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Effective immediately, The Morung Express has decided to refrain from publishing any news and advertisements that contravene the call of “Clean Elections in Nagaland,” and the universal principle of ‘One Person – One Vote.’ For instance, this includes all news and advertisements by village councils, or any other non-political organisation that endorses one particular candidate, or any other item which goes against the tenets of ‘Clean Elections,’ and ‘One Person – One Vote.’ The Morung Express

The Four Felons: Finding voice through Spoken Word Poetry

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120 killed in deadly train derailment

Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a train derailment in Pukhrayan, south of Kanpur city, november 20. (REUTERS)

that there was screaming and shouting as many of the injured were in agony. The worst hit were the sleeper coaches S1, S2, S3 and S4. A passenger who survived told journalists that the train stopped a couple of moments after 3 a.m. for unexplained reasons. “It then suddenly picked up speed,” the man said. “And then I got an eerie feeling that the train was rolling down a valley,” he said. “By the time I leant what had happened, some 20-25 people in my coach had been killed. A six-year-old girl was literally cut into two pieces,” said the ter-

rified man. Swayambi Mishra, in her early 20s, said she was in S1 coach and did not know what had happened to her father. A passenger in his 60s added: “God saved me. But most of the people who were with me in the coach seem to have disappeared. I can’t find them.” It was the worst train accident in the country after the May 2010 disaster in West Bengal involving Gyaneshwari Express in which some 170 people were killed. Relief officials described gory scenes, with many passengers crushed by tonnes of steel as several coaches

rolled over. Gas cutters were used to rip through the coaches to take out the bodies and the wounded. Hundreds of bags and suitcases belonging to the passengers were strewn all along the rail track. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) spokesperson Krishna Kumar told IANS: “Most bodies are beyond recognition as they are badly crushed.” Ruby Gupta, who was going from Indore to Mhow to attend a wedding, could not find her father after the accident. “Some people are telling me to look for him in the hospital. I need my

father back.” Said another dazed survivor: “I was awake when the train derailed. There was a loud noise and then pandemonium broke out. I thought I was dreaming. My wife and children are fortunately safe....” Survivors said the first to reach the semi-rural site were villagers. An Uttar Pradesh Police constable rescued five people from S1 coach. “I felt bad... I had to walk over some bodies but I had no choice as I had to save those who were alive.” President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the nation in mourning the dead. Modi announced ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the next of kin of each of those killed and Rs 50,000 for each of the seriously injured. The governments of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar also announced financial compensation. Meanwhile, a row erupted when Sinha visited a hospital in Kanpur and gave an injured woman Rs 5,000 in demonetised notes of Rs 500. At the accident site, the railways used heavy machinery to separate the tangled coaches. NDRF personnel used hammers to smash the windowpanes to enter the air-conditioned coaches as most doors were locked from inside. A railway official in Indore said the train, which left there on Saturday and would have reached Patna on Sunday evening, was carrying 1,266 passengers, including 308 in air-conditioned coaches. The accident led to cancellation and diversion of several trains. Later, a special train left from the accident site for Patna with the passengers who survived the disaster and could travel.

UlfA (i) claims responsibility Rising income inequality may for attack on Army convoy erode support for democracy

GuwahaTI, november 20 (pTI): The United Liberation Front of Assam (Independent) today claimed responsibility for the attack on an Army convoy in Tinsukia district in which three soldiers were yesterday killed. The 15 Kumaon Regiment of Indian Army at Burhi Dihing, Tinsukia, was attacked yesterday morning, the banned outfit said in a statement, adding at least four jawans were seriously injured in the ambush. The attack was carried out by ULFA (I) and the Coordination Committee (CorCom), an um-

brella body of militant groups: Peoples’ Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak, Peoples’ Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (Progressive), Revolutionary Peoples Front and United National Liberation Front, the statement said. The attack was carried out at a dense forest in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district, police said. “An Army convoy was moving from Pengeri to Digboi today (Saturday) when it came under attack in Upper Dihing Reserve Forest at around 5.30 am,” Assam Director General of Police Mukesh had informed.

Tinsukia district Superintendent of Police Mugdhajyoti Dev Mahanta had said the ambush was carried out jointly by NSCN (K) and ULFA(I) militants and they used sophisticated weapons, including Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG), AK-47 rifles and mortars. The incident came just three days after militants attacked a vehicle belonging to a tea estate between Pengeri and Doomdooma on Wednesday, thinking it was carrying cash. One person was killed and two others injured in that incident.

Double Jeopardy with or without new notes Life at the time of demonetisation in Nagaland - II Moa Jamir Dimapur | November 20

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Kanpur, november 20 (IanS): In one of the worst rail disasters in the country, at least 120 persons were killed and around 100 injured before dawn on Sunday when 14 coaches of the IndorePatna Express derailed near Kanpur. The tragedy occurred when the coaches of the Patna-bound train ran off the rails shortly after 3 a.m. near Pukhrayan station, about 60 km from Kanpur city in Uttar Pradesh, railway and police officials said. Inspector General of Police, Kanpur, Zaki Ahmad told IANS that 120 people were killed in the accident and over 40 of You’re carrying only 2000 the injured had been admitted in differnote? Get off my Rig. i don’t ent hospitals in Kanpur. All others have have change. been given first aid and discharged. The deaths could rise as some pasThe Morung Express sengers were in critical condition. Poll QuEsTion He also said that at least 60 of the Vote on www.morungexpress.com bodies have been identified with most sMs your answer to 9862574165 of the victims hailing from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. Do you support NBCC’s Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, stand to oppose in totality Minister of State for Railways Manoj the social, cultural and Sinha and a host of top railways officials religious codification into a single entity as uniform visited the site and supervised rescue civil code? Why? and relief operations. Prabhu ordered an inquiry and vowed to take “strictest possible action” Yes no others against the guilty. Do you think that While the cause of the derailment is demonetization of Rs 500 and yet to be ascertained, Sinha said the acRs 1000 will serve only as a short-term measure in rooting cident could have been caused due to out black money? Why? rail fracture. Panic set in when the coaches de54% Yes railed in darkness, throwing scores of 36% no sleeping passengers over one another. 10% others Many took a while to realise that a tragDetails on page 7 edy had hit the train. Passengers who survived related

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The demonetization move by the central government has created chaos across the country. Nagaland is no exception, and places in the interiors are facing the brunt of the problem. Here are a few examples. For instance, in New Riphyim Village under Wokha District, the nearest bank is 14 km away in Wokha Town. For old people either without a bank account or unable to visit a bank, a noble initiative by Green Team, an organisation based in the village, has come to rescue. The team distributed around Rs. 40,000-50,000 in lower denomination in the village. Speaking to The Morung Express, Green Team Leader Steve Odyuo said that when the announcement was made, the team, whose members include small businesses and VDB secretaries, collected the money among themselves to assist needy people. However, they ran out of change by the second day. “Giving them the new Rs. 2000 was a problem as the villagers want the money they are familiar with,” Odyuo said adding that the team is trying to sensitize people through the village council and the churches. In Wokha Town, many shop keepers are either turning their

customers away or giving goods on credit. “Business is down 7080 percent, it is on a standstill,” a retailer from the town maintained. Exam has started and paying fees for the schools has become a big hassle for many parents. Even daily workers are affected as people do not have change to pay, Odyuo added. In Mon, when the implications of demonetization set in, many from the rural areas thronged the lone SBI Bank in Mon Town. In one such incident, a restless crowd managed to tear down the revolving Iron Gate at the bank entrance. Anxiety is more in rural areas, especially in the Lower Konyak areas, where coal business is big and the season has just started. Mon has also witnessed a lot of elderly people coming from the rural areas with a lot of money but without an account or proper identity. In Zunheboto as well, the situation is grim. Hanjon Yunshi L Jakha, a town resident informed that the lone ATM in the town is not functioning properly and the new Rs 2000 is practically useless. People without ATM cards are also facing problems, since banks insist on depositing only through ATMs, he claimed, while narrating an incident he faced while assisting an old man deposit his Rs. 4000.

“After filling up the deposit form I told him to stand in a queue. When his turn came, the bank official demanded his ATM card so he called me to talk with the official since he doesn’t have one. The officer at the counter refused to accept the money without ATM card.” In Mokokchung district, those involved in informal business in the border areas are facing the brunt. The arrival of the Rs 2000 note has created a new predicament, said one Tuli Town resident. “With the Rs 2000 notes, people are going to shops but insist on new notes of lower denomination from the owner. This is creating a deadlock.” A Nagaland State Co-operative Bank employee from Tuli said that people coming from the villages are facing lot of problem. “For those without an account, we are opening new one with KYC compliant. But we are rationing withdrawal limit to 4000 to ensure equity in distribution,” he added. In Longleng, trade in the foothills bordering Assam has been affected, despite this being the best time for business, said Dr B Henshet Phom. Longleng is also facing shortage of meat import from Assam as there is no supply due to demonetisation, he informed. In Tuensang, Gabriel Moses Hongang, narrated an incident

of a man from a far away village who came with his sick son but had to leave his son unattended at a pharmacy and rush to a bank, as the shopkeeper would not accept old currency. In another case, a school initially did not accept fees in old notes but when it realised that no one was paying the fees, a ‘notice’ was put up saying old currency notes were accepted. In Dimapur, a soon to be hitched gentleman went to a bank to withdraw quick cash for emergency shopping. “I went to a bank early in the hope of getting ‘change’ instead of the crisp Rs 2000 note which, though legal, is more problematic. Along with the 2000 notes, I got the change in the form of Rs. 10 coins. I left the bank with all my pockets full of coins. Luckily I was spared of the long queue ritualistic ordeal.” In Kiphire, which has only two banks, there was a reported fight between an irate customer and a shopkeeper for the lack of change. This incident led to a shopkeepers association holding a strike by closing all shops on November 18. Despite the huge rush for cash created by the demonetization move, by the end of the week crowds in the banks lessened as most banks issued out only Rs. 2000 notes. ATMs were also either vacant or closed due to same problem.

new YorK, november 20 (IanS): Rising income inequality pits electoral winners and losers against each other, and conflict over economic interests may undermine citizens’ satisfaction with democracy, warns a study. “Our findings suggest that rising income inequality pits political winners and losers against each other,” said Eric Chang, Associate Professor at

the Michigan State University in the US. “And this conflict over economic interests can undermine citizens’ satisfaction with democracy and lead to instability,” Chang noted. For the study, the researchers analysed presidential and parliamentary elections in 43 countries, including the US. The researchers found that rising income inequality widens the gap in satisfaction with

democracy between electoral winners and losers. “This study suggests that the degree of income inequality is the real driver behind electoral winners and losers’ satisfaction with democracy,” Chang said. “Elections matter much more for both the rich and poor when income inequality is high,” Chang added. The findings will be published in a forthcoming issue of the journal Electoral Studies.

CNTC opposes 33% women’s reservation

DImapur, november 20 (mexn): The Central Nagaland Tribes Council (CNTC) has opposed the move of the Nagaland State Government to implement the 33 percent women reservation in Urban Local Bodies. A press note from the CNTC termed this as a move which “infringes upon the Naga customary law and rights enshrined in the Article 371A.” It stated that the resentment and opposition by the tribal bodies of Nagaland must be respected by the government. Nagas, the CNTC stated “have always treated women with reverence and a high regard in every sphere and aspect of life and so reservation is not at all necessary.” “Since time immemorial, women have been held in highest esteem in our Naga society. They are always free to compete with man in any fields and in many aspects too, they are doing better but reservation policy is not required at all in our state,” it added. Describing the series of events regarding the reservation issue since 2001, the CNTC lamented that the present government has “taken a complete U-turn and has passed a cabinet decision to hold election in the local urban bodies with 33% women reservation.” “This was in utter contrast to the Assembly’s resolution passed on 22nd September, 2012. Surprisingly, TR Zeliang, who headed the Select Committee and who vociferously voiced against the women reservation in the Legislative Assembly on 20th March, 2012 suddenly became a staunch advocate of women cause now which is contravening their own decision,” it said. Following the cabinet decision, the CNTC observed that the issue “seems to be getting more and more complex.” It pointed out that till August 10 2016, the bond of contention in this issue was whether 33% women reservation in the local urban bodies violates the Naga customary rights and whether it contravenes with the provisions in Article 371A. However, it stated that after the cabinet decision, a new problem as to whether the cabinet decision can supersede the Assembly’s resolution has been added. “Even legal experts opine that the cabinet decision of 2016 cannot supersede the Assembly’s resolution of 2012,” the CNTC claimed.

It meanwhile pointed out that various sections under the Municipal Act gives provisions to levy tax on land, buildings etc and section 23A infringes on Article 371A. It demanded that section 23A be repealed first in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly. “The amendment is necessitated in accordance to stand state government to preserve constitutional implementation referred to Article 371A.These issues need wider, proper and lengthier deliberations and cannot be rushed otherwise it would result in eroding the principles and trample upon the tribal customary laws and practices that were welded to Article 371A,” it added. Meanwhile, the CNTC also questioned the state government on the Rongmei tribe recognition issue and asked whether the government is “really serious about the sentiment of indigenous tribes of Nagaland.” “If so, it has been nearly two months by now, since it said it has appointed a cabinet sub-committee to resolve the issue. But it has now become all silent without any visible stride to address the issue,” it lamented. Regarding the PIL against the NP&NG Rules and Regulation, the CNTC stated that it fully supports the Lotha Hoho. “No body, be it governmental or non-governmental, has the right to impose any policy which is against the will and wishes of the people,” it said, and asked the government to redraft the ground modalities and procedures on the Oil and Natural Gas drilling rights. “The state government should reset the terms and conditions at the earliest possible time which will benefit the Lothas who are the real landowners in particular and Nagas of Nagaland in general without engaging in dirty politics which will only distance them away from the people,” the CNTC said. On the Foothill Road, it asked the Chief Minister and the Minister concerned to uphold the assurance made to complete the road by January 2017. The foothill road has become a great necessity not only for socio-economic development for the region “but for both safety and security reasons against continuous harassment for commuters through the state of Assam,” it said.

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The Four Felons: Finding voice through Spoken Word Poetry Vishü Rita Krocha

Kohima | November 20

Although relatively new in Nagaland, ‘Spoken Word Poetry’ is an art that is gaining momentum around the world and is used by many poets to give voice to social issues as much as it is used to inspire people. Unheard of in the State until recently, The Four Felons, a group of university students comprising of Shürhonuo Tsürho, Dzüvinguno Dorothy Chasie, Akule Lasuh, and Inatoli Jimo have given rise to the slam poetry movement in the State with their coming together in May 2016. The Four Felons, as they call themselves, “strongly believe in the equality of all people irrespective of gender, blood, or wealth.” While they have been vocal about different issues of importance Members of The Four Felons, a group using Spoken through Spoken Word Poetry, poems to further voice their Word Poetry to voice opinions on different issues.

beliefs on feminism, equality, faith, and hope are in the pipeline. The four students, currently pursuing their M.A in English at Nagaland University, Meriema, were first introduced to ‘Spoken Word Poetry’ by Dr. Vizovono Elizabeth of English Department, Baptist College Kohima during their college days. Then, they decided that it would be a grand stepping stone in their lives in overcoming stage fright and "to make you realize, make us realize" (from 'The Four Felons: An Introduction) the potential of every person to achieve -what is only once called- the impossible. The Four Felons have also tried Capella with success even as they continue to experiment with other forms of expression. In their words, “Spoken Word is a great tool to practice writing and speaking skills, stage presence, acting, and memory power.” “Anyone can do it if

Feast of Christ the King celebrated

KOHIMA, NOveMber 20 (MexN): Christ King Church Kohima celebrated its name feast ‘Christ the King’ on Sunday with the Most Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, Bishop of Kohima as the main celebrant along with eight priests and a deacon. During the Holy Eucharist, 51 received the first communion and 12 received the sacrament of the confirmation. The Bishop also blessed the newly elected office bearers of Catholic Union of Christ King Church. In his introduction, Rev. Dr. James Thoppil greeted the congregation and offered prayerful wishes to all the Catechists since the day was also observed as Catechists Day in the Diocese of Kohima, informed a press release from Fr. Thomas Toretkiu, Bishop’s Secretary, Kohima. In his homily, the Bishop said the feast of Christ the King was established and proclaimed by the Pope Pious XI to reassert

the sovereignty of Christ over all forms of government and to remind Christians of the fidelity and loyalty they owed to Christ, “who by his incarnation and sacrificial death on the cross made us all both adopted children of God and future citizens and heirs of the kingdom of heaven.” The Bishop stated that Christ is “a king with a saving liberating mission: freeing us from all types of bondage, enabling us to live peacefully and happily on earth, and promising us an inheritance in the eternal life of heaven.” As loyal subjects of Christ the King, he added, “we are invited to treat others with justice and compassion as Jesus did, especially those whom we consider the least important. Jesus expects a higher degree of love from His followers.” On the occasion, he urged the congregation to resolve to give Christ the central place in our lives and promise to obey

his commandment of love by sharing what we have with all his needy children. The community also honored the two full time catechists of the parish with a song and cash awards. Meanwhile, the Bishop after the Holy Mass blessed and inaugurated the newly constructed women teachers’ quarters. St. Francis Xavier's Catholic Church Kidima also observed Christ the King feast. Reverend Father Raymond D’ Souza SJ, Director of Eden Garden, Khuzama in his homily stated that the Lord Jesus Christ is the king of the universe. The worldly kingdom comes and fades away, but Jesus Christ lives forever, the Father said. He also emphasized in his sermon that true Christians have to live with love, holiness, justice and uphold peaceful coexistence. The church also offered special prayer for the Catechists.

they think they have something worth sharing, and letting people know that is one of our main objectives,” they convey. The group first performed in May this year at the Nagaland University Farewell Ceremony for their seniors at State Academy Hall, Kohima. Among others, they also staged performance at 'The Heritage' during the NBCC Youth Department Annual Students' Meet apart from the book launch of 'A Quaint Little Village' written by Rovi Chasie at Alder College, Kohima. Expressing their desire to perform in front of as many diverse audiences as possible, not only for them to gain confidence but to share their thoughts and ideas, The Four Felons put across that they are also eager to perform at the upcoming Bookworm Fest scheduled to be held at APO Hall, Kohima from November 29 to December 5, 2016.

Truck seen capsized on National Highway 29 between Dimapur and Kohima. The accident was caused due to potholes which are aplenty along the said road. “As potholes form and grow to several feet, it has created a trap for vehicles, making it one of the top causes of accidents today between Dimapur and Kohima,” lamented a press release received here.

SCAD to visit Nagaland

KOHIMA, NOveMber 20 (MexN): Recognizing that Nagas are gifted with inherent qualities of creativity, the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), the University for Creative Careers will be visiting Nagaland to personally meet with students, parents and individuals who are interested in pursuing education and careers in art and design. The two-member visiting team will comprise of Executive Director of International Recruitment and Relations, SCAD, Maken Imcha Payne and Associate Director of International Admissions, SCAD, An elderly man and children in jubilant mood during the Porbami traditional Khilünyie (Fish Pelesino Ane Kevichusa, who will also be festival) recently at Porba village in Phek district. (Morung Photo/Chizokho Vero) available to meet with those people who are inclined towards creative fields till December 5, 2016. In this regard, interested students, parents and individuals may email the Associate Director, Pelesino Ane Kevichusa (akevichu@scad.edu) for appointment. An event will also be held on December 3, 2016 at Maple Tree School, Dimapur as part of the SCAD visit wherein there will be formal presentations and experience sharing of the educators who visited SCAD Atlanta earlier in October.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Concert held at Shalom Bible Seminary

Governor of Nagaland, PB Acharya and his wife, Kavita Acharya along with children of Mount Carmel Home at Sukhalu Village, Zunheboto.

Shalom student band perform at the Young and Christian concert at Shalom Bible Seminary on November 18.

Lt. Vizothie Kiewhuo 1923-2016 n the demise of our loving Lt. Vizothie Kiewhuo, son of Lt. Duokuolie Kiewhuo and father of Neibulie Kiewhuo, on 17th NOV. 2016, we are greatly saddened to depart with our families head as a human being with flesh and blood, who left behind 3(three) children, 12(twelve) grand children and 3(three) great grand children. But we are comforted through the graciousness of our Heavenly Father. Our family is out of words in thanking and acknowledging each and every person, organization and families, who stood by us in financial, moral, physical and prayer support through the length and breadth of our father’s illness. Through this column, we express our families inability to personally mention every individual for the support extended to our family at the time of our grieve. We pray to our almighty God to bless every one abundantly for your held and support. Our moral obligation is not completed if we do not categorically extend our special thanks to the following mentioned below;-

1. Dr. Kezhalezo Angami and staff (Bethel Medical Center Kohima) 2. Association of Kohima Municipal Wards Panchayat (AKMWP) 3. Dr. Nicky Kire 4. P.W.D Colony Panchayat K.M.C Ward No. 11 5. Upper P.W.D Colony Youth & Council 6. Middle P.W.D Colony Youth & Council 7. P.W.D Colony Youth Organization 8. Immanuel Baptist Church Kohima 9. Union Baptist Church Kohima 10. Chiephobozou Town Baptist Church 11. Chüzie Rülhou Khel, Nerhema 12. Concern Citizen of Nagaland (CCN) for condolence message 13. Only Politics (OP)for condolence message Children, grand children and great grand children

KOHIMA, NOveMber 20 (MexN): Shalom Bible Seminary (Sechü-Zubza) organised its annual Young and Christian concert (the fifth season) on November 18 at the college amphitheatre. The concert aims to provide a platform for Christian bands within the state to perform. “Through the concert, the Shalom community seeks to send

out a positive message to young people towards being committed Christians,” stated a press release issued by Kelhukiesie Savino on behalf of the Young and Christian 2016 Committee. The bands that performed at this year’s concert were The Gluttones (Dimapur), Powerfaith (Kohima), Project Psal-

tery (Chakhesang Baptist Church, Ministers’ Hill Kohima), and the Shalom student band. The concert also featured the Taste of Asia buffet, which highlighted the diversity of the Shalom community with members of the student body coming forward to prepare selected items from their cultural cuisine, World War II veteran Sovehü Nienu from Phek village (2nd from left) at the platinum jubilee celethe release added. bration of 1st Assam Regiment in Shillong recently. He was a havildar of the 1st Assam Regiment.

BJP holds meeting with party legislators

KOHIMA, NOveMber 20 (MexN): The BJP Nagaland held a consultative meeting of party legislators and State office bearers on November 19 in Kohima to discuss the various issues facing the party and review the party’s development. The meeting highlighted that the party members need to work with better coordination between the legislators and party officials to make the party stronger and thus the DAN government, according to a press release from general secretary (Media), BJP Nagaland. It was emphasized that any political decisions will be taken in consultation with the party legislators, it added. The next BJP State Executive Meeting will be held in the second week of January, a week after the National Executive Meeting on January 7 and 8, 2017.

Chakhesang Sükrünye festival

KOHIMA, NOveMber 20 (MexN): A coordination meeting between Chakhesang Hoho Kohima and organizing committee of the Chakhesang Sükrünye festival took place here on November 19 at Red Cross Complex. The meeting decided to celebrate Sükrünye festival on January 14, 2017 under the aegis of Chakhesang Hoho Kohima at the Kohima Local Ground. The meeting also constituted other sub-committees for the success of the celebration. The significance of Sükrünye festival in a booklet will also be brought out during the celebration. Meanwhile, the meeting made a fervent appeal to each and every individual of the Chakhesang community in the state capital Kohima to extend their cooperation and support towards grand celebration of the festival.

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killed, 3 injured in Gaikhangam against blockade, denounces UNC One three blasts in Manipur Newmai News Network Imphal | November 20

Deputy Chief Minister of Manipur Gaikhangam came down heavily on the agitating United Naga Council (UNC) for protracting the ongoing economic blockade choking both the National Highways linking land-locked Manipur with other states, saying people here have suffered appalling hardship due to the relentless stir. Speaking to media on the sidelines of a function held at Congress Bhavan here, Gaikhangam claimed that the ongoing blockade enforced by UNC is being backed by a militant outfit, but he did not name the group directly. “Attention of the Centre’s interlocutor for Naga peace talks has been drawn by the state

government over the blockade issue,” Gaikhangam said. “The continuing stir may stall the Naga peace talks and that may also prompt the Centre to withdraw it,” Gaikhangam, who is also the Home Minister, warned. The Manipur Deputy CM insisted that the UNC blockade is “undemocratic” and expressed displeasure over the current dismal situation created by the stir that began since October 30 midnight along Imphal-Dimapur highway and Imphal-Jiribam highway through which transportation of consumer goods for the state is carried out. The Naga apex body in Manipur has called the blockade stir to bar the government from converting Sadar Hills of Senapati district and Jiribam subdivision

Manipur Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam

of Imphal East into full-fledged revenue districts. Gaikhangam said UNC is showing no mercy to the people by prolonging the blockade that has caused a lot of suffering to the people. He appealed for immediate withdrawal of the stir. He informed that Chief Min-

ister Okram Ibobi Singh left Imphal for New Delhi yesterday to apprise the Centre of the Manipur situation. Gaikhangam also informed that the Chief Minister would hold talks with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in the national capital over the blockade issue. “It’s time for the Centre to take appropriate action. The Government of India should not sit back and remain idle at this crucial hour,” he urged. A six-member team of UNC recently held talks with officials of Union Home Ministry in New Delhi at the invitation of the latter over the blockade issue, but the talks failed to headway. The Naga organization since then intensified the stir. Detailing on the current transportation of essential items through Imphal-

Jiribam highway, Gaikhangam said trucks are plying along the highway under heavy security arrangements to fetch consumer goods including petroleum products from Assam. He said security arrangements are being reviewed on daily basis to facilitate regular transshipment of goods. On the Imphal-bound loaded trucks currently stranded at Mao of Senapati district near Nagaland border since the blockade started, he informed that these trucks would be brought back soon. The Deputy CM then hit out at the NDA government for the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes from November 8 midnight, a step that has aggravated the situation in Manipur now facing price spike and acute shortage of consumer items.

IIM Shillong pays tribute to India-B'desh meeting over disputed Manjunath Shanmugam enclave in Tripura inconclusive

The director, faculty members and students of IIM Shillong taking a pledge of integrity on the death anniversary of Manjunath Shanmugam on November 19.

ShIlloNg, November 20 (mexN): The director, members of faculty and administration along with the students of IIM Shillong honored the legacy of late Manjunath Shanmugam by holding a candlelight vigil and a march to mark his 11th death anniversary. About a hundred participants gathered to show their solidarity towards the cause and pay their respects to the venerable brave heart, stated a press release from IIM Shillong. Fondly remembered by his friends as Machan, Manjunath was working to curb oil adulteration in his capacity as a Sales Officer at Indian Oil Corporation when he was murdered on November 19 November, 2005 by a group that included a gas station owner and seven of his accomplices. Every year, on this day, students across all IIMs and other B-schools participate in this endeavor of awakening nation-wide consciousness through a candlelight march, it was informed. This memorial is conducted in collaboration with the Man-

junath Shanmugam Trust (MST), an international corporate community initiative which works to improve governance in Indian public life. The vigil was preceded by a eulogy for Manjunath that recounted his contributions in the fight against corruption. Prior to starting the march, all participants took a Pledge of Integrity, committing themselves to the cause of uprooting corruption and upholding the values that Manjunath stood for. The participants then marched from the institute premises to the Nongthymmai Presbyterian Church, where candles were placed around a photograph of Manjunath, followed by a minute of silence to conclude the vigil. “The legacy of Manjunath Shanmugam, a symbol of integrity and values to all citizens of India, has gone beyond the IIM community to become an inspiration for the whole country. It is with this realization that the students of IIM Shillong came together to ensure that his memory lives on,” the release stated.

AgArtAlA, November 20 (IANS): A meeting between Indian and Bangladeshi officials in Dhaka to resolve the dispute over southern Tripura's Muhurichar - the lone enclave whose fate is yet unresolved between the two neighbours - ended inconclusively, officials said here on Sunday. "The meeting in Dhaka to resolve the dispute over Muhurichar enclave remained inconclusive. The officials of the two countries would submit reports to their respective governments to decide the further course of action," a top official of Tripura's Revenue Department told IANS on the condition of anonymity. "Indian officials told their Bangladeshi counterparts that according to the Indira-Mujib accord, the boundary should be the mid-course of the Muhuri river. The Bangladesh officials objected to this logic, saying the course of the river has changed many times during the past 44 years," said the official. The Indira-Mujib agreement was signed on March 19, 1972 between the then Indian and Bangladeshi Prime Ministers, Indira Gandhi and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, to determine various issues of the two countries, including 1971 as the cut-off year to identify the Bangladeshi

infiltrators and refugees to India. The official said the seven-member Indian delegation was led by External Affairs Ministry's Joint Secretary, Border Management, Sripriya Ranganathan, while the 12-member Bangladesh side was headed by its Home Ministry's Additional Secretary (Political) Abu Hena Mohammad Rahamatul Muneem. Officials from both sides jointly visited the disputed enclave on Thursday and after that, held a meeting at Majumder Haat in Bangladesh, opposite southern Tripura's sub-divisional town Belonia. The final meeting was held in Dhaka on Friday. The Tripura official, who was a part of the Indian delegation, said that after the fixing of the boundary along Muhurichar enclave, both countries would construct embankments to protect the respective bordering towns, villages and other important installations. On the background of the issue, Tripura's Revenue, PWD and Health Minister Badal Choudhury told IANS that "decades before creation of Bangladesh in 1971, around 60 Indian farmers have been cultivating in the 63-acre Muhurichar enclave area". "The India-Bangladesh Joint Boundary Working

Group meeting held in Dhaka last year had decided that the two countries would once again conduct joint survey in the 63-acre Muhurichar area to resolve the deadlock," he added. As part of the implementation of the Land Boundary Agreement of 1974 and its 2011 Protocol, India gave away to Bangladesh 110 of the 111 enclaves and received 51 enclaves on July 31 midnight last year, but the talks over Muhurichar had remained inconclusive. "The real tussle between India and the then East Pakistan over Muhurichar area started since early 1965. For many years, soldiers of the then East Pakistan and subsequently Border Guard Bangladesh occasionally fired at the Indian side, killing and injuring many," he added. Border guards of both the countries have even engaged in many skirmishes since 1978 over Muhurichar enclave. According to South Tripura district officials, a proposal has been submitted to the Union government to provide compensation to the affected Indian farmers in the area. Since the Partition of India in 1947, the Muhuri River along Muhurichar was considered a natural boundary with then East Pakistan.

ImphAl, November 20 (IANS): One person was killed and three others were injured in three bomb blasts here on Sunday. The blasts came at a time when security had been beefed up in view of the international Sangai Festival in the heart of Imphal city beginning from Monday. The first blast was reported at 8 a.m. at Singjamei in which one Vinod Rai hailing from Bihar was killed. His scrap shop is located near the site of the explosion. Two CRPF troopers were hurt when hand grenades were hurled on the campus of All India Radio at 5.14 p.m. One Assam Rifles trooper was injured in another blast at 5 p.m. near the office of the defence wing public relations officer. Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh condemned the violence and told IANS that the violent incidents shall give a wrong message to the delegates coming here for the Sangai Festival from India and abroad. No one has claimed responsibility for the blasts so far.

Woman handed 31 fake 2000 notes in Lakhimpur district gUWAhAtI, November 20 (tNN): Miscreants have been making the most of the currency chaos gripping the state, along with the rest of the country, in the aftermath of the Centre’s move to render illegal notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000. Their modus operandi? Cheating weary bank customers of their hard-earned but demonetized currency and foisting fake notes of Rs 2,000 on them. In one such incident, Sumi Paul, a woman in her mid-thirties and a resident of the Bihpuria area of Lakhimpur district in Assam, was cheated of her life’s savings. On Thursday, Sumi, who had queued up in front of a bank in the area, saw a man helping others ‘exchange’ their old notes. Assuming the man was a bank official, Sumi approached him and gave him her old notes. “The woman received 31 notes of Rs 2,000 in return. When she went to the bank to deposit them today (Friday), she was told all of them were fake,” a police officer from Bihpuria said. “At a glance, the notes look original but are actually colour printouts. We have registered a case and identified the culprit. A search is on,” the officer said and added that no other official complaint had been lodged by those who might have also been cheated by the man. Sources said the miscreant managed to dupe Sumi as residents of remote areas like her had not even seen the new notes. “They are targeting senior citizens and women mainly,” they added.

Four children killed after being hit by train in Assam tezpUr, November 20 (ptI): Four children were killed when a train hit them at Biswanath district of Assam in the wee hours today. Saruj Gowala (13), Ganesh Ghatowar (12), Ganesh Munda (10) and Lakhindar Kalkomar (11) were crossing the railway tracks while returning from a Kartik Puja mela in Borgang area of the district when the incident happened, Biswanath district SP Brojenjit Singha said. "They were hit by the Intercity Express at around 2 AM, around one km from Borgang railway station. The bodies have been handed over to the families after post-mortem," he said. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal condoled the deaths and directed irrigation minister Ranjit Dutta to visit Borgong and talk to the victims' families.

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NeW DelhI, November 20 (NeWS18.com): Early one morning in September, Sarbananda Sonowal, the Chief Minister of Assam, travelled to Hojai from Guwahati. He inaugurated a new railway track there and then proceeded onwards to Dibrugarh, another six- hour journey. Special teams from the Assam police had fanned out even before the CM left Guwahati to sanitise the route, secure the locations and make sure that the safety precautions for a chief ministerial visit were in place. Coordinating the whole operation was Subashini Sankaran, an Indian Police Service officer, who was appointed as the head of Sarbananda Sonowal’s security detail in July. Subashini is the first lady IPS officer in post-Independence India to be put in charge of a chief minister’s security. For someone who doesn’t have an IPS family background, Sankaran had to steel herself and break numerous stereotypes, especially in a role which leaves zero scope for error. “It was a new thing for everybody but people slowly adapted to being comfortable about having a lady police officer as the chief minister’s head of security,” Subashini said when she met this correspondent at a coffee shop in New Delhi’s Khan Market last month. “When they realized that everyone has to work in the same team the respect levels went up.” Looking after the security of the chief minister – mapping out the routes, coordinating with the teams

that provide close proximity protection, briefing and debriefing the personnel – is a full-time job, and 15-18 hour shifts aren’t uncommon for Subashini. In her downtime she reads biographies and listens to jazz and folk music to unwind. Subashini hails from a South Indian middle class family with roots in Kumbakonam in Thanjavur District of Tamil Nadu. Her maternal grandfather, M. Rajagopalan, started two magazines in the 1950s which are still being published, Motorindia and the Textile Magazine. In the 1980s Subashini's parents moved to Bombay, where she did her schooling in Thane and Kalyan and graduated with a degree in Sociology from St. Xaviers. She was adjudged the best student for the year 2005-06. She joined Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi for a Masters and M.Phil in Sociology. While there she started studying to join the services, despite not having a family back-

ground - her father worked in the industrial safety department of a private firm, her mother is a home maker and her sister an entrepreneur in the United States. She made the cut for the IPS and went for the training programme at the Sardar Vallabhai Police Academy in Hyderabad. She learnt the basics of Indian policing, handling the physical and mental demands that accompany being a law enforcement officer. Assam was allocated to her based on a system of cadre allocation that depends on personal preference, officer strength in state cadres and many other permutations and combinations. There is a paucity of women in combat roles and when people see Subashini in the chief minister’s entourage they assume she is something other than the chief security officer. Her uniform – black trousers, white shirt topped by a black blazer – often makes them mistake her

for a lawyer! Subashini has a way of dealing with such situations: a polite nod of the head and a smile. The uniform also helps conceal a weapon, which Subashini carries at all times. Assam, the largest of India’s northeastern states, is a challenging assignment in policing terms. Law & order, counter-insurgency, communal tension, smuggling, wildlife poaching and drug rings are things Assam Police have to contend with. Add to that ethnic strife and the challenges of manning international borders, which helps Assam cops develop a range of security skill sets. This experience was vital for preparing Subashini for her current role as the person responsible for protecting the head of government. Before her appointment as SP (security) to the chief minister, Subashini was posted to different parts of Assam. She started as an ASP on probation in Azara Police Station in Guwahati. After this came a posting in Biswanath District followed by stints in Silchar in Southern Assam and Tezpur on the banks of the Bramhaputra River as Additional SP. Each of these postings offered Subashini opportunities to hone her policing and people-management skills, something she says is very important for law enforcement officials. After all, people management comes in handy not just with the general public, but in interactions with your own “men” in the force. What also helps is that Subashini speaks fluent Assamese, which she

has learnt on-the-go in her four years in the state. On December 23, 2014 militants from a splinter group of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland massacred 30 tribals in Sonitpur District. Subashini and her team reached the spot in under 20 minutes, given the sensitivity of the situation. Anticipating a law and order situation, the police ensured that the bodies were picked up before it inflamed passions further. Operation “All Out” was launched by the army and paramilitary forces soon after to flush out militants and the Assam police also participated, going on allnight operations. But that’s not all. While in Biswanath Chariali, Subashini and her team busted a rhino–poaching ring operating out of nearby Kaziranga. In her Silchar stint she had to deal with the sensitive communal situation there. During the Assam assembly elections in 2016, she was sent to Hailakandi district as superintendent of police, where her task was to ensure peaceful polling, easier said than done in a sensitive district. The varied postings taught Subashini to do what was needed to maintain law and order. “Talk when necessary, take firm action when necessary,” is how she put it. “Lawfully, of course,” she added as a caveat. Her M Phil dissertation at Jawaharlal Nehru University on women and terrorism - she studied the suicide bomber squads of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam – helped her under-

stand law and order within a broader political and sociological framework. Women have reacted in different - and encouraging - ways wherever they’ve encountered her. They have been more confident in approaching the police in the knowledge that a woman officer would be more sensitive to them. Girls have been inspired by seeing a woman in uniform. A man approached her at one of Sonowal’s election meetings and told her that his daughters were thrilled to see her and inspired by her. Subashini did not envisage being a role model, but she says that if it helps to empower girls and break gender stereotypes, it is something she’s happy with.

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ernment surprised the nation by declaring Rs500 and Rs1,000 currencies invalid to check black money and fake notes, giving a 50-day window to exchange these old notes within a cap or penalty provision for unaccounted money. Thus, SBI’s cash deposits have swollen by over Rs1.27 trillion as on 17 November because people are compelled to put their money in bank accounts due to invalidity of these high-denomination currencies and the note exchange policy. Also, SBI expects inflation in November to slip below 4%. In October, retail inflation was at 4.20% while wholesale inflation eased to 3.39%. “Our expectation is that the inflation in November will be below 4%. Also, the

recent demonetisation will support easing inflation by affecting consumer demand adversely. Hence, we are still expecting another round of repo rate cut by 2550 basis points (0.25-0.50%) in 2016-17,” the official said. In its last monetary policy in October, the Reserve Bank of India had cut the key repo rate—at which it lends to banks—by 0.25% to 6.25%. RBI has cut repo by 1.75% since January 2015. SBI trimmed its fixed deposit rates on select maturities by up to 0.15% last week on account of cash flush due to invalidity of high-value notes. “Cash being deposited at SBI branches belong to customers, as such customers are at liberty to use it the way they want. Interest will

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GANGTok, November 20 (iANS): Former CBI Director Ranjit Sinha has advocated legalisation of sports betting and gaming since, he said, these had a massive revenue generation potential and were popular with the people. He, however, also emphasised proper regulation and what he called “responsible gaming”. “The business of sport betting and gaming exists, despite the ban. There is a stigma attached to it, but it is not very high on the government radar. The government should legalise it,” the former Central Bureau of Investigation Director said in Sikkim’s capital.

“With good regulation and responsible gaming, we can make it happen. Like it exists in Sikkim and helps increase revenue and employment in the state.” Sinha was speaking at a gaming event organised by the All India Gaming Federation (AIGF) on Saturday evening in the northeastern state -- called ‘Las Vegas of India’ where casinos are allowed. At a panel discussion themed ‘Legalise Betting’, Sinha said: “There are definitely adverse effects also, but proper regulation and an enforcement body can take care of that part.” “We

have to also look into its moral aspect and take public opinion into consideration.” The former CBI chief also urged the gaming federation to take representatives from all sectors on board. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) representative Rajpal Singh said: “We should not shy away from reality. Illegal betting is already happening. Huge money is involved in illegal betting. (So) it is better to legalise it, but ensure a strict vigil on the industry.” “If regulated properly, we can generate huge revenues for the states,” he added.

Mark Zuckerberg announces new steps to curb fake news on FB New York, November 20 (iANS): A day after US President Barack Obama criticised Facebook for spreading fake news that favoured Donald Trump, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced new steps to counter fake news on the platform, a media report said. “We take misinformation seriously,” The Guardian cited Zuckerberg’s post on Saturday as saying. “We know people want accurate information. We’ve been working on this problem for a long time and we take this responsibility seriously,” the Facebook CEO said. Zuckerberg said that the company has “relied on our community to help us understand what is fake and what is not”, citing a tool to report false links and shared material from fact-checking sites. “Similar to clickbait, spam and scams, we penalise [misinformation] in News Feed so it’s much less likely to spread,” Zuckerberg wrote. On Friday Obama said,” In an age where there’s so much active misinformation and it’s packaged very well and it looks the same when you see it on a Facebook page or you turn on your television.” “If everything seems to be the same and no distinctions are made, then we won’t know what to protect,” he further said. Buzzfeed found that top-performing fake stories performed better on Facebook than accurate stories shared by traditional media sites during the US presidential election campaign. Critics have blamed the social networking giant Facebook for influencing the US-elections in favour of President-elect Donald Trump by circulating a “host of fake news stories about political topics. CEO Mark Zuckerberg had declined that Facebook played a role in spreading fake news and termed this idea “crazy”. To mitigate the criticism, Facebook decided to ban sites that post fake news from using its advertising network to make money. “The capacity to disseminate misinformation, wild conspiracy theories, to paint the opposition in wildly negative light without any rebuttal, that has accelerated in ways that much more sharply polarise the electorate and make it very difficult to have a common conversation,” Obama told New Yorker editor David Remnick. Further, this summer Facebook fired the human team of curators who watched its “trending” news items, leaving its algorithm to sort links. On Saturday, Zuckerberg called the problem “complex, both technically and philosophically” and said the company erred “on the side of letting people share what they want whenever possible”.

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ACROSS 1. Being 5. Hacks 10. Couch 14. Not highs 15. Cowboy sport 16. Sweeping story 17. Not arrogant 19. Ploy 20. Anagram of “Bid” 21. Property claims 22. Stops 23. Bliss 25. Brownish gray 27. Hasten 28. Ring-shaped friedcake 31. Consumed 34. Vulcanized rubber disks 35. Weep 36. Slender 37. Eccentric people 38. Assistance 39. Short sleep 40. Tapestry 41. Thigh armor 42. Particular 44. Mayday 45. Mongolian dwellings 46. Improvised 50. French for “Our” 52. Unreactive 54. What we breathe 55. ___ vera 56. Warehouse 58. Eccentric person 59. A small anchor 60. Lazily 61. Fizzy drink 62. Something of value 63. Caustics DOWN 1. Avoid 2. Relating to audible sound 3. Mops 4. S 5. Holiday on a boat 6. Cozy

7. Norse god 8. Sluicegates 9. Soak 10. Angel 11. Luxuries 12. Clenched hand 13. Cards with 1 symbol 18. Killed 22. Embraces 24. Not us 26. Northern diving birds 28. Belonging to a duke 29. Website addresses 30. Sort 31. Feudal worker 32. “What a shame!” 33. Walked on one’s toes 34. Leeches 37. Court order 38. Metal fastener 40. Unit of land 41. Cuspid or molar 43. Exclamation of satisfaction 44. Avenue 46. Twilled fabric 47. Flashy 48. Passageway 49. Quarries 50. Badgers 51. Margarine 53. Gestures of assent 56. Calypso offshoot 57. Petroleum Answer to Crossword 3779

Monday 21•11•2016

NAGALAND

Kiphire DLSA disseminates legal awareness Preventive measures for dengue in Diphupar Kiphire, November 20 (mexN): Legal awareness programme was organised by Kiphire District Legal Services Authority on November 18 and 19. The first day of the programme held at Kiphire Town Hall was attended by officials of district administration, NGOs, police department, women organizations, youth organizations, village council members, students and representatives of various church bodies of Kiphire Town. N. Kano, Judicial Magistrate First Class and Secretary of Kiphire District Legal Services Authority spoke on the purpose of Legal Aid Clinic and Legal Services’ functions and mechanism. Legal Aid Clinic will be a center through which legal needs and assistance will be provided to the downtrodden and weaker sections of the citizens of Kiphire district, Kano informed, according to a press release. Resource person, Akumla

Longchari, Legal Aid Counsel & Master Trainer spoke on the salient features of cyber laws and crimes, key points on the Child and Adolescent Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act of 1986 and Prohibition of Child Marriage Act. Neinguvotuo, Legal Aid Counsel cum Master Trainer presented on Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) 2012 elaborating various measures for child protection in the State. Panel Lawyer, Likhase Sangtam, briefed on the importance of Right to Information and procedure of filing an RTI, the concept and significance of Lok Adalat (Peoples Court), Motor Vehicle Act. He also spoke on the Nagaland Villages and Area Councils Act, 1978, explaining the functions, duties and features of village council body. Arepla, Panel Lawyer spoke on the various provisions of Consumer Protection Act and the

key aspects on rights of a consumer. Later, N. Kano inaugurated a Legal Aid Clinic at the District Jail, Kiphire, where a legal awareness and literacy programme was organised. Kano said the newly setup Jail-Legal Service Clinic will provide the prisoners lodged in the District Jail with prompt legal aid and assistance to which they are entitled to by virtue of the section 12 of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. The jail inmates were apprised about Rights of Prisoners and encouraged to be well informed about their rights and privileges. Panel Lawyers of Nagaland State Legal Services Authority as resource persons spoke on free legal aid and assistance, protection against illegal detention in custody, right to be produced before a magistrate within 24 hours of his arrest, right to fair and speedy investigation and trial, right to ap-

peal in case of conviction, right to be released on bail. On November 19, a similar programme was organised and a Legal Service Clinic was inaugurated at Seyochung ADC Headquarters. Panel Lawyers and Legal Aid Counsels disseminated awareness on child protection mechanism and various provisions on POCSO Act 2012 with special emphasis on child friendly care and protection of children in conflict with law. Child Friendly Legal Services to Children and their Protection Scheme, 2015 was also highlighted to create visibility of the scheme to the masses of Kiphire district, the release said. Later, an interaction session was held where topics like identifying jurisdiction and cases falling outside the purview of customary jurisdiction, consumer rights, Right to Information and Right to Education were covered.

NSCA encourages to adopt mass wedding Kohima, November 20 (mexN): The Nagaland Senior Citizens Association (NSCA) in its executive body meeting held on November 15 reviewed the “overall situations and the new dimension that are taking place and gradually bound to erode our social structure.” The Association appre-

ciated and encouraged the “Mass Wedding” adopted by some churches in Nagaland in the recent time. “This is an exemplary step in the right direction at the right time,” stated a press release from Dr. S. Imokong Tushi Ao, president and S. Ghunakha Swu, general secretary of NSCA, Kohima.

The NSCA opined that taking into consideration the wedding’s impact on the individuals and socio economic resources coupled with time factor in the fast changing scenario, poor road condition, traffic jams, the existing system of single wedding in the urban places is not favour-

able and feasible regardless of social status. “Considering its viability and sustainability irrespective of rich and poor, mass wedding is considered to be best as it involves mass participation in whatever it can,” it stated. “Having considered its importance and concern, wisdom dictates that the

church apex leaders like NBCC, respective Executive Secretaries of the tribal church associations and pastors should emphasise the needs and stress the mass wedding implementation as far as possible for honouring the marriage and efficacy of the wedding,” it added.

Dimapur, November 20 (mexN): A meeting between officials from malaria department, Dimapur and church leaders, community leaders, DNSU, DNYO, DNW, VDB, and village council members of Diphupar village was held on November 19 at Diphupar village council hall. The meeting deliberated on preventive measures to be taken in connection with outbreak of dengue fever in the village and adopted

was part of the 3rd phase area tour of CPO. According to a press statement from CPO general secretary, Mutsivoyi Kotso, the CPO sought the unflinching support and cooperation of CRPO by rendering their best services towards the building of the community on human resources, economic, education and social develop-

gue fever and its preventive and control measures in their respective churches. Meanwhile, officials of Diphupar Naga Students’ Union (DNSU) were entrusted to give mass information about dengue fever, its preventive and control measures to students of schools in the village. This was informed in a press release issued by Diphupar village council chairman, Lanutoshi and secretary, E Philip.

‘How to approach Civil Services Exam’ Kohima, November 20 (Dipr): The orientation programme on ‘How to approach Civil Services Exam’ (UPSC and NPSC) was conducted with Kethosituo Sekhose, NCS, SDO (C) Sadar Kohima, M.A. Shihab, IAS, Joint Secretary, Power Department and Reny Wilfred, IAS, Assistant Commissioner Kohima as the resource persons on November 19 at DC’s conference hall, Kohima. Emphasizing on the importance of time management in student’s life, Kethosituo Sekhose said that “one thing that is available with us equally

CPO culminates area tour in Chozuba Zbto youth on National Integration Tour in Delhi Kohima, November 20 (mexN): Under the initiative of the Chakhesang Public Organization (CPO), a one day consultative meeting was held at Chozuba Town with the Chozuba Range Public Organization (CRPO) officials, village council chairmen, VDB secretaries and all other frontal organizations on November 17. It

resolutions. One of them was that all residents shall remove/ clear mosquito breeding places within their own compound/plots on regular basis. Leaflet containing information on dengue fever and its preventive and control measures shall be delivered to all the families of the village. It was further resolved that pastors of churches in the village will be requested to give mass information about den-

ment. The CPO team also visited the State Pig Breeding Centre, Suthozu village under Chozuba sub-division prior to the meeting. Expressing its discontentment over the absence of the officials, the CPO urged the officials posted in the centre to be regular in station so as to facilitate the general public to benefit from the centre.

is time” and urged upon the students to spend their time wisely in order to achieve their goal. He also expressed his happiness that young minds are going forward even outside the State capital and progressing in any field. M.A Shihab, while sharing his experiences and challenges, appealed to the students to find out their dreams in achieving their goal and career. He also asked them to work silently, adding that success will make enough noise. Reny Wilfred encouraged the students to avail the opportunities through

their hard work and to decide their future career. The topics covered by the resource persons included how to approach UPSC/NPSC, books, tips, and tricks, whether to go for coaching or not?, How to prepare along with your studies or job, other high paying or remunerative career options, why do you want to join government service?, avenues of IAS/UPSC and NCS/ NPSC. T h e p ro g ra m m e, chaired by Neilezo Tep, SDO (Civil), was organised by the district administration of Kohima.

MEx FILE CYF catches violators of order pheK, November 20 (mexN): The Chakhesang Youth Front (CYF) in its ongoing effort towards biodiversity conservation and ban on import of pig within Chakhesang inhabited area has caught a number of violators during its recent tour from November 4 to 5. For violation of the pig import ban, eight were caught and six were caught for hunting from different villages and towns, according to a press release from CYF president, Welete (Atuo) Kapfo and press secretary, Vipa Domeh. Meanwhile, it was informed that the CYF will hold its executive council meeting on November 26, 10:00 am at Phek Town Council Hall. CYF has requested all the units to depute two representatives each for the meeting.

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The youth from Zunheboto district in New Delhi on November 20.

ZuNheboto, No vember 20 (mexN): A group of 15 youth from Zunheboto district departed for New Delhi on November 17 on National Integration Tour organised under the aegis of Headquarters 7 Sector Assam Rifles as part of Operation Sadbhavna. The group reached New Delhi on November 19. Nagaland Pradesh Youth Congress in collaboration with the Dimapur Youth Congress On November 20, the set up help desk outside various SBI branches in Dimapur district, helping out cusyouth commenced their tomers in the banks, guiding, filling up the forms, distributing water packages to the tour with sightseeing. people outside the bank.

Meetings & AppointMents Seyochung area GBs meet The Seyochung Area GBs Association will hold its emergency meeting on November 24, 10:00 am at Seyochung Town. Informing this in a release, the association’s secretary, Kaiho Yepthomi has requested all the GBs and village council chairmen to attend the meeting without fail.

NNC/FGN annual meet The annual meet of the Naga National Council (NNC) and the Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN) will be held on November 28, 10:00 am in Transit Peace Camp (TPC), Kohima. An advisory speech will be delivered by Adinno Phizo, president, NNC and also discussion on agendas including the ongoing situation in Nagaland will be held, informed a press release from secretary, FGN. Therefore, all the Central authorities, regional authorities and all eligible Naga Army officers of the NNC/FGN have been requested to positively attend the meeting.

PDFU members invited to seminar All the members of Phek District Farmers’ Union (PDFU) have been invited to attend a seminar scheduled for November 28-29 at Pfutsero Town Hall on the theme ‘Farmers Disaster Risk Management’, financed by the District Disaster Management Board. A press release from PDFU president, Khazi Lea requested all the villages to send at least two members from each village. For any detail and necessary information, contact the PDFU president at 9862205112 and general secretary at 8731891705.

Starting with visit to Red Fort, India Gate, National Museum, they also went to Raj Ghat to pay homage to the father of nation. In the coming few days, the youth will be visiting various places of historical and commercial importance and will also be interacting with important dignitaries. A press release issued by Assam Rifles informed that the tour was earlier flagged off by Commandant, 5 Assam Rifles in

the presence of Kehoshe and Vihuto, vice president and general secretary respectively of Sumi Hoho in Zunheboto. Selection of the youth was done by the apex tribal body from villages of Zunheboto district. The 10-day tour aims to provide the youth an opportunity to see the vast culture, economic growth and modernization in the rest of the country which will widen their horizons, the release stated.

RYS Sports Meet: Youth urged to maintain discipline Kohima, November 20 (mexN): The Razeba Youth Society (RYS) organised its 19th Sports Meet from November 1819, where football, volleyball and basketball were played. Rekha Rose Dukru, an entrepreneur, who graced the opening ceremony as chief guest, impressed upon the youths to play in the true spirit of sportsmanship while urging them to also maintain discipline in every other aspects of their lives. She also dwelt upon the need to develop Razeba as a town and upheld that it is not the place but the people who make the place thrive. In this connection, she particularly

told the unemployed educated youths that one cannot be unemployed if they are educated. “If you have come back home after earning your degrees and you still continue to ask pocket-money from your

parents, then your education has been in vain,” she conveyed. Urging them to make use of the available opportunities while asserting that God has blessed them with so much of natural resourc-

es, she also advised them to start small and gain as many experiences as they can in order to go ahead in life. Kho-o Domeh, VCC Razeba also exhorted the gathering during the opening ceremony.

Kohima, November 20 (mexN): The 3 Assam Rifles (NH) Bn under the aegis of HQ 5 Sector Assam Rifles conducted lecture on various career aspects in different streams at St Mary’s Cathedral Higher Sec School, Kohima on November 16. A press release from AR stated that the students were told about the benefits Government of India provides to students of North East in terms of education and government job. Various career prospects were discussed and eligibilities for them along with method of preparations were also highlighted. Principal of the school, Father John also motivated children to dream big and achieve them.

Lecture on skill development Kohima, November 20 (mexN): A lecture on ‘skill development’ was conducted by 3(NH) Bn Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ 5 Sector Assam Rifles at Jotsoma Government High School. Maj D Nagarjun, who delivered the lecture, educated the students on development of hobbies and skills as a career. The lecture also emphasized that the young generation is the future of the nation and their energies should be channelized into correct direction for a bright future. The aim of the lecture was to broaden the horizon of the local populace, stated a press release from Assam Rifles.

Medical camps in 7 districts Kohima, November 20 (Dipr): Under the initiative of the Governor of Nagaland, PB Acharya, a team of 44 doctors with 23 paramedical technicians from different parts of the country will be conducting free medical camps in seven districts of Nagaland - Dimapur, Kohima, Mokokchung, Mon, Peren, Phek and Wokha - from November 26 to 30. This noble task was motivated by Indian National Fellowship Centre (INFC) Mumbai supported by Government of Nagaland in collaboration with Rotary Club of Bombay North, Friends of Nagaland, Dr. K & T Keditsu Foundation, Nagaland, Cancer Patients Aids Association of India & Indian Academy of Echocardiography. Therefore, the general public has been advised to take full advantage of the camps. Free medicines will also be distributed to the needy patients. Interested public can register their names with their respective hospital well in advance.

Chotisuh to grace CAPO silver jubilee The Chokri Area Public Organization (CAPO) will be celebrating its silver jubilee on November 30 at Chokriba under the theme “Hard work is the solution.” Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) speaker Chotisuh Sazo will grace the occasion as the chief guest. Exministers N. Theyo and Thenucho Tunyi, Phek Deputy Commissioner Murohü Chotso will also speak on the occasion. All the VCC, VCMs, GBs, VDB, gazetted officers, youth, student, women etc organizations under CAPO have been requested to compulsorily attend the celebration. Leaders of public, church and well wishers have also been invited to the celebration.

Nagaland Governor, PB Acharya posing with the officials and inmates of District Jail in Zunheboto during his visit to the jail.

Despite rigorous campaign on Swachh Bharat Mission, littering in public places is still rampant in Nagaland. Seen here is a road littered with empty chips packets in Kohima, not very far from the Raj Bhavan. (Photo Courtesy: Khrienuo Chishi/ Citizen Journalist)

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THE MORUNG EXPRESS

The Power of Truth

The Morung Express volume Xi issue 320 By moa Jamir

When Modi croons Dylan

rony was personified, many concur, when the Prime Minister Narendra Modi quoted Nobel laureate Bob Dylan's iconic 1964 anti-establishment song, ‘The times they are a-changin’ to address revelers during a concert by Coldplay in Mumbai on November 19. "This was definitely a song with a purpose," Dylan had insisted later about the song written at the heights of civil rights movement particularly amplifying the pent-up frustrations at the flaws of the government policies. “Come mothers and fathers, throughout the land, and don’t criticise, what you cannot understand. Your sons and your daughters, are beyond your command. Your old roads rapidly agin.’ Please get out of the new one, if you can’t lend your hand, for the times they are a-changin,” said Modi apparently hitting out at doubting Thomases questioning his latest demonetisation move. That Modi has appropriated of the most famous anti-establishment song to drive home a point smack of acute callousness and the impunity with which the Government is executing current exercise. A ‘well-intended’ move, even the ardent Modi admirers agree that, the whole process is an implementation nightmare with utter disregard for the enormity of the problem it would create, including loss of many lives. “Its imagination unleashes the state on you, in the name of protecting your own virtue, Pratap Bhanu Metha commented in The Indian Express adding that the government has taken a gamble, without any reasonably “rigorous reasoning on the costs and effects.” The measure has failed two reasonable administrative tests - a shocking degree of callousness about the hardships these measures impose; and most importantly there were more predictable policy measures that would have yielded as much benefit as this one, Metha reasoned quoting an analysis by Suyash Rai of National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP). Prabhat Patnaik, a well known economist said that the move “betrays a lack of understanding of capitalism in the government.” The capitalist notion of innovation, instead of curbing black business, will actually give rise to the proliferation of black business, he told The Wire. The reaction from foreign media has been pretty harsh on Modi, who basks on clever media relation. “Modi’s scheme has more in common with the failed experiments of dictatorships which led to runaway inflation, currency collapse and mass protests. While Modi campaigned to end corruption, it would have been better if the government had updated its antiquated tax system to realise such a task,” The Guardian opined. Cash is king in India, a New York Times editorial read, the change has thrown the “economy into turmoil, with many millions of people forced to line up at banks to deposit or exchange their old bills.” “What seemed at first to be a masterstroke by Prime Minister Narendra Modi now looks like a grave miscalculation… What’s changed in a week? Well, for one, it’s become clear that the government was simply too cavalier in its planning… Modi’s asked people to be patient for 50 days, but the process could take as long as four months,” Bloomberg said in a commentary. The irony was not lost in him. It was a deliberate and perfectly timed – a direct invalidation of any criticisms or frailties in its policy. “If you cannot lend your hand” simply go and get a new one, the Prime Minister asserted implying that the line are already drawn and if you don’t follow it, “you’ll sink like a stone.” A close observer would articulate that polarization politics has been the hallmark of the current dispensation. Modi’s appropriation of the Dylan’s protest song is a premeditated action to escalate the narrative to portentous assertion. For any comment, drop a line to moajamir@live.com

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India’s Strange Cash Problem

rime Minister Narendra Modi of India has declared war on corruption, a big factor in perpetuating poverty in that country. But his shocking decision on Nov. 8 to remove and replace large-denomination paper money was poorly thought out and executed. Cash is king in India. It is used in an estimated 78 percent of transactions, compared with 20 percent to 25 percent in industrialized countries like Britain and the United States. Many people do not have bank accounts or credit cards, and even those who do often must use cash because many businesses don’t accept other forms of payment. Paper currency makes it easy for people to avoid taxes and engage in corruption. For example, real estate sales are often split into two parts: a smaller portion, which is reported to the government, is paid by check, and a larger, undeclared sum is paid with stacks of cash, or “black money” as it is often referred to in India. Business people and criminals routinely buy off government officials and politicians with envelopes and briefcases of cash. Mr. Modi’s solution to a systemic problem is an odd one. Last week, he announced that the government would get rid of the 500- and 1,000-rupee notes (worth about $7.50 and $15), which together make up about 80 percent of currency in circulation, and replace them with new 500-, 1,000- and 2,000rupee notes. The move, which went into effect last Wednesday, is meant to force tax evaders and corrupt officials hoarding cash to deposit or exchange their old notes at banks by Dec. 30. Those with very large sums will be forced to explain how they amassed so much cash and pay taxes owed on the money. At least, that was the plan. The change, however, has thrown the economy into turmoil, with many millions of people forced to line up at banks to deposit or exchange their old bills. One man told The Times that a bank turned him away because he didn’t have a government-issued identification card, which is required to swap or deposit old bills. He was hoping a charity would feed him and his family while he waited to convert his stack of 500-rupee notes, worth about $148. Meanwhile, many traders have established lucrative moneylaundering services to help the cash-rich get rid of their old bills. Mr. Modi acknowledged that the currency swap would cause “temporary hardships” to “honest citizens.” But his government did not appreciate the extent of the pain it would inflict, for what may be only a short-term solution. The government has begun circulating new 500- and 2,000-rupee notes,

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Peter Apps Reuters

Trump, Putin and a nervous NATO

s Donald Trump takes up residence in the White House next January, one of the most powerful NATO forces in years will be preparing to move into Eastern Europe. The Alliance is sending four armored battle groups as part of its strategy to bolster defenses against Russia. Led by Britain, Canada, Germany and the United States respectively, the battalions will go to Poland and the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The force, which will also draw in troops from multiple other NATO nations, will include armored fighting vehicles and tanks – a dramatic increase in NATO’s eastern presence. The mission was first announced at the Warsaw Summit in June, just days after Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. What was intended as a strong signal to Vladimir Putin of allied unity, however, now comes against the backdrop of Trump’s surprise win. Some in Europe worry that the Russian president may already be rubbing his hands with glee. During the 2016 election campaign, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton accused Trump of pledging to pull the United States completely out of NATO. In fact, he never quite said that. He did, however, describe the alliance as “obsolete” and pledged to “take a look” at U.S. membership because it was “costing us a fortune”. His victory is seriously unsettling senior NATO officials, with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warning it was no time for Europe or the United States to try to “go it alone”. This weekend, Kremlin mouthpiece Russia Today enthusiastically picked up on German media reports that NATO officials were preparing contingency plans in case Trump pulls U.S. troops entirely from Europe. Whether the new president will be quite so pliant to Russia’s demands and hopes, however, remains unclear. Judging from the early signs, however, it appears that – at least to begin with – the U.S.-Russia relationship will be considerably warmer than under the administrations of Barack Obama or George W. Bush. Russian expectations vary. Some Russian officials have said they believed Trump would swiftly ease sanctions imposed on Moscow over its actions in Ukraine – but Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev this week said he expected them to remain in place for now. Trump and Putin have yet to meet – and when they do, it will be closely watched for clues as to what kind of relationship they might have. Much will come down to their extremely idiosyncratic personalities – but with the U.S. president-elect in particular renowned for being somewhat thin-skinned, even an early “bromance” is no guarantee of a permanent friendship.

According to the Kremlin, Russian officials remained “in contact” with members of the Trump campaign throughout the election. Some of Trump’s former senior advisers have previously worked for Putin allies such as former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich. But while Trump and Putin paid each other a raft of compliments during the U.S. election campaign, they could equally find themselves testing each other’s strength. In the immediate aftermath of the election, Russian officials talked in terms of resuming cooperation unilaterally with the United States on a wide number of fronts. Further statements this weekend, however, suggested a true “detente” might be rather more conditional – for example, on scaling back the upcoming NATO deployment. The Russian leader, of course, faces no shortage of his own challenges. The Russian economy is struggling against the backdrop of slumping energy prices. The 64-year-old Putin’s grip on power remains robust, as does his health – at least for now. But he has no obvious successor, and as the years go by questions will grow about his future. Still, Putin is riding high for the moment. In Syria, the Russian military intervention has allowed him to dominate the agenda and frustrate any hopes the Obama administration might have had to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and influence a future political settlement. In Europe, the 2014 annexation of Crimea – and the war that followed in eastern Ukraine – has left Russia isolated, but also much more feared. There are clear limits to its military power: Moscow has so far shown little appetite for pushing militarily beyond the Russian-speaking areas of Ukraine, suggesting it doubts it could hold additional territory. On balance, however,

the more muscular approach has succeeded in unsettling Western governments and whipping up pro-Putin sentiment amongst the domestic Russian population. Russia has clearly been doing what it can to spread disinformation and support the rise of unorthodox politicians, perhaps including Trump himself. The rise of right-wing parties and leaders in mainland Europe and unraveling of support for the European Union – particularly following the migrant crisis – has unquestionably played into his hands. The collapse of Estonia’s pro-western government this week could add to that, potentially bringing a party supported by the Russian-speaking minority population into the governing coalition. Fear of a U.S. pullback from Europe, however, might well prompt other regional governments to ramp up their defense spending – something the most exposed nations such as Poland and the Baltics have already done. But it might also prompt Moscow to overplay its hand – potentially dangerous, particularly given the somewhat unpredictable nature of the new U.S. leader. If Clinton had won, it would have been different – although not necessarily safer. The Democratic candidate was by far the most hawkish on Russia since President Ronald Reagan. She and her most senior advisers clearly regarded Putin as an almost existential foe, particularly after allegations of Russian hacking during the campaign. Putin and those around him almost certainly viewed Clinton in a similar way, a legacy of toxic relations while she was secretary of state. As well as backing Washington’s NATO allies to the hilt, Clinton might well also have escalated the already growing confrontations with Russia in Ukraine and Syria. In the latter, she was

openly considering imposing a “no-fly zone”, something that might well have seen U.S. and Russian pilots trying to blast each other from the sky. That prospect now seems much more remote. For all the uncertainty, it seems likely Trump will be willing to give Putin more room for maneuver in both Syria and non-NATO member Ukraine, where the government in Kiev would have hoped a Clinton administration would be much more likely to ramp up military and diplomatic support. Avoiding an unnecessary fight with Russia clearly has its upside – no one wants even a limited war, particularly given the risk of nuclear escalation. Still, Moscow seems almost certain to continue to try to assert itself along its borders, sometimes extremely aggressively. As with so much else from the president-elect, we simply don’t know what his statements will actually mean when he takes office. NATO’s “enhanced forward presence” mission is still likely to go ahead on schedule next year. A risky face-off in the Baltic between Russia and NATO remains entirely plausible. How it might now play out, however, is now even less predictable. Peter Apps is Reuters global affairs columnist, writing on international affairs, globalization, conflict and other issues. He is founder and executive director of the Project for Study of the 21st Century; PS21, a non-national, non-partisan, non-ideological think tank in London, New York and Washington. Before that, he spent 12 years as a reporter for Reuters covering defense, political risk and emerging markets. Since 2016, he has been a member of the British Army Reserve and the UK Labour Party.

Why resistance is the shortest way to global justice

In a context of growing injustice, reclaiming the importance and the meaning of the word resistance is more urgent than ever Alaa Tartir

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he world dis-(order) continues to expand and take different shapes and forms, and so does injustice. The democratic norms are in crisis and the political representation gap continues to widen. New conflicts keep erupting in this highly securitised world, and new technologies of oppression and aggression are deployed. Global citizens feel less empowered, and far from the core of their political systems. The answer to all of this is resistance. Many voices around the world are working hard to make the word resistance a “dirty word” arguing that it is not compatible with global peace and justice. Others even try to criminalise resistance. Global institutions tasked to ensure justice, such as the United Nations, have failed on many occasions to reverse and challenge aggressive conditions. Yet, resistance, and indeed popular resistance in particular, should be the rule rather than the exception under occupation, colonisation, repression and authoritarianism. Instead of criminalising resistance, global institutions tasked to ensure justice must advocate, celebrate, and embrace resistance as a way of living until justice and equality are realised. All of this is compatible with the UN resolutions that give the right to people to use all available means to achieve

their self-determination and liberate themselves from colonial and foreign domination. Historical evidence suggests a simple rule: whenever and wherever there is oppression, creative resistance is the answer. The act of resistance, is therefore fundamental to ensuring agency, real empowerment, and people at the centre of their political systems and struggles. Resistance also means that the probability of reaching a just and sustainable peace are higher although it is not a linear or straightforward equation. Regardless of the adjective preceding resistance (popular, armed, peaceful, non-violent), what matters is the way the notion and act of resistance are perceived as a core human value. Some people find it scary, others find it beautiful. But in between these two views, what is certain is that resistance is a tough process that requires persistence, education, and sacrifice. To resist, to clash, to confront, to challenge, to refuse, not to cooperate with the “masters”, to be principled, to stand firm, and to persist are all acts of resistance that must not be taken away from the oppressed. In a new world order, no one should have the right to ask the oppressed people to compromise on these basic and fundamental rights. Those who seek to do so will be on the side of the oppressor and will keep reproducing injustice.

This might sound like an obvious observation, but in our present reality, it is hardly seen in the practices of those engaged in shaping current world order. To be more explicit, many western governments celebrate peaceful forms of resistance but when it comes to the real test they do not stick to their words and their glowing statements; they have failed badly. Indeed, the world of today is different than the colonial world, yet sadly oppression and aggression are taking other forms, and neo-colonialists are enjoying other ways to practice their mastery. Consequently, there are two constant variables: the absence of justice and denial of rights, as well as the expansion and growth of tools and creativity to enable people to resist and confront injustice. Gandhi’s principles are always celebrated as the way forward, but if Gandhi lives in the world of today he would like to be celebrated in the right way: addressing the roots of injustice and rejecting the reproduction of similar if not harsher colonial practices. The world celebrates Gandhi’s long fasts, persistence in jails, and effective boycott of the colonisers. Yet the world of today is also betraying Gandhi through leaving Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike to their fates in Israeli jails, and dismissing the pain of thousands of other Palestinian prisoners, while accusing

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Palestinians and their supporters of being anti-semitic because they advocate and work towards boycotting Israel for its continuous violations of international law and human rights. The betrayal of Gandhi is reaching a new level in this new order of the world by criminalising acts of creative and popular resistance under the umbrella of rule of law and democracy. These illustrative examples from occupied Palestine are just a few of many inspiring examples from around the globe. Therefore, the key lesson that can be drawn from this is simple: different forms of civil disobedience, resistance, confrontation, non-cooperation and boycott must be kept close to people’s hearts to drive their actions. Finally, resistance is the shortest way to global justice because it puts human dignity at the core of actions. When dignity is the main point of reference to any struggle, then people’s aspirations come to the centre and their voices and demands drive the political system and struggle. When dignity is the key, negotiation with the “master” will have a different taste, and peace will have a different meaning. Dignity is a unifying concept and unity is key for effective resistance. Note: A version of this article was presented by the writer at a panel discussion on ‘peaceful resistance for enduring global justice’ during the Geneva Peace Week at The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Tuesday 08 November 2016.

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Looking for Peace on a Forgotten Island in DRC Anders Jacobsen

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n island on Lake Kivu provides a sanctuary from war in the region. It only takes one hour to reach the island of Idjwi by speedboat that sails between two of the main cities in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) South Kivu region, Goma and Bukavu. The lush green landscapes and relaxed, smiling faces you see when entering Idjwi could not represent a bigger contrast to Goma, where people are hardened by the everyday prospect of insecurity from crime, volcanic eruptions and violent conflict. Idjwi is home to around 260,000 people and is located on the Congolese side of Lake Kivu. The population mainly speaks their own language, Kihavu, and apart from a few diesel generators and solar panels on the island, there is no electricity. Life in the small villages and communities evolves around the fertile green fields that make up the island and from fishing in the lake that surrounds it. Poverty is a reality, but so is the laid-back, relaxed atmosphere. The South Kivu region is in many ways defined by wars and violence over access to power and minerals—the broken-down communities, decimated families, traumatized individuals. Prince Lubambo, one of the six local chiefs on Idjwi, is obviously proud when he explains how his community is nothing like that: “Idjwi does not know war. It’s a peaceful place. That is why when there is war and conflict in other areas, people like to come here.” When things explode on the mainland, refugees find their way to the isolated and forgotten island, looking for a secure place to stay until peace prevails or to start a new life in safe surroundings. PEACE AND POVERTY “We don’t have money to buy land, send our kids to school, and we can’t plan for the future,” says Bernadette who came to Idjwi from Rwanda for the first time in 1994. After losing her former husband in one of the refugee camps that was set up on the island during the genocide against the Tutsis, she continued to the neighboring Kalehe region in 1996. She returned to Idjwi looking for peace in 2009 after her current husband lost eight close family members to the fighting among local militias in Masisi, Kalehe. Despite the tough living conditions, Bernadette sees the family’s future on Idjwi, where they feel welcomed by the community and occasionally find work in the fields. According to local journalist Yves Minani, 1994 to 1996 was an unusual period when the island received thousands of Rwandan refugees. The refugee camps on the island were infiltrated by Hutu soldiers who were still fighting the war in Rwanda. It was probably the first time the islanders heard gunshots. In spite of this, the local communities welcomed Rwandan refugees who were not involved in fighting

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The governments of Rwanda and Iraq have agreed to work together to fight rape as a weapon of genocide, noting disturbing similarities between sexual violence in Iraq today to the Rwandan genocide twenty years ago. Just as targeted rape was as much a tool of the Rwandan genocide as the machete, an estimated 3000 Iraqi Yazidis under ISIL’s captivity are currently facing acts of genocide and targeted sexual violence, including sexual slavery. Given Rwanda’s experience with sexual violence during the Rwandan genocide, Iraq’s permanent mission to the UN has signed a joint communique, an official statement establishing a relationship, with Rwanda’s permanent mission to the UN. The joint effort will be aimed at sharing action plans to rehabilitate women victims and reintegrate them into their communities. Rwanda was the first country where rape was recognised as a weapon of genocide by an international court. This court case was the subject of a documentary, The Uncondemned, which recently premiered at the UN. The documentary is centred around the case of Jean Paul Akayesu, the mayor of Taba in Rwanda between April 1993 and June 1994, who was brought before the International Criminal Tribunal of Rwanda (ICTR). Akayesu was found guilty of

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36% and looting. Butanda, another Rwandan refugee, quickly discovered that it was safer for him to move from the refugee camp to the local village. The chief made sure that he did not have to pay any rent to the family he stayed with. He decided to start a new life on Idjwi and has since made a living for himself and his family—a wife and nine children— from cultivating other people’s land and brewing the local banana wine, kasiksi. For Butanda it was an easy decision to stay in Idjwi: “I do not own any land back in Rwanda, so there was not a lot to return to. As I felt the love and hospitality of the local community here I decided that this was my new home.” Despite having lived on the island for more than 20 years, Butanda still lives in poverty. He cannot afford to send his kids to school and sometimes receives help from neighbors to make sure his family has something to eat. These days there are no refugee camps on Idjwi, and the island receives little support from the DRC government. This leaves a lot of responsibility to the chiefs in the local community who are required to report about refugees on the island to the authorities on the mainland, and organize that they are properly welcomed and introduced to the rules of the society. “The refugees have the same rights as everyone else on Idjwi. No discrimination,” says Prince Lubambo. “They are under the Congolese law. If someone behaves badly, they are punished.” But the refugees don’t commit crimes. They live quiet lives and try to find work, so they can pay rent and provide food for their families. Often, they do not dare to dream of a bright future for themselves or their children. Peace is all that matters for now. ESCAPING THE PAST “The eruption of the volcano in 2002. The constant fighting among militias in Kalehe. When M23 entered Goma in 2013.” These are the first events that come to Prince Lubambo’s mind when asked about some examples that has led to a large influx of refugees coming to Idjwi. Many refugees’ stay is only temporary, as they want to return to their homes and lives on the mainland. Other refugees have fled from

a past they cannot return to and do not have much choice other than to remain at Idjwi. Florence had never heard of Idjwi when she was sent there in around 2009. She is a small, softspoken woman wearing a long brown skirt, matching shirt and a colorful kitenge scarf on her head. Her troubles started when the feared Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) militia attacked her village close to Walungu in South Kivu. After hiding in the bush, the men in the village decided to take up the fight, and four people, including Florence’s husband, died in the battle. Immediately after, Florence’s father-in-law wanted her to marry her husband’s younger brother, which she refused. The fatherin-law then demanded that she should leave the house and took over all of their land. Florence did not have any land to cultivate and live from. She was alone and pregnant, with six children to care for. A local priest, and a man Florence had never met before, offered to send her and her children to Idjwi and to pay the rent for one year. Florence felt abandoned and the initial arrangement did not work out well. Eventually she was taken in and given a job by nuns on the island, who are also helping two of her daughters to get an education. She still dreams of returning to her old community, but she has been advised against it by the local priest who believes her husband’s family would see Florence and her children’s return as a threat to their family land. So she stays in Idjwi despite being confused, lonely and constantly worried about her future: “Idjwi is a safe place, but it is not easy to live here. I don’t have my own place and will I ever be able to get any land? I worry what will happen when the nuns leave the island. Will the new nuns accept and support me?” A SHELTER FROM THE STORM Both in the DRC and Rwanda, Idjwi is surrounded by mystery. There are rumors that rituals from powerful sorcerers are part of everyday life on the island. People visit from Bukavu and Goma to seek advice and instructions from spiritually gifted men and women in order to find solutions to their personal problems. According to Yves Minani, witchcraft is not

the reason that the population on Idjwi continues to live in relative harmony and have avoided to be part of any conflicts. It is the lake that protects the island. “People don’t want to fight on Idjwi. They fear the lake, just as there is no base to fight from or any places to hide,” he says. According to a study published in 2012, the population on Idjwi rose from 112,000 in 1993 to an estimated 220,000 in 2010, due to one of the world’s highest fertility rates and the large influx of Rwandan and Congolese refugees settling on the island. With the large majority of people living off subsistence farming, it would be natural if the population worried about whether there will be enough space and resources to welcome more people. Minani is confident that this is not the case. “We know about the difficulties that refugees have, so there is solidarity in the society. Perhaps it will be people from Idjwi who need help another day. A lot of people are Christians out here, or follow other religions of love, and we want to do good.” There are a lot of untold tragic stories on Idjwi, but the refugees do not meet to share their grief and receive support from each other. Some mention the expenses from cooking and providing drinks to guests as a reason why refugee gatherings are not organized, while others seem more comfortable with mourning their loss by themselves. As the proud woman Kizenyi, who decided to stay on Idjwi after having lost her husband and three out of her four children in the refugee camps, explains it: “No one can know what another person is thinking.” Kizenyi is now married and lives with a man from the local community who took her in when she had nowhere else to go. The house is modest, but the two of them look happy and relaxed as she tells her story. It’s a painful one, but it could have been much worse if the population of Idjwi had not provided her and other refugees a shelter from the storm. This article which was first published in Fair Observer is being reproduced with permission. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Fair Observer’s editorial policy.

Rape as an Act of Genocide: From Rwanda to Iraq Inter Press Service

against humanity, including the landmark conviction of rape as an act of genocide, in 1998. Prior to the film screening, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Bangura, described the importance of recognising rape as an act of genocide. Bangura paid tribute to the Rwandan women who testified in the Akayesu trial as well as two Iraqi Yazidi women, one of whom is an ISIL rape survivor, present at the screening, and praised them for “giving other women the confidence to emerge from the shadows.” A report to the UN human rights council has found that ISIL – also known as ISIS – has committed the crime of genocide against the Yazidis, an ethnically Kurdish religious group. “The film demonstrates that only when survivors and civil society come together and join forces with investigators, prosecutors and policy makers, that justice can be delivered in its fullest sense,” said Bangura. “The silver lining in these encounters is the exceptional courage and resilience of the rape victims to overcome their traumatic experience…they defied traditions and taboos by standing and speaking up, despite the fear of stigma and rejection or retribution from perpetrators,” said Jeanne D’arc Byaje, the Charge d’Affaires to the Permanent Mission of Rwanda to the UN. Thousands of people were targeted with sexual violence during the Rwandan genocide, said the UN

for the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng. According to Byaje, in a span of 22 years since the genocide, Rwanda has “been able to reverse the deplorable situation by eliminating gender-based abuse and violence to increase the capacity of women and girls to protect themselves.” Byaje called for “an international community that is a partner and not a bystander…and that is willing to work towards long-term efforts to promote unity and reconciliation.” Iraq’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Mohamed Ali Ahakim, similarly appealed to the international community for help with the dire situation faced by Yazidi, as well as other minorities, women and children currently under ISIL”s captivity. “Young women and children have been specifically targeted by ISIL and are being systematically sold in slave markets sometimes for a dollar or a pack of cigarettes…this is a tragedy that has not been experienced before in any of Iraq’s diverse communities,” said Ahakim. However, Ahakim said that the problem is not confined to the current situation – “it would be easy to work with a coalition of 65 countries to defeat ISIL militarily.” “The main problem is what we are going to do next once we liberate Iraq and free the young women and children…I don’t have the ability to comprehend the difficulties that will be faced trying to infuse normality into these communities,” said Ahakim

the UN, after the film screening, by the Rwandan witnesses at the Akayesu trial and the Yazidi rape survivor, it is evident that justice is the most crucial component of any next-step action plans for survivors. “I decided to shame the act, I decided to put it out there, I wanted the truth to be known, but most importantly I wanted justice…what happened to us was horrible but we are still here…and that is because of justice” said one Rwandan witness, known as “Witness JJ”. Yazidi rape survivor of ISIL, 18 year old Lea Le, who escaped her captors by tying scarves together and using them to climb out of a window along with some friends, said that “we should not hide what happened, it is very important for justice to be carried out…it is unfair that survivors have to wait so long for justice.” Asked about the impact of the Akayesu case on other war crimes trials, Ambassador Pierre R. Prosper, the lead prosecutor during the Akayesu trial, admitted that there have been some subsequent prosecutions as result of the international precedent set by Akayesu’s case. However, “we have lost the momentum, the political will to deal with the issue of not just rape but other genocide atrocities in general…we are waving the flag of saying this is wrong but we are not acting,” said Prosper. Prosper called for governments to direct resources to relevant entities to pursue accountability and ensure justice. “We need to re-energise our-

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Some of those who voted YES had this to say: • Yes it is only a short term measure. The problem is not demonetization. Black money is a business that already has a very well entrenched system. The demonetization will only be a brief setback for those involved in the black money business. This will not solve the problem. It will only force the black money market to become more systematic. • Yes. Still our HONEST MINISTER will find a way to turn black into white money. No doubt about their capacity to do it!!!! • Yes. it does not make a sense • Yes. Thieves have brains too. They will find some ways and means to carry on their old trade. • Yes. Its just a temporary fix. A transfer of wealth or a destruction of it. A fresh start. The money may be taken away but not the wisdom of making ill gotten wealth. • Yes. Soon the ISI sponsored agents will begin to print fake Indian 2000 notes and flood the markets again. It's just a matter of some time. But on the positive note, out of the 12 lakh crore that is in circulation, only half may come back to the banks for deposit. Thus, the Indian government may make a "profit" of about 5 lakh from this surgical strike. To make it truly meaningful, lakhs of crores could be given as loans to the unemployed youths and students deserving and willing to study abroad. Thus if five lakh crore is divided among the states, Nagaland can also avail about 50,000 crore as loan (NEC at present is getting just 800 crore for all Northeast!!!). I request the Chief Minister, T R Zeliang to convey and pursue this matter with Prime Minister. • Yes. The intention may be good but the implementation has gone off script. Secrecy was required, but they could have started pumping in lower denomination months ahead in advance. Also the delivery of new currency has been very ineffective and disorganized. The government's seem to have focused too much on the policy but not enough on the implementation. • Yes. Already the rich with black money had found ways and means to beat the system. Further now corrupt officials have started taking bribes in gold coins • Yes. Just change in currency will not break down the black money system. The biggest disappointment is printing of Rs. 2000 notes, which will only add to more corruption. Some of those who voted NO had this to say: • No. It is a very bold step taken by the government. The simple logic here is that all the fake currencies/black money in circulation or hoarded across the country will now be reduced to its fraction. Wow! Fake currencies are a big adversary to anybody earning money through legal means, it can just land up in somebody's vault surpassing the income and wealth of people who actually earns. We citizens deserve equal treatment and so I take this major step as justice delivered.. justice delivered to people who earns and punishment for people in possession of fake currencies and black money. It is not a short time measure as our government is working hard towards "Digital India" and it is a one process to convert hard money into plastic cards (Debit and credit cards) so that every citizen's income and wealth becomes traceable. In fact it is a short term inconveniences for a permanent solution to curb fake/black money. • No, because this is indeed not a fact • No....only common people suffers. • Because given the highly discrete nature employed for printing the new currency and the stringent policies adopted i think black money can be checked to a great extend. Also, so long it remains confidential, i dont see any reason why these cannot sustain for long term (perhaps for the next 15-20 years) • Not in the real sense. It will create a lot of excitement for some time but it will not have long term effect because demonetization does not wipe out the real black money infrastructure. Just changing of currency notes is not enough. It takes existing notes out of circulation but this has time-bound effect. Elections in Uttar Pradesh and some other states may be effected. • No way. Only a small percentage of black money is hoarded in cash. Did not the PM himself say so? “To bring back all the black money from the Swiss banks.” Some of those who voted OTHERS had this to say: • Modi government is justifying the demonetization in the name of curbing black money. The printing of Rs 2000 currency goes against that very spirit. Its difficult to understand what they are really after. • Actually now is the chance for the uncorrupted to become the corrupted! Side by side, now the government must pass new stern anti-corruption laws which would consequently control hoarding of black money to some large extent. • Common people should bear a little moment of inconvenience for lifetime benefits. • Its not about black money.. Modi s playing another back door policy for his benefit n we common people are suffering • PM hunt for black money, but the shadow of black money will hunt him during lokshaba election. People of India will never forget and forgive the hardship that we are facing now. • It will root out not the very super rich but the rich who have money in notes, it will not e able to root out otherwise black money • Demonitisation of Rs 500 & Rs 1000 cannot root out black money for any term period. As far as statistics goes only 6% of black money is in cash form which means the rest of it is saved either as gold bullion, jewellery, property, foreign currency, or other such related valuable assets. And moreover they are always in flow in order to avoid detection. Hence, the current demonitisation policy might proved a rush blunder in the long run but if the risk works it will have tremendous impact otherwise this is a waterloo for the present government given the counting-chicks-before-hatching

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Modi seeks support for demonetisation AgrA, November 20 (iANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday sought people's support for his demonetisation decision, saying that the country will emerge victorious after this "test by fire". "As I said on the very first day when I announced the decision, it is a time-consuming process. It will cause inconvenience and a little hardship. But, I believe, the nation will come out victorious from this test by fire," Modi said at a public rally in the city of the Taj in Uttar Pradesh. He said his government has been flexible in implementing the demonetisation decision and effected alterations as the need arose. Only the corrupt rich were worried and those who had cheated the people, he said. "They are asking me questions, the dishonest people who had made life difficult for the poor all these years. The poor and the middle income group people were forced to convert white into black to pay schools or buy houses. These dishonest people exploited and looted the people hurting the economy," he said. He raked up the chit fund scam to hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress which has been rallying against demonetisation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Grameen) in Agra on Sunday. (PTI Photo)

"I know what kind of people are opposing me and leading the charge against me over demonetisation. Doesn't the country know about the people involved in chit funds?" "Millions of people invested their hard earned money in this chit funds and under the blessings of politicians all this hard money disappeared in the scam. Many people lost their lives," he added.

"And today, these people are levelling charges against me," Modi said, referring to the chit fund scam in which several leaders of the West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress were arrested and interrogated. Modi's attack comes days after Banerjee led a march to Rashtrapati Bhavan, demanding roll-back of the demonetisation decision and seeking President

Pranab Mulkherkjee's intervention in the matter. Indirectly targeting Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati, Modi said legislators had to offer money for tickets. "Some people have lost their all but this 'khel' (game) should stop now. Rights of the poor and the middle classes had to be redeemed." He counselled people not to "let others use your Jan Dhan

acccounts. They (paapis -- sinners) will refuse, but you will be in trouble if there is an inquiry". Reiterating his plea to give him 50 days to tide over the hardships caused by the move, Modi said he took the demonetisation decision not to trouble anyone but for the welfare of the coming generations. "I have asked for 50 days. It's been just 10 days and over 5,000 crore rupees have already been deposited in banks... the banks will infuse this money in the markets," he said. What will the banks do with the money that has come in just ten days, he asked. "Obviously they will give loans to small people, shopkeepers, at reduced interest rates." Assuring that the sacrifices by the people after demonetisation won't go in vain, Modi said the spiking of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes caused difficulties to many but for those "who had looted the country", it has been a "punishment for lifetime". Earlier, the Prime Minister launched the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Grameen) and inaugurated the fourth MathuraPalwal railway line. He also assured people of fulfilling the government's commitment of a house for every Indian by 2022 and gas connection for every poor household.

'Self-censorship dangerous My religion is nobody else's business: CJI Thakur for journalism and democracy' New Delhi, November 20 have killed each other because they Thakur said. mumbAi, November 20 (PTi): Veteran investigative journalist Josy Joseph today said self-censorship, which had become the norm across newsrooms, was dangerous for both journalism and democracy. "Once journalist gets a job, he has a bank loan and has to pay EMI. So his concern is to protect his salary. So, he starts self-censorship within himself," he said. "Then when once he goes into newsroom, the editors bring in their vested interest. So there is large and very powerful self-censorship that rules newsroom and I think it is dangerous for both democracy and journalism," said Joseph, whose book on corruption in India released recently. He was speaking during a discussion on "Investigative journalistic stories that never saw light of the day" at Tata Lit-fest here. Joseph's book "A Feast of Vultures: The Hidden Business of Democracy in India" examines and documents the corruption within the Indian democracy. Siddharth Bhatia, founding editor of The Wire, talked about structural challenges and other issues that come in the way of a story being published.

(PTi): The relationship between man and God is "very personal" and should be "nobody else's business", Chief Justice of India T S Thakur said today as he stressed on tolerance for peace in society. More lives have been lost in religious wars than due to political ideologies, Justice Thakur said during the release of a book on Zoroastrianism, penned by Supreme Court Judge Justice Rohinton F Nariman here. Thakur, while releasing the book titled 'The Inner Fire, faith, choice and modern-day living in Zoroastrianism', also said that more destruction, damage and bloodshed in this world has taken place on the account of religious beliefs. "In this world, more lives have been lost in religious wars than on political ideologies. More humans

thought their path is better than his, that he is an infidel, that he is a nonbeliever. More destruction, damage, bloodshed has taken place in this world on account of religious beliefs. "What is my religion? How do I connect with my God? What kind of relationship I share with my God. It is nobody else's business. You can chose your relationship with your God," the CJI said. Relationship between man and God "is something which is very personal and individual. So no one else has any thing to do with it," he added. "I think the message of brotherhood, tolerance and accepting that ultimately all path leads to one path, one God, will bring world peace, will bring prosperity. In that sense Rohinton has done a great service," Justice

Former Supreme Court judge Justice B N Srikrishna explained certain verses of Gathas (the most sacred texts of the Zoroastrian faith believed to have been composed by Zoroaster himself) which dealt with equanimity. Justice Srikrishna also explained its connection with the Rigveda and the similarities with Sanskrit. Speaking on the occasion, noted lawyer Fali S Nariman, father of the author Rohinton F Nariman, said parents learn in retrospective about their children. "We as parents come to realise, as many parents do, for years we did not appreciate the qualities exhibited now by Rohinton. Parents learn, unfortunately, retrospectively what they should have know about the characteristics of their children from the beginning."

Word 'jugaad' resonates with Israeli President Reuven ChANDigArh, November 20 (iANS): Hindi word 'jugaad' has clearly resonated with the visiting Israel President Reuven Rivlin who on Sunday sought to connect the colloquial term to the Jewish state of Israel and its style of inventing and working. India's President Pranab Mukherjee, on his part, lauded Israel's conviction in making a mark in agriculture through innovation and technology solutions. The term 'jugaad' -- used by or known to many Indians -- means an ingenious way of getting around a problem or a bottleneck. "Jugaad is the way we think, the way we invent, the way we work," Rivlin said while evoking images, memories, and emotions among

the audience as it burst into peels of laughter. He was speaking after inaugurating the 12th edition of Confederation of Indian Industry's (CII) biennial agro-technology and business fair, Agro Tech 2016, here along with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee. "During my visit to India, I learned a new word called 'jugaad'. Jugaad means -- a clever solution born out of trouble. If you know Israel and Israelis, you can guess how quickly I fell in love with this word," Rivlin said as the audience broke into laughter. "Just imagine a small nation, suffering for being different. The State of Israel is Jugaad! Jugaad is the way we think, the way we invent, the way we work," he added.

The Israeli President said people in his country had worked hard to make technological innovations and advancements. "We in Israel were concerned about homeland security, but India taught us to think about food security. And this is why we are all here today. India and Israel are both oldnew nations," he said. Rivlin said food security is not only about surviving -- it's about thriving. After inaugurating the event, Mukherjee said: "There is much to learn from Israel, a country which has converted its disadvantages to advantages with courage, conviction and fortitude. I am happy to share the platform with the President of Israel, a country that has made a mark in agricul-

Reducing tobacco consumption, giving growers an alternative crop New Delhi, November 20 (iANS): India aims to reduce tobacco consumption by 30 per cent in the next three years, but it also needs to quickly promote the farming of alternate crops by tobacco growers, whose exports annually bring in Rs 10,000 crore ($1.5 billion) . The target India set at the just-concluded WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), Convention of Parties (COP7) will be backed by various UN entities like the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) that will help the country figure out the best alternate revenue sources for tobacco growers. "Alternate crop farming cannot be immediately implemented. First of all, India aims to reduce the consumption of tobacco by 30 per cent and when this happens, the alternate crop farming for tobacco growers will be immediately implemented. This will be supported by the UN and various ministries like agriculture, environmental and health," Amal Pusp, Director of the National Tobacco Control Programme, told IANS. The convention -- held here for the first time with delegations from nearly 180 countries -- also saw India leading the move to prevent the intervention of the tobacco industries in the framing to antitobacco policies. "We want to help the tobacco growers. The point is that tobacco industries are using farmers at the fore-

front for their own benefits. The tobacco supply chain has to be broken," Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva, head of the WHO FCTC convention secretariat, told IANS. India -- which ranks third globally in implementing the "85 percent pictorial warning" norm on cigarette packets -- is also keen to draft laws to fix the tobacco industry's liability for the harm caused by it products. Reiterating it's stand on curbing tobacco consumption in every age group, India was among the select countries that called for increased taxes on all forms of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and, if possible, ban them altogether. The WHO FCTC, at the end of its six-day convention, urged the non-tobacco producing countries to resist the temptation to do so and urged that committees be formed in every member-nation to update at COP8 in Geneva in 2018 the anti-tobacco progress made during India's presidency. From curbing the rising illicit trade, not just in India but the entire South Asian region, after the strengthening of anti-tobacco norms by the state governments, India was also at the forefront in implementing moves to curb over-endorsement and advertisements of tobacco products in the entertainment industry. If implemented, this will see the WHO FCTC create national and sub-regional observatories to monitor tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS).

ture through innovation, technology solutions and converting its knowledge into value additions." He said Israel had created water and food surplus by successfully using technology. Talking about his experiences during his ongoing visit to India, Revlin said he visited Karnal in Haryana, where Indians and Israelis are developing new varieties of cherry tomatoes, which are an Israeli invention. "When Indian and Israeli experts place solar panels on truck roofs to use solar energy to keep food inside fresh and prevent food waste, they are doing magic together. When Israeli companies and Indian farmers create professional and financial networks to

help farmers keep growing crops, they are doing magic together." Mukherjee and Revlin went around a section of the fair, which showcases technological innovations potentially beneficial for the agriculture sector at the Parade Ground here. Israel is the partner country while 12 other countries are participating. Ninety-two domestic and 47 exhibitors are among the participants, including from Canada, Germany, Britain, China, Denmark, Italy, Malaysia, South Africa, Spain, the Netherlands, Turkey and the US. Punjab and Haryana are the host states for the four-day expo while Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat are the partner states.

Impasse in GST Council continues on jurisdiction New Delhi, November 20 (iANS): An informal meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council here on Sunday remained stalled on the issue of dual control, or cross-empowerment, on who will exercise control over GST assessees -- the Centre or the states. "The meeting has remained incomplete. Discussions will continue on November 25," Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who chairs the GST Council, told reporters after an over three-hour-long meeting here with state Finance Ministers. Under the new pan-India indirect tax regime proposed by GST, states want the right to control all assessees with up to Rs 1.5 crore annual turnover. At its previous meeting here earlier this month, the GST Council decided on a four-slab tax rate, but the meeting could not arrive at a decision on the issue of dual control. Jaitley had then called for a political push for resolution of the contentious control issue and fixed November 20 for an informal meeting in this regard. Following the Sunday meeting, Jaitley said that it was decided that officials will meet again tomorrow before the next meeting of the Council on November 25. The government has targeted implementing the GST from April 1, 2017. GST is a single indirect tax that proposes to subsume most central and state taxes, like the value added tax, service tax, central sales tax, excise duty, additional customs duty and special additional customs duty. Meanwhile opposition parties gearing have been attacking the government, both in parliament as well as outside, on its demonetisation move, which has placed a question mark on the future of the proposed GST. The Congress has said it will oppose GST in the ongoing winter session of Parliament if four slabs of taxation up to 28 per cent are introduced. "The Congress party has always maintained that the 18 per cent cap on GST should not be increased, as it will lead to further inflation and people will suffer," Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala told reporters here earlier this week. The target rollout of GST will depend on the passage of the Central GST and the Integrated GST (IGST) bills in Parliament and the state GST bills by the respective states. Parliament and state assemblies have the right to accept, or reject, the Council's recommendations in their GST Bills. India Inc has pitched for an 18 per cent standard rate on the ground that this rate will generate adequate tax buoyancy without fuelling inflation.

Achhe din of BJP, PM Modi over; bad days in offing: Mayawati New Delhi , November 20 (ANi): Stating that the BJP, which contests election on money provided by capitalists of the nation, is not going to win a single assembly election in the country, including Uttar Pradesh. Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for addressing a party rally in Agra instead of visiting Pukhrayan in Kanpur Dehat district, the site of the rail mishap that claimed over 100 lives, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Sunday said had Modiji visited the injured, it would have give them some satisfaction, but "sharing other's grief is not his nature". "It is the BSP's firm belief that the BJP and Prime Minister Modi's good days are over, and bad days will be coming soon," said Mayawati. "Similarly, if Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, instead of making statements, had he visited the accident site, it would have lessened their grief. But he too did not visit there. Any criticism would not be enough to deplore him," she said. Stating that the BJP, which contests election on money provided by capitalists of the nation, is not going to win a single assembly election in the country, including Uttar Pradesh, BSP chief said, "The people of India, including the people of Uttar Pradesh, will take Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government to the task for implementing their demonetization drive without any prior planning." "Even the inaugurations and announcements made by the BJP government at the Centre now will not help them win even a single assembly election," she added. Taking about the Kanpur rail tragedy during the launch of the "Pradhanmantri Grameen Awas Yojna", an ambitious housing scheme for rural poor in Agra, the Prime Minister said, "This morning, there was a rail accident near Kanpur. The relief work is going on in full swing and the Centre will also investigate matter. My thoughts are with the bereaved families. I wish those injured a speedy recovery."

When will children become a political priority? New Delhi, November 20 (iANS): Notwithstanding the suffering of the common people, Kailash Satyarthi supports the governments demonetisation move as it will help curb trafficking, but the Nobel laureate and childrights crusader asserts that unless and until children become a political priority, India will continue to be dogged by the evils of child labour and child trafficking. And endeavouring to ignite a social movement are his two initiatives: "Laureates & Leaders for Children" and "100 Million for 100 Million". The Laureates & Leaders for Children summit, to be held in December at Rashtrapati Bhavan here, has attracted over a dozen Nobel laureates and global leaders, including the Dalai Lama, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee , Australia's first woman Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Princess Charlene of Monaco, who will

raise their collective voices against violence and discrimination against children. They will brainstorm and commit to action in their respective fields to accelerate progress and achieve breakthroughs to benefit children, by signing a declaration. The summit will also witness the launching of the "100 million for 100 million" campaign, which aims to mobilize, over the next five years, 100 million youth and children for 100 million underprivileged children across the world to end child labour, child slavery and violence against children and promote the right of every child to be safe, free and educated. Having been at the forefront of the global movement to end child slavery for four decades now, Satyarthi is also aghast at the "paltry" government spending on children, who make up more than 40 per cent of India's population. "We don't have progres-

sive laws on child labour; our government spends a paltry four percent of its budget on children and we have a massive prevalence of child trafficking. All this will not change unless and until children become our political priority." "Trafficking is a thriving trade running into several lakh crores of rupees, a majority of which is black money. Yes, the demonetisation drive is causing sufferings to the people, but at the same time it has hurt the traffickers badly," Satyarthi told IANS in an interview. "But the fact remains that children are not our political or even social priority. So it is not surprising that we have one of the highest numbers of malnourished children, child labour and trafficking," he says. Pointing to the fact that child labour immensely contributes towards black money, Satyarthi blamed the latest law dealing with child labour for actually

promoting the evil. "A child labourer is paid nearly one-fifth of what an adult gets and this allows an employer to save around Rs 200 on every child that he employs. While in their books they show they have hired adults, but in reality they employ children and in this way a lot of black money is generated." "You cannot have a law that permits child labour," he said, referring to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016, which has cut down the list of hazardous occupations for children from 83 to include just mining, explosives and what is mentioned in the Factories Act." "We are fighting against this new law. It is imperative that the list of hazardous occupations is increased from the current three that it has now proscribed," said Satyrathi, asserting the several rounds of talks with the government have been fruitful and he was confident of the

list being amended. He also lamented the lack of coordination and cooperation between various government departments. "There are a host of ministries involved but they hardly sit together and coordinate which eventually trickles down to the local level. The different departments are so fragmented that often the cause that they are fighting for gets lost." "In case of a rescue of a girl, say from trafficking, we have to deal with as many as nine different departments, including the Home Ministry, the Child Welfare Department, the Labour Ministry and the like. The lack of coordination between them often makes our job difficult," he said. The way forward, he says, depends only on a massive social movement. "We need to have a massive social movement, only then you can generate the political will necessary to improve the life of our children," Satyarthi concluded.

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For Syria rebels, Trump win adds to uncertain fate BEIRUT/AMMAN, NovEMBER 20 (REUTERs): On the eve of Donald Trump’s election victory, members of a Western-backed Syrian rebel group met U.S. officials to ask about the outlook for arms shipments they have received to fight President Bashar al-Assad. They were told the programme would continue until the end of the year, but anything more would depend on the next U.S. administration, a rebel official at the meeting said. When Trump takes office in January, it may stop altogether. The president-elect has signalled opposition to U.S. support for the rebels, and an overhaul of policy on Syria. The military aid programme overseen by the Central Intelligence Agency has given arms and training to moderate rebels in coordination with Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan and others. It helped to support these rebels, fighting under the Free Syrian Army banner, as jihadist groups linked to al Qaeda emerged as a major force in a war approaching its sixth anniversary. U.S. officials declined to comment on any meetings with rebel groups, and previously have not commented on the CIA programme given its covert nature. But Trump has indicated he could abandon the rebels to focus on fighting Islamic State which

where thousands of Shi’ite militiamen including Lebanon’s Hezbollah are fighting on Assad’s side. And to many in Washington, Assad remains anathema. Yet since his election win, Trump has reiterated his misgivings about U.S. policy, telling the Wall Street Journal he “had an opposite view of many people regarding Syria” and “we have no idea” who the rebels are. His comments cheered Damascus and its allies, which view his win as positive for their war effort.

People walk near rubble of damaged buildings, in the rebel-held besieged area of Aleppo, Syria on November 19. (REUTERS Photo)

control territory in eastern and central Syria. He might even cooperate against IS with Russia, Assad’s most powerful ally, which has been bombing the rebels for over a year in western Syria. Assad, in an interview published on Tuesday, said Trump would be a “natural ally” if he decides to “fight the terrorists”. The rebels are looking on the bright side. They say support via the U.S.-backed programme has been inadequate and Washington has stopped Saudi Arabia

from giving them more powerful weapons. So the rebels hope a more isolationist United States will give regional states a free hand, allowing Saudi Arabia to provide the anti-aircraft missiles President Barack Obama has vetoed. The rebel official said there had been no contact with U.S. officials since Trump’s win. But were U.S. support to end and “this veto lifted”, that would be a good outcome, he said. “Everybody is analysing, there are positive ex-

pectations, there are negative expectations - but nothing is yet clear,” the official said. DARK DAYS FOR REBELLION The prospect of a shift in U.S. policy comes at a dark time for the rebellion. Russia on Tuesday escalated its military campaign in support of Assad, drawing for the first time on an aircraft carrier it has sent to the region. Assad and his allies are tightening their grip on rebel-held eastern Alep-

po, where heavy air strikes have resumed and insurgents have failed to break the siege. Longstanding tensions among rebels have turned into fighting twice in the Aleppo area this month. But analysts also say it is too early to tell what Trump will do in Syria since his views could be reshaped by establishment thinking in Washington. Republicans in his administration will not want to cooperate with Russia, or bow to the huge influence wielded by Iran in Syria,

“INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENT”? “It is true that he doesn’t know us, but the American state knows us and will tell him,” said a second rebel leader whose group has been a recipient of military support. “There is an international commitment to us,” he said. The rebels’ other state backers were seeking to explain this to Trump, he said. Western policy towards Syria has been built around the idea that there can be no sustainable peace with Assad in power. Assad, a member of the minority Alawite sect, is dependent on military support from Russia, Iran and Shi’ite Islamist militias in the fight with the Sunni Muslim insurgency. Western policymakers believe the nationalist Sunni rebels are needed to build a stable Syria.

But their policy has long been hampered by splits in the opposition and the prominent role jihadists have played in the insurgency. A Western diplomat said jihadist influence would increase were Trump to abandon the FSA rebels. In western Syria, FSA rebels have often fought in close proximity to jihadists against the army and its allies. Concerns about weapons ending up in jihadist hands still appear to act as a brake on military support to the rebels. With the collapse of a ceasefire brokered by the United States and Russia in September, U.S. officials considered military options including direct U.S. military action such as air strikes on Syrian military installations. But rebels say there has been no big shift since then. Were the United States to abandon the rebels, their military fortunes would hinge on Saudi, Qatari and Turkish support. Officials from those countries could not immediately be reached for comment on the subject of their backing for the rebels. The rebels believe Turkey for one remains a steadfast backer. But its recent rapprochement with Russia has raised questions over Turkish aims in Syria. Ankara appears more set on rolling back Kurdish influence and Islamic State than getting more deeply involved in the war for Aleppo, for example.

The Syria conflict has killed hundreds of thousands of people, and divided Syria into areas controlled by the government, insurgent groups, Kurdish militia, and Islamic State. The Kurdish YPG militia is at the centre of U.S. strategy for fighting Islamic State in Syria, despite opposition from U.S. ally Turkey, which fears Kurdish influence in northern Syria will fuel separatism among its Kurdish minority. The Pentagon also backs some Syrian Arab rebels fighting Islamic State, despite the failure of a programme last year which only trained a few dozen fighters. The spokesman for one such group, the New Syria Army, forecast reduced U.S. support for the rebels as Trump sought to “understand the picture more and to separate the jihadist groups from the moderate groups”. But in the end, U.S. policy will be forced to “support the FSA groups that have a nationalist complexion”, said the spokesman, Muzahim Saloum. Mohamad Aboud, an ex-rebel commander and a member of the main opposition political body, the High Negotiations Council, said Turkish influence would help shape a more supportive U.S. policy towards the rebels. Unlike with Obama, there would “be clarity in the new Trump administration”, he said.

Bioartificial kidney Obama tells Latin America and world: Duterte rails at comes a step closer give Trump time, don’t assume worst Western ‘hypocrisy’

NEw YoRk, NovEMBER 20 (IANs): Scientists from the Netherlands said they have made an important advance towards creating a functional bioartificial kidney that could one day replace the need for dialysis or transplantation in the millions of patients with kidney failure. “The strategies and methods of this work could be relevant to the development of other bioartificial organs, such as a bioartificial liver or bioartificial pancreas, and organs on chips -- such as a kidney on chip, a lung on chip, or a liver on chip,” said Dimitrios Stamatialis, from the University of Twente in the Netherlands. A key requirement for bioartificial kidney is the formation of a “living membrane” that consists of a tight kidney cell layer on artificial membrane surfaces and can transport molecules from one side to the other. In a paper presented at American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week 2016 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois, the researchers achieved this using conditionally immortalised human renal proximal tubular epithelial cells (ciPTECs) on polyethersulfone-based hollow fiber membranes. They demonstrated that the cell monolayer is indeed functional as a living membrane. “This study shows the successful development of a living membrane consisting of a reproducible ciPTEC monolayer on hollow fiber membranes, an important step towards the development of a bioartificial kidney device,” Stamatialis said.

LIMA, NovEMBER 20 (REUTERs): U.S. President Barack Obama did in Latin America what he tried to do in Europe: tell worried citizens not to draw negative conclusions about the man he once called unfit to serve in the White House, President-elect Donald Trump. In the last stop of an international farewell tour that included visits to Greece and Germany, Obama continued his efforts to calm anxieties since Republican businessman Trump beat Democratic rival and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential race. “My main message to you ... and the message I delivered in Europe is don’t just assume the worst,” Obama told a group of young people during a question-and-answer session in Peru on Saturday. “Wait until the administration is in place, it’s actually putting its policies together,

and then you can make your judgments as to whether or not it’s consistent with the international community’s interest in living in peace and prosperity together.” Trump won the election after promising to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico, rip up trade deals and ban Muslims temporarily from entering the United States. Obama has sought to soothe fears by pledging to ensure a smooth transition of power and expressing optimism that the presidentelect would shift away from inflammatory campaign rhetoric once he faced the realities of the job. “It will be important for everybody around the world to not make immediate judgments but give this new president-elect a chance to put their team together, to examine the issues, to determine what their policies will be, because as I’ve always said, how you campaign isn’t

always the same as how you govern,” Obama said. But Obama has couched his assurances largely in hopeful language that Trump’s team would see the merits of policies that Democrats championed despite Trump’s pledged to dismantle them, from the Iran nuclear deal to an international pact to fight climate change. And the president, who campaigned vigorously for Clinton and showed visible disdain for Trump before his victory, has offset his words of reassurance with subtle digs at his successor by emphasizing themes of democratic values in Europe and Peru that Trump has been criticized for ignoring. “You’re seeing some countries that are going backwards rather than forwards in terms of freedom of the press, in terms of freedom of the Internet, in terms of respecting political opposition and civil society,” Obama said on Sat-

urday. Trump barred some news organizations from covering events during his campaign and threatened during a televised debate to jail Clinton for her use of a private email server while secretary of state. Though Obama came on his trip able to assure European countries that Trump would respect U.S. commitments to NATO, his other assurances, including for Latin American policy, seemed based more on optimism than knowledge of Trump’s plans. “With respect to Latin America, I don’t anticipate major changes in policy from the new administration,” he said, citing trade as a key exception. Trump announced hawkish picks for attorney general, national security adviser, and CIA director on Friday that suggest he is setting up his administration to take a hard line confronting Islamist militancy and curbing illegal immigration.

Korea: Prosecutors say President Park was accomplice in corruption scandal sEoUL, NovEMBER 20 (REUTERs): South Korean prosecutors said on Sunday that they believed President Park Geun-hye was an accomplice in a corruption scandal that has rocked her administration, in a heavy blow to her fight for political survival. The prosecutors’ comments, which came as they indicted a close friend of Park’s and two of her former aides, are likely to spur stronger calls for her to step down or be impeached. Park’s close friend Choi Soon-sil and former presidential aide An Chongbum were charged with abuse of power in pressuring companies to contribute funds to foundations at the centre of the scandal, said Lee Young-ryeol, head of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office. “The special investigation team concluded that based on the evidence secured to date, the president was in complicity with Choi Soon-sil, An Chong-bum and Jeong Ho-seong to a considerable degree,” Lee told a news conference. Jeong, also one of Park’s former aides, was indicted for leaking classified infor-

mation to Choi. Park cannot be indicted because she has constitutional immunity, Lee said, but added: “We will continue to investigate the president,” without elaborating. Under the constitution, a sitting president cannot be indicted unless on charges of treason, but the conclusion by the prosecutors that Park was involved in the case prompted fresh calls from opposition parties for her to step down. The main opposition Democratic Party and the centrist People’s Party said Park will face impeachment proceedings if she refuses to resign. But they stopped short of saying they would immediately initiate such a move. Analysts said the prosecutors’ comments about the president’s involvement increased the prospect that she would face impeachment. “It provided a legal basis for impeachment proceedings, not only her moral and political liabilities,” said Kim Jun-seok, a political science professor at Dongguk University in Seoul. Park is unlikely to vol-

untarily step down because she would lose immunity against prosecution, Kim said. Her five-year term ends in February 2018. “Then, the only option that is left for politicians given the worsening public sentiment is impeachment,” he said. South Korea’s presidential Blue House did not have an immediate comment. Lee did not say when the prosecutors will question Park. Park’s lawyer Yoo Yeong-ha said the prosecutors’ announcement was “deeply regrettable,” according to South Korean media. Yoo did not respond to telephone calls or text messages from Reuters seeking comment. Park has resisted calls to resign over the scandal but has publicly apologised twice, saying that it was caused by her shortcomings and that she had sought help from the business community in the belief it would benefit the economy, not for personal gain.

Protesters shout slogans after they are blocked by riot policemen in a road nearby the presidential Blue House during their march calling South Korean President Park Geunhye to step down in Seoul, South Korea on November 19. (REUTERS Photo)

been accused of conspiring with An to exert improper pressure on dozens of the country’s biggest conglomerates to help raise 77.4 billion won ($65.59 million) on behalf of two non-profit foundations she controlled, according to the prosecutors. DEEPENING ANGER Park has been rocked by The indictments had allegations that Choi used been expected. Choi has her ties to the president to

meddle in state affairs and wield improper influence. An and Jeong both stepped down late last month as the crisis deepened. Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Seoul on Saturday in the fourth straight weekend of protests against Park, in the biggest public demonstrations the country has seen since the 1980s. Park has pledged to co-

operate in the investigation but pushed back on the prosecutors’ plan to question her last week. South Korea’s parliament has approved a bill to appoint a special prosecutor, who will take over from state prosecutors and conduct a separate and a more wide reaching probe. The special prosecutor is expected to begin work next month.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte attend a meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Lima, Peru on November 19. (REUTERS Photo)

MANILA, NovEMBER 20 (REUTERs): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte lashed out at Western “bullying” and “hypocrisy” during his first meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and said when it came to alliances, the United States could not be trusted. In talks with Putin during an Asia-Pacific summit in Lima, Duterte held nothing back in his views about major powers like the United States, suggesting he is sticking to his guns on re-aligning foreign policy away from Washington, despite his warm words for incoming U.S. president, Donald Trump. “Historically, I have been identified with the Western world. It was good until it lasted,” he told the Russian leader. “And of late, I see a lot of these Western nations bullying small nations. And not only that, they are into so much hypocrisy,” he said, according to a transcript of Saturday’s meeting provided by his office. Putin congratulated Duterte on his May election win and said he had done a lot in a very short time to build trust and confidence between Russia and the Philippines. Duterte responded with similar words and then chided Western powers, particularly the United States, for intervening in conflicts for their own national interest and cajoling others to side with them. Duterte’s overtures to Russia are similar to those he made to China, until recently a bitter rival. He is now praising Beijing and tapping it for investment in a stunning about-face that has unnerved a region wary of a Chinese hegemony taking shape in Southeast Asia. The mercurial former mayor insists the shift is his pursuit of an independent foreign policy, but that has come with repeated threats and verbal tirades against the United States, for decades a staunch ally, investor and donor. Prior to leaving for Peru, Duterte said he might follow Russia and withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) because of Western criticism of his deadly war on drugs. He said if Russia and China decided to create a “new order” in the world, he would be first to join. In his talk with Putin, Duterte blasted the United States and its Western allies for taking the lead in wars he said had ultimately failed. “They seem to start a war but are afraid to go to war. That is what’s wrong with America and the other,” he said. “They were waging war in so many places, in Vietnam, in Afghanistan and in Iraq ... They insist if you are allied with them that they follow you.” Duterte has spoken of his admiration for Chinese President Xi Jinping and also for the leadership of Putin. In an interview with Al Jazeera broadcast on Thursday, he described Putin as sincere, and joked that he had a “hillbilly” style.

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Australia wield the axe for third South Africa test

South Africa's Kyle Abbott celebrates with team mates after dismissing Australia's Adam Voges. (REUTERS)

ADELAIDE, NOVEMBER 20 (REUTERS): Australia's selectors have responded to the threat of a first ever test series sweep on home soil by dropping five players from their squad for the third match against South Africa, which begins in Adelaide on Thursday. Joe Burns, Adam Voges and Callum Ferguson, as well as wicketkeeper Peter Nevill, paid the price for a string of batting collapses, while seamer Joe Mennie

was also axed after the innings defeat in the second test in Hobart. Four uncapped players -- openers Matt Renshaw and Nic Maddinson, wicketkeeper-batsman Peter Handscomb and seamer Chadd Sayers -- came into the 12-man squad. Wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade and seamer Jackson Bird, both given previous chances at test level before being discarded, were also recalled.

22nd Classic Cup round- up Our Correspondent Kohima | November 20

The 22nd Classic Cup 2016 under the aegis of Classic Club Kohima has reached the quarter finals stage here at the Kohima Local Ground. The first quarter final match between Barak FC and Addax FC will take place on November 22 at 2: 00 PM. 2nd quarter finals: Elite FC vs Head Hunters on November 23. 3rd quarter finals: Naga FC vs Mt. Youth Club on November 24 4th quarter finals: Kuki United FC vs Street Hawk’s FC on November 25. The tournament will go on till November 30.

Mexican Suarez makes history with NASCAR title LAS VEGAS, NOVEMBER 20 (REUTERS): Mexico's Daniel Suarez became NASCAR's first foreignborn champion on Saturday by winning the seasonlong Xfinity Series. The 24-year-old won the final race of the season at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in south Florida to clinch the overall title. "I'm just very proud of everyone and thankful to have the family that I have," Suarez said after clinching the title in front of his parents. "My mom, my dad, they gave me all the tools to be here right now. They put me in a car even when we didn't have the support or the racing background. They supported me and right now we are just living a dream. "It's still hard to believe this." Suarez was born in Monterrey and started racing carts before moving to North Carolina as a teenager to pursue his career. The Xfinity Series is a secondary competition on the stock car circuit below the main NASCAR Sprint Cup series.

South Africa have ensured a third straight series triumph in Australia with thumping victories in Perth and Hobart, rendering the day-night third test a dead rubber and plunging the host nation into crisis. Chief selector Rod Marsh stood down from his post ahead of schedule last week and so on Sunday it was his temporary replacement Trevor Hohns who wielded the axe in Adelaide.

"Matt has established himself in a short period of time as one of the best young opening bats in the country," Hohns said. "Peter's form over the last couple of seasons has been very consistent. He has a good all-round game and we think he is the type of player who could succeed at the next level. "Nic is an exciting and talented young player and we feel now is the ideal time for him to be involved with

the Australian team." Coach Darren Lehmann suggested after the Hobart defeat that only captain Steve Smith, his vice-captain David Warner and seamers Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc were secure and the selection panel was true to his word. Top order batsman Usman Khawaja, who has been recalled and discarded regularly since making his debut during the 201011 Ashes series, also survived along with off-spinner Nathan Lyon. Sayers and Bird are likely to be in contention for one spot in the pace attack along with Starc and Hazlewood, while Wade looks set to replace Nevill behind the stumps. "Chadd bowls very well in Adelaide and Jackson is coming off a strong performance in his last test match earlier in the year and both deserve their chance," Hohns added. "Matthew has worked extremely hard on his keeping in the past few seasons and we consider it to have improved substantially. He is also a very valuable player with the bat and will add to the depth in our batting order." Squad: Steve Smith (captain), David Warner, Jackson Bird, Peter Handscomb, Josh Hazlewood, Usman Khawaja, Nic Maddinson, Nathan Lyon, Matt Renshaw, Chadd Sayers, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade.

Tevez said to be mulling China move

RIO DE JANEIRO, NOVEMBER 20 (IANS): Argentine forward Carlos Tevez has been offered 40 million euros ($42.35 million) a year to join a Chinese Super League club, according to Brazilian media reports. Tevez is contracted to Argentine club Boca Juniors until June 2018 but the Buenos Aires outfit could be tempted to release the 32-year-old if a big-money offer is made, reports Xinhua. "One of the teams that fight for the Chinese Super League title has offered Tevez around 40 million euros a year ... (but) he hasn't responded yet," the Sambafoot news portal said on

Saturday. Earlier this year Tevez was linked with a move to Shanghai SIPG, who were said to have offered around 24 million euros ($25.41 million) a year. Tevez, whose career has

included spells at top European clubs Juventus, Manchester United and Manchester City, has scored 19 goals since returning his original club Boca in June 2015.

PSG beat Nantes, Rennes tied in Ligue 1

PARIS, NOVEMBER 20 (IANS): Champions Paris Saint-Germain moved to second place after a 2-0 win over struggling Nantes with star winger Angel di Maria departing injured, while Rennes were held 1-1 by nine-man Angers to miss the chance of going up to fourth in the Ligue 1 football league table. PSG's opener came after 13 minutes when Jean-Kevin Augustin found Di Maria with a pass through a defender's legs and the Argentine forward fired a powerful left footed shot into the bottom right corner of the net here on Saturday, reports Xinhua. Di Maria was forced off with a hamstring injury on 36 minutes, with Hatem Ben Arfa replacing him. PSG coach Unai Emery later confirmed that he was just substituted as a precaution and should be fit for the Champions League tie against Arsenal in London on Wednesday. On the stroke of full time, Jese Rodriguez's penalty made sure of the win after a long range effort from substitute Javier Pastore was handled by Diego Carlos and referee Francois Letexier pointed to the spot. Jese stepped up and dispatched the penalty with ease, slotting into the bottom

left corner with his right foot, sending Riou the wrong way. It was his first goal of the season since joining from Real Madrid. With the 2-0 home win, PSG went level on points with Ligue 1 leaders Monaco and Nice, as they extended their unbeaten run in all competitions to nine games, but are second due to inferior goal difference. Also on Saturday, Rennes were held to a 1-1 draw at home by nine-man Angers. Cote d'Ivoire international Giovanni Sio opened the scoring for the hosts on 21 minutes. The visitors' Romain Thomas saw red card on 58 minutes for pulling Sio's shirt when the forward was through on goal. However, Nicolas Pepe equalised for Angers with a powerful left-footed long strike with eight minutes left before they were reduced to nine men following Cheikh N'Doye's dismissal in stoppage time. In other plays of the day, Metz broke their run of five Ligue 1 matches without a win with a 2-1 away triumph over Toulouse, Montpellier came from behind to secure a 1-1 draw at struggling Bastia, and a late goal from defender Tobias Badila helped Nancy defeat Dijon 1-0.

Mokokchung to get first mountain biking event

MOKOKCHUNG, NO VEMBER 20 (MExN): Mokokchung’s first cycling club, the Trail Hounds Cycling Club, is all prepped to organize the district’s first ever mountain biking competition. The event, dubbed Mokokchung XCE or Mokokchung Cross Country Eliminator, scheduled for December 10, 2016 will be held at FAC Ground, Chuchuyimpang Village, off 5 kilometres from Mokokchung town. THCC was formed earlier this year with the objective of promoting tourism because “tourism is a key development strategy and a catalyst for growth” and to promote health and fitness consciousness. Enthused by the enormous positive response and support THCC received, they club mulled the idea of organizing the Mokokchung XCE. THCC members while interacting with media persons here this evening stated that the event would be held strictly on established International Cycling Union (UCI) cross country eliminator format. Event Convener Atoba

Trail Hounds Cycling Club members, the organizers of the Mokokchung XCE, the district’s first ever Mountain Biking event.

Longkumer said that the four riders would compete against each other in each heat and the two fastest riders would move to the next

round while the two slower riders would be eliminated. The competition is open to all interested cyclists and would be held in two cat-

egories namely, Elite Men’s Category and Open Junior Category. All necessary information, rules and procedures can be downloaded

from the Trail Hounds Cycling Club’s Facebook official page or call the Competitors Relations Officer at 8257062268 for any queries.

The 1200 meter Mokokchung XCE circuit would feature dry and wet dirt tracks, obstacles courses, jump sections, rock garden and surfaced road. THCC is a “community driven, not-for-profit organization” and does not depend on government largesse. The organizers thanked their sponsors for coming forward to assist them in organizing the first ever MTB competition in Mokokchung, the registration for which closes on November 30. Mokokchung’s first packaged drinking water manufacturers Misty Drops, Firefox Bikes, Hotem Metsüben, Little Village Cycles, Soyim Printers, Little Star Entertainment, Aircel, IDBI Bank and Zeta FX Home Studio are the event’s sponsors, while Chuchuyimpang Village Council are the event’s Hospitality Partners. Nagaland Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism, C Apok Jamir is the chief patron of the event, who the organizers said came forward on his own volition without them approaching him.

Bayern beaten by Dortmund, Raonic proud of year after agonising defeat by Murray lose top spot in Bundesliga

DORTMUND (GERMANy), NOVEMBER 20 (IANS): Champions Bayern Munich lost the top spot after losing 0-1 to Borussia Dortmund, and Cologne came from behind to beat Monchengladbach 2-1 at the 11th round of Bundesliga football league. Bayern suffered their first loss of the season as Dortmund edged the German champions with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's goal here on Saturday, reports Xinhua news agency. Carlo Ancelotti's men took the reins from the kickoff and pressed Dortmund into defence. Yet, Dortmund's well-positioned defence prevented the visitors from opening the scoring. As the match prog re s s e d , D o r t m u n d stepped up their offensive to mark the opener with just 11 minutes into the game when Aubameyang

capitalised on Mario Goetze's square pass to tap in his 12th goal of the season. With the one-goal lead Dortmund retracted and let Bayern dominate ball possession. However, the title-holders lacked in accuracy as Thiago Alcantara, Joshua Kimmich and Mats Hummels missed the target before the break. Dortmund grabbed a good start into the second half but Aubameyang was unable to beat Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer from sharp angle in. The Gabon international was in the thick of things moments later when he headed Marcel Schmelzer's cross over the target. Bayern's Xabi Alonson almost restored parity but his long effort rattled only the bar in the 61st minute. Aubameyang should have made the game safe when he was one-on-one with Neuer, who defused the

striker's shot on target in the 71st minute. Bayern pressed frenetically to secure at least a draw but all their efforts remained fruitless in the closing period. With the first loss of the season Bayern dropped to second place while Dortmund jumped on third position. Cologne reaped a late 2-1 win against league rivals Monchengladbach thanks to Marcel Risse's last-grasp goal. Elsewhere, Hertha Berlin shared the spoils with Augsburg following a goalless draw. Mainz overpowered resilient Freiburg as Stefan Bell and Karim Onisiwo ensured the 4-2 victory on home soil. Schalke extend their unbeaten run to 10 games after edging Wolfsburg 1-0 and struggling Ingolstadt beat Darmstadt 1-0.

LONDON, NOVEMBER 20 (REUTERS): Same opponent, same old story for Milos Raonic but despite a sixth defeat of the year by Andy Murray at the ATP World Tour Finals on Saturday the Canadian underlined he will be a player to fear in 2017. Raonic's heartbreaking 5-7 7-6 (5) 7-6 (9) semi-final loss made it a hat-trick of reverses in London alone this year against Murray, following two in quick succession at the Queen's Club and Wimbledon finals. This one was particularly galling as he frequently outplayed the world number one and had a match point in the final-set tiebreak before bowing out after three hours 38 minutes of toe-to-toe combat against the home favourite. "I have to be proud I finished the year with giving it every ounce of energy I had. I'm pretty sure I'm going to feel like crap tomorrow," said Raonic who

Great Britain's Andy Murray looks dejected during his semi final match against Canada's Milos Raonic. (Reuters)

is still without a career win against a resident world number one. "But I'll look back at 2016 with a lot of pride," he told reporters. The 25-year-old, who this year became the first

Canadian man to reach a grand slam final, pushed Novak Djokovic hard in a fiercely-contested match earlier this week and will finish the year at a careerhigh third in the rankings providing Kei Nishikori

does not win the title here. With serial major winners Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal starting to slide, Raonic has emerged as the man most likely to begin his grand slam collection in 2017 as long as the injuries

that have nagged his progress stay away. "The goal is going to be to continue to stay healthy. That's the one thing that's been sort of my kryptonite," he said. "Rather than making momentum and progress I can sometimes take myself two steps back. I sort of have to reset myself, whether that be through injuries or other issues." One thing he proved on Saturday was his fighting spirit. Twice he broke Murray's serve to stay alive in the decider and he saved three match points before the weary Scot finally prevailed. "The thing I'll probably be most proud of when I sit down and talk with my coaches is just the way I kept fighting through," he said. "I'll probably feel like crap for the next few days but at least mentally I'll be proud of the way things finished. That was the best match I've ever competed."

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Chris Hemsworth announced as GQ Australia's 'Man of the Year'

ollywood Australian actor Chris Hemsworth has been bestowed GQ magazine's highest honor in its December issue. The 'proud Aussie, talented surfer, doting dad' and 'charitable, grounded, funny and successful' actor has been announced as GQ 'Man of the Year' at the Australian award ceremony in Sydney. His colleagues also find it hard to say a bad word about the 'Ghosbusters' star, who was once named People magazine's 'Sexiest Man Alive'. In the issue, Hemsworth's 'Thor' co-star Tom Hiddleston sums up the actor appeal. "One morning on the set of Thor: Ragnarok, I watch Chris zero in on an important scene between Thor and Loki with razorsharp focus and commit-

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he all girls band Little Mix have teamed up with a sports fashion brand USA Pro. They have spent the past 12 months sieving through prints, cuts and materials to create their own fitness range. "The design process was so much fun. We were focused on designing pieces that looked as good when you're walking down the street as they do in the gym or dance studio. We really believe we've struck that perfect balance between fashion and comfort. Hopefully everyone

agrees!" Jade Thirlwall, one of the band members, said. The girls have designed hoodies, tops, joggers, leggings, vests and bras that reflect their individual lifestyles, tastes and personalities and are suitable for everyone, reports femalefirst.co.uk. "We're so excited to create a fitness range that anyone can feel comfortable in; no matter what your sporting ability or body shape. We're all different and our collection reflects that," Jesy Nelson, another band member, said. Their bandmate LeighAnne Pinnock said that it was "really fun to bring el-

Steven Tyler to receive Humanitarian Award

Lopez on stage at the Latin Grammy awards, causing speculation that the couple, who separated in 2011, had reconciled. But speaking to TMZ, Lopez’s manager Benny Medina said the exes are "absolutely, categorically, 100% not back together.” Anthony and De Lima

The band are constantly travelling promoting their music and they're thrilled they now have appropriate gear they can wear during rehearsals. Another member, Perrie Edwards shared: "I really wanted my range to include styles that can be

worn any place, anywhere. My favourite piece from the collection are the joggers. I love the waistband detail and they're so comfortable. Now we've started rehearsals again, I could honestly wear them every day!" Source: IANS

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abused. All abuse is wrong -- verbal, physical, sexual, emotional," Tyler said. The singer added: "We need to have better ways as parents to help our children and support them. Way too many kids are experiencing abuse,andwewanttochange that. Enough is enough." "I personally know how addiction can fracture lives. I don't wish that on anyone. To use my voice and the voices of many others to help these girls once again find their voice is my mission," Tyler said. The rock legend will be presented with the honour at the organisation's 2016 Ambassadors' Ball on December 3 at the Metropolitan Club of here. Mel Gee Henderson,

Marc Anthony Splits From Wife Shannon De Lima

arc Anthony and his wife, model Shannon De Lima, have separated after two years of marriage. Reports of the couple’s split was confirmed by three sources to E! News who said the break-up was recent. On Thursday Anthony had kissed ex-wife Jennifer

ements of our individual personalities and lifestyles into the design process. I love going to the gym so pieces like the leggings and sports bras are 'must haves' but I added bold, stripy prints to inject some fun and individuality".

started dating in early 2012, five months after he and Lopez announced the end of their seven year marriage. A year later the couple split, with a rep for Anthony telling E! News in 2013: “The amicable breakup became official right in mid-January.” But just months later the couple were back together and in November 2104 the wed in a private ceremony in the Dominican Republic. The couple hadn't been seen in public since August at a Radio City Music Hall

concert, where Anthony duetted with Lopez. But in September, De Lima took to Instagram to wish Anthony a happy birthday and call him the "best husband.” "Thank you for sharing your life with me...and for being the best husband and friend someone could wish for,” the model wrote. This will be the third divorce for Anthony, who was previously married to Miss Universe 1993 Dayanara Torres and then Lopez.

the co-chair of the Hospitality Committee for United Nations Delegations (HCUND), said: "In choosing this year's recipient, we searched diligently to find the humanitarian whose efforts are in harmony with the Secretary General, who will be saluted at this year's Ambassadors' Ball as his decade of UN leadership ends on December 31." "We came to realise Steven Tyler is not only a gifted composer and musician with a great big voice but a soul with an even bigger heart who sincerely wants to help those suffering from the horrific pain of abuse." Chairman Luz MacArthur praised Tyler for being able to "inspire millions".

inger Sia Furler has brought a Bollywood flare in her latest song "Never Give Up" recorded as a soundtrack for upcoming drama movie titled "Lion", starring Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman. The song, which features inspiring lyrics and Bollywood-style music, has been produced by Greg Kurstin, reported Ace Showbiz. The film tells the true story of an Indian boy who was adopted by an Australian family after he got lost at the age of five. Twenty five years later after being separated from his biological parents, he is searching Source: IANS for his long-lost family.

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Ronaldo stars as Real Madrid beat Atletico 3-0

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MAdRId, NOVEMBER 20 (IANS): Three goals by Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo helped Real Madrid to outplay Atletico de Madrid 3-0 at Vicente Calderon Stadium here. The solid victory saw Real Madrid in the lead at halftime 1-0 as Rolando scored in the 22nd minute of the game,reports Efe on Saturday. The second half saw a hotly argued penalty of Stefan Savic against Cristiano, who made perfect use of the opportunity with a low, swift boot into the net that didn't give Oblak a chance to stop it, and at 70th minute the score stood at 2-0. After the second goal, Ronaldo did not wait too long as after seven minutes Isco and Gareth Bale put together a masterful counterattack

that Cristiano finished off to complete his hat trick and make the final score 3-0 at minute 77. This was the second straight defeat in La Liga for Atletico, which had only lost two championship matches in a row back in 2012. It also left Atletico nine points behind Real Madrid.

Without Messi, Barcelona plays draw against Malaga

FC Barcelona, playing without star strikers Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, were unable to get anything past Malaga's goalkeeper and had to settle for a goalless draw that leaves them in second place in the La Liga standings. Luis Enrique's men were hampered offensively without the services of Messi, sidelined with an illness,

and the suspended Suarez,reports Efe on saturday. The Catalans still managed to dominate possession from the outset at Camp Nou here, but several chances squandered by Arda Turan, Rafinha and Gerard Pique prevented them from getting on the scoreboard. Barca failed to break through Malaga's defence even after defender Diego Llorente was sent off in the 69th minute for a hard challenge on Neymar. Neymar needed to carry the offensive load in the absence of Messi and Suarez, but the Brazilian star was sluggish after returning from duty with his country's national side. Playing 11 against 10, Barcelona went all-out for the win in the

final minutes of the contest. But the referee's decision not to award a penalty for an apparent takedown of Pique by Venezuelan defender Mikel Villanueva and a remarkable save by Camaroonian goalkeeper Carlos Kameni of a shot off the foot of Neymar doomed Barcelona's hopes for three points. Barça had to settle for a scoreless draw even though Malaga was reduced to nine men by the final whistle after midfielder Juankar was sent off in the waning seconds for excessive complaining to the referee. Barcelona is now just one point behind Real Madrid in the standings, but the Blancos can stretch that advantage to four points with a victory Saturday night over crosstown rival Atletico Madrid.

PV Sindhu wins maiden China Open Super Series title FUZHOU, NOVEMBER 20 (ptI): Olympic silver medalist PV Sindhu clinched her maiden Super Series Premier title after edging out Sun Yu of China in the final of the $700,000 China Open badminton tournament on Sunday. Sindhu, who became the toast of the country after becoming the first Indian women to win a silver at Rio Games, continued her rampaging run as she lifted the prestigious title after beating Sun 21-11, 17-21, 21-11 in the summit clash that lasted an hour and nine minutes. World No. 11 Sindhu had come into the match with a 2-3 head-to-head record but then statistics counted little when she took the court at the Haixia Olympic Sports Center. Sindhu dished out a dominating game as she zoomed to a healthy 11-5 lead early on. The Indian looked sharp and athletic as she engaged in a fastpaced game to bamboozle her opponent. Eventually it was a cross court return which earned Sindhu a massive 12 game points at 20-8. A couple of smashes on Sindhu's forehand and backhand and a drop going to the net helped Sun save three points. But Sindhu sealed the opening encounter after dominating a parallel game and finishing it with a return that hit Sun's face. In the second game, Sindhu had a slender 6-3 lead which she extended to 11-7 and 14-10. But Sun soon broke the rhythm by mixing her strokes and coming up with steep and powerful body smashes to catch

up with the Indian at 14-14. A sharp smash and a superb return on Sindhu's backhand helped Sun grab a 18-16 lead which became 19-16 after the Indian lost a video referral. At 20-16, Sun hit the nets but she roared back into contest when Sindhu's stretched low return at the forecourt could not cross the net. Back to her winning side of the court, Sindhu once again started with new exuberance as the duo locked themselves in a battle of supremacy. As a result service changed hands too quickly as they moved together till 6-6. But Sindhu moved ahead with a couple of powerpacked returns which Sun failed to negotiate. The Chinese also faltered with a lift and also hit wide as Sindhu reached 10-6. A few errors helped

Sun make it 8-10 before Sindhu entered the interval with a 11-8 advantage. Sindhu continued to extend her lead even as Sun tried to vary the pace of the rallies but her errors continued to pile up as the Indian was soon 19-11 up. Sindhu then grabbed the match point when Sun let go of the shuttle as it kissed the back line and then the Indian pushed the shuttle at the back, leaving the Chinese stranded before letting out a joyous scream. Saina Nehwal had clinched the China Open in 2014 before finishing runners-up last year. Sindhu had reached her maiden Super Series final at the Denmark Open last year but the title eluded her then as she lost in straight games to 2012 Olympic champion China's Li Xuerei.

6th Hornbill Half Marathon Succi’s header earns Chennaiyin a point against ATK Our Correspondent

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The 6th Hornbill Half Marathon as part of Hornbill Festival will be held on December 4 in Kohima under the aegis of 3E Nagaland There will be 3 race categories as follows 1. Half marathon (21.0975 km) for men & women 2. Great hornbill run (11.9 km) for boys & girls of class 10 & below 3. Special lap (social cause/ charity) for children with special needs and other voluntary entrants. Total cash prizes is Rs. 4.12 lakh (includes gift hampers for children with special needs of Special Lap) Cash prizes

All races will start and finish Half marathon (men) at New secretariat junction. 1st – Rs.65000/The event is to be offici2nd - Rs.30000/ated and certified by Naga3rd - Rs.20000/land Athletics Officials Club. Best Naga runner not in Registration and event top3 – Rs 10000/details are available at Half (women) www.3enagaland.org and 1st - Rs.50000/3E Nagaland on Facebook. 2nd - Rs.25000/Physical registration 3rd - Rs.15000/can be done at the followBest Naga runner not in ing district outlets: 3E oftop3 – Rs 8000/fice Kohima, Sportsworld Kohima, Tiara Restaurant Great hornbill run (both Chumukedima, Life Cenboys & girls) tre Pfutsero, Youth Snook1st - Rs.20000/er Cafe and Restaurant 2nd - Rs.10000/Jalukie, Techsuffort Enter3rd - Rs.5000/prises Mokokchung. The 4th to 10th - Rs.2000/- each last date of registration is Special lap: Gift hampers to 30th November 2016. Outall participants with special station national and interneeds. national runners may regAll finishers will receive ister one day ahead of the completion certificates. event at the venue.

CHENNAI, NOVEMBER 20 (AGENCIES): Chennaiyin FC came from behind to draw 1-1 against Atlético de Kolkata in front of almost 25,000 fans at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on Sunday evening. Helder Postiga’s first-half header was cancelled out by another header from Davide Succi in the second period as the teams played out their second draw of Hero Indian Super League 2016. The visitors had the first chance of the evening and were unlucky not to have taken the lead inside three minutes. Lalrindika Ralte put in a dangerous ball from the left into the six-yard box, which Postiga headed onto the post as the hosts sur-

vived an early scare. Chennai’s first shot on goal came two minutes later with their top-scorer Jeje Lalpekhlua’s strike from outside the penalty area narrowly missing the target. Before long Hans Mulder forced Debjit Majumder into a quality save as the ATK shot-stopper tipped the Dutchman’s effort on goal over the crossbar for a corner. The home side started seeing more of the ball with the game settling down but they suffered a setback in the 20th minute after star striker Lalpekhlua had to come off due to injury. The breakthrough eventually came six minutes before half-time after Javi Lara

found Pritam Kotal with space on the right. Kotal’s pin-point cross into the box was headed into goal in emphatic fashion by Postiga to give Kolkata a 1-0 lead heading into the break. Succi had Chennai’s first attempt on goal in the second period after a defence splitting pass in the 56th minute put the Italian in behind ATK’s defence. His shot from a tight angle, however, went wide of the target to the disappointment of the home support. Chennai should have been level in the 66th minute when a quality free-kick from the right by Zakeer Mundampara made its way to an unmarked Bernard Mendy inside the six-yard

box. The robust Frenchman’s header though flew disappointingly over Kolkata’s goal. Succi had another opportunity to score an equaliser after a low cross from the right had ATK’s backline in sixes and sevens in the 71st minute. The Italian picked up a loose ball following Majumder’s failed attempt at collecting the cross before sending his effort into the side netting. Mundampara then went close five minutes later through a deflected shot from range that forced Majumder into a save. The Super Machans equalised from their next attack with Eli Sabia retrieving a corner before crossing into

the danger area. This time Succi made no mistake as his header hit the back of the net, making it 1-1 with 13 minutes to play. Chennai piled on the pressure in the last 10 minutes desperate for a late winner. Manuele Blasi rifled a shot from distance two minutes from full-time but the Italian’s shot was wide of the target and failed to test Majumder in goal. Succi had the last chance of the game soon after courtesy of a lay-off by Raphael Augusto to the Italian striker. His shot goal-wards, however, was always on the rise and flew above the frame of the goal as both sides settled for a point.

Ward survives scare to beat Kovalev India strike two late blows to gain edge over England

LAS VEGAS, NOVEMBER 20 (AGENCIES): American Ward, 32, won the battle of the unbeaten fighters by 114-113 on all three ringside scorecards in Las Vegas. Ward landed some good punches but withstood pressure from Kovalev, 33, who was unhappy with the US judges. "I agree they support their boxer but honestly, this is sport. Don't make it like politics," he said. Asked whether he would face Ward again, Kovalev replied: "Sure - and I'll kick his ass." But Ward felt he was worthy of his 31st professional victory. "In a tight fight, he's going to feel like he got robbed. I'd have been been disappointed. But we got the belts tonight," he said. "That was the first time in my career I got dropped. I'm pleased with the way I responded." Kovalev's promoter Kathy Duva said she would use the rematch clause in the contract for a second fight. "He won the first six rounds so I don't know how he could lose a

decision,'' she said. The clash between the skilful Ward and hard-hitting Kovalev was billed as the fight of the year, and lived up to expectations. Ward had said he could finish the former supermiddleweight champion early, but was left on the canvas in the second round by a stinging right-hander. He eased his way back into the contest and landed a good left in the seventh round which jolted Kovalev. Ward won all of the last six rounds on two scorecards, and five of six on a third , to inflict his opponent's first defeat in 32 fights. "It was a fight of my life,'' said Kovalev. "I am

disappointed in the judges' decision. He got maybe a few rounds, I agree with that. I kept control. I lost maybe three rounds the whole fight.'' The judges appeared to favour Ward's counterpunching against the aggressive style of Kovalev. "We were a little careless with that knockdown in the second round, but we landed the cleaner punches,'' said Ward's trainer Virgil Hunter. On the undercard, two-time Olympic gold medallist Claressa Shields made her professional debut, winning a decision over Franchon Crews in a four-round super middleweight fight.

VISAkHApAtNAM, NOVEMBER 20 (IANS): Chasing 405 runs for victory, England were reduced to 87/2 in their second innings as India struck late during the fourth day's play in the second cricket Test match here on Sunday. Openers Haseeb Hameed (25) and skipper Alastair Cook (54) were the batsman to be dismissed close to the end of play. Cook's dismissal ended the day's action. Joe Root was unbeaten on 5 at stumps at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium. India's Ravichandran Ashwin claimed Hameed's wicket (1/28) while Ravindra Jadeja (1/25) accounted for Cook. England now need 318 runs to win the match to take the lead in the five-match Test series while India need eight wickets to clinch the encounter. The loss of Cook, in the day's final over after scoring a dogged 54, was a huge blow for England. Faced with the task of a recordsetting run chase for a touring team in India, England began well as the openers shared a 75-run stand in 50 overs, proving their determination and resilience. But once Hameed was out, adjudged leg before wicket (LBW) to Ashwin, England stumbled. It became worse for the tourists when Cook was given leg before to Jadeja with four balls of the day remaining to be played. The Eng-

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land openers earlier efforts were undone by the two late blows, that hit their bid to save the Test significantly. A win for England appeared very unlikely, particularly after the late strikes, and they can now only aim to play for a draw on the final day. England could have gone into the pavilion feeling confident if they hadn't lost Hameed and Cook. England started well after dismissing India in their second innings for 204. They were 40 for no loss at tea, with Cook (28 not out) and Hameed (12 not out), with each of them having played 84 de-

liveries. All the Indian bowlers had to toil hard. Cook and Hameed stood strong and showed their hunger to grind it out. England earlier bowled India out for 204 in the hosts' second innings, claiming the last seven wickets for 87 runs -- yet they were set a stiff target of 405 runs for victory. Resuming the day at 98/3, India's Ajinkya Rahane (26) and skipper Virat Kohli (81) started the proceedings on a good note. They forged a crucial 77-run partnership for the fourth wicket before Rahane was sent back to the pavilion by

pacer Stuart Broad in the 39th over. India suffered a collapse after Rahane's departure, going from 117/4 to 162/9. Ashwin (7), wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha (2), Kohli and Jadeja (2) got out in quick succession. England's inspired second innings bowling gave them a sniffing chance of getting back into the match. But Jayant Yadav (27 not out) and Mohammad Shami (19) added 42 vital runs for the 10th wicket to stretch India's overall lead. India's batting collapse had increased England's hopes of making a match out of the contest but the Jadav-Shami partnership dampened their ambitions. England's hopes took a further beating at the fag end of the day's action when they lost the two wickets, staring at the prospect of going 0-1 down in the five-match series. They need to bat out of their skins to avoid defeat, and their hopes would be pinned on Root -their in-form batsman who scored a fine half century in the first innings. The focus will be on how the fifth day pitch behaves. The wicket has so far behaved decently. But signs of wear and tear on it affecting the bounce of deliveries became apparent when Hameed was pinned on the backfoot to be dismissed. Cook also went on the backfoot and was similarly dismissed.

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