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Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony — Mahatma Gandhi Modi urges calm, vows action against Uri perpetrators PAGE 08

New Zealand on the ropes, India close in on big win

‘Need to protect land for future generations’ PAGE 02

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india to ratify Paris climate Deal on oct 2 Bring new projects, not fences: nagaland cM

KozHIKode (KerAlA), September 25 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced that India will ratify the 21st Conference of Parties (CoP) protocol on combating climate change on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary on October 2.

“Now the time has come to ratify the COP21 protocol. India will do it on Gandhi Jayanti on October 2,” Modi said while addressing the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) National Council meet here, noting Gandhi lived his life with a minimum “Carbon footprint”.

It was also on October 2 last year that India had submitted its action plan, called the ‘Intended Nationally Determined Contribution’, to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which eventually led to a deal at COP 21 in Paris in December 2015.

Expressing concern over climate change, he said the whole world is endeavouring to keep the

reflections

By Sandemo Ngullie

A man walks past a stranded public transport bus on a road flooded by heavy rains in Mumbai. Prime Minister, narendra Modi today informed that india will ratify the Paris Climate Deal on october 2. (REuTERs FilE PHoTo)

increase in global temperature below 2 degrees Celsius as provided in the Paris agreement. “Such was the perception of other nations that India is being a spoilsport...but at CoP21 the whole world praised India saying it played a forward and positive role (in allowing the negotiations

The Morung Express Poll QuEsTion

Vote on www.morungexpress.com sMs your answer to 9862574165 Will the present crisis within Naga Hoho affect the Naga progress towards it political and historical rights? Why? Yes

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Is “tribalism” the main reason for the present divisions and lack of political cohesion in Naga society?

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Upgrade power supply to Jalukie: JTWCU

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dImApUr, September 25 (mexN): The Jalukie Town Ward Chairman Union (JTWCU) has reminded the Power Department that Jalukie Town is in dire need for an upgradation of power supply.

“With the rapid increase in population and settlement, the power supply at present is insufficient and for which the population of Jalukie Town is facing untold misery,” the Union said in a letter to the Chief Engineer (D&R), Power Department today. It informed that the union had appealed to the Engineer (Electrical) Peren and SDO (Electrical) Jalukie to upgrade the transformer of Jalukie Town several times “and in response of our appeal the Executive Engineer has given the proposal for up-gradation of the transformer to 2.5MVA at Jalukie Town.” It therefore asked the department to do the necessary at the earliest and upgrade the transformer before November 2016.

197 parties to the convention. India, along with 190 others, signed the Paris Climate Agreement at the UN in New York to create an ‘Environment Democracy’ in commemoration of the 46th ‘International Mother Earth Day’ on April 22.

Out of 191 signatories, 60 -- contributing 47.79

Social Welfare Director responds to ANSWFSEA

dImApUr, September 25 (mexN): Director of the Nagaland State Social Welfare Department, T Merangtsungba Aier today issued a statement in response to the All Nagaland Social Welfare Field Staff Employees Association’s (ANSWFSEA) decision to hold a sit-in protest on September 27 and series of protest in agitation, impliGreat service, mind boggling cating that the government sermon. But Pastor, how’re you going to wipe out corruption and over haul our political system all by yourself?

at CoP21 go smoothly),” he added.

The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) was held in November-December 2015 in Paris, where 191 parties, including India, adopted the first-ever universal, legally binding global climate deal, out of the total

per cent of global emissions -- have already ratified the CoP21 protocol, which is due to come into force in 2020.

At least 55 countries, and signatories accounting for 55 per cent of the world’s harmful emissions, needed to ratify the agreement before it comes into effect. While this country criterion has already been fulfilled, the emissions target - even after India’s ratification - would still outstrip the required figure by 3.11 per cent.

China and the US have both ratified the accord.

China is responsible for 20.09 per cent emissions, followed by the US at 17.89 per cent. The European Union, which is yet to ratify the agreement, accounts for 12.10 per cent while India stands at 4.10 per cent. To cut down its emissions, India has pledged to increase its clean energy share - solar and wind - by 40 per cent by 2022 to 175 GW. Its solar programme aimed to achieve 100 GW by 2022 - is one of the fastest growing in the world.

has not responded to their demands and have ignored their plea.

A press note from the Social Welfare Director said that the department “has not been sleeping over the issues, rather with sincere earnestness have taken up all the demands represented by the association.”

“It is pertinent to mention here and realize that

issues relating to service matters needs careful scrutiny and should be processed through official procedures which is time consuming and can be in place only once it is formally approved by the competent authorities.

The demands the Association have put forward have been put up to the highest authorities for consideration which is expected to

be taken up very soon,” he informed.

He therefore advised the association “to be more sensible and not to take the law in your hands defying the Government Servant Conduct Rules which may result more complications instead of resolving the issues amicably.” It asked the ANSWFSEA to “shun from the agitations proposed for the benefit of all.”

AgArtAlA, September 25 (IANS): The Indian government should not fence the India-Myanmar border and, instead, undertake developmental projects, Nagaland Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang has said, adding that restrictions on various construction activities in border areas need to be relaxed.

“The government of India should abandon its plan to erect fencing along the India-Myanmar border... (it) must carry out developmental projects and build infrastructure, specially roads, along the border with Myanmar,” Zeliang told IANS in an interview.

Four northeastern states -- Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh -- “have already told the central government to stop its plans to fence the India-Myanmar border. The Union government is considering the proposal”, said Zeliang.

“With developmental projects, people residing along the border would come together in a large way. Thus, inimical elements, including extremists, would not get scope for their nefarious and criminal activities,” the Chief Minister maintained.

Four northeastern states -- Arunachal Pradesh (520 km), Manipur (398 km), Nagaland (215 km) and Mizoram (510 km) -- share a 1,643-km unfenced border with Myanmar.

“While everybody knows the logic behind fencing India’s land borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh, this logic does not apply to India’s land border with Myammar. In Nagaland, the international boundary does not follow a river or other landmarks. Rather, it follows the watershed principle.”

He said that since Nagas and other tribals in northeast India generally set up their villages on hill-tops, the international boundary divides many villages into two. In the case of Longwa village in Mon district, for instance, the international boundary runs through the middle of the ‘Angh’s’ (village chief’s) house, where half of it is in India and the other half in Myammar.

“I cite this example to show how badly

the Nagas and their ancestral lands have been divided by the India-Myammar border.

“Naturally, the villagers have to continue their movement across the international boundary almost on a daily basis for their agricultural and various other activities. Hence, border fencing is not a viable proposition,” Zeliang explained.

“Another peculiar character of this sector is that in spite of the open and unguarded border, and in spite of the free-movement regime, there has been practically no migration of the native Nagas across the international border. This is basically because of the strong attachment the Nagas have for their ancestral land and because of their traditional land-holding system.”

He demanded that restrictions on various construction activities in border areas need to be relaxed.

“The Defence and Home Ministries have imposed various restrictions on construction and other development activities within 25 km of aerial distance from the international border due to security concerns. In the hilly terrain this distance can mean a lot,” he added.

On the peace talks with National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM), the chief minister said that that Nagas want peace and development and early solutions of their long-standing problems.

“Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) and Home Minister (Rajnath Singh) have informed us that the government has opted for a time-bound discussion to resolve the decades-old Naga problem,” Zeliang added.

The centre and the NSCN-IM entered into a ceasefire agreement in August 1997.

More than 52 rounds of talks have been held to end the insurgency that is said to have claimed 25,000 lives since 1947.

The NSCN-IM has been fighting for an independent Nagaland for over six decades. But since the peace talks began, it has scaled down the demand to a “Greater Nagaland”, including parts of three neighbouring states to unite areas inhabited by around 1.5 million Nagas.

KVGOA organizes health talk No takers for NE Telecom Development plan on Diabetes & Hypertension our Correspondent

Kohima | September 25

The Kohima Village Gazetted Officers’ Association (KVGOA) in collaboration with Kohima Village Doctors’ Association (KVDA) today organized a health talk on diabetes mellitus, hypertension and stroke in commemoration of the ongoing KVGOA silver jubilee celebration at Kohima Village Council (KVC) Hall.

Dr. Neiphrezo Mepfhuo and Dr. Khriesatalie Yhome talked on diabetes mellitus and hypertension & stroke respectively.

They said that in terms of diabetes, high level of blood glucose can damage the blood vessels in kidneys, heart, eyes or nervous system. Diabetes if left unattended can cause heart disease, stroke, kidney diseases, blindness and nerve damage.

For prevention and control of diabetes, people were encouraged to maintain normal body weight, healthy nutritional practices, regular physical exercise such as brisk walking/ jogging and avoiding alcohol and smoking.

Secondary prevention is also possible by maintaining normal blood glucose levels, ideal body weight and blood pressure, normal blood cholesterol and fats and to maintain normal HbA1C. All diabetic persons should get their blood estimation, kidney function test, eye check up and foot estimation every 3 to 6 months,they added.

30% of the disease can be controlled with proper diet, diet for a diabetic person need not be completely different from a non-diabetic person, all green and leafy vegetables should be taken more often like bitter gourd, lettuce leaves, brinjals, cabbage, cauliflower, carrot, soyabean etc, cook the vegetables with minimum oil.

The food that a diabetic patient should avoid are; sugar in any form of sweets, ice creams, chocolates, candies etc, high carbohydrate foods likes potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc, fried items like puri etc, fruits high in sugar content like banana, grapes, mango etc.

They added that exercise for a diabetic patient is very important as it lowers blood glucose level quickly, improves the ability of the human body to use insulin, reduce insulin requirement, better control of diabetes and reduces the risk of heart diseases.

Screening tests for common non communicable diseases are available in all district hospitals, according to National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke, Nagaland.

Referring to hypertension, the speakers said that normal adult blood pressure is defined as a blood pressure of 120mm Hg (systolic) and 80 mm Hg (diastolic). High blood pressure (Hypertension) is defined as blood pressure of 140/90 mm Hg. High blood pressure can lead to

heart attacks, stroke and kidney problems.

Most people with hypertension have no symptoms at all. There is a need for screening of hypertension as it is an incidental finding during routine medical checkups. Sometimes hypertension causes symptoms such as headache, shortness of breath, dizziness, chest pain, palpitations of the heart and nose bleeds.

Risk factors for high pressure include tobacco use, unhealthy diet, harmful use of alcohol, lack of physical activity, poor stress management, obesity, high intake of salt in the diet, high cholesterol and diabetes mellitus.

Prevention measures include maintenance of normal body weight, regular physical activity, maintain healthy diet, low in salt and fat and increase intake of seasonal fruits and vegetables, stop tobacco use and exposure to tobacco products, avoiding harmful use of tobacco and manage stress in healthy way.

Individuals who already have hypertension were encouraged to adopt healthy behaviors, monitor blood pressure at home, check blood sugar, cholesterol level and urine albumin, follow medical advice and regularly take any prescribed medications for lowering blood pressure.

Earlier, the KVGOA President Er. Keviletuo Yiese and Dr. Vizolie Suokhrie delivered short speeches. The programme was chaired by Dr. Khriesi Sachu.

New delHI, September 25 (ptI): None of the telecom operators bid last week for a governmentfunded project for rolling out mobile networks in uncovered parts of the North-East region.

The project was approved by the Cabinet two years ago.

“There was no bidder for the project when tender was opened on September 22,” an official source told PTI. The Cabinet in September 2014 approved Comprehensive Telecom Development Plan for the NorthEastern Region entailing an estimated expenditure of Rs 5,336.18 crore to be funded from the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF).

The project envisages providing 2G mobile coverage in identified uncovered areas and seamless mobile coverage along National Highways in the North-East region.

At present, there are 43,200 villages in this region, of which 9,190 (21 per cent) are not connected to any mobile network. Under this project, the Cabinet approved coverage of 8,621 villages through installation of 6,673 towers.

The project has been divided in two parts where tough terrain, which include two districts of Assam and Arunanchal Pradesh, has been given to state-run telecom firm BSNL for installing about 2,100 mobile towers and the rest was kept for private telecom operators.

When contacted, telecom industry body COAI Director General Rajan S Mathews said, “Telecom operators could not participate primarily because of investment reason. Right now everybody is occupied in rolling out 4G networks, improving networks to address call drop and there is fund crunch because of upcoming

spectrum auction.”

He said that the Cellular Operators Association of India had written to the Department of Telecom for easing tender norms but these were not relaxed. Indian telecom gear makers body TEMA too approached the DoT opposing its move to limit participation to only mobile service providers for the project.

TEMA and even telecom operator Idea Cellular requested it to allow infrastructure providers (IP-1) to bid for the project but the DoT rejected the demand.

“It (limiting it to telecom operators) will benefit only a few select mobile operators who were, in fact, supposed to provide coverage in these areas as per their licensing terms and conditions, but never reached there even after 15-20 years of issuance of licence,” TEMA had said in its letter.

Nagaland Pig Breeding Policy- Part 4 our Correspondent Kohima | September 25

The Nagaland state government, after realizing the importance of having a sound breeding policy for pigs in the state, made a cabinet decision authorizing the Department of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services to frame the breeding policy through a participatory process.

The department led the process with the support and expertise available from NRC (Pig)/ ICAR, National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR/ ICAR, Nagaland University, Assam Agricultural University, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and North East Initiative Development Agency with funding support from the Tata Trusts.

The participatory process was facilitated by ILRI. As part of this, first a breed mapping exercise was carried out, followed by focus discussions in selected districts and a series of stakeholder consultations at the state level.

The policy stated that information on pig breed types and their distribution in Nagaland were gained by a participatory mapping exercise where participants were experts inside and outside of the state who are knowledgeable on pig breed–type distribution and genetic material flows in or out from Nagaland.

The participatory mapping exercise entailed: (1) defining the major breeds and cross-breed types in the state (including identifying the maternal and paternal lines contributing

to the cross-breed types as well as the production systems) they are found in; (2) agreeing on and depicting a representation of the geographical distribution of the breed/cross-breed types for the different production systems on supplied detail map; (3) interrogating and refining the map. Key discussions/explanations that emerged as part of the process were recorded.

Results of this exercise showed the different types of breeds kept by farmers in different regions of the state. Large Black breed (LB) and its crossbreds were the most popular breeds; followed by Burmese Black breed and their crossbreeds. Crossbreds of LB with indigenous (local) breeds were also prevalent on smallholder farms.

Implementation of pig

breeding policy for the state of Nagaland will not only target socio-economically weak communities including women folk in terms of their sustainable livelihood security but also address the issue of pig production system under changing climatic scenario by improved production and productivity, the policy stated.

“It is also expected to mitigate the current demand supply gap and open avenues for development of entrepreneurship and export of pork and pork products,” it added.

It also stated that as the pig rearing system is dynamic and pig population structure is expected to change over a period of time, the present breeding policy requires to be reviewed after a minimum period of five years.

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‘Need to protect land ‘Unity is a pre-requisite for any social development’ Zeliangrong Students’ Union Kohima for future generations’ holds 40th annual general conference Kohima, September 25 (mexN): Parliamentary Secretary for Veterinary & Animals Husbandry, S. Chuba Longkumer has stated that unity is a pre-requisite for any social development and that every tribe in Nagaland should work for unity.

Speaking at the 40th annual general conference of Zeliangrong Students’ Union Kohima here on September 24, he said Zeliangrong people should work even harder considering that the tribe is unique unlike others with its people spread out in the three states of Nagaland, Assam, and Manipur. He encouraged the Zeliangrong students stating that their strong unity will make Zeliangrong tribe stronger in par-

Thepfulhouvi Solo speaking at the seminar organized by KVGOA at KVC Hall, Kohima Village on September 24.

Kohima, September 25 (Dipr): As part of the Kohima Village Gazetted Officers’ Association (KVGOA) Silver Jubilee celebration, a seminar with the main theme ‘U Kijü kerüguo mu U mezhü’ was held at Kohima Village Council Hall, Kohima Village on September 24.

The resource persons were NAPO President, Vilieo Rutsa; Addl. Sr. Govt. Advocate, Vihelieü Suokhrie; and retired Principal Secretary, Thepfulhouvi Solo (IFS).

Vilieo Rutsa enlightened the gathering on the genesis of the village formation and its establishment by the forefathers. He also highlighted the custom of land ownership and stressed on the importance of land protection for the future generations. He further spoke on the system of traditional land dispute settlement within the village and neigbouring villages. Traditionally, women were not deprived to inherit, however, certain rules were observed in inherited properties, he said.

Vihelieü Suokhrie dwelled on sale of land, land mortgage, and Nagaland Land (Requisition and Acquisition) Act 1965.

On sale of land, she emphasized on the ownership of property bought by the buyer; on land mortgage, she highlighted the rights and limitation of mortgagee and mortgagor; and on the Nagaland Land

(Requisition and Acquisition) Act 1965, she explained on the issue of show cause notice to land owners as to why their land should not be acquired followed by other legal procedures.

Thepfulhouvi Solo stressed on Article 371 of the Indian Constitution. He pointed out that Nagas have rights on the usage of their land and resources. He observed the need to bring out some guidelines in regard to sale of land to outsiders by the Village Council so as to protect the land for future generations. “Tribal land is the tribal’s biggest identity so it is necessary to protect it for future generations,” he stated. He maintained it is everyone’s duty to respect the government; however, one should not hesitate to voice out their rights when particular policy is against “our” traditional rights.

President KVGOA, Er. Keviletuo Yiese in his remark stated that there is a need to protect our land for our future generations as the population has been increasing year after year. Keeping this in mind, the seminar was organized to ponder and discuss on how to protect our land for our future generations, he added.

Chairman of Kohima Village Council, Medoselhou Keretsü also addressed the function.

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Women Helpline 181 Kohima, September 25 (mexN): The Women Helpline 181 provides 24 hours toll-free telecom service to render redress to women who are in distress.

WHL 181 also provides information about the laws, existing schemes and government programmes related to women empowerment and protection.

It may be recalled that Women Helpline 181, which was launched on June 23 this year by Nagaland’s Governor PB Acharya, is a scheme exclusively designed to support women affected by violence, both in private and public spaces, including in the family, community, workplace etc.

According to the State Resources Centre for Women, women who are victims of abuse such as sexual, emotional, psychological and economic violence are provided with immediate emergency services as and when required through referral services to the appropriate agencies such as: police, hospital, ambulance services, district legal service authority, protection officers, one stop centre etc.

ticular and Nagaland in general.

“Zeliangrong people are the ambassadors of peace to all the three states,” he said. If they are truly united, he maintained, the voice of Zeliangrong student will be the most formidable in Nagaland and beyond.

The MLA further mentioned that “today we are in the midst of third revolution known as information revolution where knowledge is an important commodity, so people with quality education are the most powerful people.” He maintained that knowledge is the

key factor in the information revolution, and this sharing of knowledge happens only when one acquires quality education.

“In the age of information technology, with ample information available and having access to many orientations, there are possibilities that the students can go astray unless they are focused and purpose driven,” he stated.

Chuba further encouraged the students’ body to decide their career very carefully, to be honest in their approach, and keep moving towards their goal in positive

aspect.

The conference, which was held under the banner ‘Unite for glory and wisdom’ at Capital Convention Hall, also had election for the Zeliangrong Students’ Union Kohima officials. Keyileurangbe was elected as the President, Bangdwa as Vice President, and Kawizaisi as General Secretary.

The students’ union also organized ‘Pageant Contest & Extravaganza’, where Kawichamliu and Liahing won the pageant contest.

The panel of judges comprised of Amonbo, President, Zeliangrong Students’ Union Nagaland and Pakinzinliu, Asst Prof., Tetso College, Dimapur. Meanwhile, the union also felicitated 14 meritorious students with certificate.

CACYA celebrates completion of 25 years Bishop urges youth to be agent of change and transformation

Kohima, September 25 (mexN): The Cathedral Angami Catholic Youth Association (CACYA) celebrated its Silver Jubilee at Mary Help of Christians Cathedral, Kohima on September 25 with Rev. Fr. Carolus Neisalhou, Parish Priest and Vicar General, as the main celebrant. The theme of the Jubilee Celebration was ‘You are the light of the world’.

Rev. Fr. Neisalhou in his homily said that the parable of Lazarus and the rich man evokes to have concern and compassion for “our brothers and sisters in need.” He stated that one can lose heaven because of one’s pre-occupation with oneself without any concern for those around them who need their care and assistance.

“Lazarus, the beggar

Cathedral Angami Catholic Youth Association choir with the Bishop during the Silver Jubilee celebration on September 25.

was poor materially and depended on others for his daily existence, yet he was rich in God’s favour,” he reminded. Referring to the book of Ecclesiastes, he said, "Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days

come" (Ecclesiastes 12:1).

To learn to fear God and to walk in obedience to his commandments is core of the gospel, he added.

A press release from Fr. Thomas Toretkiu, Secretary to Bishop (Kohima) further informed that Most

NU: SASRD students organize agricultural exhibition in villages

Students of NU: SASRD during the exhibition in one of the villages in Phek.

Dimapur, September 25 (mexN): Agri. students of NU: SASRD organized agricultural exhibition in six villages of Phek district from September 23 to 24. The exhibition was organized under a component of Rural Agricultural Work Experience Programme (RAWEP), which is jointly organised by NU: SASRD and the Department of Agriculture, Government of Nagaland. 55 students are undergoing three months of village placement from August to November under RAWEP. The exhibition was organized in Lasumi, Zapami, Kami villages on September 23 and Lekromi, Pfutseromi and Kikruma villages on September 24, informed a press release from Dr. K.K. Jha, Associate Prof. (Ag. Extension), NU: SASRD and RAWEP Coordinator.

The programme was graced by Heweto Sema, District Agriculture Officer (DAO), Phek, who lauded the efforts of the students, the release stated.

Dr. K.K. Jha, RAWEP Coordinator gave specific guidelines for evaluation of exhib-

its and appealed to the villagers for adoption of innovations.

The exhibits, prepared by the students using locally available resources, included wide range of innovative recycled products, processed agricultural products, jam and squash made of locally available fruits, village resource map, scientific housing systems for pigs and poultry, insect pest management techniques, improved farm implements for reducing manual labour, eco friendly agricultural practices for improved productivity, cost effective bamboo products and many other value added products to capture the attention of rural people for skill development and profitability.

The exhibitions were witnessed by more than 800 farmers from the villages along with respective Village Council Chairmen, VDB Secretaries, GBs, youth leaders, women, and children. The exhibits were evaluated by Neiku Tsido, SDAO from DAO office, Phek; Dr. LY Longchar (SE); and Dr. K.K. Jha, RAWEP Coordinator.

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Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, Bishop of Kohima, during the short felicitation programme said the jubilee is a time to remember with gratitude the achievements of the last 25 years.

“CACYA has grown over the years and now it a big

force to reckon with. We must also now make difference in the society by being a catalyst for social change,” he encouraged. The Bishop also called upon the youth to be agent of change and transformation. “Instead of blaming people and situations around us let your light shine before others so that they may see the good you do and praise God,” he stated.

Vizovono Janet Chaya anchored the programme, while Dr. Kekhrieseno Christina presented the brief history of ACYA. The choir from Cathedral Angami Catholic Youth Association and Angami Catholic Women Association enthralled the audience with their melodious voice. Viketoulie Lawrence Solo, Advisor, CACYA pronounced the vote of thanks.

Training-cum-workshop for schools in Phek pheK, September 25 (meXN): Deputy District Education Officer (DDEO), Phek has informed all concerned that there will be training-cum-workshop on 'Students' Data collection in sync with UDISE 2016' on September 29 for Meluri Block and on September 30 for Chozuba, Phek and Pfutsero Blocks. The training coincides with National UDISE Day, which is observed on September 30. In a press release, the DDEO, Nuchisalu Nienu stated that it is compulsory for all the Principals, Headmasters, Head Teachers, and Teachers In-charge of both private and government schools to attend the training-cum-workshop.

BAMS Phek organizes Cultural-cum-Literary Day pheK, September 25 (mexN): With an objective to celebrate the rich and diverse cultures of different communities studying in the School, and also to create awareness among the students about the need to preserve their rich cultural heritage, Bishop Abraham Memorial School (BAMS), Phek organized Cultural-cum-Literary Day on September 23-24 at Town Hall, Phek with Dr. Katoni Jakhalu, Principal, Phek Government College as the chief guest.

Dr. Katoni lauded the school for organising such cocurriculum activities, which she said, will act as a platform for the students to expose their talents and enhance their social skills and team spirit, informed a press release from Ase-o, Assistant Teacher, BAMS, Phek. She inspired the students through a story of the ancient Greek philosopher – Socrates. Drawing lesson from the story, Dr. Katoni stated that the secret to success is to have a burning desire to achieve something in life just like a burning desire for air to breathe when under water. She urged the students not to be discouraged by setbacks but rather learn from the mistakes and inspire one another to overcome obstacles. She further stressed on the necessity and importance of patience and perseverance in a student’s life.

The inaugural programme included scripture reading

by Mercy, invocation of God’s blessing and introductory words by Rev. Fr. Patrick Neikhalo, Principal of Bishop Abraham Memorial School, Phek; action song by UKG students, cultural dance by class 7B, Isle of Hope and Isle of Tears (a special number) by class 9B students. Competitions were held on folk song, cultural show, choir, instrumental piece, prepared speech, declamation, skit, dance, debate, quiz, etc.

Counselling service in Nagaland: Special lecture held Kohima, September 25 (mexN): St. Joseph’s College, Jakhama in collaboration with SCERT held a special lecture on ‘Counselling service in Nagaland’ on September 24 at the conference hall of SCERT, Kohima. Over hundred students who are doing certificate course in Guidance and Counseling (UGC approved) participated in the special lecture delivered by Dr. Zavise Rume, Associate Professor, SCERT, Nagaland, informed a press release from Fr. C. Joseph, Counsellor, St. Joseph's College, Jakhama. Dr. Zavise covered range of topics like Philosophical and historical background of counselling, History of counselling in India, North East and Nagaland, Need of counselling in Nagaland, Approaches to counselling, Comprehensive approach to school counselling, Basic skills of school counseling etc. Students were encouraged to learn and get trained to be professional counsellors in near future, the press release said. Further, it expressed hope that such lecture will be useful for those who take up the profession of teaching, social work etc., and may be good for one’s own personal development too. Everyone in the programme felt the need of counselling service in Nagaland, it was stated.

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Bengal, M'laya see high contraceptive use, major decline in fertility rate September 26 is World Contraception Day New Delhi, September 25 (iANS): As the government continues to push for new methods of contraceptives to boost family planning, West Bengal and Meghalaya have so far witnessed the highest decline in Total Fertility Rate (TFR) and also an increase in adoption of modern contraceptive methods such as oral pills and IUDs against sterilisation, says official data.

The National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-4 (2015-16), released for 16 Indian states, reveals that Meghalaya recorded a TFR of 3 from the 3.80 recorded during NFHS-3, a decade earlier for 2005-06. West Bengal has witnessed a fall in TFR from 2.30 during NFHS-3 to 1.80 in NFHS-4.

TFR is the number of children

who would be born to a woman (per 1,000 women) if she/they were to pass through the childbearing years bearing children according to a current schedule of age-specific fertility rates.

Among other states, Maharashtra witnessed a TFR of 1.90 during NFHS-4 from 2.10 during NFHS-3, while Karnataka witnessed a TFR of 1.80 from 2.10 over the decade.

The data also shows that West Bengal and Meghalaya are among the states which have seen the highest adoption of condoms, IUDs and oral pills, and also a welcome decline in sterilisation, a terminating contraception method that is full of complications, including internal bleeding, infection or damage to other organs.

"The results of West Bengal and Meghalaya can set an example and play the role of catalyst for other states. This shows that now people have started moving for spacing

methods, which is always convenient. Using the statistics of these two states the Indian government can actually intensify its family planning initiatives," Poonam Muttreja, Executive Director of Population Foundation of India, told IANS. The NFHS has also reported a sharp decline in numbers of women aged 20-24 years who were married before they were 18.

Meghalaya and West Bengal, besides a few more states, have recorded the highest fall in this category -- from 24.5 per cent to 16.5 per cent and 53.3 per cent to 40.7 per cent respectively, in the last decade.

In the usage of contraceptives, Meghalaya witnessed 7 per cent increase in oral pills usage at 11.70 per cent during NFHS-4 from 5 per cent earlier.

West Bengal witnessed almost 9 per cent increase in usage of oral pills,

from 11.70 per cent in NFHS-3 to 20 per cent in the latest data.

However, the increase is absent in some of the bigger states where the government's family planning incentives have been intensified over the years. Tamil Nadu has seen no progress in oral pills usage -- with 0.20 per cent recorded both in NFHS -3 and -4.

Uttarakhand has reported poor response - with the usage of oral pills declining from 4.20 to 3.20 per cent in the current data.

In the usage of condoms, West Bengal has seen a rise - at 5.90 per cent in NHFS-4 from 4.30 during NFHS-3.

States like Bihar have seen a decline in usage of condoms from 2.30 per cent to 1 per cent, while Maharashtra has see a rise from 6.20 per cent in NFHS-3 to 7.10 per cent in the latest data.

M.C.A Mishra, Director AIIMS,

told IANS: "It is heartening to witness that in Meghalaya and West Bengal, there is significant increase in use of non-sterilisation methods. But it is worrying to see such a trend missing in states like Bihar and other larger states."

"Focus should be on use of barrier methods and/or contraceptive pills.

Among the pills, Saheli (Centchromen) is non-hormonal, indigenously developed. It is effective and low cost," he said.

Sterilisation, which until some decades ago was the most preferred method of contraception, has seen an overall drastic decline almost in all states.

Sterilisation of women in Meghalaya in NFHS-4 was 6.20 per cent from 9.50 per cent in NFHS-3, while the figure for male steriliation is nil in the last one decade from 0.10 per cent in NFHS-3.

In West Bengal, sterilisation among females has fallen from 32.20 per cent to 29.30 per cent in the last decade, while among males it dipped to 0.10 per cent from 0.80 per cent in same period.

Female sterilisation in bigger states like Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka also fell from 44.30 per cent to 42.20 per cent and 57.40 per cent to 48.60 per cent respectively in the last one decade.

Medical science says that fall in female sterilisation is a good sign because if the operation fails, it may increase the risk of ectopic pregnancy (when a fertilised egg implants outside the womb, usually in a fallopian tube).

The sterilisation operation is difficult to reverse. Female sterilisation doesn't protect against sexually transmitted infections (STIs), so doctors recommend condom usage.

B'desh to erect barbed wire fence on border with India Mizoram govt firm not to concede to HPC-D demand

JeSSore (bANGlADeSh), September 25 (pti): With India looking to completely seal the IndoBangla border in Assam soon, a top Bangladeshi security commander has said his country has decided to erect a barbed wire fence along the border with India and Myanmar.

Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Bangladesh’s border guarding force, Major General Aziz Ahmed told a visiting group of Indian journalists here that his government has already approved a project to have a 282 km road along the border it shares with India and Myanmar.

While India borders Bangladesh from three sides (4,096 km), it shares a small 271 km border with Myamnar on its eastern flank.

“Our government, in principle, has agreed to have barbed wire fencing along the borders with India as well as Myanmar.

In principle, it has also been decided to have link roads all along the border like India is having which facilitates BSF activities and those of the Myanmarese border guarding forces,” the BGB chief said while speaking via video—link at the headquarter of BGB’s southwest region here from his office in Peelkhana in Dhaka.

He said it was “unfortunate” that these “two basic needs” of having a barbed wire fence and roads has not been developed on the Bangladeshi side till now. Gen. Ahmed said these projects are under “active consideration” of his

Assam needs ILPtype protection, says Mahanta GuwAhAti, September 25 (tNN): Former chief minister and founder president of Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) Prafulla Kumar Mahanta has appealed to the Centre to provide special constitutional safeguards, modelled on the Inner Line Permit (ILP) system, in the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, to protect the indigenous people of the state.

The bill, which was tabled in Parliament on August 11, seeks to give citizenship rights to persecuted religious minorities from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.

It is currently being examined by a joint select committee of Parliament after opposition parties said it needed more scrutiny.

Leading a delegation under the banner of Asom Andolan Sangrami Mancha, Mahanta recently met committee members in New Delhi and submitted a memorandum opposing the bill. "We have explained our points in the memorandum.

Assam bore the burden of foreigners till 1971. Just the way outsiders cannot buy property in states like Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Mizoram, Assam, too, needs similar safeguards," Mahanta told reporters here on Saturday.

The three states mentioned by Mahanta have the Inner Line Permit system which restricts the entry and stay of 'outsiders'. Another northeastern state, Manipur, has been on the boil over the ILP issue for months now.

"The bill is an insult to the Assam Accord. Anyone who entered the state after March 25, 1971, is an illegal citizen irrespective of religion, caste and creed. So we appeal to all concerned to oppose the bill in writing before October 30," he said. Mahanta added that he would discuss the issue at the party level even though AGP is part of the state's ruling coalition.

government.

Gen. Ahmed made the remarks while replying to a question where he was asked what was Bangladesh’s response to the India which had recently said that the IndoBangla border in Assam will be fully sealed by June, 2017 and later all along.

“You would understand that all these things require huge amounts of money...but the government has already approved a project for 282 km where roads along with barbed wire fence will be erected and possibly that will start from the Myanmarese side,” Gen. Ahmed said.

He said as India has already raised fence along 79 per cent of the Indo-Bangla border, it “indirectly helps” his country in check-

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In today's world of rising crime and increasing inhuman acts, adopting and implementing the basic fundamental duties by citizens will act as a deterrent in curbing the crimes, said Justice SR Sen of the Meghalaya High Court on Saturday.

“If Article 15 A guidelines can be implemented many crimes can be curbed, " said Sen while addressing a gathering at the inauguration of legal care and support centre at Lady Kean college.

It may be noted here that Article 15 A of the Indian constitution states- Fundamental duties: It

shall be the duty of every citizen of India to abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals and institutions, the national Flag and the National Anthem.

“It is important for us to implement our fundamental duties," said Sen further adding, “We cannot ask for our rights if we don't do our fundamental duties well.” Justice Sen further said that the setting up of the centre to provide legal aid to people is basic human rights.

Meanwhile, the Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court, Dinesh Maheswari in his speech said, “We have duties to our personal self, family, state and towards the nation. We have fundamental duties and this starts from an individual.”

Children from Manipur who underwent heart surgery at Lisie Hospital with the teddy bear presented by Cardinal George Alancherry at the farewell function on Saturday. (Photo: Sunoj Ninan Mathew)

these six children were shortlisted for treatment. A group of 19 members comprising patients and their parents arrived on the Onam day to the hospital for treatment.

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issued on October 29, 2014 by the department of expenditure under the ministry of finance, directed the states to stop hiring in government departments. But the government has been continuing its recruitment drive, he said.

CPM has moved a private members' resolution urging the Centre to create two crore jobs, as was promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi before the general election.

"Various departments and profitmaking central PSUs have failed to give maximum output because of the shortage of manpower for a long time. This is helping private business establishments, such as postal, telecommunication and other essential sectors flourish," Choudhury said.

Congress and TMC MLAs have, however, refused to buy the claims that the Centre has decided to put a ban on new employment creation or filling up of vacancies.

Mizoram government and HPC (D) was resumed on August 10, three years after a stalemate in 2013.

Earlier, both Mizoram government and the HPC (D) had made several efforts to find amicable solution to the Hmar political imbroglio through negotiations and the last talks held in 2013 fizzled out due to disagreement over the period of extension of Suspension of Operation (SoO).

Meanwhile, according to a Mizoram Post newspaper report, the Mizoram Home Minister had told the media that the ongoing peace dialogue will be "meaningless if the HPCD continues to demand ADC".

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Manipur children take heart, for home

KoChi, September 25 (DeCCAN ChroNiCle): They are from Manipur and are toddling in their life. Six kids from the northeastern state who are in the age group of two to nine and who faced serious congenital cardiac problems can now look for a better life, courtesy the Lisie Hospital under the Syro-Malabar Church, which conducted free corrective surgery for them. Cardinal George Alancherry was at the hospital on Saturday to wish them a bon voyage back home and a steady life ahead.

It was through Fr. Lijo Ennamplasseril, the director of Christian Medical Center at Imphal, that the authorities at Lisie hospital came to know about the financial and health issues in the region. Following this a medical team from Lisie hospital conducted a free screening medical camp and identified that a significant number of children as having congenital heart disease.

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creation of a separate Autonomous District Council in the Hmar inhabited area in north Mizoram adjoining Manipur. However, Mizoram Home minister R. Lalzirliana strongly asserted today that "conceding of the demand for the creation of Autonomous District Council put forth by the HPC-D is impossible."

The HPC (D) has been demanding a separate Autonomous District Council in the north eastern part of Mizoram under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India and has been indulging in violent activities to press their demands from across the Manipur border.

The peace talks between

The next round of talks between the Government of Mizoram and Hmar People Convention-Democratic (HPC-D) will be held on October 4. However, the Mizoram government has reiterated that it is not possible for the government to concede to the demand of the Hmar outfit.

During the peace talks held on August 10, 2016, the Hmar delegation had “We always talk about our legal reiterated their demand for rights but forget about our fundamental duties,” he added.

Speaking about the legal care and support centre, the Chief Justice said that the centre will be a huge support for legal advice and AGArtAlA, September 25 (tNN): Opposition parties have protested against students. the Tripura assembly speaker's decision Earlier, Justice Ved Prakash said to reject discussion on the demand for a that the objective of the support CBI investigation into the August 23 clash centre is to familiarize the weaker between tribals and non-tribals during a sections of the society about their rally organized by the Indigenous People's rights and provide them all assis- Front of Twipra (IPFT) in Agartala. tance in legal matters.

Speaker RC Debnath shot down the reThe legal care and support cen- quest by Trinamool Congress MLA Ashis tre was inaugurated by Chief Jus- Saha and Congress MLA Gopal Roy for a tice Dinesh Maheswari in the pres- discussion in the assembly on the demand ence of Justice SR Sen, Justice Ved for an inquiry by a sitting high court judge Prakash, students and the college and the CBI into the Agartala clash. Debnath countered this by saying that the state authorities. government had ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident and the deposition of witnesses has already begun. " Since

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Tripura blames Centre for 60,000 vacant posts AGArtAlA, September 25 (tNN): With more than 60,000 posts lying vacant in various state departments, the Tripura assembly has expressed serious concern over growing unemploymen in the state.

Congress MLA Ratan Lal Nath said Tripura has the highest number of unemployed youths in the northeast - 128 per thousand people. The state does not have industries which is why unemployment is inevitable here, he added. He urged the state to start filling up sanctioned posts immediately.

Over 7.47 lakh sanctioned posts have been left vacant in various central government departments for a long time. The ruling CPM has, in the meantime, blamed inadequate financial support from the Centre for the job deficit.

Sahid Choudhury, minister of manpower and employment said the Centre had, in a memorandum

ing cross-border crimes.

The DG stated that in a large number of cases where BSF approaches them for construction of fencing along the border, they give a “prompt consent” except in few instances where the construction is very close to the zero line and there are issues involved.

“After all, Indian fencing helps us too,” he reiterated.

The top commander said the two border guarding forces are also working to create a database of habitual offenders active along the Indo-Bangla frontier as he accepted that this was a “weak” point in ensuring effective border security and trans-border movement of terrorists and criminals was a “serious concern” for them.

Dr. Anu Jose did the interventions and surgeries for the children. The hospital had announced 100 free cardiac surgeries for patients suffering from cardiac problems. In addition the hospital has planned to do 130 more surgeries in association with philanthropists.

the district magistrate is inquiring into the matter, we do not have the jurisdiction to consider the demand for an inquiry by any other authority," Debnath said.

Opposition MLAs, however, launched a rebuttal and argued that since the law requires a magisterial report on criminal incidents besides the police report, it has been used to cover up the ruling party's actions, opposition leaders said. "There is no bar on discussing the issue in the assembly. By rejecting the plea for discussion, they have proved their involvement in the incident," Congress MLA Ratan Lal Nath said. In separate reactions, Congress, Trinamool Congress, BJP, tribal-based IPFT and INPt said they would continue to fight for impartial investigation of the incident.

Mizoram ministerial panel to probe mob attack at court AizAwl, September 25 (iANS): A ministerial panel would probe Thursday's mob attack at a district court in Mizoram, state Home Minister R. Lalzirliana has said.

Lalzirliana told reporters in state capital Aizawl on late Saturday that the "ministerial committee would be formed" soon and it would "look into all aspects of the attack on the court buildings, ransacking court offices and the official residence of a civil judge".

A mob attacked the Lunglei district court buildings on Thursday and ransacked the official residence of a civil judge after

a 26-year-old murder accused was brought before the court for allegedly killing a man in Zohnuai locality in Lunglei district on August 27.

The crowd demanded to see the accused, but police turned down their demand, leading to the scuffle and later violence.

Mizoram Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla and Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Ajit Singh separately condemned the incident. 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.

An official of the Mizoram law department said that Gauhati High Court Chief Justice Ajit Singh called it a "dark chapter" in the history and has urged the Chief Minister "to take stringent action against the culprits".

The official said the Chief Justice in a letter to the Chief Minister said a severe action must be taken to prevent similar future incidents. The state police have arrested 27 suspects in connection with the mob violence and they have been remanded in judicial custody.

Excess autumn rain likely in NE

GuwAhAti, September 25 (tNN): The northeast and the east of the country are likely to receive 'above normal' rainfall in what remains of September.

Precipitation is likely to continue into the first week of October as the southwest monsoon enters its last leg.

According to the Met office, the monsoon has already started withdrawing from parts of Rajasthan. The final burst of rainfall over the northeast is expected to bridge the rain deficit in the region.

For the country as a whole, the cumulative monsoon rainfall up to September 21 has been 5% below normal.

The Met stated, "Available data indicates that the southwest monsoon has been active over Arunachal Pradesh in the

past 24 hours. Light to moderate rainfall occurred in most places in Arunachal, many places in Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura, and isolated places in Nagaland and Manipur."

The forecast added, "Rain or thundershowers are very likely to occur in many places over Arunachal, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura."

The Met office also predicted 'heavy rain' over Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura on Tuesday.

The east and northeast have so far received the highest amount of rainfall (1178.7 mm) in the country, 13% below the normal rainfall of 1359.4 mm.

The country as a whole re-

ceived 804.4 mm of rainfall, 5% below normal. Central India is the only region that received 3% surplus rainfall.

Along with the east and northeast, northwest India (-4%) and the south peninsula (-10%) also recorded deficit rainfall. According to the Met department's extended forecast up to October 8, above normal rainfall is also likely over the north peninsular and adjoining central India over the next one week.

There will also be an increase in rainfall activity over south peninsular India from the end of September but 'below normal rainfall activity' is likely to occur over northwest India, "indicating conditions becoming favourable for withdrawal of monsoon from some more parts".

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Congress rationale is that a higher rate will burden the common man and will defeat the very purpose of GST to create a common market and reduce the burden on both -- producer and consumer. The GST Council at its first meeting had decided to keep traders with annual revenue of Rs 20 lakh out of the new national sales tax regime that will subsume all cesses. The exemption limit for north-eastern and hill states has been fixed at Rs 10 lakh.

GST: Life insurers want exemption; general differential rates Meanwhile, as the GST rollout plans gathers momentum, life insurers sought exemption from the new taxation regime on premium income, while general insurers have demanded differential rates. Life insurers, who are set to write to the PM seeking exemption from the new tax regime, feel their premium income has remained stagnant since the industry was brought under service tax.

Since life insurers are passing on service tax to customers, it has impacted their premium income growth which has been stagnant since then. The present service tax rate is 14.5% and 0.5% ‘Swachh Bharat’ cess. A resolution to this effect was passed during the annual general meeting of the Life Insurance Council held here on September 16.

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Electronics delays Make in India campaign Samsung South Korea re-start of marks two years on Sunday Note 7 sales by three days New Delhi, September 25 (iaNS): As the Make in India campaign launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi completes two years, the government on Sunday announced that foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into the country had recorded their highest level on the basis of a yearly comparision.

“India records its highest ever year-on-year FDI inflows. There has never been a better time to #MakeInIndia,” the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) said in a post on the programme’s Twitter handle.

“With 2 years of #MakeInIndia comes 2 years of doing business made easier,” it said in a separate tweet. “The Lion turns two today,” it added in another tweet, referring to the campaign’s lion symbol.

India saw a record 53 per cent increase in FDI in the last two years owing to steps taken to foster

growth, investment climate, price stability and fiscal prudence, the Lok Sabha was told during the recently-concluded monsoon session.

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As the Make in India campaign launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi completes two years, the government on Sunday announced that foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into the country had recorded their highest level on the basis of a yearly comparision Jaitley had said that “comprehensive reforms” had resulted in the highest ever FDI inflow in 2015-16,” with the increase over two years being 53 per cent.

Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said in Chennai earlier this month that initiatives like Make in India had started yielding results with man-

Indian exports since last year had finally been arrested, and said growth now will be slow and steady.

Meanwhile, India’s trade deficit in August this year at $7.67 billion witnessed a 38 per cent fall compared to the same month last year at $12.40 billion, while Reserve Bank

‘Indian film industry’s earnings to be $3.7 bn by 2020’ hyDerabaD, September 25 (iaNS): The Indian film industry’s earnings are expected to reach $3.7 billion by 2020, says a Deloitte Indywood report.

The first ever exclusive report on the Indian film industry was released on Sunday at the Indywood Film Carnival 2016 at Ramoji Film City here.

“In terms of revenue, the industry has gross box office realisations of $2.1 billion, which is expected to grow at 11 per cent CAGR reaching $3.7 billion by 2020,” it said.

The Indian film industry is the largest in the world in terms of number of films with 1,500 to 2,000 films produced every year in more than 20 languages.

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ber of films produced in India, the industry gross realisation has been substantially lower than its global counterparts.

“For example, the box office realisation in the US and Canada stand at $11 billion whereas these countries produce significantly lower number of films (approximately 700 films).”

The report attributed this to challenges like low infrastructure penetration, slow growth in average ticket price (ATP), complicated tax regime, rising costs and lack of access to funding, piracy, multiple layers of bureaucracy and prevailing strict censorship norms.

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Parliamentary panel to examine merger of budgets New Delhi, September 25 (pti): With the Cabinet’s approving the merger of Railway Budget with General Budget, the parliamentary panel on finance has decided to ‘examine’ the move along with its “ramifications thereof”.

Ending a 92-year-old practice, the Cabinet had decided to scrap a separate budget for railways and merge it with General Budget, presentation of which would be advanced to spur spending and boost the economy.

The Committee on Finance has selected the “Budgetary Reforms including Merger of Railways Budget with General Budget -- Ramifications thereof,” according to the Lok Sabha bulletin dated September 22.

As part of a major overhaul of the budget process, the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had also decided to do away with classifications of expenditure into Plan and Non-Plan, making the exercise simpler.

To facilitate early presentation of the Budget, the finance ministry had proposed that the Budget Session of Parliament be convened sometime before January 25, a month ahead of the current practice.

The parliamentary panel headed by the Congress MP M Veerappa Moily, will review the all budgetary reforms.

The panel move comes after the Congress termed the decision to merge the two budgets as “cosmetic, superficial and non-substantive changes”.

across the country.

According to the report, the key growth drivers for the industry are increasing per capita income and growing middle class, demand from Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities, diversifying into international markets, releasing the potential of digitisation, upside from ancillary revenue streams and upcoming use of Visual Effects (VFX) in movies.

“This report is a first of its kind and is aimed at initiating an integration process for the entire film industry in India. The report is a result of extensive research work on the Indian Film Industry and we are optimistic that the entire industry will adopt it as a bible for the Film Business,” said Sohan Roy, Director, Indywood Projects.

per cent of the total industry.

Cable and satellite rights and online/digital aggregation revenues are the fastest growing segments, and expected to grow at a CAGR of about 15 per cent over 2015-2020, said the report.

The Indian film industry is dominated by Bollywood, the Hindi film industry, contributing 43 per cent of the earnings, while the regional films contribute the remaining 57 per cent.

International films currently form a small, but growing segment, driven by rising numbers of English (and other foreign language) speakers, as well as increasing numbers of international movies witnessing dubbed releases

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Elaborating, he said, “This will happen because there will be impact of reforms also (besides a good monsoon).

We still have not seen (the impact of reforms). There were serious governance issues earlier. Projects were stuck. The decisions were not taken at the Centre.” India’s growth rate slipped to a 6-quarter low of 7.1 per cent in April-June due to subdued performance of mining, construction and farm sectors.

The figure was 7.9 per cent in January-March. Last year, Indian economy expanded by 7.5 per cent in the April-June quarter. Admitting that the 7.1 per cent is a slight dampener in the first quarter, he said, “It was slightly lower than my expectations. First quarter data did not have any impact of the good monsoon this year.”

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The firm hopes to complete the recall quickly and restart sales in the fourth quarter to salvage earnings, but the latest hitch in South Korea underscore continuing challenges in those efforts. Though product exchanges in South Korea began on Monday, only about 200,000 affected customers have turned in their devices - which Samsung says represents half of affected customers and a recall pace that is much slower than other markets such as Singapore and the United States.

“The recall rate will likely fall sharply should new sales have resumed on Sept. 28,” the company said. Affected customers would no longer be able to exchange their devices through domestic carriers starting on Oct. 1, making the process more difficult. Samsung hopes to restart new sales in affected markets once it makes enough progress with the recalls, having announced plans to restart sales in Australia and Singapore in October.

Continued reports of Note 7 fires and damages after the recall announcement, along with warnings or outright bans from aviation authorities on the use or charging of the Note 7 on aircraft, forced Samsung to ask affected customers to immediately turn off their phones to prevent further damage.

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iMFl seized from night bus in Mkg Morung Express News Mokochung | September 25

The 44 Assam Rifles during a surprise checking on September 25 recovered 50 cases and 10 bottles of illicit liquor from Alichen Travels, a daily night super bus that plies between Mokokchung and Dimapur.

The bus was intercepted at Mongsenbai Ward, below the Assam Rifles camp while returning after dropping off passengers.

The driver of the vehicle, identified as one Akangjungshi of Longkong village was arrested.

The vehicle, along with the confiscated items was later forwarded to Mokokchung P.S.-II and a case has been registered under section 41 of the NLTP Act.

While talking over the phone with the CO 44 Assam Rifles, it was learnt that the AR had inside sources about the bus carrying li-

quor on regular basis and therefore carried out the surprise check.

It is surprising to note that the passenger bus car-

GREF organises ‘Run for Fitness’ at Sechu, Zubza Kohima, September 25 (mexN): With an aim to promote healthy living and create awareness on importance of workout for fitness amongst its personnel, 89 Road Construction Coy (GREF) organized a ‘Run for Fitness’, a running event, at Sechu, Zubza on September 25.

Sachin Kumar, Executive Engineer (Civil), Officer Commanding, 89 RCC (GREF) flagged off the event at RCC Headquarter.

A press release from the unit informed that around 100 personnel in three different age groups participated in

the event. Women and children of the unit also took part.

The personnel who had finished first, second, and third were given rewards by OC 89 RCC (GREF) to boost their morale, the release added.

In his speech, the Officer Commanding, 89 RCC emphasized on the importance of healthy living and fitness, it said. The press release further noted that the inhabitants of the village also felt motivated and excited by the run. “The public also realized the importance of regular running for improving fitness and preventing ailment,” it added.

rying illegal IMFL liquor could pass through Nagaland gate unnoticed and was caught only in Mokokchung by the Assam Rifles.

ma was among the 27 cities selected in the third phase of the competition announced

by Union Urban Developmemt Minister, Venkaiah Naidu September 20.

In a press note, AKMWP president Neibulie Kiewhuo and General

Dimapur, September 25 (mexN): The Deputy Commissioner of Phek Muroho Chotso has informed all arms licence holders under Phek district to bring their respective licences for digitalisation before March 31, 2017.

The Government of India has recently extended the exercise for the National Digitilisation of Arms Licence for Unique ID (UID) number till March 31, 2017.

All licence holders after without the UID after March 31 will be declared “cancelled” and the weapon against such cancelled licences will be treated as “illegal weapons,” the DC stated in a press notification.

“The possession of such illegal weapon shall be liable to be punishable under India’s Arms Act,” it said. The DC also urged the public of Phek to comply with the notice in order to avoid “complication and legal liability against them.”

Secretary Thejao Sekhose also lauded the effort of the Chief Minister T.R. Zeliang and the Administrator of KMC for their “tireless efforts” towards Kohima’s selection.

Assuring it fullest support the state government

and its implementing agencies, the association further requested all the wards and sector Panchayats of Kohima city to “come forward in ushering easy passage for the implementation of the development of the Smart City projects.”

Tree farming union formed in Peren Dimapur, September 25 (mexN): The Peren District Tree Farming Union (PDTFU) was formally established at a meeting held at Town Hall, Peren Town on S eptember 17. The main objectives of PDTFU is to emphasised on systematic operation of timbers/jhum cultivations and also

to encourages every Village council's plant more trees in the area effected by such activities in order to protect our fast changing ecological Environment, a PDTFU press note informed.

During the meeting, the house elected the Chairman Peren Village Mireulung Sephe as President and

Training on agri and allied at Kikruma village pheK, September 25 (mexN): A one day district level training programme on agri and allied was organized by Krishi Vigyan Kendra-Phek at Kikruma village sponsored by Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA), Phek.

Altogether 51 farmers participated in the training. Dr Esther Longkumer, ACTO (Soil Sc.), delivered lecture on vermicomposting and its entrepreneurial opportunities.

Dr Rinku Bharali ACTO (Horticulture) presented his deliberation on Kiwi fruit production technology. He emphasized on commercial cultivation, efficient marketing and packaging. Subject Matter Specialist Liza Barua Bharali delivered a lecture on Integrated Pest Management technology for insect pest management through cultural, physical and biological approach. Dr Debojyoti Borkotoky, SMS (Animal Sc.) enlightened the farmers on principles and ideology of livestock based SHG formation with emphasis on piggery. Farm Manager KVK-Phek, Keniseto Chucha described briefly on low cost water harvesting system and micro irrigation.

The participating farmers had a detail interaction with the resource persons regarding various aspects of crop and livestock production.

ATMA Phomching hold demo Dimapur, September 25 (mexN): ATMA, Phomching block, Mon District conducted demonstration and training programme at Sheanghah Tangten and Yuching Village on September 21 and 23 respectively. Fifteen farmers from each villages attended the programme.

During the programme, Resource person Moikam ATM Mon Block gave demonstration on usage of bio fertilizers on cabbage, radish and cauliflower.

The resource person also explained the importance of using bio fertilizers in the crops which would benefit the farmers by increasing the productivity.

Training on oyster mushroom cultivation was also imparted to the farmers by Kanato ATM Phomching Block.

He also explained how mushroom cultivation can be undertaken by the SHGs as source of livelihood as well as consumption.

After the programme the farmers were handed out some mushroom spawns, bio fertilizers and seeds, informed an ATMA press note.

Dimapur, September 25 (mexN): A central team led by Joint Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH, P.N Ranjit Kumar, Director General CCRAS Prof. K.S Dhiman and Deputy Secretary Anshuman Sharma visited Nagaland from September 20 -23 and discussed various issues related to Herbal Ayurveda Research Centre at Lumami Campus, Nagaland University and finalization of an MoU. On September 22, the Joint Secretary and his team had a meeting with Home Commissioner cum Commissioner, H& FW Abhijit Sinha, Secretary H&FW Maongwati Aier and AYUSH officers at Hotel Japfü, Kohima.

Various issues like separate Directorate for AYUSH, setting up of Ayurveda Medical College, setting up of 50 bedded Integrated AYUSH Hospital in Kohima, post creation, parity of pay and regional research centre were discussed in detail during the meeting, according to a press Recent signing of MoU between CCRAS under Ministry of AYUSH and Nanote received here. galand University.

DC Phek informs legal awareness prog held in Zunheboto Sepgun licence holders ZuNheboto, tember 25 (mexN): Legal literacy programme held in Khuza village

KMC ward association hails Kohima selection Dimapur, September 25 (mexN): The Association of Kohima Municipal Wards Panchayat (AKMWP) has welcomed the selection of Kohima in the phase implementation of Smart City project.

The state capital Kohi-

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Zierangbe Ikie as Secretary for a period of five years, it added. Meanwhile, the Hill Area Chairman Union Peren(HACUP) elected its new team of office bearers for a term of five years on September 17 with Akwet as Chairman, Heinambe as Secretary and Ariang as Treasurer.

Zunheboto District Legal Services Authority (ZDLSA) organized a legal awareness programme on National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) Schemes 2015 with special focus on NALSA (Protection and Enforcement of Tribal Rights) Scheme, 2015 at Cornerstone School, Zunheboto on September 24.

Students from two premier schools of Zunheboto, Sun Beam School and Cornerstone School, attended the programme, which began with an invocation prayer by Avi, Counsellor of Cornerstone School.

The introduction and keynote address on the theme of the programme was delivered by Atoka Achumi, Judicial Magistrate First Class, Zunheboto. A short speech was delivered by Bendanginla, Assistant Public Prosecutor, Zunheboto, who spoke on the various Acts and legislations available for the benefit of the tribal people.

The main resource person for the programme, Tovi Z. Yeptho, Retainer Lawyer, ZDLSA spoke on the provisions of the NALSA (Protection and Enforcement of Tribal Rights) Scheme, 2015 drawing emphasis on its parallel with the various legislations for the protection and enforcement of the tribal way of life, informed a press re-

Dimapur, September 25 (mexN): A Legal Awareness & Literacy Programme was organized by Phek District Legal Services Authority (PDLSA) at Khuza Village on September 24.

Representatives from four other villages - Mutasle village, Suthotsu Village, Tuhephu village and Chepoketa villageattended the combine programmme, a PDLSA press note informed.

Starting the programme, District & Sessions Judge and chairman of PDLSA Longshi Ezung apprised the participants about the concept of civil action.

Rokuvolu, a PDLSA Panel Lawyer highlighted on various Legal aspects on Domestic Violence.

She illustrated various schemes National Legal Services Authority has undertaken in 2015 and explained the benefits and welfare of the schemes. It includes Victims of trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation Scheme; Legal Services to the Workers in the Unorganized Sector Scheme; Child Friendly Legal Services to Children and their Protection Scheme; Legal Services to the Mentally Ill and Mentally Disabled Persons Scheme; Effective Implementation of Poverty Alleviation Schemes Scheme; Protection and Enforcement of Tribal lease from Atoka Achumi, Secretary, ZDLSA. In addition, Tovi dwelled on the basic provisions of law while speaking on Right to Information Act, Consumer Protection Act, Domestic Violence Act, Constitutional provisions for the protection of women from exploitation and gender justice, Prohibition of smoking in pub-

Rights Scheme; Legal Services to the Victims of Drug Abuse and Eradication of Drug Menace Scheme.

A basic literacy and awareness on Right to Information (RTI) and Consumer Protection Act was given by Akro while Kenei presented a quick look on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act Schemes (MGNREGA) highlighting the benefits and provisions of the Schemes. Both are PDLSA panel lawyer.

The concept and functioning of Lok Adalat (the People’s Court) was explained by another panel laywer Vero where he said that the Lok Adalat was created for speedy and amicable settlement of cases and disputes. It is also inexpensive with no Court fee and settles disputes on immediate basis, he added.

Later in the programme, Civil Judge and Secretary of PDLSA spoke on the topic ‘The Village council Act, 1978’ & Powers and functions of the Subordinate/District customary courts in the State of Nagaland.’ He also illustrated the different judicial and administrative powers vested on the village Council body and its functionary structure.

The programme commenced with a short speech by Khuza Village Council Chairman.

lic places, Cyber crimes, Prohibition of child labour, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, Motor Vehicles Act, Juvenile Justice Act and other relevant laws and legislations that a citizen should be informed of in the present day.

The speaker also highlighted the provisions of legal aid and free legal services provided by the District

Legal Services Authority to SCs/STs, economically weaker sections of society, and marginalized groups.

An interactive session and question hour was conducted for the participating students with Tavinto Chishi of Cornerstone School as the moderator.

The programme concluded with a benediction by the School Chaplain.

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Soil management for vegetable crop

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oil management plays an important role in vegetable production as it not only acts as an anchor for plants and provides them with nutrients and water, but also acts as a haven for numerous pests. Soil management comprises of tillage operations, cropping practices, lime, fertilizer and other treatments applied to the soil for the production of a crop. A large amount of pests of vegetables either live in the soil, spent part of their life cycle in the soil or remain dormant in the soil waiting for a suitable host plant for its rejuvenation.

Hence, a number of soil management factors will interrupt on pest management for the production of vegetables. Some of these factors are as under:Tillage: Tillage involves using of plough that cuts into the ground and turns over the soil which removes or kills any weeds growing in the area, loosens and breaks up the surface layers of the soil and provides a bed of soil that holds sufficient moisture to permit the planted seeds to germinate. The tilled soil should be left to weather for at least two weeks as it allows release of nutrient from the exposed soil minerals.

Mulching: Mulch is using of dried grass, paper, plas-

tic or crop residue which is placed over the surface of the soil. Mulching add nutrient to the soil by the decomposition of mulching materials used, controls weeds and thus reduces evaporation.

Drainage: Good drainage is important especially for early vegetables because wet soil retards development.

Soil drainage accomplished by means of ditches or tiles is more desirable than the drainage obtained by planting crops on ridges because the former not only removes

the excess water but also allows air to enter the soil.

Crop rotation: Crop rotation is important from the perspective point of pest management and benefit soil health. Crop rotation is a systematic arrangement of growing of different crops in a more or less regular sequence on the same land and as a result, crop rotation encourages biodiversity and reduces the build-up of pathogens and pest.

Cover crop: Cover crops are raised for both soil protection and improve-

ment and are only grown during seasons when vegetable crops do not occupy the land. When a soil improving crop is turned under, the various nutrients that have contributed to the growth of the crop are turned to the soil, adding a quantity of organic matter.

Green manuring crops are grown and buried in the same field, which is to be green manured, either as a pure crop or as an intercrop with the main crop.

Eg. sun hemp, dhaincha, cluster bean etc. It refers to

the collection of leaves and tender twigs from shrubs and trees grown on bunds, wasteland and nearby forest areas. This is a very ideal practice for hilly areas. The common shrubs and trees used for green leaf manuring are Ipomea, karanj.

Green manure crops: Green manuring crops are grown especially for soil improvement and it involves green manuring in situ where crops are grown and buried in the same field, which is to be green manured, either as a pure crop or as an intercrop with the main crop and green leaf manuring, which refers to collection of leaves and tender twigs from shrubs and trees grown on bunds, wasteland and nearby forest areas. E.g:- Sun hemp (Crotalaria juncea), dhaincha (Sesbania aculeate, Sesbania rostrata), moong (Vigna radiata), Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata), Berseem (Trifolium alexandrium), Azolla (Azolla pinnata) etc Maize (Zea mays), sunflower (Helianthus annus), Jowar (Sorghum vulgare), bhang (Cannabis sativa) etc.

Soil acidity management: As the soil of Nagaland is acidic in nature, so liming should be done in order to reduce the soil acidity. Crops growing on soils with high acidity tend to

have poor root systems, poor growth and low yields, so when lime is applied, it improves root growth and nutrient availability.

Organic matter: Organic matter is an important in maintaining good physical conditions in the soil as it contains the entire soil reserve of nitrogen and significant amounts of other nutrients such as phosphorus and sulphur.

Soil productivity thus is affected markedly by the organic matter balance maintained in the soil as most of the cultivated vegetation is harvested instead of being left to decay, organic materials that would ordinarily enter the soil upon plant decomposition are lost. In order to compensate the loss of nutrients, various standardized methods are employed i.e, manuring of soil with animal wastes etc.

Hence, soil managemental factors discussed above should be properly carried out in order to have a well established vegetable garden as management of soil plays a very vital role in increasing the production as well as maintaining the fertility status of soil.

T Esther Longkumer ACTO-Soil Science KVK Phek, ICAR-NRC on Mithun

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The Power of Truth

The Morung Express volume Xi issue 265 By moa Jamir

From charity to self-interest

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bserving the prevailing state of affairs around us, one cannot help pondering whether the concept of community solidarity and social cohesiveness is gradually giving way to individualism, which Ayn Rands of the world would gleefully embrace and flourish.

It also makes one examine whether a Naga philosophy of life – common welfare and altruistic outlook is withering.

In short, where are our moral values and ethics progressing? In philosophy, the theory of value or Axiology is defined as “the philosophical study of goodness, or value, in the widest sense of these terms.” Different philosophical schools of thoughts offer distinctive theories.

Therefore, what is intrinsically good may elicit distinctive answers, according to Encyclopaedia Britannica. For a Hedonist, it might be pleasure; a harmonious self-realization for a Humanist; compassion and charity for an Altruist; satisfaction, growth, or adjustment for a Pragmatist; a good will for Kantians; the love of God for a Christian and so on. There are others who argue that there are any numbers of intrinsically good things.

Similarly, it also brings us to the concept of value judgement, a branch in welfare economics which attempts to establish criteria or norms to judge or evaluate what is good or bad – say for instance economic policies from the viewpoint of efficiency or social welfare.

A widely used concept is Pareto’s criterion of optimality or efficiency which roughly states that “any change that makes at least one individual better off without making any other worse off is an improvement in social welfare.” The establishment of welfare activities in modern democratic government is attributed to this concept.

Looking at the present state of our society, one wonders whether we are witnessing an opposite scenario where at the behest of collective welfare, only certain individuals are benefiting from the system.

It also brings us to ask whether the “motivation and the goal of one’s own action” or egoism is gradually gaining grounds or already rooted. Another strain of the theory ‘Rational egoism,’ argues that promotion of “one’s own interests are always in accordance with reason.”

Its most provocative proponent, Ayn Rand, in ‘The Virtue of Selfishness’ postulated that “it is not only rational to pursue one’s own interests, it is irrational not to pursue them.”

Therefore, the idea of selflessness, solidarity or altruistic character is theoretically rejected.

Following this yardstick, we can ask, Is corruption in Naga society a natural manifestation of ‘self-interest’?

By this rationality, you can drive the latest model in the market, but do not care about the deplorable condition of the road on which you are driving the vehicle.

You send your children to the best educational institution, but do not care about those institutions where usually children with lesser economic means study.

For healthcare, you pursue the state of art treatment, but do not care whether the public healthcare deliveries are working or not.

Corruption, thus, is selfishness and self-interest personified. If you are guided by this logic, any project or scheme is guided by how much one can benefit out of it and not how much it benefits the society.

Is this trait visible in our societal governance and polity today? One can only wonder.

For any comment, drop a line to moajamir@live.com

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Vikas Datta IANS

Understanding the maelstrom of the modern Middle East

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common perception in most of the world is that the violent anarchy in the Middle East, especially the rise of the brutally murderous Islamic State, stems from then US President George W. Bush's ill-advised invasion of Iraq in 2003. But Book Review: And Then All Hell Broke do others also Loose - Two Decades in the Middle East; share the blame?

Author: Richard Engel; Publisher: Simon and Yes, especially Schuster; Pages: 256; Price: Rs 699 Bush's successor, President Barack Obama "whose timidity and inconsistency", coupled with Bush's "aggressive interventionism" destroyed the status quo, that though unjust and oppressive, helped keep a peace of sorts in a volatile area, contends American journalist Richard Engel in his third book.

Engel, who has covered the Middle East for the last two tumultuous decades -- from the first example of gratuitous terrorist violence (in Egypt in 1997) to the ongoing Syrian civil war -- does in this memoir-cum-analysis, give due weightage to the colonial state creations after the First World War, the Cold War proxy conflict and the Arab-Israeli wars, but focuses more on the recent past.

In particular, the region's strongmen, who had managed to stay in power after the humiliating defeat to Israel in the 1967 War. The role of the US is not far behind, and closely entwined.

"Secular, nationalist, corrupt, and without exception brutal to their people", all these "Big Men" -- the Assad family in Syria, Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, Tunisia's "Little Mubarak", Zine Al Abedine Ben Ali, Libya's "flamboyantly bizarre colonel" Mu'ammar Gadhafi, Iraq's "gangster thug" Saddam Hussein, he argues, "were all undone by a fatal combination of their own poor management and the actions and inactions of two two-term US administrations: Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama".

Engel, now the Chief Foreign Correspondent of NBC, does enliven his terse but incisive account with his own vivid experiences of not only reporting but survival since he chose to become a journalist and decided to cover the Middle East, arriving in Cairo in June 1996 "with two suitcases and about $2,000 in my pocket".

Over the next two decades, he covered (and here recounts his experiences of) the resumed Intifada in the Israel's Palestinian territories, the US invasion of Iraq -- in which he was the sole US correspondent in Baghdad before the US forces arrived -- pretending to be an Egyptian in dire situations thanks to his mastery over the singular Egyptian pronounciation of Arabic, the Israeli attack on Lebanon, the Tahrir Square protests which led to Mubarak's ouster, the Libyan uprising against Gadhafi and the Syrian civil war, during which he was himself kidnapped but released unharmed after some time.

"Twenty years have passed since I headed to Cairo to cover what I sensed would be the story of my generation, just as reporters before me had gone to Vietnam and Moscow to cover the big stories of their times.

"It turned out the train of history would pass through the Middle East's station, but who would have guessed that the United States would fight two of the longest ground wars in its history and plunge the Muslim World into a frenzy of violence and revolution? My ambition was to ride the train of history, and the train came rumbling right at me," he says.

But the book is not only about the Middle East or covering it as a journalist, but also on what toll a stint in a war zone does to journalists themselves -- a four stage progression, declining from the initial feeling of invincibility to a feeling of inevitable doom and well as a curious sense of detachment to human suffering when you are exposed to it too long.

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Manuel Nunes Ramires Serrano

Horse trading in the UN

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s the United Nations celebrates its 70th birthday this year, the position of Secretary General has not become any easier. The spokesman for the interests of the peoples of the world has multiple fires to put off. How to deal with an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean and the insecurity metastasis in Syria, how to address climate change, how to tackle rising populism and terrorism worldwide - the list goes on. Empowering the next Secretary General is a particularly pressing issue at this point in time, as the transition from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which are coming to an end this year, to the Sustainable Development Goals, which will replace them, opens up a new, crucial phase for the organization. This could provide an opportunity for the UN to reflect, among other issues, on how its Secretary General is appointed. The election of the right person to lead the institution should not be seen as yet another instance of horse trading, but rather as an opportunity to strengthen the moral authority and influence of the person who nowadays comes closer to being our shared leader.

A diplomat and a civil servant The Secretary General is the symbolic head of the United Nations. As chapter XV of the United Nations Charter stipulates, he is the “chief administrative officer of the organization”. He must report to the General Assembly annually – a particularly useful mechanism to influence the world agenda – and he enjoys discretionary power to bring to the attention of the Security Council any threat arising against international peace and security.

The Charter, however, does not include an explicit job description. Obviously, this is a job that is influenced by the political context at all times. Depending on each circumstance, the Secretary General must strive to find the middle ground between pumping up his role or limiting it to the letter of the Charter.

Its considerable leverage must be true to the principles of independence, impartiality and integrity. The Secretary General cannot exhibit allegiance to any particular state. His loyalty lies with the United Nations and he must make his decisions regardless of his state of origin. Depending, as he does, on the support of the member states, he or she must find a balance between their interests and those of the UN. For good reason the role of Secretary General has been described as being that of “a diplomat, an advocate and a civil servant” – in equal parts.

Eight individuals have served as Secretary General of the UN in the past. The current incumbent, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, was the first East Asian to hold office. He was first elected on June, 21st, 2011, and his second term began on January, 1st, 2012. Many consider that his performance has been disappointing. In fact, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon has done exactly what those who elected him knew he would do.

A game-changing exercise?

Article 97 of the United Nations Charter establishes that the Secretary General “shall be appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council”.

Traditionally, the Security Council recommends only one candidate. It is its prerogative to privately pick a candidate, and then adopt a resolution setting out its recommendation. Nothing in the Charter prevents the Security Council from recommending several candidates, but GA Resolution 11 (I) states that it is “desirable for the Security Council to proffer only one candidate”.

Since Mr. Ban Ki-Moon is to step down on December, 31st, 2016, the process to elect a new Secretary General is currently under way. The process is as undemocratic as ever, but, for the first time, some transparency has been added to it.

The UN asked candidates to send formal applica-

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n Chile, social networks, academia, and the general public have been abuzz with the news that philosophy might be removed from the list of required subjects for high school juniors and seniors.

At first, it was reported that this change would turn philosophy into an optional subject, or even into subjectmatter for the civic education class.

The Ministry of Education stated however that the proposal, far from limiting student access to philosophy, sought to standardize the curriculum nationwide, so as to make the subject more accessible for the majority of students.

The fate of the philosophy class has not yet been decided, but many see the idea of meddling with the current set-up as ominous. The ongoing debate in Chile involves deans, university authorities, professors, and the media. In any case, many believe that philosophy's very presence in schools is being threatened.

Academics like Adolfo Estrella argued on the website El Desconcierto (“bewilderment” in Spanish) that philosophy should be part of a curriculum which, as a whole, should promote critical thinking in school across different activities and subjects: “Philosophy can defend itself.

But it should be defended as a subject”.

Regarding the annexation of philosophy to the civics class programme, César Guadalupe, a professor and researcher at the University of the Pacific in Peru, says that the most important thing is to understand that civic education is about “legal, formal, patriotic, and philosophic” knowledge, but that the essential question is: “In the end, what is it that we want children to learn in school? Is it knowledge about cer-

flect, women candidates trail behind the favourites.

The UN Women Secretary General, Ms. MlamboNgcuka, expressed her “disappointment and surprise” at the outcome of the polls. Irina Bokova, the best-placed to challenge Mr. Guterres, came only fifth, while the remaining female candidates (Susana Malcorra, Helen Clark, Christiana Figueres and Natalia Gherman) stood at the bottom of the list. Hopes for a woman to be appointed thus seem to be fading.

Still, addressing the gender gap at the UN will surely remain a priority, independently of who gets the job.

tion letters, and to make a presentation of their vision of the UN at a public hearing. This unprecedented move takes no power away from the Security Council, which will ultimately decide on the candidate it wants to recommend, but it nonetheless signals a new openness which, as Mogens Lykketoft, the outgoing President of the General Assembly says, may be “potentially a game-changing exercise”.

Is it time for a woman to get the job?

Antonio Guterres, the former Portuguese primeminister who served as UN High Commissioner for Refugees, is the front runner, according to the UN Security Council´s straw polls held to date.

The 15 members of the Security Council, though informal ballots, choose to “encourage”, “discourage” or issue no opinion on any given candidate. In order to become the next Secretary General, a candidate requires the affirmative vote of nine of its members, and must not be vetoed by any of the five permanent members of the Council (China, Russia, France, the United Kingdom and the United States), known as the “Big Five” or “P-5”.

After holding the fourth straw poll on September, 9, Antonio Guterres has consolidated his lead over the ten remaining candidates (now nine, as Costa Rica’s Christiana Figueres withdrew from the race on September, 12) to replace Mr. Ban Ki-Moon.

Mr. Guterres received twelve “encourage” votes, two “discourage” votes, and one “no opinion” vote.

Miroslav Lajčák, Slovakia´s foreign minister, came second, with ten “encourage votes”, four “discourage” votes, and one “no opinion", followed by Vuk Jeremić, Serbia´s former foreign minister, and Srgjan Kerim, the Macedonian former president of the General Assembly. Irina Bokova, UNESCO´s director general, and apparently the only woman still in the race, came fifth, after having ranked third in the previous straw poll.

It should be noted that all the ballots that have taken place so far have been undifferentiated straw polls. A clearer picture is expected to surface in early October when, through a colour-coded straw poll, we will know if the “discourage” votes have been cast by elected or permanent members of the Security Council.

Historically, the Secretary General has been selected according to an informal system of regional rotation. During this last year, there has been mounting pressure for having a woman as next UN Secretary General, as well as a widespread campaign to appoint a candidate from Eastern Europe. Neither a woman nor an Eastern European has ever been appointed.

Unfortunately, as the latest straw-poll results re-

Calls for reform Beyond the valid claims for a woman and/or an Eastern European to assume the role of Secretary General, the undemocratic nature of the election procedure remains a key issue to address.

Calls for reform are not new. Back in 2014, WFMIGP and several NGO partners sent an open letter to both the General Assembly and the heads of government of the member states, suggesting several proposals to put an end to the current election procedure.

The 1 for 7 billion campaign -- supported by more than 750 organizations around the world – has called for a more transparent procedure, for public hearings to take place, and for the Security Council to recommend at least two candidates.

Some of these demands have been met. For the first time, public hearings have taken place; member states have been asked to nominate candidates; and candidates have not been chosen behind closed doors. Yet, the final election procedure remains far from being democratic, secretive and outdated: it leaves it up to five countries to make a recommendation that concerns us all.

Looking ahead This procedure needs to be changed if the UN is to avoid making the same mistakes all over again.

Merit alone should guide the election procedure, for the UN needs the best candidate for the post, an individual who is capable of transcending the role of mere intermediary, and who is willing, if need be, to go beyond the letter of the Charter. Gender and geographical balance should also be requirements of the new procedure.

The 1 for 7 billion campaign recommendations on the term of office and the number of candidates should also be implemented. Independence would be reinforced by limiting the mandate to a 7-year single term, as the candidate would not have to think about getting himself re-elected for a second term.

Democracy would also benefit if two or more candidates were recommended by the Security Council for the General Assembly to choose from, enhancing debate within the institution.

Transparency, at a time when confidence in institutions has globally reached a new low, should be a must. In practice, the permanent members of the Security Council are the ones who choose the nearest thing we have to a global leader. Therefore, it is only logical that citizens and member countries should understand how they do it. The Security Council should provide information about the results of the straw polls and formal voting, clearly differentiating the votes of the permanent members from the rest.

Under the current framework, and independently of the candidate recommended, we can only hope for a candidate that is not too objectionable, as happened in 2006. Incapable as we are, for the time being, to limit the power of the Security Council to make decisions in our name, we should do the next best thing: hold it accountable. The “Big Five” may not agree on the need for a strong, dynamic and idealistic Secretary General. But the world surely does.

Meanwhile, the Portuguese government is confident that Mr. Guterres´s merits will lead him to take over as UN Secretary General.

Chile: the philosophical question laura vidal and Natali Herrera Pacheco Global Voices

The global trend against humanities is hitting Chile, a country where thousands of students regularly take to the streets demanding not only free but better education tain subjects or a set of abilities?” If the latter, “which of those abilities do we want to strengthen?”

Guadalupe insists that critical thinking is not exclusive to one subject: “Critical thinking is an ability, a competency that should be developed in physics, in mathematics, in psychology, or in any subject. One can critically reflect on any subject.”

For his part, Guido Larson, a professor at the Humanities Institute of the Development University in Chile, has remarked that the proposed changes — whatever they end up being — just do not seem to be well thought out.

On the other hand, and in a bitingly ironic manner, Hernán Neira has criticized the Ministry's plan: “Dear Minister: You are quite right to eliminate philosophy, that deceitful and useless subject, from the educational programme. Because of it, our compatriots increasingly ask themselves about the meaning of life. Sick and tired of being consumers of material and immaterial goods like civic education, they want to become human beings again.”

Philosophy is not a bargaining chip in Chile's market-driven education In an endless stream of messages, Chileans have been expressing their opinion on what some consider a step that is consistent with the state of education in the country, with its high costs and its structure devoted to satisfying only economic requirements. You can follow their ongoing conversation and constant flow of opinions, articles and debates at #Derechoalafilosofía (#RightToPhilosophy). Just a taste: “A #Chile without memory, without civic education, without philosophy, without history, is destined to the most complete failure” — Rocío Barrientos (@ Chiobtos).

Another contributor asks the minister of education to roll back the changes and conduct a better analysis: “Minister, throw out all of these weird ideas on cheap efficiency” — Fernando Rubilar (@FernandoRubilar) Yet another opinion: “Philosophy, civics, any change requires teacher validation, and in Chile this has not happened. Hence the failures and constant

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experimentation – Marcela Momberg (@marcelamomberg) The Network of Chilean Philosophy Professors (REPROFICH) launched a campaign – namely, “Petition to the Chilean Ministry of Education. Defending the Right to Philosophy”through the website Change.org. They are collecting signatures supporting academic and citizen opinions against the curricular alteration.

Among the demonstrations of support for the unrestricted presence of philosophy in the classrooms, the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso hosted a debate (“Defending Philosophy”) in which both students and professors spoke in favour of studying philosophy for something more than mere accumulation of knowledge or as an element within “Chile's market-driven education.” The participants’ main concern was the possibility of philosophy disappearing from schools due to educational disinterest once the subject becomes optional or a source material for civics.

They believe that, considering the competitive structures of formal schooling in Chile, this fear could become a reality.

The discussion remains open, although it is to be hoped that both sides will eventually reach some agreement.

Even though this piece of news has generated a great deal of controversy in Chile, it is important to remember that just one year ago Spain said goodbye to philosophy in their schools, highlighting the fact that the spaces for teaching humanities and critical thinking as we know them are experiencing radical changes globally.

The impact that these changes will have on the formation of youth and on citizen behaviour, however, remains to be seen.

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have put a great deal of thought into whether or not to return to politics. Groups from different political parties, and without party affiliation, have expressed their concern over the current situation in the country and have offered me their support. And the opinion polls indicate that I would have a chance at a third presidential term.

The support of so many people fills me with gratitude. There is no greater reward for me than feeling the confidence and trust of the Costa Rican people, because it is based on deeds and actions, on knowing me for over 45 years, and knowing that, with all my defects, I always say what I think and do what I say.

The approval of my first two administrations is a reflection of what we managed to do together. In the 1980s, we brought peace to a region crushed by war, and we thus put Costa Rica on the world map.

Ten years ago, we inserted our small country in the international economy, and we put it on the map again when the United Nations approved the Arms Trade Treaty, Costa Rica’s biggest contribution to humanity in its entire history.

For many months I have weighed the contribution that I can still make, serving Costa Rica once again, against the need to give a boost to the emergence of a new generation of Costa Rican leaders. And I’m not thinking about the next four years. I’m thinking about the next 40. I have enough strength and enough ideas to serve them again. But I also know I’m not indispensable. No one is indispensable in a democracy.

This is something I have said many times: one of the main obligations of a political leader is to foster new leadership. The future of a country depends on the continuous emergence of new cadres willing to take up the baton. Only tyrants cling to power.

Democrats, of whom I am one, understand the importance of stepping aside. I believe the next generations must be given space, and this is the main reason for not running again for president.

The second reason arises from the political ungovernability in Costa Rica. The opposition doesn’t bother me; on the contrary, I have always believed that in a democracy if there is no opposition, it has to be created.

I believe a good government requires someone on the other side of the sidewalk, reminding it of its commit-

Oscar Arias Sanchez Inter Press Service

In this column, two-time Costa Rican president and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Oscar Arias sets forth his reasons for not accepting the implicit and explicit invitation from large sections of society to run for president for a third time ments and holding it accountable.

Unfortunately, there is a segment of the opposition in our country which, instead of demanding that the government in office make good on its promises, uses any tool to keep it from doing so. Rather than allowing it to implement the government plan that voters supported at the polls, they spend four years carrying out a continuous election campaign, standing in the way of progress in the direction that the people said they wanted.

On May 8, 2006, when my second government took office, I made the following appeal to Costa Ricans, which continues to apply today: “I hope that we learn that no party or social segment has a monopoly on honesty, patriotism, good intentions and love for Costa Rica. I hope that we can understand that the responsible use of political power is much more than pointing things out, complaining, and hindering, and consists above all of engaging in dialogue, working together and building.

“I hope we will be able to tell the difference between adversaries and enemies; understand that willingness

to compromise is not a sign of weakness, just as intransigence is not a sign of strength. I hope we can do away with the pettiness of our political debate, raise up our heads, look forward and think big.”

The third and last reason that pushes me to make this decision is that I think there are many ways to work for the people of Costa Rica. They say that someone who is only good at being president is not even good at that.

That is, if you can only exert influence from the presidential seat, it will not be a strong influence.

I don’t plan to retire. I will continue to express my opinions about the way things are going in the country, and I will continue to support the causes I believe in: I always defended what I consider is best for our people, and above all, for the less fortunate.

I will continue to tirelessly advocate the need for Costa Rica to approve educational reforms that make it possible to boost the quality of education in our primary and secondary schools and our universities, such as dual education, evaluation of teachers and ensuring that our young people receive the skills needed to com-

pete in today’s world.

I will continue to insist on the need for Costa Rica to modernise its economy, invest in infrastructure, insert itself even more in the global markets, significantly bolster its competitiveness and rev up its engines of productivity, the best instrument to reduce inequalities. And I will continue defending democracy, peace and disarmament, because the small size of our country should never be the measure of its moral authority.

I have decided not to run for a third presidential term because I believe that the main problem we are facing is medium- to long-term. If we don’t manage to elevate the quality of politics and increase interest in public service, if we fail to get the most capable, educated and honest people to participate in political life, the sustainability itself of our democratic system is at stake.

To preserve this way of life that we have enjoyed for years, we have to encourage young people to lay their hands on the helm of history.

This is a country of young people. It’s the new generations that have to fight for, and exercise, power. If they don’t like the direction the country is moving in, they should change it. You can do a lot of good outside of politics, but a country where everyone is outside politics is a country adrift.

Arnold Toynbee, the great British historian, said “The greatest punishment for those who are not interested in politics, is that they are governed by people who are.”

Young people must occupy their rightful place in decision-making. They should take the helm of this ship we call fatherland; it will go in the direction of their commitment, or their indifference. I hope the Costa Rica of the future will not be the fruit of their omission, but of the most determined transformative action!

My profound gratitude to everyone who has supported me. Thank you so much for your affection and your trust. Thanks so much for the people of Costa Rica, who continue to move me, to inspire me, and to give me reasons to believe that politics is an instrument for doing good, for achieving peace, for doing justice; that politics is the workshop of dreams where perhaps they can become more realistic, more precise, more concrete, but also the place where dreams can come true.

The Morung Express POLL RESULTS

Is “trIbalIsm” the maIn reason for the present dIvIsIons and lack of polItIcal cohesIon In naga socIety?

Some of those who voted YES had this to say: • Tribalism is a curse for the Nagas which has divided the Nagas into 4 major groups: Tenyima, ENPO, CNTC and Manipuri Nagas. With this open polarization of groups it would be extremely difficult to work together in cohesion politically. Where is the trust existing politically? Is it there in the State govt? Is it there among the NPGs? Is it there among the NGOs? Everything is getting fragmented as there is absolutely no trust between any groups. For the Nagas, to stay together, Federal structure may be the best option.

• Yes. It's a shame that some of us think we are more Nagas than other Nagas. Before 1962, most of the tribes of eastern Nagaland were not part of the present Nagaland. They are not less Nagas before and after 1962.

Nagas of Burma, Arunachal, Manipur and Assam have the same dignity as those from 50 year old Nagaland state. Naga national revolution spearheaded by NNC in the past and NSCN today made supreme sacrifices.

Thousands and thousands of Naga blood/ lives have been sacrifice by those from present Nagaland and others for oneness of Naga identity politically. Negotiation with India is for all Naga areas. India has officially admitted and agreed through more than one Prime minister, the right of the Nagas to be one. A few retired bureaucrats (who have enjoyed the cream of all privileges at the expense of the sacrifices made by others) and tribal leaders with their own agenda (which is not National) should not belittle and undermine the sacrifices made in the last 70 years.

• Yes, tribalism has engulfed our society in such a way that that even politics is driven by the engine of isms. No wonder, there are many tribal patriots but little or less as Naga patriot.

• Yes. Yes tribalism is a curse for the nagas followed by the politician who decided the people. they show favoritism to own tribe. Why can we not have one people one nation one government? By election and not by guns.

• Yes. we have been blinded by tribalism. It was not like this before, but now some of these Underground government (UGs) and tribal groups are promoting tribalism through their propaganda writings.

They dont understand that they are destroying Nagas for their own political agenda. Tribalism is the main problem today, and GoI is laughing at us.

• Yes. Formation of NTC and CNTC instead of reforming and strengthening NH have shown and promoted and paved the way for more tribalism. Recent similar formations of Kuki, Garo and others combine and a student body are examples.

• Yes but one of the main reasons as there are many others which afflict the political scenario in Nagaland. the misogynistic complex of the politicians, unreliability, money hungry, and many more are the main reasons. Tribalism is fueled by ignorance to create an aura around their own ignorance to show 'superiority' to others. It's just like the Emperor's new clothes.

• Yes. Tribalism was there, is here and will be there among naga. Often we try to fool ourselves by saying "we were United before and all that which I think is a lie. We were; like any other primitive society; fighting with neighbouring villages and yes even among the khels of a village.

It is only after the coming of the British with its administration, education and Christianity that today we have come together as a state.

However, this does not mean tribalism is not there. I feel we should accept this fact admit it but try not to use it in a negative intentions but use it as a positive way. There is beauty in diversity. Help each other for a better Nagaland. As for cohesion in politics; we have cohesion in that there is no opposition in our assembly (a record) which is an aberation to democracy because there is no discussion--forget about a "debate"(remember the 15 minute session.).Problem may be we are telling lies - tribalism is there but we think we can do away with it but we cannot. Therefore, let us live and enjoy the beauty of diversity.

• Yes, Ism is our weakest point that our opponents has analyst and notice it and they plays it which is unknown and unnoticed by mass.

• Yes. 16 tribes (MAJOR)speaks different language, this bearers blanks sensitivity of even the elite nagas. An extra-ordinary bond developed built in language and this ism is the cause of division on our naga society.

• YES! Tribalism is based on an irrational premise that blood (and culture) is the ultimate reality and the basis of all universal truth. This is not only based on ignorance but is also reflective of the predominance of a primitive and erroneous understanding in the tribal conception of reality and human nature. Tribalism is inconsistent with the modern scientific notion of the commonality of the human species. Tribalism, which is nothing but a most primitive form of racism, segregate people into groups based on the assumption that blood is the ultimate irreducible reality. This misguided metaphysical assumption, which inform a Naga's understanding of all ethico-moral and socio-political truths and principles, influences the way he interact with his fellow folks and with other tribal entities. When Blood is considered sacrosanct all political principles - justice, equality, cooperative existence etc. - are compromised. The fallout is a US vs THEM tribalistic socio-political arrangement characterised by magnified negative out-group stereotypes, culture of suspicion, morbid xenophobia, power politics filled with nepotism & favouritism, unproductive competitions and internecine tribal feuds. Tribalism has become a malignant growth that has pervaded into the deepest recesses of the Naga psyche. No sociopolitical interaction appears to be possible without the pernicious tribal

mind influencing the process itself, very often with undesirable outcomes.

It negates every rational thought and disengages human reason from all ethical principles that bind humanity together. Being based on the idea that the OTHERS is inferior to the US, it demeans and belittles the 'OTHER'. While tribalism may gives a false sense of security and superiority, it infects the person from the inside, and the toxins that are generated defile the very human essence, eventually degenerating him to the level of an animal. Tribalism is based on superstition and is immoral. It has no place in modern society. If Nagas wish to live in an enlightened society then we have to eradicate the evil of tribalism once and for all. We need to practice tolerance, foster communication and understanding, celebrate diversity, inculcate enabling principles of modern democracy, advocate peaceful co-existence and treasure the enlightened idea that humanity is one. We need to understand that tribe, caste and race are nothing more than social constructs that can be dismantled by putting human reason to use.

Stereotype is not the truth. Color is not the reality. Blood is not ultimate.

Tribal identity is not one's essence. Tribe is not a god. Say no to tribalism.

• Yes. Are there Jew and Gentile Nagas? If so, which one are you?

• Google the word "tribalism" and read in the Wikipedia. Tribalism is linked with the mindset that the tribe s/he belongs is superior than others and therefore deserved more privileges. In the third millennium, over two thousand years after Christ came to the earth, tribalism still exist among some Nagas (not all). Even in Africa, the menace of tribalism is largely on the wane.

• Yes, we nagas are so egoistic. When we don’t agree with someone’s view, we go and form our own organisation/union. This is what is destroy-

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ing the Nagas. We are all selfish.

• Yes. The greatest legacy Nagas were handed down generation after generation is COURAGE and DIGNITY. A Naga who walks barefoot with a dao in hand in the remotest village or a Naga living in New York or Singapore have the same pride and dignity of being a Naga. That is why the British and the Indians could not subjugate Naga people. But Nagas are also under a spell. That is, having different tongues. That is why Ao, Angami, Konyak or Sema whether in Kohima or Dimapur will continue to socialize and worship on their own. This may go on till the second coming of Christ. So the devil comes to you not in the form of a snake but "tribalism" to wreck havoc among the Nagas.

• To fight the evils of tribalism, group discussions at local and students gatherings should not be confined to a single tribe. If we cannot come out from the cocoon of our kinfolk, building Naga Nation will take another 100 years!

• Yes. Because of the disease of tribalism, Naga politics is like cooking elephant meat or boiling rhinoceros skin. Unless we take bull by the horns to eradicate the disease called tribalism, we will remain miserable in our own pits. Do not blame India or Burma.

• Yes. Rani Gaidinliu was baptized by an Ao. But because of tribalism, a few Nagas could not forgive her. But the greater question is : Did God forgive her?? After, after you are buried and returned to dust from where you came, which tribe you belong become less important. There are greater issues for Nagas beyond tribalism.

• Yes. After the first world war, Nagas who returned from France felt the imperative need to build a strong Naga Nation to survive, and to protect our

way of life, faith and economy. If tribes and the half naked festivals and dances are so important, let them exist in their own villages and within it own tribe. Naga struggle is not tribe versus tribe.

• Yes, tribalism has engulfed our society in such a way that even politics are driven by the engine of ism.No wonder, there are many tribal patriots but little or less as Naga patriot.One may say so but hardly it is.

Some of those who voted NO had this to say: • No, Tribalism does nothing sorts of that division. Lack of awareness, lack of awareness leads to hatred, hatred leads to division, division abolishes unity. Also Indian politics divides the Naga society. Today the Naga society exists as a victim of the Indian and Burmese suppressive politics.

Solution- reunite all the Naga and the factions of the Nagas and libration from foreign rules.

• No. Its not the "main" reason but one of the reason. Politicians selfish attitude is the reason for tribalism • No, tribalism is symptom of corruption.

• Not exactly! The primary cause lies in egocentric mindset based on money and other material riches.

• No, our society has become corrupt.

• No. A time will come when Naga Hoho will not be represented by tribes.

But through districts. Tribes should be confined to the districts where the tribe originated. For if tribalism is allowed to permeate, it becomes like meat half cooked, with blood still in it. Unpalatable!

• Media reports say there are 155,000 unemployed youths (but employable) in the state of Nagaland. A few openings have also been filled through back door and front door. How many Rongmeis are there in Nagaland and how many of them are seeking jobs under Nagaland government?

How many employment opportunities are going to be generated through the Framework Agreement? Are we heading back to the survival of the fittest? No, the current talks is not only for the militants of all hues, but for all the children of all tribes for the generations to come. Ergo, all must joined in the collective dug -of -war with India. There cannot be greater folly than fighting among ourselves.

• No. Rabindranath Tagore talked about "Narrow Domestic Walls" that separated Indian society. He got Nobel prize for his thoughts. But Nagas must build the Great Wall of China encircling all respective tribes.

Only then we will be secured.

Some of those who voted OTHERS had this to say: • For some, small hate politics (read politics of division and tribalism amongst Naga society) has become their bread and butter. It is sad. I hang my head in shame.

• Once I heard a man say that tribalism flows thicker than the blood of Jesus in Nagaland... When I contemplated on this words it seems to be true.. Not that I don't believe in Christ but looking at the situation in our lim the people are not willing to let Christ's blood wash our tribalism so you can judge by yourself.

• When people see no hope in ... the good also want to turn into worst being.

• These subject is extensive and needs much more than a few lines to explain, but yes tribalism is an issue in nagaland. Although it's not wrong to have a sense of belonging to one's tribe, there is corruption born out of tribalism wherein people use unfair means to empower their own tribe. And some even have negative feelings towards other tribes, which makes cohesive work next to impossible. We really need to look at the bigger picture, and I think our churches is the only one that can do something about it, because political leaders can't, or rather use tribalism for their own profit. There are many problems in our society and love of money is probably the biggest issue. However according to the subject, tribalism is one of the main reason for division in our society.

• I don't think tribalism is the main reason. The lack of political cohesion lies at the grass root level. Each individual should think and act not only for his tribe but for the whole society/tribe.

• My village is in Manipur. I still remember, a brave man from my village joined NNC in 1957.Later many followed. All the fightings and lives laid down were not for the present Nagaland gifted by Nehru to quell Nagas struggle for self determination. But the spirit of Naga Nationalism could not be wiped out. Now there is a hope that things will be better for all Nagas, after so much struggle and killings, more among ourselves. Tribalism is the last thing to be discussed in the public discourse. Tribalism is taboo.

• If Nagas of all tribes from Arunachal, Assam, Manipur and Nagaland are truly concerned for the general well-being of all the fraternity, then prove yourselves!! Bigger tribes like Ao, Sumi, Lotha, Tangkhul should help one hundred students each from the Nagas of Burma to get proper education till college level. Smaller tribes can help 50 or 30 each every year. This will be coordinated by leaders, hohos and students unions from eastern Nagaland. Thus in ten years, 10,000 students or souls from Burma side will be benefited. I heard Chakhesang as also about 500 qazetted officers. Thus by helping each other, there will be uniformity, political cohesion among the Nagas. Naga areas of Burma should not remain a hiding place of all Northeast militants. Look East and Act East within our own Naga fraternity for LASTING PEACE.

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13 teenagers rescued from traffickers in Odisha berhampur (oDiSha), September 25 (pti): Thirteen teenagers, including two girls, have been rescued from the railway station here while allegedly being trafficked from Odisha, an NGO claimed today.

The children aged between 14 and 16 years are from Ganjam, Gajapati and Kandhamal districts. They were waiting to go to Goa, Surat, Bengaluru and Mumbai, where they would have worked as daily labourers.

The teenagers, who were rescued in past three days, were produced before the district child welfare committee (CWC) yesterday and their parents will be counselled, Kamala Kanta Nayak of the Society for Children (Soch), an NGO, claimed.

Most of them are school dropouts. The rescued children could not give much information on the identity of the traffickers, said Nayak.

He claimed 34 children have so far been rescued by the volunteers of his organisation from Berhampur railway station during the current month. Lack of awareness and poverty are some of the reasons for which they go to out of the state to work as labourers, he said.

Highly qualified specially-abled girl seeks euthanasia after failing to get a job

PM Modi urges calm, vows action against Uri perpetrators

new Delhi, September 25 (ianS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said there was a pan-India fury after the Uri terror attack in which 18 soldiers were killed, but urged the people to exercise restraint and channelise their energies in a constructive way to help the country progress.

Opening his monthly radio broadcast "Mann ki Baat" with condemnation against the "cowardly" cross-border terror strike, Modi vowed that its perpetrators would not be spared.

He, however, refrained from naming Pakistan even as the government has unambiguously said the four attackers who struck at the army base in Jammu and Kashmir on September 18 had come from across the Line of Control (LoC) -- the de facto border that divides the state between the two countries.

"Recently, we lost 18 bravehearts in a terror attack in Uri. I salute and pay my tributes to these martyrs," the Prime Minister said.

"This cowardly act was enough to shake the nation. There is sorrow and deep resentment in the country. This is a loss not only for those who lost their sons, brothers and husbands. It is a loss for the entire nation. And that is why I reiterate today what

Muslims 'not substance of hate',should be treated as 'own' KozhiKoDe, September 25 (pti): In an attempt to reach out to Muslims, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today told a BJP meet here that they are "not substance of hate" nor should they be considered as "items of vote market" but should be treated as "your own".

He invoked BJP ideologue Deendayal Upadhyay to make these comments while addressing the BJP Council meeting here in Kerala, a state with substantial Muslim population, where the party is seeking to expand its base.

He maintained that his government's mission of 'sabka sath, sabka vikas' is not a political slogan but a commitment to ensure welfare of the last man in the society.

In his speech, Modi spoke at length about secularism, balanced and inclusive growth and need for electoral reforms while paying tributes to Upadhyay on his 100th birth anniversary.

"These days, the definition has been distored. Even nationalism is cursed these days," he said.

bhopal, September 25 (ani): At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks about giving special Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (REUTERS File Photo) status and respect to specially-abled people or 'divyangs', Laxmi Yadav, a specially-abled girl from Madhya Pradesh I had said on the day of the Islamabad has denied Bahadur Shastri gave a capital Bhopal has sought euthanasia after being rejected attack: The culprits will be the allegation that the attack message to channelise this for a job across the state. punished for sure," he said. originated from its soil even energy towards nationDejected, she has written to Prime Minister Modi, Modi expressed his as New Delhi says it has in- building through his 'Jai President Pranab Mukherjee, External Affairs Minister confidence in the armed criminating evidence to Jawan-Jai Kisan' slogan."

Sushma Swaraj and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister forces capability in battling prove that the four attackers, The Prime Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan asking for euthanasia. terrorism. who were killed in the Uri mentioned about a Class 11 In her plea, Laxmi said that despite acquiring an "We have full confi- gunfight, belonged to the student named HarshvardM.Phil and LLM, she has been unable to find a job for dence in the Indian Army Jaish-e-Mohammed and han who, disturbed by the herself, and that too when there is three percent reservaand are proud of them. We, had come from Pakistan. attack, had written to him tion for specially-abled people. the politicians, have many In his address, Modi saying that he wanted to do "I have asked for euthanasia from Prime Minister Naoccasions to speak and avoided taking on Pakistan something for the country. rendra Modi, President Pranab Mukherjee, External Afwe do speak. But the army and rather chose to calm The young man took fairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Minister Shivraj Singh doesn't speak. They speak the tempers and urged the a "resolve that he would Chouhan that I am unable to find a job for myself despite through their bravery," the countrymen to channelise study for three extra hours being so qualified. For the last 10-12 years, I have been Prime Minister said. the anger into a construc- daily, be a good citizen and trying to get a job but all my efforts have gone in vain," The Uri assault has tive nation-building ap- serve the nation".

Laxmi told ANI. plunged the already frosty proach.

"This is another way for "I am more qualified than a normal person. I am just India-Pakistan ties to a new "This anger is valuable. every citizen to show love not able to do practice because everywhere I am being low amid apprehensions During the 1965 (India- for the country amidst the told that because I am physically challenged, I won't be that it may even trigger an Pakistan) war, Indians had din of bombs and bullets. able to work properly, won't be able to climb up the stairs armed conflict between similar sentiments, simi- This was shown by Shasetc, etc. They are more sure than me that I would not be the two nuclear-powered lar anger. At that time, (the triji, just as Mahatma Ganable to work," she added. neighbours. then Prime Minister) Lal dhi did during the freedom She added that the Madhya Pradesh Government has launched so many yojnas, yet she has not benefitted.

"I am talking about the private sector wherever I have applied. If you don't give me job, then how would you be able to know about my efficiencies and capabilities," she said. new Delhi, Septem- Manish Tiwari said, accus- ting reply to Pakistan, he is from around Rs 725 crore ber 25 (ianS): Criticising ing the Modi government doling out advice to their to around Rs 1,600 crore.

It said that the United the Narendra Modi govern- of committing mistake af- people.

He said that those who Progressive Alliance govment on the Uri attack, the ter mistake.

"This government is speak against the Bharatiya ernment had finalised a Congress on Sunday said that it is the "weakest gov- committing mistakes after Janata Party (BJP) govern- deal to buy a French Rafale inDore, September 25 (tnn): For last one month, ernment on national secu- mistake and as the opposi- ment are accused of being jet at Rs 725 crore, but hava youth has been meeting senior police and administra- rity" so far and has no clear tion it is our responsibility to anti-national and the Con- ing scrapped that deal, the pinpoint those mistakes in gress is against this.

Modi government signed tive officials in Dewas asking them to hold felicitation policy towards Pakistan. the national interest," he said.

The Congress also a new deal, according to "This is the weakest functions for getting a job with the National Aeronautics Taking a dig at Prime asked the government as which the cost of one jet has government on national and Space Administration (NASA) in the USA. Minister Modi, Tiwari said to how come the cost of a escalated "123 per cent" to security that has taken ofWhen he flashed a 'NASA identity card' with signathat instead of giving befitRafale fighter jet went up around Rs 1,600 crore. fice," Congress spokesman tures of US president Barack Obama before Dewas superintendent of police Shashikant Shukla, the senior police officer grew suspicious and launched a probe.

Eventually, twenty-year-old Ansar Khan was arrested for committing fraud.

Khan's tales of getting a NASA job with annual salary He said people were happy over of Rs 1.85 crore had been making rounds in Dewas dis- hyDerabaD, September 25 from four villages in Karimnagar district for last one month. A resident of Kamlapur, Khan had (ianS): Authorities on Sunday sound- trict, where an under construction the fact that all the reservoirs includbeen claiming that an instrument placed at his house to ed flood alert in Telangana as water lev- project across Godavari was over- ing Himayatsagar and Gandipet, the monitor weather, has been sending information to NASA el is rising in Godavari river due to huge flowing due to huge inflows. Water main sources of drinking water supwas flowing above the bund of Mid ply to Hyderabad, were full and this station in Washington DC. Moved by his claims, the pri- inflows following heavy rains.

Maneru project. would be sufficient to overcome With all the projects across the mary school in Kamlapur had felicitated him for the feat The Chief Minister said all proj- drought like situation for two years. river overflowing, the administraduring the independence day function in the presence of He, however, cautioned public tion in five districts were put on high ects in Godavari basin were full to the local dignitaries and politicians. alert to prevent loss of life by taking brim. As Sriram Sagar, Nizam Sagar, representatives and officials to enWearing the fake identity card around his neck, Khan up evacuation from low-lying areas Mid Maneru, Lower Maneru, Singur sure that there is no loss of human life had been getting entry to government offices and audi- in towns and villages facing the flood and other projects were full, water or livestock due to floods. ence with senior officials. On September 20, he visited threat. was being released downstream and Meanwhile, the met office has SP Shukla, who grew suspicious and asked Bagali police Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar as a result, the level is increasing ev- forecast rains over next four days. Acstation in-charge B S Gore to investigate the matter. cording to Hyderabad MeteorologiRao directed ministers, MPs and ery hour.

"Probe revealed that Khan was a XII standard pass MLAs to remain in their constituChandrasekhar Rao said the of- cal Centre, heavy rains is very likely out. He had appeared for the examinations twice. He had encies and closely monitor the situ- ficials need to be on alert along the over next two days ending 8.30 a.m. then taken admission in BSc first year course Indore's ation. He asked collectors and su- entire river course from Kaleswaram on September 27. After this period, IKDC college," said Gore. light to moderate rains are likely. perintendents of police of Adilabad, to Bhadrachalam.

During the course of investigation, a photo studio Nizamabad, Karimnagar, Warangal He noted that Pranahita and InThe met office said the southwest operator in Kamlapur, Kishore Rathore, told the police and Khammam districts to be on dravati (tributaries of Godavari) were monsoon was vigorous over Telanthat Khan had visited his place some time ago claiming alert. also receiving huge inflows from up- gana. The low pressure area over Vidto have received message of his job posting in NASA. He National Disaster Response Force stream and the water is reaching Go- harbha and adjoining Telangana and also took printouts of the identity card. south Chhattisgarh persist.

(NDRF) teams evacuated people davari.

MP youth arrested for faking Rs 1.8 crore job at Nasa

"Every (Kashmiri) parent wants schools and colleges to open as soon as possible. Farmers also want that their produce, ripened fruits etc, should reach the markets of entire India.

Economic activities should become normal. For the past few days, trade activities have begun to function normally."

He said he was hopeful that a "solution to every problem (in Kashmir) can be found".

"We will find the ways.

We will together find the greatest path for the future generations of Kashmir," he said, assuring the people of Kashmir that their security was the "responsibility of the administration".

Modi government weakest so far, says Congress Police probing 'missing' Ishrat Jahan documents case

Godavari in spate, flood warning for Telangana

Odisha: Daughters act as pallbearers after neighbours refuse to help in Kalahandi bhubaneShwar, September 25 (aGenCieS): A month after the Dana Majhi episode shocked the country, the district of Kalahandi again shot to controversy after four daughters of a widow had to act as pallbearers as no one came to help them.

Soon after Kanak Satpathy, a 80-yearold BPL Brahmin widow of Dokripada village under Golamunda block of Kalahandi died late on Friday night, her four daughters reportedly requested the villagers to help carry their mother’s body to cremation ground. Satpathy who was widowed a few years ago, was sustaining her home by begging. Three of her daughters were widowed while the other one was deserted by her husbands. They were all living with her at Dokripada and were reportedly shunned by their near and dear as they lived by begging.

As no villager came forward to help them, the daughters put the body on an upturned cot and carried it on their shoulders to the cremation ground Saturday morning.

Elder daughter Pankajini lit the funeral pyre.

As the daughters did not have money to buy wood, they used the wooden beam from the

struggle."

The "healthy" and "constructive" thinking of this young man, Modi said, was inspiring for all to take the "nation to new heights".

Modi also referred to hardships faced by the Kashmiri people because of an ongoing unrest that has disrupted the normal life in the valley for over two-and-a-half months.

Schools, colleges, offices and other businesses have remained closed due to the turmoil and there are no signs of a respite from daily protests and shutdowns called by Kashmiri separatists. At least 90 people have been killed in the violence after the July 8 killing of a militant commander.

roof of their home for cremation. Though the State government is supposed to provide assistance for cremation under Harischandra Yojana, no such help was given.

A local boy shot the video in his smartphone when the daughters were carrying their mother. Though listed as BPL, the family did not have a house under Pradhan Mantri Grameen Aawas Yojana.

In April this year, two daughters of western Odisha district of Bargarh carried the body of their 70-year-old mother to the funeral ground for last rites after no male person in the village turned up. The woman’s husband had left the village 15 years ago after he was diagnosed with leprosy. Since then villagers had shunned the family.

new Delhi, September 25 (ianS): Delhi Police has started investigating the case of missing files pertaining to the Ishrat Jahan shootout case after the Union Home Ministry lodged an FIR in the matter that had seen a row between the BJP and the Congress. "We have filed an FIR in the Ishrat Jahan missing documents case and are planning further proceedings," Deputy Commissioner of Police, New Delhi, Jatin Narwal said on Sunday.

An Under Secretary in the Home Ministry has filed the FIR at the Parliament Street Police station here under Section 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servants) of the Indian Penal Code. The FIR seeks a probe on "why, how and under what circumstances" five documents related to the case went missing, sources said.

"The complaint from Home Ministry was filed on August 26 and a police case has been registered under 'stealing' category earlier this month on September 22," a source said here. An official panel was appointed by the government to probe the "missing documents" after former Home Secretary G.K. Pillai sparked a row by claiming that some papers related to an affidavit in the case were changed by then Home Minister P. Chidambaram.

The Congress and Chidambaram had denied the charge and instead charged the Modi government with "politicising" the issue.

The Home Ministry had ordered the probe by senior IAS officer B.K. Prasad on March 14. He was also given extension in July amid complaints that he had tried to "tutor" some of the witnesses, including retired officials. The ministry had maintained that since this is "highly sensitive enquiry" wherein allegations have come in that efforts were made to conceal the terror link of Ishrat Jahan, the government desired that the panel submit a "detailed and final report".

The NDA government has maintained that "the second affidavit", which was different from the original, had said there was no evidence to link Ishrat to the terror group.

ISRO to make commercial use of multiple burn technology in Monday rocket launch Chennai, September 25 (ianS): Indian space agency ISRO on Monday will, for the first time, be making commercial use its own multiple burn technology while launching eight satellites - five foreign and three domestic - in different orbits, said a senior official. Multiple burn technology is the switching off and switching on of a rocket's engine in space.

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) director K. Sivan also told IANS that the 48 and half hour countdown for the launch of Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) that would carry the eight satellites is progressing smoothly at the rocket port Sriharikota in Andhra

Pradesh.

It began on at 8.42 a.m on Saturday and the rocket is expected to blast off at 9.12 a.m. on Monday.

"We will be using the multiple burn technology for the first time for launching satellites. Earlier we switched off and switched on the fourth stage (engine) of PSLV to test the technology," said Sivan.

He said the first time the multiple burn technology was first tested by ISRO while flying its PSLV rocket on December 16, 2015 and in June 2016, the technology was again demonstrated.

About the challenge to be faced on Monday, Sivan said: "After cutting off the engine, its condition should be brought to such a stage

that it could be restarted again. The next challenge is to controlling the engine and bringing it so as to eject the remaining satellites into a different orbit."

He said the rocket has GPS aided navigation system so that data generated by the rocket's inertial navigation system and the one provided by the former will be blended so as to erase and errors and to generate a precise data.

On Monday, a 320 ton PSLV rocket will put its main cargo the 371 kg SCATSAT-1 - for ocean and weather related studies - into a 730 km polar sun synchronous orbit, 17 minutes into the flight.

The remaining seven satellites will be placed in a 689 km polar orbit nearly

two hours later.

These include five foreign satellites: three from Algeria (Alsat-1B 103kg, Alsat-2B 117kg, Alsat-1N 7kg), and one each from Canada (NLS-19, 8kg) and US (Pathfinder-44kg).

The two other Indian satellites are: Pratham (10kg) built by Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay and Pisat (5.25 kg) from PES University, Bengaluru and its consortium.

After putting into orbit SCATSAT-1, the rocket's fourth stage or the engine will be shut down and would be restarted and cut off one hour 22 minutes twice after the rocket blast off from Sriharikota.

Two hours and 11 minutes into the flight the fourth stage will be restart-

ed. Four minutes later all the seven satellites would be put into their intended orbit.

Sivan said the long time gap between the cutting off of the engine and its restart is not an issue.

The PSLV rocket is a four stage/engine rocket powered by solid and liquid fuel alternatively.

According to ISRO, SCATSAT-1 is a continuity mission for Oceansat-2 scatterometer to provide wind vector data products for weather forecasting, cyclone detection and tracking services to the users.

The satellite carries Kuband scatterometer similar to the one flown onboard Oceansat-2.

The mission life of the satellite is five years.

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Battle rages near Aleppo, air onslaught continues AMMAN, SepteMber 25 (reUterS): Warplanes bombed a strategic camp on the northern edge of Aleppo on Sunday as Syrian government and rebel forces battled for control of the high ground in a Russian-backed offensive that has left Washington’s Syria policy in tatters.

Planes also continued to pound residential parts of the town, flattening buildings, rebels and residents said.

More than 250,000 civilians are trapped in the besieged opposition sector and there is growing concern about the escalation in violence since a ceasefire, announced just two weeks ago, unravelled.

The United Nations Security Council is due to meet at 11 a.m. (1500 GMT) to discuss the fighting but the latest campaign for a decisive battlefield victory

by President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian and Iranian allies appears to have buried any hope for diplomacy.

In their first major ground advance of the offensive, the Syrian army and its militia allies seized control of the Handarat Palestinian refugee camp, a few kilometres north of Aleppo, only for rebels to counterattack a few hours later.

Rebels said on Sunday they had retaken the camp before the bombing started.

“We retook the camp, but the regime burnt it with phosphorous bombs ... We were able to protect it, but the bombing

A front loader removes debris in a damaged site after airstrikes on the rebel held Tariq al-Bab neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria on September 24. (REUTERS Photo)

burnt our vehicles,” said Abu al-Hassanien, a commander in a rebel operations room that includes the main brigades fighting to repel the army assault.

The army, which is being helped by Iranian-backed militias, Lebanon’s Shi’ite Hezbollah militant group and a Palestinian militia, acknowledged rebels had retaken Handarat.

“The Syrian army is targeting the armed groups positions in Handarat camp,” a military source was quoted on state media as saying.

The assault on Aleppo could

be the biggest battle yet in a civil war that has killed hundreds of thousands of people and driven 11 million from their homes.

Residents say air strikes on eastern Aleppo since the offensive was announced on Thursday have been more intense than ever, using more powerful bombs. Scores of people have been killed in the last few days.

Rebel officials said air strikes on Saturday hit at least four areas of the opposition-held east, and they believe the strikes are mostly being carried out by Russian warplanes. Video of the blast

sites shows huge craters several metres wide and deep.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said at least 45 people, among them 10 children, were killed in eastern Aleppo on Saturday. The army says it is targeting only militants.

DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who hammered out the truce over the course of months of intensive diplomacy, was left pleading in vain this week with Russia to halt air strikes.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said in an interview aired on Sunday that Russia was guilty of prolonging the war in Syria and may have committed war crimes by targetting an aid convoy. “(Russia) are guilty of protracting this war and making it far more hideous,” Johnson told the BBC’s Andrew Marr show.

“When it comes to instances such as the bombing of aid targets in Aleppo, we should be looking at whether or not that targeting is done in the knowledge that those are wholly innocent civilian targets, that is a war crime.”

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the “chilling military escalation” in Aleppo, his spokesman said on Saturday.

Sunday’s United Nations meeting, which will be public, was requested by the United States, Britain and France.

In a meeting on Saturday in Boston, Kerry and his counterparts from the EU, Britain, Germany, Italy and France called on Russia to “take extraordinary steps to restore the credibility of our efforts, including by halting the indiscriminate bombing by the Syrian regime of its own people, which has continually and egregiously undermined efforts to end this war.”

The war has ground on for nearly six years, with all diplomatic efforts collapsing in failure. Half of Syria’s population has been made homeless,

world powers and regional states have been drawn in, and Islamic State - the enemy of every other party to the conflict has seized swathes of Syria and neighbouring Iraq.

For most of that time, world powers seemed to accept that neither Assad nor his opponents were likely to be capable of decisive victory on the battlefield.

But Russia’s apparent decision to abandon the peace process this week could reflect a change in that calculus and a view that victory is in reach, at least in the western cities where the overwhelming majority of Syrians live.

Assad’s fortunes improved a year ago when Russia joined the war on his side. Since then, Washington has worked hard to negotiate peace with Moscow, producing two ceasefires. But both proved short-lived, with Assad, possibly scenting chances for more battlefield success, showing no sign of compromise.

Moscow says Washington failed to live up to its side of the latest deal by separating mainstream insurgents from hardened jihadists.

FIERCE BATTLES Outside Aleppo, anti-Assad fighters have been driven mostly into rural areas. Nevertheless, they remain a potent fighting force, which they demonstrated with an advance of their own on Saturday.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday

rebels, including the jihadist Jund al-Aqsa group, had seized two villages in northern Hama province, an area that is close to the coastal heartland of Assad’s Alawite minority sect.

A Syrian military source said the army was “fighting fierce battles” around the two villages, Maan and al-Kabariya.

Damascus and its allies including Shi’ite militia from Iran, Iraq and Lebanon have encircled rebel-held areas of Aleppo gradually this year, achieving their long-held objective of fully besieging the area this summer with Russian air support.

A pro-government Iraqi militia commander in the Aleppo area told Reuters the aim was to capture all of Aleppo within a week. A Western diplomat said on Friday the only way for the government to take the area quickly would be to totally destroy it in “such a monstrous atrocity that it would resonate for generations”.

UNICEF, the U.N. children’s charity, said on Saturday a pumping station providing water for rebel-held eastern Aleppo was destroyed by bombing and the rebels had responded by shutting down a station supplying the rest of the city, leaving 2 million people without access to clean water.

Tarik Jasarevic, spokesman for the World Health Organisation, said on Saturday the water system was working “in around 80 percent of the city both sides”.

Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar shot dead Philippines tells world not to interfere in Duterte drugs war outside court before trial over cartoon

AMMAN, SepteMber 25 (reUterS): A gunman shot dead Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar on Sunday outside the court where he was to stand trial on charges of contempt of religion after sharing on social media a caricature seen as insulting Islam, witnesses and state media said.

The gunman was arrested at the scene, state news agency Petra said. A security source said he was a 39-yearold Muslim preacher in a mosque in the capital. Hattar, a Christian and a anti-Islamist activist who was a supporter of Syrian President Bashar alAssad, was arrested last month after he shared a caricature that depicted a bearded man in heaven smoking in bed with women and asking God to bring him wine and cashews.

In the cartoon, the man also asks

God to clear his dishes and put a door on his tent and knock before entering.

Many conservative Muslim Jordanians considered Hattar’s move offensive and against their religion.

The authorities said he violated the law by sharing the caricature.

The state news agency quoted a security source as saying Hattar was killed by a man who fired three shots at him on the steps of the palace of justice in the Jordanian capital.

“The assailant was arrested and investigations are ongoing,” Petra quoted the security source as saying.

Two witnesses said the gunman was wearing a traditional Arab dishashada, worn by ultra conservative Sunni Salafis who adhere to a puritanical version of Islam and shun Western lifestyles.

Some secular and liberal supporters of Hattar said his arrest last month was a breach of freedom of speech but other Jordanians thought the caricature’s publication had crossed a red line in a Muslim country where it is a taboo to attack God or the Prophet.

Hattar was charged with contempt of religion and sowing sectarian tensions. The country’s highest official religious fatwa authority criticised Hattar for what it said was the “insult to the divine entity, Islam and religious symbols”.

Hattar had apologized on social media and said he did not mean to insult God but had shared the cartoon to mock fundamentalist Sunni radicals and what he said was their vision of God and heaven. He had accused his Islamist opponents of using the cartoon to settle scores with him.

Hattar also supported restricting the rights and privileges of Jordanians of Palestinian descent. The Jordanian government condemned the attack.

“The law will be strictly enforced on the culprit who did this criminal act and will hit with an iron fist anyone who tries to harm state of law,” government spokesman Mohammad Momani said.

The moderate Islamist Muslim Brotherhood group also warned against a flare up in religious and sectarian tensions in a country in which Jordanian Christians are a minority but wield wide political and economic influence.

UNIteD NAtIONS, SepteMber 25 (reUterS): Philippines Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay told the United Nations on Saturday his country’s new president, Rodrigo Duterte, had an “unprecedented” mandate and the world should not interfere in his crackdown on crime.

Addressing the annual U.N. General Assembly, Yasay said the Duterte government was “determined to free the Philippines from corrupt and other stagnating practices, including the manufacture, distribution and use of illicit drugs.

“Our actions, however, have grabbed both the national headlines and international attention for all the wrong reasons,” he said. “We urge everyone to allow us to deal with our domestic challenges in order to achieve our national goals without undue interference.”

Duterte won a landslide election victory on May 9 after vowing to wipe out drugs and crime. Police said this week that in the past 11 weeks, nearly 3,000 people had been killed in Duterte’s war on drugs, a figure adjusted from the 3,800 they cited last week.

New US black history museum tells story of America: Obama WASHINGtON, SepteMber 25 (re UterS): President Barack Obama on Saturday expressed hope that a new national museum showcasing the triumphs and tragedies of the African American experience will help to bring people together as the nation reels from recent racial upheaval. Speaking at a dedication ceremony for the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Obama said that the story of black America is the story of America. “This national museum helps to tell a richer and fuller story of who we are,” said Obama.

“Hopefully, this museum can help us to talk to each other. And more importantly, listen to each other. And most importantly, see each other. Black and white and Latino and Native American and Asian American - see how our stories are bound together,” he said standing on a stage outside the bronzecolored, latticed museum.

The museum, located on the National Mall, officially opened its doors on

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during the dedication of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington on September 24. (REUTERS Photo)

Saturday. It contains 36,000 items that trace the journey of African Americans from slavery in the 1800s to the fight for civil rights in the 20th century and lauds modern icons, such as media mogul Oprah Winfrey and tennis champion Serena Williams.

With a ring of a bell, Obama and wife Michelle and four generations of an African American family

inaugurated the $540 million museum designed by Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye, who was inspired by Yoruban art from West Africa.

‘PLACE TO UNDERSTAND’ Obama, who made history as the first black president of the United States, spoke as racial tensions flared once again across the nation in the aftermath

of police shootings of two black men in the past two weeks. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, a white police officer has been charged with manslaughter for fatally shooting Terence Crutcher, 40, whose car had broken down and blocked a road. Violent protests broke out after a separate incident in Charlotte, North Carolina, where police shot Keith Scott, a 43-year-old father of seven.

The deaths were the latest in a string of fatal encounters between police and African Americans that have sparked unrest and threaten to overshadow Obama’s legacy on race relations. Obama said the museum’s exhibits on the fight against racial discrimination and segregation could provide context for current movements against police brutality.

“It reminds us that routine discrimination and Jim Crow are not ancient history. We shouldn’t despair that it’s not all solved,” Obama said, noting all the progress that the country has made just in his lifetime.

“This is the place to understand how protest and love of country don’t merely coexist, but inform each other,” he said. The dedication ceremony was attended by a who’s who of American officials, including Republican Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, as well as entertainment luminaries including Winfrey, Stevie Wonder and Will Smith.

The killings have drawn widespread international criticism, including from the United Nations, drawing angry responses from Duterte. On Thursday, the Philippine leader hurled insults at U.N. SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon and the European Union, then invited them to come to investigate his crackdown.

Yasay said Duterte had won “an unprecedented and resounding electoral mandate” and now enjoyed a 92 percent approval rating. As such, he had to deliver on a “sacred” call for

change. “To him, this trust is sacrosanct,” Yasay said. “It cannot be breached, under no circumstance must it be compromised.” Duterte’s defiance of high-profile organizations and his insults of anyone from U.S. President Barack Obama to the pope have amused many Filipinos, but worried foreign governments - not the least the United States.

Some analysts predict Duterte will seek to diversify foreign relations beyond Washington, including by seeking better ties with erstwhile maritime

foe China.

Yasay said core values enshrined in the Philippine constitution included the mandate “to pursue an independent foreign policy, to promote the national interest.”

At the same time, he said Manila would remain “a responsible partner of the international community,” committed to the rule of law - including an international court ruling this year in favor of the Philippines and against China over competing claims in the South China Sea.

Washington mall shooting suspect arrested SAN FrANCISCO, SepteMber 25 (AGeNCIeS): An intense 24-hour hunt for the man suspected of shooting and killing five people at a mall north of Seattle came to an uneventful and abrupt end Saturday night when he was found walking down a street in his home city.

Police arrested Arcan Cetin, 20 years old, in Oak Harbor, about 30 miles from where the shootings took place at the Cascade Mall in Burlington.

One of the arresting officers, Lt. Mike Hawley of the Island County Sheriff’s Office, said Cetin “said nothing” as he was taken into custody. “He was just kind of zombielike.”

The arrest helped put this forested corner of northwest Washington state at ease, but many questions remain unanswered.

Police said they still don’t know the motive in the killings or if Cetin knew any of his alleged victims. Four women ranging from the teens to senior-citizen age were killed, police said. One man in his 60s later died at a Seattle hospital.

Police had launched a massive manhunt to find the alleged shooter. Surveillance video showed a man in the mall with a rifle and, initially, police said they were searching for a suspect of Hispanic descent, based on eyewitness reports. They distributed a photo showing a man with thick, closely cut black hair.

However, Cetin immigrated from Turkey and is now “a legal permanent resident” in the U.S., said Mount Vernon police Lt. Chris Cammock at a news con-

ference late Saturday.

Federal investigators said Friday night that there were no indications of terrorism, but they couldn’t discount that as a possibility.

When asked about terrorism Saturday night, Lt. Cammock said: “I am not going to rule out anything at this point.”

Police are also still determining who owns the rifle used in the shooting, Lt. Cammock said.

Cetin was booked Saturday in county jail on an investigative hold and is expected to be charged next week.

As police scoured northern Washington for the suspect, hundreds of tips poured in, including one that identified Cetin, Lt. Cammock said.

Surveillance video from outside the mall also showed Cetin’s vehicle, which helped investigators identify him, he said.

Investigators believe Cetin drove away from the scene after the shooting, but didn’t go far. At some point, Cetin traveled to the island city of Oak Harbor.

Lt. Hawley, of the Island County Sheriff’s Office, said he was driving along an Oak Harbor street when he spotted Cetin—just minutes after seeing his photo on an office computer.

Lt. Hawley said he slammed on the brakes, pulled a U-turn, hopped out of his car, and drew his gun. Cetin froze and Lt. Hawley and a colleague handcuffed him.

Cetin wasn’t armed when he was arrested and had a bag with a computer inside, Lt. Hawley said.

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public discourse

THE MORUNG EXPRESS

UNLESS NBCC/CHURCH UNDERTAKES CLEAN ELECTION FROM BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW PERSPECTIVE...

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018 Assembly Election will be acid test of NBCC’s Clean Election and how People of Nagaland for Christ respond in 2018 may determine the future course of our democratic institution. Going by church record Clean Election was mooted way back as early as 1972 but it was widely undertaken as Church Campaign in 2008 Election but without evoking commendable response from Christian community. Many people, who professed Nagaland for Christ and unwavering faith in Christ, voted from materialism perspective as opposed to Biblical worldview perspective. This being the 2nd Campaign the NBCC is expected to come out daringly to the front line and lead the way forward while avoiding all inhibitions and distractions of past election season. The wreckage of present day government is a natural offspring of the election we knowingly allowed.

NBCC must revisit Prophet Isaiah who, while grieving for Saul’s leadership was told to get over his frustrations and move forward.

Christian members can also draw insight from compatible captivity situation of Old Testament time. 70 years after captivity in Babylon, God created the promised situation for his chosen people to go back to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple in ruin. Yet having assimilated deeply into the world of idolism, liberalism and prosperity of Great Babylon, only Judah and Benjamin tribes instantly obeyed God and marched back to Jerusalem and the other well-settled 10 Israelite tribes refused to leave Babylon. Then in Jerusalem the rebuilding was not well taken by powerful opposition because they saw it as an act of disrupting the established order and allegedly dishonouring the king and the work was blocked for some 1620 years. To me this biblical event has special relevance to our immediate situation of self-created captivity: relevance of ruined Jerusalem temple to self-ruined election institution, positive response of Judah and Benjamin to NBCC’s response to Clean Election, negative response of 10 Israelite tribes to unwillingness of some political and non-political bodies, political and non-political persons to come out of their comfort zone to support Clean Election and powerful opposition in Jerusalem to similar ones in present circumstances.

Election is secular temple of democracy where people’s mandate is given to their choice of Leadership and choice of Government. This is a very beautiful expression but the real problem of democracy comes when her temple is turned into uncontrolled free market where, in reverse order nearly all adult population become wholesaler of votes and a very tiny fraction of population become purchaser of voting commodity at the highest bid whether through cash, alcohol, violence or unfair means.

The aftermath of marketed election is more horrifying.

Hence, NBCC’s campaign for Clean Election. Clean Election and Free & Fair Election are principally not different but maybe applied differently; by application the latter can be understood as legal portion of the former. If past experience is worth considering Clean Election must go beyond toothless legal provisions (with due apology) of Free & Fair Election. In as much as there are different political systems across the world there are that much different constitutional provisions and laws of election system and again that much or even more different interpretation and reinterpretation of election process and conduct of Free & Fair Election. Nonetheless, no country, advanced or otherwise, democratic or otherwise, large or otherwise has been able to appreciably apply these inbuilt provisions and laws to eradicate the evils of election. And Unclean Election remains to stay as one of the most effective electoral weapons because the ones who make election the most dirty are actually the ones who make the most out of it. For instance 2016 US President’s election campaign is reported to be one of the ugliest ever or even dirtiest.

What I am trying to imply here is Clean Election, if at all we mean to make it a reality, must be understood and applied locally in conformity with the ground reality of LOCAL SITUATION and TEMPERAMENT instead of beating around the soaring provisions of Free & Fair Election. In other words, Clean Election need not be ex-

clusively legal; it can also be essentially ethical in the spirit of our faith. So it is not WHAT is routinely and ineffectively applied but exactly HOW Christian community can conscientiously respond to the need of prevailing situation any time, season or no season, from Biblical worldview perspective. Once the heart is won, people on their own will apply the norms of free & fair election. This is where spiritually-envisioned Church needs to take up the role of a prophetic voice. As 2018 Election is coming out to the spotlight, political tension will heighten, the ante will rise higher, public emotions will increase several times and for this reason Church should not remain fuzzy or insensitive anymore.

For that matter NBCC might have formulated her own Action Plan but I believe the plan is not exhausted and it is still kept open for useful inputs from all angles. On a vital as well as conflicting issue of public importance there will never be unanimity of opinion. For instance theologians will interpret things theologically, legal person legally or politicians politically but if theologians ape legally or legal person politically or politicians theologically then we all know how variety show will finally end. This seems to be happening somewhere and I’m tempted to push in with my humble opinion, first as a worried Christian, that in Christian dominated society and secondly as one having faced some bitter experience over past 3 Assembly Election. Let me also add, the wearer knows where the shoe pinches and for this very reason I strongly feel we must first and foremost get to the Bottom Line and not the other way round from top level down. Unclean or election dirt is not what you read about others in newspapers or watched in TV but it is actually what you knowingly allow yourself, your family, your village, your church, your leaders to become “different-somebody” during election season. So you see, NBCC’s Clean Election cannot be fished out by inappropriately reinterpreting or rephrasing the almost abandoned or ignored election provisions or laws UNLESS THINGS ARE DONE DIFFERENTLY. And to get things done differently we need to get down to the Basics: Basic1- Political Parties: Clean Election campaign cannot be limited to ‘during election campaign and election day’ only. Deceptive electoral politics began the day some political parties misled huge vulnerable voters into voting for so called non-Indian Nagas fighting for Naga sovereignty through state politics against the other so called anti-Naga Indians (especially Congress) which led to loss of not only several elections but many human lives in the past. And this politics of deception still dominates election. Then there is certain political party characterized by anti secular, hate politics, anti minority politics etc and yet Christian population and Church are questionably silent on such issues while allowing its growing influence in the state, apparently because their standstill position is being determined from materialism perspective rather than Biblical worldview perspective.

NBCC is not expected to act as arbiter of party politics but now with Clean Election in hand she can no longer close her eyes, ears and mouth over (i) the unrealistic and deceptive electoral politics of some party & followers (who are also Church members) that they are pro-Naga, pro-sovereignty blah blah while the others (likewise Church members) are anti-Naga, antisovereignty and keep poisoning the minds of successive generation and (ii) the ‘Alright’ attitude of Church on flirting relationship between so called pro-Naga, pro-sovereignty party and pro-communal, one-nation one-culture party. Church cannot sit on fences and remain silent spectator throughout.

Basic2- E-Roll: Why E-Roll is thoroughly manipulated and inflated beyond imagination through coordinated effort of some candidate, village authority and enrolling authority for electoral victory and also public distribution system is best explained here with one instance. I know certain village where, unlike many other villages, there is only one church denomination having about 1500 members. But their E-Roll is 4-5 times more, population cen-

sus is just like that, household census is two times more or so, Job Card is two times more or so. The Pastor, deacons & deaconess and entire church staffs know how much local church membership fee, households etc is submitted or reported to apex Church Council and other side how much is inflated and reflected in government records.

This problem is not limited to one or two villages only but some cases are too extreme to overlook.

Can NBCC boldly bring this shocking and covert issue before the respective local church and put the church to task for bringing accurate E-Roll before 2018 Election? If a realistic E-Roll is not ensured how can we expect Clean Election in 2018 or thereafter? Clean Election is not just doing way with or reducing the evils of money, bottle and violence. Church cannot represent or professed the TRUTH, whether in spiritual or secular sense by sitting on piled-up intentional lies, deceits, false witnesses and conspiracies.

even involve in the kitchen politics of a family. The truth has to be admitted that involvement of variable underground elements in electoral politics has not only weakened Naga cause but split the cause into many causes and likewise political parties involving variable underground elements during election has created more problems in state politics than it can handle as is seen today.

It is unimaginable to propose Clean Election without addressing the potential involvement of NPGs in 2018, Election was boycotted in 1998 by them and people responded, in 2003 they called people to vote out Congress and elect NPF and people did. Now what guarantee can NBCC give that people will be allowed free and fair election without NPGs’ dictate in 2018?

For how long people will be kept dreaming of never coming free & fair election, clean election or election for once without NPG’s involvement? This is one volatile Basic the NBCC must address fearlessly.

Basic3- Money: Whatever justification is given by apologist, factually electoral politics is no longer a calling of chosen people; it is dominantly a gamble of money holders. In electoral drama “Money plays” several parts: “Money buys” winning votes including election mercenaries, security personnel, polling officials and local administration: “Money attracts” individuals seeking public office NOT public issues, because public office becomes the easiest and fastest way to wealth-power-fame, which ambitious individual do not get while serving in government job or while venturing to expand business at the mercy of political elite or while climbing the stairs of pro-government NGO to jump into active politics or while exploring big politics in wilderness: and “Money detracts” prospective leadership because as someone said, “He is capable but he has no money”.

The extra part of the drama is “Money drains”, when after election the elected leaders drain the entire public fund and interestingly the part- “Money silences” congregation’s reaction, to be precise the Church. This way we fail or refuse to see the difference between real politicians and pseudo or shadow politicians.

Powerful as money is, equally destructive money is to electoral politics and one wonders how NBCC can control this widespread cancer, UNLESS treated differently.

If NBCC brings pressure (through member’s church) it will be a chance for potential but moneyless candidate to say: “I have no money to buy vote but please elect me for me to pay you back richly”. If at all the voters conscientiously comply I believe they will then elect member on the basis of his/her personality, capability, honesty and principle. But with all probabilities electoral hawkers and giant investors in politics will then sleeplessly conduct all out campaign at their expense to silence or sabotage the Church altogether.

During election well-to-do members, government employees, educated sections, elders etc residing inside or outside village become money changers/exchangers, and incidentally most of these people are pastors, deacons/deaconess and church or associated staffs. Given this fact, NBCC’s Clean Election must start FIRST with local pastors and his staffs then down to the last registered member in the church. Perhaps this is the most important Basic.

Basic5- Church: There was golden time when everybody, including outside world looked upon Naga Church in deep awe and rightly so, but sadly somewhere over past years in the mist of socio-politico disorder Church lost her grip and relevance to a great extend and since then the Role of Church is being viewed with suspicion and scepticism. Where things actually went wrong NBCC had kept the reasons to herself in the past but open admittance of Church failures by the Executive Secretary, NBCC a month ago was not unsurprisingly well taken by each and every concerned Christian as timely act of sounding the Resurgence of Church.

To my understanding as layperson, the Church in our context lost her original sanctity because of inclining too close to preferred political party and then reclining too comfortably with successive government, apparently in consideration of advantage from materialism perspective. Secondly, the Church lost respect of people in general because the State of Nagaland for Christ has been going through the worst ever time and experience of political uncertainty, economic retardation, social unrest, morality breakdown etc but the presence and spirit of Church was not felt where it ought to be or where it was needed most. In other words, when efforts of human’s institutions were failing in all fronts the Church did not responsibly rise up to the prevailing situation, most necessarily with practical solution to the problems from Biblical worldview perspective. The dictum “everything is politics but politics is not everything” speaks volume and I believe this principle can shape the non-partisan participation of the Church and Church-led movement in politics in coming days.

Going back to the first line “2018 Election will be acid test of NBCC’s Clean Election...”, can NBCC firmly uphold the God given position and commission to recover her past glory and respect of people by safely taking the state through the security gate of Clean Election, perhaps the hardest trial of democracy but the success of which can determine the future of election for hundred or so years?

Let me conclude by citing the powerful comment of Chief Albert Luthuli, a Nobel Peace laureate and former President of the ANC: “In the modern pressure‐group State it is incumbent upon Christians as individuals or as groups to participate in political activities in order to ensure that political and other national issues are considered and settled in the light of fundamental Christian principles.

Through the Church Christians should be the guardians of the ethical principles on which society must be built.

Any indifference on their part in this regard would lay them open to a charge of disloyalty to our Master”.

(Church and teetotaller will argue that Liquor is another unavoidable Basic when we talk about Clean Election but Liquor Issue is like the used-to-be Dark Continent of Africa (here NLTP) where nobody wanted to visit and as long as it is kept that way, liquor will be consumed during election season (maybe extensively) but no less (in quantity) throughout off-season. So I have avoided liquor as a subject here) Vaprumu Demo Kohima

Basic4- NPG’s electoral politics: That underground politics and state politics are poles apart need not be explained. There was a time when regional party fully utilized FGN for electoral victory; later Congress allegedly with NSCN (K) and since 1998 Election, NPC turned NPF tilted towards NSCN(IM) till date. Election violence has to be attributed largely to their unconcealed involvement in state election. In our context co-relationship between underground politics and state politics, like husband and wife need to be maintained and respected as a natural or established order but excessive interference into each other’s business on ground of suspicion or allegation would eventually break the family structure and it actually has. It is sad that NPGs have lost the original political sanctity and the splintered groups are not embarrassed to

Make women reservation a reality THE HONOR OF STICKING TO ONE’S ULTIMATUM "W T

omen reservation should not be treated as out of choice but an agent of change and progress." In a tribal society like ours many people both men and women till today tend to be more conservative and think that women should limit their activity as a respect to the customs and tradition. While taking the customary laws into an account, I believe the state of Nagaland can put this 33% women reservation in the Local Urban Bodies (LUB) under consideration and draw some lines that favours the progress of the society.

Just say, you and I go to the villagers and tell them, that miss or mistress "X,Y,Z" are contesting an election it is pretty sure that more people even the literate one would be shocked and like, O.M.G! even the girls contest election? Like the guys yah! which sounds little unbelievable but such is the perceived notion of many people in this patriarchal society. Such is the idea and mindset that has been in existence long time back. The patriarchal mindset, traditional belief have made our outlook of the world more different and that have made our society more difficult to decide whether to unchain ourselves from all those traditions and bondage and to go along with progress or to run behind it with the same old belief and fear. Without much delay one thing we all could do is that, our approach towards change and progress should be re-examined by being adaptable and outspoken to the modern laws and principles. We need to be broader in our observation and more receptive.

Our view of the world should not be narrow but have to reach those societies where the women are shaping their families, communities, societies with the opportunities (socio-political rights) that are being granted to them. Some people still think that women should cook daily for the family not because the family finds the taste of the curry different but as a role, they are not supposed to talk about politics and so on.

Believe it or not, for many who still feel that social custom and tradition as the purest and holy law of the society in this 21st century, the implementation of 33% women reservation in Local Unban Bodies could be a personal as well as societal challenge. This also could be a mental

harassment to especially those group of people whose social world are governed by the concept men are the bread winner and decision maker and women as the homemakers.

For those traditionalists, granting the women all rights and freedom equally to men would be highly frustrating and moreover it would be again a worst nightmare and big disgrace to those older aged group because of the very fact that during those days the practice of head hunting was their good experienced and in the mean time many restrictions were imposed on the women by customs and tradition. Such as, power and authority, who would be the head of the family, who would attend the political and social gathering, who would take part in the organisation or government, who would prepare the meal and dinner and so on. All those were decided or taken in hands by the men folk. Equal role, equal participation was never considered because of the fact that the visibility of the women in the village organisation and political affairs was treated and considered as taboo. What is again beyond the imagination is that the social custom has been dragging the women behind from the line of equality and justice (their political rights). While many women are preparing to move forward with the opportunities that are passing through, our male dominated society has once again made their dream and interest half reality and half fake. Let this not be another tragedy by doing through an open participation but make it reality by through reservation.

Furthermore, from the patriarchal point of view it may give the men folk a good reason to win over the argument on the women involvement in the decision making, playing the dual role (home maker and bread winner) in the society. But the same argument cannot make women the loser in a society which is governed by the democratic principles. Talking about the Naga women it is of an undeniable truth that such ill-treatment like, Sati, Purdah, etc. had not been imposed on them and for that reason our women were and are also considered

the most luckiest and privileged one among those others (who are free from that evil laws and practices) on one hand, but life on the other side, their political world were not free from discrimination and inequality.

What could be its impact? The kind of prediction may not favour everybody but my perspectives here are that, it would improve and uplift their position and status in the society. It would give the society the picture of their quality and capability where gender based violence or crime have the possibility to come down as this would make the society accept them as equal to men. It would minimise the wrong notion "who is she? what girls can do?" in a male dominated society like ours and specially in the rural areas this would really bring a lot of improvement in their socio-economic position. Their presence and voice in the house would really make the laws more effective, it would help the government more easy to catch up the social issues related to them. Their dedication and quality of management as compared to our men folk would help the government and departments smooth in functioning.

Nevertheless, it is of my opinion and view that let us not bring them down by our patriarchal attitude but rather give them a chance through reservation and fulfill their dreams. For many decades our society has denied the political rights to our women considering their role and participation in politics as exiguous and ineffective in bringing any reform in the social arena. The half rotten society like ours today have more expectation from our women who know how to nurse their sick babies, who could easily make out whether her husband is just acting normal or already drunk, who are expert in handling and managing the family budget headed by the drunkard husband. Will be more happy seeing our women enjoying their reservation seats in the upcoming 2018 General Election.

(Comments and feedback can be dropped through wochasathong@gmail.com) Asa-thong Woch (Concerned citizen)

his time I strongly approve the CNTC (Central Naga Tribes Council) for issuing a principled, reasonable and appropriate Ultimatum to the Naga Hoho for the later to withdraw its untenable support of the Government of Nagaland attempting to legitimize the unacceptable declaration of the Rongmeis as the ‘INDEGENOUS TRIBE OF NAGALAND’.

It is great the Ao, the Lotha and the Sümi Units of the CNTC that they have unwaveringly stuck to their Ultimatum to Naga Hoho. Particularly during a time when it has almost become a dishonorable custom for the NGOs of Nagaland to often issue Ultimatums haphazardly only to be broken on flimsy re-consideration before the Sun sets.

Ultimatums are not Playthings issued to be broken. Nothing is more dishonorable for an Organization to issue an Ultimatum to be easily broken on flimsy justifications. It greatly degrades them.

This time the CNTC stuck to their Ultimatum with consummate firmness and have set a great precedence for all the NGOs of Nagaland. I congratulate them.

I was afraid the Ao, the Lotha and the Sümi Tribes of the CNTC may buckle at the Government’s unconscionable onslaught at them to weaken their resolve. It is surprising the Government has unnecessarily meddled in the internal affairs of the NGOs. It was completely unconscionable for any Naga of Nagaland to support a self defeating Interest of the State Government of Nagaland to grant ‘Indigenous Tribe’ Status to a Tribe not Indigenous to Nagaland. The Rongmei are no more, no less Naga than the Nagas of Nagaland but they were never ‘Indigenous’ in the Territories of Naga Hills or NEFA or Nagaland before.

It is true some of them came and stayed in Kohima for their employment by the British before Nagaland became a State and quite a few of them were ‘Domiciled’

in Nagaland. That is in the records of the State, but a ‘Domiciled’ Status of a Community and an ‘Indigenous Tribe’ Status are completely different. They cannot be equated.

It is only by ‘Natural Historical Process’ that a ‘Tribe’ is Indigenous to a natural geographical Territory. The Government can make a Community the ‘Citizen’ or ‘Domiciled’ to a Territory. The State of Nagaland can declare a ‘Punjabi’ or a ‘Marwari’ Citizen of Nagaland; but it can not make them Indigenous Tribe of Nagaland.

Nagas can live in North America, can become USA Citizens or Domiciled of Canada but they can not become Indigenous Innui Tribe of Canada or Indigenous Red Indian Tribe of the USA. The Kacharis, some Karbis -formerly Mikirs- for whom Dimapur Area has been their ancient original Homeland, are the Indigenous Tribes of now Nagaland State.

Similarly some Kukis who had their Villages in Naga Hills during the Colonial British days, are also the Indigenous of the State of Nagaland.

It is historical fact the Rongmei Naga is not an Indigenous Tribe of the State of Nagaland. They never had Village or Tribal Territory in Nagaland: they can be ‘Citizen’ and ‘Domiciled’ of Nagaland but never ‘Indigenous Tribe of Nagaland’. This is not a personal matter; this is a much larger historical Tribal Issue.

It is non-understandable how the Naga Hoho supports the unwise Government of Nagaland’s attempt to legitimate an anathema.

The CNTC has done a great Service to all future generations of Indigenous of Nagaland. I think not everything is lost to the Nagas.3 Thepfulhouvi Solo IFS Retd (RR -68) Principal Secretary, (Retd)

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

Monday 26•09•2016

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I’m just letting all the Jolie seeks comfort in Johnny excitement sink in: Andrea Depp amid divorce drama

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he hails from Shillong and was not exposed to Hindi films. Like her famous musician father Rudy Wallang, she took to singing. Now, as she paints everything Pink along with Taapsee Pannu, Kirti Kulhari and superstar Amitabh Bachchan, new entrant Andrea Tariang says that she “never imagined acting in a Bollywood film”.

In an exclusive interview to thestatesman. com, she said, “To be honest, I have no views about Indian cinema. I am very new to all this and still have a lot to learn. Before Pink, I never imagined myself acting in a Bollywood film. I wasn’t offered any film before this.”

The singer and model-turned-actress went to audition for her role in Pink and got the opportunity to debut in Bollywood with megastar Bachchan. Asked about her experience of sharing the screen space with the celebrated actor, Andrea said, “The experience we (Taapsee and Kirti) had working with Mr Bachchan is something we will not forget. He made sure we were always comfortable during the entire shoot.”

The film, produced by Rashmi Sharma and filmmaker Shoojit Sircar, opened to rave reviews and audiences also gave it the thumbs-up. Dealing with the issue of the societal attitude towards women at large across the country and the choices that they make, debutant director Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury draws the point quite clearly in Pink.

Well, it was not surprising to hear Taapsee reveal that she was a victim of eve-teasing as it is common in Indian cities. Andrea also said, “I think every woman has been through some sort of eve teasing and everything that happened in the film became a part of us during the shoot and being myself made it much easier.” In the film, she portrays herself, hailing from Meghalaya.

Did looks prove to be a hindrance in mainstream cinema for actresses hailing from Northeast India? “I don’t think looks prove a hindrance at all. We may look a little different but that shouldn’t stop us. Language may be a little bit of a problem but that can be learnt,” Andrea said confidently.

Before turning to mainstream acting, music being the trademark of the family, the Shillongbased artiste has been performing with the band Lavender Groove and often teams up with wellknown keyboardist Karan Joseph. Many actresses, including Alia Bhatt, Sonakshi Sinha and Shraddha Kapoor, have sung in their films and Andrea is also willing to toe the line. “I’m not restricting myself to one thing (acting or singing), I

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ctress Angelina Jolie is being consoled by her former co-star Johnny Depp after her split from Brad Pitt, says a source. The actress, 41, and Depp starred together in romantic thriller “The Tourist” back in 2009 and are said to have remained friends ever since.

The pair also share the same divorce lawyer, Laura Wasser, who represented Depp through his divorce from estranged wife Amber Heard.

According to a source-based report in The Sun newspaper, Depp, 53, reportedly recommended Wasser, who has worked with a string of high-profile celebrity clients in the past, to Jolie after the actress was there to support him during his bitter break-up, reports mirror.co.uk.

“Angelina idolised Johnny for years before she worked with him on ‘The Tourist’, and then the pair of them really hit it off on set. But the two of them have stayed in touch ever since then, and spoke regularly during the storm that surrounded Johnny’s break-up with Amber,” said the source.

“There’s no suggestion that their closeness played any part in Angelina and Brad’s split. But they have been speaking about the situation, and Angelina hired Johnny’s lawyer to represent her based on the advice that he has given her.”

“Her friends are now speculating about what could happen between them if she and Brad are not reconciled and their divorce goes through,” the source added. Jolie had filed for divorce from Pitt, her husband of two years, on September 15. They raised six children together.

Source: IANS

Aniston pins divorce rumours with dinner date

can do both. If I get the chance to do both, I would be open to it!” the multi-talented actress quipped.

As she makes her way beautifully into the big world, seeming to find herself, Andrea relies on her family for both inspiration and support. “My family is my inspiration! They have given me all the support and love throughout. I couldn’t have done it without them,” the actress, who has appeared in magazines like Vogue, said. “For now, I’m just letting all the excitement sink in. I’m going to continue working on my music and like I said, if there are more such opportunities for me I’ll take it,” Andrea added on a high note.

Source: The Statesman

6-year-old Indian chef on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’

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ouTube sensation and young chef Nihal Raj, also known as Kicha, showcased his cookery skills on the popular American chat show “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”. Kicha, who hails from Kochi, found fame after starting KichaTube HD channel on the video-sharing site. Till now he has featured in 33 videos. Launched in January last year, the channel now has over 6000 subscribers. While introducing him on the show, DeGeneres said: “Well, if you have ever wondered why Ellen hasn’t had an adorable six-year-old chef from India, then today is your day. Please welcome Kicha.” Raj seemed to be having a lot of “fun” during his maiden visit to the US as when the host asked him about his experience, he said: “It’s been fun.” On the show, which was aired in the US on Friday, Kicha told DeGeneres how to make Puttu -- a traditional Kerala breakfast dish.

After eating the dish, DeGeneres appreciated Kicha and said: “It’s very delicious.”

Source: IANS

Simon Cowell wants to sign Cruz Beckham to label

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usic mogul Simon Cowell wants to sign star couple David and Victoria Beckhams son Cruz Beckham to his record label. Cowell was impressed by the 11-yearold when he met him previously, reports mirror.co.uk.

“Get him in and we will sign him. I met them when they were younger and I have to say they are really incredible kids,” Cowell told The Sun newspaper. “They could have been really spoilt, but they weren’t. They were really funny when they came down to one of the shows.

“I know the Beckhams get criticised for being in the public eye, but if you are in the public eye, your kids are going to be too,” he added.

Source: IANS

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ctress Jennifer Aniston put all the speculations over her marriage with Justin Theroux hitting rock bottom as they were seen together on a dinner date here. Aniston and Theroux were spotted enjoying a night out here on Saturday.

The 47-year-old and her 45-yearold husband left restaurant The Smile in Manhattan’s NoHo neighbourhood. She was seen clasping his hand, reports dailymail.co.uk. Their evening together comes five days after Angelina Jolie filed for divorce from Aniston’s ex-husband Brad Pitt.

‘Frozen’ star Idina engaged to Aaron Lohr

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dina Menzel is engaged to her beau Aaron Lohr, 40. The Frozen star, 45, broke the news on Twitter Friday.

‘As if this week couldn’t get any better I have wonderful news... my man and I are engaged! We are so happy.

It’s a beautiful time,’ wrote the singer and actress. Lohr - who is best known for Newsies - got down on one knee with a diamond ring.

They have been together for almost two years but met in 2005 on Rent.

She was married to another Rent star, Taye Diggs, for 10 years. They finalized their divorce in January 2015 and have son Walker, aged seven.

Idina and Aaron made their first red carpet debut at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington, DC, in April 2015. They have already bought a $2.7m home in LA’s Encino neighborhood together.

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Britney Spears to host charity cycling class

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The “Friends” alumnus kept her outfit chic, by tucking her black tank-top into loose black slacks she cinched with a black belt to accent her trim waist.

A gleaming gold pendant dangled from her neck, and she completed the look with black ankle-strap stilettos and a black Chanel purse. Meanwhile, Theroux had pulled midnight blue anorak vest over a Prussian blue hoodie. His hair slicked upward and back, he wore a pair of faded grey jeans and what looked like grey boots.

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op star Britney Spears is hosting a cycling class for charity. The 34-yearold singer will get on her stationary bike next month to raise money for the Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation, reported Contactmusic. Announcing news of the inaugural Britney Spears Piece of Me Charity Ride at Xcycle in Las Vegas, where she is currently performing a residency, the “Toxic” star is offering 25 fans the chance to join her for a 45-minute indoor cycling workout.

But the saddle space doesn’t come cheap - those hoping to sweat it out with Spears will have to pay USD 10,000 to USD 50,000. Proceeds will benefit NCCF’s One Year One Home Capital Campaign. Spears is also picking out the music for the cycling class. One lucky fan, who makes a USD 10 donation to the charity, will get the chance to cycle for free and then catch Britney onstage in her Piece of Me show. The Britney Spears Piece of Me Charity Ride will take place on October 27.

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Today’s musicians don’t think about album: Jon Bon Jovi

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ocker Jon Bon Jovi has slammed today’s young musicians for solely caring about producing a hit single.

The 54-year-old singer is the frontman of rock band Bon Jovi, who have produced countless hits over the years including “Livin’ on a Prayer”, “You Give Love a Bad Name” and “Wanted Dead or Alive”.

However, while Jon is proud of his success, he insists he doesn’t make music just to boost his bank balance, and thinks about the record-making process as a whole rather than worrying about the potential success of individual singles, reported Contactmusic.

“We live now in an era of all kids care about is producing a song.”They are not thinking about an album. To me it was always about the record. “It is just not the way I think.

An album is a moment in time. I remember that conversation happening 15 years ago with the advent of the iPod, ‘Now I just have to record three or four songs and then I can go back on tour’. Well that’s not the generation I grew up in. An album is important. It’s not just worrying about singles on the radio to sell pop songs.

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S Dhoni: The Untold Story”, the upcoming Bollywood biopic on the country’s star cricketer-skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, will get one of the widest releases in 4,500 screens across 60 countries, according to its makers.

Vijay Singh, CEO of Fox Star Studios, who are also producers of the biopic, said in a statement: “’MS Dhoni: The Untold Story’ is going to be the widest release for any Indian film in India and internationally. It will also be the widest release for a Hindi film (dubbed) in Tamil and Telugu.”

However, “given the unprecedented demand for the movie worldwide, and the deadlines to deliver the film in all the languages, the Punjabi and Marathi language release will not happen”, Singh shared. “The movie will be the biggest ever release in terms of screen count in India and simultaneously in 60 international countries too, making it the widest (Indian) release worldwide,” he added.

Arun Pandey, who has produced the Neeraj Pandey directorial under the Inspired Entertainment banner, is happy with the buzz around the movie, which stars Sushant Singh Rajput as the reel Dhoni.

“We are pleased to inform that the film will be the widest ever release for a film in India and worldwide with it releasing in 60 countries. We wanted to release our film in Marathi and Punjabi too. However, given the deadline to make the widest ever release happen in the history of Indian cinema, we are not being able to get the

Marathi and the Punjabi versions ready in time.”

“This is the first time a movie is releasing so wide, so we were not able to calculate the physical time it takes to make all the dubs happen,” Arun Pandey explained. The film will hit the screens on September 30, and is one of the much-awaited movies of this year.

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Arsene’s Arsenal happy to shed Chelsea hoodoo

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LONDON, SEPTEMBER 25 (REUTERS): For five years, Chelsea were the nemesis of Arsenal and their coach Arsene Wenger so Saturday's resounding 3-0 victory in the London derby represented a psychological boost for the Frenchman.

The last time Arsenal beat Chelsea in the league was in October 2011 and for three years they had not even scored a goal against their cross-town rivals, not counting a 1-0 win in the pre-season Community Shield match in 2015.

"I said before the game that we have some inconvenient facts. They were that we couldn’t beat Chelsea for years," a beaming Wenger, who this week marked 20 years in charge of Arsenal, told reporters.

"I think what was very important for me is that a psychological hurdle does not stand in your way," he said. "We have not to make too much of it, but as well not ignore it."

When a reporter's telephone began to ring, he joked: "It's Jose," laughing off his bitter rivalry with Chelsea's former manager Jose Mourinho.

Wenger's side have looked physically intimidated by Chelsea in the past but they were in the driving seat from the start

Arsenal's Mesut Ozil celebrates scoring their third goal against Chelsea on Sunday.

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of Saturday's encounter, capitalising on dreadful defending by the visitors to storm into a 2-0 lead within 15 minutes.

Last season, Chelsea striker Diego Costa was involved in the sending off of Arsenal defenders in both league meetings between the two sides.

This time, by contrast, it was Costa who was frustrated as his markers Laurent Koscielny and Shkordran Mustafi snuffed out every chance that came his way, building a platform for Arsenal to punish Chelsea for their defensive shortcomings.

By halftime, the game

was over as a contest after Mesut Ozil raced into Chelsea's half and bamboozled Cahill and fellow centre half David Luiz with a onetwo with Sanchez before scoring Arsenal's third.

Wenger hailed his team's first-half performance as "nearly perfect" and allowed himself to entertain the possibility of winning the title, despite Manchester City winning all six of their games so far to sit five points ahead of Arsenal.

"At the moment Manchester City look to be way in front but if we can maintain our performances... and be consistent we might have a chance," he said.

By contrast, Chelsea coach Antonio Conte was left in no doubt about the size of the challenge he faces to rebuild his team which last year finished a lowly 10th in the Premier League after firing Mourinho in mid-season.

Conte vented his frustration at Chelsea's defensive frailties which has seen them keep a clean sheet only once this season, despite the Italian's reputation for building teams around the defence.

"I must find the right solution for this team because in every game we are conceding two goals, at minimum," he said.

Four Sepaktakraw players along with a Coach from Nagaland have been selected to represent the Indian team in the forth coming 31st King's World Cup to be held from October 17 to 23 at Bangkok, Thailand. A press note informed that the players have been undergoing one month intensive training at Aurangabad, Maharashtra. The players will be undergoing another 15 days training abroad at the Takraw Foundation of Thailand from October 1 to 15 to get acclimatized as per the Government of India Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The players are Havildar Viseyie Koso from DGP Sepaktakrw Team, ABSI Pungotolu Puro from DGP Sepaktakrw Team, Menenu Tsukru from State Sports Girls Hostel, Pulenu Neikha Coach from YR&S, and Vesuto Medeo from SAI, Dimapur.

New Zealand on the ropes, India close in on big win

KANPUR, SEPTEMBER 25 (REUTERS): India set New Zealand an improbable 434-run victory target and then blew away the visitors' top order in Sunday's final session to close in on a resounding win in the first test.

Resuming day four on 159 for one, India's positive batting over two sessions yielded 218 runs before home captain Virat Kohli declared on 377 for five at Kanpur's Green Park Stadium.

Needing to pull off the biggest successful chase in the history of test cricket for an unlikely win, New Zealand wobbled early and were reeling at 93 for four at stumps, still trailing the massive target by 341.

Luke Ronchi (38) and Mitchell Santner (eight) will return on Monday hoping to resist or at least delay India's victory march in the first match of the three-test series.

Ravichandran Ashwin (3-68), who dismissed four frontline Kiwi batsmen in the first innings, proved once again why he is considered India's premier spinner.

The off-spinner had Martin Guptill caught at silly point for a duck with the first ball of his second over and trapped Tom Latham (two) leg before with the fifth.

Ashwin claimed his 200th test wicket when he dismissed New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson (25) leg before.

Ross Taylor (17) then ran himself out to compound the tourists' misery.

Earlier in the morning, Williamson attacked with spin from both ends and his slow bowlers did not let him down.

L e f t- a r m s p i n n e r Santner trapped Murali Vijay lbw for 76, ending the right-hander's second century-plus stand of the match with Cheteshwar Pujara (78).

Kohli did not look comfor table against Santner but it was offspinner Mark Craig who dismissed the Indian skipper when he attempted a slog-sweep that found Ish Sodhi at deep midwicket.

Sodhi struck the next

India's Ravindra Jadeja plays a shot on day 4 of the test match between India and New Zealand. (Reuters Photo)

blow with a beauty of a delivery that spun from outside leg, took the outside edge of Pujara's bat and nestled into Ross Taylor's waiting hands at slip.

Ajinkya Rahane (40) missed his fifty but Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jade-

ja smashed unbeaten halfcenturies and featured in an unbroken century stand to virtually bat New Zealand out of the contest.

Sharma, who made 35 in the first innings, remained unbeaten on 68.

Jadeja, who scored 42

not out in the first innings and claimed five wickets with his left-arm spin, continued to have a good match.

The southpaw clobbered three sixes en route to his second test fifty before breaking into a battwirling celebration.

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The champion, runnersup, third and fourth place will carry a cash prize of Rs. 50,000, Rs.30,000,

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