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UNTABA calls for solution based on ‘historical facts’ DimapUr, September 6 (mexN): The United Naga Tribes Association of Border Areas (UNTABA) has asserted that “if integration of the Naga inhabited areas and return of all the traditional Naga territories are not included in the present anticipated Peace Accord between the NSCN (IM) and the Government of India(GoI), the accord will have no meaning for the Naga people.”

A press note from the UNTABA acknowledged the GoI for “not only recognizing the unique history but also understanding the deeper stand of the Naga people on its ‘legitimate right’ for integration.” “Such realization on the genuine and inherent stand of the Naga people from the GoI and the persistent pursuance from the Collective Leadership of NSCN (IM), if sincerely adopted on the much awaited Peace Accord between the two entities, the people living in the border areas with other states in particular shall be greatly relieved,” it stated.

It urged the GoI to “not shift its responsibilities” and “seriously reflect on its past failures,” while upholding its “professed policies and present understanding made so far in bringing about acceptable and honorable Peace Accord with the Naga people by fulfilling its promises made in the ‘9 Points Agreement’.” The UNTABA appealed that all stakeholders firmly stand on bringing about a final Naga political settlement on the basis of historical facts.

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DimapUr, September 6 (mexN): Nagaland Chief Minister, TR Zeliang today addressed the 4th Edition of the Pangkor Dialogue at Ipoh city in the Malaysian State of Perak, speaking about the qualities of the Naga people and Nagaland state which could lure global players to enter the state.

He spoke of a sustainable world where maintaining and improving the quality of life is done while also ensuring that decisions made today, take into consideration social, economic, and environmental consequences for the future.

Sustainable development, he stated means “containing our needs that very often turns into greed.”

He went on to say that “greed is indeed at the root of our threatened environment as also of the eroding governance systems.”

“This understanding is vital, especially for the underdeveloped and the developing world as we try to catch up with the highly advanced technological societies of the west. Compared to them, there can be no end to our perceived needs. There is, therefore, a need to design our entire lives - our social, economic and political structures and our governance systems that will be suitable for us and which will help to redefine our needs, as also the sacrifices that we have to make so that human existence is made sustainable,”

can be prevented by adjusting lifestyles and food habits

Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang addressing the gathering at the 4th Edition of the Pangkor Dialogue at Ipoh city in the Malaysian State of Perak on September 6.

he added.

Sharing the political realities in Nagaland, Zeliang pointed out that the traditional Naga way of life, like many societies of the South East Asian nations, did not quite get along well with western concept of Parliamentary democracy and the concept of universal adult franchise was something new to the Naga people resulting in glaring material corruption and faulty electoral practices in the State.

He lauded the Clean Election Campaign launched by the Church in its attempt to cleanse the malpractice in the electioneering process.

Zeliang also shared developments in the State such as communitisation of public services like education, health services, electricity etc. “We are grateful that The United Nations had given an award to our State in recognition for instituting such a reform,” he said.

He meanwhile spoke

on environmental degradation which has led to drastic climate change in the state in recent years such as drought-like situation for months at a stretch, and damaging hailstones and cyclones in various parts of the state.

“We are all aware that such a phenomena, which is global cannot be resolved overnight and by acting alone,” he said and appealed to world leaders “to think together, to share the solutions and to further help each other in reducing the risks through adaptation as well as mitigation strategies in the better interests of our survival.”

He urged for cooperation and sharing for “our mutual existence,” as societies in South East Asia grapple with governance, sustainable development and at the same time find answers to the challenges of climate change.

“We have to help each other through the sharing,

not only of knowledge but also of pooling our limited resources. In this, one of the great needs is to re-skill the public servants and the policy makers at all levels on issues of governance and the environment,” he stated.

This, the Nagaland CM said can be done through appropriate institutions with professionally designed trainings programs that will add value to their work and thereby, enhance governance at their respective levels. “It will also bring about regional cooperation among the countries. This will require initiatives at both the local and the national levels,” he added.

Proposing an International Conference to facilitate this, he expressed confidence that the Government of India will be amenable to such proposals “as it will be for the mutual benefit of India and the East along with our partnership for economic growth and well-being.”

agartala, September 6 (iaNS): India’s northeast region neighbouring Bangladesh and Myanmar is in the high prevalence zone of different types of cancer and the disease can be prevented by adjusting lifestyle and food habits, say experts.

Cancer experts from India and other countries, assembled here for the 10th International Cancer Screening Network (ICSN) meeting, opine that while lifestyle diseases like diabetes and blood pressure are not curable, most cancers can be healed if detected early.

“The northeast region, Bangladesh and Myanmar are in the high prevalence area of different types of cancer. The cancers’ predominance in the region can be preventable to a large extent by changing lifestyle and food habits,” said G.K. Rath, head of the Bhim Rao Ambedkar Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital (BRAIRCH) affiliated to AIIMS. He said: “The northeast region has the highest incidence of cancer with 40 per cent of the disease being related to tobacco followed by consumption of fast food, smoked and red meat and alcohol. Physi-

cal inactivity and consuming excess calories can also be blamed for incidence of cancer.”

Rath said the country is facing a surge in noncommunicable diseases as compared to communicable diseases unlike the past. “Communicable diseases, which are fatal, have been controlled by medical attention.”

“Cancer is among the top three causes of death in the country with an average of 14 lakh cancer cases diagnosed every year. However, 80 per cent of this disease is curable, if detected and attended early, with 60 per cent of cancer preventable and 70 per cent detectable,” Rath said.

Ravi Mehrotra, director of the National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research, said: “If 39 cases of cancer per thousand people are found in rural Maharashtra, the ratio in the northeastern region is about 170 per thousand people. The northeastern region is the highest cancer-prone zone in the country. Besides, adjacent Bangladesh and Myanmar are also in the high prevalence zone of various types of cancers.”

He said the mortality rate depends on the type of cancer.

“Cancer screening using modern methodologies could reduce 80 per cent cancer burden in cervical cancer, 50 per cent in gastrointestinal cancer and 25 per cent in breast

cancer.”

“Oral, tongue, lung, breast, cervical, esophageal and gall bladder cancers are highest in the northeastern states where people are traditionally habituated to consumption of various types of tobacco, smoked meat, betel-nut, alcohol and unprocessed items.

Lack of adequate knowledge about the bad effects of these intoxicants has further swelled the incidence of cancer,” Mehrotra said.

Rengaswamy Sankaranarayanan, Special Advisor on Cancer Control and Head of the Early Detection and Prevention Section at the France-based International Agency for Research on Cancer, said that earlier incidence of cervical cancer was very high among Indian women but now breast cancer has become the No.1 cancer.

“As people in northeast India consume less fruits, vegetables and foods with high protein, they suffer from increasing number of cancer. If we are serious about avoiding cancer, we should go for lifestyle change and altering the food habits,” Sankaranarayanan added.

According to a latest report of the ICMR under its National Cancer Registry Programme, Aizawl district of Mizoram and Papum Pare district in Arunachal Pradesh are the two districts in the northeastern region with the highest age-adjusted cancer incidence rate in the country.

Gang of 5 arrested for trying to sell stolen car online ‘come together without the politics of division’

Kohima, September 6 (mexN): A gang of five persons were arrested on September 5 for attempting to sell a stolen car online. Along with the arrest, two stolen cars were also recovered.

A press release from the Sr. Superintendent of Police, Kohima informed that the arrest and recovery was the result of an orchestrated operation conducted by personnel of North Police Station.

As per the release, the gang tried to sell a stolen car through a social media buy-sell group.

Based on the information, police decoys posing as prospective buyers were deployed to make contact with the sellers. After gaining the trust of the sellers over a period of several days, the decoys made a deal to purchase the car. The sellers were asked to bring the vehicle to Piphema to

Photo released by the Kohima police shows the 5 arrested alongwith the 2 cars, which were recovered.

finalise the deal where they were arrested on September 5.

As asked, the release said that 3 persons arrived in a black Santro Zing bearing registration number NL07 3295 to meet with the decoy buyers at Piphema. “Af-

ter making sure that it was safe, they made a call and two gang members arrived at the spot with the stolen vehicle Maruti Swift Dzire (silver color),” the release added. Police officers disguised as the prospective buyers took

the Swift Dzire for test drive with one of the gang members in tow, who was subdued and arrested.

The other 4 were also surrounded and arrested soon after, the release said.

It was later ascertained that the Maruti Swift Dzire was registered as stolen at Hatigaon Police Station, Guwahati in 2015 with its original registration number as AS 01GC 0634. The registration number of the black Santro Zing was also found to have been allotted to another vehicle – a Hyundai Getz, the release stated.

The 5 arrested were identified as Kitolu Achumi (20 years), Hotokhu Assumi (27 years), Bokugha Zhimo (21 years), Anam Ali (23 years) and Thomas Singh (23 years), all residents of Dimapur. The latter two hail from Hojai, Assam and Imphal, Manipur, respectively.

‘We are fighting for our rightful share’

Nagaland govt gives written assurance; ENSCU calls off agitation for now

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Kohima, September 6 (mexN): Reiterating their demands for the review of NSEE-II results 2016, the Eastern Nagaland College Students’ Union (ENSCU) held a peaceful agitation on September 6 outside the Directorate of Technical Education with members of ENSCU from most colleges in Kohima gathering in the scorching heat.

Protesting in parallel with the emergency meeting that was held on the same day at the Chief Secretary’s official residence, where the concerned department held a meeting with the Chief Secretary, the President of ENSCU, Nokchem Angth said, “We are fighting for our own shares. We are agitating against the government and department for our rightful share. This issue should not be taken on tribal lines.”

Earlier, the Union had sent an ultimatum to the Chief Secretary on July 16 after which a representation was further sent to the Chief Minister on August 12. The

Protestors outside the Directorate of Technical Education in Kohima on September 6.

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Union had demanded for the immediate review of the NSEE results declared on July 15 and for allocation of the four seats missing from the BTs quota to the candidates belonging to BTs by conducting re-examination for candidates of the BTs or award grace marks. It further demanded that backlog seats from the past one year (2015-16) should be given back to BTs without consideration in order to

deliver justice to candidates from the deprived areas.

After the meeting, the officials gave a verbal assurance to the protestors however, dissatisfied over the verbal assurance of the Director of Technical Education, the protestors demanded for a written assurance where the officials had to comply. Minutes after the demand, the Director submitted a written assur-

ance to the Union which read, “As per verbal instruction/advice given by the Government during an emergency meeting called by the Chief Secretary, Nagaland at his official residence on 6th September 2016 at 9:30 am, the Department has decided to conduct counseling in three phases. The next and third counseling shall be conducted after the approval of the Cabinet/Government.”

Following the written assurance, the Union has called off its agitation temporarily.

However, the ENSCU President reminded that if the decision of the cabinet is not according to the demands of the union, it would resume the agitation.

It meanwhile expressed gratitude to the Angami People Organization (APO), Angami Youth Organization (AYO), Eastern Nagaland People Union Kohima (ENPUK), administration, police, students and citizens of the capital city for their cooperation. While apologizing to the Angami Students’ Union (ASU) for not intimating an official copy about the ongoing agitation on time, the ENCSU requested all for cooperation if the state cabinet fails again.

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Chedema | September 6

Chedema Peace Camp today commemorated the Indo-Naga Ceasefire that was signed between the Government of India and the Federal Government of Nagaland, 52 years ago.

Speaking on the occasion, Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) General Secretary Rev. Dr. Zelhou Keyho said one must not forget the history of how the ceasefire of September 6, 1964 came into being.

“It came at a time when our land was caught up in a warlike situation. The Nagas in general suffered untold miseries, our homes were burnt down into ashes and the common and the innocent citizens, regardless of who they are become prime suspects and suffered torturous treatment and abuse, and the Naga national workers were hunted like animals in and out of the jungles,” he said.

He however lamented that the “ceasefire seems to have seized our right to self determination based on our historical and political rights.

Therefore, though we honour this day, what value is there if our political will for self determination is made to die a natural death.”

He asserted that “if we can once again revisit the glory of those days where nationalism reign supreme without arms, without muscle power in the atmosphere of ceasefire, we can still intelligently continue to travel in the path and vision of our leaders and many of our patriots who have made the supreme sacrifice.”

He also urged the people to remember the ideals of signing the ceasefire on this day: “to end hostility but not surrender our rights; to create peaceful

Rev. Dr. Zelhou Keyho speaking during 52nd Indo-Naga Ceasefire Day at Chedema Peace Camp on September 6.

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atmosphere without arms and intimidations; to look at each other without superior mentality; to dialogue and negotiate as equals and to reach final solution for which ceasefire comes into effect.”

Keyho then lamented that “we have become so comfortable on the one hand, and so divided on the other hand.

We have become comfortable because we have taken for granted as if the final show is over.”

Keyho admitted that mistakes of stubbornness, pride, and self justification have been made. “This has been not only the problem and mistake of one particular political group but has been the problem and mistake of all the political groups that exists today,” he said.

He urged Nagas to “come together without playing the politics of division.” “We must speak in unison to the big India to listen to our rights and aspiration because in the words of J. P. Narayan ‘sovereignty of Nagaland is imminently practicable and negotiable.’ That ‘negotiable’ can turn into possible if we unite,” he concluded.

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arrating the event of Indo-Naga ceasefire, Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN) representative I. Temjenba Longkumer today said the purpose of forming the Nagaland Peace Mission in 1960s was to make the Naga Federal leaders and the leaders of the Government of India come to an understanding over the Indo-Naga conflict thereby restoring it into a normalcy country.

“Therefore, this Peace Day celebration is a reminder of wartime days lest the younger generation forgets to give the life to their roots. This reminder is to caution us to what a war can bring to a country in the absence of peaceful means. I feel obliged to say that we shall be praying for a proper homage to the peace mission members and the church leaders if and when we can resolutely carry on the legacy they had left behind,” Longkumer said during 52nd Indo-Naga ceasefire Day here this morning.

He recalled that on October 1954, the Indian government officially sent their Armed Forces to Tuensang area and declared war against the Nagas, resulting in all over Nagaland.

During the ten years of Indian war against Nagaland the atrocities, and deprivations inflicted on the innocent Naga people by the Indian Armed Forces have caused many lost of lives and wealth.

“No one should ever forget in that ten years of heavy fighting, over a 100,000 of our people perished in cruel hands of Indian Armed Forces.

However, by God’s grace the Naga Nation survived,” he said.

He said in that tense situation of distress, “our people turn to God for

help and the NBCC being deeply concerned for the restoration of peace and normalcy in Nagaland, inspired the church leaders to travel throughout Nagaland in order to bring about peace and normalcy.”

Longkumer said the NBCC decided and held the third Nagaland Baptist Convention at Wokha from 31st January to 2nd February 1964, under the presidentship of Late Toniho Chishi and Imotemjen Aier, secretary who welcomed the proposed “Peace Talks” between the GOI and Late AZ Phizo, president of the Naga National Council. According to official record the Baptist Convention was attended by more than five thousand representatives from all the regions of Nagaland who unanimously resolved to request the GOI to open further avenues for making available, the services of the peace activates late. Rev. G. Michael Scott from Great Britain- who hosted the Naga leader AZ Phizo; Jayaprakash Narayan, Sarvodaya leader in India and Bimala Prasad Chaliha, a concerned leader for the Nagas who was the then Chief Minister of Assam, with the sole object of exploring ways and means for the speedy restoration of peace and normalcy in Nagaland and that the church leaders of Nagaland are requested to give every possible help and cooperation for the success of the mission.

After the special committee meeting on 13th to 16th March, 1964 at Kohima, the Committee had appointed these three Nagaland Peace Mission members as sponsored by the NBCC namely; late Jayaprakash Narayan, Late BP Chaliha and Late Rev. Michael Scott.

Longkumer said on seeing the noble endeavor of the Nagaland Baptist Church Convention, the service of mediation began with a mass meeting held on Sunday the 5th April

Peace Mission members with Nagaland Baptist Church leaders. (File Photo)

1964 at Kohima and the three peace mission members along with all the prominent church leaders and helpers met successful encounter both from the Government of India and Naga Federal Government.

In the course of time church leaders could have arranged first with the Government of India to relax the Indian Army operation for 8 days in and around of villages to meet the Kedahge ([president) and his colleagues of the FGN. “We met the Rev. G. Michael Scoot; Rev. Longri Ao, Kenneth Kerhuo and Rev. Hesiding K. Lungalang in Tamphu village area, Zeliangrong region on April 15, 1964, in our welcome address we have mention that “The Nagas, as an independent Nation, we shall have full cooperation and friendship with India as far as international affairs are concerned, but we shall not surrender a national sovereignty. It is sacrilege and to barter away our motherland for anything, though grand it might be.” I was one of the representatives from among the six members,” Longkumer said.

He said it took five months to conduct the negotiations to realize

the cessation of the hostilities in Nagaland on 6th September 1964. But the first major step that was taken at a large gathering at Sakraba village in Chakhesang Region on 24 and 25 May 1964. More than five thousand people attended the meeting.

He said between the Federal Government of Nagaland representatives and the Nagaland Peace Mission member on 24th May 1964 and the consent signed on the 25th May 1964 at this Sakraba village for Indo-Naga Ceasefire.

When the crowd went back to their villages, there was an evening session with the Federal leaders and JP Narayan had proposed on behalf of the Peace Mission members and church leaders that- “ there should be a complete suspension of military movements throughout Nagaland.”

And from that day, he said, the hectic works of the necessary ceasefire was given an unprecedented stimulation to the church leaders.

And true to expectation, a great success of the International trilateral agreement of the ceasefire in Nagaland was achieved.

After completion of the negotia-

tions for the terms of agreement acceptable to both the sides, and it was formally signed on August 10, 1964 by the three Naga Federal representatives on behalf of the Federal Government of Nagaland. And on August 14, 1964 signed by late Vishnu Sahay, Convenor, representatives of the Government of India. The Peace Mission members signed as witness.

Longkumer said after the ceasefire agreement was signed, the IndoNaga Pace Conference was first held on September 23rd and October 1, 1964 in an official level at Chedema Peace hall and the next peace talk at the Khensa Peace hall near Mokokchung on April 5 and 6, 1965.

When the Peace Mission officially delivered a proposal to the Nagas on December 20, 1964, a Special Tatar Hoho (Parliament) was summoned to be held at Wokha where the top Federal and NNC leaders were present. The three Peace Mission members were invited to explain in detail the purpose of their proposals turn up to participate in the deliberation.

After a thorough study of the whole issue, the Tatar Hoho could not accept the proposal of the Peace Mission, because their pursuit of the proposal was to participate in the Indian Union and appeal to India to make it possible to satisfy the aspiration of the Nagas from the position of participation, said Longkumer adding that the Nagas replied in short, the sovereignty of Nagaland cannot be acceded to the aggressor India. And it was learned later that the Government of India did not accept the proposal on technical grounds. Therefore, a Naga delegation lead by the Federal Prime Minister went to New Delhi and met Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as many as six times. The several rounds of talks proved to be inconclusive and it was suspended indefinitely before

reaching the desired point of international political dialogue.

In the meantime, JP Narayan was going to Patna in 1964 from Kohima, the News Agency reporter met him, in Calcutta Airport and JP was asked: “Sir, what do you say about the Sovereign state of Nagaland?. And J.P had carefully gave the reply, “sovereign of Nagaland is imminently practicable and negotiable.”

Longkumer said the peace talks broke down, not to be resumed, but the ceasefire continued, being extended at tri-monthly and later monthly intervals formally, through separate announcement by the two sides, meanwhile, ceasefire violation and counter violation took place from the two sides. The Peace Mission dissolved. JP Narayan resigning first; B.P. Chaliha’s resignation followed (his health was failing with his hopes for a settlement). And in May 1966 Rev. G. Michael Scott was arrested in Shillong and deported to England from India. All his papers recording, etc.. etc. were seized, in cruel breach of understanding by which the Peace Mission had been operating.

But after the peace-talks at Khensa the following Peace Observation Team were appointed by the Peace Mission with the approval of the Government of India and the Federal Government of Nagaland. The team shall have authority to investigate any allegation of violation of the agreed terms reported to have occurred after February 24, 1965. It is not expected to investigate the incident occurring before that date. They are: Nabakrushan Choudhury, Dr. M. Aram, Analprabha Das and Majorie Sykes.

Longkumer said later two officers were appointed from the Naga National worker in the Observer Team; namely L. Phanitphang and Col. Aomeri.

NPC commemorates 1964 ceasefire day Awareness on HumanOur Correspondent

Kohima | September 6

The Nagaland Peace Centre (NPC) today organized a ‘Thanksgiving Service’ in commemoration of 52nd anniversary of 1964 ceasefire day here at its office premises.

Speaking on the occasion, NPC chairman N. Theyo said that Naga undergrounds no doubt fight for a just cause to maintain the identity of Nagas as a people and as a Nation. But they are badly divided and the purpose of unity is weakened.

“It is now high time to understand the value of opportunity and strive for unity and reconciliation,” he said.

He also urged the peace loving members to use

“our influence by meeting and telling our national workers who are engaged in ceasefire agreement for Naga peace talks for political solution to respect each other as Naga brothers and Naga sisters and value human dignity so that they can prevent much further brothers killing brothers; because the fratricide killing is against the spirit of nationalism. It is self annihilation. It is just because of our stupidity only.”

Theyo also said the Bible has a clear warning to all Nagas which is found in the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 11 verse 17; because many precious lives were lost during the fast factional conflicts.

“This is abhorrent idea and must be stopped im-

mediately,” he said.

Referring to Peace Day, Theyo said “This morning we gathered here to remember this historic moment which has brought peace in our land in 1964.

We remember this day to honour Peace Day.” On this occasion, he said, we are here to offer thanksgiving to God for His goodness and mercy shown upon Nagas and Indians.

Theyo also deeply appreciated that it was the political magnanimity and the intention of the leaders like late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and other great leaders of India to effect change from military measures against Nagas and opt for political engagement in their attempt to find out political and peaceful solu-

tion to the Naga problem.

“In the process of peace talks, it recognized the uniqueness of Naga history which itself exhibit the desire for peaceful settlement and Naga identity which was found and maintained and protected in 16 point agreement of 371 (A) of the Constitution of India,” Theyo said.

At home, he said Naga people should remember with gratitude the leaders of Nagaland Baptist church like Rev. Longri, late Kenneth Kerhuo and many others who initiated peace efforts in Nagaland Baptist Convention which was held in Wokha from 31st January to 2nd February 1964.

Stating that the idea of peace of Jayaprakash Narayan, the founder of

Nagaland Peace Centre is through dialogue and nonviolence, Theyo said “The Nagaland Peace Centre follow the path and vision of late Jayaprakash Narayan in Nagaland and in India as part of Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi; also part of World Peace Conference under the leadership of one Indian named Romesh Chandra whose vision is “Peace and Life” and “War for death.”

Earlier, responsive reading was led by G. Gangmei. The service was led by Pedi Miachie-o, executive director NPC. Chikhwiingo Puro, pastor CBC, Kitsubozou Kohima pronounced thanksgiving prayer.

The thanksgiving service concluded with a mass prayer.

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Participants at the awareness programme on human-animal conflict mitigation held in Tuensang on September 5 at CKS Hall.

tueNSaNg, SePtember 6 (mexN): An awareness programme on human-animal conflict mitigation was held in Tuensang on September 5 at CKS Hall. Jointly organised by Forest Department, Fingerprint and Castle Group, it was sponsored by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, New Delhi.

Around 80 persons comprising leaders of apex bodies of Tuensang district, tribal unions, women organisations, student bodies, and 13 pastors from different churches participated in the programme.

In her keynote address, Dr. Sentitula, IFS, DFO said that the Constitution of India Article 51(A) states clearly the duty of every citizen to protect and improve forest, lakes, rivers and wildlife and to have compassion for living creatures.

On human-animal conflict, she emphatically said it is the result of greed of human beings, according to a press release received here. “It is the responsibility of all the stakeholders to initiate community based conservation which should give community the right to limited and sustainable use of natural resources while promoting tolerance towards wildlife,” she said. She also presented a PowerPoint on habitat manipulation and population management for sucMinister Kiyanilie Peseyie along with DPDB Adoption Committee members and Hospital cessful wildlife management.

Hongba from Fingerprint gave a PowColony members on September 6. (DIPR Photo)

Livelihood & Skill Development Programme held

kohima, SePtember 6 (DiPr): The DPDB Adoption Committee for 8th Western Angami A/C conducted a Livelihood & Skill Development Programme in collaboration with the Women Resource Development Department for the residents of Hospital Colony, Kohima on 6th September 2016. The function was graced by Minister for Social Welfare & Parliamentary Affairs, Kiyanilie Peseyie as the Chief Guest Resource Persons from Women Resource Development Department conducted the training on mushroom cultivation which can be easily taken up even by urban dwellers. During the programme, office furniture such as plastic chairs, steel almirah and also a table tennis board for the colony youth were also distributed.

The Colony Chairman expressed his gratitude on behalf of the colony for the presentation of the items as well as for the pavement railing near Naga Hospital Junction sponsored by the Chief Guest. DWO Kohima on behalf of the Adoption Committee also expressed gratitude to the Minister for his support and the Colony members for their whole-hearted participation and co-operation in all activities.

erPoint presentation on the importance of conserving biodiversity and the success story of Amur Falcons which has benefited the villagers in South Africa. Meanwhile, Vicent Belho spoke on the importance of eco-tourism for self sustaining livelihood.

RV Ezung, Superintendent of Police, Tuensang, who was the chief guest, said in order to avoid conflict there should be mutual respect between one another. “We the human and animal have inherited the earth together at the same time, so as a Christian our approach should be cosmogenic, to redeem the whole creation,” he stated, according to the release. He said whenever there is a conflict it affects everyone and everything and it results in climate change. He also appealed to all the citizens to stand together whenever there is any crime against wildlife.

Hemant Kumar, IAS SDO (C), Tuensang was the guest of honour. He challenged the citizens that it is the time to conserve, not to destroy, while highlighting how pollution results in indirect extinction of wildlife.

Senior GB, Koni Mongko expressed happiness for organising such programmes.

Sharing on how birds were used as a sign of time keeper in the olden days, he lamented that nowadays birds can be seen only in TV/ Books. He also stated that all the citizens should conserve biodiversity for the future generation.

Pochury Students’ Union Phek Town observes Black Day

Phek, SePtember 6 (mexN): Along with the rest of the Pochury Communities settling in different parts of the state, the Pochury Students’ Union, Phek Town (PSUPT) on September 6 observed ‘Black Day’ here at Phek Town as a mark of respect and honour to the departed souls of Matikhrü Massacre on this day way back in 1960.

According to a press statement issued by PSUPT President Luthsuchu Trakgha, Matikhrüi Massacre of 6th September 1960 is a testimonial tragedy for the Pochury people which painfulPersonnel of Wokha District BS&G conduct demonstration of ‘Disaster Management & First ly instill into the minds of the Aid Training’ held at Cistus School on August 31. The programme was attended by Wokha Dis- entire Pochuries both old and trict BS&G Officials, SDRF Wokha Unit, Medical Department, Scout and Guides and students. young and would remain a

PSUPT President Luthsuchu Trakgha addressing the gathering during the ‘Black Day’ observed at Phek Town on September 6.

historic event thereafter.

The ‘Black Day’ was observed in the district head quarter town after 55 years of its tragic massacre was first of its kind since 1960.

Terming the observation as successful, the PSUPT President stated that, other

than Pochury people, several dignitaries and well wishers share their solidarity with the Pochury students’ community. Those who spoke during the occasion include, Tshurhosie Kajiry, Neihite Akami President Phek Town Youth So-

ciety and Shri. Kudukhoto Tetseo Ex-President PTCSU too contemplated the sad memories of Matikhrü Massacre with a crowd of more than 500 participants, Kekhwewru Kapfo, instil the sad atrocities faced by the forefathers of the Na-

gas and inspired to further import such observation in the near future.

Earlier, Wevitho Pastor PBCPT invoked opening prayer while Ngutsolo Thrie, Assistant Pastor PTBC pronounced the closing prayer.

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Manipur: Fed up with blockades, wage-earners defy strike calls Imphal, September 6 (IaNS): In Manipur, if there is a constant, it's the crippling effect of unending strikes and blockades.

But people in this northeastern state no longer seem willing to passively acquiesce to the diktats of the various militant outfits that call for these lockdowns and bring the state to a grinding halt.

Much to the chagrin of these outfits, small businesses, daily wagers and drivers of goods-laden trucks have started to defy strike calls. Despite the danger of being kidnapped or shot dead by the militants -- and there have been several such incidents in the past -- the truckers especially ply on the highways during the strikes, transporting essential items.

They are guarded by paramilitary forces who daily escort about 500 vehicles on the highways of the state. Even then there have been instances of trucks being torched, the drivers killed and goods looted.

However, the fear factor has now seemingly turned into fatigue, which in turn is prompting the drivers to defy strike calls with nonchalance.

In the state capital

Imphal, there is an encouraging tendency to defy strikes also among people who eke out a living as daily wage-earners. Driver Biren and some of his friends, for instance, now ply their vehicles with pasted handbills saying: "We are fed up with the strikes." They are not afraid and are willing to take risks.

Similarly, hundreds of autorickshaws ply around the city. Shops and kiosks, especially in the residential areas, remain open. Women vendors sell vegetables and other consumer items, ignoring the strikes and the fear associated with it. People come out on the streets to go about their daily lives.

Autorickshaw driver Kishan said: "I had taken a loan from the government to buy the autorickshaw. I have to repay the monthly instalments. How can I repay and feed my family when there are strikes 20 days in a month?"

Realising that people are unhappy with the strikes, the Bharatiya Janata Party -- which had called a 12-hour general strike on August 30 to protest the arrest of its two MLAs -- shortened it to six hours.

Some other groups, including one militant outfit, followed suit.

Encouraged by the public's negative reaction to the strikes, Manipur Industries and Commerce Minister Govindas Konthoujam said: "The recurring strikes have had a crippling impact on the state's economy and this must be resisted by all."

G. Sharma, who owns a plant which produces bottled drinking water, said: "In Manipur, these water bottles are like the lifesaving medicines since tap water is a rare sight. Production, sale and distribution of such water bottles should not come under the strikes."

At the other end of the spectrum is Keinahanbi, who sells vegetables and other essential items on the city's streets. He earns about Rs 100 on a normal day with which he buys rice and meets other expenses.

"On the days of strikes, my children have to go to bed without food. Those who call the strikes should consider our plight," he said.

However, even as people try to escape the cycle of strikes, there seems to be no end to the shutdowns.

Most have lost count of the number of general strikes and blockades imposed in parts or the whole of Manipur -- many of them

overlapping. Any group of persons, clubs or organisations of very little consequences can impose these strikes and blockades, even as the state government remains a silent spectator.

Despite a Supreme Court ruling, so far no organisation has been pulled up.

In the last few days alone, the Joint Action Committee Against Antitribal Bills had imposed an economic blockade in the tribal-dominated areas which affected the entire state as these areas surround the valley districts.

The candidates of the 2013 police constable recruitment test had also imposed economic blockades along the national highways, besides calling for a general strike.

The Maoist Communist Party, a banned insurgent group, imposed another strike alleging corruption in a government hospital.

The surrendered insurgents imposed a general strike which ended on the evening of September 5. It went unnoticed because people ignored it.

Some tribal groups had also imposed a highway blockade in the border district of Chandel over local issues. People in other parts ignored it although

legitimate border trade was affected.

And as the call for strikes keep emerging from all nooks and corner of the state, related problems persist.

There have been allegations that during the strikes, the traders indulge in profiteering. With the fuel pumps shut down, some people make money by selling bottled petrol with impunity.

R. Jain, a wholesale trader, admitted that traders are indeed accused of hiking the prices during strikes and blockades, but in reality they have to bear additional costs which lead to a price rise.

"When trucks are stranded for days together, there are additional charges for the expenses of drivers, cleaners and loss of perishable goods. Besides, non-state actors extort various illegal taxes. Since these expenses are added to the wholesale prices, everything becomes expensive," Jain told IANS. No one expects the rather unique Manipur phenomenon of strikes being called by all and sundry over any and every grievance to vanish overnight.

But the people's resistance is a beginning.

Mother Teresa Film AMSU threatens ban on Coca Cola products September 6 (NNN): The Manjit Sarangthem said at a press meet at Festival begins in M'laya Imphal, All Manipur Students’ Union (AMSU) has AMSU office located at the DM College, ShIlloNG, September 6 (IaNS): Days after she was declared a saint, the Mother Teresa International Film Festival (MTIFF) 2016, a four day film festival highlighting her life and work got underway here on Tuesday.

Organised at the U Soso Tham Auditorium, the MTIFF 2016 celebrates her canonisation of Mother Teresa and will move to Jowai, the district headquarters of West Jaintia Hills on September 14 for another four-day spell.

A total of 20 films, documentaries and short films showcasing the life and work of St. Teresa would be screened at the festival and similar festivals would be held in different cities in India and in about 50 countries around the world.

Meghalaya Governor V. Shanmuganathan inaugurated the festival which was further adorned by colourful by song and dance performances exhibited by students of city schools, each performance depicting the life and work of St. Teresa through her years.

Shanmuganthan, who had interacted with Mother Teresa in the mid-1990s in Calcutta, said that in a world where people identify themselves by the power they hold, or the money they possess, what truly marks Mother Teresa's greatness is her identification of herself with her love of God. Archbishop of Shillong Dominic Jala said that for a multifaceted person like Mother Teresa, no one film or book could totally capture who she was and what she did.

The Festival opened with "Mother Teresa and Me" made by noted photographer and filmmaker Gautam Lewis who was raised by Mother Teresa after his parents abandoned him while he was a young infant in Kolkata.

Mizoram opposition to protest liquor act aIzawl, September 6 (NNN): Taking strong exception to the implementation of liquor act in Mizoram, the main opposition party, the Mizo National Front (MNF) has decided to conduct a state wide rally in protest against the amended Mizoram Liquor Prohibition and Control Act (MLPC Act) which allows the sale of liquor in the state.

The proposed rally will be organized in Aizawl and also in all district headquarters on September 15, a statement issued by MNF said.

Slamming the Congress led state government for implementing the new MLPC Act, MNF said that the opening of liquor shops in Mizoram from March 15, 2015 and implementation of MLPC Act has caused insurmountable problems leading to the death of many people.

It also alleged that liquor has disturbed Mizo society and led to increment of the number of widows and orphans due the "death of family heads".

MNF alleged that large amount of Mizoram wealth has been drained to outside the state due to import and purchase of liquor from outside Mizoram.

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expressed dismay against the state government for failing to take appropriate action against those who were involved in tampering "best-before" dates on Coca Cola soft drinks here.

The volunteers of the union on August 29 seized large quantity of Coca Cola products which were allegedly being sold after new expiry dates were printed.

“Three Imphal-based Coca Cola agents involved in the selling of unsafe food products should come to the AMSU office for clarification by September 15.

The union will be compelled to ban the products from September 16 in case they fail to respond,” union secretary general

AFFIDAVIT Regd. No.132

I, Mr. Namguang Newme s/o Haijuituing resident of Jalukiekam Village PO & PS Jalukie, Peren Dist. Nagaland hereby declare that the names Namguang newme and Namguang Zeliang is of same person. I hereby declare that my correct name is Namguang Newme and shall be used for all official purposes in the future.

AFFIDAVIT

Deponent 1st Class Magistrate

Dated: 06/09/2016

By this deed, I the undersigned Alobo Naga previously called Hokiye Sema, doing business and resident of Kuda Village in the district of Dimapur, Nagaland solemnly declare:1. That for and on behalf of myself and remitter issue, I wholly renounce/relinquish and abandon the use of my former name/ surname of Hokiye Sema and in place thereof, I do hereby from this date the name/surname Alobo Naga, so that I may hereafter be called, known and distinguished not by my former name/ surname, but assumed name/surname of Alobo Naga.

2. That for the purpose of evidencing such my determination declare that I shall at all times hereafter in all records, deeds and writings and in all proceedings, dealing and transactions, private as well as upon all occasions whatsoever, use and sign the name of Alobo Naga as my name/surname in place and ins substitution of my former name/ surname.

Deponent Solemnly signed sealed and delivered by the deponent.

Notary Public, Dimapur: Nagaland

Imphal campus.

Manjit said the soft drink products which were found past their sell-by dates were seized by AMSU volunteers here on August 29. He said the three agents hired a person in tampering best-before dates on the Coca Cola products.

“The government is still unwilling to take action till date against the persons who were caught selling unsafe food products.

The union has in this regard already urged upon the state government. It’s unfortunate that it is not acting on it till now,” Manjit added.

The seized items were handed over to City Police Station, Food Safety Department.

FELICITATION We the Dzüvichünuomia clan of Kohima Village conveys our heartiest congratulation to Mrs. Neizokho-ü Vizo wife of Mr. Kekhriezhazo Dzüvichü on being awarded the State Level Teachers Award on 5th Sept 2016.

President Dzüvichü chienuo

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Notice calling objection for the issue of Succession Certificate Smt. T. KHULI CHISHI of LOKOBOMI VILLAGE, Zunheboto has applied for the issue of Succession Certificate declaring that her Husband Lt. TOKIYE CHISHI has expired on 15-04-2016.

It is hereby notified that if no objection to issue this certificate is received from anyone within a period of 30 (thirty) days w.e.f the date of publication in press, the certificate shall be issued, and no further complaint will be entertained for issue of the same.

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ANSAM appeals, condoles tahamzam, September 6 (mexN): Considering the academic career of the students of Residential Kid’s Care School (RKCS), the All Naga Students’ Association Manipur (ANSAM) has appealed for peaceful resumption of the school.

“As a student welfare organization we are concerned about the education of the children admitted in the institute and appeal against closure of the institution which might deprive the rights of the oth-

er innocent children,” ANSAM stated in a press release.

ANSAM also extended its deepest condolences to the family of Tongbram Suresh Singh. The student of Class 6 was allegedly beaten to death by school officials in Imphal as his parents were unable to pay the fees in time.

ANSAM assured the family that it will continue to extend support for legal recourse for attaining justice.

Arunachal Gov may be sacked New DelhI/GuwahatI, September 6 (ptI): Defiant Arunachal Pradesh Governor Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa may be sacked after his refusal to heed to the Centre's advise to him to step down.

The action may come after the special session of the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly, which is meeting for two days from tomorrow to ratify the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Constitution Amendment Bill, a government functionary said.

"Nothing will happen to the Governor till the Assembly session is over. After that something may happen," he said.

Governor Rajkhowa, who was nudged

by the Centre to put in his papers after the severe stricture from the Supreme Court over the dismissal of the then Congress government last year.

"I want the President to dismiss me. I will not resign. Let the President express his displeasure. Let the government use provisions of Article 156 of the Constitution," the Governor told a Guwahati-based TV news channel yesterday.

Rajkhowa said that he had been asked to resign "on health grounds" weeks after the Supreme Court had restored the Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh censuring him.

Army chief reviews preparedness, situation in Assam tezpur, September 6 (IaNS): Army Chief, Gen. Dalbir Singh visited the Gajraj (4) Corps headquarters here on Tuesday and reviewed the operational readiness of the forces as well as the internal security situation in Assam, an army spokesman said.

The army chief, who was accompanied by Eastern Army Command chief, Lt. Gen. Praveen Bakshi expressed satisfaction on the army's conducts. "Lt. Gen. D. Anbu, GOC of the Gajraj Corps, updated General Suhag on the security situation in Assam. The Chief Army Staff expressed his

satisfaction on the conduct of operations by the army in bringing the insurgency situation under control," said the spokesman while adding that he also reviewed the preparedness of Gajraj Corps, which is deployed on the Line of Actual Control.

The army chief's visit assumes significance as the Indian Air Force (IAF) has recently landed its combat aircraft Sukhoi 30 MKI at the advanced landing ground (ALG) at Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh bordering China, while the army had also upgraded ALGs at Ziro, Along, Mechuka and at Walong.

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NOTICE INVITING TENDER

Sealed tenders in F-2 Forms of Public Works Department, Nagaland are hereby invited on behalf of the Governor of Nagaland from the reputed and approved Registered Class-I Contractors of Nagaland PWD / CPWD / MES for the following works on percentage basis as per or above NPWD Scheduled of Rate, 2013 for Kohima area and the same will be received in the office of the Executive Engineer (CAWD) Commissioner’s Office, Kohima, Nagaland up to 12.00 PM on 13th September 2016 and open on the same day at 1.00 PM in presence of the intending tenders.

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`. 1,15,43,630/-

EARNEST MONEY NON-TRIBAL TRIBAL (1%) (2%) `. 1,15,436/-

`. 2,30,872/-

TIME 24 (Twenty Four) Months

TERMS AND CONDITIONS 1. The earnest money shall be in the form of DAC/term deposit of nationalized bank in favour of the Executive Engineer (CAWD) Commissioner’s Office, Nagaland, Kohima from any Nationalized Bank. No tenders shall be considered without the required earnest money and Court Fee Stamps (nonrefundable) worth Rs. 7.50 (Rupees Seven and fifty paisa) only.

2. Tender document consisting of the detailed drawings and specifications of work may be obtained on payment of Rs. 2,000/- in cash/Postal order (nonrefundable) from the Executive Engineer ,CAWD, Commissioner’s Office, Kohima on the 8th September 2016 from 10.00 A.M to 4.00 P.M. 3. Tenderers should have carried out at least one work whose value is at least 50% of the work being tendered (work order and completion certificate to be submitted in support) during the last 3 years. Tenderers should also submit details and list of technical and supervising staffs and machineries/ equipments under his possession. Tenderers should submit a bank certificate showing availability and capability amounting to Rs. 25 Lakhs.

4. Tender documents shall be issued to the qualified Contractors only on producing the above required documents. Tender papers once sold to one should not be transferred to others.

5. All works shall have to be carried out as per specifications contained in the approved estimate/project and materials for the works should be as per the NPWD specifications.

6. Tender quoting percentage below the specified schedule of rate shall be rejected outright.

7. No Tools & Plants, machineries shall normally be supplied by the department.

8. All the materials will have to be arranged by the contractors from their own resources.

9. The contract work must not be sub-let without the permission of the competent authority.

10. Nagaland Sales Tax and Work tax will be applicable as per Government directive / notification, 11. Any conditions given by the Tenderers shall not be acceptable and such tender shall be rejected without assigning any reason.

12. If any information furnished by the Tender is found incorrect, his tender shall be rejected and he shall not be eligible to take up any further work in the department. The department reserves the right to verify the particulars furnished by the tenderer independently.

13. The Department reserves the right to reject any or all the tenders without assigning any reason. Acceptance of the lowest tender is not obligatory.

14. Payment shall be subject to release of fund by State government for the project and progress of work.

Yours faithfully, (Er. SWARAI MERU) Executive Engineer, (CAWD), Office of the Commissioner, Nagaland, Kohima.

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Dimapur DPDB meeting for September conducted Dimapur, September 6 (Dipr): The monthly District Planning and Development Board meeting of Dimapur district for the month of September was held this morning (Sept 5) in the conference hall of the Deputy Commissioner. The meeting was chaired Jacob Zhimomi, parliamentary secretary for Irrigation & Flood Control and Chairman DPDB, Dimapur.

Speaking at the meeting, Jacob expressed gratitude to Chief Minister T. R. Zeliang and minister in-charge of PWD (R&B) for their efforts and concern towards timely completion of Dhobinala-Thahekhu road, which was the basic need of the people. The meeting approved for registration of Nikhekhu Cultural Society and Urban Council Chairmen Federation, Dimapur under Societies Act while registration of Acts Institute was kept in abeyance.

Labour department, Food & Civil Supplies department and Childline presented their activities and initiatives at the meeting. Departments of Urban Development and Art & Culture will present it’s reports in the next DPDB meeting which will be held in the conference hall of Dimapur Government College. The meeting also reviewed the minutes of the last DPDB meeting.

Project on sustainable energy consumption launched at Tseminyu tSemiNyu, September 6 (Dipr): EAC Tseminyu, Shelley Katiry launched a pilot project/programme on District Initiative Towards Sustainable Energy Consumption (DITSEC)-LED Lighting Bulb, on 5th September 2016 at ADC office, Tseminyu.

During a brief launching programme, EAC Katiry informed that DITSEC is a pilot project undertaken

by District Administration in partnership with ESSL Company Ltd and Village Councils under Kohima District with the aim to reduce the usage of high voltage of power supply and to prevent frequent damages of Power Transformer.

New Tesophenyu became the first village to be covered under DITSEC initiation program on 5th September 2016. Tseminyu Administration issued 350 Nos of LED bulbs at the subsidies rate of Rs.80/- during its launching day on 5th September 2016. EAC has also informed all the villages in Tseminyu Sub-Division to come forward and join the DITSEC Programme.

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Statue of St. Mother Teresa unveiled in Dimapur Dimapur, September 6 (mexN): Kesonyü Yhome (IAS), District Commissioner of Dimapur, unveiled the statue of St. Mother Teresa of Kolkata at the convent of the Mother Teresa Sisters (Missionaries of Charity) at Riverbelt colony. Prior to the event a thanks giving Eucharist was celebrated, presided over

by Rev. Dr. James Thoppil, the Bishop of Kohima in the campus with all sisters and about 125 inmates of the convent. The neighbours and well wishers, the GB of the Riverbelt colony, hostellers and Sisters from Don Bosco campus too joined the celebration. The bishop in his homily highlighted some lessons that one can learn from the life of St. Mother Teresa, such as dignity of human life, to say “yes” to God, satisfying the thirst of God, smile as the best antidote to ailments, doing small things with great love, having the joy in sharing, promoting and defending the inalienable

DC Dimapur unveils the statue of St. Mother Teresa of Kolkata at the convent of the Mother Teresa Sisters (Missionaries of Charity) at Riverbelt colony, Dimapur.

rights of the unborn, being a messenger of peace etc.

Kesonyü Yhome, making his first visit to the campus was given warm welcome with a dance by the inmates. He solemnly unveiled the statue of St. Mother Teresa of Kolkata, the bishop blessed the statue and the GB lighted the

SAKK Jubilee Memorial Hall inaugurated

pughoboto, September 6 (Dipr): Minister for Road & Bridges Y. Vikheho Swu inaugurated the Sumi Aphuyemi Kiphimi Kuqhakulu (SAKK) Jubilee Memorial Hall near the ADC Pughoboto office on September 5. Executive secretary NCRC Sumi HQ Pughoboto Rev. Tokheho Swu dedicated the hall and a special song was presented by the SAKK executive.

After the dedication a short programme was held at DB Meeting hall, where Former President SAKK, Tohovi Swu gave the welcome address.

Speaking on the occasion, Vikheho Swu, who is also the ex-President recounted his past experiences as a leader and called upon the participants to A SERVO Publicity Van was flagged off in Dimapur by H. take care of the building as Sema (Sr. Depot Manager- Dimapur Depot), which will be showcasing SERVO lubricants throughout the month in the state of Nagaland. A ceremony was organized by SSADimapur where bazaar resellers, RO dealers and other officials participated to mark the event which is aimed at promoting Servo lubricants in the state of Nagaland.

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by Mother, to feed just one mouth. The inmates of the convent performed dances, skits and songs to celebrate the occasion. Sr. Superior proposed the vote of thanks and invited all for the common meal.

Dimapur, September 6 (mexN): One day programme on Neighborhood Youth Parliament (NYP) under the theme ‘Role of Youth for Cleaner Environment’ and cleanliness drive was conducted at Community Hall, Ghoshito Village organized by NYK Dimapur on September 3.

The main objective of the programme was to provide platform to the young people to explore their potentials and for their constructive contribution to the community development.

The programme was chaired by Aprila Nunie, National Youth Volunteer (NYV), NYK, Dimapur, and welcome address was delivered by Dejendi Thousen, NYV, NYK. Introductory speech was delivered by Phyobemo Lotha UNV- District Youth Co ordinator, NYK, Dimapur. He also deliberated on volunteerism and the roles and responsibilities of the young people and the youth clubs for positive community development and encouraged the young people for promotion of healthy lifestyle.

Resource person, Salomi Zhimo, Youth Director, spoke on the theme ‘Role of Youth for Cleaner Environment’. She addressed the young people about the various issues and concerns and the role of the young people for cleaner environment. She also encouraged the young people to be an ambassador of the community and that youth can work as a missionary in various capacities for the growth and development of the society.

Vitho Chopy, GB, also spoke on the program. He shared his life experiences and advised the young participants to choose the right path and to stay away from various kinds of bad habits and indulgence which hampers one’s own self growth and development and also the society as a whole. Cleaning of Community Hall Compound and ground was also the highlights of the programme.

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their own property. He said that good management is required and at the present age things are controlled by the fast changing world of information technology. Swu also encouraged the leaders to develop their minds for the betterment of the society. Earlier, the Minister unveiled the inaugural plaque.

Ex. Executive of SAKK, Unit President & colleagues, village leaders, officials and others also attended the programme.

The programme was simultaneously chaired by expresident SAKK Caleb Swu assisted by Games &Sports Secretary, YevukhuAssumi.

Construction report was given by its Convenor and vote of thanks was delivered

by President SAKK, Khekuto V. Achumi.

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Department of Agri bid farewell to Director Kohima, September 6 (mexN): The Department of Agriculture Kohima organized a farewell programme in honour of retired Director, D. Suokhrie held at conference hall, Directorate of Agriculture on September 2. The chairperson Rongseninla, Director of Agriculture congratulated the retired director for successfully completing 35 years of continuous service in the Department and lauded him for his valuable contribution towards the Department.

Helie Rupreo Addl. Director Agriculture while delivering his farewell speech on behalf of the Department stated that completing 35 years in service and having served in various capacities in the Department and reaching the pinnacle in good and sound health is an achievement. His service rendered with technical expertise and the legacy left behind will always be remembered. He wished him and his family a very happy retired life.

Short speeches on behalf of the outpost establishments Peter Yanthan, DAO Wokha followed by the ATMA represented by G.Ikuto Zhimomi JDA, NSAMB and KVK’s were also delivered by their respective officers. Avonuo Suokhrie the eldest child of the retired Director of Agriculture also spoke on behalf of the family.

Voluntary speeches were delivered by Imtitemjen Addl. DA, Medovilie Ladu SMS(Jr), Er.Achakbou Newmai Sr.Agri. Engineer and Vizonyu DAO Kohima. Special farewell song was presented by DAO, Kohima & Staff and Kiyevi Sumi, DAO Longleng.

Retired Director D.Suokhrie in his farewell speech expressed great happiness and thanked the Almighty God and the Department for giving their fullest support and cooperation through out his entire 35 years of service without any hindrance and difficulties. He also mentioned that he had many good memories during his service career which will never fade away. “Let this friendship & confidence remain in all of us so as to deliver good a message to the people in the State of Nagaland and in the days to come”.

Lastly, the retired Director expressed that he has no regret whatsoever. Instead, he thanked God for giving him the privilege to serve in Agriculture Department and that he is fully satisfied with the officers and staffs. He also stated that “Agriculture is a good family” having good relations and maximum cooperation with each other. His last request to all officers & staffs, is-Let the legacy be carried forward” as the burning light to be passed over to the younger generation in the Department.

The programme was concluded with mass spoken prayer and benediction was pronounced by the Asstt.

Pastor NCRC, Kenuozou, Kohima followed by launch.

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The DC in his talk expressed his gratitude for the opportunity given to him to be part of this great event and exhorted all present to carry forward the legacy of Mother Teresa, especially the philosophy of the great saint, “if you cannot feed a hundred mouth, feed just one”. When

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NAGALAND

CWS, Kiphire urges govt for Release salaries: ANHTU demands adequate healthcare system

Kiphire, September 6 (mexN): Citizen Welfare Society (CWS), Kiphire has expressed dismay to learn that the government has yet to appoint a reliever for a lab technician, who was transferred from District Hospital Kiphire (DHK) last year.

CWS, Kiphire had visited DHK on August 29 and interacted with the authority regarding the overall infrastructure of the hospital as well as the problems faced by the doctors.

Lack of specialist doc-

tors, infrastructure, and shortage of staff nurse were some important issues discussed during the meeting, said a press release from CWS, Kiphire President, Tsilikyu Mongzar and Secretary, Hotingkyu Sangtam.

Kiphire being economically backward, the Society stated, it is next to impossible for the citizens to go for treatment outside the district and their only hope is the district hospital. “The rich can look forward to the private sector to address their health needs. It is the

poor, the neglected, the downtrodden and the marginalised amongst us who suffer and bear the brunt of an inadequate healthcare system,” it pointed out.

In such a scenario, CWS added, the Government should provide adequate healthcare system to its citizens.

While appreciating the tireless efforts of the doctors and nurses and staff of DHK, it further urged all to give their best for the cause of humanity.

It stressed that in a re-

mote district like Kiphire, many are ignorant about different health related issues, as such, “proper instructions and understanding should be infancies.”

Meanwhile, the Society mentioned that some few weeks back a pregnant mother was referred to other hospital for delivering her baby, but due to many “untold problem” the same could not be followed up. Highlighting that this kinds of issues are very common in Kiphire, it appealed to give more

Authorities not serious about NCSU Wokha unit reiterates on awarding contracts airport expansion: AVC DimApUr, September 6 (mexN): The Aoyimti Village Council (AVC) has written to the Dimapur Deputy Commissioner stating that Aoyimti village “cannot be treated as stumbling block for the national and state development...”

Regarding the expansion of the Dimapur airport, the council called for revocation of a notification dated November 28, 2009.

It may be noted that the said notification had informed of a decision that the rate of compensation for land @Rs 450 per Sq feet was “too exorbitant;” and that the “scope of expan-

sion of the airport was also hindered by the presence of the National Highway and presence of several petrol pumps near the airport.”

The notification intimated that it was decided “to shift the airport to a more suitable site in the future.”

The Aoyimti Village Council informed it had approached the Dimapur DC for the revocation of the notification. However, it stated that “till date the same has not been done by your authority.” It further stated that the responsible authorities “are not serious enough while manning the serious project.”

WoKhA, September 6 (mexN): Nagaland Contractors’ and Suppliers’ Union (NCSU), Wokha unit has reiterated its support to NCSU with regard to awarding contract/supply works without open tender by Government departments.

A press note from NCSU Wokha unit President, Solomon and Secretary, A. Lipon stated that the union has found many irregularities in various departments in awarding contract works through table tender and without inviting open tender.

Therefore, the unit reminded that the departments concerned should strictly follow the Government or-

der, which states that all contract and supply works should be put for open tender and only recognized and valid NCSU members are eligible to get contract works. The unit also reiterated its stand that contract/ supply works should not be awarded to any person without producing NCSU ID cards. It further stated that it will henceforth check those departments not adhering to Government directive and standing order while awarding contracts.

It also warned that any contractor, firm or company without valid identity card of NCSU would be dealt with stern action.

DimApUr, September 6 (mexN): The All Nagaland Hindi Teachers Union (ANHTU) has once again reiterated its deimportance on women mand to the Department of School Education to rehealthcare.

Further, CWS expressed lease the pending salary of surprise to see that the the 1379 Hindi Teachers construction of new main hospital building, kitchen, doctors’ quarter etc, which started 4 to 5 years back and was supposed to be com- DimApUr, Septempleted by December 2015, ber 6 (mexN): In a mastill has not been complet- jor development, the NNC/ ed “with no sign of progress GDRN (Non-Accord) has since last year.” The Society “unanimously” impeached appealed to the contractor/ Kiumukam Yimchunger agencies responsible to re- from the post of Presidentsume the works and com- ship on allegations of explete the building at the tortion following his recent arrest by Assam Rifles on earliest.

programme interspersed with entertaining as well as educative performances in the form of songs, dances, skits etc, informed a press release from the college.

In his Teachers’ Day message, the principal, Dr. (Fr.) Thuruthel Joseph sdb, referred to the famous quote from St. Teresa of Kolkata, “I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.”

The Principal said God has created billions of people, but no one is a carbon copy of the other. “God has

given each one unique talents. Hence each teacher/ professor can contribute in a singular manner to the intellectual and character formation of the students,” he stated.

He exhorted the teacher trainees to translate into action the words of St. Teresa of Kolkata so that they can make an effective contribution to the formation of the ‘generation next’ in the state of Nagaland as well as in other parts of the country wherever they will be required to serve as teachers.

ChethebA, September 6 (mexN): For better relationship and growth among the community, Chetheba Town Students’ Union (CTSU) organised its first combined Teachers’ Day programme at Chetheba Town Hall on Monday.

Four schools, namely Govt.

High School, Govt. Middle School, Chokri Baptist School and Hindi Vidyalaya attended the programme.

Medongoi Rhakho, Assistant Professor (Economics Department), Dimapur Government College ex-

Assam Rifles recover arms KohimA, September 6 (mexN): 3 (NH) Assam Rifles recovered 7 pistols comprising four .22 and three .32 and six live rounds of 9mm along with other documents and personal luggage during a search in DUDA Guest House, Kohima on September 4, according to a press release from Assam Rifles. Informing that nobody was present in the room at the time of search, the release said all the recovered items have been deposited at Kohima Police Station (N) and FIR lodged accordingly.

NPGN/NNC (NA) informs DimApUr, September 6 (mexN): NPGN/NNC (NA) has alleged that James, a “self style” secretary to speaker and K. Hailo Rengma have been indulging in collecting donations and taxation from various well wishers and departments in and around Kohima and Dimapur. Asserting that the act is totally against the resolution of NPGN/NNC (NA), a press release from MIP, NPGN/NNC (NA) stated that the accused are neither a member of the NPGN/NNC (NA) government nor known to any official. Therefore, all the HoDS and well wishers have been informed not to fall prey to such people. Meanwhile, NPGN/NNC (NA) high command warned such people and their associates not to tarnish the image of the government.

horted the teachers to be more dedicated in their profession.

He also stressed that teachers should not only focus on the subject alone, but also teach the students to learn something in life.

He further pointed out that teaching becomes more comfortable when one masters over the context of the subject, and by doing so, the atmosphere of the classroom is relaxed and expected goals are attained smoothly, stated a press release from CTSU. Medongoi also stressed

that without proper planning of the lessons, the students become restless and least interested in the subject a teacher is trying to present.

Meanwhile, he urged the teachers not to bribe the students with gifts for them to learn, nor threaten the students to study as it creates fear in their minds.

In his concluding note, he encouraged the teachers to show love to the students and advised the students to devote more time in their studies so as to achieve their goals in life.

Teachers urged to be role models DimApUr, September 6 (mexN): Bethesda Higher Secondary School, Walford, Dimapur celebrated Teachers’ Day with Rev. Moses Murry, General Superintendent, AGEI as the chief guest.

In his address to the teachers and students, Rev.

The students of Class IV and V presenting skit on Teachers Day at Balijan Hindi English School, Karbi Anglong, Assam, on September 5.

Moses urged the teachers to be role models and not just work for the sake of employment. Calling the teachers the architects of humanity, he appreciated the sacrifices and tireless efforts of teachers in moulding the children and also asked them to uphold the sanctity of teaching

profession. He further highlighted the noble and sacrificial nature of the teaching profession and urged the teachers to be like shepherds who save their sheep.

Special numbers, dances, skit and variety of items by the students marked the celebration.

GMS Pyotchu under Wokha district celebrated Teachers’ Day at its school compound on September 5.

Combined Teachers’ Day at Pfutsero Town pfUtSero, September 6 (mexN): Pfutsero Town celebrated combined Teachers’ Day 2016 at Pfutsero Sports Complex organized by Pfutsero Town School Association (PTSA) with Deputy Commissioner, Morohu Chotso as the chief guest.

A press release informed that 15 institutions with 4664 students and 311 teachers attended the occasion.

In the award giving ceremony, seven teachers were given sub-divisional award

by SDEO Pfutsero, fifteen teachers representing 15 schools and colleges were given special award for their outstanding contribution along with 27 outstanding students which was sponsored by Parliamentary Secretary for Planning & Co-Ordination, Evaluation, Monitoring Cell and Taxes Neiba Kronu.

Another category of award was sponsored by Parliamentary Secretary for Higher & Technical Education Deo Nukhu for the meritorious student achieving distinction in Science and Math in HSLC exam and Class IX board exam from Pfutsero Town schools to promote and encourage the learning of science and Math. In this, 25 students from different schools were awarded.

tution fee, ration, house rent etc. we came to know some DDOs had not paid the D.A. Arrear at the rate 6% to the teachers last year 2015,” it added. The ANHTU demanded that the pending salaries be immediately released.

NNC/GDRN (NA) president impeached

Bosco B.Ed. College celebrates Teachers’ Day Teachers urged not to bribe students to learn

DimApUr, September 6 (mexN): Bosco B.Ed. College, Dimapur celebrated Teachers’ Day 2016 differently with a creative blending of the 128th birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, philosopher and former President of India (1962 – 1967), and the 19th death anniversary of the newly canonized St. Teresa of Kolkata.

The teacher trainees of the B.Ed. College honoured the above mentioned luminaries and their own teachers with a well-prepared

appointed under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the Government of India. A press note from the ANHTU stated that for the last 7 months the teachers have not received salary. “Due to that reason they are suffering to pay

August 29.

Meanwhile, senior most national worker Kumcho Yimchunger has been elected as the new President of NNC/GDRN (NA).

The decision was made during the general meeting of NNC/GDRN (Non-Accord) on September 6, which was attended by all rank and file from both civil and army wing, informed a press release from MIP, NNC/GDRN (Non-Accord).

Accepting the offer, newly elected President

called upon Nagas to shun violence as “our problem shall be solved through peace and understanding,” stated the press release.

It was followed by swearing in ceremony.

Short speech on behalf of the government was delivered by Ato Kilonser Hangping Zeliang. The release further informed all NGOs, frontal organisations, political groups, leaders to make necessary correspondence through the newly elected president.

Meetings & AppointMents Free physiotherapy treatment The Nagaland Physiotherapist Association (NPA) will celebrate World Physiotherapy Day on September 8 with the theme ‘Movement of Health’. As part of the celebration, there will be free physiotherapy treatment and consultation on September 8 at selected hospitals and clinics. For more information & enquiry, one may contact 841582332, 8119000404, and 8729931462.

SAWAB-N meeting The Directorate of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services has informed that a meeting of State Animal Welfare Advisory Board- Nagaland (SAWAB-N) will he held on September 9, 11:00 am at Hotel Japfü, Kohima. The meeting will discuss matters pertaining to reconstitution of Animal Welfare Board of India, implementation of Central Motor Vehicle (Eleventh Amendment) Rules 2015, starting of animal welfare organization etc.

LMRPO meeting cum election In pursuance of the endorsement at the meeting held on August 30 at Sanis Town, and having formed the Lotha Middle Range Public Organisation (LMRPO), there will be a meeting cum election/selection of office bearers of LMRPO on September 9, 10:30 am at Sanis Town Community Hall. Therefore, Convenor, YP Jami and Secretary, Manthungo have appealed to all ex-legislators and parliamentarians, bureaucrats, retired bureaucrats, officers, pensioners, public leaders, social workers, student leaders and the village chairmen/Head GBs of the Lotha Middle Range to attend the meeting positively.

NPCC office bearers’ meeting A meeting of NPCC office bearers will be held on September 9, 1:00 pm at Congress Bhavan, Kohima. All the office bearers, including NPCC secretaries, have been requested to attend the meeting positively.

Dimapur District Aoer GBs Union A general meeting of Dimapur District Aoer GBs Union (DDAGBT) has been convened on September 10, 10:00 am at the residence of Pangjung (Treasurer) at Viola Colony, Dimapur. All the Ao GB members have been requested to attend the meeting without fail.

ANGDA annual general conference The All Nagaland Government Drivers' Association (ANGDA) will hold its 35th annual general conference on September 10, 10:00 am at CANSSEA conference hall in Kohima. Therefore, ANGDA (CC) has requested all its members to attend the conference and also submit their yearly membership fee of Rs 100 plus Rs. 100/- per member for the association’s building construction.

CSUK annual freshers’ social

Sangto Christian School Chessore celebrated Teachers’ Day with more than 600 students. It was also attended by people from various organizations like Chessore Area Public Forum, CTSU CVSU, and GBs.

District Teachers’ Day celebration

Mon: Deputy Commissioner Mon, W. Honje Konyak addressed the Teachers’ Day celebration at Council Hall, Mon Town on September 5. The District Level Committee Mon selected 15 teachers for District Level Award to Teachers for the year 2016 based on their meritorious service and contribution to the field of education in Mon District.

Pughoboto: Minister for Roads & Bridges Y. Vikheho Swu attended the Pughoboto Sub-Division Teachers’ Day celebration at town hall, Pughoboto on September 5. The Minister mentioned that at present there are 29 GPS, five GHS Teachers and students of Rainbow Academy during the Teachers’ Day celebration on and four private schools under Pughoboto.

September 5, 2016.

Wokha: Wokha district celebrated Teachers’ Day at Wokha Town Hall on September 5 with Project Director, DRDA Wokha, Thungdeno Mozhui as the chief guest. On the occasion, ten teachers from different institutions under the district were awarded for their contributions.

Mokokchung: In commemoration of the 55th Teachers’ Day, a programme was organized by the Ao Students Conference (AKM) with the motto ‘For the Nation’, where District Teachers Awards and SubDivisional Teachers Awards were given away by the chief guest, Merentoshi R. Jamir, Advisor to Chief Minister and I.Alempokba, Director,

Higher Education, Nagaland respectively.

Tuensang: Teachers’ Day 2016 was held at GHSS Auditorium, Tuensang on September 5 which was attended by teachers from within Tuensang district along with students. A total of 28 teachers were also given district awards. Addl.

SP Tuensang, Longpoksang Lemtur was the special guest.

Zunheboto: The 55th Teachers’ Day was celebrated on September 5 at Town Hall, Zunheboto with SDO(C) Sadar, Zunheboto, Holohon Yepthomi as chief guest. A total of 26 teachers were awarded for their contribution in the field of education.

(DIPR News)

The Chang Students’ Union Kohima (CSUK) will hold its annual freshers’ social-cum-general session 2016 on September 10 at Ura Academy Hall, Kohima under the theme “Fostering the right mindset for a new venture.”

Y. Kikheto Sema, IAS, Secretary, Land Resource department will grace the occasion as the guest speaker.

NPGN/NNC (NA) National Tatar Hoho meeting All the Tatars and Council of Kilonsers of NPGN/NNC (NA) have been informed that there will be a National Tatar Hoho meeting on September 10. Therefore, a press release from MIP Kilonser, NPGN / NNC (NA) has informed all the members to attend the meeting without fail. Besides, all respective regional chairmen have been directed to attend the meeting along with the latest activity reports. “Absentees without valid reason shall be liable to take stem action as per the ahza of the land,” the release added. One can contact the Home Secretary, NPGN / NNC (NA) for necessary information.

ANGPTA Dimapur unit informs The ANGPTA Dimapur unit (including Niuland) has directed all the primary teachers (regular/SSA/ad hoc/fixed) to submit their appointment/ regularization/ extension order for preparation of seniority list along with membership fee of Rs 200 from September 6 to 10 at ISBT (Purana Bazaar) from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. For further information, contact: 9862927267/ 8974016853/ 9436602617.

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IN FOCUS

THE MORUNG EXPRESS

The Power of Truth

The Morung Express volume Xi issue 246

By Dr. Asangba Tzüdir

“The Coming Community”

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lean election has been a much mulled over topic for some time now and it has generated mixed feelings, divided between optimism and pessimism.

Like a huge pressure relieved off the feet of NBCC, the Langpangkong range under Mokokchung District pledging for free and fair election holds much substance and can possibly be taken as a ‘working model’ by other communities to substantiate and expedite the process of clean election. Though a work in progress, the resolution ‘adopted’ ways through which a process of ‘democratisation’ in the election process can be injected and one highlight towards this end is the resolution to create a common platform for all the intending candidates to ‘speak.’ This is an integral dimension if clean election, and of being free and fair, has to produce the desired effect. On a cautious note, we are outstanding in coming up with new things but fail in its objective sustenance. Thus, our bases need to be covered and this calls for re-examining the notion of clean election by starting with a break-up.

The words ‘clean’ and ‘election’ needs a break-up and addressed separately before bringing the two together. First, we need to understand what it means to be ‘clean’ and how to pursue towards being ‘clean.’ Besides other considerations, being ‘clean’ should find its right place within our ‘moral selves.’ And for morality to manifest, our moral selves needs to be awakened within a framework, a sort of guiding principles that will help strengthen our morality, strengthened by clear notions of what is ‘good’ and what is ‘bad’ and what is ‘desirable’ and what is ‘undesirable’ through our faculty of ‘practical judgment.’ Side by side ‘weakness of the will’ is there to play its own deceiving game but such morally guiding principles within our moral selves should shed the selfish mentality that leads one to compromise one’s morality especially when it comes to ‘material’ considerations.

Secondly, a very clear idea about how an election should be needs to be well defined within constructive parameters including the identification of the right candidate. We always lurk in the danger of falling into the same old systems trap and thereby the need for a new process of election. It is high time that the prevailing system of muscle and money power be condemned and work on a new process based on a renewed morality.

Only when both the words are clear, they can then be brought together for envisioning and to strengthen and concretise the objectives of clean election. Clean election is often taken as a right.

But rather than a right, it is a responsibility. So the question is about how we translate our morality to responsibility knowing that morality gives impetus to be responsible. Looking at the general psyche, what has been the trend is that the masses is quick on critics but hardly respond to questions concerning responsibility.

One can see this trend clearly even through the morung opinion poll questions. The one on 33% reservation attracted lots of comments while responses on clean election were very few and this tells a lot about the people’s psyche.

Having said about the morally guiding principles, a collective responsibility within the larger project of a ‘coming community’ is thus paramount. We need to broaden the horizons of our moral compass in understanding the ‘moral ought’ and the predicament that makes each of us a human being – a moral being. This can provide the necessary impetus to be responsible. Secondly, Nagas need to shed the attitudinal trend of selfishness, only then, talk of a collective responsibility can begin in right earnest.

For the ‘dream’ of a ‘coming community,’ the communities need to come together having a sense of a value-oriented community, a community where each individual understands what it means to be a human – as a morally responsible human that seeks to embark on a mission towards a peoples’ government and for the collective good of our society. The idea of the good and the desirable should then get linked within the larger communitarian principles and moral worldviews which is further developed through everyday life experiences.

As an epilogue, clean election is not a ‘right in itself’ but a ‘responsibility’ and therefore the questions confronting clean election is whether we are we willing to come together as a morally renewed community, and thereby the ‘coming community’ with a pledge to be responsible.

(Dr. Asangba Tzüdir is Editor of Heritage Publishing House.

He contributes a weekly guest editorial to the Morung Express.

Comments can be mailed to asangtz@gmail.com)

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IANS

Your perfumes may pollute environment

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ove to wear designer perfumes? Be careful, as certain molecules produced in these man-made fragrances act as potential contaminants of the environment, and may also impact our ecosystem in the long run, said a study conducted in the canals of Venice, also known as the city without sewers.

Investigating the canals of Venice, the researchers looked for traces of molecules referred to as "perfumes" in the ingredients of products such as soaps, detergents, shampoos and many other personal hygiene products that we use daily. The findings showed traces of "scented" molecules, including those more distant from inhabited areas, though concentrations were up to 500 times higher in the inner city canals. Samples collected during conditions of low tide showed concentrations comparable to those of untreated waste water, the study revealed.

"The study confirms that fragrances are released continuously into the canals of Venice, both during high and low tide and in the historic centre and the lagoon," said Marco Vecchiato, post-doctoral student at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice in Italy. One of the most frequently found compounds in the waters of the lagoon was benzyl salicylate -- a chemical compound used in cosmetics as a fragrance additive or UV light absorbed and also known to cause dermal irritation.

Thus, venice's existing system of treating wastewater through biological tanks which then flows directly into the canals, seems an insufficient method of lowering the concentration of these molecules, the study said.

However, according to the data, the concentrations seem to be below the threshold for acute toxicity to marine organisms. "But, we do not know the consequences of prolonged exposure to low doses of these substances," Vecchiato said.

For the study, the scientists repeatedly collected water samples from 22 places between the inner canals in the historic centre of Venice, the island of Burano and at two points in the far-north lagoon, between April and December 2015. They were looking for the presence of 17 fragrances among the most used and chemically stable, between the thousands available to the cosmetics industry. The results were published in the journal "Science of the total environment".

C O M M E N T A R Y

Khrietuonyü Noudi

A MATTer of SurvivAl I n the year 1974, a Hindi movie named ‘Roti, Kapada Aur Makaan’ was released. It was a film directed by the patriotic Manoj Kumar and it had Manoj Kumar himself playing the lead role. Besides, the film also had stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman and Moushumi Chatterjee. In one sense, it was just another typical Hindi movie with a hero, a heroin, some villains, songs, dances, romance, fights and a story-line designed to entertain, enthrall and captivate the viewers. However, this film was also a little different from the typical movies of the early 1970s because it had a social message to deliver.

This film attempted to address the fundamental needs of man, i.e., food, clothing and shelter in the background of the Indian society of that time. In this way, the film tried to strike a chord with the viewers not only as a commercial entertaining movie but also with a message on basic issues that confront millions of Indians across India.

In dealing with these basic and fundamental needs of man, the film also delves into related issues like unemployment, corruption, hoarding and greed. I believe these are issues that confront almost every modern society not only then but even today. When we look at world history, we find that the issues of food, clothing and shelter had been at the rootcauses of wars, revolutions, unwarranted conflicts and even annihilations. For instance, the French Revolution erupted because the common people could no longer tolerate the high-handedness, greed and arrogance of those in power and authority. The royalty, the rich and the well-to-do in France were in a way responsible for the French Revolution because they wanted everything for themselves at the cost of the poor men and they did not want to share anything with the common people to such an extent that even basic needs like food, clothing and shelter became a rarity for the common man. In such a scenario, the common men had no other option but to gather courage to undo the established system and hierarchy through violence and bloodshed. Many other societies around the world might not have experienced a revolution of the stature of the Great French Revolution but we can all identify and sympathize with the French Revolution because we all know what it would mean to go without food, clothing and shelter and to be ill-treated and exploited by those in power and authority.

Again for those societies where the people are lucky enough to have easy access to food, clothing and shelter, they have to constantly deal with related issues like unemployment, corruption, hoarding, material greed and exploitation. I believe these are all offshoots from the three basic and fundamental needs of man, i.e. food, clothing and shelter. Man cannot live a decent and worthy life without these basic needs and it is this reality which drives people to accumulate as much as possible of these basic needs and this ultimately

leads to social issues like corruption, hoarding, unemployment, exploitation etc. It is human nature to want to be in a commanding and dominating position and those people who are not in dearth of the basic needs normally tries to gain a commanding foothold for themselves in the societal hierarchy by controlling, manipulating and taking advantage of these basic needs of man. This is the story of human society throughout the long history of man and this will continue to be our story…

The Nagas as a people are also no stranger to these issues. It is said that the world has enough for everybody’s need but not for everybody’s greed. Today Nagaland is plagued with issues of unemployment, corruption, exploitation of all sorts and a false sense of pride.

And I believe that at the root-causes of these issues are our greed, our laziness and our false sense of pride. This is why

sic needs. God forbid that such a destiny befalls our people again. But by the grace of God, today we Nagas are again in an environment where we don’t have to perish because of want of food, clothing and shelter. Only if we are willing to stretch out our hands to work, we will find that we are surrounded by opportunities not only to feed ourselves but also to make our dreams come true.

As believers of Jesus, we can also find answers and comfort from the gospel when it comes to the issues of food, clothing and shelter. The gospel says that life is much more than food and clothing and that we should not worry about what to eat and wear if we believe in the provision of God. For the God who feeds the birds will also feed us. Food is vital for our survival but eating without working is shameful, disgusting and an insult to the creator himself. Clothe is also vital because we are social beings but our body is

hoarding not only of money but of all imaginable things is a big reality even in our society. If some investigating agencies are to bring out the value of black unaccounted money in Nagaland, it would surprise even the gods. The money that comes down from Delhi for various developmental works and welfare programs seldom achieves it purpose because a big portion of the amount is pocketed by those who receive the money on our behalf. Here again, the root cause is greed and selfishness. In the olden times, the Nagas did not worry much about food, clothing and shelter because we live our own lives undisturbed in this part of the world where every Naga had his own land and house to live in and his own paddy-field to cultivate to feed himself and his family.

And our forefathers knew how to stretch out their hands and do their own works without expecting others to do their works. It was only in the 1950s when the whole Naga populace was on the run due to the Indo-Naga conflict that the Nagas experienced in a horrid manner what it meant to go without food, clothing and shelter. In fact, during this time, many perished due to want of these ba-

much more important than clothes and we should be more concerned about the health and well-being of our body than wearing fancy and fashionable clothes.

As is rightly said, “It is not the clothes that make the man but rather it is the man who makes the clothes”. In other words, being a man of character and integrity is much more desirable and worthy than wearing good, costly and high-quality clothes because character and integrity should be our true clothes. As for shelter, Christ said that even wolves and foxes have their resting places but the son of man did not even have a place to lay down his head. What we can draw from this is that our mission or purpose in life should be bigger than our concerns for our shelters (houses). Christ came to save man and to die for mankind and so He was not concerned at all about not having a resting place to lay down his head as long as His divine mission was accomplished. If we look at history, we will be inspired and encouraged to know that great persons like Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Abraham Lincoln or even A.Z. Phizo never bothered about building a house or mansion for themselves but their contribution is such that

their people for whom they worked and spent their whole lives still remember, respect and revere them with great sense of pride and gratitude. Yes, we all need food, clothing and shelter to survive but our approach and attitude towards these basic needs have to be in tune with what God intended them to be.

And lastly, like I said above, the Nagas today suffer from a false sense of pride. And it may be this false sense of pride that is gradually putting the Naga society and economy on the verge of collapse and extinction. Our false sense of pride is that we are not willing to stretch out our hands to do any manual work and this scenario is inviting a mass influx from outside to come and take full advantage of our home environment. We know and talk about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt in ancient times.

And I sometimes wonder if the mass influx of outsiders into our lands from all over India and even beyond is as alarming as the Israelite exodus from Egypt.

But the irony may be that many of us are not even aware of the actual magnitude of the influx that is taking place into our lands and the consequences that may befall upon our people, land, society and economy in the near future.

These outsiders come to our land because they know that they can survive here because they know that there are enough works for them here in our lands. And as of now, we Nagas are surviving on the works and services rendered by these outsiders. But a day may not be far when the Nagas and their society become so dependant on the services rendered by outsiders that the outsiders reach a position where they can not only control but also manipulate and blackmail our economy and society and thereby our lives, our land and our children’s future. As of now, these outsiders do not enjoy permanent domicile in our lands but still then they are able to earn enough to not only feed themselves but also send money back to their near and dear ones in their native places. How are they able to do this? The answer is simple….. because they never hesitate or think twice to stretch out their hands to do the jobs which many Nagas consider as filthy and small jobs.

Yes, the differences between us and them is that they see opportunities even where we see only filth and dirt.

Yes, all these are happening just because most of us are not at all willing to do our works and we prefer to employ these outsiders to run our shops, to drive our cars, to build our houses, to cut our hairs, to polish our shoes, to babysit our children etc. Thus, even though most Nagas today do not have to worry much about food, clothing and shelter, a much more serious and dangerous issue in the form of this mass influx of outsiders confronts us threatening all that we hold dear to us i.e., our people, our children, our land, our society, our economy and our very own lives…….. so the sooner we wake up to this reality the better it will be for all of us…..

UN head has put science at the centre of “the most impossible job on earth”

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Zakri Abdul Hamid

he search for the next United Nations Secretary-General is entering its final stages and the leading contenders may constitute a surprise to many observers.

After much media speculation earlier this year that the UN would almost certainly for the first time choose a woman to lead the organization, the latest straw poll of Security Council member countries showed two men leading among candidates to succeed Ban Kimoon, with Bulgaria's Irina Bokova, the head of UNESCO, tied for third place.

It is an intriguing political process, conducted in the most transparent way ever in the history of the international organization.

And soon, after the excitement of the election fades and Mr. Ban has passed the torch to one of the very worthy candidates, historians will begin assessing his many accomplishments in that high office — a position once dubbed "the most impossible job on earth" by Trygve Lie, the first Secretary-General.

They will, for example, dissect his reforms of the institution, notably in peacekeeping operations, and the impact of his diplomatic work.

In that latter category, to my mind, three of the most profound achievements on Mr. Ban's watch were cemented in the past year.

Under his leadership, more than 190 world figures representing virtually all of humanity agreed to 17 "Sustainable Development Goals", setting priorities within the development

agenda through 2030 with a defining pledge that no one will be left behind.

The ambitious aims of SDGs include ending extreme poverty, fighting inequality and injustice, achieving agriculture and food security, improving access to energy, clean water and sanitation, ensuring healthy lives and "wellbeing for all at all ages".

SDGs also take aim at addressing climate change, an issue Mr. Ban began to champion early in his administration.

In a speech on March 1, 2007, two months to the day after assuming office, he told the General Assembly that "for my generation, coming of age at the height of the Cold War, fear of nuclear winter seemed the leading existential threat on the horizon. But the danger posed by war to all humanity, and to our planet, is at least matched by climate change".

Two years later, he warned that humanity's "foot is stuck on the accelerator and we are heading for an abyss".

Driven by deeply- rooted concern about the global havoc potentially embedded in the climate change problem, Mr. Ban pursued the issue with a determined effort that culminated in a landmark agreement at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, hosted by Paris last December.

Another major event overseen by Mr. Ban last year was the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

resulting in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.

In all of these three achievements, the scientific community was inspired

by Mr. Ban’s appreciation for the pivotal role that science needed to play in helping solve these global challenges.

For years, scientists had sought for a place alongside economists at the centre of policy-making, arguing that science and technology are critically important to development and for improving conditions in low resource countries.

In a knowledge-based economy, the effective use of biotech, nanotech and other emerging technologies is critical. Indeed, science, technology and innovation have helped Malaysia and many other Southeast Asian and the Asia-Pacific countries to largely eliminate poverty and hunger and driven remarkable economic growth.

Science advisers, the argument went, are necessary in every presidential and executive office, including the office of the UN Secretary-General.

Mr. Ban embraced this perspective as well, and that was manifested in many ways. He has led by example in putting science at the heart of policy making.

The Scientific Advisory Board of the UN Secretary-General — a trailblazing initiative convening 26 experts in the natural, social and human sciences — is a good example. Their advice is applied at a multilateral level to advance

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sustainable development.

Announced in September 2013, Mr. Ban explained the need for Scientific Advisory Board in these terms: "We must strengthen the interface between science and policy so that the latest scientific findings are reflected in our high-level policy discussions."

Another of his enduring legacies will be the recent establishment of the UN Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries, which has been long called-for

by LDCs. It will facilitate access to, acquisition and utilisation of technology to help LDCs grow and develop sustainably.

I have had the honour to serve Mr. Ban as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board and on the Technology Bank’s Governing Council.

And it is my hope that historians — and whoever eventually succeeds Mr. Ban — will recognize the importance of his having elevated science to a central position in the conduct of UN affairs.

Likewise, a lasting legacy will be his successors following this example, inspiring additional leaders to do likewise.

Zakri Abdul Hamid is science advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia, serves on the UN Secretary-General’s Scientific Advisory Board, and on the Governing Council of a new UN Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries. He co-chairs Malaysia's Global Science and Innovation Advisory Council, and was the founding Chair of the UN's Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

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What Steps should be taken to Improve the Quality of Education in Schools/Colleges in Nagaland?

rom my point of view, those end semester and final exams cannot solely determine the future of the students. According to me, there are three basic as well as very important steps that should be taken to improve the quality of education in Nagaland. The foremost step is career guidance/counseling. It will make students aware of various fields of studies and its scope. The second step is that, apart from exams, every student should be given opportunity to give presentation on a particular topic related to every subject he/she studies. It will help them in improving their personality and give them thorough understanding of the subject. Thirdly, field study should be initiated by the teachers so as to give practical understanding of the subject as well as to refresh their mind.

Regarding the education system in rural areas which is in a very poor condition, I believe that respective village students union should supervise over the functioning of the school by checking the infrastructure, attendance of the teachers and the post that are lying vacant. Teachers should also try to use English as a medium for teaching and communication. Parents and teachers meeting should be held to discuss the performance and weakness of the students and school.

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the aside from the sentence. If the sentence still reads correctly, you have probably used the commas as you should. In the case above, this would render: John and Inga are coming for dinner tonight.

Do not use commas to separate essential elements of the sentence. For example: comma Students who cheat only Use commas to separate inde- harm themselves. pendent clauses in a sentence, for example: The Oxford comma The game was over, but the When using the Oxford comcrowd refused to leave. ma, all items in a list of three or Use commas after introducto- more items are separated. For exry words, phrases, or clauses that ample: come before the main clause: I love apples, pears, and orWhile I was eating, the cat anges. scratched at the door. note the comma after “pears”. nOte: You should not do the Many people prefer not to use reverse of this. For example, the this style and will omit the final following two cases are wrong: comma. This is called the Oxford The cat scratched at the door, comma because it is the standard while I was eating. method taught at Oxford UniverIntroductory words that sity. should be followed by a comma Use commas to set off all geoare: yes, however, and well. For graphical names, items in dates example: Yes, you can come to the (except the month and day), adparty dresses (except the street number Use a pair of commas to sepa- and name), and titles in names. rate an aside from the main body Birmingham, Alabama, gets of the sentence. For example: its name from Birmingham, EngJohn and Inga, the couple land. from next door, are coming for Use a comma to shift between dinner tonight. the main discourse and a quotaYou can test this by removing tion.

o improve the quality of education in schools/colleges depends much on the teachers. Teaching Professions should not be just another mode of employment. A genuine passion to teach is required. A way to get a quality education is by having a genuine teacher and a responsible parent with a hardworking/sincere student. Thus, quality education becomes the responsibility of all. * In schools/colleges, regular assessment is needed to measure progress in learning. * High quality training programs needs to be deployed for teachers. * Information and Communication technology should be used as basic tools for learning process. * Parent - Teacher regular meet to encourage & connect focused on student learning. * Clean Record on Proxy teachers & Backdoor Appointment in schools/colleges. ndian universities Education must not be seen as a process of reducing the illiteracy percentage continue to lag be/ increasing the literacy rate but as a learning experience for the students. After all, a hind in the global quality education can give us a more mature society. Quality education clearly leads top 200, with Indian to a better society and a better future.

Institute of Science dropThujonieyi (jojo) Khamo ping five notches to 152 Billy Graham Road, Kohima from 147 last year and Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi at 185 from 179 irstly, with regard to the government schools especially, in remote places, qual- in 2015, the survey said. ified teachers who have been posted are enjoying handsome salaries in towns Seven Indian institutes without working, while the unqualified people are kept for proxy to teach the have been listed in the top students just to earn their pocket money. Come on! How can an unqualified person 400 educational institugive quality education to students? There are enough unemployed people already tions in the world by a UK living among us. survey which saw CamSecondly, in most of the schools, students do not get any opportunity to interact bridge slipping out of the with their teachers freely or share any of their ideas, for e.g. no paper presentations top three global universiare held in class which makes it difficult for students to improve their oratory skills ties for the first time. and students face difficulties during their degree level. Hence, we see that, quality According to ‘QS World education in our state is very much necessary at this present generation because University Rankings 2016’ even the most basic form of education is not implemented. survey, Massachusetts So, in order to improve the quality of education, I would say that strict actions must be implemented towards those corrupt teachers and there must be an intimate Institute of Technology (MIT) hold on to the top relationship between the teachers and students. spot, followed by two othNimghali K yeptho er American universities Pol Science (Hons), Tetso College – Stanford at second position and Harvard at third position.

Indian universities continue to lag behind in the global top 200, with This week’s quesTion: Indian Institute of Science Are Naga Politicians "all talk and no action"? dropping five notches to 152 from 147 last year and Indian Institute of TechSend in your comments to The Morung Express Office (address given below) or email to nology, Delhi at 185 from morunglearning@gmail.com or WhatsApp @ 8794005039/7085976283 179 in 2015, the survey The best comment will win said, Other Indian universia book, ‘On Being a Naga ties that make the cut with- Essays’ by Temsula Ao in the top 400 on the list from Heritage Publication are the Indian Institutes of

John said without emotion, “I’ll see you tomorrow.”

Use commas if they prevent confusion: To George, Harrison had been a sort of idol.

Period or Full Stop The primary use of a period is to end a sentence. Its second important use is for abbreviations.

There are stylistic differences here. I will discuss both.

Martin Fowler, author of Modern English Usage, says that we should place a period at the end of an abbreviation only when the final letter of the abbreviation is not the final letter of the expanded word. For example: Jesus Christ was born c. 4-6AD The abbreviation is for the word “circa” – as it ends in an ‘a’ and the abbreviation is normally ‘c’ – we include the period.

Mr Jones was happy to see his wife In the first case above, “Mr”

is an abbreviation for mister. Because mister ends in an ‘r’ and the abbreviation includes that ‘r’, we omit the period.

The other use of the period for abbreviations is to always include the period, regardless of whether the final letter is included.

Mr. Jones was happy to see his wife If an abbreviated phrase is pronounced, we do not include periods. For example: NASA is correct, N.A.S.A is incorrect.

In some cases the periods are omitted even when the word is not pronounced, usually because it is a very commonly known term. For example: UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles).

In the case of a word like et cetera (etc.,) we always include the period.

(Courtesy: http://listverse. com/2007/10/12/top-10-rules-of-punctuation/ Sourced under fair use from the Purdue University Online Writing Lab)

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01: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 02: Stanford University 03: Harvard University 04: University of Cambridge 05: California Institute of Technology 06: University of Oxford 07: University College of London 08: ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) 09: Imperial College, London 10: University of Chicago.

Technology (IITs) — Bombay (219), Madras (249), Kanpur (302), Kharagpur (313) and Roorkee (399).

“This year’s rankings imply that levels of investment are determining who progresses and who regresses. Institutions in countries that provide high levels of targeted funding, whether from endowments or from the public purse, are rising,” said Ben Sowter, head of research at QS. Cambridge University has fallen out of the global top three for the first time in the latest university rankings released.

Cambridge, which was ranked a joint third with Harvard last year, slips to fourth with British competitor Oxford retaining its

sixth rank.

Experts believe the exact post-Brexit impact on UK universities will become clearer next year as bulk of the research for this year’s rankings was conducted before Britain voted to leave the European Union (EU) on June 23.

London’s mayor Sadiq Khan said: “Boasting more of the globe’s top universities and welcoming the most international students, London is the higher education capital of the world and I want to make sure it stays that way.”

The rankings include 916 universities from 81 countries, with 33 countries featured in the Top 200.

The US dominate, with 48 institutions, ahead of

the UK (30), Netherlands (12), Germany (11), Canada, Australia (9), Japan (8), China (7), France, Sweden and Hong Kong (5).

The ‘QS World University Rankings’ are based on four categories: research, teaching, employability and internationalisation.

The methodology consists of six indicators: academic reputation (40 per cent), employer reputation (10 per cent), faculty student ratio (20 per cent), citations per faculty (20 per cent), international students (5 per cent), and international faculty (5 per cent).

'SECRET LUST' He showed only a little affection, While on aisle, in heart, in church.

A fake smile with swollen eyes, A glorious touch with lustful thoughts.

She was fooled for being so wise, Allowing a man like him to feel her breast.

Oh! What shame, what pity, what devilish mind.

Like his' that never winds She did not fully know him, His thoughts, his acts, his clever love.

My woman with no hope in her heart, Was taken amused as his Mistressness.

A life she so much preserved for years, Was sore in just some flicking ticks.

For the man had a little secret Secret Lust that lies lurking in his mind, Which "they" he'll never give up, Until satisfied or destroyed.

So my barren woman was called to satisfied, Yet the man's thirst never perished.

Moali Pongen Kohima

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M’Choackumchild, a teacher in Dickens’ novel “Hard Times”, is criticized for ‘choking’ his students with facts. When we take a hard look at the education scenario in Nagaland do any of us often wonder if there is any similarity with the expectations of this fictional character from a Victorian Era novel.Are we emphasizing too much on memorizationand echoing facts to ace the examinations, while destroying the creative and analytical side of our students?

1. Who is the newly appointed Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

[A] Amitabh Kant [B] Anand Sinha [C] SS Mundra [D] Urjit Patel

2. The Union Government recently approved PRS scheme for foreign investors. What does “PRS” stand for?

[A] Permanent Residuary Status [B] Permanent Residential Status [C] Permanent Residence Status [D] Permanent Residency Status

The top 10 global universities are:

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t is one of the greatest misfortunes of our society that where the meaningful significance of life is to be nurtured, there we find the cultivations of such to occurinthe most uninspiring vacuousmilieu. As a teacher, I find the 3. Which State pips Nagaland as the safest place for women according to the latest NCRB data for educational environment of our state to 2015? be lackluster and devoid of any purpose, [A] Sikkim [B] Mizoram both for thelearnersand teachers. Numer[C] Arunachal Pradesh [D] Manipur ous teachers and students wander aimlessly with no purpose to what they do 4. Who has become first Asian to be nominated and what they learn. Both ENDURE their for 2016 Heritage Heroes Award of International respective duties: teacher to regurgitate Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)? the received information from the books, [A] Andrey Wilson [B] Bibhuti Lahkar and for students to memorize and re[C] Bantu Mukura [D] Niel Sanga gurgitate the regurgitatedmaterials. I say 5. Which of the following will be awarded with an “ENDURE” because to endure is to TOIL honorary Academy Award? and SUBMITto circumstances, it is de[A] Frederick Wiseman [B] Lynn Stalmaster featist by nature. Besides, most teachers [C] Jackie Chan [D] All of the above and students have, in most cases, unduly consignedthemselves to circumstances.

Send in your answers to the Morung Express Office (address They have submitted not because they are given below) or email to morunglearning@gmail.com or fatalists, but because they see no meanWhatsApp @ 8794005039/7085976283 ingful purpose to what they do and learn.

Certainly, I do not mean all teachers and Answers to Quiz#24: 1-D; 2-B; 3-C; 4-D; 5-A students are as such, but most are. In such Winner of last week’s contest: conditions, the whole purpose of educaa Thrimhokiu asso Yimchunger, tion goes astray. This is detrimental to the New Minister's Hill, Kohima well-being of a society, whether we admit Consolation prizes: Meyiesunu Vitsu, Dimapur & it or not.

Zapu Sakhrie, Kohima This is especially true with respect to First Prize- Rs. 300 + T-Shirt teachers. Teachers are supposed to nurTwo Consolations – Rs. 100 + T-Shirt each ture and guide students realize their poWinners may collect the prize money from The Morung tential and creative abilities—whatever Express Office, H/No.4 Duncan Basti, Dimapur they may be. These require teachers to T-Shirt to be collected from G-Sports, Shop No 11, Joyce find purpose in what they do.Yet, when Complex, 2nd Gate, Chumukedima most teachers just TOIL away and EN*Winners should bring along a valid ID to claim the prizes DUREaimlessly, it evinces that they do

- Dr Salikyu Sangtam, assistant Professor, Department of Political Science not see teaching as something honorable; rather they see it as a JOB demanding them to simply endure the inconvenience that comes with the ‘job.’ Herein lies one of the problems: the problem is that most teachers see teaching as a JOB, but teaching is not a ‘job’ or a ‘profession,’ rather it is a CALLING, something innate. “Calling” involves passion and loving what one does, and teachers not only have to be passionate but also love what they do. Otherwise, how else is it possible to ignite students’ imagination and excite their spirits, which are essential to learning.Since teaching is ultimatelyintimate and personal,teachers must thus be able to stimulate and provoke students’ imaginations, thereby awakening their sense of self-awareness. This, I admit, is not enough to mend the educational problems; however, at the least, it does help students circumvent their disenchantment with the system, and why wouldn’t they feel disillusioned, givenNagaland University’s obsolete syllabi,with teachers’ emphasizingmemorization rather than understandingorreasoning.Hence, instead of magnifying their disenchantment, teachers can facilitate a milieu of curiosity and wonderment. Thus, igniting an environment of learning at the most profound level, i.e. helping students’ find purposeful meaning in what they do and learn.

It is essential to note that teaching is about guiding students to think critically so that they realize their fullest potential.

After all, for Aristotle, each realizing his/

her fullest potential, which is, becoming what each is meant to become, evinces the profoundest expression of human life. Furthermore, in teaching,one implants on students a sense of wonderment that ignites their passion and innate creative abilities. Indeed, for Socrates, “knowledge begins in wonder.”

In this way, students gain not only a profound understanding of the worldly realities but also learn how to live a meaningful life.Moreover, teaching is about cultivatingeach student’s unique talents and abilities, at the heart of which lies self-transformation, self-growth, selfawareness, and self-knowledge.

Ultimately, teaching, I believe, is about education of the whole person, from abstract intellectual ideas to the practical realities of everyday life. Raphael, the great renaissance painter, in one of his frescos, School of Athens, shows us the paragon of education. At the center of the fresco, we see Plato and Aristotle, the former points toward the heavens, toward the world of abstract ideas and intellectual ruminations, while the latter points toward the viewer, toward the everyday human world. This, I believe, is the essence of teaching. Teaching is educating students not only about intellectually abstract ideas but alsoabout practical realities of everyday life; thereby the purpose of education is actualized: understanding of self.

Of course, I do not mean, in this monologue,teachers are the sole problem and if they are somehow rectified

then maladies would be resolved. Rather, what I want to convey is, teachers are A PART of the problem and thus also A PART of the solution. We can start by ameliorating,at the very least, one of the problematic variables. Indeed, to mend our society’s educational problemsrequire the rectification of numerous societal factors contributing to it. However, this does not mean teachers ought to wait for all the contributing variables to be amended before they play their part.

It requires initiative and ingenuity on the part of the teachers to help students realize their entelechy, no matter the vacuity of the present educational environment.

I conclude by maintaining that throughout this philosophical soliloquy, the whole purpose was to elucidate the importance of teachers in playing a significant and meaningful role in students’ lives. It is an odefor teachers, though in a critical sense, to convey how essential they are for the betterment of our society.

And whether I am right or wrong to voice this concern is a moot point. Ultimately, I leave it to the readers to decide on their own as to what should be done to liberate ourselves of the maladies afflicting our state’s educational system.

Degree of Thought is a weekly community column initiated by Tetso College in partnership with The Morung Express. Degree of Thought will delve into the social, cultural, political and educational issues around us. The views expressed here do not reflect the opinion of the institution. Tetso College is a NAAC Accredited UGC recognised Commerce and Arts College. The editors are Dr. Hewasa Lorin, Anjan Behera, Dr. Salikyu Sangtam, Nivibo Yiki, and Kvulo Lorin. For feedback or comments please email: dot@tetsocollege.org.

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Bihar flood toll rises to 205, Ganga receding Patna, SePtember 6 (PtI): Toll in Bihar floods rose to 205 with a fresh death reported today even as the situation appeared to be easing with the water level of swollen Ganga flowing below the danger mark. The lone death has been reported from Samastipur district, a Disaster Management Department statement said.

According to the Water Resources Department, for the first time in a fortnight the water level of Ganga is flowing below danger mark today in all the seven places where it is monitored in Bihar. The water level of the river receded in Kahalgaon for the first time today though at Digha ghat, Gandhi ghat and Hathidah in Patna district and Buxar, Munger and Bhagalpur it had receded a couple of days ago.

The rivers still flowing above the danger mark included Kamlabalan at Jhanjharpur and Kosi at Baltara in Khagaria district, the statement said. The flood has affected 40 lakh people in 2,189 villages of 613 panchayats of 79 blocks in 12 districts, the Water Resources Deaprtment said.

Countdown for Indian weather satellite's launch from today ChennaI, SePtember 6 (IanS): The 29-hour countdown for the launch of India's weather satellite INSAT-3DR using geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle GSLV-MkII will start at 11.10 a.m. on Wednesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.

The Mission Readiness Review (MRR) committee and the Launch Authorisation Board (LAB) cleared the GSLV rocket launch slated for 4.10 p.m. on September 8, ISRO said.Blasting off from the second launch pad at India's rocket port at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, the GSLV rocket will put the 2,211 kg INSAT-3DR an advanced weather satellite into a geostationary transfer orbit.

The satellite from there will reach the final geosynchronous orbit on its own. According to ISRO officials, ISRO will launch ScatSat -- a weather monitoring and forecasting satellite -- with polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV) end of next month. The Indian satellite will be a co-passenger to an Algerian satellite-Alsat. Both the satellites will be put into different orbits. So the fourth stage/ engine of the rocket will be switched off after ejecting ScatSat first. Then after a gap of around 30 minutes, the engine will be switched on and put the Algerian satellite into its intended orbit.

Explosives found at Kota railway station JaIPur, SePtember 6 (IanS): Two bags containing explosives and detonators were found on a railway platform in Kota city of Rajasthan on Tuesday, police said.

"The bags containing around 2.75 kg of explosives, wires and detonators were found at around 4.30 p.m. on Platform Number 1 of Kota Railway Station," a police official told IANS. The detonators and explosives were in separate bags, he said. He said the bomb disposal squad was called in and investigations have been launched. However, he refused to divulge details on what kind of explosives were found. Kota is an important railway station as it connects Delhi to Mumbai, among other major destinations.

Why now? Irani tweets on her Rajya Sabha tenure new DelhI, SePtember 6 (PtI): With a year left before her term expires, Textile Minister Smriti Irani has curiously made some tweets expressing gratitude to the people of Gujarat, the state she represents in Rajya Sabha.

Irani, who was recently shifted from the high-profile HRD portfolio, said that in the last five years as an MP, she has been "fortunate" to have got immense support from BJP leaders and people across the country. The minister, who was elected five years ago, started a series of tweets but gave no indication what prompted her to take to the micro-blogging site on her tenure in the Rajya Sabha.

"On August 19, 2011 I got the opportunity to serve the nation in my capacity as Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament from the Gujarat state. "It has been my privilege to have been able to reach out to the people of Anand & resolve their problems in whatever capacity I could," Irani wrote.

"I specially express my gratitude to people of Gujarat, particularly Anand which is my nodal district as Rajya Sabha MP from the state," she said.

In the tweets, Irani shared snapshots of the welfare and civic work undertaken by her in Anand district during her tenure.

"Providing water and conserving the same along with ensuring clean surroundings has been the top priority in Anand," she tweeted.

Irani had unsuccessfully fought against Rahul Gandhi from Amethi in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

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Modi govt ignoring farmers: Rahul

Congress scion starts 2,500-km Yatra from UP DeorIa ( u t ta r PraDeSh), SePtember 6 (IanS): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the Narendra Modi government was ignoring the plight of farmers.

Addressing a huge gathering at Rudrapur in Deoria district at the start of his 2,500-km Kisan Yatra, Gandhi said Modi was ready to waive off loans of rich corporates but wasn't ready to do that in the case of farmers.

"Modiji is writing off loans of rich corporates.

He should do the same for farmers in Uttar Pradesh and elsewhere in the country," he said.

Gandhi suggested that the government could help the farmers in three ways.

One, by writing off loans taken by them. Second, by slashing electricity bills to half and third by increasing the minimum support price (MSP) for their crops.

"In the UPA government, we waived off farmers' loans worth Rs 70,00 crore. We also kept revising MSP, which this government is not doing," he said.

"The elctricity bills for farmers should be slashed to half," he added.

Gandhi wondered why there was a huge gap be-

'Khats' vanish minutes after Rahul Gandhi's meeting in UP

Rahul Gandhi is seen interacting with farmers affected by delayed payments at Kanchanpur, Deoria, UP in this picture twitted by the Office of Rahul Gandhi.On Tuesday, the Congress Vice President Kick started his 2,500-km Kisan Yatra.

tween the market price of pulses and the price at which farmers sell them.

"Farmers are selling pulses at Rs 40 per kilogram but its market price is around Rs 200. I ask Modiji, why is there such a huge difference?

"Where is the difference money going? It is being pocketed by middlemen."

He said he had embarked on this Yatra to understand the problems of the farmers and to convey them to the government.

"Kisano ka dukh hamara dukh hai (We can feel

farmers' pain as our own)."

Gandhi rued that the region that was considered a sugar bowl of the country was lying in a state of neglect with most sugar mills shut down. He blamed both the state and central governments for the crisis.

"Now most mills have shut down. Who is responsible for this? The state and central governments are responsible for it."

Earlier, Gandhi offered prayers at a Shiva temple Baba Dugdheshwarnath and then started his Yatra in a specially designed bus.

ruDraPur, SePtember 6 (PtI): Hundreds of cots were neatly spread across a field here for Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's first 'khat sabha' (charpoy meetings) but little did the party know that the very khats would overshadow the first day of his mega outreach programme in Uttar Pradesh. Within minutes of Rahul leaving the venue, onlookers swooped in and made away with the charpoys. The narrow alleys around the Dudhnath Baba Mandir Maidan got swamped with villagers carrying the 'khats' on their shoulders.

In the ensuing chaos, people were seen sarcastically calling out to each other while decamping with the 'khats'.

When asked about it, even as he gingerly balanced the rally takeaway on his shoulder, a villager quipped, "Kya hai ki Rahulji ne hi diya hai (It is given by Rahulji)."

Congress leaders, travelling with the party scion, were quick to deflect criticism over the matter, saying attacking the party on the issue would boomerang on the opposition as these khats still hold importance in the countryside. The party has arranged 10,000 khats for the entire campaign.

The Yatra will cover 55 dra Modi for ignoring the of the 80 Lok Sabha con- plight of farmers. stituencies covering 39 dis"When they were in tricts in Uttar Pradesh. power, they could not understand the pain of farmWhat did Cong do for ers for half a century. Now farmers in 55 yrs, asks BJP suddenly they have woken Meanwhile, Bharatiya up to the plight of farmers Janata Party on Tuesday when they are out of powwondered what the Congress er," BJP spokesman Suddid for the welfare of farmers hanshu Trivedi said. during its 55 years of rule.

Accrding to Trivedi, the The BJP's attack came central government has just hours after Congress taken a number of steps for Vice President Rahul Gan- the welfare of farmers, indhi at a rally in Deoria dis- cluding curbing the black trict of Uttar Pradesh tar- marketing of urea and ingeted the government led stituting the Fasal Bima Yoby Prime Minister Naren- jana to provide them cover

for any crop loss.

"There is a huge difference between their thinking and our thinking," he said. "I may remind you that the United Progressive Alliance government had signed a few agreements at the World Trade Organization which were against the interests of our farmers.

Our government reversed them despite international pressure and criticism."

"Those who could not feel the pain of farmers for half a century, now speaking for farmers is ridiculous," he said.

Kashmir: Rajnath briefs PM, hardline stance against separatists likely new DelhI, SePtember 6 (IanS): The central government has decided to take a hardline posture vis-a-vis separatist leaders in Jammu and Kashmir and may soon order scaling down of their official security as well as other steps, said informal sources here on Tuesday. The decision to take such a tough stance was taken at a meeting between Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi here when the former briefed PM about the recent visit of all-party delegation led by him to the violence-hit frontier state.

The central government is also likely to order "scrutinising" bank accounts of such leaders and expedite completion of pending investigations in cases against them.

"Steps may be taken to scale down their foreign visits and fa-

cilities like medical treatment as well," sources said. Modi is said to have given his nod to the proposal to act tough with the separatist leaders, especially in view of the snub given by them to MPs from opposition parties during the allparty delegation's two-day visit to the state from Sunday.

Sources, however, said the government may take a final call on initiating tough stance against separatists only after the meeting of the all-party delegation likely to be held here on Wednesday to discuss their findings during the twoday visit. The government feels that the Huriyat and other separatist leaders need to be "ignored and exposed" at a time when the common people are generally concerned about the issues of governance, joblessness and children education.

Taking exception by the manner Hurriyat leaders declined to meet some opposition MPs who had tried to reach out to them, the Home Minister had said that their conduct was against "democracy and even 'Kashmiriyat' (traditional ethos)".

'Support' to terrorism needs to be addressed: NSG Report Sources said during the meeting between Rajnath and Modi, a report prepared by the Home Ministry and the National Security Guard (NSG) was also considered. In the report, security agencies including NSG have expressed concern that there is general "support" to extremism and terrorism from certain sections of the society including in J&K and this needs to be addressed.

According to the report, there is

a strong recommendation that a general awareness needs to be created among people to be more cautious about the intent of extremist forces and of the use of explosives IEDs both in J&K and the rest of the country.

Death oll rises to 76 Meanwhile, another youth injured in clashes with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir succumbed on Tuesday raising the death toll in the ongoing unrest to 76. Naseer Ahmed, 21, injured in clashes with the security forces in Seer Hamadan area of Anantnag district, succumbed to injuries in the hospital. A teenager, identified as Musaib Majeed of Sonarwari village in Kupwara district, had succumbed to injuries during the night in a Srinagar hospital. Following the death, all

'Digital learning tools can positively impact kids' mumbaI, SePtember 6 (IanS): Fifty-eight per cent of Indian children have showed positive behavioural changes after using digital learning platforms, say parents that took part in a survey conducted by AppyStore.in - a subscription-based childrens' edutainment service provider. The survey, which looked closely at parental expectations and concerns regarding children's cognitive growth, also showed that digital learning has now become almost at par with traditional learning tools.

"This reflects a progressive relationship between digital learning and developing minds," said Manoj Barot, Director (Marketing) at Mauj Mobile -- the parent company of AppyStore.in, according to a state-

ment. With 68 per cent parents using online platforms to teach new concepts, the study revealed increasing tendency of parents to use digital media as a redressal mechanism.

Further, the study found that 49 per cent parents use worksheets and toys to teach children, while 42 per cent parents were found to use DVDs of nursery rhymes as well as mobile apps for helping children hone their intellectual capabilities.

Nearly one-fifth of the participating parents claimed to give dedicated digital devices to their children, but the general trend revealed that kids do not use these devices for more than one hour on average, the statement said. While 17 per cent of parents do depend on digital

learning to see positive behaviour changes in their young ones, 43 per cent of parents reported monitoring their child's usage of the device as they are conscientiously wary of the negative impact of handsets on children's health.

In addition, 26 per cent parents claimed cultivation of good habits in children was their primary concern, whereas 24 per cent desired sharpening the kids' language skills the most. While only 12 per cent participants admitted to consulting a doctor when worried, a strong 38 per cent claimed they turned to the internet to clear their doubts. The survey was based upon responses from 1,167 Indian parents and covered a wide range of topics concerning the progress of young minds.

mobile phone operations in Kupwara have been suspended.

Majeed had been injured in clashes with the security forces in Wadoora area of Sopore on September 4.

Around 50 people including civilians and the security forces were injured on Tuesday in clashes at various places in the Valley despite authorities imposing curfew-like restrictions in the old city areas of Srinagar and some other parts of the Kashmir Valley. A mob dismantled an abandoned security bunker in Srinagar. All educational institutions, main markets, public transport and other businesses remained closed for the 59th consecutive day on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the separatist leaders issued a fresh protest calendar asking people to continue the protest shutdown till September 16.

Indian scientist develops GM cotton after success with mustard new DelhI, SePtember 6 (reuterS): An Indian scientist whose team has developed a genetically modified (GM) mustard variety that is inching towards a possible commercial launch said he could soon hand to a state agency a GM cotton variety that can rival Monsanto's seeds. Deepak Pental and his colleagues at the Delhi University worked on GM mustard for around a decade, and a government committee said on Monday it found the seeds to be safe for "food/feed and environment". Reuters reported the technical clearance last month for what could be the country's first GM food crop.

"The government has taken the right path and experts have looked at all the data," Pental told Reuters on Tuesday, acknowledging that public opposition to lab-altered food remains fierce.

"Our scientists have the capability to do more, but you will have to strengthen research further, educate people." The central goverment, keen to cut the country's heavy annual food import bill, will soon decide on the commercial launch of the highyielding mustard and plans to indigenously develop other GM food to reduce reliance on multinationals such as Monsanto.

2,234 get HIV via blood transfusion; government claims ignorance Silvio Grocchetti IndiaSpend and IANS

As many as 2,234 people contracted the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) after receiving blood transfusions in hospitals between October 2014 and March 2016, according to data released by the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), but the government told Parliament it did not know of these infections.

The information was made available by NACO when it replied to a rightto-information (RTI) request filed by activist Chetan Kothari earlier this year.

"No," was the reply the Ministry of Health -- NACO's parent organisation -- gave on August 16, 2016, to a question from Con-

gress member of Parliament and former minister Jyotiraditya Scindia asking if the government was aware that "a large number" of people nationwide had been infected with HIV while getting blood transfusion.

"The limitations of available testing methods while screening blood units for HIV in blood banks as a result of which possibility of HIV transmission during blood transfusion cannot be completely ruled out," the ministry said in its reply.

India fell 9 per cent short of its blood requirement in 2015-16, IndiaSpend reported September 3, with prosperity dictating availability; Bihar, for instance, was 84 per cent short of its blood require-

ments and Chhattisgarh 66 per cent short, while Chandigarh was over-supplied nine times and Delhi three times.

NACO disputes the reliability of the data it released, claiming that it "refers to information on self-reported transmission of HIV", and is "not corroborated by any scientific means to confirm that transmission is indeed due to blood transfusion".

Blood transfusion is deemed "as an acceptable way of getting infected, rather than others showing bad lifestyles", said Zarin Bharucha, pathologist and chairperson of Federation of Bombay Blood Banks.

Only South Africa and Nigeria have more HIV patients than India, where more than two million peo-

ple are infected, according to a 2015 NACO report.

Despite a 5 per cent decline in the number of patients testing positive for HIV since 2007, 86,000 new infections and 68,000 AIDS-related deaths are reported every year.

Up to 95 per cent of India's HIV transmissions are caused by unprotected sex, according to a December 2015 answer to the Lok Sabha.

Blood transfusions account for 0.1 per cent of HIV infections, according to data released in the Lok Sabha reply, but based on NACO figures, it would account for 1.7 per cent.

Either way, the number of HIV infections through blood transfusions should be zero: the US reported its last such case in 2008, the

UK 2005 and Canada 1985.

It is mandatory for hospitals to screen donors and donated blood for what are called transfusion-transmitted infections, such as HIV, hepatitis B and C, and malaria. That isn't always done, and when it is, the chances of ruling out HIVpositive blood are not 100 per cent.

There is a window between the contraction of the virus and the production of anti-HIV antibodies in the blood that leads to the virus being undetected by tests. This period varies depending on the sensitivity and specificity of the test.

"The blood transmission mainly occurs in this period," said Bharucha.

"Most of the (blood) banks use recent testing to short-

en the window period, but these tests are expensive, so they are not used in many government-run hospitals."

Introduced in 2001, the nuclear acid amplification test has reduced the length of time HIV might be undetected to between seven and nine days, from two weeks and some months previously.

Some states lack adequate HIV-testing facilities. In Jharkhand, 17 of the 24 districts did not have test facilities, according to a 2015 India Today report.

There are an estimated 19,800 integrated counselling and testing centres (ICTCs) nationwide, an increase of 4,194 over the last three years. There should be at least one ICTC in every district, according to

National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) rules.

The inconsistency in government funding for the NACP has not helped: The government slashed funding in 2014-2015 by 26 per cent compared to the previous two years, then increased it over the last two years by 31 per cent. The NACP budget for 2016-17 is still 3 per cent less than it was in 2012-2013.

The lack of testing facilities leads hospital staff to rely on what is called "pre-donation history", an account of donations made by a donor.

"Relying on pre-donation history means if donors do not give personal history correctly, their blood is at risk," said Bharucha.

In a country where be-

ing HIV positive is still considered a social stigma -- infected people tend to hide the fact -- not testing blood and donors is a gamble, as is the practice of using what are called "replacement donors".

Hospitals short of blood often ask a patient's family to find a donor. "Not everyone has a donor available, so they might land up getting a paid donor," said Bharucha. Even if paid blood donations are forbidden (the Supreme Court banned them in 1996), they still take place, increasing the chances of patients getting blood that is HIV positive.

"Awareness is the key to tackle this issue," says Bharucha. "Communities should be aware of the danger of this practice."

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Philippines scrambles to soothe tensions after insult to Obama VIENTIANE, SEpTEmbEr 6 (rEuTErS): The Philippines scrambled to defuse a row with the United States on Tuesday and its new president, Rodrigo Duterte, voiced regret for calling President Barack Obama a “son of a bitch”, comments that prompted Washington to call off a bilateral meeting.

The tiff between the two allies overshadowed the opening of a summit of East and Southeast Asian nations in Laos. It also soured Obama’s last swing as president through a region he has tried to make a focus of U.S. foreign policy, a strategy widely seen as a response to China’s economic and military muscle-flexing.

He said in a speech as the summit got under way that his push to make the United States a key player in Asia-Pacific was not some “passing fad”.

However, diplomats say strains with longtime ally the Philippines could compound Washington’s difficulties in forging a united front with Southeast Asian partners on the geostrategic jostle with Beijing over the South China Sea. Duterte has bristled repeatedly at criticism over his “war on drugs”, which has killed about 2,400 people since he took office two months ago, and on Monday said it would be “rude” for Obama to raise the question of human rights when they met.

Such a conversation, Duterte told reporters, would prompt him to curse at Obama, using a Filipino phrase “putang ina” which

‘We are not butchers’: Philippines defends drug war at Asian summit

U.S. President Barack Obama arrives aboard Air Force One, ahead of the ASEAN Summit, at Wattay International Airport in Vientiane, Laos on September 5. (REUTERS Photo)

can mean “son of a bitch” or “son of a whore”.

After Washington called off Tuesday’s bilateral meeting between Obama and Duterte in response, the Philippines issued two statements expressing regret.

“President Duterte explained that the press reports that President Obama would ‘lecture’ him on extrajudicial killings led to his strong comments, which in turn elicited concern,” the Philippines government said in one statement.

“He regrets that his remarks to the press have caused much controversy,” it added. “He expressed his

deep regard and affinity for President Obama and for the enduring partnership between our nations.”

The White House had earlier said Obama would not pull any punches on his concerns about human rights abuses in the Philippines, its treaty ally, when meeting Duterte.

Instead of the Duterte meeting, Obama plans to hold talks with South Korean President Park Geunhye, said Ned Price, spokesman for the White House National Security Council - a meeting where the response to North Korea’s latest missile tests is expected to be on the agenda.

A Philippines official who declined to be named said there would be no formal meeting rescheduled in Laos but a short ‘pullaside’ conversation between the two presidents was still possible.

MOVES TO SOOTHE TENSIONS Obama arrived in the city of Vientiane late on Monday for the first visit by a sitting U.S. president to Laos, where he wants to begin to address the legacy of U.S. bombing during the Vietnam War. He announced on Tuesday that Washington would provide an addition-

VIENTIANE, SEpTEmbEr 6 (rEuTErS): The Philippines on Tuesday defended a surge in killings since Rodrigo Duterte became president over two months ago, handing out a 38-page pamphlet at a regional summit praising his campaign against illegal drugs in which thousands have died.

“We are not butchers who just kill people for no apparent reason,” reads one page of the booklet, citing the Philippines’ feisty national police chief, Ronald Dela Rosa. The pamphlet was distributed at a Southeast Asian and East Asian summit in Laos that was overshadowed on Tuesday by the cancellation of a meeting between Duterte and Barack Obama after he referred to the U.S. president as a “son of a bitch”.

Duterte swept to power in May on promises to wipe out crime and corruption within six months, pledging to wage a war on drug dealers and crush widespread addiction to methamphetamines in the country of 100 million.

There has been popular support for Duterte’s campaign but the killings have brought expressions of concern from the United States, a close Philippine ally, and the United Nations.

al $90 million over the next three years to help Laos, heavily bombed during the Vietnam War, clear unexploded ordnance, which has killed or wounded more than 20,000 people.

The unusually open tensions between the United States and the Philippines, its former colony, threaten to overshadow the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and East Asia Summits in Laos from Tuesday to Thursday.

The 10-member ASEAN will also meet leaders of other regional powers: China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, Russia and the United States. Duterte

won the presidency in May as he promised to suppress crime and wipe out drugs and drug dealers.

About 900 people linked to drugs have been killed in police operations since July 1 and a further 1,500 have been classed as “deaths under investigation”, a term human rights activists in the Philippines say is a euphemism for extrajudicial killings.

Duterte has repeatedly poured scorn on critics, usually larding it with curses.

He lambasted the United Nations after it criticised the surge in killings and he turned down a meeting with U.N. Secretary General Ban

Last week, the number of people killed since July 1 reached 2,400: about 900 died in police operations, they said, and the rest were “deaths under investigation”, a term human rights activists say is a euphemism for vigilante and extrajudicial killings.

Duterte said on Tuesday he regretted that his comments to media on Friday “came across as a personal attack” on Obama. His government said in a separate statement the fight against illegal drugs must be won.

“The campaign against illegal drugs has yielded an unprecedented number of ‘surrenderees’: more than 600,000,” said the glossy pamphlet, which features various photographs of Duterte, including one of him attending the funeral of a senior police officer allegedly shot dead by a drug peddler.

The booklet said that since Duterte took office 7,532 drug operations had been carried out, 12,972 pushers and users had been arrested, and police operations in July reduced crime by 49 percent from a year earlier.

“Can you believe it’s only been two months into the Duterte presidency?” the final page reads.

Ki-moon at the Laos summit.

In May, he called Pope Francis a “son of a whore”, although he later apologised, and called U.S. Ambassador Philip Goldberg a “gay son of a whore”.

On Tuesday, Duterte met the leaders of Singapore, Japan and Vietnam.

Manila has been aligned with the United States in its dispute with China over the South China Sea, in which Washington blames Beijing for militarising a vital global trade route and jeopardising freedom of movement at sea and in the air.

China rejects those accusations and accuses the

United States of ratcheting up tensions unnecessarily.

China claims most of the South China Sea, through which more than $5 trillion of trade moves annually.

Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam have rival claims.

An arbitration court in The Hague in July invalidated China’s territorial claims after a case was brought by the Philippines, a ruling Beijing refuses to recognise. Duterte said last month he expected all ASEAN members to support the arbitration court’s ruling, but that the Philippines would not raise the issue in Laos.

Afghanistan forces end siege Hundreds protest over Suu Kyi’s panel on Rohingya Muslims SITTWE, myANmAr, SEp- told local officials and leaders from after suicide attacks in Kabul TEmbEr 6 (rEuTErS): Hun- the Buddhist Rakhine community KAbuL, SEpTEmbEr 6 (rEuTErS): Afghan security forces ended an 11-hour standoff in central Kabul on Tuesday, shooting dead the last of a group of attackers who struck hours after a separate suicide bombing killed and wounded dozens of security personnel and civilians. The bloody episode began on Monday afternoon with a twin suicide bombing in a busy area of the capital near the Defence Ministry that killed 35 people, including several senior security officers, and wounded 103.

That attack was claimed by the Taliban and was followed a few hours later by a car bomb in Share Naw, a business and residential area of the city close to the government and embassy district. After the blast in Share Naw, three gunmen barricaded themselves in close to an office of aid group Care International and a government complex. The target of the attack was not clear.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the Share Naw attack, which caused only 6 injuries. Care International said in a statement its staff in Kabul were safely evacuated. “When the explosion happened, all of our windows broke and for a minute I thought that the house had collapsed on us,” said Togrul Big who lives near the Care International compound and suffered a hand injury in the car-bomb blast.

Mid-morning on Tuesday, after hours of standoff interrupted occasionally by sporadic gunfire, Interior Ministry spokesman

Sediq Sediqqi said Afghan special forces had killed all those involved in the attack.

The violence highlighted the precarious security in the capital just a month before a conference in Brussels where international donors are expected to pledge continued financial support to Afghanistan.

OFFICERS KILLED The Taliban’s ability to conduct coordinated attacks in Kabul has piled pressure on the Western-backed government, which has struggled to reassure a warweary population that it can guarantee security. The attacks came less than two weeks after gunmen attacked the American University in Kabul, killing 13 people.

Many casualties in the defence ministry attack were caused when security forces personnel and civilians who rushed to help victims of an initial explosion were caught by a second blast minutes later. An army general and two senior police commanders were among the dead, a Defence Ministry official said. Another official said the deputy head of President Ashraf Ghani’s personal protection force had also been killed.

Afghanistan’s foreign partners, concerned about the ability of the security forces to withstand Taliban violence, are expected to pledge support over coming years at the Brussels conference, three months after NATO members reaffirmed their commitment at a meeting in Warsaw.

dreds in Myanmar rallied on Tuesday against an advisory commission led by former U.N. chief Kofi Annan to find solutions to the conflict between the country’s Buddhists and minority Rohingya Muslims, which has cast a pall over democratic reforms.

The plight of the Rohingya has raised questions about Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s commitment to human rights and represents a politically sensitive issue for her National League for Democracy, which won a landslide election victory last year. Local residents and Buddhist monks joined the protest overseen by dozens of police, despite rain in the northwestern Rakhine State, challenging what they perceived as “foreigners’ biased intervention” from the nine-member panel.

Jeers and chants denouncing the panel intensified upon the arrival of Annan’s plane. The crowd soon followed the convoy into town, where Annan delivered a speech and met with members of both the Rohingya and Buddhist Rakhine communities during his two-day visit to Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine state. “We are here to help provide ideas and advice,” Annan

over the sound of demonstrators outside a government building.

“We are also aware of resistance, fears and doubts that have prevailed again and again,” he said. Myanmar’s lower house of parliament was on Tuesday discussing whether foreigners should be excluded from the commission, but the chances of such an outcome are low. “I don’t want to see foreigners involved in this commission. I want to see a commission involving people of the Rakhine nationality,” Kyaw Zin Wai, a 52-year-old carpenter told Reuters, adding that the two ethnic Rakhine commission members were not “representative” of people in the state.

The commission, made up of six Myanmar citizens and three foreigners, is on a initial two-day visit to meet local communities. It will visit camps for stateless Muslims on Wednesday, where people live in cramped and poorly maintained huts. It hopes to present its findings in the next few months.

More than 100 people were killed and some neighborhoods were razed to the ground as local ethnic Rakhine Buddhists clashed with Rohingya Muslims across the state in 2012. Suu Kyi, who is barred from

Protesters holds up a placard as they shout slogans during a rally against former U.N. chief Kofi Annan in Sittwe, Myanmar on September 6. (REUTERS Photo)

the presidency by the junta-drafted constitution but leads the country as state counselor and foreign minister, formed the commission last month to find solutions to the issue.

She plans to visit the United States this month, where she is thought to be seeking further sanctions relief for her country but is likely to face questions over her efforts to improve conditions for the Rohingya. The protest was called by some leaders in the state’s powerful Arakan National Party (ANP), which has

World will miss education-for-all target by 50 years: UN LONDON, SEpTEmbEr 6 (ThOmSON rEuTErS FOuNDATION): The world is set to miss by more than half a century a deadline for ensuring all children receive secondary education, the United Nations said on Tuesday, adding that 40 percent of pupils are being taught in a language that is not their mother tongue.

World leaders agreed last year that by 2030 all girls and boys should be able to complete free quality primary and secondary education, but chronic under-funding is holding back progress, a U.N. report said. “This report should set off alarm bells around the world and lead to a historic scale-up of actions to achieve (this goal),” economist Jeffrey Sachs said in a foreword.

The deadline on universal education was agreed as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - an ambitious plan to end poverty, hunger, advance equality and protect the

lift 60 million people out of poverty by 2050, the report said. Educating mothers to lower secondary education in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030 could also prevent 3.5 million child deaths between 2050-60.

Zimbabwean school children walk to school in Marondera, west of the capital Harare, on July 13, 2016. (REUTERS File Photo)

environment. “The gaps in educational attainment between rich and poor, within and between countries, are simply appalling,” said Sachs, a special U.N. adviser on the SDGs. On current trends, universal primary education will be achieved in 2042,

universal lower secondary education in 2059 and upper secondary in 2084, according to U.N. educational body UNESCO. It said aid to education needs to increase six-fold to achieve the goal of quality universal education by 2030.

UNESCO said educa-

tion was key to every aspect of sustainable development including increased prosperity, better agriculture and health, less violence and greater gender equality. Achieving universal upper secondary education by 2030 in low income countries could

CONFLICT The report said conflict was one of the greatest obstacles to progress in education, keeping over 36 million children out of school.

It also pointed out that poverty and unemployment resulting from a lack of education could fuel conflict. The UNESCO report warned that the type of education children are receiving is not equipping them for the challenges ahead.

It called for more emphasis on teaching children about environmental concerns, climate change and how to think collectively so that they can become global citizens. “A fundamental change is needed in the way we think about education’s role in

global development, because it has a catalytic impact on the well-being of individuals and the future of our planet,” said UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova. “Now, more than ever, education has a responsibility to be in gear with 21st century challenges and aspirations ...”

Sachs called for a Global Fund for Education modelled on the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria which he said had helped drive dramatic improvements in health interventions and funding.

Around 263 million children are currently out of school globally, according to the report, and almost 30 percent of children from the poorest households in low income countries have never been to school.

Critics of the educational goal believe that pushing for universal upper secondary completion distracts from ensuring at least nine years of basic education for all.

criticised the commission, insisting that foreigners cannot understand the history of the area. “This country has its own sovereignty, so we will not accept foreign interference in local affairs,” said Aung Than Wai, secretary of ANP’s executive committee. Annan told fellow commissioners and Suu Kyi at the panel’s first meeting in Yangon on Monday that he planned to approach the region’s long-running conflict with “rigorous impartiality” and would listen to all sides of the conflict.

Floods kill 60, displace 44,000 in N Korea: UN SEOuL, SEpTEmbEr 6 (AFp): Flooding following heavy rain has killed 60 people and left over 44,000 homeless in North Korea, the United Nations said today, after the country reported that a northeastern river suffered its worst-ever flood. Pyongyang said the Tumen river, which partially marks the border with China and Russia, experienced the biggest flood ever recorded due to a rainstorm that began four days earlier.

Nearby areas including Musan and Hoeryong were hard hit, with 60 dead and five percent of the population homeless, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in a statement. It cited data from the North’s government. “Communication with and access to affected areas remains a challenge... immediate needs have been identified as emergency shelter, food, medication, water and sanitary items,” it said.

Nearly 9,000 buildings were destroyed or damaged with 10,000 hectares (24,711 acres) of farmland flooded, it said, adding joint relief efforts involving the UN and the North were underway. The North’s state media said Friday that 15 people were missing after over 17,000 houses were destroyed or damaged.

The impoverished nation is vulnerable to natural disasters, especially floods. At least 169 were killed by a massive rainstorm in the summer of 2012.

Its territory is largely composed of mountains and hills that have long been deforested for fuel or turned into terraced rice fields. This allows rainwater to flow downhill unchecked.

A series of floods and droughts was partially responsible for a famine that killed hundreds of thousands between 1994-98, with economic mismanagement and the loss of Soviet support exacerbating the situation.

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33 % Reservation, what it means to the nagas

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he 33 % reservation for women in the state which was approved recently by the state cabinet will enable the womenfolk to take an active part in the decision making local bodies, namely, Municipalities and town councils. The Naga women has been fighting for their right against the gender discrimination for a long time, that has finally resulted in government decision, though it has created some controversial reactions for and against it.

Gender is a concept which defines the relationship between male and female. With this development enabling women to directly involve in the decision making bodies; which was traditionally an exclusive domain of the male members, will bring about changes in the definition of the status as well as in the relationship between the sexes in the days to come. For this reason, a section of the people consider the reservation move as an encroachment into that exclusive jurisdiction upsetting the aged old established roles and defined responsibilities between male and female.

Traditionally, the ideal roles of a woman in the earlier days in most societies all over the world were mainly assigned to domestic activities. A renowned writer had remarked that while husband is a provider, a woman would be, “A lady in the drawing room, a magician in the kitchen, An angel in the nursery, and a pleasure in bed.”

To an extent in the bygone days, when the society survival depended mainly on superior physical strength, that could have been an appropriate expected role of a women but will that be the relevant criteria determining the women’s place in society today?

Role has now changed where women are now encouraged from the school days that they can strive for academic champion and achievers, excellent in every field that was once the exclusive domain of men. They have amply proven themselves with their actual performances in every field these days doing better than the man folk. Today they are in many cases equally the earning member and provider in the family.

Frankly, the Naga tribal traditions have not been fair to the womenfolk in many ways. Their role were relegated to Domestic services, e.g. child bearing and rearing, household chores, Labor for the family but denied the right to exclusive property ownership and inheritance. Many women knowingly or as a matter of old tradition, meekly accept the traditional subordinate position to their male counterpart and just live accepting the gender discriminatory status. If their main occupation is limited to household duties then a lot of capable talents equipped with sound education will be wasted. Since so much of investment is made in giving them good education, it will amount to criminal waste of competent resources in human capital, and a social injustice to the better half of the population and a lost to the society. Given a chance and space, Women are equally competent and intellectually capable to shoulder any responsibilities. Malefolk must, instead of opposing, be ready to share equal responsibility by sharing rights and duties in all sphere of activities, be it social, political or economic matters.

Man’s resistant to change is normally expected when the set pattern of life is disturbed by changes requiring readjustment. Tension will be generated till it is settled in the new pattern of life.

The traditionalists,-who oppose the reservation, are apprehensive about the implication of the decision. They feel that it will erode the traditional values and will upset the harmonious relationship in the society if the traditionally defined role of male and female which were of standard practices over the years, are dislocated. Further, the reservation will undermine the especial Constitutional Guarantee accorded to the Nagas under Art 371A protecting the application of their unique social practices and the Naga customary laws and procedures etc.

While the protagonists- of the reservation feel that it’s a timely decision. It’s about time the Naga women are empowered to actively participate in the important decision making bodies which will only enrich the qualities of governance. It will not, in any way dilute nor infringes the privileges guaranteed under the constitution to the Nagas.

This is an opportune moment for the Naga society to look at the tradition practices handed down from the past and to redefine those outdated ones making it more relevant to suit the modern challenges and prepare for the future. We need not look in isolation at this political concession given through this reservation but also in many other spheres of activities. An active involvement of capable women in political decision making arena will slowly and surely undergo changes in the relationship between the sexes thereby the traditional family values and behavioral pattern and sharing of responsibilities will undergo a new adjustment when women mindset come out of the confined cocoon of the household activities and take equal share of duties and socio- political responsibilities. We should be prepared for it, because sooner or later, it is bound to happen.

In today’s knowledge society where the knowledge is expanding exponentially, having the technological and intellectual knowledge is the core driving force to bring about the positive changes.

And in a democratic welfare state only the best knowledgeable and truly committed to the welfare interest of the people must be selected irrespective of sexes to occupy such vital policy making bodies. In this context, the women folk have amply proved themselves equal if not superior intellectually with male counterpart and are waiting for an opportunity to show to the world that they can also do given a space and a chance. They are equally capable, educationally, intellectually and mentally qualified and are ready to prove their mettle for the benefit of all.

It is seen that traditionally, women were not treated at par with men especially in matters of owning property and wealth, inheritance and were disallowed to participate in political or important community policy decision making functions. In that deprived position so long from the past, they are put in clear disadvantaged position in the society. That being so, we cannot expect them at this stage, to compete confidently at par with men in politically competitive electioneering arena; unless they are given some space by such concession like the reservation of a specific number or percentage.

In some states in the country, like in Kerala, Madhya Pradesh etc, reservation for women is 50%. It’s about time that we all need to be modern and forward looking and be ready to accommodate such positive changes. Their involvement as an equal partner with the men recognizing their qualities will be an asset to us all.

It is not only the preservation of the tradition for the sake of preservation, but must mentally accept the urgent need to change or redefine the outmoded, irrelevant components of the tradition which have become obsolete. Otherwise, it would become obstacles in the path of progress and development in this digital, fast changing world. It is true that tradition is dynamic not static thus, it grows and subtly adjust as being part of the finer defining image of the society. The society need to adhere to the time- bound necessary adjustment and refinement to remain relevant regulating social guidelines of the growing society at every stage of time.

I honestly feel that the male chauvinistic tendencies that are seen in the naga traditional setting need to be re-examined dispassionately to enable us to readjust and redefine the redundant and anomalous aspects which will impedes overall healthy growth of our society. It is certainly a redefining moment for the Nagas to look at the tradition and custom and bring about the necessary changes to suit the modern challenges and for better future growth. The cabinet decision in question will ensure all citizen’s active participation especially the women in developmental administration in local urban bodies which is a welcome paradigm shift from the past. Such involvement can expectantly bring about the needed changes and revitalize the stagnation, inefficiencies and complacencies in the present governance state of affairs by injecting the fresh set of players. Every well meaning citizen irrespective of sexes must agree to give a fair chance to the womenfolk and excitingly look forward to see the outcome of the new development in our society.

T.N. Mannen IAS (Rtd)

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Seek God and Live Rev. Dr. Zelhou Keyho

The 52nd Indo- Naga Ceasefire Anniversary At Chedema Camp, September 06, 2016 Message delivered by Rev. Dr. Zelhou Keyho, General Secretary, NBCC

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oday, we are gathered here to commemorate the ceasefire that was signed between the government of India and the federal government of Nagaland, 52 years ago. And as we commemorate this ceasefire day, we must not forget the history of how the ceasefire of September 06, 1964 came into being. It came at a time when our land was caught up in a warlike situation.

The Nagas in general suffered untold miseries, our homes were burnt down into ashes and the common and the innocents citizens, regardless of who they are become prime suspects and suffered torturous treatment and abuse, and the Naga national workers were hunted like animals in and out of the jungles. In such a situation the ceasefire came as an interim relief for the Nagas. But ceasefire was not final in itself, it is not an achievement but a springboard upon which greater things were to happen. The Ceasefire, though is a relief to end hostility, reckless operations and killings of the innocents in our land, it is neither an end, nor a final achievement. It is a means for dialogues and negotiations endless it may appear to reach the end where the problem can be put behind for which ceasefire is signed and entered into by the two parties.

However, today, the end seems to have been buried deep inside our selfishness and in the ever luring temptation to be comfortable and maintain the status quo. The ceasefire seems to have seized our right to self determination based on our historical and political rights. Therefore, though we honour this day, what value is there if our political will for self determination is made to die a natural death. Nevertheless, on this day, if we can once again revisit the glory of those days where nationalism reign supreme without arms, without muscle power in the atmosphere of ceasefire, we can still intelligently continue to travel in the path and vision of our leaders and many of our patriots who have made the supreme sacrifice. This however, needs courage and determination. Courage to once again say we must go back to where we belong and determination to do what we know and believe is right.

On this day September 06, 2016, the 52nd year of the Indo-Naga Ceasefire let us be reminded the ideals of signing the ceasefire. 1. To end hostility but not surrender our rights; 2. To Create peaceful atmosphere without arms and intimidations; 3. To look at each other without superior mentality; 4. To dialogue and negotiate as equals; 5. To reach final solution for which ceasefire comes into effect.

In this regard, have we made any forward move?

Has the firing stopped? Maybe for some groups because along the way, there were several peace accords signed with different groups to cover up the mistake that was made when the first ceasefire was signed on September 06, 1964. What ceasefire seemed to have achieved is, it has silence and roped us of our rights to even speak boldly. It is illogical that ceasefire after ceasefire or in another phrase, "peace accord after peace accord with this group and that group one after the other can be signed or entered on one single issue.

This is where common people like me cannot really follow the logical conclusion of the matter today. Al-

low me to put forward a poignant question before the audience: How many ceasefire must we commemorate to reach our goal? Or to put it precisely, how many years of ceasefire must we observe to become what we wanted and longed to be?

Ceasefire day commemoration is a time to put the Naga cause in perspective. This I say, because, we have become so comfortable on the one hand, and so divided on the other hand. We have become comfortable because we have taken for granted as if the final show is over. We have cut the elephant into pieces and holding each piece apart we still call it an elephant.

We must take the journey to put the pieces together and look at the elephant as a whole standing strong and mighty and call it an elephant. Until we do, the aspiration that once belongs to us will be buried in the rubbles of our division. And our will to exist as honourable human beings will be brought down to survival mentality.

It is within this context that I want to build on the importance of this day, the ceasefire day, some call it peace day, which ever way we put it there is still much to be done. Cease fire is not only to stop the hostility between two waring enemies. It is not only to save us from the terror of hunting each other, but to give us hope to stand on an equal footing with the force that sought to destroy us and give us a platform to dialogue and negotiate for our rights. Ceasefire is never to make us comfortable but an opportunity to make a forward move. And we must appreciate and thank those who took the pain to give us this moment, where talking about our rights as people distinct from our counter part is not something that we ask and demand but we, assert. It has given us an equal rights as any other though we may be small and few in numbers.

The ceasefire of 1964 is not the beginning of our political aspiration. It is just an interim relief and in itself is not final. We must also visit the early 20th century era, the Naga Club days and what followed in 1929 where the Naga Club submitted a memorandum to the Simon Commission. We must not also forget the formation and the early days of the Naga National Council (NNC) in 1946 under our great leader late A. Z. Phizo and what followed soon after that in 1947 and the NNC resolutions of January 10, 1949 bringing us to 1951 plebiscite.

Events leading to this day, 52 years ago began with NBCC's involvement in a convention at Wokha (January 31st-February 2nd, 1964) to form a peace committee to pursue peace. Whereby, a three member committee was formed in March of the year consisting of, Mr. B. P. Chaliha, Mr. Jayaprakash Narayan, and Rev Michael Scott. Along with them many other NBCC leaders of those days many of whom are no longer with us, were involved and their contributions to the day we are observing must never be forgotten.

So far, I have sketch the past briefly leading to this occasion , allow me to strike the note on the present and the future: We must not blame our counter part for everything that has not been. We also have to admit that we have dug our own share of mistakes along the way. Mistake of stubbornness, mistake of pride, mistake of self justification, mistake of holier than thou and above all mistake of lording over all. This has been not only been the problem and mistake not only of one particular political group but has been the problem and mistake of all the political groups that exists today. I do not want to think how many groups we have. I only know that Nagas must come together without playing the politics of division and we start must speak in unison to the big India to listen to our rights and aspiration because in the words of J. P. Narayan "sovereignty of Nagaland in

imminently practicable and negotiable." That "negotiable" can turn into "possible" if we unite.

As a Christian majority state, we all acknowledge that God has been our guide and that he has been the force behind our political aspirations. There were times when the missionaries who brought the message of the Gospel to our land were blamed to the extend that they were also driven out of our land and our contact with the outside world was barred.

The Point here is, our political aspiration and the fight to self rule and determination was post Christianity. At the height of our political movement, Christianity, the new found faith was rapidly making her strong wave in our land. This has caused us to call upon God as our helper, strength, zeal and vision. In other words, nationalism was the new found faith went hand in hand. That God become our mighty warrior and the cause of the Nagas following his leading. I will not be able to elaborate on this aspect but I want to draw my conclusion.

If people who believe in God cannot submit to his sovereignty; if people who believe that God is their Mighty warrior and leader cannot follow his leading and follow the ideals of his teachings, we are just blaspheming God and using him just for convenient sake.

The Bible says in Galatians 6:7, " Do not be deceived, God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows."

God surely wants us to forgive. God surely wants us to be humble. God surely wants us to give up our pride.

God surely do not want us to live in our past. God surely wants us to move forward. God surely wants us to give a better future to the our children. And above all, God surely wants us to unite.

We cannot pretend that things are alright with us. No, we are not alright! We cannot expect angels to come and fix things right for us. We must act and begin to mend the broken relationship. It must begin with someone, somewhere and somehow. Who that someone will be?Where that somewhere will be? And how that somehow will be birthed?

I regret that what I have said here on this auspicious occasion is heard by few of us here. Giving the impression that we are the reason for what I have said. Far from it we all must bear the blame no one is exempted in the predicament we are. Therefore, I am speaking to all the Nagas regardless of our affiliation to tribes and groups without any prejudice. I cannot white wash the wall without helping us to see the dirts on the wall. We must seek God and live. Because above all, I fear God most and I place myself as his spokesman though I am wretched sinner. Nagas must stop playing with God. We must stop jeopardising the future of our younger generations and the generations to come.

Allow me to quote Abraham Lincoln: Die when I may, I would like it to be said of me, that I always pulled up a weed and planted a flower where I thought a flower could grown.

I know the sacrifice you have made, the difficult life you have lived. Nothing that I say or our people do will be able to repay you for all that you have done.

The Nagas owe all of you a whole lot more than we ever can realize. You have stood your ground, you have left the comfort of life in so many ways that people like us cannot imagine. I say this from my heart do not let your sacrifice go in vain. Let us seek God and his ways and do what is right so that a new beginning will dawn come upon us, upon all the Nagas.

May the 52nd ceasefire commemoration ignites the fire of repentance and revival in our national movement. And may we live as people of God and a nation under God. For me to live is Christ...

Know god, believe in him, fear him and obey him In support of implementation of 33% women

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his is the law of relationship with God and relationship with God is the foundation of good relationship in human family. This is the only way of human peace. The world can be a consistent and peaceful world if the omen and men are equal world embarks on seeking to know the true God and to have relationship partners and the unwith Him. If the whole world agrees to find out who the true Creator of the heavens doubted best companions. and the earth is, it is the greatest step towards bringing the world to the truth. If the Therefore, women and truth is accepted, the world cannot be a confused world. men always walk together in every field Rev. L. Suohie Mhasi to make life more meaningful and to fulfill the purposes of life in the world.

1. At home: As popular practice suggests, at home, the main responsibilities of men are to provide shelter, security and protection and also to provide for the needs and the neSettlement pertains to a case in disagas refused to join the Union of cessities of the family. On the other, India and instead, declared her pute. Nagas have no dispute whatsoevwomen's responsibilities at home are own independence on August er with Indians. It is as simple as, ‘Nagas to manage food, clothing for the fam14, 1947. That put Nagaland in a are not Indians’ or in reverse, ‘Indians ily, to teach and nurture the children unique position as sovereign and not se- are not Nagas’. In other words, what bewith education, discipline, manners cessionist. The British divided Nagas into longed to India was India’s and what and to take care of the family's needs Nagas of India and Nagas of Myanmar. belonged to Nagaland was Nagaland’s. and necessities.

Sixteen-point agreement created Nagas Nagas and Indians had nothing in comof Nagaland, Nagas of Manipur, Nagas of mon, racially, socio-culturally and po- 2. In the society: As equal partners, men and women have equal parts as Arunachal Pradesh and Nagas of Assam. litically. There was not even territorial much as abilities to play in the sociSixteen-point agreement also divided dispute because no Indian King/Queen ety be in the Church, Office ,Business Nagas of Nagaland into underground had ever conquered and ruled the Na,Sports , Schools, fields and in all the and over-ground Nagas. 16-PA uprooted gas. In fact, it was not even a case beinstitutions of human beings without the spirit of Naga nationalism among the cause there was nothing to argue. any discrimination.

So, what is it then? As early as in over-ground Nagas and tried failed to do so with the underground Nags but failed. 1929, Nagas had determined their po- 3. Equal rights: Men and women have Thus, the search for other options began sition that stated, “Leave us alone to equal rights in the exercise of franby the GoI and Nagaland State govern- determine for ourselves as in ancient chise of equality, are equal in the ment. In the search for other options, times”. Since then, that position has not eyes of law, equal voting rights, equal words like ‘Solution’ and ‘Settlement’ changed. That will be Naga position unopportunities for employment and emerged in the lexicon of Indian leaders til India leaves Nagas alone. participation in all organizations and In 1974, NNC made Naga stand and leaders of the puppet State governmatters concerning the society. ment. These words became household clear that it is in the matter of interna- 4. Equal responsibilities as much as tional relationship that India and Nawords in ceasefire period. rights in spiritual activities like praySolution is the antonym of prob- galand can have negotiation. This is ing, singing, preaching and mission lem. Solution implies that there was the only principle for political dialogue activities. In many cased, women are problem. Nagas had no problem prior between India and Nagaland because more sincere and perform these duto India’s aggression in Nagaland. All sovereignty of either India or Nagaland ties better. problems started after India’s aggres- is non-negotiable. Nagas and Indians, 5. Equal contribution towards taking sion and exist until today because of the as two sovereign nation states, can nefamily decisions and creating family presence of Indian occupational forces gotiate for permanent regional peace. assets and properties like acquiring in Nagaland. The problem of India’s un- When problem and dispute are not the of land, construction of buildings, lawful occupation is here in Nagaland case, the question of final solution and purchase of properties. and not in Delhi. That is why Nagas permanent settlement within the con6.

Women also blend and build relaare demanding India to withdraw her stitution of India has no scope in the tionships with other communities forces. In short, the so-called problems sovereignty of Nagaland. The only issue and tribes through inter-marriage. were India’s creation. Nagas claim of in question is to find permanent peace having political dialogue with India as between India and Nagaland as two en- 7. At times of sickness and old age problems, the women nurse us like their two equal entities but go to Delhi seek- tity nation states. Permanent or lasting own being whereas men usually fail ing solution from India. Nothing can be peace will be achieved only when India to do the same. more contradictory than this. If some acknowledge and recognize the soverNagas wrongly believe that Naga solu- eignty of Nagaland as declared on Au- 8. Even in the most difficult times and situations, the beauty and sincerity tion can be given by Delhi, the tall talk gust 14, 1947. of women without any discriminaDr. K. Hoshi, Phek Town of entity ends.

Sovereignty of Nagaland, not a case for solution or settlement

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tion makes one psychologically happy and strengthened.

9. In our traditional cultural practices like singing and dancing during merry-making festivals the women folks are equal participants in the celebrations.

Therefore , when responsibilities are shared and rights equal to men and women, there arises no necessity to object the 33% quota reservation for women to participate together in the Municipal Council, which is a welcome initiative to encourage women's participation in the decision making and execution of works for the benefit of society. Instead of the unwelcome attitude towards such a progressive policy, men folks should welcome this reservation policy to include women in the policy making body to contribute their ideas for the better planning as well as management of our Cities and Towns.

No group or section of the society should be sidelined from participating in the responsible and participative development of the society and its institutions or limited by society's stubbornness to commit to positive change nor should any benevolent policy for their upliftment be hindered by any sort of apprehension or under any pretense.

Any kind of reservation policy is subject to periodical review and if the implementation and the consequent review of the Women reservation policy is done in the right manner, the women reservation policy will serve it's rightful purpose. But if this reservation policy becomes a stagnant one and a policy favouring only the creamy-layer amongst the women folks, it will turn the sincere policy into a mockery worthy of scrapping.

Therefore in my personal opinion / view no community or organization should create a hindrance to the implementation of 33% women reservation in Nagaland Municipal Elections but should instead welcome and support the women reservation policy through a holistic approach of prioritizing the best interest of the society as a whole.

Khinyi Woch A concerned citizen

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

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Waluscha De Sousa becomes face of Avon hair care

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odel-turned-actress Waluscha De Sousa, who made her Bollywood debut with Shah Rukh Khan-starrer "Fan", has been roped in as the face of beauty direct selling company Avon hair care. The brand on Tuesday launched Naturals Hair Oil which offers the goodness of seven oils for hair. And with the launch, Waluscha was introduced as the face for Avon Naturals Hair Care in India.

"It is an honour to be part of a company that feels so strongly about empowering women. I am glad to be the face of the brand that is committed to not only offering innovative and quality products but at the same time making a difference to the lives of women across the globe," Waluscha said in a statement. Talking about the hair oil, Waluscha feels that it is a "seven in one wonder".

Source: IANS

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eliance Industries' new telecom network Jio has created uproar with its unbelievably low tariff plans. While the nation can't stop gushing about the amazing offers one gets with Jio, celebrities from Bollywood are congratulating Ambanis for their new big venture. Priyanka Chopra too took to Twitter to send her wishes to Reliance Industries' Chairman, Mukesh Ambani and his wife Neeta.

Congratulations Nita,Mukesh & the entire team on the launch of #JioDigitalLife. Your vision will be truly transformational for the country.

And if a picture floating around on the net is to be believed, Priyanka is not just all praise for Jio, but has become its user too. Yes, what looks like Priyanka's subscription form for the service, is going viral on the web and is heavily being shared on WhatsApp. The form not only mentions Priyanka's full name i.e. Priyanka Ashok Chopra, but also has her passport size picture. Looks like Priyanka too has been lured by the exciting offers Jio is presenting to its customers.

Priyanka Chopra’s supposed Jio subscription form is going viral!

Bruce Lee's creation to turn into TV series

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opular actor Bruce Lee's creation entitled "Warrior" will soon be turned into a TV series.

Lee, who died at the age of 32 in 1973, left behind some handwritten notes that were later discovered by his 47-year-old daughter, Shannon Lee who thought of weaving it into reality, reported Female First.

The show will be set in San Francisco's Chinatown where Lee was born. It will revolve around the story of a young martial

arts prodigy. The cast has yet to be decided but the show will be developed by Justin Lin and Jonathan Tropper.

Shannon will serve as a producer to the project under Bruce Lee Entertainment. "Warrior" is not the first creation that the "Big Boss" star left behind. He once developed a script for a movie, "The Silent Flute", which was made into Richard Moore's film "Circle of Iron" five years after Lee's death.

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'Bad Moms' billboards banned in Russia Daniel Craig

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he film 'Bad Mo m s' , s t a rring actress Mila Kunis, has gotten into trouble in Russia because of Kunis's last name which has a different meaning here. St. Petersburg-based ad agencies declined to place billboards of the film due to alleged sexual implications in the slogan which read "Do you want some Kunis?” reports hollywoodreporter.com.

The ad agencies were said to be irritated by the word 'Kunis', which is similar to the last name of the lead star and very close to the Russian term for 'cunnilingus'.

Volga, the Russian distributor of the movie, refused to give any comments regarding the report.

A conservative St. Petersburg legislator named Vitaly Milonov praised the ad agencies for 'saving the

city's pride'. "We couldn't care less about the distributor's interests and opinion. St. Petersburg is the cultural capital, and you shouldn't bring all kinds

of trash here," Milinov said.

A major Russian TV station also refused to air a commercial for "Bad Moms" in daytime due to

'sexual content'. The comedy, which also stars actors Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn, opened in Russia on September 1.

Source: IANS

KeLLy CLarKson celebrates 14 years since Winning ‘American Idol’

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t’s hard to believe that it’s been 14 years since Kelly Clarkson was crowned the first ever winner of ‘American Idol’. Now a global superstar, Clarkson marked her career anniversary on Twitter, Sunday, saying she was "forever grateful" to the talent show.

"14 yrs ago 2day @ AmericanIdol opened a door w/such amazing opportunities & experiences 4 me!" the 34-year-old tweeted on September 4. "I am 4ever grateful & blessed! #heresto14more.”

Back in 2002 Clarkson beat Justin Guarini to become the show’s first ever winner after her emotional rendition of ‘A Moment Like This’. Since then she’s gone on to release seven studio albums, win three Grammy awards, accumulate 100 Billboard number-one hits and sell over 25 million albums worldwide.

In February Clarkson returned home to ‘American Idol’ to perform her single ‘Piece by Piece’ on the show’s last ever series.

The emotional song left

Clarkson in tears and afterwards she told host Ryan Seacrest: “I’m pregnant and it's nostalgic and I can't believe it's the last season.

“Yeah, really sorry I just bawled. I’m actually quite proud that I made it that far!” Two months later Kelly and husband talent manager Brandon Blackstock welcomed their second child, son Remington.

In June Kelly announced that she’d signed a new a long-term record deal with Atlantic Records after 15 years with label RCA. "We have already started creating a record that I have been wanting to make since I was a little girl,” she said in a statement.

“A record that fans have been asking me to make for years. Here's to the future!”

Clarkson also referred to her RCA deal as an "arranged marriage,” adding: "After winning American Idol there was an arranged marriage that occurred that sometimes worked out and sometimes resulted in the hardest experiences of my life."

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ollywood star Daniel Craig might just be on his way to becoming the highest paid actor in the world if he accepts the offer to play British secret agent James Bond for the fifth time. The star, who played 007 in four films - 'Casino Royale', 'Quantum Of Solace', 'Skyfall' and 'Spectre'- has reportedly been offered $150 million, that is approximately a whopping Rs 1,000 crore, to reprise his role.

The hunt for the next Bond has been on for a long time, with makers hunting for a younger successor to fill in Craig's shoes. Names of British stars like Tom Hiddleston, Tom Hardy and Idris Elba among others have been doing the rounds.

However, if reports are to be believed, Sony is offering a 'king's ransom' to get Craig back on board for a two-film deal, before passing on the baton to a younger actor.

Daniel Craig has been very vocal about quitting the role and 'moving on'.

When asked if he would return to the series, the actor said that he would rather cut his wrists. Now that the paycheck has been upgraded, we wonder if Craig might just 'reconsider'.

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Record breaking Serena sails into US Open last eight

Bopanna out of mixed doubles, Sania win

Deputy Commissioner Mon W. Honje Konyak with the players at the inaugural programme of the 5th Inter-high School Sports Meet 2016 tournament at Local Ground, Mon on September 5. (DIPR Photo)

moN, September 6 (DIpr): The inaugural programme of the 5th Inter-high school Sports Meet 2016 tournament was held on September 5 at Local Ground, Mon with Advisor, DUDA and LM&CP, N. Thongwang Konyak as the chief guest and Deputy Commissioner Mon, W. Honje Konyak as the guest of honour. The tournament is being organised by Mon

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Town Students Union.

Speaking on the occasion, the chief guest called upon the students to play with true sportsmanship and brotherhood with discipline. He further urged the students to be sincere and punctual in their studies to acquire quality education and to excel in their academics as well as in sports.

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the sports open with Edit Douglas School and Angjong Mission School playing the opening exhibition match. The programme was led by L. Chingmei Wangsha. T. Chingmei Konyak, President MTSU gave the welcome address and T. Nahpoh Konyak, Games and Sports Secretary MTSU led the contingents in March Past and oath taking.

Football for Vigilance: MTLT meets MUFCN

mokokchuNg, September 6 (mexN): The Mokokchung Town Lanur Telongjem (MTLT) has a date set with the Manchester United Fan Club Nagaland (MUFCN) for an exhibition match on September 10, at 1 pm at the Imkongmeren Sports Complex, Mokokchung.

Under the theme “Eu et Vigilanter” (Latin for ‘Football for Vigilance’), the friendly match, according to a press release, is being organised with the hope that it will help develop a bond between the MTLT and the football lovers of

Nagaland.

The match will witness the youths of Mokokchung clashing with the diehard fans of Manchester United from the state. The international FIFA football rules will be implemented and the match will be officiated by certified referees Mokokchung District Football Referees Association (MDFRA), it informed.

The players have been set with practice sessions already underway at the Imkongmeren Sports Complex and Mokokchung Compound, the release stated.

The MTLT stated that it specifically chose Manchester United Fans of Nagaland keeping in mind their large fan base. It added that the game of football was chosen as the means to reach out to the youths, to share ideas and to interact and to give forth the message of unity to the people.

Their interest in football undisputed, citizens of Mokokchung diligently follow the English Premier League, the Spanish La Liga etc. In this regard, the MTLT and MUFCN have invited all football lovers to be a part of the event.

New York, September 6 (IANS): India's Rohan Bopanna and his Canadian partner Gabriela Dabrowski went down fighting in the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles but Sania Mirza maintained her march in the women's doubles at the US Open tennis tournament.

Bopanna and Gabriela enjoyed a strong start before going down 6-1, 2-6, 8-10 to Robert Farah of Columbia and Germany's Anna-Lena Groenefeld in 58 minutes here on Monday. Farah and Groenefeld will now take on the winners of the last eight clash between the seventh seeded American duo of Coco Vandeweghe and Rajeev Ram and the Czech-Crotian combination of Barbora Krejcikova and Marin Draganja. Seventh seeds Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Barbora Krejcikova defeated unseeded American-Japanese pair of Nicole Gibbs and Nao Hibino Serena Williams of the United States serves against Yarolslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan 6-4,7-5 in a third round match. (not pictured) on day eight of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. (Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports)

New York, September 6 (AFp): Serena Williams broke through another barrier on Monday, her 308th Grand Slam match win taking her past Roger Federer for the most in major tournaments and into the quarter-finals of the US Open.

"Wow, it's really exciting," Williams said of moving out of a tie with Swiss great Federer for most Grand Slam match wins.

"This is where it all started so it's always so magical out here for me -- 308 sounds pretty good."

As Williams, never seriously challenged in a 6-2, 6-3 victory over 52ndranked Yaroslava Shvedova, sailed on, one of the two players with a chance to topple her from the world number one spot in this tournament bowed out as fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska was shocked by 18-year-old Croatian Ana Konjuh.

The 6-4, 6-4 triumph avenged a bitter disappointment for Konjuh, who held three match points against Radwanska in the second round at Wimbledon before falling 9-7 in the third round after stepping on a ball and turning her ankle.

The teenager showed remarkable poise throughout the match that closed out the night session on the cavernous Arthur Ashe stadium.

Even when the public address system blared out accidentally as she prepared to serve early in the final game she wasn't rattled. "I just said to myself stay in the game don't rush," Konjuh said. "I remember at Wimbledon I had match points there and I thought I'm not going to do that here. I'm

not going to let that opportunity go."

With Radwanska out of the picture, second-seeded German Angelique Kerber is now the only player with a chance to end Williams's 186-week reign atop the rankings. Kerber will try to take the next step on Tuesday in a quarter-final clash with 2015 finalist Roberta Vinci, the seventh seed from Italy.

Kerber's run to the quarters means the American must at least reach the final to stay top for a 187th consecutive which would, of course, be a record.

Williams will have a day off before tackling Simona Halep after the fifth-seeded Romanian's 6-2, 7-5 victory over Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro.

Halep, beaten in seven of eight prior encounters with Williams, was already bracing for the challenge.

"She's like the best player in the world.

I don't have to be afraid or to have emotions because I have nothing to lose," Halep said. "It's just a huge challenge for me."

The tantalizing prospect of a semi-final clash between Williams and her sister Venus evaporated as the elder Williams fell to hard-hitting Czech Karolina Pliskova 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3).

In her first Grand Slam quarter-final, Pliskova will take on Konjuh. Despite her entrenched position in the top 20 the Czech had never made it past the third round in a major in 17 prior tries.

Konjuh, in contrast, has made the quarters for the first time in her ninth Grand Slam.

Murray storms into quarter-finals Second seed and 2012 champion Andy Murray crushed Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 to reach a sixth US Open quarter-final, clocking up a personal fast serve record in the process. The 29-year-old reigning Wimbledon and Olympic champion stormed to an impressive seventh win in 10 meetings against the 22nd-seeded Dimitrov. For good measure, Murray sent down his fastest ever serve of 141mph (226.9 km/h) at the end of a set where he allowed Dimitrov just five points on his service. "I once hit a 145mph serve in San Jose but they recalibrated the machine the next day so it didn't count. Tonight was the first time I have gone above 140," said the 29-year-old. "It was lucky and I doubt I'll ever do it again."

Dimitrov committed 43 unforced errors as Murray set up a last-eight clash with Japanese sixth seed Kei Nishikori, the 2014 runner-up who downed 37-year-old Ivo Karlovic 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4). Karlovic fired 21 aces in the contest but Nishikori's 44 winners and a miserly seven unforced errors proved the key. Juan Martin del Potro, the 2009 champion, became the lowest ranked player in 25 years to reach the quarter-finals.

The 142nd-ranked del Potro was leading eighth-seeded Dominic Thiem 6-3, 3-2 when the Austrian retired with a right knee injury. Del Potro will face fellow Grand Slam title winner Stan Wawrinka for a semi-final spot. Wawrinka, a former Australian and French Open champion, reached a fourth successive quarter-final in New York with a hardfought 6-4, 6-1, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3 win over Illya Marchenko, the world number 63 from Ukraine. Should del Potro make the semi-finals he would be the lowest-ranked man to do so at a Grand Slam since 237th-ranked Vladimir Voltchkov at Wimbledon in 2000. No man ranked as low as del Potro has ever made the final of a major.

(AFP)

Spain routs Liechtenstein, Italy beats Israel

LeoN, September 6 (Ap): Diego Costa scored a goal in each half to lead Spain to an 8-0 rout of Lichtenstein in Group G of European qualifying for the 2018 World Cup on Monday.

Sergi Roberto, David Silva, Victor “Vitolo” Machin and Alvaro Morata also scored for Spain in its first competitive match under new coach Julen Lopetegui, who replaced Vicente del Bosque last month after the team's elimination in the round of 16 at the European Championship.

Costa scored with headers in the 10th and 66th minutes in the northern city of Leon. He had netted only one previous goal for Spain, nearly two years ago against Luxembourg in qualifying for Euro 2016.

“It was very important for me to score and for the team to win,” Costa said. “My teammates have always supported me and I hope it continues like this.”

Morata also scored twice, in the 82nd and 83rd minutes, after replacing Costa midway through the second half. Roberto netted his goal in the 55th, Silva added to the lead in the 59th and closed the scoring in injury time, while Vitolo

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got on the scoresheet on the hour.

Silva had also scored twice in Spain's 2-0 win over Belgium in a friendly last week, a match that marked Lopetegui's debut with the national team.

Monday's result was Spain's biggest win over Lichtenstein, surpassing the 6-0 win from 2011 in qualifying for Euro 2012.

ISRAEL 1, ITALY 3 Italy extended its unbeaten streak in World Cup qualifiers to 28 matches despite being reduced to 10 men in Haifa, after defender Giorgio Chiellini was sent off following a second yellow card in the 55th minute.

Chiellini will now be suspended for the much-anticipated match against Spain in the next round on Oct. 6. Graziano Pelle opened the scoring in the 14th minute and Antonio Candreva doubled Italy's lead from the spot in the 31st. BenHaim pulled one back for Israel Spain's midfielder David Silva shoots against Liechtenstein's goalkeeper four minutes later but Ciro Immo- Peter Jehle on September 5. (AFP Photo) bile sealed the result in the 83rd. minute because of heavy rain. minute and Ezdjan Alioski equalThe final 15 minutes will be ized in the 51st.

ALBANIA 1, MACEDONIA 1 played at 2 p.m. (1200 GMT) TuesThe match was being played at (Suspended) day. the newly-renovated stadium in Albania's match with MaceArmando Sadiku opened the Shkodra, 120 kilometers (75 miles) donia was suspended in the 76th scoring for Albania in the ninth north of the capital Tirana.

Australia breaks T20 record, beats Sri Lanka

pALLekeLe, September 6 (Ap): Australia broke the world scoring record in Twenty20 internationals on Tuesday as an unbeaten century by opener Glenn Maxwell helped the tourists to 263-3 and an 85-run victory in the first match against Sri Lanka.

Chasing a world record score of 263, Sri Lanka chased it spiritedly and gave it their all but were always way behind the game. They ended up 85 short, their biggest defeat in the format.

Only Dinesh Chandimal (58 off 43 balls) and Kapugedara (43 off 25 balls) lived up to the expectations. Scot Boland (3 for 26) and Mitchell Starc (3 for 26) were the main wicket-takers for Australia.

Earlier, Australia broke the world scoring record in Twenty20 internationals after an unbeaten century by opener Glenn Maxwell helped the tourists reach 263-3.

Australia beat the previous record set by Sri Lanka at 260-6 against Kenya in 2007.

Asked to bat first, Maxwell smashed nine sixes and 14 boundaries for his 145 not out in 65 balls to guide Australia to its record-breaking 20-over total.

The previous mark had been set by Sri Lanka at 2606 against Kenya in 2007.

Needing more than 13 runs an over to win, Sri Lanka made a poor start, losing Tillakaratne Dilshan in the first over bowled by Mitchell Starc.

The asking rate soared as Australia's tight bowl- Australia's Glenn Maxwell plays a shot against Sri Lanka during ing paid off with regular wickets, limiting Sri Lanka their first twenty20 cricket match in Pallekele, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, September 6. (AP Photo) to 178-9.

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