shrubs, bulbs, and some other perennials. First decide what kind of garden you want to grow: a fruit garden, a vegetable garden, or a flower garden. Know when to sow and when to reap. Select your planting area according to your plants’ need for sunshine. It is your garden and it is up to you to plant whatever you wish, but in the beginning, I would suggest that you start on a small scale. Once you understand the nature of your plants, it’s easier to expand the boundaries of your garden.

Your Soil Matters A Lot If you know your soil type, then you can easily manage it and get the best out of it. The three basic types are sand, silt, and clay. And if you can’t recognize which one is yours, then take a sample to a nearby nursery or garden center. Soil needs a boost as well, which can be done by adding some simple organic matter to it. Such organic material includes the addition of a 2- to 3 inch-wide layer of compost, decayed leaves, dry grass clippings, or old manure. It enhances the nutrient level and encourages life-giving soil microbes and worms. Know when to dig the soil. Digging loosens the soil so roots can penetrate more easily, but digging when the soil is too wet or too dry can ruin its structure. You should dig only when the soil is moist enough to form a loose ball in your fist, but dry enough to fall apart when you drop it. Mulch, One of Your Garden’s Best Friends Sun, rain, and mulch are known as the best friends of a garden. A couple of inches of mulch will help keep weeds out and water in. The different sorts of mulch that are available include pine needles, cocoa hulls,and bark chips. For

a vegetable garden or bed of annuals, you may choose a Water Wise mulch that decomposes in a few months. Longer-lasting The most important element in a plant’s life is water. Seedlings should never dry out; they should be watered mulch, such as bark chips, is used for perennials. daily while they are small. New transplants also need freBring Seedlings Home quent watering, every other day or so, until their roots beBring all the seedlings outdoors (whether home grown come firm. The rest of the water requirements depend on or store bought) and expose them to a steadily increasing your soil and climate. Watering should be done slowly and amount of sun, wind, and temperatures lower or higher deeply. The way you water a plant determines its health. than what they were used to indoors. This process of hardening off gradually introduces seedlings to the conditions in Pests and Diseases Once you have decided to plant certain species, make your garden. This process may take about 2 weeks. sure you know what kind of pests and diseases attack them. Find organic ways to keep your plants healthy enough to When to Plant The ideal time to plant is when there is rain in the forecast avoid any such problem. And be prepared to tackle their arand no frost or heat waves expected. In case forecasts are not rival. It is better to know your problem beforehand. that helpful, try to plant in the late afternoon or early evening to minimize the time the seedlings bake in the sun. The day And the Hard Work Continues… before you planting anything, water the soil to keep it moist. A healthy garden is not a single day’s job. You have to keep watering your plants properly and keep maintaining your Planting garden. Fertilizers may change according to the season, and You should know which species to plant together de- you will need to fertilize the soil halfway through the season. pending on their similar requirements of soil, light and nu- Keep up with your plants’ needs and take care of them. Get ready to have a garden of your own and rejoice in trients. You can either plant a single type or multiple types. Planting different species together may eliminate the risk of your success. You just need to keep investing time and efattacks from plant-specific pests. Keep some space between fort. It will all pay off when the plants grow and you can sit your plants. Spacing is good for their growth and the bare back and enjoy the blessing of having your very own garden. A little hard work today will bring plenty of joy later. patches can be filled with flowering plants.

Natural pest remedies for your garden Derek Whitney

Mackenzie Kupfer helling out money for flower gardening supplies can be a real pain in the grass. For many homeowners, gardening expenses are some of the first to be cut when the going gets tough. Fortunately, do-it-yourself solutions to garden needs can be found all around the house. By recycling and re-purposing old bottles, cans and other materials, you can turn your garden from drab to fab for a fraction of the price. DIY Planters Planters are a necessary addition to any garden, and with a little imagination, can be made out of basically anything. All of these supplies can be found around the house or at a thrift store if saving money is your number one priority. Boots: Have an old pair of leather boots lying around? Clean them out, fill them with soil and get to planting! If the beat-up-leather look isn’t your thing, throw on a few coats of paint to add some flair. Wheelbarrows: Wheelbarrow planters give your garden a rustic, vintage feel. They are typically a bit shabby and run down but chic nonetheless. Plus, they give you plenty of space to plant. Wine Bottles: Repurposed wine bottles are all the rage these days. Whether they’re used as drinking glasses, planters or lamps, they make a great addition to your garden. Be careful when making them though, as the glass is sharp and very hazardous. DIY Birdfeeders Birdfeeders are a great way to bring some wildlife into your garden. Hummingbirds, and other winged-creatures, are not only pretty to look at, but also aid in the pollination process. By welcoming birds into your garden, you are creating a better habitat and ambiance. Tea Cups: Tea cups are adorable, no one can argue that. You may have never expected to see

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What you need Making your own compost tea requires a few key ingredients to get started. You shouldn’t try to make compost tea without some kind of aeration equipment; the organisms in the tea will quickly deplete the oxygen and your tea will start to stink. • A 5-gallon bucket or larger, depending on how much compost tea you need • Several feet of tubing • Something to stir the mixture with • Something to strain the tea with, like a nylon stocking or old pillowcase • How to Make Homemade Compost Tea

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Upcycling with Do It Yourself Gardening Techniques

How to make your own compost tea f you’re still using plain old compost, you’re living in the past. These days’ gardeners are raving about the wonders of compost tea. Compost tea is liquid gold for plants; it fertilizes and suppresses diseases. This liquid fertilizer is relatively cheap and easy to make, and it provides your plants with instant nutrients to support their growth, improve their nutritional value, and even improve the flavor of your crops.

o you find yourself wanting to plant a garden every year, but you don’t know how to start? Are you afraid that all your work won’t yield results? A wellplanned garden can save you from many problems, including attacks from pests and diseases. Here are a few handy tips to keep in mind before you pick up a trowel or open a seed packet.

Clean up the Area You need to clean up the area where you are planning yourgarden. You can get rid of the sod covering by smothering it with newspaper. Place a layer of five sheets of newspaper with a 3-inch layer of compost (or combination of potting soil and topsoil) on it and then wait for about four months to let the compost and paper to decompose.

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e all need a chance to wind down and relax after a long day of work or caring for our families. Gardens are a backyard getaway of sorts, allowing us to enjoy nature and take pride in our ability to better the world around us. However, when pests invade, that peaceful little oasis can turn into a battleground. Rather than purchasing costly and potentially dangerous pesticides, give natural pest control a them in a garden, but superglue one to a saucer, try. It often works just as well as chemical fill it with birdseed and voila, you have a super products, and it is better for you and the environment. These five remedies will cute, DIY birdfeeder! help you get your garden back. Plastic Bottles: Odds are in elementary school you were told to make a birdfeeder out of a milk carton or liter bottle of soda. Not only are they easy Prevent pests from invading Don’t wait for pests to become an to make, they hold an immense amount of birdseed. Unfortunately they can look a little dingy if issue. Keep them from coming to your yard in the first place by ridding your garnot decorated, so be sure to add some color. den of any weeds or debris, two places Watermelons: Watermelons in the summer are aplenty. Rather than tossing away your where insects like to breed. In addition, rinds like you always do, etch out some space get rid of infected or failing plants. Finalfor some birdseed and hang them from a tree ly, focus on building healthy soil so your in your backyard. Birds like sweets so a taste of plants can thrive. Engage in mulching and composting, and use natural fertilwatermelon is sure to encourage repeat visits. izer to top-dress your soil. DIY Outdoor Sofas Outdoor sofas combine the comfort of in- Create a garlic spray doors, with the tranquility of nature. Although If you are dealing with aphids, whitefrequently exposed to the elements, outdoor flies or spider mites, a garlic oil spray sofas are great for seating guests during outshould take care of the problem. Soak 10 door parties or barbecues. If kept covered, they will provide a place to put up your feet for many cloves of minced garlic in two teaspoons of mineral oil. Allow it to sit for at least years to come. Cribs: Cribs don’t have to solely be for babies one full day. Using a strainer, separate anymore. Once Junior grows out of his crib all it the garlic and mineral oil. Mix the garlic takes is some repurposing and a couple pillows with two and a half cups of water and one teaspoon of liquid dish soap. Combine and you have prime garden seating. and add to a spray bottle. Put the mixture Wood Pallets: Wood pallets have all kinds of on all of your plants for best results. uses, many that you wouldn’t expect. If you have some lying around your backyard, stack them up, throw a sheet and a few pillows on them and Attract “Good” insects There are certain insects, like ladyyour guests won’t know the difference. bugs and lacewings, which prey on the Milk Crates: Milk crates are some of the ugliest pests you want to keep out of your garthings you can have around the house. Instead den. There are two ways to get these of tossing them out, find a wall to stack them up helpful creatures on your side: you can against. After that, lay a pad on top and you will purchase them and bring them in yourhave a DIY couch worthy of any guest. self, or you can add specific plants to Dressing up your garden doesn’t have to break the bank, in fact, sometimes the cheaper your garden to attract the helpful insects option ends up being the best looking in the end. that you need. Ladybugs, for example, eat mites, Instead of spending your hard-earned cash on expensive garden décor that’s only going to be aphids and whiteflies. They like yarweathered over the years, be creative and utilize row, tansy or daisy plants. Lacewings also help control aphid populations, what you have laying around the house. If one man’s trash is another man’s trea- and they are attracted to goldenrod, sure, then it won’t be long before that grimy, old yarrow, and asters. If you are having wheelbarrow becomes a glimmering beacon of a caterpillar problem, plant carrots, hope among your greens. So, get out there, get Queen Anne’s lace, or even parsley. a little dirty and turn what was once ugly into These plants will draw in chalcids and dingy, shabby beauty! brachonids, which should eliminate Source: Organic Lifestyle

Once you have everything you need, it’s time to set up your equipment and get brewing. You can formulate your tea specifically for whatever project you’re currently doing. For instance, molasses boosts bacteria which is beneficial to grasses, but protein like fish oil boosts fungal activity which is more beneficial to large shrubbery or trees. If you’ve never made compost tea before, you’re about to have some very happy plants. Set up your pump: Attach the tubing to the aquarium pump. Make sure the tube is securely attached and no air is escaping. Fix tubing to the side of your container with clamps, or bury the end of the tubing under your compost to keep it in place. Find a location for your bucket that is warm but not directly in the sun. Direct sunlight can promote algae growth and throw off the balance of nutrients in your compost. Mix together your ingredients: Put your compost in the container; you want to have a good balance of carbonbased and nitrogen-based compost. High carbon materials are things like: wood, ashes, bark, shredded newspaper and sawdust. High nitrogen materials are: coffee grounds, grass clippings, manure and seaweed. Loosely fill your bucket with compost about three-quarters of the way, making sure the mixture isn’t packed too tightly to stir. Now you want to add water to your mix. Rainwater is preferable since it lacks the chemicals that tap water may contain. Fill the bucket with water, leaving enough room at the top so you can stir without spilling or splashing. Start your pump: Turn your pump on and wait to see if you need to adjust it. After a few minutes you should see bubbles in your mixture; it should look like it’s boiling. If your pump isn’t producing enough air, adjust the pump up or down as needed. Add some food for the microorganisms: Once your pump is running smoothly and aerating as it should, add in one ounce of organic unsulfured molasses and stir your mixture. Let the tea steep: Vigorously stir your mixture a few times a day to release more organisms and increase aeration. Let your tea brew for about three days, turn the pump off and remove the equipment. Unclamp your tubing from the side of the bucket, disconnect tubing from the pump and unplug the pump.

Strain your tea: Allow the tea to settle for a few moments so the largest pieces of matter fall to the bottom, making the mixture easier to strain. Strain your liquid into another bucket or directly into your sprayer. The strained material can go back into your compost pile, but should your caterpillar population. not be used to make tea again since brewing has removed a lot of nutrients from Mix a soap solution the organic material. If you want to make If the garlic spray mentioned above a new batch, start with fresh compost. requires too much preparation for you, try mixing up a soap solution instead. Use your tea: Now that your tea is ready It will also help with aphids, white- you’ll want to use it as soon as possible. flies and spider mites and involves just Your tea needs to be diluted with water two ingredients: soap flakes and wa- to protect your plants. The final liquid ter. Pour eight and a half cups of warm mixture is extremely concentrated and water into a container and allow two may burn your plants, especially if your tablespoons of soap flakes to dissolve compost was nitrogen-rich. Dilute your inside. Measure the soap out carefully; mixture about one part compost tea to too much could damage your plants. 10 parts water.Once again, for best reTake the solution and apply it to the sults try to use rainwater or water that has been dechlorinated. In early morning or problem areas once a week. evening when there’s less chance of leaf burn, apply the liquid to the leaves and Set up traps and barriers roots of your plants in the garden. Safer Jumbo Single Grow ClocheThere Brand, an organic gardening company, are a number of traps and barriers that suggests using compost tea on your lawn can help in your battle against bugs. A as well. “When establishing a new lawn or cloche protects your young plants from restoring a sparse area, use compost tea pests; it resembles a small greenhouse. to inoculate the soil with microbes that Yellow flypaper works well when it break down nutrients for grass roots.” comes to whiteflies and aphids. And, there are pheromone traps available as Compost Tea If normal compost just isn’t cutting it well, but since they are very effective at for your plants, this nutrient-rich liquid attracting insects, you only want to use them along the perimeter of your gar- may be exactly what they need. Not only are you putting that compost to good den. Natural pest control is a great aluse, you’re growing healthy and nutriternative to pesticides. With a little bit tious plants – while also enriching the of work, you can reclaim your garden soil in your garden. and get back to doing what you enjoy.

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You’re already so loved What to do when they don’t love you anymore Y Sarah Bessey

ou don’t have to be productive and you don’t have to change the world. You’re already so loved. You don’t have to be smart. You don’t have to be simple. You don’t have to read all the right books by the right people. You’re already so loved. You don’t have to be beautiful and thin with an articulated and ironic fashion sense, not at all. But if you’re into that kind of thing, well, that’s OK, too, darling. You don’t have to be healthy in your mind or in your body. You don’t have to be in full-time vocational ministry. You can watch horrible television or you can be proud of your television-less home. You can be artistic or scientific. You can spend your life travelling to meet beautiful people, or you can live and die in the town where you were born. You don’t have to be straight or white or powerful. You can be from the wrong side of the tracks or the gated community, suburbs or urban or rural. You can work with your hands and your mind, your back and your brain. You don’t have to be educated, not at all. You don’t have to have a degree or letters after your name. You don’t have to know the right people and boast a carefully curated Instagram feed with the famous and the beautiful and the influential. You don’t have to be conservative and you don’t have to be liberal. You don’t have to identify with certain political persuasions or ideology on sexuality or science or socio-economics or foreign policy. You can be a social justice warrior or, you know, not. None of that moves the metre of your belovedness. God won’t say, OK now I love her just a bit more because, look, she is finally out of debt or thin or powerful or influential or tireless. Your family story can be beautiful or terrible or, like most of us, it’s likely a bit of both. Perhaps you’re famous or well-known or influential, that’s OK. Perhaps you are quiet and unknown, maybe you hate that, maybe you love it. You don’t have to be a mother or a father, you don’t have to be married, you don’t have to be single, you don’t have to want children or raise children. You don’t have to be sober or clean. You don’t have to give away everything you own and take a vow of poverty, you don’t have to be prosperous either. Church or no church or a certain kind of church only, whatever. You have nothing to prove. You have nothing to earn. Sure, any one of those things might change because you are loved. You may know already where God wants to breathe change and wholeness into you, bringing your life more into line with the person you were meant to be all along. Love can and does and will transform us in every way—our ideology, our opinions, our habits, our values, our priorities, our very names. But it’s not a prerequisite or a requirement, it’s not behavior modification, it never is, not for Love. Love has happened and it is happening and it will happen. It is kind and patient toward you. You’re already so loved, you aren’t earning a breath of love or tenderness more than what you already have just by breathing—just by existing, just by being here in the wonder. Your name is already written in the lines of the hands of the universe, you’re star-breath-of-dust and you are beloved, intimately, faithfully, wholly. It’s your lifelong rock, you are known. You are loved with delight and abundance, with choice and desire, with covenantal love. And watch now, the places of weakness will become places of strength. Your desert will bloom with flowers. The well will never run dry. Everything will be redeemed. You are so loved. You are so loved. You are so loved.

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t’s my church home. I will never go anywhere else!” I smile when I read those words on our church’s Facebook page, but I know differently. Nobody stays forever. In fact, I’m pretty sure the only person not eventually leaving is my wife. People come, and people go, often for all the wrong reasons. • They grow bored with your teaching. “I’m not getting fed any longer.” • You’re not new and exciting anymore. “We feel called to support a new pastor in town.” • They don’t like the music. “We don’t do my favorite songs enough and the music is too loud.” • They’re struggling relationally. “I’m having some issues with Bob and feel it’s best to just move on.” • It seems like you’re all about numbers and reaching new people. “What about me?” Of course, there are a hundred other reasons given, but they always boil down to one: They don’t love you anymore, or at least not as much as they used to. Let’s face it, people rarely leave what they truly love. They don’t leave a dream job that they love. They don’t leave a spouse whom they love. They don’t leave a church that they love. It just doesn’t happen. We do what we want to do because we want to and because of our affections. Sadly, when it comes to matters of the heart, we humans are a fickle lot (and I include me in that we). Driven by emotions, we tend to make a lot of our decisions based on the way we feel rather than on what’s best for others or for God’s kingdom. I’ve been pastoring for nearly 35 years. I’ve been a church planter, a staff pastor and the senior pastor of both small and large churches. My point is, I’ve heard thousands of people show up at church and say, “Best church-evah!” Until it’s not. And the rejection used to shred my soul. So how do you handle this reality of human fickleness?

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saint walks with a limp. I’m not cynical, but I am a realist. Everybody’s leaving; even your most faithful member will eventually die. So stop fighting what you cannot control. You’ll sleep better.

Get over it. Rather than fixate on the ones who leave, focus on the thousands in your community who have no relationship with Christ or His Church. I know it hurts when you’ve poured your life into a person, and they leave. I know your shepherd heart cares deeply for the sheep, and you worry when they wander. However, while you’re bleeding out over shifting saints or wandering warriors, tens of thousands in your area are destined for a Christ-less eternity unless you reach them soon. The harvest is still ripe, and we still have a job to do. Learn from it. They might be leaving for all the wrong reasons, but that doesn’t mean that there’s nothing wrong. Don’t go navel-gazing-crazy, but don’t get stubborn either. Maybe there’s a grain of truth in their parting shot, and you need to hear it. Filter out the ugliness of any departing words often spoken in anger, and ask, “Is there something I need to see here?” By the way, there’s always something you can learn. For years, I read a passage in John 2:2325 (NIV) and it baffled me. John wrote about Jesus, “Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name. But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person.” People got excited about Jesus the miracle-worker. They wondered if He might be the Promised One. Jesus loved them, but He knew the nature of man. He would not entrust Himself to people. He knew what people are made of and the character of humanity. Jesus wasn’t cynical; He had realistic expectations, and His call was not dependent on our applause. Love and serve people. Teach, challenge, inspire and correct your church with a hopeful heart. But when they leave, stay the course. Adjust your expectations, and entrust your heart to the One who promised never to leave or forsake you. Son. Brother. Husband. Father. Uncle. Grandfather. Pastor. Friend. Most of all...child of God and humbled by His love!

Selie Visa Scripture passage: "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash" (Matthew 7:24-27). The two builders: This parable of Jesus concerns a wise man and a foolish man. One built his house on rock; the other built his house on sand. The difference in their houses was the foundations. Both man faced life’s difficulties… “The rain came down, the streams rose, the winds blew.” The house built on the rock stood. The house built on the sand “fell with a great crash.” Palestine is known for torrential rains that can turn dry valleys (wadis) into raging torrents. Only storms reveal the quality of the work of the two builders. The point is that the wise person builds to withstand anything. Jesus is illustrating that we can live wisely or foolishly. It depends on where we lay our foundation. A wise person represents those who put Jesus' words into practice; they are building to withstand anything. Those who pretend to have faith, or have a merely intellectual commitment, are foolish builders. When the storms of life come, their structures fool no one, above all not God.

The ‘fool’ in the scripture: The word Jesus used for the wise builder is not the word for philosophical wisdom; rather, it is the word for Accept it. By that I mean embrace the truth that some practical wisdom. It is synonymous with thoughtfulthings will never change. People are people. The history ness, careful planning, and common sense. The term of mankind attests to the often erratic and self-centered for the foolish builder means “dull.” We get our English nature of humans. We say one thing and do another. We word “moron” from this word. It is an insulting term. make promises and break them as soon as they’re inIn the Old Testament, “fool” indicates moral deSarah Bessey is the author of the bestselling Jesus Feminist and an award-winning blogger and writer. convenient. On this side of eternity, even the greatest ficiency rather than intellectual deficiency. The fool who says in his heart, “There is no God,” has shut God out of his life (Psalm 14:1). Such a person is twisted that he or she is open neither to reason nor to God. The "fool" is neither ignorant nor an atheist. The word is synonymous with the wicked, who aggressively Peyton Jones age. So if you’re content being a loner, congratu- and intentionally flouts his independence from God JD Greear and his commandments. The fool in his heart denies sat across from the church planter like his sending pastor had asked read a recent survey about friendship that lations: You aren’t very much like God. the practical import of God's existence. He shuts off As C.S. Lewis said, “Friendship is unnecme to. Just as I’d done many times in response to requests from other was disheartening, but not terribly surpristhe affairs of this world from divine intervention and essary, like philosophy, like art. It has no sursending pastors. The fact is that most sending pastors are concerned ing. Since the 1980s, the number of “close about the safety of the church planters they’re sending. Similarly, most friends” we Americans have has declined. vival value; rather it is one of those things that denies any personal accountability to God for his planters are resentful of their sending pastors and feel held back. Thirty years ago, most people had three confi- give value to survival.” You can “get by” without actions. Within the congregation he may mimic the When I come into a situation where the planter is meeting with dants, people outside their family they could friends. But you can’t really live without them. sounds of faith, but his true self shows disregard for me out of obeisance to his “line manager,” I’ve learned that building confide in (and did confide in). Now that avGod and his commandments. In the New Testament, a relationship is crucial. For the first few visits, I’ll get to know the 2. Friendship matters because it makes us. “fool” portrays a person who lacks understanding beerage is down to two … and 25 percent of the planter a bit. Ask questions. Listen. Tap at things. Nothing big at first. One of the most staggering verses in all of cause he or she has not adequately taken God into survey respondents said they had no one they It’s all pretty casual. But then it’s time to make a switch. It’s time to Scripture is Proverbs 13:20: “He that walks account. Christians can be foolish if they fail to evaluwould consider a true friend. Odd, isn’t it? In put a ring on it before we go any further. our Facebook world, most of us have more with the wise grows wise, but a companion of ate life’s issues from God’s perspectives. The next step is crucial to the mentoring/coaching process. I have to “friends” than ever before. But genuine friend- fools will suffer harm.” According to that verse, Storms of life reveal the difference: ask for their permission to mentor them. ships seem to be increasingly rare. Just think, friendship is more than just important. FriendBefore the storms came the two houses looked idenYou’ve probably heard that it’s generally frowned upon in polite soship is the most formative factor in your life. Get ciety to give unbidden advice. The reason is that it’s considered to come for instance, of your own father. Can you name your friends right, and you’re setting yourself tical. They may have both been attractive, spacious, and from a place of superiority, where the advice giver considers himself some of your dad’s good friends? Not “people up for success. Get them wrong, and you all but comfortable. On the surface you couldn't really tell better informed or more qualified than the person receiving it. We call he worked with,” but actual friends. If you can, guarantee failure. Or, as I’ve heard it said, show which house was built on the sand and which was secured deep to the rock. It was only when the storms hit people like that blowhards, or know-it-alls who suffer from “the smartest I’m guessing you’re in the minority. Most guys me your friends, and I’ll show you your future. that you could see the difference in the homes. guy in the room” syndrome. I didn’t make the rules, that’s just what they quit pursuing friendship after they get married. Are there exceptions to this? Sure. But as a So friendship may be a rare commodity It is impossible for us to tell who is genuine in are. Perhaps you’re the guy who believes rules are made to be broken, general rule, as Craig Groeschel says, you are the and that’s your call, but if I’m going to enter into a short-term coaching these days. But I suspect that most of us still average of your five closest friends. If four of your their faith and who is not until the time of trial comes. or long-term mentoring relationship with anyone, on any terms, I’m go- yearn for it. And for good reason. Friendship five closest buddies were stoned last night, chanc- Everybody sounds like a believer when times are goes to the very core of our identity. It is someing to need their permission to speak into their lives. es are you were, too. But if four of your best friends good. True faith comes when we are called to trust Giving permission does a few things for the person receiving advice: thing so fundamental that a life without friends are passionately following God, you probably are him in the dark. The person who has a deep secured It postures them to receive it in a non-defensive manner. They asked is not only sad, but literally subhuman. as well. You were made for friendship, and in turn, foundation always trusts God, relies on God, looks for this, remember? They gave permission. friendship makes you. We spend so much time beyond the present to the eternal glory and runs to It establishes the advice giver as somebody who is in fact more quali- 1. Friendship matters agonizing over choosing the right spouse, but few God rather than away from him. fied or experienced, and therefore able to speak into the situation of the because we are made for it. The doctrine of the Trinity may be one of the of us put any thought into choosing our friends. Everyone is building their life: person being mentored. This parable conveys the demand for radical submost complex aspects of Christian theology, But your friendships are actually more likely to It establishes a respectful boundary. Although the time of both parshape your life than your family members—even mission to the exclusive lordship of Jesus, who fulfills but it gives us a glimpse into the very foundaties is valuable, it establishes the respect of the mentor’s time and knowlyour spouse. A 2007 article in the New England edge. It allows the receiver to recognize that this time is for them specifi- tion of friendship. From all eternity, the Father Journal of Medicine found that the friend rela- the Law and the Prophets. It warns the disobedient and Son have existed in relationship, bound tothat the alternative to total obedience, true righteouscally, for their good, and not for the mentor. The mentor is there to develop tionship was the most telling one when it came ness, and life in the kingdom is defiance against God, the receiver, and therefore, it is different than a friendship. It’s not time to gether in friendship love (John 15:9–17). And beshoot the breeze, catch up on politics or Star Wars. It’s a time to get down cause we are made in God’s image, we also are to gaining weight. If your spouse or your adult sib- a life that is self-centered, lack of love for God and for to business. The receiver isn’t doing the mentor a favor, and now he un- made for friendship. Every other relationship ling gained weight, you had a 40 percent higher others and eternal damnation. Everyone is building their life on some kind of derstands. That understanding brings the gratitude necessary for any stu- we experience had a genesis. Marriage was cre- chance of gaining weight, too. But if your friend dent, whether it’s mentoring in martial arts, carpentry or church planting. ated. The parent-child relationship was created. gained weight, your chances jumped up 60 per- foundation. There are only two choices: you either I’ve made mistakes over my 22 years in ministry. As a guy who trains Work relationships were created. But friend- cent. (So if your “bestie” suddenly announces that build on a solid and deep foundation or you build on church planters for a living, I’ve entered into relationships where I didn’t ask ship was never created. It’s part of the eternal ‘every night is ice cream night,’ you might want to a shallow and weak foundation. The picture is clear. You are either walking on God’s way, experienctheir permission. It always led to resentment. It may have been under the nature of God. Ponder that till your brain hurts: have a talk.) We all have something we’d like to become— ing his transformation in your life, and knowing his surface, but it was there. Sometimes, it may have been my presumption and There has never been a time when there was not arrogance. Other times, it may have been theirs. The problem was, there was friendship. Here’s what staggers me about that a better student, a more patient parent, a more strength for difficult times; or you are walking away no contract. No understanding. No expectations of our relationship. There thought: When God created Adam, before any- faithful Christian. But what if the decision to be- from God, producing nothing of eternal value and are was a world of difference between Paul’s relationship with Barnabas and thing bad had happened, he declared it “not come was really a decision to become friends? vulnerable to the storms that may come your way. Are you the wise builder or the foolish builder? his relationship with Timothy. One was of a ministry partner, and equal. good” that Adam be alone. Why? Because Adam You and I might be one friend away from becomThe latter was like a father and son relationship. Paul had to approach them was like God, and God was not alone. Adam ing a better spouse, a better parent … or one friend You are not born foolish or wise when it comes to layboth differently. In many ways, Paul was the student and Baranabas was the wasn’t lonely because he was imperfect; Adam away from being a worse one. So be wise about ing the foundation of your life. That’s it. When laying teacher. These things need to be understood. Permission must be asked. was lonely because he was perfect. Every other who you are walking through life with. It’s good the foundation of your lifeit’syour decision on whethproblem in our lives arises out of our sin and im- to have a lot of friends, but who are your closest er to lay it on the loose and unstable sand oron sePermission must be granted. It must never be taken for granted. Peyton Jones is the author of Church Zero perfections. But loneliness is the one problem friends? And what are their lives like? You show cured and unshakable rock. and the Founding Coach of the New Breed Church Planting that we have because we are made in God’s im- me your friends, and I’ll show you your future.

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Stink rises as garbage triggers war of words among politicians

New Delhi, JuNe 13 (iANS): The stink is getting stronger, by the day. For, politics in the national capital is now literally down in the dumps - garbage dumps. The latest war of words between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) comes in the wake of a very public tussle between Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government and Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung over the posting and transfer of senior bureaucrats in the national capital. Thankfully, the political fireworks over the powers of the state government and Jung went silent - at least for a while - after the matter reached the court. However, the bad blood created by the political spat between the two sides was sure to come to the fore sooner or later. And come it did. The strike by over 10,000 sanitation workers posted in East and North municipal corporation over non-payment of salaries for the past two months due to "funds crunch" provided another opportunity to politicians to add to the bad blood in the corridors of power in the national capital. Though the sanitation workers had struck work for the last 10 days or so, authorities reportedly hardly seemed to care for the inconvenience caused to the general public. It required the media - and of course a directive from the Delhi High Court - for the authorities to act. And fast. As the electronic me-

Will fight for your rights: Rahul to safaiwalas

New Delhi, JuNe 13 (iANS) :Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday reiterated his support for Delhi's sanitation workers, saying he will give his "whole life" to fight for the rights of the under-privileged. This was Gandhi's second consecutive meeting with the sanitation workers at the East Delhi MCD office. "I am not talking about sanitation staff alone but wherever the poor people are being suppressed. Wherever people in suit-boot or whether they are from Aam Aadmi (Party) are not doing their work, I will stand by them," he said. The Congress leader had met some of the sanitation workers on Friday and assured his full support. "I stood with them and will stand with them in future also. I am ready to stand with them everywhere. I told them I will join them whenever they need me," he said. "Yesterday (Friday), I was with them for 15 minutes but I am willing to give hours, days, months, years and my whole life for them," he said. Gandhi accused the Centre and the city government of passing the buck. dia continued to broadcast footage of garbage pileups in Patparganj, Mayur Vihar and other areas of East and North municipal corporations, Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung on June 12 ordered the release of Rs.493 crore to the municipal corporations to "facilitate payment of salaries to sanitation workers". Earlier in the day, the Delhi High Court directed the city government to release the due salaries of East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) employees by June 15. It also asked for a response by June 19 on the plea seeking directions for payment of salaries to the employees and removal of garbage from

"You keep the city clean... they are not bothered. If you go to the central government, it tells you to go to the Delhi government, who will again ask you to go to the central government... these are all excuses. I am with you... you call me and I will sit with you here even for 10-15 days," he told the workers. On Friday, as the strike by the sanitation workers was called off, the Congress claimed it was due to Gandhi's intervention that Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung finally released money for their salaries. "Rahul Gandhi has explicitly said Delhi's safai karamcharis (sanitation workers) keep the city clean and they are like soldiers of an army," Congress spokesperson Ajoy Kumar said at a press conference here. "Now that there is so much garbage on the streets, the 'Swachh Bharat Mission' of the prime minister and the broom symbol of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal are not to be seen," he said. Over 15,000 workers were on strike for the last 10 days protesting non-payment of their salaries for over two months. They called off the strike after Jung announced that he would release Rs.493 crore for their salaries.

roads. Amid fast-paced developments, the cacophony generated by the usual blame game among the politicians reached a crescendo. The BJP claimed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal "doesn't know how to govern and is only interested in petty politics". Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay accused Kejriwal of keeping himself "busy fighting, ever since he took over as chief minister. He went on to say that the central government had given AAP government the required money and asked him to "stop dragging Prime Minister

(Narendra) Modi into it... stop playing petty politics". Not to be left behind in this battle to grab the maximum eyeballs and remain etched in the voting public's mind, AAP too conveniently dumped the blame for the sanitation workers's woes on the BJP and the Modi government. AAP leader Dilip Pandey claimed funds meant for workers' salaries were used for other purposes. Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh accused the BJP of trying to "convert Delhi into a garbage dump". The AAP even termed the civic bodies of Delhi as the "world's most corrupt organisations", demanding a probe into non-clear-

ance of salaries. An AAP leader even alleged that "Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung are punishing people of Delhi". The Congress, in turn, accused both the AAP and the BJP for the mess! "I am here with with you... if you want me to sit with you (on dharna), I will sit for an hour, two hours or 10 hours... I have time for you," Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said during his meeting with striking workers at Patparganj on Friday. Where does all this blame game between the BJP, Congress and AAP lead to? Nowhere! Except that politicians of all hues hog media limelight, act their part on television channels for a few seconds every day, make exagerrated claims on their abilities and capabilities while deriding political rivals and then fade away. On the other hand, an exasperated public is left wondering if it voted all these worthies to power to fight like cats in full media and public glare. Or, whether they are indeed entitled to a semblance of governance and development, platitudes which these politicians mouth almost on a daily basis. The biggest casualty of the one-upmanship currently on between the AAP government and Jung, allegedly backed by the Narendra Modi government and the Congress is good governance and public welfare.

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41 killed in road tragedies in AP & UP hyDerAbAD/ luckNow, JuNe 13 (iANS): Twenty-two pilgrims, all relatives, were killed on Saturday when the van they were travelling in fell into the Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh, police said. The accident took place near Rajahmundry town in East Godavari district when the vehicle veered off the road and fell off Dowleswaram barrage in the early hours of the day. The dead include nine women and six children. The rescue workers saved a 13-year-old child. The victims from Achutapuram village of Visakhapatnam district were returning home after a pilgrimage to Tirupati. "The driver appeared to have lost control. The Toofan type van fell into the river after hitting the pavement and the wall," Rajahmundry urban Superintendent of Police S. Hari Krishna told reporters

at the accident scene. The overcrowded vehicle fell at a depth of 25 to 30 feet. As there was no water, almost all people died on the spot due to the impact of the crash. While 21 people, including driver died on the spot, one person succumbed at the hospital in Rajahmundry. Police said negligence led to the accident. The vehicle was carrying 23 people as against its capacity of twelve. The accident is believed to have occurred after midnight but the police officer said they received the information around 5 a.m. Senior police and civil officials rushed to the scene and launched the rescue operation. District collector H. Arun Kumar was supervising the rescue work. Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister N. Chinnarajappa visited the accident

scene. He said it was a clear case of negligence by the driver. "He was either dozing off or was driving very fast," he said. Meanwhile, at least 19 people, including eight children, were killed in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district on Saturday when a speeding truck hit two tractor-trollies full of people, police said. The accident took place at National Highway 91 when the people were returning after attending a religious congregation in Puranv village. An official told IANS that the victims included 11 women. Irate villagers blocked traffic on the highway and pelted stones at police vehicles. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav condoled the loss of lives and announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs.2 lakh each to the families of the deceased and Rs.50,000 each for those injured.

Ammonia gas leak in Ludhiana kills five luDhiANA, JuNe 13 (iANS) At least five people were killed and over 100 hospitalised after ammonia gas leaked from a tanker on the outskirts of this industrial town in Punjab, police said on Saturday. The incident occurred near Doraha town on the Delhi-Ludhiana highway late on Friday. "A tanker got stuck under a bridge owing to its low height. Its valve got damaged, resulting in the leak," Senior Superintendent of Police Gurpreet Singh told IANS. Earlier, police said the death toll was six. He said around 100 people have been admitted to hospitals in Ludhiana, Khanna and Doraha. Most of them have been

discharged after first aid. Police have shifted the locals from the affected area to safer places as a precautionary measure, he added. Many of them have reported uneasiness in breathing and some of them fainted. Police have registered a case against the driver, who is missing after the incident. Punjab Health Minister Surjit Kumar Jyani told reporters in Chandigarh that he came to know about the incident at 1.30 a.m. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal directed the Ludhiana deputy commissioner and the senior superintendent of police to conduct an inquiry, he said. The government an-

nounced an ex-gratia Rs.100,000 to the next of kin of the dead. All medical expenses of the gas-hit would be borne by the state government. Official sources said the impact of the gas leak was felt even more than two kilometres from the accident site. "Over 1,000 people residing in the vicinity of the accident scene were directly affected," said an official. Twenty patients, mostly complaining of eye irritation and nausea, were admitted to the Civil Hospital in Ludhiana.As a precautionary measure, the district administration summoned teams of the National Disaster Response Force from Laddowal in Ludhiana and Bathinda.

US asks India, Pakistan to cool Tatkal booking timings 'Building Ram temple still on BJP's agenda' down after Myanmar strike to change from June 15

wAShiNgToN, JuNe 13 (iANS): While declining comment on India's surgical strike on militants in Myanmar, the US has asked India and Pakistan to take steps to reduce tensions and move toward resuming dialogue. "I don't have a comment on that specific operation," US State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke told reporters Friday when asked if the US supported or was concerned over India's cross border strike in Myanmar, a move that has raised hackles in Pakistan. But "we encourage India and Pakistan to take steps to reduce tensions and to move towards resuming talks," he said. "The relationship between India and Pakistan is critical to advancing peace

and stability in South Asia, so we welcome any steps India and Pakistan can take to reduce tensions and move toward resuming dialogue," Rathke said. "We encourage India and Pakistan to take those kinds of steps, and we believe that India and Pakistan each have a mutual interest in addressing the threat posed by violent extremism and terrorism," he said. Asked if the US had reached out officially to India or Pakistan to defuse tensions over the Myanmar strike, Rathke said: "Well, we've encouraged a reduction of tensions on both sides at high levels, so that's something we've mentioned." The spokesman also expressed concern over Pakistan's crackdown on Save

Declare non-involvement in drug trafficking: SC judge to lawmakers

MANAli, JuNe 13 (iANS):To check the menace of drug trafficking, a Supreme Court judge on Saturday asked elected representatives to file an affidavit stating that they are not involved in the racket. The elected representatives should file an affidavit stating that they are not involved in drug cultivation or trafficking in any manner, Justice T.S. Thakur of the Supreme Court said in his valedictory address at a seminar on the drug menace here. Urging the politicians to join the fight against contraband drugs, he also asked the panchayat members to report the illegal cultivation of cannabis to the police. The three-day seminar, "Drug menace in India: Overview, challenges and solutions", was organised by the Himachal Pradesh State Legal Services Authority.

Exhorting police to go after the kingpins of the illegal trade, Justice Thakur stressed the need to send investigators for training to judicial academies to plug the loopholes in the investigation. Himachal Pradesh High Court Chief Justice Mansoor Ahmad Mir said drug abuse in India has assumed alarming proportions. He said drug addicts have to be treated and rehabilitated. State Health Minister Kaul Singh said the state government had taken various steps to curb the menace."Raids are being conducted routinely to destroy the illicit cultivation of cannabis. Unfortunately this is not an easy task because the plant grows wildly in the hills and it is difficult to know whether it is wild or cultivated," he said.

the Children organisation. Rathke could not say whether the issue had been discussed in Islamabad, "but it's certainly a matter of concern to us." "Save the Children is an international nongovernment organization. They do important work," he said. Rathke also did not have an update on expression of similar concern over India blacklisting some NGOs a few weeks ago. "We expressed our concerns and we've raised those with the Indian authorities. I don't have an update to offer here." Earlier in a press statement, Department Spokesperson John Kirby said the US was "concerned about Pakistan's crackdown on international charitable organizations and other NGOs."

New Delhi, JuNe 13 (pTi): The timings for booking Tatkal tickets in AC and non-AC classes will change from June 15 as the Railways has staggered the schedule to reduce the load on the ticketing site and booking windows. Currently, the booking under Tatkal scheme opens at 10 AM on the previous day of journey from train originating station. "It has been decided that from June 15, timings for booking of Tatkal tickets will be staggered for AC and nonAC classes to 10 AM onwards and 11 AM onwards respectively," said a senior Railway Ministry official. "The change has been effected to facilitate hasslefree booking by reducing the load on the server," he said. Currently about 10,000 to 12,000 tickets are be-

ing booked online IRCTC ticketing site at peak hours. "Staggering the timing for AC and non-AC Tatkal tickets will help reducing load at windows and the ticketing sites," he said. Hence, now the reservation under Tatkal scheme will open at 10 AM on the previous day of journey from train originating station for AC classes whereas that for non-AC classes will start at 11 AM on the previous day of journey from train originating station. Moreover, all types of ticketing agents including IRCTC agents will now be debarred from booking non-Tatkal tickets for 30 minutes from the opening of bookings, that is from 8 am to 8.30 am for general classes, from 10 am to 10.30 am for Tatkal AC classes, and from 11 am to 11.30 am for Tatkal non-AC classes.

bAlliA, JuNe 13 (pTi): Union Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot today said that building Ram temple is still on BJP's agenda and the party has not left it. "Ram temple is still BJP's issue and the party has not left it. When there is blessing of Lord Ram then his temple will also get constructed," Gehlot said while denying that BJP has

taken U-turn on the issue. "As of now we are waiting for the verdict of the Supreme Court on the issue," the Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment As of now we are waiting for the verdict of the Supreme Court on the issue," the Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment added. Hitting out at Congress,

Gehlot said the party which prevented Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar from entering Lok Sabha was now staking claim on him. "Ambedkar belongs to all people. Rahul and Sonia Gandhi are staking their claims, which is not right. Congress always insulted him and did not allow him to enter Parliament by fielding its candidate against him," he said.

'Bill to empower transgenders in next session' bAlliA (up), JuN 13 (pTi): The government today said that it would introduce a bill in the next session of Parliament to bring transgenders in the mainstream of the society. "In this bill, provisions would be made for transgenders to get facilities similar to the SC/ST, OBC and nomads in education and development sectors," Minister for Social Justice

and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot told reporters here. He said that the Centre would take several steps to bring them in the mainstream and action would be taken from social security point of view. The minister apprised that the Centre was seriously considering to constitute a board or council for transgenders at the na-

tional level. Gehlot said that concrete measures were being taken for the umpliftment of the physically challenged. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government was making efforts to groom the talent of physically challenged people and to ensure their contribution in country's development, he further said.

Diabetes: The epidemic that Indians created

New Delhi, JuNe 13 (iANS/iNDiASpeND): Sharad Tripathi of Meerut developed diabetes five years ago, at 33, “no thanks to the stressful life of a sales person that involves a lot of travel, eating out and irregular meal times, and no time for exercise". Just when Tripathi learnt to manage his condition — with medication and lifestyle changes — his mother, in her mid-60s, developed diabetes. Tripathi senior joined the club a year later, at age 70. Tripathi found himself sharing the dos and don’ts of living with diabetes with his parents. The family’s predicament indicates how fast the disease is sweeping India, enveloping entire generations, ignoring age and setting new global records, as it trebled over the past two decades. In 1995, India had 19.4 million diabetics. Within 19 years, that number had more than tripled to 66.8 million in 2014, according

to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). That makes India, home to 17 percent of the world’s population, also home to 17 percent of the world’s diabetics. Another 77 million Indians are currently believed to be pre-diabetic, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research. In 2010, diabetes stood 18th in the list of diseases by years of life lost, up from 31 in 1990, as per the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Deaths attributable to diabetes grew 41 percent from 161,000 to 227,300 between 2000 and 2012, according to the World Health Organisation. That increase was enough to catapult diabetes into the top 10 of killer diseases in India. The IDF pegs annual deaths due to diabetes in India at more than one million, possibly because poorly controlled diabetes brings on other killer diseases. Diabetes in India now

cuts across all age groups and geographies. Although it is more prevalent in urban areas, rural India will catch up as lifestyles change. In cities like Chennai,Delhi and Kochi, one in five adults is diabetic. There is little doubt that India is witnessing a diabetes epidemic — brought on by Indians. We aren’t like that only Some offer the old excuse for India’s diabetes explosion — that a predisposition to diabetes is written in our genes. Those of Indian ethnicity have a genetic propensity to acquire metabolic syndrome, a set of five conditions of which you need only three to enter the class. One condition is both visual and measurable: the apple-shaped body. The others are measurable: high blood pressure, low highdensity lipoprotein (HDL), high triglycerides and high fasting blood-glucose. Metabolic syndrome

increases the risk for developing diabetes over the next five years five-fold, according to Enas A Enas, American-Indian cardiologist and head of the CADI (Coronary Artery Disease among Asian Indians) Research Foundation in the USA. “If you have metabolic syndrome, consider yourself in line for diabetes,” said Seema Gulati, head of the Nutrition Research Group, Center of Nutrition & Metabolic Research (CNET), National Diabetes, Obesity and Cholesterol Foundation. Indians tend to have more fat than muscle at a given body mass index, visà-vis Caucasians. Obesity is a known risk factor for diabetes. Children of people with diabetes tend to develop the disease. A study in Chennai found 55 percent of the offspring of two diabetic patients had either diabetes or impaired glucose

tolerance, a pre-diabetic condition, compared to 15.6 percent of those with no family history of diabetes. The upward trend of diabetes explains why current generations cannot blame their genetic heritage for the ongoing diabetes explosion. “The influence of globalisation and urbanisation are the single biggest factors for India’s diabetes epidemic,” said V. Mohan of Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre, Chennai, and founder of Madras Diabetes Research Foundation. “Our eating habits now resemble the west and we’ve adopted sedentary lifestyles.” Indians have traded dal-sabzi-roti for pizzas, burgers and other caloriedense goodies. Researchers Nikhil Tandon and Nishant Raizada estimate that city-dwellers consume up to 32 percent of the daily energy requirement as fat. We rely on cars to get around. We’ve hired help

and bought machines to perform household calorieburning chores, and, for the most part, not bothered to replace those activities with exercise. At work too, more Indians than ever before are employed in sedentary white-collar jobs. In other words, Indians are bringing diabetes on themselves. It boils down to life choices If faulty lifestyle is the cause, lifestyle modification is the cornerstone of diabetes management. Overall, the chances of diabetes depend 80 percent on the environment, 20 percent on genes, said Anoop Misra, chairman, Fortis Centre of Excellence for Diabetes, Metabolic Diseases and Endocrinology, and chairman, National Diabetes, Obesity and Cholesterol Foundation. By aggressively pursuing changes, diabetics can manage without medication or with lower doses of drugs.

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A look at the Rupert Murdoch boys' club: Who's in and out Ryan Nakashima AP Business Writer

Sibling rivalries. A quest for power. An affair. A scandal. The turbulent lives of 84-year-old billionaire Rupert Murdoch and his heirs returned to the spotlight this week as the aging magnate took steps to hand over control of the media empire he built nearly from scratch. The Murdoch family — whose assets include The Wall Street Journal, Fox News and the 20th Century Fox movie studio — in some places garners the type of paparazzi coverage its global outlets have bestowed on royals. But unlike with royals, in the Murdoch family, the eldest child's inheritance is never ensured. Once it was Lachlan, then it was James, and now both seem to be positioned to soon control the media behemoth that split into two separate entertainment and publishing companies two years ago: News Corp. and 21st Century Fox. And in the wings operates spurned daughter Elisabeth, whose independent voice and fortune have made her one of London's top socialites and a media power in her own right. "Between who's on top and who's arriving and who's departing — that's always changing," says Michael Wolff, a Murdoch biographer and author of "The Man Who Owns The News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch."

Biggest Loser" and "MasterChef." She sold Shine to News Corp. for around $600 million in 2011, triggering shareholder lawsuits that accused Rupert Murdoch of nepotism. She later told a Guardian newspaper media event she had "no ambition" for the top job. • Prudence MacLeod, Murdoch's first child, born in 1958. She's married to Alasdair MacLeod, a former News Corp. executive in Britain and Australia, but otherwise has little to do with the media compaIn this February 2, 2011 file photo, Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corporation, nies. However, she shares attends the launch of The Daily on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 in New York. Murdoch is with James, Lachlan and preparing to hand over the CEO job at Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. to his son, James, while Elisabeth a single vote in his other son, Lachlan, will become executive co-chairman, a person with direct knowledge the family trust that will with the matter said Thursday, June 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) own 38.4 percent of voting shares in both News ing CEO of 21st Century scandal. He relocated today. Lachlan abruptly Corp. and Fox upon RuFox. Formerly chief exto New York and was left News Corp. in 2005 pert Murdoch's death. ecutive of News Corp.'s named co-chief operatafter reportedly clashing international operaing officer of 21st Cenwith his father. In one • Grace, 13, and Chloe, 11, are the children of tions, James is credited tury Fox in March 2014. telling, executives went Rupert Murdoch and with helping expand the • Lachlan Murdoch, inover Lachlan's head, his third ex-wife Wendi Sky satellite TV brand coming co-executive "and, very foolishly, RuDeng. The couple dito Italy and Germany, chairman of 21st Cenpert Murdoch didn't vorced in 2013 amid stakes later sold for $9.3 tury Fox. One-time exback his son up," said high-profile reports of billion. Briefly in charge ecutive director at News David McKnight, author her affairs with former of British newspapers, Corp. and deputy chief of "Rupert Murdoch: An British Prime Minister James was tainted by the operating officer in 2000. Investigation of Political Tony Blair and Google phone hacking scandal He made a notoriously Power." Returned to the executive chairman Eric that forced the closure bad investment in Ausfold in March 2014 when Schmidt, including a diof the tabloid News of tralian telecommunicahe was named non-exary entry obtained by the World in 2011. Brittions company called ecutive co-chairman of Vanity Fair last year in ish media regulator One.Tel, which subseFox and News Corp. which she pined over Ofcom questioned his quently collapsed, losBlair's "good body." competence, saying his ing hundreds of millions. OUT Deng reportedly clashed failure to act was "difBut a nearly $11 million • Elisabeth Murdoch, 46, with Murdoch over her ficult to comprehend investment in Austraangel investor in media children's inheritance, and ill-judged." In 2012, lian online real estate and technology startups. which amounts to nearhe resigned as chair of company REA Group in In 2001, she founded ly 11 million non-voting London-based satel2000 ballooned, boostShine Group, a TV proshares in the two media IN lite broadcaster BSkyB ing the value of News' duction company that companies. • James Murdoch, incomto distance it from the stake in to $3.1 billion made shows like "The ''But because you remain a Murdoch, you are always in the mix." The latest twist in the family drama came Thursday with news that James Murdoch, the 42-year-old second son, would take over as CEO of TwentyFirst Century Fox Inc., leapfrogging 43-year-old first son Lachlan in the line of succession. According to a person with direct knowledge of the matter, Lachlan would become co-executive chairman, his father executive chairman — while keeping his direct report from Fox News CEO Roger Ailes. The person spoke on condition of anonymity and wasn't authorized to speak publicly. The appointment, expected to be confirmed at a board meeting in the coming weeks, creates "an enormous amount of complexity," Needham & Co. stock analyst Laura Martin said. While the bake-off isn't over, it's clear the males in the family are in line for control. "This cements the complete exclusion of Elisabeth from the gig, as well as Prudence," said Claire Enders, a media and telecoms analyst and founder of London-based Enders Analysis Ltd. "This is basically a typical patriarchal succession." Here's a look at who's in and who's out at 21st Century Fox and its sister publishing company, News Corp.:

Taliban kill 20 police officers in attack KAnDAhAR, JUne 13 (AP): Taliban fighters overran multiple checkpoints in a nighttime raid in Afghanistan's volatile southern Helmand province, killing at least 20 police officers as the battle raged into Saturday, authorities said. The assault came as Afghanistan's military acknowledged the Taliban controls at least four districts across the country. The attacks in Helmand hit police checkpoints in the Musa Qala district, said Mohammad Ismail Hotak, the head of the province's joint coordination of police and military operations. He said the attacks wounded at least 10 officers, though the Taliban also seemed to have suffered high casualties. The spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Sediq Sediqqi, said fighting ended Saturday afternoon with around 30 insurgents killed, including a group leader he named as Abdul Hadi. Saqi Jan, the head of police logistics in Musa

Qala, said area checkpoints were manned by officers from the neighboring district of Baghran who had been forced out by earlier Taliban attacks. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks. The militants have been targeting vulnerable police checkpoints across the country since launching their summer offensive in April. Last month, a Taliban attack in Helmand's Naw Zad district killed at least 19 police officers. Afghan army Gen. Afzel Aman, the head of the Defense Ministry's operational department, told journalists Saturday that four districts are now under Taliban control in the country: Nawa in Ghazni province, Baghran and Dishu in Helmand province and Khak-e Afghan in Zabul province. "Fighting is going on almost everywhere compared to last year, and many places are under threat of enemy attack," Aman said.

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Aid-dependent Nepal says needs $6.6 billion for post-quake rebuilding Recent quakes have increased the number of poor in Nepal by 700,000 KAthmAnDU, JUne 13 (ReUteRs): Earthquake-battered Nepal will ask international donors to support a reconstruction plans that is expected to cost $6.6 billion over five years, the government said on Saturday. Two quakes on April 25 and May 12 killed 8,787 people and destroyed more than 500,000 homes, affecting 2.8 million of the Himalayan nation's 28 million people. Losses to the economy from Nepal's worst disaster on record stand at $7 billion, including from tourism, the government said in a Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) report. Suman Prasad Sharma, a senior finance ministry official, said 36 countries and 24 donor agencies had been invited to a conference on June 25 to pledge support for reconstruction. "We have expectations of a very handsome and good support from our donors during the conference," Sharma said at a function in Kathmandu. Currently, Nepal gets twothirds of the cost of its economic development in international aid.

Government officials said some donors who cannot pledge more aid could still help Nepal by writing off debt the country owes or delaying repayment schedules. Nepal does not have commercial borrowings from international lending agencies. Concessional loans mainly from the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank account for 18 percent of Nepal's gross domestic product, according to the officials. The government spends $300 million in debt repayment every year. Local donors say postdisaster reconstruction must be more accountable in a country that ranked 126 of 176 nations surveyed in Transparency International's corruption perception index in 2014, compared with 116 a year earlier. Nepal's annual economic growth is expected to slow down to 3.04 percent, the lowest in eight years, from 4.6 percent estimated earlier, according to its statistics bureau, due to the impact of the earthquakes on tourism and infrastructure. One in every four Nepalis lives on a daily income of less than $1.25. The quakes have also set back Nepal's efforts to fight poverty by increasing the number of poor by 700,000 to 7.78 million, according to Govind Raj Pokharel, vice chairman of the National Planning Commission.

SKorea and WHO downplay pandemic potential of MERS Kim Tong-Hyung Associated Press

Experts from the World Health Organization and South Korea on Saturday downplayed concerns about the MERS virus spreading further within the country, which recorded its 14th death and a dozen new infections, but said it was premature to declare the outbreak over. After a weeklong review of the outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome, the panel of experts told a news conference that there was no evidence to suggest the virus is spreading in the community. The outbreak in South Korea has so far been occurring only in hospitals, among patients, family members who visited them and medical staff treating them. The virus has spread at a pattern similar to previous outbreaks in the Middle East, and the sequencing studies of samples from South Korea show no signs that the virus has increased its ability to transmit between humans, said WHO Assistant Director Keiji Fukuda.

While the infections seem to be stagnating, the South Korean government must continue to maintain strong control measures, such as thoroughly tracing patients' contacts and preventing suspected patients from traveling, because it's still early to declare the situation over, he said. The continued discovery of new cases has created an impression that the outbreak is getting bigger, but Fukuda noted that many of the cases being reported were of people who were infected in the past. New infections appear to be declining, which suggests that the government's control measures are having an impact, he said. "Now, because the outbreak has been large and is complex, more cases should be anticipated," he said. There has been widespread fear here of the poorly understood disease, which has no vaccine and had a mortality rate as high as 40 percent in previous outbreaks. There also had been growing criticism over failures by health workers and the government to ini-

A South Korean health worker from a community health center wearing mask as a precaution against MERS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, virus, checks an examinee’ temperature at a test site for the civil service examination in Seoul, South Korea on Saturday, June 13. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

tially recognize and quickly contain the disease. Fukuda said that overcrowded emergency rooms and hospital wards might have contributed to a wider-than-expected transmission of the virus, which usually spreads poorly between people. South Korea's habits of "doctor shopping" — visiting multiple facilities to treat the same infection — and

the custom of having many friends and family members visiting hospitalized patients might have also facilitated the spread, he said. A 67-year-old woman who had been combating thyroid problems and high blood pressure before she was confirmed as having MERS died early Saturday, becoming South Korea's 14th fatality from the virus,

the Health Ministry said. Nearly 140 people in the country have been diagnosed with MERS since last month — including 12 new cases reported Saturday — in the largest outbreak outside Saudi Arabia. Among those infected, 16 are in serious condition, Jeong Eun-kyeong, a senior official from the Korea Centers for Disease Con-

trol and Prevention, told reporters. About 2,900 schools and kindergartens remained closed Friday, and more than 4,000 people were isolated as of Saturday after possible contact with those infected, the Health Ministry said. Two hospitals, including one in Seoul, also were temporarily closed after MERS patients were found to have had contact with hundreds of people at the two facilities before they were diagnosed. Experts think MERS can spread in respiratory droplets, such as by coughing. But transmissions have mainly occurred through close contact, such as living with or caring for an infected person. MERS belongs to the family of coronaviruses that includes the common cold and SARS, and can cause fever, breathing problems, pneumonia and kidney failure. Most of the deaths in South Korea have been of people suffering from pre-existing medical conditions, such as respiratory problems or cancer.

Prospects dim for peace talks between Yemen’s warring parties DUBAI, JUne 13 (ReUteRs): Yemen's warring parties are heading to Geneva for U.N.-sponsored talks from Monday, but there are few if any signs that either is ready to make the compromises necessary for a deal. The United Nations envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, has said the talks can end more than two months of conflict that has killed almost 2,600 people, and save the Arabian Peninsula country from permanent division. But he also said on Friday that the sides would initially not even sit at the same table."All the parties are still barricaded behind their positions and continue to bet on war rather than a political settlement," said Abdel-Bari Taher, a Yemeni analyst. This may be because President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi insists that the talks be limited to discussing the implementation of U.N. Security Coun-

cil Resolution 2216, which calls for the Houthis to quit Yemen's main cities and recognise his authority. But it may also be because the Iranian-allied Houthis see little reason to give ground, having increased the territory under their control despite 11 weeks of aerial bombing by a coalition of Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia who fear that Iran is expanding its influence. Together, Houthi fighters and troops loyal to veteran former president Ali Abdullah Saleh have seized large parts of Yemen including the capital Sanaa and much of the port city of Aden. Meanwhile a humanitarian crisis has worsened dramatically. The aid agency UNICEF says 80 percent of the population, or more than 20 million people, need some form of aid.

A man sits the rubble of houses destroyed by Saudi airstrikes in the old city of Sanaa, Yemen on Friday, June 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

million inside a week, highlighting how a coalition air and sea blockade has cut off supplies not only of food but also of fuel for the pumps that arid Yemen reFOOD AND lies on to provide water for FUEL CUT OFF The figure was up by 5 drinking and sanitation.

The Houthis say they are pursuing a revolution against a corrupt government and Islamist militants, and deny any military or economic links to Iran, which also says it gives them only diplomatic support.

Houthi leaders say they will attend the talks from Monday without preconditions, although they have complained about a lack of clarity on who will attend and what will be discussed. Discussions were originally

scheduled for Sunday, but delayed as one of the delegations was arriving late, the United Nations said. The exiled government, meanwhile, is showing signs of divisions between Hadi and his deputy, Khaled Bahah. Bahah was in Djibouti and did not attend a meeting on Wednesday in Riyadh, where Hadi's government now sits, at which the negotiators were chosen. Farea al-Muslimi, a researcher at Carnegie Middle East Centre, said they appeared to have been appointed largely on the basis of their loyalty to Hadi. "Their selection tells you how little is being expected of the talks, and is a sign that attending them is symbolic and more a result of international pressure than genuine will to reach a resolution." Among the negotiators is the head of the Salafist alRashad party, Abd al-Wahhab al-Humayqani, who is

on a U.S. list of people sup- Houthis' control, Hadi's porting terrorism, an alle- patron has offered little gation he denies. support for his desire to set up a "safe zone" where FEAR OF BEING he can base that force. SIDELINED A diplomat told ReYemeni officials, foreign uters in Riyadh last week diplomats and analysts said that Hadi felt his value was Hadi was apparently try- diminishing by the day and ing to undermine the talks, that "any agreement with fearing that he will be mar- the Houthis would be at his ginalised if an agreement is expense". reached in Geneva, or if the Nevertheless, one YemeSaudi-led campaign ends ni source in Riyadh said Hadi without a victory. apparently retained the supHadi was installed in port of those in Saudi Arabia, 2011 by Saudi Arabia and still in the majority, who befellow Gulf countries to re- lieve the war can be won. place Saleh after a popular Writing in Monday's uprising. al-Araby newspaper, But, in a highly tribal, published in London, factionalised country, he Qatari analyst Mohamhas no real power base of med al-Misfer said: "The his own. With most of the president needs to be rearmy still loyal to Saleh, assured, with Saudi guarand Saleh supporting the antees, that he will not Houthis, Hadi is now try- be removed except after ing rapidly to build his own Yemen is liberated from military force. the Houthi hegemony Yet as voices grow and his administration is louder in Saudi Arabia given two years to rebuild suggesting that the air and then hold popular war cannot loosen the elections."

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Wales, iceland move closer destination Homeward- 1 to qualifying for euro 2016 public discourse

took a flight from New Delhi to Dimapur. It was after nearly five years I decided to visit home- A place where my heart is and a place that speaks my language and stimulates every senses of my mind’s desires. As I started packing, I realized how time had travelled very fast. My imaginations took me to wonderland about my family, friends, food, weather, those shanty ‘headquarters’ all over Kohima town, roads, and everything under the heavens. My imaginations never left my mind till I ended up at the New Delhi domestic airport. The domestic airport is an exasperating mess. It is like any other railway station in India, minus the stench and boisterous noise. The cacophony begins right at the entrance. With approximately 10 entry gates and queues of 25-30 people (maybe more), and piles of luggage at every gate, I encountered the unthinkable human traffic at 6:30 in the morning. After more than half an hour, I entered the check-in area. Once inside, for 3 minutes I must have looked like a pumpkin straight from the field, not knowing where to go and what to do. There were people intersecting at every inch that added to the confusion because some were going somewhere and some were coming from somewhere. I realized I needed to get my boarding pass lest I miss home after all these years. Delhi traffic is a nightmare, but this human traffic inside the airport is like “a nightmare dressed like a daydream” (and I found a rare occasion to express any form of gratitude to Taylor Swift for this statement). I managed to attract the attention of a ground staff and asked him about my whereabouts and where should I go for the passes. He pointed towards a direction which looked like a queue! Amidst 10’s and 50’s of counters, they have managed to open boarding pass kiosks. Another introduction to a simple and convenient life, yet, it is another reason to stand and “dillydally” my right and left legs at irregular intervals. The lines were long, but maybe 5-10 persons lesser. Took me about 15 minutes, but thankfully another staff helped me to get the pass. Next was the check-in queue. It is a well known fact that Indians and queues do not get along well. The lines are always crooked and within the blink of an eye, there are sub-lines formed, and within no time one fails to identify which is the main line and which is the by-line. So, a huge check-

in line is prone to many adventurous moments and movements. A fine young lady decided to jump the line because she also identified a friend, who was as fine as her much ahead on the line. They had made eye contact, which I pretended not to see, and sadly, I was not the only one to witness the “sisters in crime”. As she pushed her trolley towards her friend ahead, pretending she was on the phone and trying to find her way, a fine middle- aged lady who was just ahead of her decided to give her a 3 and half minutes of class on maintaining line. I thought I heard heartwarming applauses especially from the front side. She obliged, went back and stood where she belonged. After more than half an hour the line ahead thinned as the line behind elongated to a far distance. Checking in was not difficult since I prefer travelling light. But there were others who were carrying their entire houses so they were the nuisances responsible for such long lines and for causing so much leg pain. What follows after depositing the luggage is a mystifying agony. All the people from all those entry gates, check-in lines, counters, and other areas came together culminating into a serpentine queue towards the gatehouse. Just when you thought your burdens are off your shoulder and you are free from the rucksacks and brief-cases, you get entangled in the web of a torturous single snaky line. I pity the words “emergency” “urgent” “late” and the likes. People with blood pressure would have popped some pills and heart patients must have faced attack-like situations a few times. But the show must go on! We forget all our weariness and hard times when we see things that send instant currents of pleasure to our mind. In this regard, I believe we are all children at heart, and is similarly thought to be so by the ones who build and administer the airport. Smack at the gatehouse are showrooms, eateries, wine shops, and other attractions. After so much standing and strutting, it is like hitting the child with the rod and then giving a chocolate bar to pacify. Weird human psychology, but they got it right. I saw some people buying stuffs from the showrooms. There is always somebody in the crowd. Nevertheless, I boarded the craft finally. By then all the pleasurable imaginations I had prior to starting the journey deserted me. My mind was completely preoccupied with the mental picture of eternal lines

and queues of human, all going to a dark tunnel and whatnot. A quick halt at Kolkata and then we headed for Dimapur. This might sound funny to very few, but it really is funny. It was announced that we would be hovering around the sky for sometime because of traffic congestion at Dimapur airport. I thought cars, but why would a huge craft make way for tiny cars, and that too in an airport. So we hovered around the sky for about 20 minutes before we touched down. It was my first time at Dimapur airport. What looked like a grassland shown in National Geographic Channel with tall grasses everywhere was the Dimapur airport. I was told that there are only two flights that operates from Dimapur (or Nagaland)- Air India and Indigo. If there was a weird situation and the departure and arrival flights get stuck at the airport altogether at once, there will be a total of 4 aircrafts (a situation which would make many of us immensely proud because when will we ever see four aircrafts stationed at once in Nagaland!?). Then there might be a traffic jam. But all I saw were some trolley cars, an oil tanker, and a few ground staff workers which are not capable to cause jam from any angle, whatsoever. Later, I was told by the person who came to pick me up, that Air India took off about 20 minutes back. Bingo! Therefore the jam! Isn’t that funny? As we deplaned, the airport shuttle was waiting to transfer us to the gatehouse. Strangely and interestingly some people started walking towards the arrival without the help of the shuttle. It was just a 2 minute walk! I would have walked too had I known. I was in Nagaland at last! A journey which started at 5:40 in the morning ended at 1:30 in the afternoon after much experience. However, a thought loomed over. More than two decades have passed since the celebrated “Look East Policy” was initiated by the Government of India. It was supposed to open windows of economic opportunities for the NE States, and especially Nagaland with international boundaries. Clearly, the outcome of the policy has not had much impact in Nagaland, or else our airport would be buzzing with activities by now, no? We drove off towards the direction that says ‘city-way’ (or similarly like that). I was breathing local air already, or so I thought! Toshi Longkumer New Delhi

Cases should be settled with reasons without taking oath

nce there was a land dispute between my clan and another clan. The case has been tried by the Judicial Board of the village. The decision was that the other clan has to take oath. They did not agree and the case was filed in D.B’s court seeking mutual oath. The day of hearing I attended and after both sides gave their statements, I asked them whether they tried to

settle the dispute amicably between them before going to Judiciaries or not. They replied, “No”. Then I said, “Taking oath by heaven and earth is against the teaching of Christ. He taught, “Let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one.” (Mat. 5:32) - If you take oath mutually, one side or the other will be sinning. So instead of swearing, you take the land yourselves, I will take the

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ales and Iceland both moved closer to qualifying for the 2016 European Championship on Friday, while the game between Croatia and Italy was overshadowed by a swastika symbol that had been etched onto the pitch. Gareth Bale moved Wales closer to a first major tournament since 1958 by scoring to secure a 1-0 victory over Belgium that lifted the country top of Group B. Iceland is trying to qualify for its first ever tournament and came from a goal down to beat the Czech Republic 2-1 and take over the lead in Group A. In Group H, Croatia maintained a two-point lead over Italy after a 1-1 draw at home in Split, but the talking point was the Nazi symbol that could be clearly seen outlined on the pitch — apparently etched in by someone before the game. "We weren't aware of it on the sidelines," Italy coach Antonio Conte said. "Not because of the tension of the match, but you couldn't see it. I was only told about it at the end of the match. There is so much sadness that such a thing could happen."

Wales' Gareth Bale, left, and Belgium's Jan Vertonghen in action during the European Championship qualifying soccer match at Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff on June 12. (AP Photo)

Croatia apologises for on-pitch Swastika symbol

Split, June 13 (iAnS): The Croatian into the grass. The encounter unfolded in Football Federation (HNS) has apologised an empty stadium after Croatian fans were after a swastika symbol was imprinted on punished for their racist chants against the pitch ahead of their Euro 2016 home Norway in March. Pacak added the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) qualifier against Italy. "This is sabotage and a felony. We ex- has been informed about the incident. "As far as we have learned, the sympect police to identify the perpetrators. This is a disgrace not just for the HNS but bol was imprinted into the pitch between for the whole of Croatia," HNS spokesman 24 and 48 hours before the match so that Tomislav Pacak was quoted as saying by it could be visible during the game. We BBC on Friday. The swastika - widely rec- apologise to all fans watching the game on ognised as the symbol of Nazi Germany - television, to both teams and to our guests was seen during the first half and although from Italy for the Nazi symbol," said Pacak. HNS president Davor Suker said: "It's Here is a look at Friday's the ground staff tried to cover it up at the one of our problems and we are working breather they were unsuccessful. The game qualifying games: ended 1-1. It still remains to be verified to fix it. We'll speak about it on Saturday, GROUP A PSV Eindhoven team- whether the symbol was mowed or painted but I'm very angry." mates Georginio Wijnaldum and Luciano Narsingh later. In Reykjavik, Borek Bale, who has five goals in aly players were protestscored second-half goals Dockal opened the scoring the group, the current gen- ing to the officials, Croatia Friday as the Netherlands for the Czechs before Aron eration is making its mark resumed play and Mario beat Latvia 2-0 in Riga to Gunnarsson and Kolbeinn under coach Chris Cole- Mandzukic scored on the move closer to second place Sightorsson gave Iceland man and has won three counter-attack. in its European Champion- the win. Mandzukic had an earand drawn three of its six ship qualifying group. games for its best ever start lier penalty saved and then Iceland's win meant it GROUP B gave away a spot kick when to a qualifying campaign. leapfrogged the Czech ReWales is close to ending Cyprus beat Andorra he handled Andrea Pirlo's public to lead the group by its wait for an appearance 3-1 and is tied on points free kick. Candreva contwo points after six rounds. at a major tournament. with Israel. Bosnia-Her- verted. The Netherlands is now Bale pounced on a defen- zegovina is a point further Norway missed the three points behind the sive mistake to score the back in fifth, with Edin Vis- opportunity to make up Czechs. Turkey, which got winner against Belgium in ca (2) and Edin Dzeko the ground on Croatia and Italy a late winner from Arda the 25th minute, lifting the scorers against Israel. and remained third — two Turan for a 1-0 victory in Welsh to the top of Group B. points behind Italy — folKazakhstan, is fourth. lowing a 0-0 draw at home With four games left, GROUP H The Dutch win was the Wales is three points above Italy stretched its un- against Azerbaijan. Even first on the road for Guus Belgium and — more im- beaten run in qualifiers Hovland headed Pal Andre Hiddink since he started portantly — five points clear for European Champion- Helland's cross off the post his second stint in charge of third-place Israel, which ships and World Cups to 46 with four minutes left. of the national team after it lost 3-1 at Bosnia-Herze- matches thanks to a cheeky Bulgaria was two points finished third in last year's govina. The 1958 World Cup chipped penalty that can- further back after winning World Cup. "We had to win, was the last major finals in- celed out a disputed open- 1-0 in Malta, despite Ilian and we did," said midfield- volving Wales, even though ing goal for Croatia. Micanski missing a penalty er Wesley Sneijder. Wijnal- the country has had top Italy forward Stephan on the stroke of halftime. dum poked the ball just players down the years such El Shaarawy had tapped Ivelin Popov scored in the inside the post in the 67th as Ryan Giggs, Ian Rush and in from eight yards but his 56th minute to hand Bulminute and Narsingh add- Mark Hughes. goal was incorrectly ruled garia only its second win of ed the second four minutes Led by the irrepressible offside. While several It- the qualifying campaign.

responsibility for the land. After that an elderly man stood up and said, ‘Then we too agree that the case be settled without taking oath.” So the D.B’s had to go to the spot and demarcated the land between them. We must rise up to the level of the teachings of Christ from the lower and filthy ground where carnal things are practiced. Rev. L. Suohie Mhasi pARiS, June 13 (ReuteRS): Interpol suspended a 20-millioneuro ($22 million) sports "integrity" agreement with FIFA on Friday, at the end of testing week for football's scandal-hit ruling body that saw its fter the failed Uprising of the Nagas are martial people. Prior to sense of patriotism and martial qual- chief spokesman quit, bidding for the 1857, the British Govern- the advent of Christianity, the Nagas ities that are inherent in us towards 2026 World Cup shelved and records ment observed that only had a deeply rooted martial cultures building up Nagaland’s local econ- seized from its Zurich headquarters. FIFA also faced growing calls -certain Indian caste(s) and and traditions. And although it is not omy and other infrastructures. Althis time from the European parliaethnic group(s) like the Jats, the Ra- something to be bragged about, our though the issue of sovereignty is very jputs and the Sikhs; and hill dwellers ancestors fought wars in the goriest legitimate, first we need to learn to ment -- for its outgoing president, like the Dogras, the Garhwals, the Ne- way imaginable. We hunted heads. If stand on our own feet before serious- Sepp Blatter, to step aside at once, palis (Gurkhas), and the Kumaonis groomed and disciplined properly, I ly entertaining that thought. In this while plans by Germany to reform possessed innate martial qualities believe we can make fine warriors or context, our State government and the way the organisation is run were and military acumen. So the British at least good sports athletes. Speak- all Naga factions in my view, have to roundly rejected by football chiefs in Government, for the sake of conve- ing in terms of average, although be pragmatic and realise the impor- Asia, Africa, Latin America and the nience in the recruitment of naturally we lack the built and height of the tance of self-reliance especially in our Caribbean. Interpol's decision to freeze fundgifted soldiers, drew for military pur- plainsmen, we are definitely more stable food crop i.e., rice. We are all poses the official ethnographic map agile than them, and possess better aware of the fact that if a bridge in As- ing from FIFA to fight match fixing and the people of the entire subcon- stamina. But above all, Nagas have sam collapses, or if the State declares and illegal gambling was perhaps intinent were militarily categorised long been associated with virtues like ‘bandh’ or curfew for prolonged pe- evitable, coming only days after the into two distinct groups- the ‘martial’ valour, patriotism, honesty, integrity riod, we the people of Nagaland quite international police organisation put and the ‘non-martial’ races. The eth- and industriousness. literally face the danger of near star- two former FIFA officials on its mostOn the contrary however, one vation because trucks carrying our wanted list and the corruption crisis nic groups falling on the martial race category were since then given high cannot help but wonder as to wheth- food supplies don’t reach our marin world football deepened. The increasing damage to FIFA's preference in the British military ser- er the present generation of Nagas kets. This is one example that clearly vices even through WWI and WWII hone the natural gifts passed down indicates our undue dependency on reputation raised questions about over the rest of the vast majority of through the genes of our ances- others for everything. Besides, our how long other associated bodies the Indian masses who were deemed tors who were churned and shaped contribution towards revenue gener- and even sponsors would continue by the rugged terrains of the hills ation in all major areas like industry, to work with it. non-martial. "The real damage of this decision Lord Roberts, Commander-in- through ages. Tobacco use, especially agriculture, and tourism (education, Chief of the British Indian Army from amongst the youth has now become medical, cultural/aesthetic), is very by Interpol is the wider perception that conflicted organisations are now 1885 to 1893, and others who were more of a trend, and the credit goes insignificant. the exponents of the concept of mar- to them for making Nagaland bag The present Nagaland State deserting FIFA. It further exacerbates tial races, passed on the caste/race the top position in the recently con- isn’t all hills. There are several large FIFA's 'unclean' image and its escalat(ethnicity) based recruitment policy ducted national survey for tobacco swathes of plain areas in the foothill ing isolation," said Chris Eaton, an exto successive Generals and Viceroys. consumption. Diseases like diabetes regions of our State like Tizit in Mon Interpol officer and former FIFA adAfter independence, India too, by and high blood pressure which were District, Baghty Valley and Ralan bor- viser on anti-corruption, now with the and large retained this basis of regi- once virtually unknown to us are now der areas in Wokha; and Chumuke- International Center for Sport Security. Interpol's decision was a disapmentation of the army that the British common ailments afflicting us. Be- dima areas in Dimapur, which have sides, today majority of the Nagas, the potential to feed the entire popu- pointment, FIFA said, since the 2011 had left behind. The Nagas of the Naga Hills, or for roughly from the age group of thirty lation of Nagaland if only we farm it "integrity in sport" programme was that matter other mongoloid tribes develop pot bellies. Apparently, we on a large scale using modern scien- not connected to the "current issues" of the North-East although were not have become too complacent and tific techniques. But, for this to mate- it faced. The corruption scandal assessed by the British for military intoxicated by the affluence pumped rialise, State government’s interven- erupted when police descended on a luxury hotel in Zurich on May 27 and purposes in any way whatsoever into our land by the Government of tion is very crucial and necessary. at that period of time, today we can India. It is quite embarrassing, isn’t it? Yanyam Konyak arrested seven FIFA officials, pending definitely infer that particularly we We need to channel our deep Mon Town extradition to the United States. At the centre of the investigation Readers may please note that the contents of the articles, letters and opinions published do are transactions that went into accounts held in a bank in Trinidad in not reflect the outlook of this paper nor of the Editor in any form. the name of CONCACAF, the Con-

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FiFA corruption scandal deepens federation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, that were "controlled" by former FIFA Vice President Jack Warner. In an interview with British television, Oliver Camps, described as Warner's right-hand man, said he felt "used and abused" by his old friend and associate. "We were like brothers. I realise that I should not have put so much confidence in him because he made me do the wrong thing and I was doing it very innocently. I knew nothing about those things," Camps told Channel 4 News. Warner has denied all charges levelled against him. He was not immediately available for comment. Channel 4 News said Camps, Caribbean football's finance committee chairman, had signed cheques worth millions of dollars on Warner's behalf, which were supposed to finance Trinidad's team in the 2006 World Cup in Germany. It said he was still signing the cheques three years after the World Cup ended. SCANDAL WORSENS It has been another bleak week for FIFA. On Wednesday, FIFA postponed the bidding for the right to host the 2026 World Cup, with Secretary General Jerome Valcke saying during a visit to Russia that it would be "nonsense" to start the process under present circumstances. Then, perhaps reflecting the growing crisis, the usually composed Valcke unburdened himself of an emotional tirade, saying he was being destroyed by the media in his native France and defending his decision to sign off on a $10 million payment at the centre of the U.S. bribery investigation. Brandishing his pen, a clearly irritated Valcke demanded of journalists: "You want me to take this pen and to hit my head and say 'Hey! I have been stupid, I should have asked many more questions?'"

"You have decided that after Blatter I have to be next head to be cut?" Valcke told a news conference. On Thursday, Communications director Walter de Gregorio, the public face of the football body, resigned after telling a joke at the expense of his employers on Swiss television. "The FIFA president, secretary general and media director are sitting in a car. Who's driving. Answer? The police." Despite announcing his resignation, Blatter has remained at his desk, saying he wants to usher in reforms at FIFA before his successor is chosen. FIFA announced that would happen at an election some time between December and February. The German Football Association meanwhile came up with a radical reform plan under which FIFA's voting structure should be based on the "size and sporting relevance" of its member federations. At present, each of FIFA's 209 members has a vote, giving football powerhouses Germany and Brazil the same influence as tiny Pacific islands. Football chiefs in developing countries, who have enjoyed generous funding to promote the game from FIFA during Blatter's 17 years in power, denounced the plan as unfair and racist. The South American confederation CONMEBOL meanwhile came under pressure of its own when Congress in Paraguay, where the football body is based, approved a measure withdrawing immunity from its Asuncion headquarters. A draft bill to remove the immunity was put to Congress last month after U.S. authorities announced indictments of 14 past and present senior football officials and sports media executives connected to FIFA. "There is an urgent need to repeal this law and get on with the investigation," Senator Juan Carlos Galaverna said during a debate over the measure, which is expected to be signed into law by President Horacio Cartes.

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Musicians guide to soundcheck

n intense sound and light check workshop for musicians and performers was held on June 12 and 13 at Upstairs, Walford, Dimapur. An initiative of Mountain Music, the workshop, titled Soundstation, was conducted in collaboration with Audio Garage, Shiu Lights and Upstairs. The two-day workshop witnessed 22 participants –

all established musicians/ performers. Atsung Jamir of Audio Garage, arguably the best sound engineer in the region, and Samuel Shiu of Shiu Lightings, one of the most creative lighting engineer, were the two resource persons at the workshop. Atsung made participants experience frequencies of music and passed on his knowledge of how bands

and artists can configure their sounds to perfection. Sam, on the other hand, demonstrated and shared techniques of using the perfect lighting and automation, sequences, colours etc. A live stage was set up to make the event as interactive and interesting as possible. Soundstation is part of MMA’s endeavour to help equip musicians on

essential technical knowhow and to be better performers. Soundstation also holds monthly jam sessions at Furtados where musicians from all around come together to jam and make music, in effect, making the sessions a ‘melting pot’ for musicians. The workshop ended on June 13 evening with a live performance from Incipit, DJ Sumika and Akum Jams.

Violence against women T treated as lesser crime: AngelinA Jolie

he Female Fusion Contest 2015 organised by Mind Blowers Club was auditioned on Saturday, June 13 at The Jam Tree. Zehouire Avi Kechu hosted the screening test under the mentor ship and judged by Renbeni Odyuo, former Naga Idol

ctress-filmmaker Angelina Jolie, addressing the African Union summit, has called for more global support to end violence against women around the world. Jolie, 40, who is the special envoy to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, sat on a panel of foreign leaders to deliver a speech at the biannual event, held here and Pretoria, South Africa, this year. She lamented that crimes against

women, both in conflict zones and "within societies at peace", are given lesser attention than needed, reported People magazine. "There is a global epidemic of violence against women ? both within conflict zones and within societies at peace ? and it is still treated as a lesser crime and lower priority," the actress-director told the crowded ballroom. "The near-total impunity that exists worldwide for

crimes against women, in conflict zones in particular, means that we are seeing more and more armed groups turn it into their weapon of choice. "Women and girls are bearing the brunt of extremists that revel in treating them barbarically. This is inextricably linked to our overall failure to prevent and end conflicts worldwide, which is causing human suffering on an unprecedented level." The "Unbroken" director, wearing a dark gray Michael Kors dress and beige heels, paid tribute to African victims for their "extraordinary resilience, dignity and strength in the face of trials that would break any of us." "They are some of the most formidable and impressive people I have ever met and they deserve better than to be left alone to suffer," Jolie

and Ronie, vocal instructor of The Jam Tree. Eight of them were selected for the finale as one of the finalists are a group of four, which accounts to 4 finalists for the showdown. There was no age limitation and the youngest contestant is aged 9, from

Holy Cross School, Dimapur. The finale will be on June 21 at 5:00 pm at Hotel Saramati Conference Hall before which there will be a seminar exclusively for women at 4 p.m in the same venue. The seminar will be graced be Dr. Temsula,

Nagaland State Women Commission and will be speaking on "Women's Strength". For the contest, there will be only one ultimate winner but special awards will be handed to Best Attire, Best original song and Best Promising Artist/Artists.

said. She concluded her speech by stating that the solution needs to be tailored to, and pioneered by, women themselves. "We need policies for longterm security that are designed by women, focused on women, executed by women ? not at the expense of men, or instead of men, but alongside and with men," she said. "There is no greater pillar of stability than a strong, free and educated woman, and there is no more inspiring role model than a man who respects and cherishes women and champions their leadership." She joined former British foreign minister William Hague, Senegalese activist Bineta Diop and Zainab Bangura, who is the UN's Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, on the panel at the event.

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mericansupermodelactress Cindy Crawford is set to visit India later this month to celebrate her 20-year association with a luxury watch brand. Crawford, 49, who is the ambassador of OMEGA, last visited India in 1998, and is excited

for her return after nearly two decades. She will launch the new OMEGA Constellation 'Pluma' Collection here. "Coming to an OMEGA event like this is always like visiting family or old friends. I have particularly fond memories of riding elephants in India,

and I look forward to reconnecting with this wonderful country. "It's also a pleasure to introduce the new Constellation collection which holds a special place in my time with OMEGA," said Crawford, who last visited India in 1998.

Ryan Seacrest dating former Miss Teen USA Hilary Cruz

yan Seacrest’s romantic life is on fire! The 40-year-old television and radio personality has reportedly made things official with his gorgeous beauty queen girlfriend, Hilary Cruz, 26. After hitting if off immediately, things have started to intensify between the hot new couple. Ryan and Hilary met through mutual friends quite some time ago, but it wasn’t until the last month that things started to heat up, reports TMZ on their blossoming romance. The couple was spotted leaving dinner together in West Hollywood in May, and Hilary also attended the season 14 finale of American Idol to support Ryan! Hilary previously starred on Donald Trump‘s 2007 show Pageant Place alongside other beauty pageant winners Miss Universe Riyo Mori, Miss USA Racehel Smith and Miss Teen USA 2006 Katie Blair. The sexy brunette has also starred in music videos including Michael Addison‘s “Come Back to Me” and Jesse McCartney‘s “Superbad.”

Sarah M Yepthomi’s debut single “Love ain’t Love” will be released on Youtube on June 14 at 7 p.m. eteran actor Morgan Freeman will host and produce Nat Geo's new religious show, "The Story of God". Freeman, 78, who has frequently shared his own opinions on the subject, will be the face of a series that explores one's quest to understand the divine, reported Variety. "The story of God is one of the greatest mysteries and most important ideas in the world. "For me, this is a personal and enduring quest to understand the divine, and I am humbled by the opportunity to take viewers along on this incredible journey", said the Oscar-winning actor. The series will also include the actor's own take on the matter, as he will ponder and share his personal reflections from the back of a taxi leaving the Vatican or hiking through the Guatemalan jungle on the way to an abandoned Mayan temple. Described as an "epic adventure and profoundly personal journey into the eternal mysteries of the divine," the series will follow Freeman as he embarks on an epic exploration and intimate reflection on God.

Morgan Freeman to host religious series Salman Khan turned down a Rs 7 crore ad offer opposite Katrina Kaif!

alman Khan and Katrina Kaif were offered a whopping Rs 7 crore to feature in a commercial together. And while we hear that Katrina was thrilled to be back on screen with Salman even if it was for an advertisement, Salman wasn’t too happy with the idea. In fact, a source close to this development told BollywoodLife that Salman Khan ‘turned down’ this lucrative offer. All has been well between the ex-lovers, who have stood for each other. The duo might have

made appearances and been cordial with each other, but Salman seems to be keeping a safe distance from Katrina as far as work is concerned. The actor had once briefly commented on his ex-girlfriend after meeting her at Mehboob studio in Bandra, he said, “She used to be a friend, but today she is somebody else’s friend. I respect that and I stay away because I don’t want to give someone a reason to tell her, ‘Oh you are still in touch with Salman.’ The past should not intrude in the present.”

There were reports that Katrina was the first choice for Bajrangi Bhaijaan, which eventually went to Kareena Kapoor. Buzz also suggested that Kat was the first choice for Sultan opposite Salman, but the latter turned down

the offer and apparently asked for her to be replaced with another heroine. With Salman again saying a ‘NO’ to this ad with Katrina, it makes us wonder if all’s well between the two.

WoMen's World Cup: us held by swedes, Japan through to last 16

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WINNIPEG, JuNE 13 (AP): Sweden held the United States to a scoreless draw at the Women's World Cup on Friday, providing a good result for the Swedes and their coach Pia Sundhage, who used to be in charge of the American team. The United States was a point clear atop Group D, ahead of Australia which beat Nigeria 2-0. Defending champion Japan became the first team to confirm its place in the last 16 after a 2-1 victory over Cameroon while the other Group C game saw Switzerland rout Ecuador 10-1. The Americans were chasing a win which would have assured a place in the knockout stages but could not break down the welldrilled Swedes. The U.S came close to scoring when veteran striker Abby Wambach headed on goal in the 72nd minute but the bouncing shot was tipped over the crossbar by Sweden goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl. Sweden came closer yet in the 77th when only some desperate defending by Meghan Klingenberg prevented the European team going ahead. Klingenberg, a diminutive defender positioned on the line for the Swedish corner, leaped to get her head on a goal-

Japan's Yuika Sugasawa puts a shot past Cameroon goalkeeper Annette Ngo Ndom during the first half of a FIFA Women's World Cup soccer match Friday, June 12 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (AP Photo)

bound shot by Sweden's Caroline Seger, deflecting it onto the bar and away to safety. Goal-line technology confirmed the ball never crossed the line. The United States needs only a draw from its final group game against Nigeria to be sure of progressing,

while the Swedes will need to beat Australia if they are to make it to the last 16. Japan scored two early goals and held on for a 2-1 win against Cameroon. Aya Sameshima scored in the 6th minute and Yuika Sugasawa added a header off a cross by Aya Miyama in

the 17th. Cameroon pulled a goal back in the 90th minute after a strong run and shot by Ajara Nchout and almost snatched a draw in stoppage time but Gaelle Enganamouit's shot missed just to the left. Australia put itself in a strong position to progress

after beating Nigeria 2-0 thanks to two goals by Kyah Simon. Simon beat Nigeria goalkeeper Precious Dede on a feed from Lisa De Vanna to put the Matildas up 1-0 in the 29th minute. She then found herself unguarded in the front of the goal to put away Samantha Kerr's arc-

ing cross in the 68th minute. Late in the match, Kerr was elbowed in the jaw in an off-the-ball incident which was not seen by the referee. Australia coach Alen Stajcic said the 21-year-old striker would require X-rays to determine if her jaw was broken. Barring an upset defeat for the United States in the last round of group games, Australia will need only a draw against Sweden to reach the next stage. Nigeria must beat the Americans by at least two goals if they are to go through. Switzerland handed another heavy defeat to Ecuador, beating the overwhelmed South Americans 10-1, with Fabienne Humm and Ramona Bachmann both scoring second-half hat tricks. Humm's three goals came within 6 minutes early in the second half, the first on a powerful strike from outside the penalty area in the 47th minute to put Switzerland up 3-0. Bachmann capped her scoring binge in the 81st minute for Switzerland's 10th goal. Eseosa Aigbogun and Martina Moser added goals for Switzerland. Angie Ponce, who was responsible for two own goals, also scored one at the right end with a 64th minute penalty to record Ecuador's first World Cup goal.

Nadal reaches Stuttart final

Spain's Rafael Nadal returns a ball to Australia's Bernard Tomic, during the quarterfinal match at the Mercedes Cup ATP tennis tournament in Stuttgart, Germany on June 12. (AP Photo)

StuttGARt, JuNE 13 (AFP): Rafael Nadal defeated Frenchman Gael Monfils, 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday to reach the final of the Stuttgart Open. The Spanish top seed could become the first man to win titles at the event on both clay and this year's new grass surface if he wins

the Sunday final against either second seed Marin Cilic or Serb Viktor Troicki. Nadal dominated Monfils over 79 minutes, defeating the fourth seed despite 11 aces off the French racquet. Nadal, who claimed Stuttgart titles on clay in 2005 and 2007, has won 11 of their 13 meetings.

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Mexico and Bolivia end scoreless at Copa America

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VINA DEL MAR, JuNE 13 (AP): Mexico and Bolivia played a lackluster 0-0 draw Friday in the second match of the Copa America, the South American championship. The result was disappointing for Mexico, which is playing what amounts to its B team but was still a favorite to beat Bolivia, which has not won a match in this tournament since 1997. Mexico's best players like Carlos Vela and Javier Hernandez are being held out for next month's Gold Cup in the United States. "We came here look for a result," Mexico coach Miguel Herrera said. "We tried, but we lacked consistency, and we are very Bolivia's goalkeeper Romel Quinonez, center, clears the ball over Mexico's Vicente Vuoso, aware of this." Bolivia had clear scorright, during a Copa America Group A soccer match at the Sausalito Stadium in Vina del Mar, ing chances, particularly in Chile, Friday, June 12. (AP Photo)

the first half, while Mexico's best opportunity came early in the second half when substitute Raul Jimenez headed just wide in the Group A match. Mexico defender Rafael Marquez, playing his fifth Copa America, went off early in the second half with an apparent injury. "We have to wait for the doctor's result, but he felt something in his left leg," Herrera explained. "I didn't want to risk it so I took him out." Bolivia had three good chances to take the lead. Ricardo Pedriel hit the post in the 15th minute. Mexico goalkeeper Jesus Corona made a leaping save in the 42nd on Jhasmani Campos' rising shot, and seconds later Ronald Raldes headed a

draw looms after more rain in Bangladesh

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ball just wide. "We're satisfied with the way we worked," Bolivia coach Mauricio Soria said. "I hope this result gives us the respect we deserve." Mexico had a more of the ball in the second, but Bolivia looked better on the counterattack. Mexico pressed for the last 10 minutes and came close to breaking through several times. Chile defeated Ecuador 2-0 on Thursday in the tournament and Group A opener. In their next matches Monday, Mexico plays Chile and Ecuador faces Bolivia. Argentina faces Paraguay on Saturday in Group B, and Brazil — the other heavyweight contender — plays Peru on Sunday in Group C.

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DHAKA, JuNE 13 (REutERS): India picked up three Bangladesh wickets in the morning session after declaring their first innings on 462 for six but rain washed out the rest of the fourth day as the one-off test headed for an inevitable draw. India raised hopes of an unlikely win as spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took two wickets and comeback man Harbhajan Singh another to restrict Bangladesh to 111 for three when bad light forced the players off for an early lunch. Opener Imrul Kayes was at the crease on 59 with the experienced Shakib Al Hasan yet to open his account. Left-hander Tamim Iqbal (19) went past former captain Habibul Bashar as Bangladesh's highest run-scorer in tests before he was stumped by wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha off Ashwin. Kayes added 81 for the second wicket with Mominul Haque (30) to steady the Bangladesh innings before the latter fell to Harbhajan. Kayes had just got away with a thick edge for a boundary af- Bangladesh’s Mominul Haque, right, plays a shot, as India's Ajinkya Rahane drives to catch the ball during the fourth ter charging down to Harbhajan, day of their test cricket match against India in Fatullah, Bangladesh, Saturday, June 13. (AP Photo) who is playing his first match for India in over two years, but Mominul tried to repeat the shot two deliveries later and was caught. FAtuLLAH, JuNE 13 (IANS): surpassed Habibul Bashar's 3026 a couple of runs to reach the mileAshwin picked up his second Left-handed opener Tamim Iqbal runs, eight years after the latter re- stone. He later got out at 19. wicket in the next over when BanTamim did not celebrate and became Bangladesh's highest Test tired from Test cricket. In the third gladesh captain Mushfiqur Rarun-scorer after scoring seven runs over of Bangladesh's first innings, the giant screen in the stadium him (two) got an edge on to his on the fourth morning against In- Tamim glanced Indian pacer Is- was not working so very few specpads that went straight to Rohit dia here on Saturday. Tamim, 26, hant Sharma towards fine-leg for tators knew what had happened. Sharma at backward short leg.

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