13 Aug 2021

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Govt, Oppn trade charges over abrupt end of Parliament session

NEW DELHI, AUG 12 (AGENCIES): Centre on Thursday alleged that opposition leaders had threatened Union ministers of “more damage” if they dare to get more bills passed after Parliament’s approval of the OBC bill and demanded an apology for their “disruptive behaviour” in the Rajya Sabha as the two sides trade charges over the abrupt end of the tumultuous Monsoon session.

Leaders of 11 opposition parties on their part accused the government

of deliberately derailing Parliament and crushing their voice in Parliament, “murdering” democracy and bringing “outsiders” as marshals to beat up MPs, a charge denied by the government. Opposition parties leaders Thursday took out a protest march against the government on several issues, including Pegasus and alleged manhandling of their MPs in Rajya Sabha.

Speaking to reporters at Vijay Chowk near Parliament, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that

‘Voice of people crushed’: Oppn

Opposition leaders at a protest march in Delhi, Thursday. (PTI)

the voice of people was “crushed” in the House.

“The Parliament session is over. Frankly, as far as 60 percent of country is

concerned, there was no Parliament session as the voice of 70% of people was crushed, humiliated,” Rahul (Cont’d on p-8) said.

‘We were threatened over bills’: 8 ministers counter Opposition

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he opposition must apologise for “disruptive (and) threatening behaviour” that forced Parliament to close two days early, the government said on Thursday, countering allegations “outsiders not part of Parliament security were brought in to manhandle opposition MPs, including women”.

Pralhad Joshi, the Parliamentary Affairs Minister, accused the opposition of “literally threatening that if (the government attempts to pass more) bill, there will be even more damage done”.

“We had to take a decision to end the monsoon session early because, and I am quoting the opposition, (they were) literally threat-

Union Ministers during a press conference in Delhi, Thursday.

ening that if we attempt to pass other bills (after the OBC and Insurance bills) there will be even more serious damage in Parliament,” he said.

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Ex-PAN calls for expediting agreement DIMAPUR, AUG 12 (NPN): Welcoming the “completion of the formal negotiations”, the Ex-Parliamentarian Association of Nagaland (Ex-PAN) has urged the negotiators “to have the agreement expeditiously without further delay.”

In a press release, Ex-PAN president Joshua Sumi said that this was unanimously resolved at the meeting of Ex-PAN office bearers and advisors held in Dimapur on August 12, 2021.

With regard to the ongoing political negotiations between the Gov-

ernment of India (GoI) and the two negotiating parties, the Ex-PAN said it has “understood the implication of the closure of the official processes of political negotiations by October 31, 2019.”

Ex-PAN said the completion of the formal negotiations within the given deadline was appreciated “because the given objective call is to bring about the logical conclusion.”

Ex-PAN also urged the Government of India to “give the alter call to the negotiating parties to have the solution without further delay.”

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Govt offices, mobile towers to switch to prepaid meters: DoP D I M A P U R , AU G 1 2 (NPN): State department of Power (DoP) has informed that it would be replacing all the post-paid energy meters with prepaid energy meter in all the government establishments/offices/quarters and mobile tower sites having an installed capacity of 63 kVA and below under the jurisdiction of Dimapur electrical division.

In a press note, executive engineer (elect.) Dimapur electrical division, Y Akito Sema has requested all consumers under the mentioned categories to clear the outstanding power bills and extend cooperation in the process of replacing the energy meters for smooth transition. EE said that the initiative was in continuation of two notifications issued in June and July.

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Majority confident of India’s third wave preparedness NEW DELHI, AUG 12 (PTI): As many as 58 per cent of citizens surveyed feel confident that India is well prepared to handle the third wave of Covid, LocalCircles said on Thursday.

The question how confident do people feel about India’s preparedness to handle a possible third COVID wave in August-December 2021, received 8,880 responses in a survey conducted by LocalCircles, a community social media platform.

As many as 26% of respondents said they are “highly confident”. About 32% said they are “somewhat confident” and 25 per cent noted that they “have very little confidence”.

Nearly 13% said they have “no confidence at all”, while 4 per cent did not have an opinion.

“On an aggregate ba-

sis, 58% of citizens feel confident that India is wellprepared to handle the 3rd Covid wave in the coming months,” LocalCircles said in a statement.

This is a marked shift from March 2021 when LocalCircles had asked citizens about India’s ability to handle the second Covid wave. Back then, only 41% had exuded confidence in India’s ability to effectively handle the second wave.

The survey also asked respondents on how they foresee economic recovery from the impact of Covid in the next one year.

This question in the sur vey received 11,081 responses, of which 33% said they are hopeful that the economy “will recover completely and surpass preCovid 2019-20 GDP level”.

(Cont’d on p-8)

Govt urged to get coaching institutes registered in state D I M A P U R , AU G 1 2 (NPN): All Nagaland College Students’ Union (ANCSU) has urged the State government to get all coaching institutes registered and also monitor their activities.

In a memorandum to chief secretary J Alam, union’s president Vimeyiekho Vitso and general secretary Imnameren N Jamir stated that they acknowledged the fact that establishment of various coaching institutes in Nagaland had contributed to academic growth and helped many aspirants for competitive exams, technical exams and allied courses.

They also acknowledged that many of these institutes were offering yeoman service to the student community and aspirants.

(Cont’d on p-8)

State govt convenes meeting MGDVA: Proposed blockade with tribal hohos on Aug 18 temporarily withdrawn

ush Goyal also took a shot, turning around the opposition’s claims of its MPs being physically assaulted to say that a woman marshal DIMAPUR, AUG 12 (NPN): in the Rajya Sabha had been State government has convened injured. (Cont’d on p-8) a meeting with the tribal hohos on August 18, 2021 at 10:30am in the State Banquet Hall, Chief Minister’s Residential Complex, Kohima.

According to an official DIMAPUR, AUG 12 (NPN): Naga- bulletin, the meeting would hold land on Thursday recorded 80 fresh consultations on four subjects: a) Mediation between ZeCovid positive cases and two deaths.

Of the fresh cases, 29 were re- liang and Sumi tribes regarding ported from Dimapur, Kohima-21, boundary demarcation of Peren Mokokchung-18, seven in Longleng, and Dimapur districts; b) women two in Peren and one each in Kiphire, reservation in ULBs; c) Naga Wokha and Zunheboto, taking the Tribunals for adjudication as per Naga customary law and d) issue total caseload to 28955.

Further, two more patients-- one of appointment of gaon buras each in Dimapur and Kohima, suc- (GBs) in urban areas State chief minister, deputy cumbed to the infection, pushing the chief minister, NLA speaker, death toll to 593.

Nagaland logs 80 fresh cases, 2 Covid deaths

2nd Test: Rahul’s ton powers India to 276/3

ministers and advisors, along with the chief secretary and other senior officials would be present at the meeting.

The government has therefore requested the presidents of apex tribal bodies along with two representatives to attend the meeting. The invited tribal bodies include Angami Public Organization; Ao Senden; Chakhesang Public Organization; Chang Khulei Setsang; Konyak Union; Khiamniungan Tribal Council; Lotha Hoho; Phom People Council; Pochury Hoho; Rengma Hoho; Sumi Hoho; United Sangtam Likhurn Pumji; Yimchunger Tribal Council and Zeliang Peoples Organization.

DIMAPUR, AUG 12 (NPN): Phek District Maytas-Gayatri Damaged Victim Association (PDMGDVA) has announced temporary withdrawal of its proposed indefinite road blockade on the ongoing Chakhabama-Zunheboto and Phek-Pfutsero two-laning roads from August 16.

According to its general secretary Kuvesa Medeo, this follows the State government filing its reply before Gauhati High Court, Kohima Bench on Wednesday vis-à-vis case no. PIL 9/2019.

PDMGDVA had earlier set a 30-day deadline for the government to file its reply, failing which it threatened to launch an indefinite road blockade.

The association also resolved to extend similar chance to Government of India (respondent no.1 in the PIL) to file reply without further delay, for which it would submit a memorandum to the Centre at an appropriate time, Medeo added.

Naga cop bags ‘Union Home Minister’s medal for excellence in investigation’

Temsuyangba Ao

DIMAPUR, AUG 12 (NPN): UBSI Temsuyangba Ao of West Police Station was among the 152 police personnel, including 28 women officers, who have been awarded the ‘Union Home

Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation’ for 2021.

The Government of India on Thursday announced the names of the awardees. According to officials, the award was constituted in 2018 with the objective to “promote high professional standards of investigation of crime and to recognise such excellence in investigation by investigating officers”.

Temsuyangba was among nine police personnel from the North East to receive the award-- four from Assam and one each from Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura.

NFHRCC meeting postponed

DIMAPUR, AUG 12 (NPN): Nagaland Foothill Road Coordination Committee (NFHRCC) has informed that consultative meeting with Dimapur-based tribal hohos and student bodies on foothills road issues, which was scheduled to be held on August 14, has been postponed to August 16 at 3 pm at Hotel Saramati.

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"I don't see much future.

All we're doing is road patrols and drills and frills."

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CM to launch ‘Nagaland SDG Vision 2030’ on Aug 17 DIMAPUR, AUG 12 (NPN): State chief minister, Neiphiu Rio, would launch ‘Nagaland SDG Vision 2030’ in Kohima on August 17.

According to DIPR, minister for plg. & coordination, land revenue and parl. affairs, Neiba Kronu, would launch ‘District SDG Localisation and Integration Manual’ at the same event.State government has been working towards localising and integrating the sustainable development goals (SDGs) or the global goals since 2018. The launch of two documents would play a crucial role to further the process of SDG localisation across the state.

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Khumo launches book on evaluation

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L Khumo (2nd from R) with department officials during the book release on Thursday at Kohima. (NP)

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State level committee on AIDS constituted

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troductory speech, evaluation department, director-I Sentinuklu Jamir said the book was compiled in order to help mitigate the various problems faced by the department.

He pointed out that till in 1968, evaluation was set up as a separate unit under department of planning and coordination and later became a full-fledged department in October of 1973 through the demand no 44.

The event was chaired by joint director, A. Anden Moklong while additional director, B. Rendysowa Ao proposed the vote of thanks.

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DC Kohima informs on I-Day car pass: DC Kohima has informed all HoDs, invitees and awardees to collect the invitation cards and car passes for the forthcoming 75th Independence Day celebration from the office of the deputy commissioner on August 13, 10 a.m. onwards during office hours.

Phek DPDB conducts meeting: Monthly meeting of Phek district planning and development board was conducted on August 12 at DPDB Hall under the chairmanship of DC and vice chairman DPDB Phek, Razouvolie Dozo. The house approved Kuzhami Baptist Church Association, renewal of society registration, Pfutsero. The departments of agriculture and horticulture were entrusted to present departmental activities in the next meeting.

Tailoring institute inaugurated at Pungro: Cutting and tailoring training institute was inaugurated by ADC Pungro, Abhinav Shivam at rest house ward, Pungro on August 12.

Fazi Ali College declared ToFEI: Office of Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Mokokchung on August 12 has declared Fazl Ali College, Mokokchung as a Tobacco Free Educational Institution (ToFEI). In this connection, a certificate was handed over to vice principal R Arenla Aier by consultant District Tobacco Control Cell (DTCC) Mokokchung, Nukshiwati Longchar.

Niki-led NSCN (K) recovers four motorcycles: Niki-led NSCN (K) through its MIP has informed that the group has recovered four motorcycles—Hero glamour (chassis number MBLJAWO72K9F02527 and engine number JA06EHK9F17296), Apache RTR 160 (chassis number MT634PE43H2H35026 and engine number BE4HH2134456), Hunk Hero Honda (chassis number MBLKC13EA84E05830 and engine number KC13EA89E05476) and Pulsar 125 (chassis number MD2A170-7DWC17677 and engine number JEZWD025127). MIP has informed “rightful owners” to claim their respective motorcycles by producing valid documents.

D I M A P U R : To c o m memorate 75 years of India’s Independence and as per directives of National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), Nagaland State AIDS Control Society (NSACS) would be conducting awareness campaign in three phases. According to a DIPR report, this was aimed at online engagement and mobilities of minimum 50 students per schools and college for 25 schools and 25 colleges. For implementation of the campaign, a state level committee was formed with the following members: principal secretary, H&FW as chairperson; project director, NSACS as vice-chairperson; joint director, IEC, NSACS as convener and assistant director, Youth, NSACS as member secretary. The committee would also include representatives from department of school education, SCERT, NBSE, higher education, technical education, department of youth resources and sports (NYKS, NSS, NCC, Bharat Scout & Guides), social welfare department, state programme officer of national tuberculosis elimination program (NTEP), state blood transfusion council, HFW, department of information and public relation, All India Radio Kohima (AIR), Doordarshan Kendra Kohima (DDK) and

Meanwhile, Khumo also pointed out difficulties faced by people from his constituency due to poor network connectivity and disclosed that even this year many students could not write their exams.

He said although repeated requests were made even in the past to improve network connectivity, there was no improvement and this, he said, greatly affected the people.

Let alone other network services, people have to walk for miles in search of network to even make a simple call, Khumo added.

Earlier during the in-

Press Information Bureau (PIB) as members.

In this regard, a meeting has been convened on August 19, 12:30 p.m., in the conference hall of H&FW department, Nagaland civil secretariat. All concerned have been requested to attend the meeting.

Dated: 13-08-2020

DIMAPUR: ICFAI university Nagaland has been accredited by the London Institute of Certification & Accreditation (LICA) for demonstrating competency in organisational management, business management, and business performance in the field of education. In a press release, ICFAI registrar (officiating), Dr. VT Vasagan informed that the accreditation had made ICFAI university Nagaland the first institution in the North East region to be accredited by LICA. The release also informed that LICA is a quality assurance organisation based at London, UK and a global leader in certification and accreditation that offers quality assurance standards for educational institutions worldwide.

It may be mentioned that ICFAI university is also a member of association of Indian universities, and the only institution in Nagaland that holds membership to association of commonwealth universities, UK.

LEH organises seminar for unemployed youth DIMAPUR: A seminar on “self-reliance” for unemployed youth was organised

by Lotha Eloe Hoho (LEH) in collaboration with director, Higher Education, Kohima, Nagaland, Dr. Apeni Lotha Thursday LEH building, Wokha.

A press release by LEH stated that Fuchumbeni Humtsoe (Fuchum Sweet Box Wokha), Thunglamo T Humtsoe (Urban Growers Wokha) and Thungdemo Kyong (advisor, Team Metamorphosis, Wokha) were the resource persons.

In her address, LEH president, Zuchobeni Ezung encouraged participants to utilise traditional resources, be self-reliant which in turn would boost local economy.

Fuchumbeni Humtsoe stressed on the importance of being self-reliant, selfsufficient and encouraged the participants to venture into various platforms available to them. Sharing her experience, Humtsoe said she overcame challenges, failures and criticisms to start

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LEH representatives along with participants during the seminar.

the first professional baking in Wokha. Thunglamo T Humtsoe stressed on the importance of local economy through agriculture and encouraged the participants to venture into agriculture sector by implying various modern techniques and plans for long term sustainable career.

Thungdemo Kyong advised the participants to choose the right career by realising their hidden talents which is the ultimate goal for long term successful career. Stating that no everyone could be

accommodated in the government sector, Kyong said an individual has to come out in their comfort zone and strive forward with true determination.

The programme chaired by LEH general secretary, Loseno Ovung commenced with an invocation by LEH treasurer, Mhonchumi Kikon, welcome address by LEH president, Zuchobeni Ezung, vote of thanks by LEH finance secretary, Thungjano Kikon and benediction by LEH vice president, Renboni Jami.

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Loving wife, children and relatives

Imlitenzuk Ozukum It has been a year since you left us, even though you are not here with us physically, we always love you, miss you and hold you in our hearts with silent tears. Your memories will remain with us forever and always.

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Died on 13/08/2020 Days will pass and turn into years but we will always remember you with silent tears.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith”.

2 Timothy 4:7

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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17.12.1956 – 07.08.2021 We, the family members of Lt. Lochamo Lotha would like to convey our sincere and deepest gratitude to all our friends, neighbours, well wishers and all who stood by us during his brief illness and sad demise on 7th Aug. 2021.

We also extend our special gratitude to:1. Kohima Tsungiki Khumshung. 11. Mewiebogie Union.

2. Kohima Tsungiki Youth Fellowship. 12. Mewiebogie Fellowship.

3. Tsungiki Village.

13. Mewiebogie Youth Association.

4. Wokha Town Tsungiki Ekhung 14. Mewiebogie Women Wing.

5. Kohima Kikon Okho (KKO) 15. Mewiebogie Unit, NDPP. 6. Kohima Lotha Baptist Church 16. Lotha Khumsung, Forest Colony.

7. Kohima Lotha Baptist Church 17. Lotha Group (Charlie Coy, 13 (Women Department) NAP (IR) Bn.) 8. New Covenant Church (NCC) 18. PWD (H) CE & Staff, Kohima.

9. New Covenant Church (Worship 19. Jo Foundation Inclusive School, Team) Kohima 10. Electrical Hannah Prayer Fellowship (NCC) We deeply regret our inability to thank each and every individual personally but your benevolence extended during our trying times will always be remember. It is our humble prayer that our Almighty God bless each one abundantly.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We, the bereaved family members of Late Mhonthung Tungoe would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and everyone who stood by us physically, financially and morally during his prolonged illness till the time of his demise.

We convey our special thanks to; 1. Kohima Lotha Baptist Church 2. Doctors and staff of Naga Hospital, Kohima 3. Doctors and staff of Bethesda Nursing Home, Kohima 4. Doctors and staff of CIHSR, Dimapur 5. FPAI, Nagaland 6. Kripa Foundation, Nagaland 7. Kohima Yanmhon Ekhung 8. Tungoe/Ennio/Kinghen Union, Kohima 9. Agri Farm Ward Council 10. Agri Farm Colony Youth 11. Relatives, friends, neighbors and well wishers.

We regret our inability to thank you all individually but may the Almighty bless you all abundantly.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Mhonthung Tungoe (September 13, 1978 – August 8, 2021)

(Born: 11/11/1969 – Died : 08/08/2021) We, the family members of Late L Eli Odyuo (New Riphyim Village), would like to express our heartfelt sincere gratitude and appreciation to all individuals, friends, relatives, organisations, churches, neighbours and well-wishers who showed great kindness and stood by us through prayer, physical presence, material and financial support during his illness and untimely demise of my beloved Husband and our Father and Grandfather.

We would also like to convey our special thanks to the following individuals and organisations for their constant support.

1) Shri. Y. Patton, Dy C.M, Govt. of Nagaland 2) Shri. Hachio Patton, Sr. PS to Dy. C.M 3) Doctors and staff of CISHR, Dimapur 4) Er. Chonrothung Ezung, EE Electrical Division Wokha 5) Shri. M. Daniel Ezung, Kilo Kilonser GPRN/NSCN (IM) 6) Shri. Joseph Patton, Secretary Chaplee GPRN/NSCN(IM) 7) Kohima Riphyim Ekhung 8) GPRN/NSCN (IM) Lotha Region 9) Shri. H Aloto Shohe, EAC Wokha 10) JDA 2016 Batch As it is not possible to thank everyone individually, Please accept this acknowledgement as an expression of our deepest gratitude. May Almighty God bless you all.

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had been obtained.

While acknowledging the department as smaller in size comparatively, however, Khumo added that it’s achievements as an important functionary should not be taken for granted.

He expressed disappointment that the department was often ignored citing its size which, he added, should not be the case since it had a good track record post its inception.

Khumo further pointed out that the department was also nearing 50 years of becoming a full-fledged department since its inception in 1973.

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KO H I M A , AU G 1 2 (NPN): A book on evaluation methodology and guidelines was launched by advisor, fisheries & aquatic resources, economics & statistics and evaluation, L Khumo during a brief event at directorate of evaluation conference hall, here Thursday.

In his speech, Khumo congratulated the department for compiling and releasing a book much needed in the smooth functioning of the department.

He lauded the department for always having the zeal to learn new things and improve unlike other departments where progress often came to a standstill.

Khumo was optimistic that at this rate the department was on its way to more progress and achievements.

He disclosed that necessary works were put into place to launch the department even in the newly created district Noklak and that the required approvals

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Late Visali Tuccu (Awomi) Born : 07/04/1948 - Died : 08/08/2021 Through this column, we the family members of Late Visali Tuccu (Awomi) would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and everyone who had comforted our hearts and stood by us physically, morally, financially, and through prayers at the demise of our beloved mother.

We specially want to thank: 1. Suruhuto Town Baptist Church ( NITO MOUNT) 2. Suruhuto Town Baptist Church (AIZUTO) 3. Surumi Baptist Church (NITO MOUNT) 4. Padumpukhuri Sumi Baptist Church 5. Surumi Community Dimapur 6. Surumi Community Kohima 7. Surumi Community Zunheboto 8. Surumi Community Suruhuto Town 9. STH Suruhuto Town 10. NST Department Zunheboto 11. Driver Union (NST) Zunheboto 12. Management, doctors, nurses and staff of Zion Hospital Dimapur.

13. Civil Hospital Suruhuto Town 14. 32 AR Suruhuto Camp We regret that every name of individuals could not be mentioned.

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WEATHER FORECAST AUGUST 13

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Agartala Some rain and a thunderstorm 31 26

Mostly cloudy with a t-storm

Guwahati A heavy t-storm in the p.m.

Imphal

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Some rain and a thunderstorm 28 22

Itanagar Periods of rain

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Kohima

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Dimapur Mostly cloudy Mkg Wokha

33 25

Some rain and a thunderstorm 26 21

Tuensang Mostly cloudy with t-storms

20 17

Some rain and a thunderstorm 26 22

Zunheboto An afternoon thunderstorm

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DIMAPUR: Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) has been conducting Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) exercises on Open Defecation Free (ODF) plus in villages across the state. The PRA exercise is aimed at ODF sustainability and Solid and Liquid Waste Management (SLWM) which focusses on comprehensive cleanliness in villages.

Mokokchung: PRA exercise on ODF plus was conducted at Mopungchuket village under Kubolong block and Chuchuyimpang, Longmisa and Settsu villages under Ongpangkong north block from August 6-9.

In a press release, PHED Mokokchung division informed that the programme was organised by DWSM PHED Mokokchung division and sponsored by sanitation & WSSO PHED.

During the exercise, SDO PHED Mokokchung, Imtiyanger T Imchen spoke on the objectives of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) which he said was based on community approach towards water.

He informed that it envisaged water supply to every rural household through Functional Tap Connection (FHTC) by 2024. In this regard, he encouraged the community to contribute 5% to the mission through community participation as per JJM guidelines.

Sanitation & hygiene consultant, DWSM, Tsungrusungla Jamir spoke on solid and liquid waste management and also stressed on the importance of 4 Rs- reduce, reuse, refuse and recycle.

Meanwhile, district coordinator cum chemist, Alemjungla Longchar spoke on the importance of Field-Testing Kits (FTK)

CTC launches event to mark 50 years

Dignitaries along with college authorities at the launching programme.

DIMAPUR: Clark Theological College (CTC) Mokokchung on August 9 launched yearlong celebration as part of its 50th anniversary celebration scheduled on November 10, 2022.

A press release by CTC stated that the celebration was launched and dedicated by executive secretary of the Ao Baptist Arogo Mungdang, Prof. Rev. Dr.

Mar Pongener at the college Multi-purpose Hall.

At the programme, CTC 50th anniversary publication series-1 titled “Holistic Engagement to Transform” was also released by chairman, CTC board of governors, Dr. Sunep Imchen; the “Harvesting for Giving Scholarship” was launched by the principal of the College, Rev. Dr. A. Temjen Jamir.

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As part of the celebration, CTC said several programmes such as CTC 50th anniversary public lecture series, CTC 50th anniversary publication series, seminars and consultations, meeting and fellowship with CTC founding members, life members, patrons, alumni, churches and associations in different district headquarters has been outlined.

Director of animal husbandry and veterinary services, Dr. Budhi Lama inaugurated “pet animal operation theatre” at district veterinary hospital Dimapur August 11. The OT would provide surgical procedures such as routine neutering, tumor removal and abdominal surgery in pets among other facilities.

and its usage and testing the quality of water through FTKs. The PRA exercise was attended by village council members, WATSAN committee members, Swachhagrahis and Anganwadi workers.

Kiphire: A four-day PRA exercise under the aegis of Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) Phase II on Open Defecation Free (ODF) plus sustainability conducted by PHED Kiphire division culminated on Thursday.

In a press release, the department informed that the exercise sponsored by Sanitation and WSSO, PHED Nagaland was conducted in four villages which included Langzanger, Tetheyu, Insakiur and Longmatra villages.

The PRA exercises were undertaken with an objective to collect data, identify resources, and to

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find remedy with respect to issue related to sanitation and water supply, and to serve as a reference to ease community envisioning and action planning to improvise their lifestyle and environment.

The PRA team consisted of district coordinator cum chemist, IEC consultant, sanitation and hygiene consultant and a member from implementing support agency (Akehda Amulung).

During the exercises, IEC consultant, Tsarila L Sangtam spoke on role of swachhagrahis and WATSAN committee and apprised them to encourage the spirit of cleanliness and sanitation in their respective villages.

Sanitation and hygiene consultant, Limatemsu also highlighted on ODF Plus activities and elaborated on methods and steps involve in tackling solid and liquid

waste management.

He further advised the participants to adopt and adapt the mantra of 4Rs (Refuse, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) in managing waste in their respective vicinity.

District co-ordinator cum chemist, Horili Sangtam stressed on ODF plus sustainability and encouraged the participants to focus on sustenance and maintenance of the resources. He also conducted FTK training for swachhagrahis and five women on water quality monitoring & surveillance.

The appraisal consisted of village profile, water supply, sanitation and usage of toilet and the status of open defecation free plus.

The exercise was attended by WATSAN committee, village councils, anganwadi workers, village education committee, SHGs, NGOs and Church members.

Ex-MLA Pongchailemba passes away DIMAPUR: Former member of legislative assembly (MLA) Pongchailemba passed away in Dimapur on August 11. Late Pongchailemba, representing 55 Tobu assembly constituency, became a member of the 8th House of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly as an Independent candidate in February, 1993.

NLA speaker Sharingain Longkumer has expressed sorrow over the demise of Pongchailemba and said that contributions he has made would be fondly remembered by the people of the State.

In a condolence message, NLA speaker said that late Pongchailemba served the people of the State with great diligence in different capacities.

The speaker, on behalf of the 13th NLA, conveyed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed that God grant them solace and comfort.

Training on SHC and SHM conducted at Changtongya

DIMAPUR: Department “enrichment of soil fertility of soil and water conser- through the use of green vation on conducted a manures and bio- fertiliztraining on Soil Health ers” while ACTO (agronCard (SJC) and Soil Health omy), KVK, Mokokchung, Management (SHM), un- Samuel Sangtam spoke on der NMSA-SHC 2020-21 “different types of compost at Farmers field, Chang- making and its uses”. tongya on August 10.

Meanwhile, junior In a press release, soil conservation officer, the department informed Mokokchung, Toshinenla that while delivering the Pongen during field demexhortation, senior scien- onstration taught farmers tist and head, KVK, Mo- the soil sample collection, kokchung, Dr. Keviletsu use of GPS in sample colKhate apprised farmers lection and activities to to give importance to the be performed in demonsoil health for agriculture stration plots with use of development. vermicompost.

He also said that agEarlier, vote of thanks riculture should not be was propsed by soil conconsidered as pass time or servation assistant, Changrecreational activity, just to tongya, Imotiba while marrow financial assistance chairperson, DSCO, Morendered by government, kokchung, Ruokuosietuo but to take it as source of Dzuvichu highlighted the livelihood and economic importance of SHC and backbone while concentrat- SHM. ing on organic farming and The programme was sustainable agriculture. attended by eight villages In the technical ses- under Changtongya sub- diCUS The four th project sion, ACTO (horticulture), vision and concluded with steering committee meet- KVK, Mokokchung, Ren- distribution of soil health ing of Fostering Climate bemo Ngullie spoke on cards and vermicompost.

Resilient Upland Farming System in North East (FOCUS) – Nagaland was held on August 12 at secretariat DIMAPUR: Dimapur Press Club (DPC) has expressed conference hall, Kohima. grief over the demise of Lemei Phom, proprietor and During the meeting, former editor, Nagamese Khobor, who passed away on J Alam appealed agri and August 12 in Dimapur. allied departments and all In a condolence note, DPC conveyed its condoresponsible departments to lences to the bereaved family members and prayed that contribute towards making the departed soul rest in peace.

FOCUS project a success. tHe also infor med that the overall goal of the project would be achieved through the development objective of increasing environmental sustainability and profitability of farming systems practiced by highland farmers.

The meeting also discussed inclusion of three new districts in the FOCUS project.

With the creation of Noklak as new district and with World Bank projects in Tuensang and Peren which winded up during 2019-20, the house discussed it genuine to propose inclusion of the three districts for the remaining three years of FOCUS implementation.

The project steering committee agreed to submit the proposal for inclusion of the three districts to department of economic affairs, government of India.

3rd state level steering committee meeting on NAFCC

DIMAPUR: The third state level steering committee meeting on National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC) was held under the chairmanship of chief secretary Nagaland, J Alam at the secretariat conference hall, Kohima on August 12.

According to a DIPR report, joint director, State Agricultural Research Station (SARS) Yimsemyong, Mokokchung, Temsuinla delivered a presentation on implementation of NAFCC project in Nagaland.

She informed that the project titled “gen pool conservation of indigenous rice varieties under traditional integrated rotational farming system (jhum optimisation) for promoting livelihood and food security as climate change adaptation strategy in Nagaland” was launched in April 2019 with the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) as the funding agency.

She also disclosed that the project was implemented in five districts of Nagaland covering 22 villages, benefiting around 1000 families.

Various agendas were discussed in the meeting including extension of the project period.

Agriculture production commissioner (APC),

Kikheto Sema said that the project was for a period of three years, however, it could not be implemented on time due to delay in release of fund, total lockdown and prolonged dry spell which affected standing crops in some districts.

He therefore sought approval from the house to request the ministry to further extend the project period till March 2022 to complete the project to which the house agreed.

It may be mentioned that NAFCC project in Nagaland aims to undertake baseline survey for targeting of Jhum area, facilitate treatment at 1 ha of Jhum area per family, develop germplasm of traditional rice varieties, promote cultivation of Indigenous varieties of rice in 1000 ha area, etc.

The projects under NAFCC prioritises needs that build climate resilience in areas identified under State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) and relevant missions under National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is the National Implementing Entity (NIE).

4th project steering committee meeting of FO-

DPC condoles

Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav: Deptts, institutions organise various activities

DIMAPUR: Various institutions and departments in the state have been organising events and conducting activities to commemorate the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence (Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav).

Rally held in Mokokchung: A rally celebrating 75th years of Independence was flagged off by Extra Assistant Commissioner (EAC) Headquarters, Zerutso Kesuzie Thursday at Imkongmeren Sports Complex and culminated at the Town Square.

The rally was organised by the District Sports & Youth Resources in collaboration with the district administration and volunteers from the National Service Scheme (NSS) of Jubilee Memorial College and Fazl Ali College along with Nehru Yuva Kendra, Mokokchung.

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dian Independence Day, district administration Noklak reached out to senior citizens of Noklak Town on August 9 and 10. According to a DIPR report, gifts were handed out to 131 senior citizens of Noklak town who were 75 years and above, as informed by EAC HQ, Kathyinla, officer in-charge.

The district administration was assisted by the ward authorities.

Flag rally, road safety awareness in Wokha: A flag rally was organised by district administration, Wokha in collaboration with the district youth resources & sports office, NSS, and NYKS Wokha district on August 12. According to a DIPR report, the flag rally was flagged off by deputy commissioner Wokha, Orenthung Lotha. The rally commenced from police pointPWD junction via daily market and culminated at police point, where around

45 participants took part.

Meanwhile, the district road safety committee, Wokha conducted a road safety campaign to commemorate the celebration of 75th anniversary of India’s Independence at Wokha Town on August 12. The programme was conducted in collaboration with district transport department and traffic police, Wokha.

On the occasion, bikers driving without helmets were provided with free helmets and defaulters were also cautioned.

Later, activities such as distribution of pamphlets and leaflets on road safety awareness were distributed to commuters.

Mass social work at Tening town: In view of the upcoming Independence Day celebration, a mass social work was conducted at Tening Town on August 12.

According to a DIPR report, the social work was

carried out in all the wards and town area.

Shops and business establishment remain closed during the working period.

PHED Peren division organises events: Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), Peren division have been organising various events in the district since July 1 and would culminate on August 14.

According to a DIPR report, the department organised cleanliness and tree plantation drives at the water treatment plant area, New Peren on July 2 followed by a webinar on capacity building on ODF+ on July 13. Another webinar on JJM IMIS registration and Use of field testing kits (FTK)

by WATSAN members and Swachhagrahis was conducted on July 18.

Swachhata Shramdham (cleanliness drive) of traditional well/ ponds/ drainage systems was con-

ducted in the villages of Ndunglwa, Punglwa, Samziuram and Gaili from July 28 to August 2.

An awareness campaign on Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) was carried out in various villages through the means of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) exercises held from August 4-8.

Meanwhile an ODF plus sustenance exercise at village level would be conducted from August 10-14, where Individual Household Latrines (IHHL) would be inspected ensuring that no household is left behind.

Free health camp to be conducted in Longleng: In commemoration of the 75th year of Indian Independence Day, the district administration, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) and Mahila Shakti Kendra (MSK) in collaboration with medical department would be organising a free health camp for mother & girl child and

healthy baby show competition on August 14 at Local Ground, Longleng.

Other activities to be undertaken include BBBP stall (promoting local products) and car poster campaign during Independence Day. All mother and girl child have been requested to avail the facilities provided.

PGC organises painting competition: Phek Government College (PGC), under the initiative of the college’s literary and performing arts club, organised an online painting competition for students during the second week of August.

In a press release, PGC informed first prize was bagged by Zhoku Nyekha (BA III semester), Chingmai Wangsha (BA V semester) and Kuzhongoyi Vadeo (B.SC III semester) won the second and third prizes respectively. Altogether, six students from various semesters participated.

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Mnp militants killed in infighting in Myanmar

NEW DELHI, AUG 12 (IANS): At least six members of Manipur based outlawed outfit Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) have been killed and three injured in a factional battle in Myanmar, officials said on Thursday claiming that the number of slain extremists might be eight. Security and intelligence officials familiar with the northeast India militant outfits said that six or eight PLA guerrillas were gunned down by their fellow cadres when the slain rebels tried to flee the Myanmar camp “out of frustration” on Tuesday.

“The intention of some of the PLA cadres to desert the hideout with arms led to the infighting in which “six to eight” cadres of the banned outfit were killed and three others injured,” the officials said on condition of anonymity.

The incident reportedly occurred near the Nanyang Wakathan camp of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang-Yung Aung faction) in the Sagaing region of Myanmar. The camp is across Pangsau Pass in the Changlang district of southern Arunachal Pradesh. In the Wakathan

camp of NSCN (KYA) cadres of the PLA, the most active Manipuri meitei group, are also accommodated on payment basis.

Family members of three killed PLA members were contacted and confirmed they belonged to Thoubal and Kakching areas in Manipur.

The killed PLA cadres included Self-styled Major Boycha, Leimba, Angamba, Tanthouba, Tomcha and Suresh.

The bodies of all the killed militants have been buried in Myanmar.

According to the security and intelligence officials, the PLA cadres were frustrated with the Myanmarese Army, due to demands for money and coercion to join them in dealing with the civilian resistance group People’s Defence Force (PDF) and other groups against the military junta.

The PDF is the armed wing of Myanmar’s National Unity Government in exile. “Cash is not available as they are unable to extort money in India leading to lack of basic necessities in the militant camp, and also

there is no connection with their initial ideology staying so far away from Manipur.

Uninspiring leadership has made things even worse,” they said. Members of the PLA, one of the oldest and leading banned extremist group of the region and other extremist outfits of the northeast region have been paying the NSCN (K-YA) a hefty sum annually for accommodation at its camps.

Cross border movements of militants, smuggling of drugs and various other contraband, including exotic animals and reptiles, often takes place from Myanmar which shares 1,643 km of unfenced borders with four northeastern states -- Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland.

Almost everyday, the Assam Rifles, Border Security Force, other government agencies and state police of different northeastern states are confiscating huge quantities of arms, ammunition and a variety of very addictive stimulant drugs mostly smuggled from Myanmar, which is under military domination since February 1.

NORTHEAST

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 2021

In a first in 40 years, ULFA-I not to boycott I-Day celebrations

GUWAHATI, AUG 12 ( AGENCIES): For the first time in its 42-year-old history, the banned United Liberation Front of AsomIndependent (ULFA-I) has decided not to boycott the Independence Day celebrations this year or call for a shutdown on the occasion, reports Hindustan Times.

In a statement released on Wednesday, Rumel Asom, a member of the outfit’s publicity wing, also expressed willingness to talk to the Centre on the question of Assam’s sovereignty. HT has seen a copy of the twopage statement written in Assamese.

“In view of the Covid-19 situation….and other problems like flood, erosion and unemployment affecting indigenous populations, ULFA-I has refrained itself this time from armed protest of the fake Independence Day of colonial India or called for a ‘bandh’,” the statement read.

Since its inception in 1979 with the aim of an armed struggle to create an independent Assam, ULFA has been boycotting Independence Day and Republic Day celebrations and indulged in violent activities on those days.

Though it refrained from issuing a boycott call

this time, the outfit asked the public to protest against Independence Day celebrations by wearing black badges, flying the ULFA-I flag and other means while following Covid-19 protocols.

“Our organization is not against talks or belligerent. But it is not possible to deny historic facts or waver from our ideological goals in the name of talks. Indian authorities have maintained that talks with ULFA-I can’t include the question of (Assam’s) sovereignty,” the statement added.

The statement cited the Treaty of Yandaboo, 1826 signed between the king of Myanmar (Burma) and the British, which ended Myanmar’s claim on Assam and Manipur, to claim Assam has always been “independent and autonomous”.

ULFA-I sought “restoration of sovereignty on historical facts” as a precondition for talks with the Centre. “The constitution of India has been amended nearly 100 times. Why can’t it be amended again to allow for talks with ULFA-I? If India wants talks, it should amend the constitution to approve the right to secede by communities or allow a plebiscite participated by bonafide indigenous communities,” it added.

Manipur CM flags off consignment of 1 MT of black rice Correspondent

Manipur CM N Biren Singh flagging off the first consignment of black rice to Europe in Imphal.

Talking to media on the occasion, Singh said that Chak-Hao had got the Geographical Indication (GI) tag and it had good demands from different parts of the country as well.

He said that for the first

NPP first political party from NE to have office in Delhi

Correspondent

SHILLONG, AUG 12: National president of the National People’s Party (NPP) and chief minister of Meghalaya, Conrad K Sangma on Thursday inaugurated the party’s office in national capital New Delhi, a first for any Northeastbased political party.

NPP being the eighth national party in the country was allotted the party office

by Government of India at 75 North Avenue.

After dedicating the party office to his late father Purno A’gitok Sangma, Sangma informed that the Government of India has allotted the party office to NPP for fulfilling the criteria as national party status.

“No political party from Northeast has ever achieved this level,” he said, while terming that the inauguration of the party office in Delhi was “a great moment for the people of Northeast”.

“The NPP has been working with a focused approach to reach out to different parts of the country, wherever the vacuum for political leadership is required,” he said, adding that NPP, which started its journey with focus on the Northeast, was “slowly expanding its reach for the greater cause of the minorities and the marginalised section of the society”.

“In the coming days, NPP will further strengthen

itself and will emerge as a major political force and will ensure victory of the party in the State election in Manipur, which is slated for 2022,” he said, while expressing confidence that the next Chief Minister in the Manipur would be from NPP. He also welcomed various leaders from different political parties, who joined the party on Thursday and will contest for the upcoming assembly elections in Manipur.

While Manipur Deputy Chief Minister Joykumar Singh said that NPP leadership has been working to ensure that the party becomes a mighty political force across Northeast.

“We made a humble beginning in Manipur. Today, we have become an acceptable party in Manipur and have expanded our wings across the State. In the next election, we will contest from the majority of seats to validate our party’s victory,” he added.

Meghalaya’s Deputy CM and senior NPP leader Prestone Tynsong said, “It is a proud moment for Northeast as the NPP has its fullfledged office in Delhi.”

M e g h a l aya Powe r Minister James Sangma, Lok Sabha MP from Tura, Agatha K Sangma, the wife of Late PA Sangma, Soradini K Sangma and former Meghalaya Chief Minister and national vice president of NPP, DD Lapang were also present.

time, one MT of this highly nutritious rice variety was being exported officially to different European countries.

He further said that export of organic ginger and pineapple were also being

Seeds of F1-Cabbage, quinoa and ginger would be provided to the farmers of Kangpokpi, Chandel, Ukhrul, Tengnoupal and Senapati as alternative to poppy, he added.

With the vision of the chief minister, ‘War on Drugs’ campaign was launched to destroy the illegal poppy plantations. As a result, during 2020-21, many poppy growers were affected.

To mitigate the adverse and immediate impact of poppy destruction on poor farmers, the chief minister instructed the officials concerned to form an inter-departmental committee and chalk out ways to provide quality seeds as an alternative means of livelihood to the farmers.

Correspondent SENAPATI, AUG 12: All Naga Students’ Association, Manipur (ANSAM) has strongly opposed the “Government of Manipur notification with reference to the meeting on 07/08/21 chaired by the Chief Secretary of Manipur directing all headmen of villages to hoist national flag on August 15 to mark the 75th Independence Day of India”. ANSAM has termed the “notification” as a “matter of great concern”.

In a press release, ANSAM said that the student body “representing the collective voice of all Naga students and youth in Manipur” must put squarely that unless the Government of India fully implements the Framework Agreement of August 3, 2015 signed between the “Government of India and the NSCN/GPRN” in letter and spirit, the Nagas living in Manipur state would not extend their co-operation in celebrating the 75th Independence day of India.

The Naga student body said that this “strange notification” amounts to complete denial of the present Indo-Naga political situation. “It is unprecedented that the Government of Manipur is resorting to such a cheap political tactics to suppress decades of Naga people’s movement for right to self-determination,” the Naga student body said. “Indeed, the government of Manipur is well aware of our history that the Government of India has duly recognized as ‘unique’ and reaffirmed the same.

ANSAM then appealed for peace and understanding and not intimidation. “We have sacrificed 75 years of Naga history to a conflict we did not create and will

continue to sacrifice in the years to come,” the Naga student body asserted.

“Can the Government of India expect the Nagas to respect and honour India’s national flag in our lands when there is no reciprocal treatment to the Naga national flag? Is this the way to find an honourable political solution?,” ANSAM asked.

The student body then said that, it must be clear to everyone by now that the Naga people’s struggle and sacrifice for decades on so many levels because “our political rights and identity are core to our very existence”. “Therefore, such a directive or order is unacceptable to the Naga people,” it added.

ANSAM then said that the true spirit of joining in celebrating India’s independence can happen only after “mutually” agreed Framework Agreement is honoured by the Government of India.

ANSAM also said that it truly “believes in peaceful co-existence of India and Nagalim as two entities for all time to come”.

It added that any order or direction that imposes any conditions on the Nagas against their will is certainly not the wish or command of Mahatma Gandhiji- the Father of the Nation nor accepted by the Nagas. “Therefore, as a mark of protest against the imposition of celebrating India’s independence, ANSAM expresses our resentment and call for non-cooperation towards the celebration of the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence Day,” the press release further said. Accordingly, ANSAM requested its constituent units to enforce non-cooperation to the celebration of “forth-coming 75th Independence Day of India on August 15, 2021 within your respective jurisdiction”.

Toy train planned to Tawang

ITANAGAR, AUG 12 (PTI): The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) will build a ‘toy train’ in the picturesque hilltop town of Tawang, home to the world’s biggest Buddhist monastery outside Tibet.

Ar unachal Pradesh C h i e f M i n i s t e r Pe m a Khandu gave his nod to the project proposal during his meeting with NFR general manager Anshul Gupta on Thursday morning, a statement issued by Khandu’s office said.

The toy train will be an added attraction in the tourist spot of Tawang, situated at an elevation of approximately 3,048 metres in western Arunachal Pradesh, and 448 km from state capital Itanagar and close to Indo-China border.

Tawang, where the cur-

rent Dalai Lama rested for a few days after his escape from Tibet in 1959, fell to Chinese troops briefly in the 1962 war between India and China and is considered a strategic town, which China still claims is

part of Tibet and thus part of Beijing’s domain. The project envisages a touristcentric toy train service in and around Tawang township that would include a park with facilities like food centres and craft bazaar.

Dearest Tajung ( Ayala), As i gaze up to the clear blue sky at night, my mind and heart fills with admiration enjoying the brightly shining moon like you surrounded by glittering stars. I feel so lucky to have you in my life gifted with talents. As you celebrate your birthday today, i wish you a very long life coupled with abundance of blessings. Happy birthday tajung.

With love always, Imti Lemtur IN THE COURT OF

Principal Judge

The Tsungiki Village Council (TVC) hereby cautions all concerned that no one, either from Tsungiki village or from outside, shall be allowed to mishandle or mistreat the workers or create problems for them including their machineries without valid reasons in the ongoing NH-2 Two Lane Construction (Km 83.000 to Km 101.00) under Tsungiki Village jurisdiction.

In the event of violation of this notice, TVC shall assist the law enforcing agencies to initiate action, or may even, if deemed fit, initiate its own course of action against the defaulters.

Wonimo Ngullie Janthungo Kikon Head GB, TVC Chairman, TVC

Regd. No. 2625/19 Date 21/08/19 I, Shri. NEITSHOLO TSÜHA, S/o PFULHINYI TSÜHA, a resident of Menyitsuda Colony, Pfutsero Town, do hereby solemnly affirmed and swear as follows: 1. That I am a citizen of India and a resident of the aforesaid locality.

2. That my name has been erroneously written as Shri.

NEITSHOLO in my Class 10 and B.A. documents and Shri. NEITSHOLO TSÜHAH in my Class 12 documents.

3. That my name Shri. NEITSHOLO TSÜHA, Shri.

NEITSHOLO and SHRI. NEITSHOLO TSÜHAH are all one and the same person.

4. That my name Shri. NEITSHOLO TSÜHA is correct and will be used in all future official documents.

That the above statements are true to the best of my knowledge and nothing has been concealed.

Deponent.

K-1522

FAMILY COURT DIMAPUR :: NAGALAND Guardianship Petition No. 13/2021 NOTICE (Sec 10 of Guardianship & Ward Act.) Whereas an application under the Guardianship & Ward Act has been filed by Smti. Agnes Ezung for appointment of Guardianship in respect of minor(s) Master Chumbemo K Ezung before this Court and whereas the 14 day of September 2021 has been fixed for the hearing on the matter.

NOTICE is hereby given inviting objection if any from the person having interest in the above named minor(s) to be furnished on or before the fixed date/or appear in person.

Given under my hand and seal of the Court on this 12th day of August 2021.

JUDGE DP-3928

AFFIDAVIT

IN THE COUrT OF PrINCIPAL DISTrICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE

Regd. No. 138/2021

TSUNGIKI VILLAGE COUNCIL

AFFIDAVIT DECLArATION

WOKHA : NAGALAND – 797111

CAUTIONAry NOTICE

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IMPHAL, AUG 12: Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Thursday flagged off a consignment of one metric ton of organic Chak-Hao (black rice) to Europe in a simple function held at the western gate of Chief Minister’s Secretariat, Imphal. On the occasion, the CM also flagged off vehicles carrying quality seeds for distribution to villagers of different districts affected by destruction of poppy plantations due to the government’s ‘War on Drugs’ campaign.

Quality seeds are being provided to villagers under the Alternative Seed Distribution Scheme by the state department of horticulture and soil conservation.

done regularly under the aegis of Manipur Organic Mission Agency (MOMA) of the state horticulture and soil conservation department.

Stating that all necessary support were being extended to farmers in this regard, the chief minister stressed the need for quantity and quality increase in production of indigenous varieties.

On distribution of seeds, the chief minister said that today’s distribution of seeds was for around 460 hectares for the farmers affected by destruction of poppy plants due to ‘War on Drugs’ campaign.

Singh also appreciated people’s support and positive response to the campaign.

ANSAM objects to govt’s order to hoist national flag on Aug 15

(Change of name) I, Pongsekyu, aged 42 years, S/o Late Lipikyu of Seyochung village and presently residing at Power ward, Kiphire Town and a District of Kiphire Nagaland- India, do hereby solemnly affirmed and declared on oath as follows:1. That I am bonafide citizen of India belong to Sangtam Naga Tribe.

2. That my official name is Pongsekyu.

3. That in my official documents/records my name has been entered and recorded as Pongsekyu & Sechomong.

4. That the names Pongsekyu & Sechomong are of the one and same person i.e me 5. That henceforth my name Pongsekyu should be used for all official and other educational document references.

6. That this affidavit shall stand as a piece of evidence and that it shall be kept in records for any future ratification/correction if any complication that may arise with regard to my name.

That the above statements made are true to the best of my knowledge and no material facts has been concealed herein and I signed this affidavit before the competent authority on 11th August’ 2021.

Deponent 1st Class Magistrate, Kiphire, Nagaland DB-119

IN THE COUrT OF DISTrICT & SESSIONS JUDGE WOKHA : NAGALAND

NOTICE

SC. NO 63/21 NOTICE INVITING CLAIMS/OBJECTIONS OF OTHEr CLAIMANTS (S) FOr ISSUE OF SUCCESSION CErTIFICATE UNDEr PArT-1 OF INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925. whereas applicant under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate/pension benefits of Late Nlongtsu Lotha has been applied by Shri/Smti Apeni, S/o, w/o D/o, H/o Lt. Nlongtsu Lotha, R/o H.No.. wokha, Nagaland for possession of: 1. PPO No. PEN/COM/NL-16673 2. SBI A/C No. 11766543751.

Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate/pension benefits of the said deceased may if she/he so desire appear in this Court on or before 20.08.2021.

Given under the hand and seal of the Court on this day, the 20.07.2021.

District & Sessions Judge Wokha : Nagaland K-1516

KOHIMA: NAGALAND NOTICE NOTICE INVITING OTHEr CLAIMENTS TO rEPrESENTATION COME FOrWArD (UNDEr PArT-X SECTION 373 OF INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925) Succession Case No 264 of 2021 whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the estate of Late Nthunglo Lotha has filed by Shri. Neisalhou Nagi, H/o Lt. Nthunglo Lotha P/R of H/No. 115, Mewibogei (Agri Forest) Colony, Kohima to draw/operate/close/ transfer family pension covered by PPO No. PEN/17924/NL/S/18640 who expired on 19-05-2021 Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate of this said deceased may he/she so desire appear in this Court within 30 (thirty) days from the date of publication.

Given under the hand and seal of the Court on this 10th day of Aug. 2021.

Principal District & Sessions Judge K-1527 Kohima : Nagaland Regd. No. 256/2020

AFFIDAVIT

Date : 07/07/2020

I, Shri. Katilong Ao, son of Late Sakumangyang, presently residing at Industrial Estate, House No. 05, Dimapur, Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and state as follows :1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India.

2. That I hail from AO, Naga community which is one of the recognize Tribe in Nagaland.

3. That I am known by the name KATIlOnG AO and the same has been recorded in all my official documents.

4. That however, in my Appointment Order issued by the Office of the Medical Superintendent, Dimapur Civil Hospital, Government of Nagaland vide Order No. MS/D/Esstt-4/98-99/265-69 dated 16th June 99, my name has been inadvertently recorded without inserting my tribe name 'AO' as KATIlOnG. 5. That the names KATIlOnG AO and KATIlOnG refers to name of same and single person only.

6. That this affidavit is sworn before the competent authority for rectification of my name and henceforth, my name should be read and seen as Katilong Ao for all purposes.

7. That this affidavit shall be used as a piece of evidence to support, clarify and to correct with regard to name and the same shall be considered legally right and genuine in future.

8. That the statements made in the foregoing paragraphs are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

And I sign this affidavit on this the 07th day of July, 2020 at Dimapur, Nagaland.

DEPONENT Sworn and declared before me. notary Public DP-3921

AFFIDAVIT

Date 12/08/2021

I, Shri Chungsen, S/o Thongtithanyemba, resident of H/No. 275, Naharbari, Dimapur: Nagaland do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under:1. That, I am a bonafide citizen of India.

2. That, my father's correct and official name is Thongtithanyemba.

3. That, however, in my official documents my father's name has been inadvertently entered/recorded as "Thayenba Chulam".

4. That, the names "Thongtithanyemba" and "Thayenba Chulam" belongs to same and single person only i.e my father.

5. That henceforth, I rectify the same and declare that my father's name will be "Thongtithanyemba" for all official purpose and intents.

6. That, this Affidavit is made to declare before the competent office/ authority that both the names belong to same and one person only i.e. my father.

That, the statements made by me from Para 1 to 5 are all true and correct to the best of my knowledge, belief and information and nothing material is concealed therein.

DEPONENT Solemnly sworn and declared before me on this 10th day of Aug, 2021.

Identified by : Susan T. Sangtam (Advocate) Chief Judicial Magistrate, Dimapur DP-3915

AFFIDAVIT (Declaration) Regd. No. 078/21 Date 19/07/2021 I, Dr. Longrineken, S/o Imtinuchet, aged about 54 years, permanent resident of Khar Village, Mokokchung District, Nagaland, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows :1. That I am a bonafide citizen of India.

2. That my full name is Longrineken.

3. That due to inadvertent mistake, there has been some discrepancy with regard to entry of my name in different official documents such as (1) I. Longri in my academic records, Aadhaar Card, PAN Card, Bank Pass Book and Driving License (2) Longri in my Indian Passport and Bank Pass Book, (3) Longrineken in the Electoral Roll.

4. That Longrineken is my full name, Longri is my shortened name and ‘I’ is the initial letter of my father’s name Imtinuchet.

5. That I declare on oath that all the above referred names i.e Longrineken, I.Longri and Longri are my name and refers to one and the same person.

6. That this affidavit may be treated as evidence to proof that Longrineken, I.Longri and Longri is one and the same person and henceforth, for all official purposes, my name shall be used as Longrineken.

7. That the statements made in paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 are true to my knowledge and I have not suppressed anything.

And I sign this affidavit on this the 19th day of July, 2021, at Kohima.

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India to support peace initiatives in Afghanistan

NEW DELHI, AUG 12 (PTI): India on Thursday said it does not have any immediate plan to shut down its embassy in Kabul and pressed for a comprehensive ceasefire to end the violent conflict in Afghanistan, noting that it is in touch with all the key stakeholders and regional players over the situation there.

The comments by Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi, came on a day India joined a regional meet in the Qatari capital Doha that is aimed at exploring ways to end violence in Afghanistan.

“It (situation in Afghanistan) is of concern. It is a rapidly evolving situation. We continue to hope that there will be an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire. We are supporting all peace initiatives in Afghanistan,”Bagchi said at a media briefing.

To a specific question on whether India is holding talks with the Taliban, Bagchi said “we are in touch with various stakeholders.”

The MEA spokesperson said notwithstanding the deteriorating security sit-

Arindam Bagchi uation, India is not going to close its embassy in Kabul.

“There were some stories that we are shutting it down.

It is not correct. It is speculation. We are monitoring the situation very carefully but there are no plans as such of the nature that you mentioned,” he said when asked whether India was planning to shut down its mission in Kabul in view of a rapidly worsening security situation in the war-torn country.

People familiar with the developments relating to Afghanistan said contingency plans are being readied to evacuate Indians from the country if the situation deteriorates further.

“We are closely monitoring developments in this

regard. We are concerned about the deteriorating security situation. Our mission issued an advisory for Indian nationals earlier this week advising them to return by commercial flights,” he said when asked about the safety of Indians living in that country.

To a question on circulation of a video on social media purportedly showing the Taliban seizing a military helicopter in Kunduz airport, believed to be donated by India to Afghanistan, Bagchi said it is an internal matter of that country.

“We are seeing different reports. The ground situation is difficult to understand what is the actual accurate report. There was a talk about a helicopter which we had given. This is not something for us to comment on...All I can say is that this is an internal matter of Afghanistan and I would not like to comment on that aspect,” he said “Last year our mission in Kabul facilitated the return of more than 383 members of the Hindu and Sikh community from Afghanistan to India and the

mission continues to remain in touch with Afghan Hindu and Sikh community members and we will ensure the provision of all necessary assistance to them,” he said.

Asked about reports of Pakistan continuing to support the Taliban and the influx of hundreds of terrorists into Afghanistan from that country, he said,”the world know’s what kind of role is being played and the kind of concerns they (the countries) have over what the terror elements from there have done in Afghanistan. “The whole world knows it; We do not have to tell. The issue figures in our conversations,” Bagchi added.

As the Taliban continues its offensive to capture new territories in Afghanistan, Pakistan has been under increasing international criticism over continuing to provide logistical and tactical support to the militant outfit.

He said India’s primary concern is to ensure peace and stability in Afghanistan.

“We hope that all stakeholders come and find a peace process. Our con-

versation with our partners is directed at that. We have been saying that for the peace in Afghanistan, we need to ensure that the external malign influences do not happen,” he said, in an oblique reference to Pakistan.

“We clearly are aware of how it is happening and we will certainly hope that all parties including the regional countries understand this and work towards a situation where Afghans can have a process that is owned by them, controlled by them and led by them as we have been saying,” he said.

The Taliban has been making rapid advances across Afghanistan by resorting to widespread violence since the United States began withdrawing its troops from the country on May 1.

The US has already pulled back the majority of its forces and is looking to complete the drawdown by August 31.

India has been engaged with a number of stakeholders and leading powers on the latest developments in Afghanistan.

5 UP farmers False narratives about judges will not vote for need to be refuted: CJI Ramana BJP: Akhilesh

LUCKNOW, AUG 12 (IANS): Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said that no matter how hard the BJP tries to connect with farmers in Uttar Pradesh, they will not vote for the saffron party.

Farmers, he said, will vote unitedly against the BJP in the next state polls.

Reacting to the BJP’s plan to hold Kisan Sammelans in the state to reach out to farmers, Akhilesh said, “When the time has come for the ‘Annadata’ to become a voter, the BJP remembers farmers. Farmers are not going to fall in the trap of the BJP. In 2022, farmers will vote unitedly against the BJP.” The BJP is going to launch a farmer outreach programme, ‘Kisan Samvad’, from August 16 to 23.

Akhilesh further slammed the BJP for not fulfilling its promise of doubling farmers income and also showing insensitivity towards their demand for repealing farm laws.

NEW DELHI, AUG 12 (AGENCIES): Chief Justice of India N V Ramana Thursday said that false narratives and misconceptions created in minds of the people that judges supposedly lead an easy life need to be refuted by educating the public about the work put by them with limited resources, reports NDTV.com.

The CJI said the most obvious sacrifice to become a judge is monetary of course but one must be moved by the spirit of public duty to take such a decision.

Justice Ramana, who was speaking at a farewell function of Justice R F Nariman organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), said that it is important for judges to stay in touch with society and not remained completely secluded. However, he said the undeniable fact is that “our engagement with society undergoes a drastic change when we become a judge.”

“I would like to flag the amount of work we put in as Judges, day in and day out. There exists a misconception in the minds of the

N V Ramana people that Judges stay in big bungalows, work only 10 am to 4 pm and enjoy their holidays. Such a narrative is untrue,” the CJI said.

He said it is not easy to prepare for more than 100 cases every week, listen to novel arguments, do independent research, and author judgments, while also dealing with the various administrative duties of a Judge, particularly of a senior judge. “We continue to work even during the Court holidays, do research and author pending judgements.

Therefore, when false narratives are created about the supposed easy life led by Judges, it is difficult to swallow,” CJI said.

More than 1200 villages in UP hit by floods, rescue underway Terrorists attack BSF in Kulgam

Mandaviya meets WHO Chief Scientist NEW DELHI, AUG 12 (PTI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday met WHO Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan and held discussions over the global health body’s approval for Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin.

“Held a meeting with Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist of @WHO. We had a productive discussion on WHO’s approval of @BharatBiotech’s COVAXIN. @DoctorSoumya also appreciated India’s efforts for the containment of #COVID19,” Mandaviya tweeted. All documents required for Emergency Use Listing (EUL) have been submitted by Bharat Biotech for COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin to the World Health Organization (WHO) as of July 9 and the review process by the global health body has commenced, the Rajya Sabha was told last month. Responding to question on whether it has come to the notice of the government that Covaxin used in India as Covid vaccine is not recognised by many countries, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar in a written reply said, “The Government of India is aware that Covaxin at present is not part of WHO Emergency Use Listing (EUL).”

Elaborating on efforts that have been made by the government to resolve this issue, Pawar said, “All documents required for Emergency Use Listing (EUL) have been submitted by Bharat Biotech International Ltd. to WHO as of 9th July 2021.

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in Pallia Kalan (Kheri) and Quano river in Chandradeep ghat (Gonda), it said.

Relief works have been initiated and 20,768 rations kits and 167213 lunch packets have been distributed among the flood affected people.

NDRF, SDRF and state PAC have been deployed to help the people and 59 rescue teams predeployed in 43 districts.

SRINAGAR, AUG 12 (IANS): Two security force personnel and two civilians have been injured in an ongoing encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Thursday, officials said.

The encounter started on Thursday afternoon after terrorists opened fire on a BSF convoy on the National Highway in Kulgam.

The area was immediately cordoned off and additional forces reached the spot. The terrorists involved in firing were trapped and an operation was started by the police and security forces.

“Two trapped terrorists of LeT still alive. Ex-

change of fire on. Two Security Forces personnel and two civilians injured from terrorists fire.

Taking all precautions for lesser collateral damage as target building is huge one,” police tweeted, quoting IGP, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar.

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hen newly sworn-in Assam chief minister Dr.Himanta Biswa Sarma assumed office, his priorities were highlighted by an aggressive stance at the state’s borders and anti-Muslim policy under the guise of preventing cow smuggling to Bangladesh. Both invariably also affected north eastern states. The aggressive border policy sparked tensions with Nagaland while it led to firing along the AssamMizoram border in which five Assam Police personnel were killed on July 26. The Assam Cow Protection Bill 2021- introduced by Himanta to the house on July 12 has caused serious concern among people in other north eastern states. The Assam Cow Protection Bill 2021 replaces an earlier version of the same legislation from 1950 that allows the slaughter of cattle above the age of 14 that are debilitated. The 2021 Bill adds on to the older provision and aims to regulate the slaughter, consumption and transport of cattle. The Bill states that only certified cattle can be slaughtered in licensed and recognised slaughterhouses but does not allow anyone to sell beef or beef products except if permitted by the government. Assam joined 21 other states having similar bills while states where such a bill has not been adopted are- Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram. The Bill was like a double Ace aimed at Bangladesh/Muslims on one hand and pandering to BJP’s Hinduvta cow veneration. As the saying that “the devil is in the details”, the bill goes also bans selling of beef in colonies with majority Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and other non-beef eating communities.

Also, beef will not be allowed to be sold in the vicinity of any other religious institution belong to the Hindu religion. The Bill also intends to ban the transportation of cattle to and from Assam and within the state unless authorities permit the movement for ‘bona fide or animal husbandry purposes while following the guidelines as per the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.’ No permission is required for transport to grazing fields, animal husbandry or agricultural purposes. Violating the provisions may result in a jail term of 3-8 years and fines between Rs 3-5 lakh. By adding more clauses to the 1950 bill, the Himanta government has criminalised any activity involving cows in Assam and opened the doors wide for harassment and cow vigilantism. States like Nagaland, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Mizoram are already feeling the pinch. In Nagaland, imported cows from Assam have ceased and this has already hit the market with beef become scarce. When such policies are projected as a nationalistic duty carried out as per the constitution; there is a need to clarify which cow is sacred and which is not, for Hindus. Hinduism specifically considers Bos Indicus, characterised by a fatty hump on the shoulders, to be sacred and holy. BJP leader and MP Subramaniam Swamy had introduced a cow protection bill in the Rajya Sabha in 2017 but withdrew it on the assurance that the government was in the process of tabling such a bill. According to Swamy, during a TV discussion, the cows in the north east belong to the species Bos Taurus and not the sacred Hindu cow-Bos Indicus. Swamy said he has no problem with the north eastern people eating meat (beef) of Bos Taurus. When Sonowal was chief minister till (2016- 2021), Himanta also had no problem but he suddenly developed the veneration after he replaced Sonowal as chief minister.

DailyDevotion The Theology of Resting in God

Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?

—Matthew 8:26 When we are afraid, the least we can do is pray to God. But our Lord has a right to expect that those who name His name have an underlying confidence in Him. God expects His children to be so confident in Him that in any crisis they are the ones who are reliable. Yet our trust is only in God up to a certain point, then we turn back to the elementary panic-stricken prayers of those people who do not even know God. We come to our wits’ end, showing that we don’t have even the slightest amount of confidence in Him or in His sovereign control of the world. To us He seems to be asleep, and we can see nothing but giant, breaking waves on the sea ahead of us. “…O you of little faith!” What a stinging pain must have shot through the disciples as they surely thought to themselves, “We missed the mark again!”

And what a sharp pain will go through us when we suddenly realize that we could have produced complete and utter joy in the heart of Jesus by remaining absolutely confident in Him, in spite of what we were facing.

There are times when there is no storm or crisis in our lives, and we do all that is humanly possible.

But it is when a crisis arises that we instantly reveal upon whom we rely. If we have been learning to worship God and to place our trust in Him, the crisis will reveal that we can go to the point of breaking, yet without breaking our confidence in Him. We have been talking quite a lot about sanctification, but what will be the result in our lives? It will be expressed in our lives as a peaceful resting in God, which means a total oneness with Him. And this oneness will make us not only blameless in His sight, but also a profound joy to Him.

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Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

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India at 75: Wobbling and rambling

elebrating 15th of August has always been historic and a jubilant occasion for all Indians. At the same time, it makes Indians to introspect the years that have gone by, particularly a year just passed by. 2021 Independence Day is indeed momentous because it is the 75th year of India becoming a sovereign democratic republic. However, 2021 will never be momentous, not just because the country is entangled with numerous problems, but the direction with which it is positioned and the ways it is navigating towards prompts us to enter into critical scrutiny.

Nonetheless, as our country celebrates its 75th year, it is carrying a mammoth task in holding together one billion plus population under its canopy that belongs to diverse identities, ethnicities, religions, castes and classes. The current government might have planned to launch year-long celebration from August 2021 to commemorate 75 years of Independence with a variety of programmes and projects to showcase ‘development, governance, technology, growth, reform and policy’ over the years, but showcasing alone would not suffice.

75 years in the life and witness of a country is vital and significant. However, what is important is not just the years our country added, but the ways India as a sovereign republic lived up translating the provisions

imbued in the constitution to the citizens. Further, it is important for the citizens to critically analyse and evaluate the trajectories the country took over the years and the levels of growth and progress the country has achieved in the ensuing years.

India being the parliamentary and constitutional democracy, how far the leaders who have been given the reigns of powers employed the democratic and constitutional powers vested with them used for the welfare and progress of the citizens and the country as a whole.

It simply means the quality of ‘governance’ of the ruling dispensation vis-à-vis Government of India (GOI).

Governance, democracy and constitution are the most important pillars for a nation’s life and the citizens as well. These three pillars are integrated as parts to of the whole.

It is equally important to evaluate how far the governments (Centre and States) has translated these to its citizens. Along these there are a few pertinent questions that surface: What has been the ‘participatory process’ that the ruling dispensation initiated while introducing new bills and laws? What have been role of the parliamentarians and the citizens in the entire process? Have there been sufficient time allocated in the parliament for the opposition to debate over and to express their views when the bills are tabled prior to

becoming laws?

What happened between 2020-2021 in the intervening months across the country ought to be taken more seriously as they have changed the very face of the nation. India @ 75 should not just be an occasion of celebration, but a time of serious re-visitation. Nation’s governance has gravely been tested by a deadly coronavirus. On July 20, 2021, GOI made two mind-boggling statements in Parliament that the state governments had reported that there were no deaths due to medical oxygen shortage, or the lack of testing and treatment. The entire country had witnessed the plight of the citizens the agony and trauma the citizens of India faced.

April 2021 to June 2021 was the worst period wherein the coronavirus took the nation by its horn that exposed the poor healthcare infrastructure and health system. In addition, GOI’s data showed that 2.35 lakh deaths, or 56 per cent of all Covid fatalities till date, took place in those three months. It clearly showed underreporting of deaths, wherein others estimate that the numbers of death could be double or at least 30-40 per cent more.

The entire world did witness surging cases of the virus that resulted in infections and deaths in thousands and lakhs that ripped open vertically the poor supply of oxygen, medical care and beds both in private and public hospitals.

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How could the ruling dispensation conceal the facts, figures and testimonies?

The experiences of agony, loss and suffering that the citizens went through and going through continue to face shall never be quashed away because they are vividly present. Second wave has completely exposed the failure of GOI and the state governments for not updating the data of those infected and died of coronavirus. It has further opened-up GOI’s and state governments’ deliberate avoidance of maintaining record-keeping protocols to avoid grim facts. Deaths are often used as proxy for governance in political rhetoric.

The Centre and the State Governments during corona times and other catastrophes play politics over deaths by providing perverse incentives to undercount and underplay the severity of the pandemic.

When PM and other leaders say that parliament is the temple of democracy, how could they play and lie with numbers and peoples’ sufferings in the parliament?

All these tantamount to politics over death, which is immoral and unwarranted.

Pegasus yet another blemish on India’s democracy. In a world ridden with tensions between security and freedom, secrecy and transparency, Pegasus has raised serious concerns over the freedom of expression both in private and public of Indian citizens as enshrined in the constitution.

Winter session of parliament has been on turmoil as the opposition wanted a discussion on Pegasus, which the GOI refuted. The use of Pegasus is posing a stark danger to freedom of expression of those nation-states rooted in the values of democracy.

Countries with dismal record on human rights like India believed to be the customers of NSO Group based in Israel.

Totalitarians with power obsession enter into surveillance of the journalists, opposition leaders, members of civil society and those they think are against them. This is the harsh reality of power and its exercise takes predominance over everything guaranteed by the Constitution.

What does it mean? It simply means that political domination such as majoritarianism or totalitarianism would go all out employing control mechanisms to throttle any dissent or ideological variance the state vis-à-vis GOI. It is nothing, but Orwellian-1984. Over and above, countrywide farmers’ struggle going on for the past one year demanding the GOI to repeal the draconian three laws that favours the agri-business oligopolies; caste violence and atrocities against the Dalits are on the rise. In Delhi just a week ago, a nine-year old girl belonging to the Dalit community was allegedly raped, murdered and cremated. A priest at the crematorium coerced the parents in old Nangal Raya in South-West Delhi – India’s

capital.

A 10-feet wall blocking the path leading to a Dalit colony at Pannimadai, on the outskirts of Coimbatore City in Tamil Nadu, perpetuating purity-pollution divide. Even India @ 75, eating beside socalled “dominant castes” and “entering” a flour mill when “upper castes’” men were present have led to lynching of Dalits in Uttarakhand.

Caste plays a significant part in the socio-political, economic and religious and cultural spheres of the Indian society. Recent elections portray that caste-calculus predominantly used while selecting candidates and seeking votes.

Prices of basic commodities keep escalating, petrol and diesel continue to hike; joblessness is growing at alarming speed; digital divides in education and many others that the citizens of India face day-in and dayout. The poor, vulnerable and the working classes suffer the most not able to meet both the ends. Development and progress have reached only the top layers of the Indian society and the poor are becoming poorer and poorer.

Priority of GOI is towards corporatization, privatization, polarization and Hinduization of the nation. If this is the core objective and vision of the ruling dispensation, what else can we expect as India steps into 75 years of independence, nothing, but, wobbling and rambling.

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Nobody expected Bangladesh to achieve high economic growth. Here’s how it proved them wrong

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should adequately redesign and notify angladesh is now 50 years our ingenuity and we all know to borrow to buy the inputs the scheme of combination of Subjects into its independence and that Bangladesh has plenty of necessary to make the order. The to position Vocational Subject as an adit is worth asking: well, people who can be ingenious. Bangladesh government banned this known and useful technique.

Which is what happened. ditional subject in Class 9 and 10 and how has everyone done?

Sure, there are those who Then they stopped doing that.

I can only comment on the as a compulsory (elective) subject in Class 11 and 12. Exposure to vocational economics of the matter. Things will claim this part of the credit, Things then improved. Which is education will also be provided in Up- like national feeling and Bengali but the true answer is that all what gives us that role of governper Primary classes i.e. class 6 to 8 to pride are not for me to have an added a little bit. Because that is ment really.

Yes, there are things that orient students with skills required for opinion upon. The answer, as it just how economies work.

It is continuing to get bet- are best done by the government. various occupations and to help them concerns that economic developin selecting their vocational subjects at ment is, well, pretty damn well ter at everything that economic Building those rural roads would growth so desired. There are be a good example of that. But actually. higher level.

No one is saying that all also those who insist that it was the other two examples – and The states will identity local job opportunities and labour market re- can relax, the job is now done. a really good government that do not forget, Brookings chose quirements and on that basis the Rather, that the direction of caused all of this, which is a bit them as examples, not me – vocational subjects will be introduced. travel is in the right direction. further than I am prepared to go. the government in fact enabled The state should adopt two vocational Further, at 6%-8% a year gross For I will entirely agree that bad things to work by stopping doing trades in each of the selected school domestic product growth, this government can, and will, stop something.

With the fertilisers and on the basis of Skill Gap Analysis, road to a better and richer world economic growth. I will also either conducted by National School is being travelled about as fast as agree that a good government other agricultural inputs, they can allow growth to happen. But realised that markets would work Development Council (NSDC) or by anyone ever has done so. that is not quite the same as the better. So, they left it to marGrowth against odds itself. Based on National Occupation This is not what, 30 years government causing the growth, kets. With the financing, it was Standards, NSDC has notified 339 simply a matter of not banning Job Roles at Level 4 (class 12) across or 40 years ago, anyone thought or at least not entirely. something known to work. Or, as Government’s role 22 sectors including Agriculture, Au- would happen. There is a comA recent report from the we might put it, of course, there tomotive, Beauty & Wellness, Gems ment from Paul Krugman in the and Jewellery, IT & ITeS, Security, 1990s where he talks about the Brookings Institute tried to do are things that the government Retail, Telecom, Tourism & Hospital- advantages of sweatshops. No this by insisting that it was all can and should do to promote ity, Healthcare, Plumbing, Electronics, one likes them very much, but about government action. Their economic development.

Often enough this means Leather, Handicrafts, Media & En- they are better than not having three examples are rural roads, fertilisers and some details of in- that it should simply get out of tertainment, Rubber etc. In selecting sweatshops in a poor place.

He then goes on to say dustrial finance. With the roads, the way. Allow economic growth courses, the state will ensure that for pass out students local skill needs are something about “even in Ban- they talk of how the villages only to occur rather than hindering appropriately addressed and suitable gladesh”. The general economic had tracks connecting them to the it. The difficulty with this as a scope of employment are available in view was, well, what can anyone larger cities or to each other be- complete plan for the country is do here? There is nothing to fore the government built paved, that this is not wholly and always neighbouring areas.

The vocational courses would be do anything with! Just some year-round roads. We will come true even though it often is.

As it took a couple of decompetency based and modular with vast number of people on the back to this. cades for this lesson to be applied The other two are a little flood plains.

How can this ever specified credits and built-in provision different. The government used in Bangladesh, the growth started for multi-entry, multi-exit and vertical develop?

The standard belief back to be the monopoly importer, as late as it did. But now that it mobility. Over a span of time, vocational courses offered by the school can be then was that, well, nothing producer and distributor of is being applied, there is no real changed, if needed. The selection of would happen. There is no trea- fertiliser. This did not work all barrier to it continuing.

There is a joy to proving the vocational courses will also keep in sure trove of natural resources, that well. So, they stopped doing economics profession wrong by this and matters improved imno particular reason why ecomind the aspirations of parents and generating growth where it was students. The selected schools will have nomic growth should occur. mensely. One of those industrial not expected to happen. But more This really was what the general finance details was something linkage with some related industry/ importantly, life continues to enterprises/factory/Local ITIs etc. for view was. Which was, of course, called “back to back letters of get better for well over 10 crore credit”.

No, do not worry about to entirely miss what economic hand-on training and design, developthe details there. It is a rather old people. ment, delivery, assessment & certifica- development is about.

Day by day, it is not imAs an entirely unfashiontechnique and close equivalents tion of skills content. mediate, but here are the next are at least centuries old. able economist called Julian The curriculum will include comTheir effect is to allow 50 years of the process. munication skills, self-management Simon pointed out the actual economic resource is human besomeone who has received a Tim Worstall skills, ICT skills, entrepreneurial skills (Courtesy: Dhaka Tribune) and green skills for enhancing the em- ings. It is we who add value by manufacturing order to use that ployability of the students. Internship of minimum 80 hours of workforce learning will help students in developing personalized training plans, acquiring firsthand information related to industry and knowledge about labour market.

Vocational Education & Training (VET) help with bridging the skill gap between work and education. Through properly planned and effectively implemented VET programme, there is a possibility to prepare employable persons Sir, As we’ve learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, going to school in person is how children for sustained employment. Qualitative skill development of the new generation and teens learn best. Many students also get vital resources they need to thrive at school. Along is a national need and the vocational with this, parents and institutions must ensure that Covid appropriate behaviour is followed. Stueducation & training will be proved as dents must also not be complacent but take necessary steps to ensure that they maintain distance while hanging out with their friends and eat lunches. Schools are safe, stimulating, and enriching a vehicle for Atmanirbhar Bharat. places to learn and with this, hygiene and SOPs should also be inculcated in the students.

Prabhat Kishoreis a technocrat & Aren Kichu, Kohima academician 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.

he global economy today requires advanced, flexible and commutable skills. Earlier the jobs were agricultural or family occupation based and the youths used to learn it through working & shadowing the experienced elders. But now, in the era of fourth industrial revolution, the emphasis is on technology based expertise requiring higher skilled workforce. Only a skilled person can grow in today’s world. That is why investment in skill development is vital for a country’s growth and competitiveness.

Schools are the Centre of career building where learners are systematically equipped knowledge, skill as well as attitude. Gandhiji has always struggled for basic education, which is based on the learning with doing as well as earning with learning. But after independence, Gandhi’s vision of nationalist education has been kept under the carpet. The main drawback of the present Macaulay system of education in India is that the youths have bundles of higher degrees in their hands, but are bereft of proper skill training resulting in high unemployment. Education system must be oriented towards producing graduates who have both strong foundational skill as well as specific skill for jobs.

The 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) estimated that only 4.69% of Indian workforce in the age group of 19-24 years received formal vocational education as against 24% in China, 52% in USA, 68% in UK, 75% in Germany, 80% in Japan and as high as 96% in South Korea. India ranked 68th in Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) 2019 - one of whose indices is skills development. Obviously, to make India internationally competitive and to boost its economic growth & productivity a skilled workforce is essential.

In para 16.1 to 16.8 of National Education Policy 2020, emphasis has been given for vocationaleducation to students so that it may help them enhancing employability. In Samagra Shiksha, vocational and practical courses has been introduced to generate among students some basic skills and disposition for becoming skilled entrepreneurs. Vocational education will be integrated in the educational offerings of all secondary schools in a phased manner over the next decade.

Skill labs will also be set up and created in the schools in a hub and spoke model which will allow other schools to use the facility. Financial provision for construction of workshop/laboratorycum-classroom, tools & equipment, raw materials, trainers etc. has been made.

The vocationalisation of school education has been aligned with National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) and will lead to introduction of vocational courses along with general education subjects from class 9 to 12.

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the tune of Rs 1,625 crore to over four lakh SHGs. In addition, Modi also released Rs 25 crore as seed money for 7,500 SHG members under the PMFME (PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises) scheme of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries and Rs 4.13 crore as funds to 75 FPOs (farmer producer organisations) being promoted under the mission.

In his remarks, the prime minister said in a changing India, opportunities are increasing for the sisters and daughters of the country to move forward.

Bureaucrats running UP govt, says BJP leader Ram Iqbal BALLIA (UP), AUG 12 (PTI): BJP state executive member and former MLA Ram Iqbal Singh on Thursday attacked his own government in Uttar Pradesh, alleging that it is being run by bureaucrats and no heed is paid to people’s representatives.

This is not the first time that the BJP leader has criticised his own government.

Earlier too, he had questioned the BJP government over farm laws and the coronavirus management.

Attacking the state government, the BJP leader told reporters,”The Yogi Adityanath government is being run by bureaucrats.

Bureaucracy did not give importance to ministers.

Earlier, officials of district administration used to come

to meet ministers but now even ministers can’t meet them.”

“The situation of people’s representatives and party leaders has become worse and no heed is paid to them,” he added.

Last week, Singh had supported the farmers’ agitation against the Centre’s three contentious farm laws, saying the Union government could withdraw these keeping in mind the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

“The demands made by farmers are right. Keeping in mind the Assembly polls and anger among farmers, the Modi government could withdraw the farm laws,” the UP BJP working committee member had told reporters here on August 8.

The gover nment is working with full sensitivity towards the education, health, nutrition, vaccination and other needs of “our sisters and daughters”, he said.

The way the women served the people of the country through the SHGs during the coronavirus period was unprecedented, the prime minister noted.

“Be it manufacturing masks and sanitiser or delivering food to the needy and spreading awareness, the contribution of your ‘Sakhi groups’ has been incomparable in every way,” he said.

In the last six-seven years, the women self-help group movement has gained momentum and there are about 70 lakh such groups with which about eight crore women are connected.

Taking a jibe at the previous governments, Modi said for years, the amount of effort that should have been put in to economically empower women was not made.

“When our government came, we saw that there were crores of sisters of the country who did not even have bank accounts, who were far detached from the banking system. That is why we first started a huge campaign to open Jan Dhan accounts,” he pointed out.

An important decision has been taken to raise the loan amount for SHGs from Rs 10 lakh to 20 lakh without any guarantee, the prime minister said.

As the country marks 75 years of independence, it is time to set new goals and move forward with new energy, he added.

“The government is constantly creating an environment in which all of you sisters can connect our villages with prosperity,” Modi asserted.

A collection of success stories of women SHG members from across the country, along with a handbook on universalisation of farm livelihoods, was also released by the prime minister during the event.

Cong cannot win Goa: BJP leader PANAJI, AUG 12 (PTI): The BJP’s Goa unit chief Sadanand Shet Tanavade on Thursday said even if the Congress gets Rahul Gandhi as in-charge, the party will not be able to win the upcoming Assembly elections in the coastal state.

The BJP leader’s comments come in the wake of the Congress appointing veteran leader P Chidambaram as its senior election observer for the Goa Assembly elections due next year.

“I have heard that the Congress has appointed Chidambaram as in-charge of Goa to decide the election strategy. Even if they get Rahul Gandhi as incharge, they will not win the election,” Tanavade told PTI at the sidelines of his tour to Quepem Assembly constituency.

Tanavade has been touring various constituencies as a part of the party’s campaign for the Assembly elections, which are scheduled to be held in February, 2022.

False cases won’t deter farmers: Tikait

KURUKSHETRA, AUG 12 (PTI): BKU leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday accused the Haryana government of slapping false cases against farmers and said it won’t deter them from protesting the Centre’s farm laws.

Maintaining that their stir will continue till the laws are repealed, he warned the state government “not to interfere” in their peaceful agitation.

“The ruling dispensation in Haryana is trying to appease its political masters by arresting agitating farm-

ers and slapping false cases against them,” he alleged.

It won’t deter them from holding the protest and their agitation against the laws will continue till the legislations are repealed, Tikait told reporters.

Replying to a question, he said farmers are united and fighting a long battle with the central government, which is “procorporate”.

“The central government refuses to listen to anyone and whosoever tries to speak against their

injustice is branded as antinational,” he said.

To another question, Tikait said farmers are sure of their victory and will force the Centre to repeal the farm laws.

In reply to another question about any campaign against the BJP in next year’s Vidhan Sabha elections in Punjab and UP, Tikait said farmers are mature enough and know everything.

“They will react and act accordingly, and unitedly during the elections,” he said.

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Cong says party’s official account blocked by Twitter

NEW DELHI, AUG 12 (PTI): The Congress alleged on Thursday that the party’s official Twitter handle as well as that of a large number of its leaders and workers have been blocked by the microblogging website, which justified the action saying it has been done for violating rules.

T h e d eve l o p m e n t comes close on the heels of the blocking of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter handle after he shared pictures of the family of a nine-year-old alleged rape-and-murder victim in Delhi last week in violation of laws. Twitter, on its part, said the blocking of the accounts of several Congress leaders, including that of Gandhi, was done to protect individual privacy and safety after they posted images that violated its rules.

The Cong ress accused the website of acting against Gandhi’s account under pressure from the government.

The chief spokesperson of the party, Randeep Surjewala, said the Narendra Modi government will not be able to suppress their voice by threatening Twitter.

“How much will you scare Twitter at the behest

of the police? This is not just an issue of freedom of speech, but it is the issue of raising the voice of a poor Valmiki Dalit girl for justice and bringing it before the country. Till justice is given to the poor girl, we will continue to raise this voice,” he said.

“The Modi government cannot cowardly suppress our voice by threatening Twitter,” Surjewala told reporters. On Instagram, the Congress said: “Twitter India has locked the official handle of the principal opposition party.

This is an unprecedented attack on the voice of the people.”

The head of the Congress’s social media department, Rohan Gupta, said the party’s official Twitter handle and around 5,000 accounts of its top leaders and workers have been blocked by the website. He alleged that Twitter is acting against the opposition party leaders under pressure from the government.

“Twitter is clearly acting under government’s pressure as it did not remove the same pictures shared by the Twitter account of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes for a few days,” Gupta said.

‘At least 15 crore children out of formal education’

NEW DELHI, AUG 12 (PTI): At least 15 crore children and youths are out of the country’s formal education system, and roughly about 25 crore population is below the primary definition of literacy, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said Thursday.

He was addressing a session on “Job creation and entrepreneurship” organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) during its annual meeting.

“If we take into account the numbers of children and youths between the age of 3-22 years who are enrolled in government, private and charitable schools, anganwadis, Higher Education Institutions and in the entire skilling ecosystem, the cumulative figure from all the verticals is around 35 crore while (the country’s) population in the particular age group is around 50 crore,” Pradhan said.

“This means that at least 15 crore children and youth are out of the formal education system. We want to bring them into the education system as it is necessary to ensure a productive workforce in the economy” he added.

The Education Minister said that a census following the independence of the country had found that 19 per cent of the population was literate then.

“After 75 years of independence day, the statistics of literate population has reached 80 per cent. Which means 20 per cent population or roughly around 25 crore are still below the primary definition of literacy,” he said.

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NEW DELHI, AUG 12 (PTI): Taking a swipe at the previous governments, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said for years, the amount of effort that should have been put in to economically empower women was not made and asserted that his dispensation is constantly creating an environment in which women self-help groups can connect villages with prosperity.

Participating in the “Aatmanirbhar Narishakti se Samvad” (dialogue with self-reliant women), the prime minister interacted with the women self-help groups (SHGs) promoted under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) via videoconferencing.

He also released capitalisation support funds to

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(From p-1) About 11% of the respondents said it “will recover completely but not surpass pre-Covid 2019-20 level”.

On an aggregate basis, 3 in 4 Indians foresee India that will be able to drive significant economic recovery from Covid within the next one year before it completes 75 years of Independence, LocalCircles said.

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demographic dividend and create enough jobs and entrepreneurship opportunities has dropped to an all-time low.

To the similar question asked in the 2018 and 2019 surveys or before the Covid-19 hit India, 35% of citizens had said they were confident about India creating a lot of new employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. This percentage declined to 31% in the 2020 survey, and is currently at 26%.

‘We were threatened over bills’: 8 ministers counter Opposition

(From p-1) “... a lady marshal was manhandled... Opposition’s behaviour in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday was a new low for parliamentary democracy,” he said, dismissing claims of external forces, “There were 30 marshals... 18 men, 12 women. No one from outside was brought in”.

Union Minister Anurag Thakur said that while the people of the country wait for their issues to be raised in the House, the opposition’s only agenda from street to parliament was only anarchy. Instead of shedding crocodile tears, the opposition should apologize to the country.

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MUMBAI, AUG 12 (PTI): The Sensex and Nifty darted up to fresh all-time highs on Thursday as investors lapped up power, IT and banking stocks amid mixed global cues.

A strengthening rupee, which surged 19 paise against the US dollar, further lifted sentiments, traders said.

The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 318.05 points or 0.58 per cent to close at its fresh record of 54,843.98. Intra-day, it scaled al all-time high of 54,874.10.

Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty advanced 82.15 points or 0.26 per cent to its lifetime peak of 16,325.15.

PowerGrid was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rallying 6.22 per cent, followed by Tech Mahindra, HCL Tech, Titan, L&T, NTPC and ICICI Bank.

On the other hand, Dr Reddy’s, IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank, M&M, Reliance Industries and SBI were among the laggards, dipping up to 0.67 per cent.

Market breadth was positive, with 21 Sensex stocks closing in the green, while 9 suffered losses.

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Chinese jitters over tightening regulatory scrutiny of online insurance companies were outweighed by the slowdown in pace of the US inflation data and rebound in UK GDP numbers.

“US consumer price inflation stood at 5.4 per cent YoY in July, unchanged from June’s data, taking some heat out of concerns over early tapering by the Fed. UK GDP grew by 4.8 per cent QoQ in Q2 as activity and demand rebounded with the easing of Covid restrictions,” said Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services.

Binod Modi, Head Strategy at Reliance Securities said IT stocks remained in focus as sustained double-digit revenue growth visibility backed by strong deal wins offer comfort to investors.

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Sectorally, BSE utilities, power, industrials, capital goods and IT indices rallied up to 3.11 per cent, while energy ended in the red.

Broader BSE midcap and smallcap indices soared up to 1.97 per cent.

Asian markets tumbled after China released a five-year plan pitching for greater business regulation amid a crackdown on its tech companies. Bourses in Europe were largely in the positive zone in afternoon trade.

Meanwhile, international oil benchmark Brent crude rose 0.17 per cent to USD 71.56 per barrel.

The rupee appreciated by 19 paise to close at 74.25 against the US dollar on Thursday.

Foreign institutional investors emerged as net buyers in the capital market on Wednesday as they bought shares worth Rs 238.14 crore, as per exchange data.

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(From p-1) Mentioning that these institutes were no less than any other educational institutes and commending their activities, ANCSU stressed these institutes should also be brought under certain educational regulation/authority of the State.

While some of these institutes were funded, some self-established and some on partnership with other premier institutes, the union observed that these were yet to be brought under any competent authority/regulation/ education department of the State.

Hence, it proposed the State government to ensure that such institutes were registered and monitored so that they functioned properly.

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Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena MP in Rajya Sabha, said that the opposition didn’t get a chance to present views in Parliament. “Yesterday’s incident against women MPs was against democracy. It felt like we were standing at the Pakistan border,” he said.

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then walked in protest from Parliament House to Vijay Chowk. Those who attended the meeting included Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, Kharge, Sanjay Raut, Manoj Jha and other opposition leaders. The protest comes a day after the passage of bills in Rajya Sabha amid charges of manhandling of opposition leaders.

The protesting MPs carried placards and banners

financial losses, mounting electricity dues of the Government Departments, including the Central & State Governments; Urban & Rural Local bodies; and Government Boards and Corporations due to delayed and inadequate payments for electricity usage also causes cash flow distress in DISCOMs. The interest burden on the additional working capital availed by DISCOMs to tide over the shortfalls further creates an inflationary pressure on their costs, thereby placing further stress on their viability.

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(From p-1) “On Wednesday, Rajya Sabha MPs were physically beaten,” he charged.

Rahul said the opposition was not allowed to speak inside Parliament and “this is nothing short of murder of democracy”.

Top leaders of several opposition parties met in the chamber of Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and

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the path of financial sustainability, promotion of energy efficiency.

It would also serve as a model for emulation by states for defining similar such mechanisms that support prepayment of the electricity dues by their own Departments.

DISCOMs are often termed as the most important, but the weakest link in the power sector value chain, as their poor financial health at the bottom of the value chain has far reaching negative impacts upstream.

Apart from the operational inefficiencies that cause

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NEW DELHI, AUG 12 (IANS): The Ministry of Power has issued an advisory to all Central Ministries of the government to direct organisations under their administrative control to ensure they switch over to Prepaid Smart Meters on priority.

As part of the same process, the ministries have also been asked to issue all enabling orders in this regard.

This follows a clarification issued by the Ministry of Finance enabling all Central Ministries and Central Departments to make advance payments for pre-paid metered electricity without insisting on any Bank Guarantees, while at the same time ensuring proper accounting arrangements.

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oils and fats as well as pulses, Aditi Nayar, Chief Economist, ICRA, said.

“We anticipate that the MPC will embark on policy normalisation once domestic demand strengthens and starts dominating inflationary pressures, in place of supply-side issues.

“We foresee a change in the stance to neutral from accommodative in the February 2022 policy review, followed by a hike in the repo rate of 25 bps each in the April 2022 and June 2022 reviews,” she said.

Earlier this month, the Reserve Bank had kept the key interest rate unchanged.

It focuses mainly on the

MUMBAI, AUG 12 (PTI): The rupee appreciated by 19 paise to close at 74.25 against the US dollar on Thursday as heavy buying in domestic equities and weakness in the greenback bolstered investor sentiment.

Besides, fresh foreign capital inflows also supported the domestic unit, forex dealers said.

At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened strong at 74.26 against the American currency and witnessed an intra-day high of 74.24 and a low of 74.33 during the session.

It finally ended at 74.25 against the American currency, registering a rise of 19 paise against its previous close. On Wednesday, the rupee had settled at 74.44 against the US dollar. On the domestic equity market front, the BSE Sensex rallied 318.05 points to end at a fresh lifetime high of 54,843.98, while the broader NSE Nifty advanced 82.15 to record 16,364.40.

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The rate of price rise in pulses and products was 9.04 per cent compared to 10.01 per cent in June 2021.

However, inflation was higher in protein rich items like meat, fish, eggs and milk.

As per the the National Statistical Office (NSO) data, the rate of price rise in the ‘oils and fats’ segment eased to 32.53 per cent during July from nearly 35 per cent in the previous month.

Inflation in the fuel and light segment was mildly lower at 12.38 per cent.

The supply-side measures taken by the government appear to have helped dampen the inflation for

“The primary reason for lower than expected inflation was entirely food inflation, which fell to 3-month low of 3.9 per cent last month, compared to 5 per cent in the previous two months,” Nikhil Gupta, Chief Economist at Motilal Oswal Financial Services, said.

Sreejith Balasubramanian, Economist - Fund Management, IDFC AMC, said it will be vital to track any sustainable recovery in demand (apart from the pent up portion) that typically creates price pressures which are more sticky but responsive to monetary policy, unlike supply-side pressures.

The RBI has projected the CPI inflation at 5.7 per cent during 2021-22 -- 5.9 per cent in the second quarter, 5.3 per cent in third, and 5.8 per cent in the fourth quarter of the fiscal, with risks broadly balanced. CPI inflation for Q1 2022-23 is projected at 5.1 per cent.

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NEW DELHI, AUG 12 (PTI): Declining prices of food items like vegetables pulled down retail inflation to 5.59 per cent in July, bringing it back within the RBI’s comfort zone after two months, official data showed on Thursday.

The retail inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) had remained above 6 per cent during May and June.

The government has mandated the RBI to maintain retail inflation at 4 per cent, with a margin of 2 per cent on either side.

The CPI based inflation stood at 6.26 per cent in June 2021 and 6.73 per cent in July 2020.

The overall food inflation softened to 3.96 per cent in July this year, from 5.15 per cent in the preceding month.

Vegetable prices decreased at a faster pace, with inflation dropping to (-) 7.75 per cent in July compared to (-) 0.7 per cent in the previous month, as per the data.

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WASHINGTON, AUG 12 (IANS): The number of countries, areas or territories reporting various variants of Covid-19 has continued to increase after the global infection tally surpassed the 200 million mark last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

In its latest weekly update on the pandemic issued on Wednesday, the WHO said that globally, cases of the Alpha variant have been reported in 185 countries, territories or areas (hereafter CTAs), 136 CTAs have reported cases of the Beta variant,

81 CTAs have reported cases of the Gamma variant, and 142 CTAs have reported cases of the Delta variant, reports Xinhua news agency.

On August 5, the cumulative number of Covid-19 cases globally surpassed 200 million, just six months after reaching 100 million cases.

During the past week, according to WHO figures, over 4.2 million new cases and over 65,000 new deaths were reported globally, a slight increase compared to the previous week. The largest proportionate increases

in new cases were reported by the Region of the Americas and the Western Pacific Region, with 1.3 million and over 375,000 new cases reported, respectively.

The WHO added that a substantial increase in the number of new deaths was reported this week in the Western Pacific Region.

Of all the WHO member states and territories, 17 per cent reported more than 50 per cent increase in new cases as compared to the previous week, and 15 per cent registered more than 50 per cent rise in new deaths, the WHO noted.

ISLAMABAD, AUG 12 (PTI): Taking a dig at the US, Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Washington sees Pakistan as “useful” only for clearing the “mess” it has left behind in Afghanistan after 20 years of fighting and prefers India when it comes to forming a “strategic partnership”.

Afghanistan has seen an uptick in violence by the Taliban after US President Joe Biden’s announcement of the withdrawal of American and NATO troops by August 31. “Pakistan is just considered only to be useful in the context of somehow settling this mess which has been left behind after 20 years of trying to find a military solution when there was not one,” Khan told foreign journalists at his home here on Wednesday.

Khan said that since the US decided to have a “strategic partnership” with India, Washington was treating Pakistan differently, according to a journalist present at the meeting.

Islamabad is unhappy that Biden has not spoken to Prime Minister Khan

M A N I L A , AU G 1 2 (IANS): An offshore earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struck Davao Oriental province in the southern Philippines on Thursday, according to authorities.

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake, which struck at 1.46 a.m. local time, hit at a depth of 69 km, about 67 km southeast of Governor Generoso town, reports Xinhua news agency. The agency said the quake, which was tectonic in origin, can trigger aftershocks and cause damage.

The quake was also felt in South Cotabato province on Mindanao island, as well as Leyte province, the institute added.

Meanwhile, the jolts of the massive temblor were also strongly felt as far away as Talaud district of North Sulawesi province in Indonesia, triggering panic among residents. The tremors were felt at IV MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) in the district, Priyo Budi, an official in charge at the meteorology and geophysics agency, told Xinhua.

The jolts were also felt at II to III MMI in Kepulauan Sangihe district and Bitung city of the province, the official said. The agency did not issue a warning for a tsunami as the tremors did not potentially trigger giant waves, according to him.

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ISLAMABAD, AUG 12 (PTI): Pakistan’s coronavirus response chief on Thursday said the recent assembly elections held in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) acted as a “super spreader event” for the pandemic as the country struggled to contain the fourth wave of COVID-19.

Pakistan recorded 102 Covid fatalities in the last 24 hours, the highest since May 20, pushing the nationwide death toll to 24,187, while the tally of confirmed cases touched 1,085,294 with 4,934 new infections recorded overnight, the health ministry said.

Minister for Planning Asad Umar, who also heads the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), blamed the July 25 election in PoK for the spike in the spread of the virus.

The NCOC is the principal body governing the policies and implementation of the national COVID-19 effort of Pakistan.

Umar in a tweet said he had recommended that

the elections in PoK be “postponed for a couple of months and a special vaccination campaign run before the elections”. However, “it was not agreed”.

“Elections (in Pok) have acted as a super spreader event,” he said.

India had rejected the elections in PoK which were won by Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, saying the “cosmetic exercise” was nothing but an attempt by Pakistan to “camouflage its illegal occupation” and that it has lodged a strong protest over the issue.

Since the elections, Umar said, the positivity of PoK is running between 25 and 30 per cent.

According to the health ministry, Pakistan’s current positivity rate is 8.31 per cent, the highest during the fourth wave, which hit the country last month.

The virus is spreading fast, despite an increase in vaccination drive, the ministry said.

Over 40.6 million people have been administered at least one dose of vaccine, while more than 11.4 million were fully vaccinated, it said.

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Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf recently expressed disappointment over President Biden’s reluctance to contact Prime Minister Khan despite considering Islamabad as an important country in some critical issues like Afghanistan.

Yousuf also said that Islamabad has other “options” if the American leader continues to ignore the country’s leadership.

The US State Department, however, had assured Islamabad that Washington recognises Pakistan’s vital role in restoring peace in Afghanistan and wants Islamabad to play that role.

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke over the phone with Pakistan Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa this week and discussed the current situation in Afghanistan.

After the call, the Pentagon said the US was having conversations with the Pakistani leadership about the need to shut down the safe havens for Taliban militants along the AfghanPakistan border that are providing a source of more insecurity and instability inside Afghanistan.

Afghanistan and the US have criticised Pakistan in the past for allowing Taliban fighters to cross into Pakistan where they are provided safe havens and also receive medical treatment.

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The Afghanistan government’s interior ministry has confirmed the news.

“The enemy took control,” spokesman Mirwais Stanikzai stated. He said fighting was still underway.

After the loss of Ghazni, the pressure on the country’s air force is likely to be even higher than it already was. The air force is required to bolster Afghanistan’s dispersed security forces which have been cut off from rein-

T E H R A N, A U G 1 2 (IANS): New Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has submitted the list of proposed Ministers to the country’s Parliament.

Among the introduced cabinet members, Hossein Amir Abdollahian has been picked for of Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reports Xinhua news agency.

Amir Abdollahian was former Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and former special aide to the Speaker of Parliament on international affairs, reports Xinhua news agency.

Raisi has also picked Javad Owji as the potential minister of petroleum.

Owji was former head of Iran’s National Gas Company.

After introducing the cabinet members, the parliament will have one week for evaluation and vote of confidence.

Raisi was sworn in on August 5 as the new President.

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has submitted a proposal to Qatar as mediator. The proposal allows the Taliban to share power in return for a halt in violence in the country,” a government source reportedly said.

Taliban seizes Ghazni: On Thursday, the Taliban seized the strategic Afghan city of Ghazni, which is 150 km away from Kabul and serves as a gateway between the capital and strongholds in the south.

forcements by road in many places.

The Taliban has overrun ten provincial capitals in the country in just a week. The government has lost most of northern and western Afghanistan to the Taliban. It now holds only a scattered few contested cities that are dangerously poised at the precipice of falling to the Taliban. Social media accounts in support of the Taliban have proudly displayed the spoils of war their fighters have recovered in the last few days. This includes armoured vehicles, heavy weapons and a drone seized by the insurgents at abandoned Afghan military bases.

The conflict between the Afghan government and the Taliban escalated dramatically after US-led forces began the final stage of their withdrawal from the country in May. After a 20-year occupation, the withdrawal is due to end later this month.

New Iranian Prez US sees Pak useful only for clearing Magnitude 7.3 earthquake submits proposed mess in Afghanistan: Imran Khan since he assumed the presi- rattles Philippines Ministers’ list dency in January.

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NEW DELHI, AUG 12 (AGENCIES): The Afghanistan government has offered to share power with the Taliban in return for an end to ongoing violence in the nation, government sources were quoted as saying in an AFP report on Thursday. The report states that Afghan government negotiators in Qatar had offered the Taliban the powersharing deal.

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from the second launch pad at 5.43 a.m.

With a strong deep growl rose into the sky breaking free from the second launch pad here at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.

The GSLV-F10 is a three stage/engine rocket.

The core of the first stage is fired with solid fuel and the four strap-on motors by liquid fuel. The second is the liquid fuel and the third is the cryogenic engine.

The rocket laden with GISAT-1 furiously rushed towards the skies with thick orange flame at its rear.

Everything went off well as planned till the cryogenic engine got fired at about five minutes into the rocket’s flight.

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here has been a 64 per cent increase in ransomware attacks between August 2020 and July 2021, revealed a report on Thursday.

Barracuda, a cloudenabled security solutions provider, in its latest Threat Spotlight, analysed 121 ransomware incidents between August 2020 and July 2021.

They found many attacks are being led by a handful of high-profile ransomware gangs.

Ransomware gang Revil accounted for 19 per cent of the attacks while new ransomware strain DarkSide caused 8 per cent of the attacks.

“Ransomware criminals have refined their tactics to create a double extortion scheme. The initial steps towards safeguarding an organisation from any possible ransomware attack involve assuming vulnerability and setting a goal of not paying the

At about six minutes into the rocket’s flight and soon after the cryogenic engine started operation, the mission control centre at the space port here tensed up as there was no data coming from the rocket.

One of the ISRO officials announced that there was a performance anomaly in the cryogenic engine.

Then the officials realised the mission had failed and Sivan made the announcement.

For ISRO, this is the second space mission in 2021 after the successful launch of Brazilian satellite isk of Covid-19 may Amazonia-1 by its rocket shift from older Polar Satellite Launch Veadults to younger hicle (PSLV) earlier this children as the SARS-CoV-2 year.

(IANS) virus becomes endemic, according to new research.

Once endemic in the global population, Covid-19 may behave like other comhad been vaccinated against SARSmon cold coronaviruses, CoV-2. “We were surprised to discover affecting mostly young chilthat there are so many shared antibodies dren who have not yet been between individuals after SARS-CoV-2 vaccinated or exposed to infection, but that is a good sign,” said the virus.

James Crowe, Jr., Professor of Pediatrics “Following infection and Pathology, Microbiology and Imby SARS-CoV-2, there has munology from Vanderbilt University been a clear signature of Medical Center in Tennessee, US. increasingly severe out“It was encouraging to find that an comes and fatality with mRNA vaccine also induces those clones, age,” Ottar Bjornstad, of which in part explains why these antibodthe Department of Biology ies work so well in so many people,” said at the Pennsylvania State Crowe. Most of the public clonotypes University, said. were formed against part of the viral “Yet, our modeling surface “spike” or S protein that attaches results suggest that the risk to a specific receptor on the surface of of infection will likely shift cells in the lungs and other tissues. to younger children as the This part of the S protein is variable, adult community becomes meaning that it can change, or mutate, immune either through vacin ways that can make the virus virtually cination or exposure to the invisible to circulating antibodies. (IANS) virus,” he said. Bjornstad explained that such shifts

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there have been multiple instances of victims reducing ransom payments by deploying negotiation tactics. JBS negotiated a $22.5 million ransom payment down to $11 million, and Brenntag, a chemical distributor in Germany, negotiated a $7.5 million ransom demand down to $4.4 million, the report said.

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have been observed in other coronaviruses and influenza viruses as they have emerged and then become endemic. Historical records of respiratory diseases indicate that age-incidence patterns during virgin epidemics can be very different from endemic circulation. “For example, ongoing genomic work suggests that the 1889-1890 pandemic, sometimes known as the Asiatic or Russian flu -which killed one million people, primarily adults over age 70 -- may have been caused by the emergence of HCoV-OC43 virus, which is now an endemic, mild,

repeat-infecting cold virus examined disease affecting mostly b u r children ages 7-12 months o l d , ”

Bjornstad noted.

For the study, appearing in the journal Science Advances, the team developed what is known as a “realistic age-structured (RAS) mathematical model”. They

den over immediate, medium and long terms -- 1, 10 and 20 years, respectively as well as for 11 different countries -- including China, Japan, South Korea, Spain, the UK, France, Germany,

Italy, the US, Brazil and South Africa -- that differed widely in their demographics.

I n t e r e s t i n g l y, due to variations in demographics, the model predicts different outcomes for different countries. “Given the marked increase of the infectionfatality ratio with age, countries with older population structures would be expected to have a larger fraction of deaths than those with relatively younger population structures,” said Nils Chr. Stenseth, Professor of ecology and evolution, University of Oslo.

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The Sumi Aphuyemi Baptist Theological Fellowship congratulates Dr. Kiheto Shohe, S/o Late Mrs and Mr. Mishihe Shohe of Hebolimi village on his successful completion of Doctoral in Ministry (D.Min) on the theme “Transformational Discipleship: Re v i t a l i z a t i o n S u m i A p h u y e m i Akukuhou Kuqhakulu”, from Southern Asia Bible College, Kothanur, Bangalore under the guidance of Rev. Dr. Renny Samuel (SABC).

The Fellowship wish him all the very best in all his endeavours.

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The Aichisaghemi Community Dimapur with immense pride and joy, would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Shri. Holuto Aye on being elected as Vice President, Naga Council Dimapur. (NCD).

The Union also prays that God grant him a healthy life and a sound wisdom as he shoulder a responsibilities for the people of Nagas.

Sd/ Sd/ NITOHO AYE KHUHOTO N AWOMI Secretary (ACD) Chairman (ACD)

The Kohima Alibalar Telongjem is pleased to extend our heartiest congratulations to Miss Moamenla Jamir, D/o. Lt. Lolenkaba & Mrs. Yarmongla for successfully passing the Combined Geo-Scientist Examination, 2020 conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) and achieving the post of Geologist, Geological Survey of India (GSI).

The Kohima Alibalar Telongjem wishes and prays for God’s wisdom and guidance in her future endeavours.

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ith an aim to redesign its website and app, micro-blogging site Twitter has announced that it is now rolling out its Chirp font to the Twitter app and feed.

The company detailed the Chirp font as one part of a broader brand refresh, unveiled in January, and now it said that it is ready to be used.

“Today, we released a few changes to the way Twitter looks on the web and on your phone. While it might feel weird at first, these updates make us more accessible, unique and focused on you and what you are talking about,” the company wrote on the platform on Wednesday.

“In January, we revealed our new font, Chirp -- and it’s ready for you to use today,” it added.

The company mentioned that all Westernlanguage text now aligns left, making it easier to read as you scroll. NonWestern languages remain unchanged.

This months, the micro-blogging site has shut down its Instagram Storieslike ‘Fleets’ feature. Fleets was disappearing tweets that sat in a row at the top of users’ Twitter handles on smartphones, which expired after 24 hours.

From August 3, the Twitter users would only see active Spaces which are live audio chat rooms at the top of their timelines, a previous report said. (IANS)

cuda researchers are also witnessing a dramatic spike in the amount. The average ransom being demanded per incident is over $10 million dollars.

Only 18 per cent of the incidents had less than $10 million ransom demand, and 30 per cent of the incidents had greater than $30 million dollars ransom asks. However,

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While analysing the ransom payment trends in the past years, Barra-

Covid-19 may likely become childhood disease: Study

How shared antibodies push Covid-19 variants

S researchers have found that people recovering from Covid-19 and those vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 produce identical clones, or groups, of antibody-producing white blood cells.

Antibodies are proteins produced by specialised white blood cells called B lymphocytes, or B cells. When a virus binds to the surface of a B cell, it stimulates the cell to divide and mature into a clone of identical cells.

The mature B cells, called plasma cells, secrete millions of antibodies into the bloodstream and lymphatic system, some of which attach to the virus and prevent it from infecting its target cell.

The study, published in the journal Cell Reports, identified 27 public clonotypes, genetically similar clones of antibodies, which were shared by Covid-19 survivors and by uninfected people who

ransom,” said Murali Urs, Country Manager, Barracuda Networks India, in a statement.

It is also “necessary to implement anti-phishing capabilities in email and other collaboration tools, and consistently train your users for email security awareness,” and “crucial to stay put with a secure data protection solution that can identify your critical data assets and implement disaster and recovery capabilities”, Urs said.

Ransomware criminals are penetrating the foundation of the digital economy across the globe, from trusted software vendors to IT service providers.

Attacks on corporations, such as infrastructure, travel, financial services, and other businesses, made up 57 per cent of all ransomware attacks between August 2020 and July 2021, up from just 18 per cent in

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ndian space programme suffered a serious setback on Thursday as its GSLV-F10 rocket failed midway in its mission of putting into orbit the Geo-Imaging Satellite-1 (GISAT-1).

Along with the rocket, the 2,268 kg GISAT-1/ EOS-03 communication satellite carried by the rocket was also lost.

Announcing the mission failure, K. Sivan, Chairman, ISRO said: “The mission cannot be fully accomplished because of a technical anomaly observed in the cryogenic stage.”

The 57.10 metre tall, 416 tonne Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F10) lifted off

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were very strong in the first 30 minutes. Then we lost a bit of pace after our goal. Their equaliser was well-deserved. We invested more until the 120th minute. We deserved to win,” Tuchel was quoted as saying by UEFA after the match.

Zlyechi injured While the players

International Youth Day observed in Kohima

Youths from Kigwema, Phesama and Jakhama with Assam Rifles after the football match.

KO H I M A , AU G 1 2 (NPN): Naga Terriers in collaboration with Kigwema Students Union (KSU) commemorated

India in 105th FIFA Ranking

International Youth Day by organizing a friendly football match at Kigwema Ground on Thursday.

Headhunters emerged as winners after beating the Kigwema Students Union

in penalty with 3-1 after a tie breaker with 1 each in the final match.

The first match was between Phesama Students’ Union (PSU) and Headhunters, Assam Ri-

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M U M B A I , AU G 1 2 (IANS): India remained at the 105th spot in the latest FIFA Rankings updated on Thursday.

The points gained in their last two qualifying matches for the 2022 FIFA World Cup helping them remain in position.

India did not advance in the World Cup qualifying programme following their 1-1 draw with Afghanistan in Qatar in June but made it to the third qualifying round for the 2023 Asian Cup. Igor Stimac’s side finished third in Group E in the joint qualification for World Cup and Asian Cup in June and thus maintained the position in rankings it has held since April 2021.

India had achieved their highest-ever ranking of 94 in February 1996 while they were at their worst position of 173 in the list for March 2015.

Belgium leads the rankings ahead of Brazil, winner of the Olympic gold medal in Tokyo last week. France (3rd), England (4th), Italy (5th), Argentina (6th), Spain (7th), Portugal (8th), Mexico (9th), and the USA (10th) comprise the top 10 in global rankings.

Japan is the highestranked Asian team at 24 with Iran snapping at their heels at 26.

The Lamhai Dungki Village Council with great pleasure and pride, would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Shri. LUNGHEISING NCS for being promoted to the rank of Addl.

Secretary to the Govt. of Nagaland.

We pray that God will continue to grant you good health and long life and eneable you to serve the people and the Government with all sincerity even in the days to come.

We wish you the best in all your endeavour.

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Asapu Kibami Pol o Kughuko ext end our heart i est congratulations to its successful members in the HSLC and HSSLC board examination 2021 conducted by NBSE.

earn and grow so that the common future life would be in good hands.

Along with ensuring their rights, one equally important goal of this day was to shape the youth not just as a passive beneficiary of development efforts, but as a force for positive social change, he added.

Stating that the youths are a source of innovation, creativity, energy and foresight, he pointed out that member states must use all means possible to foster and harness the power of the youth.

54-member Indian team for Tokyo Paralympics accorded warm send-off NEW DELHI, AUG 12 (PTI): A 54-member Indian team for the upcoming Tokyo Paralympics was on Thursday accorded a warm send-off by Sports Minister Anurag Thakur and the national governing body, with high hopes that the country will return with its best ever performance.

The team has some of the brightest medal prospects like Devendra Jhajharia, seeking his third Paralympics gold (after 2004 and 2016) in F-46 javelin throw, Mariyappan Thangavelu (T-63 high jump) and world champion Sandeep Choudhary (F-64 javelin throw). India will compete in nine sports. Mariyappan, who had won a gold in the

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KNSK Mopung Unit Condemns:

Konyak Nyupuh Sheko Khong (KNSK) Mopong Unit vehemently condemned over the recent incident of cyber bullying made by the names Maongkala Imsong and Toni Longsen on social media commenting abusive, racial discrimination and derogatory statement tarnishing the image of Miss Lickpo. N. Konyak the winner of the Nagaland DIVA 2021 conducted at Dimapur on 31st July 2021.

Their defamatory statements has caused destruction and hurt the sentiment of not only Lickpo but entire women folks and the people of Konyak tribe in particular.

KNSK Mopong Unit appreciates the official in-charge and police personnel of the East Police Station Dimapur for admitting the FIR lodged by the Konyak Students' Union Dimapur and further appealed the law enforcing authority in-charge to expedite the investigation to bring culprit to justice to prevent from any untoward resort or consequences in order to maintain congenial relationships of the tribes.

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Ms. Livitoli A. Kiba Ms. Toinali Kiba

HSLC 1. Mr. Viino Kiba, S/o Hetovi Kiba and Mrs. Kiyeli Shohe from Pilgrim Hr. Sec. School, Dimapur for securing 1st Div. and distinction in Alt. Eng. 2. Ms. Kili Kiba, D/o Howoto Kiba and Lhokali Tuku from St. Mary’s Hr. Sec. School, Padampukhuri Dimapur for securing 1st Div. and distinction in English & Social Sciences.

3. Ms. Livitoli A. Kiba, D/o Avito Kiba and Tohuli Chophy from St. Mary’s Hr. Sec. School, Padampukhuri Dimapur for securing 1st Div. and distinction in Eng, S.S, Alt. Eng & Home Science.

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last edition in Rio, will be the flag bearer of the Indian contingent during the opening ceremony on August 24.

The Tokyo Paralympics will end on September 5.

The Tokyo-bound players were part of the event virtually as they are in strict bio-bubble. “The ambition and self-confidence of our para athletes give inspiration to 1.3 billion Indians.

In front of their courage, the

biggest of challenges bow.

And they deserve every bit of it,” Thakur said in a video message. “The number of our para athletes participating in the upcoming Games is three times bigger than the last edition. I have full faith in your abilities. I believe that your performance too will be better than last time.”

He said it’s a matter of great pride and satisfaction that the para athletes have so far won three Khel Ratna, seven Padma Shri and 33 Arjuna awards.

Thakur said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done his best to motivate the country’s athletes before and during the Tokyo Olympics and will do the same for the para athletes also.

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The Dimapur Lakhuti Kikon Ekhung congratulate Shri. Etsungmomo Kikon one of its member of the Ekhung, on being elected as the President of the Naga Council Dimapur (NCD).

The Ekhung pray to God for good health and wisdom for him, and also to his entire team of Naga Council Dimapur (NCD).

And assured them of our support and cooperation in your future endeavours.

The Konyak Nyupuh Sheko Khong, Kohima, vehemently condemns the derogatory statements posted by certain individuals on YouTube live telecast against its member who has won the title Nagaland Diva 2021, held at Dimapur on 31st July 2021. The insensible racial hatred and abusive comments has not only demeaned and hurt the sentiment of the victim but also the entire Konyak womenfolk.

The recent incident evidently points to the growing menace of cyber bullying that needs to be dealt with under relevant laws.

The KNSK, Kohima strongly supports the FIR lodged by Konyak Nyupuh Sheko Khong, Dimapur and Konyak Students' Union Dimapur, and further urges the law enforcing agency to expedite the investigation and take appropriate action against the offenders.

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fles, second match was between Jakhama Students’ Union (JSU) and Kigwema Students’ Union (KSU).

Match Matron Col Neeraj Sood, Commanding officer, 164 (TA) Naga in a short speech remarked that the day is an important day to draw attention to a given set of cultural and legal issue surrounding youngsters.

He pointed out that the day focuses on the rights of the young people to have full access to education, adequate healthcare, employment opportunities, financial services and full participation in public life.

The commander added that with the society in general was in a climate of economic uncertainty, it was important for countries to invest in opportunities for their youth to learn,

occupying higher positions in the rankings.

Chopra is currently on a break and will hope to make it to the Diamond League Finals when he returns to the circuit. He had taken part in four events abroad before the Olympics, with the 88.07 metres he achieved in Patiala in March this year to break his own National Record being his season best effort.

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The Longtsung Ekhung Wokha Town (LEWT) with immense pride and honour extend our congratulations to Miss Dr. Lobeno Mozhui, D/o. Mhonchumo Mozhui and Mrs. Salumi Mozhui of Longtsung Village on being conferred with Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Zoology on her thesis “Entomophagy and Entomotherapeutical Practices” under the department of Zoology, Nagaland University, Lumami and for bringing laurels to the Village.

Your dedication, enthusiasms and insight are really inspiring.

The Ekhung further wishes her a bright future.

Sd/L. Zuben Mozhui Chairman, LEWT

N. Tsenchamo Jungio Secretary, LEWT

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Valley View cOlOny cOuncil, Dimapur. feliciTaTiOn The Valley View Colony Council, Dimapur with immense pride and honour would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to: 1. er. S. liSela SanGTam, SDO, W/o Er. TOSHIKA SEMA, on being promoted to the post of Executive Engineer (D) under CE, PWD (R&B) Kohima, Govt. of Nagaland.

2. mr. ilhOVi Sumi, on being promoted to the post of Sub-Inspector (OPL) NPTO, Govt. of Nagaland.

The Council also extends heartiest appreciation and congratulations to all the students who have successfully cleared the recently declared HSLC, HSSLC and CBSE examinations 2021. (l. GhOShiTO chOphi) (KaKiShe chiShi) chairman, VVcc Secretary, VVcc

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League Final had cemented Tuchel’s position at the Blues, the Super Cup win further boosted his stature at the club notorious for sacking coaches by its Russian owner.

Tuchel was understandably happy with the outcome of the Super Cup encounter.

“It was tough. We

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with 1291 points. Chopra is the first Indian to win a gold medal in athletics and only the second Indian after shooter Abhinav Bindra, to win an individual gold medal at the Olympics. Before the start of the Olympics, Chopra had said that it is the performance on the day that matters more than the World Rankings. He went to prove that by winning the gold medal ahead of those

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Changtongya Senso Telongjem Dimapur and The Dimapur Changtongyatsur Telongjem congratulates Shri Imokaba Jamir IRS on being appointed as Commissioner & Secretary, Planning and Coordination, Government of Nagaland on deputation. We also express our highest appreciation and gratitude to the PDA Government led by Shri Neiphiu Rio for providing this privilege to our Changtongya citizen.

We also extend our heartiest congratulations to Shri Nükshitemjen Longkumer on being promoted to Asst.

Director, Directorate of School Education.

We wish you all the best and may God bless and guide you in your new assignment and future endeavours.

Sd/President Changtongya Senso Telongjem Dimapur, Dimapur

Sd/President Dimapur Changtongyatsur Telongjem, Dimapur

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European title. If it was the Champions League triumph that lifted their spirits in a season marred by the Covid-19 pandemic last year, the Super Cup title augurs well as the Premier League season starts this weekend.

Chelsea’s victory over English rivals Manchester City in the Champions

M U M BA I , AU G 1 2 (IANS): The gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics javelin throw competition has propelled India’s Neeraj Chopra to move up 14 places to second place in the latest World Athletics Rankings, updated every Wednesday.

Chopra, who decimated all the competition in Tokyo to win gold with a throw of 87.58 metres on Saturday, is ranked second at 1395 points behind Johannes Vetter of Germany.

Vetter, the top-ranked German with 1396 points, failed spectacularly in the final at Tokyo and finished ninth.

Po’and’s Marcin Krukowski is third with 1302 points while Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic, who won the silver medal in Tokyo, is fourth with 1298 points. Julian Weber of Germany is seated in fifth place

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Chelsea players celebrate with the trophy after winning the UEFA Super Cup soccer match against Villarreal at Windsor Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Wednesday.(AP/PTI)

were excited at starting the season with silverware, there was some gloom in the club too over the injury to Hakim Zlyech, who had put Chelsea ahead off a pass by Kai Havertz and has been in great form in the last few months.

The Moroccan was forced off the field before half-time with a shoulder injury.

It was also a disappointing outing for Spanish club Villarreal as they were on a high after beating Manchester United in the Europa League final.

They could not claim their second trophy at the European level as Kepa starred in the penalties.

“It wasn’t meant to be for us, but today is a day to be proud. Proud of the team, of the fans, of what the club is, of what the people are. [We’re] now competing with the best.

Chelsea were the favo’rites.

For me, they’re the best team in the world,” said Gerard Moreno, Villarreal goalscorer and Player of the Match.

Olympic champion Chopra rises to second in World Rankings

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B E L FA S T, AU G 1 2 (IANS): Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel was quite happy as his team started the new season with silverware. Chelsea, the Champions League winners, defeated Spanish club Villarreal, who won the UEFA Europa League, in a penalty shoot-out early on Thursday to win the UEFA Super Cup. The two teams were level 1-1 after Hakim Ziyech’s 27th-minute goal was cancelled out by Villarreal’s Gerard Moreno in the 73rd minute, taking the match into extra time.

They remained deadlock 1-1 at the end of extratime and penalty shootout was resorted to and Chelsea emerged winner 6-5 at the National Football Stadium at Windsor Park, Belfast Substitute goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga was the hero as he affected two saves off Aissa Mandi and Raul Albiol as Chelsea started the new season as they had ended the previous one -- by winning a

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2nd Test: Rahul’s ton powers India to 276/3

L O N D O N, AU G 1 2 (PTI): The enormously talented KL Rahul scored one of the most technically accomplished hundreds after the gifted Rohit Sharma oozed elegance, putting India in a comfortable 276 for 3 against England on the opening day of the second Test here on Thursday.

Virat Kohli would certainly thank his stars as it turned out to be a good toss to lose on a good batting track and his openers did what was expected of them.

Rohit (83 off 145 balls) led the charge, blending copious amounts of topnotch defensive game with dollops of grace that set the tone, pushing the English bowlers on the defensive and then left the stage for Rahul (127 batting off 248 balls) to make it his own.

Rahul, whose innings during the first session and a half was about grit quotient, took charge once Rohit left after the 126-run opening stand.

India’s KL Rahul hits a 6 off the bowling of England’s Moeen Ali during the 2nd cricket test between England and India at Lord’s cricket ground in London, Thursday.(AP/PTI)

From defending doggedly and scrapping his way to 20 from the first 100odd deliveries faced, Rahul suddenly gave charge to Moeen Ali, hitting him over long-off for a six and cover-drove James Anderson at the stroke of tea.

He never looked in hurry as he added another

117 runs with skipper Kohli (42 off 103 balls), who also looked like playing himself in before Ollie Robinson got his prized scalp at the fag end of the day with a regulation slip catch.

Rahul has scored five Test hundreds before this but he would certainly cherish this one purely on the

basis of how he planned and executed this innings of precision and high calibre.

The square drives seemed as if he is still playing in Nottingham and few of England’s fastest bowler Mark Wood’s (16-1-66-0) deliveries were caressed to the boundary. The shot that

put his name on the prestigious ‘Lord’s Honours Board’ was a back cut off Wood towards third-man to complete the hundred. As if to celebrate his hundred, there was a picturesque cover drive off Robinson and a back-foot punch off Anderson when the second new ball was taken. In all, Rahul hit 12 fours and a six.

However, the story of the day was as much about Rahul as it’s about Rohit, who hit 11 boundaries and a six. It needed a magic delivery from veteran James Anderson, who got a 43over old Dukes to jag back viciously and literally cut the batsman into half, ending Rohit’s dreams of a maiden Test hundred in a SENA country.

The art of defending in bowler-friendly Test match conditions is not something one would have associated with Rohit even a few years back but here was a man obsessed about doing well in whites in all conditions.

Assam presents Rs 1 cr to Olympian boxer Lovlina, offers deputy SP’s post GUWAHATI, AUG 12 ( AG E N C I E S ) : A s s a m Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma presented Olympic boxing bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain Rs. one crore and offered the post of deputy SP in the state police at a felicitation programme here on Thursday.

Sarma said that the state government has also decided to give Borgohain, the first person to bring an Olympic medal to the state, Rs one lakh monthly as a scholarship till the Paris Olympic in 2024 as “she has set her eyes on winning a gold there”.

A road in Guwahati will also be named after her, Sarma added.

Four coaches Prashanta Das, Padum Barua, Sandhya Gurung and Rafael Gamavaska - who were a part of Lovlina’s boxing journey will be honoured with Rs 10 lakh each as a token of gratitude from

Olympic bronze medal winner boxer Lovlina Borgohain being welcomed by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma. (PTI)

the people of Assam, the chief minister said.

He also announced that a sports complex with a boxing academy will be set up in the Sarupathar constituency under which her village Baro Mukhiya falls in Golaghat district to groom many more rural talents.

“Lovlina has etched her name in gold in the pages of the state’s history by bringing the first (Olympic) medal to the state. We

are very proud of her and on behalf of all the people of the state, I congratulate and thank her,” Sarma said.

Speaking on the occasion, Lovlina said that though she brought a medal for the country and did not return empty-handed, she felt sad for failing to win gold.

The boxer promised the people of Assam that she will bring gold from the Paris Olympics.

Indian Fast Bowling Centre launched in Dimapur

Vayu Haralu (centre), trainer Wati Imsong (second from right) with trainees. (NP) Staff Reporter

D I M A P U R , AU G 1 2 (NPN): Indians first ever fast bowling centre, Indian Fast Bowling Centre (IFBC), was launched at Indisen, Dimapur on Thurday.

Addressing the gathering at a launching programme, Vayu Haralu, a cricketer who played in the senior state level, spoke about the cricket scenario in the state, maintaining that the state was no less as compared to other states in producing quality cricketers.

Taking the likes of Johnathan, who is currently playing in UK for County club and Khrievitso Kense, who is under training with Mumbai Indians, he stated that if only we are disci-

plined and hard-working, we can one day see Naga players playing for the national team.

Wapang Imsong, a cricket enthusiast, stated that the trainer for the centre, Wati Imsong, was trained under Ian Pont, who had trained many fast bowlers across the world.

He added that there were only handful of Indian cricketers who reached a bowling speed of 140 Kmph, where he also added that the trainer was ready to train even raw talents, inspiring to bowl fast. He was also optimistic that Naga players would one day emerge in the national team. Earlier, Dr. Benjong offered invocation, while the programme was hosted by Opang Jamir.

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