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FUEL ADULTERATION: Time for Govt to shows its sincerity
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Kohima goes green for a day Oxygen declining from Earth’s Vehicles remain off the roads as AYO calls for a ‘moment of solidarity to enable our environment’ our Correspondent Kohima | October 5
Vehicles stayed off the roads while many business establishments, institutions, offices, and schools functioned normally in Kohima today, as people of the state capital chose to go sir, forget the broken transformer and get over here, green for a day. This was in response to pronto! the Angami Youth Orga(AYO) call for ‘a The Morung Express nization’s moment of solidarity to enPoll QuEsTion able our environment’ in Vote on www.morungexpress.com Kohima from 6: 00 AM till 6: sMs your answer to 9862574165 00 PM within the jurisdiction of Kohima district. Do you agree that an The appeal was made inactive lifestyle is by the AYO in order to a leading cause for impress upon the presheart diseases in ent generation for an atNaga society? titudinal and behavioural change towards nature and Yes no others the environment. Some schools closed down to show solidarity The Morung with the initiative, while no matches were held in the Express App ongoing 17th NSF Martyrs’ for Android Memorial Trophy as well, to display support to the phones is AYO observance. Office now available attendace was low while several businesses also for free at downed their shutters. Speaking to The Mothe Google rung Express, AYO PresiPlay Store. dent Medo Yhokha bethat this initiative is a Download now. lieved first of its kind in the coun-
try taken up by an NGO. He appealed to the different communities within the state, country and other parts of the world to come forward in adopting a responsible attitude towards the environment. Yhokha also expressed gratitude to the citizens of the state capital, and the Naga community who came out to support and show solidarity with the initiative. Meanwhile, the AYO President urged the government to initiate more environmental awareness programmes for the coming generation to live conveniently. Yhokha further informed that the initiative is part of the AYO silver jubilee celebration, which will be celebrated from November 4-5. Angami Public Organization (APO) President, Dr Vilhousa Saleyi said that today’s observance showed cooperation, coordination and solidarity among the people of the capital. He said it showed that people living within the APO jurisdiction are ready to serve and contribute for the well being of mankind and towards the health of the planet. The AYO had earlier stated that the October 5 appeal was made to cam-
atmosphere at faster rate now
The streets of Kohima on october 5. Vehicles stayed off the road on Wednesday follwoing the AYo’s appeal to reduce usage of fossil fuel in the state capital today. (Morung Photo)
paign for efforts towards enabling an environment that will enhance and be suitable to sustain and support lives. Pointing out that the environment was at an unprecedented point of vulnerability and that the damage and the threat to human existence had become too important to be left unattended, the AYO stated: “We need to act to repair what can be repaired, conserve what can be conserved to prepare a future for ourselves and for posterity.” It said that this call was made to “stir the mind of the present generation and to help them change their attitude and behaviour towards Mother Nature and the environment which would in turn create a world that would enable a decent
and convenient living for the coming generation.” It had appealed that all vehicles remain off the road for the day; all mills/ crushers/ print/ fabricating houses/ workshops/ cafes/ constructing agents using planners and other power driven equipments, etc. to down/ cease their power driven machinery/ activity for the day; minimal and judicious usage of power on home appliances such as TVs/ refrigerators/ PCs, etc; and all vehicle owners/ drivers to cease engines even at home or garage. It clarified that the event was not a bandh, and no restriction was imposed on human movement and activities, except on the engagement and usage of the above highlighted mediums. It had asked all government offices/ corporate
houses/ establishments, etc, to maintain mandatory attendance on the day. People were encouraged to walk to work, “do work with human driven energy, feel a day with nature – a day without dependence on fossil fuel energy related life, to take a walk for a healthy and better life, a day to enable our environment to recoup its vitality for human sustenance.” District administration, police, paramilitary forces on duty, media persons, doctors and nurses, fire services, people on “emergency and on important engagements,” schools/ students/ faculties on scheduled duty; people attending wedding, festivals and funerals; government officials, HODs/ AHODs and departmental buses were however exempted.
NEw York, octobEr 5 (IANS): Driven by burning of fossil fuels, which consumes oxygen and produces carbon dioxide, the rate of oxygen decline from the Earth’s atmosphere has speeded up over the past 100 years, says a study. Researchers from Princeton University compiled 30 years of data to construct the first ice corebased record of atmospheric oxygen concentrations spanning the past 800,000 years, according to the paper published in the journal Science. The record showed that atmospheric oxygen has declined 0.7 per cent relative to current atmospheric-oxygen concentrations, a reasonable pace by geological standards, the researchers said. During the past 100 years, however, atmospheric oxygen has declined by a comparatively speedy 0.10 per cent because of the burning of fossil fuels, which consumes oxygen and produces carbon dioxide. “This record represents an important benchmark for the study of the history of atmospheric oxygen,” said Assistant Professor of Geosciences John Higgins. Curiously, the decline in atmospheric oxygen was not
accompanied by significant increase in the average amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. To explain this apparent paradox, researchers said the global carbon cycle, atmospheric carbon dioxide and the Earth’s temperature are linked on geologic timescales. The researchers discussed a process known as “silicate weathering”, where CO2 reacts with exposed rock to produce calcium carbonate minerals, which trap carbon dioxide in a solid form. As temperatures rise due to higher CO2 in atmosphere, silicate-weathering rates are hypothesised to increase and remove CO2 from the atmosphere faster. The study suggests that the CO2 emitted due to declining oxygen concentrations in the atmosphere stimulated silicate weathering, which stabilised carbon dioxide but allowed oxygen to continue to decline. “The Earth can take care of extra carbon dioxide when it has hundreds of thousands or millions of years to get its act together. In contrast, humankind is releasing carbon dioxide today so quickly that silicate weathering can’t possibly respond fast enough,” Higgins noted.
action plan to promote languages of nagaland Naga educators to explore ‘creating thinking’
koHIMA, octobEr 5 (MExN): On invitation by the Nagaland State Governor, PB Acharya, a delegation from the Central Institute of Indian Language (CIIL) is on a visit to Kohima. The team arrived on October 4 and is scheduled to be here till October 6. A press release from the Kohima Raj Bhavan informed that the Bharatavani Project, under CIIL, Mysuru has chalked out an action plan for development of the languages of Nagaland including development of dictionaries, learning materials etc. It was decided that an online learning programme for Tenyidie dialect may be commissioned within a year, in collaboration with Nagaland University, Kohima Campus. During his meeting with CIIL officials and representatives of various
knowledge institutions in Nagaland, the Governor advised that the languages and cultural identities of the Naga people have to be promoted. “The language of a person is his first identity. We have to give respect to each. Learning dialect is respecting them,” he said. The institute is concerned with protection and promotion of Indian Languages and development of such languages as a means of promoting better understanding among different communities and to strengthen integration. During the meeting, the Governor suggested bringing in knowledge institutions in Nagaland to develop content materials for Naga languages. He stressed that the Universities should be more active and involved
in the development of the younger generation. Bharatavani Project is a portal (URL: www.bharatavani.in) which has been launched to publish knowledge in and about all the Indian languages including most of the NE languages. It covers Tenyidie, Ao, Chakru/Chokri, Chang, Dimasa, Kabui (Rongmei), Khezha, Khiamniungan, Konyak, Liangmei, Lotha, Nocte, Phom, Pochury, Rengma, Sangtam, Sumi, Yimchunger, Zemi/Zeme in the first phase. The Governor called upon linguistic scholars from each tribe to interact with Bharatavani project officers for full-fledged documentation and codification of each dialect. “Our mother tongue is our identity. Let us take care of it and give respect,” he urged.
29,631 differently abled persons in Nagaland our Correspondent Kohima | October 5
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Dr. Prosenjit Majumdar, Social Welfare Officer, AYJNIHH, ERC, Kolkata today said the population of differently abled persons in Nagaland stands at 29,631 out of 26.81 million populations of PwDs in India. He said that 5.17 % of PwDs had a disability certificate in Nagaland and only 78,449 differently abled students are enrolled in universities (HRD 2014-15). He also stated that a report of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan in Nagaland revealed a total of 3,672 differently abled children, in which 2,904 children (79.08%) were going to regular schools and 409 (10.97%) children were going to special schools. Only 35% of the schools were made barrier-free and 41.5% children received appliances, he informed while speaking at the one day orientation training programme on ‘Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities’ under the aegis of Ali Javar Jung National Institute for Speech & Hear-
ing Disabilities (Divyangjan), Mumbai, (DEPwD, Ministry of Social Justice & Environment, Govt of India) in collaboration with Department of English, Nagaland University, Kohima Campus. He also highlighted the government schemes, which included: aids and appliances to PwDs, inclusive education, national scholarship, and reservation in government employment, bus concession, concession in railways and air travel and economic assistance for self employment. Referring to inclusive education, as per the scheme, he stated that no children should be denied school admission on the basis of being differently abled. There needs to be 3% reservation in all government/aided educational institutions and free education till the child attains the age of 18. On National scholarships, he informed that 2500 scholarships are awarded for degree and post graduate level, professional and technical course from rec-
ognized institutions in India, 30% scholarship is reserved for differently abled girls, allowance is paid for 10 months, Rs. 2500 per month for professional graduate courses and Rs. 3000 per month for professional graduate courses in one academic year. With regard to bus concessions in Nagaland, free travel pass is available for persons with visual impairment and their escorts in the state. Dr. Majumdar also said that differently abled persons are eligible to get financial assistance for self employment from public sector Banks, National Handicapped Finance Development Corporation, state welfare department etc. On making universities barrier free for PwDs, he said there is a Scheme for Implementation of Persons with Disabilities Act (SIPDA), which provide financial assistance for barrier free environment in important buildings, including state and central university, provision for ramps, rails, lifts, adaptation of toilets for
wheel chair users, brail signage, auditory signals, tactile flooring etc and to make university website accessible to all. One can contact the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, MSJ & E or visit www.disabilityaffairs. gov.in for more information. On role of universities, he said there is a need for effective implementation of PwDs Act 1995, ensuring accessibility in universities (under accessible India campaign), RCI courses in Nagaland to train more professionals and research studies on disability issues by universities, research institutes etc. He also called for a complete approach, also taking into consideration the parents’ socio-economic status before deciding the means of rehabilitation of a differently abled child. “Parents must be encouraged to make final decision. This means that the parents must be told about the pros and cons of each rehabilitative approach,” he added.
A Retreat for Educators at the Savannah College of Art and Design
The savannah College of Art and Design where naga educators are scheduled to travel for a retreat to explore ‘creative thinking.’
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Kohima | October 5
he system of education has been confined to school curriculums for a very long time, giving little scope for creative thinking. This has hampered the development of creative capacities of students, and the need for teaching methods to inspire innovation and creativity, is a long felt need for many learning institutions. At a time when creative professions are barely recognized in Nagaland state, the ‘Retreat for Educators,’ an initiative of the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) comes as a breath of fresh air, especially for young people who want to explore their creativity in different fields. SCAD, a university of Creative Careers (www.scad.edu) is a non-profit fully accredited American University that offers more degree programmes and specializations than any other art and design university in the world. For the first time, educators from Nagaland and Northeast including representatives from The Hope Academy School, The Assam Valley School and G. Rio School apart from a Photographer and a Journalist from The Morung Express will be part of the “Retreat for Educators” at Atlanta, USA in October. The trip, commencing from October 8 through October
14, 2016 will be an all paid expenses, sponsored by SCAD for the 5-member team. This initiative has been made possible by SCAD Executive Director, Maken Imcha Payne and Associate Director of International Admission, SCAD, Pelesino Ane Kevichusa, who are both from Nagaland and have strongly felt the importance of introducing to Nagas, the multitude of career possibilities that can be explored through an education in art and design. Towards this end, Payne maintained, “this will be a great introduction for Naga students and their parents to a marketable field of art, design and technology.” Kevichusa upheld that it is a given that Nagas are artistically inclined, but observed, “apart from a few artists and designers, we still don’t have many people pursuing education or careers in this field.” “I have personally seen so many talented people not being able to find a niche after having done their Bachelors and Masters and then ending up frustrated and disillusioned,” she enlightened. SCAD offers over 40 different degree programmes ranging from Architecture and Animation to Graphic Design, Interactive Design and Game Development to Sound Design, Fashion Design, Furniture Design to name a few. Since reaching out to every student in Nagaland is a logistical
impossibility, Kevichusa said, “We decided to invite some of educators so that they could return home and share their experiences with their students.” With many of the programs at SCAD either rated “Best” or ranked No.1 apart from being featured among the Top 10 in the US, she exuded confidence that the retreat for educators will be a great beginning for Nagas to make a lasting impact in the field of Art and Design. Meanwhile, Sashila Ozukum, Administrator of Hope Academy said she is looking forward to learn how to involve creativity in the classroom, which, she explained, would give her an opportunity to guide those students who are creative and have the skills that might take them further. “It is also an exposure for me to see how things are over there not just in terms of teaching but the way they do up their classrooms,” she conveyed. Khrienuo Moa, Managing Director of G. Rio School is expecting to “get a broader view of how to lead our students because we can only think of technical professions and we cannot think beyond that.” While expressing the need to update oneself, Priyanka Joshi from Assam Valley School felt that the Retreat would help her in her teaching profession and also enable her shape the careers of those students who are looking to pursue college in the field of art and design. With a keen interest in finding out the kind of programmes the college is offering, Photographer, Zubeni Lotha said she is going with an “open mind” while relating her own experience at a mass communication college (with a lot of so called art classes) she studied in earlier, which, in retrospection, she didn’t quite find it fulfilling. She hoped to explore and learn the programs offered at SCAD. Apart from the opportunity to visit the state-of-the-art facilities and see for themselves all that SCAD has to offer, the participating team from Nagaland and Northeast will be part of workshops at the Atlanta campus and experience SCAD life first hand. SCAD has five locations globally – Atlanta (USA), Savannah (USA), Hong Kong, Lacoste (France) and e -Learning.
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FUEL ADULTERATION: Time for Govt to shows its sincerity
chuMukeDiMa, october 5 (Mexn): The Chumukedima Area Village Council Association (CAVCA) and Chumukedima Area GBs Association (CAGBA) have extended support to the September 10 public resolution which resolved to demand CBI enquiry for impartial and independent enquiry in fuel adulteration case and to re-arrest the kingpins who are out on bail. CAVCA and CAGBA in a joint press statement expressed pain to state that “with all the proof and evidences of fuel adulteration caught red handed, the kingpins of fuel adulteration are roaming free.” Affirming their unflinching support, the associations said, “We have been robbed in broad daylight. The lifespan of thousands of vehicle valuing thousands of crores in Nagaland have been drastically shortened.” Therefore, CAVCA and CAGBA stated that such heinous crime should be dealt with all seriousness and sincerity by the competent authority so that these criminals are brought to book and punished as per the law of the land. Further, CAVCA and CAGBA are of the strong
view that the demand of Coordination Committee on Fuel Adulteration (CCoFA) is fully justified and necessary to bring the said case to a logical conclusion. It may be pertinent to note that the dateline given by CCoFA to Government to institute CBI enquiry ends on October 8 and on failing to do so there is a proposed indefinite National Highway bandh within the state. In this regard, CAVCA and CAGBA appeals to the Government of Nagaland to accede to the demand of CCoFA or discuss the issue across the table to avoid the proposed National Highway bandh in the interest of all. While observing that numerous civil societies, organizations, associations, unions have voiced their support to CCoFA through the media, transport unions have gone off road in support of CCoFA demands, yet the government appears to have lackadaisical attitude towards this case of high public interest. “It is time the Government of Nagaland shows its sincerity and responsibility to the people who they represent by dealing with the case on priority as may deem fit and necessary,” CAVCA and CAGBA stated.
The Angami Youth Organisation (AYO) initiated an environmental campaign with the theme “A Moment of Solidarity to Enable Our Environment” within Kohima district on October 5 from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm. During the day long campaign, AYO impressed upon the citizens of Kohima to keep vehicles off the road for the day, cease all "commercial power driven works and activities" viz mills, crushers, print, fabrication, workshops, cafes etc, and all other establishments and agents engaged in mechanized tools and other high power voltage tools. Citizens were also urged to take a walk to work, do work with human driven energy, feel a day with nature- spend a day without dependence on fossil fuel energy related life, to take a walk for a healthy and better life, share a moment to enable our environment to recoup its vitality for human sustenance. (Morung Photo)
NEZCC to promote “national and emotional integration”
Lays foundation stone of Regional Convention Centre at NEZCC complex Morung Express News Dimapur | October 5 Participants during the three day Mission Leaders Envisioning Camp held at Himcorce, Siliguri from September 28 to 30, organized by Nagaland Missions Movement (NMM), the Missions Department of Nagaland Baptist Church Council. Total 34 mission leaders from different associations under NBCC and some missionaries attended the camp. Rev. Sonny Largado, International Director, Ethnos Asia was the main speaker. Missions’ perspective from Tibet, Bhutan and Himalayas were also presented by Rev. Phurpu, Rev. Timothy and Rev. Asinlo Khing.
NatioNal level MoNitor teaM visit DiMapur District
The National Level Monitor (NLM) team visited Dimapur District from September 29 to October 5, 2016. The members of the NLM team comprised of Shri. Amit Shrivastava and Shri. Neeraj Singh from Awadh Research Foundation (ARF), an institution commissioned by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. The team visited 10 villages covering all the 6 (six) blocks under Dimapur district to conduct the monitoring of all the central sponsored programmes under RD, and 1 SAGY sponsored village under Chumukedima block. The team was very satisfied with the implementation of all the Rural Development programmes and also suggested that more awareness should be imparted to the villages. District programme Coordinator, MGNREGA Cum Project Director, DRDA Dimapur
Nagaland Governor, PB Acharya, today said the ultimate goal of the seven zonal cultural centres in the country is to promote “national and emotional integration.” The Governor said the cultural centres including North East Zonal Cultural Centre (NEZCC) exist not for the sake of providing mere entertainment but to work towards emotional integration and strengthen the social fabric of the great nation. Acharya who laid the foundation stone of the Regional Convention Centre here at NEZCC complex expressed high hopes that the upcoming convention centre would act as the nodal agency to identity and promote artistes of the eight northeastern states. “This centre is not only for Nagaland state but for all the eight NE states. All the NE states should be proud of their rich cultural heritage,” he said. Acharya noted that many of the cultural dances and songs of the various communities in
Nagaland Governor, PB Acharya, laying the foundation stone of the Regional Convention Centre at NEZCC complex on October 5. (Morung Photo)
the country are linked with agriculture activities and added India is an agriculture nation and a country of villages. He also reminded that India is a peaceful nation and in all its history, the
country has never invaded any other nation. “This is our culture,” he said. On development in the North East Region, the Governor commented that the fruits of Independence have not reached equitably to all cor-
ner of the country. Acharya also said though Nagaland state has five universities, yet they have failed to produce employable youths. He said universities should connect with industries and commerce so that ed-
ucated youth find gainful employment. The Governor further said Nagaland is rich in natural resources but due to lack of infrastructure, the state continues to lag behind in terms of development. “We have condemned ourselves to poverty, begging from the Centre,” Acharya said. Director, NEZCC, Lipokmar Tzudir, said the master plan of the regional convention centre had been proposed since inception of NEZCC 27 years ago. However, it was only in 2014 that the Union Ministry of Culture approved the master plan. He said the state-ofthe-art convention centre would have three levels (storeys) with a main theater (2,000 sitting capacity), mini theatre (300 sitting capacity), conference hall (250 capacity) and three lobbies including ‘Hall of Fame’ to display the “achievers” from the NE Region. Tzudir informed that the fund for construction of the centre has already been sanctioned and the building is designed by Dimapur-based JS Architects. Meanwhile, Chairman, Diphupar Village Council extended greetings on the occasion and pledged full support and cooperation to NEZCC.
NPBCAWD 4th Triennial Conference from October 7-9 DiMapur, october 5 (Mexn): The 4th Triennial Conference of Nagaland Police Baptist Churches Association Women Department (NPBCAWD) will be held from October 7 to 9 at PBC Bhandari 7th NAP Bn. The theme for the Conference is "Put on the Full Armor of God "(Eph.6:11. Kimi Doungel, wife of the present DGP, Nagaland will be the guest of honour while Bendang Lemtur, IPS, IGP NAP, V.Z. Angami, CO 7th NAP Bn. and Chuba Walling Dy/CO 7th NAP Bn will bring the exhortation. The speakers are Visasieu Doli, Women Secretary, NBCCWD, Pusuinla Longkumer, Women Secretary, NPBCAWD and Rev. N. Somba, Pastor, PBC Tuensang. Resource persons for workshop are Akole Mero, on the topic ‘Dignity of Labour’ and Dr. Mhalo Ezung, Dy/CO 7th NAP Bn, sharing by C. Maya, Women Evangelist. The morning devotion speakers are Asselie Krose, Youth Secretary, NPBCA and K. Wilson Ezung, Assistant Pastor, PBC 7th NAP Bn. Installation of the new office bearers will be done by Rev. Dr. Hukashe Zhimomi, Executive Secretary, NPBCA.
Participants at the training for pastors and leaders from different denomination with representative from all the North Eastern State India at Don Bosco Institute of Training and Leadership from October 3 to 6. Organised by Global Community Partnership Network (GCPN), the resource persons of the training are Dr Ronald Gier and Rev Dr Rakesh Paul.
MMC & MCCI inform traders and business community
Mokokchung, october 5 (Mexn): All the traders and business community in Mokokchung town are informed that there will be an awareness programme cum mass social work on October 7 on account of Swachh Bharat Mission in Mokokchung. All the traders under Mokokchung Municipal Council and members of the Mokokchung Chamber of Commerce & Industries (MCCI) are requested to participate in this mass social work on the stated day
from 6:00 am to 8:00 am by cleaning the premises of their respective business establishments and shops. Further, it is also informed that the main areas for conducting the mass social work will be Sewak Gate area, Hospital (IMDH) parking lot area, MMC Shopping Complex premises, Police Point, Daily Vegetable Market (Old Town Hall) and Salangtem New Market. The business communities in these locations are therefore requested to
participate in cleaning the overall surroundings along with cleaning the premises of their respective shops/ establishments. “Your positive participation and cooperation in this mass social work will go a long way in the furtherance of keeping our town clean as well as conveying the message to the public in general on the importance of cleanliness thereby fulfilling the objective of Swachh Bharat Mission,” informed a joint press release issued by MMC & MCCI.
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Court attack: Gauhati HC Chief Justice visits Mizoram
AizAwl, OctOber 5 (iANS): Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Ajit Singh on Wednesday visited Mizoram in the wake of a mob attack at Lunglei court and subsequent withdrawal of all judges from there, an official said. "Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Ajit Singh arrived here today (Wednesday) from Guwahati and held a series of meetings with senior officials to study the situation arising out of the mob attack in the Lunglei court on September 22," a Mizoram Law Department official told IANS over phone. He, however, could not confirm whether the Chief Justice would also meet Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla and Home Minister
RIMS contract employees protest, take mass leave imPHAl, OctOber 5 (ANi): Scores of contracted employees of the Regional Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) in Imphal recently staged a protest against its management for not fulfilling their demands related to their wages and other contract- related concerns. From October 4 onwards, these employees have decided to take mass casual leave to express their anguish against the authorities Around 245 employees work on an adhoc basis in the hospital. The agitators held demonstrations in front of RIMS OPD this week and also marched till the administrative block of the institute. They have submitted a memorandum to the Director of the RIMS. RIMS Secretary for the Contract Employees Association Moirangthem Ekanta Singh said that if the authorities fail to meet their demands, the agitation could take on a more intense form.
R. Lalzirliana over the issue. "After returning to Guwahati on Thursday or Friday, the Chief Justice might take a final decision on the issue," the official added. Chief Justice Ajit Singh was accompanied by Gauhati High Court's Registrar General H.K. Sharma. After the September 22 mob attack, the High Court Registrar General had withdrawn all the three judges of the Lunglei district and sessions court in southern Mizoram. "The Mizoram government requested the Gauhati High Court Chief Justice to rescind the order withdrawing the judges. The Chief Justice, in a letter to Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla, assured to consider
the request," the official added. Mizoram Home Minister R. Lalzirliana earlier said that a magisterial inquiry has been instituted to probe the incident. "Aizawl District Deputy Commissioner Kannan Gopinathan has finished his probe into the court attack and he would submit his report in a day or two," the official added. A mob attacked the Lunglei district court buildings on September 22 and ransacked the official residence of a civil judge, after the police brought before the court a 26-year-old youth for allegedly killing a man in the Zohnuai locality of Lunglei district on August 27. The crowd had de-
manded to see the accused youth, but the police turned down their request, leading to the mob attack. The Union Home Ministry has also sought a report from the Congress-ruled Mizoram government over violence in the court premises. Describing the mob attack on the district court buildings in Mizoram as a "dark chapter", Chief Justice Ajit Singh had in a letter requested the Chief Minister to take stringent action against the culprits. Unless strict action was taken at once, the incident would encourage future similar incidents, the Chief Justice wrote, according to the official. The High Court's Registrar General, in his or-
der, also asked Lawngtlai district Senior Civil Judgecum-Chief Judicial Magistrate not to hold any circuit court in Lunglei district until further orders from the high court. The Mizoram Chief Minister and the Mizoram Bar Association's Lunglei district branch also strongly condemned the violence. The police had arrested 27 people for the violent attack and the court had remanded them in judicial custody just ahead of the withdrawal of the judges. Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, besides Assam, fall under the jurisdiction of the Gauhati High Court, while Tripura, Meghalaya, Manipur and Sikkim have separate state high courts.
Abducted Assam traders released
SHillONG, OctOber 5 (Pti): Eight traders from Assam who were abducted by militants from Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district on September 29 were released today, police said. The traders were released unharmed somewhere in Chokpot area of the district early today and
they have reached their respective residences in Assam, South Garo Hills SP Anand Mishra told PTI. He said a police team from South Garo Hills have been sent to meet the victims and gather information about the abductors. Nine traders were abducted at gun point
b y A' C h i k S o n g n a An'Pachakgipa Kotok (ASAK) militants on September 29. One of them was released the following day. Mishra said he believed the family members have paid the ransom to the militants, before they were let off. The family members,
however denied paying the ransom. Two of the abductors have been identified and one of them was ASAK chief Reading T Sangma, the SP said. The security forces have intensified operations to nab ASAK militants who are hiding in forests in the southern part of the district, close to Bangladesh.
NEDP and Traffic Jam Free Aizawl launched in Mizoram
AizAwl, OctOber 5 (ANi): The Mizoram Government has launched a New Economic Development Policy (NEDP) to boost the state's agriculture-based economy, develop rural infrastructure and to raise the livelihood of the people. The new policy would develop private-public partnerships for adding value to various agricultural, horticultural and other produce, Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla said here while launching the NEDP last week. "The NEDP was born out of the state's flagship programme -New Land Use Policy (NLUP), which was launched in 2010. Its main aim was to lead
Mizoram from a subsistence based economy to a market-based economy," Thanhawla said. The Mizoram Government launched the Rs. 2,873 crore NLUP to give financial assistance to over 125,000 families and provide them training for settled farming instead of 'jhum' cultivation. Tribals, who constitute 27 percent of 45.58 million people in the north eastern states, practice 'jhum' or the slash-and-burn method of cultivation. Rice is grown along with vegetables, maize, cotton and mustard. Finance Minister Lalsawta said the state government is not averse in obtaining loans from
banks and financial institutions to execute the schemes and projects to be undertaken under the NEDP. An official release said that the core committee of the NEDP has accepted 27 proposals under the new policy which would be taken up during the fiscal 2016-17. An amount of Rs. 250 crore has been allocated for these projects. Under the NEDP, key sectoral interventions identified for 2016-17 are for agriculture, horticulture, link roads, introduction of annual agriculture and horticulture crops with high domestic consumption and other highvalue crops, improved processing facilities and
marketing linkages for agricultural and horticultural produce, establishment of handloom export promotion facility, and a skills development centre. The NEDP also aims to establish additional classrooms in higher secondary and model schools to meet the growing demand for admission into government-run higher secondary schools. Meanwhile, Home Minister R. Lalzirliana also launched the Traffic Jam Free Aizawl project, saying that it is not a new programme, and that the previous government had also practised it. He added that this programme will not be easy to implement.
Court quashes charge of attempt to suicide against Irom Sharmila KOlKAtA, OctOber 5 (tHe HiNDU): A court in Imphal on Wednesday quashed a charge of attempt to suicide under Section 309 of the Indian Penal Code against activist Irom Sharmila. On August 9, the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Imphal West, Lamkhanpao Tonsinghad, granted bail to her in connection with the same case. Sharmila, who was present in the court on Wednesday, said she is "a free woman now”. "Now that I'm a free woman, I'll convene a new political party on October 10 to fight the coming election,” she told journalists on the court premises. The activist, who was on a 16-year fast, demanding that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) be repealed, said she wanted the support of people in her new endeavour. Hours after being granted bail,
Mizo govt holds talks with HPC (D)
AizAwl, OctOber 5 (Pti): The Mizoram government today held second round of peace talks with Manipur-based Hmar People's Convention (Democratic) here. A senior government official who was involved in the talks said both sides were optimistic that the final outcome of the parleys will be positive. "The talks were held under conducive atmosphere and mutual trust," Additional Secretary of the state home department Lalbiakzama, who headed the four-member state government delegation, told PTI. "We discussed several important issues, especially the functioning of the Sinlung Hills Development Council (SHDC)," Lalbiakzama said. The SHDC was constituted in accordance with the accord signed between the state government and the erstwhile HPC militants in
1994. HPC(D) was formed by former underground elements who did not accept the agreement. While the four-member state government delegation led by Lalbiakzama comprised Joint Secretary for home Lalhriatpuia, SP, CID (SB) Rodingliana Chawngthu and OSD (Home) David H Lalthangliana, the HPC(D) delegation was led by Lalthalien, an Imphal-based prominent church leader. Lalthaliena had earlier told PTI the talks would mainly centre around the demands of the Hmar militant outfit seeking greater autonomy and more power to the Sinlung Hills Development Council (SHDC). Both sides would deliberate on making the SHDC better suited for the people of the area, may be even better than an autonomous district council under the sixth schedule of the Constitution, he said.
itANAGAr, OctOber 5 (Pti): Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday agreed to sanction a Composite Textile Park for Arunachal Pradesh. The Park would have facilities for skill development, design and product upgradation and facilities for export of finished handicrafts, the Minister said during a meeting with Chief Minister Pema Khandu at New Delhi.
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she broke her fast and announced her decision to contest the polls. "All these years I was in Isolation. Now I want to meet with people, student bodies and other organisations and connect with their hearts and minds,”
she said. In March last, a trial court in Delhi acquitted her of the same charge of attempting to commit suicide during a fast-unto-death in the Capital in 2006 while demanding the scrapping of the AFSPA in Manipur.
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AGArtAlA, OctOber 5 (Pti): Security measures have been put in place to avoid any untoward incident in Tripura during Durga Puja festival to be celebrated in 2,509 pandals across the state. "We have taken adequate measures to make the puja celebration peaceful. Besides normal policing, we have deployed around 3,350 Tripura State Rifles (TSR) jawans in the state," Director General of Police K Nagraj told reporters. Security was beefed up in the state capital and all big pandals would be brought under CCTV camera surveillance. 38 watch towers were set up, including the state capital and many drop gates set up for checking of vehicles entering Agartala. Altogether 120 police assistance booths would be in place all over the state, he said. Patrolling by para-military forces has already started in the hilly and remote areas and the Border Security Force (BSF) has been alerted to maintain a vigil along the 856-km long India-Bangladesh border, especially where the barbed wire fencing was yet to be constructed. Civil Defence and NCC volunteers were engaged in puja duties and strict vigil was being maintained on the Assam-Agartala National Workers pull an idol of the Hindu goddess Durga through a street to a pandal, or a temporary platform, Highway so that vehicle could ply even at midnight without any trouble. ahead of the Durga Puja festival in Agartala, India, October 4. (REUTERS)
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Ms Irani assured of deputing a group of experts to handhold the State government in preparation of the DPR and running the centre there after, an official release said. On a request to assist the State in exploring the usage of geo-textiles to mitigate and prevent frequent landslides in the State, Ms Irani asked the State government to get the vulnerability mapping done and submit a proposal.
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Whereas Smti. Hoshili wife of Late A. Setsali Sangtam, Pensioner of Thangthure Village has applied for issue of succession certificate under the Indian Succession Act, 1925 in order to draw/ receive the payments of movable/immovable properties of Late. A. Setsali Sangtam, Pensioner, who expired on 02/09/2016. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY. 1. P.P.O. No. 111402917 From Office of the Treasury Officer 2. Any other dues etc. Kiphire, Nagaland. Public are hereby asked to fill objection/claims if any within 30 (Thirty) days from the date of issue of this order. If no objection/ claims is received within the given time, succession Certificate will be issued in favour of the applicant. (SEDEVIKHO KHRO) Deputy Commissioner, KIPHIRI:: NAGALAND
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Google takes on Apple with unveiling of new Pixel phone San FranciSco, october 5 (thomSon reuterS): Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday announced a new “Pixel” smartphone and a virtual reality headset, the company’s latest effort to sell consumers on Googlebranded devices and to challenge Apple Inc’s iPhone at the high end of the more than $400 billion global market. The new phone starts at a price of $649, and Google is working with exclusively with Verizon Communications in the United States, Google executives said at a launch event in San Francisco. Google’s decision to launch with a single carrier echoes Apple’s agreement to launch the original iPhone with AT&T, a deal that gave Apple unprecedented control over the look of the phone and
(L to R) Google Wifi, Google Chromecast Ultra, Google Home, Google Pixel XL, Google Pixel and Google Dreamview VR are displayed during the presentation of new Google hardware in San Francisco, California on October 4. (REUTERS Photo)
how it worked. While most vendors other than Apple use Google’s Android operating system, the company has for years toyed with various approaches to building its own hardware without alienating manu-
facturers such as Samsung Electronics, the world’s top smartphone maker. Google also announced a “Daydream View” virtual reality headset, which will be available in November for $79, in time for the endof-year shopping season.
Google hardware chief Rick Osterloh announced the Pixel phone shortly after the event began, adding that the camera was the best available on a smartphone. The new phone can get a 7-hour charge in 15 minutes, the
China begins 5G telecom trial runs to get head start: Report beijing, october 5 (Pti): China, the largest telecom market in the world in terms of subscribers, has started conducting trials for 5G telecommunications equipment in about 100 cities, as it aims to get a head start in the race to lead the next generation of cellular phone systems. High-speed 5G networks can theoretically transmit data 20 times faster than current 4G speed, with less than one tenth of the latency, or the time for a data request to receive a reply. The 5G technologies being tested include massive multiple-antenna systems capable of handling more users and increased capacity to support greater mobile data usage, Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post quoted Bernstein Research report as saying. With the world’s largest 4G market at 1.3 billion users at the end of 2015
company said. Pixel phones will come in black, blue and silver and will have 5 and 5.5 inch (12.7 cm and 14 cm) screens. Google has sold another line of phones, called Nexus, since 2010, but the devices have gained little traction in a market dominated by Samsung Electronics. Because its mobile software is available so widely, Google has struggled to distinguish its own devices, said analyst Jan Dawson of Jackdaw Research. Google “wants to have this end-to-end experience, but it’s not clear that people really want that,” Dawson said. Shares of Alphabet were up about half a percent in midday New York trade. Shares of Verizon were down about 1 percent.
it is on sufficient scale to “make or break” a new global 5G standard Bernstein’s senior analyst Chris Lane said. Almost 30% of China’s 1.3 billion mobile phone users are on 4G networks, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), which regulates the sector. High-speed 5G networks can achieve theoretical speeds at up to 20 gigabits per second, much faster than the current fourth generation speed of 1 Gbps. Latency, or the time required for a request for data to receive a reply when clicking an app, is envisioned to be one millisecond or less on 5G, compared with 10 millisecond on 4G. The International Telecommunications Union, part of the United Nations, expects network deployments to begin in 2020 soon after the standards are set for 5G, technically
known as IMT-2020. The consensus among global telecoms industry leaders is that a single standard – a unified set of industry benchmarks – would be enormously beneficial. “The cost of having different standards is high for the industry,” said Wang Zhiqin, director of the Institute of Communications Standards Research at the China Academy of Information & Communications Technology said during the InnoTech Expo in Hong Kong. China Mobile has said previously that it plans to roll out its 5G network service in 2020.
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From booking ticket to ordering Automation threatens 69% jobs in India: World Bank october 5 that the proportion of jobs threat- stage, because of open defecation. meal, all on new rail app soon WaShington, (Pti): Automation threatens 69% of ened in India by automation is 69%, There are a lot of different pieces of neW Delhi, october 5 (Pti): A seamless travel experience for rail commuters with a swipe of a finger is in the offing as Railways plans to revamp its mobile application and include “all passenger services” for its customers. “We are preparing an integrated mobile application for railway passengers which will take care of all their needs. “It will be an app that will take care of the entire journey — from booking a ticket to booking a taxi, pre- ordering a meal, requesting for porter services, lodging at a retiring room, ordering a bed roll, complaining about lack of cleanliness in a coach, accessing digital entertainment, reserving a hotel, booking an airline ticket in case of a waitlisted rail ticket, among other services,”said an official from the Non-Fare Directorate of the Railway Ministry. Ernst and Young, which has drafted this proposal for the Railways, intends to enhance the application in three stages by the end of which it plans to provide access to medical facilities, connect a passenger to police in case of an emergency and even assist with parking at railway stations. It is expected that this initiative, which is part of railways’ move to monetise its digital assets, will fetch up to Rs 500 crores annually.
Hyundai Motors to recall 7,657 Eon units in India chennai, october 5 (agencieS): India’s second-largest car maker, Hyundai Motor India (HMIL), will recall around 7,657 units of its entry level small car Eon, in order to inspect the clutch cable. The recall will cover Eon units produced in the month of January 2015. The company asked owners of all affected Eon cars to take them to authorised Hyundai dealers. “As a responsible manufacturer, Hyundai Motor India continues to ensure the quality of products offering to its customers and encourage owners of all affected Eon cars to take them to authorised Hyundai Dealers. Hyundai Motor India will deliver best service and attention to its customers with its strong service and support network across the country,” the auto maker said in the statement. Earlier, in 2014 , Hyundai had recalled 2,437 units of its sports utility vehicle, the Santa Fe, to replace a faulty stop lamp switch.
the jobs in India, while 77% in China, according to a World Bank research which has said that technology could fundamentally disrupt the pattern of traditional economic path in developing countries. “As we continue to encourage more investment in infrastructure to promote growth, we also have to think about the kinds of infrastructure that countries will need in the economy of the future. We all know that technology has and will continue to fundamentally reshape the world,” World Bank President Jim Kim said. “But the traditional economic path from increasing productivity of agriculture to light manufacturing and then to full-scale industrialisation may not be possible for all developing countries,” Kim said in response to a question at the Brookings Institute during a discussion on extreme poverty on Tuesday. “In large parts of Africa, it is likely that technology could fundamentally disrupt this pattern. Research based on World Bank data has predicted
in China it is 77% and in Ethiopia, the percentage of jobs threatened by automation is 85%,” he said. “Now, if this is true, and if these countries are going to lose these many jobs, we then have to understand what paths to economic growth will be available for these countries and then adapt our approach to infrastructure accordingly,” Kim said. He said one child policy could have been reason of sharp decline in child stunting and malnutrition, which is now at 10%. “The one child policy could have been part of it, but anyway the point is, that if you look at educational outcomes and things like child stunting, India is at 38.7% child stunting, they are literally walking into the future with 40% of their workforce probably being unable to compete in the global digital economy, whereas China over the years has brought it down very, very low,” Kim said. “In India, it is probably partly because of sanitation that children are often in a just constant diarrheal
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Patkai Road Project: BJP Nagaland responds to NPCC Charity concert on October 7
Dimapur, OctOber 5 (mexN): A charity concert to generate fund for a road project of Patkai Christian College (PCC) will be held on October 7, 5:00 pm at Bundrock Chapel cum Auditorium, PCC. The concert, which also aims to create awareness on the road project among the alumni living in various parts of the state, will feature popular artists like Alobo Naga (who is also an alumnus of the college), The Gluttones, Virie & Zaza, Nüvüsalü, Pocket Toons, Tekhengulo-ü, Slice of Heaven, Search and Found. A press release from C. Rejulong Lemtur, Vice
President, SUPCC informed that Patkai Road Project was initiated jointly by Fingerprint, Alumni Association Patkai Christian College (AAPCC), Students’ Union Patkai Christian College (SUPCC), and Post Graduate Students’ Welfare Committee (PGSWC) in the month of July. The release pointed out that Patkai Christian College is a premier institute in the state, but the college is flawed in one major aspect – roads. “It’s been couple of years since the roads started deteriorating. Campus roads are filled with potholes during harsh rainfall and dusty during peak
summer. This has become a struggle for the student community in particular and the public in general,” Rejulong stated. Fingerprint, spearheaded by Hongba Phom (former President, SUPCC) approached the college community for the road project. After a joint meeting with the alumni executives and student body executives in the month of June, a Road Project Committee was formed to manage and oversee the project. The committee consists of representatives from the alumni community, student body executives, and the college representatives.
The committee plans to construct 1.4 km of the total 7 km stretch of campus road at an estimated cost of Rs. 80 lakh with help from the alumni community, the release added. The road construction will start from the college main gate till the new campus boys’ hostel through the auditorium (Bundrock Chapel Hall), girls’ hostel, Administrative Block and library. For the October 7 concert, ticket bookings are done at Counter sale, Furtados Music Store, and Alobo Naga School of Music. One can also contact 8257050080, 7085104664 for booking.
Dimapur, OctOber 5 (mexN): BJP Nagaland today stated that NPCC’s criticism around the view that BJP is non-secular is “nothing but cheap propaganda tactics for publicity.” Responding to a press statement of NPCC published on October 5, BJP Nagaland and its President, Visasolie Lhoungu stated that BJP is a “secular political party based on the philosophy of humanism and patriotism with focus on ushering in all round equitable developments throughout the furthest reach of the country.” The party has no agenda of “Hindunisation” as assumed, stated the rejoinder issued by Jaangsillung Gonmei, General Secretary (Media), BJP Nagaland.
The instances of “antiChristian” activities, the rejoinder added, is not only confined to the BJP government period but has also occurred during several of the Congress governments in the centre and states. “The only fact is that such incidences are vociferously highlighted by anti BJP elements to malign the party,” it alleged. “…Though anti-cow slaughter legislation is as old as India’s Independence in varying measures from state to state, anti BJP elements had flatly blamed only the BJP for the legislations.” The BJP further clarified that it has a large number of Christians as well as members from every different types of religions professed in the country. “It is not re-
ganja worth rs. 10 lakh seized PAMA, CMA condemn minor’s rape kOhima, OctOber 5 (mexN): Kohima Police seized 200 kg of contraband ganja worth Rs. 10 lakh in the national market on October 4 around 11:00 pm at Keyakie police check gate. The ganja was seized from a Tata Mobile bearing registration number NL07A-5455 during routine checking and frisking of vehicles, according to a press release from Atu Zumvü, SDPO (South)/ PRO, Kohima Police. Neatly packed in 20 packets, the contraband was found concealed underneath bags of cabbages, it added. In this connection, two persons identified as Suosu Zholia (24) and Dezü Rume (26) were taken into police custody for possession and transportation of the contraband ganja and a regular case vide North P.S Case No. 0073/2016 U/S 20 (b) (ii) (C) NDPS Act was registered against them for conducting fur- The two arrested for possession and transportation of ther investigation. ganja by Kohima Police on October 4.
phek, OctOber 5 (mexN): The Phek Area Mothers' Association (PAMA) and Chakhesang Mothers' Association (CMA) have condemned the act of Surhoseyi (Kuvethi) Keyho, who allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl at his residence at Bethany-I colony, Phek Town. According to a condemnation note jointly appended by PAMA President Besuvolu Venuh and CMA President Zaposhelu Venuh, the accused reportedly raped the victim on several occasions till the
cue Methods, CPR/FBAO, Bandaging/Splinting and Fire Fighting. The training gave the NCC cadets firsthand knowledge of rescue and life saving skills, which can be effectively utilized by them in saving lives in the face of natural calamities, a press release stated. CATC is a regular 10day annual training programme of NL (I) Sainik School Coy, NCC wherein NCC cadets of Sainik School Punglwa undergo
Apropos the news item published on October 5 under the headline “Rape of minor condemned”, the line “… at the residence of K. Soho in Bethnay-I colony, Phek Town” was wrongly stated in the first paragraph. It should be read as “…at the residence of the accused Surhoseyi (Kuvethi).” The incident did not take place at K. Soho’s residence, but at the residence of the accused. incident was revealed by the victim some days back. The PAMA and CMA termed the act of the accused as “senseless and barbaric and is beyond human tolerance.” Urging upon the competent authority to award stringent punishment, the
two bodies further appealed to the authority not to give bail to the accused. The PAMA and CMA also conveyed sympathy to the victim and appealed to all the right thinking citizens to condemn the same in the strongest term.
CM greets Khiamniungan, Pochury tribes
kOhima, OctOber 5 (mexN): Chief Minister of Nagaland, TR Zeliang has extended joyous greetings to Khiamniungan and Pochury Nagas as both the communities celebrate their respective Tsokum and Yemshe festivals of harvest. According to a press release from Media Cell, Chief Minister’s Office, the Chief Minister stated the two festivals signify very training in various disci- important events in the plines and obtains NCC A lives of both the communiand B certificates. This year, ties as they mark an occaa total of 41 SD cadets and 102 JD cadets are participating in the camp. On the day, the camp was also inspected by Col WOkha, OctOber 5 KS Dalal, Dy Group Com- (Dipr): Sr. Treasury Ofmandant, Kohima Group ficer Wokha, N. Kithan inHQ NCC. He interacted augurated the waiting shed with the cadets and deliv- for pensioners at Treasury ered a motivational lecture Office compound, Wokha. on the importance and role Unveiling the memorial of NCC cadets in areas like stone, the Sr. TO thanked social service and youth all the staff for the co-opermanagement. ation and contribution to-
NCC cadets trained on disaster management
puNglWa, OctOber 5 (mexN): One day disaster management training was organized at Sainik School Punglwa (SSP) on October 4 to train NCC cadets of the school in life saving skills. This training is a part of the ongoing IV Combined Annual Training Camp (CATC) of NL (I) Sainik School Coy, NCC. A team of experts from SDRF CD/HG led by SI Thesuohie conducted training and demonstrations on Emergency Res-
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sion of thanksgiving to the Almighty God. “As the festive week commences for both the communities, I have a great hope that these festive sessions will bring prosperity and wellness in all aspects of life for both Khiamniungan and Pochury communities in the year to come,” the Chief Minister said. The Chief Minister also appealed to both the communities to use the festivals as an opportunity to forgive one another and foster love,
kindness and unity. Stating that the festival is also an occasion to appraise one’s hard work and valour and revitalize aged old cultural values apart from merry making, the Chief Minister urged the two communities to instill work culture and significance of ancestral values among the upcoming generations. The Chief Minister also wished that the Almighty God bless both the communities in the years to come.
Waiting shed for pensioners in Wokha wards the construction of the waiting shed and also urged all the pensioners to have the sense of ownership and use it judiciously. President, Pensioner Association, Wokha, Yihamo, who spoke on behalf of the pensioners, thanked the Treasury Officer and
the staff for fulfilling the long felt need and making their aspiration into reality. Short speech was also delivered by STO Wokha and Baghty. The waiting shed was constructed through the contribution from Wokha and Baghty Treasury Officers and staff.
Hindu Seva Samiti issues Wildlife Week 2016 celebrated in Wokha A press release inOctOber 5 ter: Working together for tion Division, RFO Doyang durga Puja directive WOkha, (mexN): As part of Wild- wildlife’, an essay writing and Forest Guards. The formed that first prize of competition was held on DFO Doyang briefly talked the essay contest went to
Dimapur, OctOber 5 (mexN): Hindu Seva Samiti, while extending warm Durga Puja greetings to all, has appealed to all the Puja Committees to abide by the guidelines issued by the office of Commissioner of Police vide Permit No. CP/DMR/ESSTT-41/2016-17/2113, dated September 28 and Nagaland Pollution Control Board. A directive from Hindu Seva Samiti President stated that this year all Puja Pandals should maintain maximum cleanliness in and around the Pandals in accordance with Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The directive also instructed to maintain public peace and tranquillity during the celebration of Puja. Puja Pandals were directed to use sound systems in a controlled manner to avoid any disturbances to anyone. Further, officer bearers of all Puja Committees were instructed to be present in their respective Puja Pandals in maximum and maintain law and order to avoid any untoward incident during the holy festival. Pointing out that administration also issue caution regarding anti social activities and threat perception, the directive asked all the office bearers of respective Puja Pandals, volunteers and devotees to
keep close vigil on any unclaimed articles, vehicles, etc., and take the help of Police as and when required immediately. For convenience of administration, it asked the Puja Committees to provide one of their members’ contact numbers to the nearest police station for co-ordination. Meanwhile, the Hindu Seva Samiti President requested all the Puja Pandals’ vehicles to line up with the idols at City Tower Junction on October 11, from where, the convoy will proceed towards immersion Ghat at 8:30 am. To avoid traffic hassles, all Puja Committees were directed to control their volunteers; any dance which can disturb or block the traffic will not be allowed. In case any Committee violates the directive, police will take stringent action for which Hindu Seva Samiti will not be held responsible, the directive read. Important contact numbers as mentioned in the directive are: East Police Station – 7085055020/30; West Police Station – 7085055034; Sub-Urban Police Station – 7085055036; Fire Brigade – 03862-232201; Ambulance Service – 8794001010/ 9436004107.
life Week 2016 celebration, Wokha Division and Doyang Plantation Division of Forest department in collaboration with Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Wokha conducted a wildlife awareness programme on October 5. Keeping in mind the theme - ‘Members Mat-
the topic ‘My role in conserving wildlife of Wokha’, where students of class VIII to XII participated. Prize distribution was held at the school auditorium in the presence of Father Joseph, Principal, DBHSS, DFO Wokha division, DFO Doyang Planta-
on how Wildlife Week stated and how important role students can play. She also spoke on conservation issues stressing on how as an individual the students can contribute towards conserving and maintaining a green and clean environment with simple practices.
Esther N Odyuo, Cl-XII; second prize to Johnny R Ezung, Cl-XII; third prize to Zuben Shitiri, Cl-XII; and consolation prizes were won by Zubenthung Z Humtsoe, Cl-XII, Lumchen L Odyuo, Cl-VIII, Khonzani Murry, Cl-XI and Amos Limbu, Cl-XI.
Youth Entrepreneurship Development Initiative
chumukeDima, OctOber 5 (mexN): One day orientation programme on ‘Youth Entrepreneurship Development Initiative’ for youths in and around Chumukedima was conducted on September 30 at CPO Hall by Pro Rural in collaboration with Quest Alliance and Accenture. According to a press release, Thungbemo Patton, EAC, Chumukedima, who was the special guest of the programme, pointing out that nothing can substitute hard work stated, “If you want to achieve something in life you need to set the dream clear and keep the hope alive and always be motivated by your dream.” He added, “Sincere prayer and dedication towards achieving your dream is must.” Neibuno Khro, Advisor, Mothers’ Association, Chu-
mukedima, also exhorted the participants and reminded that youth aspiring to be entrepreneurs cannot compromise on vision, sincerity and hard work. Resource person Lezo Putsure, Director, YouthNet, mentioned that any business in the initial stages go through struggles. Stating that problems can be good opportunities for business, he maintained that the important thing in business is service. He shared his testimony of how he used to be a newspaper boy while a student in Bangalore, and how he had to stand in queue to get the cheapest food in UK. While highlighting the Project, Adahe Neli said that Dimapur, being the only commercial city for Nagas, each year hundreds and thousands of young people are continuously migrating
to explore economic and job opportunities. “However, the irony is that the available economic and job opportunities cannot absorb the rate of migration resulting to chaos, rapid rise of petty crimes and other illicit activities,” he stated. Citing a survey conducted by Pro Rural-Peace Coalition Northeast India on youth related issues in Dimapur, he observed, “Many of the youth violence in Dimapur are centred on economic opportunities.” Acknowledging the difficulties faced by the young people on unemployment and livelihood scenario in the state, a panel discussion was organized last year at DABA on the theme 'Fostering Economic Opportunities for Building Peaceful Society through promoting Dignity of Labor and Entrepreneurial skills.' The findings of survey and rec-
ommendation of the panel discussion has led to the “Youth Entrepreneurship Development Initiative.” Neli opined that the Naga traditional concept of dignity of labour needs to be re-inculcated amongst the younger generation. “Despite the glitter and glamour of wealth and technology, what actually is staring in the face of our society is uncertainties and gloom. The saddest and biggest threat in the Naga society may not be poverty per se but the loss of dignity of labour,” he maintained. Delivering the welcome address, Athilu Khrasi introduced Pro Rural and its activities and highlighted the traits in the project. A series of orientation programme will be conducted in different localities which will be followed by training, Khrasi informed.
stricted to Hinduism. Nor are there any conditions of religious identity for party memberships.” Regarding the allegation that DAN Alliance were for reasons of greed, BJP questioned whether NPCC has forgotten that “the money centric politics of the Congress since 1975 took the state on the wild, wild road to zenith levels of corruption the last three decades thereby looting the state of any developments.” The problem today of corruption, disharmony, unemployment, differences, economic slump, etc., are the “by-products of yesteryears’ Congress misrule of greed which the NDA and the DAN governments are finding extremely tough to
rectify,” BJP stated, adding “with patience on the part of the erstwhile Congress, these problems shall be gradually solved and place the nation and state on the path of normalcy.” The BJP State President Visasolie Lhoungu further maintained that instead of lambasting the NDA and DAN, the NPCC should “own responsibility for the misdeeds of the Congress culture till date and appreciate the tireless efforts being made by the Prime Minister to remedy the faulty corruption culture through various measures such as linking Aadhaar to bank accounts for receiving government subsidies as well as myriads of public welfare related schemes.”
MEx FILE Training on Community First Responder in Phek underway phek, OctOber 5 (Dipr): Training of Trainers on Community First Responder commenced in Phek on October 3. The training, which will continue till October 7, is being organized by the District Disaster Management Authority, Phek in collaboration with CD&HG, H&FW & SDRF and supported by Nagaland State Disaster Management Authority. In the opening remarks, the Deputy Commissioner of Phek, who is also Chairman DDMA, Murohu Chotso, said that we need such programmes to keep ourselves alert as disasters may occur any time. While thanking the good efforts of the government in advocating public’s safety, he also dwelt on climate change and its effects on the environment. The function was chaired by SDO (C) Phek, Nukutulu S. Venuh, while a briefing of the training was given by Redemo Shitio, State Emergency Response Officer, NSDMA.
AR assault case in Pfutsero settled pfutserO, OctOber 5 (mexN): Pfutsero Town Committee Welfare Forum (PTCWF) has amicably resolved the matter regarding the September 16 incident at Reku Colony, Pfutsero Town, where a jawan of 9 Assam Rifles, D Coy, Pfutsero allegedly assaulted a Government Hindi Teacher, according to a press release. The matter was settled in good faith and spirit for the peaceful co-existence and welfare of the people, stated the release issued by PTCWF Convenor, Murhasayi Murho. The Forum looked forward to “full and unconditional support and co-operation” of the security forces towards the public in the future.
Seminar on empowerment of youths and women NsONg, OctOber 5 (Dipr): A special outreach programme and seminar on empowerment of youths and women through skill development for sustainable livelihoods was held at Nsong Town on September 30, organised by the Southern Zeme Organisation, Kohima and sponsored by the Directorate of Field Publicity Regional Office Kohima, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. During the formal programme, Dr. Engam Pame IIS, Regional Director, Directorate of Field Publicity, Regional Office Kohima, stressed on the need to have leadership qualities to sustain our life. Dr. Zieleigai Ndang, SDEO Tening and Amos Pauzerang Newme, District Coordinator NERP Peren, who were the resource persons dwelt on the topics ‘Agricultural (organic) Farming and its Marketing Scope’ and ‘Activities for Improvement of Rural Livelihoods’ respectively. Interaction with the resource persons were held after each session.
Training & demo at Hozukhe village Dimapur, OctOber 5 (mexN): ATMA Dimapur Niuland Block conducted training and demonstrations at Hozukhe village on October 1. Resource person Sentibenla, ATM, Niuland Block spoke on ‘Application of micronutrients in vegetable crops.’ Longshithung, AFA, Department of Agriculture spoke on ‘Application of Trichogramma in paddy fields.’ The programme was chaired by Demalu Hasnusa, BTM, Niuland block where trichocards were distributed to the 31 farmers present.
Training on disaster management phek, OctOber 5 (Dipr): The Department of Home Guards & Civil Defence (HG&CD), Phek conducted an awareness training on disaster management at Govt. High School Phek Village on October 1. The Home Guards & Civil Defence personnel were led by the Deputy Controller, Civil Defence & District Commandant, Home Guards, Hukuto Yeptho. Demonstration on search and rescue and techniques were displayed and practical training was also imparted. Disaster management booklets of do’s and don’ts during earthquake, fire and landslide were also distributed during the programme.
Meetings & AppointMents NFHRCC meeting Nagaland Foothill Road Coordination Committee (NFHRCC) will have a meeting on October 7, 3:00 pm at its treasurer’s residence. Therefore, all the members have been requested to attend the meeting positively.
SKD executive meeting The Satakhami Kuqhakulu Dimapur (SKD) will have an executive meeting on October 8, 9:00 am at the residence of Er. Ghukhui Zhimomi, banker. Hence, all the unit presidents and general secretaries have been requested to attend the meeting positively.
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THE MORUNG EXPRESS
The Power of Truth
The Morung Express volume Xi issue 275 By Aheli moitra
Is Naganess interwoven with Christianity?
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ver the course of this year, five editions of the Morung Lectures have focused on a number of issues—they have produced significant discussion on ways to move forward as a society. A recurring theme in some of these lectures had been the role of religion, particularly the Christian churches, in shaping the way Naga society has progressed. Thus, on October 4, the sixth Morung Lecture—initiated by The Morung for Indigenous Affairs and Just Peace, and The Morung Express—decided to take the prophetic bull by the horn. We discussed the role of religion in promoting ‘intertribe harmony’ among the Naga people. The core points for the public discussion on the subject were set by three perceptive and visionary leaders—Elias T Lotha (President, Catholic Association of Nagaland), Dr. Eyingbeni Hümstoe-Nienu (Senior Lecturer, Clark Theological College) and Rev. Dr. Zelhou Keyho (General Secretary, Nagaland Baptist Church Council). All are leading figures in influential institutions yet each brought an intuitive humility to the lectures they delivered, embodying the message they sought to portray. It was instantly obvious that the audience, whether religious or secular, conformist or rebel, could further the discussion in any number of directions. Starting the discussion, Elias T Lotha was candid with the truth. While highlighting the positive impact of religion on life in general, he also acknowledged the zeal with which “pride in violent action” as well as “victory and domination” have come to define Naga social relations. In a rare public admission by a church leader, Lotha pointed out the abomination that was the March 5, 2015, incident. His remarks on the relatability of human beings on the basis of plurality, “accepting identities” and thus giving form to the notion of “harmony” among peoples are worth dedicating a whole lecture to. In a short duration, he encapsulated the Catholic principles towards achieving the greater “common good.” Rev. Dr. Zelhou Keyho laid out the specific role of the church in these disharmonious times. In his kind but stern telling of the story, he asked us to listen carefully—what stories do we have to tell each other? We know the lines to straighten up, but no one is doing so, including the church. Ever since he took charge as the General Secretary of the NBCC, Rev. Keyho has provided us with an honest analysis of the spiritual and material health of the Naga churches, the moral force behind Naga social and political life. He did this again by invoking Walter Rauschenbusch’s ‘Christianity and the Social Crisis’ where he had noted: any religion which professes to be concerned about the souls of (wo)men and is not concerned about the social and economic conditions that scar the soul is a spiritually moribund religion only waiting for the day to be buried. Dr. Eyingbeni Hümstoe-Nienu’s presentation walked a good few steps further. From telling stories to laying out particular ways in which religious institutions can become sites of nonviolence and peace education, her firm grounding in theology combined with a direct approach (also towards questions raised) made the lecture a fulfilling experience. She went far beyond stating the truth—free peace work from the topdown, male centric, temporary approach—she gave examples of how and where to intervene to reach the destination. She set the yardstick at permanent peace departments, ecumenical advancement, peace education at Sunday school, the importance of women as mediators and, complementing Rev. Keyho’s words, teaching peace methods every Sunday from the pulpit. More so, in persuading us to free identity from land (ask women how), she asked something people often take to be a foregone conclusion but was put under the scanner by more than one lecturer—Is Naganess interwoven with Christianity yet? Discussion points may be sent to moitramail@yahoo.com
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Oxygen declining from Earth's atmosphere faster now: study
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riven by burning of fossil fuels, which consumes oxygen and produces carbon dioxide, the rate of oxygen decline from the Earth's atmosphere has speeded up over the past 100 years, says a study. Researchers from Princeton University compiled 30 years of data to construct the first ice core-based record of atmospheric oxygen concentrations spanning the past 800,000 years, according to the paper published in the journal Science. The record showed that atmospheric oxygen has declined 0.7% relative to current atmospheric-oxygen concentrations, a reasonable pace by geological standards, the researchers said. During the past 100 years, however, atmospheric oxygen has declined by a comparatively speedy 0.10% because of the burning of fossil fuels, which consumes oxygen and produces carbon dioxide. "This record represents an important benchmark for the study of the history of atmospheric oxygen," said Assistant Professor of Geosciences John Higgins. "Understanding the history of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere is intimately connected to understanding the evolution of complex life," Higgins noted. Curiously, the decline in atmospheric oxygen over the past 800,000 years was not accompanied by any significant increase in the average amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, though carbon dioxide concentrations do vary over individual ice age cycles. To explain this apparent paradox, the researchers called upon a theory for how the global carbon cycle, atmospheric carbon dioxide and the Earth's temperature are linked on geologic timescales. "The planet has various processes that can keep carbon dioxide levels in check," said first author Daniel Stolper. The researchers discussed a process known as "silicate weathering" in particular, wherein carbon dioxide reacts with exposed rock to produce, eventually, calcium carbonate minerals, which trap carbon dioxide in a solid form. As temperatures rise due to higher carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, silicate-weathering rates are hypothesised to increase and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere faster. The study suggests that the extra carbon dioxide emitted due to declining oxygen concentrations in the atmosphere stimulated silicate weathering, which stabilised carbon dioxide but allowed oxygen to continue to decline. "The Earth can take care of extra carbon dioxide when it has hundreds of thousands or millions of years to get its act together. In contrast, humankind is releasing carbon dioxide today so quickly that silicate weathering can't possibly respond fast enough," Higgins noted. "The Earth has these long processes that humankind has short-circuited," Higgins said. The researchers built their history of atmospheric oxygen using measured ratios
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H. Peter Langille
How & Why the UN could develop UNEPS
Sustainable common security will remain elusive until we identify better universal options to help. A UN Emergency Peace Service would improve operational prevention, protection and possibly more
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o we really need another Cold War, a new balance of terror, or a pending slaughter to demonstrate a dysfunctional security system? Already, the Global Peace Index reports the annual cost of war at a staggering $13.6 trillion. In May, the President of the UN General Assembly conceded the obvious: 70 years after its founding, the organisation is still not equipped to meet its primary objective – to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war. Yet with one development – a United Nations Emergency Peace Service – effectively a ‘first responder’ for complex emergencies, the UN would finally have a rapid, reliable capacity to help fulfill some of its tougher assigned tasks. Such a shift may not be far off; we have understood what is needed for over fifty years. The recent reports of the UN HighLevel Independent Panel on Peace Operations (HIPPO), the Commission on Global Security, Justice & Governance and the UN Secretary-General’s ‘Future of Peace Operations’ attracted little news or attention, largely because there was little that is really new to report. Each offered numerous recommendations that will prove helpful, but remain insufficient. Despite calls for bold and ambitious ideas and dire warnings of worse ahead, their projected future is largely a continuation of previous efforts. Once again, there is renewed enthusiasm for a standby rapidly deployable mission headquarters (the UN briefly had a standing RDMHQ from 96-98), and some are encouraged by new pledges from troop and police contributors, as well as new financial incentives for deploying more promptly with key enablers. But the emphasis on standby resources and regional partnerships is an approach that has been repeatedly tried and failed since the early 90s. In short, the problem is not that they are non-binding and conditional, but that they also require extensive negotiations, then national approval and national caveats stipulating terms of use before any contingents may be rented and deployed to a UN operation. And, in complex emergencies, most will only stand by. Once again, prevention of armed conflict has been elevated to the forefront. In the UN system and in complex emergencies, an ounce of prevention tends to be worth a tonne of cure. On a yearly basis, the UN Secretary-General pleads for assistance with prevention, but the member states routinely narrow the menu to early warning and further cooperation with regional organisations. Now, as Youssef Mahmoud writes, "the three 2015 UN global peace and security reviews that frame the debate have conveyed a common message: that the political instruments, tools, and mechanisms the world body deploys to address violent conflict all attest to the failure of early prevention." Across the world, people have seen that the available capacity for preventing armed conflict and protecting civilians at extreme risk – both being R2P priorities – are frequently too destructive, even counter-productive. While the UN has made headway in both areas, it remains dependent on the political will of its member states and their national police and troops, which are seldom prepared or inclined to protect and prevent when either entail risks. Instead of rapid deployment, UN operations continue to be characterized by routine delays and slow responses; on average it takes 6-12 months to deploy, once the Security Council has authorised a mission. As a result, violent conflicts tend to escalate and spread, and then demand larger, longer and far costlier operations. In turn, the prospects for disarmament and development are set back for decades. Overall, the UN approach to reform of peace operations, prevention and protection – like discussions of disarmament – remains fixed on the official preference for pragmatic, incremental modification of existing arrangements. The control paradigm, ‘liddism’ and militarism have a peculiar hold system-wide. Slowly, we are beginning to see they are not simply outdated and dangerous; they are also costly and unsustainable. Since PresidentGeneral Dwight Eisenhower warned of the unwarranted influence of a military-industrial complex, it has expanded globally into finance, banking and insurance sectors, big oil and gas, tele-communications, advanced technology and media. With its heavy investment in current approaches, even governments are reluctant to raise pro-
gressive alternatives. For now, this may be viewed as another process of exhausting every dubious option first. When combined with austerity and the mantra of ‘do more with less’, there is little tolerance for any option which might incur costs or push the annual budget for UN peacekeeping above the sacred ceiling of $8 billion. In turn, the UN will struggle to cope with overlapping crises. Inevitably there will be recurring calls for a UN rapid deployment capacity, a more rapid and reliable first responder, a strategic reserve, a vanguard force and a better means of protecting civilians. But a more favorable interpretation is also possible. After all, it is critical to build a stronger UN foundation that can manage more ambitious developments. The weaknesses are easy to identify; the steps to better are less obvious. Further, a paradigm shift depends not only on the wider recognition of an approach being inadequate or failing, but also upon an alternative being widely supported as better. Here, several recent recommendations may open new space. The Commission on Global Security, Justice and Governance asks that civil society prepare ideas and networks now to develop a more receptive political environment for global governance. They call for a World Forum on Global Institutions in 2020. Similarly, the HIPPO proposed a new Global Prevention Forum. Who knows? A few ideas might yet shift the political space from pragmatic to bold and hopefully, better. It is not that governments don’t know how or what’s needed. As early as 1961, officials in the U.S. State Department acknowledged: "There is an inseparable relationship between the scaling down of national armaments on the one hand and the building up of international peacekeeping machinery and institutions on the other. Nations are unlikely to shed their means of selfprotection in the absence of alternative ways to safeguard their legitimate interests. This can only be achieved through the progressive strengthening of international institutions under the United Nations and by creating a United Nations Peace Force to enforce the peace as the disarmament process proceeds." Then, it was understood that a UN Peace Force had vast potential to address perceived security concerns, serve as a legitimate security guarantor, deter crimes, prevent aggression, facilitate disarmament and free up enormous resources for better purposes. Granted, there was little enthusiasm for a UN Force and little effort to mobilise the wider support required. Following the Rwandan genocide, both Canada and the Netherlands commenced national studies of a standing UN force (1994-95) and a multinational initiative to develop UN rapid deployment capacity. The ensuing consultative process also revealed little support for a ‘UN force’, ‘army’ or ‘legion’, but wider receptivity to the notion of an integrated UN service. One idea retains traction: The proposal for a permanent United Nations Emergency Peace Service (UNEPS) stemmed largely from that process and subsequent refinement. At the outset, the twin objectives were to identify both a viable plan and a widely appealing idea that might attract a broadbased constituency of support. The UNEPS option was specifically designed to help prevent armed conflict and genocide, to protect civilians at extreme risk, to ensure prompt startup of demanding peace operations, and to address human needs where
others either cannot or will not. Ten core principles characterise the UNEPS proposal. It’s to be: • a permanent standing, integrated UN formation; • highly trained and well-equipped; • ready for immediate deployment upon authorization of the UN Security Council; • multidimensional (civilians, police and military); • multifunctional (capable of diverse assignments with specialized skills for security, humanitarian, health and environmental crises); • composed of 13,500 dedicated personnel (recruited professionals, selected, trained and employed by the UN); • developed to ensure regional and gender equitable representation; • co-located at a designated UN base under an operational headquarters and 2 mobile mission headquarters; • at sufficient strength to operate in high-threat environments; and, • a service to complement existing UN and regional arrangements, with a first responder to cover the initial six months until Member States can deploy. Arguably, the most distinctive feature of a UN Emergency Peace Service is that it would be a standing UN formation, prepared and ready to serve in diverse UN operations. Thus, a UNEPS would clearly be a more reliable and rapid first responder; one that could also serve as a vanguard, strategic reserve and a modest security guarantor, both to deter violent crime and respond, when necessary, to prevent and protect. States with advanced militaries could transform Cold War capacity for war-fighting towards UN peace operations. Few, if any, responded. While any such a transformation will be resisted in the short-term, it’s now critical to persist in efforts to shift destructive capacity towards capacity to help. With an integrated multidimensional service, a UNEPS can provide a more comprehensive response to violence at various levels. Clearly, military elements are needed to deter and stop direct violence while improving security as police units restore law and order. Humanitarian assistance, medical and civilian peacebuilding teams are often critical to address human needs and counter the structural violence of exploitation and exclusion. Public information units and human rights monitors and educators help to stem the cultural violence of extreme politics, religion and media. Conflict resolution and mediation teams can help at every level. Together, by minimising direct, structural and cultural violence, they improve the prospects for more positive, sustainable peace. Further, a UNEPS would help to develop higher standards systemwide. Individuals volunteering to serve would be recruited, screened and selected on the basis of merit, skill and commitment, then hired on a basis similar to the UN civil servants in the Secretariat. As a dedicated UN service in a coherent formation, with advanced doctrine, training and equipment, UN operations could get off to a good start quickly. National police and troop contributors would likely improve in response. Both would improve the UN foundation for peace operations. And, shifting military culture toward helping the most vulnerable is another critical step toward preventing sexual abuse in peace operations. A UNEPS would inevitably entail major start-up and recurring costs. Given a full complement of 13,300 personnel, the start-up costs would be in
the range of $3 billion, with annual recurring costs of approximately $1.5 billion and, incremental costs for field operations of approximately $1.2 billion. These costs would likely be shared proportionally among 193 Member States as part of each nation’s assessed share of the UN regular budget. For some, that may appear as an unwarranted cost, but this option merits further consideration as both a life saver and a cost saver. A UNEPS would not only help to prevent the escalation of volatile conflicts and deter groups from armed violence; it could also drastically cut the size, the length and the frequency of UN operations. Even with success in just one of these areas, it should provide a substantive return on the investment. Clearly, a UNEPS is no panacea or cure all. It’s neither intended nor capable of mid-to-high intensity war-fighting or large-scale enforcement operations. It’s to provide prompt, legitimate help in complex emergencies, with an array of useful services. Unlike previous proposals, the objective is to complement the existing foundation for UN peace operations. As such, it would remain dependent on national standby resources and partnerships for prompt replacement and rotation, as well as augmentation and extraction if necessary. Notably, in 2004, the UN made a bold call for defence transformation, encouraging member states with advanced militaries to transform Cold War capacity for war-fighting towards UN peace operations. Few responded. To their credit, the numerous members of the African Union have done much of the heavy-lifting in UN operations while developing five regional standby brigades, a rapid deployment capacity and the subsequent African capacity for immediate response to crisis. China is also among the more promising exceptions, with its recent pledge to develop a well-equipped 8000 troop standby force for UN peace operations. These are encouraging precedents. Now, it’s critical to persist in wider efforts to shift destructive capacity toward capacity to help. Of course, there will be powerful resistance to national defence transformation and development of a UN Emergency Peace Service. For many, both are an unrealistic, non-starter, especially with conflict threatening an extension of the long war and leaders inclined to oblige. Yet a system of sustainable common security, with a more effective UN isn’t a naïve dream; it simply requires cooperative decisions to make the UN work as intended. A big joint project may be the crucial first step. A UN Emergency Peace Service would improve operational prevention and protection, as well as prompt higher standards in operations abroad. That it would also improve prospects for the deeper structural prevention required is evident. In an earlier period, officials acknowledged a similar entity was a prerequisite to a wider disarmament process. No one expects the shift from a war system to a peace system will be easy. Yet a more effective UN appears key to each. In short, developing a UN that can fulfill assigned tasks is about shifting from a dysfunctional war system that provides profits for a small minority, but risks all, to a legitimate peace system with wider benefits for people and the planet. Perhaps, that’s also an overdue shift from a ‘lose-lose’ history of violence to a ‘win-win’ future. Now, it’s time to build a broader network of support among civil society and officials of inclined member states. After all, ideas seldom work unless we do.
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70 and Counting, Whither the UN? Thomas G. Weiss Democracy Journal
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tourist navigating the security barriers separating New York City from the iconic UN headquarters on First Avenue innocently asks, “How many people work here?” The tour guide snidely replies, “About half.” Yet that widespread impression about the ineptitude of the world organization’s bureaucracy and politicized deliberations is often met with another assertion: “If the UN did not exist, we would have to reinvent it.” If it weren’t around, the thinking goes, another agency would necessarily have to be erected in its place. So which is it? Is the UN a wasteful drain on global resources or is it, despite its failings, essential? As the annual parade of presidents, prime ministers, princes, and pundits arrives for the 71st session of the General Assembly, it is worth reflecting on that question, especially since we are also approaching the end of the drawn-out selection process for the organization’s next secretarygeneral. The Security Council’s four straw polls have resulted in two general assertions (the two “G’s”) about the race so far: geography—supposedly it is Eastern Europe’s turn; and gender—for the first time half of the 12 declared candidates are women, although they are currently all running behind their male counterparts. The front-runner is António Guterres, a Portuguese male who was prime minister and headed the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). On January 1st, 2017, the ninth secretary-general, whoever she or he is, will benefit briefly from member states’ good will. The opportunity for significant change is normally enhanced during a “honeymoon,” in other words, during the first year of a mandate. Those in senior leadership positions customarily tender resignations, providing the incoming secretary-general with the chance to make adjustments rapidly, either through new blood or reappointments. Although Ban Ki-moon failed to seize the opportunity, both Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Kofi Annan instituted sweeping staffing and management changes in 1992, 1997, and 2002. Calls to dramatically revamp UN architecture, of course, are not new. For instance, Robert Jackson famously gave up on streamlining the UN development system, which he dubbed a “pre-historic monster.” Countless unsuccessful attempts have been tabled since his 1969 “Capacity Study,” which Margaret Joan Anstee described as “the ‘Bible’ of UN reform because its precepts are lauded by everyone but put into effect by no one.” However, not only was 2015 the 70th anniversary of the signing and entry into force of the UN Charter; it was also a banner year for multilateral norms with adoptions of the
Rita Abrahamsen Source: CIPS
Celebrity activism risks reducing complex political issues to simple morality tales, leading to emotional politics and irresponsible interventions Dear George, I’m writing to say that I think you are a great actor! And, of course, handsome beyond belief!! I loved you in Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? I laughed my socks off watching you in Burn After Reading. I even felt sad for your hardened, self-possessed character in Up in the Air. I’m sure you get many letters from your admirers, especially women like me. So at this point you are probably tempted to stop reading. Please don’t; I have something very important to tell you. That report you just released on South Sudan — wow! Congratulations on once again capturing the limelight and drawing attention to the suffering and injustices of the world’s youngest country. You and your friend John Prend-
The UN has faced a barrage of criticism and scandal lately. But with a new leadership contest ongoing, is there an opportunity to rekindle our collective optimism in multilateral organizations?
Paris Agreement on climate change and the Sustainable Development Goals. It was notable, as well, for new and ambitious reform proposals—from both the Independent Commission on Multilateralism and the Commission on Global Security, Justice and Governance; and for three blockbuster reviews of UN peace operations: the High-Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations, the Advisory Group of Experts on Peacebuilding, and the Global Study on resolution 1325 (on the Women, Peace and Security agenda). The proverbial bottom-line was clear: Dramatic changes are imperative both at headquarters and in the field if the world organization is to respond to the twenty-first century’s complex threats. They arrive at the 11th hour of the outgoing secretarygeneral’s mandate but will be in his successor’s in-box. While last year’s 70th anniversary may have been celebrated with champagne flutes, the planet still confronts a growing list of lifethreatening challenges ranging from the proliferation of WMDs to dangerous pandemics, from terrorism to climate change, from mass
atrocities to poverty. To state the obvious: The United Nations often fails at addressing these kinds of challenges—and it achieves less than the visions of its founders. One reason is that the organization’s goals are too visionary, or at least go far beyond where most governments are prepared to go. The adage continues to ring true: States get the international organizations they deserve. However, another explanation is that the UN’s shortcomings result from waste, inefficiency, and weak personnel who accomplish less and act with less imagination than they could and should. The UN’s organizational chart refers to a “system,” which implies coherence and cohesion, but has more in common with feudalism than anything more modern. Frequent use is also made of the term “family,” a folksy but more accurate image because, like many such units, the UN family is dysfunctional. The overlapping jurisdictions of UN bodies, the lack of coordination among their activities, and the absence of centralized financing for the system as a whole make turf battles more attractive than sen-
sible collaboration. The UN’s various moving parts too often work at cross purposes. The system’s entities pursue fundraising to expand mandates, stake out territory, and pursue mission creep. Fundamental change, coherence, and cooperation are not in the bureaucracy’s interest; inertia and unproductive competition are. Consolidation is anathema as officials rationalize complexity and respond to incentives from donors. Moreover, they act within institutional structures whose design would have challenged even cartoonist Rube Goldberg. Individual organizations focusing on related areas are often located in different cities than their relevant UN partners, operating, ostensibly, apart. An almost universal chorus sings the atonal tune praising atomization and autonomy. The General Assembly is the main concert hall for this cacophony. Recalling the UN’s lofty ideals and achievements is a poor defense for ineffectiveness. We could and should have a better United Nations. This result would be facilitated, for one, with less interference from governments in recruitment and promotion, in-
cluding for the position of secretarygeneral, and for other senior positions. Today, it would help if greater use were made of objective and upto-date techniques for attracting, selecting, appointing, promoting, and retaining the best and the brightest from the widest and most diverse possible pool of candidates. One such international civil servant was Brian Urquhart, who was the second UN staff member recruited in 1946, after surviving combat in World War II. As the 71st session of the General Assembly opens, it is worth considering who he had in mind when he referred to the “remarkable generation of leaders and public servants” who led during, and after, the world cataclysm. These pragmatic idealists were “more concerned about the future of humanity than the outcome of the next election.” Unfortunately, major and minor powers alike are headed by myopic leaders who no longer have any such vision. Let’s hope that the next UN secretary-general does. The selection— which will probably take place in October after the Security Council’s next straw poll, on September
26th—offers a chance to rekindle our collective optimism about multilateral cooperation. She or he must appreciate the flaws in the structure and staffing of the dysfunctional UN family, of course, but, more importantly, also have the determination and guts to undertake the Sisyphean tasks of reform that have routinely been ignored such as consolidating funds and programs, or getting rid of bureaucratic dead-wood, or actually implementing a zero-tolerance policy for sexual exploitation by peacekeepers. In doing so, however, we must remember: The UN could very well have gone the way of the defunct League of Nations. It has not. Those fighting Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan did not content themselves with rolling back history to the feeble international structures of 1913; rather they created a successor that finessed some weaknesses and built on the strengths of its predecessor. Members of the First UN (member states), the Second UN (staff ), and the Third UN (civil society and the private sector) have, together, ensured the continued existence, if not the robust health, of today’s world organization. Many could, nonetheless, imagine a planet without this messy UN. Yet such a world would be more bereft, less just, more polluted, less stable, more repressive, and less humane than the one to which the United Nations aspires and, at its best, contributes. For example, would the world really be a better place if Syria still possessed chemical weapons? Would the worldwide plight of women really be improved without efforts to publicize gender inequality since the Commission on the Status of Women began deliberations in 1946? Would we really be closer to halting climate change without the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change? Would the Ebola pandemic really have been less severe without the World Health Organization? Would the world’s troubled spots really be less violent without 110,000 blue helmets on the ground during periods of armed conflict? Would the 65 million forcibly displaced persons really be better off without the UNHCR? And the list goes on. We are not starting from scratch. Some of today’s global problems ironically reflect past multilateral successes—for instance, more states as a result of decolonization; more globalization as a result of trade liberalization; more overlapping institutions as a result of interdependence; and more environmental degradation as a result of growth. Of course, the United Nations could have been better—performed its work with more competence and greater acumen—and it could have done more. But there is still time. A world without the UN is neither plausible nor desirable. A world with a more creative and effective UN, however, is both.
Letter to George Clooney
ergast campaigned fearlessly for South Sudan’s independence, and your involvement helped convince the US and the international community to pressure Sudan to let go of its southern territory. When South Sudan was born in July 2011, you celebrated. The new President Salva Kiir was your friend, providing many a photo opportunity. You looked so handsome in those photos, exuding political vitality, making us believe in the humanity and goodwill of all people. But things did not turn out quite the way you thought, did they? Nation building and peace processes do not follow Hollywood scripts, and there is not always a happy ending. South Sudan soon plunged into the most gruesome of civil wars. Killings, rapes abductions, the torching of villages all became routine. Tens of thousands have been killed. Two million have been displaced. There are more than 16,000 child soldiers. Meanwhile, South Sudan’s political elite have profited enormously, enriching themselves shamelessly and using their militias to profit from the war. None of this is news, George! We have known for a long time and we did not need your two-year-long investigation to learn that the South Sudanese political elite is a corrupt, self-interested war machine. The interna-
George Clooney (R) with President Salva Kiir Mayardit (L) (The Sunday Times)
tional headlines may laud you for “revealing” and “exposing” the corruption and venality of South Sudan’s leaders, but what I want to know is why did you not speak up before? Here is one scenario: In a Hollywood script, there must be good guys and bad guys, and in your quest to save South Sudan, President Salva Kiir and his former Vice Presi-
dent and now opponent Riek Machar were made to star as the heroes against the villains of Sudan. Complex political realities were made into a morality tale of good versus evil, of freedom versus oppression. Critical voices cautioning that independence might bring its own problems were brushed aside. The craving for media publicity was satisfied by sim-
ple stories. For a humanitarian activist in a hurry, there was no time for hard thinking and detailed analysis. Now you turn around to find that the warnings have come true, that real life politics is anything but a morality tale: The heroes have turned villains, the morally good and oppressed have become the oppressors, the thieves, the
murders, and the rapists. Some people say “I told you so,” but you feign shock and surprise, because of course you cannot admit that the warning signs were flashing like Hollywood marquees. The only way out is to pen another Hollywood script, this one starring George Clooney and John Prendergast as the lionhearted investigators exposing the venality of South Sudan’s political leaders and once again appearing as the saviours of this poor African country. Needless to say, the script carefully omits any mention of your longstanding support for these very same leaders. Your character in Up in the Air leads off his motivational speeches with the question “What’s in your backpack?” For him, the question encourages a life free from burdensome relationships with either humans or material belongings. What’s in your backpack right now, George, is a relationship of political complicity with the situation in South Sudan. You may feel that your recent report atones for having overlooked the warnings and the atrocities without protest, and I agree that action now is better than no action at all, but that doesn’t absolve you from having contributed to creating this evil mess in the first place. Like many people, I admire and welcome your political engagement, and I’m happy that
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you care about human suffering. Your activism can make the detachment of academic research seem bland, perhaps even irrelevant, but I do wonder — and sometimes worry — about the consequences of a global politics that increasingly resembles a beauty contest or a morality play. More than two years ago when I was editor of African Affairs, the premier journal in African Studies, we published several articles that documented the greed, corruption, and self-enrichment that your “investigation” has now revealed to such international surprise. Needless to say, these African Affairs articles could garner none of the media attention lavished on your report, perhaps because they do not offer either simple solutions or comforting stories of good and evil. So, I’m pleased that you have helped to draw attention to a situation that experts on South Sudan have warned about for several years. My fear, however, is that once again your involvement will not only reduce complex political issues to nice morality tales, but will also lead to emotional politics and irresponsible short-term activism and interventions. I hope you will forgive my frankness. Meanwhile, I look forward to your next film. Best wishes, Rita
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Surgical strikes video given to PMO new Delhi, OctO beR 5 (ianS): As the demand for sharing evidence of the surgical strikes grew louder, Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir on Wednesday said the footage has already been handed over to the Prime Minister's Office by the Army. The Minister said a call on making the video public rests with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "The video footage has been handed over to the government by the Army," Ahir told IANS on phone from Mumbai. Asked if the government planned to share the video, he said: "No such decision has been taken yet, a call can only be taken by the Prime Minister." "A nation has its own policies and one needs to practise restraint. People like Sanjay Nirupam and Arvind Kejriwal listen to Pakistan. The DGMO did the briefing and everyone in India believes it," the Minister said. Meanwhile, a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), chaired by Prime Minister Modi, was held on Wednesday during which the situation along the Line of Control was reviewed.
Pakistan officer admits India carried surgical strikes: Report
Indian Border Security Force soldiers patrol near the India-Pakistan international border area at Gakhrial boder post in Akhnoor sector, about 48 kilometers from Jammu on October 1, 2016. (AP Photo)
said there were no discussions on releasing the video. The officials did not specify if a final stand on the issue has been taken. Former Army Chief General J.J. Singh (retd), meanwhile, said sharing a footage will not be in national interest. "I want to tell it loud and clear... these are secret and discreet operations which are supposed to be executed with precision, and Sharing footage will our people are supposed not be in national interest to come back leaving as far Officials from the De- as possible no evidence befence Ministry, meanwhile, hind," Singh told IANS.
"In today's age, there is enough electronic equipment to track and record to tell what they have achieved, but it is not in national interest to put it in public domain. It has never been done in the past... in fact, it is not even supposed to be talked about. We must be mature enough as a country to be able to ensure that this kind of pressure is not put on the government or the army to produce videos," the former Army chief told IANS. India has said a surgical strike was carried out dur-
ing the night intervening September 28 and 29 to destroy terrorist launch pads across the LoC. Pakistan has, however, claimed that no such attack took place. In India, some political leaders, including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam have demanded that the government release evidence of the strike. The situation has been tense on the India-Pakistan border since the September 18 terror attack at an
army camp in Uri town of Jammu and Kashmir which left 19 soldiers dead. India blamed Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad militant group for the attack. Relations between the two neighbouring nations have deteriorated since the surgical strikes. On Tuesday, Indian Army alleged that Pakistan troops opened unprovoked heavy firing in at least three places along the LoC and along the International Border in Akhnoor sector in Jammu.
SC slams Centre for not supplying food grain to drought-hit states new Delhi, OctObeR 5 (ianS): The Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the Centre for doing nothing to comply with its directions to supply food grain to the drought-affected areas under the National Food Security Act. The bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice N.V. Ramana said, "We will discharge the Union of India (as respondents from the case), if it is not able to do anything." The apex court also asked the PIL petitioner organisation, Swaraj Abhiyan, to file an affidavit flagging five or six direction
that have not been complied with by the droughthit states for initiation of contempt. Taking a dim view of the postcard approach of the central government, Justice Lokur said, "The moment we ask you questions, it is construeted as if we are attacking government of India." As Additional Solicitor General P.S. Narasimha sought to play down the issue, Justice Lokur observed, "An Act of the Parliament (the National Food Security Act) is being violated with impunity, is not a small issue."
The bench said this while asking ASG Narasimha to explain what he had said in the affidavit. Clearly exasperated over the way things were happening with states not complying with its orders and the Centre telling the court that it had sent them a communication, Justice Ramana said, "If this is the way the matter is going on, there is no need to hear it. We are wasting your time." "An Act (the National Food Security Act) passed by the Parliament has to be followed by the states. Let them say they don't bother about the Act," Jus-
tice Lokur said, asking ASG Narasimha: "Is there a remedy under the Constitution, if states don't comply with the laws passed by the Parliament." The strong observation from the bench came in the course of the hearing on the compliance of several directions issued by the apex court in its judgment on a PIL by Swaraj Abhiyan. The organisation had sought the court's intervention for relief to the poor people in drought-affected states, including Gujarat, Bihar and Haryana. Gujarat, Bihar and Haryana have resisted the
suggestion that they declare some of their districts as drought-affected. Pointing to the inaction by the states and the Centre, Justice Ramana said, "We are not getting any feel or visible change except funds have been released. The mechanism has failed. The Acts of Parliament and directions of the (top) court are not being implemented." "Is it possible to monitor the 13 odd states from here," Justice Ramana asked as ASG Narasimha urged the court to monitor the implementation of its directions.
Odisha issues guideline for body disposal weeks after Dana bhubaneSwaR, OctObeR 5 (Pti): Weeks after a tribal man carrying his wife's body on his shoulder in Odisha made global headlines, the state government today issued a guideline for proper disposal of dead bodies in health facilities. "The body must be treated with dignity and respect. On no account should a body... Be allowed to be carried on shoulders, or strung on a pole, or in any manner that compromises dignity of the dead," the notification signed by Health and Family Welfare Secretary Arti Ahuja said. The body should be carried on a stretcher or a cot and it should be
kept appropriately in a designated place till all formalities are disposed of, the guideline said. The notification issued 40 days after tribal man, Dana Majhi, walked 10 km carrying his wife's body on his shoulder after being allegedly denied a hearse by a hospital in Kalahandi district. The Odisha government asked all district collectors, SPs, CDMOs and other authorities to ensure that the guideline is followed in letter and spirit. The guideline was prepared keeping in mind three situations - patients expiring during treatment, brought dead cases and unclaimed bodies.
For removal of bodies from hospital, the guideline said the person(s) carrying the body must show "death slip" to the staff or the security personnel. "If the person(s) fail to produce death slip, the matter should be brought to the notice of the medical officer or staff nurse on duty in the hospital," it said. The medical officers will file certificate on cause of death in the hospital. And the Medical Officer will also issue the death slip to the next of kin of the deceased who take the body, it said. "The deceased persons' families should not be made to wait unnecessarily for completion of
formalities. Rather the help desk and para-medical staff should be sensitised appropriately to help the family in the situation," it said. The guideline said police stations are provided with funds for medico legal cases. While the police stations are provided Rs 1,000 per unclaimed body in urban areas, rural police stations get Rs 1,500 and Rs 2,000 in special cases. "In case, where the family asks for a dead body carrier, the collector should give funds as per GA Department revised guidelines of Chief Minister's Relief Fund," it said, adding coordination between the collector and SP is also required for proper disposal of body.
Civil society groups hail cabinet decision on HIV, AIDS Bill new Delhi, OctO beR 5 (ianS): Civil society groups from across the country, including people living with HIV, expressed happiness on Wednesday over the cabinet approving amendments to the HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2014. The cabinet approved amendments to the bill in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "We have been demanding passage of this bill for the last 10 years. I hope that now there is no delay and the bill is passed in the upcoming Winter Session of the Parliament," Manoj Pardesi from National Coalition of People Living with HIV, said. The bill protects people living with HIV and their family members from stigma and discrimination they face in their day to day life. It also provides for in-
A man walks a camel past a sand sculpture created by Indian sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik to create awareness about AIDS in Puri, in Odisha November 29, 2013. (REUTERS File Photo)
formed consent for HIV testing and treatment, and right to confidentiality of one's HIV status. HIV positive people
have been demanding that the bill should provide free and complete treatment as a matter of right, as opposed to the bill tabled in
2014, which stated that state should provide HIV treatment "as far as possible". People living with HIV
have been demanding that the phrase "as far as possible" be deleted. "Free and complete treatment is the core of the bill for us. We hope that the bill which is cleared by the cabinet is providing it," said Paul Lhungdim of Delhi Network of Positive People. "Many other countries like Vietnam and Kenya have passed their HIV laws years ago. It's time that India doesn't delay this anymore," said Anand Grover, Project Director of Lawyers Collective. The amended bill mandates that "no person shall be compelled to disclose his HIV status except with his informed consent, and if required by a court order". According to official data, there are approximately 21 lakh persons estimated to be living with HIV in India.
new Delhi, OctObeR 5 (ianS): A senior Pakistan police officer has admitted that India indeed carried out surgical strikes in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and killed at least five soldiers and several militants in an operation that Islamabad denies happened. Ghulam Akbar, the Superintendent of Police (Special Branch) of the Mirpur Range in Paksitani Kashmir, told CNN News18 TV channel that the strikes took place at many sectors on the early hours of September 29. The news channel said on Wednesday that one of its journalists, Manoj Gupta, posed as Inspector General of Police Mushtaq while speaking to Akbar over telephone. The channel aired excerpts of the conversation, quoting Akbar as saying that he personally knew about the strikes. The Indian operation, he said, occurred at Samana in Bhimber, Hazira in Poonch, Dudhniyal in Neelam and Kayani in Hathian Bala, the border sectors on the Pakistani side of the Line of Control (LoC). Akbar said the Pakistan Army cordoned off all these areas immediately after the Indian incursion. "Sir, that was night... you can say roughly 3-4 hours... between 2 a.m. and 4 or 5 a.m... The attack continued between that time. "There were attacks on separate places... Several places were attacked... They also met (with) resistance," Akbar said. The news channel said Akbar stated that the Pakistan Army was caught unawares by the Indian attack and lost
five soldiers. The channel said it had the names of the slain Pakistani soldiers but didn't reveal them. The Mirpur police officer also claimed that the bodies of an unknown number of terrorists were quickly removed by the Pakistani military and taken away in ambulances. He said the bodies many have been buried in villages. Akbar also revealed that the Pakistani Army facilitates the movement of terrorists in forward areas and arranges for their crossing over to India, the channel said. "The army brings them, sir... it is in their hands," Akbar said. He said he doesn't know about the accurate number of terrorists killed because the Pakistan Army protects the jihadi infrastructure from even the local authorities and police. The admission by the senior police officer came even as Pakistan has repeatedly trashed Indian claims that its commandos crossed the LoC and destroyed seven terror launch pads and killed an unknown number of militants. Pakistan even took a group of local and foreign journalists to some areas near the LoC to claim that the surgical strikes never happened. The Indian Army carried out the operation to avenge the September 18 killing of 19 Indian soldiers in a terror attack on a military base in Jammu and Kashmir. India said the suicide attackers were from the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and infiltrated from Pakistan.
Two dead, four trapped in Bengaluru building debris
Police and rescue workers look for survivors in the rubble at the site of a collapsed under construction building in Bengaluru on October 5. (REUTERS Photo)
bengaluRu, OctO beR 5 (ianS): Two persons have died and at least four are still trapped under the debris of an under-construction multistorey residential building that crashed in the city's south-eastern suburb, police said. "Two bodies have been taken out of the debris and efforts are on to rescue another four persons trapped in the heap of construction material at the accident site," Bengaluru Additional Police Commissioner P. Hari-
krishnan told reporters here. Of the two deceased, one was a security guard. The fire brigade personnel were able to rescue about 10 people, including workers from the accident site, within an hour after the building collapsed around 2 pm. "The fifth and sixth floors were under construction when the pillars and columns of the building on the floors above the ground gave way under the weight of the building material," said a fire brigade
personnel. A complaint of negligence was registered against the building owner, said to be from the neighbouring state of Andhra Pradesh, and police are on the lookout for him. "The building collapsed due to substandard materials used in the construction," Bangalore Mayor G. Padmavathi told reporters at the accident site. Many of the workers and labourers engaged in the ill-fated building construction are from Odisha and West Bengal.
Unmarried Chandramati is 'mother' to 22 children Ranchi, OctObeR 5 (ianS): Chandramati Oraon is unmarried and doesn't intend to ever tie the knot, but that hasn't deterred her from playing mother to 22 orphans who don't know their biological parents. The seeds for her mission were sown when Chandramati, 32, was in Class 8 and took her baby steps in social work. She graduated in 2002 and in 2006 began what is now called the Anchal Shishu Ashram in a five-roomed structure in the Bada Talaab neighbourhood of this Jharkhand capital on a monthly rent of Rs 1,500. A trust was formed in 2011 to formalise the arrangement. The rent payments stopped three years ago as the owner decided he could do without the money. "I have dedicated my life for this work. I will not get married and continue to work for the children," Chandramati told IANS. "She has been made House Mother of the Ashram considering her past social work. She treats the children like her own. She has dedicated her life to the children," Sushil Kumar, the Superintendent of the ashram, who also heads the trust, told IANS. The ashram, which has a staff of three, including a cook, relies entirely on NGOs and the deep pockets of Ranchi's wellheeled, who contribute both in cash and kind to ensure that the inmates are well
fed and have proper school uniforms and school books. "The children are sent to government and private schools. We don't have to pay school fees but we have to make arrangements for books, school uniforms, food and other things. We get support from people and NGOs," Chandramati said, adding: "We want to increase the strength of the children, but a resources crunch prevents us from doing so." The current inmates are equally divided between boys and girls, with the preference generally being for the latter. The boys are aged between three and seven years, after which they are admitted to various hostels. The girls stay till they are 12-13 when alternative accommodation is found for them. In some cases, Chandramati has also arranged for their marriages when they come of age. Chandramati is extremely happy with the talent in the children and said that the girls are brilliant in their fields and would make their mark in life. Chandramati belongs to Bishunpur of Gumla district. She is fifth of six children -- three boys and three girls. She comes from humble economic background and her brother, the late Chandresh Oraon, was a two-time Bharatiya Janata Party legislator. All her siblings are married and lead a good life.
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Pence & Kaine clash in fiery VP debate
Nearly 11,000 migrants rescued in last 48 hours off Libya
Farmville, OctOber 5 (aFP): Vice presidential hopefuls Tim Kaine and Mike Pence launched into their only debate of the campaign Tuesday, immediately clashing on the reputations, experiences and policies of their bosses chasing the White House. Democrat Kaine and Republican Pence squared off to highlight their capabilities as the men who could be a heartbeat away from the presidency, but essentially they were on stage fighting a proxy war for their running mates five weeks before Election Day on November 8. Kaine, a US senator from Virginia, promoted himself as a deeply experienced local, state and national politician who would be the “right hand person” for Clinton, whom he described as trustworthy and more than capable in the role of commander in chief. “The thought of Donald Trump as commander in chief scares us to death,” Kaine said. “I can’t imagine how Governor Pence can defend the insult-driven, selfish, me-first style of Donald Trump,” Kaine said, vocalizing his primary strategy of forcing Pence to onto the back foot about the brash Republican billionaire at every turn. An imperturbable Pence, the governor of Indiana and a Christian conservative, calmly shot back. “You would know a lot about an insult-driven
rOme, OctOber 5 (reuters): More than 4,650 migrants were saved on Tuesday off the Libyan coast and 28 bodies recovered, bringing the total number of people rescued in the last 48 hours to nearly 11,000, Italy’s coast guard said on Wednesday. More than 20 people were reported to have suffocated in the hold of one overloaded fishing boat, bringing the total death toll for Monday and Tuesday to 50. Italian officials said three women saved on Monday had given birth over the past 24 hours on a coast guard vessel that was bringing some 1,000 refugees to Sicily. The women and their three children were all reported to be in good health. The coast guard said the migrants on Tuesday were rescued from 33 boats, including 27 rubber dinghies and one wooden boat that was believed to have been carrying around 1,000 people. A photographer working for Agence France Press, who was aboard a ship chartered by a Spanish NGO to help with the rescue missions, was quoted as saying that he had counted 22 bodies on that boat. He told Italian media he thought other corpses were still in the hold. At its closest, Libya is some 290 km from the Italian island of Lampedusa and people smugglers have taken advantage of the chaos in the north African state to use it as their main staging post in the region for journeys to Europe. The coast guard said new rescue operations were underway on Wednesday, but far fewer than on the previous two days. “Obviously the good weather has played an important role in explaining the large number of recent arrivals,” a coast guard spokesman said. The latest surge in new arrivals means at least 142,000 migrants have reached Italy since the start of the year and around 3,100 have died making the perilous trip. An estimated 154,000 came to Italy in 2015 and 2,892 died. The vast majority of refugees come from Africa, including Nigeria, Eritrea, Guinea, Gambia, Sudan, Ivory Coast and Somalia. The migrants are brought to Italy, where EU and Italian officials work together to identify and fingerprint the asylum seekers. European law says migrants must stay in the country where they first enter the bloc and Italy is increasingly struggling to deal with the growing numbers. As part of a deal to relieve pressure on Europe’s frontline states in the migration crisis, the European Commission last year devised a plan aimed at moving thousands of new arrivals away from Italy and Greece towards other EU members. Under the scheme, up to 40,000 migrants could be relocated from Italy over 2 years, but so far only a few hundred have been flown out with many EU allies apparently reluctant to welcome in asylum seekers and refugees.
sively for the debate, unlike Trump, who did little to practice for his September 26 encounter with Clinton.
The candidates for vice president went head to head in their first and only debate Tuesday night and it didn’t take long for the mood to get contentious.
campaign,” he said, highlighting Clinton’s relentless criticism of Trump and how she painted half of her Republican rival’s supporters as “deplorables.” “We see entire portions of the world, particularly the wider Middle East, spinning out of control. The situation we’re watching hour by hour in Syria today is the result of the weak foreign policy that Hillary Clinton helped lead in this administration and create.” For many Americans, it will be their first prolonged exposure to the men who would be next in line for the presidency if their side wins on November 8. Both sought to convince undecided voters that their
bosses are worthy of the pearing to try to bait Trump Oval Office. about his impulsive habit of tweeting missteps during ‘Shooting himSelf i the campaign. n the foot’ “Donald Trump can’t Pence is as modest and start a Twitter war with Miss polite in style as Trump is Universe without shooting brash and insulting, while himself in the foot,” Kaine Kaine, also with a modest said, referring to Trump’s style on Capitol Hill, ap- rants against Alicia Machpeared to take a more ag- ado, a beauty queen whom gressive stance than Pence he called “Miss Piggy” in attacking the rival camp. when she gained weight afPolls show Clinton ter winning her crown. gaining in the wake of a The two men repeatpunishing week for her Re- edly talked over each over as publican rival Trump, who they clashed about Trump’s was hammered by contro- failure to release his tax reversies over his taxes and cords, social security, how to his treatment of women. handle an aggressive Russia, Kaine sought to drill and the prospect of mountdown on those issues, de- ing debt, forcing moderator manding Trump release Elaine Quijano to intervene his tax returns, and ap- and insist they cut it out.
Kaine, 58, and Pence, 57, are about 10 years younger than the presidential nominees. They each are fathers of a son serving in the US military, and they are seen as more engaged with their faith than Clinton and Trump. Weighing heavily against the New York billionaire are a mediocre performance in his first debate with Clinton, followed by revelations of a $916 million loss in 1995 that may have meant he paid no taxes for several years, and criticism of his demeaning treatment of Machado. Pence, who spent a dozen years in Congress, is known for his discipline. He has prepared inten-
‘Strike’ ASSAd regime On Russia, Pence stressed that a Trump administration would want the US to “use military force to strike the targets of the Assad regime” if Russia continued its involvement in “this barbaric attack on Aleppo.” But the Republican clearly distanced himself from Trump’s praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin, hailing the US system as “superior to the crony corrupt cabal system in Russia in every way.” Kaine hammered away though, insisting that “Donald Trump, again and again, has praised Vladimir Putin and it’s clear that he has business dealings with Russian oligarchs.” “Trump has business dealings with Russia that he refuses to disclose,” while “Hillary Clinton has gone toe to toe with Russia.” Pence assailed Clinton while pushing a larger theme of change -- something many Americans say they want -including his call for “repealing Obamacare lock, stock, and barrel.” Since the first presidential debate, support for Clinton has risen to 44.3% against 40.6% for Trump, according to an average of recent national polls compiled by RealClearPolitics. A second round of presidential debates is set for Sunday.
Philippine defence chief says Duterte Trio wins Nobel chemistry prize for “world’s smallest machines” may be ‘misinformed’ on U.S. alliance maNila, OctOber 5 (reuters): The Philippine defence minister sought to patch up cracks in a military alliance with the United States on Wednesday, saying President Rodrigo Duterte, who has appeared intent on scrapping joint programmes, might be misinformed about their value. Referring to recent strongly worded comments by Duterte, in which he has declared that the Philippines military gained little from U.S. security ties, Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the armed forces were still weak and the country got a lot out of the U.S. relationship. “That’s why I said the president was misinformed, because I think the information he is getting is incomplete,” Lorenzana told reporters, a day after the launch of the latest round of PHIBLEX military exercises involving troops from both sides.
“Maybe, the defence ministry and the armed forces were remiss in providing him the correct information. This, we will address in the coming days.” The United States has been on the receiving end of a torrent of hostility from Duterte, who was angered by U.S. expressions of concern over his war on drugs. On Tuesday, Duterte said U.S. President Barack Obama should “go to hell” and that in his time, he might “break up” with Washington, with which Manila has had a security treaty since 1951. Last week, he also caused a stir when he said the PHIBLEX exercises would be “the last one” and on Sunday said a U.S.-Philippines Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement would be reviewed. That deal includes setting up storage facilities for maritime security, humanitarian and disaster response operations and grants U.S.
troops some access to Philippine bases. Lorenzana said the ongoing exercises gave Philippine troops exposure to new guns, technology and body armour and training in warfare tactics, marksmanship and quick responses to natural disasters. “According to him, only the American troops are benefiting from those exercises,” he said, referring to his president. “But based on what we gathered from the GHQ (general headquarters) and army, there are (benefits).” U.S. officials have played down Duterte’s remarks, focusing instead on the decadeslong alliance which they have sought to bolster in recent years in response to China’s moves to enforce its claims over the South China Sea. The White House said on Tuesday the United States had not received any formal communications from Duterte’s government about changing the relationship.
stOcKHOlm/lONDON, OctOber 5 (reuters): A trio of European scientists has won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for developing molecular machines that could one day be injected to fight cancer or used to make new types of materials and energy storage devices. Frenchman Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Scotland’s J. Fraser Stoddart and Dutchman Bernard Feringa developed molecules that produce mechanical motion in response to a stimulus, allowing them to perform specific tasks, the Nobel Academy said on Wednesday in awarding the 8 million Swedish crown ($931,000) prize. Such molecular machines can be developed in smart medicines that seek out disease or damage and deliver drugs to fight or fix it, and in smart materials that can adapt in response to external triggers such as changes in light or temperature. “There are endless opportunities,” Feringa, a professor of organic chemistry at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, told reporters when asked to predict what his work could eventually be used for. “Think of a tiny micro-robot
that a doctor in the future will inject into your blood and that goes to search for a cancer cell or goes to deliver a drug, for instance.” Goran Hansson, a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences which conferred the award, said this year’s recognition was “all about the world’s tiniest machines”. “The sky’s the limit,” he said when asked where the discovery could lead. The Nobel committee’s statement said the science of molecular machinery was now “at the same stage as the electric motor was in the 1830s” - when scientists displayed various spinning cranks and wheels, unaware that they would lead to electric trains, washing machines, fans and food processors. “We can still only guess at the thrilling developments ahead of us,” it said. “However, we do have a definite answer to (the) initial question - how small can you make machinery?: At least 1,000 times thinner than a strand of hair.” Sauvage is professor emeritus at the University of Strasbourg and director of research emeritus at France’s National Center for
The Royal Academy of Sciences members present 2016 Nobel Chemistry Prize during a news conference by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden on October 5. The winners of the 2016 Nobel Chemistry Prize (L-R) Jean-Pierre Sauvage, J Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L Feringa are displayed on a screen. (REUTERS Photo)
Scientific Research. Stoddart, born in Edinburgh and now professor of chemistry at Northwestern University in the United States, said the prize was “quite unexpected”. “When it happens, it takes your breath away,” he said in a phone interview as he watched the ceremony live from his home outside Chicago. Chemistry is the third of this
year’s Nobels. Japan’s Yoshinori Ohsumi won the medicine award on Monday, while three Britishborn scientists, including two Scots, took the physics prize on Tuesday. The prizes are named after dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel and have been awarded since 1901 for achievements in science, literature and peace, in accordance with his will.
Myanmar repeals emergency law Thailand bars entry to teenage Hong Kong activist used for decades to silence activists
HONG KONG/baNGKOK, OctOber 5 (reuters): Thailand on Wednesday barred entry to a Hong Kong student activist who helped organise pro-democracy protests in the Chinese-ruled city in 2014, with a Thai newspaper saying he had been deported and “blacklisted” at China’s request. Bespectacled Joshua Wong, 19, was detained in Bangkok where he had been invited to speak at universities about Hong Kong’s “Umbrella Movement” street protests and on setting up his political party, Demosisto. He was later put on a plane back to Hong Kong where he told reporters Thai authorities had not given him a reason for refusing him entry but had shown him a document citing a security law. One officer had mentioned a “blacklist”, he said. “As a Hong Kong person, I did not expect that even if I do not enter mainland China, I would be inside a foreign detention centre, detained by other police. This is unbeliev-
further comment. The Thai Foreign Ministry said in a statement permission for Wong to enter Thailand “involves various factors”. Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said Wong’s expulsion was a matter for China, not Thailand. “Why he was sent back is China’s issue,” Prayuth said. China’s Foreign Ministry, when asked about Wong’s detention, said it had “noticed the relevant reports”. “China respects Thailand’s exercise of immigration control according to the law,” it said in an email. ‘lUCkY’
Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong shows a notice of expulsion offered by Thai imWong flew in to Bangmigration besides Demosisto Chairman Nathan Law (L), after Wong arrived at Hong kok just before midnight on Kong Airport in Hong Kong on October 5. (REUTERS Photo) Tuesday and arrived back
able,” he said. The protests that Wong helped lead in Hong Kong, a former British colony which returned to Chinese rule in 1997, presented Communist Party rulers in Beijing with one of their biggest political headaches in decades. Wong was given 80 hours of community service by a Hong Kong court in August on a charge of unlawful assembly for taking
part in a sit-in at the height of the protests in the Asian financial hub. Thailand has been ruled by a junta since a 2014 coup which was widely condemned by the West. Since then, the generals running Thailand have forged closer ties with China. Thailand’s Nation newspaper quoted a deputy commander of airport immigration police, Colo-
nel Pruthipong Prayoonsiri, as saying China had sent a request “to seek cooperation to deny” Wong entry. “As a result, the Immigration Bureau blacklisted him and held him for deportation,” Pruthipong was quoted as saying. But Pruthipong later told Reuters he had not spoken to the newspaper, did not know if Wong had been blacklisted and declined
in Hong Kong on Wednesday afternoon. Suspicion of China’s involvement in his expulsion would add to concern in Hong Kong that mainland authorities are clamping down on dissent despite a “one country, two systems” formula, meant to preserve the city’s freedoms. Wong referred to the case of five Hong Kong booksellers, specialising
in works critical of Chinese leaders, who disappeared only to emerge in custody in mainland China. One of them disappeared while in Thailand and is the only one still in detention. “I’m lucky I did not become the next person to disappear,” Wong said. Wong was denied entry by Malaysia in May 2015 when he was due to give talks on democracy in China. Wong was invited by the politics faculty at Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University to speak on the 40th anniversary of a bloody crackdown by the Thai army on student protests. Human Rights Watch condemned Wong’s detention. “Thailand’s arrest of Joshua Wong ... sadly suggests that Bangkok is willing to do Beijing’s bidding,” its China director, Sophie Richardson, said in an email. A spokesman for the U.N. Human Rights Office in Asia said the prevention of Wong from attending the university talks “raises further concerns about restrictions on peaceful freedom of expression and assembly in Thailand”.
YaNGON, OctOber 5 (reuters): Myanmar has abolished one of the most authoritarian laws used by previous military regimes to silence political opponents, a lawmaker said on Tuesday. The Emergency Provisions Act gave authorities broad powers to hold people without charge and allowed courts to convict on scanty evidence. Military members of parliament, who fill 25 percent of seats under Myanmar’s military-drafted constitution, had opposed repealing it on the grounds it was vital to national security. The law was introduced in 1950 as newly independent Myanmar struggled with nascent ethnic insurgencies but was then frequently used against activists after the military seized power in a 1962 coup. Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy, which assumed power this year after a landslide election, has released political prisoners and prioritised doing away with oppressive legislation left over from decades of authoritarian rule. The majority party’s lawmakers, among them many veteran activists who served time in prison, have already pushed through the repeal of a 1975 law on “subversive elements”. Tun Tun Hein, chairman of the parliament’s bill committee, told Reuters the approval of the union parliament - members of both houses sitting together - meant the repeal will become law within two weeks. “This law was used by the socialist dictatorship to arrest anyone who went against them,” he said. “Now we have abolished it because we have a people’s government,” he said. One of the more notorious parts of the law set out sentences of up to seven years jail for “disrupt(ing) the morality or the behaviour of a group of people or the general public”. Thein Than Oo, a lawyer and former political prisoner, said he had been imprisoned twice under the “harsh and unjust” law. “In fact, this kind of law shouldn’t exist in a civilized society anywhere,” he said.
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Maria sharapova targets April durant stars as Warriors rout clippers in pre-season return after doping ban reduced
Lausanne, OctOber 5 (aFP): Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova hailed the reduction of her two-year doping ban on Tuesday as one of the "happiest days" of her life, immediately targeting a return to action in April 2017. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) cut Sharapova's ban to 15 months saying she was not an "intentional doper", after the 29-year-old tested positive for the banned medication meldonium during January's Australian Open -- throwing her glittering, money-spinning career into serious jeopardy. "I've gone from one of the toughest days of my career last March, when I learned about my suspension, to now, one of my happiest days, as I found out I can return to tennis in April," said Sharapova, who has racked up 35 WTA singles titles and more than $36 million in career earnings. An April return -- the ban is backdated to the positive test in January this year -- means she would in theory be able to compete at the French Open in MayJune next year. Sharapova, whose ferocity on court, business acumen and glamorous looks have all combined to make her a marketing juggernaut, was hit with a twoyear ban by an independent tribunal appointed
by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). Reducing the ban after she appealed, the Lausanne-based CAS "found that Ms Sharapova committed an anti-doping rule violation and that while it was with 'no significant fault', she bore some degree of fault, for which a sanction of 15 months is appropriate". In the panel's more detailed, formal decision, it said significantly: "Under no circumstances... can the player be considered to be an 'intentional doper'." Sharapova openly admitted she had been taking meldonium for 10 years to help treat illnesses, a heart issue and a magnesium deficiency. She always maintained that it had entirely escaped her attention that the prod-
uct had been added to the banned substance list published by the World AntiDoping Agency (WADA) on January 1, just before the Australian Open. "I have taken responsibility from the very beginning for not knowing that the over-the-counter supplement I had been taking for the last 10 years was no longer allowed," Sharapova said in her Facebook post Tuesday, before going on to hit out at the ITF. "But I also learned how much better other (sports) Federations were at notifying their athletes of the rule change, especially in Eastern Europe, where Mildronate (the trade name of meldonium) is commonly taken by millions of people." Sharapova added: "Now that this process is
over, I hope the ITF and other relevant tennis anti-doping authorities will study what these other Federations did so that no other tennis player will have to go through what I went through." - 'Counting the days' Sharapova, who off the court has enjoyed successful ventures such as her "Sugarpova" line of candy and whose sponsors include Nike, helping her amass a fortune estimated at $200 million, said she was itching to get back on court. "I'm coming back soon and I can't wait!" she said. "In so many ways, I feel like something I love was taken away from me and it will feel really good to have it back. "Tennis is my passion and I have missed it. I am counting the days until I
can return to the court." Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko told TASS news agency: "I'm very happy for Maria, although I think that CAS should have fully lifted her suspension for a drug like meldonium." Sharapova was intially prescribed meldonium a year after winning Wimbledon as a 17-year-old by a Russian doctor in Moscow to boost her immune system. She burst onto the tennis scene by stealing hearts and winning that title at Wimbledon in 2004 before going on to clinch the US Open in 2006, the Australian Open in 2008 and the French Open in 2012 and 2014. Nike, which had initially suspended its relationship with the Russian, has said it would stick by Sharapova and her tennis racquet manufacturer and another sponsor, Head, congratulated her on Tuesday. "We are very proud to have stood by Maria for the right reasons throughout these difficult and testing times," said Head chairman Johan Eliasch. Alexander Zhukov, president of Russia's Olympic Committee, said that he hopes Sharapova will be able to compete at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, after missing out on the August Rio Games due to her suspension.
Head coach Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors talks to Kevin Durant during their pre-season game against the Los Angeles Clippers on October 4 in Oakland, California. (AFP Photo)
san FranciscO, OctOber 5 (aFP): Kevin Durant scored 21 points on his home debut as the Golden State Warriors demolished the Los Angeles Clippers 120-75 in a preseason game. Durant, who joined the already powerful Warriors from the Oklahoma City Thunder in July, made a trio of three pointers in a onesided encounter. Klay Thompson top
scored for the Warriors with 30 points while reigning NBA MVP Stephen Curry chipped in with 14 points at the Oracle Arena. The Warriors opened up a 20-point lead in the first quarter and never looked back. Their lead had stretched to 102-51 by the start of the fourth quarter, an ominous warning to the rest of the league as the new season looms closer. War-
riors coach Steve Kerr gave more than 20 minutes of game time each to Curry, Durant, Draymond Green and Thompson before resting the all-star quartet. Thompson reached his 30-point haul with only 14 shots but the biggest roar of the night was reserved for Durant, who opened the scoring early on with a three-pointer before later leaving the game to a standing ovation.
Third india-NZ Test on as scheduled: MpcA secretary
indOre, OctOber 5 (ians): Amidst ed to go ahead with their preparations. "The match is on. We have made all the uncertainty over the third Test between India and New Zealand, Madhya Pradesh arrangements for it. The national cricket Cricket Association (MPCA) secretary board has not given any direction for the Milind Kanmadikar on Wednesday said cancellation of the match," Kanmadikar the match is on as they are yet to receive told IANS. Earlier, the BCCI had threatened to call any official word from the Board of Control off the ongoing series after claiming that for Cricket in India (BCCI). string of attacks by extremThe third and final Test is scheduled to their bank accounts were frozen by the ist groups in France are be hosted at the Holkar stadium here from Supreme Court-appointed R.M. Lodha among factors keeping fans October 8 and the hosts MPCA has decid- panel. away. Didier Quillot, secretary general of Ligue 1, said the state of emergency still in effect following the extremist attacks is a key factor. "The whole leisure sector is down," he said. Marseille are emblem- Manchester, Ocatic of the French prob- tOber 5 (reuters): lems. The new Velodrome Manchester United forstadium has drawn aver- ward Memphis Depay is age crowds of 30,290 this unhappy at being relegated season against 53,130 in to a bit-part role under new manager Jose Mourinho 2014-15. Italy's Serie A lagged in and has demanded more fifth place, with 8.2 million playing time after failing fans turning out at an aver- to start a Premier League game this season. age of 21,586 per match. The 22-year-old has Ticket prices and televised coverage of games dropped down the peckare cited as reasons but also ing order behind Anthony the poor state of Italian sta- Martial, Marcus Rashford, diums, about half of which Juan Mata and Jesse Lingard at Old Trafford, makdate back to before 1949. In contrast, Premier ing just three appearances League clubs have been from the bench in the cur- me," Memphis, who scored rival in May, adding that 22 league goals to fire PSV the former Chelsea boss pouring fortunes into facil- rent league campaign. The Dutch internation- to the Dutch champion- has expressed his faith in ities and Arsenal, Leicester City, Hull, Manchester al, who joined from PSV ship in the 2014-15 sea- his abilities. "The training City, Southampton, Swan- Eindhoven in June last year, son, told Dutch newspaper sessions are going well, I'm sharp and fit, but that apsea and West Ham all boast also endured a difficult de- Metro Nieuws. "I'm not a player who plies to everyone. The level stadiums built over the past but season under former boss Louis van Gaal, scor- is happy with the fact that has become higher. Jose 15 years. Liverpool recently ing twice in 29 league ap- he is under contract with Mourinho is a top coach," greatly upgraded Anfield pearances, 13 of which Manchester United. This is he added. my dream club, but I want United, sixth in the while Tottenham are build- came as a substitute. ing a new home and Chel"I am the same person to play." Memphis said league after seven games, sea are planning to do the and I know what I want. A United had made progress next travel to Liverpool on same. supporting role is not for following Mourinho's ar- Oct. 17.
German football clubs top European supporters league
Paris, OctOber 5 (aFP): It may have vast wealth and an enviable array of talent but England's Premier League plays second fiddle to Germany's Bundesliga when it comes to drawing the crowds, figures show. The Bundesliga attracted an average of 42,685 fans per game in the 2014-2015 season, according to the figures compiled by Deloitte, the multinational consulting firm, placing it well ahead of the Premier League with 36,163 fans per match over the same season. The Bundesliga topped the European table of fan support with the Premier League next, followed by Spain's La Liga a distant third. In France and Italy fans are staying away in droves, with an alarming drop in support for the game, notably in France, a World Cup winner in 1998 and host of Euro 2016. Billions in broadcasting revenue has flooded the coffers of English Premier League clubs allowing the likes of Manchester United and others to splash out in total a record 1.165 billion pounds ($1.54 billion/1.39 billion euros) to attract big names ahead
Memphis depay demands more playing time at united
The Bundesliga attracted an average of 42,685 fans per game in the 2014-2015 season, well ahead of the Premier League with 36,163 fans per match over the same season. (AFP Photo)
of this season. In overall terms, the Premier League is still number one in Europe with 13.7 million fans attending matches against 13 million for the German league. But the Premier League has 20 clubs playing 380 matches a season against 306 for the Bundesliga, with its 18 clubs. The disparity translates into significantly higher attendance per match in Germany. For La Liga -- still home to world football's biggest stars in Cristiano Ronaldo
at Real Madrid and Lionel Messi at Barcelona-9.8 million fans attended matches in the same season, at an average gate of 25,734. Last season, and for the first time in its history, Spanish football drew more than 10 million fans in testimony to the health of the game. - Serie A in trouble The same cannot be said for France and Italy, both suffering declines in support for the sport. France's Ligue 1 clubs drew an average of 22,362
fans per game for a total of 8.5 million spectators in 2014-2015 and the trend has been downward ever since. The following season the figure dropped to 20,894 and despite a campaign following the successful hosting of Euro 2016 to attract more fans into the stadiums, attendance is still falling, down more than five percent this season with eight matches played. Rising ticket prices and security fears following a
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he Morung Express had organised something like an opinion poll on the subject “Role of religion in promoting Inter-Tribe Harmony” on 4th Oct.2016 in Kohima. All the three speakers presented their point of view. They touched on subjects like, tolerance to religious pluralism, peaceful co-existence, superiority complex, domination of the poor, marginalised Naga Society by the bigger and dominant group of people. When the discussion was opened to the audience, many discordant views were expressed, some very pertinent and some revolutionary. Unfortunately, nobody raised the core issue of human Society. I was therefore prompted to ask two questions. What is the real cause of disharmony? It appeared to me, we
were talking only about the symptoms. Symptomatic treatment can give immediate relief for a short period of time but there is no cure. If we are after “cure” we must give specific medicine to treat the cause of the disease. My second question was, about, our role in a Secular Welfare State as that we have in India. In such situation “Who is my neighbour” is irrelevant. The question in a Secular Welfare State is “What is good for my neighbour”? As I try to develop these two questions very briefly, I want to attempt the second question first. The diakonia of a Christian in a Welfare Society is no longer confined to our own group. Our diakonia should be self giving to everybody who needs our help. In a brigand Age, where the Countryside was infested with robbers, the Good Samaritans were needed. To- day the question that arises in a Wel-
fare State is why are there brigands to make it unsafe for travellers. Our service to the people is mostly conditioned by our context which can be called “rapid Social change”. “What is good for my neighbour” therefore becomes more relevant in our present context. We must be realistic to admit the fact of difference of languages, differences of local culture, area of interest, religious beliefs and practices. We all agree in one point is, the principle of Federalism. We also cannot escape the fact that the State has better resources and man power. They have better expertise in all subjects of their work. We cannot just give a lip service. The first question that I raised is about diagnosis. Diversity in our modern society is a reality. It is something which you and I cannot ignore. Up to the 11th Chapter of Genesis, God was dealing with mankind as a whole. The human race was mono-
lingual as such together they could resist and rebel against God as one unit. And the Lord said, “Behold they are one people and they have the same language, and this is what they began to do and now nothing they purpose to do will be impossible for them.” What happened at Babel was an act of judgement. Looking the other way, it was also an act of God’s mercy. It was in a way, a strategic breakthrough of God’s purpose. God divided human race for a purpose. He would henceforth win them family by family, clan by clan, people by people, and nation by nation. What a marvellous opening and opportunity for man’s redemption. Conflict in human life is inevitable because man is a Social animal. We must remember that any progress in all our walk of life can be attributed as the product of conflict. However it can also become destructive if not properly resolved in
time. The disharmony in our Naga tribes is a sign of our failure to handle properly for conflict resolution. We need antibiotic to treat this failure of Conflict resolution. Lastly, why there is no peace in the World? Man has forsaken God and has started to run the World in his own way without the Creator. As we have just seen, those people who started to build a tower were trying to make a name for them. (Gen.11:4.) Man has the freedom to harness atomic power but there is a distinct possibility of destroying the whole world with it. He is trying and attempting every known organisation small or big to usher in peace in the World. Our vocabulary is exhausted of words used for the great cause of peace. Treasures had been emptied, millions of parents had lived a broken heart because their sons and daughters had been slain for the cause of peace. Mans’ theory of
peace without God is merely a sinking sand. The man who is sitting in the peace conference table, the man who is writing the theories of peace has no peace in his mind. He is torn between success and failure, sorrow and joy, love and hatred. He has no solution for his own peace of mind. He is constantly disturbed and tortured by the forces that generate in his own mind. In the clamour of noise- voices to dominate the World, to conquer space, he has forgotten his own Creator. Our Naga people are talking about peace. In spite of huge church buildings crowded by worshippers on Sundays are without Christ. The World abounds in counterfeits. Nobody can become a great soldier by putting on a uniform borrowed from other. Only in Christ, we have peace. Jesus said, “Peace I leave with you”. “My peace I give unto you”. Think about it. Amen.
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This Chinese restaurant is making Dimapur drool! Morung Express Feature
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ho imagined that a Chinese stick and fast food restaurant would create such a buzz in town?! Countless Instagram and Facebook photos are proof that this is currently the ‘it’ place to eat out in Dimapur. We saunter over to this place, only to find the place simply but elegantly done up. Keeping the Chinese theme in mind there are lanterns hanging outside the restaurant along with some wooden chairs, tables and umbrellas- a perfect spot to enjoy the cool, evening breeze while savoring the food. The man behind this newly opened food joint is Tushar Shrestha. Questioning him on why he decided to launch a Chinese fast food restaurant, he said that eating out in Dimapur; he felt the need for a place that served good tasting Chinese fast food. So, he decided to open a restaurant at a corner in Duncan Basti, known to be an ideal place for college students and hostellers. “I never expected the place to create such hype,” Tushar said when we met him at Funky Buddha. “In fact, I kept the prices very low mainly so that students and hostellers can frequent the place while enjoying good Chinese fast food. However, this I feel is also one of the key points attracting a lot of customers,” he said. Clearly loving the positive response from the people, he plans to keep changing the menu and also the quality of taste so that people will keep coming back to the place.
Tushar also acknowledges Funky Buddha Chef Deepak who has a lot of food experience, having worked in reputed hotels and restaurants. He adds, “I’m very lucky to have him cooking for my restaurant and together we are excited and looking forward to plan new and interesting menus.” He also mentioned that they use fresh ingredients every day and avoid using any kind of artificial food colourings. They also try to lay emphasis on good food presentation. For a new restaurant, the service is a bit slow and Tushar readily admits that the servers are still undergoing training and he is looking to hire more staff. He points out that Funky Buddha visitors are very helpful and have even recommended and brought in people looking for work. Not surprising, because he is always ready to greet and meet his customers plus field any additional queries! Funky Buddha will soon be serving open Barbecue and Grill, just outside the restaurant. There is also going to be food cards for regulars customers where for every tenth order, there will be a discount. So if you’re craving for a hot bowl of steamed fried chilli soup (jhol), or Chinese staples like stick food, kathi rolls, pan fried noodles, momos, chicken chilly, sausages and many more, head on to Funky Buddha, House No 488, Duncan Bosti, Dimapur or check their instagram page funky_buddhaa or follow at www.facebook.com/ funkybuddhaa
‘Thulastyle Studio’ to offer latest imported fashion
How a 'Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen' earworm took over the Internet
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nfectiously-catchy earworm 'PPAP' (short for Pen-Pineapple-ApplePen') was performed by animal print-clad DJ PikoTaro, a fictional character played by Japanese entertainer Kazuhiko Kosaka.
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ith a promise to offer all the latest imported apparel and accessories, a new shop “Thulastyle Studio’ was launched here today at Church Road, Dimapur near St Mary's Montessori Higher Secondary School. Temjensangla, SDO (C), Dimapur inaugurated the fashion ‘studio.’ The shop offers wide range of latest fashion
Bank Colony Barwari Durga Puja Pandal 2016 constructed by locally available eco friendly materials. This is one of the oldest and attractive Puja Pandal in Dimapur.
based on latest trend, especially for women and kids. The clothes are sourced from outside India, particularly Bangkok. All your needs from head to toe will be available at the shop for all age group, besides offering the customers both low end as well as high end imported items, said the proprietor Asen Walling. The items are reasonably priced and suited to offer choices to
And it was only a matter of time before the minutelong song, first uploaded onto Piko-Taro's official YouTube channel, quickly spread to Facebook. While the original video has gone on to amass more than 4m views, entertainment porAnd it goes like this: tal 9GAG's Facebook vid"I have a pen. I have an eo surpassed that to draw apple. Apple-pen! more than 44m views. I have a pen. I have [a] pineapple. Pineapple-pen! One man's catchy viral Apple-pen. Pineapple- song may be another pen. Pen-Pineapple-Apple- man's burden Pen." "I'm ruined - I will never get this song out of my But how did the head," lamented Facebook 40-year-old DJ come up user Carlos Andrés Silva in with such a bizarre song about fusing a pen with an apple and a pineapple? "When I was making this music with play, I was [just] singing it too soon," the newly-crowned internet star explained in a tweet to fans from an account created for his newly-coined character.
different types of customers, she added. Bridal wears and dresses, assorted footwear, skirts and frocks and other kids wear and variety of accessories were on display in the shop today. The proprietor further informed that it will be launching a website, www. thulastylestudio.com in one month to allow customers to shop at the convenience of their homes. Why has it gone viral? It has all the ingredients for a viral video formula: an addictive beat, silly lyrics and a hilariously simple dance routine to back it up.
a comment. Nelson Rivera Adrian Paige agreed, voicing concern for the number of times he has looped the video. "I am both highly amused as well as extremely confused." Other users like Daniel Hou who watched the video pointed out Piko-Taro's unique wardrobe. "Am I the only one who noticed that this guy is the real-life version of Borsalino [Kizaru] from One Piece," he said, drawing reference to the popular flamboyantly-dressed manga-anime character. But one man's catchy viral song may prove to be
another's jarring burden. "Please stop sharing this annoying song, it's exploded on my feed and is driving me up the wall because it's so irritating to listen to," said Facebook user Hiro Kenshida in a plea.
vines of their own. There's even been a heavy metal tribute as well as a cover from Thai social media star Happy Polla. Source: ctvnews
But who is it really for? At time of writing, few mainstream Japanese news sites have covered this particular earworm, even though it has been widely picked up internationally. It has not particularly trended on Japanese social media. He has already been dubbed the next Psy and it could even be that this was precisely what was in mind one catchy ditty, pushed by digital influencers but with the precise aim of becoming a global phenomenon. But the hype did not stop there.
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Then the imitations began Hundreds of tributes and covers of Piko-Taro's tune have also appeared on Facebook, each gaining cult followings of their own. Many Japanese stars, including popular duo Riko and Rika, came up with
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Badminton Tourney in Mangkolemba
Mokokchung, october 5 (Mexn): In commemoration of 25 years of ADC headquarter, under Mangkolemba sub division, Shuttlers Club Mangkolemba is organising a Badminton Tournament on October 20 and 21 at Town Hall. Interested participants are requested to contact: 8731819236/9612836512.
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(LEFT) A Dilong Youth Association player (yellow jersey) tackling the ball while playing with Arikodong Club on the second day of the ongoing MDFA Trophy 2016 at Imkongmeren Sports complex, Mokokchung on Wednesday, October 5. (RIGHT) A SSS player (yellow jersey) in action while playing with the Shitilong SA at the ongoing MDFA Trophy 2016 at Imkongmeren Sports Complex on Wednesday, October 5. (Photo by Imrongkumba Aier)
Mokokchung, october 5 (Mexn): The second day of the ongoing MDFA Trophy 2016 witnessed four matches between eight competing teams in the tournament. Favourites Shitilong S/A and Sports Society Suyim (SSS) clashed in the third match of the day with Shitilong triumphing 2-0. The match as expect-
ed was even and the most competitive of today’s matches. However, the strong midfield of Shitilong breached the SSS defense line and striker Kethozhaopu (Jersey No 8) scored the first goal in the 42nd minute. The Sports Society Suyim counterattacked, but Shitilong’s defense line proved to be too strong to breach. The
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• YA Merepkong VS Fusion S/C • Tongdenyong SC VS Hills XI FC • Alempang YA Vs Socianian FC • OCYU Vs Mongsenbai Youngsterz FC SSS team while counterattacking left gaps in their defense lines, and eight minutes later, at the 50th minute, Shitilong SA strik-
er, Jongpongnungsang (Jersey No 9) struck home the second goal. Another favourite of the tournament, Dilong
Youth Association (DYA) triumphed over Arikodong Club 3-1. First entrant, Arikodong Club put up a nice stand against a resurgent Dilong Youth Association. Dilong striker, Inshalu (No. 9) rose to the occasion and notched the match for DYA through two goals in the first half. Sujimong of DYA netted another goal in the second half. The
Arikodong Club also counterattacked and found a goal through Wasu Kalentga at the 68 minute. Earlier in the day, the first match was played between Elation SA Vs Stardom F/C and Youngstar S/C Vs Tepenjem. The first two matches were won by Elation SA and Youngstar S/C through one goal respectively.
Abide Club win Kiphire 'Suicidal' heavyweight Tyson Fury admits cocaine use District Football League
Our Correspondent Kiphire | October 5
For the second consecutive years, Abide Club emerged as champions of the Kiphire District Football League defeating Legend Club in a penalty shootout after both teams were locked in a 1-1 draw at the end of stipulated time. In an exciting match viewed by thousands of spectators this evening at the Local Ground Kiphire, Legend Club took an early lead through Lisecho in the first ten minutes of the match. Abide Club fought
back and equalised in the 30th minute through Atongba. In the second half, the Legends were punished with a penalty for a handball inside the 18 yard box, however, Abide failed to convert the penalty as both team ended with one goal apiece at the end of the 90 minutes. The game was decided via a penalty shootout with Abide edging out the Legends 3-2. Abide Club walked away with cash prize of Rs. 40,000, certificates and medals while Legend Club
received Rs. 20,000, certificates and medals. In the individual prizes, Atongba of Abide was awarded the highest scorer, while teammate Thronjumong was awarded the best goalkeeper. Lanu Wapang of 14 IR E coy was awarded the best defender while Among of DC XI won Golden boot award. Ellen Club was awarded the best discipline team. Altogether, 8 teams took part in the tournament which was organised by the District administration and the Veteran football association.
LonDon, october 5 (aFP): Troubled world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has admitted taking large amounts of cocaine, saying he is also suicidal and that "I hope someone kills me before I kill myself". Following the Briton's latest, disturbing comments, the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) said Wednesday it would consider his case, and a possible decision to withdraw his licence to box, at an already scheduled October 12 meeting. The 28-year-old Fury, who has twice this year abruptly cancelled rematches with Wladimir Klitschko to defend his World Boxing Association and World Boxing Organization heavyweight belts, tweeted on Monday that he had retired, only to make a U-turn just hours later. Last week reports emerged that Fury had failed a drug test for cocaine and he confirmed for the first time, to Rolling Stone magazine, that he had taken the class A drug as a way of self-medicating for severe depression. "Listen, I've done a lot of things in my life. I've done lots of cocaine. Lots of it," Fury told the magazine in a series of startling admissions. Explaining why his rematch with Klitschko had been called off for a second time, Fury said: "I've not been training. I've been going through depression. I just don't want to live any more, if you know what I'm saying. I've had total
Tyson Fury (AP File Photo)
enough of it. He added: "I don't know if I'm going to see the year out, to be honest... "They say I've got a version of bipolar. I'm a manic depressive. I just hope someone kills me before I kill myself." Fury has courted controversy since sensationally defeating Klitschko last year to become world champion, making a series of comments about homosexuality and Jews and extolling the virtues of his extreme religious views. A member of the travelling community, Fury said he had been a victim of prejudice. "It's been a witch-hunt ever since I won that world title," Fury told Rolling Stone. "Ever since I got a bit of fame for doing good there's been a witch-hunt on me because of my background, because of who I am and what I do." Fury, who said he had never taken performanceenhancing drugs, already
risked losing his title belts because of inactivity. Asked how they would treat Fury, the board's general secretary Robert Smith told Britain's Press Association: "He is licensed by us. The sanctioning bodies, the WBO, WBA -- they are not governing bodies -- they can strip him, declare the titles vacant, or he can vacate them. Fury had been scheduled to earn the biggest purse of his career in a rematch with Klitschko in Manchester in October after stunning the Ukrainian last November to become world champion. However, Fury withdrew from that date and his camp claimed he had been "declared mentally unfit to fight". The allegations of cocaine use soon followed. A first scheduled rematch with Klitschko, set for July 9, was scrapped after Fury apparently sustained an ankle injury.
Five European games to watch in World Cup qualifying
Paris, october 5 (aFP): European qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia resumes this week with every nation playing twice after starting their campaigns last month. AFP Sports picks out some of the highlights amid a vast array of matches: Southgate leads troubled England England turn their back on the brief Sam Allardyce era as caretaker manager Gareth Southgate leads the team in a double-header of Group F matches against minnows Malta at Wembley and away to Slovenia. Allardyce left his post last week after just 67 days at the helm, departing "by mutual consent" after being caught giving advice about how to circumvent transfer rules and mocking his predecessor, Roy Hodgson, in a newspaper sting. His one game in charge ended in a 1-0 win in Slovakia, secured by a late Adam Lallana goal. Southgate, the England Under-21s coach, has recalled Manchester
United duo Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard and confirmed that Wayne Rooney will continue as captain, describing him as "the outstanding leader in the group." Burnley defender Michael Keane has also been called up to replace Stoke City's Glen Johnson, who was ruled out through injury. A slip-up against Malta, ranked 176th in the world, is unthinkable, but Slovenia could prove sticky opponents with a squad notably containing Atletico Madrid goalkeeper Jan Oblak. England needed a late Rooney goal to win in Ljubljana in Euro 2016 qualifying. Spain seek Italy revenge Italy and Spain meet in a heavyweight clash in Turin just over three months after the Azzurri knocked the reigning champions out of Euro 2016 in the last 16 at the Stade de France. Giorgio Chiellini and Graziano Pelle scored Italy's goals that day but much has changed in the short time since. For a start, both sides
now have new coaches, with Giampiero Ventura replacing Chelsea-bound Antonio Conte at the helm of Italy and Julen Lopetegui taking over from Vicente del Bosque. "Spain will be in a new state of mind and will be looking to avenge their Euro 2016 defeat to us," said Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci. "They have the best players. All you need is a look at their squad list to tell you that." Italy won 3-1 in Israel in their Group G opener last month while Spain hammered Liechtenstein 8-0. After Thursday's game, Spain visit Albania on Sunday while Italy go to Macedonia. France look for kick-start Didier Deschamps' France return to the Stade de France when they play Bulgaria on Friday, their first match there since losing in extra time to Portugal in the Euro 2016 final. Since that agonising defeat, Les Bleus got off to something of a false start in their World Cup qualifying campaign, drawing 0-0 away to Be-
larus. They could really do with a win against Bulgaria before facing their main Group A rivals, the Netherlands, in Amsterdam next Monday. Bulgaria have a new coach in Petar Hubchev, who played when they last came to France in 1993. That night, a 2-1 Bulgarian win famously denied their hosts a place at the following year's World Cup in the USA. "I've heard it spoken about but I was eight, it is quite a long time ago," said France defender Laurent Koscielny. "It's in the past." There are two new faces in the French squad in defence in the shape of Athletic Bilbao stopper Aymeric Laporte and Presnel Kimpembe of Paris Saint-Germain. Kosovo play first 'home' game Kosovo's competitive debut last month ended in a creditable 1-1 draw away to Finland, with Valon Berisha scoring their maiden World Cup goal in the Group I encounter. It was a remarkable result given that FIFA only gave their approval for a host of play-
ers to represent the Balkan outfit on the day of the game. Now Albert Bunjaki's side play their first "home" game, although they will face Croatia in the Albanian city of Shkoder because the facilities in Pristina, the Kosovan capital, are not yet deemed up to the standards of FIFA. In an extremely tough group, they follow Thursday's match by playing Ukraine on Sunday. That match will be played in the Polish city of Krakow. Iceland, Turkey meet again Iceland's remarkable journey to the quarter-finals of Euro 2016 started with a 3-0 home win against a stunned Turkey in Reykjavik in their opening qualifier in September 2014. Now with Heimir Hallgrimsson in sole charge after Lars Lagerback departed following the Euros, Iceland host Turkey again in World Cup qualifying Group I. Both teams drew 1-1 in their opening matches, Iceland in Ukraine and Turkey in Croatia.
Paris, october 5 (aFP): Arsenal have never won the European Champions League but they reign over the continent when it comes to matchday revenue, with takings at their Emirates Stadium greater than anywhere else in Europe. Their 60,000-capacity ground in north London, opened in 2006, generated 132 million euros (£116 million, $148 million) in the 2014-15 season from ticket sales and fan spending, according to a study by Deloitte. That is the equivalent of 30 percent of their total annual income and puts them just ahead of Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu, with its capacity of over 80,000, which generated 129.8 million euros in the same season. Of the 10 most profitable stadiums in terms of matchday revenue, five are in the English Premier League, two in Spain, two in Germany and one in France. The 10 most profitable stadiums in Europe (based on matchday revenue in 2014-15 season, according to Deloitte study) 1. Emirates Stadium (Arsenal): 132 million euros 2. Santiago Bernabeu (Real Madrid): 129.8 3. Camp Nou (Barcelona): 116.9 4. Old Trafford (Manchester United): 114 5. Stamford Bridge (Chelsea): 93.1 6. Allianz Arena (Bayern Munich): 89.8 7. Parc des Princes (Paris Saint-Germain): 78 8. Anfield (Liverpool): 75 9. Etihad Stadium (Manchester City): 57 10. Signal Iduna Park (Borussia Dortmund): 54.2
European leagues vow to fight Champions League changes
LonDon, october 5 (reuters): The organisation representing Europe's domestic soccer leagues is refusing to accept the proposed changes to the Champions League that guarantee four places for the strongest nations. UEFA announced in August a series of changes to its premier club competition from 2018, including guaranteeing a place for the top four clubs in the four top-ranked associations to leave only 16 spots for the rest of the continent. European soccer's ruling body also plans to give precedence to former winners of the competition regardless of their current form. However, Lars-Christer Olsson, chairman of European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL), said on Wednesday that there was almost unanimous opposition to the changes across Europe, including from England and Spain. That is due to a fear that they are the first steps towards a closed Champions League for the chosen few of Europe’s elite clubs. “The deal is not done,” Olsson told delegates at the Leaders in Sport Business Summit at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge ground. “The new UEFA president (Slovenian Aleksander Ceferin) has said he will look at it again and I am confident that we can change it," he added. “There has been a vacuum of leadership in UEFA and I think the big clubs have taken advantage of that and led to this mess. “They are setting all the conditions for a private closed league in the future – that risk is more dangerous than the initial
changes.” Olsson dismissed suggestions that his organisation lacked the power to influence UEFA or compete with that of the biggest clubs and he is expecting progress after a meeting on Oct. 21. “The procedure has been slow as well as wrong and we were not consulted,” he said. “We have to come to a conclusion soon and that means changing some of the decisions already made. With a new UEFA president I think there is an opportunity to bring it back to the table. “We agree there needs to be a certain adjustment to Champions league and Europa League and of course the big clubs should be heard and are important, but you have to keep a door open for those who want to get into the system – the dream has to remain available.” Olsson said his organisation was considering various options should UEFA not listen to its protest, adding that domestic leagues could in future schedule matches on Champions League nights. Scotland is one of the lower-tier nations likely to suffer should the proposals go ahead and Neil Doncaster, CEO of the country’s league, said they were “hugely damaging”. “I’ve never seen the game in Europe so united against a set of proposals,” he told reporters. “A closed shop is clearly what a number of clubs would like to see and it’s outrageous that UEFA has presided above that. “It’s totally crazy and the first step towards a private league.”
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