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We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom — Stephen Vincent Benet BJP told me to keep quiet, leaders never stood by me: Navjot Kaur
St. Mary’s Cathedral Hr. Sec School completes 25 years
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reflections
By Sandemo Ngullie
Henceforth i shall not overtake others cars from the wrong side. i shall not show off when riding my bike, i shall wear helmet. i shall not dri....
The Morung Express Poll QuEsTion
Vote on www.morungexpress.com sMs your answer to 9862574165 In the midst of systemic corruption, will an anticorruption political party be able to clean up the system in Nagaland State? Yes
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Do you agree that an inactive lifestyle is a leading cause for heart diseases in Naga society? Yes
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268 million kids to be overweight globally by 2025: Study
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LONDON, OcTOber 9 (IANS): In an indication that no policy interventions have proven very effective at changing current obesity trends, researchers have estimated that globally some 268 million children aged five to 17 years may be overweight by 2025. On the assumptions of continued population growth given by the World Bank, the study projected a rise from some 219 million children in this age group in 2010 to 268 million children in 2025. Obesity alone rises from 76 million children in 2010 to 91 million by 2025, the study, published in the journal Pediatric Obesity, said. “These forecasts should sound an alarm bell for health service managers and health professionals, who will have to deal with this rising tide of ill health following the obesity epidemic,” said study co-author Tim Lobstein from World Obesity Federation, London. Researchers used sing data prepared by the Global Burden of Disease collaborative for 2000 and 2013. Timed to coincide with this year’s World Obesity Day, on October 11, the investigators released data anticipating that obesity-related conditions will rise among children. In 2025, up to 12 million children will have impaired glucose tolerance, 4 million will have Type-2 diabetes, 27 million will have hypertension, and 38 million will have hepatic steatosis, the researchers estimated.
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india under pressure as world CCoFA to initiate indefinite NH-29 bandh from Oct 17 seeks third climate accord
OSLO/WASHINGTON, OcTOber 9 (reuTerS): India will face pressure to speed up its plans for cutting greenhouse gases used in refrigerators, air conditioning and aerosols when governments meet this week to hammer out what would be a third key deal to limit climate change in a month. About 150 nations meet in Rwanda, from Oct. 10-14 to try to agree a phase down of factory-made hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) gases. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will be among those attending. A quick phase-down of HFCs could be a big contribution to slow climate change, avoiding perhaps 0.5 degree Celsius (0.9 Fahrenheit) of a projected rise in average temperatures by 2100, scientists say. But India wants a peak in poor nations’ rising emissions only in 2031, to give industries time to adapt. More than 100 other nations including the United States, the European Union and African states, favour a peak in 2021. “It really does matter how early the agreement kicks in,” said Jake Schmidt, of the U.S. Natural Resources Defense Council, which reckons India’s proposal would add the equivalent of almost a year of global carbon emissions to the atmosphere. “We must get enough time before the phasing out period starts. We are very clear,” Indian Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave said on Oct. 1, according to the Times of India. Use of HFCs, which can be 10,000 times more powerful than carbon dioxide as greenhouse
• Bandh to restrict movement of fuel tankers and Nagaland govt registered vehicles • Movement of other vehicles will not be disturbed
A boy catches fish in a dried-up pond near the banks of the Ganges river Allahabad. (REUTERS/File)
gases, is already declining in many rich nations. An HFC accord would be the third big step this month to curb global warming after the 2015 Paris Agreement for a global shift from fossil fuels gained enough backing to enter into force and governments agreed a deal to limit emissions from aviation. President Barack Obama, hailing the Paris Agreement at the White House last week, said HFCs and aviation would also help “build a world that is safer and more prosperous and more secure”. The U.S. president has been keen to secure global climate agreements, meant to limit rising
sea levels, droughts, floods and heatwaves, as part of his legacy. Last month, 16 governments including the United States, Japan and Germany and private donors such as Microsoft founder Bill Gates agreed an $80 million fund to help an early phase down of HFCs, hoping to persuade developing nations to sign up. Many industries are already moving. “Unlikely as it may seem, a global HFC phase-down is backed both by leading environmental groups and the industry that makes and uses these chemicals,” said Frank Maisano, of the U.S. Airconditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute which represents companies such as Carrier Corp or
Honeywell. “We and many others in the industry have started to phase out HFCs. But the process is not completed,” said Daniel Frykholm, spokesman for Sweden’s Electrolux which wants to halve its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 from 2005 levels. The HFC talks are part of the 1987 Montreal Protocol, which succeeded in cutting the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) to help protect the ozone layer, which shields the planet from ultraviolet rays that can cause skin cancer. But the HFCs that have often replaced them, while better for the ozone layer, are powerful greenhouse gases.
DIMAPur, OcTOber 9 (MexN): The Co-ordination Committee on Fuel Adulteration (CCoFA) comprising of 21 civil society organisations today informed that it has decided to implement an “indefinite” bandh on the NH 29 in Nagaland state beginning October 17. A press note from the CCoFA informed that this is the 1st phase of their agitation, which would imply total restriction on the movement of fuel tankers and Nagaland government registered vehicles along NH-29 (AH-1). “This is also to say that the movement of other vehicles shall not be disturbed anywhere in the state during the 1st phase of the agitation save for the blacklisted category of vehicles,” it added. This was decided in a meeting held on October 8. This decision comes as per the public meeting resolution of September 10, wherein the committee had resolved for such in case the Nagaland gov-
ernment failed to institute a CBI enquiry on the fuel adulteration case within the time frame of 15 days. “Therefore, with the expiry of the deadline, the CCoFA will carry out the bandh on National Highways in an indefinite manner but in phases,” the CCoFA said. The CCoFA informed that volunteers will be deployed at strategic locations, including New Field Check Gate and Dillai Gate to carry out the public resolution. “In case the state government still refuses to accede to popular demand, the CCoFA will be forced to widen the scope of the indefinite bandh and implement the next phase and so forth till the demands are met,” it added The CCoFa claimed that the state of Manipur is the “largest beneficiary of the fuel adulteration racket; up to 70-80% of the adulterated fuel consignment from Dimapur is disposed off this state.” “Therefore, the indefinite highway bandh on movement of fuel tankers and Nagaland government vehicles is in the interest of all right thinking citizens,” it added. The CCoFA appealed to “our Manipur brethren to bear with the difficulty that may lie ahead but which nevertheless can be amicably settled if the Nagaland government does the right thing by calling the CBI in.”
‘Dream for a new Nagaland’ 28 year old woman found dead Morung Express news Dimapur | October 9
Secretary, Land Resources, Y Kikheto Sema on Sunday encouraged young children to start dreaming and work accordingly towards a better and new Nagaland since they are the ones who would gradually inherit and reap the benefits of what they sow now. He was exhorting a gathering of around 7000 people at the 8th Children Festival organized by the Children Education Department, Western Sumi Baptist Akukuhou Kuqhakulu (WSBAK) at Shokhuvi village on Sunday morning. He mentioned peace and unity as one of the main necessities towards changing present Nagaland into a better one. Denouncing fratricidal killings, Kikheto pointed out that factionalism had rendered many children orphans. “Many of you might be here whose parents work for Naga political groups. You should go back and tell your parents to let bygones be bygones and henceforth not to indulge in killings,” he told the children attending the programme. Citing his own example, Kikheto said that in his almost three
decades of stay in Kohima, the Angami people had not threatened or bothered him even once and that he was living in peace and harmony with the local people. “Likewise, let people from other communities live in peace and harmony in your village, area etc,” he encouraged. Meanwhile, according to Kikheto, no kind and number of seminars and conventions was going to bring miraculous change to Nagaland unless the election system was changed. He admitted and regretted that being from a political family he was also a victim of the sick electoral system in the state. “Bargaining for votes, using money, muscle and gun power in elections will do nothing good for the public. With such system, Nagas cannot produce quality leaders and revamping of the electoral system is of utmost necessity for bringing in real positive changes in the society,” he added. Executive Secretary, WSBAK, Rev. Dr. Hevukhu Achumi delivered the sermon and encouraged children to live and walk in the will of God to receive showers of blessings. Earlier, Sumi Baptist Akukuhou, Valley View, Dimapur led the praise and worship service.
Morung Express news Dimapur | October 9
A 28-year-old woman was found dead in her house in Tenyiephe I on the morning of Sunday, October 9. Dimapur Police informed today that Medovilü (28) was suspected to have been murdered with a sharp weapon on the night of October 8, between 10pm and 12am. She succumbed to multiple deep injuries administered on her head with a sharp object—the blows also injured her hands and wrists which she probably used to protect herself from the repeated assault, suspect the Police. She is survived by two children. Due to a recent divorce, her daughter lived with her mother while her
son lived with the relatives of her former husband. The victim lived alone in her house at Tenyiephi I, E Khel, and ran a small grocery shop close by her home. Her death was first reported to the victim’s mother by a neighbor at around 8:30am on October 9 after he went to her shop but found it closed, stated the Police. The neighbor found this an odd occurrence and went to call her from her home when he found her door unlocked, and a pool of blood next to the bed on which she lay. The neighbor immediately intimated the victim’s mother and brothers who live in the same neighborhood. They were reported to have found her body in a pool of blood with only one
piece of clothing on her upper body, which led to suspicions of sexual crimes. The Dimapur Police reached the spot in the morning and checked the area—only a mobile handset was found missing from the house while the weapon used to murder the victim could not be located. There was no sign of break-in either, informed the Police. The body was taken for examination and Post Mortem by afternoon to the Dimapur Civil Hospital where it was confirmed that she had not been sexually assaulted. A detailed Post Mortem report will be made available to the Police in couple of days. Her body has been handed over to the family for last rites. An FIR connected to the case has been filed at
the Diphupar Police Station under section 302 IPC (Murder) and the case is under investigation.
Body found in Khopanullah
A 23-year-old man drowned in a fishery pond at Khopanullah on October 9. Sarhuni (23) who hails from Lai village in Senapati district of Manipur drowned in a fishery pond during a picnic on Sunday afternoon. According to Dimapur Police, the man’s body was found by his friends who were with him at the picnic, who then reported it to the Police. His parents have refused a Post Mortem of the body, which will be taken to Lai village on October 10 to be laid to rest, stated the Police.
Kronu calls USA, Canadian investors to Nagaland Wildlife conservation: Most efficient way of saving earth our Correspondent Kohima | October 9
Parliamentary Secretary for Planning & Co-ordination, Evaluation & Monitoring Cell and Taxes, Neiba Kronu has called on various companies/share holders in the USA and Canada to come and explore, invest in Nagaland as the state is rich in mineral resources and has several untapped areas. He conveyed this to various companies/share holders while accompanying an Indian delegation spearheaded by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) to the USA and Canada from October 3 to 7 October 2016 with the support of the federal and provincial government. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Com-
merce and Industry (FICCI) which was established in 1927 is the oldest Apex business organization which is also the voice of India’s industry and business. It provides a platform for networking and consensus building within and across sectors. The main focus of the delegation is to connect between Canadian and USA organizations and financial institutions who are interested to work with India and invest in the infrastructure development of the country. The Indian delegate was welcomed by Akhil Tyagi, Area Director –South Asia, Ontario, Ministry of International Trade, while Manab Majumdar, Assistant Secretary General, FICCI introduced the delegates to the dignitaries present and gave an open-
ing remark. While discussing business with foreign companies, Kronu highlighted that the Government of Nagaland has decided to set up the Nagaland Investment Board (NIB) in order to attract investors and to keep business to business, people to people contact through public, private partnership (PPP) mode, joint venture etc. Kronu also requested the funding agencies to come forward and invest in Nagaland as the state government is looking forward to infrastructure development in roads & highways, railways, air connectivity, power, agriculture, Inland waterways etc. Earlier, Kronu also visited Israel to study the planning system and farming in the country.
our Correspondent Kohima | October 9
The Nagaland State’s Department of Environment, Forests & Climate Change maintains that wildlife conservation is the most efficient way of preventing the earth from getting depleted of its natural beauty. In this, the department has called upon the public to learn about ways to conserve the wildlife. This message was conveyed to the people of the state during the observance of wildlife week in Nagaland by the department, which concluded Saturday. In a ‘Do’s and Don’ts’ pamphlet on wildlife conservation, the department stressed on the need to encourage the people to discuss and learn about the significance of wildlife conservation.
With the successful wildlife conservation effort of the Chakhesang Public organization (CPo) and enforced by Chakhesang Youth Front (CYF), the wildlife population reportedly registered a drastic increase over the years in Chakhesang areas under Phek district. seen is a bird on the road side in Chozuba area. (Morung Photo/Chizokho Vero)
It highlighted some ways in which one can contribute towards saving nature and its living beings. The guidelines included:
“do inform the authorities when you come across illegal activities concerning wildlife, do not hunt or involve in trade (sale or pur-
chase) of wildlife, do not buy bones, skulls, teeth, trophies, feathers or any other parts or whole of wild birds or animals, do not use wild animal as exotic food items, do not think of wild animal parts as having medicinal value, do not think hunting for wild animals as a sport.” “Do not keep wild animals or birds as pets. Do not burn the jungles. Wildlife is best protected in its original habitat,” it stated. The department stated that conservation of wildlife is a necessity for earth’s protection. “If the wildlife is not conserved, it will lead to disturbances which will adversely affect the ecological balance of the earth,” the department said. Further, it cautioned that hunting and trade (sale) in wildlife is a crime and punishable offence.