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Vol XXXI No. 221

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INTERNATIONAL, PAGE 7

3rd wave: Next 100 days crucial, warns Govt NEW DELHI, JUL 16 (AGENCIES): Niti Aayog member (health) VK Paul on Friday said the warning about the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic which the World Health Organization has recently issued is for the global situation, which indeed is reflecting the impact of the third wave.

“Leaving North and South American regions of WHO, all other WHO regions are moving from good to bad and bad to worse. The world is moving towards a third wave and this is a fact.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi too has asked us to take this as a red flag... the PM has given us the target to stall the third wave and it is possible,” Dr Paul said during the press briefing of the Union health ministry.

Spain has seen a 64% hike in weekly Covid-19 cases while the Netherlands has recorded a 300% spike in Covid-19 cases. The situation was stable in Thailand for a long time but now it is also reporting a spike. Africa too has clocked a 50%

‘India likely to see 1 lakh cases daily’ It is likely that India will see almost 1 lakh cases every single day with the onset of the third wave of the viral infection in August, “sometime towards the end”, a senior scientist at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said.

“In the current situation, if the virus doesn’t mutate to lead to more transmissibility, the situation will be similar to the first wave,” Prof. Samiran Panda told India Today TV. He however added that if the virus mutates further, then the situation could be worse. Professor Panda is head of the division of epidemiology and communicable diseases at the ICMR. He said mathematical modelling done by the ICMR and the Imperial College London has indicated that low vaccination rates and easing restrictions will lead to a possible surge in Covid-19 case. However, this may not be as severe as the second wave. increase in Covid-19 cases, the ministry said. Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh too are now seeing an unprecedented spike, the ministry said.

Far away from herd immunity: “Our population is still vulnerable. We have not reached herd immunity-not even through infection; Not that we want to achieve herd immunity through natural infection. We are making continuous progress in vac-

cination. At least 50 per cent of our vulnerable population is vaccinated. So we are still vulnerable. But the situation as of now is under control and we will have to maintain this situation,” Dr Paul said adding that the next 100 days will be crucial to understand whether the 3rd wave has arrived in India or not.

“Waves are a post-facto evaluation of how we are managing the situation. The intensity of the waves is more

important than the number of the wave. So it does not matter whether it is the 3rd wave or the 4th wave, as this is the natural interaction between virus and human being,” Health ministry joint secretary Lav Agarwal said.

Mask usage will go down: The Health ministry has cautioned against the declining usage of masks among people and said that the second wave, though limited in a few pockets, is not yet over. With the resumption of activities, mask usage is declining, joint secretary of the Health ministry Lav Agarwal said during the weekly press meet of the ministry.

In a graph, which projected the decline in mask usage, it was revealed that mask usage spiked during MarchApril and reached its peak in May, which witnessed the peak of the second wave, but now the trend has been on a steady decline in June and July. As projected, the usage of masks will decline further, against which the government warned.

PM asks states with rising cases to take proactive steps

PTI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that rising COVID-19 cases in some states remain a matter of concern as he asked them to take proactive measures to rule out a third wave.

In a video interaction with chief ministers of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha, Maharashtra and Kerala, Modi said the country stands at a point in its battle with the pandemic where apprehensions about a third wave are being continuously expressed.

“It’s very important that states with a rising number of cases take proactive measures to rule out any possibility of a third wave,” Modi said in his remarks. “We have to move forward with our strategy of test, track, treat and tika,” Prime Minister Modi said.

State govt announces phase 3 WSKH bans tax on of ‘unlock’ from Jul 18 to Aug 1 agri, forest products Colleges to reopen

from July 26 Inter-district movement allowed No restriction for vaccinated tourists Correspondent

KOHIMA, JUL 16 (NPN): Based on the recommendations of district task forces (DTFs), High Powered Committee (HPC) on Covid-19 on Friday decided to go for ‘Unlock-3’ for next 15 days, until August 1. The committee however appealed for strict adherence to Covid SOPs and to come forward for vaccination and testing.

Planning & coordination, land revenue and parliamentary affairs minister Neiba Kronu, who is also the spokesperson of HPC, informed this to media persons at Civil Secretariat Conference Hall here.

Colleges to reopen from July 26: He said HPC decided to allow colleges to reopen from July 26 on the condition that staffs, both teaching and non-teaching, should be fully vaccinated or must have taken at-least first dose of vaccine and follow Covid SOPs. Another HPC spokesperson and ad-

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viser, Mmhonlumo Kikon, who too was present, said HPC has decided to wait till August 1 to prepare phasewise reopening of schools, especially the higher classes.

But, he stressed that certain pre-conditions would have to be met, else the classes would continue to remain suspended, adding that HPC would take the call only after assessing the preparedness.

He said the committee also decided to encourage college establishments to start vaccination for students with the help of State government.

Admitting that there were several requests from school and college authorities to reopen their institutions, he stressed that the pre-conditions would have to be met first– the staffs should be fully vaccinated or at least receive first dose and follow Covid-appropriate behaviours. He said time for preparation had been given and a decision would be taken later.

25% vaccination in Civil Sectt: Considering the poor vaccination coverage in Nagaland Civil secretariat here and directorate offices, HPC decided that attendance of employees and staffs would be based on their vaccination status.

Mentioning that only 25% of them had got themselves vaccinated, Kronu warned

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DIMAPUR, JUL 16 (NPN): Wester n Sümi Kükami Hoho (WSKH) Friday announced its decision not to entertain any form of taxation from any Naga political groups on the agri-allied and forest products within the Western Sümi areas during the current pandemic period.

In a press release, WSKH president Vihuto Yeptho and general secretary Kawoto X Aye stated that the resolution was adopted during a meeting with the advisory board and area chairman of all Western Sümi areas held at Western Sümi Hoho office on July 15, 2021.

The hoho stated that

currently all the communities especially the farming community had been hard hit due to nationwide lockdown besides not reaping a good harvest.

Further, Western Sümi Kükami Hoho reiterated the demand for an early solution to the vexed Naga political issue, which it said has been “elusive” despite the Centre and Naga Political Groups concluding “a successful round of talks over the years.”

The Hoho asserted that it was the “opportune time” for the Nagas to ask for solution as the government at the centre was also “eager to resolve Naga political issue at the earliest.”

SPORTS, PAGE 8

Therie attacks PDA govt on illegal collection, price rise Correspondent

KOHIMA, JUL 16 (NPN): Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) president K Therie lambasted the ruling PDA coalition government of failing to check rising prices of essential commodities in the state which have escalated over 100% due to failure of administration to enforce price control and curbing extortion by various factions and multiple organisations.

He was addressing media persons at Congress Bhavan here on Friday after submitting a memorandum to the governor as part of All India Congress Committee’s 10-day nationwide agitation and peaceful protest that began on July 7.

Therie said every illegal collection and taxation only pushed up prices and said if the PDA government was not willing to prevent them then it should be blamed for encouraging such activities.

He also said since the state government was unwilling to prevent illegal collection and taxation, then the governor should constitute a High Powered Committee to streamline the

State logs 95 fresh Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths DIMAPUR, JUL 16 (NPN): Nagaland on Friday reported 95 fresh Covid-19 positive cases while three more succumbed to the infection.

Of the fresh cases, 47 were from Kohima, Tuensang-13, Mokokchung-11, nine in Dimapur, six in Longleng, five in Phek, three in Kiphire and one in Peren, taking the total caseload to 26476.

Further, two deaths were reported in Dimapur and one in Mokokchung, pushing the death toll to 519 (including 14 non-Covid deaths but with positivity)

NEAN refutes unpaid salary claim

DIMAPUR, JUL 16 (NPN): National Health Mission Employees Association (NEAN) has refuted the claim made by one of its members that more than 1,000 HCWs have been working without salary for the past three months.

NEAN general secretary Kewetso Kenye said that the statement made by its members was not issued or authorized by the association. Acknowledging that the employees had to face difficulties due to irregular(Cont’d on p-6) ity of monthly remuneration

in the past, the association has, however, said that in recent times remuneration was being paid on time. In this regard, the association has expressed gratitude to the department especially the mission director NHM. NEAN stated that the mission director has prioritized to clear their remuneration till date though the state was yet to receive the approved fund for this Financial Year 2021-22 from the Centre.

Besides, also said that other issues raised and commented by the individual

(2ndf from L) K. Therie along with other party colleagues during the press briefing, Friday. (NP)

registration of societies and debar those found to be collecting money from public.

Therie said the PDA government was supporting collections through its policy to facilitate and support the peace process. He said as per the constitution, no society is allowed to collect money from public unless approved by the elected members.

Therie slammed DC Kohima, for not giving permission to his party to hold the protest rally in Kohima even after an undertaking to follow covid protocols. He said the DC Dimapur had allowed holding of the protest rally in Dimapur under strict covid protocols.

Therie said what is being highlighted (fuel hikes) is not a Congress issue but people’s issue and whether

DC Kohima was trying to please “somebody”?

Meanwhile, responding to a query on Congress’ activities, Therie said the agitation was not for the party alone. Since price rise was affecting everyone, people should come out and voice their opposition together against it.

Earlier, NPCC submitted a memorandum to the governor through commissioner & secretary.

The memorandum stated that in the last two months alone Government of India had hiked fuel prices 35 times in more than 200 cities, which led to petrol prices touching more that Rs 100 per litre. Even in Nagaland, petrol prices crossed Rs 100 per litre in all the 12 districts, it claimed.

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PM, HM for out-of-court solution to NE border issue, says Khandu I TA NAG A R , J U L 1 6 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have stressed that the inter-state boundary issue be resolved amicably and have suggested an out-of-court solution to the matter, Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu said during a virtual meeting conducted by Union DoNER Minister G. Kishan Reddy on Thursday.

Reddy, who was recently given the charge of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), during the virtual meeting discussed the various aspects of development of the region comprising eight states.

An official from the Arunachal chief minister’s office (CMO) said that Khandu said during the meeting that Assam and Arunachal Pradesh have in principle agreed to sort out the inter-state boundary issue out-of-court for

which the state government has already started its groundwork. “The interstate boundary issue has been pending for long. I have discussed it with my Assam counterpart Hemanta Biswa Sarma and we have agreed to go for an out-of-court solution to all issues related to our boundaries.

“In fact, we have already started working on the ground. If everything goes well in the next few months, we may see some concrete results towards instilling peace permanently along our boundaries,” the CMO official said quoting the chief minister.

Inter-state boundary disputes between Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Meghalaya, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh during the past several years have witnessed many violent activities and skirmishes among security forces and the people living along the boundaries of these states.

were also “irrelevant” as all those issues were being complied and implemented as per norms and approval of the Health Ministry.

NEAN, therefore, cautioned members “not to blatantly issue or give any press release or circulate any controversial statements or vested personal interest or opinions publicly” without confirmation and the consent of the office bearers in future in order to avoid any controversy or misunderstanding amongst the mem- DIMAPUR, JUL 16 (NPN): A day after the state chief minister Neiphiu Rio took to twitter to thank the ministry bers and the department. of defence for conveying “No Objection” for Ciethu Airport in Kohima, the Nagaland Public Rights Awareness and Action Forum (NPRAAF) has questioned whether the Airports Authority of India (AAI) had conducted survey and issued “eco-techno, feasibility and safety clearance” Agreement only after one for development of Ciethu greenfield airport.

NPRAAF through its information and publicity cell meeting. He said negotiations don’t need 24 years for has urged the chief minister to clarify whether defence solution, and if there was no ministry or civil aviation ministry was the right body to solution then it was because conduct survey and issue NOC. The forum also sought to those involved don’t want it. know whether NOC from the defence ministry was “good He said if the elected enough to go ahead with purchase of land and construcmembers resign as pledged tion of approach road and other needful development for then there will be solution establishing an airport.”

NPRAAF said that the matter was not about NOC istomorrow.

Therie said as per sued by defence ministry, but why did the state government the convention of parlia- acquire “such a colossal area of land to be paid compenmentary practises, the state sation without obtaining feasibility report and technical government is part of the clearance from the AAI and civil aviation ministry.”

Further, the forum said that issue did not only relate Central government and the governor the central to development and paying off huge compensation, but concerned the safety of future air passengers, which it representative.

(Cont’d on p-6) maintained “cannot be taken lightly.”

NPRAAF raises questions over proposed Ciethu airport

Core Committee on Naga political issue a waste of time: NPCC Correspondent

“Can’t attend online class since my laptop’s battery is out due to load shedding.“

the Secretariat staff that government was very firm to initiate stringent measures, if they did not wish to be vaccinated. He urged the government servants to come forward and take the vaccine, claiming that that there was no shortage of vaccines.

To prevent spread of virus and ensure safety of co-workers, Kikon said HPC decided that employees who have been fully vaccinated or have taken their first dose would not be required to produce RT-PCR negative test, while those not vaccinated would have to produce RT-PCR negative report every 15 days. He added that HoDs concerned would take care of this.

Inter-district movement allowed: Kikon said inter-district movement for non-essential purpose in private/light vehicles would be allowed, but subject to the driver and co-passengers being asymptomatic or having Covid vaccination certificate or 15 days after the first dose has been taken.

He mentioned that drivers and passengers would have to produce vaccination certificate or RT-PCR negative test report. On violations Covid safety protocols in districts, the spokespersons announced that there would be stricter enforcement of SOPs in every area.

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KOHIMA, JUL 16 (NPN): Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) has accused the PDA coalition government of trying to delay solution by setting up the Core Committee on Naga political issue to facilitate “ongoing peace talks” when the Interlocutor had in 2019, announced that “all negotiations have officially concluded on October 31,2019”.

The Interlocutor who is also Governor of Nagaland

R.N. Ravi had in his speech at the inaugural session of the state assembly in February 2021 also repeated the same.

Talking to media persons, NPCC president K. Therie asked what was the point in constituting the Core Committee when talks concluded for Nagaland? He also asked why was the PDA government including the legislative assembly wasting people’s time and money for a redundant purpose?

He said since both the government of India and the

governor of Nagaland have reiterated that talks have concluded, then the chief minister ought to have stood in line towards solution.

Therie said formation of Core Committee and earlier the JLF, were delay tactics to “please Muivah and NSCN (I-M)”. By doing so, he said the state government was ignoring the entire people of Nagaland- the GBs Federation, tribal hohos, political parties and all those who want early solution.

Therie asked whether

the government was afraid of Nagas or NSCN (I-M) as by delaying solution Nagas of Nagaland are suffering.

In an emotionally charged voice, Therie said people of Nagaland will have to come to terms one day, that even after 24 years of negotiation solution still eludes them.

He said it was a shame that after 24 years of negotiation there is still no solution. In comparison, he said the 16 Point Agreement was settled after only three meetings and the 9 Point

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WEATHER FORECAST JULY 17

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Agartala Mostly cloudy with a t-storm 30 26 Aizawl

An afternoon thunderstorm

Guwahati Not as hot with a t-storm Imphal

24 21 29 26

A stray morning thunderstorm 26 22

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Shillong A drenching thunderstorm

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Kohima

A shower and thunderstorm

22 19

Dimapur A stray afternoon t-storm

28 25

Couple of thunderstorms

24 20

Tuensang Couple of thunderstorms

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Zunheboto A shower and thunderstorm

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Kohima DTF holds district review, sensitisation prog

DIMAPUR: Kohima District Task Force (DTF) under minister in-charge, minister, PWD (housing & mechanical) Tongpang Ozukum conducted a district review & sensitisation programme on COVID-19 at Sechu-Zubza, Kohima on July 16.

According to DIPR report, Tongpang exhorted the gathering and stated that the government could not make the people get vaccinated by force but that it was their responsibility to follow the SOPs. Lauding the service of the task forces and surveillance teams for their sacrifices to the cause, he asked them to reaffirm their commitment by remaining vigilant as entrusted by the administration and people.

He also requested village council members to set up task forces in every village for prevention and protection of the community from COVID-19.

DC Kohima, Gregory Thejawelie called upon each individual to ponder on their responsibility and to act towards the present situation.

Pointing out that the state government had empowered DTF to take action under Epidemic Diseases Act 1897 and other relevant section, DC informed that DTF may have to act as per the district micro plan and

Tongpang Ozukum addressing the gathering at Sechü Zubza village council hall on July 16. (DIPR)

implement such action if necessary in future.

While sensitising the gathering on COVID-19 status, CMO Kohima, Dr. Vezokholu Theyo highlighted the three important tools to stop COVID i.e. appropriate behaviour, testing and vaccination.

She said that the present delta virus was aggressive where the whole household and families get infected in a day or two.

Therefore, she stressed on the importance of early testing and self-isolation for early treatment and recovery.

Representative from Angami Public Organisation, KT Vilie who also spoke said that government has been trying its best to protect and safe his people, therefore, he said that everyone must come together and joint hands with the government.

Sechü Zubza village council chairman, Khriengulie also

raised the necessity requirement of community health centre for the area people by converting the present public health centre into community health centre and requested the team to look into the matter.

An interaction session was also conducted during the programme where doubts raised by the participants were cleared. Earlier, WAPO president Kevisekho Chucha delivered the welcome address and vote of thanks was delivered by SDO (c) Sechü Zubza, Tiayanger Jamir.

The programme was attended by members from sub-divisional task force, Western Angami Public Organisation, Western Angami Women organisation, Western Angami Youth Organisation, Kiruphema General Council and Western Angami Students Union.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SATURDAY, JULY 17, 2021

Mon DPDB holds meeting

DIMAPUR: District Planning and Development Board, Mon held its meeting on July 15 at conference room of the office of deputy commissioner. The meeting was chaired by DC Mon, Thavaseelan K. According to DIPR report, the board approved proposals to be forwarded to the responsible department: registration of Ahng Kins Foundation, Sheanghah Mokok Village and setting up of Sainik School in Mon. The board also felicitated HSLC and HSSLC 2020 toppers under Mon district.

A meeting of the Road Safety Committee Mon was held,where ADC Mon & administrator Mon town council, CMO health & family welfare and district education officer were appointed as members of the committee.

SASRD NU joins tree plantation campaign DIMAPUR: As part of 75th Bharat amrut mahotsav held under the theme, “har med per ped” and commemorating 93rd ICAR Foundation Day, School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development (SASRD), Nagaland University, Medziphema campus Friday joined a tree plantation campaign.

In a press release SASRD Medziphema informed that the faculty and staff of SASRD, Medziphema campus Nagaland University joined the virtual inaugural function from SASRD conference hall which was addressed and launched by secretary, DARE & DG, ICAR, Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra.

The faculty and staff also joined the tree plantation campaign with rest

Faculty and staff of SASRD NU, Medziphema during the plantation campaign on July 16.

of the ICAR Institutes, KVKs and Agricultural Universities of the country to ensuring livelihood and environmental security to the humankind.

The plantation campaign was kick started by

pro-vice chancellor professor M Aleminla Ao and dean SASRD professor Akali Sema. All the teaching and non-teaching staffs of SASRD, Nagaland University, Medziphema campus participated.

1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY of Late Imonungba Lemtor Longpa

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

22/07/1965 – 14/07/2021 Through this column, we the family members of Lt. VETSHETE DOULO, S/o Lt. Tshenyi Doulo would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to each and everyone of you who extended help to us financially, materially and morally at his sudden demise on 14th July 2021. Though we may not be able to thank you individually or repay you, it is our sincere prayer that our God Almighty bless you abundantly in return for all your kind deeds and prayers. dp-3291

Died on 17.07.2020

It's been a year now since you have gone, but there is not a single day that we have spent without thinking of you. The grief and emptiness that we have experienced this past one year cannot be compensated with you leaving us behind. However, we are relieved and comforted in the fact that someday we shall meet again in the Gates of Heaven. You are greatly missed with silent tears. dp-3297

Loving Wife, Children, Grandchildren and In-laws

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Loving Mother, Family, Children and Loved Ones

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Garbage flowing through the city’s drainage system after a heavy down pour on Friday afternoon in Dimapur.

(Video grab via social media)

One held for circulating fake news in Wokha

4th Death Anniversary Y. Yimkongmoikum Phom 17th July 2017

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Lt. Mhienuo Zumu Born on 30-12-1960 | Died on 12-07-2021

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hrough this column, we wish to express our profound gratitude to those who stood by us in prayers, in words and in deeds during our loss. We deeply regret our inability to thank each and everyone personally. We pray that almighty God bless you all.

We convey our sincere gratitude to: 1. Shri. Neiphiu Rio, Chief Minister Nagaland 2. Shri. Zhaleo Rio, Advisor Sericulture, Excise & Minority Affairs 3. Kechangulie Rio 4. Atu Zumvü, Dy. Superintendent of Police (SB) 5. Signal Angami Baptist Khriesarü Krotho 6. SABTK Thenuoko Krotho 7. Nhichuko Krotho Signal Angami Church 8. Touphemiapfü Kuda Razha Krotho 9. Touphema Kuda Dzevi Krotho 10. Touphe Kuda TENS Society 11. Chiechamiapfü Khoya Krotho, Dimapur

AR conduct cleanliness drive

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Born on 01-01-1957 Died on 08-07-2021 We, the bereaved family of Lt. Metongchang convey our heartfelt gratitude to all who stood and supported us in all possible ways during his brief hospitalization and demise on 08-07-2021.

We deeply regret our inability to thank each and every individual and unions, but it is our earnest prayer that our Almighty God takes into account all the good deeds and bless you all immensely.

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Acknowledgement

DIMAPUR: Wokha women police apprehended one woman for allegedly circulating fake news on social media, on July 14. According to DIPR report, the accused uploaded “disturbing” pictures and a voice message of one patient on July 11, claiming that the deteriorating health condition was due to the COVID-19 vaccine.

The police conducted an investigation and found that the news was fake and not related to the vaccine In this connection, a case was registered with Wokha women police station and the accused was sent to judicial custody.

Meanwhile, ADC, Wokha Lankonsen Tsanglao lauded Wokha police for the prompt action and urged the public to refrain from spreading fake and unconfirmed news.

The ADC appealed to the general public to forward any details/information to district helpline number at 9863663885 for query and verification.

DIMAPUR: Jalukie battalion of Assam Rifles carried out cleanliness drive in collaboration with Jalukie Youth Association at Jalukie town on July 15. Assam Rifles along with the youth raised awareness on importance of cleanliness in one’s daily life and routine. The drive was aimed at achieving a vision of “Swach Bharat Abhiyan”.

Lt. thepfukhoLie AbrAhAm Dzüvichü born on 10.10.1957 Died on 07.05.2021 We, the family of Lt. thepfukholie Abraham Dzüvichü wishes to thank and acknowledge with great appreciation your kindness during his time of brief illness and passing. Your unceasing prayers, comforting condolences, gesture of love physically and financially are truly appreciated and will always be remember. May our Almighty Father bless each one of you.

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~ Loving family members & relatives

Born : 14th April 1955 – Died : 13th July 2021 We, the bereaved family members of Lt. Zhekhuyi Swu would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all the wellwishers, individuals, friends and relatives, who stood by us physically, spiritually, financially and materially during the time of his illness and till his last breath on 13th of July 2021.

We would specially like to acknowledge: 1. Shokhuvi Village Baptist Church 2. Shokhuvi GB’s and Village Councils 3. Shokhuvi Nagamese Baptist Fellowship 4. Shokhuvi Students' Union 5. Rev. Dr. Phughoto Sumi, WSBAK Executive Secretary 6. Khiamniungan Baptist Church (Shokhuvi) 7. Shokhuvi Living Tree Prayer Center 8. Kupuhe Village Baptist Church 9. Valley View Baptist Church 10. Toluvi Baptist Church 11. Sumi Baptist Church Diphupar 12. A. Hetoi Baptist Church 13. Aqahuto Area Students' Union 14. Aqahuto Area Executive Members 15. Akihito Zhimo, Executive Council (WSH) 16. 4th Ghaspani I ACCC 17. Ghaspani I Mahila. 1. NPMC, 2. DMCC, 3. AMCC 18. Kiyevi Village Students' Union 19. Khekiho Village Students' Union 20. Zutovi Vililage Students' Union 21. Aichi Saghami Community Dimapur 22. Kuhoshe Tilimi 23. WSSU Unit 24. Nagavito Ex-Candidate, 4th Ghaspani 1 25. Kikheto IAS (Agriculture Production Commissioner) 26. Samson Aye, General GPRN/ NSCN 27. Atokiho, VP NSF 28. Sub-Center Shokhuvi Village Loving Wife, Children and Relatives dp-3293

Beloved Father We hold Love and Respect for you beyond life and death.

We thank God that we had the privilege to be called your own and that you personally belonged to us as Husband, Father, Father-in-Law and as Grandfather to your Generation.

With great leadership commitment you have led our people in your time. We pray that our Family will continue to keep you alive everyday through your significant living and togetherness.

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NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SATURDAY, JULY 17, 2021

Mizoram rejects Himanta’s encroachment charge

Says Assam laying claim on its territories

AIZAWL, JUL 16 (PTI): The Mizoram government alleged on Friday that neighbouring Assam was laying claims on its territories, which the residents of its border villages have been occupying for over 100 years.

Speaking to PTI, Mizoram Chief Secretary Lalnunmawia Chuaungo claimed that it did not encroach even an inch of Assam’s territory as alleged

by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of the neighbouring state.

“Assam is laying claims on Mizoram’s territories, which the residents of border villages have been occupying for over 100 years.

Satellite images will prove that what Assam claims to be its territories have been inhabited by the Mizos for over a century. There is no encroachment by Mizoram on Assam’s territory. It is the other way round,” Chuaungo said. He alleged that Assam officials encroached on Mizoram’s territories under the supervision of the Assam Police and the state’s Forest Department

Lalnunmawia Chuaungo

during June-July despite the decision to maintain status quo in the disputed areas.

“The filing of lawsuit by the Assam government against Mizoram officials is just a gimmick to cover up their massive encroachment on Mizoram’s territories,” the chief secretary said.

While Mizoram accepts the 509 sq mile stretch of the inner-line reserve forest notified in 1875 under the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation of 1873 as its actual boundary, the Assam side agrees with the constitutional map drawn in 1933, a top official of the Mizoram Home Department had earlier said.

The 1933 map was an imposed boundary as Mizoram’s consent was not taken at the time of demarcation and the boundaries were not verified on the ground jointly by both the

states, she had said.

On Monday, the Assam chief minister had told the state legislature that a total of 1,777.58 hectares of land in the Barak Valley region was taken over by encroachers from Mizoram.

The Assam government had also filed a suit before a court in Cachar district on Thursday against certain officials of the Mizoram government over the alleged encroachment of its forest land and intentional destruction of forests across the state border.

Mizoram’s Kolasib district Deputy Commissioner H Lalthlangliana said they did not encroach on Assam’s territory but was protecting the land that they have been occupying since “time immemorial”.

Though the situation along the inter-state border is normal now, tension is palpable, he said.

Mizoram shares a 164.6-km-long border with Assam.

The recent border dispute flared up on June 29 when the two Northeastern states accused each other of encroachment at Aitlang hnar near Vairengte, which borders Assam’s Hailakandi district.

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M’laya CM to meet Assam CM over boundary dispute today

10-day Covid curfew in Mnp from July 18

Correspondent SHILLONG, JUL 16: Meghalaya Chief Minister, Conrad Sangma is scheduled to meet with his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma in Dispur on Saturday at an “unofficial level” to discuss the decade long boundary dispute between the two states.

“As I have mentioned many times before that we have been having unofficial discussions on the very important subject many times and tomorrow is a continuation of that…while we sit we will also fix a date for an official meeting,” the Chief Minister said at a media briefing here on Friday.

On the other hand, Sangma, who is also president of the National People’s Party (NPP) informed that a meeting of the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) partners convened by him discussed issues, especially regarding the upcoming visit of the Union Home Minister Amit Shah to the state, the boundary issue with Assam, besides alleged irregularities in the power department and the social welfare department.

He mentioned that besides the Assam-Meghalaya boundary dispute,

issues relating to the implementation of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) system would be discussed with the Union Home Minister, who is likely to visit the state on July 24.

“Many issues are there on the cards. Definitely we will be discussing about the boundary issue with the Home Minister.

He is also very keen to discuss about the afforestation and conservation work, especially in Sohra area.

All the Chief Ministers of the North East have been invited,” he said adding that the Union Home Minister being the chairman of the North Eastern Council (NEC), several issues in this regard too would be discussed.

Issues pertaining to the proposed amendment of the Sixth Schedule and Eight Schedule to the Constitution would also be taken up, he said.

“All these matters will also be discussed with the home minister, But as I said a lot of homework has gone into how we plan to go forward in this,” the Chief Minister said, adding that a solution to the boundary issue between Meghalaya and Assam had to be largely acceptable to the people of both the neighbouring states.

Correspondent IMPHAL, JUL 16: Entire Manipur will be under strict curfew for 10 days as the state government decided to take up stringent measures to break the chain of transmission of COVID-19.

The curfew will be effective from July 18 (Sunday) and last till July 27, an order of the state home department said on Friday.

The order imposing curfew in the entire state came a day after the state health department stressed the need for stringent measures to break the chain of transmission with the wide prevalence of Delta variant in the state.

Apart from this, the state has been witnessing a sharp rise in the number of daily COVID-19 infections above 1000-mark in the last three days.

The state had registered 1104 positive cases on July 14, 1039 on July 15 and 1,128 on July 16.

The 1,128 new cases reported in the last 24 hours was the highest ever single day spike recorded in the state since the first case of COVID-19 reported in March last year.

Until today, the 1,104 cases recorded on July 14 was the highest single-day spike.

The state is also wit-

nessing an average of 10 deaths daily due to the COVID-19 complications since the devastating second wave hit the state in the last week of March this year.

With the COVID-19 situation remaining alarming, the Manipur government on Friday ordered the curfew in the entire for 10 days with effect from Sunday (July 18).

State chief secretary Dr Rajesh Kumar who is also the chairman of the State Executive Committee of the State Disaster

and goods truck.

Media were not mentioned in the activities to be relaxed from the purview of the curfew. However, another order issued in continuation of the earlier order allowed activities relating to print and electronic media during the curfew period.

Ahead of the imposition of the curfew, the state health department, in a public notice issued late on Thursday night, informed that the state government has decided to declare a total curfew from July 18 for 10 days.

With the wide prevalence of Delta variant of COVID-19 in Manipur, there is the need to take stringent measures to break the chain of transmission, it stated.

State chief minister N Biren Singh also, in a video message to the public last night expressed his strong concern over the surging cases of COVID-19.

He said that it is too high compared to the small population of the state and sought the cooperation of the people while appealing to bear with the hardships to be faced due to the curfew.

Singh also cautioned that this time, the curfew will be a stringent one and the state government will not leave any stone unturned in imposing curfew strictly.

COVID SITUATION ALARMING IN MANIPUR Management Authority issued the order, superseding earlier order imposing night curfew in the entire state till July 20.

As per the order, the curfew will be lasted till July 27, as per the order that allowed only the essential activities/services The essential activities/services which will be kept outside the purview of the curfew included activities of vaccination, Covid testing, medical service (hospital, clinic/ pharmacies), water supply, power supply, police, telecom/ internet service , air travel, agriculture/ horticulture, garbage clearance , petrol pumps, LPG distributors

Assam assembly adjourned after Major drug haul, multiple M’laya exports Lakadong arrests in Cachar ruckus over vaccination drive tumeric to Russia

GUWAHATI, JUL 16 (PTI): The Assam Assembly on Friday witnessed uproarious scenes during a discussion on the COVID- 19 vaccination drive in the state, which prompted Speaker Biswajit Daimary to adjourn the proceedings of the House.

During the discussion, Health and Family Welfare Minister Keshab Mahanta said the immunisation programme has been progressing smoothly but the opposition Congress refused to accept it, and the party MLAs alleged that the state has a shortage of doses and raised a slogan, ‘We want vaccine’.

Daimary adjourned the proceedings till 3 pm as the BJP and the Congress legislators created a ruckus in the House.

At the current rate of vaccination, it would take 18 months

to inoculate all the eligible people in the state, Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia claimed.

“The government said there would be 3,000 vaccination centres in the state from June but non-availability of vaccines at the camps left people disappointed,” he said.

He also asked what steps the government is taking to hasten the inoculation process.

Replying to Saikia in the Question Hour, the health minister said that 30 per cent of eligible people have been vaccinated so far with seven per cent of beneficiaries having received both doses of vaccines.

Of the 3.5 crore estimated population in the state, about 2.37 crore are above 18 years of age and eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, he said.

SILCHAR, JUL 16 ( AGENCIES): In what could be called a major success in the fight against drugs, Cachar police seized 50,000 YABA tablets and arrested a person on Friday.

Cachar SP Vaibhav Nimbalkar informed that the operation was led by OC of Lakhipur police station and staff and the arrested person has been identified as Md. Salimuddin of Imphal East in Manipur, reports The Assam Tribune.

Further the SP said that in another incident, based on secret inputs, SDPO Lakhipur and staff conducted raid and search in the house of Dilip Singh of Lakhipur and recovered 5.5 kgs of suspected cannabis (Ganja) from his possession and accordingly he was apprehended.

Moreover, Additional SP (HQ) Partha Pratim Saikia along with other policemen conducted a raid in the residence of a person named Md. Abul Uddin Choudhury in Athal Basti under Silchar PS and recovered 27.69 grams suspected heroin. In this regard, two persons have been arrested namely, Md. Ikbal Uddin Choudhury and Md. Abul Choudhury. Legal action is being followed, the SP maintained.

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SHILLONG, JUL 16: Two metric tonnes of Meghalaya’s golden spice Lakadong turmeric, has been exported Russia as part of a trial-post demand for the spice among consumers in the destination country.

Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said that Chi Iung Spices Cooperative Society, Mowtyrshiah, with the assistance of 1917i Teams, exported two tonnes of Lakadong turmeric to Russia via Jaipur as part of a trialpost demand for the spice among consumers in the destination country.

Meghalaya has already shipped Lakadong

Tumeric and ginger to The Netherlands and United Kingdom.

The famous turmeric earned the name, Lakadong from Lakadong village in Jaiñtia Hills of Meghalaya.

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NABARD observes 39th foundation day Transfer and posting of NCS/NSS officers

G Kaito Aye flagging off the mobile ATM van procured by NStCB under NABARD’s financial inclusion fund.

DIMAPUR: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) celebrated 39 years of service on July 12. To commemorate the foundation day, a programme was organised by the regional office of NABARD at Dimapur on July 16.

Speaking at the programme as chief guest, minister for agriculture and cooperation, G. Kaito Aye congratulated the staff and thanked them for their unstinted support to the state government and various agencies for the development of the people of Nagaland.

He encouraged NABARD, banks, NGOs and government departments to work together so that the progress of development in all spheres could be accelerated.

GM/OIC of NABK Y M C

ARD, Nagaland regional office, Tiakala Ao outlined NABARD’s journey since its establishment in 1982 and highlighted major milestones of the bank over the past four decades touching on the interventions supported by NABARD in the state of Nagaland.

While acknowledging the role of various stakeholders in the development journey, she reiterated NABARD’s commitment towards sustainable growth and called upon all the stakeholders to work with renewed focus in achieving the priorities set for a meaningful rural development.

During the programme, two booklets were release which included a handbook on rural infrastructure development fund for implementing departments of the state government and unit cost for

farm sector activities for the year 2021-22.

Earlier, G Kaito Aye also launched the scheme of comprehensive support plan for cooperatives in which, Rs.99.08 lakh was sanctioned to the Nagaland state cooperative bank (NStCB) ltd. from NABARD’s cooperative development fund.

The minister handed over the sanction letter to managing director, Nagaland state cooperative bank ltd, Abhijit Deb. Kaito also flagged off the mobile ATM van procured by the NStCB under NABARD’s financial inclusion fund. A.K. Deb, MD of NStCB and P. Bulte, DGM of NABARD also spoke on the occasion.

SLBC convenor A. Hembram, chairman, NRB, V.V Narayana, representatives of banks and NGOs also attended the foundation day programme.

DIMAPUR: State government on July16 issued notification, ordering transfer and posting of 16 NSC/ NSS officers with immediate effect.

Asangla Imti, NCS, director F&CS is transferred and posted as additional secretary, IPR department.

Arenla Jamir, NCS, additional secretary, land resources and additional director, ATI is relieved of the charge of additional director, ATI. Kovi Meyase, NCS, additional secretary, municipal affairs, CEO, Smart City and administrator, KMC is transferred and posted as additional secretary, school education.

Bodeno S Colo, NCS, joint secretary, finance department is transferred and posted as joint secretary, social welfare department.

Chubawati Chang, NCS, joint secretary, planning and coordination (IDAN) shall hold additional charge of additional director, ATI. V Lovitoly Sema, NCS, joint secretary, F&CS is transferred and posted as director F&CS. T Lanusenla Longkumer, NCS, deputy secretary, RD is transferred and posted as administrator, KMC. Relise Sangtam, NCS, SDO (C), Wakching is transferred and posted as

SDO (C) Chen L Samuel, NCS, SDO (C), Chen is transferred and posted as SDO (C), Wakching Ya n t h u n g b e m o Kikon, NCS, SDO (C), Longleng is transferred and posted as SDO (C) Dimapur Chingai Panja, NSS, under secretary, printing and stationaries is transferred and posted as under secretary, justice and law department Keituo Doulo, NSS, under secretary, CM secretariat is transferred and posted as under secretary, agriculture department Rhonthungo Andreas, NSS, under secretary, justice and law department is transferred and posted as under secretary, economics and statistics Hukashi Yepthomi, SDO (C) Mokokchung is transferred and posted as under secretary, rural development department Imlijungla Lemtur, NCS EAC, Kiphire is transferred and posted as EAC, Aqhunaqa vice Wiridin NCS, EAC, relieved Ane Khieya, NCS EAC, Peren is transferred and posted as EAC Kiphire.

The officers have been directed to carry out the handing and taking over of charges on or before July 23.

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VOL. XXXI NO. 221 DIMAPUR, SATURDAY, JULY 17, 2021

Summertime blues

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ummer brings with it some of the best fruits that nature has to offer- mangoes, juicy litchis, sweet musk melons, mouth watering pineapples, grapes, watermelons, red plums, kiwis and bright red strawberries and many more.

These are the sugar-coated side of summer. The bitter side is that summer also brings the dreaded load shedding that are imposed intermittently.

These perennial problems not only make days and nights hard to bear but also financially unbearable for those who chose to buy stand by generators.

The commercial capital of Nagaland, Dimapur, has been under siege due to regular load shedding.

Power is critical for running and maintaining commercial enterprises. Load shedding is primarily due to worn out equipments that are being gradually replaced but also because of shortage of supply.

These two combine to land Nagaland with a huge power and financial deficits that have become part of the power equation. As per estimates, Nagaland buys electricity worth around Rs. 400 crore annually and after selling to consumers, the Department of Power (DoP) is able to recover only Rs.162 crores (as per 2019-2020 statistic). Over the past five years, Nagaland has lost around Rs.1000 crores annually due to inability to effectively recover electricity bills. In the past several years, it was almost a regular feature of the department to announce loss amounting to around of around Rs.200 crore annually which was blamed on supposed theft and pilferage. There is a limit to using the same excuse- pilferage of power(or power theft) or inability to collect billed amount from consumers. Most states in India are making serious efforts to tackle the problem which has proved to be the bottleneck for efficient distribution to a power hungry nation.

Power loss in Nagaland attributed to transmission loss is among the highest in the country. When the power loss in Nagaland, as per the official figures, is almost double the national average, it only calls for serious probe on why this abnormal figure continues to plague power supply and most interestingly, even accepted as fait accompli for many years till now. Inefficiency cannot be allowed to get away under the guise of ‘transmission loss’, when consumers are handed contestable bills owing to improper metering or inefficiency. If the real culprits responsible for power losses are not identified, then even additional power generation in future with thermal power will end up in a similar manner. The accumulated total loss from all these has been pegged at around 55% to 60% which is equivalent to 30MW to 40MW out of the total power that the state receives. Shortage of power totally defeats the very concept of economic development since business without power means powerless business. Expensive and sensitive equipments are damaged due to power fluctuations; causing huge losses to business, especially storage and small units that are wholly dependent on power supply.

There are several options for improvement of the power sector such as construction of viable hydro power projects, thermal power from coal and modern solar power projects. In all these, the issue of land acquisition turns out to a great hindrance over demand for compensation and other “rights”. The state needs to first clean up its own backyard on the issue of so-called power losses, revenue shortfalls and efficiency otherwise it will be like putting the cart before the horse, all over again.

DailyDevotion The Concept of Divine Control

…how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! —Matthew 7:11 Jesus is laying down the rules of conduct in this passage for those people who have His Spirit. He urges us to keep our minds filled with the concept of God’s control over everything, which means that a disciple must maintain an attitude of perfect trust and an eagerness to ask and to seek. Fill your mind with the thought that God is there. And once your mind is truly filled with that thought, when you experience difficulties it will be as easy as breathing for you to remember, “My heavenly Father knows all about this!” This will be no effort at all, but will be a natural thing for you when difficulties and uncertainties arise. Before you formed this concept of divine control so powerfully in your mind, you used to go from person to person seeking help, but now you go to God about it. Jesus is laying down the rules of conduct for those people who have His Spirit, and it works on the following principle: God is my Father, He loves me, and I will never think of anything that He will forget, so why should I worry?

Jesus said there are times when God cannot lift the darkness from you, but you should trust Him. At times God will appear like an unkind friend, but He is not; He will appear like an unnatural father, but He is not; He will appear like an unjust judge, but He is not. Keep the thought that the mind of God is behind all things strong and growing. Not even the smallest detail of life happens unless God’s will is behind it. Therefore, you can rest in perfect confidence in Him. Prayer is not only asking, but is an attitude of the mind which produces the atmosphere in which asking is perfectly natural.

“Ask, and it will be given to you…” (Matthew 7:7).

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Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark. ~ Rabindranath Tagore

NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SATURDAY, JULY 17, 2021

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Of Crude Oil Price and High Tax

rude oil is one of the most highly traded commodities and an important source of energy for the world’s economy as a result of that global crude consumption is growing at its fastest pace.

Benchmarks of crude is marked in various blends like West Texas Intermediate (WTI from New York), Brent (North West Europe based), Dubai and OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) Reference Basket. They’ve different varieties and grades. With 14 member countries, OPEC holds the major volume of the world’s oil reserves and they’re mostly from the Middle East.

Oil prices are very volatile and highly affected by supply and demand balance, geo-political issues and political shifts. High crude production influence or less drilling are factors in the international market. Suez Canal and Straits of Hormuz are major waterways, where most crude exported. During Arab spring (2011), Egypt caused fears of concern to the world for closing waterway followed by Iran’s threatening witnessed in the past.

Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown wiped out oil demand around the world.

The prices plunged to 18-year low as demand dropped but it’s picking up amid post pandemic recovery. Now oil prices jumped to a three-year high after OPEC and their allies failed to meet global demand for not raising oil output. Uncertainty and deadlock over crude supply has fueled oil

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price above $77 a barrel, the highest since late 2018. The world needs more oil. If continues, crude prices may hit 100 $ per barrel soon.

As the fuel price on petrol soars, the government is under increasing pressure to cut price on fuel. The basic reason behind the hike has been the upward trajectory of global crude prices.

India’s dependence on global crude is an astounding 85%, which is the biggest reason for India’s high fuel prices. India is also the world’s third largest oil market and depends heavily on crude oil to fuel its development.

India does not have enough reserves and new oil fields have also not been explored. It gets oil from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA and Canada. During pandemic, OPEC and allies including Russia, a group known as OPEC+ have abandoned output limits to raise the demand.

The international crude oil price comes roughly `36 per litre. Although there’re minimal costs involved in refining, capital cost for refinery, transportation and commission, Indians are paying close to `100 a litre for petrol affecting every household. Not many are aware about the huge quantum of taxes and duties levied on fuel prices.

Almost 2/3rd of what a buyer pays is Excise Duty and Taxes. The Base Price of the fuel, Transport Charges and Dealer Commission make up just a portion of the Pie. For example, the price of petrol is `94.49 a litre. Of `94.49 a litre for price of petrol, the Base Price of

petrol is just `35.99. Excise Duty stands at `32.90, which is levied by the Union Government. Dealer Commission stands at `3.79 and can change with Freight depending on location. Next is VAT or Value-Added Tax, at `21.81, which is levied by the State Government. Ironically, India levy more than double the rate (28%) of luxury items including tobacco under the GST regime. State and Central Governments can make oil cheaper by reducing VAT and Excise.

Petrol prices are deregulated in 2010 in quarterly basis. Diesel fell in 2014 and marketing companies are allowed to revise fuel rate daily from 2017. Currently Oil Retailers fix prices of petrol and diesel after factoring in their own cost and profits.

Earlier prices were regulated by the Government by giving subsidies to Oil Marketing Companies (OMC) which shielded consumers against turmoil in the international oil market. The oil bonds were issued worth `1.4 lakh Crore to OMCs between 2005 and 2010 and now it has come up for redemption over a term of 15-20 years. A principal instalment of `10,000 crore worth of bonds will mature for repayment this year the first since 2015 and an equal amount as interest is payable. Bond redemption so far has been just `3,500 crore was made in 2015.

However oil bonds can’t be the sole reason for the skyrocketing prices. The strategies to save the expenditure options are limited and no option left

for the government other than paying as per the commitment and this annual interest due of around `10,000 crore is already accommodated in the budget.

Due to Covid-19, the current fiscal situation is weak but at the same time the central government’s income from taxes and surcharges on petrol and diesel topped `3 lakh crore in FY21. Why are tax-payers of today paying for the subsidy dished out to consumers more than a decade ago? And they will continue to pay for the next five years as the redemption of the bonds continues until 2026.

Oil from Iran and Venezuela is cheaper, but both countries have been sanctioned by the Trump Administration that costs dearly for India. With Joe Biden in office, India resumes diversifying imports other than the mercy of OPEC+. Whenever OPEC+ pulls the harness, India feels the pressure. The unimpressive achievements of India’s failure to drill its own oil have reflected now. It needs to explore India’s energy security by ramping up domestic production, finding new oil reserves and operationalize more oil wells and blocks.

The New Exploration & Licensing Policy (NELP) adopted in 1997 has done little to strengthen so does with the Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP) in 2015, that aims to ease things for oil exploration and eliminate restriction on oil cess, 100% participation by foreign companies

in exploration activity and single license for conventional and non-conventional hydrocarbon exploration during the contract period for an energy company.

India’s domestic production has virtually stagnated over the years for the principle of strategic exploitation of energy resources with the aim of future conservation. ONGC, Oil India Limited and foreign energy companies like Cairn, British Petroleum, Shell and Focus along with Indian energy majors like Reliance and Essar have failed to augment their production as sheer numbers of contracts have been relinquished because of failing to find any oil.

Rising fuel price will have cascading effect on essential goods, limit purchasing power of consumers. Should fuel be brought under the Goods and Services Tax to substantially bring down the prices for consumers? But government will continue taxing high on fuel to mobilise additional revenue for Covid relief as it’s facing the economic fallout of the pandemic. Higher retail price is also not an option at this juncture as it could push further inflation.

At the same time, center’s fiscal situation is stretched and many states badly needed shortfall of GST compensation and fiscal deficit is estimated at a high of 8 percent of GDP now. Thereby petrol price peaks often for high taxes and crude oil prices.

Kamal Baruah SBI Dispur Guwahati

RNPC on JACAS demand of autonomous statehood

his is becoming a rather infantile practice on the part of JACAS to come up with redundant records from the 1900s. Spamming the media with the government notifications and orders related to the creation of Mikir Hills and Karbi Anglong as such is just irrelevant and unnecessary wastage of space, no one denies what happened in 1951 or 1976. Kindly save space and stop copy pasting these details from the KAAC website.

When Mr. Mills said, “About a hundred years ago or more…….” In page 2 of his book the “Rengma Nagas”, it is very apparent that he wasn’t sure of the exact time of the Rengma migration wave that he speaks about. He could be referring to a century or several centuries, his reference is of an uncertain timeline.

Another reference that the Mikirs makes is of a book by John Butler, “Travels and Adventures in the Province of Assam” 1885.

Here Butler said, “The Rengma Nagahs are evidently descended from the Angahmee Nagahs; it is said that, in consequence of oppression and feuds in their own tribe, they emigrated to the high hills occupied by the Tokophen Nagahs…”

Like we mentioned in our earlier write up, if one is interested in our migration history, one needs to comprehend the various migration waves of our people. Like we said, no tribes germinated from the soil and that all indigenous people have migration history to some extent. And in the above passage, Mr. Butler wasn’t aware of the fact that the Tokophen Nagas he refers to is a Rengma Naga Village which still exist as Toko-Pahar or Kunyilajong. What does it signify?? It means that even before the migration wave he talks about, there were already Rengma Nagas of an earlier wave with a well-established territory as the Tokophen Nagas.

The Name “TOKOPHEN” consists of two words,

“Toko” in Assamese which mean “Thatch Palm” and “Phen” in Rengma which means a village. Today the Toko-pahar/Tokophen falls under the Naga Rengma Mauza.

Again, the Mikirs makes a reference to the book, “The introduction of the Lhota Nagas 1922” Written by J.H Hutton where it is written, “That the Rengma Nagas migrated to mikir Hills only a hundred year ago”.After 14 years, Mr. Mills in his book, “The Rengma Nagas” which the Mikirs loves so much to quote more than the Rengmas, on page 2 under footnote 1, Mr. Mills makes it clear that Dr. Hutton was wrong in assuming that the Rengmas migrated in bulk. As stated above, our migration consists of several waves spanning across several centuries and thus one must not assume like J.H Hutton or the JACAS. Also, the reference “Mikir Hills” doesn’t imply that Rengmas Migrated to the Mikir lands but by the time the book was written in 1900s, the Mikirs had already occupied those portions of the Rengma ancestral lands and thus the recent visitors refered to those hills occupied by the Mikirs as “Mikir Hills”.

We don’t deny history and we don’t deny being a Naga with common source of origin but it is also a fact that our ancestors were first to walk and cultivate the lands, drank from its rivers and streams and the whole of the Rengma hills was their hunting ground.

The Mikirs initially dwelled in Cachar region but they were chased out by the Cachari King. On being chased out, they ran towards the Khasi Jaintia Hills and served the Jaintia king as slaves. Later due to the disobedience of Rongpharpi Rongbe, they were again chased out of the Khasi Jaintia Hills by the Khasi King. Running for their lives, Rongpharpi Rongbe led her Mikir People towards Rengma Naga Hills crossing over the Kopili River and occupied the

present location claiming it as the Mikir Hills. From here, they get connected with the leftover Mikirs in Cachar area now known as the Hamren district or West Karbi Anglong (their original homeland).

John Butler in his book, “Travels and Adventures in the province of Assam” in page 126 and 127 wrote….

“According to the traditions of the tribes, they were originally settled in Tooleeram Senaputtee’s territory, under petty chiefs of their own selection. Some years ago, they were conquered by a Rajah of Cachar, from whose oppression they were driven to take refuge in Jynteea.

Meeting there with the same treatment, some emigrated to Deemoroo, Beltollah, and Ranee in the district of Kamroop; the remainder took up their present abode in the locality described above…”

Edward Stack and Charles Lyall in their book.

“The Mikirs” 1908 wrote in page 4 2nd Para…

“The traditions of the race point to the Eastern portion of the Khasi and Jaintia Hills, bordering on the Kopili (or Kupli) river (where many still remain), as their original abode”.

Again, In page 153, third para… “ W h e n Ro b i n s o n and Stewart wrote, it was still remembered that the Mikirs had once been settled in strength in the country (now called North Cachar) to the immediate north of the Barail Range, and in contact with the Angami, the Kacheha, and the Kabui Nagas”.

The first three pages of the book gives a detailed account of the habitat of Meekirs on the vicinity of North Cachar, Khasi and Jaintia Hills. In fact, the whole book talks about the Nomadic nature of the Meekirs. The Meekirs never ruled themselves as the JACAS claims, they were Ruled by the Cachar King, The Jaintia King, The Ahom King. The Meekirs were nomadic in nature without any permanent

settlement, moving from place to place. In fact, even the Mikir Hills in Cachar didn’t actually belonged to them but permission was granted to them to inhabit and cultivate by the Ahom and the Cachar kings.

In the same book, “The Mikirs” so is written on page 5 1st Para last sentence….

“They are a mild and unwarlike people, and are said to have given up the use of arms when they placed themselves under the protection of the Ahom kings”. Unlike the Mikirs, Rengma Nagas were warrior tribe who lost some and won some but always kept their sovereignty intact. We never paid any tributes to anyone neither seek any permission, in fact our people even refused to pay tax to the British until 1848 though the whole of Assam was annexed by the British after the Yandaboo treaty of 1826.

The Mikirs who migrated to the Rengma Hills in the later part of1700 from the Cachar and Khasi Jaintia Hills occupied a small stretch of plains bordering the Rengma Hills and Nowgong/Sibsagar.

By the time the Britishers arrived in the 1800s and 1900s, Mikirs had already migrated and settled in those area and thus the recent visitors started referring to those hills as the Mikir Hills. However, Mikir Hills origin is in Cachar and Jaintia Hills (Hamren) and throughout the book “The Mikirs” this fact is reflected.

In the book, “A Descriptive Account of Assam” by William Robinson, in page 308 Last Para “….. possessing no written language, it is no easy matter to trace their origin. They have a tradition that their ancestors originally came from Jaintia Hill….”

Finally, in regard to the source of our origin as per folklore, J.P Mills wrote that, “They, with the Angamis, Semas and Lhotas, belong to the group of tribes that place their point of dispersal at

Khezha-Kenoma”. The Mikirs tries to be sarcastic by mentioning the above passage by and by…. However, we are proud of our oral history brought down by our ancestors in the form of folklores. We are proud to be Naga and it’s a blessing that we share our history of origin with our fellow Naga brothers…

If they are so interested in folktales, they should read the following passage from the book, “History of the Relation of the Government with the Hill tribes of the North-east Frontier of Bengal” written by Alexander Mackenzie in 1884, on page 215 under the Journal of Mr. Masters it is written, “Formerly there were no Nagas in this world.

It is here necessary to premise that the “world” of the Rengma naga includes all the tracts of the country which can be seen from the highest peak of the Rengma hills, but no

more. It includes Upper and central assam, and is bounded on all sides of lofty mountains inhabitated by Abors, great enemies of the Rengma Nagas”. “… They lived comfortably together, and in course of time had four sons- Ram, Krishna, Ahom and Naga…” “…. Naga immediately set to work and very soon cleared the house of mice, with which his father was so pleased that he gave Naga the first portion of the inheritance and allotted him all the high peaks on the Rengma Hills.”

There is no point of denying one’s history, it can never be manipulated or changed. Embrace the truth and work towards a mutually respectable and progressive future by acknowledging each other’s rights.

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Reader’s Post

A humble appeal to DMC, PWD, NSDMA

Sir,

Heavy down-pour of last evening torrential rain has flooded some of the colonies of Dimapur especially those colonies lying in the low land area. One of them is Ragailong Colony, Burma Camp, Ward No 4, Dimapur.

This is not a phenomenon of a few years back; but a regular phenomenon since 5 decades. All the drainage water from Burma Camp bazaar to Charali traffic point are allowing to flow down alongside the main road for about three hundred feet and then turns towards the left side of the Ragailong colony beside the foot-path lane and reached behind the colony at last. On the other hand, water coming from the opposite side of Nagarjan through Civil Hospital also runs down through the back of the colony through outlet which was supposed to outflow water from the Charali traffic point due to lower level of the kutcha-nala. Hence, water coming from both directions at last stays behind the colony and flooded the houses. This is because original course of drain from Nagarjan was blocked by National Highway.

Until and unless RCC drainage is constructed by the concerned authority, the problem will continue to face by the colony. For being the nature of the project big, the colony cannot do this with their fund. Government has constructed many new drainage systems here and there, but they do not think for the proper outlet of the water. Therefore, I on behalf of the Ragailong Colony Council humbly appeal the authorities to send official representative to take stock of the situation and do necessary course of action later.

R.Kamei, Chairman, Ragailong Colony, Burma camp, 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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NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SATURDAY, JULY 17, 2021

Frame policy to stop public gatherings: Uddhav to PM Delhi govt rejects city police’s panel of

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the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said Thackeray told the PM that the daily spike in COVID-19 cases and the fatality rate in the state were going down. “But we want to bring these numbers further down,” he said.

“Even though the number of cases have reduced, we are still at risk.

People have started going out for tourism, shopping and started crowding public places. This is revenge tourism and revenge shopping.

Crowding at religious and political events is also on the rise. There is a need to

stop this under a national policy, which will applicable for the entire country, “he said.

Eight to 10 districts in Konkan and western Maharashtra regions are still reporting high number of infection cases. In these districts, 2.06 crore people above age of 18 have been fully vaccinated. A total of 87.90 lakh vaccine doses have been provided to these districts, Thackeray added.

“If the state gets three crore doses per month, vaccination in all the districts can be completed,” he said.

SRM AP students create record with startup ‘OurEye.ai’

Goyal meets senior oppn leaders ahead of Monsoon session

OurEye received USD 35,000 from Sanjay Mehta led 100X.VC,

DIMAPUR, JUL 16 (NPN): The first batch B.Tech students of SRM University, Andhra Pradesh founded “OurEye.ai”, an automated, end-to-end video intelligence solution for enterprises to monitor surveillance camera recordings, leveraging pre-existing CCTV-IP infrastructure.

OurEye received USD 35,000 from Sanjay Mehta led 100X.VC, and currently comprises 23-member team including the three co-founders– Sourav Sanyal, Miran Junaidi and Saurabh Ghanekar, all final year computer science students of the university.

Being used by 11 companies across 17 outlets, the

start-up generated over USD 120,000 to fuel their mission of bringing cameras to life, said the OurEye team.

OurEye.ai is about creating a whole new world of remote auditing and monitoring with pre-existing CCTV-IP infrastructure. It is a real-time video analytics platform that enables enterprises to supercharge their business with video analytics.

SRM University AP president Dr P Sathyanarayan said that the university has “a clear charter to advance and promote entrepreneurial and startup ecosystem and culture to transform the state and country”.

NEW DELHI, JUL 16 (PTI): Newly-appointed Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha Piyush Goyal on Friday met senior opposition leaders including former prime minister and Congress leader Manmohan Singh, his party colleague Anand Sharma and NCP leader Sharad Pawar ahead of the Monsoon session of Parliament beginning July 19.

The interactions with senior opposition leaders are being seen as an outreach exercise by the government ahead of the session.

The interactions come days after Union minister Goyal was named as Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha in place of Thaawarchand Gehlot who has been made governor of Karnataka.

The session beginning Monday would conclude on August 13.

The government has listed 17 new bills for introduction in the session, including three to replace ordinances issued recently.

Maharashtra’s vaccine wastage rate was very low and the state was trying to vaccinate the frontline workers at the earliest, he said.

He apprised the PM of the steps being taken in Maharashtra to fight the second wave of the pandemic and added that measures to counter the possible third wave were also being taken.

“Oxygen manufacturing plants are being set up in each district,” the CM said.

Thackeray sought the PM’s help in getting central assistance for starting cen-

lawyers for cases related to farmers stir

NEW DELHI, JUL 16 (PTI): The Delhi Cabinet led by Arvind Kejriwal on Friday rejected the city police’s proposal to set up a panel of lawyers for fighting the cases related to the farmers protest against the central farm laws, government sources said on Friday.

The decision was taken during the cabinet meeting here.

It was decided that the Delhi government’s lawyers will be public prosecutors in court matters related to the farmers’ agitation, they said.

The cabinet decision will be sent to Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal for approval.

On Thursday, the Delhi government had accused the BJP-ruled Centre of putting pressure on it to replace its prosecutors appearing in cases related to the anti-farm laws stir, with those of the Delhi Police.

Arvind Kejriwal Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal has “rejected” the panel of Delhi government lawyers appearing in the cases against the farmers protesting against the Centre’s three new farm laws at the city’s borders, a statement from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) had said.

Sources privy to the development claimed that the issue pertained to a “request made by the Delhi Police for the appointment of special public prosecutors for the cases related to violence, disrespect of the national flag and blatant

disregard of the rule of law on Republic Day during a tractor rally taken out by the protesting farmers in the national capital.

“It has nothing to do with the farmers’ protest as it is being deliberately made out with ulterior motives,” they claimed.

Meanwhile, the CMO had said on Thursday, “The central government has come out in the open against the accused farmers of the anti-farm laws stir. The LG has stopped the Delhi government lawyers from fighting cases.

The Centre is putting pressure on the (Arvind) Kejriwal government for replacing the lawyers of the state with its own to fight the cases against the accused farmers protesting against the farm laws.”

The city government had formed a panel of lawyers for an “impartial” hearing of the cases against the farmers, it added.

No scientific proof to show 3rd Goa CM’s FB account wave will impact kids: Experts hacked, complaint filed NEW DELHI, JUL 16 (IANS): There is no scientific evidence to prove that the impending third wave of coronavirus disease will have a detrimental effect on children, said experts here on Friday, asking people to stay away from such misinformation, which has been on the rise since the outbreak of pandemic.

It has been widely claimed that children will be infected the most during the third Covid-19 wave. While some kids were affected during the second wave, almost 90 per cent of the infections, so far, have been mild or asymptomatic.

“The combination of misinformation and disinformation, which is called infodemic, has been happening since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

However, the recent example of misinformation is that - the third wave of covid will impact children - this is complete misinformation as there is no scientific basis behind it,” IPHA President and Professor, Department

of Community Medicine, AIIMS, Sanjay Kumar Rai, said at the Infodemic Pandemic eSummit - HEALThy Samvaad Episode-19, organised by HEAL Health.

This was also echoed by the Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) which noted that although children remain susceptible to infection, it was “highly unlikely that the third wave will predominantly or exclusively affect children”. The experts further stated that the onset of Covid-19 also led to an overabundance of information, impacting the mental health of people.

This was further exacerbated by the lockdowns and other restrictions. “There

is fear and uncertainty associated with Covid-19, anxiety, and distress caused by lockdowns and social distancing, limited access to mental health services -- and this is all due to the misinformation and disinformation surfacing around,” National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences’ (NIMHANS) Centre for PsychoSocial Support in Disaster Management head, Prof K. Sekar, said.

Interestingly, the World Economic Forum cautions overabundance of information as digital wildfires, JNU’s Centre of Social Medicine & Community Health Chairperson Dr. Rajib Das Gupta said.

PANAJI, JUL 16 (IANS): A day before Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant’s old Facebook account was hacked, the hackers asked a social media user to send across money through Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payment mode.

Sawant on Friday said a police complaint had been filed in the matter but the man targeted by the hackers, Pramesh Asolkar, said he is still in shock that the state Chief Minister’s social media account had been tapped into. The hacker himself posed as Sawant and requested Asolkar to immediately

send across Rs 30,000 which would be returned in two hours. “At nearly 9.30 p.m.

Thursday night, I received a friend request notification from Pramod Sawant. The profile had the Goa Chief Minister’s photo and lotus symbol of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). I was sure it was genuine,” Asolkar added. It was only when the hacker asked him for money that Asolkar realised that something was amiss. “People need to be careful with their social media accounts, especially when the Chief Minister’s account itself has been hacked,” Asolkar said.

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tres of excellence for nonCOVID treatment.

“The state government is taking steps that the coronavirus-induced restrictions do not hamper manufacturing and production. A COVID-19 task force for the industrial sector has been set up to plan staggering of work hours. Field accommodation facilities have been put in place at the factory premises and workers are being vaccinated on priority,” he added.

The chief minister also informed that the COVIDfree village initiative of the state government has helped in creating awareness in rural areas.

Calling for regulation in prices of medicines, Thackeray said monoclonal antibodies medicine is very effective, but its cost is Rs 50,000 to Rs 60,000 per dose.

“If we have to give the medicine to 50,000 people, we will require Rs 300 crore. The Centre should regulate the prices and make it affordable,” he said.

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MUMBAI, JUL 16 (PTI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to formulate a national policy to stop public gatherings for social, political and religious purposes, in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19.

He sought three crore anti-coronavirus vaccine doses per month for Maharashtra, saying it would expedite the vaccination process in the state.

Thackeray was speaking during the prime minister’s video interaction with the chief ministers of six states over the coronavirus situation.

“Even as the government is battling the COVID-19 pandemic, the crowding at public places is a huge challenge. The Centre should conceptualise a national level policy to prevent public crowding happening in the name of social, political and religious gatherings,” the chief minister said.

A statement issued by

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The Vekuhomi Students 'Union (VSU) extend our heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Vihuto Asumi for being elected as the General Secretary, Sumi Hoho.

The Union wishes him immense success in his leadership.

Vihoshe Chophy Alino Awomi (President) (General Secy.)

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FELICITATION The Aree Old Baptist Church extends its joy in congratulating Dr. Ethel Kikon, d/o Mrs. Lolenla and Mr. Ayilo kikon for her conferment of ph.d in Education from North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) for the thesis “Quality of Teacher Education in Nagaland” Aree Old baptist Church further extends our heartiest wishes for bringing such laurels and wishes her the best in all her future endeavors Sd/- W Kikon Pastor WC-137

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The SMDC GHS Sitimi Town on behalf of the Teachers, Staff and Students’ sincerely acknowledge Shri T WATI AIER. NCS, deputy Commissioner, kiphire for constructing the much needed footpath from main road connecting to School under aspirational district funded by NEC. We would like to convey our heartfelt thanks to SHRI NCHUMTHUNG EZUNG, EAC Sitimi HQ and his staff for diligent supervision of the construction work.

The committee acknowledges your valuable work for the welfare of the students and the community and prays for God’s manifold blessings.

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MHONDAMO NGULLIE Rao Lotha Region GPRN/NSCN (u)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Ms. Mochoyia L Kriichena Ms. Ashihrii Kapeini CGPA: 6.84 CGPA: 6.88 The Mao Union Kohima, together with the Mao Students’ Union Kohima take immense pride in congratulating Ms. Mochoyia L Kriichena, d/o K Losii Mao and Ms. Ashihrii Kapeini, d/o Athili Ashihrii on being awarded the Gold Medals in their respective departments of Botany and Education, UG Examinations 2021, under Nagaland University.

The Unions also extend their appreciation to Model Christian College and Modern College and all the successful candidates for their hardwork and wish them the best in all their future undertakings.

Sd/Sd/President (MUK) President(MSUK) Dihe Mao Hugh Tafo

FELICITATION The GPRN/NSCN Lotha Region with immense pride and respect congratulates Mrs. TiaLa, Dy. Kilonser, Shri. YaNThuNGo KiKoN, Dy. Kilonser, Smti. TiNa RM ShiTiRi from Mekokla village, Shri NChuMbeMo NGuLLie from okotso Village and Shri ChuMbeMo KiKoN from Mekokla Village for promoting to the position of Tatar. all ranks and files of GPRN/NSCN Lotha Region take this opportunity to express our profound gratitude to the visionary collective leadership of the GPRN/NSCN for recognizing their contribution in different positions while in the service of the Nation.

The GPRN/NSCN Lotha Region is hopeful that with your enormous experience will collectively work together with commitment and greater wisdom for achieving the aspiration of the Naga people.

Wishes and pray that our almighty God bestow you all with good health, greater wisdom and more achievements in your future endeavours.

The asukhomi Village, Zunheboto would like to express our heartfelt thanks to Shri I Kitto Zhimomi, IRS, Commissioner & Secretary (Planning & Coordination and Tourism) for not only encouraging and recognizing the efforts of Conservation of Flora & Fauna by our village in our Community Reserve during rescue & release of Slow Loris on 10th June 2021 but also rewarding our members with a handsome amount of Rs.10000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) on his personal capacity as a good will gesture.

We thank you Sir for the motivation and pray for a continually progressing career & continue to be a true inspiration.

We would also like to extend our special thanks to Shri. ivan Zhimomi, Team Leader, Tizu Valley biodiversity Conservation & Livelihood Network (TVbCLN) for his guidance throughout.

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Onus on Centre, not states to Priyanka arrives in Lucknow on 2-day visit Resume dialogue with bring down fuel prices: Tharoor farmers, Punjab CM to Modi

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that it is directing Supreme Court Secretary General to frame the scheme and also consult amicus curia senior advocate Dushyant Dave and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta in the matter.

Justice Rao added that the idea of this order is to send the order copies of this court via a secured route.

“This will be taking care of security,” he said. Attorney General K.K. Venugopal said the top court’s idea was “very progressive”. The top court also asked state governments to provide details on how many prisons in their territory have Internet connection and also by when jails will be equipped with proper Internet facility for faster communication of bail orders.

first dose and had crossed 15 days would be required to be quarantined for seven days.

Mentioning this, Kikon said for all other cases, the travellers would be required to undergo test for Covid-19 against payment at the point of entry and undergo sevenday quarantine, for which a new SOP would be issued soon.

Principal secretar y (home) Abhijit Sinha, who too was present at the press briefing, pointed out to the people that it was impossible for police or district administration to cover every nook and corner. Hence, he appealed to the citizens to own responsibility and cooperate with the administration to contain spread of the virus.

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The Chief Justice said: “In this age of information and communication technology, we are still looking at the skies for the pigeons to communicate the orders.” He expressed surprise that the prison officials are waiting for the Supreme Court orders to be sent by post. “We had ordered release in some matters, and they were not released since they (jail authorities) did not receive authentic copy of orders. This is too much,” he added.

The bench, elaborating on the system, said: “We are contemplating a system for secure orders of bail, so that such orders can be sent electronically to jail authorities.”

The bench added

(From p-1) Reiterating the earlier notification that made display of vaccination certificates by shops, barbers and taxi drivers mandatory and asking DTF to enforce its directives, Kikon observed that there was a dip in Covid cases over the past four weeks, though the past one week saw slight spike in Covid positive cases, and urged everyone to remain more cautious.

Returnees, inbound travellers, tourists: All returnees and inbound travellers or tourists, who are asymptomatic or fully vaccinated, would not be required to undergo test at the point of entry or quarantine. But those who have taken the

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We, the Twelve SHG Group of Farmers from Eleven villages under Noklak District would like to express our sincere gratitude to Dr. Mahak Singh, Scientist, ICAR Nagaland Centre, Medziphema and Dr. Pritpal Kaur Batra, IPS, Superintendent of Police, Noklak, for encouraging Poultry Farming and providing 2000 Chickens along with the Feeds.

“FARMING IS A PROFESSION OF HOPE” - Likewise we thank you for always being an Inspiration and a Hope to us.

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A bench of Chief Justice N.V. Ramana and Justices L. Nageswara Rao and A.S. Bopanna made the observation during the hearing on a suo motu case in connection with the delay in releasing convicts by prison authorities even after being granted bail by courts.

to a position of strength in the politically crucial state where the Congress was relegated to margins in the 2017 polls, swept by the BJP. As she moved through the roads of the city after her arrival at the airport, Congress workers warmly welcomed her, showering flower petals at various places.

Ashok Singh, the Convenor of Media and Communication Department of Uttar Pradesh Congress, said Priyanka Gandhi reached Hazratganj via Alambagh, Charbagh and Bapu Bhawan.

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(From p-1) H e s a i d i t wa s a strange that the state government as well as legislators chose to sail in a different boat.

Therie said he was certain that the state government wanted to delay solution because it wanted to save its chair.

He asked when all the people of Nagaland and their NGOs and CSOs were looking for early solution why was the state government and legislators still insisting to the Centre to “resume talks”?

Therie said he was grateful to the local media for disseminating the political issue with clarity but said the legislators were “deaf, dumb and blind.

They don’t understand what happened.”

for ending this jungle raj and to uproot this dictatorial government.”

Congress legislature party leader Aradhana Misra alleged widespread irregularities during the recent panchayat polls, especially flagging “the treatment given to women”.

“The party national general secretary is sitting on the maun vrat against the sad state of affairs in the state,” Misra said.

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machinery as the law of the land does not exist anymore in the State under regional party government,” it added.

Pointing out that unemployment was at its peak and lack of opportunities in employment was driving the society towards hunger and frustration, NPCC warned that all this was leading the State into a “danger zone”, even as the political issue remained unresolved. The party demanded rollback of Centre Excise Duty, State VAT, LPG price and SK oil to the 2014 benchmark. Seeking formation of an independent pricing commission headed by a high court judge to streamline prices of essential commodities and enforce Essential Commodities Act, 1955 as amended up to date, NPCC also demanded forming High Powered Committee to streamline collection of fees, donations and contributions by various unions/associations.

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(From p-1) NPCC mentioned that the Centre was levying Rs 32.90 on petrol and Rs 31.80 on diesel as Central Excise Duty, pointing that more than Rs 22 lakh crore had already been collected in this manner in the last seven years.

The memorandum also accused the State government of abdicating its responsibility vis-à-vis checking price rise ever since it decided to “actively facilitate and support” collection of illegal taxes by Naga national workers that, it added, was “no less than starving its people to fund terrorism”.

NPCC alleged that hundreds of associations were collecting money everyday under the very nose of government authorities, which were all leading to rise in prices of essential commodities and construction materials. “This amounts to total breakdown of constitutional

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fuel prices are increased, there is a corresponding increase in the prices of all essential commodities, like vegetables, fruits, pulses and other household items.

Tharoor also said that this was “no ordinary inflation that happens in a healthy economy”, and added that very little stimulus has been offered by the Narendra Modi government to the economy which was under pressure.

He called upon the Central government to reduce tax on fuels and cess and provide a large share to the state governments for their smooth functioning.

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across the border “may try to play upon the charged emotions of the proud, sincere and hard-working farmers” of Punjab, which has a long and live international border.

“The situation is presently under control, but I fear that provocative statements and conduct of some political parties and the emotional backlash might create law and order problems and also lead to irreversible damage to the hard-earned peace in the state,” said the Chief Min-

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ister, underscoring the need for the government of India to address the genuine concerns of the farmers.

The Chief Minister’s letter comes amid rising resentment in Punjab on account of the three Central farm laws, which Amarinder Singh said he had asked to be reviewed even in his earlier letters of June and December 2020.

The latest development comes in the backdrop of increase in drone activity along the villages falling within 5-6 km of Indo-Pak border in Punjab, with consignments of weapons and drugs being delivered into India by Pakistan.

Intelligence reports also suggest that with the Assembly elections in Punjab scheduled early next year, ISI-led Khalistani and Kashmiri terror outfits are planning terrorist actions in the state in the near future.

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Chandigarh, Jul16 (IANS): Citing the heightened cross-border threat and increased drone and other terrorist activities by ISI-backed groups, including plans by Khalistani oufits to target certain farmer leaders, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resume dialogue with the agitating farmers and make concerted efforts to resolve their issues.

The Chief Minister has proposed to lead an all-party delegation from Punjab for discussions with the Prime Minister to find a durable and amicable solution to the vexed problem of the prolonged farmer agitation, which is threatening the social fabric of the state and impacting economic activities as well.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, Amarinder Singh warned that the powers

CHENN A I , J U L 1 6 (IANS): Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday said that the onus to reduce fuel prices is with the Central government and the states are not expected to cut fuel taxes.

Addressing reporters at the party’s Tamil Nadu headquarters, Satyamoorthy Bhavan on Friday, he said that Tamil Nadu Finance Minister P.T.R Thiagarajan had informed him that the Central government is levying a cess on fuel prices and that 96 per cent of the cess collected is retained by the Centre. “Cess is a very divisive idea as it is not divisible or shared with the states.

When the Centre keeps 96 per cent of the cess by itself, then the onus is on it to reduce the taxes on fuel and bring down prices, and not on the state governments,” he said.

Tharoor said that since May 2 after the state election results were announced, fuel prices were hiked 40 times.

He noted that when

Lu c k n ow, J u l 1 6 (PTI): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arrived here on a two-day election-preparation visit to a rousing reception by party workers, and started with a silent protest before a Mahatma Gandhi statute against the BJP government in the state.

The par ty’s Uttar Pradesh in-charge reached Lucknow’s Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport in the afternoon and moved in a procession through the main roads of the state capital to the Hazratganj GPO Park Gandhi statue and garlanded it.

After that, she sat on a silent protest before the statue against the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government in the state. She was joined by her party leaders including state Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu.

Lallu said, “Woman are not safe in the state. Priyankaji is sitting on a maun vrat (silent protest) at the feet of Mahatma Gandhi

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ply and demand — largely determine the production, availability and value of goods. Command economies are central features of communist societies, and Cuba has been ruled by its communist party since forces led by Fidel Castro overthrew dictator Fulgencio Batista during the Cuban Revolution in 1959.

In command economies (also called planned economies), the government controls many of the means of production, while private ownership of industries, property and other resources is significantly limited.

Before the Cuban Revolution, a small elite owned much of the island’s land, industries and wealth. The revolution was designed to make Cuba a more equal society, and in many ways, it

succeeded in that goal.

Part of the problem is that government control of the majority of industries can lead to inefficiency, bureaucracy and mismanagement. That, in turn, can translate into shortages of goods, higher prices and frustration for citizens.

But the US embargo against Cuba has certainly done the island’s economy no favours.

Since 1960, the US — Cuba’s neighbour 145km (90 miles) to the north and once major trading partner — has maintained a trade embargo against the island in an effort to force its communist leaders from power.

The embargo, a form of severe economic sanctions, hasn’t achieved its goal, but it has made life for ordinary Cubans harder.

UK not out of the woods with Covid yet, hospital numbers ‘scary’: Top medic LONDON, JUL 16 (PTI): The UK is “not out of the woods yet” with the coronavirus pandemic and the number of people hospitalised with the deadly virus could reach “quite scary numbers” if the trend is sustained, England’s Chief Medical Officer has warned.

Professor Chris Whitty also said that people should approach the end of most restrictions from Monday with caution.

Whitty said that the number of people in hospital with COVID-19 is doubling around every three weeks and could hit “quite scary numbers” if that trend is sustained. He urged the public to take things “incredibly slowly” as the socalled July 19 “Freedom

Day” from legal lockdown restrictions approaches.

“I don’t think we should underestimate the fact that we could get into trouble again surprisingly fast,” he told a webinar hosted by the Science Museum on Thursday.

“We are not by any means out of the woods yet on this, we are in much better shape due to the vaccine programme, and drugs and a variety of other things.

But this has got a long way to run in the UK, and it’s got even further to run globally,” he said.

The senior medic, who appears by the side of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson during Downing Street briefings on coronavirus to run through the statistics and medical

analysis, said he expected most people will carry on taking precautions such as face masks in enclosed spaces even if they are no longer a legal requirement in England from next week.

“If you look over what people have done, and in fact, if you look at what people intend to do now, people have been incredibly good at saying, ‘I may be a relatively low-risk, but people around me are at high-risk, and I’m going to modify my behaviours’,” he said.

Professor Whitty predicted that in the medium term, coronavirus could mutate into a “vaccine escape variant” that could take the UK “some of the way backwards” into the worst days of the pandemic.

government’s notorious bureaucracy.

But 10 years later, the country’s leadership has been slow to enact many of those incremental economic reforms, leading to frustration — especially given the urgent conditions Cubans are facing right now.

The COVID-19 crisis has gutted tourism, cutting off a major source of income for Cubans who work in the industry and a major source of US dollars for the Cuban government.

That’s especially bad news right now when surging commodity prices mean the government needs to spend more to import food.

Remittances, a lifeline for struggling Cuban families estimated at $2bn to $3bn per year, plunged after former US President Donald Trump tightened restrictions on Cuban Americans sending money back to the island. The pandemic has only served to further stifle the flow of remittances.

And a shortage of foreign currency and the US embargo have also hit Cuban sugar production hard, with the state’s sugar monopoly reporting that this year’s harvest stood at just 68 percent of the country’s planned 1.2 million tonnes, the lowest level since 1908, Reuters news agency reported.

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The Kohima Kangtsüng Senso Telongjem would like to honour and convey our heartfelt congratulations to Mr. L Nungsang Jamir, son of Lt. Purnüklu on his promotion to Joint Director, Department of Agriculture, Govt. of Nagaland.

The Union wishes and prays that Almighty God continue to bless him as he move forward in his career; to guide him with his wisdom and help the department reach newer height.

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Anti-government protesters march in Havana against ongoing food shortages and high prices of foodstuffs.

Medicine, food and all sorts of other goods are in chronically short supply.

The embargo has also provided the island’s government with ammunition for its claims that its economic woes are the fault of the US. In a speech Wednesday, Diaz-Canel slammed the embargo, which Cubans refer to as a “blockade”, as “cruel” and “genocidal”.

But he also acknowledged for the first time that the Cuban government’s actions have played a role in people’s discontent.

“We have to gain experience from the disturbances,” Diaz-Canel said.

“We also have to carry out a critical analysis of our problems in order to act and overcome, and avoid their repetition.”

In a tweet Thursday, Diaz-Canel said the embargo has made overcoming the island’s problems harder, tweeting that “the blockade surpasses any desire, it delays us, it does not allow us to advance at the speed we need”.

Back in 2011, thenPresident Raul Castro announced reforms aimed at bringing more marketoriented policies into Cuba’s state-run economy, including allowing people to set up small businesses and eliminating some of the

Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian photo journalist killed in Afghanistan KABUL, JUL 16 (PTI): Danish Siddiqui, a Pulitzer Prize winning Indian photojournalist who worked for Reuters news agency, was killed on Friday in Afghanistan while covering the fierce fighting between Afghan troops and the Taliban militants near a border crossing with Pakistan in Kandahar province.

Siddiqui, in his early 40s, was on an assignment covering the clashes in the volatile Kandahar region, as the US withdraws its forces from Afghanistan ahead of the August 31 deadline set

by President Joe Biden.

Afghan special forces had been fighting to retake the main market area of Spin Boldak in Kandahar province when Siddiqui and a senior Afghan officer were killed in what they described as Taliban crossfire, an Afghan commander told Reuters.

“We are deeply saddened to learn that our photographer, Danish Siddiqui, has been killed in Afghanistan,” Reuters President Michael Friedenberg and Editor-in-Chief Alessandra

Danish Siddiqui

Galloni said in a statement.

He was embedded with Afghanitan special forces in Kandahar province when they came under attack on Friday morning.

“Danish was an outstanding, Pulitzer prizewinning journalist, a devoted husband and father, and a much-loved colleague.

Our thoughts are with his family at this terrible time,” they said. “ We a r e u r g e n t ly seeking more information, working with authorities in the region,” the statement said.

In New Delhi, the Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, while responding to media queries, said that “Our Ambassador in Kabul is

in touch with Afghan authorities. We are keeping his family informed of the developments.”

Afghanistan’s am bassador to India, Farid Mamundzay, said he was deeply disturbed by the news of “the killing of a friend”.

With foreign troops withdrawing from Afghanistan after 20 years, the Taliban are rapidly capturing territory from government forces across the country, sparking fears of a potential civil war.

The killing of Siddiqui comes as the Taliban captured Spin Boldak district in Kandahar, near a key border post with Pakistan, this week. Fierce fighting has been underway in Kandahar, especially in Spin Boldak, for the last few days.

Pakistan this week closed down the Friendship Gate crossing at the Chaman border in Balochistan province following reports of Taliban fighters taking control of the key border crossing point Spin Boldak in Afghanistan.

CONDOLENCE MESSAGE

The Nagaland Food & Civil Supplies Field Staff Association deeply mourned at the untimely demise of Smti. Sentirenla Longkumer, Additional Director of Food & Civil Supplies, Nagaland on 13/07/21 at Dimapur. The Association have lost a bonafide member, an upright Officer with a strong personality who had given her best services to the Department and will be sorely missed by all members. She had been a good advisor and a strong pillar to the Association whom we look upon as motherly figure throughout these years. While the void created by her demise would be deeply felt and difficult to fill in the coming days, the Association conveyed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family at this moment of grief and pray that the departed Soul Rest in Eternal Peace in heaven.

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Cuba stirs: Economic woes driving discontent

HAVANA, JUL 16 (AGENCIES): Cubans have taken to the streets in cities across the country over the last week, in a wave of rare public protests to express their frustration with rising prices, falling wages, the United States embargo and the failings of the island’s long-standing communist government to address its economic challenges.

Cuba’s coronavirus pandemic-ravaged economy shrank by 11 percent in 2020, the island’s economy minister said, the sharpest contraction since the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s.

Soaring global food prices this year and the island’s devalued currency — coupled with shortages of basic goods that predate the pandemic — have fuelled discontent. Both pro- and anti-government demonstrators have taken to the streets since Sunday. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has blamed the protests on US sanctions, accusing Washington of “economic asphyxiation”. But he also is acknowledging — notably for the first time — that the Cuban government’s policies have also played a role.

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NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SATURDAY, JULY 17, 2021

OFFICE OF THE

1st DEATH ANNIVERSARY

OLD TSSORI VILLAGE GOVT. EMPLOYEES' UNION WOKHA : NAGALAND

of our beloved Father Late WOLUMO EZUNG

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Dated Kohima the 16th July 2021 NO.REV/DUP-1/2003/Ak-375/// Whereas the following persons have applied for issue of duplicate Land Patta against their lost Patta.

Sl. Patta No. Boundary Area Location No. Name of Patta Holder (New) Plot No. schedule 1. Shri Pudil 4895 3598 3250 sq. ft. New Minister's N-Gvt. Quarter S/o Lt. Pusavi Hill, S-Approach Road Kohima E-Private Land W-Govt. Land 2. Dr. Talitemsu Ao 8667 1593 'B' 600 sq. ft. Chandmari, N-Nukshi S/o Lt. Imsunungba Ao Kohima S-Rikhi Rana E-Jamani W-Bhim Bahadur Public are hereby asked to file their claims/objections if any within 30(thirty) days from the date of publication of this notice, failing which no claim/objections will be entertained by this Office after the stipulated time.

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We, the Old Tssori Village Govt. Employees' Union would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to Dr. Enny Thungjamo, S/o Late Etssow Enny for achieving successfully his study of Doctor of Ministry from Hindustan Bible Institute, Chennai.

May God Almighty continue to give him good health and long life to serve his ministry. The Union further wishes him a grand success in all his future endeavours.

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HIYAM

SUMI TOTIMI HOHO

OKING : ZUNHEBOTO Opp. DC Office, Project Colony, Zunheboto

1926 – 17.07.2020

One year has passed since you left us silently to be with the Lord. The void you left behind still lingers. However, we are relieved and comforted in the fact that some day we shall meet again in heaven.

WE MISS YOU EVERY SINGLE MOMENT. Loving Sons, Daughters, Grand Children & Family.

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Dr. Kitoshi Zhimo

With immense joy and pride, we, the SUMI TOTIMI HOHO (STH) would like to congratulate Dr. Kasheli Rotokha on being conferred Doctorate of Ministry (D.Min) on her thesis 'status and role of women in the church; towards revitalizing Women Ministry in Sumi Baptist Church Zunheboto' and Dr. Kitoshi Zhimo on being conferred Doctorate of Ministry (D.Min) on her thesis 'reading the role of mother : towards enhancing the family well-being with special reference to Sumi Naga Community' from Hindustan Bible Institute Channai.

You left no stone unturned in these years, you never took pride in your achievements but it is time to feel proud, you nailed it and outshined us all. All your hardship has paid off lavishly, you are an inspiration to Sumi-Naga Community, especially to Sumi Totimi in particular. We thank God for your accomplishment and wish you the glorious future ahead.

Sd/ Sd/ Sd/ Kheholi Assumi Ilokali H Yeptho Viholi Zhimo President Media Secretary General Secretary

We, the Aoyimti Village Council would like to express our profound gratitude to the Director, AAI Dimapur Shri. Mughavi Zhimo and his esteemed colleagues for donating us a garbage dumping truck under CSR Scheme. We are also honoured to have received the truck through our respected Deputy Commissioner, Shri. Rajesh Soundararajan, IAS on 14th July 2021. It is a dream come true, and to a great extent shall solve the problem of waste accumulation of the village, thus enabling the aviation secure. As a neighboring village, we reassure our utmost cooperation in all your future endeavour.

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Imnukloba Jamir Chairman Aoyimti Village Council

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The Joint Village Councils of Chassir and Muleangkiur, under Shamator Subdivision, Tuensang district expresses profound gratitude to Shri. S. Keoshu Yimchungrü for his ‘generosity and act of gesture and sympathy’ towards the people of the rural areas by clearing the landslide blockade between Muleangkiur village and Chassir village, along Shamator-Chessore PWD road. The Joint Village Councils stated that, the major landslide was occurred since last year, completely cut- off the transportation and other activities from the rest of the district and state, causing immense hardship to the general public of the areas throughout the year without any help from the concerned department. However, after being approached by the Joint village councils, Shri. Keoshu, who always ready and stood for the people in any situational, immediately swung into action and cleared the blockade PWD road caused by landslides since for a long time which the general public of the areas praiseworthy for his great initiatives and sacrifices for the peoples during such distress times. The Joint Village Councils of Muleangkiur and Chassir, said that, the road from Shamator NAP camp junction to Chassir village was traced while Chassir village public ground was also traced by Shri. Keoshu. The Joint Village Councils of Muleangkiur and Chassir further extend co-operation and optimism under the dynamic leadership of Shri. Keoshu Yimchungrü in the days to come for the welfare of the downtrodden peoples and areas.

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NAGALAND POST, DIMAPUR SATURDAY, JULY 17, 2021

Italy bid to host Euro 2028 or World Cup 2030 Djokovic decides to play at the Olympics

ROME, JUL 16 (AGENCIES): Italy is considering making a bid to host the 2028 European Championship or the 2030 World Cup but must improve its stadiums if it is to succeed, the head of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) said on Thursday.

Italy beat England on Sunday to win their second European Championship.

The two countries could also be rivals to host the World Cup, which is held every four years, as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has backed plans for a bid by the United Kingdom and Ireland for the 2030 finals.

“We will evaluate an Italy candidacy for the 2028 European Championship and the World Cup of 2030, in which the centenary of the world championship is celebrated,” FIGC president Gabriele Gravina told a news conference.

“Let’s try for the Euros first, then we’ll think about

Italy’s Euro 2020 win may add 12 bn euros to 2021 GDP

Gabriele Gravina

the other one.”

Some Italian stadiums have not been updated since the 1990 World Cup, the last major soccer tournament hosted by Italy alone.

“We must improve the conditions of the stadiums because if we do not start an investment path in infrastructure we will never be able to aspire to organise such a great event,” Gravina said. “We must do things quickly. For me, we cannot go into a bid thinking that ‘we have the stadiums, but if you give me the event, I will

then improve them’. That’s not how it works.”

Other countries that have expressed an interest in hosting the 2030 World Cup include Spain and Portugal.

Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Paraguay have announced they will make a four-way bid, and Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia and Romania have said they are planning a joint bid.

The bidding process formally starts in 2022 with world soccer governing body FIFA to choose the hosts in 2024.

Italy’s victory in the UEFA Euro 2020 football championship final on Sunday is likely to add 0.7 percent to the country’s projected gross domestic product (GDP) growth this year, local economists have said.

This will certainly be welcome news for an economy struggling to emerge from a slowdown brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, reports Xinhua.

Italy’s dramatic 3-2 penalty shootout win over England earned the Italian side their first European title since 1968 and their first world title since their 2006 World Cup triumph. According to studies, the feat is also sparking new rounds of domestic spending and attracting investments from abroad as it has helped boost consumer confidence and improved the image of Italy

and Italian products abroad.

This boost may be temporary, analysts said, but is still significant. All in all, the Italian national football team’s Euro 2020 victory is projected to “result in an extra 12 billion euros (US dollars 14.2 billion), or around an extra 0.7 percent growth in gross domestic product,” Simona Caricasulo, an economist specialises in sports-related topics at Rome’s LUISS University, said on Thursday. She said the impacts would be felt almost exclusively this year.

Coldiretti, Italy’s main agricultural union, predicted separately that the country’s exports would increase by ten percent as a result of the Euro 2020 victory, which the organisation said would cast Italy’s products in a new, positive light in foreign markets.

TOKYO, JUL 16 (IANS): World No. 1 tennis player, Novak Djokovic of Serbia, has ended the uncertainty over his Olympics participation, confirming on Friday that he would be boarding the flight to Tokyo.

In a message posted on social media, Djokovic, who will now aim for a golden s l a m -- four Grand Slams and Olympic gold in a calendar year -- wrote, “I am very proud to pack for Tokyo and join our national team in the fight for the brightest medals on the Olympic arenas.

“For me, the game for Serbia has always been a special joy and motivation and I will do my best to make us all happy! Let’s go (Flexed biceps sign).”

The 34-year-old, who recently won the Wimbledon, to add to his Australian Open and French Open crowns, added, “Cannot disappoint my little friend Koujirou. I booked my flight for Tokyo and will proudly be joining #TeamSerbia for the Olympics.” Djokovic also posted a video of him interacting with a six-year-old child named Kojiro Owaki. Tokyo2020, the official twitter handle of the Games, wrote, “@DjokerNole is looking

to continue his fine form into #Tokyo2020 after winning three Grand Slams in 2021.

The world No.1 won bronze at Beijing 2008 and is looking to add to his collection (Clapping hands sign).” Soon after winning the Wimbledon, Djokovic had said he was undecided about his participation at the Olympics, adding that it was a “50-50” thing as there “are going to be a lot of restrictions within the (Games) Village”.

“My plan was always to go to Olympic Games, but right now I’m a little bit divided. I also hear that there’s going to be a lot of restrictions within the Village. Possibly you would not be able to see other athletes perform live. I can’t even have my stringer that is very important part of my team. I can’t have a stringer. I’m limited with the amount of people I can take in my team as well,” Djokovic had said.

“It’s kind of 50-50 because of what I heard in the last couple days (about the ban on spectators),” the world No. 1 had said after beating Italy’s Matteo Berrettini in the Wimbledon final.

Tadej Pogacar wins Stage 18 of Tour de France Dortmund rule out sale of Haaland amid Chelsea interest giving more evidence that he’s by far the strongest contender for the general classification title at the 108th Tour de France.

Jonas Vingegaard and Richard Carapaz rounded out the podium at the top of the last uphill finish.

On Thursday, the 2020 champion came up with the most dominant performance at the Tour in recent times, by climbing on to the postrace podium four times -- as stage winner, as best young rider, best climber and as the runaway overall leader.

Stage 18 results 1. Tadej Pogacar, UAE Team Emirates 5h 03’ 31” 2. Jonas Vingegaard, Jumbo Visma +2” 3. Richard Carapaz, Ineos Grenadiers +2” 4. Enric Mas, Movistar +13” 5. Dan Martin, Israel Start-Up Nation +24”

Tadej Pogacar

LUZ ARDIDEN (FRANCE), JUL 16 (IANS): Overall leader Tadej Pogacar won Stage 18 of the Tour de France on Thursday to further extend

his lead in the prestigious cycling race.

This was Pogacar’s third stage victory at Luz Ardiden and came a day after he won at col du Portet,

Overall standings (after Stage 18) 1. Tadej Pogacar, UAE Team Emirates 75h 00’ 02” 2. Jonas Vingegaard, Jumbo Visma +5’45” 3. Richard Carapaz, Ineos Grenadiers +5’51” 4. Ben O’Connor, AG2R Citroen +8’18” 5. Wilco Kelderman, Bora-Hansgrohe +8’50”

McGregor says he was already injured before suffering a broken leg at UFC 264 LONDON, JUL 16 (AGENCIES): Conor McGregor says he was already injured before suffering a broken leg in the fight with Dustin Poirier at UFC 264.

The Irishman, 33, said he had “multiple stress fractures” to his shinbone above the ankle when he was beaten by American Poirier in Las Vegas. McGregor said on Instagram there had been talks about whether the fight would take place. He added: “I have trouble with the ankle anyway.”

Television replays of the bout showed McGregor rolling his ankle as he stepped backwards, seconds before the end of the first round, which resulted in a break to the lower tibia in his left shin.

The fight was stopped by doctors and former interim lightweight champion Poirier, 32, was handed a second straight win in their trilogy of bouts.

Filming himself on a motorised scooter while recovering from surgery, McGregor said UFC officials were aware of the issue prior to him entering the octagon last weekend. “Everyone keeps asking me at what point did the leg break?” he said. “Ask [UFC president] Dana White, ask the UFC, ask Dr [Jeffrey] Davidson, the head doctor of the UFC. “They knew... I had stress fractures on my leg going into that cage.

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“There was debate about pulling the thing out because I was sparring with no shin pads and I kicked the knee a few times, so I had multiple stress fractures in the shin bone above the ankle.” McGregor added training sessions for the lightweight encounter were difficult as he kept twisting his ankle.

“I even did a lot of training sessions when the ankle was sore, I still wouldn’t stop training,” he said. “I used to train on my back and that’s how I developed those ground and pound shots from the back.

DORTMUND, JUL 16 (AGENCIES): Borussia Dortmund have ruled out selling Erling Braut Haaland this summer amid interest from Chelsea.

BBC Sport understands the Blues have not lodged an official bid for the striker, who is 21 on 21 July.

Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel is keen on Haaland, whose 20 goals in 16 Champions League games for Red Bull Salzburg and Borussia Dortmund has made him one of Europe’s most sought-after players.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has also been monitoring the situation. He is looking to sign Erling Braut Haaland a striker this summer following the exit of the club’s record scorer Sergio linked with England skipper Harry Aguero, who joined Barcelona on a Kane, whose Tottenham future is open to doubt. free transfer.

City have also been heavily The club have already played

down speculation linking them with Barcelona’s Antoine Griezmann and Bayern Munich frontman Robert Lewandowski.

But Dortmund are determined to reject any offers for Haaland.

Although they pledged to let Jadon Sancho leave this summer should a suitable bid come in, that was part of a gentleman’s agreement with the 21-year-old, which they honoured by agreeing a £73m fee with Manchester United.

Dortmund were adamant Sancho would be the only ‘marquee’ player they released though.

Given Haaland is definitely in that bracket, the Bundesliga outfit feel they have given enough notice to deter potential suitors for the Norway international, whose career is being guided by super agent Mino Raiola.

Ugandan weightlifter goes missing from Tokyo hotel OSAKA, JUL 16 (IANS): A Ugandan weightlifter, who was training in western Japan ahead of the start of the Tokyo Olympics next Friday, has gone missing.

Yahoo Japan reported on Friday that the authorities are looking for 20-year-old Julius Ssekitoleko of the Ugandan delegation who has been in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, for a pre-Olympic training camp.

Apparently, he failed to show up for a daily PCR test around noon and was not found in his hotel room.

“One member of the Ugandan delegation, which the city received as a host town, has gone missing and cannot be reached. The city is making all efforts to search for the individual. We have reported the matter to police,” said the city of Izumisano in a statement.

The statement added that Ssekitoleko was last seen shortly after midnight inside the hotel by a fellow athlete.

Fury vs Wilder III fight rescheduled for October 9 Fury’s third world heavyweight title fight against Deontay Wilder has been rescheduled for 9 October.

The bout, which had been due to take place in Las Vegas on 24 July, was postponed after the British heavyweight tested positive for coronavirus.

Fury, 32, beat American Wilder, 35, to become WBC champion in February 2020 - 14 months after the pair shared a thrilling draw in Los Angeles.

Neither man has fought since Fury’s victory in Las Vegas.

“I want nothing more than to smash the ‘Big Dosser’ on 24 July, but I guess the beating will have to wait,” said ManchesterTyson Fury and Deontay Wilder born Fury, 32. “Make no LAS VEGAS, JUL 16 ( AG E N C I E S ) : Ty s o n mistake, I will be back and

better than ever. We will fight 9 October and I will knock him spark out.”

After a third fight fell through several times because of complications around the Covid-19 pandemic, Fury sought to move on and face fellow Briton Anthony Joshua, who holds the other three significant titles at heavyweight.

But an arbitration hearing ruled Wilder had contractual grounds for a third contest.

“This is what we went to arbitration for. He just wanted what was owed to him. He remains ready to reclaim his world title,” said Wilder’s manager Shelly Finkel. Fury is unbeaten in his 31 fights, while Wilder has just one defeat in 44 outings.

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