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VIP car hits policeman Morung Express News Kohima/Dimapur | May 12
A VIP car hit and injured a policeman in a case of rash driving in Kohima on May 12. The incident occurred around 9:00 am near the Classic Point. According to police sources, the vehicle – a Mahindra Bolero (NL 10 7000) knocked down the policeman as he was crossing the road. The victim, whose identity could not be ascertained, sustained head injury and rushed to NHAK. He is attached to DEF, Kohima. The driver of the vehicle, as per the police, was the ‘PA’ of a sitting legislator. He was arrested but later released as the two parties came to an understanding while no case was registered.
Bankers to strike against government policies, inaction CHENNAI, MAY 12 (IANS): Around 10 lakh bankers will go on strike on July 29 against the government’s varied actions and inaction pertaining to the banking sector, said a top leader of All India Bank Employees’ Association (AIBEA). The decision to go on strike on July 29 was taken in the meeting of the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) comprising all the nine unions in the sector- AIBEA, AIBOC, NCBE, AIBOA, BEFI, INBEF, INBOC, NOBW, NOBO, held in Hyderabad on Wednesday, he said. “The central government is going ahead with the measures that would weaken the public sector banks, inadequate capital infusion, consolidation and merger apart from issuing new bank licences, privatisation of IDBI Bank and permitting more private capital in regional rural banks,” C.H.Venkatachalam, general secretary, AIBEA told IANS on Thursday. According to Venkatachalam, the total bad loans in the banking sector has risen to Rs.10 lakh crore. Bulk of these bad loans are due from big corporate business houses and no serious action is being taken to recover the money, he said. Venkatachalam said the bad loans are being provided or written off against the profits of the banks so that they report a loss. He demanded criminal action against wilful defaulters of bank loans. There are over 7,000 wilful defaulters owing Rs.60,000 crore to the banking sector, Venkatachalam added.
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80% of city dwellers breathing bad air
GENEVA, MAY 12 (AFP): Over 80 percent of the world’s city dwellers breathe poor quality air, increasing their risk of lung cancer and other lifethreatening diseases, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report warned Thursday. Urban residents in poor countries are by far the worst affected, WHO said, noting that nearly every city (98 percent) in low- and middle-income countries has air which fails to meet the UN body’s standards. That number falls to 56 percent of cities in wealthier countries. “Urban air pollution continues to rise at an alarming rate, wreaking havoc on human health,” Maria Neira, the head of WHO’s department of public health and environment, said in a statement. The UN agency’s latest air pollution database reveals an overall deterioration of air in the planet’s cities, and highlights the growing risk of serious health conditions also including stroke and asthma. The report, which focused on outdoor rather
4 Indian cities among those with the worst air quality
In this file photo, a man covers his face as he walks through a dust storm on the banks of the Ganga river in Allahabad (REUTERS)
than household air, compared data collected from 795 cities in 67 countries between 2008 and 2013. Tracking the prevalence of harmful pollutants like sulfate and black carbon, WHO found that air quality was generally improving in richer regions like Europe and North America, but worsening in developing regions, notably the Middle East and southeast Asia.
Overall, contaminants in outdoor air caused more than 3 million premature deaths a year, the UN body said. The quality of air pollution data provided by individual countries varies considerably, and WHO does not compile a ranking of the world’s most polluted cities. But, in a sample of selected mega-cities with a population above 14 million, New Delhi was the
most polluted, followed by Cairo and Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka. Crucially, key African centres like Nigeria’s mega-city Lagos were excluded from the list because of the sparse availability of air quality data in many parts of the continent, WHO said. A sample of European data showed that Rome had slightly worse air than Berlin, followed by London and Madrid.
NEW DELHI, MAY 12 (REUTERS): India is home to four of the five cities in the world with the worst air pollution, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. But while WHO experts acknowledge India faces a “huge challenge”, many countries are so bad that they have no monitoring system and cannot be included in its ranking. The dirtiest air was recorded at Zabol in Iran, which suffers from months of dust storms in the summer, and which clocked a so-called PM2.5 measure of 217. The next four were all Indian: Gwalior, Allahabad, Patna and Raipur. India’s capital New Delhi was the survey’s ninth worst city, measured by the amount of particulate matter under 2.5 micrograms found in every cubic metre of air, with an annual average PM2.5 measurement of 122. Tiny particulate matter can cause lung cancer, strokes and heart disease over the long term, as well as triggering symptoms such as heart attacks that kill more rapidly. The WHO says more than 7 million premature deaths occur every year due to air pollution, 3 million of them due to outdoor air quality. New Delhi was ranked worst in 2014 with a PM2.5 reading of 153. It has since tried to tackle its toxic air by limiting the use of private cars on the road for short periods. Maria Neira, head of public
health, environmental and social determinants of health at the WHO, praised India’s government for developing a national plan to deal with the problem when others have been unable to. “Probably some of the worst cities that are the most polluted ones in the world are not included in our list, just because they are so bad that they do not even have a good system of monitoring of air quality, so it’s unfair to compare or give a rank,” she said. Common causes of air pollution include too many cars, especially dieselfuelled vehicles, the heating and cooling of big buildings, waste management, agriculture and the use of coal or diesel generators for power. On average, pollution levels worsened by 8 percent between 2008 and 2013, although most cities in rich countries improved the state of their air over the same period. The WHO data, a survey of 3,000 urban areas, shows only 2 percent of cities in poorer countries have air quality that meets WHO standards, while 44 percent of richer cities do. The WHO database has almost doubled in size since 2014, and the trend towards more transparency translated into more action to deal with the problem, Neira said. However, there was still very sparse data on Africa, she said.
‘Towards a Better World’ A force for change: Improving Health System Resilience Vizol’s biography released Morung Express News Kohima | May 12
Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu with Akhale Vizol Khamo during the release of Towards a Better World- Biography of Vizol in Kohima on May 12. (Morung Photo)
Our Correspondent Kohima | May 12
“My father was blessed with wisdom. As mentioned, he was a man of few words but these few words were always full of wisdom. He did not teach us to invest in earthly treasures but he always reminded and taught us the virtues of life,” stated Akhale Vizol Khamo, youngest daughter of former Nagaland State Chief Minister, Vizol in a biography of Vizol entitled “Towards a Better World.” This biography of Vizol was released by Naga People’s Front (NPF) president Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu in the presence of Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) speaker Chotisuh Sazo and several other dignitaries here this afternoon at Ura Academy Hall. “My father Vizol, wrote his autobiography bit by bit. I have collected and compiled them over the years,” Akhale stated adding that it was Vizol’s desire to pen down his autobiography. He however passed away before completing it. Later, the manuscripts left behind by him were gathered and compiled. Akhale also stated that Vizol wanted to see that the Nagas would change to a better society, hence coining the book ‘Towards a Better World.’ Dr. Liezietsu meanwhile recalled his close association with Vizol for more than 40 years. “He was one among few leaders who organized the NPF in Nagaland. Based on the
ideology on which this regional party was formed, he continued to be the real torch bearer of regionalism. He was our mentor, our guide and also a shelter to us during the most difficult period of time,” Dr. Liezietsu stated adding that an amicable solution to the Indo-Naga Political problem was his dream. In the book, MLA Noke Wangnao meanwhile recalled that his first impression of Vizol was “his good personality, the calmness and the essence of a reliable character.” Odisha Governor, DR SC Jamir said that Vizol, “as person was humble, honest and simple but a determined person. He was one of the rarest personalities who has strong and genuine commitment to the cause of the people of Nagaland.” Lok Sabha MP, Neiphiu Rio said that Vizol was “like a father figure, a guide and a mentor to me in so many ways.” Rev VK Nuh penned that the former Chief Minister “lived as a true Naga with integrity. I have never come across anyone question about his integrity. He was a perfect gentleman. Both the young and the old admired his way of life.” The biography charts Vizol’s early life and his political career over several decades, encompassing various significant developments in the state. Vizol (1914- 2008), who also served as Member of Parliament, passed away on March 3, 2008 at the age of 94.
The International Nurses’ Day was celebrated on May 12 in Kohima at Naga Hospital Authority Kohima (NHAK) with Dr. Neikiesalie Nicky Kire, Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change as the chief guest. Vilhoulenuo Liezietsu, Deputy Director (Nursing), who gave the introduction to the theme ‘Nurses : A force for change: Improving health systems’ resilience’ expressed the need for strong and resilient health systems to respond effectively to realize the United Nations Sustainable Development. Nurses comprise the single largest group of
health professionals with a presence in all settings, thus making an impact on the resilience of health systems. “In the busy life of most practicing nurses, thinking about how we can support and strengthen the health system we work in, it is not a common activity. Yet we need to develop our thinking, planning and profile in this important area is all too evident. We are a vital force for the changes that the system needs,” highlighted Liezietsu. “Let us rededicate ourselves that we change for the better and not for worse,” stated Dr. Nicky Kire during the celebration. Talking about the prospects of working as nurses
which are in huge demand abroad, Kire encouraged the nurses not just to settle for jobs in the Nagaland but also to pursue work outside which offers better opportunities and salaries. “The door is open for you to go abroad but the most important point is
that the nursing profession has improved drastically over the years and urged the nurses to take responsibility for everything they do because there is satisfaction when one is able to revive and recover a person. “Don’t have regrets for what you have not done. Take full responsibility and do as much as you can. Ease their pain and mind so that they are prepared to get better,” stated Kire. Encouraging Doctors to build better relationships with Nurses, Kire said, “We are a fraternity and we have to work together. We need each other.” Kire also expressed concern over doctors neglecting their service which has become a
International Nurses’ Day celebrated in Kohima you must be willing to work hard,” added Dr. Kire who also urged parents to give their children space to decide their careers and to allow the children to work in the profession they enjoy. Dr. Kire also remarked that when it comes to dealing with patients, Nagas are second to none. Kire said
‘sad affair’. Liezietsu who focused on the theme of the event highlighted on the 17 sustainable development goals, 13 health targets, global strategy on human resources for health: workforce 2030, health system resilience, key elements for a resilient health system and the role of nurses who are at the core of resilience. The action plan to strengthen and improve the health system and developing resilience was also outlined. Three priority areas were further pointed out namely Nurses’ role in relation to the adoption of digital technologies, demonstrating quality and impact at all levels of governance and policy making, and system leadership.
Family Planning: Not just population control
Second PFI NorthEast Regional Media Workshop on Family Planning ends in Kolkata Morung Express News Kolkata | May 12
Family planning is not just about population control. It saves lives and offers quality family planning methods to couples. This was the takeaway from the first day of the North-East Regional Media Workshop on Family Planning, which started here on May 11, and ended on May 12, at Kolkata’s Hotel Hindustan International. Organised by the Population Foundation of India (PFI), a national level think tank on population issues, the workshop brought together regional media to understand the key issues and concepts on family planning. Several media organisations from Odisha and the North East, including Nagaland are attending the workshop, along with civil society members, doctors, and key experts with an objective to build knowledge and capacity of the media on health and population issues. According to the organiser, the workshop assumes importance with the Government of India focusing on reducing the unmet needs for family planning, improvement of health care infra-
A resource person conducting a workshop at the Second PFI North-East Regional Media Workshop on Family Planning in Kolkata.
structure and attaining population stabilisation by the year 2045. However, health expenditure in India remains relatively low at per capita income - as low as $19 while BRICS countries like Brazil, China spend around $511 and $153 respectively. On top of that, budgetary allocations in the health sector were reduced from 87% in 2014-15 and by 34% in 2015-16. Out of this, the share for family planning is abysmally low at 2%. During the first day, related issues like family planning concepts, family planning methods, quality of care, health budgeting, human rights, reproductive health services provisions with global, regional and India evidence were discussed in order to build sensitivity around issues of quality and family planning services available to women in the public health system. Dr. Alok Banerjee, Member Ad-
visor, Technical Resource Group, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and Parivar Seva Sansthan gave an overview of the health status and family planning in India and the region. Dr. Banerjee said that the process has been a trial and error process. He maintained that for the programme to work, individual discretion and the interaction between the service provider and client (or acceptors) is vital. However, during the course of May 11, the workshop recognised that such mechanisms are missing due to several social-economic, cultural and religious, factors undermining its full and effective implementation. Giving an overview of the several family planning methods and their effectiveness, Dr. Basab Mukherjee, a Senior OB-GYN and Fogsi Reprehensive said the issue about family
planning is not about population control but about saving lives. While according to a United Nations report, 800 women die every day due to pregnancy complication and childbirth, he lamented that the issue has not been given its due space by the media. Dr. Mukherjee further said that family planning is associated with numerous misconceptions and myths. One being its strong association with sterilisation. He opined that reducing unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortions, maternity death and infant death and offering quality family planning methods to all eligible couple is a fundamental right. The participants were sensitised in understanding, among other things, the basic terms and concepts in family planning and population related issue; modern family planning methods, quality of care myths, facts and figures, and misconceptions; innovations, progress and challenges in family planning; Assessment of quality and family planning services available to women in the public health; and Health Budget and its implication on family planning Health Budget and its implication on family planning. The workshop ended on May 12, which included field visits to familiarize media personal on reproductive health services at the grass roots level and took up case studies.
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Campaigners call to preserve Great Pied Hornbill
The only known Great hornbill alive today in Nagaland is named ‘Julie’ and is kept at the Nagaland Zoological Park. (Photo Courtesy: Mongsen Phom)
JaluKiE, may 12 (mExN): The Great Pied Hornbill known for its beauty, grandeur and alertness is the only bird to have had profound significance in traditions of indigenous people of Nagaland, from age-old days. History has it that the Great Pied Hornbill, considered to be the king of birds, was revered d as a symbol of courage, its feathers could only be worn by a warrior and its image used by chiefs. Taking into concern, its significance and as part of the ongoing awareness campaign (conservation of wildlife, environment and climate change), Fingerprint-Design & Events said that Great Pied Hornbill has been the cultural icon of the Naga’s with its depiction in Naga myths, fables, folklore, songs and dances and even in modern times as ‘Mascot of the State Festival.’ Fingerprint-Design & Events visited Jalukie Government high Secondary School, St. Xavier School, Christian School, LM School and Barail Valley School. Raising awareness on the Great Pied Hornbill amongst students in Jalukie, the Campaigners said, “But at present, it is pushed to the brink of extinction in Nagaland and the only known Great hornbill alive today in Nagaland is named ‘Julie’ which is kept at the State’s Zoo, Nagaland Zoological Park.” “If this is the fate of the most important bird in our state, imagine the fate of the other species, this is the irony of our conservation. Some years from now when this hornbill is no more we better name our state festival as ‘In memory of Hornbill’ festival,” added the Campaigners.
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IPR District officials get audio-visual equipments Kohima, may 12 (Dipr): Parliamentary Secretary for Information & Public Relations, Khekaho Assumi handed over audio-visual equipments which included public address system along with generators, still cameras and desktop computers to the District officials of IPR on May 12 at the Directorate of IPR, Kohima. During the short equipments handing over programme, Khekaho said that he proved to be a political leader who just does not promise but executes effective governance, mirroring the changes and developments in his department across the state. Khekaho urged the IPR department to have a better communication and cooperation between the directorate and the district offices and further asked the district officials to improve their performance and prove their existence. He expressed hope that
Parliamentary Secretary, IPR, Khekaho Assumi, Secretary, IPR T. Ao, Director IPR Pausui Zeliang and other IPR officials during the equipments handing over programme held on May 12 at the Directorate of IPR, Kohima. (DIPR Photo)
some of the projects like construction of Multi Media Hall at Dimapur and others will be approved soon. Citing the importance of Ministry of Information & Broadcasting at the centre, Khekaho said that IPR is a very important department and that it would become more important in the near future.
He also thanked the Secretary for always giving valuable inputs for the development of the department. Secretary IPR, T. Ao (IAS) while addressing the programme hoped that the equipments distributed to the district offices will compliment and supplement the works and duties at their place of postings.
The nurses of Zion Hospital & Research Centre, Dimapur celebrated the International Nurses Day on May 12 with the theme ‘A Force for a Change; Improving Health System Resilience.’ They distributed food items and other necessities as a small token of love to the patients.
Nurses of district hospital Phek present song during the International Nurses Day observed on May 12 at conference hall, DH Phek.
phEK, may 12 (mExN): Nurses of district hospital Phek observed International Nurses Day on May 12 at conference hall, DH Phek. Speaking on this year’s theme ‘Nurses: A force for change: Improving health system’s resilience’, staff nurse Bino shared about Florence Nightingale’s exemplary works and highlighted important areas in improving health system and developing resil-
ience. Greeting the nurses on the day, senior specialist Dr Wethselo Tsuhah complimented their noble works and exhorted nurses to develop personal resilience through confidence building, having a sense of purpose in their every day work, social support and adaptability in times of changes and challenges. At an individual level, a resilient nurse can bring a big im-
HSLC and HSSLC toppers amongst the DMHSS successful candidate, faculty members seen during the felicitation programme held at Dimapur Ao Baptist Arogo (DABA) Town Fellowship, Khermahal on May 12.
shown an upward success trend by maintaining 100 % pass percentage for the last three consecutive years. DABA, Pastor, Rev. N. Tzudir, on behalf of the Church, thanked teaching and non teaching staff of the school for the sacrifice they have made for the
ment of the department. In his address, Director of IPR, Pausui Zeliang stated that it was a historic day since handing over of equipments in bulk was not done for so many years. He thanked the Parliamentary Secretary and the Finance department for making it possible. The Director mentioned that the present
Nurses complimented for noble works
good of the school despite difficulties. Later he gave away the awards to HSLC and HSSLC toppers, subject teachers and to all faculty members of the school. K Temjen Jamir, Chairman, School Governing Board stated that the school is not only an edu-
cational institution but a life changing centre for the students and called upon the parents to send their children to DMHSS so as to reform them spiritually. Dr. Sunep Imchen, member, School Governing Board thanked the teachers for giving their
SD Jain Hr Sec School felicitate toppers
pact in health system as they form a single largest professional group in the world, he added. The programme was chaired by staff nurse Ade Keyho, Adune read the word of God followed by invocation by Shezotalu. Khriesakhoto enthralled the gathering with song. MS District Hospital, Phek in a press release stated that the programme concluded with mass prayer and refreshment. State Toppers with their parents, Deputy Commissioner of Dimapur and School Man-
DMHSS honours success of students Dimapur, may 12 (mExN): To honour the significant success of the students of HSLC and HSSLC 2016 examination, School Governing Board of Dimapur Mission Higher Secondary School (DMHSS) organized a felicitation programme at Dimapur Ao Baptist Arogo (DABA) Town Fellowship, Khermahal on May 12. All together six studentsone from Class 12 and five from Class 10 were felicitated on the occasion. Subject teachers, faculty members of the school were also felicitated by the School Governing Board for their dedication and bringing laurels to the school. DMHSS which is being sponsored DABA, has
The Secretary also advised the DPROs to maintain a stock register and to give a monthly or bimonthly report on the equipments to the Directorate so that the status of the equipments can be maintained regularly. He also assured that the ‘Push from the top’ will always be there for the uplift-
Parliamentary Secretary IPR, Khekaho travelled the length and breadth of the state starting from May 2015 after taking charge as Parliamentary Secretary IPR. He created a wave as the 1st political leader of the said Department to have visited literally all the offices of the state with a resolve to counter the syndrome of non productivity and non-development and living up to it. He said that the Parliamentary Secretary has shown that true leadership is about actions and not about positions. Pausui also cautioned the district officials to utilize and maintain the equipments properly. He also reminded them to maintain the records of the equipments and hand it over to other officials during transfers. Additional Director, IPR, Limawati Ao chaired the program. DPRO Peren, Simon Telia spoke on behalf of the district officials.
best to the children and added that the sacrifice will not go waste but one day you see the harvest. He believed that the school will reach greater heights in future. Amongst the recipients of the award Purnungla and Hopong C Phom shared their experience and expressed their gratitude to the school management as well as the teachers. The program began with invocation pronounced by Rev.L. Lima Jamir, Associate pastor, DABA and was presided over by the Governing board member, Dr. Jamedi Longkumer. The function was concluded with a dedicatory prayer for the school by Moamongla, Associate Pastor, Women, DABA.
agement Committee during the programme held on May 12 at the School Auditorium.
Dimapur, may 12 (mExN): SD Jain Higher Secondary School, Dimapur felicitated the two state toppers, 6 subject toppers and 18 distinction holders in the HSLC and HSSLC Examination 2016 on May 12 at the School Auditorium. Kesonyu Yhome IAS, Deputy Commissioner of Dimapur graced the function as the chief guest. A press release stated that Madhu Kumari Giri who secured 1st State Rank was felicitated with a cash reward of Rs. 21000, citation certificate and memento. Sneha Dey who secured 10th Rank in the state was awarded with Rs. 5000 and free scholarship for two years worth Rs 34000, citation certificate and memento. Five students who got state highest marks in the HSLC Examination were also felicitated on the occasion with cash awards, certificates, and mementoes. Subject topper students are Madhu Kumari Giri (Science and Hindi), Gopal Chandra Dey (Science), Sapna Kumari (Hindi) and Sneha Dey (Hindi). Seven distinction holders from HSSLC commerce Stream and 11 Distinction Holders in the HSLC Examination were also felicitated with cash awards, certificates and mementoes. All the subject teachers from class ten
were also rewarded with cash incentives by the School Managing Committee. Kesonyu Yhome IAS while congratulating the toppers and other achievers from the school told that it is not important what you have achieved in life but it is very important the effort one has put behind in achieving something in life. Om Prakash Sethi, President Jain Samaj also appreciated the efforts of School Managing Committee, Principal and teachers of the school for bringing laurels to the school. Ajay Sethi, Secretary of the school also congratulated the toppers and the teachers for their hard work and efforts besides promising to bring innovative changes for the welfare of the students. Reji Abraham, Principal presented the highlights of the school during his address. Dr. Sunil Sethi, state topper of 1986 shared his views too besides the current toppers. School Advisor Yeshraj Pandya & Joint Secretary of the school Vikash Jain took special care of all the invitees. All the representatives from different communities, rank holders parents were honored on the occasion. Hanifa Begum of Class 12 Commerce gave the Welcome Address and K.D. Dixit Vice Principal of the school pronounced the vote of thanks.
SBM Mkg coordination meeting held Phüsachodümi Village conducts thanks giving service
Coordination meeting of the Mokokchung district Swachh Bharat Mission in progress at the deputy Commissioner’s office chamber on May 12. (Morung Photo) Morung Express News Mokokchung | May 12
Swachh Bharat Mission Mokokchung District held a coordination meeting today at the Deputy Commissioner’s office chambers in the presence of Brand Ambassador in-charge for Mokokchung and Mon districts, S. Supongmeren Jamir. Several issues pertaining to the activities in relation to Swachh Bharat Mission were discussed in the meeting which was also attended by representatives of the nodal departments including PHED, Urban develop-
ment, Medical Department, Social Security and Welfare Department, School Education and Rural Department as well as MMC and SBM Mokokchung ambassadors. The meeting also constituted a 14-member District Level Review and Monitoring Committee (DLRMC) to monitor the progress of SBM in Mokokchung district with Mokokchung DPDB Chairman as the Committee’s chairman and the Deputy Commissioner as its Member Secretary. The meeting today was chaired by the Deputy Commissioner of Mokokchung, Sushil Kumar Patel IAS.
Kohima, may 12 (mExN): The village functionaries of Phüsachodümi village organized a 'thanks giving service' on May 9 at Government High School Phüsachodü, for the outstanding performance in the HSLC exam 2016 by securing 100 % pass percentage with an enrolment of twenty two students, where distinction marks were secured in four subjects by two students in Maths, Science, Social Science and E.E. The programme, led by Vesüli Theluo VDB Secretary, started with a prayer by the Associate Pastor Mülükhoyi Mürao. Short speeches were delivered by the Veshupa Cürhah Vice Chairman School Managing Board, Duporüh Rüho VCC, Mese Kapfo Headmaster GHS Phüsachodü,
Village functionaries of Phüsachodümi village with the participants during the 'thanks giving service' held on May 9 at Government High School Phüsachodü, for the outstanding performance in the HSLC exam 2016.
Vevotso Theluo Pastor PBC and other well wishers from Phüsachodümi Union Kohima and Phüsachodümi Students' Union. They congratulated the successful candidates and further encourage them to have a vision and to bring about a positive change in the society. They also ex-
tended their appreciation to the Headmaster and teaching faculties for their dedication and sincerity, which as a result had brought about 100 % pass percentage for the second consecutive year, and further encouraged them to work harder to produce quality results in the years
to come. Küdechoyi Khamo, on behalf of the Phüsachodümi Kohima presented a Holy Bible to all the successful candidates and advised them to be God fearing and reminded them that it is only God that has made everything possible. The Headmaster and the
teaching faculties were also presented with Holy Bible and a pen each. Veshetsolü Ciero, Assistant Headmistress delivered vote of thanks and the service concluded with a prayer by Vetsorüh Chüzho Advisor PBC. The service followed by a feast provided by the Village Council.
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Skeletons in the closet: India bad loans getting messier MUMBAI, MAy 12 (ReUteRs): India’s bad-loans problem looks much worse than lenders have been willing to acknowledge, heaping pressure on banks’ profits and further tightening the screws on distressed debt that could be bigger than New Zealand’s $170 billion economy. The magnitude of the debt-mess was laid bare late last month when two of India’s largest private sector lenders provided unprecedented guidance on non-performing loans, underscoring repeated warnings by Reserve Bank of India’s governor Raghuram Rajan on the need to clean up banks’ balance sheets. The dangers are clear cut. Increasing provisions to cover rising bad loans are likely to hurt banks’ profits and curb credit
growth, stoking a vicious circle of lower economic growth triggering more defaults and choking off business investment and production. Indeed, banks’ loan growth at 10.7 percent in the last fiscal year ended March 31, was the slowest in nearly two decades, partly on lower lending to debtheavy sectors such as iron and steel that account for the lion’s share of bad debt. Profits at most lenders have also taken a hit in the past six months as they set aside a higher sum to cover for defaults after a clean-up exercise ordered by the RBI. “The banks need to keep provision covers high,” said Abhishek Bhattacharya, a director at Fitch’s Indian affiliate, India Ratings and Research. “That all points
to the fact that the earnings should continue to be under pressure.” Bhattacharya estimates about 13 trillion rupees ($195 billion), or a fifth, of bank loans are already stressed - bigger than the size of New Zealand’s economy. That compares with 8.06 trillion rupees of distressed loans reported as of December or 11.5 percent of India’s entire bank debt, meaning more pressure on profits.
the dominant state-run banks, are not disclosing the true extent of their troubled loans to avoid having to raise provisions. But granular details released for the first time last month by ICICI Bank (ICBK.NS) and Axis Bank - India’s no. 1 and no. 3 private sector lenders respectively - highlighted the depth of the problem. Axis Bank disclosed it had put 226 billion Indian rupees of its loans on a ‘watch list’, and was expecting 60 percent of those to default within two years. That would mean its bad debt could triple from the 60.88 billion rupees reported at end-March. ICICI said some 525 billion rupees of loans to struggling sectors including steel and power had been put on watch.
DEEP SURGERY RBI’s Rajan, who wants banks to fully disclose and provide for bad debt by March 2017, is calling for “deep surgery” to clean up the balance sheets. Investors and analysts have long suspected that Indian lenders, especially
Iraq overtakes Saudi as biggest Indian exporter for April New DelhI, MAy 12 (ReUteRs): Iraq overtook Saudi Arabia as the top crude exporter to India in April for the first time since December, according to data compiled by Reuters, as the two biggest OPEC producers fight for market share in Asia’s fastest growing oil market. Saudi Arabia also lost its top spot in China, Asia’s biggest oil consumer, last month when Russia overtook the world’s biggest crude exporter due to strong purchases by Chinese independent refineries. Overall, April oil imports by India rose 6% from March and are up 9.9% in the first four months from a year ago. For the first four months of 2015, imports fell 0.6% from a year ago because of refinery outages. Iraqi oil exports to India were 960,700 barrels per day (bpd) in April, a 41% jump from March and 79% higher than a year ago, data obtained by Reuters and compiled by Thomson Reuters Oil Analytics showed. India imported about 787,700 bpd of oil from Saudi Arabia last month, about 14% lower than a year ago, the data showed. Iraq accounted for 22%
Moody’s estimates bad loans at the 11 staterun banks it rates to be between 10.5 and 12 percent, compared with the 7.2 percent reported as of end-December. “The ability of (state) banks to support economic growth or to provide loans will ultimately depend on how the government will support them in terms of capital,” said Alka Anbarasu, a Singapore-based vice president at Moody’s. These state-owned banks account for more than two-thirds of the sector’s assets and about 85 percent of bad debts - a major headache for policymakers keen to support a slowing economy. “It could get worse before it gets better is the sense we have,” India Ratings’ Bhattacharya said.
SRM University B.tech Indian Chieftain Dark Horse unveiled counselling underway Computer Science & Engineering tops list of choice in B. Tech counseling DIMApUR, MAy 11 (MexN): With students from all states of India and Union Territories evincing keen interest in pursuing their Under Graduate degree at its campus, SRM University’s first day of Counseling for B.Tech courses is on May 11 and is scheduled until May 20, 2016. A press release informed that the top 100 rankers who will be awarded the Founder’s Scholarship come from 15 states of India with Andhra Pradesh, Telegana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu coming away in the top 5. The top 10 rankers are from 8 states with Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh getting two spots each followed by Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telegana and West Bengal posting one each. For the first time SRM University is giving gold medals, certificates and Founder’s Scholarships to 9 students who have won an essay contest meant to trigger the thought process of the young mind. Those entering the essay contest had to choose one of three topics—How to Make in India Succeed; How to inspire school children to excel in science and technology and How to make India the best place to be. The significant aspect of the essay contest is that the Founder’s Scholarship for winning students is not confined to their study at SRM University—it can be at any institution in India for an under graduate engineering degree. “We at the SRM Group of Institutions take great pride in putting out our best in academics, research and infrastructure. And we also place diligent emphasis on bringing out not only brilliant minds but also the future leaders of the country and the world who are conscious of societal needs and demands” says Dr. T.R. Paarivendhar, Founder Chancellor of the SRM Group of Educational Institutions. Computer Science & Engineering tops the list of choice in B.Tech program. This phenomenon was observed on the first day (11.05.2016) of counseling 2016. Nearly 15% of the candidates called for counseling registered and choose different branches.
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MUMBAI, MAy 12 (ptI): The Reserve Bank of India today fixed the reference rate of the rupee at 66.5977 against the US dollar and 76.0612 for the euro. These rates were 66.6958 and 75.9665 respectively yesterday. According to an RBI statement, the exchange rates for the pound and the yen against the rupee were quoted at 96.1538 and 61.16 per 100 yens, respectively, based on reference rates for the dollar and cross-currency quotes at noon. The SDR-rupee figure will be based on this rate, the statement added.
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of April Indian imports, up from about 15% a year ago, while Saudi Arabia’s share dropped to 18% from about 25% a year ago. “Iraqi oil is much more beneficial than Saudi because they are better priced. There is a significance difference in prices,” said A. K. Sharma, head of finance at Indian Oil Corp. Iraq has consistently maintained their official selling prices (OSP) below Saudi Arabia. In April, Iraq set the OSP for its flagship Basrah Light crude at a discount of 2.60 a barrel to Middle East benchmarks, 20 cents under the OSP for comparable crude grade Arab Medium. Overall, Indian crude demand rose in 2016 as refiners normally avoid maintenance shutdown in the first quarter to meet annual crude processing target for the fiscal year.
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‘Citizens have the right to demand good roads’ Dimapur, may 12 (mExN): The Nagaland Voluntary Consumers’ Organisation (NVCO) has extended support and appreciation to every concern citizen in raising their voices against bad roads. “The Government as a welfare state is responsible for all the bad roads and citizens have the right to demand good roads,” a press release from the Media Cell NVCO stated. Insisting that citizens deserve good roads, the NVCO contended, “Bad roads even amounts to human rights violation.” The NVCO has been touring all districts over the past few years conducting awareness programmes on various topic concerning citizens’ rights. In the Year 2015 the NVCO team had interacted with civil society, tribal
hohos, churches, students, youth, women, district administration during their visit to various district. “Deplorable road condition was one of the major public grievances complaint by the citizens,” the NVCO stated. Citing instances of serious patients being compelled to be airlifted to Kohima and Dimapur hospitals by helicopters due to the deplorable road condition, the NVCO maintained that the cost of airlifting in order to save one’s life was borne by selling off valuable properties. Disclosing that some had even died in road transit, especially in delivery cases, the NVCO insisted, “All these are happening solely due to bad roads.” Pointing out that several roads connects Zunheboto,
3 extortionists held in Dimapur Dimapur, may 12 (mExN): Dimapur Police over the past week arrested 3 extortionists in two separate incidents. In the first arrest, the Anti Extortion Team (AET) under Zone – I of Dimapur Police arrested one person on May 7 after he was found collecting tax on behalf of the GPRN/NSCN from fruit vendors in New Market area. A press release from the Dimapur Police identified the individual as Wahidul Islam S/o Idrish Ali of Naogaon, Assam. Cash amount collected from the vendors were also seized
from his possession. In the second incident, the Anti Extortion Team (AET) under Zone – II of Dimapur Police arrested two persons from the New Market area on May 10. They were found extorting money from the business establishments. Cash amounting to Rs.10,100 was seized from their possession. The arrested persons were identified as Kavishe Zhimomi S/o Lt.Tohokhu, reportedly a ‘Leacy’ of the NNC/FGN (N/A) and; David Sumi S/o Lotozu Sumi, reportedly a ‘Tatar’ of the NNC/FGN (N/A).
Three arrested for burglary Dimapur, may 12 (mExN): Dimapur Police have arrested three persons for the burglary of Accounts Office, BSNL in Dimapur. Unidentified miscreants had broken into the accounts office of BSNL on May 7 and had gotten away with approximately Rs.10 lakhs in cash. A press release from Dimapur Police informed that it conducted an intensive inves-
tigation and have arrested three persons involved in the crime. The three were identified as Kivelikho Chakasang S/o Lt. Ngulho Chakasang; Kenizulie Sachu S/o Lt.Dzeiseneizu Sachu and; Vikram Mukherjee. The stolen amount of Rs.10,16,659 were seized from their possession, the release stated. A case is registered and under investigation.
NVCO joins campaign against bad roads
bad roads”, the Voluntary Consumers’ Organisation maintained that the practice of deduction of certain percentages by way of “commission” is very common in the road developmental sector. Citing “minister commission, party fund to be deposited to the Chief Minister’s Office, departmental charges, work tax, contingency, quality control, several underground taxes, work tax, illegal collection of cash at Nagaland Police check-gates, etc.,” the NVCO observed that in total, it comes to not less than 40% to 45% even before the contractor has taken a cut. “Corruption includes violation of tender norms of both NPWD & CPWD and also in total violation of all ethics of technicalities,” it added.
Dimapur Transport Office to be shifted to Chumukedima
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BAN extends support to CCN
Vehicles seen navigating their way through the National Highway - 29 stetch at Purana Bazaar -- one of the busiest roads in Dimapur.
the Consumers’ Organisation lamented, “Not a single road is motor able for serious patients especially during the rainy seasons.” It also cited Jalukie, Tuensang and
Dimapur, may 12 (mExN): More organisations on Thursday expressed support to the 20-day ultimatum of the All Nagaland School Teachers Association (ANSTA) and Nagaland Secondary Schools Field Officers Forum (NSSFOF) to the State Government demanding total bifurcation of Higher Secondary from the Secondary/Elementary/Primary schools.
Tseminyu as having “bad”, “difficult to ply” and “deplorable” roads. The release disclosed that the NVCO team was compelled to re-schedule
Mon ANSTA: The Mon unit of ANSTA has extended its “unflinching support” to the central ANSTA and NSSFOF. Urging upon the authority to treat the matter on priority basis, the unit, in a press release, cautioned that it will join the central body in any form of agitation in case the Government fails to address the issue at the appointed period.
their tour program of the district including Longleng, Kiphire and Mon due to the deplorable road condition. Noting that “corruption is the root cause of
NSSFOF, ANSTA Dimapur: The NSSFOF and ANSTA Dimapur unit held a joint meeting on Wednesday at EBRC Kuda and unanimously resolved to fully support the ultimatum submitted to the State Government. Stating that the issue has been long overdue and in demand for the last 13 years now, a press release from the two bodies
this, the ENSF expressed their appreciation. This, the ENSF said has positively affected the student and the teaching community both in soirit and in results. While asking for “continued perseverance to foster our dreams,” the ENSF called upon the Naga political groups to “remain in the good book in transforming our people and the land.” “The present segregated walls within shouldn’t subdue our Naga political struggle into chaos and mess. This ailment needs immediate medic hence, let our initiative on reforming
gramme was organized on Wednesday by the members of Late W. Daniel Rengma Trust at Tseminyu Town Hall. Representatives from Council of Rengma Baptist Churches, Rengma Hoho, Rengma Mother’s Association, Rengma Students Union, Rengma Selo Zi, ADC Tseminyu Vikhweno M. Meratsü and Senior
Kohima, may 12 (NEpS): Secretary of the Land Resources Department, Y Kikheto Sema, IAS, has called upon Sumis living in the State Capital, Kohima to become the “ambassador” of their tribe (Sumi) to other people so that they would be living examples to others. Speaking on the occasion of Annual Conference of the Kohima Sumi Hoho (KSH) here at Hotel Japfu on Thursday, the Secretary stressed the importance of building a good relationship with all the Tribal Hohos in the State capital.
the education system be inculcated into our joint mission.” It asked the groups to disseminate the “vision of our Joint Mission” to all its cadres/civil officers assigned on duty to refrain and abstain from taxing the poor teaching community. It further asked the teaching community to be efficient. “Violators will be tagged as criminal to the very educational rights of the Government,” it added. The ENSF then said it has empowered the village level students union with the authority to process complaint against any non functioning teacher.
But the most important thing they should never forget was the land owners of Kohima, the Angamis of Kohima Village, he said and further added that they were the land donors to them in the State capital. “We must respect them,” he said. A new team of Office bearers of the KSH for the year 2016-19 was selected during the Annual Conference. While thanking the new team, Sema said, “The need of the hour in our society today is they have to make peace and not pieces; unity and not disunity.” He
further urged them to continue making “peace to all the communities.” He informed the gathering that the crimes and bad things were not committed by the whole tribe or a community. “Such crimes or bad things are done by an individual or a group of people but their acts have brought bad names to the community he belongs,” he added. He further stated that they should not shy away or hesitate to say or identify the good and the bad people irrespective of their tribe, community, and
uplift rural economy and enhance rural livelihood through horticulture. Under this programme, 19 villages have been identified by a joint verification team consisting of officials from Rural Development and Horticulture Departments along with village council members and VDB secretary of respective villages.
Dimapur, may 12 (mExN): The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) today said that the legislators of the ruling Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) “have neither vision to solve the political problem nor the political will to take things forward after all the rhetoric’s.” A press note from the NPCC media cell stated this in reference to the May 10, 2016 meeting of DAN legislators which had requested the Forum for
Naga Reconciliation (FNR) to “play a bigger role towards pursuing a solution to the protracted Naga political problem and tasking to bring different NPGs to an understanding.” “We thank FNR for what they have done. We are also thankful to all the Foreigners who have supported their meetings in Chiangmei. They have done what could do but FNR is not a mediator between GOI and NPGs and it is not responsible for failure to bring so-
lution,” the NPCC said. It instead slammed the DAN for putting the onus on the FNR and said: “they say they have come together for the solution, but if they have any solution, why should they look for FNR. FNR is voluntary organization, trying to help unite the NPGs.” It alleged that the 60 legislators “are more interested in bluffing the public with the dose of Naga political solution while merrily indulging in their own aggrandizement.”
Jalukie Veterinary College to start functioning from the current academic session 2016-17
Kohima, may 12 (mExN): The Department Of Power has informed that the power supply to Wokha, Tseminyu and Pughoboto Area has been disrupted as the 132 kV Kohima-Wokha Transmission line snapped at By-Pass Road Kohima on May 12. A press release from the Executive Engineer informing that the department is making all efforts to repair and restore the power supply at the earliest requested the public to bear with the inconvenience caused.
As on April 30, 2016, the beneficiaries have completed field operation such as clearing of the undergrowth and pits digging. As such, distribution of planting materials along with organic inputs (Trichoderma and Neem Shield) to the beneficiary villages has been launched w.e.f. May 12 at APMC complex, Mokokchung.
Wokha observes International Red Cross Day WoKha, may 12 (mExN): The IRCS Wokha observed the International Red Cross day on May 8 at Town Hall with Hotolu ADC Wokha as the chief guest. Speaking on the occasion, the chief guest stressed on the importance of being a member of the Red Cross. N. Janbemo Humtsoe Director Green Foundation spoke on the theme “everywhere for everyone”, a press release from the IRCS Wokha District informed.
Dimapur Police recovers truck Dimapur, may 12 (mExN): The Diphupar Police Station on May 7 recovered an abandoned truck from 6th Mile area. The vehicle B/Regd No.AS01FC-5777 was reportedly stolen and had a case registered at Dillai Police Station. Accordingly, the vehicle was handed over to the counterpart on May 12, a press release from the Dimapur Police informed.
‘Survival Mokokchung’ drive from May 16 moKoKchuNg, may 12 (mExN): The Ao Students’ Conference’s (AKM) ‘Survival Mokokchung’ drive will kick start in Langpangkong range from May 16. In a press release, the AKM informed that it is conducting the census drive to ‘check illegal entry’ of migrant workers and illegal immigrants in the district. AKM will continue its campaign on May 17 and 18 at Tuli and Tzudikong respectively. In this regard, AKM has informed all the non locals of Tuli and Tzudikong to come as directed with required documents as informed earlier for renewal and new registration in person.
Rengma leaders attended the programme and congratulated Nile Kath on her achievement and delivered words of encouragement. A brief note on the Life of Late W.Dainel Rengma was shared by Sinilo Kent. A word of encouragement on behalf of the trust was given by Wacy Kent while a word of gratitude was shared by Lucy Tep.
19 Mokokchung villages identified for Cardamon Plantation project moKoKchuNg, may 12 (Dipr): Under convergence of MGNREGA with the Department of Horticulture, the Department of Rural Development, Government of Nagaland during 2015-16 has allotted a pilot project for Large Cardamon Plantation’ covering an area of 500 Hectares for Mokokchung district with an objective to
Wokha, Tseminyu, Pughoboto power supply disrupted
‘Kohima Sumis should be ambassadors of the tribe’
Nile Kath gets Daniel Rengma award Kohima, may 12 (mExN): Nile Kath, daughter of Khankeya and Helen Kath, bagged the 1st W. Daniel Rengma Meritorious Award 2016 for securing 18th position in the recently declared High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) 2016. The award consists of a certificate and Rs. 20,000 in cash. The felicitation pro-
Dimapur, may 12 (mExN): Pursuant to the May 10 Transport Commissioner Order and in the interest of the public, the establishment of the District Transport Office, Motor Vehicles Department, has informed that the office of the DTO, Dimapur will be shifting to its new location at the Interstate State Truck Terminus at 7th Mile Chumukedima. A press release from Lovikali Yepthomi, District Transport Officer, Dimapur, notified that the office will remain closed for three days, w.e.f. May 18. The office will be fully functional from May 23 at its new location. The DTO further requested citizens to bear the inconveniences caused.
Dimapur, may 12 (mExN): Business Association of Nagas (BAN) has stated that it “wholly supports” the urged the government to roads campaign initiated by Concerned Citizens of Nalook into the matter “with galand. A press release from the Media Cell, BAN noted seriousness to deliver jus- that the issue raised and initiated by the Concerns Cititice to its employees for zens of Nagaland is genuine and a pressing one for the smooth sailing and effi- whole of Nagas. “Bad roads and contrast to that luxucient management.” rious cars and big buildings are indicators of rampant “In the event of failure corruption in the society,” the association maintained. to address the said ultima- BAN appealed to all its members and the citizens of Natum within the stipulated galand to come forth and support the initiative. period, the two bodies shall stand united and cooperate for any course of DC Dimapur notifies action,” the two organisa- on draft list of Polling Station tions warned. Dimapur, may 12 ( mExN): In accordance with the provisions under Para 2.8 of the RO Handbook, 2014, and in pursuance of the provisions under Section 25 of the representation of People’s Act,1951 Kesonyu Yhome, IAS, Deputy Commissioner and District Elecclan. “There are good peo- tion Officer of Dimapur in a press note notified that the ple as well as bad people draft list of polling stations in respect of 1 Dimapur I AC, and the good should always 2 Dimapur II AC, 3Dimapur III AC, 4 Ghaspani I AC and overpower or overcome the 5 Ghaspani II AC under Dimapur district has been prebad ones,” he said. pared. He also informed that a published copy is availThe new team of the able in the notice board and in the office of the DC and KSH selected for the year DEO Dimapur. Kesonyu further informed that should 2016-19 comprise: Dr. Vi- there be any claims or objections to the published draft nito Chishi, President; Vix- list, it should reach the office of the undersigned in writepu Swu, Vice President; ten on or before May 30 during office working hours. Dr IP Khala, General Secretary; Khetoho Nurumi, PMEGP beneficiaries in Wokha Joint Secretary; Kivishe Yeputhomi, Finance Sec- to protest non-release of loans retary; Toshiho Sheqhi, WoKha, may 12 (mExN): All PMEGP beneficiaPublicity; Kihoto Awomi, ries 2014-15 who were allotted to the Bank of Baroda, Cultural Secretary; Avito Wokha Branch have been informed that there will be an Hesso, Cultural Secretary agitation at the Bank premises against the non-release and Akheto Achumi, Cem- of PMEGP loans by the concern bank starting from May etery in-charge. 17 till the bank authority releases the sanction order. A press release in this regard has informed all concerned to reach the venue by 7:30am.
ENSF calls for ‘continued perseverance’ DAN has no vision to solve Naga issue: NPCC TuENSaNg, may 12 (mExN): The Eastern Naga Students’ Federations (ENSF) has called upon Naga political groups to continue abstaining from levying tax to the teaching community. A press note from the ENSF reminded that it had since 2012 embarked on a mission to dissuade Naga political groups from taxing the teaching community. It added that this had resulted in the “No Tax” to the teaching community within Eastern Nagaland on January 18, 2015. Acknowledging that the groups had endorsed and reacted positively to
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Meeting on NERP in Dimapur
Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang and Nagaland Rajya Sabha MP KG Kenye with Union Minister for Agriculture & Cooperation, Radha Mohan Singh.
Dimapur, may 12 (mExN): Nagaland Chief Minister, T.R. Zeliang, today met Union Minister for Agriculture & Cooperation, Radha Mohan Singh, and apprised him of the progress of works for commencement and functioning of the recently sanctioned College of Veterinary Science at Jalukie, Nagaland. A press release from the Media Cell of the Chief Minister’s Office stated
that Zeliang requested the Union Minister to see that adequate supervision and delegation of functions are done by the Central Agriculture University, Imphal under which the new college is to function initially so that there is no hindrance in starting the college this academic year. The Union Minister assured him that the college will start functioning from the current year’s academic
session, 2016-17, and that the inauguration of the College will be done towards the last part of June 2016, the release informed. The Chief Minister also requested the Union Minister to visit Nagaland around that time, and to inaugurate the new college, to which the Union Minister responded positively, the release informed. The Chief Minister was accompanied by Rajya Sabha MP KG Kenye.
Dimapur, may 12 (mExN): In connection with the ongoing National Electoral Roll Purification (NERP) exercise, a meeting with the administrative officers, representatives of recognized political parties, the GBs and the Colony/Ward council chairmen in Dimapur will be held on May 16 at 1pm in the Conference Hall of the Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur. A press release from DC Dimapur requested all concern to attend the meeting positively.
EUD to hold meeting on May 14 Dimapur, may 12 (mExN): The Emlo-to Kujo Union Dimapur (EUD) will hold a meeting on May 14 at 10am at the residence of its new banker Lahoto Aye at valley View Colony, Dimapur. All the ex office bearers and the newly elected members are requested to attend the meeting positively, a press note from the EUD informed. The new team members elected on February 27 for the tenure of 2016- 2018 will be led by Hukheto Aye as President. The others are: Hokivi Aye - Vice- President; Er. Vikishe Chishi – secretary; Atoi Shohe and Kisheto Kiba as Finance Secretaries; Lahoto Aye (Vekuho) – Banker.
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THE MORUNG EXPRESS
The Power of Truth
The Morung Express volume Xi issue 130 By Witoubou Newmai
Manipur—hills & valley reality
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t is matter of disappointment, and fear, that leaders of the tribal and Meitei communities of Manipur have failed to communicate even on basic existential issues. Anxieties sensed by both the hills and the valley for decades are responsible for the fast widening of gap between the two. Instead of nursing the alienation, people have closed their eyes to reality. This attitude has ensured aggravation of the situation and put the whole society in an invidious position. Manipur is a state where three major communities—Naga, Kuki and Meitei—dominate. The state covers an area of 22,327 square kilometers where 90% of it belongs to the tribal people (Kukis and Nagas). However, 60% of the total population of 27 lakhs is confined in the 10% valley area. As per Article 371-C of the Constitution of India, the Meiteis, who are in the general category, do not have rights over tribal land. In order to check the population distribution imbalance, the Manipur Government has been making attempts to extend the Manipur Land Revenue and Land Reforms (MLR & LR) Act in the hill districts of Senapati, Chandel, Ukhrul, Churachandpur and Tamenglong for a long time now. The three bills—the Protection of Manipur Peoples Bill, 2015, the Manipur Land Revenue & land Reforms (Seventh Amendment) Bill, 2015 and the Manipur Shop & Establishment (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015—passed by the Manipur Legislative Assembly on August 31, 2015, are considered by the tribal people as one of those attempts of the Manipur Government engineered by the Meitei community to serve the valley’s interests. This is possible, according to the tribal community, due to the "lop-sided political power equation" in Manipur. Few hours after the bills were passed, sporadic incidents filled the hill districts. The agitation of the tribal people against the passing of the three bills in a special sitting of the Manipur Legislative Assembly was on the perception that these bills are anti tribal and violate the provision of Article 371-C and the Manipur State Hill People Regulation, 1947. The State Government of Manipur claimed that the amendment does not infringe upon Article 371-C of the Indian Constitution. The State Government of Manipur also said that MLR&LR Act 1960 is applicable only in the four valley districts (Imphal West, Imphal East, Thoubal and Bishnupur) and a “small portion” of Churachandpur district. The State Government clarified that these three bills do not infringe on the existing rights of the tribal community settled in the state of Manipur and also do not impinge on the provision of Article 371-C and the subsequent Presidential order of 1972 which provides for Scheduled areas and matters as also the Manipur State Hill People Regulation, 1947. The Manipur Government also said that the present amendment of MLR&LR Act, which was passed in the Assembly, does not extend to the hill areas and in no way it will affect or alter the present status of the tribal lands. But these clarifications are too little to allay the apprehension of the tribal people. To the tribal people of Manipur, "the three anti-tribal Bills which infringe on tribal identity, land rights and economy are only a new chapter in Manipur Government’s intrinsic policy of cultural alienation, political marginalization and developmental exclusion of the tribals, as well-thought out State policy of modern-day political conquest and annexation having absolutely nothing to do with the Inner Line Permit System". Things such as these have created "fundamental problems of irreconcilability". Today it is quite visible that people are inclined to accept a practical option—“to debate on an administrative separation of the hills and the valley".
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Vikas Datta IANS
Do spies still have a future?
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n today's world, when you can track people in any part of the globe with satellites, know what they are talking on phones or writing in emails, or eradicate a distant enemy by flicking a joystick and pressing a button, does espionage, especially its human aspect, as was seen The New Spymasters; in the "golden days" Author: Stephen Grey; Publisher: Penguin; of the Cold War, still Pages: 365; Price: Rs.499 have any future? Or in other words, does human intelligence or "humint" involving identifying and recruiting agents, physical surveillance of suspects, disguises and 'dead drops', 'legends' or false cover and identities, and all the things we see in John Le Carre, Ted Allbeury and the earlier career of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, have use in a time when the threats are not from nation states and their agencies, but terrorists and transnational crime? Yes, says British writer, investigative reporter and long-time intelligence watcher Stephen Grey, who starts his argument with a hard blow - an account of the devastation a Jordanian triple agent caused in a CIA base in Afghanistan's Khost, just over the border from Pakistan, on the last day of 2009. This, he says, served as "a proof-of-life signal that, despite the careless blunders of those days, the spy game was not over". Though a shocking start to his "inquiry into the modern secret agent, and his employer, the spymaster" or what writer (and sometime secret agent) Graham Greene called the "human factor" where a real person sets out gathering intelligence, he notes there is "obviously a dark side to our subject" for "spying is the art of betrayal". Grey, best known for his world exclusive revelations about the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" programme (sending arrested or captured terror suspects to third countries where laws or rules on torture are not very strictly observed), seeks to weigh on the state and future of human intelligence through three questions - "how has spying changed in the twenty-first century?", "when can spying still be effective?" and "what kind of spying is needed and will help deal with the specific threats of today and the future?" To answer these, he furnishes narrative of spying and its failures and successes from even before the Cold War (British efforts to overturn the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917) to the Abbottabad raid in May 2011 that netted Osama bin Laden. Others that might be less known including the British campaign against the IRA in Northern Ireland, a double-dealing Cypriot drug-dealer (both of which also bring out the moral and political risks involved), Europe's first 'jihadi' double agent, an abortive suicide bombing in Spain, and the evidently mistaken killing of an Afghan politician - which is an eloquent example of the West's hubris - and self-goal - in Afghanistan. He illustrates the dangers too. The Khost case shows "spying carries tremendous risk" and as an activity based on betrayal, which "can be addictive", spies, who betray their country or group's secrets, "can, in turn, also betray those who recruit them" and since they "must survive by telling lies, it can be hard to know when they are telling the truth". Then, discovery of a spy operation can "trigger diplomatic rows, sow discord, and, at worst, be a pretext for war". Then it can also lead to war, as his example of "Curveball", whom you might recall was the Iraqi defector whose claims of Saddam Hussein's biological weapons programme was a important part of the US case for invasion of Iraq, shows. It also demonstrates how intelligence organisations can delude themselves, and their political bosses. Grey maintains his book is "not a comprehensive survey" as it remains confined to the experiences of those who he has met from the security services of the US, Britain, some from Germany, France and from Middle East and South Asia, while eastern Asia, South America and Africa are untouched. But it still offer plenty to make you think how the world actually operates.
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C O M M E N T A R Y
Eloise Stark The Diplomat
In India, Religion Meets Feminism
In India, priestesses and goddesses lead the fight for women’s empowerment
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hopal’s old town is a maze of narrow streets, where crooked houses jostle for space alongside pastel-colored mosques. Pedestrians flatten themselves against the walls as motorbikes hurtle by, carrying men with skullcaps and giggling teenage girls in burkas, sitting three abreast. Bhopal is one of India’s most Muslim towns, with a 40 percent Muslim population. That makes it a fitting place for Safia Akhtar, one of India’s first female qazis, to live, in a blue house down a small alleyway. Qazis are Islamic priests, who give counsel on family issues based on their readings of the Quran, to make sure Sharia is respected for matters of personal law. Although they have no legally binding authority, they are highly respected members of the Muslim community in India, and their decisions are generally heeded.“When someone has a problem, they don’t turn to Google. They turn to us qazis!” Safia laughs. It’s a position that has traditionally been reserved for men, until the organisation BMMA, or the Indian Muslim Women’s Movement, trained 30 women from all over India to become qazis. Safia was one of the first to sign up, two years ago. She hoped to put an end to the misogynistic rulings made by her male counterparts. “Recently, many male qazis haven’t been doing their duty. They mislead women, by saying that their decisions are based on the Quran, whereas really, they are just speaking for men’s interests,” she explains. And since qazis play a major role in every aspect of family life, from marriage to divorce to property spats, this has created some major problems. Over the past few years, Safia explains that many practices have become widespread and socially accepted in Muslim society, such as triple talaq divorce, whereby a man can divorce his wife instantly, or men failing to pay meher, the “maintenance” to be given to women at the time of marriage, which enables them to remain financially independent. Working as the only female qazi in her community isn’t easy, and religious leaders haven’t been happy to see her coming. “Many qazis have a very haughty reaction; they think I am not legitimate to be a qazi,” Safia continues. She organizes meetings with her rivals to debate on family issues. “They won’t accept that what they are doing is wrong. They say they know the Quran. But I come armed with my verses, and then they are forced to see.” Safia uses her indepth knowledge of Islamic texts to talk down the men “mansplaining” it to her. “Islam is an open-minded, fair, flexible religion. But our scholars, our mufti, they aren’t any of those things,” she says, decisively. In the West, feminism and religion are often perceived as being at odds, but in India, where spirituality is a major part of many people’s lives, women are using their religion as a guide for empowerment. Female qazis are just one example of this. From the outside, Hinduism seems to be a feminist’s dream faith. Instead of a monolithic, presumed male deity, Hindus worship a wide pantheon of gods, including female badasses like Kali and Durga. They’re better than any female superhero: they ride on the back of tigers, carry spears, and fight demons. However, despite the fact that Hindus continue to worship goddesses, tradition has left real live women by the roadside. Modern day feminists are reappropriating their favorite goddesses to challenge sexual and domestic violence. The graphic novel Priya’s Shakti, written in 2014 by Ram Devineni, Lina Srivastava, and Dan Goldman, tells the story of Priya, a young girl banished from her home after being the victim of a gang rape. She joins together with the Goddess Parvati to fight gender crimes in India, and rides back into town on a tiger to get revenge on those that wronged her. The traditional roles of husbands and wives are also being called into question. In February, Indi-
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aman Abibate's business is hard to miss. A towering pile of neatly arranged logs, collected by her husband from a forest near their village home, sits at the side of the busy Cotonou-to-Niger highway, north of Benin. Abibate makes 10,000 CFA ($16) a month selling wood, much of it to women who use it for parboiling rice, a process of partially cooking rice in the husk before it is milled. Rice is a staple food in Benin, and parboiling the grain requires a lot of heat, which means a lot of wood. The process is a major culprit behind Benin's worrisome deforestation rate and a big contributor to health problems due to the inhalation of wood smoke. But researchers at the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice), a pan-African rice research group, aim to tackle those problems with a stove that runs on a free, sustainable and abundant fuel: rice husks. AfricaRice's stove is fed by a solarpowered fan and is designed to burn off most of the gas released by the burning husks. Compared with a wood-burning stove, the clean stove produces fewer emissions and heats water faster. "The stove burns husks directly to produce thermal energy for cooking and heating water and the solar panel provides light while firing the blower," said Sali Atanga Ndindeng, a technology expert at AfricaRice's Cotonou station who worked with women and engineers to develop the stove. "We have tested the stove for emis-
Muslim women stand inside the compound of Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) in the old quarters of Delhi. (Reuters File Photo)
an lawyer Chandan Kumar Singh sued the popular God Ram for mistreating his wife, Sita. According to legend, after she was rescued from the kingdom of the demon Ravana, where she was being held captive, Ram forced her to undergo tests to prove she was “pure” and hadn’t lain with another man. She refused to be humiliated this way and was banished to a forest. The court, in the eastern state of Bihar, refused to discuss this “impractical case,” but it did create ripples in the Indian media, as Ram and Sita incarnate the ideal couple, where the wife respects and obeys her husband in all things. The myth of Sita and Ram is proof that not all religious texts can be used as guides for gender equality. However women are beginning to reappropriate their religion to make them more female-friendly, beginning with the right to worship wherever they want to. In recent months, Hindus and Muslims alike have been demanding entrance into major religious sites. Some shrines and temple don’t allow women inside, as they think that they might be menstruating, and this would “defile” the sacred space. On January 26, as India celebrated Republic Day, 400 activists from the Bhoomata Brigade group stormed the Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra and attempted to enter by force, aiming to put an end to a centuries-old custom preventing women from entering the inner sanctum. Although at first they were stopped by the police, the Bombay Court later ruled on their side, announcing that “offering prayers at a temple is the fundamental right of a woman and it is the government’s fundamental duty to protect their right.” The Bhoomata Brigade has now turned their attention to the Haji Ali mosque in Mumbai, taking their fight across religious lines. Last week they staged protests demanding entrance into the holy shrine. It may seem like a mere symbolic struggle, but this battle is breaking down beliefs about menstruation and impurity. It’s also a huge step for the women demanding equal rights to worship. The importance of such decisions is perhaps best illustrated by the severe reaction from religious leaders, who have been digging their heels in to fight such an evolution. After the High Court decision, Indian religious leader Shankaracharya Swaroopanand claimed that allowing women into Shani temple would “increase incidents of rape.” Prayar Gopalakrishnan , the head of the Lord Ayyappa Temple at Sabarimala in Kerala, said that the only way he would allow women into his temple is if someone invented a machine to check if women were menstruating, the way they check for metal at airports. Such shocking statements show how deeply ingrained misogyny has become among Indian religious leaders. In a country where faith and tradition lead to female feticide, domestic violence, honor killings and the ostracization of widows, you have to
wonder whether it wouldn’t be better for women to fight against religion all together. “We don’t decide whether people are religious or not,” protests Zakia X, the co-founder of the BMMA, Indian Muslim Women’s Movement. “We live in a religious society. And we have to fight back in that same public space. We have to redefine what is Islamic within Indian society. ” The group began in the aftermath of the massacres in Gujarat in 2002, when India was ravaged by communal violence. A group of Muslim women in Mumbai came to the realization that they were paying a double price. Even when their houses weren’t under siege by violent mobs, they couldn’t feel safe behind closed doors. “Outside, we were faced with the serial targeting of Muslims, including widespread sexual violence,” explains Zakia. “Inside, we had to deal with to domestic violence, marriage, and divorce laws that leave us vulnerable, and no means of financial independence.” Neither the state nor the “conservative, patriarchal” religious leaders offered them any protection. They founded BMMA to have someone fighting on their side. They soon realized that fighting religious tradition head-on was one of the most important battlefields for women’s rights. “Many men insult us, they say we are free-minded women, that we don’t wear the veil, and that we have no Islamic identity. They say we are an insult to Islam,” Zakia says. “But they are backwards; they don’t want evolution to happen” In India, religion seems like one of the hardest places to achieve progress in women’s rights. But although it may be one of the toughest battlefields to fight on, it is also one of the most vital. For many Indian women, religion is a huge part of daily life, especially in the lower classes. It’s hard to imagine any large scale feminist movement that didn’t take this into account. By linking feminism and religion, these women are bringing the fight for women’s rights to a wider part of the population. The women fighting to get into Shani temple were rural women, from humble backgrounds. BMMA’s 70,000 members come from all over the country, from every kind of social class. Not only are women reclaiming religion from patriarchy, they’re also reclaiming the fight against patriarchy itself, which was long reserved for upper class, urban women. A few years ago, a group called the Consortium of Loose, Pub-Going, and Forward Women fought religious groups head on after several occurrences of women in bars being attacked by groups of moral police. Today, the fight has changed, from the bar to the mosque. They’re equally valid demands that illustrate the subtle shift in the feminist forces of India, as religion becomes one of the main battering rams for women’s rights. Eloise Stark is a master’s student in journalism at Sciences Po in Paris, currently residing in New Delhi.
A new stove turns rice waste into clean fuel Busani Bafana Thomson Reuters Foundation sions and have seen that it has very low And it's a lot of smoke. One hectare emissions, making it ideal to use in the of irrigated land yields about five tonnes home," he said. of rice and a tonne of husks. On average, farmers in Benin produce over 40,000 FIRE AND RICE tonnes of husks per season. The search for alternatives to wood After three years of designing and fuel is crucial to Benin, which has an an- testing, AfricaRice figured out how to nual deforestation rate of 2.5 percent - turn the mountains of rice waste into one of the highest in the world - accord- fuel. The husk-burning stove was reing to figures from the U.N. Food and cently approved for commercial proAgriculture Organisation (FAO). duction, and the organisation is now Using rice husks teaching to run a stove not metal smiths only takes advanin Benin and tage of a readNigeria how ily available fuel to make it. source, but also It comes helps rice farmers in various deal with the waste and pollution that sizes - the smallest, for household and comes with disposing of the husks. restaurant cooking, is fed with 900 Every harvest season, Benin's rice grams of husks and the largest, defarmers struggle to get rid of the moun- signed for industrial use, can take over tains of husks that accumulate after 5 kilograms of husks. The small unit they have threshed their crops. The went on the market in April for 35,000 husks are no good as animal feed and CFA ($50). take a long time to rot, so can't be used AfricaRice has also made the fuel as compost. With no other option, for their stove more efficient by demillers often just set the husks on fire, veloping a hydraulic press to squeeze spewing smoke into the air. rice husks into briquettes and pellets.
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These are easier to handle than loose husks and burn longer. LESS WOOD, LESS SMOKE According to AfricaRice's Ndindeng, many of the women who tested the prototype of the stove were most excited by the prospect of cooking without filling their homes and lungs with smoke. The soot produced by open-fire and indoor cooking using wood and crop residue kills more than 4 million people annually, according to the World Health Organization. Salabanya Tabaitou, a rice farmer from Malanville District, 750 kilometres north of Cotonou, does a lot of rice parboiling using wood fuel, a process she says is cumbersome and unhealthy. "A stove that does not use wood, produces no smoke, will make cooking better and cleaner," said Tabaitou, who has tried out the clean stove. "Especially that the stove would use husks, which we have tonnes of in our fields." Ndindeng told Thomson Reuters Foundation that researchers are now looking at adapting AfricaRice's stove for large-scale parboiling, rice drying and water heating, which require a stove that can hold over double the capacity and handle much more heat than the current models. The hope, Ndindeng added, is to make the process of preparing Benin's staple food safer, cleaner and more efficient for everyone. "Husks are a proven energy source that can save our trees and reduce reliance on wood fuel in Benin," he said.
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The limits of borders Janina Pescinski
When national Security trumps Humanitarian law, Who wins? Brad Gutierrez
openDemocracy
International humanitarian law is not a diplomatic conversation devoid of real world implications, and ignoring it creates a free-for-all
Borders are constructed to separate people, but they become a permanent point of contact and violence between the two sides
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he ongoing flow of migrants and refugees across the Mediterranean has resulted in a migration management crisis in Europe. Borders are seen as the first line of defence for solving the problem by keeping migrants out, hence the current lockdown of Fortress Europe. Individual European states have implemented various policies that harden their borders in an effort to turn away migrants. Hungary has built a fence along its southern border, Austria is following suit by erecting barriers at southern border crossings. The GreeceMacedonia border has been closed, leaving over 50,000 new arrivals stranded in Greece. But when an impediment is created at one point of entry, the border to be crossed simply shifts elsewhere. The land routes through the Balkans have been cut off, and Greece is no longer a viable point of entry because of the EU-Turkey deal. While policymakers may have hoped that the effect would be for migrants to just stay home, the reality is that those desperate to move will find new routes and strategies, with potentially dire consequences. Already we have seen that this is true in the Mediterranean: to bypass the closed borders new routes are opening across the sea to Italy. The human cost is enormous, as we saw when 500 people reportedly drowned in the Mediterranean last week. Another result of closing borders is increasing the market for smugglers. Smuggling is a business: smugglers provide the service of helping people to cross closed borders, for a fee. Contrary to EU policy that frames smuggling as a cause of migration that can and must be combatted with stricter border control and policing, smuggling is a reaction to circumvent more rigid borders, as the many of the voices featured on openDemocracy’s Human Smugglers Roundtable attest. The rhetoric justifying these exclusionary migration policies becomes a vicious cycle in public opinion: governments close the borders to keep out the migrants, serving as state-sanctioned confirmation that those individuals are ‘not wanted’. This increases xenophobia and prejudice as well as precipitates highly visible, seemingly desperate attempts of migrants to ‘get in at any cost’. This further stokes fears and prejudice while justifying the next round of even more stringent migration policies. Problematising borders The current European attempts to control migration are predicated on an understanding of the border as a barrier, but the concept of ‘border’ is neither singular nor static. Throughout history the conceptions of borders
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4th April 2016 of the Gregorian calendar was the first day, the first of the month of Boishakh, of the year 1423 in the Bangla calendar (Bangabda). The night before, around 11pm, when I was returning home, I found police barricades blocking many streets leading up to the holy seat of Ma Kali of Kalighat in Kolkata. I live in the neighbourhood and I know what was up. Like every year, many business-people, traders and those who have to maintain accounts, were bringing a brand new fat accounts book (called Haalkhata or Jabdakhata) to be blessed by the holy mother. The whole area, especially, the approach to the Ma Kali temple at Kalighat was very busy. The thick crowds would continue till the late hours of the night, for the daybreak would usher in a new year and with that, a new financial year. A new financial year means a time for renewal, of recalculating starting inventory for traders. Thus, in Choitro, the last month of the previous year, there are steep discounts and selling activity in order to clear inventories as much as possible, so as to start the new financial year with minimal carry-overs in inventory. Thus, in Bengal (West and East), Odisha, Tripura, Assam, Manipur, Mithila, Nepal and other areas of eastern South Asia, which have a mid-April New Year, this is the season of sales and pricecuts. This goes by the contemporary name of 'Choitro Sale'. The mid-April New Year is also shared by several other peoples in this part of the world – most notably in Cambodia, Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Kerala, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Myanmar. These are all homelands of rice-growing peoples with cultural and civilizational links going back many centuries. Crop styles and harvest cycle similarities among people represent real civilizational continuities. They are quite different from the 'ancient and continuous civilization' type of myths that are invented by nation-states and then projected back into the past – the shape and size of these types of civilizational continuity claims are typically dictated by contemporary political needs, imaginations, yearnings and anxieties. The government financial year in the Indian Union starts on 1st April and ends of 31st March. Canada, Hong
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and their management has changed, as traced by a current exhibit at the museum of the history of immigration in France. This looks at borders as socially imagined entities, as political constructions, as components in defining identities. It considers how borders have been established because of fear of groups as well as how borders create or enhance fear of other groups. In doing so the exhibit poses important questions about borders, but at the same time it inadvertently reinforces certain consequences of borders. For example, certain migrants are referred to as ‘illegal’, a problematic term that reinforces the ideas that unsanctioned migration is definitionally a crime and that anybody engaging in unauthorised movement is a criminal. Ultimately, the exhibit opens the question: what would a borderless world look like? Borders do not apply universally to everyone who encounters them. Certain people are allowed to cross while others are turned away. Visas are granted to some on the basis of nationality, economic status, or level of education, among other factors, all of which taken together make certain people ‘desirable’ and therefore worthy of crossing the border unchallenged. For these lucky few the world is almost borderless, whereas for the vast majority who do not have these privileges the border is all too real. It is not only an unjustifiably arbitrary system, but it’s also volatile. The line between ‘wanted’ and ‘unwanted’ (as defined by the foreign ministries) is always moving, as the gradual enlargement of the EU and now the possibility of a British exit starkly attests. When states establish rigid borders they are not ridding themselves of what is on the other side, instead they are permanently tying themselves to that. Restrictive policies require constant enforcement, the walls and fences require maintenance and patrol, and this necessitates an unending stream of financial resources. In this latest deal with Turkey, Greece
and the European Union have not rid themselves of the people across the border. Instead, they have tied their fate to Turkey in a way that necessitates constant cooperation and understanding with those on the other side. In this way borders do not represent a clean division, but rather a point of contact. The border as a site of hope Hardening borders are, in part, a consequence of the increasing securitisation of migration. This entire system is predicated on a dehumanised view of migration: those crossing the borders are not individual humans, but numbers. Migration does not have to be approached as a security threat – instead it could be seen as a humanitarian endeavour. A humanitarian approach to migration puts every migrant’s individual humanity at the centre of migration policy by recognising and upholding their human rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights guarantees a person’s right to leave one’s country and the right to seek asylum, but no parallel right to be welcomed by another state. Facing the number of people who are claiming their agency to enjoy their rights to leave their country or to seek asylum, it is up to governments in Europe to volunteer a humanitarian response of hospitality rather than hostility. One crucial aspect of this is creating safe and legal migration routes. It means recognising the agency of every person who crosses a border, and treating them with dignity rather than considering them as abstract numbers to be shuffled from place to place. Migrants themselves imagine the borders of Europe as a site of hope. The resilient hope of migrants is evidenced by their refusal to leave border zones and points of transit. Migrants maintain the hope that eventually they will be able to cross those borders to reach something better that waits on the other side.
United by the British crown, not agri cycles Garga Chatterjee
Transfer of power is one thing, liberation is quite another Kong, Myanmar, New Zealand and South Africa use the 1st April to 31st March financial years system for various purposes. Clearly, it is not crop patterns or anything tied to the citizen's practises within these widely geographically separated entities that unite them. The root of the unity is the British crown – which ruled created these political entities and ruled them, in the past and in some cases, at present too. What is also common is that in all these entities, the present administrative system has a continuity with British rule in terms of governance – all these entities have undergone transfer of power to natives and not capture of power by natives. Unsurprisingly, the government financial year of the United Kingdom runs from 1st April to 31st March. None of United Kingdom's two close neighbours - Ireland (succcessor of the Irish free state formed after violent anti-colonial struggle against English rule) and France has a similar financial calendar. In fact, world wide, a plurality of nationstates uses the Gregorian calendar year as the financial year for most purposes but even then there is huge heterogeneity, including major financial powers that do not follow the Gregorian calendar year as the financial year. In short, financial years vary widely across the
world and this has not created any trouble in trade, commerce and international transactions. In the USA, which has many states, some individual states have a different financial year system that the federal government. Thus even when a stupendous majority speaks the same language, professes some form of Christianity as religion and are of White-Caucasian ethnic origin, there is space for diversity. Own needs take precedence over over-arching structures of uniformity. That is a sign of democratic deepening, of people's convenience mattering before any other reason. Global uniformity or homogeneity are not positive values unto themselves. If anything, they are inimical to the development of the full potential of those who are different from the dominant. That colonization and standardization or homoegenization based on the colonizer's preferred practise is something we live with after decades of decolonization tells us that transfer of power is one thing, liberation is quite another. A majority of the people among most ethno-linguistic nationalities in the Indian Union are associated with agriculture. Add to that the class of small traders and you have a huge proportion indeed. An entity like India, put together by the British, continues to follow an alien financial year, divorced from the needs and convenience of the people. People never were and never are consulted about such fundamental decisions. Of course, there is 'acknowledgement' of the 'traditional' – which is the respectable way of saying something is out-dated. But when a tiny minority gets to decide on the datedness of the practise and lifestyle of the stupendous majority, it is a symptom of democratic deficit. The hope is that, through years of coercion, the majority will come around to reason. Such sys-
tems treat citizens as infants and not as human beings equal to the elite set. Many things which are 'standard' in the Indian Union are also 'traditional', just that it is someone else's, typically the colonizer's or the Hindi belt's tradition. Scotch is the traditional local brew of Scotland with a lot of money and government support put in to its filtration and standardization process to make it the aspirational drink that it is today. Still, Scotch is Scotch and Mahua (local brew from Mahua flowers in large areas of Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh) is 'traditional'. Governments are supposed to support people's already existing skills and practises, so as to help them fulfil their aspirations and potentials, not create conflicts between people's practises and government's ideology. When such conflicts happen, and government fiat takes precedence, it means most people are discounted as full citizens. That the Indian Union does not acknowledge the financial year that started on the first of Boishakh is a democratic deficit and not any deficit in a calendar system. The unacknowledgement is related to classifying whose class of citizens as lesser people – those who use their own month systems, those who are literate in their mother tongues only (funnily, that is the case for most white English speakers who are considered greater if not the greatest people). Just like if English became the language of all people of the world it would cause unprecedented shrinkage in the world of past, present and future knowledge, similarly, suppressing people's own practises only destroys creative forces, sucks energy out of life and business, inhibit the economic, cultural and political swaraj that all sovereign political entities claim to have achieved. While sovereign political entities like the Indian Union may celebrate decolonization by putting 15 vernacular languages on their bank-note, their order is determined by the English alphabet order. A for Assamese. B for Bangla. That is the deep structure. Hence, in Bengal, 1st Boishakh is not just 1st Boishakh. It is increasingly a cultural marker day that 'falls' in the middle of April.
s the United States moves closer to electing its next president, and the events of Paris and Brussels remind us of the horrors inflicted by those determined to terrorize populations, it is important that we take a breath. We must remember that hawkish sound bites about being tough on terrorism don’t solve the problem of terrorism. They also don’t free us from our responsibility to live and fight by the international standards we have agreed to uphold. Despite the clear limitations on the conduct of war chronicled in the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols, we still have prominent public figures advocating for policies and activities that are in direct contravention of these international standards. Calls from Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz to carpet bomb ISIS controlled areas—without regard for the loss of civilian lives—and Trump’s support of waterboarding (or “even further”) and targeting terrorists’ family members should shock and horrify anyone who believes that the United States is a lawful country that stands behind its international commitments. On the Democratic side of the aisle, Hillary Clinton has defended Israeli bombing of civilian areas in Gaza with the logic that Israel has a right to defend itself. Lest we believe that these views are new to the campaign rhetoric of presidential politics, we only need look back at the 2012 campaign for the Republican nomination to see that prominent candidates Michelle Bachman and Herman Cain also supported the tactic of waterboarding during interrogations of captured fighters, despite legal determinations that such actions constitute torture.
A Doctors Without Borders employee stands in the ruins of the organization's hospital after it was hit by a U.S. airstrike in Kunduz, Afghanistan.
The bluster of campaign speeches is not the only venue for debate on the role of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) in the discourse of American politics. Torture is also not the only transgression of IHL that has caused concern for American policy makers. As the wars in Syria and Yemen rage on and the US presence in Afghanistan continues, the safety and security of health workers and their facilities is overshadowing the torture debate. The October 2015 US aircraft shelling of a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, operated by Doctors Without Borders (MSF), brought this sacred pillar of IHL to the forefront of humanitarian and political leaders’ agendas. With today’s sophisticated aircraft navigational equipment and weapons guidance systems, how does this “human error, compounded by process and equipment failures”—as described by US military leaders—happen? MSF wanted the bombing declared a war crime while US authorities insisted it was a tragic accident, saying that the crew mistook the building for a government compound occupied by Taliban militants. The Kunduz tragedy and similar events are also influencing the larger political debate over foreign security assistance. Since January 2016, the Saudi-led Coalition (SLC) fighting Yemeni opposition forces have bombed at least three hospitals staffed, in part, by MSF members. The Saudi military is one of the largest recipients of US military assistance in the world, raising the question as to the extent of responsibility the provider of arms and supplies should have. Do military arms suppliers have an obligation, moral or otherwise, to make their assistance conditional upon the assurances that the recipients will comply with IHL? And if they fail to comply, should that military assistance be stopped? We must remember that in many cases, the provision of security assistance is rationalized by the argument that it is cheaper for world powers to supply allies with the necessary arms to fight the sponsors’ enemies, potential or real, rather than bear the cost of the battle themselves. What is often forgotten is the reputational cost of having ones national security interests defended by entities that do not uphold the international norms of war. Guilt by association can have long-lasting effects. As we ponder the questions here, it is important to remember that IHL is not an intellectual exercise to stump international law students, nor is it a diplomatic conversation devoid of real world implications. IHL is a set of rules by which signatories to the Geneva Conventions have agreed to limit themselves in their conduct of armed operations. The consequences of not embracing those limitations is the intentional loss of innocent civilian lives, the ruthless torture of fighters no longer in the fight, and the unconscionable threat to and destruction of protected medical personnel and their facilities as they care for the sick and wounded. On a grander scale, ignoring IHL creates a free-for-all in the conduct of hostilities, the horrors of which led the to the adoption of the Geneva Conventions in the first place. It is the responsibility of each citizen, military member and political leader to know that the rules exist, understand their essence and be committed to their faithful adherence. The next time Mr. Trump, Senator Cruz or Senator Clinton casually dismiss the obligation of IHL for the sake of gaining a sound bite on national security issues, we need to think about what would happen if they actually walked their talk.
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Chandy demands unconditional apology from Prime Minister Modi NEW DELHI, MAY 12 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced more heat on Thursday for comparing Kerala to Somalia with Chief Minister Oommen Chandy saying people of the state expected an unconditional apology from him and not his silence after it whipped up a controversy. The comparison made by Modi at a poll rally in the state early this week when he said the “infant mortality rate among the scheduled tribe community in Kerala is worse than Somalia” has set off a political storm and triggered criticism in the social media. Twitter users have responded with hashtag #PoMoneModi (Get lost Modi), a take off from the Mohanlal starrer, which features the famous punch line “Po Mone Dinesha” to ridicule some of the characters of his hit film ‘Narasimham’.Chandy flayed Modi for not withdrawing his controversialcommentwhile CPI-M leader Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said his statement would result in a setback to BJP in the ensuing polls as it has insulted the people of the state. Kerala goes to polls on May 16. In his Facebook post, Chandy said Modi had kept mum on the controversy
Sushma and Chandy in war of words NEW DELHI, MAY 12 (PTI): Amidst the fierce electoral battle in Kerala, a war of words on Thursday broke out between CM Oommen Chandy and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for taking credit for evacuation of 29 Indians from war-torn Libya. The political fight errupted a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government has evacuated the families from Libya and that the Centre was committed to work for welfare of Indians living abroad. Kerala goes to polls on May 16. Modi is already under mounting attack from the Opposition parties for his controversial comment in an election rally comparing Kerala and Somalia while talking about the infant mortality rate among tribals in the state. A total of 29 Indians have been evacuated from Libya out of which 16 are from Kerala and they reached Kochi this morning. “We evacuated thousands of Indians from Kerala from Iraq, Libya and Yemen. Who paid for them? Mr. Chandy – You said and what Keralites want is not his silence, but an unconditional apology from the Prime Minister. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi left the election campaign rally without answering my questions. It could be due to the wide criticism he had received not only from the state, but also from Malayali community world over,” the senior Congress leader said. In a hard-hitting let-
ter, Chandy had lambasted Modi recently for comparing Kerala to Somalia, saying he has insulted the state. He had also requested Modi to show some “political decency” by withdrawing the statement as they are “baseless and contrary to ground realities. “The people of Kerala, whose self-pride was wounded by the Prime Minister’s statement, expected an unconditional
apology from him and not his silence. But it didn’t happen,” Chandy said in his post, adding that Keralites still hoped he would withdraw his ‘Somalia’ remark. Balakrishnan, who is CPI-M state Secretary, said, “Modi’s statement would result in a setback to BJP in the ensuing polls as it has insulted the people of the state.” Referring to Modi’s Somalia remark, Bal-
‘Kerala paid for 29 Indians evacuated from Libya,'” Swaraj said in a series of tweets. The External Affairs Minister, who is recuperating in AIIMS where she was admitted on April 25, blamed Chandy for triggering the debate. “Mr.Chandy – You started this debate – as to Who paid ? Not me. We always did this because this is our pious duty towards our citizens,” she said in another tweet. Earlier, Chandy said the State government is bearing the travel expense of the families, indicating that the Centre had not extended the financial assistance for their travel. “Sushma Swaraj paid for the earlier evacuations. This time we are paying for their travel,” Chandy said. In an election rally, Modi had on Wednesday said “Our government has saved six families and evacuated 29 people. The Indian government is committed to working for people who go abroad to work, we have always tried to help them," Modi said.
akrishnan said “one thing the Prime Minister should understand is that the state has no such situation as in Somalia because, BJP has never come to power”. He said “Gujarat Model” development projected by the BJP was actually a false propaganda. “It was the first communist government formed in 1957 that laid the foundation for the development path of
the state with its policy on land reforms, education, health and also in other sectors,” Balakrishnan said. Taking a swipe at Modi, the CPI-M leader said whichever states that went to polls where Modi led the campaign as Prime Minister, BJP suffered defeat. “In Kerala also, the same thing is going to happen. BJP is not going to open an account in the state this time also”, he said.
Crusader against freebies to act 'Monitor & counter terrorist propaganda on social media' NATIoNS, MAY 12 on Peace and Security and at both sanctions list as a terrorist and action against Election Commissioners uNITED (IANS): Propaganda over social me- meetings Akbaruddin brought up in- against Pakistan for freeing Zaki-ur-
CHENNAI, MAY 12 (IANS): The crusader against freebies offered by political parties, S. Subramaniam Balaji, said on Thursday he will file a contempt petition against the three Election Commissioners and the Chief Electoral Officer in Tamil Nadu for contempt of Supreme Court. "I have lodged complaints against the freebies announced by political parties like the AIADMK, DMK and PMK with the Election Commission. Till now I have not received any reply," Balaji told IANS. "On May 11, I had sent a contempt notice to Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi and Election Commissioners A.K. Joti and Om Prakash Rawat besides Rajesh Lakhoni, Tamil Nadu's Chief Electoral Officer, holding them personally responsible to uphold the rule of law as laid down by the apex court," Balaji said. Balaji had filed a case against DMK's 2006 election promise of free colour television and also against the AIADMK's 2011 election promise of free mixer-grinder, laptop, fan, cattle and more. The case was finally decided by the Supreme Court in 2013 after it told the Election Commission to frame a guideline on election manifestoes after consulting recognised political parties and make it a part of the model code of conduct. "Although, the law is obvious that the promises in the election manifesto cannot be construed as 'corrupt practice' under Section 123 of RP Act, the reality cannot be ruled out that distribution of freebies of any kind, undoubtedly, influences all people. It shakes the root of free and fair elections to a large degree," Balaji quoted the apex court decision as saying in his contempt notice.
dia that is contributing to the global spread of terrorism has to be monitored and countered, India has appealed to the international community while expressing concern that the fight against terror was being hobbled by a lack of cooperation. "The Hydra-like monster of terrorism continues to spread across continents in developing and developed countries alike, aided by the targeted propaganda of hatred over the ever growing social media networks that were designed to bring people together," India's Permanent Representative Syed Akbaruddin told the Security Council Wednesday. "The misuse of social media to disastrous effect by terrorist groups needs to be monitored carefully and countered, with due safeguards for respecting freedom of expression." Countering the propaganda on the social media requires a "positive and balanced narratives about the fallacies of extremist ideologies and successes of peaceful co-existence need to be projected more widely," he said speaking at a debate on "Countering the Narratives and Ideologies of Terrorism." The General Assembly was simultaneously holding a debate
ternational failures in fighting terror. Shuttling between the two meetings, at the Assembly he criticised the UN's ineffectiveness and lack of focus in dealing with terrorism and suggested creating an anti-terrorism czar at the UN. "Here at the United Nations there is a disaggregated counter terrorism infrastructure with no effort to tie them together in a seamless weave under a high level functionary," he said. "We need to address this." "The fight against terrorism is not succeeding so far because there is insufficient international cooperation," he said at the Council. "Narrow perceived interests have often prevented the framing of legal frameworks for international cooperation and even the effective implementation of sanctions that could restrict possible threats," he said. Efforts to adopt the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism have stalled for over 20 years because of differences over defining terrorist organisations and terrorists. Meanwhile, China's veto has prevented Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohamed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar, who is behind the January Pathankot air force base attack, from being put on a UN
Rehman Lakhvi, the Lashkar-e-Taiba mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attack in which 166 people were killed. Outlining the complexities of terrorism recruitment, Akbaruddin said at the Council that foreign terrorist fighters were of vastly varying ethnicities, social backgrounds, education qualifications, economic status with only the age bracket of mid-teens to mid-20s and their male gender being common factors. "The ideological framework guiding the terrorist groups, is their real strength. It is built upon very specific and extreme arguments," he said. "Active engagement of local community and religious leaders may be necessary in disseminating more moderate and mainstream teachings challenging the radical and motivated interpretations." At the Assembly debate he raised the issue of the reform and expansion of the Council, which has been held up for decades. "When the UN was created, its main focus was maintaining peace between the then established powers" he said. "The world has moved on. The centre of gravity of the globalised economy continues to shift in a profound way."
After 24 yrs, no adjournments in LS due to interruptions NEW DELHI, MAY 12 (IANS): The 16th Lok Sabha's eighth session that ended on Wednesday created history of sorts as business in the lower house was carried out without any adjournment due to interruptions. Such smooth functioning of the Lok Sabha proceedings was earlier witnessed in the recent past in 1990 and 1992 only, a senior Lok Sabha official told IANS here on Thursday. "This is the making of history," he said. During the eighth session, that began on April 25, the Lok Sabha clocked 120 percent work during its 13 sittings spread over 92 hours and 21 minutes. The official recalled that in 1992, during the third session of the 10th Lok Sabha, when Shivraj Patil was the speaker, the lower house had 49 sittings during which too there was no adjournment due to interruptions. In 1990 too, during the second session of the 9th Lok Sabha, a similar feat was achieved when Rabi Ray was the speaker. In her valedictory address at the session's conclusion on Wednesday evening, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said she was happy the lower house of parliament was not adjourned even once during the eighth session due to interruptions. Mahajan complimented the members and thanked them for their cooperation in the transaction of the Lok Sabha business. "I am happy to inform you that in the recent past, this is the first session in which the house was not been adjourned even for a single minute due to interruptions. I thank the entire house for the cooperation extended to the chair," the speaker said.
Minor hacks sister to death over illicit relationship RAMPuR, MAY 12 (PTI): A 17-year-old boy hacked his sister to death after a heated argument between the two over her illicit relationship in Ganj locality here, police said today. Shiva's 19-year-old married sister had apparently started talking to her ex-lover over phone after coming to her parents' home, they said. The accused saw her conversing with her paramour and in a fit of rage killed her with knife, police said. He was sent to a juvenile home in Moradabad yesterday following the order of Rampur Juvenile Court, district police chief Sadhna Goswami said. In a similar case, a 25-yearold married woman killed her paramour and his wife in Safini area here as she was upset over his marriage with the other woman. The incident occurred on Tuesday when the accused slit the throat of her paramour's wife and poisoned him to death, additional S P Tariq Mohammad said. The S P said the deceased was involved in an illicit relationship with a married woman and started staying with her along with his wife. A case has been registered against the woman, her son and two daughters, he said, adding the four were sent to jail yesterday.
Congress to move privilege motion against Swamy, Parrikar NEW DELHI, MAY 12 (IANS): The Congress party on Thursday said it will move a privilege motion against Bharatiya Janata Party MP Subramanian Swamy and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar "for misleading parliament and the nation on AgustaWestland deal". "These two leaders have been lying blatantly and brazenly," senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said while talking to reporters here. "Subramanian Swamy spoke against Sonia Gandhi and other Congress leaders in parliament and kept referring a document which according to him was an Italian court's judgment. In reality, this is a 13-page document consisting of two page of emails from Swamy to himself. Nine pages of the report were downloaded from www.pgurus.com and the remaining two pages are part of a news story run by an Indian news channel," Ramesh added. The motion against Swamy is likely to be filed with Rajya Sabha chairman Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Friday, the last day of the ongoing session, Ramesh said. "The document which Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar referred as the Italian court's judgment in the Lok Sabha are actually minutes of a meeting attended by the NSA," Ramesh said.
Potable water a daily Student killed in clash in Assam Talks with HPC (D) under process problem in Manipur IMPHAL, MAY 12 (IANS): The Manipur government has promised potable water for all its people by 2022. But till it does so, most people are having to subsist on water purchased from private suppliers or the "mineral water" sold in markets. Several persons that IANS contacted said that the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) has "failed" to supply potable water. Almost all families are dependant on private water suppliers who deliver "potable water" at the doorstep at Rs.200 per 1,000 litres. They buy the same from private water tank owners at Rs.40 per 1,000 litres. The tankers avoid the government water points since water is impure and muddy there. PHED makes special deliveries of treated water to the residences of the elected members, high officials and prominent people every morning free of charge. Official sources said the PHED is to be allotted Rs.180.61 crore to improve and sustain water supply structures in the state capital areas. Earlier, Rs.98.54 crore had been sanctioned in February 2014 for Phase I. Under this scheme water pipes had been laid in some areas and five water reservoirs constructed. The officials said: "At least 47 water supply schemes were constructed in the hill areas." The officials are hopeful that the revised funds for Phase II and III, involving Rs.200 crore and Rs.153.82 crore, respec-
tively, would soon be sanctioned. In absence of tap water, all houses and offices are buying "treated water" from the water tankers or "mineral water" bottles. Sometime back, there were media exposes showing some water tankers drawing water from marshy lands which are the dumping ground of garbage from hotels, school hostels and private homes. The water thus collected is sold as treated water to gullible consumers. Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal, the medical college and hospital for the seven north eastern states, has been buying dozens of water tankers everyday from private suppliers. The special water pipe leading to this institute of the union health ministry has been dry for years. Shops and kiosks selling "mineral water bottles" have mushroomed doing brisk business for supplying to homes and other social and religious functions. Recently experts found that marketed brands were sub-standard and injurious to health. In absence of booking the dealers the business is thriving. Doctors say that many people have become susceptible to waterborne diseases. Meanwhile, more and more new products of "mineral water" bottles are arriving in the market. There is no system to establish the purity and worthiness for human consumption.
SILCHAR, MAY 12 (IANS): A student was killed and seven others were injured after a clash broke out between an angry mob and policemen in Assam's Silchar city, officials said on Thursday. Although police claimed to have control the situation, simmering tension prevailed in and around the city over the incident that took place late Wednesday evening. The incident occurred after two groups of people were fighting over a disputed plot of land. "Based on information that there were clashes between two groups of people over a piece of land, a police team went there to settle the matter. However, the irate people rounded up the policemen and assaulted them," Cachar Superintendent of Police Rajveer Singh told IANS on Thursday. "Although the police could contain the situation initially, the people later came out in huge numbers and blocked the busy National Highway No. 6 that connects Silchar and Shillong and pelted the police team with stones and other vehicles plying on the highway," he said. "As the situation turned violent, the police resorted to firing in the air. However, one of the bullets hit a 17-year-old student unfortunately, who was also a part of the mob," Singh added. The injured comprised two civilians and five policemen. "The situation is under control now and we have deployed additional forces to ensure that there is no escalation of the situation," Singh added.
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Mizoram Home Minister R. Lalzirlian said peace talks between the Mizoram government and the Hmar People’s Convention (Democrats) militant is under process. He said that the government has warmly welcomed the initiative taken by central committee of the Young Mizo Association (YMA) and Tuisualral YMA groups for peace dialogue. “The Mizoram government has welcomeed the peace overtures of the Manipurbased HPC-D militant on the condition that the outfit would not indulge in any anti-government activity during the byelections to the village councils on May 19.” R.Lalzirliana said during a press conference Wednesday. “They are our brothers and took up
arms only because we have misunderstanding. Although we have been encountered and killed each other but taking up arms and making disturbances is not the solution. We welcome the peace initiative and agreed that any conflict can only be amicably solved only through peaceful dialogue," he said, adding that the HPC (D) was expected not to campaign for any political party or candidate during VC by-polls. Citing that allotting autonomous district council would be difficult from the government side, the home minister said an alternative should be searched like upgrading SHDC to elected council and increasing its annual budget. When asked, R. Lalzirliana said that the government still hold its standpoint that the militants should return arms taken from the police.
Tribal law violates constitution: outgoing Tripura Chief Justice AgARTALA, MAY 12 (IANS): The customary law of tribal communities practised in some northeastern states violate provisions of the Indian Constitution, Tripura High Court's outgoing Chief Justice Deepak Kumar Gupta said. Gupta, who will head the Chhattisgarh High Court, said: "Tribal leaders use the customary law sometimes to deal with murder, rape and heinous crimes. These traditional customary laws must
be codified." Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday evening, he added: "Serious disputes and crimes should not be settled by extra constitutional bodies." In the northeast, tribals comprise 28 percent of the population. Among them, there are 138 tribes with separate lifestyles, foods, customs and traditional practices. Backing Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur, Justice Gupta said retired judges
must be appointed in the judicial system to reduce the pendency of cases. He said: "When a separate high court was established in Tripura in 2013, 6,615 cases were pending in the high court (till March 2013 Tripura was under the jurisdiction of Gauhati High Court). The pendency has come down to 2,804. "We are the only high court in the country where the arrears have come down at such a fast pace," he added.
Justice Gupta said that Tripura High Court was the first in India to introduce the SMS service whereby every litigant and his lawyer get case related information. "After we introduced this scheme, it was commenced in many other high courts and also in the Supreme Court," he added. The SMS service was also introduced in the district and lower courts of Tripura. Justice Gupta, who gave some significant judgments
during his tenure in Tripura High Court, felt that Tripura had a low conviction rate. "FIRs must be registered immediately after the occurrence of any incident. Police were earlier reluctant to register FIR, causing delays in probe," he added. "The level of honesty is high in Tripura and schemes, specially the social sector schemes, are better administered," added Justice Gupta, who left here on Thursday for Chhattisgarh.
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Brazil Senate puts Rousseff on trial, ending 13 yrs of leftist rule BRASILIA, MAy 12 (ReuteRS): Brazil’s Senate voted on Thursday to put leftist President Dilma Rousseff on trial in a historic decision brought on by a deep recession and a corruption scandal that will now confront Michel Temer, the vice president who succeeds her. With Rousseff suspended during the Senate trial for allegedly breaking budget rules, the centrist Temer will take the helm of a country that again finds itself mired in political and economic volatility after a recent decade of prosperity. The 55-22 vote ends more than 13 years of rule by the left-wing Workers Party, which rose from Brazil’s labor movement and helped pull millions of people out of poverty before seeing many of its leaders face corruption investigations. Fireworks rang out in some neighborhoods across Brazil after the vote at the end of a 20-hour session in the Senate. Police had briefly clashed with pro-Rousseff demonstrators in Brasilia on Wednesday, exchanging volleys of tear gas and rocks. The impeachment process began in the lower house of Congress in December and Rousseff, a 68-year-old economist and former Marxist guerrilla who was Brazil’s first female president, is unlikely to be acquitted in a trial that could last as long as six months. A two-thirds majority is needed in the Senate to convict her but the scale of her defeat in the vote on Thursday showed how little support she has. “Today we are trying to overcome this situation by removing an irresponsible government. We have no
Brazilans demonstrate in favor of the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff in front of the Brazilian National congress in Brasilia on May 11. (REUTERS Photo)
alternative,” said Senator Blairo Maggi, one of Brazil’s biggest soy farmers, who is slated to become agriculture minister in Temer’s government. Rousseff has denied any wrongdoing and called her impeachment a “coup”. Temer, a 75-year-old centrist and constitutional scholar who spent decades in Brazil’s Congress, now faces the challenge of restoring economic growth and calm at a time when Brazilians, increasingly polarized, are questioning whether their institutions can deliver on his promise of stability. In addition to a towering budget deficit, equal to more than 10 percent of its annual economic output, Brazil is suffering from rising unemployment, plummeting investment and a projected economic contraction of more than 3 percent this year. “Only major reforms can keep Brazil from moving from crisis to crisis,” says Eduardo Giannetti da Fonseca, an economist
ment but it was rejected by the Supreme Court on Wednesday. An aide said Rousseff planned to dismiss most of her cabinet, save for the central bank president and the sports minister, who is in final preparations for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in August. The move is meant to frustrate a smooth transition for Temer, whom Rousseff deems a traitor because of his efforts, as leader of the party that was her main ally in Congress, to unravel that coalition and force party colleagues to resign from government posts. Temer plans to swear in new ministers on Thursday afternoon and is promising pro-market policies to bring Brazil’s budget deficit under control, rein in inflation and get the economy growing again. Tensions between proand anti-government demonstrators flared in some WILD CARDS Rousseff’s government small demonstrations made a last-ditch effort across Brazil, but the mood to annul her impeach- remained largely calm as and author in São Paulo who has written extensively about the country’s socioeconomic problems. But those changes, including an overhaul of pension, tax and labor laws and a political reform to streamline fragmented parties in a mercenary Congress, could remain elusive at a time of turmoil. Many Brazilians are concerned that the end of Workers Party rule could bring back bad times for the poor, who have made great strides in the last decade. “Has Dilma made mistakes? Of course. But the Workers Party has done so much for us, for the people,” said Benedito Polongo, a 63-year-old janitor outside a shiny Brasilia business center, who said he had no job or bank account before the party came to power. “I fear that those who come after her will erase all that has been done for the poor.”
most Workers Party supporters appeared resigned to her ouster. Brazilian markets have for weeks rallied as investors welcomed the likely dismissal of a president they believe crippled the economy, were largely unchanged on Wednesday. Wild cards remain for Temer himself, including still-pending investigations by an electoral court into financing for his and Rousseff’s 2014 re-election campaign. Then there is the farreaching kickback probe around state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA, which has ensnared dozens of corporate and political chieftains and helped set the scene for the discontent that hobbled Rousseff. Rousseff, energy minister and chief of staff to her predecessor before taking office in 2011, was chairwoman of Petrobras at the time when much of the graft occurred. She has not been accused of corruption, but the scandal at Petrobras encouraged opposition lawmakers to oust her for disguising the size of the government’s budget deficit in the lead-up to her reelection. Temer has not been accused of wrongdoing in the scandal either, but some of his allies and party colleagues have. Prosecutors say they are far from finished with the probe. Though many lawmakers have expressed their desire to join forces and get on with a recovery upon Rousseff’s exit, dozens of parties are jockeying for power in the Temer government and angling to position themselves for new elections in 2018.
South Asian countries unite over anti-child trafficking drive NeW DeLhI, MAy 12 (thOMSON ReuteRS FOuNDAtION): South Asian nations will set up a toll-free helpline and online platform to fight human trafficking, one of the region’s biggest problems, and trace the thousands of children who go missing in the region annually, India’s government said late on Wednesday. Ministers from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Nepal came to the agreement after a conference on child protection held under the auspices of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). South Asia, with India at its centre, is the fastest-growing and second-largest region for human trafficking in the world, after East Asia, according to the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime. India’s
women and child development ministry said delegates from the eight South Asian countries adopted a series of measures to boost cooperation to end child exploitation. “(These include) regional cross sharing and programming on ICT initiatives to trace missing children, working towards establishing a uniform toll free helpline, developing a regional strategy and common standards for addressing all forms of sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking,” it said in a statement. There are no accurate figures on the number of people being trafficked within South Asia, but activists say thousands of mostly women and children are trafficked within India and as well as from its poorer neighbours Nepal and Bangladesh. Many are sold into forced marriage or bonded labour working in middle class homes as
domestic servants, in small shops ening mechanisms for sharing of and hotels or confined to brothels information, experience, expertise and good practices.” where they are repeatedly raped. In India alone, government data shows 73,549 children went SEX TOURISM, missing in 2014, of which 31,711 CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Indian Home Minister Rajnath were not traced compared to Singh told delegates that curbing 90,654 missing in 2011, of which human trafficking was a major 34,406 were not found. India has challenge for all nations, but that over the years implemented a seby sharing information and best ries of child protection measures, practices, it was possible to devel- such as a national toll free helpline called Childline www.childlineinop regional solutions. “With increasing access to infor- dia.org.in/ which receives millions mation technology and changing of calls every year. It has also launched a Track nature of our globalised economy, new threats for children are emerg- Child trackthemissingchild.gov. ing - sex tourism, child pornog- in/ web portal for authorities to raphy, online threats to children share information on missing among others,” said Singh. “To ad- children, and a “Lost and Found” dress these challenges comprehen- portal for the public, where parsively, within SAARC countries, we ents can register details of misscan all benefit from reinforcing re- ing children and citizens can regional cooperation and strength- port sightings.
Killings, kidnappings & burnout: the occupational hazards of aid work LONDON, MAy 12 (thOMSON ReuteRS FOuNDAtION): You’re an aid worker speeding back to base after a long, cold day questioning people who have fled fighting about what they need to survive. Out of nowhere a girl runs into the road and is knocked over by your driver. Within minutes, your four-wheel drive is surrounded by bystanders. First they shout, then they start banging windows and rocking the vehicle. Before long they prise open the car door and pull your driver out. Some are armed. What do you do? It’s perhaps the toughest dilemma aid workers face during their brief stint in war-torn “Badistan” - in reality, a training camp in the grounds of a golf course near Gatwick Airport where they are confronted with mass casualties, a minefield and gun battles in various role-play scenarios. The three-day course run by security risk management company, International Location Safety
(ILS), is one of scores aimed at mitigating the risks of working in the field where aid staff kidnappings have quadrupled since 2002. The perils of the job came under scrutiny in November when a court in Oslo found the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) guilty of gross negligence and awarded damages to a former employee abducted by gunmen from a Kenyan refugee camp in 2012. It was the first case of its kind to reach a court judgment, igniting debate over whether aid agencies would become more riskaverse as a result. “There has been an increasing bunkerisation of aid workers who operate out of compounds and are restricted in where they go,” said ILS Managing Director George Shaw. “It does worry me that it will continue to happen. But that would be a lack of understanding of what the (NRC) ruling means. It doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do high-risk programmes. It means we
should do high-risk pro- leading aid officials warn grammes safely.” of ever-increasing humanitarian needs due to crises NO SUCH THING ranging from Syria’s conAS RISK-FREE flict to climate change. Michael O’Neill, a forThe year 2013 was the mer director of global safe- worst for aid workers with ty and security at Save the 460 killed, kidnapped or Children International and seriously wounded, acnow deputy chair of INSSA, cording to Humanitarian an international NGO safe- Outcomes which has colty and security group, said lected data on the topic the NRC case made it clear since 1997. that organisations could do Afghanistan, Sudan, better. Somalia, Pakistan and Syr“It’s not enough just to ia have gained a reputation write (a security risk manage- for being most dangerous ment system) down on pa- for aid workers, with the per. It’s not enough just to say majority of attacks over the it’s there,” he told the Thom- past decade or so occurring son Reuters Foundation. “If there. it can happen to NRC, then Afghanistan alone acwho among us is not vulner- counted for 27 percent of able at some level?” those attacks between 2005 Convening the first and 2014. But Somalia, World Humanitarian Sum- with fewer aid workers, has mit on the biggest issues seen an even higher rate of facing the delivery of relief, violence against humaniU.N. Secretary-General tarians. Ban Ki-moon has called on National staff are by warring parties to respect far the most vulnerable. In and protect aid workers, as 2014, they accounted for 90 well as the wounded and percent of victims, roughly sick, from attack. in proportion to their numThe summit in Istanbul bers in the field, Humanilater this month comes as tarian Outcomes said.
REDUCING THE THREATS Few believe all risks can be eliminated, but many agree that one of the most important ways to lessen them is to get the support of locals. Too often aid workers are targeted because they are no longer perceived to be neutral. Wouter Kok, a security adviser for Medecins Sans Frontieres, said assuring all sides in a conflict of the agency’s impartiality is key to its security approach. “We have to get back to that independence,” said Kok, who works for the Dutch arm of the medical charity. “What we’ve seen in the last 10 to 20 yrs is that belligerents have tried to use humanitarian aid to win hearts and minds, and sometimes organisations have allowed themselves to be used,” he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Understanding the nuances of a conflict, the local culture and people’s motivations, together with strong negotiating skills, are also critical to mitigating risks, experts said.
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Vietnam says would welcome US accelerating lifting of arms ban hANOI, MAy 12 (ReuteRS): Vietnam would welcome the United States “accelerating” the lifting of a lethal arms embargo, which would reflect trust between the two countries and recognition of its needs to defend itself, its foreign ministry said on Thursday. Vietnam’s comments on a topic that has long been a source of friction with the United States comes just over a week ahead of a visit by President Barack Obama, and amid debate in Washington over whether to remove the ban, which was eased in late 2014. The arms embargo is one of the last major vestiges of the Vietnam War era. The United States has not indicated publicly it would remove the embargo and has long said such a move would depend on Vietnam showing progress on human rights. “We welcome the United States’ acceleration to fully lift the lethal arms sales ban on Vietnam,” the ministry said in response to Reuters questions. “This is consistent with the development trend of the comprehensive partnership ... demonstrating trust between the two countries.” Lifting the embargo would mark a major step forward in ties 21 years after normalization began. The ministry said it welcomed the “many supporting voices” in the United States that had called for the removal of the embargo.
U.S. engagement with Vietnam was stepped up rapidly during 2014, in what experts say was a calibrated move by the United States to seize on deteriorating ties between Vietnam and communist neighbor China over rival territorial claims in the South China Sea. Vietnam is hosting a defense symposium this week attended by top American arms manufacturers including Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Secrecy has surrounded the event, which is part of efforts by Vietnam to build a military deterrent as China intensifies its fortification of South China Sea islands it controls or has built from scratch. Vietnam has been in talks with Western and U.S. arms manufacturers to boost its fleets of fighter jets, helicopters and maritime patrol aircraft, although Russia, its traditional supplier, has a dominant position. The foreign ministry said Vietnam had no intention of forming military alliances “against other countries” and its policy was about self-defense. “The procurement of defense equipment by Vietnam from partner countries is completely normal, in accordance with the a defense policy of peace,” it said. “We are not allied or linking militarily with any country against other countries.”
Initiating same-day HIV treatment better for patients, says study NeW yORk, MAy 12 (IANS): Initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV patients on the day of diagnosis leads to improved health outcomes, results of a clinical trial in South Africa show. The World Health Organisation recommends that people with HIV should start treatment soon after diagnosis. Despite those guidelines, most people with HIV in South Africa, which has world’s largest HIV treatment programme, start ART later than they should, said lead author of the study Sydney Rosen, research professor of global health at Boston University School of Public Health in
the US. Once they get to a clinic, the treatment initiation process is long and complicated, Rosen said, with a first visit for an HIV test, a second visit to determine treatment eligibility, and several more visits for a physical exam, adherence education and counseling. The researchers hypothesised that offering patients a chance to start treatment on the same day as their first clinic visit would improve the proportion of patients who made it through all the steps. The study randomly assigned 377 adult patients at two public clinics in Johannesburg to two groups -- one
that was offered the chance to start treatment on the same day, using rapid lab tests and accelerated counseling and a physical exam, and the other assigned to standard treatment procedures, usually requiring three to five more clinic visits over a two- to four-week period. The researchers found that the same-day initiation of antiretroviral therapy led to a higher proportion of people starting treatment and to better health outcomes. The study found 97 percent of patients in the rapid-initiation group had started ART within 90 days, compared to 72 percent receiving standard care.
Public information on National Electoral Roll Purification 2016. (NERP) 1. Enroll your name in the electoral roll if you are 18 years of age and above as on 01/01/2016 through Form 6. 2. Voluntarily disclose and delete your name in the electoral roll through Form 7 if your name is registered in more than one place. 3. Delete entries of dead, shifted, absentees, bogus electors through Form 7. 4. Get your particulars in the electoral roll and EPIC corrected through Form 8. 5. You can transpose your name to another polling station within the same assembly constituency through Form 8A. 6. Replace your poor quality/mismatched photograph through Form 8. 7. Submit your mobile number and email address to your BLO for easy communication during election and getting information on electoral roll related activities. 8. Ensure one man one registration. Avoid multiple registrations. 9. Check your enrolment status through ECI web site www.eci.nic.in or www.ceonagaland.nic.in. 10. For any information, call toll free number 1950. 11. Enrollment at more than one place is a criminal offence punishable under Representation of People Act 1950 and Indian Penal Code with imprisonment or with fine or with both. Issued by the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Nagaland.
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As per the directives of the Finance Department, this is for information of all Treasury Officers and DDOs under the School Education Department that, a One Day Training on Income Tax and TDS is to be held on the 16th of May 2016 at 10.30 am in the NBCC Convention Center, below the New Secretariat Complex. This training is jointly organized by the Finance Department, School Education Department and the Directorate of Income Tax, Guwahati. All Treasury Officers and the DDOs under the School Education Department along with their Accountant/Cashier are asked to be present for the training without fail. Sd/- WONTHUNGO TSOPOE, ADDL. DIRECTOR (HOD)
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Chelsea end Adidas kit deal six years early LoNDoN, May 12 (aFP): Chelsea have ended their sponsorship deal with Adidas six years early in order to enter a new contract with a rival kit manufacturer, the German sportswear giant announced on Wednesday. The deal, reported to have been worth £300 million ($434.1 million, 379.6 million euros) over 10 years, had been due to end on June 30, 2023, but will now conclude on the same date next year. Adidas have been making Chelsea's kits since 2006. Chelsea have agreed to pay Adidas compensation. "Chelsea Football Club and adidas AG announced today that they have mutually agreed to terminate their existing partnership agreement prematurely," Adidas said in a statement. "This mutual agreement on early termination of the agreement will allow Chelsea Football Club to enter a new equipment agreement with a competitor of adidas AG. "As compensation for the early termination of the contract, the adidas Group will receive a payment from Chelsea Football Club in 2017 that will already positively impact the Group's net income this year. "Adidas AG wishes to expressly thank Chelsea Football Club for their always professional and successful collaboration, which has included, among other successes, the time of their UEFA Champions League title in 2012 as well as two Premier League titles." Chelsea's 10-year contract with Adidas, signed in June 2013, was the biggest shirt deal in Premier League history. It was surpassed a year later by the reported £750 million deal that Manchester United struck with Adidas, who also make the kits of Southampton, Sunderland, Swansea City and West Bromwich Albion. The identity of Chelsea's next kit manufacturer has not been revealed.
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independent Manohar elected icc chairman unopposed Dubai, May 12 (iaNS): Former BCCI president Shashank Manohar on Thursday was elected unopposed as the chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC). He is the first to bag the post without any board affiliation. Manohar stepped down as the head of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday. He will commence his two-year term with immediate effect. "I look forward to working with all stakeholders to shape the future of cricket, which has a proud history and rich tradition," Manohar said in a statement after being elected. "It is an honour to be elected as the chairman of the International Cricket Council and for that I am thankful to all the ICC directors who have put their faith and trust in my abilities. "I also take this opportunity to thank all my colleagues in the BCCI who have supported me during my recent time as the BCCI's president. "These are exciting times for in-
India's Shashank Manohar was elected unopposed as chairman of the International Cricket Council, two days after he stood down as president of the Indian cricket board. (AFP Photo)
ternational cricket as we are presently carrying out a comprehensive review of the 2014 constitutional amendments which is aimed at not only improving governance structures, but cricket structures as well," Manohar said. "The ultimate objective is to grow our sport and engage a whole new genera-
tion of fans and I look forward to working with all stakeholders to shape the future of cricket, which has a proud history and rich tradition." Manohar's second stint as the BCCI boss only lasted for seven months. He took over following the death of Jagmohan Dalmiya in October 2015 and, by virtue of that
Martinez sacked after Everton slump
LoNDoN, May 12 (aFP): Everton have sacked manager Roberto Martinez, the Premier League club announced on Thursday, confirming widespread reports in the British media. In place since joining from Wigan Athletic in 2013, the 42-year-old Spaniard paid the price for a run of one win in 10 league games and an FA Cup semi-final defeat at the hands of Manchester United. "Everton Football Club regrets to announce that Roberto Martinez has left his position as first team manager with immediate effect," the club announced in a statement on their website. Martinez departs with Everton 12th in the league
table ahead of their final game of the season at home to Norwich City on Sunday. "The chairman and the board of directors would like to place on record their thanks for the dedication and commitment Roberto has shown during his three seasons with the club," Everton added. "Roberto has been a great ambassador for the club, conducting himself, at all times, with the utmost integrity and dignity. "He secured the club its highest ever Premier League points total, a place in the last 16 of the Europa League and appearances in both domestic cup semi-finals. The club also announced that they have postponed their end-ofseason awards ceremony,
which had been due to take place in Liverpool on Thursday. Martinez joined Everton after leading Wigan to FA Cup glory and relegation in the same season, replacing the Manchester United-bound David Moyes, and took the Merseyside club to a fifth-place finish in his first season. He promised to steer Everton into the Champions League, but they finished 11th last season and have failed to compete for a European place this season, despite reaching the semi-finals of both domestic cups. But his team's defensive shortcomings have become increasingly apparent in recent months and he has angered supporters by repeatedly emphasising the positives.
Vijender confident ahead of sixth pro fight
boLToN (eNgLaND), May 12 (iaNS): Indian boxing sensation Vijender Singh on Thursday hit the weight at the weigh-in ahead of Friday night's showdown with Andrzej Soldra of Poland at the Macron Stadium here. The red-hot super middleweight ace, who took bronze at the 2008 Olympic Games, has made an explosive start to his professional career by blowing away his first five opponents. The Haryana lad has won all his five fights by technical knockouts in only 14 rounds of action. The 30-year-old from Bhiwani is due for a national homecoming event where he will fight for the World Boxing Association (WBO) Asia title in New Delhi and asserted that there is no way that Soldra will prevent that from happening. "This fight will be my first eight rounder so I am currently working on endurance and building my strength so that if the fight goes long then I have the capability to compete against my opponent. My training is becoming tough day by day and my immediate focus is to win this fight and make it 6-0 of my pro career before playing in the homecoming title fight," Vijender said in a statement.
"Due to increase in the number of rounds, my coaches have worked hard on my fitness and stamina," he added. Soldra comes into the fight against Vijender with a record of 12 wins with five knockouts from 16 fights. The 30-year-old has the edge in experience over Vijender with 81 rounds under his belt and has no fear fighting his first fight abroad. Soldra also has a brilliant record in amateur boxing with 82 wins from 98 fights. Soldra has only been stopped thrice in a professional career spanning over five years and will be looking to spoil Vijender's party when he makes his first appearance on British soil. Vijender knows that it is crucial that he wins at the Macron Stadium before setting his eyes on a huge Indian homecoming. The Indian claimed his fifth professional win at the Copper Box Arena in London last month with a blistering fifth round stoppage of Frenchman Matiouze Royer. The Indian knockout merchant ended the contest in the fifth round with a punishing stoppage win over Royer and will be looking to claim another win at the Macron Stadium.
position, has held the role of the ICC chief since then. He was elected the chairman following ICC Full Council's approval of constitutional amendments proposed by the Board following its April meeting that suggested the abolition of the post of president. According to the election process, ICC directors were each allowed to nominate one candidate, who had to be either a present or past director. Nominees with the support of two or more full member directors would have been eligible to contest the election, which was scheduled to have been concluded by May 23. Manohar was the sole nominee for the position and the ICC board unanimously supported his appointment. The election process was overseen by the independent Audit Committee chairman Adnan Zaidi. He declared the process complete, and Manohar the successful candidate. Manohar served his first stint as the BCCI president from 2008-11.
icc drops perera doping case over botched analysis
Dubai, May 12 (aFP): Cricket's world body has withdrawn a doping case against Sri Lanka wicketkeeper Kusal Perera and expressed regret after admitting that the analysis of his sample was botched. The International Cricket Council said it was seeking an urgent explanation from the World AntiDoping Agency and the Qatar laboratory which tested Perera's sample. Perera, 25, is now free to play again after a provisional suspension which started in December and ruled him out of Sri Lanka's World Twenty20 title defence earlier this year. "We regret what Mr. Perera has had to endure, and would like to commend him for the manner in which he has conducted himself throughout this period," ICC chief executive David Richardson said in a statement. "We wish to make it clear that there is no evidence that Mr. Perera has ever used performance-enhancing substances and we wish him well in his future cricketing endeavours."
Sri Lanka wicketkeeper Kusal Perera
Perera was suspended during Sri Lanka's tour of New Zealand but his positive doping result came from out-of-competition testing at a WADA-accredited laboratory in Doha. Perera tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid, but his lawyers later raised concerns that the amounts were so low that they could have been produced naturally by the body or formed in the samples after they were submitted. On Wednesday, the laboratory withdrew its "adverse original finding" and replaced it with an "atypical finding", and said
no further investigation was warranted. "The ICC is troubled in this case by the fact that the Qatar laboratory has issued an adverse analytical finding that has then had to be withdrawn and replaced with an atypical finding," Richardson said. "Whilst I am confident that this is an isolated incident in respect of tests commissioned by the ICC, we are seeking an urgent explanation from WADA and the laboratory in an attempt to understand what has transpired and what will be done to ensure it does not happen again."
AIBA extends deadline for boxing federation polls
New DeLhi, May 12 (PTi): The looming threat of an Olympic expulsion has ended for Indian boxers after the International Boxing Association (AIBA) agreed to extend the deadline for formation of the proposed new federation, which took another step forward by getting itself registered as a society. The AIBA had earlier set a May 14 deadline for the formation of the Boxing Federation of India (BFI), but has agreed "in principle" to extend it given the "logistics" involved. "Seeing the progress that has been made towards constituting the BFI, the AIBA has agreed to extend the deadline from the previously set date of May
Indian footballers to train in EPL academies MuMbai, May 12 (iaNS): Twenty two young Indian footballers in the under-12 and under-14 age group will train and compete at various prestigious English Premier League club academies in Britain. The group has trained at Navi Mumbai for the past one year under the Reliance Foundation's Young Champs (RFYC) residential scholarship programme. It will embark on a 12-day journey, accompanied by head coach Mark Vaessen and assistant coach Jose Barreto. The EPL is a strategic partner to the Indian Super League (ISL) and the visit is part of their mutual cooperation agreement. The training would begin at the Chelsea FC academy in Cobham, followed by friendly matches over the following two days against the Crystal Palace, Southampton and Reading academies. The group will also get an opportunity to watch the last game of the English Premier League season at St. Mary’s Stadium between Southampton and Crystal Palace on May 15. The last leg of the tour will see the RFYC play against Aston Villa, Reading and Liverpool at the Liverpool Academy.
14. They have not given us any specific fresh deadline but have assured that our boxers will not be stopped from competing in the Olympics," a top official told PTI. "AIBA is satisfied with the progress made by Indian boxing fraternity so far as we have taken many steps together in order to reach this stage wherein we now have a properly Registered Federation with 35 out of 36 states/UTs willing to participate," he added. The AIBA had earlier declared that it would bar Indian boxers from the Olympics if a new national body does not take shape by May 14. Only one Indian boxer -- Shiva Thapa (56kg) -- has qualified for
Rio Olympics so far with two more qualifying events -- one each for men and women -- still to go. The process of forming BFI picked up pace after the stakeholders' meeting in Kolkata last month after which the Sports Ministry gave a No Objection Certificate for registering the body besides agreeing to send its observer for the elections, which were previously planned for May 8. "As per BFI constitution, we need 21 days notice and as per AIBA Statutes, they also need a month's notice and Electoral College for their scrutiny. So considering all this, I think election may take place by this month end or so," the official said. The BFI will adhere to
the National Sports Code, which puts a cap on the age and tenure of officebearers. In another development, the ad-hoc committee currently running the sport approached Justice (Retd) Mukul Mudgal, who has been overseeing the functioning of Delhi and District Cricket Association, to either be the Returning Officer for the polls or suggest a few names. Mudgal, citing his busy schedule, has chosen to send a few recommendations. "I have told them that I cannot take up the position but I have given them a few suggestions, the details of which I cannot reveal right now," Mudgal told PTI.
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his world is broken and hurting, crying out for an answer, a healing of the wounds of the heart and soul. Above all they are longing for a Saviour to rescue them. Our land is full of families that is falling apart, relationships struggles, kids with divorced parents, a mother grieving for an expired loved one, our own souls seeking rest and comfort from the struggles that we face every single day. We do not isolate ourselves from all that people faces in this life. We are all struggling to live, struggling to love, struggling to do our best, hoping for better days and we hope and hope that someday our struggles and tears will end. But our cries never cease. Tragedies and loss seems to cloud a good God out of picture. Why am I here? What is my purpose, Lord? I love this life but why?Why sickness? Why premature deaths? Why do I have to go through this? Why this in my
families? Why Lord? Why? We cry within. But the answer seems to fade. Tagore in Gitanjali wrote: “I had let my mind remain engrossed in worldly affairs; in the name of pleasure what I sought was only sorrow; but what you offered in the name of sorrow was actually joy.” Could it be that what is negative be positive in the lives of human? What taste bitter may actually produce sweet flavour in the end! The thorn in the flesh could have been humbling but a blessing at the same. I believe there’s a God above who knows what we’re all going through. He is not far from us. He walks with us through flames and water. He is more present when we do not feel Him. When I realize I can do nothing, there I find my strength and zeal to move on. You’re strong when you’re weak. That the paradox of life. Live on, humans! Vebu Khamo Kohima Bible College
india in talks with australia for day-night test Is patriotism dead in Nagaland?
MuMbai, May 12 (ReuTeRS): India wants to host a daynight test against Australia early next year, according to a report, as the world's richest cricket board continues its backing of the concept which seems to be taking root in the subcontinent. Australia and New Zealand played the first floodlit test last November at Adelaide Oval and have found takers in Asia. India and Pakistan are schedule to play twilight tests this year while Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are considering following suit pending the results of domestic trials. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced last month it would host a floodlit test against New Zealand when the Black Caps tour later this year and they now want to play one against Australia next year, Cricket Australia Chief Executive James Sutherland has said. "I think there's certainly some positive signals coming out of India and other parts of the world (on day-night tests)," Sutherland said on Big Sports Breakfast radio. "In-
Australia's David Warner fields the pink ball during the first day of the third cricket test match against New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval, in South Australia, November 27, 2015. (REUTERS/Files)
dicatively they've started to talking to us about the prospect of playing a day-night test match against Australia when Australia tours in February and March of next year. "That's just a pretty strong indicator of where things are at." BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur
did not respond to message and calls from Reuters seeking comment. The first floodlit test at Adelaide Oval lasted only three days raising doubts if the pink ball can last the duration of the required number of overs in an innings.
But the test also attracted more than 123,000 fans through the gates at the picturesque ground, a welcome sight at a time when the game's longest format is grappling with dwindling crowds with the advent of the shortest Twenty20 format. With authorities across the globe warming up to the idea, the subcontinent, the game's commercial hub, has now embraced the concept. Pakistan will play a day-night test in Australia in December and might play one before that, against West Indies in October, provided the Caribbean nations agree to the proposal. Even Sri Lanka, who turned down Pakistan's proposal to play a day-night test in 2013 citing their inexperience with the pink ball, are now considering the option. "When you look at the big picture it's probably not surprising because day-night test cricket is just a no-brainer really, giving more opportunities for fans to get along to the cricket and watch it on TV," Sutherland added.
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his is the question which keeps ringing in my ears. As i look around it seems to be. Nagas seems to be perfectly contented living under India. We seem to have forgotten the blood shed by our fathers and happily living under India. The Blood, the sweat and the tears of our fathers seem to have gone in vain. As i ask this question i found some few reasons why Patriotism is dead in Nagaland ( Central Nagalim) . 1) Taxation or Extortion. Young Nagas are disillusioned because of rampant extortion. If the money being taxed are used truly for freedom movement, young Naga minds won't have been frustrated. But the money being " taxed " are used to buy acres of land, swanky cars and palatial mansions. Why won't young Nagas be frustrated and disillusioned? 2) Factionalism. So many groups or factions with every group claiming to be the sole and legitimate representatives of the Nagas. This is confusing many young Naga minds. If only the factions comes under one banner, Naga movement would've had the best of brains and muscles. RAW
and MI is having a field's day dividing us. India is beaming with pride because of its " Divide and Rule Policy". 3) The Central Government is pumping in so much money in Nagaland but intentionally it is not checking how it is being used. Corruption is so high in Nagaland. We are being made lazy with easy money. Look around in the urban naga areas, we see the latest cars zipping around. We do not realize but we are intentionally made lazy. Otherwise, so many of our netas and babus would have been in Jail by now. Don't fall into the web of India's diabolic policy. I think Nagas of today needs to wake up and re-think. Think of our birth rights, we are not Indians. We are forced to be made Indian and some are happy being Indians. I, for one am not an Indian but a Naga and freedom is our birthright. We Nagas, are free spirits of the Naga Hills. Let us hope that the Blood shed by our forefathers has fallen on fertile ground and in their place Lakhs of young Nagas will rise up. Kuknalim Urra Uvie, Kevitho kera
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she’ll finally have another girl in the family! Although it’s unclear exactly how far along Gwen is, a source revealed to OK magazine that the pop star is “several months pregnant” with a girl and the baby is supposedly expected to arrive in early October. Considering Gwen is in her mid-40s, she figured it would be impossible for her to get pregnant again but now that it’s supposedly happening, she nor Blake can contain their joy! Blake has already proved that he’d be a great dad with the way he bonds with Gwen’s boys, Kingston, Zuma, and Apollo, and now he’ll get the chance to father his own! As if fatherhood isn’t exciting enough, this baby is apparently making Blake’s relationship with Gwen even stronger. “They were already like a couple of giddy teens,” the source added. “Now, they’re even deeper in love.” Even though Blake and Gwen are clearly in love, they reportedly decided that a baby on the way means any marriage plans are going to be put on hold. But now that they’re going to start a family together, we don’t Gwen is pregnant with need a wedding to prove Blake’s baby, accord- that these two are the real ing to a new report. Even deal! more thrilling for Gwen, Source: Hollywood Life
Woody Allen's Cannes nightmare -Terrorism and Journalists
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annes may be the world's most glamorous film festival, but for veteran American director Woody Allen, whose Cafe Society opens the jamboree on Wednesday, it is a trial by torment. The 80-year-old New Yorker said it means he has to face down two of his biggest phobias - terrorism and journalists. With the Riviera resort under unprecedented high security six months after the Paris attacks, Mr Allen told the film industry bible Variety that he worries about terrorism
even "when I go to the supermarket or when I get the newspaper." "I'm the world's biggest worrywart," he added. "I'm hypochondriacal when it comes to terrorism." Nor is there any escaping reporters with whom he has had a sometimes uneasy relationship. "I get off the plane (at Cannes) and I'm escorted instantly to interviews," he said. "I do wall-to-wall interviews until I leave. I can do as many as 100 journalists a day." But while Mr Allen dreads the
media treadmill his wife Soon-Yi, 45, loves Cannes. "It's fun for my wife. She enjoys the people and the socialising - going to lunch and dinner," he added. Cafe Society, a tale of young lovers in the Hollywood of the 1930s, stars Kristen Stewart who made her name in the Twilight films. But Mr Allen has yet to see any of them. "I didn't see her in the vampire movie," he told the magazine. "I can't believe how movie illiterate I am." Source: NDTV
Took lot of convincing for Azhar: Mohammed Azharuddin
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a lot of convincing before the film went on floors. “I took a lot of convincing. When I read the script, I had to change a lot and the makers also agreed to the changes,” Azharuddin told reporters here at a press conference Tuesday for the film’s promotion. He denied reports which suggest that actress Sangeeta Bijlani who was also the cricketer’s former wife was apprehensive of her depiction in the film. “I don’t think so. Even I have read the reports but I don’t know how true are they,” he said. “Azhar” will narrate the highs and lows of Azharuddin’s life as the captain of the Indian cricket team for most of the 1990s, being tainted by a match-fixing scandal in 2000, and getting banned for life. Actor Emraan Hashmi will be seen playing the titular role in the film, which also stars Prachi Desai, Nargis Fakhri, Lara Dutta among others. Directed by Tony D’Souza, “Azhar”,
which is jointly produced by Balaji Motion Pictures and MSM Motion Pictures, is set to release on Friday. Source: IANS
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ady Gaga has fired back at the writer of a post on a leading Catholic website, who suggested celebrities should not talk about religion while leading a Hollywood lifestyle. The Born This Way singer was raised Catholic and often shares posts on religion on social media, so she took a new article posted on religious website CatholicLink personally. The writer wrote a blog, entitled From Lady Gaga to Steph Curry: 5 Things to Remember When Celebrities Share Their Faith, and discussed the "trend" for famous people "sharing Bible verses, quoting priests, and singing Christian music", while "still leading a typical Hollywood lifestyle void of Christian values such as modesty and purity." The statement struck a chord with Gaga, who offered up a screen shot of the article on Instagram and wrote a thoughtful reply. "Dear, Becky Roach Mary Magdalene washed the feet of Christ and was protected and loved by him. A prostitute," she began. "Someone society shames as if she and her body are a man's trash can. He loved her and did not judge. He let her cry over him and dry his feet with the hair of a harlot. "We are not just 'celebrities' we are humans and sinners, children, and our lives are not void of values because we struggle. We are as equally forgiven as our neighbor. God is never a trend no matter who the believer." Catholic-Link was quick to respond to the 30-year-old singer and actress, insisting the article was not aimed at her specifically. The writer of the response went on to call the Poker Face star's message "authentic" and "beautiful". "We must rejoice at the fact that she is having such a beautiful and powerful experience of God’s tender love and mercy," the piece read. Source: Contactmusic
ChrisTinA to duet with Whitney Houston hologram
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inger Christina Aguilera will reportedly sing with a Whitney Houston hologram on the singing reality show "The Voice". According to a source, a hologram of Houston will appear on an upcoming episode of the show for a special duet, though it is unclear when that will go on air, reports etonline.com. Aguilera, who sits on the judging panel along-
side Blake Shelton, Adam Levine and Pharrell Williams, said: "I am sworn to secrecy. I can't say anything, but I'm very excited about the finale. Very exciting things happening". Aguilera sparked rumours she would be paying tribute to Houston, who was found dead in her hotel room in February 2012, on the talent competition after photographs and videos surfaced on social media
last week of her glammed up and singing with the virtual likeness. "The Voice" finale will be aired on May 24 on NBC. Source: IANS
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ctress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She said that what Modi has been doing for the country is not an easy job. During an interview to ETV news channel, the former Miss World said that what Modi has been doing for the country is not an easy job. She also said that whatever he is doing is for the well being of the nation and its people. Asked if she would like to start her political career from Uttar Pradesh, she made it clear that her platter is full - she is a good mom, a good daughter, a good wife
as well as a responsible citizen of the country. The actress, who is married to actor Abhishek Bachchan, is very content with her job. Although she didn't make it clear that she wouldn't enter politics, she did not affirm it either. She also said that the question is just an estimate of possibilities. With regard to a question about the new destiny of her life, she gave quite a
philosophical answer. She said that she is not living her life with the purpose of achieving a destiny. The Devdas actress added that life is just a journey and there are ups and downs. Aishwarya has high hopes for her upcoming film Sarbjit, which will release on May 20. She said the world had seen the power of the media during the Sarabjit case. The fact that media can give voice to the people also came forth. Sarbjit is based on the life of Indian farmer Sarabjit Singh, who strayed into Pakistan, was convicted of terrorism and spying in Pakistan and sentenced to death.
Rock star and philanthropist Jon Bon Jovi and his wife, Dorothea Hurley stand in Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation's Soul Kitchen during a grand opening for the B.E.A.T. Center, which stands for Bringing Everyone All Together on Tuesday, May 10 in Toms River, N.J.
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he Bon Jovi frontman and his wife Dorothea celebrated the grand launch of the B.E.A.T. (Bringing Everyone All Together) Center in Toms River on Tuesday (10May16), when they unveiled their second JBJ Soul Kitchen location. Just like the original venue in Red Bank, which was established in 2011, Source: IANS the restaurant features a
pay-what-you-can system, which allows patrons to offer up the amount of cash they feel is appropriate to cover their meal. Customers who don't have money to contribute can instead lend a hand with cleaning duties. The new building is aimed at helping to continue the recovery effort in the shore town, which was left devastated by Superstorm
Sandy in 2012, and aid locals struggling with hunger and poverty. The B.E.A.T. Center, which was made possible thanks to partnerships with a variety of local charities, also features facilities to help residents apply for nutritional assistance benefits and health care, and receive job training in the culinary field, reports The Associated Press.
The Livin' On A Prayer hitmaker explains his charity endeavours are largely focused on hunger efforts as it's something he can actually help resolve. "This is happening across our nation," he said. "When there's 15 per cent of children going to be hungry at night in a nation like ours, that's not an issue it takes a scientist to solve." Source: Contactmusic
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'Voice of West Indies cricket' Tony Cozier dies at 75
BRIDGetOWN, May 12 (ReuteRs): Tony Cozier, who became the voice of West Indies cricket over more than half a century writing and broadcasting on the game, has died in his native Barbados aged 75. The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) said in a statement that Cozier had died on Wednesday morn-
ing. "He represented West Indies wherever he went," read a WICB tribute. "He educated people around the world about our cricket, our people, our culture and who we are. His voice was strong and echoed around the cricket world. He enjoyed West Indies victories and shared the pain when we lost."
The International Cricket Council (ICC) contributed to a flood of tributes from around the cricket world. "Deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Tony Cozier today. One of the truly great voices of cricket. A huge loss for the cricket community," the ICC said on Twitter.
Lee Chong Wei's smash recognised as fastest
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KuaLa LuMPuR, May 12 (ReuteRs): Former world number Lee Chong Wei's 408 kilometers per hour missile at last year's Hong Kong Open has been recognised as the most powerful smash in badminton since September, close to the top speed clocked by the fastest production car in the world. Currently ranked number two in the world, Lee's smash topped the list, according to data supplied by Hawk-Eye Innovations, which provides instant-review services at major tournaments. Denmark's Jan O Jorgensen was marginally behind Lee with a 407 kph missile in the semifinals of the Malaysia Open this year. Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon, the second-ranked in women's badminton, is not too far behind and clocked 372kph in the semi-finals of the same tournament in Malaysia. Five-time world champion Lin Dan of China recorded a 401 kph smash on his way to victory in the 2015 Japan Open.
Real top Forbes' most valuable teams list
tORONtO, May 12 (ReuteRs): Spanish football giants Real Madrid retained top spot on a list of the world's most valuable football teams for a fourth consecutive year, according to a Forbes poll released on Wednesday. The value of the 10time European champions rose 12 percent to $3.6 billion, making them the world's second most valuable sports team, surpassed only by the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys ($4 billion), Forbes said in a statement. Barcelona were second on the list with a value of $3.5 billion, also up 12 percent from last year. Manchester United ($3.3 billion), Bayern Munich ($2.7 billion) and Arsenal ($2 billion) rounded out the top five. According to Forbes, the 20 most valuable football teams are worth an average of $1.44 billion, a 24 percent jump from last year that was driven by new lucrative television deals.
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LONDON, May 12 (ReuteRs): Sunderland secured their Premier League survival on Wednesday with a 3-0 victory over Everton that condemned bitter local rivals Newcastle United and Norwich City to relegation and sparked wild scenes of celebration at the Stadium of Light. It was the fourth season in a row that Sunderland's fans had to endure a gruelling relegation battle before popping the champagne corks, and their victory was a crushing blow for Newcastle and Norwich, whose 4-2 win over Watford on Wednesday proved in vain. Sunderland's win, which came courtesy of two goals from surprise hero Lamine Kone, moved them up to 38 points with one match remaining, four clear of Norwich and Newcastle. Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce, a master of steering teams clear of danger, led the Sunderland fans in celebration, pulling off his jacket and flexing his muscles to the crowd after the final whistle. "There were a long few months winter months," he said. "We became a team that was difficult to beat, who did not like losing and continued the run constantly for the last few months." Sunderland came into the game knowing victory would secure their survival regardless of other results and they dominated a lacklustre Everton from the start. They took the lead six minutes before halftime when Patrick van Aanholt's free kick was complete-
Sunderland players celebrate Lamine Kone’s second goal. (Getty Images)
ly misjudged by Everton keeper Joel Robles before nestling in the net. It was 2-0 three minutes later as Kone lashed home a lofted ball into the box before the Ivorian started the celebrations in earnest 10 minutes after the interval when he converted from a corner which Robles palmed straight to him. It was a painful end for Norwich, who had lost their previous four league matches without scoring,
did not use the four letter word. Your story reeks of sexism and is incorrect and exaggerated beyond words," she wrote. Further clarifying her stance, Preity posted: "I did speak to Veeru and Sanjay for exactly 20 seconds and asked why Axe did not bat after which I congratulated Virat Kohli and spoke to him briefly as he walked up to me. After which I proceeded to have a chat with Shane Watson and then left the ground with my husband and in
laws as we were in one car and I was disappointed." "I will not deny that I was disappointed but how dare any journalist cook up a story with me as a villain. Just because I do not support 'paid media' or 'media net' does not mean I am a soft target," stressed Preity, who is in India with her American husband Gene Goodenough. She also rued how "just because our judicial system is slow, some Indian journalists time and again use it to write any and everything and make soft targets of celebrities". Preity even slammed the "chauvinist and sexist undertone" to the article. "Just because I am a woman you presume me to be a bimbo and know nothing about cricket even though I have been working in this sport and business for the past nine years." The media report featured in a Mumbaibased daily.
Thiem's up for beaten Federer in Rome
ROMe, May 12 (aFP): Roger Federer's Rome Masters bid ended with a 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 third round defeat to Austrian 13th seed Dominic Thiem, as world number one Serena Williams sailed into the Italian Open quarters on Thursday. Swiss third seed Federer, who withdrew last week from Madrid with back pain, admitted Wednesday he had been surprised to get past second round opponent Alexander Zverev in straight sets. Rome marks only the fourth tournament of the season for Federer, who underwent knee surgery in early February, the first operation of his career. And amid ongoing back pain that has compounded his hopes of an 18th Grand Slam title in Paris, Federer admitted: "I actually thought I could really do a good result in Paris. Now, after the last couple of weeks, it's been more difficult. "I see my chances as, you know, as not great." The 17-time Grand Slam champion only decided to face Thiem at the last minute on Central Court, and the Austrian capitalised to finish off an
Roger Federer acknowledges the crowd following his straight-sets defeat to Dominic Thiem at the Italian Open in Rome. (Getty Images)
obviously ailing Federer in 1hr 18mins. In the quarter-finals, Thiem will now play Japan's sixth seed Kei Nishikori, who swept aside French 11th seed Richard Gasquet 6-1, 6-4. A former four-time finalist who has never triumphed in Rome, Federer will now consider his options as he tries to regain full fitness ahead of next month's French Open at Roland Garros. But as for competing in Rome, Federer said: "My body's just
not ready... I'm not going to go into specifics, because I'm not in the mood. Federer said he will only be able to gauge his expectations for Roland Garros over the coming fortnight. "I'm going to have a meeting with my team, talk about options we have, stay in Rome, Paris or go back to Switzerland," he said. "Should I rest, train, do some more physio? All that stuff needs to be discussed but I'm so happy I didn't get hurt this week. "Happy I'm through the tournament now and
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MuMBaI, May 12 (IaNs): Actress Preity Zinta, a co-owner of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kings XI Punjab, has slammed a media report for portraying her "as a villain" by claiming that she tore into the team's coach Sanjay Bangar after their recent one-run loss to Royal Challengers Bangalore. A media report claimed that after the match at Mohali on Monday, she had a spat with Bangar and used a "rant laden with expletives and threats of sacking". The actress took to her Facebook page on Thursday to clear the air on the issue. "A perfect example of how journalists lie blatantly and should be sued for defamation! For the record , I do have manners and I did go to school... I most definitely did not be disrespectful to our coach nor abuse any one and definitely
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can look ahead. I can pace myself. In a match you can't really pace yourself." It could be the beginning of a Rome Masters fairytale for 22-yearold Austrian Thiem, who is approaching 30 wins for the season having secured two titles already and suffered defeat to Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber in the final at Munich nearly a fortnight ago. Thiem admitted: "Of course, maybe if Roger wasn't 100% maybe I wouldn't win today". But the Austrian said it
was still "very nice" to beat the big champion he started watching as a youngster. "When he started, I was 10, 11 years old. First of all, it was already very big for me to play against him in Brisbane, and now to beat him, even that he was not 100%, it's very nice for me," added Thiem. Later, defending champion Novak Djokovic faces Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci while seven-time winner Rafael Nadal plays Australian Nick Kyrgios. Williams, meanwhile, overcame a tight first set against compatriot and qualifier Christina McHale to prevail 7-6 (9/7), 6-1 and maintain her bid for a fourth Italian Open crown. The American world number one is also seeking a fourth French Open title and admitted her quarterfinal opponent, Svetlana Kuznetsova, who stunned 2015 finalist Carla Suarez Navarro 5-7, 7-5, 6-2, should give her a good runout. "I think it's great," said Williams. "Right now she's probably one of the best clay court players out there so it's the perfect opportunity for me, win or lose, leading up to Roland Garros."
but found goals easy to come by in a comfortable win over Watford that came too late. They fell behind to an early strike from Troy Deeney but goals from Nathan Redmond and Dieumerci Mbokani and a Craig Cathcart own goal put them in command. Odion Ighalo pulled one back for Watford before Mbokani dinked in Norwich's fourth. The win, however, counted for nothing and left boss Alex Neil
cursing an end-of-season collapse that condemned his team to the second tier. "It is severe disappointment," he said. "In recent matches we have known it was going to be a difficult match. We had it in our hands five matches ago but we came up short. "The story for us is that as a club, we have dropped short for a variety of reasons. We have made vital errors in games at crucial times and the recruitment
has not been as good to strengthen the squad." In a very different atmosphere to the intensity of the relegation battle, Liverpool's Christian Benteke headed a stoppage-time equaliser in a 1-1 draw against last season's champions Chelsea at Anfield. Belgian Eden Hazard had earlier lit up a mid-table clash between the division's eighth and ninthplaced sides with a superb individual goal.
Warriors eliminate Blazers, Raptors take 3-2 series lead
Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry (30) drives to the basket past Portland Trail Blazers' Damian Lillard, left, C.J. McCollum (3), Al-Farouq Aminu (8) and Mason Plumlee (24) during the first half in Game 5 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series Wednesday, May 11, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo)
OttaWa, May 12 (aFP): Stephen Curry was honoured with his secondconsecutive league MVP award and then led Golden State to a 125-121 victory over Portland as the Warriors advanced to back-toback conference finals. The night started with Curry being awarded the first unanimous MVP trophy and ended with the superstar capping his 29-point performance with a four free throws in the final 18 seconds to give the Warriors a 4-1 series victory over the Trail Blazers. The Warriors advanced to their first back-to-back NBA semi-finals since the 1974-75 and 1975-76 seasons by winning their eighth consecutive series clinching game at home. Golden State now awaits the winner of the Oklahoma City ThunderSan Antonio Spurs series. If Oklahoma City eliminate the Spurs in game six on Thursday, the best-ofseven Western Conference finals would begin Monday in Oakland. In the earlier NBA game, DeMar DeRozan tallied 34 points as the
Toronto Raptors seized a 3-2 lead in their Eastern Conference series with a 99-91 win over the Miami Heat. The fifth-seeded Trail Blazers made the Warriors work for the win on Wednesday. Portland led by as many as 11 early and got to 118115 in the final minute of the contest. Warriors Klay Thompson forced Portland star Damian Lillard to miss a shot from 17 feet. Curry then busted loose and nailed a 25-footer for the clutch basket that put Golden State up 121-116. Thompson led the Warriors with 33 points, hitting 13 of 17 from the field and six of nine three-point attempts. Curry's 29 points were a result of 10-for-20 shooting, including fivefor-11 on three-pointers. In his first start since spraining a ligament in his right knee during the firstround series against the Houston Rockets, he went 36 minutes and tallied a game-high 11 assists. Toronto guard Kyle Lowry scored 25 points, including five in the final min-
ute as the Raptors fended off a late Miami surge. The Raptors started quickly and led by as many as 16 points in the first quarter and were ahead by 20 in the second quarter before the Heat mounted their attack. The Raptors took a 13-point lead into the fourth quarter, but the Heat cut it to five with just under five minutes remaining at Toronto's Air Canada Centre arena. The margin was down to one after Dwyane Wade converted two free throws with just under two minutes to play. Wade finished with a team high 20 points for the Heat. DeRozan made two free throws with 1:33 left, and Toronto led by three points. DeRozan also made two free throws with 21 seconds left and made two more with nine seconds remaining to increase the lead to eight points and clinch the win. Bismack Biyombo added 10 points and six rebounds for Toronto. Goran Dragic and Josh Richardson each scored 13 points for the Heat, and Joe Johnson added 11 points and eight rebounds.
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