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Legislators call for ‘one solution, one agreement’ 5-point resolution ADOPTED

Neiphiu Rio along with T.R. Zeliang, Y Patton and Neiba Kronu during the meeting on Friday.

DIMAPUR, JUL 9 (NPN): In what was like a déjà vu since 2005, the Core Committee of Parliamentary Committee on Naga Political Issue, formed on June 16,2021 renewed the appeal on all “negotiating groups to come together” in order to hammer out their differences and create a common approach for “one solution and one agreement” The appeal was among the five-point resolution (see box) adopted by the Committee at its first meeting at the Rhododendron Hall, Chümoukedima police complex, Friday.

It may be pointed out that the Core Committee comprises of five elected members each of various political parties while the

Parliamentary Committee comprises of all the 60 MLAs and two MPs. State chief minister Neiphiu Rio is convener of both panels; while Dy. CM Y. Patton and NPF leader T.R. Zeliang are co-conveners of both panels and Planning Minister Neiba Kronu the membersecretary of both panels.

Besides the chief minister, Dy. CM and opposition leader, 12 other core committee members attended the meeting.

Interestingly, the Interlocutor to the Naga Peace Talks R.N. Ravi had stated that negotiations with all groups had ended on October 31,2019 when formal talks were concluded.

However, demand for flag and constitution which the

Pfizer pushes for 3rd shot as Delta drives global outbreaks WASHINGTON, JUL 9 (AFP): Pfizer and BioNTech said they would seek authorization for a third dose of their Covid-19 vaccine to boost its efficacy as the Delta variant drove devastating outbreaks in Asia, including in Thailand where fresh curbs were announced Friday.

With the pandemic once again wreaking havoc, Japan banned fans from most Olympic events and placed Tokyo under a virus state of emergency throughout the Games just two weeks before the opening ceremony.

The highly-transmissible Delta variant, first detected in India, is sweeping across the globe as countries race to vaccinate their populations to ward off fresh outbreaks.

Pfizer and BioNTech said Thursday they expected that a third dose will perform well against the strain, and that they would be seeking authorization in the United States, Europe and other regions in coming weeks.

Initial data from an ongoing trial showed a third shot pushed antibody levels five to 10 times higher against the original coronavirus strain and the Beta variant, first detected in South Africa, compared

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with the first two doses alone, according to a statement.

The companies said they expected similar results for Delta -- but added they were also developing a vaccine specifically tailored to fight the deadly strain.

The news came as Thailand battled a fresh outbreak on its shores, forcing authorities to roll out fresh restrictions, including a 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. curfew in Bangkok and banning non-essential travel across the country, normally overrun by tourists at this time of year.

“This will suppor t disease control efficiently.

Thailand will be victorious,” said Apisamai Srirangson, assistant spokeswoman for the government’s coronavirus taskforce Japan meanwhile grappled with planning for the upcoming Olympic Games, which will be held later this month with no spectators.

Delta currently accounts for around 30 percent of cases, and officials imposed a new state of emergency on the capital to fight off rising infections.

Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City went into a two-week lockdown, with residents now barred from gathering

1. The Core Committee appeals to the negotiating Parties of the Indo-Naga Political dialogue to resume the Peace Talks with a positive approach of mutual respect for each other by setting aside pre-conditions in the greater interest of the people’s cry for long term peace and in order to move forward under a positive environment that is conducive to finding a political solution at the earliest time possible.

2. The Core Committee appeals to all Naga Political Groups to make serious efforts towards unity and reconciliation. The constant antagonism against each other, especially in public space and the Media is sending out a wrong message to the masses considering the fact that we are all pursuing the same aspiration of peace and political solution. Taking the positive example set by the elected members of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly, who have risen above Party affiliations to unite for the Naga Political Issue, the Naga Political Groups should make concerted efforts and listen to the voice of the people for unity and oneness.

3. The Core Committee while appreciating the constant role and contributions of the Churches, Civil Societies and NGOs towards facilitating peace and strengthening the peace process, appeals to the Civil Societies, mass based Organizations and Tribal Hohos to make renewed efforts towards creating a conducive atmosphere for early realisation of a political solution by pursuing unity, reconciliation and oneness.

4. All Members of the Core Committee and the Parliamentary Committee on Naga Political Issue, including the two Members of Parliament, have come together under the same banner in line with the election manifestos of all Political Parties and commit to the people that the elected members are prepared to pave the way as and when an inclusive, honorable and acceptable solution is arrived at.

5. The Core Committee on behalf of the Parliamentary Committee on Naga political issue appeals to the Naga negotiating groups to come together in order to hammer out their differences and create a common approach for One Solution and One Agreement.

government of India had rejected, are keeping final agreement in suspended animation. The government of India has rejected the demand that they be part of the agreement but kept doors open post-solution.

Later, talking to some media persons after the meeting, convenor of the committee and chief minister Neiphiu Rio, expressed happiness at the outcome of the meeting where all members present at the meeting also expressed their views.

After meeting on Fri-

High alert in Kerala after 14 Zika cases NEW DELHI, JUL 9 (AGENCIES): Centre has rushed a team of experts to Kerala to monitor the situation and aid the state government in management of the Zika outbreak.

The number of cases due to the mosquito-transmitted disease in Kerala went up to 14 on Friday following confirmation of 13 additional samples by the National Institute of Virology.

The symptoms are similar to dengue and they include fever, rashes and joint pain.

day, Rio remarked: “It is our hope and dream that we find solution and peace in our land.” On whether there was any plan to include the Myanmar-based Yung Aung-led NSCN (K) faction to the negotiating table, Rio replied, “It is up to the Government of India.

But we are also discussing in what manner they should be handled.”

Opposition leader TR Zeliang, who is also coconvener of the committee, expressed happiness that the members held a “free and

Influenza was a pandemic 100 years ago but today it was endemic. Similarly we expect Covid to gradually become endemic

NEW DELHI, JUL 9 (AGENCIES): Covid infection will reach its endemic stage like influenza after frank discussion”. Zeliang a while and then vulnersaid it was decided to conable population may have vince the Naga negotiating to take the vaccine shot groups to come together and annually, said Dr Samiran hammer out their differences Panda, Head, Division of so as enable them to make a Epidemiology and Comcommon ground to talk to municable Diseases, ICMR the Centre with a “common on Friday. approach” without differPanda said influenza ences within themselves. commonly known as flu Zeliang contended that since was a pandemic 100 years all legislators have come ago but today it was entogether, even the groups demic. “Similarly, in case of should also come together COVID-19, we expect that and make a common apit will gradually become proach. endemic from its current Only 14 members atstate of being a pandemic,” tended the meeting on Frihe said.

“Currently, we recommend the elderly to take annual flu shots. As the influenza virus keeps on mutating, we simultaneCOVID-19 STATUS AS ON july 9, 2021 ously make minor changes ACTIVE CASES in the vaccine. So, there is Symptomatic Non Covid Deaths Mino need to panic,” the top AsSevere ModRecovTotal District ympDeath with graterate ICU ICU ered Cases government expert said.

On Covid 19 ed tom- Mild On (without (On OxyHe also said that the Positivity atic Oxyventila- ventigen gen tor) lator vaccine was absolutely safe.

Dimapur 208 24 9 2 8 5 11409 314 10 506 12491 Panda clarified that people 2 Kiphire 18 1 1 0 0 150 7 0 1 179 with normal allergies like Kohima 253 30 3 7 0 2 7243 84 0 116 7738 asthma, dust allergy, allergy Longleng 4 4 0 0 0 0 137 0 2 11 158 of pollen grains can take the Mokokchung 203 11 4 4 0 0 1198 33 0 42 1496 vaccine.

Mon 34 0 3 0 0 0 961 8 2 15 1024 “Patients with coPeren 39 0 0 0 0 0 676 1 0 6 723 morbidities can take the Phek 34 0 4 0 0 0 355 17 0 2 413 vaccine if they are stable.

Tuensang 15 0 0 0 0 0 808 7 0 3 832 Wokha 18 2 1 0 0 0 205 9 0 8 244 It is advisable for people Zunheboto 16 4 2 0 0 0 445 13 0 8 489 suffering from diabetes and Total 842 77 27 14 8 7 23587 493 14 718 25787 other immuno-suppressed Meanwhile, a total of 19 out of which 507249 conditions to get vaccinated 596947 persons have been received the first dose and because they are at a higher risk,” he said. inoculated against Covid- 89698 second dose.

State logs 60 fresh cases, 2 Covid deaths DIMAPUR, JUL 9 (NPN): Nagaland on Friday recorded 60 fresh Covid-19 positive cases while two more patients succumbed to the infection.

Of the fresh cases, 19 were from Dimapur, Mokokchung-11, seven in Kohima, five in Zunheboto, four in Longleng, three each in Mon, Peren, Phek and Wokha and one each in Kiphire and Tuensang, taking the total caseload to 25787.

Further, Kohima and Mokokchung reported one fatality each, pushing the death toll to 507 (including 14 non-Covid deaths but with positivity).

NASU urges govt to expedite charter of demands Delhi govt frames rules for domestic travellers

DIMAPUR, JUL 9 (NPN): Northern Angami Students’ Union (NASU) on Friday reminded the state government act on charter of demands submitted on June 21, that includes waiving off school fees for unaided recognised private institutions.

In a statement, NASU president and secretary pointed out that they were to receive any positive response from the state government.

While acknowledging the selfless service rendered by staff and management of every institution, aided or unaided, NSAU urged the (Cont’d on p-8) government to pass an order

directing all unaided recognised private institutions to waive off certain percent of tuition fees for unutilised facilities until commencement of physical classes.

Further, NASU demanded that managements of educational institutions should not bar students from attending exams and online classes on account of nonpayment of fees/arrears/ outstanding fees, withhold results of examination of any student on account of non-payment of fees/arrears/outstanding fees and should consider requests made by parents of wards

facing difficulties in remit annual fees due to financial/ economic hardships caused by the lockdown.

Asserting that it would leave no stone unturned in serving the student community, the union cautioned the government that it would adopt legal/appropriate course of action if its demands fell upon deaf ears.

Acknowledging the contributions made by NSF towards the student community, NASU particularly thanked the federation for accepting its request and standing in solidarity with its cause.

NPCC holds signature campaign against fuel price hike DIMAPUR, JUL 9 (NPN): Day-3 of nationwide protest

by Congress workers at the call of All India Congress Committee was marked by a signature campaign led by Nagaland Pradesh Congress (NPCC) office-bearers and party workers.

Party workers were deployed at 10 different fuel stations in the town where banners demanding rollback of petrol and diesel prices were put up and vehicle drivers and public encouraged to put their signatures below.

NPCC in a press release

day while others were unable to attend the meeting for varied reasons.

It was also learnt that veteran politician and minister social welfare, home guards and civil defence Noke Konyak was included as member of the committee in place of late Toshi Wungtung adviser IPR, SCERT, Village Guards who passed away recently.

Meanwhile, the formation of the two-tier panel on June 16 has only added confusion to the issue. The Joint Legislators Forum (JLF) split in August 2020 after NPF formed its own Political Affairs Mission (PAM) with the same objective on Naga political issue.

The JLF comprises of NDPP, BJP and Independent legislators and headed by the Speaker of the assembly.

On the other hand, the PAM is headed by NPF legislature party leader T.R. Zeliang and comprises of 11 party MLAs and two senior party functionaries. Since 2005 the legislators have apportioned on themselves to play the role of “facilitators” to the Naga political process for an early solution.

Covid-19 may reach its endemic stage like influenza, says ICMR

paign rolls on, NPCC reminded the public about an online signature link that had been launched and was being circulated on social media platforms.

Claiming that the response had been encouraging and keeping in view the current Covid guidelines, NPCC requested all to use this medium to lend their voice and support for rollback of high A woman signing on the banner put up by NPCC in Dimapur. (NPCC) fuel prices that had become a heavy burden for majority of appreciated the enthusiastic ners as well on the signature the population struggling to survive during this pandemic response of the public to put collection table.

As the agitation cam- lockdown. their signatures on the ban-

NEW DELHI, JUL 9 (PTI): The graded action plan approved by the Delhi government on Friday in anticipation of a third Covid wave has recommended guidelines for people entering the city, including for travellers from states with over five per cent positivity rate and those which have reported mutant strains.

For international travellers arriving in Delhi, central government guidelines will be followed, the plan states.

The colour-coded plan was approved during a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority attended

by Lieut. Governor Anil Baijal and chief minister Arvind Kejriwal among others.

The graded action plan has four levels of alerts based on the positivity rate or number of new cases etc.

The first level (L-1) is yellow coded, second (L-2) is ‘Amber’, third level (L-3) is ‘Orange’ and the highest level (L-4) is ‘Red’ that denotes over five per cent positivity or number of new cases reaching 16,000 during a week or 3,000 oxygen-bed occupancy. The plan states that there are three types of situations in which restrictions will be put in place in respect of domestic travel.

The restrictions will come into force when a ‘Red Alert’ (Level 4) has been enforced in Delhi and people are coming by air into the city (including transit passengers) from other highly infected states and Union Territories where positivity rate is more than five per cent, the plan states.

The second condition of restrictions will involve people coming into Delhi by air, trains, buses, cars, trucks from other highly infected states or Union Territories where positivity rate is over 10 per cent, it says.

The third condition for the restrictions is when people coming to Delhi through different modes of transport from other states or Union Territories where a new mutant of virus is detected, it added.

Such restrictions were imposed on travellers from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh where a mutant of coronavirus was found in May this year. People arriving in Delhi during implementation of graded action plan will require to produce a certificate of successful vaccination of two doses of COVID-19 vaccine or a negative RT-PCR report not more than 72 hours old.

He said all the vaccines that were currently available in India had gone through three phases of clinical trials. “Safety is tested in the first phase itself. Immunity and efficacy are tested in the later phases. So, I assure everyone that the vaccines are absolutely safe.” Dr. Panda.

He also said that blood clotting events or AEFI (Adverse Event Following Immunization) following COVID vaccination were miniscule in India. Panda also said that the best option was to take the vaccine available in the country now, rather than waiting for other vaccines. “People may be waiting for other vaccines which they may consider more convenient or superior, the virus is not waiting. The virus is still spreading in the country.

What if you get infected, while you wait,” he asked.

He also informed that there was no change suggested in preventive measures and treatment of Covid in light of the new variants.

“A l l t h e mu t a n t s, whether it is circulating strains of the virus or the newer variants, the mode of spread is the same. Precautions like wearing masks, avoiding crowded places, hand sanitation are still the effective methods to control the spread of the virus,” he added.

NBSE reminds schools to follow assessment norms DIMAPUR, JUL 9 (NPN): Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) once again reminded schools to follow the Assessment G u i d e l i n e s, 2 0 2 1 a n d warned of appropriate actions against those not following them.

The board while referring to the guidelines issued earlier on how the schools should conduct online classes/academic activities, observed that some schools were not adhering to the guidelines and conducting assessments at a stretch of three hours duration with an examination routine.

It said that the guidelines were issued by the board on June 14.

Power outage in Kohima town DIMAPUR, JUL 9 (NPN): Power department, Kohima transmission division has informed all consumers under Kohima town and its surroundings areas that a total shutdown of power supply is scheduled on July 11 from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. in view of the installation of new equipment and fire fighting system at 132/33/11kV Sub-station at Old Minister Hill.

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‘Naturally Nagaland’ outlet launched in Dimapur

Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, JUL 9 (NPN): Naturally Nagaland, an initiative under the state government to promote organic Agri and allied products, finest arts, crafts, handlooms of the state, was launched here, on Friday, at 4th mile.

The outlet was launched by Agricultural production commissioner (APC), Y Kikheto Sema.

Addressing the media persons, Kikheto informed that the idea was conceived in 2020 and was an initiative of former chief secretary, late Temjen Toy, who, on February 27, 2020, renamed the state emporium at Delhi as Naturally Nagaland to promote the finest arts, crafts, handlooms, and organic products of the state.

He said that the outlet was conceptualised to promote food, craft, textile and agri products of local farmers and entrepreneurs,

Kikheto Sema and others at the launching programme of Naturally Nagaland in Dimapur. (NP)

where through Naturally Nagaland brand, entrepreneurs and farmers are being encouraged to sell their finished and processed products.

He however added that while promoting Naturally Nagaland brand, the government would not

derecognise entrepreneurs who had already created their own brand and had established an image in the market.

Kikheto encouraged the youth to take up entrepreneurship as a way of income stating that the state government had reached

“LOC” saturation point as far as employees in the government sector was concerned.

Speaking at the programme, additional director, DUDA, Anungla Phom stated that an entrepreneur or a farmer, who wished to sell their products at the

Naturally Nagaland store, would need to pay a rent of Rs. 1000 per month which also guaranteed their products to be sold in the stores at Delhi and Kolkata.

She also informed that very soon, the store would go to the entrepreneurs.

Commissioner and

secretary, horticulture, Anenla Sato said that the agri and allied department had been trying to promote local dishes and products at the Hornbill festival. She however said that the opening of the store would help reach out to organic and local made products across and outside the state.

Earlier, director, horticulture, Dr. R Elithung Lotha, director, agriculture, Ben Yanthan, chief engineer, water resources, Hotovi Aye, managing director, NHHDC, Zakabo Rotokha, and other officers from agri & allied departments and missions attended the launching programme.

It may be mentioned that this is the first outlet in the state, while the next would be launched in Kohima. The state government also aims to launch the stores in other parts of the state and outside with large numbers Naga population.

ZSU (N), LSU (N) concerned over ‘viral videos of teenage girls’ DIMAPUR: Taking strong note of the purported video that has gone viral involving three teenage girls, the Zeme Students’ Union (N) and Liangmai Students’ Union (N) Friday said that the girls have been directed to stop sharing of the video

on social media or any other platforms.

In a joint press release, ZSU (N) president Pauchilei Neume and LSU (N) representative Tingwangsi Newmai stated that they had a joint sitting with the parents and the teenage

girls on the circumstances that led to their video going viral.

The two student bodies stated that after conducting proper analysis they concluded that the intention of the video was due to “some online fa-

news in Brief DC Phek on traffic movement: Deputy commissioner Phek, Razouvolie Dozo has informed that there would be total restriction of traffic movement between Porba & Sakraba village area (Chainage 8+000) from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. from July 12 to July 17. The restriction was necessitated to facilitate speedy completion of 2-lane works of Pfutsero-Phek road. General public have been advised to avoid travelling in the stretch during the time for safety.

ATMA Chumou block conducts demo: Agricultural Technology management Agency (ATMA) Chümoukedima block conducted a method demonstration on line sowing of soyabean on July 3 at Tenyiphe -1 village with All India Coordinated Research Project (ACRIP) Soyabean, NU SASRD, Medziphema campus, junior scientist, Dr. Engrala as resource person.

Fire destroys Church at old Jalukie DIMAPUR: Old Jalukie Sector-B Baptist Church building was completely destroyed in a fire that broke out at around 2 a.m., July 8.

According to DIPR report, the fire was suspected to have been caused by an electrical short circuit, which had razed the entire Church building and its properties.

The incident was verified by district administration, police, ZBCC executives and the general public. Cash and properties amounting to

Rs. 12, 25,200 (approx) were lost and destroyed in the unfortunate fire incident. In this connection, Old Jalukie Village GB lodged an FIR to the officer-in-charge of Peren police station.

The GB also wrote to the administration through ADC Jalukie to extend instant relief to the Church “under disaster management fund or any other related fund” with adequate compensation to construct a new place of worship for villagers.

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take action against any person sharing the particular video. The two unions further warned that any individuals or groups indulging in such unwanted act that defamed the community would be dealt with strictly.

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Acknowledgement The bereaved family of Late Chülosie Pojar would like to express our sincere acknowledgement to each and everyone for the love, kindness and support shown towards us during his brief illness and sudden demise. It was only because of your love and support that the unfathomable loss was made bearable. We regret our inability to thank everyone individually; please accept this acknowledgement as an expression of our deepest Chülosie Pojar gratitude for all the good you have done for us during the tough (07.04.1982 – 10.06.2021) times we have just been through.

May our Almighty God bless you all abundantly!

‘A loving son, devoted husband, caring father to his children, ever supportive brother to siblings and a jolly soul every friend and colleague would love to have around, he has passed into history quite too early without even a proper goodbye. Putting our trust in God we bid you farewell believing that you are now in a better place. Though gone from our sight, you shall forever remain in our hearts!’

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cebook friends.” The two unions also said the teenage girls confessed to the “unintentional act and admitted their mistakes with regret” and vowed not to repeat such act.

In this regard, the two unions have cautioned to

Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, JULY 10, 2021

We, the family of Late T. Bendang Imchen (Aliba) Retired Registrar, wishes to acknowledge the many expressions of sympathy and gestures of kindness shown to us following our sad loss.

We offer our heartfelt thanks to friends, neighbours and well-wishers who provided physical, emotional and financial support for us at this difficult time. For those who telephoned, travelled long distances, sent floral tributes, cards and messages of condolences, as well as those who made charitable donations, we are truly grateful.

A special word of thanks to: 1. Kohima Ao Baptist Arogo (KABA) 2. Kohima Aliba Senso Telongjem 3. Kohima Molungyimsen Senso Telongjem 4. Kohima Chungtia Senso Telongjem BORN ON : 07.08.1947 5. Lower Agri Council, Kohima DIED ON : 04.07.2021 6. Lower Agri Youth, Kohima 7. Relatives and well wishers To those who helped in any way, your contribution made our loss more bearable. As it would be impossible to thank everyone individually, please accept this acknowledgement as an expression of our deepest gratitude.

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Loving Wife, Daughters, Grandchildren, In-laws and Relatives

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25-08-1956 – 25-06-2021 "If we live, we live for the Lord and if we die, we die for the Lord, so, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord" Rom 14:8 We, the bereaved family of Lt. Mrs. Nüshetalü Dozo would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all churches, organisations, neighbours, doctors and nurses of Dist. Hospital Phek and Naga Hospital Kohima and well-wishers who stood by us in every possible way during her illness until her eventual passing.

Your phone calls and messages, your deeds and presence has been a great source of strength, your kind words-a gentle rub on our backs.

Thank you for being there during our hard times and making us feel that we are not alone. We regret our inability to thank individually but it’s our sincere prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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Loving husband, children, in-laws, grand children & relatives

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“Hallelujah I have found Him, Whom my soul so long has craved!

Jesus satisfies my longings, Through His blood I now am saved”

Late YESHIKA K SUKHAI

Born : 05/05/1965 – Died : 02/07/2021

" If we live, we live for the Lord and if we die, we die for the Lord.

Therefore, Whether we live or die , we belong to God."

ROMANS 14:8

In our great bereavement, in the loss of my beloved husband and our father Late YESHIKA K SUKHAI, we remember each one who came to us in our hours of sorrow.

May God richest blessings rest upon each and everyone in our prayer.

We convey our special gratitude to:1. Dimapur Sumi Baptist Church 2. Women Ministry Dimapur Sumi Baptist Church 3. PWD/Supply Sumi Prayer Fellowship 4. Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, Guwahati 5. Ghukhuyi Union Dimapur 6. Kughato Village 7. Kiyevi Ghami Baptist Akukuhou 8. Kiyevi Village Students' Union 9. Dept. of Agricultural Economics, SASRD: NU Medziphema 10. Kuxu Tuthu Group 11. K.L Chishi, Former Minister 12. H.Tovihoto Ayemi, MLA & Power Advisor 13. K.Tokugha Sukhalu, MLA & Education Advisor 14. Supply Colony Council 15. Fellowship Colony Council 16. Masjid Community, Supply Colony Heartfelt thanks to our relatives, friends, neighbours and all well-wishers.

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1964 – 2021 We, the family members of V. L. Atsu, son of Late Vileto Lcho of Viswema Village, would like to acknowledge and express our sincere gratitude to everyone who helped us during his sickness and stood by us at the time of his demise (6th May, 2021). We are deeply indebted to each and everyone of you for constantly supporting us spiritually, financially, materially and physically during our hardships and sorrows. Our family is unable to reciprocate in return the immense help and support that you rendered, however, we earnestly pray that Almighty God bless you all abundantly for the good deeds you had done for him and family.

We convey gratefulness to: 1. Viswema Baptist Church 2. Viswema Baptist Fellowship, Kohima 3. Immanuel Baptist Church, Kohima 4. Christian Revival Mission Church, Kohima 5. Phom Baptist Church, Kohima 6. Prayer House, CRC Kohima 7. Dr. Ato of KOHIMAS Hospital & team 8. Oking Hospital, Kohima.

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Loving Wife, Children and Family

Lt. KEKHRIE KIEWHUO (28.11.1998 – 30.06.2021) 2nd Timothy 4:9 “DO YOUR BEST TO COME TO ME SOON” With a Heartfelt Gratitude.

We, the family of Lt. KEKHRIE KIEWHUO wishes to acknowledge the many expression of sympathy and gestures of love and kindness shown to us following our sad loss.

We offer our thanks to the many friends, neighbours and well-wishers from NerhePhezha village, Nerhema village, Nerhe-Model village, Chiephobozou, Tsiesema village and Kohima.

A special thanks, to the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Nagaland, Shri. Neiphiu Rio; Our spiritual mentor and guide Rev. Zotuo Kiewhuo and his lady wife Pastor Medotsielieü; Pastor Neibalie Kiewhuo; Asst. Pastor Rokopra; All Evangelist; Deacon Lhouzakie Rutsa; Shri. Neilhou Sopfünuo, the Music Leader; Koinonia Baptist Church; Koinonia Prayer Centre; Volunteers and Fasting group at Koinonia Prayer Centre, Koinonia Youth for the many wonderful songs sang through-out the night till dawn and early morning; C.R.C Nerhe - Phezha; Baptist Church Nerhe-Phezha; Management and staff of Bethel Medical Centre; Dr. Kevilhounyü Linyü; Officers from the Chief Minister’s Office; President NDPP 11th Northern Angami ii A/C and his colleagues; Management and staff of Kohima Bible College, Students from Kohima Bible College; Koinonia Media Team and the many friends who are with the family live on facebook during the entire funeral service of our beloved Lt. Kekhrie.

To all those who help in anyway, starting from his surgery and prolonged illness till the time of his last breath. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SYMPATHY, KINDNESS AND PRAYER. MAY THE GOOD LORD BLESS YOU ALL. Neilezo Kiewhuo and Family K-1156 K Y M C

nagalandpost.com Poll Q.: Is the Government of In d i a s e r i o u s a b o u t ending the stalemate over Naga political issue?

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Can Youth launches Covid info booth DGC bids farewell to retiring principal

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Next poll Q: Is relaxing lockdown at

this stage, wise as the virus is deadlier and still spreading ?  Yes.  No.  Can’t Say.

WEATHER FORECAST July 10

(Temperature in ºC)

Max Min

Agartala A stray afternoon t-storm

32 27

Cloudy with a stray t-storm

27 21

Guwahati Cloudy with a stray t-storm

32 26

Aizawl Imphal

A morning t-storm; cloudy

29 22

Itanagar

Cloudy, a t-storm; not as hot

28 24

Shillong

Cloudy, a shower and t-storm 22 19

Kohima

Couple of thunderstorms

23 19

Dimapur

A stray afternoon t-storm

29 25

Mkg

Cloudy with a thunderstorm

26 20

Tuensang Cloudy with a thunderstorm

21 16

Not as warm with a t-storm

25 22

Wokha

Zunheboto Couple of thunderstorms

23 18

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Nagaland Post, Dimapur SATURDAY, JULY 10, 2021

Members of Can Youth installing dustbins donated by DMC.

DIMAPUR: Can Youth launched Covid information tool booth, legal support tool booth and first aid booth under project coIRA (information response act) in collaboration with district administration, Dimapur municipal council,

KAL lawyers group and Dimapur traffic police at Burma Camp on July 9.

In a press release, Can Youth information and publicity cell informed that the organisation installed its first booth at Burma Camp and Khermahal.

The installation programme was launched by DMC administrator, Albert Ezung with an invocation

by Cross Wonder Church, Burma Camp pastor, Tenyenlo Rengma.

Project development 4 Adolescent, Can Youth,

coordinator Sentiwati gave a brief introduction on Co-IRA. He stated that through this project the staff from Can Youth and volunteers from pack sketch & equality youth organisation hopes to do their bit in providing support to the community.

He informed that the project would be addressing COVID-19 myths and facts, provide free medical aid and free legal aid support through KAL group, legal practitioners & consultants.

Albert Ezung appreciated the staff and volunteers of Can Youth for the initiative which would sensitise the community and help those in need during the pandemic by providing free services.

He also encouraged the team to follow proper COVID-19 SOPs and sensitise cleanliness in the booth.

The DMC also donated dustbins to be set up in and around the information tool booth.

Can Youth board secretary Kivitoli K Sema thanked the volunteers and well wishers who have been helped and assisted in the proper functioning of tool booth.

DIMAPUR: Dimapur G ove r n m e n t C o l l e g e (DGC) bade farewell to retiring principal, Dr. Moanochet Longchar in a programme held on July 9.

In a press release, DGC publicity and media cell informed that associate professor & HoD, department of English, Mithu Longkumer spoke of Dr. Moanochet Longchar’s tenure in the college.

At the programme, farewell speeches were delivered by IQAC coordinator Dr. Vitsosie Vupru, vice principal Kezhaleu Hesso, while LDA Tinuwangshi spoke on behalf of the ministerial staff.

The speakers commended Dr. Moanochet Longchar on his sincerity and humility and highlighted the numerous arenas in which the college had moved forward during his brief session as principal which had included preparation for the allimportant NAAC peer team visit.

The speakers also expressed the gratitude to have been associated with an inspiring personality.

In his speech, Dr. Moanochet said that he had concluded his career with a deep sense of fulfillment and with no regrets.

Dr. Moanochet delivering his farewell speech during the programme.

He thanked the faculty, staff and students of DGC for their support and cooperation while working together towards fulfilling the dreams of the college.

He also thanked his wife

for journeying with him through his career.

Further, Dr. Moanochet extended his best wishes to the college for the upcoming peer team visit.

DTF Kiphire meeting discusses Unlock 2 guidelines DIMAPUR: District task force (DTF) Kiphire held its meeting on July 9 and discussed various agendas with regard to Unlock 2 guidelines. The Meeting was chaired by the DC and DTF chairman, T Wati Aier.

According to DIPR report, the chairman shared about the lowest turnout vaccination among the districts and urged upon the members to give valuable inputs to improve vaccination in the district.

In the meeting, the house decided to follow the Unlock 2 SOPs issued

by the high power committee; chief medical officer, Dr. E. Motsuthung Patton briefed the members about oxygen plant, Covid positive and fatality status in the district.

He pointed that out of six fatalities due to Covid in the district, only one who had co-morbidity received first dose of Covid vaccination. In this regard, he stressed on the importance of Covid vaccination.

District immunisation officer, DIO Dr. K. Pewezo Khalo who is also member secretary of DTF Kiphire thanked the HODs

of various government departments, Assam Rifles, NGOs and public leaders for spreading awareness and mobilising for Covid vaccination.

According to the DIO, the district target was approximately 27,000 persons whereas only 7,244 received the vaccine which stood at 26.8% coverage of the district.

DIO also informed about the special vaccination drive that would be conducted on July 11 at deluxe point Kiphire and asked members to disseminate the information to the

public. He also asked the ward authority to submit the list beneficiaries for Covid vaccination in order to plan for vaccination drive in the wards.

In his speech, ADC Kiphire, Rahul Mali urged upon the Church members to come forward for vaccination especially in the village level. He also pointed out that in spite of awareness and special vaccination drive in the district, there was still less number of eligible beneficiaries turn out for vaccination.

District epidemiologist, Dr. Dheni briefed on

the random testing that was conducted in different wards of Kiphire Town. The House decided to award the first top five villages in the district with 100% vaccination and top three villages with highest percentage of vaccination. The house also decided to award top three wards in Kiphire town with 100% of vaccination.

As discussed in the meeting, the DC would issue order to the teachers through the district education officer to spread awareness and sensitise the students and citizens at village level.

SAMETI organises training for ATMA functionaries

DIMAPUR: Two-day online training on “Professional skills for effective transfer of technology for extension functionaries” for Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) functionaries was organised by State Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute (SAMETI) on July 8-9 at Advisor for prison, printing & stationary, government of Nagaland, H. Haiying flagged SAMETI, Medziphema.

A press release by SAoff a JCB for Noklak district in Dimapur on Friday. The JCB would be utilised not only for road management but in applications such as plantation works and construction METI, Medziphema stated that the resource persons of rural roads and agri - link roads. (BJP media cell)

St. Joseph University organises webinar DIMAPUR: A webinar on “The emergence of regional power in early medieval India” was organised by the history department of St. Joseph University on July 8 with research scholar (history) and assistant professor at Holy Cross College, Tamil Nadu, K.M. Anitha Sheryl as the resource person.

A press release by the university informed that the resource

person discharged an insightful knowledge on regionalism and the emergence of regional power in the early medieval India and supplemented the explanation with various informative flow charts.

Sheryl gave a detailed note on the reason for tripartite struggle, the power vacuum at Kannauj, the transition period of ancient India to medieval and

the characteristics of medieval India.

She also highlighted feudalism, conditions of women in early medieval India, the local economy, the technological improvement that boosted the agrarian economy, the witness of the partial monetization, social condition with special emphasis on modification in the varna-jati system.

Training programme on eGram Swaraj in Kohima

Officers and staff of RD department during the programme on Friday.

DIMAPUR: The department of rural development with the support of ministry of Panchayati Raj and NIC conducted handholding and training support K Y M C

eGram Swaraj application for state level users on July 9 at Hotel Vivor.

The training included sessions on eGram Swaraj back-

ground, profile module, planning module, reporting module, accounting module and eGSPI on boarding, conducted by resource persons from MoPR, Shlokarth Trivedi, Subodh Gurjar and Sumit Tyagi.

The training commenced with a welcome address by joint director, RD, K. Neibou Sekhose and concluded with vote of thanks

by RDO, J. Wesley Magh.

It may be mentioned that eGram Swaraj is a mobile application that showcases the progress of various activities taken up by the ministry of Panchayati Raj. It was developed with an emphasis on extending greater transparency and access to information to the citizens of India.

for the training were assistant professor, EEI-NER, Dr Sajib Borua and RA, EEI-NER, M Dutta.

Participatory lecture on soft skills for extension professional, effectiveness of communication skills, effectiveness of leadership and principles & practices of team work and team management were covered during the training. Altogether 22 participants from different districts attended the training.

Nagaland Bhojpuri Samaj started its proposed vaccination on wheels drive reaching the unreached in coordination with office of the chief medical officer (CMO) Dimapur, on July 9.

AR conduct various activities

DIMAPUR: Various battalions of Assam Rifles (AR) under the aegis of HQ IGAR (North) conducted activities to create awareness among the masses on COVID-19 and vaccination.

Tuensang battalion: Tuensang battalion organised a free medical camp at Yangkhao village, Mon district, Nagaland on July 4.

According to PRO HQ IGAR (N), the aim of the medical camp was to provide medical support and assistance to the villagers especially the old, handicapped, orphaned and women who were unable to visit the hospital at far distances.

The importance of timely vaccination, personal hygiene and sanitation was also discussed during the medical camp.

Kiphire battalion: Kiphire battalion of Assam Rifles interacted with village elders and village authorities of Jenty village, Kiphire district on July 5.

The aim of the meeting was to create awareness among the people on the coronavirus pandemic and encourage them to take the vaccination.

According to PRO, the initiative taken by Assam Rifles would assist the locals in further ensuring a healthy COVID-19 free environment and instill good faith among the locals.

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AJP questions Assam police encounter

GUWAHATI, JUL 9 (PTI): The Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) on Friday alleged that the surge in encounters in Assam was a ploy to “silence” lower-rung criminals to protect their bosses running illegal syndicates, including politicians and top police officers.

The chief ministers sanction to make encounters the “pattern” in handling fleeing criminals, whose numbers have suddenly spiked, has led to doubts on the actual motives of these incidents, the party further alleged.

Addressing a press conference here, AJP general secretary Jagadish Bhuyan questioned, “Under the guise of fighting crime, are people being ‘silenced’ and terror created in their minds to protect the top criminals?”

More than a dozen suspected militants and criminals have been shot dead in the state since May as they reportedly tried to escape from custody, while several others, including rape accused, and suspected cattle smugglers, have been injured, the AJP leader

Jagadish Bhuyan claimed.

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, at a meeting on July 5 with Officers In-Charge of police stations across the state, had said that shooting at criminals “should be the pattern” if they attempt to escape from custody or try to snatch arms from on-duty personnel and fire at them.

Bhuyan further alleged that criminal rackets and syndicates in the state have been running for several years in connivance with a section of politicians and police officers, and the encounters could be to “protect” those involved in these crimes.

Referring to the operations against cattle smuggling, Bhuyan said, the government should institute

an inquiry into the alleged Rs 60,000 crore illegal dealings in the syndicate in the last five years.

He pointed that the incumbent chief minister has himself claimed that Rs 1,000 crore illegal transactions happen per month in the cattle smuggling syndicate.

The BJP had led a coalition government in the state in the last five years and had retained power in this years state polls, with Sarma replacing Sarbananda Sonowal as the chief minister.

“How can we be sure that those involved in cattle smuggling will not be killed in an encounter to erase all evidence?” Bhuyan questioned.

He also expressed apprehension that with the encounters becoming a “pattern”, these could soon be used for vindictive purposes.

Pointing out that the ways to deal with a criminal are elaborated under different sections of IPC, CrPC, and Police Manual, the AJP leader alleged that the chief ministers statement of July

5 could lead to a mindset among the police officers in favour of encounters.

If any convict or accused is to die in police firing other than the conditions specified under the law, the police officers have to face charges of culpable homicide, Bhuyan said.

The AJP leader also criticised the chief ministers recent statement undermining the power and role of an MLA in a democratic set-up.

“The executive, the legislature, and the judiciary are the pillars of democracy.

The CMs statement that the officers will not listen to the MLAs but only work at the instruction of the ministers negates the importance of the legislature.

“The power to hand out death sentence given to the police by the chief minister has also clearly done away with the judiciarys role,” he claimed.

The message that the chief minister is sending that only the executive is important is against our Constitution and the AJP strongly opposes it, the AJP leader added.

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17-year-old Manipur boy cracks NDA in first attempt

NE COVID-19 UPDATE Sikkim reports 170 new COVID-19 cases Gangtok, Jul 9 (PTI): Sikkim reported 170 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, pushing the caseload to 21,965, a health department bulletin said on Friday.

East Sikkim registered 70 new cases followed by West Sikkim (53), South Sikkim (43), and North Sikkim (4).

The Himalayan state now has 2,177 active cases, while 257 COVID-19 patients have migrated to other states, and 19,219 persons have recovered from the disease.

The COVID-19 death toll remained unchanged at 312 as no fresh fatality was reported in the last 24 hours, it said.

The state has thus far tested 1,71,723 samples for COVID-19, including 987 in the last 24 hours.

Sikkim’s COVID-19 positivity rate now is 17.2 per cent, while the recovery rate has increased to 87.4 per cent.

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Arunachal logs 399 new COVID-19 cases

IMPHAL, JUL 9 (AGENCIES): Namoijam Naoba Meetei, a 17-year-old boy from Manipur, has cracked the National Defence Academy (NDA) in his first attempt, securing All India Rank (AIR) of 27. Meetei hails from Khonghampat Khunou in Imphal and is an NCC Cadet of Sainik School, Imphal. His parents are Namoijam Naran Meetei and Namoijam Premila Leima, and he was raised along with three other siblings. Apart from Meetei, six other NCC Cadets of Sainik School have made it to the merit list, including Mayanglambam Lucky, Meghnath Soibam, Thokchom Siddharth, Mayanglambam Dinesh, Ramesh Lourembam and Ronendro Angikaar.

Itanagar, Jul 9 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh’s COVID-19 tally rose to 38,682 as 399 more people tested positive for the infection, a senior health official said here on Friday. The COVID-19 death toll in the frontier state increased to 185 with one more person succumbing to the disease in the past two days, he said.

A 52-year-old woman from the Capital Complex Region died at her home in Lower Subansiri district on Wednesday due to acute respiratory distress syndrome with Covid Pneumonia, State Surveillance Officer (SSO) Dr Lobsang Jampa said.

The total number of COVID-19 recoveries in the northeastern state rose to 35,037 as 301 more patients were cured of the disease on Thursday, Jampa said.

The COVID-19 recovery rate in the state now is 90.58 per cent while the active percentage stands at 8.94 and the positivity rate at 7.12 per cent, the official said.

Altogether, 8,06,388 samples have been tested for COVID-19 in the state so far, including 5,599 on Thursday, Jampa said.

Meanwhile, State Immunisation Officer, Dr Dimong Padung said that a total of 6,86,047 people have been administered COVID-19 vaccine doses so far in the state since the inoculation drive began in January this year.

Nine COVID-19 deaths, 421 new cases in M’laya

Shillong, Jul 9: Meghalaya on Friday registered nine more Coronavirus-related death, mounting the fatality figure to 899, while the number of active COVID-19 cases stands at 4,391 with the detection of 421 new cases.

The State also reported 417 new recoveries, pushing the number of recovered cases to 48,380, which has so far recorded 53, 244 confirmed cases.

Director of Health Services (MI), Dr. Aman War said the COVID-19 related deaths recorded were five in East Khasi Hills district, two in West Garo Hills district besides one death each in West Jaintia Hills district and West Khasi Hills district.

As on date, 31,114 health care workers have been vaccinated against COVID-19 with the first dose and 20, 171 received the second dose, 96, 846 frontline-workers got the first jab and 27, 620 got the second shot, while 5,67,115 persons from among the general public were inoculated with the first dose and 45,944 are fully vaccinated with the second dose across the state.

2 elderly claim vision correction Shah to hold meeting with CMs of NE after taking COVID-19 vaccine Correspondent

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IMPHAL, Jul 9: Amid fears of side effects, two elderly persons claimed that they recovered from blurry vision they suffered for a long time after taking COVID-19 vaccine jab. An 80-year-old woman from Singjamei of Imphal West district on Friday claimed that her blurry vision has been corrected after taking the first jab of COVID-19 vaccine.

Kshetrimayum Shangbanabi Devi further claimed getting relief from her sleeping disorders, random dizziness and other health issues she had been suffering from for a long time.

Talking to the media at her house, the elderly woman said that she was suffering from blurry vision for the last around 10 years with no improvement despite repeated treatment by doctors.

She also had other health problems due diabetes, high BP and other body pains that made her sleep disorders.

However, after taking the first jab of COVID-19 vaccine, she got relief from her blurry vision and all

other health problems, the elderly woman claimed.

‘After about 10 years, I can see things clearly without spectacle,’ she said. Earlier, she could not see things clearly even with spectacle, she claimed.

Earlier, an octogenarian, Pukhrambam Mangi (83) from Sugnu village in Kakching district had claimed that he got back his sight after taking the first dose of Covid vaccine.

The elderly man said that he had partially lost his sight, particularly his right eye, around a year ago. However, he regained sight two days after the first dose of Covishield.

The elderly man took the first jab of the vaccine on July 3 last. It was the first ever vaccine he had taken in his life, the octogenarian claimed.

The random dizziness and low back pain which he has been suffering for a long time were also gone after the vaccination, he claimed.

Like in other parts of the country, in the state too, people were reluctant to get vaccinated against COVID-19 due to fear of adverse side effects.

S H I L LO N G, J U L 9 : Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a meeting with chief ministers of the North Eastern states here in Meghalaya on July 17 to discuss the vexed boundary disputes between states in the region.

Assam has boundary disputes not only with Nagaland, but with other neighbouring states of Meghalaya, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh stretching over decades.

“He (Shah) will be here for two days and he will be staying here for one night. He will be chairing a meeting with the chief ministers of the North East (where) chief secretaries and directors general of police (DGPs) will also be present,” Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K

Amit Shah Sangma said.

Shah would also be visiting the North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC) besides inaugurating two-three projects in Shillong and East Khasi Hills district.

Pointing out that the Union Home Minister has “expressed desire” to ensure that the inter-state boundary disputes in the North East are resolved before the nation celebrates its 75th Independence Day, Sangma said, he would be soon “officially” meet his

Over 10,600 pigs die of ASF in Mizoram Aizawl, Jul 9 (IANS): The African Swine Fever (ASF) continues to wreak havoc among the livestock in Mizoram affecting all 11 districts and killing 10,621 pigs since March, officials said on Friday.

According to the state Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department, this has affected business, taking the financial loss to the tune of Rs 117 crore so far.

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Manipur orders house to house COVID-19 testing Correspondent IMPHAL, Jul 9: Manipur health department on Friday ordered a special drive for house to house COVID-19 testing across the state, beginning tomorrow.

The order stated that genome sequencing tests have shown that all new COVID-19 cases in Manipur were also Delta variants which have higher transmissibility and also higher possibility of adverse symptoms.

“Therefore, it is vital to collectively renew efforts to break the chain of COVID-19 transmission,” the order issued by state chief secretary Rajesh Kumar said.

The special drive for house to house COVID19 testing will be taken up by sending out mobile teams.

This special drive will be over and above the contact tracing and testing which will go on as usual, the order stated. Earlier, Manipur chief minister

N Biren Singh expressed his concern over the rapid rise in the infections in the state while announcing the house to house random COVID-19 testing which would be beginning from tomorrow (July 9).

He said that health officials would visit each and every household to conduct random COVID-19 testing of at least one member of the family.

“If one person of a family is found infected then all the family members would also be tested,” he said. Singh conveyed this to the media during his inspection to a two-daymass vaccination camp for women vendors of three Ima Keithels (all-womenrun markets) held which commenced today.

He said that these measures had been decided after thorough discussion with experts and health officials.

He maintained that the government would take up stringent preventive measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19

Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma, with whom he has been having “unofficial” discussions on the boundary issue between the two neighbouring states.

“Officially very soon we will be meeting but unofficially we are doing a lot of work to try and find an amicable solution to this long pending issue that has been affecting the people and the state, especially the border area,” he said. “The Home Minister has expressed the desire to see that inter –state issues for all states should be resolved before 75th year of India’s Independence that was what MHA has expressed which I feel is very fair as even after 75 years, states are still fighting their borders not reflecting too well for the state and the country,” he maintained.

disease in the state.

He said that night curfews would be clamped with strict vigilance with certain relaxations during day time.

Singh further informed that no family members/attendants would be allowed to support or assist the patients who are undergoing medical treatment at Covid Care Centres (CCCs) and hospitals.

Veterinary Department Minister K. Beichhua held a review meeting over the deaths to decide financial aid for the pig farmers amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

“Various strategies, including culling and isolation of infected pigs, massive sanitisation of the pig habitations and shelters, awareness among all pig farmers have been taken to prevent the death of the pigs,” an official said.

Turkish cyber Magnitude 4.3 Earthquake criminal flee from reported in Tura near M’laya JUL 9 (AGENCIES): An earthquake of police custody Tura, magnitude 4.3 was reported near Tura in Meghalaya

Aga rtala , J ul 9 (IANS): An undertrial Turkish national, who has been accused of stealing huge amounts of cash by hacking ATMs in Kolkata, Guwahati and Agartala in 2019, fled from police custody here on Friday, the police said.

According to the police, four cyber criminals -- Hakan Zamburakan and Fettah Aldemir, both Turkish nationals, and Mohammad Hannan and Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, both Bangladeshi nationals -- were arrested in January last year for stealing cash amounting to lakhs of rupees by hacking ATMs in Kolkata, Guwahati and Agartala.

The four accused were lodged in the Tripura central jail since January last year.

A police officer said that Hakan Zamburakan was taken to the government-run Govind Ballabh Pant Medical College and Hospital in Agartala on Friday as he was feeling unwell.

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KOHIMA BENCH NOTICE Dated Kohima, the 9th July, 2021 NO. HC(K)19/2016/Estt/ The Stenography Skill Test for direct recruitment to 2 (two) posts of Senior Personal Assistant is scheduled to be held on 17.07.2021 at 10:30 A.M at the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NEILIT). Admit cards can be downloaded from the official website of the Gauhati High Court (http://ghconline.gov.in, http://kohimahighcourt.gov.in/) from 14th July, 2021 onwards.

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Item Category Monthly No. of Qualification & Experience No. remuneration Posts • Master ’s degree in Social Sciences, Management and related field with minimum of 5 years’ experience in the TI 1. State 36,200 1 health sector, out of which minimum 4 years Co-ordinator must be in the field of HIV-AIDS, preferably managing targeted interventions with the core and non-core TIs. Preferences: • The candidate having technical knowledge on HIV-AIDS issues with excellent reporting and analysis abilities, capacity to communicate with various players at different levels and an ability to negotiate in a multicultural environment.

• Having familiar with techniques of monitoring and evaluation.

• Should be familiar with the organization and functions of the State and Local Public Health System/SACS. • Teamwork abilities and to work well in an inter-disciplinary team.

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The application along with complete CV along with the mobile number and email ID should be submitted online to sacsnetsu@gmail.com on or before 26th July 2021. Only shortlisted candidates will be called for interview. Candidates are to produce all original documents in support of their application during the time of interview.

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Bhima Koregaon Case: Govt can find out who planted docs

The attacker is someone who had a lot of ground intelligence and information. Photo courtesy- The Quint

Bhima Koregaon case. Her computer was compromised for 22 months.

The Arsenal report has concluded that the same attacker/s who planted documents/PDF files in Wilson’s computer had also compromised Gadling’s computer for 20 months.

The question is: Who is the cyber attacker, who in a planned manner attacked both Gadling’s and Wilson’s computers for years?

The attacker responsible for compromising Mr Gadling’s computer had extensive resources (including time) and it is obvious that their primary goals were surveillance and incriminating document delivery- Excerpt from Arsenal Consulting forensic report.

Which means that the attacker is someone who is

PM Modi reviews oxygen availability across country

New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI): More than 1,500 PSA (Pressure Swing Adsorption) oxygen plants are coming up across the country, the government said on Friday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the progress of augmentation and availability of the life-saving gas.

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), in a statement, said Modi asked officials to ensure that these plants are made functional at the earliest and also told them to work closely with state governments in this regard.

These upcoming oxygen plants include those being built with the contribution from the PM CARES fund as well as from various ministries and PSUs, it said.

PSA oxygen plants contributed by the PM CARES fund are coming up in all states and districts of the country, and Modi was told that they will support more than 4 lakh oxygenated beds once functional, the PMO said.

“PM asked officials to ensure there is adequate training of hospital staff on operation and maintenance of oxygen plants. He also di-

rected officials to ensure that each district has trained personnel available,” it said.

The prime minister was informed by officials that a training module prepared by experts is in place, and they are targeting training of around 8,000 people across the country.

Modi also asked them to deploy advanced technology like IoT to track the performance and functioning of these oxygen plants at the local and national level.

He was informed by officials that a pilot exercise is being done using IoT for monitoring the performance of the oxygen plants, the PMO said.

Officials also informed the prime minister that they are in regular touch with officers from state governments regarding fast-tracking the oxygen plants, it said.

With many places complaining of oxygen shortage in hospitals during the peak of the second COVID-19 wave in AprilMay, the Union government has been taking measures in coordination with states to boost the production and supply of the life-saving gas.

a thorough professional and had a lot of resources at his/ her disposal.

To find out more details about the cyber attacker and the Arsenal Consulting report, The Quint spoke to Sandeep Shukla, professor of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Kanpur, who has extensively read Arsenal Consulting’s three reports on Wilson’s and Gadling’s computers.

Can the Indian Government find out who attacked Wilson’s and Gadling’s computers?

It would be difficult, but maybe not for the Indian government. The government can easily track the owner of the IP address which was used to plant malware in Wilson and Gadling’s computers. The IP address is already mentioned in the Arsenal report.

The government should at least question the owner of the IP address.

Is it possible that the attacker hacked into someone else’s IP address for this job?

Yes, this is possible.

But can someone hack into an IP address for years and the owner would still not be aware of it?

It is unlikely, but again there are people who are not mindful of technology and are vulnerable to such hacking. And if the attacker actually hacked into someone else’s IP address for this job then it would be very difficult to track down the attacker. But again, the government can still find out about the attacker under such a scenario.

Do you think that it was a planned cyber attack on Wilson and Gadling?

If all that is present in the Arsenal Consulting report is true then it is certain that Wilson and Gadling were targeted by the attacker. So far, only computer hard disks of only two people have been sent to Arsenal for forensics examination. I am sure the result will be the same if computers of other people named in Bhima-Koregaon case are also sent for a forensic test.

Do you think it is the work of an individual or a

Two cases of Kappa variant detected in UP NEW DELHI, JUL 9 (AGENCIES): Two cases of the highly transmissible Kappa variant of Covid-19 have been detected in Uttar Pradesh through the genome sequencing of samples, the state government said today.

The samples returned positive for the variant in Lucknow’s King George medical college, according to an official statement. The Delta plus variant of Covid-19 was found in 107 samples, said the statement, adding that chief minister Yogi Adityanath had been informed.

“Both the variants are not new for the state. The facility of genome sequencing is being increased in the state,” the statement issued after Yogi Adityanath’s Covid review meeting said. Genome sequencing is a laboratory process that is instrumental in characterising the mutations and tracking disease outbreaks. At present, the daily positivity rate in the state is 0.04 per cent.

When asked about the Kappa variant, additional chief secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said earlier also cases of this variant were found in the state.

“There is nothing to worry about.

This is a variant of coronavirus and its treatment is possible,” Prasad was quoted saying by news agency PTI. Prasad, as a measure of caution, did not divulge the names of the affected districts or places of its origin.

group of people?

The attacker is someone who had a lot of ground intelligence and information about the people who were targeted like whom they were interacting with, what kind of computers Wilson and Gadling had in their possession. Secondly, please note that the emails through which malware was delivered on computers was through the email IDs of the people known to Wilson and Gadling. And the subject of the email ID was such that was related to their ongoing discussion or program, which made them click on it. This kind of sophisticated malware requires not just a lot of time but also a lot of money because this skill is not cheap to hire.

Do you think Arsenal Consulting reports are strong evidence in support of Wilson and Gadling?

If I was the judge of the case, then I would conclude based on the report that at least the incriminating documents/files allegedly found in Wilson and Gadling’s computer were planted and were not even opened by either of them. Both of them probably didn’t even know that those files exist on their computers. At least the files investigated by Arsenal

Consulting’s report do not stand against Wilson and Gadling. If the agency has any other evidence against them, then that can be a matter of investigation.

Have you ever come across any such cyber attack in India or globally?

I have never come across any such evidence implant attack both nationally and internationally. This kind of attack is unique because generally malware attack is done for financial gain like stealing bank account password or intellectual property. But this cyber attack was to carry out surveillance and evidence implantation. This was a customised attack on individuals which requires a lot of thought and intelligence.

The Arsenal report specifically speaks about the 14 important documents, presented as incriminating evidence against Gadling by the investigating agency.

The report says that “there is no evidence which would suggest any of the fourteen important documents, or the hidden ‘Material’ folder they were contained in, were ever opened” by Gadling.

Gadling was arrested on 6 June 2018 by the Pune Police. He is currently lodged at Taloja Central Jail.

Thaawarchand Gehlot to be sworn in as Karnataka Governor today

Bengaluru, Jul sion making body 9 (IANS): ThaawarchParliamentary Board and Gehlot will be and also the Central sworn-in as Governor Election Committee of Karnataka at the of the party.

Glass House of Raj Gehlot is taking Bhavan on Sunday at over as the Gover10.30 a.m., a Raj Bhanor of Karnataka at a van communique said time when incumbent here on Friday.

Chief Minister, B.S. The oath of office Yediyurappa’s leadto the new Governor ership in the state is will be administered Thaawarchand Gehlot under constant chalby Karnataka Chief lenge from dissenters Justice, Abhay Srinivas Oka . within the state unit of the BJP President Ram Nath Kovind besides the ruling BJP will be gearhad approved the appointment of ing up to face Assembly elections in eight Governors on June 6 and Ge- 2023 and Lok Sabha polls in 2024. hlot is one among them.

Gehlot’s predecessor Vajubhai Gehlot will be the 19th Gov- Vala had taken over from K. Roernor of Karnataka. He is also the saiah, the then governor of Tamil first leader from Madhya Pradesh to Nadu, who was given additional become Governor of this state. charge of Karnataka after H. R. Prior to his elevation to guber- Bhardwaj’s five-year tenure came to natorial position, he was serving as an end in June 2014.

Union Minister for Social Justice Vala presided over a tumultuand Empowerment from 2014 to ous period during which the state 2021. saw four chief ministers in a span of He was also the Leader of the seven years. Siddaramaiah was chief House in the Rajya Sabha. Besides minister from 2013-18 when Vala a member of BJP’s top most deci- took office.

NEW DELHI, JUL 9 (AGENCIES): The Delhi high court has backed the need for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) observing that there is the need for a Code

- ‘common to all’ in the country and had asked the central government to take the necessary steps in this matter, reports The Times of India.

The Delhi High Court backs the need for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) observing that “there is the need for a Code ‘… https://t.co/ylj0UkGbxP — ANI (@ANI) 1625819582000 “In modern Indian society, which is gradually becoming homogenous, the traditional barriers of religion, community and caste are slowly dissipating,” the HC said.

Twitter weighed in on the development with many pointing to the positive changes and a sense of equality it will bring to the Indian society. While others felt that any such law would violate existing articles in the Indian constitution. #UniformCivilCode will be an important step in the annihilation of caste system. Like Indian Penal Code for murdere… https://t.co/P0xhRya7S0 —S Shyam Prasad (@ShyamSPrasad) 1625823462000 ‘It will ruin beauty of the country’ Uniform civil code will ruin the beauty of the country and Chaos will be common in the country. #UniformCivilCode https://t.co/iBaJsBJsBe — Wahiduzzaman Siddique (@MuftiWahidSdy) 1625836445000 ‘Don’t be a pseudo secular’ Syria was ChristianPalestine was JewishAfghanistan was Hindu/Buddhist Bangladesh/Pakistan were HinduIran/I… https://t.co/zbBCrM2Npy — Nilesh Parvate (@Arnabhindu07) 1625827335000 Do not call yourself a ‘secular’ if you’re opposing Uniform Civil Code.

— Varoon Galagali (@gvaroon) 1625817801000 ‘It will affect Hindu marriage act’ Marriage is a religious concept. And being a religious concept it should be governed by religious law which have ex… https://t.co/wya5UWQs1n Bhadralok Sensei (@RohitChan666) 1625828935000 ‘UCC is not anti-Muslim, it ensures gender equality’ #UniformCivilCode is not anti-IslamEgypt, Sudan, France, Pakistan already have #UCC UCC will ensure gender equa… https://t.co/mwyR0C4dDO — Siddhi Somani (@sidis28) 1625832805000 ‘Will it affect Article 25-28 in Indian constitution?’

Wow! The Delhi High Court backs the need for a #UniformCivilCode (UCC) observing that “there is the need for a Code… https://t.co/oQ2lbTAo48 — Naaved Bawa (Akhlad Khan) (@BawaNaaved) 1625820861000 ‘Central government has taken no action yet’ Now, Delhi HC has backed the need for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India and asked the central govt to take the ne… https://t.co/bRt2ihn929 — Anshul Saxena (@AskAnshul) 1625818557000 But the central government is sleeping #UniformCivilCode #ucc https://t.co/aPnBQ9wLEa — aaditya (@aadibdl) 1625825966000

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NEW DELHI, JUL 9 ( AGENCIES): That’s what President Mark Spencer of Arsenal Consulting, the US-based forensic agency, said about the agency’s latest report that reveals that incriminating evidence was planted in the computer of Surendra Gadling, who was arrested under UAPA (Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act) for alleged links with banned CPI (Maoist) group in the Bhima Koregaon case.

The explosive forensic report was filed before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court in Mumbai on 21 June.

S t a n S wa my, w h o passed away on 5 July, was also named as an accused in the Bhima Koregaon case.

His lawyers had argued in his multiple bail hearings that the evidence presented against Swamy were fabricated.

The Arsenal report suggests that the one/s who hacked Gadling’s computer may have hacked Swamy’s computer as well.

Prior to this report, Arsenal Consulting had filed two more forensic reports in the NIA Special Court that revealed that cyber attackers had planted evidence in Rona Jacob Wilson’s computer, another accused in the

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Fuelling uncertainty

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hough global crude prices have been sliding since 2014, yet this has not been reflected in the sale prices of petrol and diesel in India. In fact prices of petrol and diesel have been raised for nearly 30 times since the Modi government came to power and despite promises of improving the economy of the country and the people. According to official sources in the ministry of petroleum, the domestic price of petrol and diesel are linked to international crude price. However, nothing is more untrue and misleading since the retail prices of petrol and diesel have been rising steadily since December 2014 when crude per barrel which was around $130 during UPA-II in May-June and slid to $60 by end of December 2014 after the NDA under Modi took office. It is also a fact that the government had kept on hold further hike in fuel prices for 18 days during the period of electioneering to the assembly elections to five states on March 2021. The government has been holding on to the plea that prices of petrol and diesel are decided by oil marketing companies and that it has no hand in them. However, prices have been on the rise since May 4 after oil marketing companies (OMCs) resumed their price revisions ending an 18-day hiatus that coincided with the assembly elections in five key states. During this period, petrol price has increased by Rs 9.81 per litre and diesel has climbed by Rs 8.80 in New Delhi. The brief honeymoon is over as prices of fuel are still rising. The present Modi government is different from any other past governments, including the Vajpayee-led NDA government. Having a brutish majority in parliament and with all powers in the government being centralised, a pliant media and a polarised society, the ruling government has no problem with doing what it wants. People are suffering since prices of commodities are shooting upwards due to continual hikes in prices of transport fuel. Today, the Rs.100-mark has been breached after the latest hike in price of petrol. Following the latest price revision, petrol in Delhi is now retailing at Rs 100.56 a litre while diesel is selling at Rs 89.53.

In Nagaland a litre of petrol costs Rs.99.12 while price of Diesel is Rs.91.74. While India’s economy is now grinding its way back from a 7.3% contraction in gross domestic product in March, millions remain under pressure and unemployment is still rising.

With fuel prices soaring, India’s truckers are facing tremendous pressure but the government is not willing to listen. Transporters have limited ability to pass on the rising prices, which account for about 70% of the cost of operating a truck, according to the All India Motor Transport Congress, which represents more than 14 million truckers and bus and tourist vehicle operators. Even before the lockdown pushed prices beyond the roof, prices of every item in the market has been witnessing steady rise, making essential commodities almost beyond reach of the lower section of society, especially the low income group but not to mention the millions of daily wage earners. Those earning lesser are condemned to their fate and have to live with the constant fear of having to miss one meal but if prices continue to escalate, even the thought of having a meal will be a distant dream.

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Post-mortem

Ministry of Cooperation: More than meets the eye

It makes sense to dismantle latent grass-root structures with potential to mobilise the electorate against PM Modi

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inistr y of Cooperation is a lethal instrument in deft hands to strike a death blow to what remains of opposition finances and organization.

The creation of the Ministry of Cooperation on 6 July signalled the imminent cabinet reshuffle that followed a day later. The induction of 36 new faces, seven promotions and 12 resignations hogged headlines and editorials applauded or disputed Team Modi getting bigger and stronger. Amazement has been expressed at the sacking of Ravi Shankar Prasad and Prakash Javadekar and passing the buck of the COVID fiasco to Harshvardhan. What escaped scrutiny is the new Ministry under the charge of senior-most Cabinet Minister, Amit Shah.

So, what’s up?

The erstwhile Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare comprised 27 divisions, 5 attached offices, 21 subordinate offices, 1 Public Sector Undertaking, 8 autonomous

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People only see what they are prepared to see. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

bodies and 2 authorities. Even seasoned bureaucrats often miss the import of this enormous structure. Whatever is behind the creation of the new Ministry, streamlining and administrative convenience is not the motive. Unusually, very little has been taken out of the existing mandate and assigned to the newly created Ministry of Cooperation A note in the Allocation of business rules issued by the Cabinet Secretariat says Administrative Ministries will continue to be responsible for cooperatives in their respective sectors. Effectively, the new entity has been saved from managing everyday nitty-gritty. A mission mode approach lends well to such demarcation of policy and administration.

What is the Mission of the Ministry of Cooperation?

As per business rules, the Ministry of Cooperation will administer the general policy of cooperation and coordination, realise the vision from cooperation to prosperity,

strengthen the cooperative movement and deepen its reach up to the grassroots. It will promote a cooperativebased economic development model and inculcate responsibility among its members to develop the country.

It will also include creating policy, legal and institutional framework to help cooperatives realise their potential and manage matters relating to National Cooperative Organisations, including incorporation, regulation and winding up of cooperative societies not confined to one state. Finally, it will also administer the multi-state Cooperative Societies Act and personnel training in the sector. Stated Mandate Doesn’t Match Amit Shah’s Calibre As far as mandates go, this one is imprecise and pretty trifling for a minister of Amit Shah’s calibre.Two factors mark it.

One is, that with such a broad mandate, he can do pretty much anything he wants. Else, a genuine commitment of the government

to the cooperative movement may be about to be unleashed.

The Public Information Bureau (PIB) note from 6 July, issued by the Cabinet Secretariat, states, ‘ The Central Government has signaled its deep commitment to a community-based development partnership. The creation of a separate Ministry of Cooperation also fulfils the budget announcement made by the Finance Minister.’

Interestingly, however, the 62-page budget speech made by the Finance Minister on 1 February does not mention a separate Ministry of Cooperation or allude to any commitment to communitybased development.

From Where Does The Elusive Deep Commitment to Cooperatives Originate?

Even though belated, Prime Minister Modi may be paying tribute to his mentor Lakshmanrao Inamdar, a Sangh leader - popularly known as Vakil Saheb - and a founding father of the RSSaffiliated Sehkar Bharti, which worked for the development

of cooperatives in India.

Inamdar is credited with inducting Modi as an RSS balsvayamsewak and becoming his political mentor. He also persuaded Modi to join a BA program in political science. While Modi’s commitment to cooperatives is not pronounced, his mastery of politics leaves no one in doubt.

Amalgamation of Deep Commitment to Cooperatives or Plain Politics?

In the wake of electoral setbacks in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala and the looming threat of the farmers’ agitation on BJP’s electoral prospects in the critical states of UP, Punjab and Maharashtra, the setting up of the new Ministry may not be as innocuous as it seems at first sight. A strategic aspect of the real politics practised by the Modi-Shah duo is dismantling the financial and organisational prowess of the opposition. In most opposition ruled states, there exist potent cooperatives still in the control of opposition

leadership. These cooperatives provide funding and organisational reach to associated political parties. It makes eminent sense to dismantle latent grass-root structures with the potential to mobilise the electorate against the regime at the centre.

With its fluffy mandate, the Ministry of Cooperation is a lethal instrument in deft hands to strike a death blow to what remains of opposition finances and organisation.

Time will tell where the deep commitment of the Prime Minister lies, in cooperation or politics of his mentor.

For now, the strategic deployment of three go-to organisational honchos, Dharmendra Pradhan in Education, Bhupender Yadav in Labour and Amit Shah in Cooperation, is no coincidence. A studied plot has been set in motion to manage the disaffection of students, workers and farmers.

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Modi Sarkaar: Do something – life and living lits the rockbottom

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emocratic governments are elected by the people with a hope that the governments elected serves the welfare of the people be it in prosperity or in volatility.

This is why the preamble of India’s Constitution starts with “WE THE PEOPLE …”, because people are the core and essence of democracy.

While voting to elect a party at the Centre, citizens with immense hopes and aspirations exercise their votes being extended by the Constitution of India. This is where the contract between the government and the citizens come to play. Once the Government is elected it represents the will of the people of India.

Government at the Centre is elected and takes oath in the name of the Constitution meaning it iscommitted to work in translating the life, living and welfare of the people.

Thus, the contract between the elected vis-à-vis the Government of India (GOI) and the citizens find its respective responsibilities between the citizens and the government.

For instance, we should go back to social contract which was introduced by early modern political philosophers. Out of them, the most well-known and prominent is John Locke who highlighted two things: the historical origins of sovereign power and moral origins of the principles that makes sovereign power just and legitimate. COVID-19 has hit almost all the economies. In relative terms it has hit badly the developing and underdeveloped countries

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including India.

The governments in different ways are trying to address the grim and staggering economic conditions to salvage the people from the brink of total collapse. This is where the social contract theory works. The governments of the day and the leaders will have to respond in apt and relevant ways taking the lives and living of the people in totality.

Coronavirus has escalated joblessness, poverty, hunger and the prices of essential commodities to unbelievable heights.

The prices of pulses, cooking oil, gas and fuel, rice, wheat, vegetables and many otheressentials havegone up. The unprecedented rise of prices of essential commodities are by and large responsible for the spiraling price rise of petrol and diesel that the country has ever witnessed.

For example, whole sale inflation is the highest in 100 years.

Cooking oil, petrol and cooking gas spiraled to alarming levels, whereas the joblessness and unemployment showing alarming levels that further fueled the current impasse. Meeting both the ends has become an impossible proposition for the poor and the vulnerable.

In dire times, people expect their leaders to use judiciousness and pragmatic ways to respond to the people who live and lead their lives. Leadership is proven only in dire times and not in other times, when everything is good. Leadership will have to find ways and means.

However, the sarkaar that PM Modi is heading should create new avenues, so that people of the country especially the poor and the vulnerable will somehow make their living. But, the reality shows totally devastating scenario wherein direct excise duty has risen up to 8 folds, petrol to the tune of 3 folds, vegetable oil now has risen 50 per cent more and metals have also been shooting up.

What are you going to do Modi Sarkaar where the 12.9 per cent wholesale which is considered the highest in a century? It is an irony that the Government at the Centre collects more taxes and so the onus falls on the government to take care of the lives and livelihood of the people.Increasing the prices of petrol, diesel, cooking gas, milk and other essential commoditieswithout proportionately increasing the incomes of people leading to inflation ,where a few goods chasing huge prices.

Those in the informal sectors have absolutely no work and so have no money. Government of India has failed to extend financial support to them directly. So, when people have no money it is natural and obvious that their purchasing capacity is muted which in turn also affects their consumption.

While on the contrary, some of the monopolies such as Adani, Ambani and few others have thousands of crores with them, but the tax they pay to the government is abysmal. Government of India is the largest collector of money by ways

of taxation. But, in difficult times, it should spend more money for those who are dying and starving without jobs and employment.

Mutation waves of coronavirus continue to stall the economies of countries including India pulverizing life and livelihood of millions of people. India is worst affected.

Sarkaar led by PM Modi is known for initiating “out of box” economic measures, such as GST, Demonetization and others. Modi sarkaar should have thought about something like those. But everyone one knows that the slowdown of Indian economy and its poor economic performance indicators are not due to coronavirus, butdue to other factors when the present Sarkaar introduced GST and demonetization.

What should be the “out of box” solution? As some of the leaders belonging to the present sarkaar say “stop eating” and do not use “cooking gas” and can even may go to the extent saying that there is no need for oil, instead use water. Since people have no money, how can we expect demand. Everything is available, but there is no money, since those at the bottom of pyramid have absolutely no money at all. Stimulus packages have been introduced to the industries on credit basis so that the jobless perhaps be accommodated.

How many could be roped in since there are several millions who are out of jobs. In reality, due to prevalence of coronavirus and lockdowns at least 30 per cent of small

and marginal industries have been permanently closed as there has been no support system to sustain.

For instance, manufacturing units, entertainments and others linked with each other like a chain as they are connected to small and informal units contributing livelihood for thousands and lakhs.Prices are increasing in all the essential commodities and there have been exorbitant increase in others as well.

What is the Modi sarkaar doing?

Instead of acting as a shock absorber tiding over the situation, the sarkaar deflecting the core issues by taking up the peripheral problems.

Since 2017 Modi sarkaar is facing the economic slide down. This crisis is not COVID-19 triggered, but due to financial mismanagement and governance failure. 23 crores more people have been added into the poverty bracket. People are caught between devil and deep sea. Never such situation our country faced in a century.

While increasing the petrol and diesel the sarkaar at the Centre benefits the maximum. Spiraling prices haunting the common people as those affected 97 per cent are poor and lower middle class. For instance, LPG has risen to 240 per cent. Likewise, prices of many such essential subsistence commodities have gone up leading to inflation. What are you doing sarkaar?

Dr. John Mohan Razu professor of social ethics

Suicide: Let’s speak about it

Will You Examine Yourself?

Joshua said to the people, “You cannot serve the Lord…” —Joshua 24:19 Do you have even the slightest reliance on anything or anyone other than God? Is there a remnant of reliance left on any natural quality within you, or on any particular set of circumstances? Are you relying on yourself in any manner whatsoever regarding this new proposal or plan which God has placed before you? Will you examine yourself by asking these probing questions? It really is true to say, “I cannot live a holy life,” but you can decide to let Jesus Christ make you holy. “You cannot serve the Lord…”— but you can place yourself in the proper position where God’s almighty power will flow through you. Is your relationship with God sufficient for you to expect Him to exhibit His wonderful life in you?

“The people said to Joshua, ‘No, but we will serve the Lord!’ ” (Joshua 24:21). This is not an impulsive action, but a deliberate commitment. We tend to say, “But God could never have called me to this. I’m too unworthy. It can’t mean me.” It does mean you, and the more weak and feeble you are, the better. The person who is still relying and trusting in anything within himself is the last person to even come close to saying, “I will serve the Lord.”

We say, “Oh, if only I really could believe!” The question is, “Will I believe?” No wonder Jesus Christ placed such emphasis on the sin of unbelief. “He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief” (Matthew 13:58). If we really believed that God meant what He said, just imagine what we would be like! Do I really dare to let God be to me all that He says He will be?

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uicide shouldn’t be a secret’ is the key theme of the American Foundation for suicide prevention campaign. I am not a psychiatrist or a psychotherapist but I have decided to share every thought and experiences I have encountered about mental illness and people who lost their lives in their own hand during the final year of Medical School.

“Look at a person with mental health problems as a human being, and then everything will change” says the first female psychiatrist of India Dr. Sarada Menon(who founded India’s premier mental health and NGO Schizophrenia Research institute in Chennai in 1985) and yet we’re failing to do the same. People often use the word ‘crazy’ for those who seek help from a therapist.

The least we can do is talk and work together in ensuring and helping each other in lessening the emotional pain so that the black dog of mental health illnesses is leashed before it’s too late.. India is the first number among South Asian countries in the case of suicides and among the top 25 countries all over the world in case of suicide deaths.

According to the World Health Organization, 60 million people in India are suffering from Depression and 40 million people have anxiety disorders.

37 percent of suicides in India are due to relationships, on an average more than 1, 35,000 people die by suicide every year in our country. Every 17 minutes another life is lost to suicide. During my internship

I had witnessed a number of people admitted in casualty at late nights, early mornings trying to kill themselves by hanging or by taking a large amount of pills, poisons. Some of them couldn’t be saved and the ones who returned back to life used to cry in a miserable way asking to take them out from the emotional turmoil they had undergone.. When asked they used to give the reasons for taking the drastic step to end their life were as such- Abandoned by their partners, cheated by their partners, sudden demise of their closed ones, academic failures, not able to return borrowed money and so on. So are we quick enough to call them ‘coward’ or ‘weak ones’ or ‘victims to their own emotions or tragedies’ as they tried to take their own lives! No! Nobody really wants to die but sometimes death seems easier than life. Suicide is not about death. The person doesn’t want to die, he or she is just trying to find a way to stop the pain.

We all need to understand that , suicide is not a single illness but a fatal result of various disorders such as – Depression, Bipolar disorder, Schizophrenia, Anxiety disorders, Alcoholism and other substance use, Adjustment disorder, conduct disorder and personality traits such as impulsivity and aggression… If these disorders are present however it doesn’t mean the person will become suicidal but only that there is a possibility that suicidal behavior could develop. The number one cause of suicide is depression.

It can distort thinking, and as a

result a person can have trouble thinking clearly or rationally.

They may not know they’ve a treatable illness or may think they can’t be helped. That’s why it’s so important to educate people on the symptoms of depression and other depressive illness and on the warning signs of suicide so that people suffering from these illness can get the help they need. Many people suffering from Depression can hide their feelings by appearing to be happy. Some are very good at masking, including masking their suicidal thoughts but at times they’ll give warning signs as to how desperate they’re feeling.

Most of the people tend to stay away from the discussion of suicide and whenever a topic of such comes up they try to divert it saying it’s a creepy one. Whatever can be mentioned can be managed as well. We can save a life, our loved ones if it is discussed openly and honestly.

Talking to a person about suicide will not make that person try it. It’ll let a person know he or she’s not alone and that you care. Most people are relieved to finally be able to talk about their feelings and this alone will reduce the risk of an attempt.

Not talking about suicide makes it impossible to prevent as one cannot prevent what you do not know.

Another important factor is the media coverage, the television, newspaper, radio news reports on suicide which can sometimes be too sensational, causing excitement especially for those people already drawn toward suicidal behavior.. It is

not necessary for the media to cause such excitement by reporting a suicide in detail with graphics or startling impressions that please the glory, negative taste of individuals.

Evidence suggests that an article or public story of a suicide especially a celebrity increases the number of completed and attempted suicides.

This effect is called a contagion- a series of consecutive suicides influenced by either the media or a suicide by a wellknown influential individual. It is not necessarily the coverage of the suicide that causes contagion but the way it is reported.

We are living in a world right now where everything seems perfect in social media- Instagram and Facebook yet everyone has something to say but there’s No one to listen to, no one to understand. Not everyone wants advice or solutions, some just want to be heard.

There’s much ambivalence surrounding the decision to die by suicide and by recognizing and discussing it we can help the suicidal person start to recognize alternative options for managing their suffering.

Often they experience intolerable emotional pain which they believe to be unrelenting.

They feel hopeless and can see no other options. By helping them to see they’ve reasons to live, they’ve options, we can plant the seeds of hope that things can improve. We should never give up on someone just because we think they’ve made up their mind.

And seeking professional help when emotional stress is

overloaded is no shame.

There’s no shame in taking treatment for depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, adjustment disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder or any other mental illnesses. Getting help for emotional or stressful situations is as important to your health as getting help with a medical problem such as Hypertension, Diabetes or dermatologic problems like fungal infection of buttocks, or surgical problems like hernia or hemorrhoids.. If you’ve a stomach you’ll be hungry, if you’ve lungs you’ll need oxygen, if you’ve sexual organs you have the urge for coitus in the same way if you’ve a brain you need proper chemical balance to function properly. A mental state sometimes needs attending to just as a bad tooth will need filling. For emotional stress that becomes overwhelming and difficult to bear can cause psychological or psych ache or even chest pain at times.

There’s no antidote for suicide neither any anti suicide

pill but medication can be useful when there are chemical imbalances in the brain that are causing major depressive illness or cognitive behavioral therapy can be useful whenever in need. If someone you know is/are not able to stop the pain, not able to think properly, not able to work and eat properly, can’t get out of depression, not able to make the sadness go away, offer them help or contact someone close to the person. To those who are unheard, “Don’t die, because you’ve no way out there, live because you’re living, that’s already a reason to live, there are people who’re battling everyday to see the next sunrise..”

There’s no use of putting a story in social media saying “you’ll listen” if you don’t really have time. We are collectively going through the toughest time as a generation. Everyone has their own battles, let’s be kind to ourselves and others as well and less judgemental anyways.

Dr. Barasha Priyam Nath, MBBS

Reader’s Post

Sir,

Parents and online classes

As parents, we must know the importance of parents’ participation in the classes during the pandemic.

Not only should we extend our cooperation towards the teachers, but we also learn things we had not learnt in our student life. As the saying goes, “There is no end to education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.”

Amen Jamir, Kohima

Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

to intensify agitation Kerala pol parties oppose inBKU Uttar Pradesh from Aug 1 Ministry of Cooperation

New IT rules: SC refuses to stay proceeding before various HCs New Delhi, Jul 9 (IANS): The Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay proceedings in connection with petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Centre’s new IT rules before various high courts.

The Centre had moved the Supreme Court seeking transfer of all petitions to it, citing multiplicity of proceedings. Several high courts, including Delhi, Bombay, Madras and Kerala High Courts are hearing petitions against the IT rules.

In its plea, the Centre said, the issue of regulating the OTT platform was pending before the top court.

A bench comprising of Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna tagged the central government petition, seeking transfer of all such cases to the top court, with an appeal filed by Justice for Rights Foundation, which is pending before the court. The bench also refused to pass a direction for an interim stay on the proceedings before various high courts hearing pleas

challenging the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Centre, submitted that there were cases pending before the top court challenging the IT Rules. The bench replied: “We will tag with a pending SLP.” The bench did not pay heed to the Centre’s request to stay the proceedings.

The bench said: “We will not pass that order today. We are just tagging and list before appropriate bench on July 16.”

The Centre, in its petition, said transfer of all petitions to the top court will avoid prolixity, multiplicity of proceedings and divergent judicial views on the validity of the new IT rules.

The Centre argued that if individual petitions were decided independently by high courts, it may result “in a likelihood of conflict between the decisions of the high court and this court”.

en them into police remand for two days on Thursday, officials said.

Raids are being conducted in Rajasthan and areas in and around the national capital to nab Suraj, the third suspect in the case, who is suspected to have fled to Jaipur with the robbed gold ornaments to sell them, the police said.

“We have deployed three teams who have been working round-the-clock to locate and nab Suraj. His last location was near Jaipur in Rajasthan but he keeps switching off his mobile

Srinivas B V

ko bechne ka kaam mila, Gaddari ka use kuch yu inaam mila (One who is up for sale has been given the job of selling, got a reward for being a traitor).”

Hitting out at Srinivas’ post, BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said the Congress stooping to such levels to target a “young and enterprising” leader like Scindia shows its frustration.

“The message is very clear that the BJP is a party which taps talent, which knows how to recognise people of merit and substance. In Congress, the mantra is that if anybody has more potential than the

Don’t act on notices to CAA protestors: SC to UP govt ED registers case to probe New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI): The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Uttar Pradesh government not to take action on earlier notices sent to the alleged protestors by district administration for recovering losses caused by damage to public property during the anti-CAA agitations in the state.

The apex court stated however that the state can take action as per the law and in accordance with new rules.

A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah said, “Don’t take action as per the earlier notices. All action should be taken in accordance with new rules”.

Senior additional advocate general Garima Prashad, appearing for Uttar Pradesh, said the state has proceeded since the last date of hearing and has constituted tribunals and framed all the requisite rules.

The bench asked Prasad to file a counter affidavit giving details of rules and tribunals constituted and posted the matter for further hearing after two weeks.

Police on look out for third suspect in murder case of former Union min’s wife

New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI): Three Delhi Police teams are conducting raids to nab the third suspect in the murder of Kitty Kumaramangalam, the wife of late Union minister P Rangaraja Kumaramangalam, police said on Friday.

The late Union minister’s wife was smothered to death on Tuesday night during an attempted robbery at her home in southwest Delhi’s Vasant Vihar, police said.

The police had arrested two accused -- Raju (24) and Rakesh Raj, (34) -- and tak-

and district level for the agitation.

“We will also raise the issue of education and health besides other local issues. While participating in agitation in UP, the farmers will also attend to the calls given by the ‘Samyukta Kisan Morcha’ from time to time,” he added.

The BKU will demand compensation for farmers who died during the pandemic period.

“We demand compensation for farmers who died during the Covid period.

Since their tests were not conducted, they should be treated as death due to Covid and compensated under the ‘Krishi Durghatna Yojna.’

so-called prince of the Congress then don’t let him rise and keep him in the shadow of Rahul Gandhi,” he told a TV channel.

Slamming the Congress for using the term ‘Bikau’, Bhatia said this comes from people who are out on bail on corruption charges.

There were also several social media posts taking a dig at Scindia and also many in which the Congress was slammed for targeting him.

Scindia (50) resigned from the Congress and joined the BJP in March last year and his move triggered a chain of events which finally culminated in the collapse of the Kamal Nath government just 15 months after its formation, paving the way for the saffron party to assume power which it lost towards the end of 2018.

On joining the BJP, he was made a Rajya Sabha member, while Shivraj Singh Chouhan came back as the chief minister.

phone. Technical surveillance has also been mounted to track him,” a senior police officer said.

Financial crisis during the Covid pandemic and the greed for money led the three men to execute the murder-cum-robbery which they had been planning for over a month, police said.

The victim was an easy target for them as Raju had been working in the area as a washerman for over five years and visited the victim’s house on a regular basis, the officer said.

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ADVERTISEMENT Dated Kohima, the, 7th July 2021 NO.ED/EL/ADV/EXAM/2021::: In Compliance to the Hon’ble High Court order No.W.P.C NO.16(K)/2018,Dated,Kohima the 17th March 2020,applications are invited from eligible candidates belonging to Lotha Community for one (1) post of Primary Teacher at GPS Phiro-B Village under the establishment of the Sr. Sub-Divisional Education Officer, Wokha in the Pay Band-I, Rs.5200-20200/with grade pay of Rs.2000/-with the following conditions.

1. Age should not be less than 18 years and not more than 30 years as on 01/05/2021.The upper age limit is relaxable upto 5 years for candidates who are in Govt. Service.

2. Applications are to be submitted on plain paper with two passport and standard biodata along with photo copy of education qualification documents, scheduled tribe, Indegenous inhabitant .

3. The minimum requisite educational qualification is 10+2/PU with 45% marks and professional qualification of Pre-Service Teacher Education (PSTE), Diploma in Elementary Education (D.EL.Ed) or Bachelor in Education (B.Ed) from any National Council of Teacher Education recognized Institution.

4. Application should be addressed to Principal Director, School Education Nagaland, Kohima with Rs.300/- (Three Hundred) only in cash (or DD in favour of Principal Director, Directorate of School Education, Nagaland, Kohima) as Processing fees. Application should be submit at the Elementary Section (Room NO.417).DOSE,Kohima.

5. The last date of submission for application is 23/07/2021 6. I complete applications shall be summarily rejected.

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The top court was hearing a plea filed by Parwaiz Arif Titu seeking quashing of notices sent to alleged protestors by district administration for recovering losses caused by damage to public properties during the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) agitations in Uttar Pradesh and asked the state to respond to it.

The plea has alleged that such notices have been sent in an “arbitrary manner” against a person, who had died six years ago at the age of 94, and also to several others including two people who are aged above 90.

On January 31 last year, the top court had issued notice to the state government and asked it to respond to the plea.

Titu had contended that these notices were based on an Allahabad High Court judgement delivered in 2010 which “is in violation of the guidelines” laid down by the top court in a 2009 verdict, and re-affirmed in a 2018 order.

He submitted that the state government has appointed additional district

magistrate to deal with the process of notices for recovering damages for loss of public property during protests against the CAA whereas the guidelines laid down by the apex court stipulated that retired judges should deal with the matter.

The plea has sought stay on these notices claiming they have been sent to persons who have not been booked under any penal provisions and no details of FIR or any criminal offences have been made out against them.

“The contradiction is that while the Supreme Court in 2009 put the onus of assessment of damages and recovery from the accused on high courts of every state, whereas the Allahabad High Court had issued guidelines in 2010 judgement that let the state government undertake these processes to recover damages, which has serious implications,” said the plea, filed through advocate Nilofar Khan.

“The judicial oversight/judicial security is a sort of safety mechanism

against arbitrary action.

This means that there is every chance that the ruling party in the state could go after its political opponents or others oppose to it to settle scores,” it said.

It also sought a direction to the Uttar Pradesh government to follow the procedure as per the 2009 and 2018 guidelines of the apex court while claiming damages to recover the losses caused to public property during such protests.

The plea sought setting up of an independent judicial inquiry to probe into the incidents which happened during the protests against the amended citizenship act and the National Register of Citizens in Uttar Pradesh, as has been done by the Karnataka High Court.

It claimed that the BJPled Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is “moving ahead on the chief minister’s promise of avenging loss to public property” by seizing assets of protestors in order to “take revenge for political reasons from one community who is in minority”.

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fake vaccine camps in Kolkata

New Delhi, July 9 (IANS): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a case to probe the matter of fraudulent Covid19 vaccination camps organised in Kolkata.

A senior ED source related to the investigation said that the financial probe agency has registered a case to probe the alleged money laundering angle in the matter.

The source said that the agency had collected documents of the case last week which were registered by the Kolkata Police.

The Kolkata Police have arrested seven persons, including a man posing as an IAS officer, in connection with the case.

The case is currently being investigated by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Kolkata Police’s Detective Department.

T h e p o l i c e h av e nabbed several people involved in the case, including the ‘fake’ IAS officer Debanjan Deb, the alleged mastermind of the dubious matter.

Deb (28), masquerading as a joint commissioner of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, had organised fake inoculation camps in Kolkata. He was arrested on June 23 after more than 100 people, including Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty, were administered fake vaccine shots.

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reporters here. The Seventh Schedule of the Constitution says that cooperative societies are a State subject.

Former leader of the opposition in the Kerala Assembly and senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala said his party would consider taking the legal path against the formation of the ministry.

He said it was a conscious attempt to destroy the federalism of the country.

“This should be considered with utter seriousness.

This is an attempt to take over the cooperative

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New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI): Congress’ youth wing chief Srinivas B V on Friday took a jibe at BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on being appointed as the civil aviation minister with a meme showing Air India mascot telling Scindia “we are both for sale”, drawing a sharp reaction from the BJP which said it reflected the opposition party’s frustration.

The meme was first shared from the social media account of the Congress’ Madhya Pradesh unit but it gained a lot of traction after it was shared by the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) chief.

Srinivas shared the meme which showed Air India Mascot ‘Maharaja’ telling Scindia, “Aiyye Maharaj, hum dono bikau hain (Come Maharaja, we are both for sale)”, and added the caption, “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi..”.

Last night, the Madhya Pradesh Congress shared the meme and wrote, “Bikau

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institutions across the country.

This is part of a political conspiracy. The state government should come out in open against this move. The Chief Minister should also interfere,” he told reporters here.

Former state Finance minister and senior Left leader T M Thomas Issac said it was another assault on the federalism of the country.

“Yet another assault on Federalism. Co-operative societies are in the state list of the Constitution. No better hatchet man than Amit Shah to head the new Union Cooperation Ministry to take over the entire co- operative sector, bypassing the states and promote the Hindutva coops,” Isaac tweeted.

The Ministry of Cooperation has been allocated to Amit Shah, in addition to his responsibility of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

L u c k n o w, J u l 9 (IANS): The Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) will be intensifying their agitation against the three central farm laws from August 1 in Uttar Pradesh.

The agitation will now include local issues as well.

Yudhvir Singh, general secretary of the BKU, said that they will launch the agitation simultaneously in all the 18 divisions of Uttar Pradesh. He said, “From July 11, we will be holding meetings of our divisional and district committees and from August 1, we will start with our agitation in UP to press for our demands.”

He further said that the divisional and district committees will spread awareness in districts about the three farm laws and also issues prevalent in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

“We will also raise the issue of hike in the price of electricity besides our pending sugarcane payments.

Our farmers will hold demonstrations at the division

IYC chief takes ‘for sale’ jibe at Scindia, BJP hits back

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Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 9 (PTI): Political parties in Kerala on Friday came down heavily on the Union government over the creation of the Ministry of Cooperation and termed the move as “an intrusion into the federalism of the country.”

Minister for Cooperation and Registration V N Vasavan said it was a state subject as per the Constitution and requested the union government to reconsider the move.

“Creation of a new Cooperation ministry is an infringement upon the federal rights of the state governments. It comes under the purview of the state government. This is an intrusion into the authority of the state governments.

Since it’s a state subject, the union government should reconsider the move.

This amounts to challenging the federal system of our country,” Vasavan told

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The variant was expected to be the main strain in France as soon as this weekend, even as vaccines rates tick upward.

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(From p-1) in groups larger than pairs in public, and people are only allowed to leave home to buy food, medicine and in case of emergencies.

Police have also set up checkpoints at city borders and only those with negative test results can get in.

In Indonesia, desperately needed supplies of oxygen and protective equipment arrived from neighbouring Singapore.

Indonesia has become a global Covid-19 hotspot, with a fierce outbreak leaving hospitals struggling to cope -- many are now refusing new patients, leaving scores to die at home, while desperate relatives hunt for oxygen tanks to treat the sick. In Europe, Delta was also threatening the return to normal life in a region desperate to restart the busy

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equities traded on a weak note on Friday mainly led by continued profit-booking in financials, said Binod Modi, Head - Strategy at Reliance Securities. However, metals, pharma and realty indices shined, while IT index remained soft after TCS missed earnings estimates, he said, adding that buying momentum remained visible in midcap and smallcap stocks as improved earnings prospect attracted investors’ interest.

“While visible improvement in business momentum with ease of business curbs by states started offering comfort, recent uptick in daily caseload and increasing positive rate could be a near term risk as we saw Japan imposing

Pfizer pushes for 3rd shot as Delta drives global outbreaks

kets Working Group presented their work on the Indian corporate bond market, and the India-UK Financial Partnership presented their recommendations on the UK-India financial services relationship, particularly on development of GIFT City as global services hub.

As two services driven economies, both sides agreed that there is significant scope for strengthening the financial services cooperation between India and the UK. They also concurred to continue to engage bilaterally on these areas in the coming months, in the run up to the next EFD and the beginning of negotiations for a future India-UK FTA, both expected to take place later this year.

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which dropped 1.52 per cent post its results. The country’s largest IT firm had on Thursday reported a 28.5 per cent jump in June quarter net profit at Rs 9,008 crore, but called out the domestic business as a drag which restricted its overall growth. HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, Reliance Industries, Tech Mahindra, Kotak Bank and IndusInd Bank were among the other losers.

On the other hand, Tata Steel led the gainers’ list with a jump of 4.16 per cent, followed by Bajaj Finserv, Bharti Airtel, NTPC, Maruti and Bajaj Finance.

During the week, the Sensex declined 98.48 points or 0.18 per cent, while the Nifty dropped 32.40 points or 0.20 per cent. Domestic

al financial centre; banking and payments; insurance, and capital markets.

Following the government-to-government discussion on these issues, private sector partners were invited to the discussion.

The City of London Corporation’s Capital Mar-

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Mumbai, Jul 9 (PTI): Equity indices buckled under selling pressure for the second straight session on Friday as risk appetite remained subdued amid lacklustre global cues and lower-than-expected results from IT major TCS. Banking, finance and IT counters accounted for most of the losses, while strong demand for metal stocks cushioned the fall.

The 30-share BSE Sensex ended 182.75 points or 0.35 per cent lower at 52,386.19. The broader NSE Nifty dropped 38.10 points or 0.24 per cent to close at 15,689.80.

Bajaj Auto was the top laggard on the Sensex chart, shedding 1.99 per cent, followed by TCS

ment Authority of India, the Bank of England, and the Financial Conduct Authority.

Discussions during the Dialogue were focused on four themes inckuding GIFT (Gujarat International Finance Tec-City) City, India’s flagship internation-

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of the India-UK Financial Markets Dialogue (‘the Dialogue’) virtually.

It was established at the 10th Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD) in October 2020 to deepen bilateral ties in the financial sector.

The Dialogue was led by senior officials from the Indian side by the Ministry of Finance and from the UK, Treasury, with participation from Indian and UK independent regulatory agencies, including the Reserve Bank of India, the Securities and Exchange Board of India, International Financial Services Centre Authority, Insurance Regulatory and Develop-

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that the new SDR allocation will help every IMF member country, particularly vulnerable countries, strengthen their response to the Covid crisis, reports Xinhua news agency.

“We will maintain active engagement with our membership in the months ahead to identify viable options for voluntary channeling of SDRs from wealthier members to support our poorer and more vulnerable countries to help their pandemic recovery and achieve resilient and sustainable growth, which will also help boost global economic recovery,” she said.

Final approval of the SDR allocation by the Board of Governors requires an 85

New Delhi, Jul 9 (PTI): Gold in the national capital on Friday tumbled Rs 451 to Rs 46,844 per 10 gram reflecting an overnight decline in global precious metal prices and rupee appreciation, according to HDFC Securities.

In the previous trade, the precious metal had closed at Rs 47,295 per 10 grams. Silver also tanked Rs 559 to Rs 67,465 per kilogram from Rs 68,024 per kilogram in the previous trade. The rupee appreciated 4 paise to 74.67 against the US dollar in opening trade on Friday.

In the international market, gold was quoting marginally higher at USD 1,805 per ounce and silver was trading flat at USD 25.93 per ounce.

“Gold prices were firm with fall in US treasury yields,” according to HDFC Securities, Senior Analyst (Commodities), Tapan Patel. Navneet Damani, VP – Commodities Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services said, “Gold prices are set for the third straight weekly gain, amid fall in US yields and a slight pullback in the dollar.”

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per cent majority of the total voting power of all IMF members. The allocation would be implemented and become effective 21 days after the Board of Governors’ approval, sometime in late August, according to the IMF. The SDR can be exchanged among governments for freely usable currencies in times of need.

The IMF executive board’s approval came a day after Georgieva called for urgent action by the G20 and policymakers across the globe to address a worsening “two-track” recovery.

The IMF chief urged G20 policymakers to step up international cooperation to end the pandemic, step up efforts to secure recovery, and step up support for vulnerable economies.

IMF staff recently outlined a $50 billion plan that could lead to trillions of dollars gained from faster vaccine rollout and accelerated recovery.

“This would be the best public investment of our lives and a global game-changer,” Georgieva added.

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Geneva, Jul 9 (IANS): The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a proposal for a new general Special Drawing Rights (SDR) allocation of $650 billion, the largest allocation in the organisation’s history, to help recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday.

“I will now present the new SDR allocation proposal to the IMF’s Board of Governors for their consideration and approval.

If approved, we expect the SDR allocation to be completed by the end of August,” Georgieva said in a statement.

“This is a shot in the arm for the world. The SDR allocation will boost the liquidity and reserves of all our member countries, build confidence, and foster the resilience and stability of the global economy,” she said.

Noting that an SDR allocation in 2009 had contributed significantly to recovery from the global financial crisis, Georgieva believed

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Afghan mission will end on Aug 31: Biden

WASHINGTON, JUL 9 (PTI): America’s nearly 20-year military mission in Afghanistan will end on August 31, President Joe Biden has announced, saying the US did not go to the war-torn country to “nation-build.”

Strongly defending his decision to pull US troops out of America’s longestrunning war, Biden said no amount of sustained American military presence in Afghanistan could resolve the country’s own intractable problems.

In a major policy address on Afghanistan on Thursday after a meeting with his national security team, Biden said the US has accomplished its goals in the country and this was the appropriate time to withdraw American soldiers.

“Our military mission in Afghanistan will conclude on August 31st. The drawdown is proceeding in a secure and orderly way, prioritising the safety of our troops as they depart,” Biden told reporters at the White House.

“We did not go to Afghanistan to nation-build.

And it’s the right and the responsibility of the Afghan

President Joe Biden speaks about the American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan on Thursday.

people alone to decide their future and how they want to run their country,” he said, just days after the US pulled out of the massive Bagram air base that became the operations centre of the war.

US forces have fought in Afghanistan for nearly 20 years, following the terror attacks of September 11, 2001.

He explained that after spending USD 1 trillion over 20 years and seeing 2,448 American service personnel die and 20,722 more wounded, the US cannot remain tethered to a policy set two decades ago when Afghanistan-based al-Qaida terrorists attacked the country.

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The president emphasised that he will not send “another generation of Americans to war in Afghanistan with no reasonable expectation of achieving a different outcome.”

On Tuesday, the US military announced the withdrawal process was more than 90 per cent complete.

Biden also dismissed reports that the Taliban would take over the country soon after the withdrawal of the American troops from Afghanistan.

“The Afghan government and leadership has to come together. They clearly have the capacity to sustain the government in place.

The question is will they

generate the kind of cohesion to do it,” Biden said.

“It’s not a question of whether they have the capacity. They have the capacity. They have the forces.

They have the equipment.

The question is will they do it. … We are not going to walk away and not sustain their ability to maintain that force and we are. We’re also going to work to make sure we help them in terms of everything, necessities, and other things in the region,” he said.

He said the US military mission in Afghanistan will continue through the end of August.

“We retain personnel and capacities in the country. We maintained the same authority under which we’ve been operating for some time. The United States did what we went to do in Afghanistan, to get to terrorists who attacked us on 9/11 and deliver justice to Osama bin Laden, and to degrade the terrorist threat to keep Afghanistan from becoming a base, from which attacks could be continued against the United States,” he said. Biden said the United States has achieved those objectives.

Intending to maintain

US diplomatic presence in Afghanistan, Biden said his administration is coordinating closely with its international partners in order to continue to secure the international airport in Kabul.

“We are going to engage in a determined diplomacy to pursue peace and a peace agreement that will end this senseless violence,” he said.

Biden said that he has asked his Secretary of State Antony Blinken and special representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad to work vigorously with the parties in Afghanistan, as well as the regional and international stakeholders to support a negotiated solution.

“To be clear, countries in the region have an essential role to play in supporting a peaceful settlement.

We’ll work with them. They should help step up their efforts as well,” he said.

Biden said that when he made the decision to end the US military involvement in Afghanistan, he judged that it was not in the national interest of the United States of America to continue fighting this war indefinitely.

Taliban says it controls most of Afghanistan, reassures Russia M O S C O W, J U L 9 (Agencies): A Taliban delegation in Moscow said on Friday that the group controlled over 85% of territory in Afghanistan and reassured Russia it would not allow the country to be used as a platform to attack others, reports Reuters.

Foreign forces, including the United States, are withdrawing after almost 20 years of fighting, a move that has emboldened Taliban insurgents to try to gain fresh territory in Afghanistan.

That has prompted hundreds of Afghan security personnel and refugees to flee across the border into neighbouring Tajikistan and raised fears in Moscow and other capitals that Islamist extremists could infiltrate Central Asia, a region Russia views as its backyard. At a news conference in Moscow on Friday, three Taliban officials sought to signal that they did not pose a threat to the wider region however.

The officials said the Taliban would do all it could to prevent Islamic State operating on Afghan territory and that it would also seek to wipe out drug

Members of Taliban political office attend a news conference in Moscow.

production.

“We will take all measures so that Islamic State will not operate on Afghan territory... and our territory will never be used against our neighbours,” Taliban official Shahabuddin Delawar said through a translator.

The same delegation said a day earlier that the group would not attack the Tajik-Afghan border, the fate of which is in focus in Russia and Central Asia.

Moscow has noted a sharp increase in tensions on the same border, two thirds of which the Taliban currently controls, the Interfax news agency cited Russia’s foreign ministry as saying on Friday.

Russia’s foreign ministry called on all sides of the Afghanistan conflict to show restraint and said that Russia and the Moscow-led CSTO military bloc would act decisively to prevent aggression on the border if necessary, RIA reported.

The Taliban delegation told the same news conference that the group would respect the rights of ethnic minorities and all Afghan citizens should have the right to a decent education in the framework of Islamic law and Afghan traditions.

“We want all representatives of Afghan society ... to take part in creating an Afghan state,” said Delawar.

South Korea to adopt toughest Keeping up attacks, some Iraq militias challenge patron Iran social-distancing rules in Seoul

South African court rejects Zuma’s bid to delay prison

Jacob Zuma

ESTCOURT (SOUTH AFRICA), JUL 9 (AP): A South African court has rejected former South African President Jacob Zuma’s request to postpone his current jail term.

Zuma, who started his 15-month jail sentence Thursday, will remain be-

hind bars after his application for his prison term be delayed was dismissed by the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Friday.

Zuma has one more legal bid to be released which will be heard by the Constitutional Court, the country’s apex court, on Monday.

He is currently imprisoned in the Estcourt Correctional Center for failing to obey a court order to testify at a judicial commission that is investigating allegations of corruption during his term as South Africa’s president from 2009 to 2018.

attributed to cluster infections in the greater Seoul area. Under the Level 4 social-distancing guidelines, any private gathering of three or more people is banned after 6 p.m. in the greater Seoul area.

Before 6 p.m., the gathering of as many as four people is allowed.

Risky entertainment facilities, including night clubs, are prohibited from running business for the two weeks.

All the other multi-use facilities, such as restaurants and cafes, are allowed to open until 10 p.m.

Sports events can be held without spectators.

FILE--Iran-backed militia fighters march in central Baghdad on June 29, 2021.

both Iraq and Syria. Three missile attacks in the last week alone resulted in minor injuries, stoking fears of escalation.

The details from Esmail Ghaani’s visit, con-

firmed to The Associated Press by three Shiite political officials and two senior militia officials, demonstrate how Iranian-aligned Iraqi militia groups are asserting a degree of independence,

Israeli SC upholds contentious Jewish state law J E RU S A L E M , J U L 9 (AGENCIES): Israel’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a controversial law that defines the country as the nation state of the Jewish people -- rejecting claims by opponents that it discriminates against minorities.

In its ruling, the court acknowledged shortcomings in the so-called Nation State Law. But it said the law “did not negate Israel’s democratic character” outlined in other laws.

Proponents of the 2018 law claimed the legislation merely enshrined Israel’s existing Jewish character.

Critics said it further downgrades the status of Israel’s Arab minority, which makes

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2019 photo, Israeli Arabs pray at the El-Jazzar Mosque in the old city of Acre, northern Israel.

up around 20% of the country’s population. Israel’s Arab citizens have the right to vote and are well-represented in many professions, but nonetheless suffer from

widespread discrimination in areas such as housing and the job market.

The law was approved by the Knesset, or parliament, in July 2018. It de-

fines Israel as the “nationstate” of the Jewish people and adds that “fulfilling the right to national selfdetermination in the state of Israel is unique to the Jewish people.” It also downgraded Arabic from an official state language to one with “special status.”

The law’s passage prompted vocal opposition from the country’s Arab minority, particularly among Druze Israelis, who serve in the military.

A number of Arab rights groups and civil society organizations appealed to the court to strike down the law. An 11-judge panel, the court’s largest configuration, considered the case.

Pope to deliver Fire at food factory kills at least 52 people in Bangladesh Sunday blessing

DHAKA, JUL 9 (PTI): At least 52 people were killed and scores wounded as a massive fire overnight engulfed a multi-storied food and beverage factory on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s capital, officials said on Friday. Fire service officials and witnesses said the blaze broke out on Thursday evening and tore through the factory at the Rupganj area of Narayanganj. Residents in the neighbourhood said most of the factory workers were teenagers.

“Fifty two people have been killed so far but we fear more bodies were inside and a search operation is underway,” a district administration official told reporters at the scene, nearly 25 kilometres east of Dhaka.

Fire service officials said 49 bodies have been

Firefighters carry the body of a victim at factory in Rupganj, outside Dhaka, Friday. (AP/PTI)

recovered from the building while others succumbed to their wounds on way to or at hospitals, where many were being treated for critical wounds.

Television footage showed the fire was still burning at the six-story structure, emitting thick

smoke while fire service officials said their search campaign continued alongside efforts to extinguish the blaze.

“The fire originated on the fourth floor where we nearly completed the search operation but we are yet to look for bodies on the

fifth and sixth floors,” a fire service official told a private TV channel.

Scores of people were rushed to health facilities in Narayanganj and the capital Dhaka.

Hundreds of relatives of the factory workers waited outside the factory as the blaze continued to rage.

Officials initially reported only three deaths but the toll rose sharply after firefighters started recovering dozens of bodies of workers trapped in the upper floors of the plant.

“The exit point towards the rooftop of the building was locked when the fire broke out . . . many victims could have saved their lives if they could immediately take refuge there,” a fire service official said.

Deputy Director of

Narayanganj District Fire Service Abdullah Al Arefin said it will take some time to fully control the fire.

“Until the fire is doused, it is not possible to say exactly how much damage has occurred and the cause of the fire,” he added.

A five-member probe committee has been formed by the district administration to look into the incident.

Details of the cause of the fire, how many people were inside the factory and how many were missing were not immediately available. Bangladesh has a tragic history of industrial disasters, including fire incidents at factories.

In February 2019, at least 70 people died when an inferno ripped through Dhaka flats where chemicals were illegally stored.

from hospital

ROME, JUL 9 (AP): Pope Francis is walking in the corridor, working and even celebrated Mass at a Rome hospital where he will deliver his Sunday weekly blessing while recovering from intestinal surgery, the Vatican said Friday.

The Vatican’s daily medical update said that Francis’ temperature was normal again following the slight fever he ran Wednesday evening. It said his treatment and recovery at Gemelli Hospital was proceeding as planned.

Francis, 84, had half of his colon removed last Sunday for what the Vatican said was a “severe” narrowing of his large intestine.

be, with 100 per cent control over the militia commanders,” said one Shiite political leader. Increasing rocket and drone attacks targeting American troops in Iraq and Syria have alarmed Western and coalition officials.

There have been at least eight drone attacks targeting the US presence since Biden took office in January, as well as 17 rocket attacks, according to coalition officials.

The attacks are blamed on the Iranian-backed militias that make up the bulk of Iraq’s state-supported Popular Mobilization Forces. The Biden administration has responded by twice targeting Iraqi militia groups operating inside Syria, including close to the Iraqi border.

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We, the Asü Mithipu Kughuko Dimapur, would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Shri. Yekhuvi Achumi on being appointed as UT caretaker CAO, NSCN (I-M) by the Ministry of Kilo Affairs.

We are proud of you on your new assignment.

May our Almighty God bless and guide you in the near future.

L. Luzukhu Achumi Chairman Asü Mithipu Kughuko Dimapur : Nagaland

Hekato Achumi Secretary Asü Mithipu Kughuko Dimapur : Nagaland

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The move came as the daily number of confirmed Covid-19 cases broke the record for two straight days, prompting authorities to officially announce that the country was entering the fourth wave of the pandemic.

On Friday, the country reported 1,316 new cases, lifting the infection tally to 165,344.

It was the highest daily spike since the country’s first case was recorded on January 20 last year.

The daily caseload has stayed above 1,200 for three straight days.

The recent surge in coronavirus infections was

sometimes even flouting orders from Tehran.

Iran now relies on Lebanon’s Hezbollah for support in reining them in, and there is potential that Iran’s new president could play a role in doing the same.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private meetings.

Iran’s influence, sustained by ideological ties and military support, has frayed because of the US killing of Soleimani and al-Muhandis last year, because of differing interests and because of financial strains in Tehran.

With nuclear talks restarting following US President Joe Biden’s inauguration this year, these differences have come to the fore.

“Iran isn’t the way it used to

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SHITIRI UNION WOKHA TOWN Wokha ; Nagaland

FELICITATION With immense pride and honour, we the Shitiri Union Wokha Town (SUWT) extend our heartiest congratulations to: 1. Mr. Chibenthung Shitiri, S/o. Rapenthung Shitiri of Humtso Village for securing the post of Secretariat Assistant (SA) under Nagaland Public Service Commission (NPSC).

2. Mr. P. Renthungo Shitiri, of Pangti Village for being promoted to the post of Sr. Treasury Officer (T.O.), Govt. of Nagaland and posted at Wokha.

May the Almighty God bless you both the very best in your future endeavour.

C. Yantsow Shitiri Chairman, SUWT

M. Sabemo Shitiri Secretary, SUWT

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SEOUL, JUL 9 (IANS): The South Korean Health Ministry said on Friday that it will adopt the toughest social-distancing rules in the Seoul metropolitan area for two weeks as a record number of Covid19 cases were reported in recent days.

The Level 4 social-distancing guideline, the highest in the newly-introduced four-tier social-distancing rules, will be imposed in Seoul, its surrounding Gyeonggi province and the western port city of Incheon for two weeks from July 12 to 25, Xinhua news agency quoted the Ministry as saying.

BAGHDAD, JUL 9 (AP): Iran’s expeditionary Quds Force commander brought one main directive for Iraqi militia faction leaders long beholden to Tehran, when he gathered with them in Baghdad last month: Maintain calm, until after nuclear talks between Iran and the United States.

But he was met with defiance. One of the six faction leaders spoke up in their meeting: They could not stay quiet while the death of his predecessor Qassim Soleimani and senior Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in a US drone strike went unavenged.

Militia attacks have only been increasing against the US in military bases in

Wapher Village Citizen Union lauds S. Keoshu Yimchungrü The Wapher Village Citizen Union (WVCU) under Shamator SubDivision, Tuensang district has lauded the sincere effort made by Shri. S. Keoshu Yimchungrü for initiating “People's developmental activities” in the village, where the public have been suffered for a long time.

The developmental activities being carried out by Shri. Keoshu in the village were: 1. Construction of Muvem Agri- link second cutting 4 ½ Kms. 2. New construction of Chuhtai Agri- link road ½ km 3. Road connectivity to many individuals 4. Construction of Play Ground at lower sector The Wapher Village citizen expresses profound gratitude for his immense contributions towards the society where the people will ever be cherished his immeasurable philanthropic service and extend further co-operation in every aspects in the days to come.

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How Stone Age humans unlocked the glucose in plants

Researchers uncover mechanisms related to Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in children

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ultisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), affects a few children who have been infected with COVID19. Several body organs, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes, or gastrointestinal organs, become inflamed, threatening the child’s life. With medical care, many are cured. Yet, the mechanisms by which the conduction results have remained a mystery until now.

The study led by MasschusettsGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital,Boston,USA,has revealed the critical mechanism that triggers the onset of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in children. The research, published in the prestigious Journal of Clinical Investigation says that the SARS-CoV-2 virus travels from the respiratory pathway to the gut andlurks there before entering the bloodstream to reach various parts of the body.

What is MIS-C? Although it occurs only in one percent of the children and adolescents afflicted with SARS-CoV-2 infections, the rare condition, the Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), is a post-covid-19 severe complication, at times fatal.

Puzzlingly, the condition suddenly erupts post-infection when the patients and caregiver are ready to heave a sigh of relief. The debilitating illnesses occursat times, several weeks after testing negative. However, the inflammation is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which somehow remains hidden and stealthily raises its head once again.

Researchers have found that the virus can hide and remain in the gut long after an initial COVID-19 infection is cleared in the respiratory tract.

From the stomach, it spreads into the bloodstream, instigating infection and inflammation in various parts of the body, eventually threatening the child’s life.

The syndrome can occur several weeks after initial infection. Initially,

the child experiences symptoms include high fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, rashes and extreme fatigue.

Once the infection spreads out from the gut, Child’s immune response goes overdrive to clear the virus from various systems to which it has spread.

The hyper-inflammatory response and “cytokine storm” put the life of the young patient under threat.

Eighty percent of children hospitalized with MIS-C develop severe cardiac pathology and face a prolonged hospital stay and extensive recovery period.

Current treatment strategies include an aggressive, long-term course of steroids and intravenous immunoglobulin; effective but not adequate.

Mystery solved Early in the pandemic, other researchers had found that the virus migrates to the gut and can infect it.

Thus, often the stool of the infected was found to contain virus particles. This means if the virus is waiting in the gut long after primary recovery, then the excreta must have virus particles.

To test this hypothesis, the researchers collected the stool samples of the MIS-C affected children. “We realized that 95 percent of the children with MIS-C had SARS-CoV-2 viral particles in their stool, but no or low levels of particles in their noses or throats,” says Yonker, lead author of the paper.

The team hypothesized that SARSCoV-2 viral particles linger in the gastrointestinal tract of children and then move into the bloodstream. This then leads to the hyper-inflammatory immune response characteristic of MIS-C. The inner side of the gut is lined with a particular type of cells called gut epithelial cells. The epithelial gut cells have small spaces near the junctions where one cell meets the other. These gaps are the doorway for the transport of products of digestion such as glucose and amino acids from the gut epithelial cells lining the small intestine into the blood. It was known earlier that big macro-molecule like gluten can seep

through the small gaps between the epithelial cells into the bloodstream.

The researchers speculated that the virus wiggles the same way into the bloodstream. They later found out that the patients’ blood samples clearly showed the presence of the virus. “This is the first study showing viral particles in the blood of MIS-C coinciding with the hyper-inflammatory response,” says Yonker.

What next?

Co-senior author Alessio Fasano, MD, head of MGHfC’s Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, an expert on the mechanics of intestinal immune responses to pathogens, came with an idea to stop the seepage of the virus from the guts into the bloodstream.

In 2000, Fasano and his team at the University of Maryland School of Medicine discovered that zonulin, a protein, regulates intestinal permeability by opening the tight junctions between gut epithelial cells in the small intestine.

If one can block the zonulin, the gate will be shut for the virus to ooze into the bloodstream. The MIS-C syndrome can be averted.

Celiac disease is caused by gluten seeping into the blood from the gut.

In the early 2000s, Fasano developed larazotide acetate to work as a zonulin blocker to shut the gaps between the gut epithelial cell to prevent gluten from transporting across. This provided a clue. “Our hypothesis was that larazotide would reduce the hyper-inflammatory by closing the tight junctions and preventing the large spike proteins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from entering the bloodstream,” says Fasano. The researchers measured high levels of SARS-CoV-2 virus in the stools and high levels of zonulin in the blood of children with MIS-C. This suggested that the SARS-CoV-2 was tunneled through the gaps between the gut cells into the blood.

The immune response in MIS-C is consistent with superantigenic acti-

vation of the blocking of the passage of the virus across the cell gap. “The large spike protein--the superantigen-basically holds onto a T-cell and makes it fire off a continuous immune response,” says Yonker Clinical trials in India The researchers hoped that zonulin blocker larazotide acetate could help health care providers assist children suffering from the MIS-C syndrome. After obtaining compassionate use permission from the Food and Drug Administration, USA, the research team tried larazotide acetate therapy on children affected with MIS-C. Preliminary data on the efficacy of larazotide acetate is encouraging. This has opened the possible use of larazotide acetate as the first oral treatment for COVID-19 and its complications.

MIS-C cases are increasing in India, and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi, has also geared up to tackle it.

After a successful trial in the USA, the researchers are now hoping to conduct tests in India. DrDhiren Gupta, Covid Specialist and Pediatric Pulmonologist and Intensivist, Senior Consultant at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, said that almost 70 percent of these MIS-C patients require ICU bed. “Last year, we also had MIS-C cases, but this time the cases are much higher. At Ganga Ram, we have seen as many as 10 cases in 24 hours.

We have transformed one of the acute COVID wards into an MIS-C ward,” he said.

Gearing up “We need to increase the testing among children,” says Dr Ajay Gambir, Member, Delhi Medical Council. Only a handful of children and young below 18 are tested for COVID19. While pointing out at this stage that tertiary care is not the paramount need, DrGambir says, “We need to improve the primary and secondary care for children under 18 for COVID19; We need customized pulse oximeter for kids as the oximeters used for adults have a different interface.”

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But new studies into arly cave paintings of hunting scenes may the remains of plants that give the impression do exist are uncovering why our Stone Age ancestors and how our ancestors ate lived mainly on chunks of them.

‘Plants were the stameat, but plants – and the ability to unlock the glucose ples. They were the foods inside – were just as key to that formed the basis of our calories in most environtheir survival.

Plants rich in starch ments,’ said Dr Amanda helped early humans to Henry, a paleobiologist thrive even at the height of and associate professor at the last Ice Age, research- Leiden University in the Netherlands. ers say.

Tubers and cereals Ground stones were a ‘major evolutionary suc- are full of starch – makcess’ as they allowed people ing them good sources of to unlock the energy in glucose, which is important for brain growth as well as plants by making flour.

Early cave paintings energy, says Dr Henry. She of hunting scenes may give leads a project called HARthe impression our Stone VEST which is studying the Age ancestors lived mainly diets of early human speon chunks of meat, but cies and the role of plants plants – and the ability to as food. Tubers are organs unlock the glucose inside where plants store nutrients – were just as key to their – modern examples include potatoes and yams. survival.

Some of the earliest Plants rich in starch helped early humans to evidence she found of eatthrive even at the height of ing tubers and cereals dates the last Ice Age, research- back 40,000 years, to the Paleolithic era. Neanderers say.

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With a life full of The high-scale had a global release in several joy, happiness, good countries like the US, China, health, wisdom and South Korea, and Canada.

In suit with its predecessors, long life. the movie was deemed successful at the box office in With prayer many countries. Recently, Universal Pictures took to Family members 10th July 1932 their social media to announce the movie’s recordAPPRECIATION breaking weekend opening during the pandemic.

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After successful releases overseas, F9 is gearing up for a massive release in India. To be released in five different languages, the fans can watch the movie

in Hindi, English, Telugu, Tamil and Kannada. Gracing the theatres all across the country, the Fast and Furious 9 India release date is set to be on August 5 of

Blogger Karl Rock says India has blocked his entry; MHA says he violated visa

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opular YouTuber Karl Rock on Friday alleged that the Indian government has blocked his entry into the country and added his name to the blacklist, separating him from his wife and family in Delhi.

Originally from New Zealand, Rock said that he has not been provided with a reason why his name was added to the blacklist, The Indian Express report stated. In a Twitter post, tagging New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Rock said, “Dear Jacinda Ardern, the Govt. of India has blocked me from entering India separating me from my wife and family in Delhi. They blacklisted me without telling me, giving reasons, or letting me reply.” Meanwhile, Union K Y M C

Karl-Rock Home Ministry officials told news agency PTI that the New Zealand national has been restricted from entering India till the next year for violating the terms and conditions of his visa.

He was found to be doing business activities on a tourist visa and also violating other visa conditions, they said without specifying. Rock, who has over 17,00,000 subscribers on his travel YouTube channel

where he explores various cities in India, has been living with his wife, Manisha, and her family in Rohini for the past few years.

“I left India to go travel Dubai and Pakistan in October 2020, and upon leaving, they cancelled my visa at the airport. They wouldn’t tell me why,” Rock wrote in a blog post, adding that when he applied for a new visa, he was told that he has been blacklisted. “During this time we’ve written to the Home Ministry multiple times, Manisha tried to speak with them at their office in Delhi, we’ve written to the High Commissioner of India in New Zealand. But His Excellency ignored me, even when I turned up to his office with my wife’s Covid positive report,” he wrote.

(The Indian Express)

this year. The news of the F9 India release date was officially announced by Universal Pictures.

Amidst the anticipation of the movie’s release,

the internet was buzzing with Vin Diesel’s family memes who found their way into various movie genres across the internet.

From Marvel Studios to cartoons, the long-standing meme was a huge hit intensifying the fans’ excitement about the movie. A crowd favourite since 2001, the Fast and Furious franchise ran successfully for over two decades, delivering massive box-office hits and introducing new characters in the story. Directed by Justin Lin, Vin Diesel will be seen reprising his role to portray his iconic role of Dominic Toretto along with Michelle Rodriguez as Letty Ortiz, Tyrese Gibson playing Roman Pearce, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges and Charlize

FELICITATION Wit h imme ns e pr ide a nd pleasure, we would like to convey our heartiest congratulations and appreciation to Mr. Joshua Murry on passing your MBBS exam with such a great result from Davao Medical School Foundation, Philippines and also clearing the recently held exam of Medical Council of India (National Board of Examination) in your first attempt.

It is a pinnacle of success for any medical student. It’s been a long hard road, but you accomplished your goal and passed the exam.

We express our gratitude to him for bringing laurels and honor to the family It is our prayer that the Almighty God continues to bless your service and wishes you good fortune in the future ahead. May your future be filled with many more great achievements like this.

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The Viswema Village Council and the Viswema Youth Organisation, on behalf of all the citizens of Viswema Village express immense gratitude and sincere appreciation to Shri.

RÜSOVIL JOHN, IFS, (Rsd), Chairman, Nagaland Pollution Control Board, for his most generous and selfless act in contributing and donating a Tata Mini Dumper (S.K 610 Tipper BS-6) to Viswema Village. With this, a long felt desire of the Village has been met, in the disposal and segregation of waste and garbage in the Village. The vehicle will be used solely for the purpose of waste disposal, thereby helping the Village in trying to become one of the cleanest villages in the state, and also the country. We remain deeply and extremely grateful to Shri. Rüsovil John (IFS).

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(TEBÜL NEIKHA) Chairman Viswema Village Council

(VIZAYIE NALEO) President Viswema Youth Organisation

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ast and Furious 9 fans are going haywire after Universal Pictures announced the official release date of the movie in five different languages.

Get ready for some action infused with cars flying from every direction and the thrilling sound of guns firing. Exciting news from Universal Pictures has set the Indian fans ablaze on social media as they announced the official release date of the much-awaited ninth instalment of the Fast and Furious series, Fast and Furious 9. Bringing back the OG cast, the fans will witness an epic showdown between Vin Diesel and his new arch-nemesis John Cena in the ninth instalment.

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PM Modi reviews Olympic preparations

PM Modi reviewing the preparations for facilitation of India’s contingent at Tokyo 2020, through video conferencing, in New Delhi on July 9.

Atletico Madrid extend coach Simeone’s contract

MADRID, JUL 9 (IANS): La Liga champions Atletico Madrid announced the extension of the contract of coach Diego Simeone and his technical staff until the end of June 2024.

The new deal, announced on Thursday evening, comes after Simeone led Atletico to last season’s La Liga title -- the eighth trophy the club has won since he took over at the end of 2011.

His first season at the club he represented in two spells -- as a player he saw Atletico win the Europa League, while in the 2012/13 campaign, they won the UEFA Supercup and the Copa del Rey, beating Real Madrid in the final, reports Xinhua.

The following season Atletico won the 10th La Liga title in their history, drawing the last game of

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the season away to FC Barcelona to claim the title, while the following campaign they won the Spanish Supercup, but suffered the first of two Champions League final defeats to Real Madrid.

2018 saw Atletico repeat their success in the Europa League and they followed that with another European Supercup success the following season, before their impressive success in last season’s Liga.

citizen engagement platform, MyGovIndia’s twitter page.

The first batch of India’s Olympic-bound athletes will depart for Tokyo in a charter Air India flight on July 17.

More than 120 athletes are bound for the Games, even though the Indian Olympic Association is yet to officially divulge the strength of the contingent.

In view of the raging COVID-19 cases, the Tokyo Olympics will be held under a state of emergency in Japan without spectators from July 23 to August 8.

C O L O M B O, J U L 9 (IANS): Lanka Premier League (LPL), the T20 franchise league run by Sri Lanka Cricket, has been postponed till November due to the unavailability of foreign players. The tournament, which was supposed to begin on July 29, will now commence on November 19 and end on December 12.

“The LPL 2021, which was expected to commence on the 29th July 2021, has been rescheduled to be held from 19th November to 12th December 2021,” said a statement from Sri Lanka Cricket. It termed the unavailability of foreign players as the reason behind cancellation.

“The Governing Council of the LPL is of the view that rescheduling the tournament will enable more players from leading cricketplaying nations to take part in the league,” the statement added. The LPL Governing Council said that it will be difficult to have top players since a lot of them will be busy in the Caribbean Premier League as well as other international series.

PARIS, JUL 9 (AGENCIES): Mark Cavendish matched the Tour de France stage wins record as he collected the 34th of his career in Carcassonne.

Cavendish moved level with Eddy Merckx as he took victory ahead of his own lead-out man Michael Morkov, with Jasper Philipsen third at the end of the 220km stage 13 from Nimes, giving Cavendish his fourth win of this year’s Tour.

The 36-year-old has enjoyed a remarkable return to form and capitalised on an unexpected selection for the Deceuninck-QuickStep squad, winning his first stages in the race since 2016.

Cavendish moves level with the Belgian Merckx, a five-time overall winner of the Tour, who took the last of his stage wins in 1975.

If he can stay safe through the mountain stages to come, the Manxman

Indian shooting contingent to leave for Tokyo on July 16.

bronze at 2012 London.

The 2016 Rio Olympics was a huge disappointment, with Bindra coming within a whisker of clinching a medal, but finally finishing fourth after losing a shootoff in his swansong.

The current Indian contingent, comprising mostly of youngsters barring two seniors -- rifle shooter Sanjeev Rajput and skeet marksman Mairaj Ahmad Khan -- is both motivated and committed. Their unhindered two-month practicecum-competition schedule in Croatia should make them a force to reckon with at the Olympics given their pedigree as most of them are world championships, world cup, Asian Games and world record holders.

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likes of the young pistol shooters Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary who have been in peak form, winning mixed team gold - a new discipline being introduced in Tokyo -- by the dozen besides cornering glory in the individual category as well.

Young Divyansh Panwar, the 10-metre rifle shooter who retained the world No. 1 spot for close to six months and is ranked No. 2 now, is one of the leading medal contenders, along with the reigning world No. 1 in air rifle, Elavenil Valarivan, while there are high expectations from the shy Saurabh Chaudhary, who won the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games gold and has never let his guard down in every competition he has taken

part so far. If anything, the contingent has the backing of a support staff, which is unrivalled. Rifle coach Suma Shirur is a former world record holder, while pistol coach Samaresh Jung was the hero of the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, where he won five gold medals.

But the biggest influence in shaping the careers of the young pistol shooters has been Russia coach, Pavel Smirnov. Not only did he shape Vijay Kumar’s journey to the 2012 London Olympics silver, he has moulded the careers of the Tokyo-bound pistol shooters with his cool demeanour.

Vijay Kumar, one of the best pistol shooters India has produced, said he had high hopes from the contingent and that it would be a disappointment if they didn’t get less than six medals.

“While I can’t predict anything, I’ll say that everyone is a world-beater. Some mixed team events have also been introduced in Tokyo, which have increased the probability of medals,” Vijay, a Dy Superintendent of Police posted in Himachal Pradesh, told IANS from Solan.

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should have two more opportunities to take the record outright, first on stage 19 into Libourne and then on the final day on the ChampsElysees in Paris.

Friday’s stage had been tipped for a breakaway – Carcassonne, hosting a stage for the 11th time, had never previously seen a sprint finish – but Cavendish’s Deceuninck-QuickSte p team worked well to mark the early moves before al-

lowing a three-man move to get up the road. The race came back together later on – a tense finish marked by a significant crash with 65km to go – but Cavendish’s team-mates bossed the road in the citadel to position him for victory. Philipsen tried to come around the outside inside the final 100 metres, but Cavendish once again proved the strongest to extend his advantage in the points leader’s green jersey.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Wo r d s a r e i n a d e q u a t e to express our sincere thanks and gratitude to all our friends, neighbors, well wishers and all those who stood by us physically, emotionally and through prayers support at the sudden demise of our beloved mother Lt. Zuthungbeni Tungoe, who expired on 26/05/2021.

Though, we express our inability to thank you all individually, it is our humble prayer that Almighty God bless each one of you

Tamlu Bühü Students' Union, Kohima (TBSUK) in loving memory of Late Miss Denngoi. H. Shukha Born: 19-11-2003 – Died : 30-06-2021. We are deeply saddened by the news of Lt. Denngoi. H. Shükha passing our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

You may travel far from us but your good deed and wisdom will always ring true. You were our comforter who has come for a very short time and left us eternally.

May our condolences bring comfort you and your family, and may our prayers ease the pain of this loss.

Loving Student members C. Phongyei Shükha General Secretary, TBSUK

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It was the most shocking and saddest day on 17-06-2021 for us when our beloved Lt. Athrongla Sangtam who breathed her last at NHAK after brief illness for her eternal abode. She devoted her life, time and cared for the well-being of the family. She was a successful wife, mother, full of love, compassion, kind hearted and cheerful in nature. She has left many sweet memories which will fondly linger in our hearts.

We convey our profound gratitude to all our family friends, neighbors, unions, organizations, relatives and well wishers who helped and supported us through prayers, materials, financial and physical presence.

Scores of condolence messages poured in from different walks of life were source of solace, courage and strength for us during our melancholy.

We also extend our special thanks to :1. Sangtam Baptist Lithro, Kohima.

2. Mr & Mrs V. Kashiho Sangtam, Minister Soil & Water Conservation, Geology & Mining and Chairman, NSMDC. 3. Mr & Mrs David Thingchum, Member NPSC, Kohima 4. Mr & Mrs Taka Aier, Director, Urban Development, Kohima 5. Mr & Mrs T. Setsathong, Addl. Mission Director, NSRLM 6. Er Asang and Athrila ADC, Nuiland.

7. Mr & Mrs Chopiba, P.S to Minister Soil & Water Conservation, Geology & Mining 8. Seyochung Village Union, Kohima 9. Seyochung Area Union, Kohima.

Lt. ATHRONGLA SANGTAM 10. Seyochung Village Baptist Church.

(25.02.1965 – 17.06.2021) 11. New Ministers Hill Panchayat, Kohima nd 12. Mr & Mrs Y. Litsase Sangtam, 2 G.B, Kiphire Town.

13. Doctors and nurses of NHA, Kohima.

14. Mr & Mrs K. Lirichum Anar, SRCS & CPO, Kiphire.

15. Mr & Mrs K. Chotangse Anar, Senior Supervisor, Social Welfare, Dimapur.

16. Shri Seopi Sangtam, President USLP. 17. Shri Thsapongkyu Sangtam, Citizen Chairman, Seyochung Village.

18. Rev Y. Imtiba, Executive Secretary USBLA & family, Yangli.

19. Dr. Apise Sangtam, Secretary USBLA & family, Kiphire.

20. Mr & Mrs Saniho & Children Kiphire.

21. Shitiri Clan, families & relatives Chumukedima & Seteikhema.

22. Jingrü Clan, families & relatives, Kiphire town & Singrep Village.

23. Anar Clan, families & relatives, Seyochung Village and Kiphire town.

We deeply regret for not being able to reach out to express our gratitude to each and every individual but we sincerely pray that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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NEW DELHI, JUL 9 (IANS): The 15-member Indian shooting contingent will have the legacy of the likes of rifle shooter Abhinav Bindra and pistol marksman Vijay Kumar to live up to when they compete at the Tokyo Olympics, beginning July 23.

There is no gainsaying that Bindra, winner of the first individual gold for India at the Olympics in 10m air rifle, set the marker for future generations to follow, and thousands of marksmen took up that challenge across the country, which is bearing fruit now.

As India sends it biggest ever shooting contingent to the quadrennial games, there is hope of not just a couple, but a handful of medals from the sport, which has brought the country four medals since the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore stood rock solid in the face of nerve-wracking challenge from the best in the business to clinch silver in Athens, Bindra attained ultimate glory in Beijing, which was followed by rapid-fire pistol shooter Vijay Kumar’s silver and rifle marksman Gagan Narang’s

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1950 – 02/07/2021 We , t h e b e r e a v e d f a m i l y m e m b e r s o f Late C HALHOU NO PU NYÜ would like to express our profound and heartfelt gratitude to all our relatives, church members, societies, neighbours, friends, individuals and well-wishers, who stood by us spiritually, physically and financially during the time of her illness and sad demise.

We regret our inability to thank each and every individual, but we deeply acknowledge your love and concern bestowed upon us. It is our earnest prayer that the Almighty God bless you abundantly.

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Late B. Yanger Longkumer (25.12.1977 – 02.07.2021)

LT. RAVOLEZO RAPHAEL PUNYÜ (June 11, 1951 – July 5, 2021) ‘BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD FROM NOW ON’ Rev. 14:13 We, the family members of Lt. Ravolezo Raphael Punyü would like to convey our deepest gratitude to all who supported and sympathized with us at the demise of our beloved. Words are inadequate to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and everyone for the sympathy and support you have extended towards our family during our time of sadness. It is our sincere prayer that the Almighty God shower His manifold blessings upon you all.

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We, the family members of Late B. Yanger Longkumer, wish to acknowledge the many expressions of sympathy and gestures of kindness and support shown to us during his brief illness and in the time since he left us on 2nd July 2021.

We convey our special gratitude to : 1. The staff, doctors and nurses of Eden Medical Centre 2. The Officers and staff of the Office of Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Kohima 3. Kohima Longsa Senso Telongjem 4. Kohima Ao Baptist Arogo 5. Relatives.

Although we have failed to mention every individual personally, your benevolence extended during our trying times will always be remembered.

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NEW DELHI, JUL 9 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi took stock of India’s Olympic preparations on Friday and also announced an interaction with the country’s Tokyobound sportspersons on July 13, three days before the first batch departs for the Japanese capital.

The interaction with the athletes will be held virtually owing to the COVID-

19 situation.

“Reviewed preparations for facilitation of India’s contingent at @ Tokyo2020. Discussed the logistical details, their vaccination status, the multidisciplinary support being given,” Modi tweeted.

“On behalf of 130 crore Indians, I would be interacting with the Olympics bound athletes on 13th July to wish them luck. Let us all #Cheer4India,” he said.

The earlier announcement of his July 13 engagement with athletes was made on government’s

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Djokovic reaches 30th Grand Slam final

WIMBLEDON, JUL 9 (AGENCIES): Novak Djokovic is in his 30th Grand Slam final with a semifinal victory in straight sets at the All England Club on Friday, but it was far from an easy task. Djokovic was challenged throughout, edging Canadian Denis Shapovalov by the slim margins 7-6 (3), 7-5, 7-5 to get through.

Djokovic, ranked No. 1 in the world, is going for a calendar Grand Slam having won the Australian and French Open in 2021. He’s also going for a 20th major championship, which would tie him with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal for most all-time. The 30th final berth is the second most all-time behind Federer’s 31.

“I don’t think that the scoreline says enough about the performance and the match,” Djokovic said in the on-court interview.

Novak Djokovic

Shapovalov, the No. 10 seed, had chances to win the first set, which would have changed the entire match for the 22-year-old against one of the game’s greats.

Djokovic said afterward the young player should have won that first one, and was “probably the better player for most of the second set.”

He struggled on break points in his first Grand Slam semifinal, allowing

lot of him in the future, definitely. He’s a great player.”

Djokovic, 34, is in his seventh Wimbledon final and enters it having won 18 consecutive sets. He forced a tiebreaker and closed the first set after Shapovalov sent a forehand wide. In the second, he broke at 5-5 and served his way out to the win. And in the third he did it again, feeling the impending victory coming on a Matteo Berrettini slam to win the penultimate Djokovic to do just enough game. and advance. Shapovalov Berrettini reach couldn’t live up to the big first Slam final moments he needed. He Matteo Berrettini had 35 unforced errors while winning one of 11 break stormed into his first Grand Slam final behind a 6-3, points.

“I would like to give 6-0, 6-7(3), 6-4 over Hubert him a big round of applause Hurkacz in the semifinals for everything he’s done to- at the All England Club on day, and these few weeks,” Friday.

He is the first Italian Djokovic said of his opponent immediately after the man to reach the Wimblewin. “We’re going to see a don final and is coming off

a semifinal appearance at the French Open. Berrettini, seeded seventh, relied on his serve and forehand to lay in winners and took advantage of 11 straight game victories. Hurkacz came back in the final set to give the Italian a tough time and forced a fourth set. Berrettini used his serve to get out of it and move into his first Grand Slam final of his career.

It was Hurkacz, 24, who took control of the match early with big serves and a comeback from 0-40 in the fourth game. But then the 25-year-old Berrettini, trailing 2-3, took full control for a match and a half.

He stormed through and won 11 straight games to go up 6-3, 6-0, 1-0 en route to a finals berth. Hurkacz, who came into Wimbledon having lost six straight matches, rediscovered his serve in the third set.

At Wimbledon, Pliskova seeks 1st Grand Slam title, Barty 2nd Ash Barty will be trying to win a second trophy in her past seven Grand Slam tournaments when she faces Karolina Pliskova at Wimbledon on Saturday.

Pliskova seeks her first major championship, five years after losing in her only previous Slam final.

In matching up against No. 1 seed Barty after eliminating No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals,

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Pliskova hopes to do something only three women managed to accomplish since the Open era began 53 years ago: beat the top two seeds en route to the title at the All England Club.

“Evonne has guided the way,” Barty said. “She’s created a path for all of us as Australians, but as a family, and for our heritage to know that there is an opportunity to chase after your dreams and to do what you love.”

Pliskova came close to the 1-2 double at the 2016 U.S. Open, too, eliminating No. 1 Serena Williams in the semifinals before getting beaten by No. 2 Angelique Kerber in three sets in the final. Kerber’s victory at Flushing Meadows pushed her up to No. 1 in the rankings.

“So far, my second final, second time I’m playing against a player (who is) No. 1,” Pliskova said Thursday.

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Messi vs. Neymar as Copa America battles Euros for soccer supremacy RIO DE JANEIRO, JUL 9 (AGENCIES): For the first time since 2007, South American fútbol titans Brazil and Argentina will meet in the Copa América final this Saturday, in a game that could be the most-watched sports event of the year. Its reign could be short-lived, however, amid immediate competition from Sunday’s Euro 2020 final between Italy and England.

In Rio de Janeiro, Argentina’s Lionel Messi, sixtime winner of the ballon d’Or, will face Brazilian star—and former teammate—Neymar Jr., the most expensive player in the history of soccer, in the final of this highly controversial, disputed and at times bizarre Copa America 2021.

The Copa America, the oldest-running international football tournament in the world since it debuted in Argentina in 1916, is also the third most-watched event, trailing behind only the World Cup and the Euro Cup. This year’s games— broadcast in English on FOX Sports and in Spanish on Univision—averaged 980,000 viewers per game in the U.S., slightly more than the viewership of Euro 2020 on ESPN, which averaged 965,000 viewers during the tournament’s first 24 games, according to Deadline. Last Saturday’s Portugal-Germa-

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ny game averaged 1.83 million viewers, making it the largest audience for a European Championship group stage match since 2016, and it ranks as the third mostviewed group stage match ever on ESPN networks and ABC since 2008.

These numbers, of course, are nowhere near the FIFA World Cup’s draws.

The 2014 tournament attracted a total global television audience of 3.2 billion.

According to FIFA, a total of 1.013 billion saw at least one minute of Germany’s 1-0 win over Argentina in extra time at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio. The audience for the Euros is relatively small compared to the World Cup, but it is growing. ESPN data show that the quarterfinals averaged 2.02 million viewers, a 16% increase over 2016.

While Sunday’s Euro 2020 final weighs more in terms of advertising revenues, the prospect of Neymar vs. Messi in a Copa America final will be tele-

vised to billions around the world. After Neymar’s transfer from Santos to Barcelona in 2012, the South American stars celebrated many victories as club teammates until Neymar’s departure to Paris Saint-Germain in 2017; however, they have never faced off against each other in their national jerseys on the international stage.

Messi and his teammates have to work hard to bring the copa home against Neymar’s Brazil.

The history between both teams slightly favors the seleçaõ, as Brazil’s national team is known. According to FIFA, Argentina and Brazil have played 105 times, with Brazil holding a 41-38 advantage all-time.

The teams have played to a draw 26 times. The Copa America final on Saturday is expected to break ratings records as soccer fans in the U.S. and around the globe hope to witness Messi to win his first international title with the Argentine national team.

Won’t let sacrifices of last From the lowest of lows, England and Italy reach final summit one year go waste: Lalremsiami BENGALURU, JUL 9 (IANS): Indian women’s hockey team forward Lalremsiami has said the team will go all out at the Tokyo Olympics and won’t allow the “hard work and sacrifices” made during the year-long national camp at Bengaluru go waste.

Lalremsiami, who is among the eight debutants in the squad for the Olympics, said from her training base at the Sports Authority of India centre in Bengaluru on Thursday that, “We won’t waste the hard work and sacrifices we all have made at the camp (during the lockdown). We will give our best in Tokyo. We have been getting wonderful support from the fans, and I hope we make them proud by winning a medal at the Tokyo Olympics.”

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remsiami, who hails from Kolasib in Mizoram and will be playing her career’s first quadrennial Games, created history when she became the first female player from the state to make it to the Olympics.

“I was introduced to hockey in a playground near my house. When I

was 10, I played my first inter-school tournament and won Rs 500 cash prize.

So, that’s how my love affair with the game started.

“I spent five years training in Thenzawl before I moved to Delhi in 2016. When I was leaving my home, I told my dad that I will represent India one day, and here I am today. I did face a lot of challenges during my early days. The only source of income for my family was farming, but it was my dad who supported me and encouraged me to pursue my dreams,” she added.

Before breaking into the senior team, Lalremsiami represented the India U-18 side at the Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier in Bangkok, where she scored seven goals to help the team bag silver.

LONDON, JUL 9 (AGENCIES): For all the differences in style and approach, there is a remarkable symmetry to the journeys taken

by England and Italy towards Sunday’s Euro 2020 final, reports Reuters.

Both nations found themselves at historic low points with fans despairing at their decline and then discovered men who could bring change and quickly lead them on a path to success.

For England, that nadir was elimination from Euro 2016 in the last 16 at the hands of Iceland while Italy’s despair came two years later when the fourtimes world champions failed to even qualify for the World Cup in Russia.

Gareth Southgate was not the man chosen to lead England’s revival. The FA had selected Sam Allardyce for that role but when his reign was cut short by ill-

Harry Maguire and Harry Kane celebrate semi-final victory match against Denmark on Wednesday.

judged comments to a hidden camera, the Under-21 coach was given the job.

Southgate was able to draw on an exciting young generation of talent emerging from the Under-21 team and from the academies of Premier League clubs but his most significant decision was to change the culture around the England team.

He was able to make an England call-up something

players looked forward to rather than, as was too often the case in the past, a chore to be feared or avoided.

Southgate reset the often adversarial relationship with the media and also found a tone in his own communications which found the perfect sweet spot between positivity and realism.

With the pressure off, England reached the last

four at the 2018 World Cup and then, with more talent integrated into the squad, they methodically progressed through Euro 2020, paying little attention to the constant reminders of failures past.

Still, players in the squad who experienced the bitterness of failure and its fall-out know where they have come from.

“If I think about the last Euros, when we got knocked out by Iceland, that still haunts me and I’d say that’s the lowest moment of my career by far,” said right back Kyle Walker.

“But we’re a lot more mature now. A lot of us have played in more big games, we’ve won more and we can manage games better,” he added.

Roberto Mancini had a different history to confront after Italy’s dismal qualifying campaign for Russia under Gian Piero Ventura

ended with the humiliation of a playoff loss to Sweden.

Like Southgate, Mancini turned to youth, but his biggest impact has been on the style of football produced by the Azzurri.

Italy use a 4-3-3 formation, with two playmakers in midfield, usually Jorginho and Marco Verratti, supporting two wingers who like to cut inside and full backs pushing forward to offer width.

There has been a greater emphasis on aggressive pressing and the result has been one of the most enjoyable Italian teams to watch in years.

But Mancini’s revolution did not undermine the fundamentals and he was wise to keep the experience of Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci at the back, who maintain Italy’s traditional defensive strength.

Draw for U-23 Asian Cup football qualifiers: India placed in Group E T A S H K E N T, J U L 9 (IANS): India have been placed in Group E along with host the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Kyrgyz Republic for the under23 Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2022 Qualifiers to be held from October 23 to 31.

In the draw of the qualifiers, held here on Friday, 42 teams were divided into 11 groups with 15 spots available at the AFC U-23 Asian Cup, with Uzbekistan having already confirmed their place as host, the Asian Football Confederation announced. It is the

first time the tournament will be staged in the central zone of the continent, said the AFC. The draw divided the teams into two regions -- the West Region comprising 23 West, South and Central competing teams and the East Region, which consists of 19 East and ASEAN teams. The 11 group winners and four best secondplaced teams will qualify for the finals. While India are in Group E, Jordan will host Group F that also has Palestine and Turkmenistan for company.

India’s series against SL rescheduled NEW DELHI, JUL 9 (PTI): The Indian limited-overs team’s six-match series against Sri Lanka was on Friday rescheduled owing to COVID-19 positive cases in the home team camp, with the first ODI now starting on July 17 instead of July 13. Sri Lanka’s batting coach Grant Flower and data analyst G T Niroshan have tested positive for COVID-19 on return from the United Kingdom, which has forced Sri Lanka Cricket to extend the hard quarantine period from the stipulated three days. “Yes, the series will now start from 17th of July instead of 13th. The decision was taken in consultation with SLC keeping the safety and security of players in mind,” a senior BCCI official told PTI, confirming the development. As per the original schedule, the series was to start with the ODI leg on July 13, followed by matches on July 16 and July 19. The T20I games were scheduled for July 22, July 24 and July 27.

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