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We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality ‘Corruption should be tacked through institutional arrangements’ [ PAGE 08]

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North Korean stagecraft in Kim’s absence

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Messi cameo illuminates Argentina thrashing of Hong Kong [ PAGE 12]

‘Right to safe childhood is an unconditional right’

New Delhi, october 14 (ageNcies): Oil companies on Tuesday cut petrol price by Re 1. The cut in petrol price will come into effect from Tuesday midnight.

Price of diesel maybe cut by as much as Rs 2.50 per litre after the state elections on October 19.

Morung Express News Dimapur | October 14

Blockade called off Kohima, october 14 (mexN): The blockade on goods ferrying trucks by the Kigwema Youth Organization at Kigwema village has been temporarily called off after a meeting with the DC, SP Kohima, Angami frontal organizations, Southern Angami frontal organizations, Kigwema village council and KYO at the DC’s Conference Hall, Kohima. This was informed in a release issued by KYO president Mezhiivo-o Thorie.

An Asurini do Tocantins man in the Tocantins river, Amazon. In Brazil, there are about 240 DimaPUr, october 14 (mexN): Dimapur Police has informed that an unidentified dead body of a female, about 30-35 years of age was recovered from a stream at Grace Colony, Kuda ‘C’ village, Dimapur on October 14. A press note from the PRO, Dimapur Police, informed that the deceased has “non-local features,” and was wearing a white top, a copper ring on the left ring finger, brass bangle on the right wrist and “with slight visible deformities on the ears.” Police notified that the body is kept in the morgue of District Hospital, Dimapur for identification. Anyone having information about the identity of the person may contact OC East PS, Dimapur at 03862-227607.

Government High School Longsa celebrates 50 yrs

Obama girls, Malala & Lorde make it to The Time’s ‘influential teens’ list

Petrol price cut

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tribes, totalling about 900,000 people and 0.4% of the Brazilian population. In the 514 years since Europeans arrived, tribal peoples have experienced genocide on a huge scale, and the theft of most of their land. Photo by Giordano Cipriani /Survival International

Bye-election today Our Correspondent Kohima | October 14

The bye-election to the 11th Northern Angami- II Assembly Constituency will take place today, with a total of 18,834 voters expected to cast their votes.

Two candidates are in the fray - Dr Neiphrezo Keditsu (NPF) and Visasolie Lhoungu (BJP).

Bye-election to the seat had been necessitated following former Chief Minister of Nagaland, Neiphiu Rio’s election to Lok Sabha in May this year. Ac-

cording to an official bulletin “Naga News,” after thorough checking of all EVMs by EVM Engineer H. Chowdhury, the polling materials along with the personnel have been deployed off to their respective Polling Stations today.

Transport -in-charge for the election, SDO (Sardar) Wennyie Konyak disclosed that altogether 140 vehicles are being utilized for the polling officials. AEO, Kohima, R Mhathung Ngullie has informed that the polling process will start at 7:00am

in all the 39 polling stations and 195 (5x39) polling personnel including peons have been sent to the respective polling locations.

Polling will close at 4 P.M. There will be no allwomen polling parties deployed for duties this time and no SMS reporting by polling officials would be in use.

11 polling stations have been declared hyper sensitive/critical, nine vulnerable and the remaining 19 will be normal polling stations.

“The Nagaland of children is not the same as the state in which adults live. It is the state as children experience it, as they live through their childhood years”, said convenor, India Alliance for Child Rights (IACR), Razia Sultan Ismail.

The IACR convenor said children place great value on safety, a sense of security, good and caring adults around them, good shelter, good and nourishing food and safe water – and enough of both – green and peaceful natural surroundings, good friends and place to play, and the confidence of being happy and feeling valued.

“This is what happiness is made of. This is what ‘Children’s Nagaland’ ought to be. Every day, every night”, Razia added.

The IACR convenor was speaking on “Children’s Nagaland: Rights, Realities, Possibilities”, at the inaugural session of the 3-day state level workshop on “Promoting, protecting and planning rights of children” organized by Nagaland Alliance for Children & Women Rights (NACWR) and supported by UNICEF, Assam Field Office, here at Hotel Acacia on Tuesday.

According to Razia, the question “What is childhood in Nagaland really like?” applies to every hamlet and village, every town and district, every human settlement and

habitation in the state where any child is born and is travelling along the 18 years of childhood.

She said India accepted the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC) in 1992 as a national obligation and in doing so, it committed every state in the Indian Union to make “Children’s India” a wonderful place for every

though a year had passed since Nagaland State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NSCPCR) was set up, yet the commission had not been able to function as desired “as many processes which would enable us to move forward as per the central Act have been stalled at the government level and despite our best efforts noth-

should be on hundreds of children in the State who do not get the attention they deserve from society and authorities. “They are virtually invisible and invisibility means extreme vulnerability”, she said.

Other guest speakers including Assistant Labour Commissioner, Dimapur, Imlisashi Jamir; ADC Dimapur, Elizabeth Ngullie and chief UNICEF Assam field office, Dr. Tushar Rane, also addressed the workshop.

Earlier, President NACWR, NK Kenny, in her welcome address also gave the background and objectives of the workshop. Famed Naga musician Nise Meruno and Lino Sumi, a visually challenged child artiste, enthralled the gathering with their melodies.

The workshop aims to deliberate on the magnitude of child rights violations in the state of Nagaland, to develop systematic strategies to address the issue at the district and state levels, analyze the situation and identify key priority issues affecting children in the state of Nagaland and to document the statespecific schemes and programmes promoting the well-being of children.

The workshop is also aimed at sensitizing district NGO partners on the issues of child rights and their responsibilities as “duty bearers of rights of children” and further to develop a 2-year operational plan to promote rights of children in Nagaland state.

3-day state level workshop on ‘Promoting, protecting and planning rights of children’ underway child’s childhood.

“In today’s real world, who cares about children?

In today’s real Nagaland, what positive evidence do we find? Can children tell us what their Nagaland of 2014 is like? Can they suggest some priorities, and some positive measures?”

Razia asked.

Further, the IACR convenor said that in understanding what rights are, and what they imply, one cannot avoid examining realities and their underlying reasons.

“In doing this, we reach the doorway of the possibilities for change. The situation of children deserves attention. The child’s right to safe childhood is an unconditional right. We have to make children’s Nagaland a joyous place for every child in the state. This is why we are here”, she added.

NSCPCR member Diethono Nakhro in her speech regretted that

ing much has been done to facilitate our functioning in these past months.”

She also said that despite the existence of rights, children continue to suffer from various kinds of abuse, neglect, preventable diseases and unequal access to education compounded by apathetic justice systems.

“Children are often voiceless in mainstream society. The relative powerlessness of children makes the protection of their rights more important. Too many children are victims of trafficking, sexual and physical abuse, exploitation and pornography.

Children are particularly vulnerable online, since they are often there without guidance from parents, care-givers or teachers”, she said.

On vulnerability, Diethono said that while the rights of all children must be protected, focus

‘Taxes dept contributes 60% revenue to State govt’ Central H&FW review Morung Express News Dimapur | October 14

Parliamentary Secretary for Taxes, IT&C, Science & Technology and Technical Education, Tovihoto Ayemi on Tuesday revealed that the Department of Taxes was contributing 60% of the total internal revenue to the State government.

He made the remark after inaugurating a Training Centre of the Department of Taxes at the office of the Commissioner of Taxes, Dimapur. Tovihoto acknowledged

the fact that the Department for the last 50 years had been functioning without a Training Centre, yet, it has been the major revenue generating arm of the State government.

“Now that we have established a proper Training Centre, our department should strive to generate more revenue and enhance the department’s image as a performing department,” he encouraged the staff.

The Parliamentary Secretary was confident that the new Training Centre would be effectively utilized. Pointing out that the issue of paying

taxes was still a reluctant subject to be discussed in Naga society, Tovihoto said that the onus of making the masses understand the importance a tax lay on the Department of Taxes. He urged the Department to effectively engage in creating mass awareness on honest tax payment which he said would benefit none but the state.

He said the Department of Taxes was one of the pioneers of e-governance in the State with most of the works being done online. Tovihoto added that the Mission Mode Project – Com-

mercial Taxes – Nagaland being implemented through the Taxsoft Software application has been selected as a finalist for the 5th e-North East Awards 2014 in the category of “e Governance and Citizen Services Delivery” to be held on November 7 at Aizawl, Mizoram.

Presenting a building report of the Training Centre, Assistant Engineer CAWD, Odi Nokdang said that the infrastructure was built at a cost of Rs 183 Lakh and completed in two years. The Centre is a multistoried building with all the modern facilities for imparting

computer training and various capacity building measures.

During the programme, founder of Leaders Arise Nagaland, Rev. Luoliehu Yimsung spoke briefly about motivational seminar on Leadership.

DC Dimapur, Wezope Kenye; SP Dimapur, VZ Angami and Commissioner Taxes, Asangba Chuba Ao IAS were among other officials present during the inaugural programme.

Later, Rev Yimsung conducted a seminar on Leadership with the staff of the Department of Taxes.

Address plight of govt PM urged to take a fresh schools, EDSSU asserts look into the Naga Issue

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DimaPUr, october 14 (mexN): The East Dimapur Sumi Students’ Union (EDSSU) has written to the Nagaland Commissioner and Secretary, School Education, to take necessary action regarding findings of the former during its inspection of government schools in the east Dimapur area.

The EDSSU informed that at Government High School, Purana Bazaar, “the school building is on the verge of collapse and almost all the walls are cracked and beyond repair, for which it is necessary to construct a new school building.” It added that that there has been only one Math teacher for the past ten years in the school.

Regarding the Government Middle School (GMS), Jorapukhuri, the EDSSU informed that the site of the school “is too small for extension,” and that a new building is required. In addition, the EDSSU informed that the GMS, Darogajan and GMS, Darogapathar require

one grade IV (Sweeper, Chowkidar, Peon) each. Meanwhile, it added that the Government Primary School, Sumi requires a Hindi teacher.

It further said that as per statements given by the school authorities, “text books and uniforms arrived very late (which were received in the middle of the year).” It added that photocopied textbooks have been received from the department by some schools.

The association then revealed all government schools in Dimapur are collecting admission fees and paper fees from students of all classes. This is being done, the EDSSU state, despite “according to the Right to Education (RTE), education should be free.” It urged the concerned department to clarify on the matter. Lamenting the presence of “many proxy teachers in government schools…” it urged for “strict action” against such teachers.

DimaPUr, october 14 (mexN): A group of senior Naga citizens today submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi urging the latter to “take a fresh look” into the Naga Political Issue and “come to a logical conclusion expeditiously by respecting the Unique history and situation of the Nagas which has been recognized as per the Amsterdam Joint Communiqué, July 11 2002....”

The memo was appended by former Finance Minister, TA Ngullie; former MLA, Bendangtoshi; rural economist and environmentalist, DK Zeliang; L Bizo, President of the Council of Naga Baptist Churches; NA Kasar, retired senior administrative official; Rev Dr Sumpi John, former lecturer, International Theological College, Dimapur and Rev L Souhie Mhasi, former MLA.

team in Nagaland Morung Express News Dimapur | October 14

A team of 5 officials from the Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India reached Nagaland on October 14 for status review of implementation of the existing National Health Policy. The team was led by Dr. Teja Ram, Deputy Commissioner (FP), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, New Delhi.

The team visited District Hospital Dimapur and CHC, Medziphema before heading to Kohima. The purpose of the visit is to assess and review the performance of the National Health Policy in Nagaland, said Dr. Ram during a brief interaction with The Morung Express at the District Hospital. The team will furnish its report to the Union H&FW Ministry.

The report will help formulate the New National Health Policy, which is proposed to replace the existing health policy framed in 2002.

“Fourteen teams of officials have been constituted to visit the State assigned and review the implementation strategy of the extant health policy,” states an office memo despatched by the Union Health department’s Bureau of Planning. The team will meet “State officials, District officials and other line officials posted at service delivery points/facilities and also have extensive discussion meetings with the stakeholders and the civil society.”

The team will visit Wokha, Mokokchung, Longleng, Phek and Kiphire over the next three days and is scheduled to have debriefing with H&FW official on October 17 in Kohima.

It referred to the recent statement of the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, during the byeelection campaign in Manipur’s Thoubal district, where the Union Minister had reportedly stated that the “BJP government at center would not allow the ongoing peace talks with NSCN (IM) to jeopardize Manipur’s territorial integrity.”

The memo apprised the PM that Rijjiju’s statement “will rather jeopardize the peace talk between the two entities as there is no meeting point for solution of the longest revolutionary insurgency in the world without bringing all the Naga inhabited territories under one single umbrella administrative setup,” which it reminded “is also a constitutional commitment of GOI under the Sixteen Points Agreement Dimapur and Mon District of 1960 while granting Nagaland as Hospitals in for major overhaul the 16th state of the Indian union.”

Meanwhile, the Dimapur Dis-

trict Hospital is in for a major overhaul as the decrepit hospital block will make way for a new structure. The fund for the new hospital block, under the ‘Forward Linkages scheme’ of the Union H&FW Ministry, was approved in 2013 while construction started this year. Construction of a Trauma Centre is underway at a formerly unused site within the hospital campus, while the existing structure will be demolished in a phased manner. Hospital officials said that the male / female medical and surgical wards will be the first to go. In the meantime, patients will be accommodated in the newly constructed but unused 10-bedded Ayush Centre behind the main hospital structure. For the stop-gap arrangement, all available space at the Ayush centre will be utilised. A date when the phased demolition would begin was not specified but “it will be soon,” the officials stated. Completion of the project is expected to take a year at least.

The Central team during its brief stopover in Dimapur was apprised of the development, and informed on other proposals put forward by the Nagaland Government for augmentation of the District Hospital, Dimapur. The Nagaland Government has reportedly put up a proposal for upgrading the present 30-bedded maternity ward to a 100-bedded facility.

Mon District Hospital is also line for a similar overhaul. During the initial stages of negotiations with the Union Health Ministry in 2012, the State government had proposed for upgrading the Dimapur District and Mon District Hospitals to 200 and 100-bedded facilities, respectively.

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Polling personnel deployed for bye-election

Polling officials for 11 Northern Angami II Assembly Constituency bye-election leave for their respective polling stations on October 14.

kohiMa, october 14 (DiPr): In the bye-election to the 11 Northern Angami II Assembly Constitu-

ency under Chiephobozou sub-division on October 15, 18,834 voters will exercise their franchise. The

polling materials along with the personnel were deployed off to their respective Polling Stations to-

day after a thorough checking of all the EVMs by EVM Engineer H. Chowdhury.

The Transport-incharge for the election, SDO (Sardar) Wennyie Konyak disclosed that altogether 140 vehicles are being utilized for the polling officials.

Meanwhile, AEO, Kohima, R. Mhathung Ngullie informed that the polling process will start at 7:00 am in all the 39 polling stations and 195 (5x39) polling personnel including peons have been sent to the respective polling locations. Polling will close at 4:00 pm. There will be no all-women polling parties deployed for duties this time and no SMS reporting by polling officials would be in use.

Obsession – Zulu Jamir’s first album released

kohiMa, october 14 (Mexn): Zulu Jamir released his first music album ‘Obsession’ on October 12 in Kohima. Obsession features ‘Mother’s love’ which won the best pop video at the first Nagaland Music Video Awards 2009 organized by Native Trax, informed a press release received here. The album also features ‘Poison of the infinite false,’ which is based on the singer’s experience and struggle with alcohol and “conveys a challenge to all who are caught in the infinite web of alcohol.” Releasing the album, Jamir thanked God for the gift of music and hoped that listeners would enjoy and also be inspired by his music, the release added. The album was released by Anung Imsong.

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Imsong (right) releasing Zulu Jamir’s (left) album ‘Obsession’ in Kohima on October 12.

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kohiMa, october 14 (Mexn): As part of the National Postal Week celebration, a Business Development meeting with the corporate customers was held in the Chamber of the Director of Postal Services, Kohima. A press release from Som Kamei, Director of Postal Services informed that the meeting was attended by officials from A.I.R. IGNOU, Special Bureau, State Bank of India, Axis Bank, HUDCO, NBSE etc. Various issues of postal services and customers grievances were discussed and the Director of Postal

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Mokokchung, october 14 (Mexn): Government High School Longsa in Mokokchung district celebrated its Golden Jubilee at the school premises with Advisor SIRD & Chairman NSMDC, Merentoshi R Jamir as chief guest and Addl. Development Commissioner, Planning & Coordination, Temsuwati Longkümer as guest of honor today.

The chief guest, Merentoshi R Jamir, congratulated the school authorities, Longsa Village Council, teachers and students for achieving the great milestone. Stating that the school has produced lots of officers and leaders in the society, he paid rich tribute to the forefathers and the pioneers of the school,

Department of Postal Services officials with their corporate customers.

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who, with great vision, established the school.

While pointing out that the school has benefitted not only the Longsa villagers, but also the neighboring Sumi villages of Zunheboto, Merentoshi encouraged the school authorities to work harder so the school can also benefit the nearby villages under Tuensang district. In this regard, he challenged the school authorities, the Longsa Village Council and the community not to forget the ‘vision’ of the forefathers and the pioneers of the school so the school can achieve greater heights in the future.

Guest of Honor, Temsuwati Longkümer, who is an alumnus of the school,

inspired the students with his own life story. He narrated he was from a farmer’s family, who studied hard and by God’s grace and through hard work, achieved his present position. He asserted that the students of GHS Longsa can also achieve great in life if they study hard and keep studies as their first priority. He stressed that there is no loss in studying hard or working hard and hardworking people are never a failure in life. He further acknowledged the good results of the school, especially the 100% Matric pass in the year 2013, and challenged the school authorities, teachers and students to make the Government High School Longsa

a model government high school in Nagaland.

Deputy Director of Economics & Statistics, R Takamanen Jamir and Longsa Village Council chairman, R Lanu also spoke at the event. A host of dignitaries from the district administration and police attended the celebration.

A press release noted that the GHS Longsa, which started off as a private ME School Longsa, was taken over by the government on February 24, 1964. The school then had only up to standard VI. The school provides quality education not only to the Longsa village students, but also the students from neighboring Sumi villages under Zunheboto district, it added.

Mokokchung, october 14 (Mexn): District Forest Officer (DFO), Mokokchung Division T.N Jamir (IFS) donated a male slow loris, which was then released in the Community Bio-diversity Reserve, Kanglatu on October 11 by the Forest Department of-

ficials under Changtongya, for conservation in its natural habitat.

The Kanglatu Bio-diversity reserve forest is about 500 ha in area and 6.5 kms away from Changtongya Village, according to a press release received here. The whole area is very

give is great and by giving a unit of blood, the donors save a life, and further encouraged the volunteers to come forward and donate blood.

A press release from Bendangnungsang also informed that Dr. Temsu, Medical Officer, in-charge of Blood Bank, Civil Hospital, Dimapur exhorted the NSS volunteers by giving a brief foreword on the significance of blood donation and its provisions on saving lives. By donating blood, we are not only saving the life of people but also build relationship be-

tween donors and recipients, he stated. He further said that, in terms of nobility (Blood donation), Patkai NSS-Unit is well ahead and welcomed the excellent work done for the people in need.

According to the note, 60 volunteers donated blood and received certificates and badges from the medical team of Civil Hospital. The Programme Officer Bendangnungsang has lauded all the donors and the medical team led

by Dr. Temsu of Dimapur Civil Hospital for making the event successful.

rich in flora and fauna and has many wild animals, birds and wild fruits, the release stated, adding with the intervention of the Forest Department and cooperation from the village community, the area is being kept reserved and conserved with great success.

Stating that climate change has been linked with greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, methane etc, he said that its enormous increase year after year could be attributed to the presence of large industries, automobiles, deforestation and excess amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Nowadays, developed countries are the highest polluters, he stated, however, they refuse to cut down their emission levels due to higher dependence on

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manufacturing industries.

Commissioner & Secretary, Land Resources & Team leader, NEPED, Menukhol John also addressed the participants and urged them to educate on the seriousness of climate change to those who are yet to know the menace. The inaugural session was chaired by member NEPED, Ango Konyak while welcome remarks was delivered by GIZ, Kenneth Pala. Member, NEPED, Chiten Yaden proposed vote of thanks.

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Training on climate change underway in Kohima

DiMaPur, october 14 (Mexn): The Urban Ministry of Sumi Baptist Churches Association (SBAK-Aizuto) is organizing Urban Youth Fellowship on October 26, 10:00 am at Hotel Saramati with the theme, “Successful Youth”.

Therefore, Youth Secretary cum Urban Ministry Director Rev. Vitoshe K. Aye has requested all SBAK youths in Dima- kohiMa, october pur to attend the fellowship/get together and be blessed. 14 (DiPr): The inaugural session of the four-day training of master trainers Kuzhami Union informs at district level for awarekohiMa, october 14 (Mexn): The Kuzhami ness raising on climate Union, Kohima (KUK) is organising a Youth Seminar on change/ adaptation and 'Revitalization of our Culture' on October 25 at Golden related issues began at AdJubilee Hall, Chakesang Baptist Church, Kohima. There- ministrative Training Instifore, all the Kuzhami youths residing in Kohima have tute in Kohima on October been invited to attend the seminar. Registration form is 14 with APCCF Nagaland, being made available through respective village Welfare Union/ Society. A press note issued by KUK’s Publicity & Rajat Pal, as the chief guest.

Addressing the particiInfo Secretary, Neitshulo Kapfo further informed all the Presidents/ Chairmen of Kuzhami Villages Union/Soci- pants, the chief guest highety in Kohima and the nominated representatives to KUK lighted on climate change to attend the joint seating with KUK office bearers on Oc- in the 21st century and how tober 15 at Red Cross Conference Hall Kohima at 3.30 pm. it has impacted mankind.

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Chief Guest Merentoshi R Jamir after laying down the GHS Longsa Golden Jubilee monolith.

DiMaPur, october 14 (Mexn): The NSS Unit of Patkai Christian College (Autonomous) under the guidance of Bendangnungsang, Programme Officer, NSS, organized a blood donation camp under the theme “Donate Blood, Save Lives” on September 25, 2014 at the College Health Clinic Centre.

H. Epao, Principal of Patkai Christian College was the resource person. He exhorted the NSS volunteers by quoting from the Bible, “It is more blessed to give than to receive”. He stated that to

The slow loris donated by DFO Mokokchung, which was subsequently released in the Community Bio-diversity Reserve, Kanglatu on October 11.

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Government High School Longsa celebrates 50 yrs

Services assured of quality Postal Services to the customers/ public, the release stated. Introduction of new products like Retail Post, Media Post and Business Post and their advantages to the corporate customers were also explained during the meeting. The release mentioned that Nagaland Postal Division earned more than 1.8 crore as revenue through corporate customers in the last financial year.

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Postal Services dept meets corporate customers Patkai NSS unit organizes blood donation camp

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Delhi Public School Dimapur organized a cleanliness drive at the school campus on October 14. The drive was conducted in light of CBSE’s directive to all schools affiliated to it to organize Swachh Bharat, Swachh Vidyalaya (Clean India, Clean School) campaign from September 25 to October 31, 2014 to pay homage to one of Mahatma Gandhi’s favourite tenets ‘Cleanliness is next to Godliness.’ Photo by Caisii Mao

'Understanding Children Behaviour' – Eurokids School promotes awareness

DiMaPur, october 14 (Mexn): Eurokids International School, Dimapur has launched a new initiative called 'Understanding Children Behaviour' to promote awareness on different behaviour issues with children.

In the first phase, a fourday special programme was organized from October 7- 10 at the school premises in Midland, Dimapur with Tawnee S. Morris, Child Psychologist from the UK, as the resource person. Tawnee, who was on a 10 days trip to India, particularly Nagaland, discussed various behaviour related issues with all the parents at the Eurokids School.

A press release from Eurokids International School principal, Sandeep K Jain informed that the resource person talked on various topics like positive

Parents and resource person during the first phase program of 'Understanding Children Behaviour' held at Eurokids International School, Dimapur from October 7- 10.

parenting and gave tips on how to deal with children's emotions and their behaviour issues. She also spoke about Child Abuse

(emotional, physical and sexual abuse), which is more prevalent in our society nowadays. Further, she discussed about the

importance of setting certain limits for children and maintaining proper daily routines and disciplining them as it has a great

impact on the child's behaviour at home. She also dealt with issues regarding impact of family environment on children.

In the second phase of the program, according to the release, Eurokids is planning to organize similar program for general public in January 2015, to increase awareness about certain behaviour issues which need medical attention, but are usually overlooked due to lack of proper knowledge.

Eurokids is also going to create a knowledge database (books, fact sheets etc) on similar issues which will be accessible to all the parents at the school, it added. Apart from these, the release stated, the parents will be able to discuss similar issues with Morris in England through video conferencing at the school premises from next session on a regular basis.

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Anti-national activities go down in Assam: Govt guwahati, october 14 (ianS): The Assam government Tuesday said intensified security measures have led to a steep fall in anti-national activities of fundamentalist forces in the state.

The reaction came after the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) alleged inaction on the part of the state government in curbing activities of fundamentalist forces and infiltration from across the border. "The state government is aware of certain external and internal forces that include insurgent groups joining hands together and trying to set up a base in the state and the northeastern region to destabilise the country. Certain jihadi forces are trying to influence youths to join the rank and file," the government said.

A statement issued by the chief minister's office said: "Prompt action by law-enforcing agencies have led to the arrest of cadres belonging to Harkat-ulMujahideen, Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami and Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh with cache of arms and incriminating documents. A

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radical group, the Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam, founded in the 1990s, has become a nonentity following operations against it." The state government has also asked the National Investigation Agency to probe specific terrorist attack cases to bring conspiracy angle into the open. The statement said: "The state government initiated a host of measures during the UPA Government's tenure for strengthening the borders, erecting doubled barbed wire fencing, creation of BoPs, intensifying riverine patrolling, flood lighting and raising the number of foreigners' tribunals to check infiltration from across the borders. It has been pressing the NDA Government to seal the India-Bangladesh border to stop infiltration."

The state government said the process for updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC), 1951 was taken up following a directive from Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi.

"The state government has been trying to solve the foreigners' issue and updating the NRC will put all issues to rest," the statement said.

imPhal, october 14 (mexn): The Zeliangrong Youth Front (Assam, Manipur & Nagaland) has lashed out at Manipur Government’s “poor administration system” in not stationing doctors at the Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in the subdivisions of Tousem and Tamei of Tamenglong District.

A press release from ZYF General Secretary David Kamei stating that it is unimaginable that a state had failed to depute even a single doctor to Primary Health Sub-Centres (PHSC) or PHCs of Tousem and Tamei Sub-Divisions where, Kamei stated, “the most health care is needed considering these sub-divisions are located in the interior part of the State.”

ZYF stated that the State Government failing to device a mechanism to deal with the ineffectiveness of the system has

rendered the common people suffer. It alleged that the plight of the people of Tamenglong district particularly the interior parts in different sub-divisions of the entire district has been completely neglected intentionally and deliberately in several spheres by the State government since the inception of the Manipur’s statehood.

Also alleging that doctors have failed to perform their undertaking of serving the people, ZYF stated that medical doctors avoiding their responsibility of serving human kind is contrary to their professional ethics. This, it reasoned, is due to the state government’s weakness, acceptance to dereliction of duty and politics of favouritism. Also pointing to the lack of basic requirements, ZYF stated that one of the reasons why the doctors were reluctant to

stay at their place of posting was because there are no appropriate or suitable quarters and absence of vehicles or ambulances for PHSCs or PHCs. ZYF stating that this was because of “poor administration system” called on the state government to prioritize and formulate a policy to provide incentives to doctors who are deputed to hills and far flung remote areas considering the hardships they encounter.

“The root cause of backwardness and underdevelopment of all the sub-divisions in Tamenglong district is due to complete failure in road connectivity,” ZYF stated. “There is not a single viable road fit to be called a road in the entire district except short distance of National Highway between Imphal-Longmai,” it added. “In such a condition

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how can there be development?” it questioned.

ZYF also stated that the central government has been releasing development funds and packages for acceleration of development activities in the district but improper implementation of work has led to the disappearance of funds without impact on the ground.

Further stating that keeping Tamenglong under Manipur government’s administration may never allow the people of the district to see development, ZYF claimed that the only measure to bail out the people of the district would be to keep the district under direct administration of Central government for some specific years in some important sectors such as health care, education, road connectivity, communication etc.

itanagar, october 14 (Pti): The Information and Broadcasting ministry is planning to launch two satellite channels for the north eastern region, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said today.

Of these, one channel with the proposed nomenclature - Arunprova - would be dedicated to Arunachal and Sikkim, Rijiju told reporters here.

"The channels will help the region in promoting the local art and culture besides creating awareness among the people of other parts of the country on the rich heritage of the North East," he said.

Centre planning road along McMohan line in Arunachal: Rijiju itanagar, october 14 (Pti): To match China's road infrastructure across the McMohan Line, India is planning to construct a road along the international boundary from Mago-Thingbu in Tawang to Vijaynagar in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said on Tuesday.

"The road has also been planned considering the largescale migration of people from border areas and the need to push them back by creating all basic amenities to make them comfortable," Rijiju told reporters here.

He said the proposed 2,000km long road which is still in the conceptual stage, would not only

be beneficial from the security point of view but would also accelerate border area development, one of the priority areas of the NDA government at the Centre. "The construction of the road will be a huge challenge considering the rough and hostile terrain mostly snow-fed through which it would pass and will be the biggest single infrastructure

project in the history of India with an estimated cost of over Rs 40,000 crore," he said.

Rijiju, who is looking after border area management in the Home Ministry, said that Union Minister of Road, Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari had entrusted him with the responsibility to look after road projects in the northeastern

states except Assam. "I am proposing to undertake this road along with another in the foothill areas of the state from Bhairab Kund, the tri-junction of Bhutan, Assam and Arunachal to Ruksin in East Siang district which will serve as an industrial corridor for the people residing in the foothill areas of the state," he said.

Governor asks police to protect women NSU Shillong Fresher’s Day held agartala, october 14 (ianS): Nagaland and Tripura Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya has asked police and the state women's commission to take stern action against those who molested a woman publicly here earlier this month.

"I have asked the Tripura Women Commission (TWC) chairperson and senior police officials to take firm action against the attackers who assaulted and molested a woman in full glare on October 6," Acharya told reporters Tuesday at Raj Bhavan.

Expressing his deep concern and anguish, he said: "I have met TWC Chairperson Purnima Roy

Manipur rebel outfit pulls out of peace talks imPhal, october 14 (tnn): The United Revolutionary Front (URF) which signed a ceasefire agreement with the Manipur government has pulled out of peace talks.

The group which had denounced the state government's current surrender policy now wants back the arms and ammunition it deposited while signing the peace pact. Deputy chief minister Gaikhangam said the state government would discuss the matter with the Centre.

A conglomerate of around five factions of the underground Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), URF had signed the tripartite "Suspension of Operation" agreement with the state and the Centre a few years ago.

The outfit's total cadre strength is over 400 and nearly 130 of them including its leaders lived in their designated camp at an Assam Rifles complex in Loitang Khunou in Imphal West, sources said. The outfit left the camp a few days ago, they added.

In a statement, URF chairman Lanheiba Meitei said the outfit has no faith in the policies of the state and the Centre. Anybody who surrenders to the government using the name of the outfit and its armed wing, Manipur Army (MA), will be killed, he warned.

The outfit threatened to attack members of the ruling Congress if the state government stages a "surrender drama" with a 'fake' URF. The outfit will launch its "valley operation" soon under "army commander" Loyangamba Meitei, he said.

Gaikhangam, who also holds the home portfolio, said on Monday, "I don't want to comment on this issue. We will consult the Centre." He added that URF's move betrays its frustration with the ceasefire rules.

and Inspector General of Police (law and order) Anurag Dhankar Monday and directed them to protect women and earn people's trust by taking prompt action against the people involved in crimes against women."

The woman, 37-year-old Soma Majumder also met the governor Monday and explained to him how she was assaulted and molested by a group of people, including women.

On October 5, some youths were consuming alcohol in the public to which her husband protested. But these youths also forced him to drink alcohol. The next day she was called to a local club and

beaten and molested in full public glare by 18 people, including some women. No one from the crowd came forward to her rescue.

The issue came to light when a local television channel aired the incident, triggering a major political storm against the Left Front government. People cutting across party lines strongly protested the incident. "This incident was barbaric and an act like that of medieval period," TWC chief Roy told reporters after visiting the residence of the victim. She said that a fact-finding team of the commission has visited the victim's house and talked to the family members.

Deputy Superintendent of

police (Central) Rajendra Datta said the victim has filed a complaint against the 18 people. "The accused have obtained anticipatory bail from a local court here," Datta told IANS, adding that the additional chief judicial magistrate here has asked the accused to be present in the court Oct 20 when their bail matter would be assessed.

The opposition parties have claimed that crimes against women are increasing rapidly in Tripura. Senior leaders of political parties, including the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party, met top police officials here, demanding stern action against the attackers.

Meghalaya cop arrested for molesting minor Shillong, october 14 (ianS): A Meghalaya police officer was arrested for molesting a minor girl, an officer said Monday.

Prosecuting Inspector Alarick J. Sangma was nabbed Sunday night from Williamnagar (district headquarters of West Garo Hills), based on an FIR lodged against him, the official said. "Sangma has been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code for outraging the girl's modesty and attempting to rape her. Several sections under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act were invoked," Davies R. Marak, the dis-

trict police chief of East Garo Hills, told IANS. "The accused had molested the minor girl inside his vehicle while travelling from Tura, the district headquarters of West Garo Hills, to Williamnagar. He again molested her in his official quarter at the police reserve," Marak said, quoting the 17-year-old girl.

Marak said the police officer has been placed under suspension.

He added: "We have already filed a chargesheet against the prosecuting inspector and the district and session court has remanded him to 14 days' judicial custody."

A senior police official said the inspector could face termination of service, since he stands accused of a heinous crime against a minor.

Last year, the Meghalaya government dismissed from service two police officers accused of rape.

Incidents of crime against women, especially rape, have been showing an upward trend in Meghalaya, traditionally known for its matrilineal society and respect for women.

Meghalaya government statistics reveal that in 2013 alone (from January to September), 250 cases of crimes against women were registered. Of these, 151 were of rape.

Foreign tourists inflow into the North Eastern states has increased by 27% Shillong, october 14 (Pti): Foreign tourists inflow into Northeastern states has increased by over 27 per cent last year against a national growth of only 5.9 per cent, a top Union Tourism department official said here today.

"The number of foreign tourists visiting the Northeast region has increased by 27.9 per cent in the past one year," Union Tourism Ministry Secretary Parvez Dewan told reporters at the sideline of a third International Tourism Mart – 2014 held here.

A jump of 12.5 per cent was registered in foreign tourist visits (FTVs) to the northeast in 2012 as against 2011, which further rose by more than 100 per cent to register a growth of 27.9 per cent during 2013 in comparison to 2012, he said. There were a total of 58,920 FTVs to the northeastern states in 2011 with the figure going up to 66,302 in 2012. That number further increased to 84,820 in 2013.

Among the eight states, there is a sudden

States must develop innovative tourism services: Shripad Yesso Naik Shillong, october 14 (ianS): Tourism Minister Shripad Yesso Naik Tuesday urged states to develop innovative tourism products and services while noting concerted efforts are required to develop adventure, eco and rural tourism.

Speaking at the inauguration of the third International Tourism Mart here, Naik stressed the need to "develop niche and innovative tourism" products and services which should be the focus areas for state governments and the private sector. "Concerted efforts are required to develop adventure tourism, eco tourism, rural tourism including home stays and birding tours in this region," he said.

Naik also urged the participants growth in the flow of foreign tourists to Manipur, one of the eight states in the Northeast region in the past one year, they said. "About 154 per cent of foreign tourists visits Manipur during 20122013 which is keenly followed by Arunachal Pradesh with a growth of 111 per cent," Dewan told reporters at the sideline of a 3rd In-

to discuss new tourism products of the northeast region. "This platform should be used by the tourism stake holders from the northeast region to interact with their international counterparts and also with the tour operators from other regions of the country," he said.

Naik also pointed out that the ministry is "working out an action plan for cleanliness of tourism spots in the country". "This is sought to be done with the active participation of the private sector in order to build up the necessary tourism infrastructure which will facilitate travel and hospitality," he said.

The three day event began Oct 13 but was formally inaugurated Tuesday.

t e r n a t i o n a l To u r i s m Mart– 2014 held here.

Tourist inflow to Tripura increased by 51 per cent, Nagaland – 33 per cent, Meghalaya – 27 per cent, Sikkim – 19 per cent and the least was Mizoram with 9.25 per cent only, he said.

I n 2 0 1 3 , Fo r e i g n Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) to India were 6.97 million with a growth of 5.9

per cent as compared to 6.58 million during 2012, a data of the tourism ministry said.

Stakeholders in the industr y had suggested that state governments should facilitate field visits by embassy officials of those countries who issued travel advisories to their nationals against visiting these states in the region.

NSUS officials pose lens with Mr & Miss NSUS Fresher’s 2014.

Shillong, october 14 (mexn): The 54th Naga Students’ Union, Shillong Fresher’s Day was held on October 2 at Naga Community Hall, Nagaland House, Shillong, with Ravi Kiran Ubale, IA&AS, Deputy Accountant General (Audit) Government of India as special guest. Visedelhou Terhiija also graced the occasion as Guest Artiste.

Addressing the function, Ubale said that student life is

a pillar of everything in the world and added that student life is one of the most important part of one’s life.

Ubale talked about the importance of balancing studies with other extra co-curricular activities and also shared the secret of keeping the spark of happiness alive through failures and hurdles. He further offered to help students interested in appearing Civil Services exams.

He further lauded the

Nagas for their warm hospitality and kindness and spoke of his experience of working in Nagaland some years back as a Government servant.

Meanwhile, the NSUS also conducted the Mr & Miss Freshers’ NSUS 2014 with Miss Shillong (201213) Suman Lyngdoh as the judge. Komow Pfokrelo and Imlimenla Longchar won the Mr & Miss Freshers’ title respectively.

GOVERNMENT OF NAGALAND

DIRECTORATE OF SCHOOL EDUCATION NAGALAND :: KOHIMA

PRESS RELEASE NO/ED/SAINIK-1/2010-11/623

Dated Kohima, the 14th Oct 2014

The All India Sainik School Entrance Examination (AISSEE) for Admission to Class VI & IX at Sainik School Punglwa for the session 2015-16 will be conducted at three centres in Nagaland at Kohima, Dimapur and Punglwa on 04 January 2015 (Sunday).

Prospectus and Application Form will be available at the office of the Sainik School Punglwa on all working days between 0800h to 1400h from l5 Oct- 29 Nov 2014 or for those who wanted to collect the same by Post could forward SBI Demand Draft for Rs. 500/- (for GEN/ DEFCAT) and Rs. 350/- (for SC/ST only) in favour of the Principal, Sainik school, Punglwa (Nagaland) payable at SBI, Medziphema (Code 6759). Cheques will not be accepted.

The qualifying age for Admission to class VI should be born between 02 July 2004 to 01 July 2005 and for Admission to Class IX should be born between 02 July 2001 to 01 July 2002.

Applications can be submitted in person or by SPEED/REGD POST latest by Dec 2014.

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The Morung Express

The New Dimensional outlook, Challenge and Hope

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he law of negation states that old things wear away replacing with new things. The natural process of change is continual. The emergence, the renewal, the dying and the replacing of the old with the new must continue that the universe may regulate its design and order. Let us imagine a moment and contemplate on this fact of the universal reality.

Everything in the universe has three dimensions; the width, the length and the height and are related to each other occupying a space in varying way.

In the perspective of human mental reasoning, the good, the bad and the ugly too are just the perceptive aspect of the human mind. According to William Shakespeare’s philosophy, “there is nothing good or bad, thinking make it so”. Our outlook on things defines who we are. Greatness or smallness lies in our mind and will.

All movement and activities on earth are designed and assigned by the creator in His own way, purpose and plan fixed in the natural process of growth and dying. When we go against the nature or natural order, accident take place. In nature everything is set in order. The development, crises and conflicts in the society is the result of neglecting or ignoring the laws of nature. The type of problems and crises we are facing today will eventually make or mar us in a way we response to it. Our response will be rewarded in equal measure in our life and society. Therefore we are responsible for our action or inaction in the society. we are our own makers for good or bad.

Many views that social change and development are spontaneous and cannot change or stop its course. The fact is that, man utilizes the nature and develops it to his advantages. The process of social development is natural as well as man-made phenomena. All the civilization of human kind is brought about by man controlling and using the forces of nature. For example, electricity is the power force of water utilized by man. Man can do anything except he cannot change the laws of nature.

Men are mighty and God is almighty. Hence our social problems can be solved by human techniques and ideas. Problems are sum to be solved and not death-locks. John F. Ken-

nedy once said, “Problems are man-made, therefore man can solve it”.

We are failing in responding to social responsibility and challenges. We tend to play blame game and escape for social failures rather than playing our role toward building and making a better social and global order. Unless we change our mindset to possibilitymindset or positive mental attitude, we remain only as agents of destruction and not a catalyst for construction. We are morally obliged to render our service to the society toward changing and building a better social order. Our Rights, Role and Responsibility toward each other and the nature around us must be sensed and committed.

When we start to think, act and live in term of understanding the time space, and object, we will turn ourselves from selfish perception to altruistic humanity. Imagine on this. Our dimension of understanding about social environment and life on earth will be made more complete when we relate our self with the purpose, rights, role and responsibility toward the earth and humanity. We need to think and live on this. John F. Kennedy once said, “Our task now is not to fix the blame for the past, but to fix our course for the future” Are we fixing the blame on others or fixing our action and cause on ourselves?

We are responsible for right or wrong, good or bad society. Our society is our own making.

CHANGE: All thing changes except time and space. Time and space are endless reality and not an entity. Time does not come and go. Only things happen or unhappen. Things come and go. This outlook has to be the new dimensional understanding of the present generation. If we want or don’t want our society to change or not to change, we must change the way we are now to the way we want to, then only we can see change in the society we live in. This may sound hard but sure. We are making or unmaking our society by the way we think, act and live. Social change begins in our own self.

Our outlook on life and society is the exact picture of our present generation and civilization.

We are responsible for the present Naga social chaotic and problematic condition. We all are accountable for the good or the bad; the wrong or the right

we are facing in our society. In nature, development comes through creation and negation of the old with the new. For instance, human primitive way of life living with animal or with the nature has developed into higher stage of life through experiencing, learning and living a better and more comfortable condition through creative ideas, thinking and reasoning. In human society, life traverses or passes through/from primeval commune system to socialism and to communism then on to social classes and system of governance in the human society. Communism has changed the socially exploitative system to socialism.

This change from lower to the higher and simple to the complex stage of life is human progressive development or social phenomena.

Our generation is flooded with overwhelming unresolved problems. The reason and cause could be that, problems are not rightly resolved and tackled on time. Wrong understanding about the problem to be right has often complicated then simplifies the problem. Our social issues and crises are our own making therefore we are responsible for resolving it or we fall victims together as fools to our own making. Problems when not rightly perceived and resolved beget greater problems till it becomes too big to handle and let it to run its course of destruction upon the person and the society. There are many such instances which have molded and shaped our present reality.

According to Albert Einstein, “The problems we face today cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them”. We need a new mental outlook, greater courage and better reasoning and understanding to tackle the problems of today. There are too many old answers or approaches to new challenges facing us, which has complicated or multiplied the problems. Current problems cannot be solved with the old methods or approaches. It need or demand greater techniques or strategies. The old problems laden with new one must be resolved with more powerful and effective strategy.

This is our challenge today as students and leaders of the society. We must face it with hope and courage that we may create a new generation of hope and

prosperity for ourselves and our posterity.

Analyzed that, the problems we as Nagas are facing may be defined in three broad reasons: lack of right education and information, lack of vision and courage to face the reality, and for lack of reasoning and understanding about the problems and its solutions.

The problems are seemingly more than we have the capacity to resolve it. The fact is, our education, learning and understanding about life and our knowledge about natural things around us is limited.

Our minds are still obscured with ignorance. We tend to remain in self-made comfortable zone. We have metal lethargy and complacency. Our pride is destroying us. We are blind to our moral responsibility. The fact must be overcome. It is possible only through right education and shouldering social responsibility. Winston Churchill rightly said, “Responsibility is not transferable”. We must face the reality with faith in God’s intervention in our favor. This is our confidence that the truth will set us free. This confidence must make us fearless and daring to do the right task and cause. No risk no gain. No responsibility no accomplishment. Leaders are risk takers.

It is in the risky situation where duty and victory is demanded and assured.

The role and responsibility as students toward building the society must be specifically made distinct and loud. Every one is a student of the universe till death. However formal students must be intently engaged in learning education that will ultimately build the society and nation. Wise decision is required here, for formal students when social service is demanded. Student’s union/body are not to be in the front lines in tackling social issues or crises. It is befitting and becoming for students to undertake social research and solution finding to social problems and feed solutions options to the social leaders from behind. Mahatma Gandhi once stated, “I think I have written often enough against strikes by students and pupils, except on rarest of occasions.

I hold it to be quite wrong on the part of students and pupils to take part in political demonstrations and party politics.

Such ferment interferes with

serious study and unfits students for solid work as future citizens” The right to live with inherent dignity and respect as a human person should be safeguarded to everyone. This is the right and moral obligation of all members of human family. The universal declaration of human responsibilities proposed by the Interaction Council UNO 1977, states in its preamble that, “… whereas the exclusive insistence on rights can result in conflict, division and endless dispute, and the neglect of human responsibilities can lead to lawlessness and chaos. Whereas the rule of law and the promotion of human rights depends on the readiness of men and women to act justly. …whereas of people, to the best of their knowledge and ability have a responsibility to foster a better social order both of home and globally; a good which cannot be achieved by laws, prescriptions and conventions alone.

Whereas human aspiration for progress and improvement can only be realized by agreed values and standards applying to all people and institutions of all times.”

Having confidence in ourselves and in the cause for social justice and peace, we must set our course straight and go daring forward with a vision fixed and with indomitable will power to do good to the greatest number of people as possible. The cause and our battle is great, we must be greater and more worthy of the cause for which we give our life and time. Our positive outlook on life, problems and threats will enable and embolden us to face the challenges with faith unshakeable. With the courage to make the difference in the society, we shall square out and measure the size of the problems and calculate our risk for the cause we must sacrifice, then only our life is made worth living and hope assured for the present generation and the next to come. Let us believe that we can change our society.

It has to be our challenge and so our accomplishment. “What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”-Vincent Gogh

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Doing The Right Thing Has No Fear

t is a reality that the Nagas have been struggling for their nationhood since 1929.

The National movement has underdone great events.

Peace talk has been carrying on between the Government of India and the NSCN (I-M) who are representing the Nagas.

The talk has been in a very diplomatic manner as it was mutually agreed upon that a settlement would be in a manner of being honourable and acceptable to both sides.

There is no question of worriness that the problem is too overwhelming, India is too odd and the Nagas can opt for anything they like under circumstances; but what is the right thing and what is the will of God is the paramount importance.

Do the right thing to fellow Nagas in the fear of God. Do the right thing to India in the fear of God. Do the right thing and don’t be afraid of the Nagas. Do the right thing and don’t be afraid of India. But be afraid of God and God only and have the courage in the fear of God who created the universe and shapes history. His will is sovereign will and He will shape our destiny according to His own will.

Rev. L. Suohie Mhasi

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Ode to Education

ducation a faithful guardian, tirelessly and sincerely abides God’s command by sowing the seeds of discipline, dignity of labour, sense of responsibility, civic sense, love, peace, unity, equality and justice. According to Genesis 2: 16-17 “The Lord God commanded the man, you are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil for when you eat of it you will surely die”.

Basing on this, the first ever command of God to man was Education i.e. “Moral Education.” From the beginning God has chosen” Education” as his “Messenger” to discipline and guide men. Proverb 24: 5-6 clearly reveals that “A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledge increases strength; for waging war you need guidance, and for victory many advisers.” On the basis of this, Education is the best instrument of God; Education - an eye opener for those who are blind; Education- a great administrator to discipline the world; Education- the chief lawyer to judge good and evil; Education- a wise adviser for victory and peace; Education, the God mother of Scientists, Discoverers, Lawyers, Preachers, Administrators, Teachers, Doctors, Engineers, Kings and Queens and all the great achievers on earth.

G. Gwangphun A great warrior who is withSocial Research Activist out sword and ammunition in and writer the battle field is- “Education.”

As a messenger of God, Education does not require sword nor ammunition for war, as sword is no more king nor mightier than pen.

As a powerful weapon of God, without sword and ammunition, Education can transform war into peace, head-hunters into soul-hunters, discrimination against women into women empowerment, make the whole world into one global village, change the poorest into rich and rags to king, discover the cures for diseases, declare peace between even men and nature, make thousand miles into a walk able distance through aeroplanes and thousand hours into one second through internet and cell phone, make journey by bullock cart into bonvoyage But education without practical is a false education. A person may be highly qualified, may have acquired a number of degrees but without self-discipline, civic sense, spiritual development, and contributions for the benefit of the society, it will be a false education. An educated person involving in anti-social activities is like a false prophet.

Thus, the true meaning and purpose of education is not to have communal feelings, class feelings, corruption, extortion and exploitation but to create the world a beautiful place with peace, wisdom, love and unity.

Dr.Bweyhunle Khing Kohima College, Kohima

Readers may please note that the contents of the articles, letters and opinions published do not reflect the outlook of this paper nor of the Editor in any form.

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Formulate strategies for NCD’s Leadership Seminar talks with Assam: NTC DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 14 (MExN): The Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) today asserted that it is of paramount importance to “formulate strategies of initiatives for talk with Assam” with regard to the Assam-Nagaland border issue. To this end, a press note from the NTC urged the Nagaland state Chief Minister to “gather together the counsel of native Nagaland personals who are expert and well versed with the history of Nagaland’s stand from 1929 through 9 Point Agreement, 16 point agreement and through 1972 agreement to 24th September 2014 Supreme

Court Interim verdict…”

Affirming that there are “sufficiently reasonable grounds and documentary evidences that support the Nagaland stand,” it expressed confidence as far as the “historical and legal rights are concerned.”

It further termed the September 24, 2014 Supreme Court Interim verdict, wherein instructions were reportedly sent to the Ministry of Home affairs to let the two states decide the case mutually, as “a great relief to Naga weariness in the Supreme Court case.”

“Nagaland’s wishes have been fulfilled, and that is to decide the issue outside

the Court mutually and in peace,” it added. While cautioning that the state “needs to be very careful not to be hasty…” the NTC however termed this as a “great opportunity for Nagaland to immediately take initiative for discussion with Assam.”

Regarding the Nagaland state Chief Minister’s statement on the border issue, the NTC urged that since “the matter is of immense importance, sensitive and quotable for future reference, it is a necessity for the CM himself to give clarification rather than done by his party as such comment is off the mark and self demeaning.”

DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 14 (MExN): The Naga Council Dimapur (NCD) will be organizing a seminar titled “Leadership Arise 2014 India “at Naga Council Unity Hall, Dimapur on October 16 from 11 am.

According to a press note from the President of NCD, T Bangerloba and Jt. Secretary (Adm), L L Bumming the resource person for the aforesaid seminar will be Apostle Rev. L M Yimsung, the Coordinator of Global Indigenous Prayer Network, Australia; and Initiator and Ambassador at Large of Overseas Naga Association. He will be presenting topics such as motivating, inspiring, provoking, challenging, impacting, restoring, restating, raising and releas-

ing leaders.

In this context, the NCD requested following organisations to sent respective members or delegates to attend the seminar: Naga Council Executives and Councillors; Tribal Hoho Leaders; Naga Women Hoho, Dimapur; Dimapur Naga Students’ Union, Dimapur Urban Colony Council Chairman Federation, Business Association Nagaland, Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation, Dimapur Chamber of Commerce & Industries ; and Dimapur Sadar G.B Unions.

The NCD further also invited interested government employees, media fraternity, church workers and youth leaders to attend the meeting positively.

Orgs and individuals condoles Lt. Thsandong YAD, YATT & YVC: The Yakor Arih-Ako Dimapur (YAD), Yakor Arih-Ako Tuensang Town (YATT) and Yakor Village Council (YVC) under Shamator town, have jointly expressed their deep sorrow over the untimely demise of Lt. Thsandong Yimchunger, Deputy Commandant Village Guard (VG), Kiphiri district Nagaland, on October 14 at ZionHospital, Dimapur.

Describing him as humble and liberal officer, the President of YAA, Zewunba and General Secretary, Kumkiuba in a press note on behalf of the three organisation, stated that Lt. Thsandong has done many “unforgettable deeds” for society and all the rank and files of three organisation considers his demise as a “great lost” for the as Naga in general and the Yimchunger people in particular. “It’s is our humble prayed that al-

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mighty God may grant his departed soul in eternal peace and conveyed condolence message to the bereaved family members in this grief hours”, added press condolence.

The WYH further conveyed its heartfelt condolence to the bereaved family of the deceased and offers prayers of peace for the departed soul.

WYH: The Western Yimchungru Hoho (WYH) has expressed their deep anguish over the untimely demise of Thsandong Yimchunger, the Assistant Commandant Village Guard (VG), Kiphiri District, who passed away on 14 October at the Zion Hospital Dimapur.

In a condolence message, the WYH President, P K F Tochu and Info & Publicity Secretary, Mathew K Janger described Lt. Thsandong as person with utmost dedication for the welfare of the society and the Yimchunger tribe, in particular, has loss an energetic and generous officer.

R Tohanba: The Parliamentary Secretary for CAWD and Economics & Statistics, Government of Nagaland R Tohanba, has also expressed his shock over the sad demise of Late. Thsandong Yimchunger on October 14. From a humble beginning, he was elevated to the rank of Deputy Commandant VG, Kiphire due to his sheer dedication and hard work, said Tohanba adding that, “Yimchunger has lost a great leader and officer and the vacuum left by him is difficult to fill up’.

The Parliamentary Secretary further extended his heartfelt condolence to the bereaved family and prayer of eternal peace for the departed soul.

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15 October 2014

Forms for HSSLC and 3 Year Integrated UG exams

e live in an unequal world dictated by an economic doctrine known as “Law of the Jungle”. Its basic tenet is “Survival of the Fittest” implying those who fall into the ambit of free-market economic order there is only “win-win” situation and certainly not “win-lose” mode. On these lines their notions of “economic freedom” propelled by a matrix “greed is good”. This economic doctrine reached its pinnacle in 1990s. It is compressed in a capsule commonly called as Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization (LPG).

Since then, almost all the nations of the world embraced free-market logic and then on there is no turning back including India.

Free-market economics dominates the global economic order. One such advocate is Milton Friedman, the Noble Prize winner in economics and notable writer is Thomas Friedman, New York Times Columnist renowned author of many scintillating books such as Lexus and Olive Tree and The World is Flat. There are many who vociferously speak in favor of free-market fundamentalism. Freemarket economics is presently the creed and doctrine of the world. This is the brand of economics that dominates the world at large.

However, this brand of economics has also been critiqued by other Noble Prize winners in economics such as Joseph Stieglitz, Amarttya Sen and John Kenneth Galbraith who have branded it as insensitive to people.

Free-market economics views economic freedom is neither about good government nor governance. It is not even about economic achievements. It is about the least government intervention in the affairs of nations’ economy.

Advocates of free-market liberalism consider that the market fundamentals have the capacity to regulate and thus moderate supply and demand. In this free-market, non-state liberal economic ideology government has less-say or nosay at all. In this logic it is assumed that less or no interference of the government would help the market forces to freely function and as a result the economy boom. Since 1990s the Indian government has opened up its economy based on this logic. The whole logic is compressed in the triune principles known as Liberalization, Privatization and Globalization (LPG).

Having completed 20 years of free-market logic, the performance of India in economic terms is dismal and shows lopsided and exclusive growth process. It has elevated about 200 million to the middle-class rung. The top superrich bracket and a few even climbed up to Forbes list of billionaires. LPG may have also erased a few lakh of people living below the poverty line.

It may have helped India and other developing countries to develop its infrastructure, communication technologies, SEZs/EPZs, opening up Government-owned Indian Railways, Air Lines such as Air India for foreign capital and host of other reasons. India may be termed as the thirdlargest economy in the world in PPP (purchasing power parity) and is predicted that by 2050 it will be a $30.55 trillion economy depending on in what ways it furthers liberalization, privatization and globalization. They are all predictions which may become reality or false by 2050. Year 2050 is far away and in the mean time most of us are dead. We have 36 years from now and this period is for a nation like India is life-time.

In 1990-91, when PV Narasimha Rao dismantled the centrally planned state, the gross

domestic product (GDP) of India at current US dollar was a little over $200 billion. Twenty-three years later it is 10 times. Increasing 20-fold in 36 years is really not a tall order. But who benefitted and benefits the growth in GDP and GNP? How are these distributed? What are the modes and mechanisms employed so that all are partakers to it? As against this backdrop, let us look into the inequality between nations and within. Prior to embarking on that let me invoke two major economic thinkers. Adam Smith wrote his seminal book entitled An Enquiry into the Wealth of Nations that describes how the rich developed countries accrued its wealth and thus advocated laissez-faire capitalism. After a reasonable time Gunnar Myrdal wrote equally befitting response entitled An Enquiry into the Poverty of Nations that analyses the factors that made the poor poorer and the rich richer.

Adam Smith’s economic philosophy and theory became popular especially in countries of Western Europe, Japan and countries in North America. The proponents vociferously argued in favor of growth or modernization paradigm premised on Rostowian theory of Take-Off. A solid critique came from the Latin American theologians and development theorists who mooted Dependency theory that argues how neo-colonialism perpetuates dependency amongst the satellite states and banana republics. India embraced free-market capitalism as its doctrine and started employing in its policy and planning processes. For more than two decades Indian economy follows free-market economics. Two decades is indeed a long duration to assess and evaluate the performance of our economy.

Some of the policy analysts such as Mohan Guruswamy say that the money the Central government spent had a direct bearing on the economic outcomes of states and on the wellbeing of their people. The evidence he shows that Right from the First Plan Bihar has suffered underinvestment by the Centre. If there was per capita development expenditure for each plan, Bihar was always furthest from it. Bihar consistently ignored by getting so much les in every consecutive Plan. Bihar has shortchanged by as much as Rs 270, 000 crore. Bihar is still last in terms of per capita development expenditure, and industrial and infrastructure investment.

The highest ranking states in terms of government investment get as much as six times more than Bihar in per capita terms.

The Human Development Index (HDI) of Kerala is India’s highest 0.790, which would place it ahead of China, while the other end of the spectrum is Chhattisgarh with 0.358, which would place it just alongside Chad, one of the world’s most backward countries. At 0.790, Kerala would find a place in the High HDI list. Paradoxically in 2011-12 India grew at 6.88%, large states like Uttar Pradesh (6.23%) and Andhra Pradesh (6.44%) grew at less than the national rate. States like Gujarat excelled with 20.79%, while India’s most prosperous state, Punjab languished with 5.79%.

The government at the Centre favors those states that are their allies and represent their political party. So, the incidence of poverty, mal-development, and other socio-economic ills continue to plague most of the states in India.

The government tries to downplay the numbers by having a somewhat self-serving index (22%), other measures such as the UN Development Program’s $1.25 a day suggests that almost 37.5% of Indians live in dire poverty.

At $2 a day as much as 70% of India is below an internationally determined basic standard of living index. It is a proven fact that one-third of Indians live in poverty or struggling one square

meal a day. Other indices are just as damning.

India’s abysmal track record at ensuring basic levels of nutrition is the greatest contributor to its poverty as measured by the new international MPI about 645 million people or 55 per cent of India’s population is poor as measured by composite indicator made up of 10 markers of education, health and standard of living achievement levels. The same indices is being reflected at the global level where more than half of world population live under 2$ a day and without adequate basic amenities, education and health access.

The new data also shows that even in states generally perceived as prosperous such as Haryana, Gujarat and Karnataka, more than 40 percent of the population is poor by the new composite measure, whereas Kerala is the only state that projects less than 20 per cent fall under “poor” category. A person is defined as poor if he or she is deprived at least three six of the 10 indicators. All these indicators function on the sole criterion of economic freedom. It is solely premised on extending absolute freedom to market forces and not to the governments. This doctrine is favored by neo-liberal economists and other international financial institutions such as IMF and WB and the rich and development countries across the globe. For instance, the annual Economic Freedom of the World Report, published by the Fraser Institute in conjunction with members of the Economic Freedom Network, ranks countries on their level of freedom. In 2012, annual report released by the Fraser Institute the rankings had India at 111 along with Bangladesh, Nepal, Iran and Pakistan and way blow countries with few real freedoms like UAE (11), Kuwait (19), Oman (20), Jordan (23) and EL Salvador (56). Thus their index considers Saudi Arabia to be mostly free; it considers India to be mostly not free, like China!

The world in which we live shows that there are high performers and others seem to be not that good. The irony is all the countries of the world claim that they have opened up their economies to the market forces and integrated with the global economic order. And yet a question that arises why some belongs to the advantageous side and others fall on the disadvantageous side. Ironically these divides are seen within and between countries. An answer to this is still eluded, and yet to be pursued. For the first time, the 100 richest tycoons in India are all billionaires with Mukesh Ambani topping the league for the eighth consecutive years, according to Forbes. Ambani was followed by Dilip Shanghvi, who became richer this year by $4.1 billion. Shanghvi is the new No.2, after he displaced steel baron Lakshmi Mittal ($15.8 billion), who slipped to the fifth place.

Wipro’s Azim Premji moved up one notch to the number three position as his net wealth increased to $16.4 billion from $13.8 billion previously. Pallonji Mistry, patriarch of construction giant Shapoorji Pallonji Group which is the biggest shareholder in Tata Sons with a new worth of $15.9 billion was placed in the fourth place. Forbes said that “good days are here” for the India’s 100 Richest, as the top 100 richest Indians are all billionaires with combined wealth of $346 billion, up more than a third from $259 billion in 2013. Propelled by the euphoria after BJP’s landslide victory in May, the stock market has gained 28 per cent since January driving the net-worth of the uber-rich people in India.

The biggest dollar gainer is ports magnate Gautam Adani, who jumped 11 spots to 11th rank in the list, adding nearly $4.5 billion to his wealth which reached $7.1 billion on soaring

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DEO Kohima informs

KOHIMA, OCTOBER 14 (MExN): All candidates intending to appear for HSSLC and Three Years Integrated Under Graduate (Annual) Examination 2015 are informed that the date of "issuance and submission" of examination forms of the HSSLC (Regular/repeaters) is from 3 to 5 November, while for the Three Years Integrated Under Graduate Examination (Annual), the period is from November 24 to 26. A press note issued by the Chubatola Longkumer, Principal, Kohima College stated that candidates may contact the office for further details.

KOHIMA, OCTOBER 14 (MExN): The District Education Officer (DEO), Kohima had informed all the Heads of GHSSs/GHSs under Kohima to collect the affidavit format to be “filled” by all the teachers from the office of the DEO, Kohima. In a press notification, the DEO of Kohima, Mary Dzuvichu added that the “filled affidavit” must be submitted at the DEO office on or before October 28 for onward submission to the Director, School Education. Failure to comply with directive will invite stringent punitive action.

Sechüyie conference on Oct 17 Notice to claim truck confiscated KOHIMA, OCTOBER 14 (MExN):

by Dimapur traffic police The conference of the Sechüyie (Sechü

clansmen) will be held at Sechüma Village Council Hall on October 17 from 11 am. According to the organisers, the programme will be chaired by Satuo Sechü, while Roziekolie Nipu will pronounce the invocation. Greetings will be delivered by the Chairman of Sechüma Village Council, Pelevisie Rhatsu, and special numbers by Sechüma Village Youth Organisation and Sechüma Village Women Society. On the day, representatives from different villages and districts including the president of Kuda Sechü Union (Dimapur), Neikhriehu Kense, Virul Kikhi (Viswema village), Zachisato Tetseo (Thüvophisümi village - Phek district), Thejao Vihienuo (Chiechama village) and Kumoi Rau (Jalukie - Peren district), will exhort the gathering.The vote of thanks will be rendered by Chacha. Meanwhile, all the villages from all the respective regions Liquor seized; 27 arrested and districts are asked to come with not DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 14 (MExN): less than five representatives, informed The Excise Department Mobile Squad the organisers.

(MS) personnel led by inspectors Hevito Zhimomi and Lichumse Sangtam conducted raid at Circular Road, Dhobinala, Nagarjan, Purana Bazar, Railway colony and City Tower area in Dimapur on October 13 and seized 200 bottles of assort- The RTI Week 2014 being organised by ed liquor. A press release informed that Nagaland Information Commission to twenty seven people were arrested and be held on October 17, shall commenced penalised under the relevant section of at 10 a.m. instead of 1 p.m. as published the NLTP Act '89. The seized articles were earlier. The RTI Week 2014 is observed deposited in the MS malkhana, it added. with the theme “RTI and Role of Media”.

DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 14 (MExN): Dimapur traffic police has confiscated a truck bearing registration number NL02L 3310, Chassis No. 3889078HR2691554, Engine No- Nil. The vehicle was involved in a road accident at Jharnapani on May 18, 2014 and the driver of the truck was found absconding after the accident, Addl. Superintendent of Police/PRO Dimapur informed in a press release. Despite of efforts to locate the driver and owner of the truck, according to the release, no claimant has come forward. Therefore, the rightful owner of the truck has been notified to come and claim the vehicle by producing proper document pertaining to the vehicle within 15 days of this notification from the Dimapur traffic police control.

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EQUALITY IN AN UNEQUAL WORLD

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T Torechu: The Parliamentary Secretary for Excise and Housing, T Torechu, has expressed profound grief at the demise of Thsandong Yimchunger, deputy commandant Village Guard, Kiphire, who passed away of October 14. The parliamentary secretary in a condolence message said late Thsandong was the first deputy commandant of VG from the Yimchunger community. “During his long stint as a public servant, Thsandong had given his best for the welfare of VG organization in particular and the society as a whole. His death has created a vacuum not only among the VG community, but Kiphire society as a whole”, Torechu said. Conveying condolences, Torechu prayed the Almighty to grant solace to the bereaved family members and for the departed soul to rest in eternal peace.

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share prices. Others in the top 10 include NRI businessmen Hinduja Bother who were at the sixth position with a net worth of $13.3 billion, followed by Shiv Nadar (7th, $12.5 billion), Godrej family (8th, $11.6 billion), Kumar Birla (9th, $9.2 billion) and Sunil Mittal and family (10th, $7.8 billion). As many as 85 of the 89 who returned to the top 100 from last year are wealthier, and several are billionaires for the first time.

Among them are Qimat Rai Gupta (ranked 48, net worth $1.95 billion), chairman of Havells; V.G.Siddhartha (75, $1.27 billion), founder of the ccafe coffee Day chain; and brother Harsh Goenka (82, $1.18 billion) and Sanjiv Goenka (69, $1.4 billion), who run their own empires.

A sizable number of Indians have joined the billionaire club and some are vying to get into the club. These are the people although numbering negible but controls almost all the production requisites, modes and processes and distribution facilities of our country. They are the economic power centers and thus influence the polity of our country. Never in the history have we witnessed such phenomenal growth. Progress and prosperity in all areas is being accounted. The questions that emerge are: Have the progress and prosperity been equitably shared? Did these trickle down to those who are at the bottom? Who benefitted and how much? The free-market ushered capitalist order has created more wealth for some and in the process pushed many to the margins. Never in human history have we witnessed such an appalling Inequality. It is apparent that the gap between the rich and the poor is growing. Concentration of wealth and control of production and distribution of good vests with a few families in India is visible. Naked display of wealth in all forms has become part of their ethos.

The state governments and the government at the centre in their budgets try to woo the top and middle classes and castes by providing all sorts of sops and concessions. The poor and the economically backward classes, Dalits and tribals have not been taken into account. Those immediately at risk are the 800 million people who have just about to be lifted themselves of hunger and want, but are constantly vulnerable to return to the brutal cycle of poverty. Income poverty continues to prove intractable, with 1.2 billion people still living below $1.25 a day. Another 1.5 billion people in 91 developing countries live with simultaneous deprivations in health, education and standard of living as per the UNDP’s Multidimensional Poverty Index.

India might be among the world’s largest and one of the fastest growing economies but it has a lot of catching up to do for reaching the level of advanced economies. World Bank’s World Development Report 2014 shows that during 2001-10, people with regular wage and salaries were only 17 per cent of India’s total employed population. Although this was a little higher than the previous decade, but this ratio is abysmally low when compared to the large economies. Evidently, the high growth years following the 90s liberalization has failed to create jobs. It should be noted that World Bank does not count casual laborers as salaried employees. The recent statistics of homelessness people in India according to the 2011 census is as per the census of 2011, in India, 9,38,348 homeless people are living in urban areas of the country including 46,724 in the National capital Territory of Delhi.

People living in open areas like pavements, railways platforms, under the flyovers, parks and in vacant places are designated as homeless. It is estimated that one in every 100 people in India’s

cities is homeless. Total urban and rural population is still 1.77 million people without roof over their heads in 2011. Delhi has become the world’s second most populous city in 2014 after Tokyo, more than doubling its population since 1990 to 25 million, according to a UN report.

The 2014 revision of the World Urbanization Prospects launched projected that India would add the highest number of people to its urban population by 2050, ahead of china. Four of India’s cities Ahmadabad, Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad, with 5 to 10 million inhabitants presently, are projected to become megacities in the coming years for a total of seven megacities projected in the country by 2030. India’s major cities Kolkata, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Ahmadabad, Pune and Surat will add a total of 27 million people to its population in 2030. Kolkata, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad will be among the world’s top 30 cities by 2030.

As most of the cities and townships are going to be flooded by people due to many factors. India would thus become from a country of villages to a country of urban-centers. This radical shift from rural to urban is going to pose many challenges. The governments both at the centre and state are unable to meet the challenges that the mega-cities and metropolis keep posing. While releasing a book recently PM Modi said, “We look at urban centers as a burden, a challenge, not opportunity, even though that’s where the growth is”. He added that “Indians should move beyond roads, highways and ports. “New cities will be built where there i-ways, not only highways.” PM statements lack clarity and cohesiveness. They do not support each other, rather contradicts. A recent UN report projected that an additional 2.3 billion people would live in cities by 2050. At 25 million, Delhi is already the world’s second largest city after Tokyo (38m). The UN expects 37 per cent of urban population growth to come from three countries—by 2050. India is projected to add 404 million urban dwellers.

The crucial missing part is the fact that there are no “owners” for India’s cities. Cities generate significant amounts of revenue, yet are denied a proportionate slice of the state’s revenue. A McKinsey study projects by 2030 Indian cities will generate around 70 per cent of its GDP. For all this, the municipal commissioner of Chennai can call on meager sums like Rs. 10 crore. For urban growth a careful planning and forward looking ideas are important. Unless and until the centre and state governments look at development and under-development, poverty and progress, hunger and prosperity more pragmatically and view resource sharing objectively with apt approaches hardy anything be achieved.

Inequality is widening and more and more people are pushed to different forms of sufferings. It is the right time to invoke equality as one of the most cardinal principles so that the benefits of progress, growth and prosperity shall reach all.

Everyone contributes to the growth and progress of nation. But a small minority continues to enjoy the contributions of many and so their comforts are at the expense of others. Everyone has the right to live and lead quality life. But some enjoy super-quality life, while many suffer and struggle for basic necessities of life.

As informed and enlightened people we should strive for an egalitarian society premised on “Common Humanity”.Our common heritage and values ought to be governed by “Respecting Human and Natural Resources without Greed” and “Sharing the Resources Equitably”. Humanity has a common future and in that journey accommodating each and everyone is a must and a categorical imperative.

The Morung Express is introducing “Public Space” as part of our intention to provide deliberate space for the opinions of the people to be expressed and heard through this newspaper.

Nonetheless, The Morung Express points out that the opinions expressed in the contents published in the “Public Space” do not reflect the views and position of the newspaper or the editor.

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The Morung Express WEDnEsDAy 15 OcTObEr 2014 vOlumE IX IssuE 284

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here is a pressing need for a system of governance that derives its legitimacy not through force, but through the free, informed and expressed consensus of the people. This implies a system that functions on the principles of power with the people, embraces a structure that is non-hierarchical and one that enables an interactive and elicitive process of peoples participation in determining and deciding their own course for the future.

The realization of such an ‘unconstructed system’ needs to begin by first critiquing the present system of governance. The principles of Western models and the principles of indigenous models in reference to governance are socially and culturally constructed. However, with the globalized tendency towards westernization, humanity has experienced in greater depth the western models of governance with fellow humans, nature and structures.

The reduction of humanity by the western knowledge system to two perceptual categories – the Individual and the State – has resulted in a non-existent relationship with the multiplicity of human cultures and patterns of social organizations. Further, dichotomy between man and woman, individual and community, person and nature has broken down the complex web of human life based on interdependence, interconnection and interrelation. This paradigm feeds on power, domination, profit, violence, capitalism, imperialism and production. These energies are channeled through a rigid institutionalized structure of governance that sustains on a legalistic understanding of the world and aspires to dominate development, nature and relationships by promoting itself as the agent and model of development and change.

In the process, a system that is quite evidently nonsustainable and inequitable has evolved, and sustained itself on the basis of living at the cost of the future. We have now reached a point in time where one needs to question whether the western paradigms have lived off its usefulness in contemporary politics. Is it time to turn our attention and focus towards indigenous paradigms?

The recovery of indigenous principles could be one of the many responses to the existing disorder. Indigenous knowledge system sustains its very existence on the principles of accommodation, diversity and sharing through an inclusive process that seeks to recover nature, woman and man in creative forms of being and perceiving. There is thus, a shift in the concept of activity from one of destruction to creation and the concept of power from domination to sharing. Its nature of assuming the role of a sustainer and provider needs to be recovered for the survival of all life.

More importantly the indigenous knowledge system constructs the meaning of freedom, democracy, equality, dignity and self-determination in terms of peoples and not in terms of goods. Given the inherent contradictions present in the existing systems of governance it may be prudent to begin recovering indigenous knowledge and exploring new systems of governance based on these indigenous values of life!

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In Myanmar Parliament, colorful hats cap divisions

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he only question opposition lawmaker U Win Htein asked Parliament last session was for permission to remove his silk turban, saying it was causing him headaches and hair loss. The 72-year-old, known for his irreverent sense of humor, admits he was just teasing. But the speaker shot him down just the same.

The civilians elected to Myanmar's legislature are required to wear hats when taking the floor. The appointed military members are not. Hats hold meaning here, embodying political allegiances, accomplishments and failures of a nation transitioning from a half-century of dictatorship to democracy.

The dress code in Parliament's two chambers, based on old laws of the bygone king's courts in Mandalay, reflects the major political camps and the legislature's ethnic makeup.

Military members distinguish themselves from their civilian counterparts with a conspicuous absence of both headwear and elections. Men in uniform are appointed to a quarter of the 664 seats by armed forces chief Min Aung Hlaing.

The Burman majority don a silk-wrapped, cane-frame turban known as a gaun baung, which has come to symbolize the nascent civilian government. Ethnic minorities wear everything from feathers and claws to tea towels on their heads. The most famous legislator, Aung San Suu Kyi, wears simple white flowers.

Like the hats, political allegiances in Parliament are as complicated as they are colorful. Suu Kyi, leader of the opposition and Nobel Peace laureate, spent decades under house arrest. She now sits alongside her former captors, in turns scolding or praising the military. It concerns some members of her National League for Democracy party, who quietly observe her tone shifting with her presidential prospects, which were never bright thanks to a law that was designed to keep her out of the top elected office.

Meanwhile, the military is even better represented than the 166 hatless heads would suggest. Many of those wearing the gaun baung of the ruling Union Solidarity and Development Party are retired men of uniform. But while the heavy influence of the armed forces has drawn cynicism, the party has not always voted in lockstep with the military.

The military, viewed abroad as being responsible for driving the country into decades of poverty, war, and dysfunction, sees itself as the glue that binds the country and, perhaps counterintuitively, the arbiters of peace in the world's longest running civil war involving a number of armed ethnic groups.

The posting to Naypyitaw's parliament is seen as unglamorous, as it's not well-paid and offers no chances for promotion.

The most brightly colored headgear belongs to ethnic politicians from conflict-stricken states. Previously marginalized, they now find themselves with a little bargaining power and are seeking greater autonomy. President Thein Sein, a retired general, has promised a ceasefire ahead of the 2015 election.

Ethnic armed groups have proven tough negotiators despite clashes between them and government forces, which have continued throughout the stalling peace talks.

Win Htein typifies Parliament's web of paradoxes. A close friend of Suu Kyi and a member of her party, he, too, was a soldier, under socialist dictator Gen. Ne Win. Win Htein was erroneously accused of being an accomplice in an assassination plot against Ne Win and forced to retire in 1976. In 1988, when a student uprising shook the government before a military crackdown that left thousands dead, Win Htein joined Suu Kyi's party and was soon imprisoned. His transition is not dissimilar to Thein Sein's, from military uniform to gaun baung.

The jovial politician says he tries to avoid meetings with the top leadership, explaining that their relationship is complicated enough. "I was senior to them when I was in the army," he says with a mischievous smile, referring to the president and other major players in government. "They call me ako gyi (big brother) when we meet."

If history had gone only slightly differently, Win Htein might himself be a powerful general. Or at least in Parliament, he would not have to wear his dreaded hat.

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Pradeep Baisakh

How has Modi performed in 100 days in office?

Just after assuming office, the government was plunged into controversy for issuing an ordinance to amend the TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) Act, to facilitate the appointment of its former chairperson Nripendra Mishra as the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister

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he NDA (National Democratic Alliance) government led by Narendra Modi took oath on May 16, 2014. It completed its first 100 days in office on September 2, 2014. It had won by a thumping majority by winning 336 seats in 545 capacity Lok Sabha (The lower house of Parliament).

The main constituent, Bharatiya Jananata Party secured 282 seats, an absolute majority in itself. It came in promising to bring ‘Achhe din’ (good days ahead).

Modi government came to power with a backdrop of a tainted former UPA (United Progressive Alliance) government which was marred by expose of corruption cases leading to several billion dollars (2G scam of $ 36 billion, Coalgate scam of $33.6 billion and many others) and a scenario of unabated inflation and extremely high cost of living.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally ahead of Maharashtra state assembly elections in Mumbai, India on Saturday, October 4, 2014. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

tre-state relations recommended bringing eminent persons into public life as governors, and to stop appointing ‘burnt out’ politicians. But the recommendations have fallen on deaf ears in successive governments; the NDA being no exception.

It has also ignored the judgment by the Supreme Court in the B P Singhal case in 2010 where a five Attempt to check inflation judge bench ruled that governors cannot be re‘Inflation’ has hit hard every single Indian house- moved in an arbitrary or unreasonable manner. hold. After assuming office, among Modi’s first priorities was to check primarily food inflation. His Dismantling the Planning Commission government took some urgent and laudable steps The PM declared from the ramparts of Red Fort in banning the export of essential commodities, or- on Independence Day (August 15) that the existing dering the states to take stringent measures to check Planning Commission will be restructured. In all hoarding and black marketing and establishing a practicality the Planning Commission, which was ‘Price Stabilization Fund’. Despite these steps, food formed in 1950, has been dismantled. The Planinflation refused to budge. As per government data ning Commission is the body which prepares the the retail inflation across all groups in July 2014 was five-year plan and prospective plan as a roadmap as high as 7.96 per cent while the consumer food of development for the country. It takes measures price inflation was 9.36 per cent. Some of the food aimed at protecting the interest of the marginalitems that witnessed high inflation during this time ized sections of society and the geographically included fruits (22.48 per cent), vegetables (16.88 per backward areas. Despite criticism, the body had its cent) and milk & milk products (11.26 per cent). Peo- own significance in a socialistic economy. The disple have had no visible relief from price rises in the mantling, the experts believe, marks the complete first 100 days. Admittedly, 100 days are not enough shift of the country from a socialistic economy to to bring inflation down. However, some structural is- a capitalist one. India made a major shift from a sues should be tackled by the government, which it mixed economic pattern to a capitalist one in the seems they are ignoring. The pursuit of an agenda of early 1990s when it pursued economic liberalizaa liberalized economy marked by withdrawal of the tion under the IMF mandated structural adjuststate from key sectors of the economy such as health, ment programme. In its Constitution, however, Ineducation and other welfare activities should be tak- dia continues to have some socialist pretensions. en into consideration while working out how to bring the cost of living down. A state withdrawal from the Attempt to amend land and forest laws key sectors of economy has a debilitating effect on The government has arrived with strong backinflation. With the slogans of privatisation and liber- ing from corporate donations; some of which are alization e.g. ‘minimum government and maximum on record, and some are not. Corporate funding governance’ the NDA government is unlikely to be of elections is not seen favourably in this country, successful in checking inflation. though it is these which fund the election of the country’s leading political parties. Therefore, there Promulgation of the ordinance is no transparent source of information keeping amending the TRAI law track of how much money has gone in donations Just after assuming office, the government was to different political parties, though different meplunged into controversy for issuing an ordinance to dia put different figures on this. amend the TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of After winning elections, it is not unnatural to exIndia) Act to facilitate the appointment of its former pect that the government will take steps which are chairperson Nripendra Mishra as the Principal Sec- good for business. The government has attempted to retary to the Prime Minister. create a favourable climate for investment by removUnder the TRAI Act, its members cannot hold any ing all possible hurdles. Major among these are the government office after retirement, which ensures the attempt to change the land acquisition law and the independence of the regulatory body. Article 123 of norms of environment protection. The Environment Indian Constitution, which provides the President (ef- Minister Prakash Javadekar announced that its minfectively the Council of Ministers or the cabinet) with istry would not be a roadblock ministry. The Rural the power to promulgate an ordinance, reads: “If at any Development Minister, Nitin Gadkari, announced time, except when both houses of Parliament are not his intent to amend the land acquisition law under in session, the President is satisfied that circumstances which consent of up to 80% of the land owners is reexist which render it necessary to him to take imme- quired to acquire the land for private business and diate action, he may promulgate such Ordinances as up to 70% for public-private ventures. In amending the circumstances appear to him to require”. In simple the land law (The Right to Fair Compensation and language, any ordinance can be issued by the President Transparency in Land Acquisition, rehabilitation in case of exigencies only. It is inexplicable why the ap- and resettlement Act which came into effect in Janupointment of one person was of so much urgency. ary 2014) and diluting the authority of the village asEventually the ordinance was placed before the sembly under the Forest Rights Act to divert land for Parliament and of course passed, as the ruling coali- industrial purposes, it will ease the process of land tion has the numbers in the house. The opposition transfer and other clearances to set up industries. parties also did not show the courage to oppose the The easing of the environment protection laws bill in the upper house, so letting the government get are seen as a failure to take into account the imaway with this ‘Constitutional impropriety’. pact of climate change in the country, and the attempt to demean the authority of the village council Governors’ removal and appointment goes against the decentralized model of governance In practice, the appointment and removal of which has been promised by all, including the curgovernors has always been based on a ‘Spoils Sys- rent establishment. Where it is good to have minitem’ in India. It has been a trend for the new fed- mum procedures for any clearances, the essence of eral governments to remove the Governors of the environmental protection and community goverunits appointed by an earlier government led by nance are of no interest to the new establishment. a rival party or coalition. The NDA Government is no different. It has asked the governors, who were India’s stand in the WTO ministerial conference appointed by the former UPA government, to reWhere the Government does deserve a pat on sign. Governors in the firing line were those of Ut- the back is its stand at the WTO ministerial confertar Pradesh, West Bengal, Kerala, Rajasthan, Gujrat, ence held in Geneva in July. It took a tough stand Maharastra and others. Some of them were shown on its food security issues, staving off the pressure the door quite humiliatingly, replaced by NDA se- from the northern countries to sign the trade fanior politicians who could not be absorbed by min- cilitation agreement. It denied them a deadline for istries. Under article 156 (1) of the Constitution, the finding a permanent solution to the food security Governor enjoys office for five years or until the issue and bringing the food subsidy to a level fixed pleasure of the Constitution. In order to constrain by the WTO. Instead, it demanded change in the the spoils system the Sarkaria Commission on cen- base year (1986-88) for calculating the subsidy. It

was felt that signing the treaty, the country would be compromised in its food security for millions of poor people and the interests of the farmers.

The Government has also been praised for taking the relations of neighboring countries like Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan to a new level. With Pakistan, it has also made friendly overtures, not withstanding the cancellation of the recent foreign secretary’s talks. Modi invited all the heads of the neighboring countries to the swearing in ceremony of the ministry, a gesture that created a favourable environment from the beginning. It was followed by visits of the PM and the Foreign Minister to many of these countries.

Insecurity of minorities Stands taken by some religious fringe elements have been a cause of great concern as the new establishment settled in. Some of the ruling party members of Parliament (MPs) have also added their words to this conflagration. The BJP MP Yogi Adityanath is spearheading a campaign against what is called, the “Love Jihad”. Some incidents have come to light (media has reported some cases) where Muslim men allegedly trapped Hindu girls into marriage as part of a plot to convert them. The MP’s outburst is against this alleged practice. In a country like India people from several regions co-habit with amity in many places and in a confrontational situation in some. It would not be responsible on the part of a people’s representative to take sides with one community at the cost of others. A few incidences at the hands of some miscreants should not be allowed to target a community. The silence of the Government on these MP’s public stand is discouraging.

After the NDA government came to power, incidences of communal violence have been reported from different parts of the country. All have created a great sense of insecurity among the minority communities. The PM and the government has a constitutional responsibility to protect minorities from fear and ensure a right to life under article 21 of the Constitution. But, it does not seem galvanised on this.

Authority or authoritarianism?

PM Modi has been praised by one and all for having exercised authority as the head of the government. The praise comes in the backdrop of a weak former PM Manmohan Singh, who acted more at the behest of Ms Sonia Gandhi, the chairperson of UPA and President of the Congress party. However, there is difference between being in command and being authoritarian. Several incidences reported in media speak of Modi’s authoritarianism. First, he did not give any freedom to the Ministers to choose their secretaries. On occasions he has even objected to the particular type of dress a minister could wear! More significantly perhaps, it is gradually emerging that power is unnecessarily centralized in the PM’s office.

In the parliamentary form of democracy, the PM is first among the equals, nothing more than that. The ‘Head Master’ approach to managing colleagues in the biggest democracy does not augur well in the long term. What the PM needs is to give adequate freedom for decision making to encourage the better performance of individual ministries.

In all, things have certainly started moving. The governance process seems to be running smoothly. Modi’s public announcement on corruption “Na khaunga na khane dunga’ (Neither would I pocket money illegally nor allow others to do it) is laudable, though only time will prove if he walks his talk. On the other hand however, Government’s obsession with diluting the communities’ authority to determine the fate of the land and resources at their disposal will only aggravate the already disenchanted tribes and Dalits where big ticket investments have been coming and snatching away their land and resources for a pittance.

The PM should be interacting more with the media, which neither he not his ministers have done very enthusiastically so far. Media is the fourth pillar of democracy, which draws its authority for sharing information from the article 19 of the Constitution that guarantees freedom of expression. Finally, Modi should see himself as the PM of all his constituencies, and take steps toward addressing the insecurities of the minorities.

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PERSPECTIVE NEWS ANALYSIS, FEATURE AND DISCOURSE

How 2 French girls were lured to jihad online Lori Hinnant

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n the day she left for Syria, Sahra strode along the train platform with two bulky schoolbags slung over her shoulder. In a grainy image caught on security camera, the French teen tucks her hair into a headscarf.

Just two months earlier and a two-hour drive away, Nora, also a teen girl, had embarked on a similar journey in similar clothes. Her brother later learned she'd been leaving the house every day in jeans and a pullover, then changing into a full-body veil.

Neither had ever set foot on an airplane. Yet both journeys were planned with the precision of a seasoned traveler and expert in deception, from Sahra's ticket for the March 11 Marseille-Istanbul flight to Nora's secret Facebook account and overnight crash pad in Paris.

Sahra Ali Mehenni and Nora El-Bahty are among some 100 girls and young women from France who have left to join jihad in Syria, up from just a handful 18 months ago, when the trip was not even on Europe's security radar, officials say. They come from all walks of life — first- and second-generation immigrants from Muslim countries, white French backgrounds, even a Jewish girl, according to a security official who spoke anonymously because rules forbid him to discuss open investigations.

These departures are less the whims of adolescents and more the highly organized conclusions of months of legwork by networks that specifically target young people in search of an identity, according to families, lawyers and security officials. These mostly online networks recruit girls to serve as wives, babysitters and housekeepers for jihadis, with the aim of planting multi-generational roots for an Islamic caliphate.

While girls are also coming from elsewhere in Europe, including between 20 and 50 from Britain, they pose a particular dilemma for France. The country has long had a troubled relationship with its Muslim community, the largest in Europe, and investigators say its recruitment networks are well developed. A bill in France's parliament would treat those who join jihad abroad as terrorists liable to arrest upon return, despite the pleas of distraught families that their girls are kidnap victims.

Sahra's family has talked to her three times since she left, but her mother, Severine, thinks her communication is scripted by jihadis, possibly from the Islamic State group.

"They are being held against their will," says Severine, a French woman of European descent, who reflexively rolls cigarettes as she talks. "They're forced to say things."

The Ali Mehenni family lives in Lezignan-Corbieres, an ancient French town of about 10,000 typical of the south of France, in a region famed for its red wine. The family moved here from northern France five years ago so the children could be raised in a safer environment. Severine stays with the baby in their middle-class home, complete with red-tiled roof, while Kamel, an Algerian immigrant and industrial chemist, works at a wine factory.

Sahra, who turns 18 on Saturday, swooned over her baby brother and shared a room with her younger sister. But family relations turned testy when she demanded to wear the full Islamic veil, dropped out of school for six months and shut herself in her room with a computer.

Now she was in a new school, with just two weeks of study behind her. And she seemed to be maturing — she asked her mother to help her get a passport, because she wanted her paperwork as an adult in order.

The week before she left, Sahra casually told her mother she'd bring extra clothing to school to teach her friends to wear the veil. She repeated the comment to her father on the morning of March 11, when he asked about her bulky bags.

Kamel stifled his anxiety and drove her to the train station at the end of town. He planned to meet her there just before dinner, as he did every night.

At lunchtime, she called her mother. I'm eating with friends, she said.

Surveillance video showed at that moment, Sahra was at the airport in Marseille, preparing to board a flight for Istanbul. Her name was on the passenger manifest. She made one more phone call that day, from the plane, to a Turkish number, her mother said.

By nightfall, she had not returned on her usual train. Nor the next one. Worried, her parents backtracked to the school. Then back to her home station. Then to the police.

It wasn't until the next day that they noticed the missing passport.

That day, police seized the family's tablet, Sahra's computer and a camera.

"Everything was calculated. They did everything so that she could plan to the smallest detail," Severine says. "I never heard her talk about Syria, jihad. It was as though the sky fell on us."

In the surveillance images from the train station and airport, Sahra, who had no money of her own and could barely manage the commuter train without fretting, is alone.

Sahra called three days later from a line that flashed +1111 on the screen.

She spoke briefly with her father, then demanded her older brother.

"Where are you?" he asked.

"Where am I?" Sahra repeated three times, as if awaiting a prompt.

Then: In Syria.

She told her older brother she had married a 25-year-old Tunisian she had just met. She said her Algerian-born father had no say in the matter, as he wasn't a real Muslim. It was a short conversation.

Her family has spoken to her twice since then, always guardedly, and communicated a bit on Facebook. But her parents no longer know if she's the one posting the messages, which include links to videos about Islam with guns, blood and mindnumbing music, the same ones she said inspired her to take flight.

"They are just unreal," Severine says.

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Regardless of our nationality we are all connected by the very fact that we are all human. Likewise, diverse areas like literature, creativity, career, peace and globalization are also linked directly and indirectly. Some student studying literature may wonder how reading dickens may influence society and bring peace. The student below tells us how literature can affect minds and ultimately society.

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In this Thursday, October 2, 2014 photo, Severine Ali Mehenni holds pictures of her daughter Sahra dressed in a traditional Islamic robe, at her home in Lezignan Corbieres, France. Sahra is one of the more than 100 girls from France alone who have left to join jihad in Syria, up from just a handful 18 months ago, when the trip was not even on Europe’s security radar, officials say. (AP Photo/ Fred Scheiber)

Sahra has also told her brother she's doing the same things in Syria that she did at home — housework, taking care of children. She says she doesn't plan to return to France, and wants her mother to accept her religion, her choice, her new husband. This role for girls reflects the desire of jihadists in Syria to attract not just fighters but also families, says Louis Caprioli, a former official with France's anti-terrorist services. "The propaganda put in place is to form a union with the jihadists, to have children and to raise future fighters," he says.

Sahra's family does not know how — if at all — the investigation into her disappearance is progressing, and the computers confiscated by police have not been returned. Under French law, judicial authorities are not permitted to release details of investigations until a case goes to trial. "Long live France. Long live the Republic," Kamel says bitterly. "We have to get out of this as best we can on our own."

Nora's family knows less about her quiet path out of France, but considerably more about the network that arranged her one-way trip to Syria.

Nora El-Bahty grew up the third in a family of six children, the daughter of Moroccan immigrants in the tourist city of Avignon. Her parents are practicing Muslims, but do not consider themselves strictly religious. She was recruited on Facebook. Her family does not know exactly how, but the propaganda videos making the rounds there rely heavily on the ideals and fantasies of teenage girls, showing veiled women firing machine guns and Syrian children killed in warfare. The French-language videos also refer repeatedly to France's decision to ban the allencompassing veil and limit the use of headscarves in public, a sore point among many Muslims.

Nora was 15 when she departed for school on Jan. 23 and never came back.

It was only the next day that Foad, her older brother, learned that she had been veiling herself on her way to school, that she had a second phone number, that she had a second Facebook account targeted by recruiters. "As soon as I saw this second Facebook account I said, 'She's gone to Syria,'" Foad says.

The family found out through the police investigation about the blur of travel that took her there.

First she rode on a high-speed train to Paris. Then she flew to Istanbul and a Turkish border town on a ticket booked by a French travel agency, no questions asked.

A young mother paid for everything, gave her a place to stay overnight in Paris and promised to travel with her the next day. The woman decided — at the last minute, she claimed — to abandon the trip, according to police documents shared with the family.

Nora's first contact with her family also came on Facebook, three days after she left. She told them she was happy and in Aleppo, that she was there to help Syrian children. Her brother says she is babysitting the children of jihadis.

Nora's destination was ultimately a "foreigners' brigade" for the Nusra Front, an al-Qaida branch in Syria, Foad says. The idea apparently was to marry her off. But she objected and one of the emirs intervened on her behalf. For now at least, she remains single.

At first, Foad says, he spoke with his sister by phone several times a day.

"There was a woman behind her who was telling her what she needed to say. ... Everything this woman said, my sister repeated it," says Foad, who has

since met other families of departed teens. "And all the girls who are leaving for Syria, they are saying the same thing. Word for word. They have a script: 'I'm good. I'm eating well. I'm going to paradise.'"

A video filmed secretly by an activist in the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa shows a similar scene.

In the video, a roomful of black-robed women, all speaking perfect French, insist to their weeping mothers that they will never return.

Then in mid-March, Nora said she wanted to come home. Phone calls grew rare. But Foad managed to secure an agreement to visit her in Syria.

When he arrived, Nora was living in a house with several women and children, all locked up and held against their will, Foad says. She saw him and broke down weeping.

Nora said she had gone because she thought it was her duty to help Muslims suffering. Once there, she was told she would not be allowed to leave.

Numerous French boys have been permitted to leave Nusra, including two from the southern French city of Toulouse, according to Agnes Dufetel-Cordier, a lawyer representing one of them. She says her 16-year-old client was recruited on Facebook and ended up cleaning houses for Nusra fighters, but was allowed to go after a few weeks.

It's a different story with the girls.

"As soon as they manage to snare a girl, they do everything they can to keep her," Foad says. "Girls aren't there for combat, just for marriage and children. A reproduction machine."

Two people have been charged in Nora's case, including the young mother who sheltered her in Paris, according to a legal official and the family's lawyer, Guy Guenoun. The travel agency has been questioned but not charged, Guenoun says.

"It is not at random that these girls are leaving.

They are being guided. She was being commanded by remote control," he says. "And now she has made a trip to the pit of hell."

Other jihadi networks targeting girls have since been broken up. In September, five people arrested in the city of Lyon included a woman who had returned from Syria to recruit, officials say. In the apartment of one of the suspects was a 13-year-old girl they were preparing for the trip, according to a French security official.

French senator Nathalie Goulet is leading an inquiry into the recruiting networks, and she defends the decision to treat even young girls as terrorists.

"When people return, how can you be sure that they are detoxified? And they have to be detoxified," Goulet says. "It's a violent word, I know. ... If you're looking at girls, you're right to, because they are a target population, fragile in their ability to be drawn in, then very strong once they're in the system."

It's unclear what awaits Nora if she returns. Her brother says he would rather have her go through whatever happens in France than stay in danger in Syria. She sent home a photo of herself wearing a full-face veil — only her eyes are visible, red and moist with tears.

In the meantime, the room Sahra shared with her sister remains intact, the same room that months before her disappearance slowly filled with tokens of her faith.

The printout of local prayer hours, the rug where she knelt, and the image of Mecca on the bookshelf await her return, as do the stuffed animals she left behind.

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ll things have a connection to one another. They are either linked directly or indirectly creating a type of network. Such as the human body that consists of various organs that are connected directly or indirectly through other organs. This connection or link in the human body allows a person to function in an orderly and normal manner.All these organs have their own role to play, fulfilling the body activities and needs of an individual. Likewise, literature, creativity, career, peace and globalization are all linked to one another directly or indirectly. We cannot deny the fact that their existence is like a spider’s web. The outcome of one is the product of the other. Just as a spider’s web is connected, built in a systematic manner, literature, creativity, career, peace and globalization are also linked though not systematically.

Literature is any form of written work and can consist of poetry, prose, drama, and short stories. Through poetry, prose, drama, and short stories, literature can be an instrument to pass on culture, customs, beliefs and traditions. For instance, Charles Dickens’ ‘Oliver Twist’ is a novel where the picture of society is depicted. He talks about the degradation of society, about corruption, exploitation of the lower class people. The novel gives us a true picture of the society during the Victorian era. Likewise,even Romantic writers like Jane Austen depicted the society of the Romantic era through herworks.Various works of literature can depict or depicts society of that era.

In order to create literature, one cannot simply dip the pen in the ink-pot and write. One needs creativity, a strong imaginative power and skill to paint down the ideas into literature. Creativity in the minds of the people has allowed them to achieve things in life. Creativity can be seen in many early writers like William Shakespeare, John Keats, William Wordsworth, Geoffrey Chaucer, Christopher Marlow, and modern writers like Jane Austen, Charles Dickens andothers. All these people created work in such a way that their works influenced people. Their influence did not stop just in the minds of the people. Infact, their works created a whole new idea changing the face of society.

Creativity is the ability to be imaginative, to come up with something new; it can either be of ideas or inventions. Anyone can try to write but only a creative person can create a literary work that has life. A person’s creativity can make one’s work come to life. Though not real, there is a feeling and presence of life. Creative minds, thus, brings new ideas and concepts, and with these ideas and concepts, a new being is born. Thus, creativity is a means to create literature that can influence people and bring about change. A creative man who propagates that woman should not go to college would not be appreciated even from the wildest nomads of all but if he uses his creative literature for promoting and protecting human ideals (i.e. peace), then every individual will appreciate his work irrespective of his political or territorial unit.

It can be said that the most creative person is the one who has the strongest imaginative power and this strong imaginative power can enable a person to create a career for oneself.Career is what one pursues to make a living out of it. One cannot pursue a career in which he has no talent or creativity. Thus, creativity in an individual enables and allows him to paint down the ideas that he has in mind into works of literature. When these ideas and concepts are painted down into literary works, we cannot deny that one cannot make a career out of it. Many writers, both professional and unprofessional make a living out of it.

Literature has played a major role in the spread of peace, through the ages. Various writers have contributed to society through their works on peaceful existence. Great man like Gandhiji had been inspired by writers like Tolstoy and David Thoreau to promote non-violence through which India achieved its independence. Globalization is an end because no writer wants to confine his work to himself. Literature, creativity, career, peace and globalization are thus inter-related though not systematically. A person writes a piece of literature through his creative mind and thus he is a good writer by career. Career is nothing but prolonged pursuing and building one’s occupation for sustenance. This piece of literature conceptualized a means of peace which simply means absence of war, where security, law and order prevail, and if this conceptualization of peace is successfully implanted in the present war-torn area, then this globalization and the relationship between the five terms are well established.

Every man of literature wants his work to be usefuland progressive for humanity. Easterine Kire, Temsula Ao and other writers from our Naga society has contributed to society in numerous ways through their works making the world a global village. Their literary work has connected us and the world making it seem like a tiny world. “degree of Thought is a weekly community column initiated by Tetso College in partnership with The Morung Express. degree of Thought will delve into the social, cultural, political and educational issues around us. The views expressed here do not reflect the opinion of the institution. Tetso College is a naaC accredited UGC recognised Commerce and arts College.

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UPSC declares civil services prelims results

NEw DElhI, OcTObEr 14 (PTI): The results of the civil services preliminary examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission were declared on Tuesday. The Commission has advised candidates not to file RTI applications seeking details of their marks which would be provided to them after the entire selection process for the civil services examination is over.

“Candidates are also informed that marks, cut off marks and answer keys of civil services (preliminary) examination 2014 will be provided only after the entire process of the civil services examination, 2014, is over i.e. after the declaration of final result. “Therefore, no application under RTI Act, 2005 or otherwise will be entertained in this regard,” the UPSC said in a statement.

The successful candidates have been asked to fill in Detailed Application Form (DAF) for Civil Services Main (CSM) examination scheduled to be held from December 14 this year, it said. As many as 4,51,602 candidates had taken the civil services preliminary examination on August 24.

A controversy had erupted in July over the pattern of civil services examination as students demanding change in Civil Services Aptitude Test (CSAT) or Paper II, had taken to the streets in a violent agitation, claiming it put aspirants from rural areas or with Hindi background at a disadvantage.

Following which, the government had decided that marks of the English section questions, asked in Paper II, will not be included for gradation or merit in the exam. The civil services examination is conducted in three stages–preliminary, main and interview– to select candidates for prestigious Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) among others.

Black money: Top Indian tax team heads to Switzerland

NEw DElhI, OcTObEr 14 (PTI): A high-level delegation of tax and revenue officials is set to soon travel to Switzerland in order to pursue cases of black MONEY and secret accounts held by Indians in banks in the Alpine nation.

Sources said that the delegation, which will lay special focus on a number of pending requests, will be led by revenue secretary Shaktikanta Das and will have CBDT chairman KV Chowdary and two other officials of the finance ministry’s foreign taxation wing as its members.

The official visit, sources said, was set up in quick time after the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) was taken into confidence by investigative agencies that a one-on-one visit between the officials of the two countries was necessary to take the probe in these cases forward. “The meeting will happen during this week,” sources said.

Officials said that the decision to send the team has also been cleared by finance minister Arun Jaitley and the officials would be armed with legal documents, dossiers and the charter of the SIT to satisfy the Swiss authorities as to how much “importance India is giving to unravelling the facts in these cases keeping in mind public sentiments and the government’s commitment to unearthing black MONEY”.

The upcoming meeting will be the first high-level one between the officials of the two countries after the Narendra Modi government came to power at the Centre with a poll-time promise that it would probe all cases of illegal FUNDSstashed away abroad and ensure legal action in them.

The visit comes against the backdrop of Switzerland refusing to share details on names obtained by Indian authorities through other countries, namely France and Germany, saying they figured in lists stolen by certain exemployees of the banks concerned and no details can be shared on the basis of illegally-obtained information.

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PM pledges funds after deadly cyclone, mobs loot aid truck V I S A K h A PAT N A M , OcTObEr 14 (ThOMSON rEUTErS FOUNDATION): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday pledged funds for relief and reconstruction efforts along the country’s cyclone-hit east coast as reports emerged of food shortages and panicked survivors looting an aid truck.

Cyclone Hudhud smashed the coastline of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha on Sunday, killing at least 25 people. It ripped apart tens of thousands of mud-and-thatch homes, flattened rice, banana and sugarcane plantations and snapped electricity lines.

In the port city of Visakhapatnam, home to two million people, residents formed long queues outside the few ATMs, petrol stations and stores which had reopened, despite a third day without electricity. The high demand for items such as milk and drinking water, prompted some traders to hike up prices, sparking fears of shortages and some looting among cyclone survivors.

Television images

People stand in queues to buy petrol and diesel at a fuel station a day after Cyclone Hudhud passed through in Visakhapatnam October 13. (Reuters Photo)

showed mobs climbing into a government relief truck filled with food and water packets, scrambling to offload the heavy sacks, as policemen beat them with batons. “We paid 50 rupees ($0.87) for a half litre milk packet yesterday.

Its actual price is only 20 rupees,” said 55-year-old labourer, V. Amarnath, carrying groceries bought at a

roadside shop.

Prime Minister Modi, who took an aerial survey over the area on Tuesday, announced 10 billion rupees ($160 million) to Andhra Pradesh state for aid and reconstruction. “It was the last harvest for the farmers, so there are a lot of losses for them. We’ll do a proper survey of agricultural losses and on prop-

erty damages,” Modi told reporters.

“I have full faith that we will overcome the devastation caused by the storm and very soon things will go back to normal and we will take care of all those who have suffered losses.”

SCALE OF DAMAGE The full scale of the damage caused by Sun-

day’s cyclone is still not known, officials said. Hundreds of uprooted trees have blocked roads and phone lines are down, making it hard to determine how many people have been affected.

The Odisha government said preliminary surveys showed about 80,000 mud-and-thatch homes have been damaged, and infrastructure such as roads, culverts and bridges need repair.

Authorities in Andhra Pradesh, where at least 22 people were killed, said agricultural losses were high as winds and rains had lashed crops. Hundreds of livestock have been killed and scores of fishing boats damaged.

In Tamminaidupeta, a village in Srikakulam district, Seepana Srinivasarao said his three-acre rice plantation had flooded after the cyclone’s heavy rains caused a river to overflow. “I lost all my crops.

Only government compensation will bring some relief for me,” said Srinivasarao.

Visakhapatnam’s airport remained closed to commercial flights, after the roof of its main building

was blown off by gusts of up to 195 kph (around 120 mph).

Authorities say restoring power and telecommunications, and getting relief to affected communities was a priority.

Along the coast, government workers continued to clear roads of scores of uprooted trees, mangled electricity poles and sign boards torn from buildings by storm, while helicopters dropped food and water packets to villages further inland.

In rural areas, inhabitants cleared up thatch and mud debris strewn around their damaged homes and waited for help.

In Chelekapalam village in Srikakulam district, food stall owners P. Ramanna and his wife P. Mangavani stood behind a table on the roadside, trying to prepare a curry in a pan on a stove.

“Our stall was blown away. We found this table today lying a few metres away and opened our shop, but we are unable to prepare idli as there is no rice powder,” said Ramanna, referring to a traditional type of rice cake.

Indian wins UN’s int’l female peacekeeper award Delhi 2010 gangrape: 5 convicted

UNITED NATIONS, OcTObEr 14 (PTI): An Indian police inspector has been named recipient of a prestigious international female peacekeeper award by the UN’s police division for her “exceptional achievements” in her duty with the UN mission in Afghanistan, including her efforts towards helping victims of sexual and gender-based violence.

Inspector Shakti Devi of the Jammu & Kashmir Police, currently deployed in the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), has been awarded the International Female Police Peacekeeper Award 2014. Devi has been honoured for her “exceptional achievements” in leading the establishment of Women Police Councils in several parts of Afghanistan, the UN Police Division said in a communication to the Indian mission here.

It said Devi has contributed to the improvement of the status of

female police and has effectively helped the police of Afghanistan move towards achieving their goals of fully adopting democratic principles of policing.

“In addition, her consistent engagement in improving the service for victims of sexual and gender-based violence has led to successful investigation and prosecution,” the UN agency said.

The award was delivered during the International Association of Women Police (IAWP) conference held earlier this month in Winnipeg, Canada.

The honour is a competitive award given to an outstanding female police peacekeeper serving in a UN peace operation. The objectives of the award are to promote an understanding of police in peace operations throughout the world, highlight the efforts of female police in global peace operations, increase understanding of the roles of women officers in

various countries and encourage participation in UN peace operations by all countries of the world.

It is also aimed at promoting membership in the UN International Female Police Peacekeepers Network and increasing international understanding and awareness of women in international police peacekeeping and in the network. The award is organised in collaboration with the IAWP Awards programme and delivered during its annual conference.

India is the largest contributor to UN peacekeeping operations, having contributed more than 170,000 troops in 43 out of 69 peacekeeping missions mandated by the United Nations Security Council so far. The UN owes India USD 110 million, the second highest outstanding payment to any country, for costs relating to peacekeeping operations and troops.

NEw DElhI, OcTObEr 14 (IANS): Four years after five men abducted a 30-year-old call centre executive from south Delhi and gangraped her, a Delhi court Tuesday convicted them on the basis of DNA tests.

Convicting them in the 2010 case, Additional Sessions Judge Virender Bhat said: “...the DNA report clearly demonstrates that the prosecutrix (victim) had been raped by these five accused.”

Shamshad, Usman, Shahid alias Chota Billi, Iqbal alias Bada Billi and Kamruddin were convicted on various charges dealing with abduction and gangrape. The quantum of punishment will be announced Oct 17. The convicts’ families were disappointed over the judgment and vowed to challenge it in the high court.

The packed courtroom was mainly filled up by relatives of the convicts. The court also re-

lied on testimonies of the witnesses. “The deposition of witnesses is in sync with each other and corroborates each other’s version. There remains no doubt that the prosecutrix was abducted in a pick-up vehicle by five persons and subjected to gangrape,” the judge said.

“The scrutiny of the evidence ... inevitably demonstrates that the prosecution has succeeded in proving the charges,” the judge said. The court held that the identity of the accused and of the vehicle used in the crime cannot be doubted. The five convicts were present in the court when the ruling came.

According to police, the five men abducted the woman, who hailed from the northeast, at 12.40 a.m. on Nov 24, 2010 while she was walking home with a friend after her shift ended. The abductors took her to Mangolpuri, raped her and dumped her on an isolated road there.

Marry after age 25 to cure child malnutrition: Bihar CM Manjhi

PATNA, OcTObEr 14 (AgENcIES): Bihar Chief Minister Jeetan Ram Manjhi on Monday suggested that the minimum age for marriage for both men and women should be increased to 25 to tackle the problem of child malnutrition. He also reiterated that his predecessor Nitish Kumar is “his leader and the undisputed leader of the JD(U)”, but added that there had been “no slump in governance” in Bihar.

Speaking at a press conference after a janta durbar held to find solutions to the

problem of child malnutrition, Manjhi cited his own example and said that he got married when he was 25, and is still fit at 71.

“In my opinion, the marriage age should be increased to 25 to deal with child malnutrition effectively,” said Manjhi, referring to the ancient Ashrama system, which prescribes getting married and raising a family after the age of 25 to stay healthy.

“I got married at 25 and stay fit at my present age.

I don’t take much medi-

cines,” said the Bihar CM. He added, “Population explosion and malnutrition were a result of violation of Ashrama system that had sound categorisation. One reason behind height of a person coming down from seven to five feet is because of early marriages.”

Manjhi said that the Ashrama system, which advocated a phase of celibacy (brahmacharya) till one attained the age of 25, is scientific in nature.

According to the system, the other phases are grihastha, vanaprastha and

sannyasa.

Ma n j h i re c e n t l y sparked a row with his suggestion that Dalits should go for inter-caste marriages to raise their numbers.

The remarks had come as an embarrassment for the JD(U) as well as its alliance partners, the RJD and the Congress.

Asked to comment on reports of former CM Nitish Kumar being displeased with his performance, Manjhi said, “I have been following Nitish Kumar’s road map and have made certain

amendments to it for efficacy. There is no slump in governance. Nitish Kumar is our undisputed leader. If the grand alliance chooses him as its leader, he can become the state CM after people give us the mandate in the 2015 Assembly elections.”

He said the JD(U) leaders would sit on a dharna on October 20 to mount pressure on the Centre to give Bihar special status. “Whether I attend the dharna or not will be deAn Indian girl makes a bundle after collecting left over flowers at a wholesale flower marcided by the party,” said ket in New Delhi on Tuesday, October 14. (AP Photo) Manjhi.

UN ignores Pak bid to seek intervention on Kashmir UNITED NATIONS, OcTObEr 14 (PTI): Pakistan’s latest efforts seeking U.N. intervention on the Kashmir issue have failed to draw any new response from the world body which reiterated that India and Pakistan need to resolve all differences through dialogue to find a long-term solution to the dispute.

Sartaj Aziz, adviser to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on national security and foreign affairs, had written to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on the recent border tension with India and sought the UN’s intervention, stepping up its attempts to internationalise the Kashmir issue.

In the letter to Ban, Mr. Aziz said Pakistan believes the U.N. has an important role to play in promoting the objective of peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue, including through his “good offices”.

Ban’s deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq, when asked to comment on the letter seeking Mr. Ban’s intervention and his view-

Pakistani, Indian Army officials speak over hotline

ISlAMAbAD, OcTObEr 14 (IANS): Senior Pakistani and Indian military officials spoke to each other over the hotline Tuesday and discussed ways to reduce tension along their border, a media report said Tuesday.

“Directors of Military Operations (DMO) of the Pakistani and Indian armies spoke to each other over hotline,” reported Dawn online citing a senior military official. The Pakistani Army’s DMO conveyed his country’s concern to the Indian offical.

It was the first ever contact between the Pakistani and Indian armies since tensions arose at the border. Indian and Pakistani troops and border guards have opened fire and shelled each other’s territory in recent days, leaving many civilians dead on both sides and forcing thousands to flee their homes. point on the issue, told reporters on Monday he would refer to a statement that was issued last week by Mr. Ban’s spokesperson in which the U.N. chief encouraged India and Pakistan to resolve all differences through dialogue and engage constructively to find a long-term solution for peace and stability in Kashmir.

The Secretary-General is “con-

cerned about the recent escalation of violence along the Line of Control between India and Pakistan.

He deplores the loss of lives and the displacement of civilians on both sides,” said the statement.

A war of words between the two countries over the situation at the LoC took place last week at the U.N. General Assembly where India said that it was a “matter of

deep regret” that Pakistan violated the ceasefire, in which eight people were killed and several others injured.

India made it clear that its armed forces are “fully ready” to respond to “provocation”. India also said that the onus of creating a positive environment for normalisation of relations is on Pakistan. The U.N. has long maintained an institutional presence in the contested area between the two countries.

The U.N. Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) observes and reports on ceasefire violations along and across the LoC and the working boundary between the South Asian neighbours in Jammu and Kashmir, as well as reports developments that could lead to ceasefire violations.

India has however always maintained that UNMOGIP has “outlived its relevance” and has “no role to play whatsoever” on the issue.

Corruption should be tacked through institutional arrangements: Pranab OSlO, OcTObEr 14 (PTI): Emphasising that corruption undoubtedly remains a concern, President Pranab today said it must be handled, controlled and eradicated through certain institutional arrangements which have been put in place in India.

“Corruption is no doubt a concern and our policy makers, leaders and statesmen are fully aware of it. Corruption must be handled, controlled and eradicated through certain institutional arrangements,” the President said in an interaction with Finnish media as he heads to Helsinki this evening. Mukherjee said India has a large number of institutional arrangements, legal framework and also agencies to implement anti-corruption law.

“For instance, very recently, we passed theall-powerfulLokpalBill.Lokpalwillbelike an Ombudsman. Various agencies will work under it and their reports will be considered at a very high level. Deliberations on the compositionofLokpalandscopeofactivitieshave coveredawiderange,”hesaidintheinterview released by the President’s office.

The President said in addition to Lokpal Act, there are several other Acts including Prevention of Corruption Act which was passed in 1988, the CVC Act apart from the

Indian Penal Code which provides penal punishments for corrupt practices.

“So, on the one hand we are emphasising powerful and effective laws, and on the other hand, institutions like Central Bureau of Invesitgation and the Vigilance Commission have been made independent of the day-to-day executive activity.

These are the measures through which corruption is being tackled,” he said.

Mukherjee said he is happy that there is growing concern amongst the people about corruption and this gets reflected in the actions of elected representatives of the people. “For instance, the Lokpal Bill was considered by the Indian Parliament as many as eight times. In my capacity as the Finance Minister and senior-most Minister in the previous Cabinet, I had an important role to play -- a proactive role rather -- in the legislation of the Lokpal Act. “I know how many times efforts were made and how many times it could not be implemented in our Parliament. But, finally, we could do it because it was agreed that a time has come that strong legislation, a legislative framework and institutional arrangements are called for.” the President said.

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North Korean stagecraft in Kim’s absence

SEOUL, OctObEr 14 (AP): Even when Kim Jong Un was nowhere to be seen, he was everywhere.

From “Saturday Night Live” spoofs to the wild theories of journalists across the globe trying to parse his five-week absence from the public eye, the 30-ish leader of North Korea captured nearly as many headlines as he did when he threatened to nuke his enemies last year.

The mystery ended Tuesday when Kim appeared in state media, smiling broadly and supporting himself with a cane. While touring the newly built Wisong Scientists Residential District and another new institute in Pyongyang, Kim “took necessary steps with loving care,” a dispatch early Tuesday from the official Korean Central News Agency said in typical fawning style. The North didn’t say when the visit happened, nor did it address the leader’s health.

This bewildering ability to command attention by doing nothing says a lot about the North’s mastery of a propaganda apparatus that puts Kim at the center of everything. Remove for 40 days the sun around which that propaganda spins and the international media, both traditional and social, explode with speculation and rumors.

It also speaks to the fundamental difficulties

Korean leader makes first public appearance in five weeks

A man watches a TV news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un using a cane during his first public appearance, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea on Tuesday, October 14. North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un has made his first public appearance in five weeks, state media reported Tuesday, ending an absence that drove a frenzy of global speculation that something was amiss with the country’s most powerful person. (AP Photo)

everyone outside North Korea — academics, government officials, reporters — faces in understanding what’s really happening inside a small, poor, autocratic country that jealously guards its internal workings as it ignores demands by the U.S. and its powerful allies to give up its nuclear bombs.

It is no mistake that the world obsesses about Kim’s extended time off from his usual, seemingly constant series of inspection tours of factories and frontline military bases. Ever since 1948, when Kim’s grandfather, Kim Il Sung, founded the country as a socialist rival to the U.S.-backed South, the Kim family has suc-

cessfully sold the notion, at home and abroad, that they are North Korea.

The last time Kim had been seen in state media was at a Sept. 3 concert.

In the weeks between, he missed several high-profile events that he normally attends. An official documentary released late last month made a single refer-

ence to Kim’s “discomfort” and showed video footage from August of him overweight and limping.

Many analysts believe that while Kim may have some health issues, he’s probably not in serious trouble. But many other people wondered while Kim was out of the spotlight.

“Is Kim Jong Un brain

dead?” a South Korean lawmaker asked Adm. Choi Yoon-hee, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a parliamentary hearing Monday. Choi said no, and, without elaborating, said Kim’s health problems “are not severe enough to disrupt his status as the ruler of the country.” There were many reasons to believe that even before he reappeared.

No unusual troop movements or other signs of a possible coup have emerged. Diplomacy at the highest level continues: Three members of his inner circle made a surprise visit to the South, something analysts say would be impossible without the leader’s blessing. Foreign tourists and aid workers still travel to the North, and there have been no reports of new restrictions or warnings for diplomats.

There’s also nothing particularly unusual about North Korean leaders laying low for extended periods. Kim’s late father, Kim Jong Il, no fan of the limelight in his later years, would disappear at times; Kim Jong Un, who seems to genuinely like being at the center of things, took off without a word for three weeks in 2012.

But the apparent vanishing act of a man long seen in foreign media as a cartoonish, all-powerful overlord sitting on a nuclear arse-

nal while his people starve has proven endlessly fascinating. And while there is plenty of informed analysis from experts and frequent visitors to Pyongyang, there seems to be even more thinly sourced speculation.

Kim is, by turns, reported to be suffering from gout, from diabetes, from a brain hemorrhage, from a heart ailment, from a leg injury that required surgery from a French doctor, from mental illness or, according to a head-turning British report, from a cheese addiction.

North Korea’s completely controlled state media, meanwhile, chugged right along. Kim is always seen in dispatches as the benevolent wellspring of all that is good and powerful. Archived footage of him plays regularly on state TV. “Within North Korea, the people feel Kim’s presence even when he is absent,” Scott Snyder, a Korea expert with the Council on Foreign Relations, wrote in a recent blog post. “Externally, North Korean propaganda has made Kim’s presence so critical that international media regard his absence as disquieting, even ... without supporting indicators of instability or upset in Pyongyang.”

Maybe the speculation comes from South Korean officials eager to undercut the Kim family’s legitimacy, Adam Cathcart, a

University of Leeds history lecturer, suggested in a recent online post he titled “North Korea Misinformation Bingo” that listed various “theories.” Maybe it’s North Korea’s attempt to change the subject from its human rights abuse? Maybe it’s “driven by cutthroat competition in the online journalism sector”?

The source is anyone’s guess, Cathcart wrote, but two things are certain: There are lots of rumors floating around, and “most of them are probably wrong.”

Part of the interest in Kim’s absence stems from worries about what would happen to the country if the leader died without securing a succession. Kim Jong Un emerged as the anointed successor after Kim Jong Il disappeared from public view in 2008 — by most accounts because of a stroke.

The elder Kim died in late 2011.

Kim Jong Un’s two older brothers, for whatever reasons, were deemed unfit to rule by Kim Jong Il, and little is known about his sister.

Kim’s disappearance from the public eye “does not appear likely to shake the regime, but it reveals the vulnerabilities the regime faces,” Snyder said. Kim reportedly does have a direct heir who may one day extend the Kim dynasty into a fourth generation. Probably not soon, though. She’s believed to be a toddler.

Hong Kong police chip away to reduce protest zones ‘Broccoli may curb autism’ HONG KONG, OctObEr 14 (AP): For a second day, Hong Kong police cleared barricades Tuesday from pro-democracy protest zones that have choked off traffic in key business districts for more than two weeks, signaling authorities’ growing impatience with the studentled activists.

Dozens of police used electric saws and bolt cutters to dismantle barriers made of bamboo and other materials that the protesters had erected overnight in the Admiralty area after a few dozen masked men stormed some of the barricades the day before.

The strategy seems to be

part of authorities’ attempts to gradually chip away at the three main protest zones, which have disrupted traffic and raised the ire of local residents and businesses.

Police used sledgehammers to smash concrete used by protesters to try to secure the barriers to the road. They also dis-

Police remove barricades that protesters have set up to block off main roads in Central district in Hong Kong Tuesday, October 14. Hong Kong police removed some barricades on Tuesday from the edge of pro-democracy protest zones that have choked off roads for weeks, the second straight day they have taken such action and signaling their growing impatience with the student-led demonstrators. (AP Photo)

mantled makeshift barriers of plywood, trash cans, wooden pallets and other objects blocking the road, which runs parallel to a major highway that has become the protesters’ main camp.

Earlier, before dawn, when protester numbers are lowest, police also removed metal barricades from another protest camp on a road in the nearby Causeway Bay shopping area to free up a lane for traffic.

By gradually reducing the protest areas from the edges and acting during the quiet morning hours, the police appear to want to avoid the sort of combative confrontation — using tear gas and pepper spray — that backfired two weeks ago, when the street protests started.

The government said they took action “to ensure public safety and maintain public order.”

The protesters, who have been occupying some key parts of the city since Sept. 28, want the government to drop plans for a pro-Beijing committee to screen candidates in the territory’s first direct elections, promised for 2017. They also demand that Hong Kong’s deeply unpopular Beijing-backed leader, Leung Chun-ying, resign.

An officer negotiated with a protester who said he had

an injured leg to leave his tent, the last one in the area being cleared. The bamboo and tents were scooped up into the back of a dump truck, while the metal barricades and other safety barriers were piled into trucks and vans.

The moves came a day after two dozen men wearing surgical masks to hide their faces tore at the metal barricades that demonstrators had put up in the Admiralty area and scuffled with the activists and police. An angry crowd gathered to watch, punching their fists in the air and chanting, “Open the road!”

After things settled down, the protesters — mostly university students — constructed barriers of bamboo and other materials to protect their area where they were camped out. They said they got some advice on how to build them from nearby construction workers.

In mainland China, state media played down the crisis in Hong Kong.

In its noon report, state broadcaster CCTV carried images of barricades being dismantled and street interviews with residents cheering the reopening of roads, complaining about the loss of business, and chiding the students for being naive and lacking life experience.

NEW YOrK, OctObEr 14 (IANS): A study led by an Indian-origin researcher has found evidence that daily treatment with sulphoraphane - a molecule found in foods such as broccoli - may improve some symptoms of autism spectrum disorders.

Participants receiving a daily dose of sulforaphane showed improvement in both behavioural and communication assessments in as little as four weeks. Two thirds of the participants were less irritable, lethargic, better motivated, able to communicate and had less repetitive movements.

“The average scores for each of the assessments were significantly better for the 26 participants receiving sulforaphane than for the 14 who received a placebo,” said lead author, Kanwaljit Singh from the MassGeneral Hospital. The study enrolled young men, aged 13 to 27, who had been diagnosed with moderate to severe autism spectrum disorder.

Participants were randomly assigned to a daily dose of either sulforaphane - extracted from broccoli sprouts or a placebo, with neither investigators, participants nor their care givers knowing who was receiving the study drug.

Overall, 17 of the 26 participants, who received sulforaphane were judged by their care givers to have improvements in behaviour, social interaction and calmness while on active treatment.

After 18 weeks of treatment, the average scores on two assessments - the Aberrant Behaviour Checklist and Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) - of those who received sulforaphane had decreased 34 and 17 percent respectively. “The improvements seen on the SRS were particularly remarkable” said co-corresponding author Andrew Zimmerman, a professor at the University of Massachusetts in the US. “I have been told this is the first time that any statistically significant improvement on the SRS has been seen for a drug study in autism spectrum disorder,” Zimmerman noted. The findings appeared online in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition.

Ebola deflating hopes for 3 poor African economies

WASHINGtON, OctObEr 14 (AP): Just as their economies had begun to recover from the man-made horror of coups and civil war, the West African nations of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have been knocked back down by a terrifying force of nature: the Ebola virus.

In addition to the human toll — more than 4,000 dead so far — the outbreak has paralyzed economic life. Across the Ebola zone, shops are closed, hotels vacant, flights cancelled, fields untended, investments on hold.

In Conakry, capital of Guinea, stray dogs, goats and sheep are plopping down next to empty stalls in street markets devoid of shoppers.

About the only things people want to buy are products meant to guard against Ebola — antiseptic gels and devices that attach to faucets and add chlorine to the water. “These are selling like bread at the market,” said Cece Loua, who sells pharmaceutical products in Conakry.

The World Bank has dramatically downgraded its expectations for economic growth this year in the three countries hardest hit by the outbreak. Guinea

will grow 2.4%, down from a previously forecast 4.5%, it predicts; Liberia 2.5%, down from 5.9%; and Sierra Leone 8%, down from 11.3%.

“It’s been really devastating,” said Rosa Whitaker, CEO of the consultancy the Whitaker Group and a former U.S. trade official. It’s an especially cruel turn for three impoverished economies that had been making steady progress after years of devastating conflict: • In Sierra Leone, which endured a civil war from 1991 to 2002 that killed 70,000 and left 2.6 million homeless, the economy surged 20 percent last year and 15 percent in 2012.

• Liberia, which lost 250,000 people to civil wars from 1989 to 2003, has recorded double-digit economic growth four of the past five years.

• Guinea, with a history of bloody coups and political strife, has grown more slowly (2.5 percent last year and 3.9 percent in 2012), but had expected its economy to accelerate as foreign companies invested in such projects as the Simandou iron ore mine.

“No one could have imagined the extent of the economic and social turnaround,” said Steven Radelet, a foreign aid expert at Georgetown University and an adviser to the Liberian government. “The past 10 years, there’s been remarkable progress, and a lot of investors coming in.”

Ebola has frozen the economic revival. “They were coming back and now have been set back in a big way,” said Francisco Ferreira, the World Bank’s chief economist for Africa.

The epidemic damages the economy directly. Commerce stops. The sick can’t work. Contaminated areas close down.

Tax collections dry up. Health care costs swell, squeezing governments already struggling with expenses. But the indirect damage can be even worse as fear paralyzes Ebola-stricken communities.

“People are obviously very afraid of it,” Ferreira said. “People stay home and don’t consume... Flights are being canceled because no one wants to go there. Hotels are firing people because no one is staying there.”

Liberia canceled soccer games because it’s “a con-

tact sport, and Ebola is spread through sweat,” said Musa Bility, president of the Liberia Football Association. The suspension of sporting events has hurt Boima Folley’s sporting goods shop in the Liberian capital Monrovia.

“No one comes to even ask for — let alone buy — sports materials these days,” he said.

Analysts are at least optimistic that the economic damage from the crisis can be contained to the hardest-hit countries.

The three Ebola-stricken nations are, after all, economically small, and their troubles are unlikely to disrupt commerce beyond their borders: Combined, their three economies amount to half the size of Vermont’s.

Last week, the International Monetary Fund forecast that the 25 African countries it has grouped as “low-income”— including the three most hit by Ebola — would register a combined 6.3 percent economic growth this year, faster than the 6.1 percent in 2013. One factor in Africa’s favor: Nigeria, West Africa’s dominant economy, and Senegal moved decisively to identify and isolate Ebola victims and those who had come into contact with them. “We’re incredibly impressed by the

ability of Nigeria and Senegal to keep their epidemics contained,” Ferreira said.

The World Bank still fears a worst-case scenario in which Ebola breaks out of three countries and spreads across West Africa. Under that scenario, economic losses across West Africa would rise as high as $32.6 billion this year and next, up from no more than $9 billion

if the disease were contained.

Continent-wide, Africa has made significant strides. Six of the world’s fastest-growing economies are in Africa, the White House reported at an August U.S.-Africa Summit meant to celebrate the continent’s rise.

Most analysts think Africa’s overall economy will continue to expand. The momentum remains strong, and damage

from Ebola still seems likely to be contained.

“I don’t think there will be lasting damage,” said Anna Rosenberg, head of Frontier Strategy Group’s sub-Saharan Africa practice. “The growth story coming out of sub-Saharan Africa is too big and too real to be ignored. There’s nothing that is going to stop it going forward.”

Liberian health workers queue to enter one of the largest Ebola treatment units at the Island Clinic Monrovia, Liberia on October 13. Some nurses in Liberia defied calls for a strike on Monday and turned up for work at hospitals amid the worst Ebola outbreak in history. In view of the danger of their work, members of the National Health Workers Association are demanding higher monthly hazard pay. (AP Photo)

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italy, Wales win; iceland shocks Netherlands

ta' QaLi, october 14 (ageNcieS): Italy labored to a 1-0 win at tiny Malta on Monday and remains perfect atop Group H with 9 points in the European Championship qualifying as Gareth Bale-led Wales consolidated the lead in Group B by beating Cyprus 2-1.

In Group A however, Iceland pulled off a shock 2-0 defeat of the Netherlands to hand new coach Guus Hiddink his third loss in four matches since taking over after the World Cup. Southampton forward Graziano Pelle scored on his international debut with Italy, taking advantage of a loose ball inside the box following a corner in the 23rd minute. Both Malta and Italy ended with 10 men. Malta captain Michael Mifsud was shown a controversial direct red card for a foul on

Alessandro Florenzi in the 27th even though replays showed there was hardly any foul at all. Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci was sent off for a last-man foul on Andre Schembri in the 73rd.

In another Group H encounter, Croatia crushed Azerbaijan 6-0 to join Italy atop Group H. Ivan Perisic scored twice and Andrej Kramaric, Marcelo Brozovic, Luka Modric also added goals. Rashad Sadygov added to Azerbaijan’s miserable day out scoring an own goal. Also, Norway beat Bulgaria 2-1 with goals from Tarik Elyounoussi and Havard Nielsen.

Bosnia-Herzegovina goalie Asmir Begovic fumbled an easy shot from Radja Nainggolan to allow Belgium to escape with a 1-1 away draw that keeps it in a strong position in Group B of European Champion-

ship qualifying. Wales consolidated the lead in the group by beating Cyprus 2-1 to sit one point ahead of Israel, which swept past Andorra 4-1. Wales, led by Gareth Bale and trying to qualify for its first major championship, has 7 points from 3 games with Israel on 6 and Belgium on 4 points from 2 games.

In Reykjavik, Swansea midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson scored both goals Monday as Iceland pulled off a shock 2-0 defeat of the Netherlands in Group A of the European Championship qualifier to hand new coach Guus Hiddink his third loss in four matches since taking over after the World Cup. The win kept Iceland perfect in three qualifiers and left it level atop Group A with the Czech Republic, which got its third straight win by beating Kazakhstan 4-2 in Almaty.

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24th NSU Shillong sports meet ends

Kohima, october 14 (mexN): The 24th annual Naga Students’ Union, Shillong sports meet 2014 concluded on October 11 at Madan Iewrynghep Shillong with A.L Hek, Minister Of Health & Family Welfare, IPR & IT, Meghalaya as the chief guest and Rapsang as the guest of honour.

The meet was held un-

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football in the men as well as the women categories were played among the different federating units.

Boxing India Elite (Senior) Women National Boxing Championship

Kohima, october 14 (mexN): The Nagaland state is fielding five boxers in the ongoing 1st Boxing India Elite (Senior) Women National Boxing Championship at Raipur, Chhattisgarh with AkokItaly’s Leonardo Bonucci, top, jumps for the ball with Malta’s Andre Schembri during the Euro 2016 qualifying soccer la Tzudir as team Coach. match between Malta and Italy, at the National Stadium Ta' Imlisenla 57 kgs wt. category defeated Gujarat Qali, in Valletta, Malta, Monday, October 13. (AP Photo)

in 1st round and Maharashtra in pre quarter final and reached quarter final.

Arensangla also reached Quarter final after defeating Punjab in the 1st round and Andhra Pradesh in the pre quarter. The other boxers, Nungsangmongla lost to Manipur in 48 kgs wt. in pre quarter. Temsunaro

51 kgs lost to Jharkhand in pre quarter. Kumzung 54 kgs also lost to Mizoram in pre quarter. A press note from the Secretary General of the Nagaland Amateur Boxing Association, T Meren Paul, informed that the tournament which began on October 11 will conclude on October 16.

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Leadership seminar held

DimaPUr, october 14 (DiPr): A leadership motivational seminar by Leaders Arise Nagaland (LAN) was held on October 13 at the Deputy Commissioner’s Conference Hall, Dimapur with Rev. Luoliehu Yimsung, Founder LAN. The seminar

was attended by administration officials, DPDB members, GB’s and DB’s. Earlier, Pastor Town Baptist Church, Dimapur Rev. Vilodi Sakhrie invoked God’s blessings while Commissioner Excise Maongwati Aier chaired the program.

Mushroom cultivation training in Phek

PheK, october 14 (DiPr): Department of Horticulture, Phek organised a district level training on mushroom cultivation at new Reserve DEF Phek on October 11. Resource person, AHO, Directorate of Horticulture, Senti Longchar elaborated about mushroom cultivation practice. He also highlighted that paddy straw mushroom, also known as, oyster mushroom is the most common and easiest way of mushroom cultivation. Materials required for the cultivation, he informed, are spawn (seeds), poly bag, straw, and binding rope.

He said that it can be harvested within two months and it gives quick economic return to the cultivators and also added that it can be used for fresh consumption, in pickle form and dried form. It can be also cultivated in banana leaves and corn leaves, he added. He also informed that the spawn are readily available in horticulture department. The programme was chaired by Medongulie (ABI, RHQ), while welcome address was delivered by DHO Phek, Moalemba and short speech was delivered by Addl. SP Phek, Imtimeren.

Alder College celebrates 23rd Annual Day

Kohima, october 14 (mexN): The 23rd Annual Day of Alder College, Kohima was celebrated on October 11 at Dr. Setu Memorial Hall. The Pro Chancellor of Nagaland University (NU), Prof. A Lanunungsang Ao graced the event as chief guest.

Speakingontheoccasion, the chief guest congratulated the College Principal and his staff for their tireless effort in making Alder College a great institution. He stated that the college is one of the most important institutions amongst the affiliated colleges of NU. Prof. Lanunungsang also urged the college management to introduce vocational courses for the students and further suggested to start a Post Graduate Department (PGD) in the college citing that NU alone is unable to accommodate all the applicants for post graduation courses.

He also reminded the students to observe the motto of the college “Learn

Pro Chancellor of Nagaland University, Prof. A Lanunungsang Ao along with the Chairman-Principal and staff of Alder College, Kohima during the college 23rd Annual Day on October 11.

to Serve” in both letter and spirit and encouraged them to learn with dedication and sincerity and become an asset to the people who will need their service.

Earlier, Vekhozo Kha-

mo, Principal, Alder College, in his welcome address urged the students to know the purpose of studies in the college as higher education is getting tougher by day, while maintain-

ing that there is no place for complacent and mediocre students in dynamically competitive world.

Kevigwelie Vüprü pronounced the invocation, while Lürachü spoke on

behalf of the freshers. The annual report was presented by Tingyie Beham, General Secretary, ACSU, while Basha Buchem, Social & Cultural Secy ACSU delivered the vote of thanks.

Official’s residence inaugurated at State Seed Farm, Merapani

Kohima, october 14 (mexN): The official residence of the Deputy Director of State Seed Farm, Merapani in Wokha district Lotha community in Phek organized a social service day at District Hospital, Phek on Oc- was inaugurated by the Director of tober 14. Around 40 volunteers from different departments took part in the social work held Agriculture, L Mero on October 10. from 6.00am to 8.30 am.

Mero informed that the State Seed Farm Merapani was one of the biggest farms under the department of agriculture. The Joint Director of Agriculture, Rongseninla Aier also exhorted the officers and staffs of the Farm to work harder

to produce more food grains and seeds for the region and the State.

The function was chaired by the Deputy Director (Farm) M Ben Yanthan, while a technical report was presented by Senior Agricultural Engineer, Er. Achakbo Newmai. The Pastor of Merapani Baptist Church, Ellis Odyuo offered the invocation prayer.

Speaking on the occasion, the Chairman of Bandhari Village Council, Nchumbemo expressed

KVK Zunheboto conducts 6th SAC

Mangkolemba Baptist Church organized a weeklong revival programme from October 6 to 12 with fifteen counsellors and two main speakers, T. Sungjem Lkr and Temjen Jamir.

Catholics of Dimapur celebrated the parish feast on Sunday, October 12. The occasion was solemnized by the presence of Most Rev. George, the bishop of Miao, Arunachal Pradesh.

The believers had Holy Eucharistic Celebrations and procession in the town.

Mayangnokcha Awards for Academic Excellence

moKoKchUNg, october 14 (DiPr): The 21st presentation ceremony of Mayangnokcha Awards for Academic Excellence will be held on October 18 at Cosmos Hall, Mokokchung with former Chief Secretary of Nagaland, Alemtemshi Jamir as the chief guest.

The sequence of the awardees is as follows: Mayangnokcha Award for Academic Excellence (The Overall Topper) - Vevotolu Kezo, Mezhur HSS Kohima; MAT-NE Sun Award for the Subject Topper in English (North East Sun Magazine, New Delhi) - Adie Kire, Mezhur HSS Kohima; MAT-Rockdale Award

for the Subject topper in Ao (MIL) (Rockdale Club, Mokokchung) - L. Sentiben Jamir, Clark HSS Impur; MAT-YRSD Award for the Subject Topper in Social science (Youth Resources & Sports Department Nagaland) - Medeno Peseyie, Fernwood School Kohima; MAT-Tir Yimyim Award for the Subject Topper in Science (Tit Yimyim Daily, Dimapur) - Wetou T. Khape, Pilgrim School Dimapur; MAT-EFoM Award for Subject Topper in Mathematics (Education Forum of Mokokchung) - Vevotolu Kezo, Mezhur HSS Kohima.

DimaPUr, october 14 (mexN): The Krishi Vigyan Kendra Zunheboto, Nagaland University conducted its 6th SAC on October 10 at Conference Hall, Nagaland University, Lumami. Vice Chancellor, Nagaland University Prof. B.K. Konwar, Chairman of the committee, HoDs from District Agriculture Office, District Soil Conservation Office, District Veterinary Office, All India Radio; farmers from Lumami, Aotsakilimi, Litami; Professors from the Department of Soil Science, Plant Breeding and Genetics and Agricultural economics were present in the meeting.

A press note informed that the welcome address was delivered by Dr. Rakesh Kumar Chaurasia, Programme Coordinator, KVK Zunheboto. The Annual Progress report of KVK for the period March 2013 – September 2014 was presented by Subject Matter Specialists of Plant protection, Agriculture Extension, Horticulture, Agronomy, Soil Science and Animal Science while that of Home Science was presented by Programme Assistant.

Annual Action Plan of KVK for the year 2014-15 was presented by Programme Coordinator, Dr. R.K. Chaurasia.

During the Discussion session, the Vice Chancellor viewed that the State should have their variety release committee who will be responsible for release of suitable and tested varieties in Nagaland. Nagaland has some good and promising varieties of different crops but it needs to be tested in different places and may be given a variety name, stated the VC. He further suggested that all the departments concerned come forward to solve the problems of farmers. HoDs from different departments, Professors and farmers also interacted with each other and spoke on the activities which can help to uplift the socio economic conditions of the farmers. The Vice Chancellor also urged the State department, KVK, SASRD to work hard and in coordination with each other so that the latest technology is made available to the farming communities at their doorstep.

his gratitude to the Government of Nagaland for providing good infrastructure for the officers and staff of the Farm. The function concluded with a vote of thanks from the Farm Manager, T Chanbemo Odyuo and benediction by Moses Ayer, Pastor of State Seed Farm Church.

Other highlights of the day included a performance of an “Adivasi Cultural Dance” and a presentation of harvest song by the officers and staff of the Nagaland

State Seed Farm, Merapani.

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Engineer, Directorate of Agriculture (DoA), Kohima, Achakbo Newmai further added that the function also witnessed the attendance of host of other officers from DoA including its Joint Director, Imlitemjen Longkumer; Deputy Director, Alet Hangsing; SDO (Work), Dikhalo; Junior Engineer, T Ghohezhe; and District Agricultural Officer, Peter Yanthan.

Phek DPDB meeting held

PheK, october 14 (DiPr): The Phek District Planning &Development Board (DPDB) meeting was held at Chizami Town Hall, Chizami on October 10 with Chairman DPDB Phek, and Parliamentary Secretary for School Education Yitachu.

Parliamentary Secretary, Deo Nukhu informed that the monthly DPDB meeting of December 2014 will be withheld due to various engagements of Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries and also informed that the next DPDB meeting will be held at Chozuba Hq. Deo also explained that G.M. High School Chizami was named after Goyepra, who was the first graduate in the District and participated in the 16th points Nagaland Statehood Agreement in Delhi. He stated the up-gradation of the school is the long desired of Chizami area people and requested the Parliamentary Secretary School Education, for up-gradation of the same to Higher Secondary School and also to construct a girls hostel on special provision and to provide a school bus. He also emphasized on the present system of disbursing salary which is affecting the performance of the employees to execute their duties.

The House reviewed the last DPDB meeting held at Pfutsero Sub-Division and the Chairman informed that Supt. of Taxes submitted the memo-

randum to higher authority for (creation) appointment of taxes staffs in the District.

The house also discussed various agendas and recommended the following: New sub-station M.B.H power line set-up at Phek Dist. HQ; G.M. High School up-gradation to Higher Secondary School and Chizami Town Road and G.M. High School Road black topping to R & B (PWD Dept) DC Phek & Vice Chairman, DPDB Murohu Chotso on the issue of NLTP observed that although the Government may face revenue setback yet, issues like moral, peace, tranquility and lives of the younger generation of the State cannot be compromised and appealed to the NGOs and the authority concerned to implement the Act sternly and strengthen the Act. He expressed displeasure at the procedure of District Social Welfare issuing office order. He also informed that verification of work-charged and casual employees will be held from October 15 to 17 and disbursing the employees’ salaries would be done at DC’s office. He requested all the officers of Phek district to be regular in their respective offices to make the district different.

The PowerPoint presentation on department activities presented by SBI Phek Manager and Superintendent of Excise, S.Chalai Angh were discussed thoroughly by the

members. The board also deliberated on the issue of lifting NLTP Act where different ideas and views on negative and positive aspects of the Act in the society were shared.

Yitachu gave the chairman’s remark on the discussed topics. The agenda of opening new school at Kikruma village was entrusted to SDEO, Pfutsero to take spot verification and certify the matter for further discussion. He advised the members to recommend the actual provision schemes and appointment of the posts. The chairman also said that there were 70% to 80% shortage of science and maths teachers in the state which is a serious matter of concern. Commenting on the Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition Act (NLPA), he stated that the solution lies in the middle.

Earlier, the chairman advised the members not to be discouraged on taking new assignment and responsibility. PWD and Power Electrical department were entrusted to make presentation on their departmental activities in the next DPDB meeting. He suggested that discussion on Right to Education be the theme for the next DPDB meeting. The Parliamentary Secretary and Board chairman Yitachu and Deo Nukhu Parliamentary Secretary, DC Phek and others official visited GM high School Chizami after the meeting.

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restlerturned-rapper and actor John Cena has teamed up with hip-hop star Wiz Khalifa to record two new tracks for the upcoming 2015 Wwe video game. The 12 Rounds fighter, who made his rap debut with 2005 album You Can't See Me, has returned to the studio with Khalifa for the songs All Day and Breaks, which will feature on the firstever soundtrack for Wwe 2K15.

C e n a tells Billboard. com, It was very cool to work with Wiz Khalifa and combine my East Coast style of flow and his laid back West Coast vibe. Wiz cated to our craft that we our fans more, that is what Other artists featured on include B.o.B., Rudimental and I are both are so dedi- never stop hustling to give the song (All Day) is about. the Wwe 2K15 soundtrack and Flo Rida.

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of Sports Illustrated.

Tavi Gevinson, the 18-year-old fashion writer and founder of popular online magazine Rookie, was noted as emblematic of the contemporary teen in the Internet age, while transgender activist Jazz Jennings, 14, and Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong, 18, also made the list.

The dominant categories were athletes, actors and singers. Actors taking center stage were Kiernan Shipka, 14, of "Mad Men," Rico Rodriguez, 16, of "Modern Family" and "The Equalizer's" Chloe Grace Moretz, 17.

Pop singers Becky G, 17, and Austin Mahone, 18, earned plaudits as did New Zealand pro golfer Lydia Ko, 17, and Afghan National Cycling Team member Salma Kakar, 17.

Teens noted for business success include 15-year-old Erik Finman, founder of the online tutoring site Botangle.com; YouTube fashion star Beth-

any Mota, 18, and actressturned-stockpicker Rachel Fox, 18.

Irish trio Ciara Judge, 16, Emer Hickey, 17, and Sophie Healy-Thow, 17, were noted for their discovery of bacteria that deposits nitrogen from the atmosphere into soil. Los Angeles teen chef Flynn McGarry, 15, joined stars of Twitter's Vine short-form video service, Nash Grier, and singer Shawn Mendes, both 16.

Jaden Smith, 16, son of actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, was recognized for acting and his Twitter following, while reality TV stars the Jenner sisters Kendall, 18, and Kylie, 17, were noted for their burgeoning Hollywood and merchandising careers.

Also in the spotlight were 19-year-olds Megan Grassell, founded of the Yellowberry clothing company that makes bras for teens, and South African-Australian YouTube star and actor-musician Troye Sivan.

he 'We Can't Stop' songstress has referred to herself as ''walking joke'' after she admitted that if she wasn't a pop star she would like to be a comedian. Talking on the Australian morning chat show, 'Sunrise' on Sunday (12.10.14) Miley said: ''If I wasn't here I'd like to be doing some sort of standup comedy, so I think that this is my way of doing that. I am the joke. Look at me!

I'm a walking joke.''

When asked if she thinks a lot about her unusual wardrobe she said: ''I didn't really think about it because that just seems so disingenuine. I'm too honest, I'm too myself.''I never really thought about it.'' Miley then explained that she is different to a lot of pop stars because she's been involved in the business since she was a child.

The 21-year-old singer said: ''I just kind of grew up in this world, so fame and money, I kind of know what they give you, which isn't a lot ... even though people think it's kind of everything. ''I just decided, about a year ago, that my whole life goal was just to be happy all the time.'' Speaking about her notorious performance with Robin Thicke at the 2013 MTV Music Video Awards. She added: ''All the hysteria afterwards wasn't planned.''

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Tannishtha Chatterjee too joins the cast of the film,

which will hit Indian screens in December. "I am extremely satisfied with my Hollywood debut and it's a dream come true for me," said the actor. "I have been part of the industry for so long and I have played comedy roles, supporting roles, and lead roles, but when you get such a project, you feel satisfied as an actor," added Rajpal, who featured in films like "Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti

Hoon!" and "Main, Meri Patni... Aur Woh!".

"Bhopal - A Prayer For Rain" is based on true events of 1984 when a toxic gas leak from the Union Carbide Corporation's pesticide plant in the Madhya Pradesh capital killed and maimed thousands of people. "I am playing the lead in it. I am playing actress Tannishtha's husband. It will release in India on Dec 5 and Nov 7 in the US," he said.

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First daughters Malia, 16, and Sasha, 13; Grammy-winning New Zealand singer Lorde, 17; and Nobel Prize Winner Malala Yousafzai, 17, the Pakistani education activist winner, were all on the unranked list dominated by 20 females.

Time said it compiled its list of 25 teens - 29, counting accolades shared by siblings and partners by analyzing their social media following, business successes and cultural importance.

The youngest were Sasha Obama and fellow 13-year-old Mo'ne Davis, a pitching sensation who led her Philadelphia boys' baseball team to the Little League World Series and landed a spot on the cover

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amal Sadanah has always been intrigued by the Sundarbans. With Roar: Tigers Of The Sundarbans, the director intends to treat his audience to the action, drama and thrill of the forest and its majestic tigers.

For this, Kamal joined hands with one of Asia's leading VFX agencies, which has previously worked in Hollywood films like The Amazing Spiderman and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows among others. Naturally, getting the special effects right was a lengthy process. Not only did the team run test shoots using dogs but also tested scenes with CG (computer-generated) tigers. The makers believe that with this offering, they have brought world-class visual effects to the Indian audience.

Says producer Abis Rizvi, "When the CGI tiger was created, we wanted to ensure that it was as close to reality as possible. We have tried to replicate every aspect of the Sundarban tigers, right down to each muscle that moves when it walks. We hope the audience likes it."

Roar: Tigers Of The Sundarbans, produced by Abis Rizvi Films, releases October 31.

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moves but I would be happy to teach him how to fight on-screen.''

Zayn wouldn't be the first huge pop star to appear in a Bollywood film after Kylie Minogue was paid £800,000 for her role in 2009 underwater action thriller 'Blue'. What's more, Snoop Dogg acted and sang a song which cost $475,000 to record and film in 2008 romantic comedy 'Singh is King', in which he wore a traditional Indian turban and a tunic.

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Bollywood favourite Gulshan Grover, 59, believes the 21-year-old hunk would be a huge success were he to star in a Bollywood production and is keen to help him out if he does land a role.

He said: ''There is definite interest in getting Zayn to star in a Bollywood film or deliver a song. ''He has a huge fan base in India and would do really well. ''I would be happy to guide him. I'm sure he doesn't need help with the dance

OC & Sky Entertainment, today announced that the Live Auditions for selection to the Hornbill International Rock Contest for 2014 is finally here. A press note from Al Ngullie, Media & Publicity Manager, Hornbill Music Festival informed that live Auditions for bands for Nagaland will be on October 18, in Jotsoma, near the state’s capital, Kohima town. The Regional Centre of Excellence for Music and Performing Arts (RCEMPA) is the venue for the Live Auditions.

Auditions of bands and the performance event will commence by 11:00 AM sharp on October 18. Bands from outside Kohima that could not register for the auditions yet, may also apply for the auditions. However, it was informed that every criterion is fulfilled as stated in the terms and conditions as published earlier, participation will be declined.

The organizers further urged all competing bands to keep the following points of conduct in mind: • Every band must have reached the venue, RCEMPA in Jotsoma, by 10:30 AM. Auditions will com-

mence at 11 AM sharp.

• Each auditioning band will have a 20-minute set for their performance. Within the stipulated time, they are to complete their performance. Please note that the 20-minute is inclusive of set up / sound check time) • Every band is required to bring their own musical instruments (drumsticks, guitars, and guitar sound effects etc). There shall be no borrowing, or search for equipments in the course of auditions. Stage gear including drum and percussion sets and sound system ‘will be had ready at the venue.

• The organizers will provide refreshments at the venue For further details and clarifications, one may contact Khriesazo Liezietsu, A & R Manager of the music festival at the phone number +91 9615170264.

Fans, supports and worshippers of music: Come and join in the celebrations, entry is free. Be there and cheer for your favorite band!

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Argentina's Lionel Messi, center, shoots for a goal during a friendly soccer match against Hong Kong in Hong Kong Tuesday, October 14. (AP Photo)

HONG KONG, OctOber 14 (reuters): Lionel Messi scored twice after coming off the bench as an experimental Argentina side destroyed Hong Kong 7-0 in an international friendly mismatch on Tuesday.

Argentina fielded a completely different lineup from the one which lost to Brazil last week but the World Cup finalists still waltzed to a facile triumph.

The home crowd, some dressed in Argentina jerseys at the Hong Kong Stadium, saved their loudest

cheers for the arrival of substitute Messi, who came on after an hour to score twice and make another goal.

With so many of his team mates absent, Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain took the onus on himself to entertain the crowd by terrorising the Hong Kong defence and scoring a goal either side of the interval.

Benfica's Nicolas Gaitan also netted twice after Ever Banega had opened the scoring for Argentina.

Following Saturday's 2-0 loss against arch-rivals

Brazil in Beijing, coach Gerardo Martino left Messi, Angel di Maria, Sergio Aguero, Javier Mascherano and Marcos Rojo on the bench against FIFA's 164th-ranked team in a match staged to celebrate the centenary of the Hong Kong Football Association.

Argentina goalkeeper Nahuel Guzman and his second-half replacement Agustin Marchesin barely had a touch of the ball between them as the visitors utterly dominated.

Hong Kong frustrated

Argentina initially as the world's number two side pressed hard for an opening goal but a defensive error in the 19th minute opened the floodgates. Hong Kong goalkeeper Yapp Hung Fai spilled Gaitan's shot from inside the box and the botched clearance reached an unmarked Banega, who calmly converted.

Higuain, denied by a flying save from Yapp 10 minutes later, had to wait until the 42nd minute to head in a precise cross from Leonel Vangioni to make it 2-0. A left-footed drive from Gaitan made it three just before the break.

In the 54th minute, Banega's defence-splitting pass found Gaitan, who passed square for Higuain to tap in his second goal.

Messi, whose every touch was applauded by the half-full stadium, did not have to wait long after coming on as he played a one-two with Gaitan and finished efortlessly in the 66th minute. Six minutes later, the Barcelona maestro returned the favour for Gaitan to score his second before Martino, having had the chance to look at his fringe players, added to Hong Kong's woes by sending on Di Maria and Mascherano.

Italian striker Alessandro Del Piero of Delhi Dynamos in action against FC Pune City on October 14.

NeW deLHI, OctOber 14 (PtI): Delhi Dynamos were better but wasteful as they paid the price for their profligacy even as Alessandro del Piero's presence failed to break the deadlock in their barren draw against FC Pune City in the Hero Indian Super League here today.

'King Alex' did not start, much to the disappointment of the 30000-odd turnout at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, but the Italian and Juventus legend was introduced in the 37th minute amid the loudest cheers from a fairly packed Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

The Dynamos missed chances galore till the final whistle. In the 90th minute, Brazilian Gustavo Dos San-

tos, coming on as a late substitute, unleashed a left-footer only to see the ball hitting the upright after the goalkeeper was beaten.

Five minutes before that, Hans Mulder received a curled free-kick from Del Piero, but his header sailed over the bar Delhi called the shots in the first half, creating innumerable chances but, at the end of first half, their domination came to naught as the scoreline remained goalless.

Leading the side, Mads Junker had a bad day in office, failing to lead from the front, the number of misses adding to his agony.

The flurry of misses had the crowd frustrated and it needed the arrival of

Del Piero to break the ennui in the stands. The huge roar was followed by the Mexican wave and it repeated for a while at the JLN stadium.

Del Piero was on the ball right away, at 39 trying his best to create opportunities. His enterprise delighted the many heads totting the stands but a goal remained elusive. After a none-too-impressive outing in the first 45 minutes, Junker had a chance to get his team ahead but he could not clear Emanuele Belardy at the goal after receiving what could have been a decisive through from Shylo ‘Mama’ Malsawmtluanga. Earlier, the Danish also had opportunities in the 11th and 19th minute which he wasted.

Neymar scores 4 as Brazil beats Japan

Brazil's Neymar celebrates after scoring his fourth goal against Japan during an international friendly soccer match in Singapore, Tuesday, October 14. (AP Photo)

sINGAPOre, OctOber 14 (AP): Neymar scored all four goals Tuesday to give Brazil a 4-0 victory over Japan in a friendly match.

Playing at a neutral venue in Singapore, the Barcelo-

na striker gave his team the lead in the 18th minute after running onto a through ball from Diego Tardelli. He got his second three minutes after the restart, meeting a long pass from Philippe

Coutinho and side-footing past Japan goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima, and completed the hat trick in the 77th when he beat Kawashima from close range.

The 22-year-old Ney-

mar, who also hit the post in the first half from a free kick, rose unmarked in the six-yard box to head in his fourth with nine minutes to go. "Neymar really enjoys playing, he has a good time," Brazil coach Dunga said.

"He plays the same way he plays with his friends. We want to give him the chance of doing better."

It was the fourth straight victory under Dunga for Brazil, which is rebuilding after a semifinal run at the World Cup. The performance capped a successful trip to Asia for Brazil, which beat Argentina 2-0 in China on Saturday in Beijing.

Japan, which has never beaten Brazil in 10 meetings, failed to win a game at the World Cup and is now focusing on defending its Asian Cup title in January.

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LONdON, OctOber 14 (reuters): Critically injured French Formula One driver Jules Bianchi will not give up his fight for life but the situation remains desperate, his father Philippe said on Tuesday.

Bianchi senior said he still had hope he would be able to take his son home one day. "The situation is desperate. Every time the phone rings we know it could be the hospital to say Jules is dead," he told the newspaper. "But first they said the first 24 hours were crucial, then it became 72 and now we are still here, with Jules who is fighting.

"I see it, I believe it, I speak to him, I know he hears me.

Bianchi has been in hospital since he crashed into a recovery tractor in the wet at the Japanese Grand Prix on Oct. 5. He has been in a 'critical but stable' condition ever since.

The driver's father said the family were living a nightmare, in unfamiliar surroundings and without knowing what the future might hold. "Maybe when Jules is better ... we can move him to Tokyo and things will be easier. But who knows when that will happen, if it happens. We have no certainties, we can only wait," he said. "One day he seems a little better,

another a bit worse. The doctors don't say, the damage in the impact was great but they don't know how it will evolve."

SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS Philippe Bianchi said he took hope from the case of seven times world champion Michael Schumacher, who suffered a severe head injury while skiing in France last year and is now being treated at home. "Even with Schumacher it took months before he came out of the coma, but I have read that Jean Todt hopes he could have a nearly normal life.

One day I hope to be able to say the same."

Formula One officials have prepared a report into the accident and have made safety proposals, including automatic speed limits and possibly equipping the recovery tractors and cranes with 'skirts' in future.

Former world champion Alain Prost has been particularly scathing about the use of such recovery vehicles. "I don't want to make any polemics with the FIA, because I have a lot of respect for what has been done in terms of safety over the past 20 years," said the Frenchman. "It is cars and tracks (that have been made safer) and there was only one thing left: It was this ... truck on the track."

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