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yaNGoN, may 19 (aP): Myanmar’s army chief blamed ethnic Kokang rebels for shelling attacks in southwestern China that he said aimed to damage relations between China and Myanmar. At a meeting Monday in Naypyitaw, the army chief, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, told China’s ambassador to Myanmar, Yang Houlan, that the shells that fell into Yunnan province last week were not from government troops but from rebels. The army chief blamed Kokang guerrillas for deliberately trying to “cause misunderstanding between the two countries and the armies.”

China complained Friday of shells and airstrikes hitting their side of the border.

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Narendra Modi Tarun Gogoi slams Modi for not says ‘My Asian taking up dam issue with China dream is one in GUwahaTi, may 19 (iaNS): Prime Minister NaModi has done grave injustice to Assam by not which all of Asia rendra raising the issue of construction of dams over the Brahrises together’ maputra river by China during his recent visit to that

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Dimapur | May 19

A policeman was arrested for allegedly murdering his wife. The incident occurred on the evening of May 18 in Dimapur. According to the police, the policeman stabbed his wife during a quarrel. The wife succumbed to her wounds later in hospital.

The accused policeman, identified as sub-inspector Imti Meren Chang of Zunheboto DEF, was subsequently arrested by the police. The incident occurred within the jurisdiction of Diphu-

par Police Station.

Meanwhile, the Western Chakhesang Youth Organisation (WCYO) has condemned the act of murder. Expressing shock over the incident, the WCYO said that “a uniformed personnel, who is supposed to protect the citizens,” committing such a heinous crime has no place in the society. While appealing the authority in concern “to deliver justice and award highest punishment to the culprit according to the law of the land,” the organisation extended condolence to the bereaved family of the victim.

SEoUL, may 19 (PTi): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sought unity among Asian countries and said they must work as Asians to shape the world and reform the global institutions of governance, including the United Nations.

“If Asia must rise as one, Asia should no longer think of itself in regional fragments,” Prime Minister Modi said at the VI Asia Leadership Conference in South Korean capital Seoul.

Noting that Asia of rivalries will hold the continent back, he asked the Asian countries to draw upon their shared heritage and youthful energy to pursue a common purpose.

“Asia of unity will shape the world,” PM Modi said, adding that India seeks an Asia of shared prosperity, where the success of one nation becomes the strength of the other.

“We must work as Asians to reform the global institutions of governance, including the United Nations and its Security Council,” he said, underlining that Asia’s re-emergence is the greatest phenomenon of this era.

Prime Minister Modi said India’s progress will be Asia’s success story and it

Over three thousand arms license applications pending in Nagaland

Kohima, may 19 (DiPR): The Home Department, Political ‘B’ Branch of the Government of Nagaland has informed that as of March 31, 2015, a total of over 3000 (three thousand) arms license applications have been accumulated in the Home Department pending to be disposed.

The Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs had directed implementation of the National Database

of Arms Licenses (NDAL), through which each arms license, shall have an electronically generated Unique Identity Number (UID). All states have been directed to complete the implementation by October 15, 2015 after which any arm license without UID number shall become invalid.

All the Deputy Commissioners in the state have been directed to implement this project.

In view of this, the DCs have also been directed not to accept fresh arms license applications. Issuing of arms license application forms should also be stopped for the time being to facilitate completion of digitalization of arms licenses. All Deputy Commissioners are requested to strictly adhere to this circular till further order, informed the notification.

succeed more when all of Asia rises together. “It must not be a continent of nations on the rise and others in decline; of regions with stability and others with broken institutions.” He said youth should be empowered with skills and education so that country, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said on Tuesday. they can look to the future In a statement issued here, Gogoi said such a vital issue with hope. efmstate eefìshould pesve have íelee !§!ê˛ˆÏ SÈyï˛y concerning the been raised by Modi çl “Over the next 40 years, Wholesalers may contact Wholesalers may contactcounterpart. “By not during talks with his Chinese raisthree billion Asians will lift CITIZEN UMBRELLA MANUFACTURER LTD. CITIZEN UMBRELLA MANUFACTURER LTD. ing the serious it on 147ñ Ù•ydy ày!¶˛ ˆÓ˚ythemselves í˛ñ ˆÜ˛y°Ü˛yï˛y ÈüÈ 700007 147,issue ceneleceeand ieebefOe putting jes[, JeÀueJeÀelee - 7 the backburner, into a higher Ph. No. 033-2268-1396, 2271-2152 Ph. No. 033-2268-1396, 2271-2152 the prime minister has done grave injustice to Assam level of prosperity. Asia’s Fax : (033) 2271-2151 Fax : (033) 2271-2151 : citizenkolkata@gmail.com and its people,”E-mail Gogoi said. Ahead of Modi’s visit toE-mail Chi-: citizenkolkata@gmail.com prosperity and rising popna, Gogoi had requested the prime minister to take up ulation will place a huge the issue of construction of dams by China on the Brah- demand on our limited remaputra river in the portion flowing through Tibet. sources,” he said, adding that our footprint on earth will help to make the Asian Korea as a “pillar of de- must become lighter as our weight dream a bigger reality. mocracy” and said Ko- economic !§!ê˛ˆÏ çl increases.

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“Wemustconnectourreto China and Mongolia. promise into a reality; hope Noting that India is lo- into confidence,” the Prime gions through infrastructure cated at Asia’s crossroads, Minister said. He said In- and integrate them through the Prime Minister said, dia’s growth has rebound- trade and investments. We “We will assume our re- ed to 7.5 per cent per year must also do everything possponsibility to build inter- and the prospects of fur- sible to secure lasting peace and stability for Asia. We connected Asia.” ther increase are strong.

PM Modi said as some “The world speaks in must build institutions that of the countries in Asia be- one voice that India is the promote cooperation on the come more prosperous new bright spot of hope for principles of equality, cothey must be prepared to our region and the world. existence and international share their resources and The progress of one-sixth rules and norms,” the Prime markets with those who of humanity will also be an Minister said.

“It is also our collective need them. opportunity for the world.

“This is the obligation of It will also give India the task against our common national governments but capacity to do more for our challenges - terrorism, also a regional responsibil- world,” he told the gather- trans-national crimes, natural disasters, and diseasity,” he added. ing of Asian leaders.

PM Modi lauded South PM Modi said Asia will es,” he added.

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chunlikha village leads the way in sanitation

Compulsorily monthly cleanliness drive to keep surroundings clean Chizokho Vero Kohima | May 19

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Chunlikha village, under Tseminyu sub division of Kohima district has realized the importance of sanitation towards living a healthy life. The village is the proud recipient of the Nirmal Gram Puraskar Award 2009. National Highway 61 passes through this village, which lies 10 Km north of Tseminyu and 18 Km south of Wokha. Chunlikha has a population of 1604 people and registers a literacy rate of 63.65 per cent.

For many, Chunlikha is like heaven on earth with its clean surroundings, ensured via proper management of sanitary systems.

“A beautiful surrounding is not only attractive and pleasant for eye, but it is also provides a sense of serenity and peacefulness to the beholders,” the village stated in its vision statement 2010-30.

Villagers further maintain that beautiful surrounding also help

The clean environs of Chunlikha village, under Kohima district, which has strived to employ proper sanitation measures.

broaden the outlook and conceptual thinking of the people. They concluded that beatification of the village is an important factor towards the progress and development of the village and its community.

Towards this, Chunlikha village has initiated plantation of flowers on the road sides and public places for beautification of the village and conservation of natural surroundings, improvement of footsteps, protection wall and drainage sys-

tem in the village. The village also adopts compulsorily cleanliness drive on every 4th Saturday of the month.

Other action plans incorporated by the village to keep the village a clean and healthy place includes sanitized toilet for every household; construction of biodegradable waste disposable unit in every household and non-biodegradable waste disposal unit in certain corners of the village for proper

management of wastes; construction of proper drainage system in the village in a phased manner and construction of a sanitary complex near NH-61 for travelers and the public.

With regard to management of natural resources, Chunlikha village has adopted actions plans for the next 20 years. This plan includes strict implementation of government orders on the ban of hunting; identification of near extinct wild birds and animals and strict enforcement of restriction on hunting; identification and proper documentation of medicinal plants and herbs for preservation and research; plantation of 500 saplings every year through signature campaign during the next 20 years; reservation of 10 hectares of forest land as Bio Reserve Forest; introducing and implementing the use of economic chullahs to reduce the excessive felling of trees for firewood and supervision and encouragement in taking up alternative farming activities like horticulture, animal husbandry, fishery, bee keeping etc. with a view to reduce jhum cultivation.

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Chief Secretary launches e-naga summit website

Kohima, may 19 (DiPr): The Chief Secretary of Nagaland Pankaj Kumar IAS on May 19, launched the e-Naga Summit website at his office chamber Nagaland Civil Secretariat, Kohima.

Speaking during the programme, Pankaj Kumar said that e-Naga Summit website was developed in the context of digital revolution worldwide, driven by new technologies in the internet and mobile phones. He mentioned that in 1990’s, it was feared that only the ‘well to do section’

would get access to the new technologies and create a digital divide, but with the fall of costs the poorer section could also get access to the new technologies.

The Chief Secretary added that IT department has set up CSCs in every nook and corner of the State to facilitate services and economic activities at large. The recently launched social security schemes by the Prime Minister and subsidies in cooking gas were some example he cited which are riding on Chief Secretary of Nagaland Pankaj Kumar, IAS launches the bank accounts connected e-Naga Summit website on May 19. (DIPR Photo)

to the internet. Online application in the NPSC examination and payment of sale tax online were some success stories he mentioned.

Commissioner & Secretary K.D. Vizo in his keynote address stated the eNaga Summit which will start from 2015 with the objective to bring together Entrepreneurs, Academic, Industries and Government under one roof is envisioned to build the foundation required to identify our existing gaps, incubate ideas and devise solution

specific to the needs of the North East region.

A lot of money is wasted in advertisement and publicity so the primary objective of bringing up this website is to employ modern and effective method of creating awareness at low cost, Vizo said. The main feature of the e-Naga Summit website are separate feature for online registration for various categories of participants, feature for information about venues and programme details and feature for discussion and assistance, he added.

Repfusayi Chuzho shares DB Tech AIDA Centre 13th batch training commences his story of success Zhovezo Resu

Dimapur | May 19

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Repfusayi Chuzho, a 32 year old is an ordinary man.

He is also a self-made man who earns his livelihood through crafting of cups, plates and mortar pestle.

Repfusayi was a drop out student of Class 9 from Government High School, Kohima and later came to Dimapur. He learnt about wood crafting when he came to Diezephe along with his family and chose to become a self-employed.

“Going to paddy field isn’t my job,” says Repfusayi.

During the initial stage, he started with crafting of key chains, spoons etc.

Once the work was established, Repfusayi purchased machines, which boosted his business.

Now, Repfusayi says that he works day and night according to his convenience and comfort. He makes around 100 to 120 mortal pestle, cups and around 20 plates a week. Today, he sells the finished products

for price ranging from 200 to 500 rupees per set.

While sharing that after deducting all the miscellaneous expenses, he earns around 5000 rupees in a month, Repfusayi also laments, “if I am not lazy, I would earn more than 12,000 rupees in a month.”

He also hires people for help and pays them on contract basis.

Repfusayi says that he uses only Teak wood to craft the products. However, he says, “Since it takes around 20 years for a Teak tree to grow, sometime there is shortage of resources when the demands are high.”

Most of his works are done with the order from the buyer who usually buy the finished products from him and sell in their own shop or resale to others. Repfusayi also says that many people in and around the locality do the same crafting work. However, some sell it in their village or keep for personal use.

“I run my business at

home, so there is no disturbance from the government side or the private taxes,” states Repfusayi.

However, lack of electricity worries him at time since it keeps his work pending.

Repfusayi, who has a family with three children, says that he must manage financially to send two of his children to school but sometimes he faces problem to pay off their tuition fee. Nonetheless, Repfusayi in a hopeful note, says, “If I have the material, I can look after my family.”

Encouraging young people to follow his footstep of learning skills and earn livelihood instead of complaining, Repfusayi says, “Hard work is the key to success and nothing can be done without that.

Forget about laziness, you have to earn some money if you have to look after your family.”

The writer is a student of St. Aloysius College, Mangalore and is interning at The Morung Express for one month.

Morung Express News Dimapur | May 19

“Life isn’t an easy journey,” Kesonyu Yhome, Deputy Commissioner Dimapur stated on the inauguration of skill development programme for unemployment rural youth at AIDA, Don Bosco School Campus, Dimapur on May 19. He stressed on the Darwin theory of ‘Survival of the Fittest’. In order to survive, he said, “We may not need education, but we need skills.”

Kesonyu lamented the Naga people saying, “We are lazy, not sure of our talents. We are not willing to come on time, but delay the work for 3-4 hours to the comfort zone. The success belongs to who are willing to strive hard.”

He also encouraged the students saying, “We can make a difference, but we cannot just sit at home and do nothing. We need to work hard in order to achieve the goals. Laziness will lead you nowhere. We have to be ambitious and know where to go.”

The AIDA Centre has successfully completed the training and placement of 12 batches. The 13 batch was inaugurated with 64 trainees. The Training centre provides three-months job oriented training course in spa & beauty, food & beverages service, hospitality, housekeeping, beauty and hair.

In Nagaland, DB Tech has so far trained 3129 educated unemployed youths in vo-

Kesonyu Yhome DC speaks at the inauguration of Skills Development Programme of, Don Bosco Centre AIDA, Dimapur on May 19.

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cational courses, with 95 per cent placement record. The candidates were placed in various service sectors like Taj group of Hotels, Resorts and Palaces, ITC hotels, JW Marriot hotels, Le-Meridien hotels, Westin Hotels, Raddissions hotels and Resorts, Club Mahindra, Sterling Holidays, Taj-Jiva Spa, SanSha Exports, O2 Spa, Lakme, Loccitane Spa, Tattva Spa and Naturals’ Spa and Beauty Saloon etc.

The presentation of Sema and Sangtam folk dance, Lotha and Angami folk song by the trainees added colours to the programme.

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Naga Kuotsu Union office bearers and Ketsü elders, leaders of Zapami village during the historical meeting hosted

by Ketsü Descendants of Zapami Village, Phek District on May 16.

PhEK, may 19 (mExN): Naga Kuotsu Union and Ketsü descendants of Zapami village had a historical meeting hosted by Ketsü Descendants of Zapami Village, Phek District on May 16. Elders from both sides exchanged historical background of their migration to different villages from Khezhakeno and Leshemi villages.

Rücha Whiso Kuotsu, Advisor and former President Naga Kuotsu Union during his speech highlighted about the history and genealogy of Kuo-u who had five sons- Hieme, Vihu, Nyise, Kitshü and Seikha whose descendants are today discovered to be scattered to over 65 villages of Nagaland and Manipur. He also spoke about how forefathers and elders have meticulously “formed the Naga Kuotsu Union at Mezoma

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village on 02.04.1970.” This paved the way for the younger generation to have a common history and identity, enabling Kuo-u descendants to move forward to greater heights in the true spirit of brotherhood.

He also mentioned about the resolution of the Union “passed during its 5th General Conference at Medziphe Vilage on 22.02.1980 that the common title “Kuotsu” would be used by all the descendants of Kuo-u henceforth.”

Bizo M. Kuotsu, President, Naga Kuotsu Union shared about the importance of knowing one own identity and family as it bring compassion, closeness and peace not only to the clansmen but also to the society at large thereby benefiting everyone.

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venor Building Committee, NKU highlighted about the ongoing Naga Kuotsu House construction at Kuozhüzou, near Bishop’s House Kohima. NKU Advisor, Eyosa Kuotsu and Aphoukhrori elders Dikhalo Khutso, Kedulhunyi Khutso and Welonyi Khutso from Zapami village also spoke during the meet.

The programme was chaired

by Neisa Wetsah, opening prayer

by Dikhalo Khutso, welcome address by Dingulo Khutso, special song by Aphoukhrori Youth and Chikhro Khutso pronounced the vote of thanks. It concluded with a grand feast and visit to various sites of historical importance.

This was stated in a press release issued by President Bizo M. Kuotsu and Naga Kuotsu Union Secretary Er. Neisievilie Lhousa.

Kohima, may 19 (DiPr): Parliamentary Secretary for Home Guards, EE Pangteang called on the Home Guard department’s officers to render selfless service towards development of the Home Guard department in the State, while addressing the 1st departmental co-ordination meeting with him on May 19 at the Home Guards Headquarter, Kohima.

EE Pangteang expressed his gratitude to the personnel of Home Guard for their dedicated services rendered to the State including delivering of smooth flow of vehicles during peak hour especially in Kohima and Dimapur. He requested them to continue rendering their services in the same spirit.

He asked the responsible officers to come up with concrete comprehensive action plan for alleviation and development of the Home Guard organization in Nagaland and assured to pursue in within his level/ capacity.

The Parliamentary Secretary also urged the officers and staff to renew their dedication to serve the people and seek their support and co-operation for a ‘good team work’ to achieve their goals in the days to come.

Additional Director, Civil Defense & Deputy Comman-

dant, General Home Guards, Medozhalie Pienyu gave a brief power point presentation on the activities of the department. He gave a brief description on the activities, structure, duties, plans and proposals of the department.

He explained that the activities of the Civil Defense and Home Guard personnel not only included performing law and order duties but also helping the community during an emergency. He also said that the department has imparted training to the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) drawing one company each for NAP (IR), DEF and village guard.

Medozhalie also apprised the Parliamentary Secretary of the proposal to enhance the wages of Home guards from Rs 150 per head per day to Rs 300 per head per day. He also briefed the Parliamentary Secretary on the proposal of the Border Wing Battalion and opening of Civil Defense & Home Guard establishment in the tree districts of Longleng, Kiphire and Peren.

Director General Civil Defense & Home Guards, Lungriading, IPS gave a brief introduction remark while the vote of thanks was proposed by Director, Civil Defense & Commandant, General Home Guards, Akumba Yimchungru, IPS.

WCSU 18th general conference concludes

WoKha, may 19 (mExN): The Wokha Circle Students’ Union (WCSU) 18th general conference concluded at public ground, Wokha town on May 16. The two days conference was held under the theme “reconstructing together” with RF Lotha, Addl. Drug controller Kohima as the chief guest.

Speaking at the valedictory session RF Lotha spoke to frame and abide resolution at such gathering.

WCSU being the student’s body comprising of five adjacent villages to the district headquarters should be a proud owner to shoulder the responsibility and to show hospitality to the visitors, he added. He also exhorted on keeping clean and proper sanitation, maintaining

congenial atmosphere, encourage business establishment, extend co-operation towards the government departments, restraining violence and to work for bringing peace and tranquil upon the settlers/public.

Dr. TM Lotha while speaking at the inaugural programme said, a student body should take up taskorganizing various social actions and to accentuate more on improvement of education and students beneficial, also to make an awareness roster on cleanliness drive of our towns and its surroundings of which such alertness should be impact, social responsibility and value based. He advised the students not to involve in poli-

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45th Tenyidie annual seminar Kohima, may 19 (mExN): Ura Academy informed that the 45th Tenyidie annual seminar –cumplatinum jubilee postlude celebration will be held from May 28 to 29 at Ura Academy Badi, Kohima.

Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang will grace the occasion as the chief guest. The presidents and colleagues of Chakhesang Public Organization, Zeliang People’s Organization and Rengma Hoho will also grace the celebration as guests of honour.

ANHTU Kohima Unit informs Kohima, may 19 (mExN): All the concerned Government Hindi Teachers serving under Government and private school under Kohima district are informed that a general meeting and election for next tenure will be held on May 23 at Bharat Scout & Guide hall bayavü at 10:30 am. Therefore, all the concerned Hindi teachers are requested to attend the meeting without fail, action will be taken against the absentees. For more detail contact: general secretary @ 9089629973 and information secretary @ 9856171486.

Common entrance exam on May 31 Kohima, may 19 (mExN): The Common Entrance Examination (CEE) for Sol GD, Sol Tech and Sol Tdn of review fit candidates of Kohima recruitment rally will be held at Jorhat on May 31 and Clks will be held at Shillong. Candidates with following RMDS Nos, 1051, 1100, 1145, 1221, 1255, 1323, 1375, 1497, 1555, 1630, 1694, 1783, 1789, 1875, 1878, 1943, 2046, 2067, 2082, 2104, 2137, 2169, 2194, 2219, 2258, 2289, 2311, 2328, 2416 & 2512 have neither collected their admit cards as yet, nor responding to tele calls.

They are advised to report to ARO, Rangapahar with two passport size coloured photographs and run slip for collection of their admit cards between May 16 to 20. The candidates without admit cards will not be permitted to sit in the exam, according to a release issued by Lt Col Emron Musavi, PRO (Def), Kohima.

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Athungo Lotha Sr. Computer programmer, finance department Kohima was the guest of honour at the inaugural programme. During the two days session, Rentsan Murry, General Secretary LYH, Tsikjem Lonkumer president ANCSU, Nkhao Tungoe social & cultural secy KSU and Thungbemo Humtsoe ex president WCSU, delivered greetings.

WCSU new office bearers, headed by Y. Limhathung Ezung-president, Shakumo Tungoe-general secretary with four other posts were elected. Dr. Chumben Murry, Ex-Minister & PAC member graced the introductory session with Janbemo Humtsoe di-

rector (Green foundation) Wokha as theme speaker.

The invocation prayer was presented by O Thungben Kikon pastor WVBC, welcome address by Chanbemo Humtsoe, dedication of new office bearers

by Rev. Nyanchumo Ezung pastor LVBC and Mhonbeni Tsopoe chaired the valedictory programme.

In the extempore speech Y. Limhathung Ezung, Noyingbemo Humtsoe secured first and second respectively whereas in debate Abenthung Humtsoe and N. sulanthung Ezung secured first and second respectively.

This was stated in a press release issued by WCSU Outgoing President, Chambemo Humtsoe.

Kohima, may 19 (mExN): The Panchayat of Lower Chandmari Colony (PLCC) in co-ordination with State Investment Program Management Implementation Unit (SIPMIU) Kohima will be organising a mass social work as well as awareness on Sensitization of Waste Management in the colony on May 23. A press note from Bentilo Rengma, General Secretary, PLCC has requested all the residents of the colony to take part without fail.

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PErEN, may 19 (mExN): The Peren District BJP President has convened the district Executive meeting on May 22 at 12 noon at the office Jalukie Town.

Therefore, all the executive and advisory board members are requested to attend the meeting.

RKVY beneficiaries attend training in Mokokchung moKoKchuNg, may 19 (DiPr): One day Skill Development & Enterprise training for RKVY beneficiaries under Ongpangkong North & South and Changtongya Block, Mokokchung district was held at Ongpangkong Salang on May 18, organized by the Department of Cooperation, Mokokchung. Resource person I. Lipokonen Jamir, Assistant Agronomist & Co-ordinator ATMA, Mokokchung in his presentation emphasized on the concept of co-operative farming, advantages and the huge potentials in Agri & Allied sectors that can be exploited through proper management and enterprising skills.

Earlier, Imtionen, Senior Inspector, Co-operative Society (SICS) imparted basic skills on Co-operative Society Management and Bookkeeping while Alangla Thonger, ARCS Mokokchung presided over the programme.

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ZuNhEboto, may 19 (DiPr): The block level RKVY skill development and enterprise training for Zunheboto was held on May 14 at DC conference hall, Zunheboto. Resource persons included Zhekheto, PD ATMA Zunheboto, Hekishe Sema, Inspector Horticulture and Dr. Michael Imti Imchen, Veterinary & Animal Husbandry Zunheboto.

SAYO bans hunting, collection of medicinal plants Kohima, may 19 (mExN): The Southern Angami Youth Organization (SAYO) has totally banned hunting, collection of medicinal plants and flowers at Dzukou valley. The Organization informed all the public that some persons from Jakhama have been caught red handed and as per SAYO resolution action has been taken against them. Stating this in a release, SAYO president Kekhruhol Mekro and action committee convenor Khisanol Viswentso cautioned all the visitors to be aware of the restriction of hunting, collection of medical plants and flowers. SAYO also stated that stern action will be taken against the defaulter for violation of this order.

Seminar on career guidance held Kohima, may 19 (mExN): The Dibuia Planning and Development Board Education committee, Kohima unit organised a one day seminar on “Career and Guidance” on May 9. The resource person Lezo Putsure, career strategist, YouthNet presented a topic “Career guidance and self assessment”, which was followed by discussion and interaction on “Career prospects in Modern Education”.

Tuensang DPDB meet tuENsaNg, may 19 (mExN): The Tuensang District Planning and Development Board meeting for the month of May will take place on May 22 in the conference hall of Deputy Commissioner, Tuensang at 11:00 AM. All the concerned DPDB members have been requested to attend the same positively.

TYU to launch Tenyimi Youth Organization DimaPur, may 19 (mExN): The Tenyimi Youth Organization (TYOD) under the aegis of Tenyimi Union Dimapur will be launched on Saturday, May 23 at 10:00 am at Tenyimi Complex Dimapur. Therefore, all office bearers of Tenyimi Union Dimapur (TUD) and its Advisors, Tenyimi Women Organization Dimapur (TWOD), Tenyimi Students Union Dimapur (TSUD) and all Tenyimi Tribal Hoho presidents and colleague and all selected team of TYO and its tribal representatives are requested to attend the said programme positively.

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ATSUM, AMTU submit memo to Man beaten up by armed cadres Union Tribal Affairs Minister Our Correspondent Imphal | May 19

Dimapur, may 19 (mExN): The All Tribal Students’ Union Manipur (ATSUM) and All Manipur Tribal Union (AMTU) today submitted a memorandum to the Union Minister of Tribal Affairs, Jual Oram in the matter of plight and grievances of tribal populace living in Manipur and have demanded setting up a Commission for Scheduled Tribes in the State of Manipur. The memorandum was signed by ATSUM General Secretary Vareiyo Shatsang and AMTU General Secretary Romeo Bungdon.

ATSUM and AMTU in their memorandum demanded a Special economic package for a period of not less than 25 years “to accelerate developmental works in the hill areas of

Northeast Briefs Imphal-Ukhrul road bandh disrupts life Our Correspondent Imphal | May 19

Traffic on Imphal-Ukhrul road was disrupted on Tuesday as bandh supporters blocked the route since Monday afternoon over the shooting of a teen and injuring another by police in a car chase incident on May 17. Konsam Korounganba, 18, a Class 12 student from Khurai Konsam Leikai in Imphal East and Vivek, 19, resident of Konthoujam Mamang Leikai in Imphal West, who is also a Class 12 student, were wounded when a police commando team shot them in a car chase incident that took place at Kangla Shagomshang in the district. Korounganba succumbed at Shija Hospital after a brief treatment. The police had claimed that the teens fled a check post when the police personnel who were on duty tried to stop them near Lamlai Police Station.

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Manipur." To this end, the organisations demanded establishing cultural centres and research institutes in all the 6 Hill districts of Manipur and also organising Mega Tribal cultural festival every year.

Claiming that “tribal quota” was being manipulated and exploited, the organisations demanded strict adherence to reservation of Tribal quotas in different grades of posts and filling up of all backlog vacancies. Also alleging that the Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) is not being properly implemented by the Government of Manipur, the organisations demanded the implementation of TSP with Tribal Affairs and Hills Department as nodal agency, with direct fund flow to ADCs of each district.

The two organisations called for effective governance of the hills and in this regard, demanded proper functioning of the Hill Areas Committee in line with article 371C and devolution and decentralisation of powers to ADC. Further the ATSUM & AMTU also called for regularisation of contract lecturers and Adhoc teachers. It claimed that only 17 regular lecturers and 259 on-contract lecturers manned 14 Higher Secondary Schools in the hills as opposed to 434 regular lecturers and 455 contract lecturers manning 25 Government Higher Secondary Schools in the valley. “The Hill schools are reeling under acute shortage of teachers since the past many decades,” the organisations stated.

A 45-year-old man was allegedly severely beaten up by armed cadres reportedly from the NSCN (IM) in an extortion bid last night in Ukhrul. The victim, Daniel Nunglen, 45, a resident of Chatlou village, is stated to be the brother-in-law of Singrengam A Shimray, 43, who is an INC candidate contesting the ensuing Autonomous District Council (ADC) polls from Chingai constituency.

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Daniel was allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint by four cadres who came in a Maruti Gypsy from Wino bazaar around 7:30 pm. The vehicle then stopped near a farm house at Ikum Lambi. There, the cadres demanded Rs 4 lakhs, which he refused to pay. The cadres who possessed small arms severely beat him up at his refusal.

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Guwahati, may 19 (tNN): In its new role of culture policing, the Paresh Baruah-led Ulfa (Independent) faction has expressed its displeasure at audiences attending Rongali Bihu celebrations in a drunken state. Even artistes, who come to perform at shows high on drinks, have been warned. The militant group, in an e-mail reaction has objected to such 'nuisances' as they are an insult to Assam's rich tradition of Bihu.

"The Ulfa (I) is keeping a close watch on all those who are distorting the true spirit of Assamese traditional Bihu in the name of staging cultural programmes," the e-mail issued by the group's publicity secretary, Arunodoi Asom, read. He criticized regional organizations for keeping quiet on such anticulture trends.

be used in election campaign for my brother-in-law (his sister’s husband),” Daniel told reporters at Advanced Hospital, Imphal where he is currently undergoing treatment. “You have Rs 4 lakh to spend in election campaigning. You must give it to us,” he quoted one of the cadres as saying.

The Manipur Government has accused the NSCN (IM) of issuing threats to INC candidates contesting in the ADC polls to be held in the five hill districts on June 1.

Sukhoi SU-30 crashes in Assam Guwahati, may 19 (iaNS): A frontline Sukhoi SU-30 MKI combat jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Assam's Nagaon district on Tuesday, but both pilots ejected safely, officials said.

Sources from the IAF said a technical snag was responsible for the crash that took place at 12.30 p.m. The aircraft that crashed on Tuesday had taken off from the Tezpur air base "on a routine mission", an official said. "After takeoff, the aircraft developed a technical snag and the pilot was forced to abandon the aircraft. Both the pilots ejected. The ejection was safe and the aircraft crashed at 1230 hours... in a thick forest near Tezpur. "A Court of Inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the cause of the accident," Group Captain Amit Mahajan, defence ministry's spokesperson in Shillong, said in a statement.

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A month before Aadhaar deadline, over 40 crore people still left out

MuMbai, May 19 (Financial ExprEss): Despite the decisive push given to it by the NDA government since it came to power and by Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself, the ambitious Aadhaar project is far from meeting its target of universal coverage by June this year, also impacting the Direct Benefits Transfer Scheme that is based on it.

While the PM had him-

self set the deadline of June 2015 for universal enrollment under Aadhaar at a high-level meeting chaired by him in the first week of September last year, the current enrollment figure under the project is only nearly 84 crore as of now.

This means that nearly 40 crore of the population is yet to be brought under its ambit. Even the initial target set by this government of 100 crore enrollment

at the “earliest” is yet to be achieved.

Government officials say there is absolutely “no possibility” of meeting the target next month and the possibility of even being able to do so by the end of this year also looks remote.

Since September last year, when the target was set, less than 20 crore people have been added to the Aadhaar population.

According to officials, while the Unique Identification Authority of India is not restricted in terms of its processing capabilities, ground level issues are a matter of concern in meeting the target. With enrollment in states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar being very low, it has been difficult to increase enrollment figures significantly.

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vides a unique 12-digit identity number based on biometrics to every resident of the country, was initiated by the Congress led UPA government. The NDA government had endorsed both Aadhaar and the DBT schemes during a high-level meeting in early July where Modi sought a 100-crore enrollment target under Aadhaar at the “earliest”. The PM had asked officials to link the recently launched e-passport system with Aadhaar by using the biometric data collected under the latter. Officials were also asked to implement the DBT scheme in 300 districts on a priority basis with respect to five key government schemes — MGNREGA, pensions, scholarships, Public Distribution System.

The NDA government had also made Aadhaar the basis of several fresh proposals, including introducing Aadhaar-based biometric systems in all Central government offices. Modi’s ambitious financial inclusion plan ‘Jan Dhan Yojana’ also relies on Aadhaar.

However, delayed Aadhaar enrollment has meant the government has been unable to give the planned push to DBT as well. The absence of a legal backing for Aadhaar has proved to be a hindrance, with the National Identification Authority of India Bill in cold storage. Officials say the Supreme Court orders instructing the government from making Aadhaar mandatory for any services have limited the ability to maximise enrollment.

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Hyundai says considering 3rd India factory sEOul, May 19 (rEutErs): South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group said on Tuesday it is looking at building a third factory in India, highlighting its growing appetite for expanding globally after an unofficial two-year moratorium on boosting capacity.

The world’s fifth-largest auto group, which is comprised of Hyundai Motor Co and its sister company Kia Motors Corp, already has several car plant projects underway. It signalled

in early 2014 that it would expand again after spending about two years focusing on improving quality. Hyundai has started to build one of two new factories planned for China and is considering a new plant in the United States, while Kia is building a factory in Mexico.

After meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Seoul, the group’s chairman, Chung Mongkoo, told reporters that a new plant in India was un-

der review, according to a Hyundai spokesman. But the spokesman added that the group has not made a final decision or decided if it would be built by Hyundai Motor or Kia. Hyundai Motor Co, which in India trails only Maruti Suzuki by market share, has two factories in Chennai in southern India, with a combined annual capacity of 680,000 vehicles. Kia has none in India and high import taxes mean its India sales are negligible.

Maruti Celerio Diesel might launch on June 3 nEw DElhi, May 19 (nDtV autO): There is no denying that the diesel version of the Maruti Suzuki Celerio is one of the most-awaited vehicles of the year. And the car might finally launch on June 3, 2015, claims a report published on ICN. The report further says that the bookings for the car might begin by the end of this month, as the company is planning to dispatch the first batch of the car to its dealers this week.

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small 800cc diesel engine for quite a long time that will power multiple small cars from Maruti Suzuki along with an LCV. Earlier, there were rumours that the LCV, codenamed Y9T, would first get this engine, but the company has now decided to introduce it with the Celerio.

Expected to be priced around Rs. 80,000 more than the petrol model, the Celerio diesel will take on the likes of Chevrolet Beat.

Tata Motors launches GenX Nano ‘India ignored warnings on foreign investor tax row’ Lines for my father-inlaw: K Saku Jamir A true gentleman Sophisticated and wise Full of warmth and care And invaluable advice A life full of experiences A man whom I respect How lucky I am to have A Father- in- law so perfect...

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President of Tata Motors’ Passenger Vehicles Business Unit Mayank Pareek poses with the newly launched GenX Nano car in Mumbai on Tuesday, May 19. (AP Photo)

MuMbai, May 19 (ians): India’s automobile major Tata Motors on Tuesday launched the GenX Nano, a new technologically advanced entry level hatchback car with a starting price of Rs.1.99 lakh. Mayank Pareek, company president for passenger vehicles, said Nano has put India on the world motoring map by demonstrating innovation and frugal engineering.

“It continues to remain an important brand in our passenger vehicle portfolio and we have been constantly evolving the product.” The company plans to sell the car across 450 outlets throughout India. It said the compact car is aimed at

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some eight months after the first letter and roughly six weeks after a storm sparked by the sending of almost 70 initial claims totalling 6 billion rupees ($95 million).

A spokeswoman for the Central Board of Direct Taxes said it was “totally incorrect to say that the Finance Ministry did not appear to realise the seriousness of the issue” and denied that the ministry’s response was slow.

She said the issue was brought to the notice of the government as it prepared its annual budget for 2015-16, with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announcing that MAT would no longer apply to foreign investors from April 2015. But Jaitley, whom a senior government source said was aware of the issue from January, left open the question of liabilities for past years, citing an outstanding court ruling.

“Complete Mess” Foreign investors have long been critical of India’s tax bureaucracy, citing aggressive claims that have led to damaging rows with companies including Vodafone (VOD.L) and, more recently, Cairn India (CAIL.NS).

Foreign funds are drawn to India in part because taxes on market investments can be lower than in Asian emerging market rivals.

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the “trendy, youthful, bold and stylish customer”.

The GenX Nano comes with a starting ex-showroom Delhi price of Rs.1.99 lakh for the base model, while three other models are priced at Rs.2.49 lakh, Rs.2.69 lakh and Rs.2.89 lakh.

Parekh said the new car is smart, stylish, efficient and a practical city car which has strong potential in the compact hatch segment. “After Zest and Bolt, the GenX Nano is our third offering under Horizonext and we continue to reach out to our customers with feature-rich products that offer best-in-class technology and design engineering,” he said.

MuMbai, May 19 (rEutErs): The Finance Ministry could have sidestepped a damaging multibillion-dollar tax row with foreign investors if it had acted on regular warning letters that officials had been sending since as long ago as September.

The warnings went unheeded, according to senior sources in the tax department and finance ministry, until the dispute with overseas investors over the imposition of the minimum alternate tax (MAT), which had not previously been applied to them, hammered the country’s stock and bond markets and dented the business-friendly image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Investor lobbies and tax lawyers estimate the bill for international funds and banks could be as high as $8 billion. Modi’s government has been scrambling to contain the fallout since foreign funds started publicising their fight against MAT in mid-April, but it could have headed off the row if it had acted on the cautionary letters from its tax officials. One official’s letter seen by Reuters, sent in November, asked for direction and warned that once tax notices were issued there could be “large ramifications”.

The finance ministry last week asked officials to stop issuing new MAT notices, but that is

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The MAT claims so far have been small - Aberdeen Asset Management (ADN.L) has, for example, received a claim of less than $50,000 - but investors complain the unpredictability unsettles them and the market. The current controversy stems from a 2012 ruling over Mauritius-based Castleton Investment Ltd, an affiliate of pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK.L). Contradicting previous decisions that had restricted MAT to domestic companies, a tax court ruled on a theoretical question that Castleton would be liable to MAT if it transferred shares in GSK’s India unit to a Singapore arm.

Tax officials were initially reluctant to pursue the ramifications of the ruling for other foreign companies, but were prompted to do so by India’s Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in 2013. As the tax officials got no substantive response to their letters from the finance ministry, they sent notices to investors, then claims, in late March. The issue will be decided by the Supreme Court in August.

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The Morung Express

Wednesday 20 May 2015

Three arrested, stolen taxi State excise crippled by and banned drugs recovered shortage of armed personnel Dept of Excise petitions Parl Secy Morung Express News DIMAPUR |MAY 19

Kohima, may 19 (mExN): Acting upon a FIR lodged at the North P.S Kohima regarding the theft of a vehicle, the Kohima police today arrested one person and recovered the stolen vehicle.

According to a press note from Sub-Divisional Police Officer & PRO of Kohima, Atu Zumvü NPS, the vehicle, a local taxi, was stolen from its owner’s residence at Midland, Kohima on May 16.

On receipt of the FIR, a massive search was launched by the police for tracing the vehicle and the report was also widely circulated through the recently launched Nagaland Police SMS Based Vehicle Monitor-

ing System (NPSVMS).

Subsequently, after two days of continuous search, the vehicle was recovered from DBS Kohima and the culprit was arrested. He was identified as Yitu (21 yrs), a habitual offender from Zhiphu Village, PO/ PS – Meluri, under Phek district.

A regular case was registered against him for conducting further investigation and the vehicle was handed over to its rightful owner, the police added.

Meanwhile, in another incident, the combine team of E/13 NAP (IR) and Khuzama P.S personnel while conducting a surprise checking at Kigwema and Mima village junction

(NH-2) intercepted one Local Taxi (B/R No. NL01T-7972) and recovered 2000 bottles of banned Phensedyl cough syrup from its possession.

In this connection, the two occupants of vehicle were arrested. They were identified as Halunu Rekhanamai (32 yrs) of Thingba Khullen village, Tadubi PS of Senapati (Manipur), and presently residing in Seikhazou colony Kohima; and Veihru Yumai of Liyai (Zhaimai) Village, PO/PS – Tadubi of Senapati and currently staying at Midland colony Kohima. A regular case has been registered against the duo for further investigation, the press note informed.

Unidentified person dies at Dimapur hospital Dimapur, may 19 (mExN): An unidentified person, probably a nonlocal and approximately aged around 50 years of age, who was found lying unconscious at Rail Bazar area, Dimapur this morning died in hospital while undergoing medical treat-

ment later today.

According to a press note from Addl. Dy Commissioner of Police/PRO, Dimapur, after observing all the legal formalities, the dead body was shifted to the mortuary of District Hospital for postmortem examination and identification.

The police said that the deceased was wearing black long-pant; blue tshirt with white strips; and was barefooted.

“If such person with the given description is found missing may kindly contact SBN Police Station Officerin-Charge” the PRO added.

NPCC reconstitutes media and legal committee Kohima, may 19 (mExN): The president of Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC), in accordance with its constitution, has reconstituted the PCC Media Committee and Legal Committee with immediate effect.

A notification from NPCC appended by its president K Therie stated that in the Media Committee, Capt GK Zhimomi

will continue as Chairman while two new members, Keso Kapfo Chakhesang and are appointed.

In addition, the NPCC Legal Committee now consists of the following members:- Takamasa Ao (Advocate); Khriedi Theunuo (Advocate); Leonard Aier, Principal, City Law College; Swapan Paul (Advocate); Ahmed Sharif (Advocate) “The Chairman of Me-

dia Committee is authorized by the PCC President to appoint District Media Committee in consultation with respective DCC, DMCC, DYC and NSUI. Media Committee shall be responsible to communicate the roadmap, decision(s), resolution(s) of NPCC, AICC vice versa ACCC and DCC and update situations” the Notification added.

SP Mokokchung informs vehicle owners moKoKchuNg, may 19 (mExN): In accordance with the provision under relevant Motor Vehicles Act, the district authority in district of Mokokchung will enforced strict implementation of vehicular rules from June16 and defaulters will be penalized as per the provisions of MV Act. In a press notification, the Sr. Superintendent of Police, Mokokchung stated that the said enforcement was in compliance with the Rule 50 of Central Motor Vehicle Rules 1989 and directive of the Indian Supreme Court, High Security Registration Plate (HSRP) which

has been implemented in the State June 15, 2011.

“The same has been notified vide various government orders from time to time and published on media for public information, however… a lot of vehicles including govt. vehicles are ply without HSRP,” the press note stated.

It also informed that there were further violations of CMV Act such as: Usage of government registered number in condemned government vehicles; plying of vehicles registered in other States without reassigning its previous number or paying road tax to

Public SPace To

The Editor Morung Express.

Sub: Rejoinder Sir/Madam, Inviting reference to the news item dated 13th may 2015, regarding Murder incident at Yimpang Village under Bhandari Sub-Division. The undersigned, family members of the accused would like to clarify that the brother of the victim K.Renpi Kikon was physically present and signed when settlement/Compromise between the two families was made. The denial made by Renpi Kikon Published in the news item referred herein, is wholly misleading and unwarranted which may give raise to further misunderstanding between the two families. Further, it is clarified that, the settlement was made in the presence of 0/C, SDPO Bhandari. Hence, be it known to all that, both the family members has amicably settled in the spirit of forgive and forget Dated(09-05-15) as per customary practices and therefore, Renpi Kikon shall be held liable and responsible in the event of any further misunderstanding between the two families.

SdDavid Ezung On behalf of the Accused Family

The Morung Express is introducing “Public Space” as part of our intention to provide deliberate space for the opinions of the people to be expressed and heard through this newspaper. Nonetheless, The Morung Express points out that the opinions expressed in the contents published in the “Public Space” do not reflect the views and position of the newspaper or the editor.

the government;rampant and unauthorized use of coloured lights, sirens and name plates coupled with unauthorized use of unspecified silencers in the vehicles; and non-compliance to use of helmet by both riders and pillions of two wheelers and seat belts by four wheelers.

In this context, the Sr. Superintendent of Police informed the public to be aware relevant provision and make necessary correction as the rules will be enforced strictly from next month.

Under-staffed and much maligned, the Department of Excise & Prohibition today petitioned the Parliamentary Secretary of Excise, BS Nganglang for strengthening the department. BS Nganglang on May 19 visited the Directorate of Excise & Prohibition and met with department officials.

Commissioner of Excise & Prohibition, Maongwati Aier during the meeting highlighted the shortcomings, which are hampering the effectiveness of the department.

With an under-strength constabulary, Aier said that the department is unable to fully man its 11 district branches, six sub-divisions and 4 check-posts.

The Excise department’s present cadre-strength stands at 264 armed personnel (231 in the rank of constables). “During the year 2011, the government had approved creation of 3 Excise district offices in Longleng, Kiphire and Peren (respectively). However only 6 posts of constable have been created for the 3 districts, which is far below the minimum requirement in each district.”

Aier, in a petition, proposed that the Parliamentary Secretary facilitate the creation 50 more posts of Excise constables, 3 posts of Superintendent of Excise and upgrade of 9 Inspectors to Deputy Superintendent of Excise, to boost the present cadre-strength.

BS Nganglang, in his brief address, while acknowledging the difficulties

Farmers and Field Functionaries trained on SRI and Crop Production Technology yisEmyoNg (moKoKchuNg) may 19 (mExN): Focusing on National Food Security, a two batch training programme organized by State Agricultural Research Station (SARS), Yisemyong , Mokokchung under National Food Security Mission, was held here at Farmer’s Hostel from May 13-14 and 15 -16.

Delivering the keynote address in both the trainings, T Supongmar Longchar, Junior Plant Breeder (JPB), Training Co-ordinator, said the programme was organized for the benefit of wet Rice Cultivators and create awareness to cultivate the cereal crops in a better and more Scientific Method. He also spoke about the present food scenario against ever increasing population growth in the country. The training was mostly fo-

presented the topic on ‘Career guidance and self Assessment’ followed by discussion and interaction on Career prospects in modern Education. Meanwhile, the Dibuia Education Committee congratulated Mentila T Pongen for securing the

cused on practical oriented crop production technology of coarse cereal crop and special reference to System of Rice Intensification (SRI).

In the technical session, Longchar dwelt on varied topics including Seed Treatment, nursery Management, Land preparation, Line Marketing Transplanting Technique, Cono Weeder Operation for Weed Management and Water Management Technology and SRI Principle which was followed by practical demonstration.

Maongsangla, Asst.

science enrolments creating uphill task for the student employment.

However, vacancies for science graduates remain unfulfilled due of lack of adequate competent candidates at both the centre and the states, thus the need for such ignition, it added.

During the seminar, Dr.Anirban Choudhury addressed the audience on the various job opportunities available in the science stream and apprised them on the various government schemes and scholarships introduced to promote science among the students.

Use of the modern technology including the digital courseware, namely Smart

DPC membership renewal Dimapur, may 19 (mExN): Members of the Dimapur Press Club has been informed that the last date for renewal of their membership is May 26. In this context, DPC president has requested all the members to submit their renewal forms on or before aforementioned date with the prescribed membership fee and passport photographs for the Identity Card. No forms will be accepted after the last date. Meanwhile, the DPC will also hold its General Meeting on May 26 from 11AM. at Breeze Restaurant to discuss the forthcoming programmes of the Club. All members are requested to attend the meeting.

ZPO(N) General meeting pErEN, may 19 (mExN): The Zeliang People Organisation (N) has convened a general meeting of all villages/Town/unit council, Prenen District Chairman Union, Liangmai Council and Zema Council along witn Zeliang officers, intellect and public leaders at Peren Town Hall, Peen on May 28. The meeting which starts at 10.30 AM will discuss issues related to district and to officially release a book on ‘Zeliang Customary Law’. A press note from Kerang Dumtta, the Secretary of ZPO (N) requested all concerns to attend the aforementioned meeting positively.

SRPUD Meeting Dimapur, may 19 (mExN): The Satoi Range Public Union Dimapur (SRPUD) will be holding a meeting to discuss its forthcoming Silver Jubilee and other issues on May 23. It will be held at the residence of its banker, Shikiho P Zhimo at Ekaranipathar, Dimapur from 10.30 AM. A press note from SRPUD president, Shikuto Yeptho requested all executives, former presidents, advisers, development board members and special invitees to attend the said meeting positively. The SPRUD further congratulated all successful students of Satoi area in the recently declared HSLC and HSSLC examination.

Training-cum-workshop for preserved food practitioners

Computer Teaching Faculty giving Training to GPS Students & Teachers of GPS Tening Village and GPS Tening Christian Villa

ducted. A desktop computer, a multi-function printer and UPS were also handed over to GPS Tening Village along with handbooks on basic computer fundamentals, notepads, file covers etc to the participating schools.

A total of 25 villages and

10th rank in HSSLC Examination with distinction on Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English. It also congratulated all the successful candidates of HSSLC and HSLC examination 2015 and wished them success in all their endeavours.

39 GPSs under Peren & Longleng district will be covered under the programme.

A software is still under process which will facilitate submission of results, enrolment and attendance of the Students for efficient report generation and monitoring, the press note added.

Dimapur, may 19 (mExN): To ensure that low cost preserved products are manufactured in compliance with the quality control measures, food safety norms and standard etc, prescribed by the Nodal Agency from time to time, the department of Horticulture will be organizing a two day refreshers course with low cost food preservation practitioners at the Directorate of Horticulture, Kohima on May 21-22.

A press note form Deputy Director Training, Horticulture Department Chozhule Kikhi said that the training also held to ensure that food safety measures are being complied for product quality, market acceptability in order to facilitates better returns. This

program is not meant for beginner, it added.

Maintaining that while many mothers, individuals and SHGs with creativity takes up low Cost Food Preservation to earn additional incomes, the preserved products often face stiff competition in the market, Kikhi informed that the seminar is organized to ensure that such concerns use healthy preservatives and compete with the finished products from outside.

Interested candidates should contact their respective District Horticulture Officers (DHOs) or Horticulture Directorate Office, Kohima. Participating candidates may also bring along a sample of their products for discussion.

The Benrelui Baudi condemns

pErEN, may 19 (mExN): strongly condemn such act The Benrelui Baudi, Na- of “atrocities and sexual asgaland has strongly con- sault against women.” It demned the alleged sexual also urged the law enforcing assault on a mother of 8 agencies to probe into the children by Kiedai Dwas- matter seriously and punwang of Ngwalwa village ished the accused as per the on May 17. Deriding the provision of the Law. “heinous act,” the Baudi in a press note issued by its pres- BNU & BMNU Meanwhile, the Benident, Heikum Meru and reului Ngwalwa Unit (BNU) general secretary, HeisuiTutoR was also highlighted.

Both the parents and pung Iheilung has appealed and Benreului Mipui Ngteachers benefitted from all the concerned citizen to walwa Unit (BNMU) have the event and their presence in large numbers and rapt attention was testimony of A MENTALY IMBALANCE PERSON WHO COULD the same, added the press NOT EVEN FURNISHED HIS PARTICULARS INCLUDnote. Thejano Meru, PrinING HIS NAME, NAME OF PARENTS AND HIS RESIcipal of Dainty Buds School DENTIAL ADDRESS, WAS FOUND LOITERING IN also expressed her gratitude AND AROUND 4TH MILE, AO IMTI VILLAGE AREA, to the parents who turned DIMAPUR: NAGALAND. THE SAME PERSON WAS up for the event and assured HANDED OVER TO THE MEITEI BAPTIST CHURCH, them to conduct more such DIMAPUR : NAGALAND BY THE POLICE OF DIMAsessions in future as well as PUR, EAST P/S. THE CHURCH DIGNITARY IN REsimilar career oriented sesTURN HAVE KEPT THE SAME ABNORMAL BOY IN sions for the students. AnTHE NATION PRAYER HOUSE, URA COLONY, NEAR drew Tsanglao, Education CIRCUIT ; HOUSE, DIMAPUR TILL THE FILING OF Officer-in-Charge of Dainty THIS PRESS RELEASE. Buds gave the vote of thanks IF ANY ONE KNOWS ABOUT HIM PLEASE CONand urged the parents to acTECT MEITEI BAPTIST CHURCH PASTOR SHRI. N. tively participate with their SURJEET. (# +919856169466) wards in the process of career decision making.

Career CliniQ’s ‘iGNITE’ serious continues Kohima, may 19 (mExN): In continuation of its series of seminars aimed at igniting the spirit of science across the state and to encourage parents and students to take up science stream after their matriculation, Career CliniQ conducted a daylong seminar for the parents of Dainty Buds School here today.

The seminar was conducted in association with the Directorate of Employment and Craftsmen Training, government of Nagaland.

A press note from the event, presently more than 80% of the students of the state opt for Arts stream after matriculation without corresponding increase in

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Dimapur, may 19 (mExN): The executive committee member of Sumi Senior Citizen Forum, Dimapur (SSCFD) will be meeting at Horeb Guest House, Purana Bazar on May 23 from 10.00AM to discuss some ‘pertinent issues.’ All concerned members informed to atPlant Pathologist (APP) tend the meeting positively, a press note from SSCFD also delivered on the topic, Public Relation & Information Secretary, Shikuto Achu‘Pest and Disease Manage- mi stated. ment for better plant protection.’

ASU’s change of guard An interactive session with the farmers was also Kohima, may 19 (mExN): The Angami Students’ held after the programme Union (ASU) has scheduled its change of guard to May where the farmers high- 23 at ASU Monolith Site, Mezo Basa at 11:00 AM. lighted various problems The office bearers of the outgoing and new team invite faced by them in their field. the presence of senior members as well as all the orgaMore than fifty farm- nizing committee members of the NSF and ASU bieners from 22 villages and nial conference to the occasion. also field functionaries attended the training. In the valedictory function, Training Certificates, Seed Materials, Line Markers and Conoweeder were distributed to the farmers.

Computer training for GPS school underway Dimapur, may 9 (mExN): A 3 month programme entiled, ‘Essential Computer Skills for GPS under Peren & Longleng District’ kicks off in Tening village, under Peren District on May 18.

An initiative of the chief minister, TR Zeliang, the project is undertaken by M/s Ramietech Solutions with the theme, ‘Nurturing the digital skill of our young for the future,’ a press note informed. During the launch, a comprehensive PowerPoint presentation was given and training on computer fundamentals was also con-

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SSCFD meeting

DPDBEC Career guidance seminar

Kohima, may 19 (mExN): A one day seminar on Career guidance was organized by Dibuia Planning and Development Board Education Committee (DPDBEC) Kohima unit on May 9. During the seminar, Lezo Putsure a career strategist,

faced by the department, attributed the problem to “initial steps taken by the government of the day (when the NLTP Act was passed), which went wrong.” Stating that the Excise department has been “sidelined” over the years by subsequent governments because of the “short-sighted interpretation of the government then,” he added that it was a mistake of the government to “assume” that the introduction of “Dry law” would render the “Excise department jobless.”

He further urged the department officials to ensure that “nobody is discriminated” in matters of transfers and postings. “Some (employees) always work at the directorate while some are treated as if they were born to be posted at remote areas,” he observed.

Dimapur

also jointly condemned the inhuman alleged assault on a married women by Kiedai Dwaswang on May 17. “The Units vehemently condemned the heinous crime as it is an intolerable case and the culprit must be punished as per the law of the land,” a stated a joint press note issued by Chairperson, Benreului Mipui Ngwalwa Unit and President Benreului Ngwalwa Unit.

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express WEDnEsDAy 20 MAy 2015 voluME X IssuE 136

By Dr. Asangba Tzüdir

Bracketing Women: Denying the Self

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oing through the responses of a survey on domestic violence, it was quite disturbing that almost all the respondents had justified physical abuse by their husbands in case they had extra-marital affairs. Instantaneously, one can draw a dichotomy between patriarchy and the idea of being ‘loyal’ because it was a great fortune that someone had redeemed by choosing her and given an ‘identity’ and in reciprocity, his life, pleasure and happiness becomes her chief concern even as she becomes entirely his belonging. Being implanted with such notion, she denies herself and gets bracketed within the folds of a loyal ‘wife’ and a ‘mother.’

Certain social perceptions and constructed norms become dominant and get ingrained in the minds of the people.

More pressing is, there is a process of normalisation which slowly becomes naturalised wherein she becomes a subject of “benevolent subordination.” It has become so naturalised that women often fall prey to patriarchal notions of freedom because her understanding becomes based on patriarchy being the dominant social structure of our society. This leads to a very shallow and narrow interpretation of freedom. As such many women may be deceived into believing that she is free.

Our traditional worldviews in relation to women have bracketed their freedom which is prominently seen even through the concepts of ‘beauty’ and ‘feminine.’

The existence of a patriarchal system requires the production of certain ‘gendered spaces’ which are politically, socially, culturally and morally justified thereby leading to the production of stereotyped spaces like ‘domestic’, ‘private’ and ‘public’ which reinforces and thereby legitimates patriarchal power and control. And thus men find it unacceptable to surrender his dignity and ego so as to allow equality and freedom to his wife and woman who not only bows to his control by standing beside him at all times but also performs all the tedious work which he considers beyond himself.

Again the socio-political propaganda flared through various forms of media and the way it portrays women, thereby produces a socially conceived notion of a women’s body a vulnerable ‘puppet.’ Increasing domestic and sexual violence on women is a stark reality of issues related to freedom that, within the negation of her freedom there is a subsequent strengthening of the perpetrators by way of putting blame on the victim even as she silently cocoons for fear of being made into a ‘social outcast’ the moment she is raped.

Thus silence becomes the abhorrent solution.

The course of human history has condemned women as the “second sex” and the ‘undesirable.’ Under the feudal, the birth of a girl was considered a misfortune. From pre-natal selection and female infanticide to genital mutilation in the name of virginity and virtue; physical abuse, rape, murder etc. women have been on the receiving end of ‘violence’ effecting their physical and mental health in different stages of her life.

Such painful ‘sacrifice’ becomes the very edifice on which the violence on women is built and legitimated.

Even as women continues to find herself encountering and trying to negotiate with different ideas and forms of freedom, today, from time to time, men are ‘shamed’ of their misuse of social and patriarchal license, letting him drop his autocratic tone a decibel and there is a shift towards a duplicitous facade under the pretext of cosmetic slogans like women empowerment and gender equality. Expounding such pretence, a Naga scholar has aptly translated it as, “patriarchal bargains and paradoxical emancipations.” Women need to be truly free from all forms of discrimination, exploitation and oppression which can only liberate and elevate women politically, socially, culturally and morally. So long as the women ‘selves’ remain denied and bracketed human society will never progress.

Dr. Asangba Tzüdir is the editor with Heritage Publishing House.

Comments and feedbacks can be mailed to asangtz@gmail.com. He also contributes a weekly Guest Editorial to The Morung Express

lEfT WING |

Mazie Nakhro, Ph.D

The Genesis of Our Political Consciousness What does God say?

“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near” (Mark 13:28).

The Naga Experience During the Second World War, some 5000 Nagas were enlisted and sent to different countries. Many of these Nagas ended in France as part of the British Labour Corps. While abroad, they witnessed many people groups asserting their own political rights and forming themselves into independent nations.

In 1918, some of these Nagas returned home with a vision of protecting our common interests like any other nation. Then in 1921, they established the Naga Club as a platform to voice Naga interests. This came in handy when members of the British Parliamentary Statutory Commission visited Kohima on January 10, 1929. The Naga leaders told them, “We understand that you want the Nagas to become part of India. We have nothing to do with India and we do not want anything. Leave us alone.” As a consequence of this resolution by the Nagas, the British eventually declared Nagaland as “Naga Hills Excluded Areas” in 1937.

However, the Naga leader A. Z. Phizo was still doubtful about the seriousness of the British concerning the Nagas’ independence. So, he turned to the Japanese when World War II reached Burma in 1942. At the request of the Japanese, he consented to help them on the condition that they would give a guarantee to safeguard the independence of Nagaland.

Meanwhile, the British had established their presence well in Nagaland and the Naga public had already made up their mind to throw their support behind the British. Consequently, the British side lost only 16,500 soldiers, whereas the Japanese suffered 53,000 dead or went missing in the Imphal-Kohima war. The Battle at Kohima was so intense and decisive that it came to be called the ‘Stalingrad of the East.’

Okay, so now what?

We Nagas should take pride in the fact that we contributed to the British victory of World War II. We allowed them to use our land as their battlefield. Approximately 600 Nagas fought as part of the Allied Forces. Other Nagas guided their troops, collected intelligence information, ambushed enemy patrols, carried supplies, and brought their wounded under the heaviest fire…often refusing any payment (Sir William Smith). All these speak of our sacrifices for them. The existence of Kohima War Cemetery and the Bye-Pass Road (also called “Victory Road”) are reminders of our people’s hospitality to those who came seeking for our help in their time of need.

Remember, Jesus said, “It is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35).

Taken from the book “Breakfast with the King: The 100-Day Devotional” by Mazie Nakhro

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C O M M E N T A R Y

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz

‘Don’t Leave Indigenous Peoples Behind in SDGs’

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.N. member states are meeting throughout the year to finalize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which will set the global development agenda for the next 15 years. The goals are supposed to be universal and aspire to “leave no one behind.”

But Indigenous Peoples, who are among the poorest and most marginalised people on earth, are all but invisible in the latest draft of the SDGs. As an indigenous woman and the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, I am deeply concerned that almost all references to Indigenous Peoples have been deleted, as we have learned from experience that unless we are explicitly included, we are likely to be excluded.

Indigenous Peoples face systemic discrimination and exclusion in almost every country they live in. Without specific targets and indicators to measure and report on the realisation of their rights, this inequality is likely to continue in the 15-year implementation of the SDGs. The Millennium Development Goals, which were also supposed to be universal, failed to address Indigenous Peoples’ poverty: Indigenous Peoples still make up just five percent of the global population but account for 15 percent of the world’s poorest people. If the SDGs aim to do any better, and achieve their aspiration to “end poverty in all its forms everywhere,” they must also address the unique development needs and challenges of Indigenous Peoples.

Chief among these is that many Indigenous Peoples do not have legal title to the lands they have lived on for generations. This insecurity has resulted in encroachment by governments and corporations as well as forced evictions of countless communities from their ancestral lands.

Because Indigenous Peoples’ lives, livelihoods, cultures, and identities are intrinsically tied to their territory, this loss often deprives them of their income and self-sufficiency, and threatens their very identity and survival.

Securing legal recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ land rights has other benefits too: it decreases poverty, supports food security, and encourages long-term economic and environmental benefits.

But despite progress in some regions, there has been a sharp slowdown in the overall global recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ and communities’ land rights since 2008.

The current SDG draft recognises the land rights of individuals (men and women) but does not take into account the estimated 1.5 billion Indigenous Peoples and forest-dwelling and forestdependent local people who govern 6.8 billion hectares of land through community tenure arrangements.

Currently governments only recognise about 513 million hectares of these lands. The SDGs should therefore include an indicator to measure recognition of collective land rights, and reinstate a deleted provision requiring that governments obtain the free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) of Indigenous Peoples before handing over their lands.

This is particularly critical given that “development” for many Indigenous Peoples has been more of a threat than a promise. An analysis of around 73,000 mining, agricultural, and lodging

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irtually every major international conference concludes with a “programme of action” (PoA) – described in U.N. jargon as “an outcome document” – preceded by a political declaration where 193 member states religiously pledge to honour their commitments.

But over 620 non-governmental organisations (NGOs), a hefty coalition of mostly international water activists, are complaining that a proposed political declaration for the U.N.’s post-2015 development agenda is set to marginalise water and sanitation.

The development agenda, along with a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is expected to be adopted at a summit meeting of world leaders Sep. 25-27 in New York.

Meera Karunananthan, international water campaigner for the Blue Planet Project, told IPS that with more than 600 NGOs worldwide urging member states to revise the proposed political declaration, it is clear that water remains a very critical issue for billions of people around the world.

“Any development agenda is contingent upon the availability of freshwater resources, and as the world battles an increasingly severe crisis in freshwater scarcity, the competition for access is already causing conflicts around the world,” she said.

The NGO coalition includes WaterAid, Food and Water Watch, Council of Canadians, Global Water Institute, Earth Law Alliance, Indigenous Rights Centre, Right 2 Water, Church World Service, Mining Working Group, End Water Poverty and Blue Planet Project.

Lucy Prioli of WaterAid told IPS with over 2.5 billion people living without basic sanitation and hundreds of millions more without access to water, it is critical that the human right to both water and sanitation is “placed front and centre in the post-2015 Declaration.”

“The international community will never achieve its ambition of ending world hunger unless it also tackles under-nutrition, which is caused by unsafe

concessions in eight countries revealed that more than 93 percent of these developments involved lands inhabited by Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

Development projects in countries that lack strong safeguards often rob them of their lands and livelihoods—but rarely do they deliver on the promise of shared economic development.

In Indonesia, for example, palm oil corporations have engulfed over 59 percent of community forests in West Kalimantan, yet the industry contributes less than two percent to Indonesia’s GDP and has not increased rural employment. Inequality has risen, and Indigenous Peoples’ land rights have been transferred to corporations on a large scale.

The consequences of insecure land tenure extend beyond indigenous communities: Indonesia is now the world’s fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases, with almost 80 percent of emissions stemming from deforestation, land use change, and the draining and burning of peatland.

On the other hand, deforestation rates are dramatically lower in areas where Indigenous Peoples have legal recognition of their land rights. Despite suffering some of its worst impacts, Indigenous Peoples can actually offer some of the most promising solutions to climate change.

Community forest rights in Nepal, for example, improved the health of the forest to the point where it absorbed 180 million tons of carbon. It is no coincidence that traditional indigenous territories overlap to a large degree with biodiversity hotspots.

Indigenous Peoples’ natural resource manage-

ment has sustained some of the world’s most intact ecosystems and holds important lessons for a planet that must change if it is to endure. They bring alternative thinking and perspectives to a development paradigm that has repeatedly put sustainability and human rights on the back burner and favored short-term profits.

Because many Indigenous Peoples live in rural areas and are politically and physically distant from the centers of power, it is all too easy for us to become invisible. We fought for the global recognition of our rights in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. We had to fight to be called “Indigenous Peoples,” a term that recognises us as peoples with distinct identities and cultures who have the right to self-determination. As they stand now, the SDGs are a step backwards from these achievements. Indigenous Peoples have been all but erased from the development agenda. Include us, so that we can protect our traditions and territories for our children and protect the planet’s biodiversity for all the world’s children. Don’t leave us behind.

‘Include Water, Sanitation as Basic Human Rights’ Thalif Deen

Inter Press Service water and poor sanitation,” she said.

The 193-member U.N. General Assembly recognised water and sanitation as a basic human right back in 2010.

Yet, 40 percent of the world’s population lacks access to adequate sanitation and a quarter of the population lacks access to clean drinking water.

In a 2012 joint report, U.S. intelligence agencies portrayed a grim scenario for the foreseeable future: ethnic conflicts, regional tensions, political instability and even mass killings.

During the next 10 years, however, “many countries important to the United States will almost certainly experience water problems – shortages, poor water quality, or floods – that will contribute to the risk of instability and state failure, and increased regional tensions,” stated a National Intelligence Estimate.

Karunanthan said the U.N.s proposed post-2015 economic agenda, which includes a new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), must not be blind to these predicted conflicts. It must instead be proactive and safeguard water for the environment and the essential needs of people by explicitly recognising the human right to water and sanitation, she said.

“If we are to avoid the mistakes of the past which led to the staggering failure of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to meet its targets regarding sanitation, then it is important for the SDGs to be firmly rooted in a human rights -based framework,” she

added.

The coalition says it wants to ensure the needs of people and the environment are prioritised in any water resource management strategy promoted within the SDGs. “The post-2015 development agenda presents an important opportunity to fulfill the commitments made by member states in 2010,” the NGOs say.

The NGO demand builds on the consistent and urgent advocacy done by civil society throughout the post-2015 process regarding the importance of inclusion of the human right to water and sanitation (HRTWS).

The Declaration will be a document of political aspirations overarching the post-2015 development agenda, including the SDGs. A draft of the document is anticipated to be released by the end of this month.

U.N. Member States have stressed the need for an agenda that is “just, equitable, transformative, and peoplecentered”. Global water justice groups argue that inclusion of the HRTWS in the post-2015 Declaration is vital to realising this goal.

The proposed SDGs include 17 goals with 169 targets covering a broad range of sustainable development issues, including ending poverty and hunger, improving health and education, making cities more sustainable, combating climate change, sustainable management of water and sanitation, and protecting oceans and forests.

The 17 proposed goals, which are

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currently being fine-tuned, are: Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere; Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture.

Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages; Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote life-long learning opportunities for all.

Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls; Goal 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all; Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.

Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation; Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries.

Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable; Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns; Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.

Goal 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.

Goal 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels and; Goal 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development.

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How 1 mom checked herself before she wrecked herself Leanne Italie

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londa Gault Caviness has no use for mommy groups, peeling the skins off peas for babies, wet-wipe warmers and the shelves and shelves of parenting books that have taken over child-rearing.

But it wasn't always that way. When her first child came along 16 years ago, Caviness took a back seat to her baby's everything. When child No. 2 landed, she patiently hung in there. Then along came her third. That's when a bit of advice from her old-school mama sounded in her head: "Girl, you better check yourself before you wreck yourself!"

In other words, this working, African-American mom of three breathed in and out — deeply — then took a seat and realized making her brood happy all the time at all costs, including her own sanity, was the wrong way to go.

In a sweet, funny memoir looking back on her own upbringing in Buffalo and reflecting on the contemporary complexities of parenting in suburban New York City, the 50-year-old Caviness writes of relishing her "me-time" and learning to ignore the dust bunnies. She declares herself "too blessed to be stressed."

In other words, her mama got a lot of things right. Caviness' book, "Child, Please: How Mama's old-school lessons helped me check myself before I wrecked myself," was released May 5 by Penguin.

A conversation with Ylonda Gault Caviness:

AP: Tell me about your mother and her style of raising you and your two siblings.

Caviness: My mom was and is a very pragmatic person. She was single for a large part of our upbringing. She worked in a factory. She grew up in the Jim Crow South. But she had not an ounce of bitterness despite the fact that she grew up four blocks away from the 16th Street church bombing in Birmingham.

The thing I remember most is that she seemed

genuinely happy when she came home from work and genuinely happy when she interacted with us.

I mean, not when we got whoopins, but when she walked in the house she was grinning from ear to ear as though we were fuel.

In hindsight, I feel that she did that because she made sure she took care of herself. She didn't fawn over us. She made it very clear that we could rock her world but we couldn't be her world.

AP: What are some of the hard truths about race and raising children that you take on in your book?

Caviness: In many black households, discipline and compliance are far more important. I think that comes from history. I think that when you look back at slavery and things like Jim Crow, our parents had to protect us from a world that would not likely look upon us kindly. They were harsh with discipline so that when they put us out into the world we wouldn't appear uppity to whites, that we would be compliant to authority so that we would stay alive, so that we would stay out of trouble.

I believe that legacy continues.

AP: Is that a positive or a negative?

Caviness: I don't think it's either. It's just still a reality. We're not post-racial, but things are different now and we can fill our kids heads with thoughts that they're all that and a bag of chips and everything's fine, but as we see now with the violence from police, we really do have to maintain, as a race, some of that keep-it-realness.

We have to make sure that our children understand to a certain extent, within reason, that the world is still not necessarily going to treat them fairly.

I'm not saying at every turn they're going to be discriminated against. I'm not saying that we should scare our kids. But I do think we need to prepare them for the reality of what the world is.

AP: You recently wrote an op-ed piece for The New York Times along those lines and had some anonymous commenters declaring you a racist.

Caviness: I wanted to write it as a black mom who was brought up a certain way, and I'm not saying ev-

ery black mom in the country was brought up the way I was. We're not a monolith. But I do think it's important to have this conversation because of what happened in Baltimore with Toya Graham, the mom who grabbed her son and smacked him upside the head to pull him out of the uprising.

I felt a moment when I thought, 'Wow, she did what she believed in and I respect her for that.' But a lot of blacks on social media were saying things like, 'Oh she's part of that whole slave mentality and she's a pawn and of course the media is shooting her because she's beating yet another black child.'

I just feel very strongly that we can't judge her. I don't beat my kids, but really I don't beat them because I don't think it works. It didn't work on me.

A lot of people, black and white, were sitting on their sofas in their houses and listening to Anderson Cooper tell them what was going on in Baltimore and this woman had the sirens outside her door, and she looks in her house and her baby is not there and she sees him with a brick in his hand and police all around him. I feel as though what she did was akin to grabbing a toddler out of oncoming traffic. It's just that legacy we have.

AP: How does a mother of today reconcile the past with the 'professionalization' of parenthood? The expert advice, all the opinions, the mommy wars.

Caviness: Some of it has to be maternal instinct, wisdom that you have, the common sense that you were born with. But I know we cannot raise our kids entirely in the old-school way. We have to mix the old and the new, but keep your common sense about you, based on your kids. Not what a book says.

Sometimes, as a culture, Americans are reluctant to go through that organic, trial-and-error process of figuring things out. We want a quick fix. We want our kids to have some sense of joy, but we need to make them strong. We need to make them resilient. We need to make sure they have integrity.

Happiness is fleeting, but we can't raise kids if the goal is to always keep them happy. Sometimes they've got to be uncomfortable and they've got to figure things out.

Colombia: Ban on anti-coca Happily insured herbicide is bittersweet Y Jacobo Garcia

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anuel de Jesus Sanchez holds up a green poncho to protect his skin from the midday sun. The farmer says he was working in a rice paddy four years ago when a crop duster buzzed by, dumping large quantities of what everyone here refers to as "the poison."

From that moment Sanchez was exposed to the glyphosate-based herbicide used by Colombia to wipe out cocaine-producing crops, he says his skin broke out in a yellow rash. Now white blotches have spread across his body and his eyesight is dimming. "I never went to a doctor because I know he'll prescribe creams and pills that I can't afford," said Sanchez. Unable to till his farm, he now squeaks by selling candy along the dirt streets where a handful of families live in wood and zinc-roofed shacks.

Tales of harmful health effects, everything from skin problems to miscarriages, abound in this hamlet on the edge of the remote Paramillo national park in northern Colombia.

Tracing the health problems to glyphosate is impossible — too many years have passed with possible exposure to other pesticides, and most of the town's residents, many of them coca growers, are either too poor or afraid to travel the three hours by boat and car to the nearest hospital and prosecutor's office to investigate the causes.

President Juan Manuel Santos last week decided to halt fumigation in the wake of a report by a research arm of the World Health Organization classifying glyphosate as a probable carcinogen. The move is lending strength to injury claims by dozens of farmers here who consider themselves victims of the U.S.-led drug war in South America. But it's also raising concerns that cocaine production in Colombia could come roaring back after a bloody, decades-old war against the nation's cartels.

St. Louis-based Monsanto, which discovered glyphosate, told The Associated Press that it no longer supplies the Colombian government with weed killer. It and other manufacturers have strongly rejected WHO's March assessment, citing a 2012 ruling by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that glyphosate-based products are safe. They accuse critics of cherry-picking data and pushing an agenda. In October 2013, in response to an Associated Press article on glyphosate use in farming in Argentina, Monsanto described the herbicide as "even less toxic than the repellent you put on your children's skin."

It said the chemical had been misused in Argentina.

Colombia is the only country that destroys coca crops by air and the practice has long provoked hostility from political and environmental groups. Many observers see its suspension as Santos' political gift to rebels he has been trying for two years to lure into signing a peace deal. The insurgents depend on the narcotics trade for much of their funding and liken the spraying, which is carried out by U.S. contractors, to the use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. U.S. officials deny any harm has been caused by the spraying and say there is more

danger to people's health and the environment from the chemicals used to manufacture cocaine in clandestine labs. If glyphosate is so unsafe, then why is nobody considering a ban on its widespread use in agriculture, they argue. "This is an argument among the deaf," said Myles Frechette, a U.S. ambassador to Colombia in the 1990s. "Those who argue it does damage will not be convinced by science."

On Thursday, Colombia's National Narcotics Council, which sets drug policy, is expected to approve Santos' call to phase out glyphosate by October in favor of slower-going manual eradication by army units in areas frequently dominated by rebels.

Residents of Crucito consider it a bittersweet victory. They are afraid of the arrival of combat troops and say they don't have any means of sustenance besides the roughly $1,000 they receive from drug traffickers for each kilogram of coca paste. Currently the most visible presence of the state in the town, besides the twice-a-year fumigation campaigns, is an army checkpoint that restricts the flow of gasoline, food and other supplies to guerrillas and drug traffickers lurking in the jungle-covered mountains beyond.

"Our problems aren't resolved by ending fumigation," said Andres Herron, a community leader. "The government needs to give us an alternative to traditional crops that allows us to live. Growing yucca, plantains and yams doesn't even leave enough money to put food on the table."

Santos' opponents warn that Colombia could soon be swimming in coca, though just as many observers argue that the spraying of 4 million acres since the 1990s has done little to reduce cultivation of the leaf. The latest survey by the U.S., released this month, shows that areas under coca cultivation in Colombia shot up 39 percent last year to 112,000 hectares (about 276,000 acres). The White House's drug czar attributed the boom in part to an increase in off-limits areas like Paramillo, one of the country's 59 national parks and conservation areas where spraying is banned. But supporters of Santos' move say the health threat is too high a price for Colombians to pay to keep cocaine off the streets of the U.S. and Europe.

Research published last year by Daniel Mejia, an expert adviser to Santos on drug policy, found higher rates of skin problems and miscarriages in districts targeted by herbicides. It was based on a study of medical records from 2003 to 2007.

Omar Miranda, who in the absence of a doctor is the only resident in Crucito trained in first aid, said he counted 20 miscarriages last year in a town of roughly 75 families. He said there has also been an increase in birth defects. Although Miranda has no evidence to back up his observation or eliminate other possible causes, it's not hard to find examples of illness.

Five-year-old Joani Londono was born with a club foot and a missing leg. Her mother, Adevis Diaz, attributes the malformations to having eaten vegetables from her garden just after a fumigation plane flew by. "A few days later my water broke and my baby was born at six months," Diaz said, watching over her four children as they play on their home's dirt floor. "If we continue in this land our lives will be at risk."

ou must already be aware of the latest government-proposed insurance schemes, thanks to the central government’s aggressive campaign, both in electronic and the print media. The three schemes – Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Atal Pension Yojana (APY) have been launched recently. These schemes are targeted to provide social security benefits to a large percentage of the low-income population of India. One might think that since they are wellpublished schemes, why should I write about it? But since they are so good in all respects, I think they are worth discussing.

Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) The scheme offers to provide you or your family a cover of up to two lakh rupees in case of accidental death or disability due to accidents of the insured. In case of accidental death or full disability, you or your family will get two lakh rupees and in case of partial disability, one lakh rupees. Full disability means loss of both eyes, both legs or both hands, whereas partial disability means the loss of one eye, one leg or one hand.

All savings bank account holders, aged between 18 years and 70 years, are eligible to apply for this scheme. The premium for PMSBY is just Rs. 12 per annum. The period of insurance is one year and it will start from Jun 1, 2015 to May 31, 2016. To enrol for this scheme, visit the bank where you have your primary savings account, and fill a simple form providing your account number and the nominee’s name. By signing the form you will authorise your bank to debit the premium of Rs. 12 from your savings account. And this one time process will also enable the bank to auto debit your premium for the next year, and every year after that. The last date for enrolment was initially declared as May 31, but the government has now extended the date by another three months up to August 31. The date might get extended farther.

Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) In this scheme, all bank account holders, aged between 18 and 50 years, are eligible. So, if you are more than 50 years, you are not eligible for it, but those younger than that can enrol and can continue with the scheme until they attain the age of 55.

An annual premium of Rs. 330 is what you need to pay to get a life cover of two lakh rupees. This annual premium of Rs. 330 has been fixed for the first three years, after which it will again be reviewed, based on the insurers’ annual claims experience.The period of insurance remains the same, from June 1, 2015 to May 31, 2016. Just like the previous scheme, the tenure and auto debit facility will be the same.

The difference between these two schemes is that the first one covers accidental death and accidental disability, while this one covers death in general. If one died of ill health or disease, it will be considered a natural death. But if one diesin an accident,it will be consideredan accidental death. So,if one diesdue toan accident,he/her nominee will be eligible for four lakh rupeesfrom both the schemes.

Launching Atal Pension Yojana (APY) To encourage workers in the unorganised sector to voluntarily save for their retirement, the government of India has launched the Atal Pension Yojana (APY). The minimum age of joining this scheme is 18 years and the maximum age is 40 years. Pension payment will start at the age of 60.

The central government would also co-contribute 50 per cent of the subscriber’s contribution or Rs. 1000 per annum, whichever is lower, to each eligible subscriber account, for a period of 5 years, i.e., from 2015-16 to 2019-20, for those who join before December 31, 2015 and who are not income tax payers. Workers in the unorganised sector, who have their bank accounts opened, but are not members of any other statutory social security scheme, would be eligible to subscribe to this scheme.

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Nagaland is endowed with huge untapped natural resources and has the potential to transform itself into a commercial hub of India and a tourist paradise. If we take advantage of our blessings then we can not only boost our economy, but also improve the problem of unemployment, which is a pressing problem in our society today. In view of this, the Micro Small and Medium enterprises (MSMEs) can play a vital role in the economic structure of Nagaland. This week, we take a look at its significant contributions in terms of output, export and employment.

A Solution to Nagaland’s Economic Growth Lanu, assistant Professor, department of Commerce

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he Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector has slowly come into the limelight, with increased focus from government and other government institutions, corporate bodies and banks. It is viewed as one of the greatest agents of growth. Policy based changes, investments into the sector; globalization and India’s robust economic growth have opened up several latent business opportunities for this sector. Even the domestic market is no more an insulated zone in a controlled economy; the competitive pressures of a free market economy are catching up in India. The domestic market has been flooded with many low cost, reasonable quality, bulk produced products giving tough competition to MSMEs. With the opening up of the economy, the MSMEs have to catch up with global standards of excellence in order to remain competitive and profitable. MSMEs are increasingly having to adapt to new standards in technology, quality and pricing to be able to survive in the marketplace.

MSMEs contribute 8 per cent of the country’s GDP (MSMEs contribution to India GDP has been growing constantly at 11% per annum), 45 per cent of the manufactured output and 40 per cent of the country exports. The labour and capital ratio in MSMEs and the overall growth in the MSMEs are much higher than in the larger industries. The non-homogenous structure in terms of range of produce/service as well as size of industry adds to its dynamism.

Thus, MSMEs are important for the national objectives of growth with equity and inclusion. To talk about the economic development of Nagaland, it is essentially the economy of 19,80,602 person occupying an area of 16,579 sq. Km with a population density of 120 /sq. Km where the rural population consists of about 82 percent and urban population of about 18 percent. The number of educated unemployed has been rising at the rate of 9.32%per annum, which has to be taken into account in any economic planning. For a developing nation like India, where the labour is abundant and capital is scarce, the Micro and small enterprise sector is a major source of employment for millions of people.

In Nagaland, the effort for economic development started in the real sense only after its statehood in 1963. During that time, the economy was agrarian in nature with more than 89% of its working population directly depending on agriculture.

The technique of production was more or less pre-Newtonian type with very low productivity in income. The level of urbanization and infrastructural development was very low and industrialization virtually non-existent. During the last four and half decades of statehood, beginning from scratch Nagaland has made significant achievement in various fronts. However in many sectors, the state’s economic planning has failed to move in the right direction and the base of development has been rather slow. Besides, Nagaland state was created out of political necessity and hence it was anticipated that Nagaland would not be economically viable for a long period.

Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector has emerged as a highly vibrant and dynamic sector of the Indian economy over the last five decades. MSMEs not only play crucial role in providing large employment opportunities at comparatively lower capital cost than large industries but also help in industrialization of rural & backward areas, thereby, reducing regional imbalances, assuring more equitable distribution of national income and wealth. MSMEs are complementary to large industries as ancillary units and this sector contributes enormously to the socioeconomic development of the country/state.

MSEs in Nagaland have growth potential and can significantly contribute to state economy provided appropriate measures are taken to boost these sectors in the interest of economic ends.

However, in Nagaland, information about this sector is very limited, so far as official records and research data are concerned. It is therefore, envisaged to investigate into the operational efficiency of Micro and Small Enterprises and their contribution to socio and economic development of the state. The State Govt. of Nagaland has also been assisted to set up a Mini Tool Room & Training Centre at Dimapur, Nagaland. Tool Rooms are equipped with Hi-Tech machinery for providing common facility services to the industry; conducting various long-term and short-term training programmes such as 4-year diploma in Tool & Die Making, Computer Aided Design, Basic Workshop Technology, Turning and Milling, Engineering Drawing etc.

In spite of immense potential of MSMEs in Nagaland, the region has largely remained underdeveloped. A key constraint to the growth has been poor infrastructure and limited connectivity (roads, telecommunications and power supply), both within the region as well as with the rest of the country. The region, connected to the rest of India by a narrow stretch of land called the ‘chicken’s neck’, needs infrastructure to support and ensure significant investments and developmental aids. Hence, it is necessary for the government to mobilize the SMEs in Nagaland to channelize their resources for economic development of the region. “degree of Thought is a weekly community column initiated by Tetso College in partnership with The Morung Express. degree of Thought will delve into the social, cultural, political and educational issues around us. The views expressed here do not reflect the opinion of the institution. Tetso College is a naaC accredited UGC recognised Commerce and arts College.

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PM Modi faces dissent over spending shakeup India has elected a wrong PM: Cong

A health worker (R) weighs a child under a government program in New Delhi, May 7, 2015.

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NEW DElhi, May 19 (REutERs): As Prime Minister Narendra Modi completes one year in office, his cuts in federal welfare spending on the poorest of India's 1.25 billion people are coming in for sharp criticism, including from within his cabinet.

In a break with India's socialist past, Modi has saved money on federal social and subsidy expenditure and pumped it into an infrastructure stimulus he hopes will trigger a spurt in economic growth.

The government says lower welfare spending will be compensated for by giving state governments a larger allocation of tax revenues to spend as they choose. But state chiefs, government officials and a cabinet minister have warned that the spending shakeup endangers the country's most vulnerable.

Maneka Gandhi, women and child development minister in Modi's cabinet, has said the impact of the policy will borne by India's estimated 300

million poor.

"This may result in a situation where the focus is lost on critical programmes related to malnutrition of children ... nutrition for pregnant and lactating mothers," Gandhi wrote in a April 27 letter to the finance minister, a copy of which was seen by Reuters.

"I am afraid to point out that political fallout of such a situation can be grave." Those warnings have been echoed privately by at least three impoverished states who say they are being shortchanged.

In his first full-year budget, approved by parliament on May 7, Modi halved funding for a scheme that gives millions of poor children free food and drastically cut allocations to make clean water available in rural areas.

On the other hand, funding for roads and bridges more than doubled and is now higher than the sum allocated to education.

The cuts to nutrition and water stand out because of the

NEW DElhi, May 19 (iaNs): The Indian people committed a mistake by choosing Narendra Modi as their prime minister, Congress leader Kapil Sibal said on Tuesday.

Addressing a press conference, Sibal said: "You have made a wrong person the prime minister... Instead of focusing on main issues, Modi would say that his biggest achievement was to bring the US president as the chief guest on Republic Day while farmers and small traders were suffering."

Accusing Modi of speaking "without applying any thought", the Congress leader also said that commenting without checking facts had become his habit. Sibal said Modi, while interacting with people of Indian-origin in Seoul on Monday, said earlier people would think what sins had they committed to have been born in India.

"He speaks without thinking. It has become his habit," Sibal said, after playing a clip of Modi's speech in Seoul.

The Congress leader said the prime minister likes non-resident Indians (NRIs) the most and does not care for people who live in India.

"Whenever he goes out, he would say that India has changed but would not say that to people in the country," he said.

Sibal also criticised Modi for announcing e-visa for Chinese tourists during his visit to Beijing.

precarious condition of India's poor. Four of 10 stunted children in the world are Indian, more than sub-Saharan Africa.

In 2013, the country recorded 50,000 maternal deaths.

About 1.5 million children die each year before the age of five.

Modi's first year in office has seen a string of successesHi and approval ratings remain high, although he faces growing headwinds in the countryside, where bad rains and low crop prices have affected the 70% of the people that live there.

The fear is that the spending squeeze will hit when the most vulnerable need more help.

"Supply Side" Modi's gamble is that infrastructure investment will generate dividends for the poor in time for the next general election by increasing the economy's capacity to grow through better roads, ports and railways.

At the same time as taking away central funding, Modi has increased the share of taxes giv-

en to states to 42 percent from 32 percent, money that, if well spent, can cover the shortfall from the spending cuts.

The policy shift is championed by economists in a new body called Niti Aayog, or policy commission, Modi's replacement for the Soviet-style Planning Commission set up by post-independence leader Jawaharlal Nehru.

It is headed by Columbia University's Arvind Panagariya, who advocates fiscal stimulus to invest in infrastructure and restore growth, and rely on the growth to later finance health and other social spending.

One senior government official aware of the strategy said his main priority this year was to find ways to efficiently spend the ramped-up rail and road budgets.

Junior Finance Minister Jayant Sinha said the emphasis was on the supply side so the rural economy grows without overheating, but denied programmes were being cut. He

pointed to increased funding for a rural work scheme that was a flagship of the last, leftleaning government.

States Protest States will this year receive about $28 billion more taxes, while the cuts reduce support to central programmes run by states by about $18 billion, according to the Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability.

While that's an overall gain of $10 billion, poorer states who rely more on central support say they face net losses.

Naveen Patnaik, chief minister of the impoverished state of Odisha, lodged his protest in an April 29 letter to Modi, saying the new policies put a burden of $335 million on Odisha, a cut that is "beyond its means".

"The loss ... is not going to be set off by the 10 (percentage point) increase in devolution," he wrote. "This will have an adverse impact on the social economic development of some of the most vulnerable and back-

ward regions of the country," he said in the letter seen by Reuters.

Officials from the health ministry shared his concerns, telling a parliamentary panel that the budget will have a "major impact" on plans to provide free medicine and strengthen clinics. "Past experience shows that if spending is left to the states...(health) will take a back seat," the panel said in its report.

Health Minister J.P. Nadda has publicly denied a shortfall

Teased by gunner, woman Jung has exceeded authority: Legal experts pending such decision... take such smashes SP leader's car NEW DElhi, May 19 (iaNs): Se- ing and Dhavan.

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agRa, May 19 (Pti): Allegedly teased by a gunner of a local Samajwadi Party leader at a traffic signal, a gutsy woman here decided not to take it lying down and jumped atop the leader's Mercedes and smashed the windshield after tearing off the party flag on the bonnet.

The two-minute video of the woman's act took social media by storm, with most people sharing the links online.

The incident took place on Sunday evening when the woman identified as 23-year-old Sadhvi Pandey along with her sister was going to see a doctor on a scooty.

When they were waiting at a crossing, the cavalcade of Abhinav Sharma stopped alongside and the gunner allegedly winked at her from inside the car.

Not to take it lying down, Pandey stopped the car and broke off the chain of Sharma who came out. As she was taking a photo of the gunner with her mobile, some of the guards in the cavalcade came running and allegedly broke her mobile phone.

This infuriated the woman further and she climbed on the bonnet of Sharma's Mercedes car and tore off the party flag fixed on the bonnet and used it to break the windshield. Reacting to the incident, SP's Naresh Aggarwal said, "Abhinav Sharma is not leader of SP. This is a fashion in Uttar Pradesh, people generally carry the flag of the ruling party". Sharma, whose car was damaged in the incident, said he has fired the gunman.

A police officer said no FIR has been filed so far. "Both the parties are blaming each other. So we can't take any action without any FIR," he said.

Dhavan have criticized Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung for rejecting an appointment of an official by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, with one of them saying that Jung had "exceeded his authority".

The two eminent lawyers submitted their legal opinion to the Kejriwal government on the tussle over the transfer and posting of Delhi bureaucrats. The AAP government had sought their advice after disagreements between Jung and Kejriwal snowballed into a major row.

Jung's office, however, refused to comment on the issue when contacted by IANS, saying an official statement would be issued later on Tuesday.

In his written advice, Dhavan said: "It is abundantly clear that the Lt. Governor has exceeded his authority and has turned the entire relationship between himself and the council of ministers on its head to jeopardise democracy and the constitution."

An Aam Aadmi Party leader said that it sought the opinions from Jais-

litical executive was "constitutionally empowered" to choose its own officers in accordance with the cadre.

"Who will be the chief secretary or any other secretary of the government is a matter in which the governor has to yield to the will of the political executive which has been democratically elected," she said.

She also said that the discretionary power to appoint a chief secretary can be found neither in the constitution nor in any statute.

"These are not matters, by any stretch of imagination, which fall under the individual discretionary powers of the governor. Even otherwise, relying upon the provision to article 239 AA (4), the Lt. Governor cannot issue directions to appoint a chief secretary," she said.

Among other provisions, article 239 AA (4) states: "Provided that in the case of difference of opinion between the Lt. Governor and his ministers on any matter, the Lt. Governor shall refer it to the President for decision and act according to the decision given thereon by the President and

Scientists to submit GM mustard report to govt NEW DElhi, May 19 (REutERs): Indian scientists have completed final trials of a genetically modified (GM) variety of mustard and will submit a report to the government in a month, hoping to win over stiff opposition to make it the country's first commercial transgenic food crop.

A powerful farmers group close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is one of the biggest critics of GM crops and wants the government to stop all field trials saying they "will destroy the entire agrarian economy".

Allowing GM crops is critical to Modi's goal of boosting farm productivity in India, where urbanization is devouring arable land and population growth will mean there are 1.5 billion mouths to feed by 2030 - more even than China.

India imports about 60 percent of its edible oil needs at an annual cost of up to $10 billion - its thirdbiggest import item after crude oil and gold.

A farmer casts urea on her mustard field in Allahabad January 12, 2015. (REUTERS File Photo)

The new GM mustard offers India a chance to substantially reduce this import bill as it would be the highest-yielding oilseed in India, with yields 26-34 percent higher than the national average, said Delhi University's Deepak Pental, leading the research on the GM mustard.

Pental said recently concluded biosafety studies did not show any adverse allergenic, toxic or environmental impact.

"Oil and rapeseed meal of transgenic rapeseed

have been consumed very extensively from 1996 onwards (outside India)," Pental told Reuters.

"If in spite of all this the material (GM mustard) is not released – that means we have fallen prey to whims and fancies of extreme ideologues."

Pental was referring to Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS), or Indian Farmers' Union, which is affiliated to the ideological parent of BJP and opposes field trials of GM crops.

Last month BKS lead-

ers met with some government scientists working on GM and urged them to stop all field trials, BKS national secretary Mohini Mohan Mishra told Reuters.

"The field trials will destroy the entire agrarian economy of this country because they have no clue about the long term impact," Mishra said. "They have been blinded by the western corporates and we will not let them commit this blunder."

"The scientists may complete field trials and submit reports but this will not translate into GM crops in Indian fields."

But in August last year, the Modi government resumed the field trials for selected GM crops with little publicity and in January, Maharashtra state led by the BJP gave the all-clear to trials of rice, chickpeas, corn and aubergine, as well as new varieties of cotton.

GM cotton developed

by Monsanto Co (MON.N) and launched in India in 2002 helped transform the country from a net importer into the world's top fibre producer.

matter as he deems necessary."

The tussle between Kejriwal and Jung started over the appointment of senior bureaucrat Shakuntala Gamlin as the acting chief secretary on May 15.

The chief minister accused Gamlin of lobbying for power distribution companies.

The row escalated into a situation where another bureaucrat, Principal Secretary (Services) Anindo Majumdar, was locked out of his office at the Delhi Secretariat on Monday.

This was reportedly done on the orders of Kejriwal as Majumdar had followed Jung's instruction to appoint Gamlin as acting chief secretary.

Earlier on Monday, the tussle between Kejriwal and Jung intensified when the latter rejected the appointment of Rajendra Kumar as the Principal Secretary (Services).

Jung termed Kumar's appointment "void" but later the Delhi government replied that it won't pay heed to what he (Jung) had said as it was "unconstitutional".

in the health budget. Either way rural health care is precarious.

"Health workers don't come to our village, there is no government help," said Ayat Mohamad, from the state of Haryana, waiting with his undernourished nine-month-old grandson at Delhi's federally-run Kalawati Saran hospital.The hospital is filled with children from rural areas suffering from malnutrition worsened by poor hygiene.

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Frustration with Latin America’s left on the rise Joshua Goodman Associated Press

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enezuela’s socialist government is struggling to put food on the shelves amid runaway inflation.

Brazil’s president is facing calls for impeachment.

And even Cuba’s communist government, an iconic touchstone for generations of leftists, is embracing closer ties with the U.S. Whether it’s because of corruption scandals or stagnant growth, the popularity of the crop of leftist Latin American governments that have been running the region since the start of the millennium appears to be waning. Voters who embraced what became known as the pink tide that swept away the pro-Washington, free-market policies dominant in the 1990s are increasingly turning against the populist firebrands they once rallied behind.

Across the region, polling numbers are tanking and street protests are on the rise.

Triggering the growing disenchantment are some serious economic headwinds. Most leaders came into power just as China’s economy was soaring and with it demand for South

In this Monday, May 11, 2015, file photo, Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet attends a ceremony announcing new Cabinet members at the presidential palace La Moneda, in Santiago. President Bachelet reshuffled her cabinet to stem the fallout from revelations her son used his influence to secure a favorable loan. The scandal has prompted widespread outrage with the sway of money over politics in a country long dominated by the president’s socialist party although opposition parties are also facing rebuke.

(AP File Photo)

America’s abundant natural resources. Now that the world’s second-largest economy is cooling, the commodities boom that allowed governments to spread the wealth and endear themselves to the poor is ending.

“It’s not easy to govern in Latin America right now,” said Raul L. Madrid,

a University of Texas at Austin professor and co-editor of a 2010 book on leftist governments in the region.

“Many of these governments rode frustration with high levels of inequality and corruption to power.

But you can’t rail against the establishment as effectively as you once did when you are the establishment

at this point.”

No leader has been harder hit than Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

When his mentor, the late Hugo Chavez, took power in 1999, the international price of oil — which funds the bulk of spending in the oil-rich nation — was under $10 a barrel, and its rise to $100 created a boom

that lasted several years.

But prices have plunged by nearly half since July, exacerbating shortages and the world’s fastest inflation as the government tightfists dollars needed to pay down debt and import basic goods.

Maduro’s approval ratings have tumbled to 28 percent, near the lowest in 16 years of socialist rule, and while there’s no sign the sometimes violent street protests that overwhelmed the country a year ago will return anytime soon, polls indicate that the opposition will coast to victory in legislative elections expected to take place by year end.

Perhaps sensing the troubles of his closest ally, Cuban President Raul Castro in December agreed to talks with the U.S. aimed at normalizing relations, a move expected to fuel growth in the communist-run economy. Currently, Venezuela provides Cuba with the bulk of the oil it consumes at subsidized prices.

A string of headlinegrabbing corruption scandals are also exposing the ethical breaches that befall many parties after more than a decade in power.

In Chile, the region’s best-managed economy but one highly dependent

Thai ex-PM starts trial for At least 58 people killed in role in rice subsidy scheme Colombian flood, avalanche BANGKOK, MAy 19 (AP): Thailand’s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra entered a plea of not guilty Tuesday at the start of a trial that could see her jailed for a decade, which critics say is part of a politically motivated campaign against her family. Supporters chanted “Yingluck! Yingluck!” as the ex-premier entered the Supreme Court in Bangkok to be formally read the charges against her of dereliction of duty in overseeing a rice subsidy scheme that lost billions of dollars.

“I am confident in my innocence,” Yingluck told reporters. “I hope the court will grant me justice, and that everything will go according to due process under the law.” Yingluck was ousted from her post as prime minister by a court decision that came two weeks before the military staged a coup last May. She is being charged with dereliction in overseeing the controversial rice subsidy program, which temporarily cost Thailand its crown as the world’s top exporter. The same charges also led to her impeachment in January by the military-appointed legislature, which banned her from politics for five years.

She faces up to 10 years in prison if found guilty, a ruling that would deepen the country’s decade-long political crisis. Her supporters see the case as part of an attempt by the pro-establishment elite to dismantle the political legacy of her family, which has repeatedly won landslide victories in several general elections over the last decade.

The program was a flagship policy that helped Yingluck’s Pheu Thai Party win elections in 2011, and Yingluck has argued it was aimed at helping poor farmers who were paid about 50 percent above what they would get on the world market. The program, however, racked up losses of at least $4.46 billion as the Thai government stockpiled mass quantities of rice. Prosecutors said Yingluck ignored multiple warnings from several state agencies about possible corruption — none of which has yet been proven in court.

Earlier this year, the National Anti-Corruption Commission recommended that the Finance Ministry sue her personally for at least 600 billion baht ($18.4 billion).

Thailand has been plagued by political turmoil that boiled over after the army ousted Yingluck’s brother, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, in a 2006 coup.

ecutor Alberto Nisman as he was investigating an alleged cover-up deal between her government and Iran to shield the Islamic Republic from prosecution in the 1994 bombing of Jewish center. Nisman’s accusation was recently dismissed by Argentina’s top Cassation Court.

To be sure, it’s not just leftists. Incumbents across the ideological spectrum are facing the heat.

In Colombia, Harvard University-educated President Juan Manuel Santos’ approval rating is at the same level as Maduro’s as frustration builds over the slow pace of peace talks with leftist rebels. Mexico’s Enrique Pena Nieto has also seen his pro-business agenda derailed by allegations of corruption and the disappearance of 43 students after they were handed over by police to local drug traffickers.

The growing frustration with the left could prompt several leaders to moderate their policies and pivot toward the center.

Already in Brazil, the region’s biggest economy, President Dilma Rousseff is starting to roll out a more conservative message of austerity, including cuts in unemployment and welfare benefits, to tame a record

on copper exports, President Michelle Bachelet reshuffled her Cabinet recently to stem the fallout from revelations that her son used his influence to secure a favorable loan.

It’s one of the scandals that have prompted widespread outrage at the sway of money over politics, both for her Socialist Party and the opposition.

When Bachelet, who served as president previously, left office for the first time in 2010 she enjoyed a whopping 84 percent approval rating. But now support has plunged to around 30 percent, a record low, and analysts say an ambitious agenda including a proposed constitutional reform and overhaul of the university education system are at risk.

The first major test of the shifting public mood will take place in October, when Argentines head to the polls in the region’s only major presidential election this year. President Cristina Fernandez’s Peronist party is facing a tough battle to elect her successor as 30 percent inflation and a restriction on dollar purchases erode support. The president’s credibility has also been tainted by her sometimes erratic response to the shocking death of pros-

budget deficit widened by the biggest economic slowdown in 25 years.

With approval rating in the low teens just five months into her second term, Rousseff’s also struggling to win back the public trust amid Brazil’s biggest corruption investigation, an inquiry into a massive kickback scheme at staterun oil company Petrobras.

Still, it may be too early to write the left’s political obituary, according to Madrid. While fatigue with the left is on the rise, many of the region’s charismatic leaders have a connection with voters that their rightwing opponents, who so far have failed to present an alternative vision of the future, are hard-pressed to replicate, he says.

Mario Toer, a professor of Latin American studies at the University of Buenos Aires, says many of the scandals are being hyped by opposition-leaning media and that corruption, has actually been on the decline in the past decade.

However he recognizes that the left is at a crossroads. “It is something inherent to the process,” says Toer. “But the global crisis and media offensive add a dimension that goes beyond the real difficulties governments are facing.”

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE NAGALAND:: KOHIMA

NO. PHQ (C-1) 2/90 (PT)/1770

Dated, Kohima, the 18th May'2015

Applications are invited from Naga Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland to fill the under mentioned Posts under Police Department.

Sl.No Name of Post 1 LDA-cum-Computer Asst (Directorate)

Residents rescue belongings from houses damaged during an avalanche in Salgar, in Colombia’s northwestern state of Antioquia on Monday, May 18. At least 58 people were killed when a mudslide triggered by heavy rains swept away homes before dawn. (AP Photo)

SALGAR, MAy 19 (AP): Rescuers searched for more bodies Tuesday and sought to aid the hundreds of survivors of a deadly flood and mudslide triggered by heavy rains that swept through a Colombian town, carrying away homes and people.

The avalanche of mud and debris roared through an alpine town of Salgar before dawn Monday, killing at least 58 people, but authorities said an undetermined number of people were still missing.

Dozens of rescuers supported by Black Hawk helicopters on Monday evacuated residents near the ravine for fear of another mudslide. A red fire truck could be seen hauling away several bodies, their bare feet dangling from an open trunk.

President Juan Manuel Santos, who

traveled to the town to oversee relief efforts, said several children lost their parents and the bodies of those killed needed to be transported to Medellin for identification.

He vowed to rebuild the lost homes and provide shelter and assistance for the estimated 500 people affected by the calamity.

The flooding destroyed the town’s aqueduct and even areas in less hazardous zones experienced flooding. Authorities provided water, food supplies and blankets to help residents cope with what they described as a humanitarian emergency.

The tragedy in Salgar appeared to be the single deadliest event since a 1999 earthquake in the city of Armenia that left hundreds dead. A wave of flooding during the 2011 rainy season left more than 100 dead.

No of Post Pay Scale 5 (Five) PB- Rs. 5200-20200 + GP-2000

1. The minimum qualification should be Graduate in any stream from any recognized University and diploma of minimum 6 (six) months in computer applications. The minimum educational qualification for Backward Tribes will be 10+2 passed from any recognized educational institute and diploma of minimum 6 (six) months in computer applications.

2. The candidate must have a working knowledge of computer operation, common office software and will have to undergo a test on the basic use of computer.

3. The minimum age of candidate shall not be less than 21 years of age as on 31/03/2015 and shall not be more than 30 years of age as on 31/03/2015.

The upper age limit is relaxable by 5 (five) years: (i) For -candidates who belong to SC/ST. (ii) Age relaxation for serving Government employees will be allowed the equal number Of years they are in service subject to a maximum of 5 (five) years.

4. 25% of vacancies are reserved for candidates belonging to Eastern Nagaland and the rest 12% are reserved for other backward tribes as per Government order.

5. The following documents duly attested should be furnished along with the application: (i) Matric/PU/Graduate/Admitcard/Marksheet/Academic/ProffessionalCertificates/Diploma certificate in Computer Applications (Min 6 months) (ii) Schedule Tribe certificate (iii) Indigenous Inhabitant certificate. (iv) Employment Exchange card. (v) Correct mailing address/contact number of the applicant should be given. (vi) 4(four) copies of recent Passport size photographs.

6. Incomplete documents shall be summarily rejected. Applicants who have already submitted their applications to this office are directed to re-check personally, the submitted documents from Branch III, PHQ. 7. The last date for submission of applications is 18/06/2015.

8. Applicants are asked to submit Rs. 100/- along with the application as examination fee.

The application shall be addressed to the Director General of Police, Nagaland, Kohima and will be received by the office till 18/06/2015 in Branch III, PHQ building, Kohima.

Sd/(L. L. DOUNGEL) IPS Director General of Police, Nagaland, Kohima

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Kohli let off after anticorruption code breach MuMbAi, MAy 19 (iANS): Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli was let off on Tuesday after being found guilty of violating the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) anti-corruption code. Kohli met his girlfriend Bollywood star Anushka Sharma in the stands at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium during a rain-break in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Delhi Daredevils on Sunday, violating the anti-corruption code. The match was abandoned due to rain. Kohli was informed of the violation by BCCI anti-corruption unit head Ravi Sawani, reports Cricinfo on Tuesday. He was cleared of the charge as the BCCI viewed the digression as minor. The BCCI found Kohli breaching the rule relating to the minimum standards for Players and Match Officials Area (PMOA). Kohli chatted with Anushka in the VIP enclosure adjacent to the players' dressing room. The International Cricket Council's (ICC) Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) sent a report to Sawani informing about the violation, the cricket-specific website said in a report. ACSU has been contracted by the BCCI to provide anti-corruption cover during the IPL.

GTC Chess Grand Prix 2015 KohiMA, MAy 19 (MExN): The 5th edition of the GTC Chess Grand Prix 2015 will be held on May 24 at Guwahati Town Club Auditorium. The event is part of the annual Grand Prix series that is played over the 12 months of the year. The tournament is open to all players studying in class 12 and below. Matches will be held in two category viz., Under 9 and Open. Interested participants may confirm their participation on or before May 23 by sending their name, Date of Birth and rating to 9864443051 or email to gtcchessfoundation@gmail.com. This was stated in a release issued by Biswajit Bharadwaj, Director GTC Chess Foundation.

More than 50 arrested in new Italian match-fixing probe RoME, MAy 19 (AP): More than 50 people were arrested throughout Italy on Tuesday and more than 70 placed under investigation as part of a widespread match-fixing inquiry led by anti-Mafia prosecutors in the southern town of Catanzaro. The sweep allegedly involves "dozens" of fixed matches in Italian football's third and fourth division, police said. Charges include criminal association aimed at sports fraud, with some linked to Mafia organizations — one in particular to the 'ndrangheta organized crime syndicate. One police officer was involved, authorities said. Catanzaro prosecutors allegedly have uncovered a network between footballers, coaches, club presidents and management members involving more than 30 clubs. Police say clubs involved include Pro Patria, Barletta, Brindisi, L'Aquila, Neapolis Mugnano, Torres, VigorLametia, Santarcangelo, Sorrento, Montalto, Puteolana, Akragas, and San Severo. It wasn't immediately clear if the sweep was linked to the Last Bet operation that has resulted in more than 100 people placed under investigation in Italy since mid-2011, with suspect Serie A and B matches being looked at by prosecutors in the cities of Cremona, Bari and Naples.

Peren Badminton Association meeting PEREN, MAy 19 (MExN): The Peren District Badminton Association executive meeting will be held on May 25 at 11:00 am at Jalukie Town in regard to the upcoming Inter District Badminton and selection of players. PDBA President in a press release has requested all officer bearers and executive members to attend the meeting.

Turkey’s Cakir to referee Champions League final NyoN, MAy 19 (AP): UEFA has picked Cuneyt Cakir of Turkey to referee the Champions League final.

UEFA says Cakir will officiate the Barcelona vs. Juventus match at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on June 6. Two years ago, Cakir drew criticism when he sent off Manchester United winger Nani in a Champions League last-16 loss against Real Madrid. However, UEFA defended his decision and the official built his reputation at a successful World Cup. FIFA selected him to handle the Argentina vs Netherlands semifinal in Brazil. UEFA also named 44-year-old English referee Martin Atkinson to work the Europa League final.

Defending champion Sevilla plays Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk at the National Stadium in Warsaw on May 27.

Zimbabwe cricket team reaches Pakistan LAhoRE, MAy 19 (iANS): Zimbabwe on Tuesday became the first International Cricket Council's (ICC) Full Member to reach Pakistan in six years, following the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team in 2009. The Zimbabwean team landed at the Allama Iqbal International Airport here in the wee hours of Tuesday to tour Pakistan for two Twenty20 Internationals and three One-Day Internationals (ODI), all to be played at the Gaddafi Stadium here between May 22 and 31 before departing on June 1, reports ESPNcricinfo. The visitors landed amid extensive security with thousands of policemen deployed along the 14 km route from the airport to the hotel. The team, comprising 16 players, nine team officials and five board officials, was flanked by a large convoy of police commandos after they were received by Pakistani ministers and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials. Pakistan became a no-go destination for international teams since March 3, 2009, when gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan team bus while it was en route to the Gaddafi Stadium to play the third day of the second Test. Eight people were killed during the attack and some players were injured.

Since then, Pakistan have been forced to play their home matches in the United Arab Emirates. Afghanistan, who received Associate status from ICC last year, visited Pakistan several times but their fixtures were low profile. Kenya was the first country from outside the region to tour Pakistan and played five one-dayers last December against Pakistan A. Zimbabwe's arrival also comes after days of uncertainty. However, the ICC is not sending its officials to stand in the games and allowed PCB to appoint its own officials.

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Fight of century becomes fight in court as fans sue Pacquiao

LAS VEGAS, MAy 19 (AP): Boxing fans across the country and their lawyers are calling the hyped-up fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. a fraud and want their money back, and then some.

At least 32 class action lawsuits allege Pacquiao should have disclosed a shoulder injury to boxing fans before the fight, which Mayweather won in a unanimous decision after 12 lackluster rounds that most fans thought didn't live up to the hype.

Fight of the century? More like fraud of the century, the lawsuits contend. "The fight was not great, not entertaining, not electrifying. It was boring, slow and lackluster," according to a lawsuit filed in Texas alleging racketeering, a claim usually reserved for organized crime.

A lawsuit filed on behalf of Flights Beer Bar near Los Angeles International Airport in California said Pacquiao and his promoter's actions were, "nothing

but a cash-grab." The bar paid $2,600 to broadcast the fight.

As for that grabbed cash, the fighters are each expected to earn more than $100 million, Mayweather more than Pacquiao, and HBO and Showtime broke records raking in more than $400 million from 4.4 million paying to watch the pay-per-view broadcast. Those 4.4 million paid up to $100 each to watch the fight, and the lawsuits are seeking their money back.

It isn't as easy as showing a receipt and demanding a refund, though. A federal panel of judges will likely first need to decide if the cases from multiple states and Puerto Rico should be consolidated into one case. From there, a judge would have to decide whether to certify them as class actions or not.

What's sought in each is the same: a jury trial and at least $5 million in damages, the threshold for federal class actions.

But the defendants differ. All

include Pacquiao and his promotions team but some add Mayweather and his representatives along with HBO, Showtime and cable companies.

Representatives for Pacquiao and Top Rank Promotions, HBO and Showtime had no comment to offer on the lawsuits and Mayweather Promotions did not return multiple phone messages.

Exhibit A for most of the lawsuits is a Nevada Athletic Commission medical questionnaire that Pacquiao signed days before the fight. When asked if he had any injuries including to his shoulder he replied "no."

In fact, his shoulder was injured enough to warrant surgery shortly after the fight.

In a twist reserved for whodone-its, Pacquiao revealed for the first time in a post-fight press conference that he had torn his rotator cuff weeks before. The Nevada Athletic Commission denied him a pain reliever mere hours before the fight when regu-

lators first learned of the injury.

Conspiracy theories abound as to how many people knew about the injury and when, including claims in a few of the lawsuits that Mayweather had a spy in Pacquiao's camp and the boxer targeted Pacquiao's right shoulder during the fight.

Experts in resolving legal disputes doubt disgruntled boxing fans will be able to claim victory.

"They'd have more lawsuits if they didn't hold the fight," said Maureen Weston, director of Pepperdine University's entertainment, media and sports dispute resolution project.

If a fight is what fans were paying for, the fighters unquestionably delivered, she said. Just because people didn't like the show doesn't mean they get their money back, she said. Ultimately, the question is, who did Pacquiao have a legal duty to explain his injury to? Weston said.

Short answer: He didn't have to tell viewers, Weston said. The

only contract viewers had was with their cable companies, which in turn had contracts with HBO and Showtime.

It's not the first time customers have taken their fight to court when things didn't go quite the way they expected in the field of entertainment.

Remember Milli Vanilli? Music fans in the 1990s argued the lip-synching pop duo owed them a refund once it was revealed they weren't actually singing.

Or the bite-fight with Mike Tyson? Sports fans may have gotten an earful but they contended they didn't pay to see a boxing match only for it to be disqualified. Neither resulted in judgments for refund-seeking customers. Milli Vanilli fans got a buck or two back in a settlement. So if viewers were promised a fight, and they got a 12-round fight, isn't that enough?

Lawyer Caleb Marker, who represents clients in two separate class action suits against Pacquiao, says that's arguable.

ICC cricket panel recommends day-night Test matches

MuMbAi, MAy 19 (iANS): The International Cricket Council (ICC) cricket committee has recommended staging of Test matches that extend into the evening hours during its two-day meeting here, an ICC release said on Monday. " D a y - N i g h t Te s t matches were discussed at length. The Cricket Committee also received a report from the MCC on the four-day First Class match played with pink balls in Abu Dhabi in March, and viewed the condition of the balls used in that match," said a release following the meeting that concluded Saturday.

"As a result of these discussions, there will be a strong recommendation from the Cricket Committee to member countries that they should identify opportunities to play Test matches that extend into the evening hours," it said.

The committee chaired

by former cricketer Anil Kumble also deliberated on the concept of four-day Test match, but in the end, decided to stick to the usual five-day format.

"There was also discussion on the concept of four-day Test cricket, and while the committee was not of the view that Tests should be shorter than 5-days, it acknowledged that the game will need to be open to considering proposals in the future that look to enhance the public appeal of cricket's oldest format," the release said.

Regarding the players' code of conduct, the meeting discussed various issues at length.

"The committee supported the stronger stance being taken against inappropriate player behaviour, and was concerned at the increasing number of send-offs. It also encouraged referees to apply suspensions rather than fines, more specifically for

repeat offenders and for the more serious offences, such as physical contact," it said.

"There was also strong support for the current practice of suspending captains for over rate breaches, as there were again concerns expressed about the pace of play in international matches," the release said.

The Cricket Committee's mandate is to discuss cricket-playing matters and make recommendations to the ICC Chief Executives' Committee and the ICC Board that will meet in Barbados during the ICC's annual conference week, from June 22-26..

ICC for removing batting powerplay in ODIs The International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket Committee has sugggested removal of batting powerplay and allowing five fielders outside the circle between the 41st and 50th overs in One-Day-In-

ternationals (ODI) during its two-day meeting here.

According to an ICC release on Monday, the committee, in its meeting friday and Saturday also suggested a free-hit for all no balls in ODIs and Twenty20s and not just for frontfoot no balls.

The committee recommended the changes, as it felt that there were times towards the end of an ODI innings that bowlers and fielding captains appeared to have limited defensive options available to them.

It was also conscious that the playing regulations should be kept as simple as possible, and changes kept to a minimum.

The changes that were suggested would mean that, for the first 10 overs, there will be two fielders outside the circle, for the next 30 overs there will be four fielders out and for the last 10 overs, there will be five outside the circle.

The committee believed these changes will allow fielding captains greater freedom to both attack and defend when required.

A general discussion also took place about the balance between bat and ball, boundaries at international venues and durability of the white-ball seam.

The panel concluded that although the ICC will not introduce a regulation about the size of bats, it will provide input on this issue to the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) through the consultation process ahead of the re-drafting of the Laws of Cricket in 2017.

The committee was headed by ICC Cricket Committee chairman, Anil Kumble, who said: "We have enjoyed two very productive days of meetings in which the committee discussed a wide range of issues affecting the global game through practical examples and illustrations."

RCB, Royals face off in IPL Eliminator

PuNE, MAy 19 (iANS): A battle royale is on the cards when Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) lock horns with Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Eliminator to be played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association International Stadium here on Wednesday.

The team which ends up second on the day will have to bid farewell to the eighth edition of the tournament and wait for another year to campaign for the coveted trophy.

The winner will face-off against the loser of Qualifier 1 -- to be played in Mumbai on Tuesday -- which will be

Rajasthan Royals Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Wednesday May 20th 2015 — 08:00 PM IST Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Gahunje.

either two-time champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) or 2013 winners Mumbai Indians -- who have had an amazing turnaround in fortunes this season.

For both RCB and the Royals, the next game would be a distant thought as first they have to outdo each other in one of the fiercest contests of this summer with both teams boasting of immense firepower.

Speaking of batting, it came to the forefront for both teams in their last en-

counters of the league stage where the Royals had the better of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and RCB blasted away a formidable challenge from the Sunrisers Hyderabad. The last game for the Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers against the Delhi Daredevils was a washout.

Against the Knights, it was Australian all-rounder Shane Watson who stood strong for the Royals, clubbing his way to an unconquered 104 off just 59 balls while it was Kohli and burly Jamaican Chris

Gayle who stole the limelight in the game against Sunrisers as the Royal Challengers chased down 81 runs in barely six overs in a rain-curtailed tie. Getting to the playoffs has not been a cakewalk for either, with both managing to win only seven of their 14 matches apiece -- and in two cases each shared the spoils in rain-marred matches.

Nonetheless, the Royals will look to do a repeat of the inaugural edition where they clinched the title when most experts had

written them off while RCB will look to holding aloft the trophy for the first time.

It is hard to separate the two outfits from their headto-head encounters with each side pocketing seven of the 15 clashes between them.

It might just require a Herculean effort from the big guns to make a difference and clinch the contest on Wednesday night.

Will it be Gayle, Kohli or AB de Villiers for RCB or will Watson and Steven Smith do it for the Royals? Given the unpredictability of this format, it might also push up an unlikely hero in the form of a bowler like Mitchell Starc or Chris Morris.

UEFA looking to ease rules on club spending GENEVA, MAy 19 (AP): UEFA is preparing to ease rules which limit how much Europe's top clubs spend on player transfers and wages. President Michel Platini told French broadcaster RTL in comments aired Monday that the UEFA executive committee could relax some Financial Fair Play regulations. Barely a year after UEFA fined big-spending Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain 20 million euros ($22.8 million) each for FFP violations, changes could be agreed at a June 29-30 meeting in Prague.

Financial Fair Play was once seen as a threat to expel high-profile clubs from the Champions League.

Instead, the project — which monitors accounts of all clubs that qualify for the Champions League and Europa League — has appeared to protect established clubs with worldwide commercial appeal from challenges by ambitious opponents with wealthy new owners. The review was explained Monday as needed to "keep pace with the ever-changing football environment and the new challenges that this often poses." "Any potential changes to the existing regulations will look to encourage more growth, more competition and market stimulation," UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino said.

UEFA has had regular talks with European clubs since October about modifying rules which first sanctioned clubs last season for spending above their income from football business.

When tennis and fashion collide in Paris Samuel Petrequin AP Sports Writer

Well before Andre Agassi caused a stir with his stone-washed denim shorts at the French Open, the clay courts at Roland Garros were a sporting catwalk for fashion experimentation.

From the corset-less dress worn by "La Divine" Suzanne Lenglen and designed by French creator Jean Patou to the revealing black-and-red outfit that Venus Williams exhibited five years ago, the tennis stadium located in the chic western district of the French capital has always been a fashion hotspot.

"Players want to show their personality through their clothes," former player Tatiana Golovin told The Associated Press at the launch of an exhibition recounting the links between fashion and tennis at the Roland Garros museum.

Tennis Dresses designed by British designer Ted Tinling are displayed during an exhibition "Game, Set, and Fashion" at the Tennis museum of the Roland Garros Stadium, in Paris, France, Friday May 15, 2015. The exhibition has more than 60 pieces of clothing on display, some of them had never been shown before. (AP Photo)

The exhibit, called "Game, Set and Fashion," has more than 60 pieces of women's and men's clothing on display, some that have never been shown before, as well as pictures,

posters and a focus on the fashion designers who made tennis fashion.

There are dresses and shorts — some dating back to 1890 — a lavish male tennis coat, autographed out-

fits by the likes of Steffi Graf and Williams, and a collection of tennis shoes.

The 27-year-old Golovin, who ended her playing career early because of back problems, is the ex-

hibition ambassador. She says she enjoyed wearing pretty clothes when she was on court, although she never dared sporting Venus' burlesque seethrough black lace skirt and

red bustier that got more attention than her play at the 2010 French Open.

"I was a pundit for TV at the time, and I remember the lacy dress well," Golovin said. "Her small shorty and that black-andred dress were a main talking point. It was very provocative, but she was ready to assume it, she designed it herself."

Golovin is a fan of the tennis fashion from the 1960s, a period when British designer Ted Tinling created dresses with innovative shapes, frills and furbelows.

"The tennis fashion in the 60's was really audacious," Golovin said.

"The dresses were already very short, there were lace shorts. There was elegance, but it was risque at the same time. Outfits are less feminine today, more sporty."

The French Open is due to start on Sunday, May 24.

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News in Brief 'Selfie' enters French Liam Hemsworth becomes first celebrity to front Diesel Fragrance Campaign

Actor Liam Hemsworth has become the first celebrity to front a Diesel Fragrance Campaign. The Hunger Games star, who was briefly engaged to Miley Cyrus, has been named the face of Only the Brave cologne - the project also marks his first fragrance campaign.

A press release from Diesel’s creative director Andrea Rosso reads: “The brave one is characterized by his strength, his determination and most of all his ability to live life bravely on his own terms. “I think that Liam embodies these qualities. I am happy to have him representing Only the Brave.” The ad will debut this summer.

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elfie, named "Word of the Year" by the Oxford dictionary in 2013, has now been officially included in the most popular French dictionary. Le Petit Larousse has announced that 150 new words will be included in its 2016 edition - and one of the most high-profile new words is "selfie", Telegraph reported.

"A photographic selfportrait, generally taken with a smart phone and

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ctress-singer Priyanka Chopra is happy that independent artists are coming out and are managing to find a space for their voice.

Priyanka will tonight pose as the Celeb Presenter for Artist Aloud Music Awards 2014 powered by Hungama, India's only digital music awards for independent artists.

Talking about the awards, Chopra said, "I think it’s really great that independent artists are coming out and being able to find a space for their voice. I think this is a great way of encouraging new talent and giving people a voice. I think that's what Artist Aloud

T Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth is taking sailing lessons for his role in the currently untitled Donald Crowhurst biopic. The 54-year-old actor has been learning to sail in preparation for his role as yachtsman Donald Crowhurst, reported New York Post.

Firth revealed the news while attending a yacht party at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival. The film will follow Crowhurst’s disastrous attempt to win the 1968 Golden Globe Race, which ended with the yachtsman inventing an outrageous account of travelling the world alone by sea. It’s being directed by James Marsh, who helmed the Stephen Hawking biopic “The Theory Of Everything”, and Rachel Weisz has also been linked to the film after Kate Winslet reportedly pulled out of the role of Crowhurst’s wife.

During the rockers’ first ever Twitter question and answer session, the 71-year-old shared: “You have to do warm-ups and look after yourself. “There’s a regiment, you do a warm up before the show and before the tour starts I do a month of rehearsing. So every day I have to do a regiment and after a couple of weeks of that I do karaoke - solo karaoke, but not in a smoke-filled room.” Jagger, who named Jay Z as one of his favourite rappers, revealed that the re-release of their classic album “Sticky Fingers” features a track with Eric Clapton playing Brown Sugar, reports mirror.co.uk.

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destined to be published on social media," is what the description reads.

Other words, which are already familiar in Britain and now present in the dictionary include "focaccia", "biryani", "goji" and "vegan". While "focaccia" is a flat oven-baked Italian bread product similar in style and texture to pizza doughs, "goji" is a bright red edible berry.

"Bitcoin" and "community manager" have also

been included. The dictionary will also include the term "captcha" for those annoying series of numbers and letters websites demand to prove the user is human.

Le Petit Larousse, one of the most famous of all French dictionaries, is not known for moving with the times. However, in June 2012, it announced that the word "Twitter" would also be included in the 2013 edition, the report added.

he 34-year-old DJand-businesswoman feels as though she has achieved everything she ever wanted to in her working life, with achievements including launching a clothing range, releasing multiple perfumes, having a music career and becoming a reality TV star. Now Paris is ready to focus on finding 'Mr. Right' and having children with him.

Speaking to BANG Showbiz, she said: ''I feel like I've pretty much done everything I've wanted to do. I've done music, designing, TV, everything.

The one thing I didn't get involved in until a couple of years ago is real estate, and now I'm following in my family's footsteps, opening my own properties - I love that. But next is (definitely) having a family.''

The blonde beauty is currently single after splitting from model River Viiperi last year but is actively involved in the dating scene. Paris has even tried out dating app Tinder - using her cousin Farrah Aldjufrie's name and photo instead of her own - but claims she is yet to find anyone ''anyone hot'' using the software.

She said: ''I go on it (Tinder) just when I'm bored because my friends are on it. I'm like, it's funny, I want to see if I know anyone on it. But I never see anyone hot. ''It's not like I've done it that many times, I've maybe done it twice in my life, but the people who were on it at that moment were not that hot at all ... I'm usually in like some weird area and the people on it are just kind of scary.''

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Sky Records gets international deal

ky Records has ven- cords deal in studio works tured in partnership where we have specialwith The Audio Kitch- ized engineers in the field en (USA) and International Rock Agency (Europe). Sky Records, a Company of Sky Entertainment, is an indie label.

“We are a label that is very passionate about

music and the artists that make it. We are unique because we help you get that BIG professional sound that you hear on all of the international records. How do we do it? We take your multi track recordings, mix, and master them on a vintage Neve mixing desk in the United States by veteran audio professionals.

Your music is in the hands of some of the finest audio engineers available worldwide!” says the Sky Records.

Under the label, Sky Re-

of mixing and mastering from USA. They also rovide artists the opportunity to sound every bit as good as an international artist, but at a price that reflects a local studio cost.

The label offers a unique opportunity only to the musicians based in Nagaland where they can avail the opportunity on installment basis.

The label co ordinates with markets in India, Europe, USA and arrange tours for the bands a n d artists w h o have the passion and dreams to perform worldwide and get exposed to new audiences and culture. The label also plans to promote and produce local artistes once they qualify for the criteria of the label.

“With collective experience of more than 60 years in the music industry, sky records is here to help you bring your dreams into a reality,” the company adds.

Find Sky Records at www.skygroup.org.on or www.facebook/skyrecords15

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Priyanka to honour talent at Artist Aloud Music Awards 2014 Kanye West’s performance at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards has been widely criticized. The 38-yearold rapper’s act was dim-lighted, which made him barely visible through all the smoke, and since his ‘All Day’ track contained of swearing, it had to be “beeped” a lot for home viewers, the Mirror reported.

People took to Twitter to and wrote, “What’s wrong with my tv? Sound kept dropping during @kanyewest’s performance!.” A user also questioned “the point of West’s performance , while another thanked Kim Kardashian’s baby daddy “for ruining the 2015 Billboard Awards Show.” Even Kendall and Kylie Jenner, who introduced their brother-in-law on stage, received some serious boos.

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Veteran Actress Jane Fonda was feted for her relentless work on behalf of the World's Females at the Inaugural Women in Motion Awards at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday.

is doing and that's beautiful."

The idea behind the digital music awards is to felicitate the best of talent and their independent content, released by Artist Aloud. The actress will present the award for Best Single (Jury). The awards, which came into inception in 2010, is a consumer voting led activity to encourage global music talents while involving music lovers and getting them to vote for their favourite artists and this year, the jury category is also added.

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Jane Fonda poses for photographers upon arrival for the screening of the film The Sea of Trees at the 68th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 16. (AP Photo)

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he Barbarella star, 77, was honoured for her impressive contribution to women's causes over the years, and during her acceptance speech, the actress called for more representation of females in the film industry, noting the medium serves as a huge influence to girls and women all over the world. Fonda said, "This industry, our industry, is without doubt the most important cultural force in the world. It knows no boundaries... It's critical that women are at the heart of the international film industry, not just as glamorous icons but as creators, as

artists, as decision makers, ensuring that the narrative - of not just half but 51 per cent of the world’s population - is fully represented.

"We women, we see things differently, we experience things differently, we express things differently, we just do. And if our stories, our truths are not respected on that big silver screen then the women in those dark theatres are going to risk feeling that they are not seen and that they don’t really matter that much. And the half of the world that is male will be robbed of half of reality."

In addition to Fonda, movie legend Olivia de

Havilland, who did not attend the ceremony, and producer Megan Ellison were also recipients at the prize giving. The notably private Ellison made a rare speech at the event, as she was recognised as one of the most daring and cutting edge filmmakers in the business, producing movies such as Zero Dark Thirty, Her, Foxcatcher and American Hustle. Fonda, de Haviland, and Ellison were the first recipients of the Women in Motion initiative, a programme created

by Cannes organisers to celebrate women and their contributions to film.

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Bolt sprinting to secure legacy

KIngSTOn, May 19 (IanS): Jamaica's six-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt says his main focus for the remainder of his sprinting career is to secure a legacy as the greatest athlete of all times.

Bolt’s disclosure comes ahead of his eagerly anticipated showdown with world-leading American Justin Gatlin and Jamaica's perennial sub-10 sprinter Asafa Powell, CMC reported on Tuesday. The sprint superstar says his primary focus now is his place in history as he prepares to retire in 2017.

"In the past, we (coach

Glen Mills) have sometimes focused on the clock and getting records. Other times, it has been on medals. Now it's all about securing my legacy," said Bolt. "Someone may come along one day and break one of my records, but to beat my legacy, they have to beat my whole body of work. So the more I can win, the greater that gets, and the harder it will be to overshadow. That's what's getting me out of bed now.”

In August, Bolt is returning to the Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing, where he sped to a sprint dou-

ble world record 9.69 and 19.30 seconds, respectively, at the 2008 Olympics.

There is mounting anticipation over his potential clash with his main rival Justin Gatlin, who ran the fastest 100 metres of his life and the quickest in the world this year at 9.74 seconds in Doha on Friday.

The global sprint icon says he has no intention of slowing down. "I'm already the greatest sprinter of all time, but if I continue to win golds, I could be the greatest athlete of all time," said Bolt. "Legacy is the main word in my life now, and that means if I'm five

metres ahead with 10 to go, I won't be slowing down and beating my chest. I'll be pushing to get the best time I can, every time."

Apart from the World Championships in Beijing in August, Bolt’s schedule also includes the Rio Olympic Games 2016 and the London World Championships in 2017 before calling it a day. "The plan in that time is three golds in Beijing; three in Rio to make a triple-triple; and then one in London, as I'll only be doing the 100 metres," said Bolt. "In short, I'm aiming for continued James Hinchcliffe, of Canada, hits the wall in the third turn during practice for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis greatness."

Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Monday, May 18. (AP Photo)

Fabregas sees red as West Brom beat Chelsea

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WEST BROMWICH, May 19 (aFP): Chelsea suffered their first defeat in 19 matches as the Premier League champions crashed 3-0 at West Bromwich Albion following the bizarre sending off of Cesc Fabregas on Monday.

Saido Berahino had given the hosts an early lead at the Hawthorns before Chelsea midfielder Fabregas was dismissed later in the first half for kicking the ball against Chris Brunt's head with play stopped.

West Brom made the most of their numerical advantage with Berahino's penalty early in the second half before Brunt got the third as Jose Mourinho's side suffered their heaviest defeat of the season and their first league loss since New Year's Day. Although the title had been secured two weeks ago, Chelsea still fielded a strong side with Spain striker Diego Costa returning from injury after "begging" Mourinho to play him according to his manager.

With both sides having little but pride to play for, there was a jovial atmosphere inside the Hawthorns as the hosts gave the now traditional guard of honour for the champions.

It was the hosts who came first to breaking the deadlock with Callum McManaman, making a rare start for Albion, seeing his shot deflect wide from Craig Dawson's pass.

And West Brom were ahead on nine minutes as England Under-21 striker Berahino ended his ninegame goal drought by curl-

West Brom's Saido Berahino, right, scores his second goal from the penalty spot against Chelsea during the English Premier League soccer match between West Bromwich Albion and Chelsea at the Hawthorns, West Bromwich on May 18. (AP Photo)

ing home from the edge of the area in superb fashion following Joleon Lescott's pass.

In response, Chelsea's Nemanja Matic fired a long range shot just wide of the post, but West Brom came close to a second when Dawson's trickery took him through the visitors' defence before his shot deflected wide.

Chelsea broke immediately with Eden Hazard seeing his effort deflect just over after a fine run from Costa.

But an off the ball clash between Costa and Gareth McAuley on 29 minutes led to an ugly altercation be-

tween players of both sides.

As referee Mike Jones went to book Costa, Fabregas inexplicably kicked the ball straight against the back of Brunt's head, prompting an angry exchange with the Albion player and then a red card for the initial offence.

Fabregas could now miss the first two games of next season if he is handed a three-game suspension.

Chelsea could have been level despite the controversy as Filipe Luis's powerful free kick was well saved by Boaz Myhill.

But West Brom were next to go close as James Morrison's slide-rule pass

found Brunt, whose low effort was kept out by Chelsea goalkeeper Thibault Courtois.

West Brom started the second half in positive fashion and won a penalty in the 47th minute as John Terry brought down Berahino in the area, although the Chelsea captain escaped without a red card.

The 21-year-old picked himself up to slot the spotkick low and hard past Courtois for his 20th goal of the season in all competitions.

Chelsea nearly grabbed a lifeline when Loic Remy's 20-yard effort had Myhill beaten, but the shot came

back off the post.

Morrison's 25-yarder was tipped over the bar by Courtois but the hosts did make it three on the hour.

Brunt played a short corner to Craig Gardner who returned the ball for the Northern Irishman to drill a left footed shot that beat Courtois at his near post.

Chelsea should have got on the scoresheet when Matic was left unmarked following Luis's corner, but Myhill was able to push the ball away while Matic also fired over from a free kick to put the seal on a rare disappointment for the champions.

Nadal no longer 'immovable' object in Paris

LOnDOn, May 18 (REUTERS): Ninetimes French Open champion Rafa Nadal will no longer be regarded as an "immovable obstacle" at Roland Garros this year, according to twice former winner Jim Courier. The American, who ruled the claycourt grand slam in 1991 and 1992, has watched the Spaniard's increasing vulnerability on the red dust with interest in the build-up to the year's second grand slam which begins in Paris on Sunday.

While Courier believes the best-offive-set format means Nadal remains formidable, he makes world number one Novak Djokovic favourite followed by Japan's Kei Nishikori. "For the first time in many years Nadal will not be the favourite going into Roland Garros," Courier, who will commentate on the tournament for British channel ITV, said.

"That role is now firmly occupied by Novak Djokovic. Nadal is less vulnerable in Paris, given the best of five-set format which allows him more time to problem solve but there are now guys in the locker room who see him as an opportunity rather than an immovable obstacle."

Nadal was beaten by Stanislas Wawrinka in the quarter-finals of the Rome Mas-

ters, following his defeat by Andy Murray in the Madrid Masters final the week before. The 28-year-old Spaniard also lost to Djokovic in Monte Carlo and has looked nowhere near the player who has lost only one match at Roland Garros in 10 years of domination.

Djokovic, beaten in last year's final by Nadal, has been in electrifying form and after beating Roger Federer to win the Rome title on Sunday looks to have a golden opportunity to complete his career grand slam. That favourites tag will bring its own pressures, though, and Nadal, who will be seeded outside the top four, is not the only threat to the Serb's hopes of a first French Open. "Murray is most certainly a threat to go very deep and, if the draw breaks in his favour, a final is attainable," Courier said.

"Once you reach the final, anything goes -- especially now that Nadal is playing like a mortal on the clay again.

"Kei Nishikori is my second favourite behind Djokovic and I firmly believe he is the second best claycourt player today.

"Also, Nick Krygios has the game, aggressive energy and athletic ability to stir things up the way he did at Wimbledon last year and in Australia in January."

Justin Langer rules himself out England, India coach role SyDnEy, May 19 (agEnCIES): Former Australia opening batsman Justin Langer ruled himself out of the running for the vacant England coaching job by signing a new contract with Western Australia.

He had been touted as a possible replacement for the sacked Peter Moores.

Langer was also linked to a coaching role with India but said that despite being flattered with the attention he is getting, his future lay closer to home. He then went on to sign a two-year extension to his contract with the Western Australian Cricket Association. "I am flattered to be associated with potential international coaching opportunities, but the timing isn't right for my family and I still feel there is much work to be done here in Western Australian and Australian cricket," he said in a statement. "Having spent nearly 20 years

on the road with the Australian team as a player and then coach, I respect what an enormous commitment it is to be away from your family for almost 12 months of the year. There is no doubt I have aspirations to coach internationally, but that will depend upon timing and opportunity in the future. I look forward to continuing my work at the WACA and I am excited by this challenge," he added.

Langer's ability to get the most out of people has been a hallmark of his coaching and has been reflected in Western Australia's national representation. WACA chief Christina Matthews said Langer's achievements on and off the field spoke of the importance of strong leadership from a head coach. Langer's decision leaves fellow Australian Jason Gillespie as a favourite for the England job.

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opening that of the Italian Cup final," Lazio coach Stefano Pioli said. "We have to have the perfect match if we want to have a chance of victory."

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When Massimiliano Allegri was sacked by AC Milan in January 2014, few could have predicted that a year later he would be on the brink of steering Juventus to treble success.

Italian football authorities themselves had little faith in that happening, scheduling the Italian Cup final for a day after the Champions League showpiece — and having to hastily rearrange after Juventus triumphed at Real Madrid last week.

But, having wrapped up the Serie A title with four matches remaining, Allegri could pick up his second trophy against Lazio on Wednesday in the cup, before targeting the final piece of the puzzle against Barcelona in Berlin on June 6. Allegri had the luxury of resting many of his star players at Inter Milan on Saturday and the secondstring Juventus side still won 2-1 against the only Italian team to have won the treble — under Jose Mourinho in 2010.

"The match proved that Juve's great season, on all three fronts, is down to the entire squad," goalscorer Claudio Marchisio

Juventus players celebrate at the end of a Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Juventus, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, Saturday, May 16. (AP Photo)

said. "We have to remain focused, even though we have already reached our aim in the league. We have to try to keep up the tempo with a view to the two finals."

Here are some thing's to know about Wednesday's match at Rome's Stadio Olimpico: JUVE HOODOO Juventus may be aiming to win a record 10th Italian Cup but it has a weak record of late in the competition and will be looking to

end a 20-year drought.

The Bianconeri last lifted the cup in 1995, beating Parma to clinch the double.

It missed out on a treble after losing the UEFA Cup final — to Parma.

Since then it has lost in the final three times.

In the intervening years Lazio has won five times, including a victory over Juventus in 2004. Indeed Lazio has proved almost unbeatable in the showpiece event, winning on six of the seven occasions it has reached the final. The only

final Lazio lost was in 1961.

HEATING UP This could be the week that leaves Lazio celebrating all summer — or it could leave the fans dreaming of what might have been.

Days after the Italian Cup final, Lazio faces fierce rival Roma in an eagerly anticipated derby match which is a direct fight for second place in Serie A. Lazio is a point behind Roma, with two rounds remaining.

"Now we're closing for a bit the league chapter and

NO MORATA Alvaro Morata is very much Juve's man of the moment, but will be missing from the cup final.

The Spaniard scored in both legs against Real Madrid to send Juventus through to the Champions League final — at the expense of his former club — and netted a late winner in Saturday's 2-1 victory at Inter Milan.

Morata futher endeared himself to fans with an unusual celebration — putting on a pair of sunglasses and striking a 'deal with it' pose.

However, Juve will have to do without him at the Stadio Olimpico on Wednesday, as Morata is suspended after being sent off against Fiorentina in the semifinal.

"I'm very disappointed not to be there, but it's always like that for me, I'm never happy when I don't play," Morata said. "I'm convinced, however, that my teammates will give it their all to win the cup. The team always wants to win, just like the boss tells us. It doesn't matter who plays."

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