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CMs of NE asked to tighten Covid protocols

“It is true that tourism, trade and business have been greatly affected due to the coronavirus. But today I will say with great emphasis that having huge crowds in hill stations, markets without masks and not following COVID protocols is a matter of concern and is not right,” he said.

Prime Minister said that the third wave could be prevented by remaining cautious and strictly following all protocols and emphasised that the vac-

cination drive needs to be continuously ramped.

During the interaction, the chief ministers discussed the issue of vaccine hesitancy and measures being taken to overcome it.

The chief ministers gave an assurance of taking timely action to bring down the positivity rate as well as the number of cases in their respective states.

Noting the fast mutating nature of the coronavirus, Modi advised strict monitoring of the changes

and keeping track of all variants. The prime minister strongly advocated preventing avoidable gatherings. In his remarks, the prime minister said that in the ‘vaccine for all-free for all’ campaign of the central government, the Northeast also has the same importance.

The virtual meeting was attended by chief ministers of Assam, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Manipur, Meghalaya, Ar unachal Pradesh and Mizoram, as also by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, among others.

The chief ministers thanked the prime minister for timely action in handling the COVID-19 pandemic and appreciated his special care and concern for the Northeast.

Meanwhile, Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio also took to twitter and thanked Prime Minister for his personal concern for the North East states in the fight against the pandemic.

“We discussed the situation and measures to control #COVID19 pandemic.

Grateful to the Hon’ble Prime Minister for his personal concern for the NE states in our fight against the pandemic,” Rio tweeted.

DIMAPUR, JUL 13 (NPN): Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has requested the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to inquire into the case of the deaths of Rosy Sangma and Samuel Sangma, residents of Nagaland.

Rosy Sangma died at a private hospital in Gurugram on June 24 after a medical condition. Later, Samuel Sangma, a relative of Rosy Sangma, suspecting medical negligence, had an altercation with doctors and staff of the hospital, MHA

said. “The next day, June 25 the Delhi Police received information regarding the death of Samuel Sangma in New Delhi,” it said.

MHA said that the family of the deceased had alleged that Rosy died due to negligence on part of the hospital. They also attributed some alleged foul play in the death of Samuel Sangma by the hospital personnel, the statement read.

Officials said that a formal notification for a CBI probe will be issued in a few days.

When Nagaland Post

spoke to the father of Samuel Sangma on June 28 last, the father refused to believe that his son had committed suicide. He said his son was a brave boy who had stayed back to seek justice on the death of his aunty (Rosy).

He said there was no marks around the neck and so death was not due to suicide. However, he said the lips were swollen and several bruises on the forehead and body.

It may be mentioned that the additional chief secretary and chief resident commissioner of Nagaland

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NEW DELHI, JUL 13 (NPN): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday described as “worrisome” the COVID-19 situation in some districts of the North Eastern region and urged the chief ministers to stay alert and act fast to check the further spread of the virus.

Interaction with chief ministers of eight NorthEastern states through video conferencing, Prime Minister urged the chief ministers to take more strict steps at the micro level to prevent the spread of infection.

“The more emphasis we put on the micro-containment zones, we will come out of this situation sooner,” Modi said.

Expressing concern over people crowding at hill stations and markets without wearing masks or observing social distancing norms, the Prime Minister urged all to guard against complacency to prevent a third wave of the coronavirus spread. Modi also asked the people to shun the argument that they “want to enjoy before the third wave of coronavirus” and stressed that there should be no compromise in following COVID-19 protocols.

State logs 88 fresh Covid cases, 3 dead

DIMAPUR, JUL 13 (NPN): Nagaland on Tuesday recorded 88 fresh Covid-19 positive cases while three more deaths were reported during the day. Kohima reported 30 fresh cases, Mokokchung-28, eight in Dimapur, six each in Longleng and Mon, four in Phek, three in Zunheboto and one each in Kiphire, Tuensang and Wokha, taking the caseload to 26140. With three more fatalities-- two in Dimapur and one in Kohima, the death toll surged to 514 (including 14 non-Covid deaths).

PM Modi interacting with the Chief Ministers of the NorthEastern states through video conferencing on July 13, 2021.

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CJI assures separate HC for Nagaland

‘People treating 3rd wave warning like weather update’

PTI: People are talking about the third wave of coronavirus as casually as a “weather update”, the government said on Tuesday, noting that “gross violations” of Covid-appropriate behaviour being seen in several parts of the country can nullify the gains made so far in pandemic management.

Addressing a press conference on the pandemic situation in the country on Tuesday, NITI Aayog Member (Health) Dr VK Paul said globally, the third wave of COVID-19 is being seen and called on people to make efforts to ensure that it does not hit India.

“The world is witnessing the third wave of COVID-19. We have to join hands to ensure that the third wave doesn’t hit India,” he said.

Agarwal said even though active cases and daily new cases are declining, recovery rate is increasing and cases are restricted to a limited geography, there is no room for complacency.

House Delhi, Jyoti Kalash on behalf of the state government wrote to additional commissioner of police, PERS, SPUNER, New Delhi requesting expeditious investigation into the matter.

State chief minister Neiphiu Rio has lauded the Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the Centre for constituting an inquiry into the alleged mysterious circumstances leading to the death of late Samuel and late Rosy Sangma. “I hope quick justice will be delivered,” Rio tweeted.

habit, says NPCC

DIMAPUR, JUL 13 (NPN): Even as the state government is yet to react to the Assam Cattle Preservation Bill 2021 as was done by the Meghalaya government, the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has termed the bill as “a threat to Northeast’s inherent trade and food habits”.

The bill, which was tabled the bill in the Assam Assembly by Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday, aims to regulate slaughter, consumption and transportation of cattle.

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TUD backs DTHF stand on NCD issue DIMAPUR, JUL 13 (NPN): Tenyimi Union Dimapur (TUD) has reaffirmed to support the stand of Dimapur Tribal Hoho Forum (DTHF) on the issue of installation of office bearers of Naga Council Dimapur (NCD).

In a letter to the Ao Senso Telongjem Dimapur (ASTD) on July 13, Tenyimi Union Dimapur president Hilo Semp while appreciating ASTD for taking the initiative to resolve the matter between the two parties, by way of signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and withdrawing the case pending under Civil Suit No.6 of 2020 and other con-

nected IA’s confronting the NCD, however expressed dismay that the NCD in its letter dated July 5, 2021 had directed some tribes to renominate their representatives to NCD for the tenure 2020-2025. “We were optimistic and hopeful that the MOU executed on 6/5/21 through the initiative of your office would bring a final and logical conclusion once and for all,” it said.

But NCD’s letter totally nullified and contradicted the spirit of the MOU which was undertaken in a gentlemen gesture, the union stated. Moreover, TUD pointed out that the “selective choose and pick” of few tribes by NCD on tribal line

“throws bad light which is not healthy and may have far reaching consequences in the near future.”

TUD therefore said that the union at its meeting on July 12, 2021 decided and reiterated on the stand of Dimapur Tribal Hoho Forum initiative and “also the incumbent councillors shall continue to represent their respective tribe unless otherwise.”

In this regard, TUD urged ASTD “to disseminate these facts to concern authority in line with the intent and content of the Memorandum of understanding initiated by the ASTD in the interest of all concern.”

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HC Bar members with Justice NV Ramana in Delhi, Tuesday.

DIMAPUR, JUL 13 (NPN): Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana has assured to provide a separate High Court to Nagaland, provided there was the required infrastructure.

He gave this assurance to a delegation of High Court Bar Association, Kohima Bench of Gauhati High Court that called on him at CJI secretariat in Delhi, Tuesday evening.

Mentioning that chief minister Neiphiu Rio had already apprised him in detail of the matter, Justice Ramana conveyed to the delegation that once a positive decision of the Union government was conveyed to his office, he would immediately give effect to the separate high court for the State. He said he would send a team to the State for

inspection of infrastructure.

On being invited by the Bar to visit Nagaland, the CJI said he would ensure at his level to see that Nagaland got a separate high court as early as possible, so that he could come.

CJI to depute team to inspect infrastructure He said he had discussions with both Union minister for law & justice and Union minister for home affairs and assured of further following up the matter with the Centre.

Comprising High Court Bar Association’s convener Timikha Koza, president A Zho, secretary Kekhriengulie Theünuo,

joint secretar y Joshua Sheqi, senior advocate CT Jamir and advocate Vitso Rio, the delegation was earlier given a grand welcome by the CJI. Earlier in the afternoon, the delegation visited Supreme Courts registrar Mezivolu T Therieh’s office.

It was given a tour of the Supreme Court complex.

The delegation also met Supreme Court’s secretary general Sanjeev S Kalgaonkar, who assured the visiting members of his help in whatever capacity as and when needed.

The meetings with the CJI and secretary general were facilitated by Therieh, for which the delegation expressed its gratefulness to her.

When the delegation also called on Bar Council of India chairman Manan Kumar Mishra, he assured of providing any help, if required in the future. He also assured his full support for a separate Bar Council once Nagaland had a separate high court, and in the matter of professional law institute in the State.

The delegation is scheduled to meet Union minister of state for DoNER G Kishan Reddy on Wednesday evening.

‘Police camps to be set up at strategic CBI asked to probe into deaths of Rosy, Samuel Sangma locations along Assam-Nagaland border’

Organisations flay Assam Cattle Bill a alleged rape of minor threat to NE’s food

DIMAPUR, JUL 13 (NPN): Various organizations have condemned the alleged rape of a minor girl at Bank Colony Dimapur on July 6. PRO Dimapur police informed that the accused, a resident of Bank colony Dimapur was forwarded to judicial custody in connection with the incident.

ZMON: Expressing shock and condemning the incident, Zeliangrong Mipui Organisation (ZMON) regretted that such a shameful and heinous crime was committed by a married man, who had children, and whose m o t h e r (Cont’d on p-6)

Deuba takes oath as Nepal’s PM for 5th time

DIMAPUR, JUL 13 (NPN): Nagaland Tribes Council (NTC) has welcomed the formation of the Parliamentary Core Committee on Naga Political Issue.

In a statement, Nagaland Tribes Council president Toniho Yepthomi and general secretary Nribemo Ngullie extended its sincere wishes to the committee in its endeavour to play the role of facilitator in

the Naga peace process by facilitating creation of an atmosphere of peace and prepare the ground for a solution to fulfil the long-cherished dream of a political solution to the vexed Naga political issue.

The council said that the negotiations between Naga political g roups (NPGs) and the Centre had been going on for the past 24 years without arriving at any logical conclusion,

thereby creating anxiety and impatience among the Nagas.

It, however, noted that “significant achievements” were made during the political negotiations, one of which was the culmination of the peace talks on October 31, 2019 with agreed points for settlement, considering “all unresolved matters shall be pursued through democratic political process post-solution”.

The council stressed that Centre and the negotiators should be pragmatic in bringing out the desired solution.

The council therefore urged Government of India to be sincere and show “political will” by delivering on the promised political solution to the decades-old Naga political problem that would be honourable and acceptable to all concerned without any further delay.

GUWAHATI, JUL 13 (AGENCIES): Battalion camps will be set up at strategic locations along the Assam-Nagaland boundary. For the first time, these Battalions have been also authorized to carry out operations, if necessary, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said during the ‘Question Hour’ on the first day of the 15 working-day Budget session of the Assam Assembly, The Sentinel report stated.

In reply to a written question by Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia, Sarma stated that he had written a letter to his Nagaland counterpart Neiphiu Rio’s earlier letter on the boundary issue.

In his reply to Rio, Sarma wrote in the letter dated June 26, 2021 that “as rightly highlighted by you, we too have always been of the view that amicable settlement of border disputes are of paramount importance to

Himanta Biswa Sarma (File)

ensure peaceful coexistence of neighbouring villages of the two States.”

Sarma further wrote: “I suggest that there may be Deputy Commissionerlevel coordination for the concerned districts on either side of the border as one such mechanism in the field.

Similarly, the chief secretary or home secretarylevel interaction at the Statelevel can successfully resolve such issues. “I would also suggest that both the States issue necessary instructions to the villagers in and around the disputed areas not to take law and order in their hands; and also to participate in the

matter in future.” Sarma also informed the House that since 2016 there were 290 incidents of encroachments by the people from Nagaland, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh.

Of these 290 encroachments, there have been 99 such attempts at various points of the Nagaland boundary; followed by 42 on the Mizoram boundary; 40 on the Meghalaya boundary; and 28 at several points of the boundary with Arunachal Pradesh.

Altogether, 127 cases have been registered in this regard; and three encroachers of other States have been arrested. Of them, two were from Nagaland and one is from Meghalaya. He pointed out, “As on date, two cases on inter-State boundary dispute are with the Supreme Court; one is with reference to Nagaland (Original Suit No. 2/1988) while the other with Arunachal Pradesh (Original Suit No. 1/1989).”

Ex-MLA Dr. KC Nihoshe passes away DIMAPUR, JUL 13 (NPN): Former MLA, Dr. KC Nihoshe, passed away at the Christian Institute of Health Sciences & Research (CIHSR) Dimapur on July 13, 2021 after a prolonged illness. Late Dr. Nihoshe got elected to the Eleventh Nagaland Legislative Assembly in the year 2008 as an Independent candidate from 35 Zunheboto Assembly Constituency and served as the Parliamentary Secretary, Industries and Commerce.

Nagaland governor RN Ravi and chief minister Neiphiu Rio have led others in mourning the passing of the late legislator.

In a condolence message, Ravi said he was shocked and saddened at the demise of Dr. KC Nihoshe and said that the state, in his demise, has lost a genuine

Late Dr. KC Nihoshe

and a tall leader. Ravi, on behalf of the people of Nagaland, conveyed heartfelt condolences and prayed that God give strength to the bereaved family to bear this tragic loss.

CM: State chief minister Neiphiu Rio expressed grief and said that Dr. Nihoshe’s demise was a great loss to the Nagas especially the Sumi community.

In a condolence message, Rio described late Nihoshe as an efficient, sincere

and visionary leader, who had a genuine concern for the welfare of society, adding that the vacuum created would be difficult to fill.

“Though he is no longer with us, his selfless deeds will always be remembered,” the chief minister said and extended heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members in this hour of grief.

NLA speaker: Expressing deep sadness over the demise of Dr. KC Nihoshe, Nagaland Legislative Assembly (NLA) speaker Sharingain Longkumer stated that in his death the State has lost an inspiring leader and a gentleman.

In a condolence message, NLA speaker said that late leader always upheld the highest decorum on the floor of the Nagaland As(Cont’d on p-3) sembly.

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Forest range office inaugurated at Pughoboto

Forest range officers and others during the inaugural programme.

DIMAPUR: The forest range office and staff quarters under Pughoboto range was inaugurated by conservator of forests (NTC) K. HukatoChishi on July 13.

In a press release, Zunheboto forest division informed that during the programme, DFO & DMU head, Dr. Sentitulashared that the Nagaland Forest Management Project (NFMP) assisted by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) which is being implemented in 11 forest divisions of Nagaland was a 10 year project started during 2017-18.

She informed that the

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project aims to improve forest eco-system and support income generation by rehabilitation of Jhum areas and provision of livelihood support while contributing to sustainable forest and environment conservation and livelihood improvement.

JFMC chairmanAlotoWotsa shared the progress of work under Mishilimi JFMC and assured that they would achieve the target in totality and added that till date this year, they had planted 30,000 seedlings under different models at the project site.

Meanwhile, ADC Pug-

hoboto, ThungchanbemoTungoeencouraged range officers, staff and the people to feel a sense of ownership and maintain the assets created by the government.

Earlier, the programme was chaired by range officer & DMU head, pastor Pughoboto Town, AhoviSwuinvoked God’s Blessing while K. HukatoChishi and HokiqheSheqi, chairman Adhoc town committee also spoke at the programme.

It may be mentioned that thePughobotorange underZunhebotoforest division is one of the JICA implementing ranges under NFMP.

F&CS mourns demise of additional director

DIMAPUR: Food & Civil Supplies (F&CS) Dimapur office has expressed pain and shock over the demise of late Sentirenla Longkumer, additional director F&CS Nagaland, who passed away Tuesday.

In a condolence message, F&CS Dimapur said with her demise the department has lost an upright and dedicated officer, who has

contributed much for the betterment of the department.

The department said it mourns together with the family as they go through this unbearable loss and prayed to the Almighty God to grant the family the strength and courage to overcome this moment of grief and prayed that the departed soul rest in eternal peace.

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LATE LIKOKLA

BORN : 15/05/1939 DIED : 04/07/2021 Through this column, we would like to thank everyone for their expressions and sympathy following our recent loss of our dear mother Late Likokla. We have been overwhelmed by the material and prayer support that we have received which have all meant so much to us. All your kindness and love are deeply appreciated. God bless all.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We, the bereaved family of Lt. Kikhevi Chophi, Naghuto Old would like to thank each and everyone for your condolences and sympathy in our time of mourning.

We would specially like to thank: 1. D. Kughaho Chophi, Head G.B Mishikito 2. D. Khekiye Chophi, Mishikito 3. Kakishe Assumi Lt. Colonel (NSCN/GPRN) 4. Hokali (Robert) Women Pastor Chekiye Baptist Church Dimapur.

5. Mishikito Baptist Church Dimapur 08/12/1935 – 11/07/2021 6. Mishikito Village Council Dimapur “Friend to Many, Stranger to None” 7. Mishikito Students’ Union Dimapur 8. Naghutomi Union Dimapur Area (NUDA) 9. Faith Baptist Church Dimapur.

10. Sumi Biblical Baptist Church Dimapur We are unable to mention each and every individual, but God watches over all your good deeds you have bestowed on us and it will not go in vain.

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art & dance competition winners and Jiwan Rai, Gorkha journalist from NLTV. Meanwhile, Gorkha Yo u t h C l u b D i m a p u r (GYCD) celebrated the day at GYCD headquarters,

Thahekhu village.

During the programme, president GYCD Shiva Kumar BK lighted diya and shared his thoughts on the contributions of Bhanubhakta Acharya towards the Gorkha Community.

1ST DEATH ANNIVERSARY of our beloved Late Ghoheni Achumi

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graced by founder, chairman of Dimapur Gorkha Union (DGU) & state executive member, BJP, Kumar Subba, NPF minority wing, central president, Bishnu Bhattacharjee as the special invitee, along with Gorkha leaders from Dimapur town.

In a press release, GSUD informed that the festival was observed with strict SOP compliance where GSUD and a selected Gorkha leaders along with winners of online competition were present at the programme.

The awards included: felicitation to academic students with good marks; The Chronicles Band in the field of Music; Hem Chettri, Nagaland cricket player in the field of sports; Jacob Sundas, first Gorkha to open delivery service during the pandemic in the field of humanity work; Anjana Limbu, Nagaland state badminton player in the field of sports; online

14th July 2020

A year passed but we feel your presence each day, remembering the good days we had together. You will always be remembered and cherished in our hearts forever.

We miss you deeply.

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NPCC convenes emergency meeting: Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee has informed that an emergency meeting of political affairs committee (PAC) would be held at Congress Bhavan, Kohima on July 16, 2:30 p.m. All PAC members have been requested to attend the meeting.

Women helpline informs: Women helpline Nagaland has informed that181 line would not be available until further notice due to technical issues. However, one may reach the helpline at alternative number 9485239098. WHN has also informed that one may call or visit the nearest Sakhi- One Stop Centresset up in all the districts. WHN has apologised for any inconvenience.

APC informs core committee members: agriculture production commissioner, Y KikhetoSema has convened a core committee meeting at the secretariat conference hall on July 15, 11 a.m., take stock of drought like situation in the State will be held at the Secretariat conference hall on 15 July 2021 at 11:00 AM. All the core committee members have been requested to attend the meeting.

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DIMAPUR: Gorkha community in Nagaland observed 207thbirth anniversary of “Adikavi” Bhanubhakta Acharya (BhanuJayanti) on July 13.

Kohima: Gorkha community in Kohima observed Bhanu Jayanti in the presence of office bearers of Gorkha public panchayat, its subordinate bodies under the aegis of Gorkha Sahitya Kala Sanstha Kohima (GSKSK) at GPPK Hall, Chandmari.

In a press release, Gorkha Youth Association Kohima (GYAK) informed that while speaking on the occasion, GPPK president Santu Thapa shared about the works of Bhanu Bhakta Acharya and said that Acharya was inspired by a grass cutter and devoted his entire life to uplift the community.

Earlier, the programme was chaired by GSKSK vice president Ganga Thapa.

Some of the highlights of the programme included garlanding and lighting of lamp on the portrait of Bhanubhakta Acharya while Bala Khawash shared the life sketch of Acharya and vote of thanks was delivered by GSKSK general secretary Susila Limbu.

Dimapur: Gorkha Students’ Union Dimapur (GSUD) celebrated BhanuJayanti at Nepali Basti.

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DIMAPUR: NPGN/ NNC/NA (MK) has rejected the claim of the UNPG-NNC/PB that 20 of its members had joined the group.

In a press release, NPGN/NNC/NA (MK) MIP clarified that the person who identified himself as “chief of army” Iheto was never promoted but was terminated on May 16 while holding the post of ‘colonel’.

MIP also clarified thatkilonser Samson Sumi was also terminated as CAO on June 15 and that their claims of being members of NPGN/NNC/NA (MK) was baseless and an attempt to defame the group.

The MIP also informed that “officials” namely ‘leacy’ Kitoho, ‘lieutenant colonel’ Inato, ‘lieutenant’ Asang, ‘2nd lieutenant’ Kihika were enrolled into UNPG/NNC/ PB without their knowledge by those who were terminated by NPGN/ NNC/NA (MK).

Further, the group has cautioned that performing any action in its name without consent of the higher authority may “face legal action as per the yezabo”.

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“He will wipe every tear from their eyes.

There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

It was this day last year that Daddy left us to be with the Lord. We thank the Lord on his first death anniversary, for His Faithfulness and Love; and to remind us how we will forever cherish dad for who he was. We still feel like he would join us at the table where we used to sit together to eat and to share the news and the joys of the day. His legacy of giving and sharing lives on. Dear Lord Jesus, tell dad that his family is always hopeful, cheerful and fighting the good fight now more than ever. Thank you Jesus for your love and mercy.

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LATE NAONGLA PHOM Born : 27/12/1947 – Died : 05/07/2021 Through this column, we, the bereaved family members of Lt. Naongla Phom (Mongtikang Village) would like to convey our heartfelt gratitude to each and every individual, Dimapur Phom Baptist Church, Lengrijan Fellowship, unions, organizations, relatives, neighbours and well wishers who supported us emotionally, materially, financially, and also upholding us through prayers during the illness and sad demise of our beloved mother.

Though we are unable to mention every individual, it is our humble prayer that our Almighty God bless you all abundantly.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT "The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. (Job 1:21)

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“Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all”.

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31st August 1972 – 22nd May 2021

LT. IMDANGCHILA 15/05/1944 – 05/07/2021 We, the family members of LT. IMDANGCHILA (MANGMETONG) would like to express our immense gratitude to all the well wishers, churches, friends, relatives and everyone who supported us physically, monetarily and through prayers throughout her illness and ultimate demise.

Words are inadequate to describe how indebted we are to those who have contributed in various ways. May our Almighty God bestow His abundant blessings to each and every one of you.

Loving husband, children, grand children and family members.

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With profound gratitude, we, the bereaved family members of Late Atoshe Aye express our heartfelt and profound gratitude to various organizations, friends, relatives and well-wishers for your sympathy, who stood with us in our saddest moment and extended support, solace in physical, financial, moral and through prayer during his short illness and at the time of his sudden demise.

We deeply regret our inability to thank each and every individual personally, but your expressions of sympathy will never be forgotten, we pray that our gracious God bless you all abundantly.

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Assam police encounters: AHRC seeks report by mid-Aug G U WA H A T I , J U L 13(PTI): The Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC), taking suo moto cognisance of media reports, has asked the state government to institute an inquiry into the circumstances that led to the death and injury of 12 persons in police encounters over the past two months.

AHRC member Naba Kamal Bora, in an order, noted that news reports have pointed out all the accused were unarmed and in handcuffs during the police firing.

He also stated that firing upon an accused when in police custody or during a chase should not be made a trend.

Considering the “gravity of the situation”, the commission has directed the state government’s principal secretary of the home and political department to institute an inquiry to find out the facts and circumstances leading to the death and injuries of the 12 accused, said the order, which was made available to the reporters on Tuesday.

The commission has asked the principal secretary to submit the probe

report by August 17.

Earlier, a Delhi-based lawyer from Assam, Arif Jwadder, had filed a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) against the Assam Police for the series of encounters that have taken place since Himanta Biswa Sarma took over as chief minister on May 10.

He had urged the NHRC to take note of these incidents and call for an inquiry. Justifying the encounters, Sarma had on

July 5 said that shooting at criminals “should be the pattern” if they attempt to escape from custody or try to snatch guns from the police to fire at them.

Opposition parties have, however, decried the recent incidents of firing, with state Congress chief Ripun Bora saying that the CM’s statement has “dangerous ramifications”, and that if this practice of encounters is not checked Assam may soon become a “police state”.

NLFB militant killed in police encounter in Assam A militant of the National Liberation Front of Bodoland (NLFB) outfit was killed in a police encounter in Assam’s Udalguri district on Tuesday.

Acting on a tip-off, police launched an operation in Dimachang in Mazbat police station area and the outfit’s self-styled Udalguri district commander was killed in an encounter, Special Director General of Police G P Singh said.

“Early this morning, one Jayphrush @ N Jwngkhwl...was killed in police operation in Dimachang area of Mazbat police station of Udalguri district,” Singh tweeted. A pistol and several cartridges were seized from the encounter site, he added.

The slain militant was a close associate of former NDFB leader M Batha who had surrendered along with several other cadres during the signing of the third Bodo Peace Accord in January 2020 but later returned to the forest to set up the NLFB. The outfit is mostly involved in extortion in the districts under the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), police sources said.

76 pc of eligible people vaccinated in Tripura AGARTALA, JUL 13 (PTI): Over 76 per cent of the eligible population of Tripura have been inoculated against Covid-19 and around 25 per cent got both doses of the vaccine, an official said on Tuesday.

The positivity rate of coronavirus in the state currently is 4.3 per cent and it is likely to decline after two weeks.

Of the 26.24 lakh people who are eligible for inoculation, over 20 lakh (76.22 per cent) have received the vaccine while 6.47 lakh (24.64 per cent) have taken both doses, National Health Mission (NHM) director in Tripura, Dr Siddhartha Shiv Jaiswal, said.

Tripura has a population of 40.19 lakh in March. “As many as 16.3 lakh people fall in the 18-44 age group (62.1 per cent) and 9.94 lakh are in the category of 45+ (37.9 per cent),” Jaiswal said.

The state NHM director said that 57.98 per cent of all frontline workers have already received both the vaccine doses.

State Surveillance Officer (SSO) for COVID 19, Deep Debbarma, said that the positivity rate of Covid-19 is likely to go down after two weeks.

Vaccination of ‘big concern’: Meghalaya CM tells PM

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SHILLONG, JUL 13: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Tuesday told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the low rate of vaccination was the major concern, even as the overall COVID-19 positivity rate has come down below 10 per cent in the State, except for two districts.

“The big concern for our state still remains our vaccination drive,and we are still below the national average in certain cases.

MLAs, MDCs and also the civil society leaders and religious leaders to help and contribute towards how we could enhance the vaccination drive and we have seen positive results in the last few days.

We are very hopeful that we will see the rates of vaccination go up even higher in the coming weeks and months. If the State is able to intensify the Conrad K Sangma vaccination drive by up We have taken up the vac- to about 20,000 to 25,000 cination drive on a mission vaccinations per day, we expect to complete the vacmode,” he said.

“We have asked the cination of all the eligible

population by the end of September or early October,” the Chief Minister said.

“Government of India has been very generous in giving the vaccinations free of cost to all population above the age of 18,” he said. “The Prime Minister has urged all the chief ministers of the North East to lay more focus on the vaccination drive as it is the “only way to beat Covid in the long run”, Sangma said after the virtual meeting with the Prime Minister.

Mnp Youth Cong protest against fuel price hike

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IMPHAL, JUL 13: Police in Manipur’s Kakching district on Tuesday dispersed a group of Congress members and workers carrying out a protest against ever increasing prices of petroleum products.

A group of members and workers of Manipur Pradesh Youth Congress carried out the protest in front of an oil pump ((Yumnam Oil Service) at Wabagai Lamkhai in Kakching district.

The police dispersed the protesters alleging that they defied COVID-19 SOPs and curfew enforced in the district to check the spread of the coronavirus.

Before they were dispersed, the protestors who gathered at the oil pump shouted various slogans

SHILLONG, JUL 13: Meghalaya’s opposition Congress has demanded removal of Chief Minister Conrad Sangma over alleged corruption in the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL).

“I appeal to all the likeminded and right thinking people in the government – let us not delay and it is time to remove the Chief Patron who is the Chief Minister if we are really serious to save our beautiful state before it is too late,” senior Congress legislator, Zenith Sangma said.

In a statement issued on Monday, Sangma, who is also the Congress Spokesperson, said, “the recent news report about the CAG stating that there are anomalies in the implementation of Saubhagya scheme resulting in the loss of more than 149 crores is “an eye opener for everybody.”

“I have been raising the same issue for the last two years both inside and outside the House. Now

Zale inaugurates village gate at Kidima

Zale Neikha, government officials and village leaders during the inaugural programme on July 13. (DIPR)

He thanked the department of rural development for extending financial assistance not only for the construction of the gate but also for all round development activities in the village.

Zale dwelled on the importance of increasing food grains and its productivity since the village was declared as “vegetable village” by the state government and said such that a tag was unique.

He therefore urged the

people of Kidima to put concerted effort in enhancing the agricultural productivity and stressed on commercialisation of the produce instead of adopting subsistence agriculture in order to boost their economy.

He said many a time, public properties funded by government were not well preserved and protected. In this regard, he encouraged building of public utilities with help peer groups and voluntary

Congress workers protesting against hike in prices of petroleum products in Kakching district . against the BJP government at the Centre as well as in the state.

They alleged the governments looting the people by hiking the prices of the petrol, diesel and cooking gas and demanded immediate roll-back to the prices.

Placards reading “BJP govt, don’t kill people by price hike”, “Down down anti-people economy policy of BJP government”,

``Modi’s achhe din becomes a burden for all (India), etc. were also displayed during the protest. MPYC general secretary Pukhrambam Bamkimchandra who took part in the protest alleged that the prices of petroleum products in the country kept on increasing even as crude prices are at an all-time low in the international market.

He said that the hike in the prices of fuels was un-

Meghalaya Cong demands removal of CM

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DIMAPUR: Advisor, youth resources & spor ts, Zale Neikha inaugurated the village gate, “Kidimi Kharu” in the presence of government officials, frontal organisations and well-wishers at Kidima on July 13.

According to DIPR report, while speaking on the occasion, Zale lauded the people of Kidima village for erecting the gate which he said was “an epitome of unity and cooperation”.

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contributions.

He also urged the villagers to get vaccinated at the earliest in order to avert any eventuality.

BDO, RD block Jakhama, Khovi Thaprü said erecting a gate was not only a pride for Kidima alone but also a pride for the neighbouring villages as well.

He lauded the village leaders working at the grassroots level for showing unity and cooperation on all fronts.

VDB Secretary, Kevizeho Rote in his report informed that Rs. 46.70 lakhs was incurred for construction of the gate which was funded by the RD department.

Earlier, KVC chairman Vitsu Rikha chaired the programme while vote of thanks was delivered by KVC secretary Vikedul Kotso. Pastor CRC, Videse Pucho invoked God’s blessing while Neisa Thol proposed the traditional blessing during the inaugural programme. A special song was also presented by Vikenoto Ltu.

when the watchdog of our democratic system of our great nation is finding something wrong the Chief Minister is again in denial mode,” he said.

Describing the Independent Inquiry Committee constituted by the government as an “eye wash”, Sangma claimed that one of the technical member of the committee is a retired Executive Director of REC Ltd, who has “good connection with the company – M/s Satnam Global Infra Ltd”, which was awarded with Saubhagya and many other schemes.

“How can it be independent when they know each other having a good connection,” the senior Congress legislator asked.

“Therefore, without any reasonable doubt we can foresee that the report of the Inquiry can be biased. That was the reason we were demanding that it should be handed over to the CBI for investigation. Now we can easily understand that the Chief Minister will never hand it over to CBI because

everything is done under his patronage,” he added.

On Chief Minister’s refusal to relieve the incumbent Power Minister James K Sangma, the Congress leader said, “I simply don’t agree with the statement of the Chief Minister that sacking Power Minister would undermine the inquiry. It is rubbish and there is no logic in this.

How can MeECL be independent when everything is interfered?”

Po i n t i n g o u t t h a t James Sangma, being Minister in charge and having the supreme Executive Power in the Power Department “interfered” and “dictated”, the former Congress minister said, “… from appointing junior officers as CMD (of MeECL), keeping many of the key posts vacant for long so that same single person can occupy two or three posts and when any of them did not comply with his (their) needs, transferring the officer within short period and bringing in someone whom they can get things done under pressure.”

reasonable and demanded that it should be roll-back immediately. The BJP governments at the Centre as well as in the state were “looting” the poor people of the country by hiking the prices of the petroleum products beyond the affordable limit. The incessant hike in fuel prices was an additional burden to the common people who were at the limit of their woes due to the restrictions to check the spread of COVID-19.

The youth leader said that the hike in the price of diesel has added another burden to the poor farmers of the state who were facing a drought like situation due to scanty or no rain.

The current price of diesel was beyond the affordable limit of farmers whose fields required irrigation, he said.

Arunachal logs highest single-day COVID cases at 566 ITANAGAR, JUL 13 (PTI): Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday reported its highest single-day spike of 566 new COVID-19 cases, a senior health official said.

The earlier single-day record was 497 cases, registered on May 29, he said.

A 50-year-old woman from the Capital Complex region died at the Dedicated Covid Hospital at Chimpu on Sunday, while a 63-year-old woman from Lohit district died at a health facility in Tezu on Monday, he said.

Both of them died of acute respiratory distress syndrome with COVID pneumonia, he added.

The state government is taking several measures to contain the spread of the virus, Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar said.

There are 3,918 active cases in the Northeastern state at present, he said.

In all, 364 patients recovered on Monday, taking the total recoveries to 36,274, he said.

2 senior NSCN (I-M) members join GPRN/NSCN DIMAPUR: GPRN/NSCN collective leadership Tuesday welcomed two NSCN (I-M) steering committee executives, Vaison Vemai and V. S Jonah Vemai into its fold.

In a press release, GPRN/ NSCN MIP said Vaison Vemai, “a very senior national worker and steering committee executive of NSCN IM” was also former speaker of the Tatar Hoho, former religious kilonser and former vice president, Council of Nagalim Churches (CNC). It informed that steering committee executive, V. S Jonah Vemai has been serving the “Naga nation” for 37 years.

MIP said both the senior national workers met GPRN/ NSCN chairman and president ‘Gen. (Retd.)’ M.B. Neokpao Konyak at Designated Camp, Khehoi and old comrades and friends at the Tatar Hall at CHQ, Khehoi Designated Camp.

According to MIP, the two leaders said, “Naga people should unite and work for the upliftment of our nation”. MIP further claimed that the leaders asserted that since “it is a

Vaison Vemai and Jonah Vemai along with GPRN/NSCN president MB Neokpao Konyak and others.

people’s movement” they were convinced that GPRN/NSCN, as one among seven NNPGs holding political negotiations with the government of India, was “progressing according to the wishes of the Naga people”.

MIP said the leaders also agreed that the Naga tribes and civil societies, in general, have acknowledged that the Working Committee (WC) and government of India signing “Agreed

Position” on November 17, 2017 as “practical and realistic”.

According to the leaders, MIP said the decision to join GPRN/NSCN was made easier since government of India and WC, NNPGs “Agreed Position and blueprint of impending IndoNaga political solution, on closer look, is very much inclusive of all Naga areas with adequate scope for future Naga generations to pursue unresolved matters.”

Condolence messages on the demise of Dr. Nihoshe (From p-1) Longkumer also said that late Nihoshe adhered to the principle of honesty, probity, and simple living throughout his public life. “He has contributed immensely for the development of the state of Nagaland. He has also demonstrated supreme concern for the welfare of the poor,” NLA speaker said.

The speaker, on behalf of the 13th NLA, conveyed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family members at this hour of grief and prayed

that God grant them solace and comfort.

Dy.CM: State deputy chief minister Y Patton mourned the demise of Dr. KC Nihoshe said that in his death the state has lost a leader whose absence would be felt dearly.

In a condolence message, Patton recalled working alongside Dr. Nihoshe as a friend and a colleague in NLA. Patton described late Nihoshe as a straight forward and a visionary leader who was committed to work for the people.

Patton, who is also the state BLP leader, on behalf of the state BJP legislators, conveyed deepest condolences to the bereaved family and pray for the departed to rest in peace.

NPCC: Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee president, K Therie has expressed shock and sadness over the untimely demise of Dr. K. C. Nihoshe.

In a condolence message, Therie said late Dr. Nihoshe was a force to reckon with and a fully

charged leader who served the people he represented with dedication. Therie said Dr. Nihoshe’s concern for society was a driving principle in his career of public service.

Therie said Dr. Nihoshe passing away was an irreparable loss to Naga society which has lost a leader who yet had much to contribute to its upliftment.

Further, Therie said the rank and file of NPCC join him in offering their deepest condolences to the bereaved family members

and prayed that the Almighty God be with them and comfort them through this hour of painful parting. Therie also prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace.

NPF: NPF president, Dr. Shürhozelie Liezietsuhas expressed shocked on learning the demise of Dr. KC Nihoshe Yepthomi.

In a condolence note, Dr. Shürhozelie said described late Nihoshe as a man of principle and integrity whose leadership was looked upon by the

regional NPF. While stating that words were inadequate to express the grief that the party was going through, Dr. Shürhozelie said that his sacrifices and contributions towards uplifting of the party would never be forgotten but cherished by all.

The NPF party extended condolences to all the family members and prayed that God would grant them solace at this time of grief.

NPF Zunheboto division: NPF Zunheboto division while expressing grief

over the demise of Dr. KC Nihoshe Yepthomi his demise was a loss not only for the party but for the entire Sumi people in particular and Nagas in general.

The NPF division conveyed heartfelt condolences to his family members.

ZRSU: Zunheboto Range Students’ Union said that in the demise of Dr. KC Nihoshe Yepthomi, they had lost a kind hearted and prolific leader whose noble vision inspired many people. ZRSU extended condolences to the bereaved

family members and prayed that the Almighty would grant them strength.

Sumi Hoho: Sumi Hoho has expressed sadness over the demise of Dr. KC Nihoshe Yepthomi, who it said was a dynamic leader who led from the forefront and was always there when his people needed him. Stating that his demise had left a vaccum among the people, Sumi Hoho conveyed condolences to the bereaved family members and prayed that the Almighty would grant them solace.

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Changes in Assam

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ar reaching changes are being unveiled in Assam by chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who has uncovered the ‘hidden agenda’ of his party. Himanta is making no bones about what he intends to do in his state and which should also be a cause of concern to other states. What Himanta is doing in his home state, is to prove his mettle as an administrator. He recently showed it to both Nagaland and Mizoram over the border issue. His state government deployed uniformed personnel to set up an outpost within Nagaland. A week or two later, his Assam Police did the same to Mizoram when a party intruded deep into the state to construct road and set up a police outpost. Most of all, Himanta seeks to solidify the Hindu vote bank in the state. People of Assam come from diverse religious backgrounds such as Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains besides many other indigenous religious cultures. Since joining the BJP in 2016, Himanta has adopted the party’s Hindutva ideology with more fierceness than his predecessor and former chief minister Sarabananda Sonowal who joined BJP in 2011. Sonowal was instrumental in giving the BJP a wider acceptability in a state where people of diverse religions and cultures thrived together- be it Ahoms, Bodos, Kacharis, Bengalis, Biharis, Adivasis, Garos, Karbis,Nagas, Kukis, etc. During Sonowal’s stewardship both as state unit president, union minister and then as chief minister from 2016, people still identified each other as belonging to the state. The ugly head of communalism was not a Hindu-VersusMuslim issue but a legal inhabitants-versus- illegal immigrants issue. The All Assam Students Union(AASU) spearheaded the issue of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh which rocked the state from 1979 to 1985. The issue of illegal immigration from Bangladesh is Assam’s fault line. It became wider and deeper with the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 which seeks to grant citizenship only to non-Muslim immigrants from various countries but discriminates against Muslim refugees. The CAA in Assam meant that Bangladeshi Hindu immigrants would be granted immediate citizenship once they prove they were in India for five years instead of the earlier 11 years. In Assam, the protests stem from the fear that illegal Bengali Hindu migrants from Bangladesh, if regularised under CAA, will threaten cultural and linguistic identities of the state. The BJP is all for CAA to solidify its Bengali Hindu vote bank. Himanta has unveiled his plans to saffronise the state by openly declaring that “cow is our mother” and introducing a bill for cow protection in Assam. He tabled the Assam Cattle Preservation Bill 2021 in the Assembly. The Bill aims to prohibit the transport of cows within the state and any place outside the state. Approved recently by the state Cabinet for introduction in the House, this Bill seeks to control the slaughter of cows and consumption of cow meat. Eating of beef meat within a radius of five kilometres of any temple (mandir) is banned. Violation of the provisions of the Bill could lead to imprisonment for three to eight years and a fine between Rs 3 lakh and Rs 5 lakh. It was also speculated that to check birth rate, Himanta announced a two-child policy for providing benefits under specific state schemes.

Of all the agendas, the cow protection policy would affect other north eastern states since beef is also a popular diet among the people. Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma has already sounded the bugle against it. Chief minsters of Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal are still quiet about this issue and their silence is deafening.

DailyDevotion The Price of the Vision In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord… —Isaiah 6:1 Our soul’s personal history with God is often an account of the death of our heroes. Over and over again God has to remove our friends to put Himself in their place, and that is when we falter, fail, and become discouraged. Let me think about this personally— when the person died who represented for me all that God was, did I give up on everything in life?

Did I become ill or disheartened? Or did I do as Isaiah did and see the Lord?

My vision of God is dependent upon the condition of my character. My character determines whether or not truth can even be revealed to me.

Before I can say, “I saw the Lord,” there must be something in my character that conforms to the likeness of God. Until I am born again and really begin to see the kingdom of God, I only see from the perspective of my own biases. What I need is God’s surgical procedure— His use of external circumstances to bring about internal purification.

Your priorities must be God first, God second, and God third, until your life is continually face to face with God and no one else is taken into account whatsoever. Your prayer will then be, “In all the world there is no one but You, dear God; there is no one but You.” Keep paying the price. Let God see that you are willing to live up to the vision.

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We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. ~ John Dryden

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Statement to the 14th Session/ Regional Meetings of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 13 July 2021 (Asia) Item 8: Draft Report on efforts to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Indigenous Peoples and the Right to Self Determination Respected Chair, The Naga people are transnational indigenous peoples with a population of over 4 million comprising about 60 tribes. Our land and territories are located in India (North-East) and North-West Myanmar. We were arbitrarily divided between India and Burma (now Myanmar) during the colonial transfer of power from Britain in the late 1940s. We were divided and placed under different administrative units as minorities in post-colonial India and Myanmar, and continue to be, except in India’s imposed state of Nagaland where Nagas are the majority.

The imposed separations have not only gravely affected our ties and ability to maintain relationship among ourselves as an indigenous nation, but they contravene Article 36 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which says: “Indigenous peoples, in particular those divided by international borders have the right to maintain and develop contacts, relations and cooperation, including activities for spiritual, cultural, political, economic and social purposes, with their own members as well as other peoples across borders”.

The Naga Cause at India’s Independence in 1947: Naga peoples’ struggle for self-determination has continued for more than seven decades, longer than India and Myanmar have been independent nationstates. The expressed will of the Nagas for freedom and self-rule goes back to 1929, when the Naga Club submitted a memorandum to the Simon Commission ask-

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ing the colonial government “to leave us alone to determine for ourselves as in ancient times.”

Then, as the British were set to leave the Indian subcontinent, the Naga National Council (NNC, an offshoot of the Naga Club) sent a delegation to Delhi to meet with Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Indian nation. The delegation submitted a memorandum on July 19, 1947, which stated that “The Nagas shall declare their independence on the 14th August 1947.” Mahatma Gandhi was quoted as having told the Naga delegation: “Personally, I believe you all belong to me, to India. But if you say you don’t, no one can force you.”

The Naga National Council declared Independence on 14th August 1947, a day before India did. On the same day, the NNC sent a telegram to the SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations.

The message read: “Kindly put on record that Nagas will be independent. Discussion with India is being carried on to that effect.

Nagas do not accept Indian constitution. The right of the people must prevail regardless of size.”

These historic memoranda and communiques going back to the British Empire in 1929 testify to the validity of the Naga cause. They confirm the Naga conviction and will to be a free people and a nation, separate from India and Myanmar, when British rule would come to an end. Till today, three quarters of a century after the British left the subcontinent, Nagas have been consistently clear about our right to self-determination and self-rule.

Government of India’s Repression of the Naga Cause: Since its inception, however, the Naga freedom movement has found itself at odds with the Government of India.

Congruent with our goal of self-determination, the Nagas boycotted the first general elections held in Independent India.

India responded by unilaterally imposing her will upon the Nagas with violence and military force.

The Naga people were compelled

to resort to armed resistance beginning in the early 1950s. The Indo-Naga conflict escalated into a war in the mid-1950s, with intermittent ceasefires. Under the pretext of waging war against Naga “rebel” groups, members of the Indian army committed many atrocities against Naga civilians. Thousands of Naga men were massacred or “disappeared” in extra-judicial killings, women raped and molested, and an undeclared war, largely unknown to the world, was waged upon a people fighting for the right to self-determination. The freedom struggle continued and India launched a series of suppressive tactics, including the draconian Disturbed Area Act and Armed Forces (Special) Powers Act (1958), both of which continue to this day. Under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), Nagas have no legal recourse for human rights abuses and violations including torture and killings committed by the Indian army. AFSPA invests Indian military personnel and the state Governor with extra judicial powers; they are above the laws of the land.

The Indian nation-state’s long standing policy of keeping Naga areas under its political domain has meant that matters of Naga sovereignty vis-à-vis India have been, at best, unfairly and uncaringly addressed, and at worst, crushed by military force, as India’s widespread strategy of militarization of the region shows. Despite multiple agreements between the Government of India and the Nagas that promised seemingly greater freedoms for the latter -- such as the Akbar Hydari Accord of 1947, the 16 Point Agreement of 1960, or the Shillong Accord of 1975 -- the fundamental right of the Naga people to self-determination remains unresolved. As a result, the Naga reality has been one of long-lasting conflict.

Despite these decades of oppression and violence on many fronts, indeed especially because the problems have dragged on for so long causing so many lives

and so much suffering, the Naga people long for justice and lasting peace, with key stakeholders consistently advocating for a constructive approach towards India and Myanmar. Due in part to this hopeful spirit of the people, a ceasefire agreement was signed on the 1st of August 1997 between the Government of India and the Naga separatist group, the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN). These negotiations were based on the foundation that talks would proceed without conditions at the Indian Prime Minister’s level, in a neutral third country. Over the years, several prime ministers of India, including Narashimha Rao, Deve Gowda, and IK Gujral, have engaged in peace talks with the NSCN leaders in a number of neutral nations: France, the United States, Thailand, Switzerland, Germany, and others.

Since 2003, the Indian Prime Ministers AP Vajpayee, Manmohan Singh, and Narendra Modi have continued to engage in these top-level talks.

The State of the Naga People Today: After more than 80 rounds of dialogue between India and the Nagas, both parties signed the seminal Framework Agreement on the 3rd of August 2015 that arranged to resolve longstanding issues of contention. Soon after signing the Framework Agreement, the Indian government stated that it “recognised the unique history, culture, and position of the Nagas and their sentiments and aspirations.” Regardless, on 30th June 2021, the Government of India announced the extension of the Nagaland Disturbed Area Act, allowing the continuance of the Armed Forces (Special) Power Act and virtually giving unbridled and unchecked powers to the Indian military in Nagaland and its Governor. The same governor is also the Interlocutor of the on-going Indo-Naga negotiation, yet is operating outside of the Framework Agreement for the negotiation.

It is evident that the Naga people continue to be denied our collective rights to live as a free people. Due to the political realities at play with India and Myanmar -- which are further steeped in oppressive, neo-colonialist paradigms -- we continue to be deprived of our rights to liberty, as well as political, socioeconomic, and cultural freedom.

We are a people with a collective aspiration to live together as one nation in one geopolitical entity.

It is for the fullest realization of our human dignity -- identity and rights -- that we desire the reunification of our ancestral contiguous land, which is at the heart of our existence.

Recommendations: 1. The Naga people’s position is clear that peaceful resolution of the Indo-Naga political issue will usher in an era of “new relationship with enduring peace with India,” as well as Myanmar. Therefore, we appeal the United Nations and the International community to respond to the call of Naga people for justice and peaceful coexistence.

2. We appeal the United Nations EMRIP mandate to call upon India and Myanmar to resolve the Nagas’ case in the spirit of justice and lasting peace.

3. Naga people that are scattered in four Indian states and Myanmar be allowed to live together as one people with one destiny.

4. We appeal the United Nations EMRIP mandate in collaboration with UNHRC, UNSRIP and other mandate holders to put pressure on the Government of India by demanding the immediate repeal of the Armed Forces (Special) Powers Act of 1958 and Nagaland Disturbed Areas Act, a draconian anti-democratic legislation that violates all human decency and dignity.

Thank you, Chair.

Chuba Ozukum, Convenor, Global Naga Forum and Prof Paul Pimomo, Secretary, Global Naga Forum

Technology & Automation-Impact on Human Evolution

echnology-driven automation is omnipresent and pervading our lives like never before. From robots and chatbots to virtual/augmented reality, machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI) and beyond, the physical space is littered with digital influence.

The impact of increased automation is already upon us and influencing our lives in all possible ways. Up till now technology adoption has never been so rapid, versatile and secular but the presence of connectivity has enabled this growth.

The focus of this narrative will be to explore how exactly human life gets affected because of these inevitable technology trends. There are six such changes that look imminent.

The newer technologies are enabling embryonic assessments in early stages, hence alleviating the need for morphological assessments where high degree of human skills was required. The issue is that morphological grading by humans leads to wide inter- and intra-operator variation.

These long-standing difficulties may now be improved by using advances in AI. Thus, mathematical variables derived from time-lapse images of embryo development may now be used such that an algorithm can classify images of an embryo’s development automatically, and so remove the human variable from the crucial task of morphological assessment.

This was also highlighted in a study pre-

sented on July 4, 2017 at the 33rd Annual Meeting of ESHRE in Geneva.

Start-up Deep Genomics is leveraging AI to help decode the meaning of the genome and their learning software is developing the ability to try and predict the effects of a mutation based on its analyses of hundreds of thousands of examples of other mutations — even if there’s not already a record of what those mutations do. Another example is the case of actress Angelina Jolie where she had a one recessive gene in her genome that was predicted using deep learning algorithms on her DNA sequence using the data from past studies, which predicted that she is susceptible to breast cancer. She underwent pre-emptive mastectomy to prevent herself from cancer. The confluence of medicine and technology will bring unprecedented transformations in human life.

Another biological victim of the digital automation will be ubiquitous handwriting skills. Already most of the content that’s getting produced and published is digital.

Handwriting skills have already suffered as most of the content gets digitally typed and then printed if at all needed in the physical format. Dematerialization has already inflicted the damage on the physical copy. It is now rare to write something on paper except when it’s your own signature, which is also digitally available now.

Handwriting is almost nostalgic now. More and more people are digitally publishing the content

online with handwritten notes becoming virtually non-existent. When was the last time you wrote a handwritten letter or note to your friends? The growth of virtual assistants like Apple Siri, Google Assistant or Cortana that can translate the verbal instructions into written word will further deteriorate the physical handwriting practice whatever is left so far. This may impact the anatomy of hand including the fingers, which may become less flexible, and thinner to aid typing.

Maybe in the future the meta-carpel and carpel joints undergo significant changes as they are no longer used for writing purposes.

The third biological influence will be on the eyes. The sheer amount of information flow that’s happening is coming from social media apps, devices, digital displays or the web, which is exerting enormous strain on the eyes.

Reading has exponentially multiplied, as is typical of information age where status quo is consistently challenged. The knowledge bust that’s happening is fuelling the information fire. With faster and better technology, development and evolution is becoming possible in every sphere of our life, be it medicine, law, science, engineering, education, hence necessitating the constant need to upgrade and update. The concomitant impact of it will be largely borne by eyes. With so much to read and ingest, the shape of our eyes may get adapted over a period; they may become enlarged or may be more bulged. In fact,

the underlying neuron system powering the vision may undergo subtle changes as well because of the way the things will be perceived and seen in the VR, AR-infected world.

Another impact is going to be on the neck and the backbone. With the advent of smartphone the average time we are spending on the device is about 180 minutes.

Yes, that’s correct: three hours per day. We are continuously stretching our necks for longer periods of time, which is therefore bent most of the time. Now most of things can be auctioned, can be monitored or searched on phone, which is reducing physical movements all the time. For example, you can monitor your employees working remotely on your phone using the GPS and camera, thereby obviating the need for physically moving yourself. This is not only forcing your neck to constantly gobble up the data that’s being ejected on your smartphone screens but also increasing your seating time, making you more sedentary than ever.

Seating continuously for longer periods of time puts pressure on the spinal cord and the vertebrae. Hence all these lifestyle changes will have an anatomical impact on our spinal cord and neck in the time to come. As a result, the spine may become more rounded and short. It may be so that in future humans have few extra movements in neck due to some extra cervical spine joints.

With the problem of plenty, memory will be worst affected. As more and more information is

produced collaboratively and co-operatively on social platforms lesser and lesser will be retained.

Also, with advanced search algorithms by our side, who needs to worry about remembering something?

Learning by rote will be extinct in future. This will impact the memorability of human beings as lesser effort will be given to remember anything. The incentives that existed in the past to learn mathematical tables or capitals of the countries have ceased to exist. Society is now rewarding people who have application skills, who can combine expertise in multiple subjects to yield insights and solve layered business problems. The demand for people who can blurt out facts has completely evaporated.

The processing that’s required to memorize things will weaken during time, leading to complete adaptation of the neurons and brain functions that govern memory.

With so much data floating around us and machine learning algorithms parsing them, AI is

getting adaptive by the day.

The rich data that’s getting ingested is only leading to more informed choices and better decisions. The role of luck, or the unknown is getting subsumed by intelligent analytics or processed data that was earlier not available. The traditional belief structures rooted in religion of God are getting displaced by more data-centric approach or ‘Dataism‘, as Yuval Harari calls it. So much structured and unstructured data is getting generated—be it location data, emails, OCR processed reports, Facebook posts or likes, WhatsApp messages, tweets etc.— which enables algorithms to do the data analysis and decipher the subterranean trends, patterns and phenomena underlying these data sets, paving the way for better understanding of society and things around us. As more and more evidentiary proofs are available for our actions, the needle of our belief will keep swerving away from the universality of God. Kaustov Kashyap, Jail Road, Jorhat, Assam

Reader’s Post

Sir,

Follow odd-even rule

Despite the government issuing the odd-even system, I still see some civilian vehicles plying on days they are not allowed. This creates frustration in the minds of the people who abide the law. The concerned authorities should take note of such behavior and take stern action against the defaulters. Besides this, it also creates disorder on the roads, shops, etc., giving way to more infection risks.

Ronti Imchen, Dimapur

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NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 2021

Elgar Parishad case transferred to NIA SII to produce Sputnik V from Sept

the case was transferred to the NIA two years after the FIR was registered.

He submitted to the court that the NIA had filed an affidavit in the case, but the Centre and the Maharashtra government were yet to file their affidavits.

However, NIA’s counsel Sandesh Patil said he was not aware of the affidavit filed by the probe agency.

“The earlier advocate appearing for the NIA must have filed it. I will have to check. Give me a week’s time to put our house in order,” Patil said.

The bench then posted

Cong calls strategy group meet on July 14 ahead of session

NEW DELHI, JUL 13 (IANS): Amid talks of new floor leader in the Lok Sabha, Congress parliamentary strategy group will meet on Wednesday (July 14) to discuss key issues to be raised in the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament.

The strategy group is likely to evolve consensus on the issue of fuel price hike, inflation and government’s failure on handling the second wave of the pandemic.

The party will also raise the issue of vaccination in the country. Congress leader P. Chidambaram, addressing the media on Tuesday said, The party is also discussing, though unofficially, to change the floor leader in the Lok Sabha after the

party was routed in the West Bengal Assembly elections, where the current leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is the state president.

The likely replacement are Manish Tewari who is also in the race of Punjab Congress chief, Shashi Tharoor and Gaurav Gogoi.

The Congress wants to bring in a leader who could coordinate with the entire opposition and oppose the government jointly in the house as party has less number and needs coordination with the DMK, the TMC and the Shiv Sena.

However, a section of the party is batting for Rahul Gandhi but sources say that he is not keen as Leader of Opposition.

PUNE, JUL 13 (AGENCIES): In good news for India, which has set an ambitious deadline of the end of the year to inoculate its adult population, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) on Tuesday said Russian vaccine Sputnik V will be produced at the manufacturing units of Pune-based Serum Institute of India from September, reports news18.com.

“As part of the technical transfer process, SII has already received cell and vector samples from the Gamaleya Center. With their import approved by the Drug Controller General of India), the cultivation process has begun,” read a statement from RDIF. Reacting to the announcement, Serum Institute chief Adar Poonawalla said he was “delighted to partner with RDIF to manufacture the Sputnik vaccine”. “We hope to make millions of doses in the coming months with trial batches starting in the month of September,” he said.

Poonawalla added: “With high efficacy and a good safety profile, it is critical that the Sputnik vaccine is accessible in full measure for people across India and the world. Given the uncertainty of the virus, it is important for international institutes, and governments to collaborate and further bolster up our fight against the pandemic.”

Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, commented: “RDIF is delighted to cooperate with Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer. This strategic partnership is a major step to substantially increase our production capabilities demonstrating a perfect example of joining forces and expertise to save lives both in India and around the world.

With technology transfer underway we expect the first batches of the vaccine to be produced jointly with SII in coming months.”

Sputnik V has a number of key advantages: Ef-

ficacy of Sputnik V is 97.6% based on the analysis of data on the coronavirus infection rate among those in Russia vaccinated with both components of Sputnik V from December 5, 2020 to March 31, 2021; The Sputnik V vaccine is based on a proven and well-studied platform of human adenoviral vectors, which cause the common cold and have been around for thousands of years.

Sputnik V has pioneered the use of heterogeneous boosting (two different vectors for the two shots in a course of vaccination among COVID vaccines).

This approach provides for immunity with a longer duration than vaccines using the same delivery mechanism for both shots.

Sputnik, the indigenously produced Covid vaccine in Russia will soon become the third Covid vaccine to be made available for free at government-run vaccination sites in the country, Dr N K Arora, chairperson of the Centre’s Covid-19 working group had said earlier.

Navjot Sidhu hints at crossover to Aam Aadmi Party Arvind Kejriwal’s party says tweets are ‘cryptic’ NEW DELHI, JUL 13 (AGENCIES): Cricketerturned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has been training his guns at Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, took his colleagues in the Congress by surprise Tuesday, suggesting in a series of tweets his willingness to cross over to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) if the Congress high command doesn’t meet his demands, reports The Print.

“Our Opposition singing about me and other loyal Congressmen:- Tum agar AAP mein aaoge toh koi baat nahi… tum agar Congress mein rahoge toh mushkil hogi (if you move to

Navjot Singh Sidhu

ahead of assembly elections early next year.

The ex-cricketer who quit the BJP to join the Congress in 2017 is learnt to be eyeing the top job in Punjab if the Congress retains power. He met Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for four hours separately about a fortnight back, following which CM Amarinder Singh was called by interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi for a meeting in Delhi.

Emerging from that meeting, Singh had said that he would go by whatever the high command decided.

AAP, then it will be good, if you stay in Congress, then it will be difficult),” Sidhu said in one of his tweets.

Sidhu, who had resigned from Captain Amarinder Singh’s cabinet last year after being divested of ‘AAP has always the local government, tourism and culture portfolio, recognised my work’ has been pressuring the In what was seen as his party high command for a strategy to put pressure on change of guard in Punjab the Congress leadership to

appoint him the state unit chief, Sidhu posted a series of tweets Tuesday, acknowledging the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s “recognition of his vision and work for Punjab”.

The tweets have left the AAP leadership perplexed.

Some leaders called the move a “sosha” or gimmick.

“Our opposition AAP has always recognised my vision & work for Punjab. Be it Before 2017- Beadbi, Drugs, Farmers Issues, Corruption & Power Crisis faced

by People of Punjab raised by me or today as I present “Punjab Model” It is clear they know – who is really fighting for Punjab,” the for-

mer cricketer tweeted.

AAP leaders find tweets ‘cryptic’

Leaders of the Arvind Kejriwal-led party found the tweet “cryptic”. A senior AAP leader who didn’t wish to be named said: “This is just his way of getting his own party’s reaction. We’ll comment if he actually approaches us. This isn’t the time.”

Another AAP member who has been involved in the election strategy for Punjab, said: “This is just sosha as they say in Punjabi and he has succeeded to garner the attention he was looking for.”

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T H I RU VA N A N T H A PURAM, JUL 13 (PTI): A doctor of a private hospital here tested positive for Zika virus besides two others on Tuesday, taking the total number of infections in the state to 22. A Coimbatorebased lab confirmed that the 38-year-old doctor was infected with the virusafter testing his samples, health minister Veena George said here.

Two more persons, including a woman, tested positive earlier in the day.

The affected persons were identified as a35-year-old man, hailing from nearby Poonthura and a 41-year-old woman, native of Sashtamangalam here, the minister said. The samples were tested at the virology lab in the government medical college here and at the Coimbatore-based laboratory respectively.

The minister urged people to be vigilant as the number of those testing positive for Zika virus has increased in the State.

The testing for Zika virus began at the government medical college here on Monday, she said, adding that 15 samples had been tested on the initial day.

and activist Surendra Dhawale, arrested in the case, challenging the January 2020 decision of the Union government to transfer the probe into the case from the Pune police in Maharashtra to the NIA. The petition, filed through advocate S B Talekar in 2020, alleged that the case was transferred by the central government after the BJP lost power in Maharashtra and hence, the decision was “politically motivated”.

On Tuesday, Talekar told a division bench of Justices S S Shinde and N J Jamadar that the probe into

over the probe into the case, a Pune court transferred the case to the special NIA court in Mumbai, it added.

The NIA in its affidavit also said the “continuous preservation and promotion of national security is the first and final sovereign function of a country”.

It claimed that while considerable autonomy and functional prerogatives have been accorded to state governments, greater powers and prerogatives over a complex range of all-encompassing subjects are vested with the Union government.

“A contextual construction of the provisions of the Constitution of India would show that the sovereign function of maintenance of national security is squarely vested with the Union (government),” it said. The affidavit further said the primary objective to establish the NIA was to better tackle cross-border crimes with inter-state and international originations and ramifications.

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P Varavara Rao, one of the accused in the Elgar Parishad case. (File Photo. PTI)

the petition for further hearing on July 19.

The NIA in its affidavit said considering the gravity of the offence and its “interstate link and implications on national security”, the Centre suo motu directed the NIA to take up the investigation into the case.

“The present petition is malafide and vexatious as it is a desperate attempt by the petitioner to thwart the investigation into the case related to the Elgar Parishad,” the affidavit said.

It further said the petitioners were questioning the credibility of the agency which is fighting towards prevention of unlawful and terrorist activities in the country, in which the “Naxal plague” has caused destruction at many levels.

The affidavit said the NIA was probing the case against the petitioners and other co-accused in a “responsible and impartial manner” and it had no personal agenda against them.

After the NIA took

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MUMBAI, JUL 13 (PTI): The NIA told the Bombay High Court on Tuesday that the Centre suo motu (on its own) decided to transfer the probe into the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case from Pune police to the central agency as it had implications on national security.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) also said its credibility is being questioned, while it is fighting for the prevention of unlawful and terrorist activities in the country, in which “Naxal plague” has caused destruction at many levels.

It further claimed that while considerable autonomy and functional prerogatives have been accorded to state governments, greater powers and prerogatives over a complex range of all-encompassing subjects are vested with the Union government.

The central agency submitted its affidavit in the HC in response to a petition filed by human rights lawyer Surendra Gadling

Rurur Village Council Appreciates S. Keoshu Yimchungru The Rurur Village Council (RVC) expresses profound gratitude to Shri. S. Keoshu Yimchungru for his yeoman service towards the people of far-flung area, in initiating the construction of approach road second cutting from Shongkiu to Rurur village about 5 kms.

The village council further lauds Keoshu for his generous contributions and concern for the people of Shamator-Chessore in particular and Yimchungrus in general for the welfare and upliftment of the community which the people will remain ever indebted and cherished. The Rurur Village Council extends co-operation in every works in near future for the common lucrative of the society.

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Candidates with B.Sc. (Hort.) are eligible for admission in all M.Sc. (Ag.) programmes (except Agronomy & Live Stock Production & Management).

Deficiency courses if any should be completed in the concerned discipline from B. Sc(Ag.) program.

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NOTCE 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.

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Smriti, Scindia, Sonowal on powerful panels Govt reconstitutes cabinet committees after reshuffle NEW DELHI, JUL 13 (PTI): Days after a major reshuffle of the Modi ministry, the government reconstituted the powerful cabinet committees, bringing in Union ministers Smriti Irani, Bhupender Yadav and Sarbananda Sonowal as the new members of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs headed by the prime minister.

Union ministers Arjun Munda, Virendra Kumar, Kiren Rijiju and Anurag Thakur have been included in the rejigged Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, according to a notification issued by the Cabinet Secretariat last night.

However, there has been no change in the composition of the country’s highest decision-making body on security affairs -the Cabinet Committee on Security -- and the Appointments Committee of the

Smriti Irani Cabinet, which takes call on all important government appointments in the rank of joint secretary and above.

The members of the Cabinet Committee on Security are Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.

The two-member Appointments Committee of the Cabinet comprises the prime minister and the home minister.

The reconstituted Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs comprises the

Jyotiraditya Scindia prime minister, and Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, Narendra Singh Tomar, Smriti Irani, Piyush Goyal, Pralhad Joshi, Sarbananda Sonowal, Giriraj Singh, Mansukh Mandaviya and Bhupender Yadav.

Irani, Sonowal, Giriraj Singh, Mandaviya and Yadav are the additions while former ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Harsh Vardhan are no longer part of it following their exclusion from the ministry.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has nine members: PM Modi, Rajnath Singh, Amit

Sarbananda Sonowal Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, Narendra Singh Tomar, S Jaishankar, Piyush Goyal and Dharmendra Pradhan, according to the notification.

Earlier, former ministers D V Sadananda Gowda and Ravi Shankar Prasad were also part of this committee. The members of the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs are: Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Narendra Singh Tomar, Arjun Munda, Pralhad Joshi, Virendra Kumar, Kiren Rijiju and Anurag Thakur.

Union Ministers of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal

and V Muraleedharan are special invitees to the committe. Earlier, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Prakash Javadekar were also part of it.

The rejigged Cabinet Committee on Investment and Growth comprises PM Modi, Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal, Narayan Rane, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Ashwini Vaishnaw. Rane, Scindia and Vaishnaw are the new members.

The members of the Cabinet Committee on Employment and Skill Development are: PM Modi, Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman, Narendra Singh Tomar, Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Hardeep Singh Puri and Bhupender Yadav.

The special invitees in this committee are: Nitin Gadkari, RCP Singh and G Kishan Reddy.

Ashwini Vaishnaw and Bhupender Yadav are the new members while RCP Singh and G Kishan Reddy are new special invitees.

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 2021

Assam Cattle Bill a threat to NE’s food habit, says NPCC

(From p-1) According to reports, the restriction on transportation of cattle for slaughter also refers to movement of bovines to states where slaughter is not regulated.

The reports said that the provision has caused concern that the movement of beef and cattle for agricultural purposes to Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland could be affected. Beef is common in the three Christianmajority states and they depend on transport from Assam. Assam remains the main gateway for transportation of goods from the rest of India to the wider northeast region.

Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma had recently expressed concern about the bill before it was introduced. In a press release, NPCC president K Therie stated that caution should be taken before passing the Assam Cattle Preservation Bill, 2021. He said that the bill should not be detrimental to the inherent trade and food habits of the Northeast. Therie said cow trade in the Northeast extends to Bangladesh and Myanmar through Assam’s length and breadth since time immemorial for the Hill States.

“Any restriction through the Bill will be detrimental to the inherent trade and deprive food,” NPCC president said. Further, Therie said that the “greater threat” was of the law being misused to implicate people unnecessarily, adding that “it is a threat to peaceful co-existence.”

Claiming that the bill was imitation of mainland BJP states which have passed cow protection Bills, Therie said: “We cannot simply change our culture to suit the mainland as we need to be tolerant with the surrounding environment.” He said that Assam has the right to legislate its own laws, but maintained that “the bill should not forget that we are a Union of States and we are economically interdependent.”

Organisations flay alleged rape...

(From p-1) too was staying with him at Bank Colony. Terming the incident as totally unacceptable, ZMO president Apeuna Iheilung and general secretary Aluile Hegui said this should be condemned by one and all and urged the law-enforcing agencies to probe and take the matter seriously by filing charge-sheet under appropriate sections of law so as that the accused could be convicted and given a befitting punishment.

Accuse expelled: Strongly condemning the alleged rape incident, Bank Colony Council (BCC) chairman Adou Zeliang and general secretary Along Longchar informed that the council expelled the accused from the Colony with effect from date (July 13) of publication of its release and declared that it should not be held responsible for any untoward incident that might happen subsequently regarding this matter.

BCC further urged the law enforcing agencies to take strict action as per the provisions of law and not to grant bail to the accused. They also demanded that the accused should be awarded rigorous punishment so as to avoid recurrence of similar cases in the future.

Will create imbalance: VHP objects Himachal flash floods: 7 rescued by NDRF, 9 still missing to UP’s proposed 1-child policy

here has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall likely to continue in Kangra, Hamirpur, Mandi, Bilaspur, Shimla, Sirmaur and Solan districts in the next 24 hours.

Thereafter, rainfall intensity may decrease.

India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director Surender Paul told the media that heavy rains may trigger landslides, inundations in low-lying areas, heavy runoff in rivulets and disruptions of civic amenities.

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No. 3620 Yesterday’s solution No. 3619

The Pathankot-Mandi highway has been blocked for traffic due to landslides at several places and minor damage to a bridge near Manali. The rail traffic on the Pathankot-Jogindernagar narrow gauge line was halted due to landslides.

A total of 184 roads, including three national highways, were blocked due landslides across the state.

The national highway 5 was blocked near Jhakri in Shimla district.

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Chetru, some 10 km from Dharamsala, was among the worst affected villages in Kangra where six houses, 10 shops and a bridge were washed away.

A school in nearby Passu village was also damaged.

Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur expressed grief over the loss of life and property due to heavy rains.

He directed the district authorities to ensure speedy relief and rescue operations in the affected areas.

He urged local people and tourists to refrain from going near the river banks to avoid any untoward incident.

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No. 9976 Yesterday’s solution No. 9975

Damaged houses along the banks of the overflowing Manjhi River are pictured following heavy rains in Bagli village, from Dharamshala. Pic-AFP

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suggestions from the public till July 19. The VHP further sought attention towards Total Fertility Rate (TFR) mentioned in the document, saying the Bill has an objective to bring it to 1.7.

A policy aiming at an average of less than 2 children per woman leads to contraction of the population over time, which has several negative social and economic consequences, the VHP letter said.

In a contracting population, the ratio between the working-age and dependent population gets disrupted, said the VHP and added that “in extreme cases, the one-child policy would lead to a situation where there is only one working-age adult to look after 2 parents and 4 grandparents”.

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two-child norm. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad agrees with both objectives. However, sections 5, 6(2) and 7 of the Bill, which incentivise public servants and others to have only one child in the family, go well beyond the said objects,” VHP working president Alok Kumar said in the letter to the state Law Commission.

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has also urged the Uttar Pradesh government to remove the one-child norm from the draft of its Population Control Bill, saying it will lead to an imbalance in the society.

The Yogi Adityanathled government had recently put up a draft of its population control Bill on the website of the Uttar Pradesh Law Commission inviting

told the media that the rescue operation is on.

“The NDRF started its operation around 10 p.m. on Monday after the road to the village was restored by the local administration,” he said.

Eleven houses were either washed away or damaged in the flash floods, he said. The nine missing people of Rulehar village comprise four women.

Elsewhere, at least 10 parked cars, largely of tourists, were washed away and houses were partially damaged in flash floods on Monday in upper Dharamsala.

Dharamsala, nearly 250 kms from the state capital Shimla, recorded precipitation of 392 mm, the highest ever during this monsoon. The damage to property was reported in the vicinity of McLeodganj, the political, cultural and

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LU C K N OW, J U L 1 3 (IANS): The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has written a letter to the Uttar Pradesh State Law Commission, seeking removal of the onechild norm from the draft of its Population Control Bill.

In a two-page letter, the VHP said that it agreed with the objects of the draft Bill but certain sections need to be reconsidered as they go ‘beyond the said objectives’.

The organisation said the one-child policy norm in the draft proposal is likely to lead to furthering of the imbalance between different communities and contraction of the population as well.

“The preamble of the Bill states that this is a Bill, inter alia, to stabilise the population and promote the

SHIMLA, JUL 13 (IANS): Rescuers on Tuesday said seven villagers were rescued from Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district where a massive mudslide triggered by flash floods hit a remote village, damaging several houses and shops and leaving one dead. Nine people are still missing.

The seven people were rescued by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) after an eight-hour operation that started late Monday evening, officials told IANS over phone from the spot.

They are suspecting nine people might be trapped either in the mud piles that spread over a large area in the worst affected Rulehar village in the Boh panchayat of Shahpur subdivision or in raging floodwaters.

Senior Superintendent of Police Vimukt Ranjan

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Deuba takes oath as Nepal’s PM for 5th time

KATHMANDU, JUL 13 (PTI): Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba on Tuesday formally became the country’s Prime Minister for a record fifth time after the Supreme Court’s intervention.

The 75-year-old veteran politician took the oath of office and secrecy from President Bidya Devi Bhandari during a swearing-in ceremony here.

The ceremony, initially set to be held at 6:00 pm (17:45 IST), was delayed after Deuba said he would not take the oath of office until the President revises the notice of his appointment.

A five-member Constitutional Bench led by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana, in its order, had said that Deuba must be appointed the Prime Minister in line with Article 76 (5) of the Constitution.

However, the president’s office has failed to disclose the article under which Deuba is being made the prime minister in the no-

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tice, The Himalayan Times reported.

After receiving some legal counsel, Deuba sent across a message to President Bhandari that he will not take the oath until the error is rectified, the paper said.

The oath taking ceremony took place two hours later than scheduled, at around 8:15 pm, after the president’s office issued a revised notice.

Four new ministers two each from Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN-Maoist Centre - also took oath of office.

N C ’s B a l k r i s h n a Khand and Gyanendra Bahadur Karki have been sworn-in as Home Minister and Minister for Law and Parliamentary affairs, respectively.

Pampha Bhusal and Janardan Sharma from Maoist Centre have been appointed Minister for Energy and Minister for Finance, respectively.

Chief Justice Rana, CPN-Maoist Centre chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and senior leader of CPN-UML Madhav Kumar Nepal were also present on the occasion.

This is the fifth time that Deuba is returning to power as the Prime Minister of Nepal.

He has replaced incumbent 69-year-old K P Sharma Oli, who has accused the apex court of “deliberately” passing the verdict in favour of the Opposition parties.

Earlier in the day, Bhesh Raj Adhikary, personal secretary of President Bhandari, told reporters that “In line with the apex court’s verdict, President Bhandari named Deuba as the Prime Minister”.

Previously, Deuba served as Nepal’s Prime Minister four times from June 2017–February 2018, June 2004–February 2005, July 2001–October 2002 and September 1995–March 1997.

Deuba is required to seek a vote of confidence from the House of Representatives within 30 days of his appointment as the Prime Minister, as per the constitutional provisions.

The Supreme Court on

Monday overturned Prime Minister Oli’s May 21 decision to dissolve the House of Representatives and ordered the appointment of Deuba as prime minister.

It said that Oli’s claim to the post of prime minister was unconstitutional.

Reinstating the House yet again -- the court had restored the House earlier on February 23 after Oli dissolved it on December 20 -- the bench ordered to make arrangements for holding the House meeting by 5 PM on July 18.

In its order, the constitutional bench said President Bhandari’s decision to reject Deuba’s claim to form a new government was unconstitutional.

Oli, who was heading a minority government after losing a trust vote in the House, has repeatedly defended his move to dissolve the House of Representatives, saying some leaders of his party were attempting to form a “parallel government”.

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Worst violence in years spreads in S. Africa as grievances boil over

JOHANNESBURG, JUL 13 (AGENCIES): Crowds clashed with police and ransacked or burned shopping malls in South Africa on Tuesday, with dozens reported killed as grievances unleashed by the jailing of former president Jacob Zuma boiled over into the worst violence in years.

Protests that followed Zuma’s arrest last week have widened into looting and an Looters outside a shopping centre alongside a burning outpouring of generalised barricade in Durban, South Africa, July 12. (AP/PTI) anger over inequality that persists 27 years after the fall they please and break the shelves. Aerial footage from of apartheid. Poverty has law,” Police Minister Bheki local channel eNCA showed been exacerbated by severe Cele told a news confer- black smoke rising from social and economic restric- ence, echoing sentiments several warehouses, while tions aimed at blocking the expressed by President Cyril debris lay strewn. spread of COVID-19.

Ramaphosa overnight.

Troops were moving Security officials said The bodies of 10 peo- into flashpoints on Tuesthe government was work- ple were found on Monday day as outnumbered police ing to halt the spread of evening after a stampede at a seemed helpless to stop the violence and looting, Soweto shopping mall, pre- the unrest. Columns of arwhich has so far spread from mier David Makhura said. moured personnel carriers Zuma’s home in KwaZulu- Hundreds of looters raided rolled down highways.

Natal province to Gauteng warehouses and supermarThe rand , which had province surrounding the kets in Durban, one of the been one of the best percountry’s biggest city Jo- busiest shipping terminals forming emerging market hanesburg. Theydeployed on the African continent and currencies during the pansoldiers onto the streets to a major import-export hub. demic, dropped to a threetry to contain it, but stopped Outside a Durban ware- month low on Tuesday, and short of declaring a state of house of retailer Game, Re- local and hard currency emergency. uters filmed looters stuffing bonds suffered. At least “No amount of unhap- cars with electronic goods 45 people have so far been piness or personal circum- and clothes. Inside, the floor killed duringthe unrest, 19 in stances from our people was a wreckage of discarded Gauteng and 26 in KwaZument particularly expresses gives the right to anyone to packaging as the crowd lu-Natal, according to state strong regrets over the Jap- loot, vandalise and do as systematically emptied the and provincial authorities. anese government’s recent intensification of its unjust claims over Dokdo, noting that the unjust claims do not, and will not, have any BEIJING, JUL 13 (AP): Rescue workers ruins of the building, which had been impact on South Korea’s were digging through the remains of a col- reduced to girders and rubble. The cause sovereignty over Dokdo. lapsed hotel in eastern China looking for of the collapse is under investigation.

The Ministry added any survivors of a disaster that has killed At least 23 people were trapped when that South Korea will re- at least eight people and left nine missing, then hotel collapsed. Six people were spond strictly and firmly authorities said Tuesday. rescued and eight people were confirmed to any provocation over The workers in the city of Suzhou dead, leaving nine people unaccounted the islets. searched through the night, using rescue for. Authorities said 18 of those trapped The Foreign Minis- dogs, cranes, ladders and metal cutters, were identified through check-in records, try summoned Hirohisa after the building collapsed Monday af- apparently hotel guests. The identities of Soma, deputy chief of ternoon, the city government said in social the other five was unclear. mission at the Japanese media posts.

The 54-room Siji Kaiyuan Hotel Embassy in Seoul, in proPhotos showed orange-suited rescu- opened in 2018, according to Ctrip, a test against the white paper. ers with helmets working through the Chinese online booking app.

The Defence Ministry separately summoned an attache of Japan to lodge a protest, according to Yonhap news agency.

Since 2005, Japan has laid territorial claims to the rocky outcroppings every year in its diplomatic blue and defence white papers.

92 dead in Iraq Covid hospital fire S. Korea protests against Japan’s

renewed claims to disputed islets

Rescuers look for bodies after a catastrophic blaze erupted Monday at a coronavirus hospital ward in the al-Hussein Teaching Hospital, in Nasiriyah, Iraq, July 13. (AP/PTI)

health care system has been crippled by decades of war and sanctions. Two health officials said more than 100 people were also injured in the fire that torched the coronavirus ward of alHussein Teaching Hospital in the city of Nasiriyah on Monday. Anguished relatives were still looking for traces of their loved ones.

Many cried openly, their tears tinged with anger, blaming both the provincial government of Dhi Qar, where Nasiriyah is located, and the federal government in Baghdad for years of mismanagement

and neglect.

“The whole state system has collapsed, and who paid the price? The people inside here. These people have paid the price,” said Haidar al-Askari, who was at the scene of the blaze.

Overnight, firefighters and rescuers — many with just flashlights and using blankets to extinguish small fires still smoldering in places — had frantically worked searching through the ward in the darkness.

As dawn broke, bodies covered with sheets were laid on the ground outside the hospital.

At least 8 dead in hotel collapse in China

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BAG H DA D, J U L 1 3 (AP): The death toll from a fire that swept through a hospital coronavirus ward in Iraq has climbed to at least 92, the Iraqi state news agency reported on Tuesday.

The announcement came as anguished family members buried their loved ones and lashed out at the government over the tragedy. The blaze that erupted Monday in the city of Nasiriyah was the second catastrophic fire in less than three months to kill hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Iraq, where the

SEOUL, JUL 13 (IANS): South Korea on Tuesday protested against Japan’s renewed territorial claims to the disputed islets lying halfway between the two countries, called Dokdo by Seoul and Takeshima by Tokyo.

The South Korean Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the government strongly protests against the Japanese government’s reiteration of “futile” territorial claims over Dokdo through Japan’s 2021 defence white paper released earlier in the day, reports Xinhua news agency.

The Ministry noted that Dokdo is clearly an integral part of the South Korean territory in terms of history, geography and international law, calling for Japan to immediately retract such claims.

It said the govern-

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SPORTS

5 Italians, no Ronaldo in Euro 2020 team

Gianluigi Donnarumma

Kyle Walker

Leonardo Bonucci

Harry Maguire

Leonardo Spinazzola

Jorginho

Pedri

Federico Chiesa

Romelu Lukaku

Mbappé did not score in four games and had his decisive spot kick saved as France was eliminated by Switzerland in the round of 16.

Lewandowski, the current FIFA best player in the world, scored three times in three games but Poland finished last in its group.

England captain Harry Kane scored four goals yet did not make the team

that also included his teammates Kyle Walker and Harry Maguire in defense.

Italy’s contingent included the official best player of the tournament, goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, defenders Leonardo Bonucci and Leonardo Spinazzola, and midfielder Jorginho.

The selectors included Fabio Capello, Robbie Keane, Esteban Cambiasso and David Moyes.

Rugby League World Cup to take place as scheduled in England

2008 Olympic champ DeGale has gold medal stolen

N YO N, S W I T Z E R LAND, JUL 13 (AP): Five players from European champion Italy and no Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappé nor Robert Lewandowski were picked in UEFA’s official team of the tournament announced on Tuesday.

The attacking trio included Federico Chiesa alongside Raheem Sterling of beaten finalist England and Romelu Lukaku of

LO N D O N, J U L 1 3 (AGENCIES): The Rugby League World Cup will take place as scheduled in England this autumn after participation agreements were signed by competing nations.

Organisers have been working with the government and authorities to stage the event in October

Belgium, which lost to Italy in the quarterfinals.

Ronaldo won the Golden Boot with five goals, the same as Patrick Schick of the Czech Republic who was also overlooked by UEFA’s expert panel of 16 coaches and former players.

Lukaku, who scored four goals in four games, is the only one of the six top scorers at Euro 2020 included in the lineup.

and November.

BBC Sport understands a formal announcement will be made on Wednesday.

There were issues regarding Covid regulations and quarantine rules for players and staff travelling back to Australia and New Zealand.

C ov i d r e g u l a t i o n s mean Australia’s borders

are currently closed, so anyone returning has to spend 14 days in governmentmanaged quarantine.

Rugby league officials estimated around 400-500 players, staff and team officials from Australia’s National Rugby League - representing several different countries at the World Cup - would have to quarantine on their return to the country after the tournament but this has now been resolved.

For the first time, the men’s, women’s and wheelchair events will all take place simultaneously, live across the BBC. Hosts England will take on Samoa in the opening game of the men’s tournament at Newcastle’s St James’ Park on 23 October.

LO N D O N, J U L 1 3 (AGENCIES): 2008 Beijing Olympics middleweight boxing champion James DeGale has appealed for help after his gold medal and MBE were stolen from his parents’ house. The Briton, who is also a two-time IBF super-middleweight champion, said the break-in happened on Sunday during England’s Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy.

DeGale posted security footage on Instagram of someone walking alongside the house and covering the camera, and said two of his “prize possessions” had been taken. “They are worthless to anyone other than me and they are two achievements that I prize from my boxing career,” he said.

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Raheem Sterling

UEFA Euro 2020 Team of the Tournament

Goalkeeper: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Italy) Defenders: Kyle Walker (England), Leonardo Bonucci (Italy), Harry Maguire (England), Leonardo Spinazzola (Italy) Midfielders: Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Denmark), Jorginho (Italy), Pedri (Spain) Forwards: Federico Chiesa (Italy), Romelu Lukaku (Belgium), Raheem Sterling (England).

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Wimbledon finalist Pliskova soars to fifth in WTA Finals race

JUL 13 (AGENCIES): Karolina Pliskova’s run to the Wimbledon final has lifted the Czech 15 spots to number five on the leaderboard for the season-ending WTA Finals, the WTA Tour said.

The 29-year-old former world No.1, who was 20th in the ‘Race to Shenzhen’ before the grasscourt Grand Slam, collected 1,300 points and was the biggest mover of the week.

Australian world number one Ash Barty, who beat Pliskova on the All England Club’s Centre Court on Saturday to claim her second Grand Slam, cemented her spot at the top of the ladder with a lead of 1,853 points over Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus.

The season-ending WTA Finals, contested by the world’s top eight singles players and eight doubles teams, was cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its fate for 2021 is still unclear.

The Asian swing of

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tour naments has been wiped from the WTA calendar for a second successive year due to the pandemic, with the governing body saying discussions about the Finals were ongoing.

The annual showpiece had a prize purse of $14 million in 2019 when it was played in Shenzhen for the first time after ending a fiveyear run in Singapore.

Roland Garros winner Barbora Krejcikova lost a place and was at third spot ahead of last year’s French Open champion Iga Swiatek, while Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur, the first Arab woman to reach the quarter-finals of Wimbledon, is hot on the heels of eighthplaced Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

American teen Coco Gauff is 10th.

Gayle hits half-century as West Indies win T20I series GROS ISLET (ST LUCIA), JUL 13 (IANS): Chris Gayle slammed a 38-ball 67 as West Indies won the third T20 International against Australia by six wickets to secured their first series win in a multi-match bilateral series in any format against the visitors since March 1995 here on Tuesday.

West Indies have taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.

The hosts had won the opening match by 18 runs and the second by 56 runs at the same venue.

I n a l ow - s c o r i n g match, Australia, after a confident start from Matthew Wade (23) and skipper Aaron Finch (30), could muster only 141/6 in the allotted 20 overs after the visitors elected to bat.

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A tight bowling spell by Hayden Walsh (2/18 in 4 overs) and Dwayne Bravo (1/17 in 3 overs) didn’t allow the visitors the freedom to play their strokes.

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by Obed McCoy in the fifth over and then skipper

Finch’s wicket soon after broke the momentum of the Australians as none of their batsmen got going till the last ball of their innings.

Gayle, who had not been amongst the runs in the last two T20Is, finally

hit form, smashing a half century embellished with seven sixes and four boundaries as the hosts reached the target with 31 balls remaining.

Gayle was declared Player of the Match.

Speaking after the match, Gayle said, “Don’t mind the numbers ... you guys should be happy to see Chris Gayle on the field still. Hopefully Chris will last as long as possible.

Cherish those moments ... just respect the Universe Boss and let him play cricket and have some fun.”

Brief scores: Australia 141/6 in 20 overs (M Wade 23, A Finch 30, M Henriques 33; H Walsh 2/18) lost to West Indies 142/4 in 14.5 overs (C Gayle 67, N Pooran 32; R Meredith 3/48) by 6 wickets.

Modi hails struggles of Indian athletes of Oly; wishes them luck Spectators without masks at Wimbledon:

NEW DELHI, JUL 13 (PTI): Back stories of struggle, sacrifices and grit dominated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interaction with India’s Olympic-bound sportspersons during which he urged them to forget expectations and focus only on giving their best in Tokyo.

Among others, the PM spoke to iconic boxer M C Mary Kom, badminton ace PV Sindhu, talented shooters Saurabh Chaudhary, Elavenil Valarivan and veteran table tennis player A Sharath Kamal during a virtual interactive session.

Well aware of their preparations and formative years, Modi’s conversations touched upon the making of their success stories and also some fun queries like the one posed to world champion P V Sindhu.

“There was a ban on

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interaction with Indian athletes’ contingent bound for Tokyo Olympics. (PTI)

eating ice creams on you during the 2016 Olympics, has another ban been imposed for Tokyo,” he asked to a grinning Sindhu, who would be aiming to better the silver she won five years ago. “Sir, I have to be careful of my diet,” she responded.

Modi called the athletes a reflection of new India said they look bold and confident ahead of the

Games.

He said all possible help has been extended to them through the government’s target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS). “ D o n’t b e b o g ge d down by expectations, just give your best,” Modi said in the interaction. “I would have been happier to meet you in person, I always look forward to that. But I

promise to spend time with you after you come back,” he said. “I am happy that country is cheering for you. I wish all the luck to you. The whole country’s emotions are attached to you.

“I find a few things common among you all, you are bold, confident and positive. That’s a common factor along with, discipline, dedication and determination.

As the athletes are giving their all for India, Modi said the country should stand by them at all cost.

Modi started the session by asking the athletes about their ambitions and challenges ahead of the sporting extravaganza.

He asked Olympic bronze medallist and sixtime world champion M C Mary Kom about her favourite athlete and favourite

shot, and her reply was Muhammad Ali and the hook.

Then he went to Rio Olympics silver medallist and reigning world champion Sindhu and her parents and praised them for the sacrifices they have made during the journey.

To begin with, Modi spoke to archers Deepika Kumari and Pravin Jadhav and asked them not to feel the pressure of expectations at home.

Modi told Deepika the nation is talking about her following her gold in the World Cup in Paris.

“You’re world number 1 now. Your journey is very special,” he said.

“My journey has been good from the beginning, I started with bamboo bow and then moved to modern bow gradually,” Deepika said.

HC asks when India would see this day

MUMBAI, JUL 13 (PTI): All eyes may have been on Novak Djokovic at the Men’s Singles final at Wimbledon last week as he won yet another grand slam title, but for the Bombay High Court the real sight to behold was a stadium full of spectators without masks.

Wondering when India would see the return of this level of normalcy, the court noted that “vaccinating everyone” was the key to it.

A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni was hearing PILs (public interest litigation) on the COVID-19 pandemic situation in Maharashtra

and the state government’s preparedness to face a possible third wave.

“The Wimbledon finals was the sight of the year. We don’t know if you saw it, but not a single person was wearing a mask,” the HC told Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni.

“The stadium was jam-packed and nobody but one lone woman was wearing a mask. One Indian cricketer was also present and he was without a mask too,” the judges said.

“When will India see such a situation? Vaccinating everyone is the key to it,” the HC said.

A third wave of the pandemic has reportedly

arrived in some states, it said.

“There are reports saying third wave has set in in two states in the NorthEast.

We have to take measures,” the judges said, adding that “we are in much more comfortable situation now” but there should not be any “lowering of guard from here”.

They have read news reports about active cases of the delta-plus variant of coronavirus being detected in Maharashtra, and the state must act to prevent the spread of infection, the judges said.

The HC will hear the PILs next after three weeks.

1983 World Cup winner Yashpal no more 2026 BWF World Championships allotted to India

NEW DELHI, JUL 13 (IANS): Former India batsman Yashpal Sharma, a member of the 1983 World Cup-winning side, passed away on Tuesday at his home in Noida. He was 66. Sharma suffered a heart attack after returning from morning walk and collapsed at around 7.30 am.

The right-handed batsman, who was the backbone of India’s middle-order in the 1983 World Cup, played 37 Test matches, scoring 1606 runs, and 42 ODIs scoring 883 runs. He also played 160 first-class matches, representing Punjab, Haryana and Railways, and scored 8933 runs. But he was best remembered internationally for his per-

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formances in India’s first World Cup win, in 1983.

He aggregated 240 runs at an average of 34.28 to return as the second-highest scorer for India behind skipper Kapil Dev in the

tournament. Sharma had top-scored with 89 (off 120 balls) to help India make 262/8 in their 34-run victory over West Indies in their first match of the 1983 World Cup.

NEW DELHI, JUL 13 (IANS): The Badminton World Federation has allotted the BWF World Championships to India for 2026, it was announced on Tuesday.

This will be the second time that India will host the premier tournament, which is held every year except for the Olympic year. India had hosted the BWF World Championships in Hyderabad in 2009.

Since then, India has played host to various major badminton tournaments including the 2014 Thomas and Uber Cup Finals, the Asian Championships apart from the annual BWF Super 500 event, the Yonex-Sunrise India Open. Badminton

Association of India (BAI) president Himanta Biswa Sarma is confident that hosting the World Championships in 2026 would help Indian badminton take bigger steps towards becoming a world powerhouse.

“Staging a tournament of the stature will be a great

achievement for us at the Badminton Association of India as well as for the country.

“We are thankful to BWF for considering India for badminton’s most prestigious and premier tournament and I believe with world-class shuttlers coming

to participate will not only be a great opportunity and motivation for the enthusiasts of the game and for the sport to see a huge growth across the country,” added Sarma.

The Covid-19 pandemic, which brought sporting activities to a halt in 2020, has forced the BWF to rejig its international tournament calendar, with the sport’s governing body shifting the 2021 Sudirman Cup from Suzhou, China to Vantaa, Finland. The 2023 Sudirman Cup, which was originally allotted to India, will now be hosted in Suzhou, China.

India has so far won 10 World Championships med-

als with reigning champion PV Sindhu leading the chart with a gold, two silver, and two bronze medals, while Prakash Padukone won India’s first medal at the World Championships in 1983.

In 2019, Olympicbound B Sai Praneeth had ended a 36-year-long wait for a men’s singles world championships medal at Basel, Switzerland. Apart from that, 2012 Olympic bronze medallist, Saina Nehwal had won silver and bronze in 2015 and 2017 editions, respectively, while the women’s doubles combination of Ashwini Ponnappa and Jwala Gutta had bagged a bronze medal in 2011 at London.

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