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Charaideo Charaideo Charaideo Charaideo & Sivasagar Banamali Charaideo Borsila Sivasagar ChangSivasagar maigaon Charali Sivasagar DisangSivasagar mukh Nazira Sivasagar Panidihing Sivasagar Rudrasagar Sivasagar Demulgaon Sivasagar Geleki Sivasagar Kuragaon Sivasagar Charaideo Laipling& Sivagaon sagar Charaideo Lakhmani & Sivasagar Lakwa Charaideo Mekeypore Sivasagar Nahorhabi Charraideo Namti Sivasagar North Sivasagar Geleki Tiphuk Charaideo Napamua Sivasagar Khoraghat Golaghat Nambar Golaghat East Golaghat Lakhibari KasomarigGolaghat aon Babejia Golaghat Kalyanpur Golaghat Suphyam Golaghat Dayalpur Golaghat Iriamghat Golaghat Phulani Golaghat Borholla Jorhat Mekrang Jorhat Adamtilla Karimganj Banskandi Cachar Banskadni Cachar Badarpur Hailakandi

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Need to be flexible on Art 371 (A): Tokheho 15

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Nagaland is losing approx `1825 cr annualy in oil royalty

DIMAPUR, SEP 15 (NPN): Observing that Nagaland was still heavily dependent on Central assistance and yet unable to meet its development requirements 58 years after it came into existence, State’s lone Lok Sabha representative Tokheho Yepthomi cautioned that unless the state government and the people were "flexible on the issue of Article 371 (A)", Nagas would always remain dependent on the Central government for barest of sustenance.

The MP regretted that even with a 90:10 ratio funding pattern (90% Central share and 10% State share), the State was unable to meet its economic requirements.

Calling for taking cognizance of the merits and demerits of Article 371 (A), which has been both a boon and bane for development activities in the State, he said energy sector was perhaps

2011-12 2012-13

Amount (Rs. Crore) 1741.65 1569.29 1565.28 1367.86 1363.64 2938.48 1715.85 2326.45 2069.95 1337.38 17995.83

2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 G. Total

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Oil & Gas SL. Districts Assets Fields No (Nomination)

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Charaideo

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Banamali Borsila Chang6 maigaon Charali 7 Disang8 mukh Nazira 9 Panidihing 10 11 Assam Rudrasagar 12 Assets Demulgaon Geleki 13 Kuragaon 14

Charaideo Charaideo Charaideo & Sivasagar Charaideo Sivasagar Sivasagar Sivasagar Sivasagar

Sivasagar Sivasagar Sivasagar Sivasagar Sivasagar Sivasagar Charaideo Laipling& Siva15 gaon sagar Charaideo the Assam largest contributor to Lakhmani & Siva16 deficit in State budget.

He Assets sagar pointed outLakwa that Nagaland Charaideo 17 had avenues to Mekeypore Sivasagar 18 numerous harness energy genNahorhabi for Charraideo 19 Namti Sivasagar 20 North Sivasagar 21 Geleki Tiphuk Charaideo 22 Napamua Sivasagar 23 were not they satisfied with Khoraghat Golaghat 24 way the the government’s Nambar their Golaghat 25 addressed had deEast mands, particularly on two Golaghat 26 Lakhibari issues-- multiple taxation/ KasomarigGolaghat 27 extortion andaon“reservation nominee representation” Babejia Golaghatin 28 local bodies.

Kalyanpur Golaghat 29 Jorhat pointed out Suphyam Golaghat 30 Khekugha that demand Golaghat was to 31 their Dayalpur press Iriamghatstate-wide Golaghat 32 for a strong mechanism to keep check on Phulani Golaghat 33 Borholla Jorhat multiple taxation/extortion 34 Mekrang Jorhat 35 issues and not for Dimapur Adamtilla Karimganj 36 AFFBonly, district as the issue afBanskandi 37 the fects state. Cachar Exp. entire 38 Asset, With Banskadni regard to Cachar nomiBadarpur Hailakandi 39 Silchar nees representation in mu-

16 Assam Assets 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39

Jorhat

AFFB Exp. Asset, Silchar

eration of electricity, but the hindrances created due to land ownership issues had cost the State dearly.

And due to the hurdles created in the past vis-à-vis oil exploration under the cover of Article 371 (A), Yepthomi claimed thatNagaland was losing approximately Rs 5 crore daily or Rs 1,825 crore annually for being unable to harness its

energy resources, even as Assam had collected Rs 17,995.83 crore in the last 10 years (2011-2021) from the energy sector. (See table 1) He recalled that Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) was given permission in 1973 for survey and investigation, adding that the State government received oil royalty of Rs 33.3 crore from 1981 to 1994.

But even as drilling sites at Changpang, Hozukhe on the bank of Zubza river, Khopanala and Toshezu were ready for extraction, Yepthomi regretted that the infrastructure, including laying of pipelines, created by ONGC were destroyed and stolen on the ground that oil and natural gas resources should be utilised after sovereignty was achieved amid calls for enforcing Article 371 (A).

“But while we stopped extraction of oil, ONGC continued drilling in Assam and completed 39 oil fields of which 27 are operational,” he added. (See table 2) He pointed out that Geleki, Khoraghat, Nambar, Kasomarigaon, Suphyam, Dayalpur, Barholla and Mekrang oil fields were along the Assam-Nagaland

border, but the royalty for these were being collected only by Assam. Of the listed 39 oilfields, he said Changlang and Khasam were along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border and Churachanpur along AssamManipur border. He also claimed that barring three oilfields, the remaining 36 were near Assam-Nagaland border.

Even in Nagaland, he said ONGC continued to explore oil at Pihekhu, Tokishe and Nikihe under Niuland sub-division, adding drilling had already commenced in Karbi Anglong areas that were parallel to Dhansripar sub-division and Peren district.

According to the MP, Government of India (GoI) had spent a colossal $111.9 billion (Rs 82,47,08,59,50,000 crore) in 2018-19 and $101.4 billion (Rs 74,72,40,93,60,000 crore) in 2019-20 on oil imports.

He said India imported 84% of its fuel requirements, making it the third largest importer of oil in the world. Hence, he said GoI was vigorously engaging in domestic oil exploration and extraction.

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Ravi bids adieu to Nagaland, urges youth to embrace truth and peace Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, SEP 15 (NPN): After serving the State a little over two years as governor, RN Ravi finally bade adieu to Nagaland on Wednesday to take over his new assignment as governor of Tamil Nadu. He left for New Delhi, from where he will head to Tamil Nadu on Thursday and sworn in as governor on September 17.

In his farewell message, Ravi said his intimate association with the people of Nagaland as governor had left him humbled and that he was deeply touched. He said the inherent strength of Naga people’s character, innate simplicity, ability to be patient with truth, howsoever inconvenient, and unbounded love and affection for a friend had few parallels in the world.

“Thank you for not letting me feel, even for a moment, as not one of you.

I am profoundly grateful for the opportunity to be associated with the people who strive for peace. I am confident that the people of Nagaland will continue to stand for peace and pros(Cont’d on p-8) perity. I urge the youth to

RN Ravi being accorded the Rashtriya Salute at Dimapur airport before his departure on Wednesday. (NP)

embrace truth and peace as against deceit and violence.

The future of this State is in your hands. Please build the Nagaland of your dreams,” Ravi appealed.

Warning that Covid-19 was still around, he urged everyone to take good care of themselves, adding “You are always in my prayers.”

At the airport, Ravi was accorded a warm sendoff by ministers, advisers, legislators, senior State government officials, Dimapur district administration, police and civil society organisations (CSOs).

Before being escorted off, he took the Rashtriya Salute from 9 NAP IR Battalion.

CNCCI, DCCI to go ahead with shutter-down protest today Covid may become endemic in 6 months: NCDC Not satisfied with govt’s response, says CNCCI Staff Reporter

DIMAPUR, SEP 15 (NPN): Confederation of Nagaland Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CNCCI) and Dimapur Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) have affirmed that it would go ahead with the scheduled total shutdown of all shops, markets and business houses on Thursday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Talking to Nagaland Post, CNCCI chairman Dr Khekugha Muru said that

nicipal, town, adhoc town councils, he said that their demand was for inclusion of “nominee representation” of members from business/ trade bodies in the Nagaland

Municipal Act. Meanwhile, in a press release, DCCI president Akashe Zhimomi, while affirming that the trade body would go ahead with oneday closure, however, clarified that there should not be any confusion regarding the shutter-down protest, which would be only confined to all shops, markets and business establishments and restrictions in goods transport.

DCCI assured that the protest would in no way affect or hinder normal functioning of government offices, banks or educational institutions. Also, there would not be any restriction on plying of government or private vehicles, except goods transport, it added.

Conveying its gratitude to CNCCI and all its subordinate district units and various civil society organisations for extending solidarity and support in the collective fight against the menace of illegal and multiple taxations, DCCI also acknowledged the latest steps taken by the State government in addressing some grievances of the business community.

But, it said it agreed with CNCCI that the response of the government to “certain demands” was still vague. On the shutdown day, volunteers would be stationed at strategic points and gates to ensure smooth and peaceful observance of the democratic protest.

More organisations support one-day shop closure

More organisations have affirmed support for the one-day total shop closure call given by DCCI and CNCCI’s state-wide closure of all shops and business establishments to show solidarity with DCCI’s protest against multiple taxation by Naga political groups and government agencies on September 16.

EDBA: Extending full support to DCCI call for total shutdown of all shops and business establishment, the East Dimapur Busi-

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"I see the positive side of bandhs. Some Dhoni or Kohli may arise from among them."

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ness Association (EDBA) Wednesday through its president Atoka Zhimomi and joint secretary Krishna Chetri announced closure of all shops and business under its jurisdiction on September 16.

PCCI: Phek Chamber of Commerce & Industries (PCCI) announced its decision to go for one-day business closure in solidarity with DCCI and in pursuance to CNCCI representation to the state government several charter of demands. In a

press release, PCCI president Thupuhu Venuh and general secretary Chetezo Akami said that it would impose one-day business closure along with the rest of the district chambers of Nagaland on September 16.

MCCI: In solidarity with the DCCI and in support of CNCCI, the Mokokchung Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) Wednesday said it would resort to closure of all shops/business establishments at Mokokchung town

on September 16, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

In a press release, MCCI said the one-day closure of shops and business establishments was being necessitated to bring to the notice of the state government the grievances faced by the business community of Nagaland.

NTUCT: Naga Tribal Union Chumoukedima (NTUCT) Wednesday announced its “full support” for the one-day shutdown call by DCCI. (Cont’d on p-8)

NEW DELHI, SEP 15 (AGENCIES): Covid will start becoming endemic in India in the next six months, a top expert has said, asserting that a new variant can’t alone bring a third wave of infections.

“This pandemic has defied most of our predictions but in the next six months, we will approach endem-

Cong demands appointment of Lokayukta

DIMAPUR, SEP 15 (NPN): Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has demanded immediate appointment of Lokayukta.

NPCC president K Therie in a statement pointed out that there was no reason good enough to justify delay in appointing Lokayukta, except to only cover up corruption for some time.

“If they are the children of God and are at no fault, why should they be afraid of appointing Lokayukta? Why should they need to keep the post vacant for one year?,” he demanded to know.

He stressed that if the State government was free from corruption, then it should (Cont’d on p-8)

ic status,” Sujeet Singh, director of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) told NDTV. Dr Singh said Covid becoming endemic would mean the infection becoming more manageable and easier on the health infrastructure. “If the mortality and morbidity is under control, then we can manage

the disease,” he said, adding that Kerala, which had a large susceptible pool, is also emerging from the raging Covid crisis it was battling a few weeks ago. Stating that vaccination is the biggest protection against Covid, Dr Singh said “If vaccine effectiveness is 70 per cent, then around 50 crore people in India have got immunity.

Led by Health & Family Welfare minister S Pangyu Phom, housing and mechanical minister Tongpang Ozukum, excise & minority affairs adviser Zhaleo Rio and power adviser Tovihoto Ayemi and NPF legislators Dr Chotisuh Sazo and Azheto Zhimomi were present to see off Ravi.

Commissioner Nagaland Rovilatuo Mor, ADGP (Admn) Renchamo P Kikon, DIG (Training) Aotemsu, deputy commissioner Dimapur Rajesh Soundararajan, Commissioner of Police Dimapur Rothihu Tetseo, and a host of government officials, GBs and village council members were also present.

Nagaland logs 37 fresh Covid cases

DIMAPUR, SEP 15 (NPN): Nagaland on Wednesday recorded 37 fresh Covid-19 positive cases while no deaths were reported during the day. Of the fresh cases, 17 were from Dimapur, five each in Kohima, Mokokchung and Tuensang, two in Peren, one each in Kiphire, Longleng and Zunheboto, taking the total caseload to 30731. India recorded 27,176 fresh cases, taking the total tally to 3,33,16,755 while rural areas for students of 284 new fatalities pushed the Class V-X with 50% atten- death toll to 4,43,497, Health dance in adherence to all the ministry stated. provisions of the SOP to be issued by home department.

However, in urban areas classes (V-X) will be allowed to reopen from October 1.

DIMAPUR, SEP 15 (NPN): Offline classes for the Phom Union Mokokchung polytechnics for the ses- Town (PUMT) and Phomla sion July-December 2021 Hoichem Mokokchung Unit would be allowed to open (PHMU) have vehemently subject to compliance of condemned the brutal murSOP issued for re-opening der of one Ester Phom, wife of colleges and technical of Imtioza Ao resident of institutions for conduct of Yimyu ward Mokokchung, regular classes for students whose body was found on as applicable.

September 14. In a joint Further, 100% atten- statement, PUMT presidance has been permitted dent N Chuba and president in all the government of- PHMU Chongnyu said they fices subject to adherence were shocked by such cruelty to Covid-19 appropriate and called upon all rightbehaviour, and fulfilment thinking citizens to condemn of the existing requirements such act and also urged comfor vaccination or testing for petent authority to expedite attendance in office the investigation and arrest (Cont’d on p-8) the culprit at the earliest.

Govt issues Unlock 6 guidelines  Regular classes (VX) in r ural areas & urban areas with 50% attendance  Night curfew timing relaxed by one hour  100% attendance permitted in government offices DIMAPUR, SEP 15 (NPN): State High Powered Committee (HPC) on COVID-19, which held a review meeting under the chairmanship of chief minister on September 13, decided to extend the existing lockdown measures and guidelines starting September 17-30, 2021 (Unlock-6) with further additional relaxations.

According to the state home department, HPC has allowed conduct of regular classes in all schools in the

PUMT, PHMU condemn murder

Solution through AP more pragmatic than FA: WC LH appeals for judicious use of FHR fund DIMAPUR, SEP 15 (NPN): Working Committee (WC) of the Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs) has reacted to the statement by the NSCN (I-M) which claimed itself as the only mandated organisation of Nagas and the Framework Agreement, which it signed with the government of India on August 3, 2015 as the only basis for solution to the Naga political issue and not agreements signed with “surrogates.”

On the claim of NSCN (I-M) as the only mandated political organisation of the

Nagas, WC reiterated that except for the 1951 Naga Plebiscite, Nagas had at no point of time “conducted any political exercise at large, to accord any particular organisations, the legitimacy to resolve the conflict”.

Hence, it said, the 16-Point Agreement of 1960 and the Shillong Accord of 1975 “were nullified by the Nagas” adding “more so, the secretive and exclusive 2015 Framework Agreement between the GoI and IM, focussing on Nagalim, became even more obscure

and untrustworthy.” WC said Nagas should not be confused by misinterpretation of the FA on “sharing of sovereign power between GoI and Nagas”. WC said this phrase does in no way imply or agree to granting of sovereignty “as being alluded to by IM. Rather, the GoI is very candid and firm on distribution of subjects and political/administrative jurisdictions between the centre and the federating units within the constitution of India.”

WC also claimed that

DIMAPUR, SEP 15 (NPN): Appreciating the state government for providing fund for the Nagaland Foot Hill Road (FHR), the Lotha Hoho has appealed to the state government and the responsible authorities including NFHRCC to complete the road at the earliest by judicious utilisation of the fund. In a press release, LH chairman Mhondamo Ovung and general secretary S Abenthung Ngullie said that the hoho would be vigilant on the progress of (Full text on p-6) work and fund utilisation.

the same ar rangement “has been pre-ordained by Th.Muivah, the general secretary and chief negotiator of IM in 2012 at Agri-Expo Dimapur where he publicly acknowledged that sovereignty and territorial integration is impossible and as such any solution shall be within the Indian federation and bounds of Indian constitution and for which, acquiescence on the part of IM leadership, the GoI agreed to ink the Framework Agreement in 2015.”

On the earmarking of Rs.10 crore for completion of Doyang bridge near Governor’s Camp, LH said that the work order for the bridge was issued seven years ago on November 21, 2014, but claimed that the work was abandoned by the contractor M/S L. Pukhato Shohe & Sons after receiving advance payment of Rs.18.49 crore during 2015-16 against the W/O amount of Rs.2452.20 lakh amounting to 75% of the total amount.

LH said that the payment of 75% of the W/O

amount was made for execution of only about 25 % to 30 % of the work.

The hoho said it had filed an FIR “against this fraud” on October 20, 2017 against the contractor and the concerned executive engineer (EE). Surprisingly, NFHRCC had instead, asked for resumption of the abandoned work before the police could take follow up action against the accused.

LH also pointed out that the pending bill for the bridge is now Rs. 6.2 crore, and that (Cont’d on p-8) K Y M C

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Kma DDMA discusses IDRN, reinforcing COVID protocol

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GPK, ISTE organise webinar on ‘igniting young minds’

D I M A P U R : G ove r n - by national board of acment Polytechnic Kohima creditation. Later, lecturer, (GPK) in association with department of computer the Indian Society of Tech- science and engineering, Er. nical Education (ISTE) Abeno Odyuo highlighted organised a three-day webi- the advantages of becoming nar on the theme, “igniting an institutional member of young minds” on Septem- ISTE and the setting up of ber 6-8. a students’ chapter at GPK. In a press release, the The resource perorganisers stated that the sons were deputy director, webinar was aimed to edu- NIELIT, Er. A. Morimencate the students of GPK ba Amer; assistant profeson various relevant topics sor School of Engineering such as cyber security, in- and Technology, Nagaland ternet of things, pavement University, Er. Shanchamo recycling and entrepreneur- Yanthan; lecturer Khelship. In the inaugural ses- hoshe Polytechnic Atoizu sion, officer on special duty, (KPA) Er. Teakum Ao; joint directorate of technical director, MSME-DI, Tali education, Tiakaba Amer Longchar and assistant dicongratulated the institute rector MSME-DI, Dimapur, The Kohima DDMA meeting in progress on September 15. for organizing the webinar Selwin Samraj. The faculty DIMAPUR: District Disas- human resources and criti- in the portal, using services series and evinced hope that of GPK moderated the sester Management Authority cal supplies for emergency of district informatics of- it would help the institute sions and collected feedback (DDMA) quarter meeting response. Lorin added that ficers. During the meeting, in acquiring accreditation from the participants. was held at DPDB Hall Ko- primary focus of IDRN por- CMO Kohima informed hima on September 15. tal (idrn.nidm.gov.in) was to that positivity rate of COAccording to a DIPR enable decision makers to VID-19 has been declining report, highlighting an over- find answers on availability to 2.6% from September DIMAPUR: District Tobacco Control Cell (DTCC) Kipview of India Disaster Re- of equipment and human 10 till date. She suggested hire conducted a seminar on Tobacco Free Educational source Network (IDRN), resources required to com- the members to reinforce Institutions/Schools in the conference hall of the deputy senior technical director bat any emergency situation covid protocol to minimise commissioner (DC) office, Kiphire on September 14. In and DIO, DIC Kohima, J.G which database would also the impact of third wave a press release, district media officer Haichikambe Pame Lorin Rengma stated that enable them to assess the and that the second dose informed that during the seminar, short speeches were IDRN was a nationwide level of preparedness for vaccine would be available delivered by ADC Kiphire, Rahul Mali and district educaelectronic inventory of re- specific disasters. at any of the sub-centres ev- tion officer Kiphire, Deenabandhu Panda. Earlier, welcome sources that enlists equipHe also informed that, ery Wednesday in Kohima and keynote address was delivered by district nodal officer, ment and human resources, to update data in IDRN, dis- town.

NTCP Kiphire, Dr. N Moa Jamir while psychologist district collated from districts, states trict collectors or magistrate Earlier, the meeting hospital Kiphire, Kedorianuo Sirie presented the guidelines and national level line de- were authorised officials to was chaired by DC Kohima for tobacco free educational institutions & orientation, Topartments and agencies. get the latest information Gregory Thejawelie, who FEI App. The closing remark was proposed by junior denHe informed that it about disaster management also informed line depart- tal surgeon, district hospital Kiphire Dr. Wekhrou Mero. was a web-based platform resources available with var- ments to prepare disaster Altogether, 30 teachers from 16 schools, both government for managing the inven- ious line departments and management action plan and private attended the seminar during which all the 16 schools were registered on ToFEI App. tory of equipment, skilled agencies and were uploaded within one month.

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

NEWS IN BRIEF DC Phek informs: Deputy commissioner Phek, Razouvolie Dozo has informed that there would be total restriction of traffic movement through Pfutsero-Phek ongoing 2-lane road (existing km 45+700 to Km 51+200) from 10 p.m.-5 a.m., till September 24 to facilitate speedy completion of 2-lane works of PfutseroPhek road. The public have been advised to avoid travelling in the stretch during the stipulated time.

ANHTU Peren informs: All Nagaland Hindi Teachers’ Union (ANHTU) Peren unit observed Hindi Diwas and held general election wherein Kewidinbo Zeliang was elected as president and Bamdi Zeliang as general secretary along with seven other members for the tenure 2021-2024.

173 Bn CRPF observes Hindi diwas: 173 Bn CRPF, Dimapur celebrated Hindi Diwas from September 1-15 where Vishnu Gautam, 173 Bn CRPF read out the message from DG CRPF Kuldeep Singh. He also gave away prizes to the winners of essay and Hindi typing competition.

SF nab OGW; recover explosive

DTCC Kiphire conducts seminar

SF and police personnel along with the apprehended OGW and recovered items.

DIMAPUR: Security forces in a joint operation with the state police apprehended an over ground worker (OGW) with “warlike stores” at Nagaland Gate,

Dimapur on September 10.

According to PRO IGAR (N), based on a specific input, the joint team recovered 4.75 kg of PEK explosive.

The apprehended individual along with recovered “warlike store” was handed over to west police station for further investigation, PRO informed

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

“Blessed are those who die in the Lord, for they will rest from their hard work; for their good deeds to follow them!”

Revelation 14:13

"I am the resurrection and the life.

Whoever believes in me though he die, yet shall he live......”

John 11:25 We the bereaved family of Lt. Rev. Vishepu Yepthomi expressed our deepest gratitude to various churches, organizations, friends and well-wishers who showered their prayers, concern, love and kindness upon us during the hours of bereavement. We extent our sincere appreciation to:1. Mr. Pukhayi Sumi, Advisor, Food 13. D.C. Hill Prayer Fellowship Youth & Civil Supplies, Taxes, LM & CP. Department.

Government of Nagaland.

14. Natha New Baptist Church 2. Hon'ble Justice Songkhupchung Zunheboto.

Serto, Gauhati High Court, 15. Natha Old Baptist Church Kohima Bench.

Zunheboto.

3. Doctors and Nurses of NHAK. 16. Sumi Baptist Church, Relief 4. Government Advocates, Gauhati Committee, Zunheboto.

High Court, Kohima Bench.

17. D.C. Hill Layemi Kuposhukulu 5. Sumi Baptist Church Kohima.

Muqo.

6. Sumi Baptist Church Kohima 18. Zunheboto Fire Station Fellowship.

Youth Department.

19. D.C. Hill Akighinimi Muqo.

7. Union Baptist Church Keyake 20. Sunday School Department, D.C Kohima Hill 8. Union Baptist Church Satakha 21. Flower Members SBCZ. 9. Programe Committee Ordination 22. Ex. BSF Union, Zunheboto Board SBAK Nito Mount District.

10. Sumi Baptist Akukuhou 23. Satami Baptist Church Kuqhakulu, Zunheboto, Nito 24. Satami Tughalomi Kuqhakulu.

Mount.

25. Satami Union Dimapur.

11. Sumi Baptist Akukuhou Akuluto. 26. Satami Union Kohima 12. D.C. Hill Prayer Fellowship, SBCZ. 27. Satami Union Zunheboto.

We also express our inability to mention each and every individual who has tirelessly and selflessly stood by us through our days of mourning. It is our humble prayer that the good Lord takes into account all of your kindness and bless you all abundantly.

Loving family members k-1787/21

Lt. A. MALio ovung Born on : 01/03/1954 – Died on 09/09/2021 With outmost gratefulness, we, the bereaved family members of Lt. A. Malio Ovung, would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all those who stood by us in prayers, love, materially, physically and financially during the illness and sudden demise of our beloved father.

We are unable to thank each and every one individually, but we sincerely convey our gratitude to the following.

1. Wokha Town Baptist Church 2. Wokha Town Forest Colony Fellowship 3. Phiro Ovung Ekhung Wokha Town 4. Phiro Baptist Ekhumkho 5. Pensioner Union Forest Colony Wokha Town 6. Wokha Town Wozhuro Union 7. Wokha Town Phiro Khumshum 8. Forest Yankho Council, Youth and Individuals 9. Yikhum tsolo yanpoe Yanpia eyi okho Wokha Town 10. Eastern Nagaland People's Union, Fellowship Wokha Town 11. Mrs.E.Helen Yanthan, CDPO Wozhuro We pray that our Almighty God bless you abundantly.

Loving Wife, Children, Grandchildren, in-laws and loved ones k-1790/21

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

“Your deeds have outlived your age, even at your last moment; you have left an alluring change in us.” You will not only be remembered as a valuable Father, Grandfather & Great Grandfather but as a great mentor for us!

Late Rev Nivishe Yeptho Pastor

Died on 05-09-2021 “Precious in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his saints“

Psalm 116:15.

We, bereaved family of Lt. Rev Nivishe Yeptho pastor would like to express our sincere gratitude to each and everyone who stood by us through prayers, physically, materially and financially at the sudden demise of our beloved father on 05 Sept. 2021.

We would like to convey our special thanks to: (1) WSBAK Staff.

(2) Niuland Area (CLF) (3) Nizhevi Baptist Church (4) Phisami Union Dimapur (5) Imutu Kughuko (6) Zuheshe Baptist Church/ Youth/Women Department (7) Kuhuboto Town Baptist Church (8) Suhoi Baptist Church (9) Khehokhu Baptist Church (10) Luzheto Baptist Church/Youth/Women & Christian Education Ministry (11) Xelhouzhe Baptist Church (12) S. Vihuto Baptist Church (13) Rich Mount School and Little Millennium Chekiye Village (14 ) Luzheto Student Union.

(15) Pukhato Baptist Church (16) Hoito Baptist Church (17) Hovishe Baptist Church (18) Kiyezu (B) Baptist Church (19) S Hotovi Baptist Church (20) S. Vihuto Baptist Church (21) Kuhuboto Ghakhu Baptist Pastor Fellowship (22) All Reverends, Licensed Holders and Pastors We regret that we could not thank and mention each and everyone individually, well wishers. We pray that the Lord Almighty bless you all abundantly.

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Late N. KOMetH 15th February, 1940 – 6th September, 2021 We, the bereaved family members of Lt. N. Kometh of Tanhai Village, would like to express our sincere appreciation to all individuals & unions who stood by us during his illness and following our wistful loss.

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Kohima, Wokha, Zunheboto DPDBs hold meetings

DC and vice chairman DPDB Kohima, Gregory Thejawelie speaking Mmhonlumo Kikon releasing the Anglo-Lotha dictionary during G Kaito Aye, Pukhayi Sumi, KT Sukhalu and DPDB members the Wokha DPDB meeting. (DIPR) at the meeting. (DIPR) at the Kohima DPDB meeting. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) meetings for the month of September were held in Kohima, Wokha and Zunheboto to discuss various issues and agendas for the development of the districts on September 15.

Kohima DPDB recommends seven societies for registration Kohima District Planning and Development Board (DPDB) meeting recommended seven societies for registration during its monthly meeting in the conference hall of DPDB Kohima. The meeting was chaired by DC and vice chairman DPDB Kohima, Gregory Thejawelie.

Representatives of the societies presented the aims and objective of their societies during the meeting.

The societies included Bumblebee Society, Upper Agri colony Kohima; Kohima District Amateur Boxing Association, High School Kohima; Kohima District Table Tennis Association, Officers Hill Kohima; Nagaland Table Tennis Association, AG colony Kohima; Bridge of Hope, Perizie colony Kohima; De Operettas Mu-

sic and Arts Society, Puro Complex, Supply colony and Rev. Moa Longchari Cancer Foundation, Peraciezie High School Road.

The house deliberated on the matters and based on the recommendation submitted by screening committee, the house decided to recommend it to the government for approval and necessary action.

On 10 Northern Angami I A/C recasting of iconic project under 20212022, the house decided to recommend the change of programme from cementing of one road to construction of clock tower and forward it to planning to take up with the state planning board for necessary action.

In regard to aspirational block of Tseminyu block, DC informed responsible departments who had not submitted their five-year plan to take note of it and submit the plan by this week for onward submission to the nodal department.

DC also reminded the members of district level committee for sustainable development goals (SDGs) to come prepared with details and information as required in the next meeting fixed on September 22.

Social welfare department gave a PowerPoint presentation on departmental activities under district welfare office by DWO Akali Sema; Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) by CDPO James Ezung and Integrated Child Protection Services Nagaland (ICPS) by programme manager, Raitalie Zeliang.

Mmhonlumo releases Lotha dictionary Advisor, IT, Science and Technology, NRE, Mmhonlumo Kikon launched an Anglo-Lotha dictionary during the Wokha DPDB meeting held in the conference hall of the deputy commissioner (DC), Wokha.

According to a DIPR report, Mmhonlumo Kikon thanked the department of art & culture and Lotha Academy for coming together in publishing the dictionary which was significant for the Lotha community.

Mmhonlumo said that the department had many activities and programmes to promote art & culture of the state to the world, yet, he said that this initiation was significant for Naga people as activities may come and go, but the Book

would remain.

The advisor also thanked Yanbeni Yanthan and assistant professor, Centre for Naga Tribal Language Studies, Nagaland University, Dr. Imlienla Imchen who took the initiative as it was not easy to bring out a dictionary with a phonetic symbol properly ascribed.

While speaking at the function, director of art & culture, Adela Moa said that in 2018, the planning department requetsed the art & culture department to take up some programme of the Tribal Research Institute (TRI) under the ministry of tribal affairs to bring out dictionary of different Naga languages.

Against this backdrop, the directorate of art & culture along with Yanbeni Yanthan and Dr. Imlienla Imchen collaborated to document the regional language of the Nagas, starting out first with Lotha language.

The book is the first Naga regional dictionary to use the international phonetic alphabet which she believed would be beneficial for Lotha language speakers, students

and scholars to use for pronunciation.

On behalf of the people of the district, vice chairman DPDB Wokha and DC Wokha, Orenthung Lotha thanked the department for the initiative.

The board also recommended to the higher authority for consideration on upgrading of Government High School Sanis to Government Higher Secondary School.

The department of agriculture gave a PowerPoint on department activities in the district.

Meanwhile, chief medical officer (CMO), Dr. C.W Tungoe also highlighted COVID-19 scenario in the district.

Earlier, the board welcomed SP Wokha Menangmeren, assistant district education officer, K. Ruby Humtsoe, SDEO Sanis, S. Lichio Yanthan, DEO (EVL), DFO Doyang H. Tokugha Chopy.

Pukhayi seeks assistance for farmers Advisor Food and Civil Supply (F&CS), Legal Metrology and Consumer Protection (LMCP) and Taxes, Pukhayi Sumi sought assistance from

state minister of agriculture and cooperation, G Kaito Aye for farmers who were hard-hit by droughtlike situation.

Pukhayi who is chairman of Zunbeboto DPDB was speaking at the monthly DPDB meeting held in the conference hall of Sumi Hoho, Zunheboto.

In his short speech, the advisor sought support from Kaito, who was also present at the meeting, for the farmers especially those who cultivate corn crops as the entire crop was destroyed by fall army worm. Pukhayi also advised the farmers to send photo evidence to the concerned department for necessary action.

Minister Kaito asked the departments particularly agri and allied departments to keep in touch with the farmers to understand their problems and brief the government of their grievances.

Kaito said a request had been made to the government to look into the farmers’ problems and solve it sooner by providing modern technology agricultural equipment.

He also directed the departments to submit their

DCC Dimapur pays tribute to late Oscar Fernandes

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Therie said that the late leader also widely travelled across Nagaland for party works and perfectly understood the aspirations and sentiments of the people.

Others who paid tributes included NPCC vice president, W Akum Yim, DCC Dimapur president, Tsenthungo Nyamo and chairman of NPCC minority department, Rajesh Sethi. The programme was attended by Pradesh Congress committee (PCC) and Dimapur DCC officials.

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DIMAPUR: District congress committee (DCC) Dimapur held a condolence prayer meeting in the DCC office to pay last respects to former union minister and veteran Congress leader, late Oscar Fernandes who passed away on September 13 in Mangalore.

In a press release, NPCC communication department informed that NPCC president, K Therie recalled the life of Fernandes, his immense contribution to the Congress party and to the cause of Nagas, particularly when he headed group of min-

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PHED Kohima division collecting SUP wastes.

Officials of PHED Dimapur division and others.

DIMAPUR: Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Kohima division conducted “Swachhata Shramdaan” on Wednesday at Tseminyu sub-division by cleaning public places, collecting single use plastic waste (SUP) at National High 02 and in and around the town area.

In a press release, the department informed that the programme was part of the 100-day campaign on “sustainability of ODF gains and achieving million soak pits” in consonance with 75th Independence Day “azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav” which commenced on August 25 and would culminate on December 2, 2021.

The department informed that the collected single use plastic waste was stored at plas-

The Tseminyu Town youth, WATSAN and swacchagrahis participated in the “swachhata shramdaan”.

Dimapur: Dimapur district took forward the 100 days campaign under the Swachhata Shramdaan through cleaning public places and collection and segregation of SUP on September 15 at Dhansiripar community hall.

In a press release, PHED rural division, Dimapur IEC consultant, Vibou Seyie informed that the programme was attended by GB, village council chairman, WATSAN, Swachhagrahis of three neighbouring villages Dhansiripar HQ, Dhansiripar village and Amaluma.

The participants were also apprised of the components of ODF plus and

tic waste management centre Tseminyu located at Tseminyu sub-division PHED store compound.

During the campaign, executive engineer PHED, Kohima rural, Vikienyu Zutso stressed on the importance of maintaining soak pit for managing grey water at household level.

He urged the responsible citizens to make use of all the locally available materials to make individual soak pit and encouraged the citizens to minimized single use plastic in daily dwellings.

Vikienyu further emphasised on segregation of plastic and bio-degradable waste and motivated the people to make use of plastic waste management centre facility which was set up by the department of PHED Kohima Rural Division at Tseminyu.

the points of focus for community leaders and how to work to achieve it.

They were also asked to pass resolutions for ODF sustainability and achieve the targeted requirement of soak pits at household level, for grey water management during the 100-day campaign.

The interaction also focused on eliminating SUP as per the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules 2021, disallow littering of single use plastic and villages to stop open plastic burning.

The programme organised by PHED, Dimapur Rural division, Dimapur was led by District Water and Sanitation Mission (DWSM) district coordinator, Imojungla Longkumer and DWSM Dimapur, IEC consultant Vibou Seyie.

performance or developmental activities in the next meeting and also directed the head of departments to be present in station and help the people of Zunheboto.

During discussion hour which was also attended by the general manager of NHIDCL, the legislators and various NGOs expressed displeasure over the slow pace work and asked them to expedite the work as per the DPR. PWD R&B department presented various departmental activities and the problems faced by the department non-payment of salaries of almost half of labours under Zunheboto division for more than two years.

Briefing the gathering on the present COVID status, medical department informed that till date 49237 people has been vaccinated taking the vaccinated percentage to around 65% and also add that that 13 villages has been declared as fully vaccinated village.

T h e m e e t i n g wa s chaired by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Peter Lichamo and attended by advisor school education KT Sukhalu.

Outage in parts of Kohima district

DIMAPUR: Power department has informed that damage of feeders by storm has resulted in total disruption of power supply to Zubza Gref Camp area, Lalmati, Kiruphema, Peducha and Mengujuma.

In a press release, SDO transmission sub-division Kohima that the 33kV Lalmati feeder and 33kV AP-1 feeder had been damaged near Zubza Gref Camp due to heavy storm on September 15, 2021. The department said it was making all efforts to restore the said transmission line at the earliest and requested all responsible to bear with the inconvenience caused.

NBSE cautions on online gaming

DIMAPUR: Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) has notified for information of all the heads of registered institutions under NBSE to be aware of the “ill effects of online gaming addiction/ abuse” among students.

In a notification, NBSE said that online gaming can be accessed with the use of a phone or a tablet which it said was a common factor in online game addiction as children can easily play games anywhere and anytime affecting school and social life. “The closure of schools due to the pandemic has increased use of mobile and internet by children”, NBSE stated.

It said that playing online games led to a serious gaming addiction which was considered as a gaming disorder. NBSE has, therefore requested the heads of institutions to share the concerns and sensitise parents and teachers about the harmful effects of online gaming.

For any untoward incidence, report could be made at national helpline https:// cybercrime.gov.in/Webform/ Helpline.aspx

Kaito Aye inaugurates NDPP Zbto region office building

G Kaito Aye, Pukhayi Assumi, KT Sukhalu and others at the inaugural programme. (DIPR)

DIMAPUR: Minister for agriculture and co-operation G Kaito Aye inaugurated the new NDPP Zunheboto region office building on September 15.

According to a DIPR report, the minister in his inaugural speech assured the people that the legislators were working tirelessly and firmly to settle the Naga issue with the government of India at the earliest.

He encouraged the people to not only seek government jobs but also practice farming and agri allied works as the government was had schemes and projects. Kaito requested

the people to avoid all misconception regarding Covid vaccine and encouraged all to get vaccinated.

In his speech, advisor, school education KT Sukhalu said that since the party was new, the legislature was working hard and making effort to work for the people and to strengthen the party but unfortunately the pandemic had brought the entire world to a standstill.

Sukhalu requested the people to bear with them and cooperate in order to make the party strong and people friendly.

Advisor to food and civil supplies, LMCP and

taxes Pukhayi Assumi said that since the party’s inception in 2018, it had grown stronger in every way and hence congratulated the party workers and encouraged them to work more sincerely.

While chairing the programme, NDPP Zunheboto region president Khehoshe H Ye pthomi thanked the rank and file of the entire party workers for always working together and strengthening the party.

Earlier dedicator y prayer was said by Zunheboto town Sumi Baptist church, pastor Rev. Dr. Daniel Chishi.

A team comprising of district administration, police, TRPO volunteers and ward authorities conducted a surprise checking on sale of expired goods at Noklak Town on September 15. The team seized and destroyed goods worth lakhs of rupees. The authority also warned the responsible shopkeepers of stern action.

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Manipur govt’s ‘Go to Hills 2.0’ boycotted Opposition stages walk out PROPOSED ADC BILL 2021 IS BEING EXAMINED BY COMMITTEE: CM BIREN

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IMPHAL, SEP 15: Normal life was paralyzed in Manipur’s Senapati district as a dawn to dusk total shutdown was observed following a call by civil society organizations (CSOs) to boycott the BJP-led coalition government’s ‘Go to Hills 2.0’ campaign.

The ATSUM and its constituent student bodies boycotted the state government’s programmes as a mark of protest against nontabling of the controversial Manipur (Hill Areas) Autonomous District Councils, Bill 2021 recommended by the Hill Areas Committee.

Total shutdown was imposed even as the campaign scheduled to be held at Maram Centre of the district with state chief minister N Biren Singh attending the programme had already been cancelled.

Senapati CSOs also supported the boycott announced by All Tribal Students’ Union Manipur (ATSUM) of the ‘Go to Hills

Shops with shutters down in Senapati

2.0’ campaign.

The apex body of tribal-based student bodies also protested against induction of nine MLAs of Assembly constituencies from unscheduled areas as members of HAC by an order of the Speaker of the state Assembly which was later withdrawn.

The total shutdown was from 6am till 6pm not only hit the normal life in the district but also affected the vehicular movement along the NH-2 (ImphalDimapur section).

Reports said that hundreds of Imphal-bound inter-state service vehicles

including goods ferrying trucks and passenger service vehicles were stranded beyond Mao gate on Nagaland side.

Almost all shops and other business establishments across the important markets across the hill district remained closed for the day.

The shutdown ended peacefully with no untoward incidents , police said.

On the other hand, chief minister N Biren Singh today informed that a committee constituted by the government was examining the proposed Manipur (Hill Areas) Autonomous District

Assam boat tragedy: CM reviews safety measures for passengers

GUWAHATI, SEPT 15 (PTI): Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sar ma Wednesday inspected the measures taken at Nimati Ghat in Assam to ensure the safety of travellers commuting between Majuli and Jorhat via the Brahmaputra river following the recent collision of a boat and ferry which claimed three lives.

On his second visit to the site of the boat disaster, the chief minister told reporters that the Inland Water Transport (IWT) has made the services of two Ro-Pax vessels available for operation between Jorhat and Majuli after a thorough inspection.

Ro-Pax is the acronym of Roll on/Roll off passenger ferry and works as a freight vehicle transport with passenger accommodation.

Sarma announced that two more vessels MV Raj

Govt is doing its best to empower women: Mnp CM

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IMPHAL, SEP 15: The government is putting every possible effort to empower women of the state, said Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh in a speech on the 15th foundation day of Manipur State Commission for Women on Wednesday.

Singh said that the state government was implementing various initiatives and schemes to strengthen their livelihood, security and dignity with a commitment to empower the women. Singh said that the government has constructed and inaugurated seven women’s markets in different hill districts of the state and the construction for another 10 Women’s Markets were being taken up. He stated that the Manipur StartUp Scheme was introduced to support entrepreneurs in the state and many beneficiaries under the scheme were women. As per annual report of 2018-19, Manipur topped the list of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) business registrations among the northeastern states and 50 % of these businesses are owned by women, he added.

He further mentioned that out of the 7,106 loans disbursed under PM SVANidhi to street vendors of the State, 94% of the beneficiaries are women vendors. Stating that Manipuri women are more empowered as compared with women of other parts of the country, the chief minister said that many top posts in administrative and police departments were being held by women in the state.

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Lakshmi and MV Digaru will reach Majuli within the next two days while a catamaran will also be put into service within a few days.

The chief minister during his first visit to the accident site on September 9, a day after the incident, had ordered the police to file a criminal case in connection with the boat capsize. ‘’Single-engine boats, services of which were suspended following the accident, will be fitted with marine engines but it will take time.

“We cannot allow the operation of these boats till

they are converted as we cannot compromise with peoples’ lives. It will begin operations only after it is made sure that they comply with all safety measures set forth by the government’’, Sarma said.

The IWT inspected the local boats and found that two of them have marine engines and therefore will be allowed to operate from Wednesday but eight others have single engines which will not be permitted, the chief minister said.

Sarma said that he had spoken to the Minister for Shipping, Ports, and Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal and requested him to send two more Ro-Pax vessels to Assam, out of which one will ply between Jorhat and Majuli.

The chief minister said that Sonowal has assured him that it will be provided as early as possible.

Councils, Bill 2021 recommended by the HAC. The chief minister was responding to queries from reporters on the sideline of a function in Imphal today.

Singh said that the committee is examining whether the proposed bill was constitutional or unconstitutional and it was within the purview of the state government to pass such a bill.

“Tabling a bill is very easy. But before tabling it, the state government needs to examine the contents of the bill properly whether it is constitutional or unconstitutional,” Singh told reporters

Rs.9,262 cr to 8 NE states under JJM

SHILLONG, SEP 15: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Wednesday informed the Assembly that the state police have done their best to track one Vicky Dey and some others, who tried to spread hatred and poor image of the State and incite communal tension between tribals and non-tribals.

Sangma said that despite the hard work of the police, they are yet to arrest Dey as he has been absconding.

Replying to a calling attention motion moved by opposition member George B. Lyngdoh of the Congress, Sangma said the state police have filed an FIR against Dey at Shillong Sadar Police Station to investigate into the matter.

In the video, Dey had alleged that some NGOs are forcing non-tribals to

shut down their shops in Ichamati. Sangma said the FIR filed against him was registered and transferred to Shella Police station and investigation was carried out.

Look-out notices were also issued to the Superintendent of Police of North Goa and South Goa as it was suspected that Dey had been hiding there but Goa police informed that the accused could not be traced, Sangma said.

The Chief Minister said that the lookout notices have been sent to Lal Bazar Police Headquarters in Kolkata, adding that the State Superintendent of Police (CID) Meghalaya has also sent look out notices to all the states of the country, even as he informed that the states were yet to respond.

In October 2020, two more individuals filed a complaint against Vicky Dey, Prontush Sarkar, Mridul Das and Binayak

NEW DELHI, SEP 15 (NPN): Centre has allocated Rs. 9,262 crore as central grant for North East states under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) during financial year 2021-22, the Ministry of Jal Shakti informed on Wednesday.

The ministry said that the enhanced allocation and release of funds at this challenging time to provide tap water connections to rural homes in North East States was expected to boost the economy of the region.

Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, would be chairing a one-day Conference of Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Ministers of North-Eastern States on Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) at Assam Administrative Staff College, Guwahati on September 16, 2021.

Roy for circulating false information with intention to cause breach and misleading Governor and Prime Minister’s Office, Sangma informed. “I can assure that we will do everything in our capacity to ensure that we reach to the logical conclusion of this particular case,” the Chief Minister told the House.

The Chief Minister rejected the allegation of incompetency of the state police and criticised the Opposition member for painting a poor image of the police, who, he said, needed to be appreciated for their hard work.

Earlier, while moving the calling attention motion, Lyngdoh said that it was nearly one year since an FIR had been lodged against Dey who has allegedly spread hate videos that speak ill against the people and insult the leaders of the State.

Arunachal district awarded for fair elections ITANAGAR, SEP 15 (PTI): Longding district of Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday received the ‘State Democracy Award’, instituted by the State Election Commission (SEC), in the Best Performing District category. On the occasion of International Democracy Day, Governor Brig (Retd) Dr B D Mishra also conferred the Best Performing Sub-Division award on Nafra in West Kameng district. “These two places were selected for holding assembly and panchayat polls in 2019 in the most free and fair manner,” State Election Commissioner Hage Kojeen said.

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SHILLONG, SEP 15: The opposition Congress in Meghalaya on Wednesday staged a walk-out from the State Assembly after Speaker Metbah Lyngdoh disallowed a short-duration discussion on the demand for suspension of police officials involved in the killing of a former militant leader.

After the Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma replied to a call attention motion, Congress chief whip Process T Sawkmie, rose and wanted to know from the Speaker about the fate of his short duration discussion which was not mentioned in Wednesday’s list of private members’ business.

Sawkmie pleaded with the Speaker that time be given for discussing the issue raised by him pertaining to suspension of police officers involved in the killing former Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) militant leader Cherishterfield Thangkhiew at Mawlai Kynton Massar

The governor said International Democracy Day aims at promoting the government’s role in maintaining transparent democracy among member nations of the UN charter.

“The elections, by universal suffrage, free, fair and secret voting are foundations of democracy as enshrined in Article 21 (3) of Universal Declaration of Human Rights,” he said. Promoting democratic values of justice, liberty, equality and dignity of individual is vital to make the democracy strong and stable, he said and added that abiding by fundamental duties mentioned in the Constitution of India is equally important.

on August 13. In fact, the Speaker had admitted and fixed the short duration discussion, but disallowed it after he received a letter from the State government referring to the opinion of the Advocate General that the matter is sub-judice.

The Congress legislators staged a walk-out after the Speaker refused to reconsider his ruling despite their plea that they would confine their discussion only on the demand for suspension of police officials involved in the killing of the former militant leader.

Agitated with the Speaker’s sticking to his decision, the legislators also shouted anti- government slogans “MDA government down, down” . We demand justice and “Conrad Sangma hai hai,” as they walked out the well of the house.

Leader of Opposition, Mukul Sangma said that the demand for suspension of the concerned police officers was not a matter that could be considered sub-judice.

“From the stand of the

government, it proves beyond reasonable doubt that they are hell bent on sticking to the decision that they have taken and they want to completely stonewall any possibility of discussion so that we can have a logical conclusion,” the veteran Congress legislator said.

“But most important is that the intent of the government is very clear for us. We walk-out to demonstrate our disapproval and complete sense of lack of confidence on the intent of the government,” the Leader of Opposition said before leading his party legislators to walk-out of the House.

Earlier, defending the Speaker’s decision, Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said, “It is not a fact that we don’t want to discuss it.

There are certain constraints which even the House have to honour and see. The judicial inquiry is there and all the facts and realities will come out in the judicial inquiry. We should give a chance to the judicial inquiry to be completed”.

Assam down town University observes 8th convocation

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The introduction of the proposed bill in the house of the state Assembly will depend on the report of the committee, he said.

Whether the bill will be introduced in the house of the state Assembly or not will be decided by the government after the committee submits its report, the chief minister said.

I n t h e m e a n t i m e, ATSUM has reportedly threatened to intensify its agitations pressing the state government to convene a special session of the state Assembly to pass the proposed bill.

Only a few days ahead of the recently concluded monsoon session of the state Assembly, the HAC proposed the state government to introduce Manipur (Hill Areas) Autonomous District Councils, Bill 2021.

Currently, the six autonomous district councils extending in hill areas of the state are governed by Manipur (Hill Areas) District Councils Act, 1971 enacted by the Parliament.

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Students receiving an award during the convocation.

GUWAHATI, SEP 15: Assam down town University successfully hosted the 8th convocation ceremony on Wednesday on the virtual platform. Despite the prevailing situation not favourable for conducting an event on a grand scale, a total of 944 students and research scholars have been awarded degrees, out of which 724 are Graduates, 213 Post Graduates, and 7 PhD achievers this year.

AdtU conferred honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) to Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, former Chief Minister of Assam and notable Social Activist and to Sri Padma Hazarika, an eminent Social activist and entrepreneur of Assam.

The programme started with the felicitation of the governor of Assam, Jagdish Mukhi as the Chief Guest of the Ceremony by the Registrar of the University, Ashim Barman. The Governor of Assam, Jag-

dish Mukhi declared the convocation open followed by a welcome address by the Chancellor of Assam down town University, Dr. N. N. Dutta. Thereafter, the Vice Chancellor (Dr.) N.C. Talukdar also presented his address.

Dean of Studies, Prof.

Bandana Dutta, presented the PhD Degrees to the seven research scholars.

The Deans of the various Faculty of Study presented

the names of the candidates under their respective undergraduate and postgraduate programmes who have qualified for the conferment of Bachelors and Masters Degrees. The Governor awarded the students their respective degrees.

The students who had qualified for the award of the Doctorate of Philosophy, Masters’ Degree and Bachelors’ degree in different Faculties of Studies and disciplines but were unable to attend the Convocation were presented by the Controller of Examination, Dr. Joydeep Goswami and their degrees were awarded in absentia by the Governor.

Jyo t i s m i t a S a r m a (BSc. Microbiology) and Jutima Baruah (Msc. Microbiology) bagged the gold medal for the Best Graduate and the Best Post Graduate of the session 2021 respectively. A befitting award of appreciation

for the Best Placement Achiever of the year was presented to Debapriya Paul (MBA).

Subsequently, the Oath of Dedication was administered to the Degree recipients by Jutima Baruah and the Vice-Chancellor invited each of the three Awardees to speak a few words.

Recipients of the honorary degrees, Prafulla Kumar Mahanta and Padma Hazarika were invited to deliver their speeches. After the awards, the Chancellor invited the chief guest, the governor of Assam and the Visitor of the university to deliver his address followed by the tradition of signing the Convocation Book.

The Chancellor and Vice Chancellor also put their signatures on the Book. After the signatures, the governor of Assam was requested to declare the convocation closed with the national anthem

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Satsuo Lotha has been applied by Smti. Lokyongu Yanthan, W/o.

Lt. Satsuo Lotha, R/O Wokha, Nagaland for possession of; 1. SBI, A/No. 11846588408 2. P.P.O. No. NL/3733.

Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate/pension benefits of the said deceased may, if she/he so desire appear in this court on or before the said day of 15-10-2021.

Given under the hand and seal of the court on this day the 14-09-2021.

District & Sessions Judge Wokha : Nagaland WC-226/21

Whereas application under Succession Act 1925 for grant of Succession Certificate for the pension benefits of Late Subong Jamir has been applied by Shri Micheal Jamir Brother of Late Subong Jamir R/o H.No. 77, Kashiram Village, Dimapur, Nagaland for possession of: 1. Pension Benefits 2. SBI A/C No. - 20088407968 Notice is hereby given that any person having interest in the administration of the estate/pension benefits of the said deceased may if she/he so desire appear in this court on or before the said day of 14th October 2021.

Given under the hand and seal of the court on this the 14th September 2021.

IN THE COURT OF DISTRICT JUDGE

IN THE COURT OF DISTRICT JUDGE

DIMAPUR : NAGALAND

NOTICE

LOA 38/2021

(SEC. 278 OF INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925) Whereas application under section 278 of the Indian Succession Act 1925 has been filed by Shri. N. Rushulo Kent, S/o Late S.N. Kent @ S. Nzonye Kent, R/o H.No. 30, Arok Village, Dimapur, Nagaland for grant of Letter of Administration in respect of landed property of his father Late S.N. Kent @ S. Nzonye Kent covered by 1. Patta No. 1730, Dag No. 270/1991, Block No. 4, Mouza No. 2 measuring an area of 00B-01K-13½Ls Dimapur before this court.

Whereas 18th October, 2021 has been fixed for the hearing on the matter. Notice is hereby given inviting objection if any from the person having interest in the above named property to be furnished on or before the fixed date/or appear in person.

Given under my hand and seal of the Court on this 14th September, 2021.

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Principal District & Sessions Judge Dimapur : Nagaland

DIMAPUR : NAGALAND

NOTICE

LOA 37/2021

(SEC. 278 OF INDIAN SUCCESSION ACT 1925) Whereas application under section 278 of the Indian Succession Act 1925 has been filed by Shri. K. Puloto Chishi, S/o Late L. Khuwoto Chishi, R/o H.No. 01, Ward No. 7, Sematilla, Dimapur, Nagaland for grant of Letter of Administration in respect of landed property of his father Late L. Khuwoto Chishi covered by 1. Patta No. 64, Dag No. 143, Block No. 8, Mouza No. 3 measuring an area of 00B-04K-01Ls Dimapur before this court.

Whereas 18th October, 2021 has been fixed for the hearing on the matter. Notice is hereby given inviting objection if any from the person having interest in the above named property to be furnished on or before the fixed date/or appear in person.

Given under my hand and seal of the Court on this 14th September, 2021.

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India hits out at Pakistan, OIC for raising BJP-RSS fake Hindus, doing ‘Dalali’ of religion: Rahul Kashmir issue at UN Human Rights Council

NEW DELHI, SEP 15 (PTI): Calling the BJP-RSS people “fake Hindus”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that they use religion for their benefit and indulge in its ‘dalali (brokerage)’.

Addressing the foundation day of the All India Mahila Congress here, Gandhi said the ideology of the Congress is completely opposite of the BJP-Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and only one of the two ideologies can rule the country.

Asserting that Goddess Lakshmi stands for the power that helps one attain one’s goals and Goddess Durga stands for the power that protects, the former Congress chief said while his party had strengthened these powers when in government, the ruling BJP dispensation have diminished these powers.

“Ye kis prakar ke Hindu hain. Ye jhoote Hindu hain. Ye Hindu dharm ka prayog karte hain, ye dharm ki dalali karte hain, magar ye Hindu nahin hain (What kind of Hindus are they?

They are fake Hindus. They use Hindu religion, they indulge in brokerage of religion, but they are not Hindus,” Gandhi said, attacking the BJP-RSS.

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Gandhi said, as a Congress worker, he understands that he can compromise with other ideologies but not with that of the BJP and the RSS. He said it is important to understand the difference between the ideology of the Congress and Mahatma Gandhi, and that of V D Savarkar and Nathuram Godse.

“The BJP-RSS people say they are a Hindu party.

In the last 100-200 years if anyone has understood the Hindu religion in the best way and made it his practise, it is Mahatma Gandhi. We believe in this and so do the BJP-RSS people. So, if Mahatma Gandhi understood the Hindu religion and spent his whole life understanding it, then why did the RSS

ideology pump three bullets in his chest,” the Congress leader said.

Why did the RSS ideology pump bullets in a person who is considered an example by the whole world -- from Nelson Mandela to Martin Luther King -- and is regarded as the best teacher of ‘Ahimsa’ or non-violence, which is the foundation of the Hindu religion, he said.

Referring to Goddess Lakshmi as a power that helps one attain one’s goals and Goddess Durga as the power that protects, Gandhi rhetorically asked that when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced demonetisation or bring the GST and the farm laws, were those powers strengthened.

Mahila Congress workers responded by saying the

powers were diminished.

He also asked whether these powers were boosted by the Congress when it brought in policies such as MNREGA and RTI, and ‘One Person, One Vote’, and the crowd shouted back that the powers were strengthened.

“They call themselves a Hindu party and in the whole country they attack Lakshmi and Durga. Wherever they go, they kill Lakshmi or Durga and then say we are Hindus,” Gandhi alleged. The former Congress chief also alleged that the organisation of the RSS crushes “women power”, while the Congress’ organisation gives it platform.

“Narendra Modi and the RSS did not make a woman prime minister, the Congress did. So, for us be it a woman, man, Dalit, adivasi, he or she may be from Bengal, Haryana or Punjab, they are all one. We only see one thing whether the person gets scared or not, if he or she does not get scared, they are a Congressi, if they get scared then we have to make them into a Congressi,” he said.

Gandhi alleged that the Modi government has taken the power of Goddess Durga and Goddess

Lakshmi from the hands of farmers, labourers and the poor and has given it to three-four people.

“Today in India, there are 10-15 people who have the power of Durga and Lakshmi, they are Modi ji ‘s friends. Ask the poor, go to the houses of farmers, ask if they have money to celebrate Diwali, they will say they don’t have it,” he said.

The power of Goddess Durga that was there in the hands of the people and one could say anything and criticise Congress chief ministers and prime ministers has now been taken away, Gandhi said. The Congress leader alleged that terms are dictated by the RSS-BJP to universities and he cannot even visit them.

“You have to tell the country that Narendra Modi has attacked the power that we call Lakshmi and the power that we call Durga,” he told Mahila Congress workers and leaders.

“Don’t fight by deploying hatred, hate is not our tool, love is our tool,” the former Congress chief asserted.

“The day we show hatred, we would have gotten scared and would not be Congress persons,” he added.

NEW DELHI, SEP 15 (PTI): India on Wednesday hit out at Pakistan as well as the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for raising the Kashmir issue at the UN Human Rights Commission and said the grouping has “helplessly” allowed itself to be held “hostage” by Islamabad.

At the 48th session of the human rights council, India said Pakistan has been globally recognised as a country openly supporting, training, financing and arming terrorists including UN proscribed terrorists as a matter of state policy.

India’s response was delivered by Pawan Badhe, first secretary in India’s permanent mission in Geneva.

E xe r c i s i n g I n d i a ’s rights to respond to comments made by Pakistan and the OIC on Kashmir, Badhe said it does not need lessons from a “failed state” like Pakistan which is the “epicentre of terrorism and worst abuser of human rights”.

He said it has become a habit for Pakistan to misuse the platforms provided by the council to propagate its false and malicious propaganda against India.

Pawan Badhe

“The council is aware of Pakistan’s attempts to divert the council’s attention from serious human rights violations being perpetrated by its government, including in the territories occupied by it,” Badhe said.

“India, as not only the world’s largest democracy but a robustly functional and vibrant one, does not need lessons from a failed state like Pakistan which is the epicentre of terrorism and worst abuser of human rights,” he said.

The Indian diplomat said Pakistan has failed to protect the rights of its minorities, including Sikhs, Hindus, Christians and Ahmadiyas. “Thousands of women and girls from minority communities have been subjected to abductions, forced marriages and

conversions in Pakistan and its occupied territories,” Badhe said in his statement.

“Pakistan has been engaged in systematic persecution, forced conversions, targeted killings, sectarian violence and faith-based discrimination against its ethnic and religious minorities,” he said.

Badhe said incidents of violence against minority communities, including attacks on their places of worship, their cultural heritage, as well as their private property have taken place with impunity in Pakistan.

“Pakistan is a country which has been globally recognised as a country openly supporting, training, financing and arming terrorists including UN proscribed terrorists, as a matter of state policy,” he said.

“The relevant multilateral institutions have been raising serious concerns on its failure to stop terror financing and lack of effective actions against terror entities,” Badhe said.

He said dissenting voices from civil societies, human rights defenders, journalists are muzzled daily in Pakistan, with the support of the government.

JEE-Main result: Record 44 candidates Appointments in Tribunals indicates ‘cherry picking’ of names: SC score 100 percentile, 18 share top rank

NEW DELHI, SEP 15 (PTI): A record 44 candidates have scored 100 percentile in the engineering entrance exam JEE-Main this year while 18 candidates have shared the top rank, according to National Testing Agency (NTA).

The result for the crucial exam was announced post midnight on Tuesday with the website crashing for several hours after that.

The first rank holders included Gaurab Das (Karnataka), Vaibhav Vishal (Bihar), Duggineni Venkata Paneesh (Andhra Pradesh), Siddhant Mukherjee, Anshul Verma and Mridul Agarwal (Rajasthan), Ruchir Bansal and Kavya Chopra (Delhi), Amaiya Singhal and Pal Agarwal (Uttar Pradesh), Komma Sharanya and Joysula Venkata Aditya (Telangana), Pasala Veera Siva, Karnam Lokesh and Kanchanapalli Rahul Naidu, (Andhra Pradesh), Pulkit Goyal (Punjab) and Guramrit Singh (Chandi-

garh).

Last year, 24 candidates had scored 100 percentile.

On account of using unfair means, a total of 20 candidates have been debarred from appearing in future examinations for a period of three years. Their results have also been withheld.

Starting this year, Joint Entrance Exam (JEE)-Main was conducted four times a year to offer flexibility to students and a chance to improve their scores. The first phase was held in February and the second in March.

The next phases were scheduled for April and May but those were postponed in view of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic that raged through the country affecting lakhs.

The third edition was held from July 20-25 while the fourth edition was conducted from August 26 to September 2.

The examination was

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NEW DELHI, SEP 15 (PTI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed displeasure over non-filling of vacancies at the tribunals across the nation and said the manner in which appointments have been made clearly indicates “cherry picking” of names.

The top asked the Centre to make appointments within two weeks to the

Venugopal.

Venugopal assured the bench that the Centre would make appointments in two weeks to the tribunals from the list of persons recommended by the search and selection committee.

Senior advocate Arvind datar said that for the ITAT, the search cum selection committee selected 41 people but only 13 have been chosen on basis which “we don’t know”.

“This is nothing new.

Every time it is the same story,” the bench said.

The CJI said the Supreme Court judges undertook an elaborate exercise to shortlist the names during the COVID and the entire efforts are going in vain.

“We travelled across the country. We spent a lot of time. During Covid, your government requested us to conduct interviews as early as possible. We wasted so much time,” the CJI expressed exasperation.

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DIRECTORATE OF HIGHER EDUCATION NAGALAND : KOHIMA

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/Dated Kohima, the 13th Sept. 2021

NOTIFICATION Eligible Private Secular Colleges and Government permitted Theological Colleges are hereby informed to download the Grantin-Aid form for the year 2021-2022 through the Department’s website www.highereducation.nagaland.gov.in and submit the filled up form to the undersigned from 20th September to 4th October 2021. Forms will not be accepted after the stipulated date.

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conducted in 13 languages -- English, Hindi, Gujarati, Assamese, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. Over 9.34 lakh candidates appeared in four editions of JEE-Main. A total of 2.52 lakh common candidates had appeared for all four editions of the exam.

A total of 6.58 lakh male candidates had appeared for the exam while the number of female candidates appearing for the exam was 2.80 lakh.

The ranks of the candidates have been released taking into consideration the best of the four NTA scores in accordance with the policy already made.

at the tribunals due to the vacancies and the litigants cannot be left in the lurch.

“The appointment letters which have been issued clearly indicate they have selected cherry picking three names from the select list and others from the waitlist, ignoring others in the select list. In service law, you can’t go to the waitlist ignoring the select list. What kind of tribunals which are facing selection and appointment severe crunch of presiding is this?” the bench asked officers as well as judicial the Attorney General K K and technical members, and apprise it of reasons if persons from the recommended list are left out in the process.

A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices D Y Chandrachud and L Nageswara Rao said the condition is pitiable

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Nagaland Post VOL. XXXI NO. 282 DIMAPUR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Politics of rhetoric

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ven days before the Dimapur Chamber of Commerce and Industry(DCCI) on September 11, announced a one-day closure of all shops in Dimapur on September 16, various district commerce bodies had earlier renewed their call on the authorities to curb extortions but all to no avail. The state-level Confederation of Nagaland Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CNCCI) on September 13, announced its support and also expanded the stir to a one-day statewide closure. Both DCCI and CNCCI have drawn the government’s attention to the inglorious cottage industry called item-wise tax imposed on goods entering Dimapur; the ridiculous amount imposed tyre-wise as road tax on trucks, then tax on godowns where the goods are eventually stored, followed by the misery of several so-called voluntary organisations imposing their right of tax and the last gasp squeezed out by various government agencies on items for which GST has already been paid prior to despatch to Dimapur. On rampant multiple taxation by government agencies at check gates on items under GST, the government has decided that civic authorities cannot collect taxes on items that are under GST since all taxes are paid prior to despatch.

However, perhaps civic bodies will still collect toll tax on roads and bridges (which are constructed by the government) and on footpath vendors(mostly locals) since all shopping complexes and stalls have been leased out to non-locals by the locals themselves. It is also time for public to check if civic bodies are actually doing their job after collecting various taxes. The chambers of commerce had also repeated concerns against rampant and blatant illegal imposition of tax on all items by various political groups including government agencies at check gates. These activities under whatever pretexts, continue to dominate the attention of the public and over which the media had written reams since the past decades. There were many appeals, some even in the form of ultimatum and some resulting in protest closure of business establishments and institutions during the past few years against this inglorious and destructive syndrome. The mushrooming of illegal collections in Dimapur has earned it a notoriety as the extortion capital, by virtue of being the commercial hub of the state. DCCI had even as way back as August 31, stated that despite the covid lockdown causing economic distress and loss incurred by the business establishments due to closure of businesses for over a year, yet not only extortions continued but had increased sharply. The government had at least two weeks to address the issue raised by the DCCI on August 31 and repeated on September 11 with ultimatum to solve the matter or there will be one-day closure of shops in Dimapur.

The state government did nothing and neither did it call for dialogue with the DCCI and CNCC. At such a critical moment, it was expected that the government will sensibly give a rest to its perpetual and illogical political rhetoric on unity of all and playing the role as facilitators and also showing what unity is through the “opposition-less government” and focus on governance at least for a day. The government had enough time to call for a “consultative meeting”, a favourite and popular option to dispose off matters. The government decided on the matter on September 14 and its belated appeal that was published on September 15 was too little and too late.

DailyDevotion What To Renounce We have renounced the hidden things of shame… —2 Corinthians 4:2 Have you “renounced the hidden things of shame” in your life— the things that your sense of honor or pride will not allow to come into the light?

You can easily hide them. Is there a thought in your heart about anyone that you would not like to be brought into the light? Then renounce it as soon as it comes to mind— renounce everything in its entirety until there is no hidden dishonesty or craftiness about you at all. Envy, jealousy, and strife don’t necessarily arise from your old nature of sin, but from the flesh which was used for these kinds of things in the past (see Romans 6:19 and 1 Peter 4:1-3). You must maintain continual watchfulness so that nothing arises in your life that would cause you shame. “…not walking in craftiness…” (2 Corinthians 4:2). This means not resorting to something simply to make your own point. This is a terrible trap. You know that God will allow you to work in only one way— the way of truth. Then be careful never to catch people through the other way— the way of deceit. If you act deceitfully, God’s blight and ruin will be upon you. What may be craftiness for you, may not be for others— God has called you to a higher standard. Never dull your sense of being your utmost for His highest— your best for His glory. For you, doing certain things would mean craftiness coming into your life for a purpose other than what is the highest and best, and it would dull the motivation that God has given you. Many people have turned back because they are afraid to look at things from God’s perspective. The greatest spiritual crisis comes when a person has to move a little farther on in his faith than the beliefs he has already accepted.

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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. ~ Edmund Burke

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Post-mortem

Indo-Naga political stalemate in a nutshell: W/C, NNPGs S ince the split of NSCN, the Nagas at large had been mis-led and bewitched by propagandas and mis-information campaigns simultaneously with relentless armed offensive by certain political faction.

For almost two and half a decade i,e up till the signing of Framework Agreement between the GOI and IM, the Naga people were misguided to harp on to the illusion that IM faction alone could resolve the issue. The GOI and the Naga people however realised the futility of one-sided effort and the need for broad based process involving all the stake holders became paramount if at all an amicable, honourable and acceptable solution is to be brought about.

Exce ption of 1951 plebiscite, the Naga people had at no point of time conducted any political exercise at large to accord any particular organisation the legitimacy to resolve the conflict. Consequent of which, the 16 point Agreement of 1960 and the Shillong accord of 1975 were nullified by the Nagas. More so, the secretive and exclusive 2015 Framework Agreement between GOI and IM focussing on Nagalim became even more obscure and untrustworthy.

Therefore, the NNPG’S which represents the entire Naga inhabited areas and

commands the confidence of every Naga stake holders rose to the occasion and signed the Agreed Position with the GOI thus ushering in a new era and paved the way for broad based honourable and acceptable political solution for all the Nagas in general and GOI. The Agreed Position and the supporting status paper submitted to the GOI covers every aspects and contours of the Naga’s aspiration and clearly underlines ‘the rights of the Nagas to self-determine their own future’ which in itself is the cardinal and unprecedented achievement in the entire course of the Naga struggle and which other Naga negotiators in the past or the present failed to implant in the political agreement.

The Nagas must also not be confused with the mis-interpretation of IM’s Framework Agreement with regard to sharing of sovereign power between GOI and the Nagas. The phrase does in no manner imply or agree to granting of sovereignty as being alluded to by IM. Rather, the GOI is very candid and firm on distribution of subjects and political/administrative jurisdictions between the centre and the federating units within the constitution of India. The same arrangement has been pre-ordained

by TH. Muivah, the General Secretary and chief negotiator of IM in 2012 at Agri expo, Dimapur where he publicly acknowledged that Sovereignty and territorial integration is impossible and as such any solution shall be within Indian federation and bounds of Indian constitution and for which acquiescence on the part of IM leadership, the GOI agreed to ink the Framework Agreement in 2015.It also needed to be understood that nowhere in the FA, a separate flag and constitution for the Nagas are indicated unless there exist another hidden document.

The issue was only obtusely raised after conclusion of all formal political dialogue as has been announced on 31 October 2019.

The Naga people and the GOI are well aware of the fact that peaceful coexistence is the only way forward, accordingly the NNPG’S Agreed Position and the status paper has been prepared in correspondence to the wishes of our people and reality of the times we are living.

It has been widely shared and discussed with every section of the Naga people and has acquired popular endorsement and thumping approval of the people.

Being holistic and realistic in our approach

to resolve the Indo-Naga conflict, the NNPG’S does not harbour any illusion or make false promises, our negotiation has been premised on the possibilities and solution without further delay unlike the IM’s high sounding ,ambiguous, rigid and offensive posture which only negates the Naga’s desire for early solution. It has become quite apparent that this particular entity despite having fully realised the improbability of their lofty demands wishes to drag on the process indefinitely by changing their stances with the change of every interlocutor during the past 23 years of negotiation.

And indeed ‘Solution’ has become a threat to many enterprising workers who manage their comfortable living and imposes ruthless dictates on the common Naga mass on the pretext of resolving the conflict.

It is for the Naga people to accord legitimacy and approval and not for any political organisation to claim such, the people’s mandate for early solution is crystal clear and NNPG’S has reciprocated to the genuine desire of the suffering Naga people. However, It has become a complete contradiction and self-mockery on the part of an entity to claim lone legitimacy to resolve Indo-Naga issue and

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scorn the genuine common Naga political platform as surrogate when in reality they alone are a stumbling block to an early solution.

Moreover, the Naga people question the credibility of their secretive agreement and their refusal to share the contents of their competencies has caused even more suspicion rather than according them the legitimacy to decide the fate of the people.

Fooling the Nagas and the GOI by churning propagandas and blackmail no longer works. The Nagas demands truth, transparency and accountability and above all early solution in line with the realistic approach of the NNPG’S. No organisation can hide behind the soaring unrealistic ideals for long, it’s an opportune time for every genuine national worker to bow down and accept reality. The change of diabolic mindset is imminent. Any further ploy to subjugate the people further for the sake of prolonging their parasitic empire that only feeds on the life blood of the Nagas is doomed. Early solution is the only option.

And since all the unresolved issue including territorial integration are to be pursued successively post-solution, respective Nagas must begin charting

own future course focussing on respective ancestral territories upon which the contemplated solution is designed to find proper landing.

Likewise Nagaland state should no longer be exploited as breeding ground for surrogates to perpetrate their de-facto hegemony or to be used as a rehabilitation zone for outsiders in the post-solution era. The unholy nexus between the surrogates and dubious politicians for several decades has reduced Nagaland into a vassal state. It is high time for the Nagaland Nagas to wake from the induced slumber and confront the challenges head-on lest the enduring bondage.

The aspirants of utopian Nagalim should no longer seek to perpetuate their proxy rule in Nagaland state, for they have for too long been a tumour strangulating the very existence of Nagaland Nagas. The NNPG’S is ever steadfast for an early, honourable and acceptable solution and genuinely desires to free the people from the additional yoke of oppression so ruthless and incomprehensible particularly in the last two and half a decade.

God bless Nagaland Issued by-Media Cell, W/C, NNPGs

The gas game

umankind has suddenly production and consumption in entered into a brand-new re- 2003(except for e.g. in the metered lationship with our planet. dose inhalers commonly used to unless we quickly and profoundly change treat asthma and others respiratory ndia is a party to the Vienna usually abbreviated as CFCs. These chlorine-containing ODSs Convention for the Protection have been used in many applications, including refrigeration, air the course of our civilization, we face an problems) d) Use of Hydrochlorofluoroof the Ozone layer and the conditioning, foam blowing, aerosol propellants, and cleaning of immediate and grave danger of destroying the worldwide ecological system that carbons (HCFCs) in place of CFCs. Montreal Protocol on Substances metals and electronic components. sustains life as we know” - Al Gore The theme for this year’s World List of Ozone Depleting Substances and its Sources that deplete the Ozone Layer.

It is universally accepted that Ozone Day on 16th September 2021 The United Nations General Ozone Depleting ozone layer in the stratosphere layer is “Montreal Protocol – Keeping us, Sources Assembly on 23rd January, 1995 Substances (ODS) protects us from harmful UV radia- our food and vaccines cool”. This adopted a resolution which proChlorof luorocarbons Refrigerators, air-conditioners, tion from sun. The depletion of this year’s World Ozone Day seeks to claims 16th September as the (CFCs) solvents, dry-cleaning agents, etc layer ozone(O3) by human activities highlight the importance of Montreal WORLD OZONE DAY, commay have serious implications and Protocol - such as slowing climate Halons Fireextinguishers memorating the date on which this has become a subject of much change and helping to boost enFire- extinguishers, solvents Montreal Protocol on Substances Carbon tetrachloride concern over the last few years. On ergy efficiency in the cooling sector, that Deplete the Ozone Layer Methyl chloroform Adhesives, aerosols other hand, ozone is also formed in which contributes to food security. was signed in 1987. The theme Fire extinguishers, air conditioners, the atmosphere through chemical The protocol has been universally Hydrofluorocarbons for this year’s World Ozone Day solvents pollutants (SO2, NO2 aldehydes) ratified by all 197 member countries is “Montreal Protocol- Keeping on absorption of UV-radiations. of United Nations.

Effects of ozone layer tors and condensers).

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• Clean the refrigerator ozone hole had been the biggest ever ful UV radiation and we will try our denoted chemically as O3. Ozone to the depletion of the ozone in 2006. The size and thickness of best to protect it. In our society, no is found primarily in two regions layer. This might result in serious regularly at the back where the the ozone hole vary year to year, such effect has been made so far to of the atmosphere. About 10% health issues among humans, condenser is located and de-ice becoming larger when temperatures monitor ozone concentration. We of atmospheric ozone is in the such as skin diseases, cancer, the freezer regularly. are lower. The cause of the ozone can contribute different scenario About air conditioners: troposphere, the region closest to sunburns, cataract, quick ageing hole is a chemically called chloro• Mount the air conditioner fluorocarbon (CFC), used mainly to protect the ozone layer and our Earth (from the surface to about and weak immune system. condenser in the shadow outside. in aerosol propellants, refrigeration, precious earth through by - using • Effects on Animals 10–16 kilometers (6–10 miles)).

Direct exposure to ultravio- Use blinds if there is too much air-conditioning, plastic foams and eco-friendly household cleaning The remaining ozone (about let radiations leads to skin and sun influx that needs to be cooled solvents from cleaning electrical products, limiting our uses like 90%) resides in the stratosphere away and clean your condenser components. The chlorine in CFC coolant in air conditioners and between the top of the tropo- eye cancer in animals. refrigerators, cleaning solvent, mo• Effects on the Environ- and evaporator regularly. found, deplete the ozone layer. The tor- vehicles, banning the use of sphere and about 50 kilometers • Keep rooms cool at night main potential consequences of (31 miles) altitude. The large ment dangerous nitrous oxide, nitrogen Strong ultraviolet rays may with ventilation, without air- this ozone depletion are increase amount of ozone in the stratofertilizers and other industrial acconditioning if possible. lead to minimal growth, flowerin UV-B radiation at ground level: tivities which are responsible for sphere is often referred to as the • Switch your car air con- a one percent loss of ozone leads ing and photosynthesis in plants. “ozone layer.” emissions of CFCs emissions from The forests also have to bear the ditioner on after you have been to a two percent increase in UV automobiles are likely to increase in Ozone Layer “The ozone layer is a region harmful effects of the ultraviolet driving for a few minutes with radiation. When O3 layer becomes coming years due to increased dewindows open and park your car thinner or has holes, it causes canin the earth’s stratosphere that rays. pendence on coal and oil for several in the shadow. cers especially relating to skin like uses. As burning of this fuel causes • Effects on Marine Life contains high concentrations of Appliances in general melanoma and continuous exposure emissions of NOx and hydrocarbons Planktons are greatly afozone and protects the earth from • When buying new equipto UV radiation affects humans, necessary for oxidant formation. On fected by the exposure to harmthe harmful ultraviolet radiations ful ultraviolet rays. These are ment’s/appliances, look for animals and plants, and depression the other hand, the same pollutant of the sun.”

What is Ozone Layer De- higher in the aquatic food chain. ‘Ozone friendly’, ‘HCF free’ or of the immune system, and corneal is instrumental in ozone depletion.

If the planktons are destroyed, ‘energy efficient’. Remember: cataracts (A disease that often leads In both instances, human effects pletion?

Ozone layer depletion is the the organisms present in the food If it is energy efficient, it will to blindness) and may also lead to are noticed on earth. Ozone polnot only help save the environ- massive die-off of phytoplankton lution is likely to become a major thinning of the ozone layer pres- chain are also affected.

Take care of your appli- ment but it will also reduce your (Carbon sink) and therefore to in- global problem during the coming ent in the upper atmosphere. This creased global warming. happens when the chlorine and ances to minimize ozone layer energy bills. decades. The awareness among the International efforts to attempt • Regularly service older impact bromine atoms in the atmosphere stakeholders including industries equipment (not CFC free) as to limit the production and release and general public and governments About refrigerators: come in contact with ozone and • Dispose of appliances their malfunctions cause CFC of CFCs in ozone destruction was throughout the states/world to play destroy the ozone molecules. and equipment with refriger- to escape into the atmosphere. established.

One chlorine atom can destroy 1. The Vienna conference a vital role in phase – out of Ozone 100,000 molecules of ozone. It ants responsibly. Dispose your When your equipment needs in 1985 was the first international Depleting Substances and in dispelis destroyed more quickly than old refrigerator by taking it to a to be serviced, ask for trained, conference on ozone layer depletion. ling the dangers posed by the global qualified and certified expert, qualified and certified experts to it is created.

2. The Montreal protocol – It threat from ozone depletion in the What are Ozone Depleting as refrigerators and freezers ensure the equipment is properly is an international treaty to protect stratosphere and ozone production contain refrigerants that must be repaired and carrier gases are the ozone layer by phasing out ozone near the earth’s surface.

Substances (ODS)?

Lastly, by changing our lifestyle Ozone-depleting substances removed and recovered before recycled • Insulate your walls, doors depleting substances across the and creating consciousness, it can (ODSs) are manufactured for other parts are recycled. world.it is believed that if agreement • Set the thermostat of your and windows properly for im- is adhered to, the ozone layer will help us deal with climate change. specific industrial uses or conThis change in consciousness and sumer products, most of which refrigerator and freezer at the proved energy efficiency and recover by the year 2050. result in the eventual emission right temperature by avoiding prolonged life of your equip3. India has Ozone Deplet- ‘oneness with nature’ has to be of these gases to the atmosphere. too low temperatures. A warmer ment. ing Substances (Regulation and rethought now, at the cusp of our • Have your car and home Control) Rules since 2000. India new climate and biodiversity action A large fraction of the emitted setting of your air conditioner ODSs reach the stratosphere, thermostat will also save energy. air conditioner and refrigera- has met the following compliance strategies. We cannot develop now to questions later. where they are converted to re- Switch equipment off when not tor checked for leakage. When of Montreal protocol: “Earth without ozone is like a active gases containing chlorine in use as even a standby mode possible, leaky units should be a) Freeze of CFCs production repaired before being refilled. house without a roof. Save ozone layer” and bromine that lead to ozone consumes energy. and consumption in July,1999 • Cooling systems depend ENVIS Cell, Lower Tsiepfu Tsiepfhe Youth depletion. ODSs containing only b) Freeze of Halon production Organisation, (Lower A.G carbon, chlorine, and fluorine on good airflow through their Nagaland Pollution Control and consumption on 1.1.2002 colony) Kohima c) Total phase out of halon are called chlorofluorocarbons, heat exchange panels (evapora- Board, Signal Point, Dimapur Reader’s note: Articles or letters published in any of the columns do not reflect the view of this newspaper nor that of the Editor in any manner.

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Mu, C.1.2 variants of SARS-CoV2 Farm laws must be withdrawn: Mamata not found in India so far: INSAOCG win for a third straight term in office, she lost in Nandigram.

She now must win the Bhabanipur seat to ensure an unbroken stint as the chief minister.

Banerjee is required to win a seat in the state assembly by November 5 in conformity with the constitutional provisions to continue as chief minister. The Constitution allows a nonmember of a state legislature or Parliament to continue in a ministerial position without getting elected only for six months.

After her defeat in Nandigram, state cabinet minister and TMC MLA from Bhabanipur Sovandeb Chattopadhyay vacated the seat to facilitate her return to the assembly from there.

Baner jee is pitted against BJP’s Priyanka Tibrewal and Left Front’s Srijib Biswas for the September 30 by-poll. Congress has decided not to field a candidate against her.

NEW DELHI, SEP 15 (PTI): India has so far not seen Mu and C.1.2, the two new variants of SARSCoV2, and the Delta variant and its sub-lineages continue to the main Variants of Concern in the country, INSACOG, the genome sequencing consortium, has said.

The consortium has called for more strongly implementing existing recommendations on sequencing of positive samples from international travellers.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has added B.1.621 (including B.1.621.1) to the list of Variants of Interest (VOI) on August 30 and christened it “Mu”. It has also added C.1.2 as a new VOI. C.1.2 is a sub-lineage of the C.1 variant described in South Africa but did not spread globally, the INSACOG said.

Modi, Mamata, Poonawalla in Time’s Gaganyaan mission likely 100 ‘most influential people of 2021’ to be launched by 2022 end

Parliament more about policy than politics: PM Modi

grip on the sizeable Sikh and Punjabi population in the 2021 assembly election following the farmers’ agitation in Punjab.

Leaders of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), which is spearheading the farmer’s movement against the farm bills, had campaigned against BJP during the April-May assembly election in the state.

The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services

(L-R) Narendra Modi, Mamata Banerjee and Adar Poonawalla

the 69-year-old leader of “eroding the rights” of India’s Muslim minority and imprisoning and intimidating journalists.

On Banerjee, her profile for the 100 most influential list says that the 66-yearold leader “has become the face of fierceness in Indian politics.”

“Of Banerjee, it is said, she doesn’t lead her party, the Trinamool Congress - she is the party. The streetfighter spirit and self-made life in a patriarchal culture set her apart,” the profile says.

Poonawalla’s TIME profile says that from the beginning of the COVID19 pandemic, the 40-year-old head of the world’s largest vaccine maker “sought to meet the moment.”

“The pandemic is not

over yet, and Poonawalla could still help end it. Vaccine inequality is stark, and delayed immunisation in one part of the world can have global consequences— including the risk of more dangerous variants emerging,” it says.

The Time profile describes the Taliban cofounder Baradar as a “quiet, secretive man who rarely gives public statements or interviews.”

“Baradar nonetheless represents a more moderate current within the Taliban, the one that will be thrust into the limelight to win Western support and desperately needed financial aid.

The question is whether the man who coaxed the Americans out of Afghanistan can sway his own movement,” says Baradar’s profile.

NEW DELHI, SEP 15 (PTI): India’s ‘Gaganyaan’ mission is likely to be launched by the end of 2022 or early 2023, Union minister Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday.

The mission, originally scheduled for a launch by 2022, was delayed due to coronavirus pandemic. It aims to launch a manned mission in the Lower Earth Orbit.

“We could have actually done this (launched Gaganyaan by 2022). We had planned to time it along the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence, but it could not happen that way because of the inevitable delay caused due to COVID-19.

“But I am sure, maybe by the end of next year or may be (by) the beginning of 2023, we would be able to do that as well,” he said.

Singh, the Minister of State in the Department of Space, was addressing a webinar on ‘Future of IndiaOceania Space Technology Partnerships’ organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) here.

He further said a brainstorming exercise by space scientists and government officials in 2015-16 helped them understand where

space technology could be used.

“Space technology has a role to play, virtually, in every sector,” he asserted.

Space technology has come very handy in the area of disaster management, the minister said, adding that space medicine is also deeply connected in the endeavour to send three Indians to space.

According to the government, four biological and two physical science related microgravity experiments from academic institutions are shortlisted for unmanned mission of the Gaganyaan programme.

Singh also emphasised on the importance of reaching out to start-ups and industry players working in the arena of space.

Speaking on India’s collaboration with oceanic countries in the area of space, he noted that India has a “comfort level” with these countries which makes it easy to collaborate with them.

“The Oceania countries such as New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Island countries can also collaborate (with India) and work on joint space technology solutions and innovative products,” the MoS added.

NEW DELHI, SEP 15 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that Parliament is not only about politics but policy too and described content as “connect”, saying this is as much applicable to the parliamentary system as to the media.

Launching Sansad TV, which has been created by merging Lok Sabha TV and Rajya Sabha TV, jointly with Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, he said it is very important that the common man connects with Parliament and feels he is part of it. Parliament is in fact more about policy that politics, Modi said.

The new channel adds another important chapter in the country’s parliamentary system, he said.

Noting that the launch coincides with International Day of Democracy, Modi reiterated that India is mother of democracy, saying democracy is not just a system but an idea and not merely a constitutional structure but spirit.

Democracy in India is not just a collection of the Articles of the Constitutions but it is our life stream, the prime minister added.

“Neither Mu, nor C.1.2 are seen in India so far. Existing recommendations on sequencing of positive samples from international travellers may be more strongly implemented. Monitoring and evaluation of further data appears to be adequate at this time,” the INSACOG said in its bulletin dated September 10.

“Delta and Delta sublineages continue to be the main VOC in India,” it

added. The Delta variant has been driving infections in several countries. In India, it led to a deadly second wave.

The INSACOG said Mu has mutations that indicate potential immune escape properties. There appears to be a reduction in neutralisation capacity of convalescent and vaccine sera, similar to that seen for the Beta variant, but this needs to be confirmed by further studies.

New ministers of Patel-led govt in Gujarat to take oath today AHMEDABAD, SEP 15 (PTI): New ministers of the Bhupendra Patel-led government in Gujarat will take the oath on Thursday, a state BJP spokesperson said.

The swearing-in ceremony of the new ministers, whose names have not been declared so far, will be held at 1.30 pm in the state capital Gandhinagar, an official said.

The party had earlier in the day said the ceremony would be held on Wednesday. Even the posters at Raj Bhavan had mentioned September 15 as the date for the ceremony.

However, the posters were taken down Wednesday afternoon.

The governor’s office confirmed that the ceremo-

ny has been postponed to Thursday.

“The swearing-in ceremony of ministers will take place at 1.30 pm on Thursday,” Manish Bharadwaj, officer on special duty to Governor Acharya Devvrat, told PTI. Gujarat BJP spokesperson Yamal Vyas had in the morning said the ceremony was scheduled after 2 pm in Gandhinagar on Wednesday. Neither the BJP nor the state government gave any reason for the postponement.

Gujarat BJP in-charge Bhupender Yadav has been holding marathon meetings in Gandhinagar for the last two days to finalise the names to be included in the new cabinet.

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have already demanded that these three farm laws be withdrawn. We won’t tolerate any injustice on farmers,” she said.

A metropolitan constituency with around two lakh voters, Bhabanipur is home to a large number of Gujaratis and Sikhs living alongside Bengalis.

The BJP had managed to take the lead in the assembly segment in the 2019 Lok Sabha poll as its nonBengali voters plumped for it but failed to maintain its

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NEW YORK, SEP 15 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla have been named among the world’s 100 most influential people of 2021 by TIME magazine.

TIME on Wednesday unveiled its annual list of ‘The 100 Most Influential People of 2021’, a global list that includes US President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Duke and Duchess of Sussex Prince Harry and Meghan, former US president Donald Trump and co-founder of the Taliban Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.

TIME’s profile of Modi says that in its 74 years as an independent nation, India has had three pivotal leaders - Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Modi. “Narendra Modi is the third, dominating the country’s politics like no one since them.”

The profile written by noted CNN journalist Fareed Zakaria alleges that Mod has “pushed the country away from secularism and toward Hindu nationalism.” It also accuses

Mamata Banerjee visits Gurdwara Sant Kutiya during her campaign for Bhabanipur constituency by-polls. (PTI)

Act, 2020 The Essential Commodities(Amendment) Act, 2020 -- are the three key legislations passed by Parliament in September 2020.

Farmer unions in Punjab and Haryana feel the laws will dismantle the minimum support price system as over time big corporates will dictate terms and farmers will end up getting less for their produce. The farmers fear that with the virtual disbanding of the mandi system, they will not get an assured price for their crops.

Banerjee, who is herself a resident of Bhabanipur, had won the seat twice in 2011 and 2016 but shifted to Nandigram, where the anti-farmland acquisition movement against the Left Front government had transformed her into a major political force in the volatile state, to dare her former protege and now a BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari in his home turf.

Though Banerjee powered the TMC to a resounding

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KOLKATA, SEP 15 (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Baner jee Wednesday sought to reach out to the sizeable Sikh community in Bhabanipur constituency, from where she is contesting a by-poll later this month, saying she has supported the farmer’s movement and iterated her demand for withdrawal of the three farm laws adopted by the NDA. Banerjee, who is contesting the September 30 bypoll to retain her post, paid a sudden visit to a Gurudwara in the area and interacted with the locals.

Wearing a scarf, the TMC boss offered her prayers and spoke to devotees and the priest.

“I share an excellent bonding with the brothers and sisters of the Sikh community. Even members of my family are regular visitors here.

“I have already extended my support to the farmer’s movement. We (TMC)

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roads, erratic power supply, private water supply, private hospitals, private schools and private agriculture, he said people had been left to survive on their own and fend for themselves, adding the State government had nothing to be proud of.

Also referring to CAG report mentioning about unverifiable projects, fraudulent withdrawals, misuse and diversion of funds, etc,

Therie said stadiums, high court buildings, bridges and roads remained half constructed, while payments were fully drawn. He alleged that some people were becoming rich from unknown sources of income.

He said all the 60 legislators went to church but aligned with BJP leaders at the Centre who propagated Hindutva.

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the Hornbill Festival if the Covid-19 situation continued to remain under control with positivity rate below 5%.

The activities would be undertaken with full adherence to COVID-19 protocols.

Since travel to Nagaland for tourism was already allowed for those who have been fully vaccinated, HPC stated that pre-bookings in hotels and other facilities may be done by intending tourists.

In order to kick start the preparatory activities, an inter-departmental meeting would be held with the department of tourism and the department of art & culture on September 23.

(From p-1) have no fear in appointing Lokayukta, pointing out that keeping the post vacant was an admission to cover up corruption.

Also questioning the silence of 60 MLAs on the issue, Therie pointed out that by remaining silent, they were only cooperating with corruption. He said they were unfit to represent the people and wondered whether people should support such leaders.

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(From p-1) HPC has also decided to relaxed night curfew by one hour and would be in force from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. Respective DTFs will decide on the timings for opening of shops and other business establishments within their respective jurisdictions outside the night curfew timings. Also, swimming pools and cinemas have been allowed to open with 50% capacity subject to adherence to SOP to be issued by the home department.

Meanwhile, HPC, which also discussed about the annual Hornbill Festival, mentioned that the state government intends to celebrate/organise

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LH has also threatened to revive the FIR against the contractor and the EE if any item of the bridge work failed untimely.

It said that the bridge was targeted to have been commissioned on October 15, 2016 as per Work Order, but was delayed by five years. Since the delay was “due to deliberate mischief of the contractor”, LH said he should not be paid any escalation.

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Spot USDINR is facing a stiff resistance at 73.95 and support around 73.40. The pair likely to consolidate in range of 73.40 to 73.95 before the next week’s Fed policy meeting, Parmar said.

Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, rose 1.36 per cent to USD 74.60 per barrel.

On the domestic equity market front, the BSE Sensex ended 476.11 points or 0.82 per cent higher and touched a lifetime high of 58,723.20, while the broader NSE Nifty advanced 139.45 points or 0.8 per cent to a record 17,519.45. Foreign institutional investors were net buyers in the capital market on Tuesday as they purchased shares worth Rs 1,649.60 crore, as per exchange data.

(From p-1) out of the state government provision of Rs.10 crore, a saving of only Rs.3.97 crore was available for other works.

LH maintained that the contractor should not be paid any escalation for the work, since he deliberately abandoned the work after receiving undue bill payment.

LH said that the contractor should have completed the work with the Rs.18.49 crore payment and now only can claim the final bill payment.

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MUMBAI, SEP 15 (PTI): The rupee closed 18 paise higher at 73.50 (provisional) against the US dollar on Wednesday, tracking a firm trend in domestic equities and sustained foreign fund inflows.

At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened flat at 73.68 against the greenback.

During the session, the domestic unit witnessed an intra-day high of 73.50 and a low of 73.74.

In the previous session, the rupee had settled at 73.68 against the US dollar.

Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, fell 0.17 per cent to 92.46 after softer-thanexpected US inflation numbers.

“Indian rupee appreciated after two days of downward swing following weakness in dollar index, foreign fund inflows, better than expected eco-

(From p-1) Mentioning that God has blessed Nagaland with abundant natural resources, he lamented that “we are choosing to forego such blessings”.

“It is 58 years since our State was created and it has only proven that Nagaland State cannot bring oil companies on its own to operate oil fields nor sell a drop of oil as long as we are a part of the Indian Union,” he observed.

Pointing out that India along with rest of the world was moving away from fossil fuels to clean renewable energy, he warned that Nagaland’s oil resources would count for nothing when clean renewable energy would get cheaper than fossil fuels in the very near future.

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holders and general public to raise their voice in unity till justice was meted out.

DDGWTU: Dimapur district garage welfare trade union (DDGWTU) Wednesday extended support to CNCCI’s call for state-wide closure of shops and business establishments on September 16.

DDGWTU stated that menace of illegal taxation has “supressed the smooth running of business establishments”. The union said it has, therefore, decided to endorse CNCCI’s “shutter down” protest against illegal taxation by the Naga political groups and government agencies.

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on the transfer of assets from the national carrier to Air India Assets Holding Ltd, a special purpose vehicle (SPV).

“The Central Government hereby specifies that no deduction of tax shall be made under section 194IA of the said Act on any payment made to the Air India Ltd for transfer of immovable property to Air India Assets Holding Ltd under a plan approved by the Central Government,” said a notification.

Further, the CBDT also allowed new owners of erstwhile public sector companies to carry forward losses and set these off against future profits, in a bid to raise more interest for the proposed privatisation processes.

During the Budget speech for FY22, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said that all the proposed privatisation process would be completed by the end of the fiscal, including the much-delayed strategic disinvestment of Air India.

(From p-1) In a press release, NTUCT president Lhousito Khro and general secretary Longshi Kikon stated that the “menace of rampant illegal taxation and extortion” by the various organisation and government agencies had become a regular norm in the state, which it they described was “very alarming and intimidating”.

NTUCT stated rampant illegal taxation has led to increase in price of commodities effecting not only the business community, but also the common public.

NTUCT has called upon all the stake-

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Idea in a beleaguered state.

Vodafone Idea would be most benefited from the government decision on moratorium on dues.

Addressing the media post the Cabinet meeting, the minister said: “Today, 9 structural reforms and 5 process reforms in the telecom sector have been approved.

These reforms will change the framework of the entire telecom sector.”

In another major move, the Cabinet has allowed 100 per cent FDI in telecom under the automatic route.

Fur ther, spectr um user charges will be ratio-

nalized and there will be now an annual compounding of rates. Spectrum can now be surrendered and also shared by the telcos.

“In order to provide relief to the troubled telecom sector, the Union Cabinet agreed a moratorium on operators’ payment of spectrum dues on Wednesday.

This will give troubled telecom carriers like Vodafone Idea much-needed breathing room as they pay millions of crores of rupees in unprovisioned previous statutory dues,” Sonam Chandwani, Managing Partner at KS Legal & Associates.

“The liability is postponed rather than totally written off. The banks association breathes a sigh of relief, as they owe large sums to Vodafone. Though it is unclear how Vodafone Idea will pay off the obligations, the extra time does help with stress management,” she said.

NEW DELHI, SEP 15 (IANS): Tata Sons has submitted a financial bid for Air India, among other bidders.

“Tatas have submitted a financial bid for Air India,” a Tata Sons spokesperson said.

Taking to Twitter, DIPAM Secretary, Tuhin Kanta Pandey said that the disinvestment process now moves to the concluding stage. “Financial bids for Air India disinvestment received

by Transaction Adviser. Process now moves to concluding stage,” he posted.

Though Tatas have confirmed their particiupation in the financial bid, sources said that the promoter of domestic carrier SpiceJet, Ajay Singh may also have placed the bids for the debt-ridden carrier.

The Tatas bid was muchanticipated as its name of had been doing the rounds for some time now.

The government has off late taken several steps to fast-track the much-delayed privatisation of the national carrier. Recently, the government decided to waive taxes

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NEW DELHI, SEP 15 (IANS): As the Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved several reforms and relief measures for the telecom sector, Union Minister for Communications, Ashwini Vaishnaw said that these measures will change the entire framework of the Indian telecom sector.

Among several decisions, the Cabinet has approved a four-year moratorium on all dues by telecom operators including the adjusted gross revenue (AGR), however, those operators availing the moratorium will have to pay interest of “MCLR+2 per cent” and a change in the definition of AGR. Post the change in definition all non-telecom revenue will not be calculated under AGR, prospectively.

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Infighting in Taliban as Baradar brawl with Haqqani Khalil ur-Rahman Haqqani

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NEW DELHI, SEP 15 (IANS): A major row broke out between leaders of the Taliban over the make-up of the group’s new government in Afghanistan last week, BBC reported.

The argument between the group’s co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and a cabinet member happened at the presidential palace, the report said.

There have been unconfirmed reports of disag reements within the Taliban’s leadership since Baradar disappeared from public view in recent days.

One Taliban source told

BBC Pashto that Baradar and Khalil ur-Rahman Haqqani - the minister for refugees and a prominent figure within the militant Haqqani network - had exchanged strong words, as their followers brawled with each other nearby. The Taliban sources told the BBC that Baradar had left Kabul and travelled to the city of Kandahar following the row.

A senior Taliban member based in Qatar and a person connected to those involved also confirmed that an argument had taken place late last week, the report said.

The sources said the

argument had broken out because Baradar, the new deputy prime minister, was unhappy about the structure of their interim government.

It has been said that the row stemmed from divisions over who in the Taliban should take credit for their victory in Afghanistan.

Baradar reportedly believes that the emphasis should be placed on diplomacy carried out by people like him, while members of the Haqqani group which is run by one of the most senior Taliban figures - and their backers say it was achieved through fighting.

Meanwhile, the powerful Haqqani network is associated with some of the most violent attacks that have occurred in Afghanistan against Afghan forces and their Western allies in recent years. The group is designated by the US as a terrorist organisation.

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Millions in cash, gold bars seized from Saleh’s house, says Taliban NEW DELHI, SEP 15 (IANS): The Taliban have confirmed confiscating more than $6.5 million and 18 gold bricks from the house of former VicePresident Amrullah Saleh and handed them over to the Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), Pajhwok News reported.

Recently, Mullah Shahabuddin Delawar, a Taliban member, told TOLO news that they had found $1 million each in two different places of Presidential Palace.

A video went viral on social media, in which a person said: “This is the house of Amrullah Saleh when we came here, we found $105,000 and we handed them over to the Governor.”

The man said: “Today we found $6.2 million and nearly 18 gold bricks and we will hand them over to our leaders.”

The video clip shows several people counting and

taking pictures of dollars bundles and gold bricks, the report said.

The location of Saleh’s house was not specified in the video clip, but it shows it is in Panjsher province.

The Taliban launched attacks on the province about two weeks ago and gained control of the province on September 6.

On Monday, secretary of Zabihullah Mujahid, Mohammad Bilal Karimi said that he could not confirm the report about dollars and gold.

Karimi posted the video of dollars and gold on his twitter account, saying: “The Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate have found more than $6 million and 18 gold bricks from the house of Ashraf Ghani’s first deputy, Amrullah Saleh.”

However, a source in Da Afghanistan Bank also said that the money and gold had been handed over to the bank.

China backs Taliban’s demand to US to unfreeze Afghanistan’s assets BEIJING, SEP 15 (PTI): China on Wednesday supported the Taliban’s demand that the US should unfreeze Afghanistan’s assets and said that America has no legitimate reasons to do so as the Chinese envoy to Kabul called on acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and congratulated the interim government.

According to reports from Washington, the US has frozen about USD 9.5 billion in assets belonging to Afghanistan’s central bank and stopped shipments of cash to Kabul, in a bid to keep the Taliban government from accessing the money.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters here that the US has no legitimate reasons to freeze Afghanistan’s assets. Asked about the Taliban’s demand that the US should unfreeze Afghanistan’s assets stating that they belong to the people of

Afghanistan and the interim government will take a legal action possible to get the funds released, Zhao said: “I think that the (Taliban’s) spokesperson is right”.

“These assets belong to the Afghan people.

“They (the US) should respond to the legitimate requests of the Afghan people and stop the wrong practice of sanctions and stop making obstacles for Afghanistan’s peace and reconstruction,” he said.

After the Taliban’s seizure of power in Afghanistan last month, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank halted their aid to the war-torn country which largely depends upon the flow of foreign funds.

According to reports from Kabul, Afghanistan’s economy is near collapse even as the United Nations has made hectic efforts to galvanise global efforts to rush food and essential supplies. Meanwhile, in a major

boost to the Taliban’s fledgling interim government which struggled to gain international recognition as it mainly comprises the Taliban leaders, contrary to its promise of forming an inclusive government, China’s Ambassador in Kabul Wang Yu met acting Afghan Foreign Minister Muttaqi on Tuesday.

“This afternoon, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi met with the Ambassador of the neighboring China Wang Yu in Kabul,” Taliban spokesman Mohammad Naeem said in a tweet, adding that the Chinese ambassador “congratulated the new Afghan government”.

Wang also promised that “China will continue its humanitarian, economic and political cooperation with Afghanistan,” Russia’s official news agency TASS quoted Naeem as saying.

UNGA prez calls for redoubling North Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles into eastern waters efforts to implement SDGs

SAO PAULO, SEP 15 (IANS): At least seven people were killed when an executive plane crashed in a rural area of the Brazilian municipality of Piracicaba, in southeastern Sao Paulo state, the local fire department said on Tuesday.

The deaths included the pilot, co-pilot and five passengers, all members of the same family, according to a report by the Sao Paulo state fire department disseminated on social media.

Saudi Arabia approves law to protect personal data RIYADH, SEP 15 (IANS): The Saudi Cabinet has approved the Personal Data Protection Law that aims to reinforce respect for individuals’ privacy and contribute to the creation of a data-based digital economy. The law will be implemented 180 days after its issuance, Xinhua news agency reported. President of Saudi Data & AI Authority (SDAIA) Abdullah bin Sharaf Alghamdi said in a statement that the law would help accelerate the process of digital transformation and create an information-based society.

The digital transformation empow-

Only 2% of world’s Covid vax administered in Africa: WHO GENEVA, SEP 15 (IANS): Africa has been “left behind by the rest of the world” as only two per cent of the more than 5.7 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses administered globally have been administered there, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said, warning the world against vaccine inequity.

The WHO’s aim is to vaccinate at least 40 per cent of the population of every country by the end of this year and 70 per cent by the middle of next year.

However, only two countries in Africa have reached the 40-per cent target, the lowest of any region, Xinhua news agency quoted WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as saying. “That’s not because African countries don’t have the capacity or experience to roll out COVID-19 vaccines.

It’s because they have been left behind by the rest of the world,” he said.

Last year, the WHO and its partners launched COVAX, the global initiative to ensure fair and equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines.

To date, it has delivered more than 260 million vaccine doses to 141 countries.

However, COVAX has also faced several challenges which, according to the WHO, were triggered by manufacturers prioritising bilateral deals and many high-income countries tying up the global supply of vaccines.

According to John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who also attended the briefing, less than 3.5 per cent of Africans have been vaccinated against Covid-19, which is far short of the official target of 60 per cent. “This leaves people at high risk of disease and death, exposed to a deadly virus against which many other people around the world enjoy protection,” Tedros said.

“The longer vaccine inequity persists, the more the virus will keep circulating and changing, the longer the social and economic disruption will continue, and the higher the chances that more variants will emerge that render vaccines less effective,” he warned.

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IN APPRECIATION The Kashiram Village Council, would like to express our appreciation and gratitude to the following individuals for their constant support and valuable contribution rendered in cash and kind towards the repair of the stretch of road from Eden Hospital area, Kashiram Village via Maple Tree School, Kashiram Village till Kashiram Village Council Hall, Dimapur : Nagaland :1. Shri. Sanen, Proprietor, Maple Tree School, Kashiram Village.

2. Dr. Maongwati, M.S. Zion Hospital, Dimapur 3. Shri. Imo Jamir, IRS, Comm. & Secy. Planning.

4. Er. Viketoulie, PHE, Dimapur 5. Shri. Obangwati Pongen, J.E. Rural Development, Peren.

6. Mr. & Mrs. Thejao Mephfu.

7 Dr. Alex.

8. Er. Chumbemo.

9. Mr. & Mrs. C.M Jami.

10. Mr. Mrs. Temsu Jamir.

11. Mr. & Mrs. Kainamthiu Newmai.

12. Mrs. Atula Among 13. Mr. Dhole.

Lastly, to all the residents of Kashiram Village, Dimapur for their selfless contribution in giving their valuable time and effort in helping and supporting the Kashiram Village Council and Kashiram Youth Organisation in repairing the stretch of road which was a long pending problem and issue.

Sd/(I.A. Wati Jamir) SECRETARY Kashiram Village Council

the Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone in the waters between northwestern Japan and the Korean Peninsula.

“The firings threaten the peace and safety of Japan and the region and are absolutely outrageous,”

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ers the private sector, creates a regulatory environment conducive to business growth, and attracts foreign investments, he added. The law protects the rights related to processing personal data, regulates their sharing between entities, and prevents their misuse, and will therefore enhance the local economy and build trust in the data sector, he said.

He highlighted that it is impermissible to use personal means of communication to send marketing or awarenessraising materials to individuals unless consent has been obtained.

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launches, the joint chiefs’ statement said, adding that South Korea has boosted its anti-North Korea surveillance posture.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said the missiles landed outside of

With profound joy and gratitude to our Almighty God, the Yaongyimsen Women's Union, Kohima (YTTK), congratulates the following members for commendable accomplishments in their professional careers1. S m t i . T. A c h i l a L o n g k u m e r, p r o m o t e d t o Superintendent under the Directorate of Sericulture, Nagaland: Kohima 2. Smti. M. Asenla (Coraggio School, Kohima), received District Level Teacher's Award under Kohima District We pray that God will continue to bless and guide you for the benefit and welfare of our people.

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RETRIEVAL LETTER The undersigned; do hereby retrieves the ultimatum letter giving 7 (seven) days notice to issue rejoinder to ASTD on 24/08/21, and also request for apology from ASTD; for the press release that was published by us against ASTD in the mass media.

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KHENSA SENSO SERVICE UNION MOKOKCHUNG : NAGALAND

FELICITATION We the Khensa Senso Service Union (KSSU) with immense pride and honour convey our heartiest congratulations to Mr Tiawapang, S/o mr & mrs C.Rema Ao, Post Graduate Teacher, Ruzhukhrie Govt. Higher Secondary School Kohima, on recieving the State Teacher's Day Award on 5th Sept. 2021.

The Union further wishes you the best in all your future endeavors.

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The Longkhum Students’ Union extend our heartiest congratulations to Smti. Benjungnaro, PT GPS Longma Riju, Longkhum Village, D/o Lt. Toshilepden for receiving the District Teachers Award, 2021.

The Union wishes her more success and blessing in all her respective careers.

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Through this column, we, the Waromung Student’s Union with immense pride and honour extends heartiest congratulations to: 1. Miss. Arenjungla Ao, D/o Mr. Meramongba Longkumer & Mrs. Alemla Aier for her marvelous achievement in Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Agronomy, Nagaland University. The thesis entitled “RESPONSE OF RICE (Oryza Sativa L.) TO INTEGRATED NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT AND LIMING AND THEIR RESIDUAL EFFECT ON SUCCEEDING PEA (Pisum Sativum L.)”.

2. Miss.Merenkala, D/o Mr. Chujangrepba Ozukum & Mrs. Watimongla Graduate Teacher GHS Alongkima for being awarded “THE DISTRICT TEACHERS AWARD 2021”.

We are extremely proud and overjoyed with their achievement.The Union best wishes for their future endeavour.

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gested North Korea is pushing to bolster its weapons arsenal amid a deadlock in nuclear diplomacy between Pyongyang and Washington. Wednesday’s launches came as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was in Seoul for meetings with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and other senior officials to discuss the stalled nuclear diplomacy with the North.

It’s unusual for North Korea to make provocative launches when China, its last major ally and biggest aid provider, is engaged in a major diplomatic event.

Moon’s office said Moon told Wang that he appreciates China’s role in the international diplomatic push to resolve the North Korean nuclear standoff and asked for Beijing’s continuing support of such efforts.

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Suga said. “The government of Japan is determined to further step up our vigilance and surveillance to be prepared for any contingencies,” he said. Japan’s coast guard said no ships or aircraft reported damage due to the North Korean launches.

North Korea had said Monday it tested a newly developed cruise missile twice over the weekend.

North Korea’s state media described the missile as a “strategic weapon of great significance,” implying they were developed with the intent to arm them with nuclear warheads.

According to North Korean accounts, the missile flew about 1,500 kilometers (930 miles), a distance putting all of Japan and US military installations there within reach. Many experts say the weekend tests sug-

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you - the member states who make up the United Nations - must redouble efforts to implement the SDGs,” Xinhua news agency quoted Bozkir as saying during the closing of the 75th UNGA session.

On multilateralism, the veteran Turkish diplomat said that “we must strengthen and unite behind the multilateral system.”

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“Our world is increasingly globalised, interconnected and interdependent.

As such, nationalistic solutions will not resolve our challenges,” he stressed.

“It is my belief that a multilateral strategy may have helped to guard us better against the spread of Covid and its variants and protect those most vulnerable,” he said.

Speaking about inequality, Bozkir said that “as we move forward, the UN and member states must focus on the gaps that were revealed to us.”

“This most critically includes the lingering and ever widening digital divide.

If we wish to achieve Agenda 2030, inequality must be reduced,” Bozkir continued.

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UNITED NATIONS, SEP 15 (IANS): President of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Volkan Bozkir, has called for redoubling efforts to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while expressing the concern that the 2030 deadline might be missed.

Noting that the SDGs represent a blueprint for peace and prosperity, for people and the planet, now and into the future and implementing these goals will help to protect the international community against future catastrophes, he on Tuesday warned that “with the trajectory we are on, we are going to miss the 2030 deadline.”

“This Assembly and

SEOUL, SEP 15 (AP): North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into waters off its eastern coast Wednesday afternoon, two days after claiming to have tested a newly developed missile in a resumption of its weapons displays after a six-month lull. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles were launched from central North Korea on Wednesday afternoon.

Japan’s coast guard says they landed outside Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone in the waters between Japan and the Korean Peninsula. Seoul said South Korean and US intelligence authorities are analyzing more details about the North Korean launches.

South Korean and US intelligence authorities are analyzing more details about the North Korean

ALIBA KAKETSHIR TELONGjEM P.O Mokokchung – 798601, Nagaland

Aliba Kaketshir Telongjem (AKT) shares congratulatory emotions to the following personnel for bringing victory and showing us how a goal becomes reality when put into action steadily and consistently. AKT is elevated by your achievements and may your contributions be felt continuously in Aliba Village as well as the nation in future.

1. Ms. Imlimongla Pongen, D/o Er. Longzo & mrs Limayangla, subject topper in music, HSCL Examination 2021, NbSE. 2. Ms. Moamenla jamir, D/o Late. Lolenkaba & mrs Yarmongla, Geologist, conducted by UPSC for Geological Survey of India (2020-2021) 3. Mrs. B.Burtola jamir, D/o of Late.S bendang & mrs Imrongsungla, conferred Doctor of ministry from Wesley Theological Seminary of the United methodist Church, Washington District of Columbia (USA) for the thesis titled “Interfaith Counselling manual for Healthcare in India”.

4. Mr. Madangchanok Imchen, S/o mr. Talitsungba Ao &mrs Nengsangwala, conferred Doctor of Philosophy in Genotic Science on the thesis titled “Comparative metagenomic Studies on Prokaryotic Community Structures, Functional Complexity and Antibiotic Resistomes in Kerala mangrove Sediments” Central University of Kerala, under the supervision of Dr. Ranjith Kumavath.

5. Miss Arenkala Kichu, D/o Late. Talilemba Kichu & mrs. moanungla Imchen, conferred Doctor of Philosophy in English Language Education from The English and Foreign Languages University, Shillong Campus on the thesis titled, “An Analysis and Evaluation of the Functional English Curriculum Under Nagaland University” under the supervision of Dr.T.Temsunungsang.

6. Mrs Sashirenla jamir, D/o mrs Kilemsungla Kichu, Asst. Headmistress, Christ King School, Chungtia for receiving Teacher’s Award from COmmISSION FOR EDUCATION, DIOCESE OF KOHImA (All Nagaland Catholic Schools) on the occasion of Annual Award Function 2021.

AKT prays and wishes a prosperous life ahead of you.

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Bat-related coronaviruses more frequent than thought BASN to conduct online audition for Miss Nagaland 2021on Oct 9 & 10 A B infect people directly, and that their spillover is more frequent than previously recognised”.

“Each zoonotic spillover of a novel virus represents an opportunity for evolutionary adaptation and further spread; therefore, quantifying the extent of this ‘hidden’ spillover may help target prevention programmes,” the researchers said.

For the study, the team

derived biologically realistic range distributions for known bat SARSr-CoV hosts and quantified their overlap with human populations.

Using probabilistic risk assessment and data on human-bat contact, human SARSr-CoV seroprevalence, and antibody duration they estimated that about 400,000 people (median: about 50,000) are infected with SARSr-

CoVs annually in South and Southeast Asia.

“These data on the geography and scale of spillover can be used to target surveillance and prevention programs for potential future bat-CoV emergence,” the researchers said.

While the exact origins of the SARS-CoV-2, virus that caused Covid-19, remains unclear even after nearly 18 months, the disease likely emerged when a virus that infects horseshoe bats was able to jump to humans -- either directly through wildlife-to-human contact, or indirectly by first infecting an intermediate animal host, such as the pangolin.

Horseshoe bats have been known to carry a variety of coronaviruses, including strains that are genetically similar to ones

that cause Covid-19 and SARS. A study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE in June showed that bats in Switzerland harbour viruses from 39 different viral families, and some have the potential to jump to other animals, including humans, and cause disease.

Another study, published in the journal Nature Food showed that China, Japan, the Philippines, and Thailand may transition into “hotspots” favourable for bats that carry coronaviruses and where conditions are ripe for the diseases to jump from bats to humans.

This is because of the global land-use changes including forest fragmentation, agricultural expansion and concentrated livestock production.

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AAP leader Raghav Chaddha said: “An IT raid on a man as upright as Sonu Sood, somebody who has been called a messiah by lakhs of people, somebody who helped the downtrodden. If a man like him can be politically targeted in a well thought out witch-hunt shows that the current regime is in-

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“There is no relation to that. Any personality can meet anyone. It is just a search, not a raid. It’s on a tipoff. It’s not necessary that the person who heads the charity has done anything wrong... It must be something at the lower level. Income Tax is an independent department, which has its own protocol.

It is doing its job,” Asif Bhamla, BJP spokesman, said.

But the BJP’s critics expressed outrage at the

paceX, run by tech billionaire Elon Muskrun, is all set to launch into orbit its first all-civilian mission ‘Inspiration4’ on Thursday morning.

SpaceX’s charity-driven mission, which will be commanded by tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and three others, aims to launch at 8:02 p.m. EDT Wednesday (5.30 a.m. India time Thursday), the company stated on its website.

SpaceX is targeting a five-hour launch window aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The crew will orbit the planet aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule every 90 minutes along a customised flight path. Upon conclusion of the three-day journey, Dragon and the Inspiration4 crew will re-enter Earth’s atmosphere for a soft water landing off the coast of Florida.

Inspiration4 is commanded by 37-year-old Isaacman, who is founder and CEO of integrated payment processing company Shift4 Payments and a trained pilot.

He is joined by Medical Officer Haley Arceneaux, a physician assistant at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and paediatric cancer survivor, Mission Specialist Chris Sembroski, an Air Force veteran and aerospace data engineer, and Mission Pilot Dr. Sian Proctor, a geoscientist, entrepreneur, and trained pilot.

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The Khulazu Bawe Youth Kohima would like to congratulate Shri. Etsonyoi Medeo son of Shri. Hupoi Medeo of Khulazu Bawe Village on the promotion to the post of Deputy Director . Directorate of School Education Kohima, Nagaland, and for bringing honor to our village.

The Khulazu Bawe Youth Kohima wishes and prays that Almighty God will continue to grant him and his family good health and long life and grand success in his future endeavor.

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pandemic. He organised special flights and buses home for migrants stranded by last year’s lockdown and in April-May, at the peak of the second wave, he organised oxygen for Covid patients.

Though he has never shown any inclination towards politics, speculation ran wild after his meeting with the AAP chief and rumours suggested the actor may contest next year’s Punjab election.

The tax searches were linked by many to the meet-

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pageant will be- the contestant should be a bona-fide citizen of Nagaland, age18-25 years, should be unmarried/not engaged and height should be minimum 5’4 and above (without heels).

For district representation, the contestants should also mention personal information about their birth, present address and employment status as well.

Meanwhile it was also informed that BASN will be hosting the first edition of ‘Northeast Beauty Pageant 2022’. BASN also informed that an organization under the platform of ‘North East Beauty Pageant Organisation’ was formed comprising members from all the eight North East states with Mele Pucho as the president of the organisation.

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sensitive and politically insecure.”

The BJP’s former ally Shiv Sena was also critical of the tax searches.

“I am shocked. The way Sonu Sood has helped lakhs of people, for tax people to search his properties... I don’t think he can do anything illegal,” said Anand Dubey, Shiv Sena leader.

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that since the majority of the districts were unable to hold the district pageant this year 2021, except Peren and Phek, the selection of participants will be done through open online audition, where 14 to 16 contestants will be selected from the online audition.

Winner of Miss Nagaland 2021 will receive cash reward of Rs. 1 lakh with gift hampers and as state icon, the winner will get direct entry for Miss Northeast 2022. The first runner up will receive a cash reward of Rs. 70,000, gift hampers and as district icon, will also get direct entry for Miss Northeast 2022 while the second runner up will receive a cash reward of Rs. 50,000 with gift hampers.

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ctor Sonu Sood’s premises in Mumbai and a company in Lucknow linked to him were raided by the Income Tax department today, sources said.

“A recent deal between Sonu Sood’s company and a Lucknow-based real estate firm is under the scanner. The survey operation has been initiated on allegations of tax evasion on this deal,” sources in the Income Tax department said.

The tax raids come days after the actor’s highprofile meeting with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who declared him the brand ambassador for his government’s mentorship programme for school students in the capital. After the meeting, Sonu Sood denied any plans for a political debut with Mr Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Sonu Sood’s humanitarian efforts endeared him to a legion of fans across the country in the past year. The 48-year-old actor won wide praise for his charity work during the

Beauty and Aesthetic Society of Nagaland (BASN) is all set to organise the 29th edition of Miss Nagaland 2021 and the auditions would be held online on October 9 and 10.

Informing this at a press conference held in Kohima Wednesday af¬ternoon, BASN president Mele Pucho said that this year’s Miss Nagaland 2021 will also mark the 30th anniversary of the existence of BASN. Disclosing that BASN has already released the Ads for Miss Nagaland, Pucho added that the online registration had already begun since Septem¬ber 11 and will go on till October 7.

Owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, he said BASN could not organize Miss Nagaland in 2020. He however said that BASN has decided to host the Miss Nagaland 2021 online on its YouTube chan¬nel and other social media platforms.

He said the participants will be trained and groomed in Kohima for a period of seven to eight days.

Pucho also informed

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n average of about 400,000 people are infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (SARSr-CoVs) annually in South and Southeast Asia, according to a new study.

The study by researchers at Singapore’s DukeNUS Medical School and US-based non-profit EcoHealth Alliance showed that emerging diseases caused by coronaviruses of likely bat origin (for example SARS, Middle East respiratory syndrome, swine acute diarrhoea syndrome coronavirus and Covid-19) have disrupted global health and economies for two decades.

New evidence, published on preprint server Medrxiv, meaning it has not been peer reviewed yet, suggests that acesome bat SARSr-CoVs could

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Boxing Nationals: Sumit, Neeraj make winning start

Sumit Sangwan NEW DELHI, SEP 15 (IANS): Olympian Sumit Sangwan and Neeraj Swami were among the other boxers to register victories on the opening day of the 5th men’s national boxing championships at the Inspire Institute of Sports in Bellary, Karnataka on Wednesday.

According to the information receive here, Haryana pugilist Sumit, who had participated in the 2012 London Olympics, notched up a comfortable win over Andhra Pradesh’s Harish Prasadula by unanimous margin in the 86kg opening round match.

The 2019 President’s Cup gold medallist Neeraj also put up an impressive show and made a winning start to his campaign in the prestigious tournament, which is making a comeback after a gap of one year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Representing Delhi, Neeraj completed a dominating 5-0 victory against Haryana’s Sagar in the 48kg category.

Punjab’s Rajpinder Singh also thrashed his opponent Rahul Niltu from Himachal Pradesh to secure 5-0 win in 54 kg opening round bout.

Among other boxers who made impressive

starts on Day 1 were Maharashtra’s Nikhil Dubey and Chhattisgarh’s Dinesh Kumar. Playing in the 75kg category, both the boxers claimed contrasting victories. While Nikhil was declared as the winner by Referee Stopping the Contest (RSC) verdict in the first round against Gujarat’s Sejad Lilgar, Dinesh had to work hard against Bengal’s Abhishek Shaw during his close 3-2 win.

A seven-day event has been witnessing a participation of close to 400 boxers from 35 states/UT units and boards. The tournament has been conducted with 13 categories as per the International Boxing Association’s (AIBA) revised weight divisions. The finals of the ongoing championships will be played on September 21.

The gold medallists will book themselves a direct berth for the upcoming 2021 AIBA Men’s World Boxing Championships which is scheduled in Belgrade, Serbia from October 24 to November 6.

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Asian Snooker Championship: Durand Cup: Bengaluru FC beat Kerala 2-0 Pankaj enters quarterfinals

Pankaj Advani NEW DELHI, SEP 15 (AGENCIES): Defending champion Pankaj Advani entered the quarterfinals of the Asian Snooker Championship after squeezing out a 4-2 win over Hong Kong’s Tam Yun Fung in the round of 16 on Wednesday.

According to The Indian Express, in the quarterfinals, which to be played on best of 9 frames, the Indian will meet Iraq’s Alijalil Ali who blanked his compatriot Laxman Rawat 4-0.

In the last-16 stage which were played on best of 7 frames, Pankaj beat Tam 33-70, 90-01, 74-60, 119(80)08, 13-65, 55-24 while his quarterfinal rival Iraqi beat Laxman 71-12, 66-44, 75-29, 72-61. In the group matches, both the Indians pocketed

a century each. Laxman, a 2019 World 6Reds champion, in Group ‘F’ scored one against Omar Alajlani of Saudi Arabia while Pankaj, a 23-time World champion, had one against Ali Hussein of Iraq in last Group ‘A’ match. Pankaj is the only player who has won the title in all forms of billiards, snooker, 6Reds, and 10Reds competitions. Laxman will return home while Pankaj will stay back to compete in the Qatar 6Red World Cup starting Friday. Amir Sarkhosh and Siyavosh Mozayani of Iran, Haris Tahir of Pakistan, Khalid Kamali of the UAE, Saleh Mohammed of Afghanistan and Cheung Ka Wai of Hong Kong were the other winners emerging from the round of 16.

The event is the first event for billiards and snooker since March 2020. At least 42 players from 19 countries participated in the Asian championship including Pakistan, India, Iraq, UAE, Qatar, Nepal, Iran, Hong Kong, Jordan, Palestine, Oman, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Bahrain, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Syria and Mongolia players.

South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 10 wkts; win T20 series 3-0 C O LO M B O, S E P 1 5 ( I A N S ) : Re z z a H e n dricks, and Quinton de Kock struck unbeaten halfcenturies as South Africa defeated Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the third T20I at the R Premadasa Stadium here on Tuesday, completing a 3-0 sweep in the threematch series.

Hendricks struck an unbeaten 56 off 42 deliveries while de Kock blasted 59 off 46 deliveries as South Africa, chasing Sri Lanka’s modest total of 120/8, reached 121 for no loss in 14.4 overs to romp home to a massive victory.

It was a clinical performance by the visitors both with the ball and bat on Tuesday. They first restricted the hosts to 120/8 with Bjorn Fortuin and Kagiso Rabada claiming two wickets apiece. Fortuin finished with 2/21 while Rabada had 2/23 as South Africa made early inroads and kept taking wickets at regular intervals. Kushal Perera, making a return from an injury, top-scored

Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks hit unbeaten half-centuries for South Africa. (AFP) with 39 while Chamika Karunaratne struck an unbeaten 24 off 19 balls towards the end giving the innings some sort of respectability.

Having won the toss and elected to bat, Sri Lanka were off to a quick start, but the loss of three wickets in three consecutive overs derailed their innings in the

Powerplay. Rabada, who has not been in the best of form lately, accounted for the wickets of Avishka Fernando and Bhanuka Rajapaksa while Quinton de Kock completed a smart

stumping off Bjorn Fortuin to dismiss Dhananjaya de Silva.

In reply, the South African openers - Quinton de Kock and Reeza Hendricks raced off the block in the run chase. The Sri Lankan bowlers tried their best to disturb the rhythm but simply could not get the same perches off the wicket as their South African counterparts.

After 8 overs, the Proteas were cruising in the run chase, with their score at 64/0, requiring 57 runs off only 72 deliveries. Hendricks and de Kock were both looking comfortable at the crease with scores of 29* each. The pair further put their foot down, with both of them registering solid half-centuries in a performance which will give them a lot of confidence ahead of the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

Given the series was already wrapped up, both teams decided to ring in changes for the final game.

The hosts made three changes to the team that lost the second T20I by nine wickets with Dinesh Chandimal, Charith Asalanka, and Praveen Jayawickrama making way for Avishka Fernando, Kamindu Mendis, and Lahiru Madushanka.

The Proteas decided to go with an extra allrounder, bring in Wiaan Mulder to replace Anrich Nortje.

BRIEF SCORES Sri Lanka 120 for 8 in 20 overs (Kushal Perera 39, Chamika Karunaratne 24 not out; Bjorn Fortuin 2/21; Kagiso Rabada 2/23) lost to South Africa 121 for no loss in 14.4 overs (Reeza Hendricks 56 not out, Quinton de Kock 59 not out) by 10 wickets.

Bengaluru FC players celebrate after scoring a goal against Kerala Blasters in Kolkata on Wednesday.

KO L K ATA , S E P 1 5 (AGENCIES): Namgyal Bhutia and Leon Augustine struck a goal apiece as Bengaluru FC defeated an eight-man Kerala Blasters 2-0 to start its campaign on a winning note in the 130th Durand Cup football tournament at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Wednesday.

Blasters dominated the Group C contest between the two Indian Su-

per League (ISL) outfits early on and created some good chances, Sportstar reported.

However, BFC’s alert custodian Lara Sharma brilliantly saved Sreekuttan and Adrian Luna’s shots in the 33rd and 38th minutes respectively.

Bhutia’s 45th free-kick broke the deadlock.

Madness prevailed on the ground resulting in three red cards for the

Blasters in the second half.

R.V. Hormipam was the first to go in the 64th minute, followed by Sandeep Singh and Denechandra Meitei. It practically took away the Blasters’ chance for a revival.

In the 71st minute, Augustine scored from Harmanpreet Singh’s cross to make it 2-0.

Lara was adjudged the man-of-the-match for his outstanding effort.

Manika Batra left out of India squad for Asian TT Championships NEW DELHI, SEP 15 (PTI): Star paddler Manika Batra was on Wednesday left out of the India squad for the Asian Championships beginning September 28 in Doha after she did not attend the mandatory national camp in Sonepat.

In the absence of the world number 56th player, 97th-ranked Sutirtha Mukherjee will lead the women’s team. The other members are Ayhika Mukherjee (ranked 131) and Archana Kamath (132).

Veteran Sharath Kamal (ranked 33) will spearhead the men’s challenge in the company of G Sathiyan (38), Harmeet Desai (72), Manav Thakkar (134) and Sanil Shetty (247).

Powerhouse China is not taking part in the event, raising medal hopes in the men’s team event. Singles

and doubles competitions will also be conducted.

The Table Tennis Federation of India had made it clear that any player not attending the camp will not be considered for selection.

The team was picked on Wednesday and was subsequently published on TTFI website.

The federation had made attendance in camps compulsory following the

Tokyo Olympics.

Manika had informed the federation that she would like to continue training with her personal coach in Pune. The Khel Ratna awardee has also made match fixing allegations against national coach Soumydeep Roy for asking her to throw a match during the Olympic qualifiers. TTFI has formed an inquiry panel to probe the allegations.

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UCL: Young Boys stun Man Utd; Bayern thrash Barca 3-0; Chelsea win

BERLIN, SEP 13 (AP): It was a tale of three strikers as the Champions League group stage started on Tuesday. Cristiano Ronaldo scored but lost on his return with Manchester United, then Robert Lewandowski and Romelu Lukaku both led their teams to victory in their opening games.

Ronaldo and United were upset in a late 2-1 loss at Swiss champion Young Boys, Lewandowski scored two as Bayern Munich eased to a 3-0 win in Barcelona, and Lukaku’s second-half header gave defending champion Chelsea a 1-0 win over Zenit St. Petersburg. Juventus won 3-0 at Malmö, and Sevilla held Salzburg 1-1 after the United lost 2-1 to Young Boys after Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s red card left them visitors missed two penal- down to ten men ties in a game with four. in the com- in the 35th for a bad chal- Atalanta a 2-2 draw at VilRonaldo’s return appearance petition – squeezing his lenge and the home team larreal in the other Group Ronaldo struck ear- shot under goalkeeper Da- pressed its advantage in the F game. ly in his first Champions vid von Ballmoos in the final third of the game.

Barça dominated, again League game for United 13th minute after a brilNicolas Moumi NgaBayer n hammered since losing the 2009 fi- liant cross from Bruno maleu equalized in the 66th nal, but American forward Fernandes. Only Ronaldo’s and Pefok capitalized on a Barcelona 8-2 in the teams’ Jordan Pefok had the last former Real Madrid team- poor back pass from Jesse last meeting in the quarlaugh in a dramatic 2-1 win mate Iker Casillas has as Lingard to score Bern’s terfinals in 2020, and the in Bern. many Champions League dramatic winner in the last home side seemed fearful of another rout after its Ronaldo didn’t take appearances. However, minute of injury time. long to make his mark in United defender Aaron Robin Gosens’ equal- summer of upheaval saw his record-equaling 177th Wan-Bissaka was sent off izer earned Italian team the departures of Lionel

Burundi’s Niyonsaba breaks 2,000m world record in Zagreb

Francine Niyonsaba LO N D O N, S E P 1 5 (AGENCIES): Burundi’s Francine Niyonsaba set a new 2,000m world record at the Continental Tour Gold meeting in Zagreb.

According to BBC, her time of five minutes 21.56 seconds was two seconds faster than the record

set by Genzebe Dibaba indoors in 2017.

Niyonsaba, a world and Olympic silver medal winner over 800m, is among several athletes banned from competing between 400m and 1500m because of naturally high levels of testosterone.

The 28-year-old says she has kept competing to “inspire others”.

While Niyonsaba is one of a number of of athletes who have been forced to change events by a 2019 ruling by governing body World Athletics, she has excelled over longer distances.

Her world record run, which also broke the outdoor record set by Ireland’s Sonia O’Sullivan in 1994, came a week after claiming victory over 5,000m in the Diamond League meeting in Zurich.

At the Tokyo Olympics she finished fifth in the 10,000m final, but was disqualified from her 5,000m heat for a lane infringement. Later in the summer she became the fifth-fastest woman of all time over 3,000m.

The 2,000m has never been held at an Olympics or World Championships but is often featured at track and field meetings.

Morocco’s Hicham El Guerrouj set the men’s world record in 1999.

WADA to review cannabis ban for athletes MONTREAL, SEP 15 (REUTERS): An advisory group to the World AntiDoping Agency (WADA) will review whether cannabis should remain a banned substance, a move that comes after American track and field star Sha’Carri Richardson missed the Tokyo Games after testing positive for it.

The scientific review will be initiated next year, WADA said on Tuesday.

Cannabis is currently prohibited in competition and will continue to be in 2022, it added. Richardson tested positive for a chemical found in cannabis during the US Olympic Track & Field trials in June, which wiped out her trial results. She was also hit with a one-month suspension. The 21-year-old, who had been seen as a top contender in the 100 metres, has said she used cannabis to help cope with the death of her mother. The suspension sparked an outpouring of sympathy and calls for a review of anti-doping rules, including by the US AntiDoping Agency.

E, Mykola Shaparenko thought he’d scored a late winner for Dynamo Kyiv over Benfica, but the goal was ruled out through VAR for offside to leave the score 0-0.

Lukaku the difference

Robert Lewandowski netted twice in the clash to pile even more pressure on manager Koeman.

Messi and Antoine Griezmann. Bayern might have won by more but will be happy with 3-0 after another dominant performance.

Thomas Müller scored with a deflected shot in the 33rd minute to ensure Bayern scored for the 23rd consecutive Champions League game, a club record. The visitors had been pushing

harder and it seemed only a matter of time before the breakthrough would come. Müller’s shot struck Eric García’s back to deceive Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen.

L ewa n d ow s k i g o t the second in the 56th on a rebound after 18-yearold Jamal Musiala’s effort struck the post. It stretched Lewandowski’s scoring run

to 18 consecutive games across all competitions for Bayern. But that didn’t mean he had enough.

The Poland star scored his second goal in the 85th, again after a teammate — Serge Gnabry — hit the post, though there was plenty for Lewandowski to do as he slotted the ball past a host of defenders.

Also in Group

Chelsea had to wait until the 69th minute for Lukaku to make the breakthrough against a stubborn St. Petersburg defense.

The Belgium forward towered above a defender to meet César Azpilicueta’s cross with a header for his fourth goal in as many games for Chelsea since his return from Inter Milan.

Also in Group H, Juventus’ trip to Malmö came at the right time for the Italian team to get over Ronaldo’s departure. The Bianconeri had been struggling with just one point from its opening three games in Serie A. But the Swedish air seemed to invigorate the visitors, as Alex Sandro headed Juve into a 23rdminute lead, Paulo Dybala added a penalty just before halftime, and there was still time before the break for Alvaro Morata to chip the goalkeeper for the team’s third.

ANKA karate team win 9 medals at 7th ISKF

DIMAPUR, SEP 15 (NPN): All Nagaland Karate-Do Association (ANKA) karate team won nine medals including a gold and silver each, in the 7th ISKF National Karate Championship held from September 10 -12 at Guwahati Assam.

The team was led by coach Kasheto Yeptho, manager Yatatla and officials- Nagaland chief instructor, Thsahthriba Sangtam and T. Lanu Imchen.

The gold medal was won by Tiakumba (-5 kg) in Kumite (sparring) while silver was fetched by Kivinoli S Aye (+53k) in Kumite (sparring). The bronze medals were won by Limitangla (- 20kg) in Kumite

ANKA officials and the medal winners. (sparring), Sarah Yeptho(-30 kg) Kumite (sparring), Astharani Bordolio (-40kg) Kumite (sparring), Tiabenla Jamir (+68) individual kata, Akumienla L Imchen

(-68kg) Kumite (sparring), K. Hiketo Kiba (-60kg) Kumite (sparring) and Tejan Pun Magar (60+) Kumite (sparring) Meanwhile, ANKA

president T. Sangtam has announced a cash award for the medal winners and karate equipments by its chief-instructor Thsahthriba Sangtam.

Ash Barty’s WTA Finals title defence in doubt, says coach

NEW DELHI, SEP 15 (REUTERS): World number one Ash Barty might not defend her title at the season-ending WTA Finals in Mexico because of the “ridiculous” playing conditions at the venue and the timing of the tournament, her coach Craig Tyzzer said.

The WTA Finals, contested by the world’s top eight singles players and eight doubles teams, were moved to Guadalajara from Shenzhen this week due to the COVID-19 pandemic

and will begin on Nov 8.

Tyzzer said Barty, who won the 2019 WTA Finals before the 2020 edition was cancelled, might also compromise her 2022 Australian Open preparation if she plays in Mexico as she would have to undergo two weeks of home quarantine on her return to Australia.

“We only just found out it’s in Mexico at 1500 metres (above sea level) and they’re using pressure-less

balls,” Tyzzer told the Australian Associated Press on Wednesday.

“Pressure-less balls absolutely fly.

It’s a ball that, if you use it in normal conditions, it doesn’t bounce. It’s not the greatest advertisement for the best girls in the world to be playing something they’ve never done before.

“In conditions they’ve never played, in a country they don’t play and at altitude, I just feel it’s ridiculous.

As a spectacle, it’s just frightening.”

Deepest concerns on ‘place of boxing’ in Olympics: IOC Limited spectators to be L AU S A N N E , S E P 1 5 (PTI): The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday “restated its deepest concerns” on boxing’s place in the 2024 Paris Olympics, citing “unresolved” issues with the International Boxing Association’s governance structure, financial situation and the scoring system even as the AIBA promised to “exceed” the laid down criteria.

In a letter addressed to AIBA President Umar Kremlev, IOC Director General Christophe De Kepper said the Olympic body’s Executive Board has asked him and its Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer to “follow up” on the situation.

The AIBA responded by saying that it is doing everything that that IOC expects from it.

“AIBA has been working on comprehensive reform for some time now and is grateful for the IOC’s public acknowledgment that a step forward has certainly been taken in terms of good governance...,” the AIBA stated in an e-mail to PTI, responding to the IOC letter.

In the four-page communication, IOC expressed dissatisfaction with the work

done by the AIBA to address concerns related to its governance, finances and the refereeing and judging system that has been under intense scrutiny since the 2016 Rio Olympics.

“On the basis of the above, the IOC Executive Board restated its deepest concerns and reiterated its previous position regarding the place of boxing in the programme of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 and future editions of the Olympic Games,” the letter stated.

T h e A I BA s a i d i t would do more than what has been mandated to regain the IOC’s confidence.

“Wide-ranging reforms are already underway in terms of financial integrity, good governance and sporting integrity, including all the areas mentioned by the IOC and more,” the AIBA

said.

“Independent experts are involved in each of these sectors. AIBA is confident these reforms will see AIBA meet and even exceed the criteria laid down by the IOC for reinstatement.”

The IOC said while it acknowledges that AIBA has taken “a step forward in the direction of better governance” but several concerns remain unaddressed. “...so far no new leadership team amongst the elected officials has been put in place to effectively embrace the change of culture in the governance of AIBA,” it said.

“Therefore, the IOC would be pleased to receive information on the schedule for the renewal of the leadership, in particular the planned date for the AIBA Board of Directors’

elections, as well as the eligibility criteria and how they will be assessed.” The AIBA was suspended in 2019 but Kremlev has said that he expects re-affiliation with the IOC by the end of this year after announcing a slew of measures to address the concerns raised by the governing body.

The IOC also raised questions with regards AIBA’s finances. The AIBA had declared itself debt-free a few months ago. “...IOC independent expert, EY, will assess AIBA’s documentation supporting the effectiveness of the various announcements it published in the media related to the resolution of its indebtedness and its current and future financing plan,” it said. “...requested documents include confirmed details on the resolution of the indebtedness and the terms of any sponsorship contract,” it explained.

Touching on the subject of refereeing and judging, the IOC said it has been informed of controversial decisions during the senior Asian Championships and youth world championships held earlier this year.

allowed at IPL matches

NEW DELHI, SEP 15 (PTI): Limited spectators will be allowed into the stadiums when the muchawaited Indian Premier League resumes in the UAE this weekend, the event’s organisers announced on Wednesday.

The IPL, which was suspended midway in May due to COVID-19 cases in its bio bubble, will resume from Sunday with defending champions Mumbai Indians taking on Chennai Super Kings at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

“This match will be a momentous occasion as IPL will welcome the fans back to the stadiums after a brief hiatus owing to COVID-19 situation,” an IPL statement said.

“Matches will be played at Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi with limited seating available keeping in mind the COVID protocols and UAE government regulations,” it added.

It will be the first time since 2019 when the IPL will be played in front of an audience.

Last year, the lucrative league was played behind closed doors in the UAE

while the first half of the 2021 edition was also played inside a strict bio-bubble across various venues in India.

Although the league organisers did not specify the exact number of fans who would be let in but sources said their presence would be 50 per cent of the stadium capacity.

“Fans can buy tickets starting September 16 for the remainder of the tournament on the official website www.iplt20.com. Tickets can also be purchased on PlatinumList.net,” the league organisers said.

After the COVID-19 pandemic had brought the sporting world to a standstill last year, competitive cricket slowly resumed inside strict bio bubbles.

The series between India and Australia from November last year to January was the first time that men’s cricket witnessed spectators in-stadia since coronavirus outbreak in March 2020.

T h e l i m i t e d - ove r s series between Australia Women and New Zealand Women was also played in the presence of spectators Down Under last year.

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