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Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck—but, most of all, endurance Tempers cool ahead of AAP meet, Kejriwal to fly to Bengaluru [ PAGE 8]
Emma Watson conducting live Facebook Q&A on International Women’s Day [ PAGE 11]
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NERPAP launched statewide [ PAGE 2]
A year on; the hunt for Flight 370 continues?
–James Baldwin
Highscoring SA thump Ireland [ PAGE 12]
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Man arrested for rape after victim files complaint
reflections
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One arrested for attempted murder DIMAPUR, MARCH 3 (MExN): Dimapur Police have arrested one person accused, identified as Mughavi, who has been accused of “attempted murder.” A press note from the PRO and Additional SP, Dimapur Police informed that on March 2, an FIR was lodged by a Naga woman alleging that “her domestic helper namely Mughavi (32 years) had attempted to murder her on three different occasion and also harassed and tortured the other female domestic helpers.” On receipt of the complaint, Dimapur Police arrested the accused and seized one dao (machete) and a few bamboo sticks from the “place of occurrence used in the commission of the crime.”It was further informed that a case has been registered at Diphupar Police Station and that further investigation is on.
Power shutdown in five districts on March 5 & 6 DIMAPUR, MARCH 3 (MExN): The Nagaland state Power Department has informed that power supply in the five districts of Mokokchung, Zunheboto, Tuensang, Mon and Longleng will be affected during the daytime (7:00am to 5:00pm) from March 5 to 6. A press note from the Executive Engineer, Mokokchung Transmission Division informed that there will be a shutdown of power supply from Mokokchung load centre on the said dates. This will be done in order to facilitate construction of incoming 132 Kv double circuit at the Aolichen sub station, Mokokchung.
Longkhim bandh withdrawn
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DIMAPUR, MARCH 3 (MExN): The indefinite bandh called in Longkhim, in protest against the alleged high-handedness of IRB personnel on citizens has been called off. A press note from the Longkhim Division Students Union informed that action against six erring personnel has been initiated. In view of this action taken, the Longkhim Division Students’ Union and the Town Students’Union Longkhim Union have called off the proposed bandh.
student protesters wearing traditional Burmese hats shout slogans during a sit-in in letpadan, north of Yangon, Myanmar, Tuesday, March 3. Hundreds of police have formed a human chain around student protesters staging a sit-in on a road Tuesday after being blocked from marching to Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, to scrap a newly passed education law that they say curbs academic freedom. (AP Photo)
Vistara to launch maiden services to ne
NEw DElHI, MARCH 3 (IANS): Tata’s full service passenger carrier Vistara Tuesday announced its foray into the northeast with the addition of Guwahati and Bagdogra to its domestic network. According to the airline, it will commence services from April 2 on Delhi-Guwahati-Bagdogra-Delhi route. “We’ve had lots of customers asking us to fly to the eastern India over the past month, so we’re delighted to launch this new route in response to the customer demand,” Vistara chief executive
Phee Teik Yeoh said in a statement. “The addition of this route reaffirms our commitment to promote regional connectivity in India, and contribute to the Government’s efforts to boost trade and opening up development avenues for people in these regions.” The airline had earlier announced the launch of new services to Goa and Hyderabad from Feb 20 and March 1, respectively. The company, which initially started operations with 68 flights weekly in January, is expected to operate 164 flights a week by
month-end. The airline added that it will expand its fleet size to six aircraft by April and will soon announce the addition of more destinations. The airline currently has five Airbus A-320 aircraft. The joint venture (JV) airline between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines started commercial operations from Jan 9. Currently, the airline operates to six destinationsMumbai, Ahmedabad, Goa, Hyderabad, Guhawati and Bagdogra, and also between Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
Police have arrested one man after allegation of the rape of a college girl surfaced in Dimapur. The accused was arrested after the victim herself lodged a police complaint. The incident occurred on February 23 and the accused was arrested the next day, subsequent to the lodging of the complaint. The news of the incident emerged only after it was highlighted on social media. The Dimapur police, without disclosing why the incident was kept under wraps for over a week, said that the victim was a Naga girl in her mid-twenties. The accused is a 35 year old Dimapur-based businessman, identified as Syed Farid Khan. The girl was allegedly raped multiple times in different locations in Dimapur on the intervening night of February 23 and 24. The victim and the accused were known to each other before the incident happened, the police said. Recounting the sequence of events, the police said that Khan and the victim, along with a third person, went out for a “snack” at around 9:30 pm on February 23. The three drove to the Naga Shopping Arcade (Super Market) in Khan’s car where they reportedly had a brief stopover. Later, the accused took the victim towards 4th Mile leaving the third person behind. Khan drove the car to a secluded area along the Niuland road, where the first rape allegedly occurred. Afterwards, Khan headed back towards town and checked into a hotel along with the victim. Before checking into the hotel, the victim was reportedly raped in another part of town. The victim left the hotel the next morning, February 24 and went home, subsequently lodging an FIR with the police. The accused was arrested the same day and forwarded to court after completion of necessary proceedings. The third person, a Naga man, was known to both the victim and the accused. He was also detained by the police and is currently in judicial custody. Khan, according to the police, is a second-hand car dealer in Dimapur and hails from Karimganj, Assam.
The accused under police custody.
‘Heinous crime exposes Naga weakness,’ says NCD & NWHD
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he Naga Council Dimapur (NCD) and the Naga Women Hoho Dimapur (NWHD), while condemning the alleged rape, has called upon Naga society to take measures in order prevent such crimes. A joint statement from the NCD Treasurer, Chiten Konyak and NWHD President, Hukheli T Wotsa alleged that “not only was the girl raped multiple times, she was beaten up and threatened with death during the entire episode.” The heinous crime, they noted, “has only exposed our Naga weaknesses.” The organisations claimed that “unless all Nagas take responsibility to tackle the menace of unabated IBI influx and their stay here in the state, crimes against our women and daughters by these people will only increase.” Asserting that Naga civil society cannot only condemn the crimes, they claimed that that as long as the government and Naga society “refuse to wake up,” such crimes “will only keep recurring and Nagas can only watch and condemn, meekly.” The NCD and the NWH further urged that “it is time Naga landlords stop renting their vacant plots and buildings to IBIs and their cohorts; time that village and colony councils ensure that no IBIs are sheltered in their jurisdictions; and time for the district administration and police at the gates to ensure that issuance of ILP and its monitoring is strictly checked and adhered to.” The organizations then informed that the NCD has been petitioning the state government over the last 3 to 4 years “to take concrete measures.” However, they lamented that the petitions have been “to no avail.”
implement court orders on law students demand separate department in nU Points out delay in notifications and auto tax collection: AcAUt
DIMAPUR, MARCH 3 (MExN): The Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) Nagaland has called upon the Dimapur district administration to comply with an order passed by the Kohima Bench of the Gauhati High Court dated June 3, 2014 “prohibiting organisations, viz, PLTWFI, DMWTU, DTOA, MWAD, Dimapur District Autorickshaw Drivers’ Union (DDADU) and Dimapur Autorickshaw Owners’ Union (DAOU) from collecting tax in and around Dimapur.” A press note from ACAUT lamented that the order is yet to be put in place by the district administration and police “since sections of auto drivers have already accused DDADU of collecting tax.” ACUAT further termed it “extremely shameful” that the district administration had declared the “democratic protest against illegal taxation by DDADU by sections of auto drivers as illegal.” “It is because of the failure of the district administration to uphold the law which has compelled certain sections of auto drivers to resort to protest in the first place,” ACAUT stated. It expressed concern that “repeated reminders” to the DC and District administration on this issue “have fallen on deaf ears.” As such, it called upon the High Court to “take cognizance of the matter under contempt of court.” “It is only in Nagaland that even court orders are openly flouted. Had this been the case in other states, the Chief Secretary and the entire administration would have been hauled before the Courts and even jailed for contempt,” ACAUT said. ACAUT further called upon the Dimapur DC to carry out the August 2014 order, passed by the
GAD to go ahead with Auto strike in Dmp today
DIMAPUR, MARCH 3 (MExN): The General Autorickshaw Drivers (GAD) today affirmed its decision to go ahead with the proposed auto strike in Dimapur on March 4. A press note from auto drivers, Toshi Ao, Sunep Ao, Nramo Murry and Khelopu Sumi and Robin Lotha, on behalf of the GAD informed that the auto strike will be held from 5:00am to 5:00pm on the said day. It further urged the public to “bear the inconvenience and also support the drivers in seeking justice.” previous DC ordering the “removal of VDB Secretary, Purana Bazaar Village Council from his post as he was also a government teacher.” Lamenting that this order is also yet to be carried out, ACAUT informed that under the Village Council Act, 1978 “it is clearly stated that a person holding government Job cannot hold the post of VDB secretary.” “Thus it is a very simple matter which the district administration should have carried out overnight as inquiry had already been done and violation of Village Council Act had clearly been established,” it added. These cases, ACUAT stated has raised concerns regarding the “competency, impartiality and capacity of the District Administration to uphold the law.” ACAUT questioned whether the district administration is “above the state government and the High Court” and demanded that the Nagaland government “immediately take serious steps” on the “administration’s pathetic attitude and ineffectiveness.”
KOHIMA, MARCH 3 (MExN): The Nagaland Law Students’ Federation (NLSF) today urged the Vice Chancellor of Nagaland University, Lumami to create a separate Department of Law under the university, by strictly adhering to UGC norms. In a representation to the Vice Chancellor, the NLSF lamented that the “problems faced by the law students are due to the lack of our university not having a separate Department of Law and policies for it.” It further listed out various concerns of the law students and sought the Vice Chancellor’s action. The NLSF informed that the LLB course pursued by students under the university takes dura-
errors in mark sheets and question papers
tion of 3 years, divided into six semesters, with each semester to be completed in six months. However, the NLSF lamented that the law students are experiencing delay in notification of Semester Examinations and declaration of results, thereby “hampering their careers.” While acknowledging that the affairs of the Central Universities are “run by the most intellectual and educated people in the country,” the NLSF however pointed out that there were errors in question papers, entering of mark sheets and repetition of same questions in a given
examination. “These make the prestige and reputation of the University unpopular and also caused inconvenience to the law students,” it added. The NLSF further lamented that as of now students who wish to pursue more legal knowledge after their LLB course in Nagaland University have to travel outside the state for further studies. “It is a dream of the law students in Nagaland that one day we will be able to pursue LLM and even PhD in Law from our University,” it hoped. The NLSF reminded that the ranking of universities is deter-
mined by how it makes policies for the welfare of the students. “And as a position appointed by the President of India and having an autonomous power,” the NLSF expressed hope that the Vice Chancellor would “conduct and declare the semester examination on time, rectify the errors in examination question papers and mark sheets and come up with a policy for higher education. Since its establishment, the NLSF stated that the university has been “developing in all spheres of educational fields.” While acknowledging this, the NLSF however cautioned that “those who hamper the career of the students should be liable as per the law of the land.”
ensf serves ultimatum to nagaland govt
DIMAPUR, MARCH 3 (MExN): The Eastern Naga Students Federation (ENSF) has issued an ultimatum to the Nagaland state government to implement agreements signed between the two parties on various issues pertaining to the School Education Department and the Home Department. A press note from the ENSF declared March 25 as the deadline for the state government to fulfill the agreements. This, according to the ENSF was decided during its emergency presidential meeting held on February 11. On the recent advertisement of 362 adhoc Primary Teachers posts, the ENSF has sought to know from the department as to what modality would be applied for the recruitment of the same. Any modalities for recruitment, it stated, should be accepted by
both the parties during recruitment so as to avoid anomalies and irregularities in the process. With regard to 304 Teachers posts under RMSA, the ENSF demanded that all recruitment should be completed by March
sion 2014. The ENSF has also demanded that the recruitment for the Maths and Science vacant posts should be made open to all until such time that there are candidates from the six tribes having requi-
Demands fulfillment of agreements by March 25
25 and that the said 304 teachers should be placed in the school by April 5. It further recalled that written examinations had been conducted in 2013, but that no calling letter for viva has been served till date. Further, according to the ENSF, the government had assured that the said 304 teachers would be in school on the first day of the academic ses-
site qualification. “Further, in this regard, any individual/candidates having requisite qualification may submit its application and the department concern may initiate for immediate recruitment,” the ENSF added. The ENSF further affirmed its stand regarding the November 26, 2013 agreement between the state government and the
ENSF and the subsequent final meeting held between the federation and Home commissioner. It questioned as to “why numerous backdoor appointments continue to be made despite of the fact that the department has excess employees and the state government at financial crunch.” In this regard, it urged the government to advertise the 308 posts (inclusive of all ranks) on or before March 25, 2015. It may be noted that the ENSF had called off its proposed agitation on December 1, 2013 and January 26, 2014 with regard to the said issues. Failure to implement the agreements by March 25, the ENSF cautioned would compel it to “take its own course of action for which the 6 federating units under ENSF have been directed to be mentally & physically prepared.”
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Parliamentary secretary for CAWD and Economics & Statistics, R Tohanba, along with the school authority, YBBA executive secretary and YAA members during his visit to Christian High School, Shamator, in Tuensang district.
‘Quality education is the vehicle to transform society’
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Tohanba review NERPAP launched statewide schools at Shamator Towards bringing a totally error free and authenticated electoral roll Dimapur, march 3 (Dipr): The Election Commission of India has launched National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication Programme (NERPAP) throughout the country from today with the prime objective of bringing a totally error free and authenticated electoral roll. NERPAP was launched in various district headquarters in Nagaland.
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Shamator, march 3 (mExN): Parliamentary secretary for CAWD and Economics & Statistics, R Tohanba, on March 1 visited two private schools in Shamator town –catholic run St. Xavier School and Christian High School managed by Yimchungrü Baptist Boru Amukhongto (YBBA). A press note stated that the parliamentary secretary reviewed the infrastructure and education environment of the schools and gave a patient hearing to the problems faced by the two schools. The visit comes in the backdrop of the sudden rise in enrolment of students in the two schools following the large number of migration of Yimchungrü families to Shamator from Tuensang
town. Addressing the teaching faculty and parents of students at St. Xavier School, Tohanba said coordination and regular interaction between the schools authority and parents was essential for overall progress of the school. He said with concerted efforts of the school and parents, the rural school children can get quality education, which, Tohanba said, is the vehicle to transform society. Further, Tohanba informed that the DAN government under the leadership of chief minister, TR Zeliang, was giving maximum stress on providing quality education, especially in rural and backward areas. On behalf of St. Xavier School, Father Kokto, thanked the parliamentary secretary for his visit and concern shown towards improvement of education in the rural areas. Fr. Kokto
also highlighted the problems faced by the school including water scarcity and land dispute. At Christian High School, the principal, Sujit Deb, briefed the parliamentary secretary on the pressing need to open a hostel to accommodate the growing number of students from neighbouring villages. Tohanba assured authorities of both the schools to extend all possible assistance so that the education of children is not compromised for lack of basic infrastructure and amenities. He also informed on upgradation of infrastructure of GHHS Chessore. During his visit to the two schools, vice president of Yimchungrü Akherü Arihako (YAA), Solumba and joint secretary, Akhang, accompanied the parliamentary secretary. YAA is the apex students’ body of the Yimchungrü community.
Kohima: National Electoral Roll Purification Authentication Programme for Kohima district was launched by the Deputy Commissioner Kohima, W.Honje Konyak at DC’s Conference Hall on March 3. The DC Kohima urged the BLOs and Officials to clear up all doubts from records of academic documents and service book if he or she was the government Servant. The AEO Kohima R. Mhathung Ngullie highlighted on the impor-
tance of purification of the Electoral rolls by registration of UID- AADHAAR in the electoral data base. The programme was chaired by ADC Kohima Lithrongla.
Tuensang: The launching programme of National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication was held at DC’s Conference Hall Tuensang on March 3. Additional Deputy Commissioner, Robert Lonchari and Assistant Election Officer, Tuensang, Alila Chang, highlighted the objective of the programme. Several NGOs, Students Unions and political parties attended the meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to deliberate the importance of the voters to check for the authentications. The idea behind the newly launched programme was to check the double entry, under age entries and eligible aged non entries of the voters. The recently
launched programme will have the cross check of the EPIC to that of the Adhaar Card or PAN Card or Driving License or Bank Account proves to check the purity and authentication of the voters. The programme will last till October 2015. The Election Office requested all the individuals present in the meeting to spread the news so that every genuine voters will have to do the needful in the stipulated timing of the office.
Mokokchung: A meeting in connection with National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication Programme was held at the Conference Hall of ADC Planning, Mokokchung on March 3 where BLO’s and party workers representing INC, BJP and NPF attended the meeting. In the meeting Deputy Commissioner & District Election Officer, Mokokchung Sushil Kumar Pa-
tel, IAS, asked the BLO’s to sensitize voters to avail the service provided by the Community Service Centers (CSC) regarding Aadhar Card with a view for improving quality of Electoral Roll and making it 100% error free and linking with Biometric Data. He also sought co-operation and support to all concern so that this exercise would be beneficial for everyone.
Longleng: The launching programme of National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication was held at DC Conference Hall Longleng on March 3 with all the BLOs, Political Leaders, NGOs and Student leaders under Longleng District. The Meeting was chaired by AEO Longleng, Renben Mozhui while the welcome address was given by Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer, Nikhashe Sema. He ex-
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pressed his gratitude to the house for being present on the occasion and also advised the BLOs to maintain sincerity and hard work. The AEO also gave brief information and its importance on purification and authentication of Electoral Roll. He called upon the BLOs to achieve 100% clean Electoral by wiping out all the duplicate entries which can be done through the linking with Aadhaar No. by sending EPIC. The importance of Aadhaar enrolled through NPR and its linkage with EPIC No. was accented/ informed to the house by B. Singh (NPR Supervisor, Longleng). He pointed out that the policy of One Man Aadhaar No. just as One Man One Vote in the electoral process. On conclusion, the AEO thanked all the BLOs, NGOs, Student Leaders and Political Leaders for attending the meeting.
NEDRP for Kohima district launched
Kohima, march 3 (Dipr): North Eastern District Resource Plan-NEDRP for Kohima District was launched by Deputy Commissioner, Kohima, W. Honje Konyak at Kohima DPDB conference hall on March 3. The Deputy Commissioner Kohima, who is going to take charge as new DC Mon said that the District Resource Plan would bring about new things and attain greater heights for data collections and information. He asked the officials to tie- up with land revenue for entire survey of Nagaland while taking initiative for planning and development. A team of scientist from North Eastern Space Application Centre (NESAC), Umiam, Meghalaya and Nagaland GIS & Remote Sensing Centre, demonstrated the capa-
NEDRP is a standalone portal having geospatial information of district administrative boundaries upto circle level, road information, drainage, village location information, land cover, and other natural resources layers.
bilities of space based technology for various uses in district planning and development processes. North Eastern District Resources Plan (NEDRP) is a joint initiative of North Eastern Space Application Centre and North Eastern Council. Nagaland State Chapter is supported by Nagaland GIS and Remote Sensing Centre, Planning and Coordination Department. NEDRP is a standalone portal having geospatial information of district administrative boundaries upto circle level, road information,
drainage, village location information, land cover, and other natural resources layers. Action plans on selected themes are also available. District stakeholders and planners can have access from the district planning office. The usage of NEDRP will give leverage for preparation of DPR, Master Plan document and planning of various development activities taken up by District Administration and other line departments. It is an effort of transferring space and geospatial technol-
ogy to the users for strengthening planning and development in the state. This programme is going to be launch in all the districts but initially it will covering two district in Nagaland namely Kohima and Mokokchung where DC of the district will launch NEDRP Portal. The background and highlights of NERDP was presented by Scientist D Chutia,- SE & PI- NEDRP North Eastern Space Application Centre, Umiam, Meghalaya Department of Space, Government of India Project Coordinator, Nagaland GIS and Remote Sensing Centre Planning and Coordination Department, Er. Mhathung Kithan gave the welcome address. The programme was attended by ADC Kohima Lithrongla, Addl. Development Commissioner Amenla, ADC (Planning) Kohima and other officials.
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Consultation meeting of Hindi NGOs conducted
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Dimapur, march 3 (mExN): A consultation meeting of Hindi NGOs of Nagaland along with the vice-president and general secretary of Purvottar Bharat Hindi Sevi Sanstha Sangh was held on February 28 in the office of Hindi Sahitya Sammelan Pariksa Kendra, Burma Camp, Dimapur. A press release stated that General Secretary Dr. Khrida Sakya requested all the Hindi NGOs to unite for higher goal. He expressed that the position of Hindi is not very encouraging after 67 years of Independence though Hindi is National language of India.
He pointed out that Hindi must be linked with profession and daily bread. All the members present in the meeting expressed their solidarity to be a part of the organization for the promotion and development of Hindi. After thorough deliberation and discussion, it was suggested to the apex body that this northeast level organisation must approach the Government of India (MHRD) and other Hindi promoting agencies at private as well as government level to standardise Hindi education system in the region. Academic area must be strengthened by
updating the textbooks, examination system and infrastructure of the Hindi propagating agencies. Approach the Central Government to provide 100% funding to the private and Government Hindi promoting institutions in nonHindi speaking regions till we achieve the goal. The meeting suggested that regular scholarship, uniforms, textbooks (teaching learning materials) must be provided to non-Hindi speaking students studying equivalent courses through Hindi medium at Government as well as private institutions as par some other centrally
sponsored institutions. Further, it was suggested that the body must approach the high level institution like Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, Agra or any other institutions who are providing professional courses as such BT/PSTE/DELT/ Shiksa Vishard/Praveen/ Parangat/Nishnatthat etc for both in-service as well as pre-service candidates. Private Hindi organization also must be given responsibility to provide such courses under competent Institutions. In the region, 90% Hindi teaching staff are professionally untrained. As per the RTE Act, all teach-
ers must be professionally trained. However, for Hindi due to some technical reason under NCTE such professional courses are not being carried out. To provide professional training ways and means have to find out. Hence, the Apex body is requested to find the possible solution for the problem, which is faced by every states of Northeast India. To fulfill the aspiration of the people it also will work in close coordination with Akhil Bharatiya Hindi Sanstha Sangh (highest body of Hindi organiza- Mokokchung Lotha Hoho and Lotha Baptist Church members seen during their visit to the Febtion) agenda basis, the ruary 24 (Tuesday) Wokha explosion and fire tragedy site on March 3. The nine-member team press release added. donated cash to the victims and injured person through Deputy Commissioner, Wokha.
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Aids and appliances for differently abled persons Fish farmers attend seminar on aquaculture Dimapur, march 3 (mExN): Department of Fisheries, Wokha conducted a seminar on ‘prospects of aquaculture and fisheries for grass root level’ on February 25 to 27 at District Fishery Office Wokha, which is funded by funded by NFDB. During the seminar, the resource persons de-
livered several topics on the development of fisheries and aquaculture. The topic included management of soil and water quality, feed and feeding management, fish disease identification and management, composite fish culture and prospects of value added fish products. A topic on fisheries re-
search and development, Impact of climate change were discussed during the interaction hours. Demonstration on feed and feeding of the fishes were performed. A press release stated that fish farmers appreciated the technical staff of the fishery office Wokha for conducting such an im-
portant seminar, which is very useful for them in the overall development of Pisciculture in Nagaland. The programme started with a prayer by Thungben Kikon Pastor of Wokha Village while Yanpvuthung UDA, chaired the programme. All together 20 prospective fish farmers attended the training.
National Integration Camp at Bhandari concludes
The beneficiaries with others during the programme on distribution of aids and appliances for the differently abled persons in Pfutsero Town held on March 2.
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pfutSEro, march 3 (mExN): The Cherry Blossoms Society Kohima in collaboration the Chakhesang Women Welfare Society Pfutsero organised a programme on distribution of aids and appliances for the differently abled persons in Pfutsero Town on March 2. A press note stated that Church leaders, public leaders, parents and relatives of the differently abled persons in the district attended the programme.
The chief guest, Nchumbemo Odyuo, Additional Deputy Commissioner Pfutsero, in his speech stressed that in order to draw benefits as entitled beneficiaries of different welfare programmes and services, the general public play a great role in bringing out the best efficiency of the different concerned departments in their service delivery to the public. Attention was drawn to the issue of how
stigmatising social issues such as disability is seen as situated in the society when in fact it is situated within us as individuals. D Adani, President Cherry Blossoms Society shared his concern for the differently abled persons and stressed on that little extra mile that we all need to walk for persons with special needs without which they would continue to suffer disadvantage and remain entrenched in a sit-
uation where they would be made to feel their difference as personal failure when in fact it is the decay of our social structure that fail them. V. Kanuo, Executive Director, Chakhesang Women Welfare Society, in her welcome note, acknowledged the plight parents, relatives and leaders and the differently abled persons must have gone through and appreciated the efforts made by them to be part of the programme.
Kohima, march 3 (mExN): Nehru Yuva Kendra, Wokha has successfully conducted the prestigious National Integration Camp, which was held from February 26 to March 2 at Government Higher Secondary School, Bhandari. 152 participants from the states of Chhatisgarh, West Bengal, Punjab and Nagaland participated in this five days camp. In the closing function, Orenthung Lotha, ADC, Bhandari graced the function as Guest of Honour. He welcomed the participants to his block stating that it was a privilege and honour to have them for National Integration Camp in the remote part of Wokha district. He asserted that NIC is learning environment from each other culture and tradition and had hoped that the learning to foster national integration across the country. In his address he stated that India is a land of diverse cultures, creeds, races etc. yet everybody find space to grow. He appealed the youth to be responsible in providing everyone a space to grow and development. He asked the youth to look to moth-
er country with respect and honour. He reiterated that every youth should tirelessly work for the advancement of India as India is advancing in every spheres. The country needed the active participation of the youth towards development and progress as India has 65% youth population within the age group of 35 years. He also appealed the youth to make proper use of the opportunities given by Government for their advantage and be brand ambassadors for development with talents, initiatives and take the country forward. He asked them the good things that they have learnt during NIC should be a launching pad for them to greater height. He called upon the participants who are from other parts of the Country, as they have seen with their own eyes that Nagaland is not as bad as other speaks off, here in Nagaland, people from other parts of the country are living happily, they can come and visit Nagaland to enjoy the scenic beauty and rich traditional heritage of the Nagas. Various competition events held were awarded with citation and cash awards during the camp and the best
Camper’s award was carried away by NYK, Malda, West Bengal and Best folk dance award goes to NYK, Raipur, Chhatisgarh. The highlights of the programme are like cultural extravaganza, Seminars, Know India Quiz, visit to hydro project, Doyang, visit to institutions, visit to Bhandari areas provide opportunity to the youth for first hand information on Naga way of life, learning each other culture and tradition, language, songs, party games etc. The main resource persons of camp included Punseni RFO, Johnny and John Makhabo DYC, NYK, Wokha. Longshibeni, NYC chaired the programme, invocation was pronounced by Lothungbeni NYC, welcome address was led by Mr. Toni NYC, the state of Chhatisgarh and Nagaland teams shared their experiences. Vote of thanks was given by John Makhabo DYC, NYK, Wokha the host Kendra mentioned dist. Administration, GHSS, DBS and 17th AR “C” – coy, Bhandari were instrumental in making the NIC a success.
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Manipur decides to introduce ZB calls for urgent support towards securing peace in Nungba sub-division ‘Special ILP Bill’ in assembly Our Correspondent Imphal | March 3 Manipur Cabinet has decided to introduce a “Special ILP Bill” in the state assembly, which is aimed at protecting the indigenous people. In view of the proposed ILP Bill, the current state assembly session is likely to be extended for some more days. The five-day long budget session concluded on Tuesday. The Cabinet decision came amid intensified public protest over the Inner Line Permit System (ILPS). A mass non-violent sit-in had been staged by thousands of protestors on March 1 in Imphal city, angry at Manipur Gov-
ernment’s unclear stance on the ILP Bill. The public agitation demanding the implementation of a law similar to Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873 has been spearheaded by the Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System (JCILPS). The committee yesterday announced a civil disobedience movement against the Manipur Government with immediate effect for its inability to introduce the Bill and get it passed on the floor of the House. It also announced a non-cooperation movement against non-locals in the state. It demanded all ministers and MLAs to resign, alleging they were all against the ILP Bill.
J C I L P S c o nv e n o r Ibotombi Khuman said the Manipur Government was lethargic towards the ILP issue, and that it has shown lack of seriousness over the issue. Earlier, the state Government had tabled a draft “Manipur Visitors and Tenants Law 2015” during a joint meeting with representatives of JCILPS before the budget session began. The Cabinet decision to table a special ILP Bill in the House followed close on the heels of fresh stir by the public over the issue. The Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh decided to introduce the special ILP Bill in the assembly, state
Government spokesperson M Okendro told reporters here after the meeting. Okendro, who is also the education minister, said the Manipur Government was seriously considering passing a law similar to ILP to check influx of migrants into the state. He said the proposed ILP Bill was a “Financial Bill” which requires serious contemplation and assent of the Governor. He added, “Constitutional experts as well as other professionals in the field are also needed in the process.” Okendro said the state Government needs to protect the interests of all communities in Manipur before finalizing the ILP Bill.
Imphal, march 3 (mExN): The Zeliangrong Baudi (Assam, Manipur & Nagaland) and Zeliangrong Baudi, Manipur unit has appealed to the Government of India, Government of Manipur, security forces, civilian, and people from all walk of life to extend urgent support towards securing peace in Tamenglong district, particularly in Nungba subdivision, which it stated is “reeling under a third degree situation of violence amongst underground factions and Indian security forces.” “In this perilous situation, the people of the area are facing prolonged disturbances and fear psychosis even as seasonal
time of agriculture arrives with much inconvenience to all the movements. Men, women and children are very often stranded everywhere from making their usual destinations,” a joint statement from ZB (AMN) and ZB Manipur unit stated. Stating that the most important season of seed sowing for terrace and shifting cultivation has started, ZB remarked, “Combined operations and daily frisking conducted by security forces, pick up of civilians for questioning, day-long detention for identification, using civilian informers, encounter with armed underground factions, parties within the peripheries
Vistara to launch maiden Send back refugees to Mizoram: Tripura urges services to northeast The company, which initially started operations with 68 flights weekly in January, is expected to operate 164 flights a week by month-end. The airline added that the it will expand its fleet size to six aircraft by April and will soon announce the addition of more destinations. The airline currently has five Airbus A-320 aircraft. The joint venture (JV) airline between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines started commercial operations from Jan 9. Currently, the airline operates to six destinations- Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Goa, Hyderabad, Guhawati and Bagdogra.
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agartala, march 3 (IaNS): The Tripura government on Tuesday again urged the central government to take steps to send over 31,000 tribal refugees back to Mizoram to maintain ethnic harmony in the northeastern region. The Tripura assembly on Tuesday discussed the 17-year-old issue. After replying to a series of questions of the legislators, Revenue and Relief Minister Badal Choudhury told the assembly: "We urge upon the central government to ask the Mizoram government to take back the refugees." "It is very unfortunate that the tribals despite being Indians nationals and permanent inhabitant of
a state, are unable to live in their homeland. This is dangerous for the ethnic amity, stability and peace," the minister said. The Reang tribals, who call themselves "Bru", have lived in seven camps in Tripura since October 1997 when they fled western
Mizoram after the killing of a Mizo forest officer triggered ethnic troubles. Refugee leaders told Home Minister Rajnath Singh and his deputy Kiren Rijiju that they were willing to return to their homes in Mizoram if their 10 demands, including se-
curity and rehabilitation, were met. The Mizoram government remains ambiguous on the refugees' demands, which also included free supply of foodgrain for two years, and alloting land to them. Mizo organisations have opposed the demands.
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Singapore firm commissions first power project in India hyderabad, March 3 (ians): Singapore firm Sembcorp Industries’s first power project in India has commenced commercial operation. The firm on Monday announced completion of the first 660-megawatt unit of the Thermal Powertech Corporation India (TPCIL) plant in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh. The 1,320 MW coal-fired power plant in the coastal town of Krishnapatnam comprises two units of 660 MW each, with the second unit expected to begin commercial operation in the third quarter of 2015. The approximately $1.5 billion power plant utilises supercritical technology, which allows for enhanced efficiency and reduced emissions compared to other conventional coal-fired power plants, the company said in a statement. With the completion of this first unit, the plant has begun supplying power to the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, helping to meet the increasing power demand in the southern region and supporting its economic growth. TPCIL has already secured power purchase agreements for 900 MW, or almost 70% of the plant’s capacity, of which 500 MW will be sold under a 25-year agreement with the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana power distribution companies. Sembcorp owns a 65 stake in TPCIL through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sembcorp Utilities, while Gayatri Energy Ventures, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gayatri Projects, owns the remaining 35 %.
BSNL to slash 3G internet rates by 50 per cent chennai, March 3 (Pti): Against the trend of rising mobile internet tariff, state-run telecom company BSNL is likely to cut its 3G data rates by at least 50 per cent once the next phase of its network expansion is completed. “We estimate that 3G data rates can be reduced by at least 50% compared to prevailing rates under phase 8 of our network expansion,” BSNL Chairman and Managing Director Anupam Shrivastav told PTI in an interview. The company at present offers 3G mobile internet at par with 2G rates of leading of telecom companies. It sells 1 GB of 3G mobile internet service for Rs 175 and 2GB for Rs 251. “We have utilised over 90% of 3G capacity. If we reduce tariff right now, there can be sudden increase in traffic and network may not be able to bear the load. Once we expand this capacity to handle adequate traffic under phase 8, we will reduce rates,” Shrivastav said. The company is at present working on phase 7 network expansion plan which has an outlay of about Rs 4,800 crore and is expected to be complete it by June this year. The public sector firm has started working on phase 8 network expansion plan and expects to start issuing tender for this phase in the first quarter of financial year 2015-16. The company was allocated 3G spectrum in 2009 but it has not been able to invest between 2009-13 in building network due to various procedural issues and mainly due to cash crunch that it faced after paying for two sets of airwaves- 3G and broadband wireless access spectrum in 2010. Shrivastav said that to increase mobile internet traffic capacity BSNL is tuning its network for next generation internet ids known as IPv6 and adding more 3G capacity in its regional node centers. Under phase 8, BSNL has plans to integrate wifi hotspots that it is rolling out in 2,500 cities and towns with 3G by end of next year to increase network capacity. “We are integrating our 3G network and these wifi hotspots for offloading traffic from 3G network. To connect with wifi, BSNL subscriber would not require any kind of permission. The 3G subscriber will automatically connect with wifi hotspot once he is within the range and free 3G network,” Shrivastav said.
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Bill Gates stands atop Forbes magazine’s annual list of the world’s richest people, as Facebook Inc’s Mark Zuckerberg joined the top 20 and basketball star Michael Jordan ploughed new air by making the list for the first time. Gates’ net worth rose to $79.2 billion from $76 billion a year earlier, putting the Microsoft Corp co-founder at the top for the 16th year in the last 21, Forbes said on Monday. Mexico telecommunications mogul Carlos Slim Helu ranked second, worth $77.1 billion, while Berkshire Hathaway Inc chief Warren Buffett was third, at $72.7 billion. Amancio Ortega, the Spanish founder of Inditex SA, which includes clothing retailer Zara, was fourth at $64.5 billion, while Oracle Corp (ORCL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Chairman Larry Ellison was fifth at $54.3 billion. Buffett’s fortune grew $14.5 billion from a year earlier, more than anyone’s else, despite his having donated $2.8 billion to several charities last July. Aliko Dangote, a Nigerian who became Africa’s richest man through cement manufacturing and commodities such as flour and sugar, was the biggest
loser, falling $10.3 billion to $14.7 billion. Forbes identified a record 1,826 billionaires, up from 1,645 last year, worth a combined $7.05 trillion. Of the record 197 women, the highest-ranked was Wal-Mart Stores Inc heiress Christy Walton, who was eighth at $41.7 billion. France’s Liliane Bettencourt, who got much of her wealth from cosmetics company L’Oreal SA, was 10th at $40.1 billion. Zuckerberg, 30, rose to 16th place from 21st last year, as his net worth grew to $33.4 billion. The youngest billionaires were Evan Spiegel, 24, and Bobby Murphy, 25, who cofounded mobile messaging app Snapchat, and are each worth $1.5
India needs sustained GDP growth of 9-10 per cent new delhi, March 3 (reuters): India’s economy needs to reach an annual growth rate of 9 percent to 10 percent and then sustain that activity “many, many more years than 10 years” in order to improve infrastructure and bring down rampant poverty, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday. “We need resources and I can’t get resources until I grow by 9 to 10 percent. And therefore I would like to see India grow by that rate for the next 10 years,” Jaitley said in response to a question following an impromptu speech at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Jaitley, in New York on a private trip just two days after presenting a budget that focused on boosting growth before taking on structural reforms, said he realizes that in order to achieve this goal, the $2 trillion South Asian economy needs to find investment from outside. “I have no doubt about the fact that the investment available with-
in the country is very modest. Even our banks’ ability to finance that is modest, and therefore we need it from wherever it is available,” he said. The new budget is the first fullyear budget since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s landslide election victory last May. It promised higher investment in India’s decrepit roads and railways, while offering the carrot of tax cuts to global companies but the stick of tighter rules to get business tycoons to invest at home rather than stash wealth abroad. India’s economy is forecast to accelerate to 8-8.5 percent growth in the fiscal year starting in April, up from 7.4 percent this year. Jaitley used China as the example of what high growth rates can do over a decades-long period. He said that if the country could reach 8 percent growth and then boost that to the 9-10 percent range, “we will have substantially created a better infrastructure and brought down poverty rates at a faster pace.”
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billion. Meanwhile, Jordan ranked 1,741st with a $1 billion net worth. The 52-year-old is majority owner of the Charlotte Hornets basketball team, but is better known for his Hall of Fame playing days with the Chicago Bulls and endorsement contract with Nike Inc, which makes Air Jordan shoes. Jordan’s business manager did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The United States had the most billionaires, with 536, followed by China at 213, Germany at 103 and India at 90. Russia, which has struggled with currency and oil market turmoil, saw its collection of billionaires fall to 88 from 111, Forbes said.
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‘India needs statute protecting common citizen against cyber frauds’ MuMbai, March 3 (business standard): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) executive director G Padmanabhan has called for the need for a statute protecting a common citizen against cyber fraud or cyber crime. “Cyber-attack is generally met with panic. A policy that clearly states the roles and responsibilities of each stake holder and the response that is required for each scenario will ensure that panic is replaced with decisive action,” said Padmanabhan at the Sri Chithira Thirunal Memorial Lecture Series on Saturday in his speech. According to Padmanabhan the biggest challenge in making the financial sector cyber resilient is to first acknowledge the complexities and interdependencies and then to proactively address failures, adopt effective resilience techniques, and resolve problems through cooperation. Padmanabhan’s comments come at a time when the country is moving towards digital banking in a big way. RBI and government have been consistently making efforts over several years to encourage electronic banking and electronic financial transactions to bring the economy out of cash based system.
Padmanabhan believes that a strong law, which protects a diligent customer from cyber frauds would infuse institutional safeguard to a common person and increase his confidence to use technology in financial transactions. “The point that I am trying to flag is that a customer must be legally protected from suffering losses when he becomes a victim of the cyber crime as a matter of right rather than having to run from pillar to post to prove that he was not negligent,” he said. There is a need for the support of the insurance sector too in a bid to implement customer protection effectively. “Insurance cover is certainly an option worth looking at as part of risk management, but this poses several challenges to both the regulator and the insurance companies. There are several issues in arriving at an acceptable formula for insurance premium due to paucity of historical data. We need to have systematic data on the losses suffered in the past due to cyber attacks covering incident occurrences and incidence reporting, impact analysis, third party damages suffered etc.,” said Padmanabhan. He believes this is certainly challenging but not insurmountable.
Mark Zuckerberg seeks peace with telcos on web-for-all push barcelona, March 3 (reuters): Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg was on hostile turf on Monday as spoke to executives at the world’s biggest annual gathering of the mobile industry, renewing attempts to win their backing to help reach billions of users with no Internet access. Speaking at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Zuckerberg sought to make peace with the telecoms industry, often some of his company’s biggest critics, calling them “the folks who are here leading the charge to bring the Internet to the world.” It was a turnabout from last year when Zuckerberg made waves at the event by showing up shortly after buying free communications service WhatsApp for $19.2 billion. The app is a symbol of the challenge traditional telcos face from the Internet and the loss of profits from phone calls and texts.
His comments come amid an increasingly rancorous debate in which telecom and cable firms complain Silicon Valley giants such as Facebook and Google Inc that offer Web services are freeloading on the big investments they make in mobile and fixed-line networks. Regulators in the United States and Europe are pushing for measures such as open Internet rules to strike a new balance between the two industries. Internet.org, which Facebook helped set up with mobile equipment industry backing two years ago, wants to make basic Internet services available to the nearly twothirds of the world’s population who are not yet connected. The non-profit group seeks to coax operators to subsidise free Internet usage on a bet the phone companies can eventually turn free users into paying customers. Facebook’s behind-the-
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NERPAP for error free electoral roll Our Correspondent Kohima | March 3
Nagaland state, along with the rest of India, today launched the National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication Programme (NERPAP). In this connection, Nagaland state Chief Electoral Officer, Sentiyanger held a meeting with political parties, Naga Hoho, ENPO, Youth Net and the Naga Blog (TNB) at his office chamber here. In the meeting many participants highlighted the issues faced by them
and suggestions were also apprised to the CEO regarding mechanisms to work out multiple entries in the E-roll. The Nagaland CEO affirmed that the ECI is concerned over multiple entries in E-roll and also on the deletions of errors. The CEO stated that for those who are newly enrolled, proofs in the E-roll should be taken from school records and churches. The prime objective of the NERPAP is to bring a totally error free and authenticated electoral roll. During the programme,
mex FiLe School director urges ANSEAOA to withdraw agitation Kohima, march 3 (mExN): In view of their demands being under “government’s active consideration”, director of school education, Nagaland today appealed to the members of All Nagaland School Education Administrative Officers Association (ANSEAOA) to withdraw their agitation and resume work at their respective posting places as “you are the head of district and sub-divisional offices, which is considered part and parcel of the government functionaries.”
CCSU bans hunting, fishing TuENsaNg, march 3 (mExN): The Confederation of Chang Students’ Union (CCSU) has banned hunting, fishing and all such related activities which hamper the environment. During its 52nd general session held on January 14 at Saksi, Tuensang, CCSU resolved that the ban will remain in force for a period of ten months starting from February 2015 till November 2015 in the entire Chang jurisdiction till further order and modifications from the CCSU Office. Any individual, group or organization/s found violating the above resolution will be subjected to any disciplinary jurisdiction of the Confederation as deemed fit. This was informed in a press release issued by CCSU speaker, Nokching Somba and assembly speaker, H Lachu.
SDEO Peren informs PErEN, march 3 (mExN): All the schools under Sub-Divisional Education Officer (SDEO), Peren have been informed that there will be thirty days of training for elementary teachers (Class 1 to 8) from March 17 to April 17. Therefore, SDEO Peren C Zuponi Lotha has informed all the “untrained teachers for 30 days or any other training acquired” to come and report and submit their names in her office latest by March 7 to undergo the said training.
Wokha District TB Forum meeting WoKha, march 3 (mExN): All the members of Wokha District TB Forum (WDTB Forum) have been informed that that there will be an emergency meeting on March 4, 3:00 pm at KSU Office Building regarding the forthcoming “World TB day”. Hence, WDTB Forum general secretary, Thunglamo Odyuo has requested all members to attend the meeting.
Naga Hoho-CONPA meet rescheduled DimaPur, march 3 (mExN): The meeting between the executive members of Naga Hoho and members of the Committee on Naga Political Affairs (CONPA), which was earlier proposed for March 7 at Hotel Japfu, has been rescheduled to March 6, 11:00 am at Hotel Ura, Kohima, informed the Communication Cell of Naga Hoho in a release.
All interstate taxis and buses to operate from ISBT DimaPur, march 3 (mExN): The Regional Transport Authority Board, Dimapur has resolved that all interstate passenger vehicles, including both taxis and buses, will operate from the Inter State Bus Terminal (ISBT) at Purana Bazar here from March 1, 2015. The decision was made in the interest of public service and to ease traffic congestion during the Board’s meeting held on February 18, according to a release from Deputy Commissioner & Chairman, RTA, Dimapur, Wezope Kenye. Henceforth, all passengers travelling interstate and all concerned are to report at ISBT, the release added.
NNC (N/A) Lotha Region appoints acting chairman WoKha, march 3 (mExN): Yarenthung Lotha has been appointed as the acting chairman of Naga National Council (N/A), Lotha Region. A press release from Franky Lotha, Kilonser, NNC (N/A) informed that the decision was made during the emergency meeting of NNC (N/A) Lotha Region held on March 1. Further, the release informed all the head of departments, businessmen, contractors not to entertain any person without the knowledge of the Region chairman, adding whoever does so will be doing at their own risk. It also asked anyone who finds somebody misusing the Region’s name to contact the acting chairman at 9612364474.
EPIC data of electors will be linked with Aadhar data of UIDAI for authentication. NERPAP will focus on improving image quality of electors along with sorting issues like corrections of errors etc. Electors have been provided the facility to feed their respective Aadhar number through sms, email, mobile application and National Voters Service Portal (NVSP) using web services through election commission website. Electors can also feed Aadhar number by making a call at 1950 to state call centres or by submitting the details of
ence will bring in experts or professional from various fields. “In order to face those challenges, we need to engage with these challenges confronting our society collectively as well as individually,” stated Khate. Convenor Neizokhotuo Belho stated the upcoming conference, unlike the previous ones, will be different and unique without the presence of chief guests or guests of honour. The conference will deal on issues such as environment, social, political, moral aspects of the Naga
will be organized by the Electoral Registration Officer on April 12. Under NERPAP, facility has also been provided for voluntarily disclosure of multiple entries by the voters. Electors with multiple registrations in electoral roll(s) are advised to fill Form-7 for deletion of their names from the places except where they ordinarily reside. The electors may submit Form-7 through Web Portal of NVSP or at EROs Facilitation Centres / Special Camps/Other Centres such as E-Seva, CSC and so on.
Advanced life support ambulance in Kohima Our Correspondent Kohima | March 3
Oking Hospital & Research Clinic Pvt. Ltd, Kohima today launched an Advanced Life Support ambulance, the first of its kind in Nagaland. One call dial 03702290080 to access this 24x7 ambulance service. Minister for forest, wildlife and environment Dr. Neikiesalie (Nicky) Kire, who graced the occasion as chief guest, maintained that the introduction of such service will go a long way in delivering good health care system to the patients. He also stressed on the need to give free passage to ambulance, saying in case of emergency, few minutes is very precious to take the patients to hospital. “We call ourselves educated but when we are last one to follow the rules and laws and never give side. When we
hear siren we need to give side for smooth flow of the ambulance,” he stated. Oking Hospital managing director Dr. Vikethonyü Kesiezie stated that Oking Hospital is now furnished with world class equipments and assured that the hospital will continue to give quality and safe service to the patients. He also informed that the hospital will introduce cardiac science soon so patients need not go outside for treatment. Further, stating that the ambulance is of national standard, he hoped that it will cater to the needs of the people of the State. Dr. Kesiezie also made a fervent request to Dr. Kire to empanel the hospital. Ambulance service team leader Dr. Talikala Jamir said that the sophisticated ambulance with all gadgets would provide 24x7 service. The two am-
Ambulance Tariff In-station Trip (In and around Kohima) *Rs. 2000 (Consumables extra) Outstation Trip *Rs. 3000 (Base price for initial 10 kms+paramedic & monitoring charges) + Rs. 60 km for every additional km traveled (consumables extra). *Food & lodging to be taken care of by the patient party in cases of overnight stay. Rs. 1000 per day for every additional day. *Advance payment of minimum 60% to be paid at the time of booking for outstation transfer. bulances have six para medics and five efficient pilots. She said it would provide emergency medical service with speedy, reliable and quality response system.
NCSU joins ConMac exhibition
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Three arrested for illegal sale of SIM cards
Kohima, march 3 (mExN): The Nagaland Contractors & Suppliers Union (NCSU) comprising 23 members led by its president Pele Khezhie represented Nagaland state at ConMac exhibition on construction equipment and new technology from February 27 to 28 and March 1 last at Maniram Dewan Trade Centre, Guwahati (Assam). This exhibition was the biggest mega event in the history of North East India, where exhibitors from across the country, including abroad joined the event. Through this exhibition, the North East region has been greatly benefitted, said NCSU in a release issued by its president Pele Khezhie and general secretary John Kath. Meanwhile, the NCSU thanked Engineer –InChief (NPWD) Er. D. Mero for sponsoring the delegates for the mega event. It may be recalled that ConMac was organized by Confederation of Indian
society. The conference is expecting around 1000 delegates from the four ranges, namely Southern Angami, Northern Angami, Western Angami and Chakhro. Zakie Khate also stated that conferences such as this instill a sense of unity and bring people from various ranges together. It also provides a sense of direction for the students to confront and deal with the challenges facing them, he said, adding, “Learning and understanding things together and working in the challenges together.”
Industry (CII) with Indian Construction Equipment Manufactures’ Association (ICEMA) as sector partner. The ConMac 2015 focused on need base of the North East region. The exhibition aims to aid in India’s ambitious plans to accelerate infrastructure development for North East India, to develop the contractor base in North East, to provide education and access for small contractors to understand the latest technology and to provide a gateway for the Indian Industry to Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma) and Nepal in the future.
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DimaPur, march 3 (mExN): Dimapur Police conducted a surprise frisking and checking on SIM Card vendors on March 3 and arrested three persons. Aliyanger (27), Kayesh Ahmed (24), and Aphy Yimchunger (28) were arrested for selling illegal pre-activated SIM cards, according to a press note issued by Addl. Superintendent of Police/PRO, Dimapur. 41 numbers of Vodafone SIM cards, 20 numbers of Airtel SIM cards, and 3 numbers of Aircel SIM cards were recovered from the possession of the arrested persons, the release added. In this connection, the Officer-in-Charge of East Police Station, Dimapur registered a case against the arrested persons and further investigation is on.
ing and fishing, dumping of garbage in the village area.
Two arrested with ganja
Kohima: Based on specific information regarding movement of a vehicle transporting illegal items, the District Intelligence Branch (DIB) personnel of DEF Kohima rushed towards Hydroger area located at Phesama, Kohima and conducted MVCP. During the checking, one Mahindra Bolero bearing registration number AS-01R/5678 was intercepted, from where 190 kg of contraband ganja neatly packed in 19 packets were recovered, informed SDPO/PRO, Kohima police in a press release. In this connection, two persons, Ajit Poumai (29) and Asakho Poumai (22), were arrested and a regular case vide South P.S Kohima Case No. 0027/2015 U/S 20 (1) (b) (ii) (c) NDPS Act was registered against them Four ILP defaulters arrested Meanwhile, Dimapur Police on March and they were remanded into police cus2 arrested four ILP defaulters from Chu- tody for further investigation. mukedima Check Gate who were travelling without proper documents. The de- 144 bottles of rum recovered faulters have been identified as Raju (26), Abdul (20), Ashigun, and Sajal Mandal of DimaPur: The mobile excise perNogaon District, Assam. In this connec- sonnel at Chumukedima check gate retion, the Officer-in-Charge of Diphupar covered 144 bottles of rum (750 ml) on Police Station, Dimapur registered a case March 3. In this connection, one Khekai against the arrested persons and further was arrested under the NLTP Act 1989, investigation is on, informed the PRO, Di- informed Superintendent of Excise & Prohibition Gokiho Yeptho in a press mapur police in a release. release. The release added that mobile excise personnel will continue to mainKYO nabs car lifter tain strict vigil at the entry points to Kohima: The Kiruphema Youth or- curb inflow of banned and prohibited ganisation (KYO) has nabbed one per- substances. son with a stolen car at Kiruphema village jurisdiction (near Peducha Bridge 18 AR apprehend one NH 29). A press release from KYO informed that volunteers of KYO caught PErEN: Based on specific information one person identified as Ngopu Pumai about movement of an armed cadre at from Senapati district of Manipur with a Lilen Kuki in Peren, troops of 18 Assam car stolen from Assam without a number Rifles launched an operation and appreplate. The KYO after interrogation hand- hended Captain Linkhohao of GPRN/ ed over the accused and the vehicle to NSCN alongwith one point 22 Rifle and the police authority for further investiga- “incriminating documents.” The appretion, the release said. Meanwhile, KYO hended individual alongwith recovered has warned that it will take action in case items was handed over to Athibung Police of any illegal activities, illegal tax collec- Station, Peren, informed a press release tion, collection of forest products, hunt- from Assam Rifles.
FGN clarifies; warns imposters
Kohima, march 3 (mExN): With regard to the news item about apprehension of FGN cadres by Assam Rifles at Mao Market, Kohima, which appeared today, FGN has clarified that the two apprehended persons, Zhoviho Hibo alias Azo and Shimboi Hmar do not belong to FGN fold under the leadership of Brig (Retd) S Singnya, Kedahge and Zhopra Vero, Kedallo, FGN. “These people are haNCSU delegates during Conmac exhibition on construction equipment and new technol- bitual imposters and therefore, in matters relating to ogy in Guwahati recently.
ASU 26th biennial general conference Kohima, march 3 (mExN): Under the theme “Engaging Challenges”, the Angami Students’ Union (ASU) will hold its 26th biennial general conference from March 13 to 15 at Chiephobozou, hosted by the Northern Angami Students’ Union. In a press conference held at the ASU office here, President Zakie Khate stated the conference will engage the students in understanding the socio-economic, political and environmental issues the Naga society is facing today. The confer-
Aadhar number and EPIC number in a hard copy of duly filled up forms, along with a photocopy of their EPIC and Aadhar cards. Besides, collection and feeding of Aadhar will also be done by Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) by organizing special camps, Voter Facilitation Centres, e-Seva centres and Citizen Service Centres authorised by the DEOs. Booth Level Officers (BLOs) will also collect the details of electors during door to door survey. To ensure maximum public participation, nationwide special camps
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Chaplee (Finance) affairs, all the business individuals and communities should ascertain by contacting the authorities before any type/kind of tax is being paid/compromised,” stated a release issued by Ministry of Rali Wali Affairs/ MIP, FGN. Besides the above, FGN in the release warned all imposters who are involved in collecting unauthorised/illegal taxations in the name of the Ministry of Chaplee affairs in Kohima town.
“Since the Government is yet to decide on financial matters against the fiscal year of 2015-16 in Kohima and still no legal authorisation in matters of Taxation Assignment Ahza/Order has been issued particularly in Kohima town, the taxation in Kohima town or district (excluding other district) in question does not at all arise till date,” the release stated. Hence, all the business communities have been informed to abide with this government order till further notice.
Home Minister, DDCF condemn Dimapur killing Kohima, march 3 (mExN): Home Minister Y Patton has condemned the killing of GM Rongmei, an officer of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), by two unidentified gunmen at his residence at Naga Gaon, Dimapur on Sunday night. The gunmen also grievously injured the victim’s niece. In a press statement, Patton stated, “Their actions are nothing but barbaric and most heinous act to humanity.” Asserting that all the sensible people should
condemn such “cowardly and dastardly acts of terrorism and barbarism,” he said, violence has no place in a civilized society and it can never be the means to bring peace and solution. “It is very unfortunate that when the Naga people and various agencies have been making their concerted efforts to see that the Naga peace process reaches its logical conclusion and a permanent peace returns to our land, there are still some elements in our society who are hell-bent on destroying
peaceful environment in the state,” Patton added. He also assured that the state’s law enforcement agencies have been on the job to nab the culprits and the state government will leave no stone unturned in its efforts to see that peace and tranquility is not disturbed in the state. Further, he conveyed condolences to the bereaved family members and also prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured person. Meanwhile, the Dimapur District Citizens Fo-
rum (DDCF) has also condemned the “cold blooded” killing of GM Rongmei and life attempt on his niece, Rajni. Joseph Lemtur, president of DDCF in a press release requested the Dimapur Police to leave no stone unturned to trace out the killers and punish them as the per law, stating “such crimes create a fear psychosis among the citizens particularly when peace is slowly returning to the state.” He also extended condolences to the bereaved family members and wished speedy recovery to Rajni.
International Ear & Hearing Care Day observed morung express News Kohima | March 3
The Department of Health and Family Welfare observed the International Ear & Hearing Care Day on March 3 at Paramedical Training Institute, Kohima under the theme ‘Make Listening Safe’. Dr. Kedozoto Pienyü, ENT Specialist (NHAK), State Coordinator, NPPCD stressed on the problems affecting people with hearing impairment, while highlighting that they are denied education and high unemployment rates are also found among them and how hearing impairment may impact the individual functionally, socially and emotionally. Dr. Pienyü further shared on the causes, treatments, and prevention of hearing loss. Sentiyanger Imchen, Commissioner and Secretary, in his speech stated that the Department of School Education and Health and
Family Welfare have been working together for school health programs. ”It is better to prevent than go on to intervene later,” stated Imchen while talking on the preventive aspects and the importance of awareness in the society. He also focused on the need to put in place a system so the programs are not implemented in ad hoc manner. The Government of India has brought in a number of programs and provided both guidelines to implement them, added Imchen, while saying it is up to the state to implement keeping in mind the local conditions. Further, Imchen directed that the number of ENT specialists and their postings in the districts be taken into account. He also stated that priority must be given to the BPL families, senior citizens and poor income groups. He assigned the Specialists to come up with a road map for implementation of the programs.
Students given free ENT check up The Department of Health & Family Welfare, Dimapur also observed the International Ear & Hearing Care Day at Government Primary School, Landmark Colony Dimapur. To commemorate the day, Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) checkup, audiology or hearing test and free medicines were provided to students of GPS Landmark Colony. A total of 71 students were examined along with teachers. The students were also screened to identify those with impacted earwax and advised to visit District Hospital for further cleaning. Before the screening of the students, ENT Specialist Dr Sakoyuba Imchen oriented the students on the care of ear, nose and throat and the importance of regular checkup. Dr. MA Wati, Chief Medical Officer, Dimapur also advised the students to be cautioned while playing and not insert foreign objects in their ears, which could damage the ear drum leading to hearing impairment. Meanwhile, Dr. Pienyü in his presentation said, “It is important to raise awareness about the harmful effects of noise and the prevention on noise induced hearing loss. The proposed theme intends to draw attention toward this problem and to create awareness about noise induced
hearing loss caused by recreational exposure to loud sounds while also conveying suitable messages to ensure effective ear and hearing health.” Emphasizing on the need for implementation of National plans for ear and hearing care, Dr. Pienyü pointed out the impor-
tance of building partnership to provide affordable hearing aids, the need to address major premature cause of hearing loss, raising awareness and collecting data on deafness and hearing loss to demonstrate the source and impact of the problem. The International Ear & Hearing Care Day was selected on March 3 based on the significance of the shape of the number 3, which resembles the ears. The day is held to promote global actions on hearing care and minimizing occurrence of hearing impairment. Every year, it addresses a specific theme and carries out extensive range of activities with wide multi sector participation in order to raise awareness. Globally, 360 million people have disabling hearing loss with 328 million adults and 32 million children. In India, there are 68 million people with hearing impairment.
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The Power of Truth
The Morung Express WEDnEsDAy 4 MArcH 2015 voluME X IssuE 60
Guest editorial
THE EDIT PAGE
C O M M E N T A R Y
Somini Sengupta IHT
A Test of Diplomacy on South Sudan
Dr. Asangba Tzüdir
NON-DETENTION POLICY:
Challenges of Implementation
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he literate case of knowing how to read and write presents a blatant contrast to Alvin Toffler’s statement that “the illiterates of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” Not so long ago many schools especially in the rural areas faced the problem of increasing school dropouts. Today, somehow the ‘Non Detention Policy’ through its ‘automatic promotion’ system has enhanced enrollment by way of students being retained up to 8th standard under any circumstance. Further, it also relieves a ‘moral issue’ of having to make an ageing student sit in the same class following repeated failures. This also in a way solves another issue of unwilling aged dropouts who are motivated into rejoining school after long break. Having responded to such problems, the literacy count on paper may look good. Increased enrollment and retention automatically gives a progressive reflection in the overall literacy rate of India. Sadly, beyond statistical interest, ensuring effective implementation for achieving the aim of quality education in all schools, especially in rural government schools, is far reaching and a hay wash. It does not in any way prepare for a smooth passage to higher education. The question is whether the policy serves the primary objective of ensuring holistic development of students under Right to Education. The policy has only come under scathing criticism relating to issues on quality education and problems of implementation. The happy go students get comfortably nestled in their lackadaisical attitude of ‘why study when I cannot be failed.’ Schooling then becomes ‘tension free’ from exams as also ‘book free’ for many. But in the long term such ‘free passage’ under “Read all, Progress all”, will only create a fear psychosis of ‘lack’. Automatic promotions do not augur well with the genuine study and performance of children. After all, how many ‘tests’ does it take to finally pass a test to fulfill the criteria which comes at the expense of teaching hours? These are serious considerations which need to be worked upon considering the vast bodies of knowledge which a student needs to equip each year. Quality of education cannot be and should not be compromised and there is urgent need to re-think about continuing ‘Non Detention Policy’ which gives a healthy outlook on enrollment and retention but directly comes in the way of quality education. The fact is that these children with weak foundation suddenly find it difficult to continue higher education beyond class 8 and the pursuit of education towards drawing out knowledge from an individual ends there. It is a serious concern that a policy which is aimed at giving education does not provide adequate platform to prepare a student for higher education. Changing scenario around the globe and the level of competition, calls for urgent attention in ensuring quality education towards human resource development which tantamount to the progressive growth of a society. There is a mixed response from teachers on ‘Non Detention Policy.’ While a lot of teachers feel that this policy gives them the license to pass all students, they feel less burdened on delivery and result. On another count, some teachers, who are otherwise dedicated to quality education try to ensure and instill genuine education on all enrolled students which makes them ‘extra-burdened’ by this policy. It is very difficult to implement any blanket program or policy in pursuance of sweeping national and global agenda on education. Policies are aimed for the welfare of the people but there are challenges in the implementation as in the case of ‘Non Detention Policy.’ As for now there is a lot of learning, unlearning and relearning to do.
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Mazie Nakhro, Ph.D
Calling for a National Day of Prayer Thought-Provoking Question: Hard times should drive us to God. But do they, in our society? What does God say? Read Joel 2:12-18 The occasion of Joel’s preaching was a plague of locusts that had devastated the country because of their sins. This resulted in a great famine which caused a severe suffering both on people and animals alike. According to the prophet Joel, the “swarm of locusts” on their land was a sign of an impending foreign invasion from the north. To avert this disaster from happening upon the people of God, the prophet urged the priests to call a nationwide day of prayer and fasting to lead the people back to God. He proclaimed, “Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the Lord” (1:14). Furthermore, he said, “Rend your heart and not your garment. Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and relents from sending calamity” (2:13). How should the people pray? Joel said, “Let them say, ‘Spare your people, O LORD, do not make your inheritance an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why would they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’” (2:17). But if they were to repent, God would roll back the damages done by the locusts and give them much more. He promised, “You will have plenty to eat, until you are full, and you will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you; never again will my people be ashamed” (2:26). Okay, so now what? Sometimes I dread that our Naga people may be heading on a path to destruction or inviting upon ourselves the judgment of God. One of our problems is that we don’t call sin, ‘sin’. We kill each other and justify it as punishment for national treason. Our politicians steal public money and then assume that they have the right to recover their money by stealing again. We don’t see corruption as sin. We think it is simply a matter of putting self-interest over public interest. As for selling our votes, we think it is just a commercial commodity, not a moral issue. Also, reviving the pagan practices of our ancestors is paying honor to our culture; promiscuous living is being modern, fashionable, and liberated. Alas! Can we escape God’s judgment if we take lightly these collective sins and stubbornly remain on this dangerous path? If we truly care about our people, we will repent before it is too late, won’t we? Prayer: Lord, open my eyes to the sin in my life so I can repent before judgment comes. Lord, I pray against the sins of my people, I repent for my people before judgment comes. Forgive us. Have mercy. Amen. Taken from the book “Breakfast with the King: The 100-Day Devotional” by Mazie Nakhro
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he United States may have midwifed the birth of South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation. But China has quickly become among its most important patrons, building its roads and pumping its oil. Now, more than a year after South Sudan’s leaders plunged their country into a nasty civil war, the nation has become something of a test of diplomacy between the United States and China, raising the question: Can Washington and Beijing turn their mutual interests in South Sudan into a shared strategy to stop the bloodshed? To pressure the warring sides toward peace, the United States has circulated a draft Security Council resolution, dangling the threat of sanctions and setting up the possibility of an arms embargo somewhere down the road. The measure could come up for a vote as early as Tuesday. China, which has long espoused a policy of not interfering in its partners’ domestic affairs, has not revealed its hand. The Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, signaled to diplomats here last week that his government could be persuaded to back appropriate punitive measures against South Sudan. The Chinese ambassador to the United Nations, Liu Jieyi, then publicly questioned the “logic” of proposing sanctions while the two sides are talking. China could abstain from voting on Tuesday and let the measure pass. Peace talks — funded by both Beijing and Washington — are underway in Ethiopia this week between factions loyal to President Salva Kiir and his rival, former Vice President Riek Machar. Yet prospects for a breakthrough by a Thursday deadline set by the mediators appear slim. Mr. Kiir, for his part, has refused to show up. So far, neither Washington nor Beijing has advanced a comprehensive strategy to stop the civil war. Both nations have been hesitant to substantially defang the kingpins of the war, including imposing an arms embargo or limiting how oil revenues might be used to fund the conflict. Both measures are among the recommendations of a recent International Crisis Group report on South Sudan. “The ability of the United States and China to work toward a common strategy for peace in South
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n July 2000, the National Action Party (PAN, in Spanish Partido Accion Nacional) finally won the presidential election which ended the 71-year rule over Mexico by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI, Partido Revolucionario Institucional). There was hope, especially with the promises of the new president, Vicente Fox—of institutions to hold politicians and the ruling elite to account, reforms to curb corruption, a transparent democracy and socio-economic reforms to reduce massive inequality. Democracy has the capacity to enhance public accountability and deter abuse of power. And so as democracy became consolidated in Mexico, politicians and others in charge of ruling the country would come to realise the risk that abuses would be discovered and penalised, and therefore hold back. In theory. It is not however easy for a renovated democracy to break the vicious circle linking the political culture and the institutions already in place. In an authoritarian regime these generate political alienation, submission and disinformation among the public—ideal conditions for such authoritarianism to be sustained. And so Mexico has been going through ‘democratic disappointment’, with its citizens, or at least most of them, feeling let down by the new order. Expectations of what democracy can accomplish, politically, economically and socially, are often very high and those who campaign for it raise these to almost idyllic levels. But such aspirations are hard to realise in the short term. The Mexican ruling class has had
Sudan is a test case for their ability to work together on the continent and beyond,” said Casie Copeland, the Crisis Group’s South Sudan expert. She described both countries as “sort of walking in a circle.” That is not for a lack of interest — or even because of opposing interests. Although China and the United States have stubbornly been on opposing sides of the issue of Darfur, the long-suffering Sudanese region, the two superpowers share a lot of common ground on South Sudan. China has strong economic stakes in the country; the United States is heavily invested politically. They both have an interest in restoring stability to the country and avoiding disruptions to its oil flow. Both capitals have also opted to go slowly. Obama administration officials have deep emotional ties to South Sudan, and so far they have resisted taking any steps, like an arms embargo, that would weaken the government in Juba. As the administration’s former South Sudan envoy, Princeton Lyman, put it this week, “The position is hardening in the administration, but it has taken a while.” All the while, fighting between forces loyal to Mr. Kiir, an ethnic Dinka, and Mr. Machar, an ethnic Nuer, has killed tens of thousands, displaced two million people, brought the country to brink of famine and left a trail of rape and killing. The United Nations children’s agency last week said school children had been conscripted by a militia loyal to Mr. Kiir’s forces. The United States and China have vastly different histories there. The United States championed its independence from Sudan, whose president, Omar al-Bashir, it loathed, and whom it referred to the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide in Darfur. China, by contrast, was one of Mr. Bashir’s most important allies — and still is. But when South Sudan split off, it took vast amounts of oil with it, so China soon courted the new government in Juba and kept its stake in the oil fields. That helps explains why China has taken an unusually active role, considering its traditional policy of noninterference. It has dispatched its own soldiers to the United Nations peacekeeping mission there and persuaded the Security Council to include a
most unusual mandate for the mission: Peacekeepers there are tasked with protecting not just civilians, but also the country’s oil installations, which have been attacked. China has also stopped shipping arms to the government in Juba. The American-drafted resolution would impose travel bans and asset freezes on individuals who threaten the peace and security of South Sudan, including those who are accused of committing serious rights abuses, using child soldiers, and attacking United Nations personnel. It would set up a committee to evaluate who should fall on the sanctions list. The measure would raise the possibility of an arms embargo further in the future. Crucial to the effectiveness of these measures are South Sudan’s neighbors, including Uganda and Ethiopia, which have ties to the rival parties. Only if the countries in the region agree to punitive measures, like sanctions and an arms embargo, Mr. Lyman pointed out, will China give its consent on the Council. Asked why it has taken so long to propose a draft resolution on the Security Council, an American official said: “There are a lot of actors in this situation. We’ve been waiting for the right moment.” The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because of diplomatic protocol. “Everyone is sort of rowing in the same direction,” he added. A wild card is what to do about the potential war crimes committed by both sides in the conflict. The African Union has completed its own investigation into human rights abuses, but refused to make it public while peace talks are continuing. The United Nations secretary general, Ban Kimoon, has urged the organization to release it. United Nations investigators have chronicled a litany of horrors since fighting broke out in December 2013. “In Juba, I met people whose whole families have been executed, primarily due to their ethnicity, and women and girls who were taken as sex slaves after their husbands were killed,” the United Nations assistant secretary general for human rights, Ivan Simonovic, told the Council last week, urging the panel to ensure accountability for the victims. The next question will be whether China or the United States agrees to send its friends to the dock.
Mexico: Active civil society key to ending the culture of impunity Alejandro Garcia de la Garza
A renewal of democracy should be the means to cleanse Latin America of its history of corruption and abuses of power. But as the Mexican case shows, unless democracy is extended by enhancing civil society, its promise will not be realized little need historically to feel concern that it will face regulation and has exercised power arbitrarily, serving its own interests. What probably had the hardest impact on public trust in the new, ‘democratic’ governing authorities was the continuing abuses: corruption, illicit enrichment, use of force against opposition and a plethora of humanrights violations. Felipe Calderon’s election as president in 2006 was marred by allegations of voter fraud and the legacy of his ‘war on drugs’ is still felt: with soldiers carrying out policing duties at local as well as state level, human-rights complaints against military personnel have increased exponentially while security has decreased. The military has failed to hold its officers accountable for well-documented acts of torture and the murder of civilians—but
then the military has jurisdiction over all crimes committed by soldiers on active duty. Impunity Those in power still act with impunity for their own benefit and the socio-economic situation has not changed. For many Mexicans 2000 appears to have merely changed one corrupt politician for another. Which might explain why, after two consecutive terms of the PAN holding the presidency, the PRI is back. For many, the return of the PRI is a return to old practices. The corruption scandals surrounding the current president, Enrique Peña Nieto, seem straight out of the history books. But while the people used to look at senior functionaries making millions illicitly, and shrug,
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the tide is changing. Popular reaction to very public cases of corruption and the disappearance of the 43 students in Ayotzinapa have marked a turning point. The rise of human-rights and other civil-society organisations, rallying to demand justice in Mexico, is almost unprecedented. To sustain the momentum and public attention, they must continue to hold the government responsible for its actions—rather than asking it to hold itself accountable and hoping for the best. Never before have citizens had so much power in their hands: to share information, to organise social movements, to develop platforms from which to make public the actions of a governing elite which had for centuries controlled what was said about it. It is up to civil society to create the mechanisms that will curb corruption and bring the change citizens deserve. Mexico is waking up from a dream of a state-led democracy, into a reality in which the government no longer monitors and holds itself accountable but has to answer to the public directly. If the citizens of Mexico, and all the world for that matter, want to enforce change, then, as Edward Snowden wrote, they must: remind the government that there must always be a balance of power between the governing and the governed, and that as the progress of science increasingly empowers communities and individuals, there will be more and more areas of our lives where—if government insists on behaving poorly and with a callous disregard for the citizen—we can find ways to reduce or remove their powers on a new—and permanent—basis.
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WOMEN IN BANGLADESH: Silenced victims of state terror
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t 3pm in the afternoon on Friday 6 February, three men from Chattra League, the student wing of the ruling Awami League political party, arrived at a house in Dhaka’s Jatrabari district. The men demanded the whereabouts of the household’s father, a local leader of the opposition party, Jamaat-e-Islami. The father was away; only his wife, daughter and elderly mother were home. The men demanded the keys to the family wardrobes seeking to loot valuables, and when denied, proceeded to violently vandalise the house, breaking belongings. The daughter of the house, 19-year-old Iffatuddoha Sadia, began calling for help. Armed with knives, the intruders pounced on Sadia and her mother Fowzia, stabbing both women repeatedly. They then fled the scene. Neighbours rushed mother and daughter to hospital; Sadia died a few hours later in Islami Bank Hospital after surgeons failed to save her. Fowzia is fighting for her life in intensive care at Dhaka Medical Hospital. Their only crime was being members of an opposition household. With her father forced into hiding and her mother fighting for her life, neither of Sadia’s parents received the closure of attending their daughter’s funeral and seeing their beloved child for the last time. Years of political unrest in Bangladesh came to a head in early January this year when the opposition coalition, that includes the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) demanded fresh elections under a neutral caretaker government on the first anniversary of the controversial January 2014 elections that renewed the Awami League's tenure with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the helm. The opposition boycotted the polls, labelled a “farce of an election” by The Economist, after the Awami League abolished the caretaker government system that ensures a neutral body of technocrats oversees fair elections. The caretaker government system has been successfully applied in Bangladesh since the 1990s, ensuring credible polls. The opposition alleged, with justification, that elections conducted by the Awami League would be rigged. When the right to hold a democratic rally on 5 January was denied, and the opposition leader Khaleda Zia was forced instead into house arrest, the opposition alliance enforced a nationwide transport blockade. The BNP and its allies have also conducted street protests across the country. Terrible petrol bomb attacks on commuter buses have cost dozens of innocent lives, with the government and the opposition blaming each other but no impartial investigations taking place to credibly identify or hold to account those responsible. While opposition protests have included violence, there have been several cases of ruling party activists caught with petrol bombs. The authorities have conducted sweeping arrests against the opposition, with 17,000 leaders and members arrested in January alone, coupled with a government-endorsed policy of shoot-on-sight that has led to dozens of deaths, raids on homes and schools, extrajudicial executions, and a recent order by the deputy inspector general of Dhaka to his police force to “not just shoot [protesters], [but] kill their whole families”. The result of that shocking command is that families–including women and children such as Fowzia and Sadia–are no longer safe even in their own homes. The practice of ruling party activists participating with police in the state-sponsored reign of terror only makes this latest injunction more deadly. It is particularly troubling given the sacred place women traditionally have held in Bangladeshi society that rendered them off-limits, despite the country's murky politics. This has seen a sharp and disturbing change under the Awami League, which returned to power in 2008. On 17 December 2012, 20 female students of the opposition student body, Chattri Shongstha, were arrested in their Dhaka offices. In Bangladesh the law
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hen we talk of sustainable cities, a recent survey result comes handy to initiate a dialogue on Delhi. The capital of Indiacomes at disgusting 49th number out of 50 in theArcadis Sustainable Cities Index done recently by a Dutch group. Frankfurt in Germany won the top slot followed by London. Chicago won the 19th rank. Mumbai comes at 47th position. Three categories of criteria were devised to index the cities: people, environment and economy. Various factors were taken into account such as income inequality, health indices, level of greenery, property prices, ease of doing business, GDP,etc. London lost the first slot to Frankfurt not due to environmental reasons, but mainly due to one criterion: high property prices. If we look at Delhi, its obnoxiously high property prices with a signature lining of brazen and broken roads crying for green dots makes you wonder: what kind of race is Delhi into? Sustainability is a holistic term. It encompasses humans and its ecosystem in peace with each other. Today Delhi is a living testimony of mass (teeming population), misery (in the name of development) and mockery (of planning)! Ironically, Delhi is a cradle of aspirations for two important politicians of our country: We have a forward-looking Prime Minister in the name of Narendra Modi who never tires of talking of vikaas(development) and swacchta (sanitation) and Arvind kejriwalwho bulldozed his way into Delhi secretariat by selling a vision of Delhi through Delhi Dialogue before elections and soon afterwards, constituting Delhi Di-
Politics and ethics – they are supposed to go hand in hand. Yet, while they may easily do so in theory, they often do not in practice.Unfortunately, politics in Nagaland appears to be a mixture of three “M’s”- Ministerial power, muscle power and money power. The words of Lord Acton rings strongly in our ears, “Power corrupts and absolute powers corrupt absolutely”. As doubt, frustration and concern plague our minds, we are left with many questions about the future of our State.
Politics With or Without Ethics? shitio shitiri, Head of department, Political science Supporters of Mahila Awami League, the women's wing of ruling Awami League party, shout slogans against the ongoing nationwide blockade and strike called by the opposition, as they march towards the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s office in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Monday, February 16, 2015. (AP Photo/ A.M. Ahad)
does not require the police to have warrants for arrest, facilitating huge abuses of power. None of these women had a criminal record, but membership of the opposition was crime enough, and so they were jailed under terrible conditions and burdened with trumped-up charges. To add to their humiliation, the veiled women were forcibly unveiled at court. The arrests caused a commotion in Bangladesh at the unprecedented actions of police targeting ‘respectable’ women. Women’s Rights Organisation Bangladesh (Nari Odhikar Shongstha Bangladesh) held a press conference on 5 January 2013 demanding the release of the girls, only for over a dozen of the organisers, including some of the most respected members of Bangladesh’s civil society, to be arrested at the press conference itself. On 19 March 2013, a further 16 opposition-affiliated women and girls were apprehended at a gathering organised in Narayanganj to celebrate the recent excellent examination results of the girls, most of whom were minors of Class 9. Neither minority nor merit shielded them from arrest for so-called “suspicion of causing sabotage”. On 28 August 2013, 22 female opposition affiliated students, many also school age minors, were arrested from an Eid gathering in Barisal on vague fabricated charges of “planning lawlessness and anarchy”. Children too are now political targets in Sheikh Hasina’s Bangladesh. Since these events, arrests have continued to snowball yet remain largely unreported in international media. Even domestic media, which is dominated by the ruling party, has barely reported on the issue. One activist confided under conditions of anonymity that over 300 opposition women from her party were arrested in 2014 alone. On 31 January 2015 18 opposition women, including lawyers, were arrested following their visit to meet former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who had been under extrajudicial house arrest for over a fortnight. On 10 February 2015 another five opposition schoolgirls, aged 15 to 19, were arrested in the town of Noakhali. Severe custodial torture of male prisoners under this government is well-documented. That the arrests of hundreds of women and girls have gone largely and disturbingly unnoticed suggests that any possible and probable custodial abuse has taken place in silence. A contributing complication is the social politics of shame that renders discussions on violations of the female body a taboo.
The murder of Sadia marks a new and outrageous low. Like the arrests, if this too goes unreported in national and international press, it is likely that such murders will increase. As one resident of Jatrabari stated, also anonymously in the prevailing climate of fear, “it used to be just the men who lived in fear. Now we, too, women and children, are living in terror.” The reality on the ground in Bangladesh is truly disturbing; such crimes not only grossly violate women’s rights in the country, but also further fuel and aggravate instability in a nation increasingly on the brink. Crucially, given the increasing visibility of women’s rights movements in the world today, it is troubling to see so little attention given to Bangladesh, apart from the (no less relevant) issue of labour rights, where Bangladeshi women are major producers of western fashion. If the campaign for women’s rights, which so many around the world take pride in advocating for, is to hold any credibility, it must address violence beyond that which directly affects the western marketplace. Women’s participation in education and politics are foundational factors of empowerment that must be protected, yet these avenues are actively and violently being curtailed in Bangladesh for those not toeing the line of the ruling party. Even women’s rights activists are not spared. Sadia was not only a young girl in her prime ripped from the bosom of a loving family. She was an accomplished young lady with incredible promise. A graduate of Tamirul Millat Madrasah, among Bangladesh’s premier seminaries that combine the national curriculum with traditional religious sciences, she went on to attend National Ideal College in Dhaka and had just started a degree in physics at Eden College, one of Bangladesh’s oldest and most reputable universities. Alongside academic merit, Sadia was also socially and politically conscious and active. For any nation seeking female advancement and empowerment, she would have been an asset and role model. While Bangladesh is hailed for its female premier, it is Sheikh Hasina herself–who gained her position through hereditary politics and a discredited election rather than any feat of female empowerment– who is violently restricting the rights of women and girls in Bangladesh through political vindictiveness. As the violations mount and Bangladesh’s women and children live in evermore terror, these stark realities can no longer be ignored.
Is Delhi sustainable? Musings froM ChiCago dr. Munish Kumar Raizada alogue Commission. However, the situation in Delhi is really alarming.Delhi is a tiny dot on Indian map with just 1400 square KM in area but houses 1.7 crore human lives. The city with the highest density in India is in a geographic and demographic turmoil. Is there any realistic plan to decongest the city of its people? The infrastructure of Delhi is in shambles. There were 20 million vehicles in India in 1991 and the number jumped to 140 million in 2011. The ever-increasing pace of vehicular congestion coupled with inadequate public transport system continues to be a nightmare for Delhi. Roads and domestic streets are cluttered with vehicles. Is there a comprehensive solution to fix this problem? Poor quality of roads, dustall around and lack of greenery, poor sense and enforcement of traffic rules makea mockery of Indian civic sense and intelligence. Roads are face of a city. But roads in Delhi present a pa-
thetic story of dilapidation, dust, dirt and ‘dard’ of impoverished human spillover. The footpaths stuffed with people and blocked with unaccounted vendors and small businesses create a situation of asphyxia. The constant noise around adds to the misery. Delhi is the place to push up the nation’s GDP to slashing corporate taxes to boost enterprise to ‘Make in India’ slogans to ‘Swacchtaabhiyaan’, however, the landlocked city itself is sick: the quality of air that we breathe is polluted beyond acceptable levels. The media noted with alacritywhen the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry lit lamps to celebrate Deepawali in the power corridors of Washington DC, but we seemed to miss out when last Octoberhe issued an advisory to his Embassy in Delhi, cautioning not to let children play outside since the air was too polluted. The vehicular traffic, poor pollution regulationand insufficient greening have contributed to the toxic and impure air. The poor quality of air in Delhi
tells us that we are in the grip of a health crisis. But since the morbidity and mortality attributable to air pollution is not grossly visible and directly quantifiable, the gravity of situation is not realized. Swine flu outbreak may make waves, but Delhi’s toxic air is taking its toll in an insidious manner. Just to give you a comparison, the total suspended particulate (TSP) in Chicago is about 60 micrograms per cubic meter (national U.S. average is 40). The annual average Suspended Particulate Matter(SPM) in Delhi is more than 500 (for Goa, it is 100). Let us look at another environment index. As the name indicates, the air quality index (AQI) conveys quality of the air. It is reported in a range of 0 to 500.The average AQI is typically under 40 in U.S.A. denoting a safe range from health point of view. The AQI in Delhi as declared by the U.S. embassy in Delhi in the aforementioned case was 255. Delhi is also witness to high levels of benzene, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, and carbon monoxide. Dense and poisonous air is associated with a variety of medical disorders ranging from skin, allergy, respiratory, cardiac illnesses and cancers. Looking at the results of Arcadis survey, the road to making Delhi a better city is next to impossible unless some drastic and reformative actions are taken. Delhi needs to be resuscitated in a fast yet steady manner. Rather than patch up work, a collaborative and comprehensive development agenda involving cooperation between the Center and the state needs to be put in place to develop a better Delhi. The author is a Chicago-based columnist. Email: pedia333@gmail.com Twitter@DrMunishRaizada
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thics does not mean what the government prescribes, but what ought to be prescribed. In our practical, day-to-day life, it means a moral justification for every political action. Ethical politics, therefore, means a political system based on some morality. A state will end in disaster if the political activity is shorn of its avowed moral base-both for the ruler and ruled. Every political decision must be ethical inorder to prevail. No state will get moral support from the people if its political decisions are based on selfish motives or consideration and not on ethical and moral values. The purpose and objective of state are guided by moral values. What is morally wrong, cannot be politically right because a good state ought to be based on sound moral principles. In India, this moral and ethical base for political activity can be traced in the preamble to the constitution of India. As long as Indian state honors the moral precepts enshrined in the preamble, it is said to be practicing ethical politics, but if it begins to deviate from these moral precepts and deny its people Justice- social, economic and political or liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship or denies them equality of status and opportunity etc., prompted by political motives, its action becomes unethical. Practically it clearly provides that state action should be legally and morally based on sound precepts. In other words, constitutionalprovision should be honored in both letter and spirit. After more than half-a-century of statehood, most of the Naga citizens are wondering what good governance is or what are the key aspects or why is it important for economic and social development? What lessons have been learned from the past? Where will the state stand ten years from now? To our utter surprise the answer to the questions is void! The government can speak but no actions or measures to implement. The problem of unemployment, socio-economic disparities, regional prejudices, concentration of wealth in few hands, low standard of living, lack of industrial and economic growth, proper health care system, road connectivity, lack of technical and vocational institution, law and order issues, corruption and political intrigues have assumed unmanageable proportions.Unfortunately politics in Nagaland has been a mixture of three ‘Ms’- Ministerial power, muscle power and money power. In the words of Lord Acton “Power corrupts and absolute powers corrupt absolutely”. Whenever a VIP or VVIP has to travel on any stretch of road, martial law like conditions are created treating all ordinary travelers, office goers and people running errands as suspects and criminals. Sometimes perfect gentlemen “Mr. XYZ” get a good beating or scolding at the hands of the protection forces simply because he happened to be travelling on the same stretch of road at that particular time. A pseudo democracy has been imposed, not to speak of liberty, equality and fraternity for the common man, even his fundamental rights are more in breach than in observance. Value based politics has become a rare commodity. There is always contradiction between what the politicians preach and practice. The followers and admirers of the hero try to prove themselves to be more loyal than the king himself. In handling the mass media, they use technique to create, foster and spread myths which have no substance because they are mere phantoms. The struggle for powersurvival and opportunistic politicsdegeneratethe socio-political scenario. Down the years, we find that greater the mediocrity of the ruler, greater the number of intellectual pygmies hovering around the ‘Actor’. We feel badly let down, rather cheated because countless rulers have betrayed the trust of the people. Writing about the shorn of ethics, which pervaded the Mughal courts after the death of Aurangzeb, historians have recorded that too much of wealth, luxury and leisure had softened the character and degenerated the Mughal nobility. No Mughal family retained its place for more than one or two generations. If the achievements of noble man were mentioned in three pages, the achievements of his son occupied nearly a page and the grandson was dismissed in a few lines such as “He did nothing worthy of being recorded”.Now when we look at the pastand read stories of deeds and misdeeds of the politicians and bureaucrats of our present age, we cannot fail to notice the close similarity of unethical politics of the pastMughals. People’s hearts are filled with deep concern, anxiety and anguish. The truth of the matter is that the political condition or art of affairs is creating a very unhealthy impact on the psyche of the people, which stands deeply wounded and bleeding. Glimpsing over the past we have to clip down the ugly feathers of unethical politics for progress and prosperity. The foremost need of the hour is good governance, leadership, technical and managerial competence, organisational capacity, reliability, predictability, accountability, transparency, participation and decision making across a spectrum of social, economic and other areas.The bricks of politics cemented by ethics can lay the strong foundation on which a peaceful and prosperous Nagaland can be built. Today we are faced with stark alternatives of ethics in politics or twilight disaster of the Naga society. “degree of Thought is a weekly community column initiated by Tetso College in partnership with The Morung Express. degree of Thought will delve into the social, cultural, political and educational issues around us. The views expressed here do not reflect the opinion of the institution. Tetso College is a naaC accredited UGC recognised Commerce and arts College. For feedback or comments please email: admin@tetsocollege.org”.
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Maternal health in India worse than sub-Saharan Africa
WasHINgtoN, MarcH 3 (IaNs): Despite its economic successes, the state of maternal health in India is worse than that of sub-Saharan Africa, a region known for extremely poor health and high birth rates, a study says. While, more than 40 percent of Indian women are underweight when they begin pregnancy, only 16.5 percent of women in sub-Saharan Africa are underweight before pregnancy, the findings showed. Babies born to undernourished mothers are more likely to be underweight, a characteristic influencing height, cognition and productivity across a lifetime. "These findings should be a wake-up call about maternal nutrition in India," said lead author Diane Coffey, a Ph.D. student at Princeton University in the US. "The health of children is one of the most important measures of the wellbeing of a society, and that starts during pregnancy. India must invest more in its most important resource: human capital formed at the very beginning of life," said Coffey. The findings also pint out that maternal health in India is much worse than previously thought. Coffey found that unlike the United States, where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention monitors health in pregnancy, there is no national health monitoring system in India. As a result, prior studies of maternal health in India have severely missed the mark when calculating pre-pregnancy body weight. The most recent maternal health data was collected in 2005 by the Demographic and Health Survey, which showed that 35.5 percent of women aged 15 to 49 are underweight. While this figure is commonly cited, it is actually inaccurate, Coffey reported, as women who become pregnant are different from those who do not with regards to body mass. Using a variety of econometric strategies, Coffey estimated the pre-pregnancy body mass and weight gain during pregnancy in India and sub-Saharan Africa. Coffey's analysis found that only 16.5 percent of women there are underweight before pregnancy, and the average pre-pregnancy BMI (body mass index) is two points higher than women in India, at 21.5. The findings appeared in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
India, Pakistan hold talks to mend ties India raises concerns on cross border terror with Pakistan IsLaMabaD, MarcH 3 (IaNs): Indian Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar Tuesday flagged India's concerns on cross-border terrorism and on slow-moving Mumbai terror attacks trial during talks with his Pakistani counterpart here. Both agreed ensuring peace on the border was vital. Jaishankar said that during the talks, he "reiterated our known concerns on cross-border terrorism, including on the Mumbai case", according to sources. After talks with Chaudhary, the Indian foreign secretary said in answer to a question that he was glad to be in Islamabad as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative of a SAARC Yatra. He said he "conveyed the exIndian Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyan Jaishankar, left, talks with Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Chaudhry at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad Tuesday, March 3. India's foreign secretary arrived in Pakistan on a two-day pectations of our leadership on visit Tuesday, marking the first high-level meeting since talks broke down between the two nuclear-armed rivals SAARC and their determination to forge a cooperative relationlast year. (AP Photo)
ship with all our neighbours". He said both sides "discussed ideas and initiatives to take SAARC forward. Pakistan will be the next SAARC chair and India would like to work with Pakistan to help SAARC achieve its potential". "Naturally, my visit provided an opportunity to discuss our bilateral relations. We engaged on each other's concerns and interests in an open manner. We agreed to work together to find common ground and narrow differences," said Jaishankar, who arrived here earlier in the day. "We agreed that ensuring peace and tranquillity on the border was vital. "Our talks were held in a constructive and positive atmosphere," he said, adding that he looks forward to calling on Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif later in the day.
IsLaMabaD, MarcH 3 (rEutErs): India's top diplomat pledged to improve relations with Pakistan on Tuesday after the first meeting with his counterpart since India called off talks aimed at easing the rivals' many disputes last year. Tension between the nucleararmed neighbours has resulted in both armies firing across their disputed border in the region of Kashmir several times in the past year. At least a dozen people were killed and thousands forced to flee from their homes in the latest fighting in January.
ment with the regional People's Democratic Party, which promotes self-rule for Indian-controlled Kashmir and peace talks with militant separatists. The new coalition offered a sign that cooperation is possible. Another sign Modi might be warming to the idea of improving relations: the Indian leader telephoned Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif last month to wish his country luck in the World Cup cricket tournament. India won its match with Pakistan in the tournament a day later.
Indian Foreign Secretary Subrahmanyan Jaishankar stopped short of announcing a resumption of the talks on his trip, officially to discuss issues related to the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation, after meetings with his Pakistani counterpart, Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry. "We are going to work together to find common ground and narrow differences," Jaishankar told reporters. He said the two sides agreed to cooperate on cross-border terrorism. "We agreed that ensuring peace and tranquillity on the border was vi-
Modi budget fails to cheer scientists Science finds only a cursory mention in Budget bENgaLuru, MarcH 3 (IaNs): The national budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has been hailed as "growth oriented" by the corporate sector, but Indian scientists seem not too enthused and say the much-touted "achhe din" (good days) are yet to arrive. According to the budget documents, the government has provided Rs.356 billion ($6 billion) for research to various departments in the ministries of science, atomic energy defence, health, earth sciences, new and renewable energy and space. This allocation is 17.2 percent more than last year's but is still a mere two per cent of the total Rs.17,775 billion available with the government for expenses this year. The scientists, who were expecting some big bang announcements and a huge hike for scientific research in the wake of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rhetoric in the past, are depressed that Jaitley's 90-minute speech left no cause for such celebration. They note that the word science finds only a cursory mention in the 47-page budget document and that, unlike in previous years, science and technology does not get the prominence it deserved. It is sad that funding for science in India continues to remain sub-optimal, C.N.R Rao, scientific adviser to former prime ministers since 2004 and a Bharat Ratna awardee, lamented. "I do not know what to say except that (our) science continues
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to be in bad shape due to inadequate funding," Rao told IANS. Only 10 days ago, thousands of PhD scholars turned the spotlight on the poor state of research funding through nationwide protests demanding a hike in the fellowship amount. Noting that no new science projects have been initiated in this year's budget, Rao said "even existing programmes" are already feeling the crunch. "My appeal to the prime minister is that even now it is not too late to rectify the mistake and allocate additional funds for science," Rao said. "The increase required is so small (in comparison to the available total budget) that it will not even be noticed." He hoped that the science academies in the country would collectively take up the issue. M. Vijayan, former president of the New Delhi-based Indian National Science Academy and a professor in the Indian Institute of science in Bengaluru, said he too was surprised at science not getting emphasis on allocations in the budget. "The hike in allocation this year is only slight, and our science spending is still hovering around 0.8 per cent of the GDP - far short of the two percent target," Vijayan told IANS. The finance minister's announcement that the government will set up one more IIT in Karnataka and six more institutions of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences-type has not brought any cheer either. Rao says this is a futile exercise "as many such insti-
tutions established earlier remain headless and without laboratory facilities". But K. Vijay Raghavan, secretary in the department of biotechnology, an incurable optimist, did not think the government has let scientists down. "The budget is good news (for science). No cuts, a modest increase and new opportunities in entrepreneurship," Raghavan told IANS. Subhash Lakhotia, professor emeritus at the Banaras Hindu University, cautioned that though the modest increase is good news, "an allocation, by itself, does not mean much unless the amount is really made available in good time". Last year, the allocated budget of the government laboratories and grants for research projects were cut by as much as 35 percent. "This feature is a greater worry as it upsets any planning by the agencies," Lakhotia told IANS. But the government's move to establish an Innovation Promotion Platform involving academics, entrepreneurs, and researchers and another mechanism called SETU (SelfEmployment and Talent Utilisation) to support all aspects of start-up businesses in technology-driven areas has been widely welcomed. "If administered well, these steps can act as a force multiplier for both the Make in India initiative and for employment generation," Bhaskar Ramamurthi, director of the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, told IANS.
tal," he said. The Pakistani side had expressed hope for resuming negotiations known as the Composite Dialogue, so-called because they aim to address multiple overlapping issues including Kashmir, cross-border terrorism and disputes over their border and water. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in August abruptly cancelled a round of talks in Islamabad out of anger that Pakistan's envoy in New Delhi had hosted Kashmiri separatists in preparation. Pakistan and India have fought two wars over Kashmir since fight-
ing following the two countries' partition in 1947 following the end of British colonial rule. The Himalayan region is divided between the two countries by a disputed frontier, part of one of the world's most heavily militarised borders. India says Pakistan supports separatist militants that cross from the Pakistan side to attack Indian forces. Pakistan says India's military is abusing the human rights of Muslim Kashmiris. On Sunday in Kashmir, Modi's ruling Hindu nationalist party formed a coalition state govern-
Maharashtra bans beef, 5 years jail, Rs 10,000 fine for possession or sale MuMbaI, MarcH 3 (IaNs): Beef, the popular red meat, was on Tuesday banned in Maharashtra with presidential assent being accorded to the relevant legislation -- two decades after the assembly had passed it during the former Shiv Sena-BJP government in the state. Presidential assent was accorded to the Maharashtra Animal Prevention (Amendment Bill), 1995, which bans even the slaughter of bulls and bullocks, but will allow the slaughter of water buffaloes, considered to yield an inferior quality of beef. The state had already banned cow slaughter under the Maha-
rashtra Animal Prevention Act, 1976, barring bulls or bullocks, the culling of which was permitted with certain regulations. "Thanks a lot Hon President Sir for the assent on Maharashtra Animal Preservation Bill. Our dream of ban on cow slaughter becomes a reality now," a pleased Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said in a tweet. BJP MP Kirit Somaiya, who had led a delegation to President Pranab Mukherjee on the issue recently, termed the assent as "a historic step with cultural as well as economic implications for the state". He said the bill passed by the
Maharashtra legislature in 1995 was forwarded for the president's assent in 1996. "Subsequent governments in the state failed to do the needful and get the Bill implemented. We had committed to do this in our manifesto and have fulfilled it," Somaiya said. Mumbai alone consumes around 90,000 kg beef daily, with around 25 percent accounting for water buffalo meat, called carabeef, through 900 licensed and hundreds more illegal outlets. However, all the culling and processing of around 450 large animals which are slaughtered
daily is carried out only at the Deonar Abattoir, Asia's largest in north-east Mumbai. Since the past several weeks, beef traders in a majority of the state's cities and towns have been on strike protesting against harassment by rightwing and Hindu groups, who are also demanding closure of Deonar Abattoir. Beef traders apprehend that the new development will render several thousands unemployed and also hike the prices of mutton, chicken, fish and other meats, both in the retail markets and in restaurants and hotels.
PM accuses opposition of non-cooperation in RS
NEW DELHI, MarcH 3 (IaNs): Blaming the opposition for failing to cooperate with the government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Rajya Sabha members should reflect the feeling of the elected government of their state, not just of their party. Responding to the discussion in the Rajya Sabha on the motion of thanks to President Pranab Mukherjee for his address to the joint session of both houses of parliament, Modi said: "This is the council of states. Many members, when they were elected, the mood of the people was different and now it has changed. "Political situation has changed and so has mandate," he said. "This house must respect the mandate of people, and the expectation with which the people have elected a government. Along with criticism, for the sake of taking the nation wear masks for protection against swine flu, as they attend their class at a school ahead it is our combined responsibility to co- Students in Ahmadabad, Gujarat state on Monday, March 2. Thousands in Gujarat were tested positive operate," the prime minister said. for H1N1, the virus which causes swine flu. (AP Photo)
Payment delays dent flagship health, AIDS programmes NEW DELHI, MarcH 3 (rEutErs): India's main public health programmes, aimed at millions of rural poor, have been in disarray for months because the government changed the way that over $1.3 billion in central funds were distributed, according to data and letters seen by Reuters. In a bid last year to give India's states more power, the health ministry started sending funds for public health programmes to state treasuries, instead of direct transfers to its regional arms. But poorly-run regional bureaucracies were unable to cope and both the flagship National Health Mission (NHM) and India's AIDS prevention programmes suffered - thousands of health workers were not paid for months and the
construction of clinics in rural areas was delayed. In some cases, state governments temporarily used the funds earmarked for health programmes to meet needs of other sectors, health officials said. The funds involved amounted to about onethird of the total central spending on health, and led to further deterioration in India's tattered public health system. Eleven letters obtained by a Reuters reporter under Right to Information (RTI) Act revealed the health ministry's desperate, and failed, attempts to push states to release funds to NHM arms. "The progress in NHM works has slowed down considerably in most of the states," Health Minister J.P. Nadda wrote in a let-
ter to the finance minister in November. "I urge you to review the decision and allow the ministry to transfer funds directly to state health societies." The decision last year to route many payments through states, launched by the previous Congress party-led government, affected other sectors as well, but the impact on health programmes has been glaring. India spends just 1 percent of its GDP on public health, less than Afghanistan and Sierra Leone. On Saturday, the central government increased the annual budget for its main health department by just 2 percent to $4.8 billion. Still, India struggles to spend all of its allocated health funds because of an inadequate number of doc-
tors and hospitals, and bureaucratic bungling. Data shows the government has only once spent all of its health budget since 2005. Since April, the centre has sent more than $1.3 billion to the states for the NHM, which undertakes treatment of diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria, construction of rural health centres and immunisation drives. No state treasury released the funds to the designated health societies within a stipulated 15-day period, with delays running into months in some cases, according to government data seen by Reuters. More than $180 million is still to be released.
istry, told Reuters that several states have voiced concern about the delays and discussions are ongoing to resolve the situation. "If resources are not provided in time, implementation of the programme does get affected. There has been some impact on the smooth operation of NHM," Jhalani said. Several NHM officials interviewed by Reuters said the state health units were deprived of funds for months. Salaries, training and building new clinics were hit. In Jammu and Kashmir, 9,000 health workers have not received salaries for three months and cash incentives for women who "Bureau-crazy" give birth in a government Manoj Jhalani, joint hospital have been withsecretary at the health min- held, said Yash Pal Sharma,
the state's director for the NHM. Treasuries in Meghalaya and Mizoram held NHM funds for 151 days and 79 days, respectively, data as of Feb. 22 showed. In India's third-largest state Maharashtra, funds sent in June reached the health society in December. "Outreach programmes have been severely impacted," said a health ministry official in New Delhi. "The entire system has been paralysed, bureaucracy has become bureau-crazy." Aids Programme India's AIDS prevention drive, a programme separate from the NHM, was also affected by the new payments system. Workers from high-risk groups, such as sex workers
and injectable drug users, who are employed to run programmes within their communities are quitting because of irregular pay. Rama, a project manager in one such communitybased programme for sex workers in Mumbai, said 17 of her 23 team members have quit because of delayed salaries. New people hired will take months before they can efficiently run the programme. "It takes a lot of time to build trust within our communities. Our HIV testing numbers have fallen by half because sex workers don't trust new people," said the 26-year-old, who says she moonlights as a sex worker herself to survive. India runs more than 1,800 community-based programmes for AIDS pre-
vention. The World Bank has estimated India's policy of targeting sex workers to control AIDS would avert three million infections during 1995-2015. G overnment data showed that the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) released $67 million to state governments in recent months as a second instalment for the overall programme, but only $39 million reached its statelevel health societies. The first instalment of $78 million was released by state treasuries after months of delays. "What can we do if states are not caring about its people?" said a government official in capital New Delhi. "Now we are at risk of the numbers (of AIDS patients) increasing again."
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A year on; the hunt for Flight 370 continues? SYDNEY, March 3 (aP): Nearly a year has passed since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, sparking one of the most perplexing mysteries of modern times. Since then, search crews have taken to air, land and sea in a thus-far fruitless hunt for the plane and the 239 people who disappeared with it. The current phase of the search in the deep, dark and desolate waters of the Indian Ocean has failed to yield a single clue about the plane’s fate. Still, despite the lack of fresh leads, the official heading up the search is no less optimistic than when it began.
the data. The ships head back to shore every four weeks or so to get fresh supplies — a trip that takes up to six days each way.
Q: Are searchers still looking for floating wreckage? A: Technically, yes, says Martin Dolan, chief commissioner of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which is leading the search. After studying the area’s currents, Australian officials asked Indonesia in August to watch for any debris that might have floated west to the island nation’s shores. Officials are now reviewing their drift modeling to see whether they need to revise their projections of where debris could have ended Here is a look at the latup. But because so much est in the hunt for Flight 370: time has passed, Dolan says all surface debris likely sank Q: How far along is the In this March 31, 2014 photo, a ghostly shadow of a Royal New Zealand Air Force P3 Orion is cast on low level cloud long ago. search? while the aircraft searches for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the southern Indian Ocean, near the coast A: Crews have scoured of Western Australia. Nearly a year has passed since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished on a flight from Kuala Q: Do the chances of more than 40 percent of Lumpur to Beijing, sparking one of the most perplexing mysteries of modern times. Since then, search crews have the priority search zone — taken to air, land and sea in a thus-far fruitless hunt for the plane and the 239 people who disappeared with it. (AP finding the plane in the priority zone become less a 60,000-square-kilometer File Photo) (23,000-square-mile) area officials believe they’re on would cost, is unknown. countries.” If officials decid- ary, a fourth ship, the Fugro likely as the search drags of the Indian Ocean about track to finish searching the Ministers from Austra- ed to extend the search, they Supporter, joined the hunt. on? A: No, Dolan says, be1,800 kilometers (1,100 priority zone by May. lia and Malaysia — which would want to continue usThe Supporter is using miles) west of Australia. An have each contributed ing the vessels, crews and an autonomous underwa- cause they haven’t been international team of inQ: What happens if $60 million to the cur- equipment currently look- ter vehicle — essentially able to pinpoint any arvestigators who analyzed they don’t find the plane? rent search effort - will be ing for the plane, Truss says. an unmanned submarine eas within the search zone transmissions between the A: One option includes meeting with their Chinese — that can more easily ma- where the plane would aircraft and a satellite be- expanding the search be- counterpart next month to Q: How is the search neuver along the moun- have had a higher problieve this is where the plane yond the priority zone to a decide whether - and how - being conducted? tainous, uneven seabed ability of crashing. Officials eventually crashed. wider search area — an im- to fund another search. A: There are four ships, in a few areas the towfish could only narrow down posing, 1.1-million-square“Obviously, the more each with around 30 peo- can’t fully cover. Unlike the the most likely crash site to Q: How much longer kilometer (425,000-square- partners we have in the ple on board, combing the towfish, the underwater the 60,000-square-kilomeis the search expected to mile) stretch of ocean, says search, the greater the ca- priority zone. Three of the drone doesn’t send real- ter (23,000-square-mile) take? Australian Transport Min- pacity to search a larger ships are dragging sonar time data back to the ship, priority zone. “Some peoA: Despite occasional ister Warren Truss. Exactly area,” Truss says. “And so devices called “towfish” so crews must haul it up at ple think there’s a hot spot delays due to rough weath- how long that would take to we’d certainly welcome just above the seabed to the end of each 24- to 36- in there that should be a er and equipment snafus, complete, and how much it participation from other scan for wreckage. In Janu- hour mission to download starting point, but it’s pretty
much equal priority across that area,” Dolan says. “So it’s no great surprise that having covered 40 percent, we haven’t located it yet. It might be down to the last 1 percent before we do.” Q: What happens if they find the plane? A: Australia recently asked for expressions of interest from companies with equipment capable of retrieving wreckage from the seabed, which is an average of 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) deep. But bringing it to the surface would be complex. Search officials would first need permission from the governments involved - namely Malaysia and Australia - to retrieve the wreckage. Then they would have to figure out the best way to do so. Officials would need to map the area, photograph the debris and get specialized vessels, crews and equipment to the remote search site. All told, Dolan estimates that if the plane is found on the seabed, it would be at least a month before the recovery process even begins. Q: If the plane is found underwater, what kind of condition would it be in after a year? A: Although pressure on a plane deep in the ocean would be extreme, currents at those depths would be relatively mild — meaning there’s no real concern about debris con-
tinuing to scatter once it hit the seabed. After studying the condition of the wreckage from Air France Flight 447, which was found at a similar depth two years after crashing into the Atlantic Ocean, officials think any underwater debris from the Malaysian plane would be relatively wellpreserved. “It’s not going to be a pristine aircraft,” Dolan says. “But for our purposes, we expect that the aircraft remains will be in satisfactory condition.” Q: Do officials still think they’ll find Flight 370? A: Dolan, who all along has expressed “cautious optimism” that they will find the plane, says his feelings haven’t changed. If anything, he leans more toward optimism than caution these days. He’s cautious because of the scant data that led them to focus their search on the Indian Ocean. “This is hugely dependent on technical analysis of quite limited satellite information,” he says. “We’re always as confident as we can be in the reliability of that, but we have to remind ourselves it’s not certain — it’s only highly likely.” Conversely, he’s optimistic because he is confident in the search crews and equipment, and the high quality of data they’re getting from the sonar. “If the aircraft is out there,” Dolan says, “we will find it.”
Japanese PM embroiled in political funding scandal 10,000 families homeless tokYo, March 3 (iaNS): Japanese Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shinzo Abe on Tuesday admitted receiving illicit funding from firms that his government provided subsidies to. This is the latest funding scandal that has seen three cabinet members ejected and reignited major concerns about the wheelerdealer style of backroom politics that has historically plagued Japan. Just a week after Koya Nishikawa was forced to resign as head of the ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries following allegations he accepted a
one million-yen ($8,400) donation to his local LDP chapter from a sugar manufacturers association that had received government subsidies, the prime minister himself is now under the spotlight for a similar damning violation of Japan’s political funds control law. The law states that companies are prohibited from making political donations after receiving approval for a government subsidy for one year after the subsidy has been approved. The prime minister told a parliamentary panel on Tuesday that he had no knowledge that the LDP chapter he heads
in Yamaguchi Prefecture netted 240,000 yen in September 2011 and September 2012, from Tohzai Chemical Industry Co. in Osaka, Xinhua news agency reported. The company was granted 10 million yen in subsidies by the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency in April 2011 and June 2012, as confirmed by the Kansai Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry. Political fund reports also show that Abe’s chapter, on three separate occasions, received 500,000 yen over a two-year span starting 2011 from Ube Industries Ltd. in Tokyo. Ube Industries Ltd.
was given 93 million yen by the ministry of economy, trade and industry in subsidies, according to its funding reports. “I really didn’t know what I didn’t know and I can’t say more than that. It is a problem if politicians exercise their political power to respond to a request in exchange for money,” Abe, who will face rigorous questioning over the issue by opposition parties, told the panel ambiguously. Further funding irregularities also came to light on Tuesday, threatening to further taint the image of Abe, his cabinet ministers and the ruling LDP.
Economy Minister Akira Amari has also come under fire for accepting a 120,000-yen donation in 2013 and 2014 from a company that received state subsidies and farm minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, who has only just stepped in to replace the disgraced Nishikawa, said he had received donations from two firms that were subsidized. As the scandals continue to unfold, with local newspapers set to expose a “register” of politicians, including allegations implicating more of Abe’s ministers who have breached the political funds control law, Education Minister
Peanuts may reduce risk of heart disease death: Study WaShiNgtoN, March 3 (iaNS): Eating peanuts may lower your risk of dying from a heart attack, US and Chinese researchers said. Researchers at Vanderbilt University and the Shanghai Cancer Institute examined the association of nut consumption with mortality among low-income and racially diverse populations and found that intake of peanuts was associated with fewer deaths, especially from heart disease. While research has previously linked nut consumption with lower mortality, those studies focused mainly on higher-income, white populations. This study, published in the US journal JAMA Internal Medicine, was the first to discover that all races -- blacks, whites and Asians alike -- could potentially increase heart health by eating nuts and peanuts. “Peanuts are not nuts but le-
gumes,” Xinhua cited senior author Xiao-Ou Shu, associate director for Global Health at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) and professor of Medicine in the Department of Epidemiology, as saying. “However, peanuts contain many nutrients and phytochemicals that are similar to nuts. For individuals who can’t afford tree nuts, peanuts may serve as a substitute,” Shu said. The results were based on three large ongoing cohort studies. Participants included more than 70,000 Americans of African and European descent from the Southern Community Cohort Study (SCCS), who were mostly lowincome, and more than 130,000 Chinese from the Shanghai Women’s Health Study (SWHS) and the Shanghai Men’s Health Study (SMHS). For participants in the SCCS,
deaths were determined by linking with the National Death Index and Social Security Administration mortality files, and for participants in the SWHS and SMHS, by linking with the Shanghai Vital Statistics Registry and by conducting home visits. In total, more than 14,000 deaths were identified, with a median follow-up of 5.4 years in the SCCS, 6.5 years in the SMHS, and 12.2 years in the SWHS. They found a 17-21 percent reduction in total mortality and a 23-38 percent reduction in cardiovascular mortality for individuals who ate the most nuts or peanuts compared to those who ate the least nuts or peanuts. “We cannot conclude that peanuts per se were responsible for the reduced mortality observed despite that we have very carefully adjusted for possible confounders. Randomised clinical trials are needed to establish a causal con-
nection,” Shu said. However, the data from this new study reinforced earlier research suggesting health benefits from eating peanuts and nuts, she noted. Because peanuts are much less expensive than tree nuts, as well as more widely available to people of all races and all socioeconomic backgrounds, Shu said that increasing peanut consumption may provide a potentially cost-efficient approach to improving cardiovascular health. In a related editor’s note, Mitchell Katz, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services and a deputy editor of JAMA Internal Medicine, wrote: “Of course, peanuts are not really nuts (they are legumes since they grow in bushes, unlike tree nuts), but who cares if they help us to live longer at an affordable price.”
As Ebola wanes, other countries remain vulnerable N’DJaMENa (chaD), March 3 (aP): Arriving airline passengers lined up outdoors to have their temperatures checked, the screens in the nighttime darkness like glowing lightning bugs. Some of the travelers checked by workers with surgical masks had traveled through a West African country affected by Ebola, or sat next to passengers who did, and Chadian authorities weren’t taking any chances. Impoverished countries like Chad know the only way to stay Ebola-free is to keep any infected people out. If
any get in, these countries’ health-care systems are unprepared to handle an outbreak, according to a report released Tuesday by Save the Children. The report said only Somalia is worse prepared than Chad for an epidemic such as Ebola. The charity is urging the international community to improve health care systems in developing countries so they can tackle any threat. After causing nearly 10,000 recorded deaths, the Ebola epidemic is waning in the three worsthit countries, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
“As efforts continue to bring the disease under control, we must learn lessons from this crisis urgently - not just for the three countries concerned but for all countries that lack adequate health services,” the report said. The organization looked at the 75 countries with the highest levels of child mortality in the world, and then analyzed how much they spent on health as well as how many doctors and nurses they have, among other factors. It found that 28 countries were worse off than Liberia, which has
seen the most deaths from the Ebola epidemic that began in December 2013. Somalia, ravaged by decades of civil war and an Islamic insurgency, finished at the very bottom. The second worse off country is Chad, where there is only one health worker for every 4,444 people compared to one per 88 in the United Kingdom, Save the Children found. Rounding out the most vulnerable countries were Nigeria, Afghanistan, Haiti, Ethiopia, Central African Republic, Guinea, Niger, Mali and Guinea-Bissau. It is particularly worrisome
that among the worst was Guinea - where the Ebola crisis began - and several of its neighbors, the group said. Save the Children also said that global efforts to combat Ebola have cost $4.3 billion, while it would have taken only $1.58 billion to have improved health care systems in the affected countries that were ill prepared to combat the epidemic. In its report, the group also called for a renewed focus on combatting other diseases, such as malaria and pneumonia, in developing countries that are responsible for 17,000 child deaths a day.
Hakubun Shimomura has been accused of allegedly taking donations from unregistered organisations based outside of his Tokyo constituency. The latest in Japan’s “money and politics” saga follows two female cabinet members stepping down on the same day in October last year over funding improprieties and election law violations. Then trade and industry minister Yuko Obuchi quit over purportedly misusing political funds, while former justice minister Midori Matsushima, stepped down following allegations she had knowingly violated Japan’s election laws.
after huge fire in Manila
MaNila, March 3 (iaNS): More than 10,000 families were displaced after a fire that raged for 12 hours and destroyed over 5,000 houses in Metro Manila, capital of the Philippines, authorities said on Tuesday. The fire broke out at the Parola Compound in Tondo, a slum area, at around 6 p.m. on Monday and, fanned by winds from the Manila Bay, quickly spread across the more than one-hectare lot, Xinhua news agency reported citing the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). The fire was put out at 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the BFP. The agency said fire fighters had difficulty getting through the narrow alleyways which was one of the reasons why it took them so long to put out the blaze. Six residents in the area were slightly injured when they tried to save their belongings, said the BFP. Initial reports said an estimated 55 million-peso ($1.25 million) worth of property was lost in the fire. An investigation into the cause of the fire was under way. The authorities were looking at a possible cooking accident or electrical appliance tripping on faulty connections.
National School Of Drama, New Delhi (An Autonomous Institution of the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India) Sikkim Theatre Training Centre, Gangtok
ONE YEAR RESIDENTIAL CERTIFICATE COURSE IN DRAMATIC ARTS (2015-2016)
ADMISSION NOTICE The Sikkim Theatre Training Centre, Gangtok of the National School of Drama offers ‘One Year Residential Certificate Course in Dramatic Arts’ at the NSD, Sikkim Theatre Training Centre, Development area, Gangtok. It’s a one year certificate course (full time-residential) in Dramatic Arts. The course starts from 20th July 2015 and aims at training students to become professionals in the area of acting, design and other theatre related disciplines Essential Qualifications: 1. 10+2 from any recognized board 2. Working knowledge of Hindi & English. Age Limit as on 1 July 2015 Minimum 18 years Maximum 30 years. Selection: An Expert Committee constituted by the centre will assess the aptitude and talent of the candidates & its decision will be final. Medium of Instruction: Hindi / English Centre for TEST/AUDITION: Interview / Audition will be conducted at Sikkim Theatre Training Centre, Nepali Sahitya Parishad Bhawan, Development Area, Gangtok on 4th, 5th and 6th of May 2015 from 9:00 am onwards. No TA/DA will be provided for the interview only accommodation will be provided for the students coming for the interview outside Sikkim. Financial Assistance: All selected students will be given scholarship of Rs. 4500/p.m. to meet their academic and other expenses. Physical Fitness: The students selected for admission will have to undergo a medical test for physical fitness at NSD,STTC, Gangtok. Their final selection is subject to clearance of the fitness test. How To Apply: Applicants need to sent a typed application for the mentioned course along with the 10+2 pass certificate along with complete bio-data and experience certificate of theatre (if only they have otherwise it is not compulsory). Applicant will have to appear for interview at their cost. Only those who are from north-eastern states and Darjeeling district can apply. The applicant need to sent Rs. 100 Demand Draft in favour of National School of Drama, Camp Office, Sikkim. The applications can also be downloaded from NSD website www.nsd. gov.in. The downloaded application form must be sent along with a Demand Draft of Rs 100/- in favour of Natinal School of Drama,Camp Office,Sikkim. Forms sent in envelopes without DD/Payorder will not be entertained. Application forms dully filled in and complete in all respects must reach to Ms. Kavita Pradhan, National School of Drama, Sikkim Theatre Training Centre, Nepali Sahitya Parishad Bhawan, Development Area, Gangtok,Pin-code: 737101 on or before 31/03/2015. No application form will be entertained after the last date.
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10-man roma draw with Juventus in serie A
ROME, MaRch 3 (aP): Ten-man Roma scored a late equalizer to salvage a 1-1 draw with Juventus on Monday and keep alive its faint Serie A title hopes. Former Barcelona midfielder Seydou Keita headed in following a free kick in the 78th minute at the Stadio Olimpico after Carlos Tevez had given Juventus the lead 14 minutes earlier with a curling free kick. Tevez's goal came shortly after Vasilios Torosidis was shown a second yellow card for a debatable foul on Arturo Vidal, marking the fourth red for Roma in its last four Serie A meetings with Juventus. The latest red card could revive controversy that followed the teams' first meeting this season in October, which Juventus won 3-2 with the aid of glaring refereeing errors. The rematch was a physical test that saw 11 yellow cards branded. It marked Roma's sixth consecutive draw at home and the Giallorossi's seventh stalemate in their last eight matches. "We needed three
points and nothing else," Keita said. Juventus maintained a nine-point lead over Roma with 13 rounds remaining, while Roma moved four points ahead of third-place Napoli in the race for a direct Champions League berth. "I'm pleased with what we did until the 70th minute," Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said. "In the second half we improved a lot, we took the lead, but then we stopped playing. "The season still has a long way to go and we're going to have to win more matches, especially on the road," Allegri added. "We took a step forward but we're still far from reaching our goal." "Down a goal with 10 men, a reaction like that shows the squad is alive and has personality and character," Roma coach Rudi Garcia said. "Now we've got to focus on defending second place. "The match was very tactical with the goals coming from set pieces," Garcia added. The match started Roma's Francesco Totti, second from right, and Juventus' Vidal, right, run for the ball during their Serie A soccer match 15 minutes late to show soli- between Roma and Juventus at Rome's Olympic stadium, Rome, Monday, March. 2. (AP Photo)
darity for crisis-hit Parma, which is on the verge of financial failure and has had its last two matches postponed indefinitely. Neither side produced clear chances in a tense and physical first half that saw no shots on goal. The closest either team came to scoring early on came when Kostas Manolas intercepted a cross from Alvaro Morata and nearly redirected it into his own net in the 22nd. On the half-hour mark, Keita couldn't take advantage of a close-range opportunity and goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon quickly collected the danger. Juventus winger Roberto Pereyra dribbled past three defenders to set up Tevez in the 42nd but the Argentine's shot was deflected wide. Both sides came out with more aggression for the second half and a long, angled shot from Vidal went just wide in the 50th. It wasn't until just after the hour mark, though, that the course of the match changed. That was when To-
rosidis was whistled for what appeared to be a light touch on Vidal. With Juve free-kick specialist Andrea Pirlo missing due to injury, Tevez stepped up, and curled the ensuing free kick over Roma's wall and inside the left post from 22 yards. Roma goalkeeper Morgan De Sanctis was left standing rooted as the ball sailed past him into the net. It was Tevez's 15th goal of the season, moving one ahead of Inter Milan's Mauro Icardi atop the league scoring chart. Buffon then preserved the lead by pushing wide a header from Manolas in the 72nd. In the 77th, Juventus defender Giorgio Chiellini — the recipient of Luis Suarez's bite at the World Cup — was shown a yellow for a foul on Roma substitute Juan Iturbe just outside the area on the right flank. Florenzi's ensuing free kick was redirected by Keita beyond the reach of Buffon with Juventus midfielder Claudio Marchisio claiming the last touch in a failed attempt to deny the goal-bound effort.
6th Inter-District Veteran Football Tourney bethesda Annual sports Week concludes
KOhIMa, MaRch 3 (MExN): The Inter-District Veteran Football Tournament 2015 is scheduled to be held from April 13 to 16 at the Imkongmeren Sports Complex in Mokokchung.
A press release received here informed that Mokokchung District Veteran Football Association under the aegis of Nagaland Veteran Football Association will host the
tournament. For further details, one may contact: Aotemsu SP, MDVFA President @ 9436012119; N. Jacob Yanthan, VP NVFA @ 9436006286; and Tia, Treasurer NVFA @ 9436643089
Agape School Sports Week underway KIPhIRE, MaRch 3 (MExN): The annual sports week of Agape School started today at the school campus with the school administrator declaring the sports week open. A press release received here informed that the administrator, in his address,
asked the students to take part in the true spirit of sportsmanship. He also asked the students to take each other as competitors and not as opponents. Informing that the teams for this year had been named after the scientists and philosophers,
he stated that this was done so as to enable students to learn more of those great personalities. He also asked the students to learn how to work in groups and teams and also encourage each one of them to take part and give their best.
Sunderland suspend Johnson after arrest
LONdON, MaRch 3 (aP): English Pre- response, Sunderland said in a statement mier League club Sunderland suspended that Johnson had been suspended by the club "pending the outmidfielder Adam Johncome of a police invesson on Monday after tigation." he was arrested on susJohnson grew up picion of sexual activnear Durham and beity with a girl under the gan his career in the age of 16. The 27-yearnortheast with Midold Johnson, who has dlesbrough, graduatplayed for England, was ing from the academy later released on police to the first team. Johnbail "pending ongoing son's impressive perinvestigations," a force formances secured a in northeast England transfer to Manchester said. City in 2010 for 7 million News of Johnson's pounds (now about $11 arrest emerged MonAdam Johnson (AP File Photo) million). But after City day, a day before Sunderland's Premier League game at Hull. "A won the Premier League in 2012, John27-year-old man was arrested earlier today son sought more regular first-team footon suspicion of sexual activity with a girl un- ball and joined Sunderland for 10 million der 16," police in the northeast city of Dur- pounds (now about $15 million). Johnson ham said in a statement on Monday when made the last of his 12 England appearasked about reports of Johnson's arrest. In ances in August 2012 against Italy.
CORRIGENDUM Apropos the news item carried by this newspaper on the February 28 issue, the date for the proposed Late Thevonu Memorial Cup cum First Session of the Japfuphiki Chokri Dzevi Krrotho (JCDK) should be read as March 6 and not as published. The inadvertent error is regretted.
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other Teresa is not being spared. There are machinations about many things in life, but years after her death please do not tarnish an embodiment of selfless humanitarian service, which the entire world acknowledged with gratitude. Not this is something new, just sometime after her death a veteran journalist writing in a Calcutta daily made a similar allegation of 'conversion ' but at that time the electronic media was not half as potent, as it is today. The conversion theory. has become dated. Conversions took place since the eighties after social and caste oppression in pockets of South India when Hindus were also converted to the Islamic faith. G.B. Verghese wrote about it citing caste oppression as a major factor. Was there, or is there any introspection on this? Now the target is churches and this does not seem to abate. The two religion theory is attacked with venom: all Christians convert and all Muslims are fundamentalists or terrorists, in the Indian context. President Obama's stringent warning is not heeded to. Indians are assailed in the US and there is no introspection or soul searching on this. If we have to clean India, then this should also become symbolic or metaphorical; clean the country in all respects, clean poverty, clean the slums, rehabilitate the slum dwellers, clean sectarianism on all fronts. Will anyone listen? Now the vilification of Mother Teresa is not only uncalled for, it militates against tight thinking and true democracy. Is it a coinci-
dence that around the same time churches are vandalized and desecrated? Conversion in its right spirit is a personal choice. If a person ' converts ' it can be a matter of personal choice and faith. No one can deny the right of an individual will to convert or reconvert into a religious faith. But if there is mass conversion, as has been recently then one can get skeptical- a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black. The intermingling of religion with politics is ominous. If this happens then politics also may take a back seat and sectarian religion may dominate the body politic of a nation. Is it happening today/ Only time will tell and history is an arbiter of destiny, it charts out the past and in subtle ways foresees the future. Confronting history is dangerous, meddling with it distorts history. For too long in India distortion of history has fanned emotions and has led to polarization of societies. The common man understands this and does not want it or, pooh poohs it. Hence an overdose of the conversion propaganda might miscue in the worst ways. The powers that be must be careful and politic, because the average Indian is not interested in such brouhaha. He or she wants to eke out a peaceful living economically and socially. The temple, the mosque and the church should and will continue to coexist in accordance with historical truth and the shapings of the past. Hegelian forces have a bearing on the present. You may call this fate. You may call it destiny. Playing to the gallery is temporal. What is permanent is historical audacity. Ananya S Guha
Readers may please note that the contents of the articles, letters and opinions published do not reflect the outlook of this paper nor of the Editor in any form.
dIMaPuR, MaRch 3 (MExN): The 21st Annual Sports Week of Bethesda Higher Secondary School, Walford, Dimapur concluded at the Bethesda New School Complex on Tuesday. A press release received here informed that Rev. Moses Murry, General Superintendent, AGEI
was the Chief Guest for the closing ceremony, while Rev. Jacky Simte, Manipur AGEI member, was Guest of Honour. Besides the sports events, March Past by senior students and NCC Cadets, peace contingents by juniors and drill display by the students of different houses were the main attraction of
the day. Colourful Drill Display, freestyle dances and colourful choreography added attraction to the function, the release stated. The Chief Guest, in his speech, appreciated the school's effort to organize physical activities like sports and games. He said that games and sports help to keep one healthy and fit.
He upheld the most important objective of sports — “achieving a common goal with team spirit and cooperativeness.” Further stating that the lofty aims of education included the all round personality development, Rev. Murry maintained that it is thereby essential to include such physical activities in the school.
Kohli abuses scribe at training PERTh, MaRch 3 (aGENcIES): Indian Cricket Vice-Captain Virat Kohli on Tuesday lost his cool after the training session as he hurled abuses at a journalist before the side's group league game against West Indies at the WACA on Friday. It didn't occur to anybody that something of this sort will happen. Once
Kohli was done with his training and was returning to the dressing room, he saw a scribe of a national daily in front of him. To the horror of that journalist, Kohli started using filthiest of language and it went on for some time before he stormed off and some of the Indian team members looked amazed as to what exactly had hap-
pened. The particular journalist also seemed clueless but once Kohli cooled down, he told someone about an article that had appeared about him and his girlfriend Anushka Sharma in a national daily and he thought that it was that particular journalist, who had written the story. When he was told that he has mistaken this par-
ticular reporter as someone else, Kohli called one of the journalists and through him apologized for the incident. According to reliable sources, Team Director Ravi Shastri has personally spoken to Kohli and advised him to keep his cool as it is unbecoming of a future India captain to behave in this manner publicly.
Chelsea, Everton fined for player misconduct LONdON, MaRch 3 (IaNS): The Football Association (FA) announced here on Monday that both Chelsea and Everton have been fined 30,000 pounds for player misconduct following an independent regulatory commission hearing. "Following an incident in the 86th minute of their fixture on 11 February 2015, both clubs were charged with failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion and/or refrained from provocative behavior," the FA said on its website, Xinhua reported. The incident took place during the 1-0 win for Chelsea as Branislav Ivanovic appeared to wrap his arm around Everton midfielder James McCarthy's neck. The charge against Chelsea further alleged that their players surrounded the referee Jonathan Moss. Chelsea and Everton both admitted the charge. The fracas was sparked after Everton's Gareth Barry received a second yellow card for tripping goalscorer Willian, but Ivanovic escaped punishment.
Heat beat suns as tensions run high
MIaMI, MaRch 3 (aP): Tyler Johnson scored a career-high 26 points and Goran Dragic added 21 against his former team as the Miami Heat beat the Phoenix Suns 115-98 on Monday in a game that included two third-quarter altercations. Hassan Whiteside finished with 17 points and 10 rebounds before getting ejected for Miami, which got 16 points and nine assists from Dwyane Wade. P.J. Tucker had 20 points and 14 rebounds for the Suns, who also got 20 points from Eric Bledsoe. Markieff Morris and Brandon Knight scored 13 apiece. In all, there were five player technical fouls, three ejections and two flagrant fouls assessed in the third quarter alone, the 12 minutes of play needing 42 minutes to complete. Morris was ejected for a flagrant-2 foul against Dragic in the third quarter, and Whiteside and Alex Len were both tossed later in the period after getting tangled up under the Miami basket. Brooklyn's Jarrett Jack made a tiebreaking jump shot with 1.1 seconds left as the Nets overcame Stephen Curry's stirring fourth-quarter comeback attempt to beat the Golden State Warriors 110-108. Curry brought the Warriors back from 10 points down with under 4 minutes left to tie it, but couldn't get a final shot off after Jack's jumper. Curry finished with 26 points, 18 in the final period and Andrew Bogut scored 16 for Golden State Brook Lopez had 26 points and Deron Williams 22 for the Nets. In Minneapolis, Chris Paul had 26 points and 14 assists as the Los Angeles Clippers allowed only one field goal in the fourth quarter to outlast the Minnesota Timberwolves 110-105. J.J. Redick scored 18 points before getting ejected in the fourth and DeAndre Jordan had 12 points and 18 rebounds, his ninth straight game with at least 15 boards. Glen Davis scored 12 points off the bench to help the Clippers get their seventh win in nine games. The Toronto Raptors ended a five-game losing streak by downing the Philadelphia 76ers 114-103 after DeMar DeRozan scored a seasonhigh 35 points and Lou Williams had 21, while the Dallas Mavericks defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 102-93.
Miami Heat guard Goran Dragic (7) is fouled by Phoenix Suns forward Marcus Morris (15) during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game, Monday, March 2, in Miami. (AP Photo)
Harden suspended for kicking James in the groin
NEW YORK, MaRch 3 (aP): The NBA has suspended Houston star James Harden one game without pay for kicking LeBron James in the groin. The All-Stars and Olympic teammates became tangled in the third quarter of Houston's 105-103 victory over Cleve-
land on Sunday and Harden fell back to the court, then kicked his foot up into James. Harden was given a flagrant foul 1 for the play, which the league upgraded Monday to a flagrant 2, which would have been an automatic ejection if called at the time. An an-
gry James said after the game that Harden's kick was "not a basketball play" and that the league would probably look at it. Harden, the NBA's leading scorer and a top Most Valuable Player candidate, won't play when the Rockets visit the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday.
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o Yo Honey Singh’s Birthday Bash song, which marked his comeback to Bollywood might be topping the charts, but his troubles are certainly far from over. India’s rap sensation, as we all know has been facing charges of uploading obscene songs and music videos on social networking site. An offence was registered against the Lungi Dance singer by a local resident in Nagpur last year. So there he was. Yo Yo arrived in Nagpur on Sunday (March 1) and appeared in Pachpaoli Police Station in relation to this case. But what followed was sham of investigation. He stayed there hardly for 10 minutes and left the spot in a hurry. It looked like the Honey Singh was just completing the formalities as per the High Court directive for there was nothing called investigation.
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ing to be conducting a live Q&A in London answering questions about gender equality," Watson said in a video posted on Facebook. The caption added, "I hope you'll join me on Sunday 8th of March at 1PM NYC/5PM Londontime for a conversation about He For She and Gender Equality, live on Facebook. If you're in London and would like to be there in person, tell me how you are making a personal impact to advance gender equality." The 'Harry Potter' star has been championing equal rights since joining the U.N. last July and is trying to encourage as many people as possible in the
fight for a feminist society. "Thank you so much for all of your support and participation so far," Watson added in the clip. "It's been absolutely amazing and just an amazing adventure, journey, experience for me. So thank you, thank you. You guys are really awesome." Watson's first HeForShe speech at the United Nations headquarters soon went viral garnered a lot of support, including the likes of her fellow actresses. "Women are choosing not to identify as feminists. Apparently, I am among the ranks of women whose
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expressions are seen as too strong, 'too aggressive,' isolating and anti-men, unattractive, even. Why has the word become such an uncomfortable one?" she said at the time. "I am from Britain and I think it is right that I am paid the same as my male counterparts. I think it is right that I should be able to make decisions about my own body...I think it is right that women be involved on my behalf in the policies and the decisions that affect my life. I think it is right that socially, I am afforded the same respect as men."
I always give first priority to marriage: Keith Urban inger Keith Urban keeps his wife Nicole Kidman, whom he married in 2006, as one of his priorities. Urban, 47, said life without Kidman would be like the challenging block-building game of Jenga. Speaking during a question and answer session at Country Radio Seminar in Nashville, he said, "Someone said one time, 'If your marriage isn't your priority, you're not married'. And I thought, for me that's so true. So as long as I keep her as a priority, everything
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ichelle Rodriguez has apologized for commenting that minority actors should "stop stealing all the white people's superheroes." The 'Avatar' actress said that she has a tendency to speak without a filter and her remarks were taken out of context, E! Online reported. In a three-minute video posted on
Facebook, Rodriguez also mentioned that people in the industry should be more creative and try to make new superheroes instead of fitting their cultures into existing ones. Rodriguez went on to point out how there "are many cultures in Hollywood that are not white that can come up with their own mythology.
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he stunning sisters -Mamie, 31, Grace, 28, and Louisa, 23 -- showcase shoes and handbags by the accessories designer, reported People magazine. Vivier's latest collaboration with the online retailer features everything from nail polishes to tote bags to fanny packs, and the entire collection will be available starting Thursday. "This collection was inspired by the urban busy woman, and like all my pieces these are utilitarian, but distinctively chic and fun," Vivier said of the inspiration be-
hind the new pieces. In the pictures, the sisters wear colourful button-down shirts and jeans, showing off different styles of loafers and handbags. Louisa is the only professional model among them, having been signed to IMG Models agency. The other two are actresses, like their famous mother. Grace has appeared on 'American Horror Story', 'Extant' and HBO's 'The Newsroom'. Mamie, who has a recurring role on 'The Good Wife', played the title role on the short-lived CW series 'Emily Owens, M D'.
December 29, 2014 Salman campaigns for Mahinda Rajapaksa Salman Khan drew flak when he visited Sri Lanka and participated in a campaign for Mahinda Rajapaksa before the presidential elections in the country.
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January 14, 2014 Criticised for meeting Modi Salman Khan faced brickbats for meeting Narendra Modi at the kite festival during Makar Sankranti in Ahmedabad.
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the sport we all love so much Cricket!" Produced by Grammy-nominated Swedish DJ/producer Alesso, the song features vocals by the latest playback sensation who is the voice behind some of the biggest Bollywood hits in recent times including 'Chittiyaan Kalaiyaan'. "We decided to do a Hindi version of 'We Could Be Heroes' by Alesso. We gave it a try and it has come out really nice. It was a great experience recording this fun sing-along. I'm sure everyone will like it", she added. With the current craze of the sport taking over the country, the song is set to become hugely popular as it echoes the sentiments of a nation reeling with cricket fever.
Von Jen’s ‘Voice of wokha’ 2015 T he Vonjen’s Voice of Wokha is all set to start for the third edition and the organizers would like to bring to the notice of the public its schedules.
Audition Senior one song (self choice) without music background but fresh vocal only; Junior one song (self choice) with music background.
Scheduled from audition to Grand Finale Audition on March 14 at 10:00 am; First round on March 28 at 5:00 pm; Second round will held on 11th of April at 5:00 pm; Third round (Grand Finale) on April 30 at 5:00 pm. Venue will be informed to all the concern contestants through phone personally.
Senior common songs for all rounds First round common song: Boys – Hey Tonight –CCR; Girls – Teenage Dream-Katy Perry (One choice song each) Second round common song: Boys – Marry You-Bruno mars; Girls – Don’t walk away- Miley Cyrus (One choice song each) Third round (Grand Finale) common song: Boys – It too Deep-
Sum 41; Girls – Hey Stephen-Taylor Swift (One choice song each) Junior common songs for the entire round First round common song: Boys – Where you go-Kids Hill song; Girls – The reason He made me-Kids Hill song (One choice song each) Second round common song:Boys – All of me-John lenon; Girls – Father we thank thee -Kids Hill song (One choice song each) Third round (Grand Finale) common song: Boys – All of creation- Mercy me: Girls – Love divine-Kids Hill song (One choice song each).
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High-scoring SA thump Ireland 9th Open Naga Wrestling C’ship Amla, du Plessis flay Ireland as Proteas make 411-4
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CANBERRA, MARCh 3 (REutERs): South Africa put one foot in the World Cup quarter-finals by batting past the 400-run mark for the second successive match to hand Ireland a thumping defeat by 201 runs with five overs to spare at Manuka Oval on Tuesday. Hashim Amla hit his highest one-day score with a majestic 159 and Faf du Plessis grabbed a century to drive the Proteas to 411
for four before Ireland, despite some stiff resistance from their middle and lower orders, were dismissed for 210. The Irish were unbeaten in the tournament coming into this Pool B clash but were simply outclassed in all departments by the in-form South Africans, who crushed West Indies by 257 runs in Sydney on Friday. That victory had been set up by AB de Vil-
liers' 162 in a total of 408 for five but on Tuesday it was opener Amla who led the way as South Africa fell just two runs short of the World Cup record innings tally. The record would surely have fallen had Irish offspinner Andy McBrine not removed Amla and de Villiers (24), the two topranked batsmen in the world, in three balls in the 42nd over. Amla had been
dropped on 10 and should have been run out on 104 but otherwise batted with his trademark calmness and at one stage it looked like he would match Chris Gayle's double century on the same pitch last Tuesday. As measured as his captain de Villiers is explosive, Amla reached his 20th one-day century at a run-aball in a partnership of 247 with Du Plessis -- a record second-wicket stand for South Africa. The 31-year-old's 159 came off 128 balls and he had hit 16 fours and four sixes by the time he holed out to Ed Joyce in the deep, 36 overs after the former England batsman had dropped him at midwicket off Kevin O'Brien's first delivery. Amla has scored his 20 one-day centuries in fewer innings than any other batsman, taking 108 knocks compared to the 133 it took India's Virat Kohli to reach the mark. Du Plessis made his 109 from as many balls for his fourth ODI century, while Rilee Rossouw confirmed his fine form with a second successive quickfire innings of 61. Ireland's renown as a side capable of chasing big targets was always going to be sorely tested by a South African bowling unit led by Dale Steyn, who took 2-39 in his 100th one-day international. The paceman, bowling at speeds approaching the 150 kph mark, picked up two early wickets and Kyle Abbott pitched in with three to reduce Ireland to 48-5 in the 11th over. Andrew Balbirnie and Kevin O'Brien stopped the rot with a 81-run partnership that ended when the former was caught in the deep by Rossouw off Morne Morkel for 58. O'Brien batted on as de Villiers gave all but three of the team a bowl but departed for 48 when Abbott (4-21) returned to claim his first four-wicket haul in one-day internationals.
KohiMA, MARCh 3 (MExN): The Chakhesang Baptist Church Ministers’ Hill, Kohima (CBCMHK) as the management of the forthcoming 9th Open Naga Wrestling Championship 2015 met here today and reviewed the progress of the various committees set up for the wrestling championship. After thorough deliberation, the management committee resolved to have a final consultation on March 8 after church service at CBCMHK. It also decided to conduct social work at Kohima Local Ground on March 10 for which all the committee members have been
requested to join the same. The championship, to be held under the aegis of Nagaland Wrestling Association with Chakhesang Wrestling Association as host, and sponsored by Tourism department, will take place on March 12 at Kohima Local Ground. The inaugural function will be graced by Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) speaker Chotisuh Sazo as the chief guest while Khriehu Liezietsu, Parliamentary Secretary for Youth Resources and Sports, NRE and MTF will be the guest of honour. Isaac Kronu, 1st Class Contractor & Supplier will sponsor the first prize (Rs
1,50,000), while Vevo Sapuh, Director Art & Culture will sponsor the second prize (Rs 1 lakh). Zaveyi Nyekha, Director School Education will sponsor the third prize (Rs 70,000), and MK Mero, Commissioner & Secretary, Industries, will sponsor the fourth prize (Rs 50,000). All quarter finalists will be awarded with Rs 8000 each, the prizes for which is being sponsored by Dr. Neisatuo Mero. The prequarter finalist will get Rs. 4000 each, sponsored by Atei-u Keditsu. The Open Wrestling Championship is open to all interested wrestlers without any restriction regardless of tribe, caste etc. It
is also open to all other Indians and to any other Nationals around the world. Forms for the championship are available in the following places: Sports World, Taxi Stand Kohima, Life Centre at Pfutsero, ABC Book Stall, Phek and Chozuba/ Peren/Jalukie. Forms can also be downloaded from NWA website: www.nagalandwrestlingassociation.org Last date for submission of forms is March 7. Around 140 wrestlers are expected to join the championship. Tickets for the championship have been made available in three categories: DonorsRs. 2000, Chair- Rs. 400 and Gallery Rs. 100.
Pacquiao down to work for 'fight of my life'
Los ANgELEs, MARCh 3 (AFP): Manny Pacquiao called his boxing showdown with Floyd Mayweather "the fight of my life" as he got down to work pounding the streets and gym in Los Angeles. The eight-division world champion cranked into serious preparations for the May 2 fight after flying in for his training camp from his native Philippines. On Monday, Pacquiao ran two miles (3.2 km) and shadow-boxed for two rounds, followed by abdominal work and breakfast of steamed rice, scrambled egg, fish and chicken broth. Then he napped until noon and had lunch before heading to trainer Freddie Roach's Wild Card Gym, which is strictly offlimits to fans and media during Pacquiao's sessions. "I will prepare hard for this fight to give the boxing fans the kind of entertainment they want. This is what I consider the real fight of my life," said Pacquiao, 36. Pacquiao (57-5 with two drawn and 38 knock-outs) will face Mayweather (47-0 with 27 knock-outs) in Las Vegas in a fight long craved by boxing fans. Reports say they will split about $200 million from the welterweight clash between two
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men considered the best "pound-for-pound" boxers of their generation. Pacquiao has plunged into training after arriving from the Philippines, where his distractions include playing professional basketball and a seat in the national congress. He apologised for ducking a crowd of journalists at LA airport after immigration officials whisked
him out of a back door on Saturday. "The head of the immigration in LA led us to the backdoor. So I was not aware that many journalists were already waiting for us outside," Pacquiao said. "My heartfelt apology to all of them." The devout Christian attended a Bible service on Sunday before beginning his training in earnest the following morning.
Pacquiao's preparations are under way without Roach, who is in Macau for Chinese fighter Zou Shiming's world title shot on Saturday. Conditioning coach Justin Fortune and assistant trainers Buboy Fernandez and Flash Fernandez are present, along with others including Pacquiao's younger brother Bobby.
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