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Now ... it is possible to look back and take a wider view and see the Nagas as a people rather than an assortment of tribes or even of villages Colombia in unchartered territory with defeat of peace agreement PAGe 09
reflections
By Sandemo Ngullie
Chakhesang Students’ Union observes ‘Black Day’
India clinch NZ series, ensure No.1 ranking in Tests
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Without electricity: irate ‘Time for Nagas consumers blockade road to build bridges’
Phone, phone. Ayaaa, hobbies develop kurhbi na... why? Because hobbies are jobs in disguise.
Govt declares Oct 10 and 11 as general holiday KOHIMA, OCTOBER 3 (DIPR): The Government of Nagaland has declared October 10 and 11 as General Holiday on account of Dussehra (Durga Puja) instead of October 9 and 10. Also October 9 (Sunday) is declared as restricted holiday on account of Dussehra (Durga Puja).
— JH Hutton (1965)
Agitated consumers blockade an intersection of the Dhobinalla-Firing, Dimapur stretch in protest against a prolonged power outage caused by a defunct transformer in Dimapur on October 3. (Morung Photo)
Morung Express News Dimapur | October 3
Without electricity for five complete days, exasperated consumers of three localities in Dimapur on the sixth day took to the streets today. Venting frustration, the consumers blockaded a busy road intersection near the West Police Station. The blockade, which started at around 11:00 am, created a massive traffic jam Newmai News Network as commuters taking the Dhobinalla-Firing stretch Imphal | October 3 were caught unawares. The Naga organisations in Ma- police, administration and nipur reaffirmed to defend and protect their ancestral homeland including land and natural resources, history, identity, tradition, KOHIMA, OCTOBER 3 culture and time honoured (MExN): Nagaland State institution “at all cost”. Governor, PB Acharya has This stand was taken in a expressed concern at the joint emergency meeting recent move by three tribe of the United Naga Coun- Hohos to disassociate from cil (UNC), Naga Women the Naga Hoho. Union(NWU) and the All A press note from the Naga Students’ Associa- Raj Bhavan said the Govtion, Manipur(ANSAM) ernor is “very much conheld in Imphal. The meet- cerned about the unity of ing also reiterated that the Tribal Hohos so as to the Naga people will op- carry forward the ongoing pose any attempt that will peace talks of NSCN(IM) dislodge its traditional with Government of India.” position on the pretext “Peace talks should not of development and ad- be derailed by the disassoministrative convenience, ciation of three main Hohos Acts, Bills, Orders etc that from Naga Hoho. To make will affect the Naga people peace talks successful, unidirectly or indirectly. Fur- ty among the Nagas are the ther, the meeting resolved prime necessity,” he said. that the Naga people will The Governor exnot accept any bill which pressed his concern that is detrimental to the rights the Ao Senden, Lotha and interest of the “indig- Hoho and Sumi Hoho enous tribal people” under have moved out from the any circumstances. apex body, Naga Hoho.
South Naga orgs reaffirm to protect ancestral homeland
Power department officials intervened as the consumers stuck to their demand for restoration of power supply at the earliest. “Either you (Power department) arrange a replacement or the blockade will continue,” was the consumers’ demand. The blockade was eventually called off in the afternoon after the department assured to replace the stand-in 250kVA transformer. A 500kVA transformer had broken down on September 28 cutting off supply to parts of Duncan Basti, Supply colony and
Landmark colony (formerly PWD). As a temporary measure, it was replaced with a 250kVA transformer, which according to the consumers was not of much help. After the blockade, the smaller transformer was removed and a 500kVA capacity was put in place by evening. The Executive Engineer (EE), Dimapur Electrical Division, informed that it was a different transformer as the one which broke down was still under repair. According to the EE, the department was able to arrange a replacement earli-
er in the morning and was on set to install it when the agitation occurred unexpected. One of the consumers said that they were told that supply should resume by 8:00 pm this evening but the power was still to come on well after the assured time. On this, the EE explained the transformer was put into circuit but there was an unforeseen problem with a power line emanating from the said transformer. Supply would be resumed as soon as the problem was rectified, the EE added.
DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 3 (MExN): NSCN (IM) Kilo Kilonser, Rh Raising today stated that the “era of the Nagas has begun,” and claimed that “no power however big and strong can stop the Nagas from reaching their destination.” “The era of the British has gone never to come back. The era of occupation of Nagalim by India and Burma has to be ended to give way to the era of the Nagas,” he stated while addressing an interactive meeting with civil society organizations at Diphupar Village council hall on September 3. The Nagas, he said, “will be blessed in the east, in the west, in the north and south and everywhere. They will be successful in all fields and in whatever they do.” He urged the Naga people to “start building the nation, building the damaged psychology of our people, broken relations with our neighboring people and nations through dialogue is a social necessity,” and asserted that building the war-torn relation between India and the Nagas is “indispensable.” On top of that building our relation with God is imperative and paramount, he added. He stated the time has come for reconciliation, not
fighting. “This is the time of building bridge, not wall; this is the time of negotiation, not confrontation; this is the time of cooperation, not opposition; this is the time of reunion, not separation; this is the time of building relations, not destruction of relations and this is the time of embracing, not parting,” he said. Raising said that to develop the land of the Nagas and move forward would require building up human resources. “And that we need to establish science and technological and other schools, colleges and universities, medical colleges and universities, sports universities, religious universities, cultural institutions so that we grow physically, mentally and spiritually to become a creative people and community,” he added. “To become a creative people, we must learn to live by the principle of selfreliance so that we produce our own bread and honey. We will be identified with what we create. What we have invented or created is our identity. We will rebuild everything destroyed by war. We do not have an identity until and unless we produce something made in Nagalim,” the NSCN (IM) Kilo Kilonser said.
He further stated that the Framework Agreement is based on the uniqueness of Naga history, “which means Nagas have never been a party to the Union of India or that of Burma.” The Government of India has, for the first time, recognized the sovereignty of the Nagas. The Naga people are now a recognized entity, he stated, however adding that “for the sake of security, social and commercial interests, the two people will share sovereign power and coexist as two entities.” Raising then pointed out that the Government of India has also recognized that land and its resources including minerals belong to the Nagas. “Nagas are the owner of their land and everything in it. The Nagas and India are entering into a new relationship based on the ‘Framework Agreement,’” he revealed Raising had earlier stated that to build a sovereign state, “we need millions of people, thousands of villages, tribes and communities. We need land and ocean, hills and valleys, rivers and forests, stones and irons, gas and oil and animals and birds. We need academic institutions and churches, swords and pens, organizations and governments.”
Governor concerned for unity of tribe Hohos Nagaland to implement eHospital concept
Nagaland state has 70422 educated unemployed youth Morung Express News Dimapur | October 3
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There are 70422 educated unemployed youth registered in the Life Register of the Department of Labour & Employment in the state. Parliamentary Secretary for Labour, Employment, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Border Affairs, Mmhonlumo Kikon revealed this data on Monday during the 7th Foundation cum Parents’ Day at Cornerstone School and College, Dimapur. He said the huge number of educated unemployed youth was a result of lack of government jobs and not because there was no avenue in the private sector. He said the increasing number of educated unemployed was a huge concern for the govern-
ment and appealed private institutions to share the burden in providing skill development courses to students so that they become employable after studies. Mmholumo said that the employability of graduates in the state was found wanting since many of the vocational courses imparted in the state had encountered problem of placements and urged upon such institutions to look in the issue. He disclosed that the central government under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana would initially be training 60 lakh youth in the country and encouraged the youth to avail such opportunities. He also encouraged youth to start looking for opportunities around them.
“These tribal bodies may have genuine and logical reasons for their disassociation with Naga Hoho. But whatever may be the reasons for their disassociation from the main body, Governor feels that civil societies, NGOs, student bodies, mother’s association, etc should stand united to make the peace talks successful,” he said. The Governor reminded that after a long 17 years, the Central Government under the leadership of Narendra Modi is trying to address the long protracted Naga issue to arrive a respectful solution. “NSCN(IM) has already signed framework agreement with Government of India on 3rd August 2015,” the Governor stated, while appealing to all other groups to initiate
talks with Central Government to come to a respectful solution. “Naga people have been going through many turmoil all these years. Now it is right time to solve the problem and make Nagaland march with jet speed for peace and development,” he added. The Nagaland Governor further stated that “our empowered educated youth, women and men are eagerly waiting for peace and development in the State. The division and disunity among the hohos for any cause may sacrifice peace and development in the State.” It asked all the tribe bodies, Hohos, NGOs, civil societies, student bodies, mother’s association, etc. to stand united for early and respectful solution.
LONDON, OCTOBER 3 (PTI): British scientists are on the verge of confirming a treatment for HIV, an incurable virus that leads to deadly AIDS disease, if a new treatment trial proves successful, a media report claimed on Sunday. A British man with HIV hopes to become the first in the world to be cured of the disease by using the pioneering new therapy designed to eradicate the virus, ‘The Sunday Times’ reported. The 44-year-old is the first of 50 people to complete a trial of the ambitious treatment, designed by scientists and doctors from five of Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College London, University College London and King’s College London. It is the first therapy created to track down and destroy HIV in every part of the body — including in the dormant cells that evade current
treatments. If successful, it offers hope of an irreversible cure for HIV. Early tests show the virus is undetectable in the man’s blood. But he will have to wait some months before confirmation on whether the treatment has permanently cleared the disease. It is possible that the absence of the virus could be down to the conventional drugs that he has also been taking which can temporarily clear the body of the disease. Mark Samuels, managing director of the National Institute for Health Research Office for Clinical Research Infrastructure, which set up the medical consortium, told the newspaper: “This is one of the first serious attempts at a full cure for HIV. We are exploring the real possibility of curing HIV. This is a huge challenge and it’s still early days but the progress has been remarkable.”
KOHIMA, OCTOBER 3 (IANS): The Nagaland government has proposed to implement the eHospital concept in two of its major hospitals in order to ease their data and services management. Under the initiative, state-owned Kohima-based Naga Hospital and Dimapur-based Civil Hospital -- that attract 40 per cent of patients in the state -- will be the first to adopt the concept. eHospital is an open source health information managementsystem(HMIS) which is configurable and easily customisable with multi-tenancy support. It is designed to deploy in cloud
infrastructure to manage multiple hospitals seamlessly. It will include eBloodBank and Online Registration System (ORS), as well, said a statement. Besides, there will be “online appointments with various departments of different hospitals -- using eKYC data of Aadhaar number, if patient’s mobile number is registered with UIDAI. In case not it will use patient’s name”, the statement said. It also said: “The new patients will get appointment, as well as Unique Health Identification (UHID) number. If Aadhaar number is already
linked with UHID number, then appointment number will be given and UHID will remain same.” The eHospital concept confirms to HL7 Standards -- a set of international standards for transfer of clinical and administrative data between software applications used by various healthcare providers -- for managing health care service delivery in government hospitals in India. Under it ORS, eBloodBank solution is available to government hospitals over cloud for accelerated infusion/adoption of ICT tools and healthcare standards as a part of the initiative.
To promote the initiative, the National Informatic Centre(NIC) is providing eHospital software and cloud infrastructure free of cost as of now. “eHospital is powerful, flexible, and easy to use; and is designed and developed to deliver real benefits in terms of ITeS from outdoor clinics, IPD, Laboratories, Blood Bank and Hospital as a whole,” the statement said. “eHospital runs on Linux and MS Windows platforms and can be easily customized to suit the requirements and reflect priorities of hospital management team,” it said.
Naga consumers more aware of their rights
Now, Air India pays British scientists on the compensation for verge of HiV cure: report luggage loss Morung Express News Dimapur | October 3
A few of years back, receiving a consumer complaint was a thing of rarity at the courts of the district consumer forum, with hardly a single case a year. Of late, the tide appears to have changed with Nagaland citizens more aware of their rights as a consumer and seeking justice under the court of law. Just as consumer protection is possible only if people know their rights, Naga consumers, better than never, are making sure that their rights are not violated. An advocate revealed how from a single case of consumer complaint in a year, of recent, the district consumer forum is handling more than a dozen a year. On September 30, 2016, the District Consumer Forum, Dimapur had held a courier firm-Blue Dart Express responsible for non-delivery and inordinate delay in delivery of four consignments to one of its customer and directed it to pay compensation after
a complaint was filed by the customer at the consumer court. In yet another report, though belated, reaching here, Air India Ltd. was asked by the District Consumer Forum, Dimapur (DCFD) to pay compensation to an aggrieved traveler from Nagaland who lost her luggage due to “deficiency of service by the airline.” The complaint for the same was filed at the district consumer court on July 24, 2013; however, the judgment order was passed only on August 26, 2016. According to the Judgment/Order, a copy of which was made available to the media, the complainant, Akipi Swu boarded an Air India flight with her luggage on May 26, 2011, but on reaching her destination at Dimapur, could not get the luggage. Since no recovery was made, a complaint letter dated July 26, 2011 was submitted to the General Manager Sales and Marketing who offered to pay Rs 4,950 cost for the lost baggage. The complainant preferred the instant application u/s 12 of the Consumer Protection Act 1986 r/w Section 2 (i) (g) of the same act and sought compensation amounting to Rs 1, 75,000 under various heads. At the court hearing, which was presided by GH Ramila, president
DCFD, the Forum observed that when the luggage was given to Air India…it is duty bound to take good care of the passengers baggage’s’ and should have reached safely to the destination. “However, since the luggage of the complainant was lost and the opposite party (Air India) never recovered the same there is deficiency in rendering service on the part of the opposite party in present given facts of the case,” the Forum pointed out. Air India also deposed before the court that it did not deny but admitted to have received the complaint but luggage could not be recovered despite efforts being made. In view of such findings, the Forum in its judgment asked the airline to pay the complainant Rs 54,950 as compensation which included Rs 4,950 for the lost baggage, Rs 30,000 for deficiency of service, Rs 10,000 for mental agony and Rs 10,000 for the cost of litigation. The amount should be deposited within 30 days from the date of filing of complaint failing which the interest rate of 9% per annum would be added to the awarded amount, the Order stated. As per report received by The Morung Express, Air India has already paid the compensation to the complainant.